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

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a report finds the UK's roads are the most congested in Europe.

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Researchers say most drivers spend more than 32 hours each year

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stuck in traffic, as they warn of a significant cost

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Good morning, it's Monday 20th February.

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Almost every council in England is planning to put up taxes

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to help meet the cost of social care.

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Angelina Jolie talks exclusively to us

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as she talks about her new film set in Cambodia,

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and for the first time, about her separation

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I don't want to say very much about that,

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except to say that it was a very difficult time, and...

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And we are a family, and we will always be a family.

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and hopefully be a stronger family for it.

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More than half a million people with a disability are self-employed.

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I'll be looking at why it's such a popular option

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as part of the BBC's Disability Works series.

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Can another non-league club join Lincoln in the quarter finals

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Sutton United take on Arsenal later -

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The holders, Manchester United will face Chelsea next

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after coming from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers yesterday.

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It is blast off for plans to create the first spaceport. We are in

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Cornwall, where they will track the space Kraft.

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After 8:00 we'll be joined by TV royalty.

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Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders will be on the sofa

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as they celebrate 25 years of Ab Fab.

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Good morning, I will start to the day and cloudy. The cloud producing

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drizzle in the north-west where it is windy. In the sunshine we could

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hit 16 or possibly 17 Celsius. The UK has the worst traffic

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congestion in western Europe, with drivers spending an average

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of 32 hours a year stuck in tailbacks

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during peak periods. That's according to the travel

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information company Inrix. Congestion is the most severe

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in London, followed by Manchester The Department for Transport says

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it's investing record amounts to keep the country moving,

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as Jane-Frances Kelly reports. Drivers across the UK who face the

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daily history of traffic jams are using not just their patient but

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also time and money and surprisingly, London is the most

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congested city in the UK drivers spending more than three days every

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year stuck in traffic. Manchester is the second worst. Aberdeen is third

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and surprisingly beat London as the hardest city to drive in and out. In

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Cardiff, businesses suffer the most based on the amount of traffic

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during daytime. Southbound was found to be the most congested route.

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Other than drivers getting frustrated, why is this a problem?

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Experts calculated that it costs the economy ?31 billion last year, ?1000

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per driver on things like fuel, being late for work and childcare.

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There is also more traffic on the road because of growth in online

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shopping. The Department for transport says it is making the most

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extensive improvements to road since the 1970s but money may not be the

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only solution. Researchers are said to stop standing still any better

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traffic management, more flexible working hours and to consider

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congestion charges. We'll hear from two traffic experts

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at just after 8:00 this morning on what they think should be done

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to ease congestion on our roads. If you have any ideas, send them

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through. I expect you probably do. Deep cuts to services will still be

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needed despite plans by most local authorities in England

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to raise council tax according to the organisation

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that represents them. The Local Government

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Association says social care services for the elderly

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and disabled are at breaking point and will swallow up any

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extra money raised. Here's our Social Affairs

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Correspondent Alison Holt. This is social care in action after

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several false Borini is getting support to gain independence and

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rebuild her confidence. It will help her and husband cope in her home. I

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grateful for all they have done for me, I really am and... Without them,

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I do not know what I would have done. It is good, really good.

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Council fund most social care and today's surveys shows they are all

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struggling to meet growing costs. There are 151 local authorities in

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England, 147 planned to raise council tax. But that will not plug

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the funding gap and that could mean cuts to other services. There has

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been a united voice of local government to say they need more

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funding and social care and that the crisis in social care is immediate

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now. The funding for local government needs to be resolved

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immediately. The government says extra money is being put into social

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care and authorities will soon be able to put all the money they raise

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into it. Peers get their first

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chance to debate the so-called Brexit Bill later -

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the legislation which kicks off the formal process

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for Britain leaving the EU. The bill passed through

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the Commons unamended, but it's thought opposition peers

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in the House of Lords will seek guarantees

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about the rights of EU citizens and the role of parliament

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in scrutinising Brexit. Our Political Correspondent Tom

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Bateman is in Westminster. Good morning. How likely they will

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be changes made by the Lords? The first thing to say is for those that

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like to see records broken, here is one, 190 peas are due to speak, more

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than in any debate in the House of Lords and that gives you a sense of

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the appetite of their lordship to have some influence on this process.

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As you say, the two areas that will tried to make changes in is

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demanding parliament gets our vote before any deal is signed off by

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Theresa May with the other EU member states and guaranteed citizens

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rights. If they make changes to the bill, it could get back to the

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Commons and they would wipe them. I sure they will be successful in the

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end in making any changes to this bill and ministers are urging Lords

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to do their patriotic duty and respect the will of the people. In

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that case it would mean Theresa May could start the whole Brexit process

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towards the end of next month. Iraqi government forces have

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resumed their offensive to regain the last major stronghold

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of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. Thousands of troops

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are involved in the assault on western Mosul, which is

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now in its second day. Last month, the Iraqi government

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forces secured the eastern part Campaigners have described

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the current maximum jail term for animal abusers in England

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and Wales as "laughable". Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

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is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six months

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to five years to bring the punishment in line

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with crimes such as fly tipping. It is images like these,

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campaigners say, that show a need for animal abusers

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to receive tougher sentences. These rescued dogs have been

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underfed and badly mistreated but even the most serious acts

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of violence against animals can carry shorter prison terms

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than nonviolent crimes Today's report from

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Battersea Dogs Cats Home, calls the current six-month maximum

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sentence for animla cruelty calls the current six-month maximum

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sentence for animal cruelty arguing it should be increased

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tenfold to match Northern Ireland In Scotland, the

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maximum is one year. We have a situation where

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Northern Ireland has much stronger sentences

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than the rest of the UK. And what we have seen is,

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for example, some of the people involved in the international

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dogfighting industry, coming over to Britain

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to ply their trade here because they know

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we are a soft touch, they know that if

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they do get caught, they are likely to get away

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with just a smack on the wrist. Latest figures show the average

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prison term for someone convicted of animal cruelty is little more

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than three months and the majority of offenders face

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fines or community sentences. The government says it shares

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the public's high regard and kept these strict regulations

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under regular review, but ahead of a debate

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on the issue in Parliament the report argues

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that public opinion At shelters like this

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one here in Battersea, it is often the victims of animal

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cruelty that end up behind bars. Campaigners say it is high time

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the perpetrators face In a BBC World News exclusive,

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Angelina Jolie has spoken to Yalda Hakim

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about her new film, and love for the country

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in which it is set. She has also spoken

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for the first time about the difficulties her family

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have faced in the last year, since splitting from

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husband Brad Pitt. She first visited the region of the

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filming of Lara Croft. She later adopted a son from the area.

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17 years ago I came to this country and fell in love with its people and

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learned about its history and in doing so realised how little I

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actually knew in my early 20s about the world so this country for me has

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been... Was my awakening and my son changed my life. Do you think in

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many ways you have come full circle? Became a mother here, your

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humanitarian work started here. Yes. Yes. I will always... I will always

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be very grateful to this country and I hope, I hope I have given back as

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much as it has given me I don't think I could ever give back as

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much. I understand this is a very sensitive issue. We know that an

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incident occurred which led to your separation, we also note you have

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not said anything about these but would you like to say something?

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Only that... I do not want to say very much about that except to say

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it was a very difficult time and... And we are a family and we will

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always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be a

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stronger family for it. You can see the full interview

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

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today? We are. It has been quite interesting.

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There's a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals on the line

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for non-league Sutton United tonight.

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They play Arsenal for the right to take on fellow giantkillers

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Holders Manchester United will go to Chelsea after they came

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from behind to beat Championship Blackburn Rovers 2-1.

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Spurs cruised through - they're at home to Millwall next.

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Harry Kane scored all three as they beat Fulham 3-0

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2016 Super League winners Wigan Warriors won the World Club

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challenge for a record fourth time yesterday.

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A hat-trick from Joe Burgess gave them a 22-6 win over NRL

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And late last night Stuart Bingham won the Welsh Open -

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he beat Judd Trump in the final frame to win his first tournament

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since the World Championship in 2015.

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It was 7-7 when I went to bed. Like the FA Cup job because they could be

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a non- league team getting through. I think it is worth explaining.

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

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This morning, if you are stepping out, it is a very, very mild fool 's

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top already 15 Celsius up up in Wales. You are getting the picture.

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A mild start and it is going to be a mild day for most of the UK. For

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some part in any sunshine we could possibly hit 17 Celsius but this

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morning there is also a lot of cloud around, some low cloud, mist and

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Merck and also some rain as well. Across south-west England, we

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continue with the cloudy theme. Some murkiness and for Guinness. But look

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at the temperatures, cloudy generally across much of England and

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their hill fog as well. For Northern Ireland and we have a weather front

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coming in, introducing some rain and some of that will be rain and rather

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windy across Northern Ireland and Scotland, especially for the next

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few hours, as it will be a cross paths of northern England. Writs

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like the A1 may be effected via that. -- routes. In the northern

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England and north Wales, weakening but you will notice of the rain. The

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Hyndburn, some sunshine but also showers. With the crowd breaks,

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don't forget we could see those temperatures of 16- 17, way above

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average. There will be dry weather around overnight. Easy night, you

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can see where we have the rain, as it starts to move backwards, it will

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rejuvenate and again, overnight temperatures into the eight - ten.

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In Southern counties, more rain coming in across the north-west. A

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fair bit of cloud around and temperatures will be potentially in

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the mild category. In some parts, not absolutely everywhere fool 's

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top temperatures for some will be down. A range between seven and 13.

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As we head into Wednesday, the weather front will still be

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producing the clouds and rain. Temperatures by then starting to

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come down. We are looking at seven - ten, more like where they should be.

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In the south 11- 13. Towards the end of the week, it will not be as mild

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and it will become a bit more on settled.

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Shall we look at the headlines the papers? I was going to do the

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headlines. All right, we will do those first.

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You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

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The main stories this morning: In a jam.

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The UK has the worst congestion in Europe,

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with drivers spending around 32 hours a year stuck in traffic.

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Angelina Jolie talks exclusively to the BBC about her new film,

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set in Cambodia, and her separation from Brad Pitt.

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For 32 hours, I bet if you were sitting in traffic jams, I bet it

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feels more like 48 hours, or five days. I am surprised it is so low.

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32 hours is an awfully long time, and we are the worst. I will get my

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stats out later, Thailand is the worst in the world. Shall we look at

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the papers? Writes, so excited about the papers, I wanted to do it early

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today. -- right. UK troops to prevent Afghan meltdown on the Daily

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Telegraph, the UK facing a new refugee exodus. Michael Fallon

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talking about this, and loads of pictures as ever of various models

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at London Fashion Week making quite a few of the front pages this

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morning. That is also the front page of the Times, they have a stunning

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picture from Hindmarsh, their main story being a revolt where they say

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Number Ten is on a collision course with small businesses. We talked

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about this last week, ministers enraging small businesses by

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claiming it was rooted in distortion and half-truth. The government had

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taken a pretty tough line, businesses have taken a tough line

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over these changes in taxes. Lots of businesses seeing a fall as well but

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it would be until the Budget when we find out what is actually going on.

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The Daily Mirror, she was here last week talking about staying young,

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and all that. This is a horrible story from over the weekend, former

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boxer Michael Watson was attacked and they are trying to get to the

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bottom of it in launching a campaign as well. Some horrible pictures from

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that over the weekend. And Danny Dyer, saying that his friends are

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slightly concerned about him and he needs to calm down a bit,

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apparently. I know you are going to the scheme later, from Sutton

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United, which is a big game. -- this game later. This is a list of the

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day jobs, we have a lumberjack and a special needs teacher. My favourite

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is one that says he has no nuggets in a pre-match meal, which is

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exactly what you need when you are about to play Arsenal. We will

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interview him later! He needs all night, don't take any of them. It

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talks about the fact that they get perspective from their day job which

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means that when they play football it is maybe not as big a deal as

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other people make it. And their dressing room is the only dressing

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room which is... How can I describe it? Chocolate brown. They paint them

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chocolate round. And the guy who was the manager also puts a lot of money

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in and has a building firm, and he had loads of leftover brown paint.

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Here use that. Now, you might be a bit surprised by this story. A US

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food giant scrapping the bid to buy owners of PG Tips and Marmite. So

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there was a huge deal on the cards, hundreds of billions of dollars

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worth of deals. Teabags, Marmite, Philadelphia, baked beans, all of

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those could have been under the same banner but late last night they

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pulled out of the deal saying, actually, they got scared off by

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people not wanting it to happen. Unilever were not happy. 7500 jobs

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in the UK, they will be pleased about that. You know how we talked

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about the fiver worth ?50 million, and one is still out there. The one

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with the little marker on, a little gold portrait. So keep an eye out

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for that. I noticed earlier you had to go out at the studio to go and

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get something. It was your mobile phone. You are not alone in the

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anxiety of being separated from your phone. I felt a little bit naked.

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Apparently being separated from your mobile is almost as bad as PTSD.

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They have done research on young people and they start to get

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stressed even when they are separated from their smartphone for

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a matter of minutes. I was just checking the pockets and didn't feel

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it. They start exhibiting the type of attachment behaviour is usually

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reserved for a member of the family if they are lost. Even a short time

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apart from their phone brought on heartbeat patterns associated with

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post-traumatic stress disorder. Do you feel better? I feel even better

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with this double animal story. Not only have you got a cat who can open

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a door, but there is a hamster who can climb a seven football down

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here. This hamster escaped. This lad owns a hamster, it escaped from

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Liam's house, climbed the seven foot hall Dominic Walcott what was found

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by someone else, a family member of his own and the pet shop, recognise

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the hamster and they got it back. Thank you, see you later.

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He has been in the job for just over a month,

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but in a few short weeks, Donald Trump has managed to both

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delight his supporters and appal his detractors.

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Today, MPs will debate the President's upcoming state visit

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to the UK, after two million people signed a petition against it,

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and more than 300,000 signed one in favour.

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Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been to an American comedy night

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in Birmingham, where the audience shared their divided views

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on the new US President and his policies.

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And the thing is, living here as an American at the moment, I usually

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have to start my gigs by just saying I am sorry. We are in a cafe in

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Birmingham. When people find out I am an American now, the first thing

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they say to me as Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump... American comedian

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Eric McIlroy is playing to a split audience, some who admire Donald

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Trump and some who loathe him. I think he is racist, misogynistic, I

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think he is sexist. Donald Trump is decisive, Donald Trump is his own

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man. I think is a real threat to the values of freedom and equality. I am

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living in this country as a Muslim. I have no issues. I think is a

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climate change denier, and I think he is pro- torture. Why are people

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scared about him? His approaches are just archaic and shocking. You think

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is dangerous? Very much so. Very, very, very much so. England is the

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same, the establishment can't fix the broken country. If they are

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going to call a dangerous, than I am dangerous. That is what I want to

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do. And in one word, he is an absolute dig it. So you like and

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then? I think we should let him come to the country, he greeted by Sadiq

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Khan, after waiting for an hour and a half and Customs, because he would

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appreciate that, and they should take out for a sour chicken masala.

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Almost 200,000 people have signed a petition to say he should be allowed

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to address parliament. The rights and wrongs will be in Westmead

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today, but again our audience is deeply divided. I would love to see

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him here, I would be happy to greet him personally, I would like to see

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him having a drink on broad Street the same as Bill Clinton did. Not in

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my name. He shouldn't come? No, not at all. If Justin Trudeau, the

:24:56.:25:00.

Liberal prime Minister of Canada, is willing to reach out, I think he

:25:01.:25:03.

should as well. -- Prime Minister true though. We could be seeing a

:25:04.:25:14.

real division, not the unifying effect that state visits are

:25:15.:25:18.

supposed to have. Wu makes a much under too much but certainly we have

:25:19.:25:22.

to do the right thing, whatever that is. To be pragmatic? To be

:25:23.:25:25.

pragmatic, yes. I think so. Given the almost chew Brudov disagreement

:25:26.:25:30.

within the room, it is no small mercy that our session begins and

:25:31.:25:34.

ends with laughter. And that was the first time I met Boris Johnson...

:25:35.:25:37.

You can watch MPs debate Donald Trump's state visit to the UK

:25:38.:25:40.

on BBC Parliament from 4:30pm this afternoon.

:25:41.:25:45.

Still to come on Breakfast this morning: The UK

:25:46.:25:47.

could have its own spaceports within three years, with commercial

:25:48.:25:50.

rockets regularly blasting off into the stratosphere.

:25:51.:25:52.

Breakfast's John Maguire is in Cornwall for us this morning.

:25:53.:25:59.

Good morning. We were ready and waiting. Where were you? Good

:26:00.:26:09.

morning, welcome to this station, built back in the 1960s to track

:26:10.:26:15.

satellites. We have a model just here of the first satellite

:26:16.:26:21.

television broadcaster in the UK, way back in 1962. We are standing at

:26:22.:26:27.

the dawn of a new era in the UK's space industry. We are about to, in

:26:28.:26:33.

the next few years, if everything goes according to plan, get the

:26:34.:26:36.

first commercial space ports, and this place will monitor the

:26:37.:26:40.

spacecraft as they explore the outer atmosphere. We will tell you all

:26:41.:26:41.

about that Plenty more on our website

:26:42.:30:01.

at the usual address. Now, though, it is back

:30:02.:30:03.

to Dan and Louise. Hello this is Breakfast,

:30:04.:30:06.

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

:30:07.:30:14.

and sport in a moment, With British drivers spending 32

:30:15.:30:18.

hours a year struck in traffic, we'll find out why the UK's roads

:30:19.:30:23.

are the most gridlocked in western Europe - and look at

:30:24.:30:27.

potential solutions. Sepsis kills more than 40,000

:30:28.:30:35.

people every year - more than bowel, breast

:30:36.:30:38.

and prostate cancer combined. We'll look at calls to raise

:30:39.:30:40.

awareness of the deadly condition. Eddy and Patsy - or should we say

:30:41.:30:52.

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley - will join us right

:30:53.:31:01.

here on the sofa. Probably not just like that. I was

:31:02.:31:13.

thinking, to you think you will get on the sofa like that!

:31:14.:31:16.

The UK has the worst traffic congestion in Europe,

:31:17.:31:19.

with drivers spending an average of 32 hours a year stuck

:31:20.:31:22.

That's according to research from the travel information company,

:31:23.:31:26.

Inrix, which found that congestion is the most severe in London,

:31:27.:31:29.

followed by Manchester and then Aberdeen.

:31:30.:31:31.

The Department for Transport says it's investing record amounts

:31:32.:31:33.

We'll hear from two traffic experts at just after 8:00 this morning

:31:34.:31:44.

on what they think should be done to ease congestion on our roads.

:31:45.:31:49.

To send your suggestions in as well, we will read some of those later.

:31:50.:31:55.

Peers get their first chance to debate the so-called

:31:56.:31:58.

"Brexit Bill" later - the legislation which kicks off

:31:59.:32:00.

the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:32:01.:32:02.

The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:32:03.:32:05.

opposition peers in the House of Lords will seek guarantees

:32:06.:32:08.

about the rights of EU citizens in Britain -

:32:09.:32:10.

and the role of parliament in scrutinising Brexit.

:32:11.:32:12.

Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:32:13.:32:15.

in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:32:16.:32:19.

The government says extra money is being put into social care

:32:20.:32:22.

and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:32:23.:32:25.

But the Local Government Association who represent councils say deep cuts

:32:26.:32:30.

will still have to be made to other services as the cost of care

:32:31.:32:34.

for the elderly and disabled will account for all

:32:35.:32:37.

Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

:32:38.:32:45.

Battersea Dogs Cats Home is calling for prison sentences

:32:46.:32:53.

to be increased from six months to five years to bring

:32:54.:32:56.

the punishment in line with crimes such as fly-tipping.

:32:57.:32:58.

England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence

:32:59.:33:01.

Donald Trump has treated about why he made comments about an incident

:33:02.:33:23.

in Sweden which did not happen. You look at what is happening last night

:33:24.:33:29.

in Sweden, Sweden! Who would believe this, Sweden. They took in large

:33:30.:33:34.

numbers and they are having problems like they never thought possible. He

:33:35.:33:44.

said the following day that the information was from a Fox News

:33:45.:33:46.

article. 6:33am. I probably need to explain

:33:47.:34:04.

why I was excited about the FA Cup draw. We could have a nonleague side

:34:05.:34:11.

into the final which is a good part of the draw. Although I still

:34:12.:34:21.

reeling about your description of the dress!

:34:22.:34:23.

Non-league Sutton United take centre stage in the FA Cup when they take

:34:24.:34:27.

on Arsenal tonight for the last remaining place in the FA Cup

:34:28.:34:30.

They already know who they will face in the next round after

:34:31.:34:34.

Sutton or Arsenal will play the heroes of the weekend,

:34:35.:34:37.

Lincoln City for a place in the semi finals.

:34:38.:34:40.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United came through yesterday.

:34:41.:34:42.

United had to come from behind to beat Championship side,

:34:43.:34:44.

Blackburn Rovers, 2-1 with Zlatan Ibrahimovich

:34:45.:34:46.

United now go to manager Jose Mourinho's former club Chelsea

:34:47.:34:50.

They had brilliant attitude and if we did not have this professional

:34:51.:35:05.

attitude with everybody playing with focus and responsibility, we would

:35:06.:35:07.

be in real trouble. Tottenham will host Millwall

:35:08.:35:09.

in the next round, after Harry Kane scored a hat trick

:35:10.:35:12.

against Fulham yesterday. The England striker says the win

:35:13.:35:14.

will also help them later this week when Spurs attempt to come back

:35:15.:35:17.

from 1-nil down in the Europa League Winning games gives you confidence

:35:18.:35:27.

so we go into Thursday coming off this result and buzzing to go to

:35:28.:35:31.

Wembley. We are looking forward to it. It is never easy in the FA Cup

:35:32.:35:37.

as you see from the results. We came here to do a job and we did that.

:35:38.:35:40.

Aberdeen have strengthened their grip on second place

:35:41.:35:42.

in the Scottish Premiership after a late comeback

:35:43.:35:44.

against Kilmarnock Aberdeen were a goal behind going

:35:45.:35:46.

into the last ten minutes before substitutes Jayden Stockley

:35:47.:35:49.

and Peter Pawlett scored to seal the victory.

:35:50.:35:51.

The result cuts Celtic's lead at the top - but they're

:35:52.:35:54.

Dundee picked up their first home league win over Rangers

:35:55.:35:58.

Goals from Mark O'Hara and Kevin Holt put them 2-nil

:35:59.:36:01.

Rangers got a goal back but they were unable to find

:36:02.:36:05.

Wigan have won the World Club Challenge Series for the first

:36:06.:36:11.

The series is between the best in the Northern

:36:12.:36:14.

A hat-trick from winger Joe Burgess helped Wigan beat

:36:15.:36:18.

Australian Champions Cronulla Sharks, 22-6.

:36:19.:36:29.

Please week that. On Friday, we want to perform really well. The players

:36:30.:36:41.

have so much desire and guts and determination to get these winds.

:36:42.:36:43.

This wind is all for them. -- win. There was a surprise result in rugby

:36:44.:36:53.

union's Premiership yesterday as leaders Wasps lost

:36:54.:36:55.

to tenth place Sale Sharks. Denny Solomona scored a hat-trick

:36:56.:36:58.

for the Sharks who inflicted Wasps' They remain six points

:36:59.:37:01.

clear at the top. Elsewhere Newcastle

:37:02.:37:05.

beat Northampton. Late last night Stuart Bingham

:37:06.:37:06.

won the Welsh Open - he beat Judd Trump 9-8 in the final

:37:07.:37:09.

frame to win the tournament Bingham had led 4-0 in the early

:37:10.:37:12.

stages before Trump battled back But Bingham held his nerve to take

:37:13.:37:17.

the final two frames, sealing his first Welsh Open

:37:18.:37:21.

win with a break of 55. Hopes of a first medal for a British

:37:22.:37:24.

man at an Alpine World Championships ended in disappointment

:37:25.:37:28.

for Dave Ryding The 30-year-old was well placed

:37:29.:37:30.

sitting in fourth place but he was more than two seconds

:37:31.:37:37.

slower on his second run. By the end of the competition

:37:38.:37:41.

he was in eleventh but that was still the best performance

:37:42.:37:45.

by a Male British skier in 32 years. We have had a British woman winning

:37:46.:38:01.

in 1936. A little bit like Wimbledon. We will get there. Are

:38:02.:38:12.

you talking about the World Championships wrong Russian and them

:38:13.:38:18.

later. Yes I will. They do try and disfigured and it is a fun and

:38:19.:38:20.

video. 630 ait a.m.. -- 638. The legislation approved in

:38:21.:38:42.

the comments but many in the Lords say they want to force through

:38:43.:38:49.

changes. One of those peers joins us now. Good morning and thank you for

:38:50.:38:53.

joining us. It will be under intense scrutiny today that this bill. They

:38:54.:38:59.

are talking about some changes wanted to be forced through. What

:39:00.:39:04.

are the prior year it is from your point of view? Two areas, first of

:39:05.:39:09.

all how do we protect things that are really important to this country

:39:10.:39:13.

such as the future of the United Kingdom and indeed our borders with

:39:14.:39:18.

Ireland. There will be other issues such as what happens with EU

:39:19.:39:23.

nationals and then there will be the question of how to keep tabs on this

:39:24.:39:27.

process as it recedes, how do we know when it comes to the final

:39:28.:39:32.

decision, we are not being given Wilson 's choice -- Hobson. This was

:39:33.:39:46.

voted for by the British public. Some say the Lords should not be

:39:47.:39:51.

interfering in that boat. Look, there was a clear majority in the

:39:52.:39:56.

referendum to leave the European Union and I do not believe the laws

:39:57.:40:02.

will seek to block the bill, or indeed delay hit significantly. The

:40:03.:40:08.

key issue is the Lords has a job to do, to review and scrutinised

:40:09.:40:14.

legislation and while people voted to leave, they are a lots of issues

:40:15.:40:21.

they did not vote or express a view on, such as leaving the single

:40:22.:40:25.

market or taking actions that might put at risk the future of the United

:40:26.:40:31.

Kingdom stop it is right and proper for Parliament and the House of

:40:32.:40:36.

Lords to debate. You say the Lords are unlikely to block it all delay

:40:37.:40:39.

yet, but how would you make progress? We make progress by having

:40:40.:40:46.

a debate in the next two weeks. There will be some detailed

:40:47.:40:50.

amendments forward across the house and across the bench. From political

:40:51.:40:57.

parties as well. They then go back to the House of Commons who can

:40:58.:41:02.

either accept or reject them and I do hope that if Iraq considered

:41:03.:41:06.

amendments of that come out of a genuine debate in the Lords that the

:41:07.:41:12.

comments and indeed the government will see fit to give them the proper

:41:13.:41:17.

consideration. With regard to these amendments if you are hoping all, if

:41:18.:41:22.

the Lords are seen to be interfering - there are some people it may lead

:41:23.:41:26.

to more lessons about the future of the House of Lords? There is a

:41:27.:41:32.

proper debate to have about whether you have the current model of the

:41:33.:41:39.

House of Lords or are elected second chamber but while we exist in the

:41:40.:41:44.

current form, we have a job to do and I would be most unhappy if the

:41:45.:41:48.

House of Lords, where it felt it had proper issues to consider, in

:41:49.:41:53.

effect, curtailed this debate and its role because it was worried it

:41:54.:41:58.

might be abolished. If you get into that sort of decision everytime we

:41:59.:42:03.

are threatened, we might as well pack up and go home full of which

:42:04.:42:07.

have been hearing in our news bulletin that the Local Government

:42:08.:42:11.

Association that almost every council in England is planning to

:42:12.:42:16.

put council tax up by 5% in order to pay for social care. When it comes

:42:17.:42:22.

to the crunch, do you think that is what they will do? I think they will

:42:23.:42:28.

do and I think the whole financial deal on local government this year

:42:29.:42:33.

is based on the fact that council tax will go up. I do not think

:42:34.:42:38.

authorities ever want to put up council tax more than they need to

:42:39.:42:42.

but government funding has gone back and there is still an essential need

:42:43.:42:47.

for social care and services like libraries and maintaining the roads.

:42:48.:42:53.

If we want good local services, they are going to have to be paid for.

:42:54.:42:58.

Thank you for your time here. Let's ironed out what is happening in the

:42:59.:43:05.

weather with a rather foreboding sky behind her. A cloudy start to the

:43:06.:43:12.

day but also an exceptionally mild one. Ealing North Wales -- in north

:43:13.:43:23.

Wales up to 18 degrees. 13 degrees high than expected. Today and

:43:24.:43:30.

tomorrow, the amber colour is showing its hand. The jet stream

:43:31.:43:37.

tempered by the Atlantic Ocean but the origin is the Caribbean where it

:43:38.:43:45.

is in the midst of high 20s. What we have this morning is a lot of cloud

:43:46.:43:50.

around and some mist and hill fog and drizzle coming out of the vicar

:43:51.:43:56.

cloud and some rain. Some of us will see some sunshine. Hill fog across

:43:57.:44:02.

Wales, ploughed through the Midland and East Anglia, cloudy as you

:44:03.:44:07.

continue your journey into northern England. Some heavy rain through

:44:08.:44:15.

north-east Scotland, it will edge to Northern Ireland but even say the

:44:16.:44:18.

temperatures are still pretty high for this time of day. Across parts

:44:19.:44:31.

of its -- of East Scotland... Gusts of 50 mph in northern England so

:44:32.:44:38.

take extra care. The weather front sleeping through Northern Ireland

:44:39.:44:42.

into northern England but by then it will be light patchy rain. Where we

:44:43.:44:48.

see the sunshine, we could hit 17 degrees Celsius, more likely 16. As

:44:49.:44:57.

we head onto the evening and overnight, rain in the south

:44:58.:45:00.

rejuvenate because it starts to come back northwards. Ahead of that, in

:45:01.:45:06.

Scotland, under clear skies, we are looking at an overnight low of four.

:45:07.:45:17.

Across parts of Wales, southern England, a lot of cloud around. Some

:45:18.:45:23.

sunshine and high temperatures in that. Generally nine - 13. More rain

:45:24.:45:31.

across north-west Scotland. Rain across Wales and a northern England

:45:32.:45:37.

and then six down to East Anglia. A lot of cloud associated with these

:45:38.:45:42.

but brighter skies further north but you can see the temperatures are

:45:43.:45:45.

starting to come back down. Thank you, Carol. Always nice to see

:45:46.:45:51.

you. 16% of working disabled people

:45:52.:45:56.

identify as being their own boss, higher than in the

:45:57.:45:59.

non-disabled population. Is this difference due

:46:00.:46:01.

to the flexibility that going it alone offers disabled people,

:46:02.:46:03.

or are disabled people pushed in to it through lack

:46:04.:46:06.

of opportunity. It is quite a big difference in the

:46:07.:46:18.

jobs market, depending if you do or do not have a disability.

:46:19.:46:19.

Just under half of working-age disabled people have a job,

:46:20.:46:22.

compared to more than 80% for those without a disability.

:46:23.:46:25.

Self-employment is a particularly popular way for people living

:46:26.:46:27.

with a disability to get into the workforce.

:46:28.:46:29.

500,000 people do just that, and one is Kelly Perks-Bevington,

:46:30.:46:32.

who started her professional management business after realising

:46:33.:46:34.

the company she was working for wasn't sending her out on jobs

:46:35.:46:38.

My condition is spinal muscular atrophy type three, which is a

:46:39.:46:53.

muscle wastage disorder, and that means that I do use a wheelchair on

:46:54.:46:57.

a daily basis. I just take a little bit longer to do things than

:46:58.:47:01.

everybody else. There's quite a lot of things that you need to think

:47:02.:47:05.

about that perhaps somebody that able-bodied wouldn't need to think

:47:06.:47:08.

about. You just need that extra bit of time. I think that that is a big,

:47:09.:47:12.

key factor in being self-employed and having your own business, is

:47:13.:47:16.

that you can manage your time. You know what you can take, you sort of

:47:17.:47:20.

know your own needs, and you can actually take time out for yourself.

:47:21.:47:24.

I think that you've got that power inside you to solve those problems

:47:25.:47:27.

that able-bodied people don't necessarily have to deal with. And

:47:28.:47:31.

it does give you a strength to work out everyday business problems, and

:47:32.:47:35.

it just makes for a fantastic is this mind, in my opinion. I think

:47:36.:47:41.

maybe, in the past, my disability held me back in a business sense.

:47:42.:47:44.

I've actually I think that was just the way I view that personally, and

:47:45.:47:48.

it has been a journey to get to where I am now. But now I don't let

:47:49.:47:53.

it stop me doing anything that I want to do. I always find a way to

:47:54.:47:55.

do it, and just get around it. She is an ambassador manager

:47:56.:47:57.

for Leonard Cheshire Disability. Good morning. Good morning. We heard

:47:58.:48:08.

from Kelly, her story about what pushed her to go into business. Do

:48:09.:48:12.

you phone from people living with a disability, is it more a choice,

:48:13.:48:15.

because they want to be in the workforce, being self-employed, or

:48:16.:48:19.

is it need and because companies are not making it as comfortable for

:48:20.:48:23.

people as they ought to? I think people are people, so we have to say

:48:24.:48:28.

that disabled people are part of a working community, but it is

:48:29.:48:30.

certainly true that there are barriers. So if you are an

:48:31.:48:33.

entrepreneur you kind of change those barriers by making your life

:48:34.:48:38.

flexible, having your own income, and also following your dream. And

:48:39.:48:42.

that figure I mentioned earlier, where the employment rate for people

:48:43.:48:45.

living with a disability is less than 50%. It is stark, yes. Is there

:48:46.:48:52.

a fundamental issue with British business that means those figures

:48:53.:48:56.

excess? I think there is a deep level of misunderstanding about how

:48:57.:49:00.

disabled people can happily go to work, work hard, be talented, and

:49:01.:49:05.

also I think there is a lack understanding that disabled people

:49:06.:49:09.

are like everybody else. They need help sometimes, or support, I think

:49:10.:49:14.

the word adaptation is a good word, adapting to things. Are there

:49:15.:49:17.

certain things that businesses can do quite easily to make those

:49:18.:49:22.

figures better? Well, I think the first thing to do is sit down to

:49:23.:49:26.

talk to people. Disability is such a personal experience. You can't put a

:49:27.:49:31.

big rush of it and say this is what you do for disabled people. You need

:49:32.:50:00.

to be able to say this person needs a larger screen, or flexible working

:50:01.:50:03.

hours, so there are things that you can do. Have you experienced

:50:04.:50:06.

difficulties with your disability, or even major positives that certain

:50:07.:50:10.

businesses who know how to deal with the situation? I have, actually. I

:50:11.:50:12.

have had workplaces who don't understand you needing a medical

:50:13.:50:15.

appointment, and places that don't understand the screen, or it took

:50:16.:50:19.

three weeks to get a screen, and I can't read it without a special one.

:50:20.:50:23.

I have also had places where they have said, what can we do for you?

:50:24.:50:27.

How can we make it the best person for this job? It really is about

:50:28.:50:30.

sitting down, talking to people, making sure you have thought about

:50:31.:50:34.

things. Often it is nothing to do with money. It is to do with inking

:50:35.:50:37.

about structures. And just finally, if anybody is self-employed, you

:50:38.:50:41.

have to remember, don't you, that your workers ' writes are not as

:50:42.:50:45.

strong as if you are staff at a company somewhere. Is that something

:50:46.:50:48.

that people should bear in mind? Again, it is not about being

:50:49.:50:50.

disabled or not disabled. That implies that disabled people are

:50:51.:50:54.

separate, they are not. They have the same rights as everyone else.

:50:55.:50:57.

Sharing your disability gives you more rights. You are protected by a

:50:58.:51:00.

quality acts, so if you tell your employer you need this, or if you go

:51:01.:51:05.

to your bank and say you need help, they are responsible, legally, for

:51:06.:51:08.

helping you. We will be talking more about this through the morning.

:51:09.:51:11.

Hashtag is disability works if you want to follow that series

:51:12.:51:12.

throughout the week. Could the UK soon boldly

:51:13.:51:13.

be going where it has Detailed plans to create

:51:14.:51:16.

the country's first spaceports They could see commercial satellites

:51:17.:51:19.

being launched within three years, and even lead to the start

:51:20.:51:23.

of space tourism. Ministers want to grab a share

:51:24.:51:25.

of an industry that is potentially From Glasgow Prestwick airport,

:51:26.:51:33.

destinations include us alone, also and Rome. But soon there will be

:51:34.:51:37.

another one. Space -- Malta. The number one target is to see the

:51:38.:51:40.

first launch from the UK by 2020. For a burgeoning and already very

:51:41.:51:43.

successful space industry worth ?250 million, this is a crucial piece in

:51:44.:51:49.

the jigsaw, and could be in place soon. To start with, it will

:51:50.:51:55.

actually be rockets flying under an aircraft, for the first few years,

:51:56.:51:58.

so it won't be that different from watching an ordinary aircraft take

:51:59.:52:02.

off. But obviously, in the fullness of time, we would expect that to be

:52:03.:52:06.

a proper rocket taking off, and with wings that can be deployed and able

:52:07.:52:12.

to land again. To be classified as a spaceport, sites will need to be

:52:13.:52:15.

licensed. They won't need to undergo major works, but will have to be

:52:16.:52:20.

able to refuel rockets. The vast majority of takeoffs will be

:52:21.:52:24.

horizontal rather than vertical. The carrier aircraft will climb to

:52:25.:52:28.

around 40,000 feet, so above the weather, above traditional air

:52:29.:52:34.

traffic... Inside the rocket will be small satellites. For the businesses

:52:35.:52:39.

involved, this is the chance of a lifetime. We find ourselves with

:52:40.:52:42.

this fantastic opportunity. Nobody in the US is doing this, nobody in

:52:43.:52:46.

Europe is doing it, nobody around the world is doing it, and the UK

:52:47.:52:49.

can capture this enormous economic potential and get way ahead of the

:52:50.:52:54.

market. And lift off of the Falcon Nine to the space station. White

:52:55.:52:59.

back once the exclusive playground of the superpowers, space is more

:53:00.:53:02.

accessible than ever and the government wants the UK to take a

:53:03.:53:06.

bigger slice of the pie. Now, the economic benefits of hosting a

:53:07.:53:10.

spaceport are very enticing. At the aerospace Park over there they

:53:11.:53:13.

already employ about 3000 people, and it is believed that they could

:53:14.:53:19.

take on another 2000 in this area if a spaceport comes to Prestwick. The

:53:20.:53:24.

and of its UK wide of housing this next generation of air travel, well,

:53:25.:53:29.

they are even more significant -- aerospace travel. And here at

:53:30.:53:33.

Oxfordshire they are developing the next generation of Aerospace

:53:34.:53:37.

engines, capable of flying at five times the speed of sound in the

:53:38.:53:43.

atmosphere and of spaceflight, the air breathing Sabre will rocket

:53:44.:53:49.

engines would revolutionise travel, London to the stars in hours. It

:53:50.:53:58.

could really transform Aerospace. There has been a significant gaps in

:53:59.:54:02.

the last big development in this one, but this is potentially the

:54:03.:54:07.

closest we are going to get to the jet engine moment in our lifetime.

:54:08.:54:13.

But first, the commercial spaceport will launch satellites and could

:54:14.:54:17.

bring the zero gravity flights to the UK. Then, ultimately, even space

:54:18.:54:23.

tourism. The opportunities are huge, and not even the sky is the limit.

:54:24.:54:29.

And John is in Cornwall for us now, at a site that is hoping

:54:30.:54:32.

It looks as though that little satellite is trying to find out what

:54:33.:54:39.

your thoughts at this morning as well. Good luck with that. You know

:54:40.:54:44.

what they say about empty vessels. We are in Cornwall, as you say, the

:54:45.:54:48.

earth is The British Heart Foundation here. 25 of these

:54:49.:54:52.

antennas monitoring what is going on up in space. And it is hoped that

:54:53.:54:57.

this would become mission control if and when these spaceport arrive. I

:54:58.:55:02.

am joined by Ian Jones from Goonhilly and Professor Tim Harris

:55:03.:55:05.

from the University of Exeter. Exciting stuff. What will you be

:55:06.:55:11.

doing it, you hope? So when the rocket parts take off from the

:55:12.:55:15.

aeroplane it has to start going very fast very quickly, and disappear out

:55:16.:55:19.

of the range of normal tracking. So what we are going to be doing here

:55:20.:55:23.

at acrid to his tracking the rocket parts up into space, up into orbit.

:55:24.:55:27.

So yes, that is what we are hoping to do. And as with all rocket

:55:28.:55:32.

scientist, you make it sound easy. Is it the sort of technology now

:55:33.:55:35.

that is very much within our grasp, is it relatively easy? Well, of

:55:36.:55:40.

course we have been tracking rocket since the early 1960s. This is

:55:41.:55:44.

something we are perhaps going to be to look at in terms of the

:55:45.:55:47.

technology, perhaps tracking via another satellite already in space.

:55:48.:55:52.

Tim Harris, from the University of Exeter, I want to talk to you about

:55:53.:55:55.

the science. We have talked about the business opportunities of the

:55:56.:55:58.

burgeoning space industry. What would it mean the signs such as

:55:59.:56:03.

yourself? Of course, satellites are very important for UK science. We

:56:04.:56:07.

have people starting ocean acidification remotely, looking at

:56:08.:56:10.

climate and weather in contact with the Met Office, and also in my

:56:11.:56:16.

field, in astrophysics, we like to get above the atmosphere, which

:56:17.:56:20.

causes the stars to twinkle, which makes it difficult to observe them

:56:21.:56:24.

in detail from the earth's surfers, but above the atmosphere that goes

:56:25.:56:29.

away. And some wavelengths don't get through the atmosphere but we can

:56:30.:56:33.

study them from space. This is an exciting opportunity for UK science.

:56:34.:56:38.

More from you two later on. Exciting opportunities. It is enabling

:56:39.:56:42.

scientists to do things that they just haven't been able to do before,

:56:43.:56:46.

obtain data, monitor things they haven't been able to before, much

:56:47.:56:50.

more cheaply now if and when the spaceport is arrive in the UK in

:56:51.:56:57.

just the next couple of years. I quite fancy being a space tourist,

:56:58.:57:05.

do you? No. Really? I am quite happy here, thanks. I

:57:06.:00:28.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:00:29.:00:31.

Now, though, it is back to Dan and Louise.

:00:32.:00:33.

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

:00:34.:00:37.

are the most congested in Western Europe.

:00:38.:00:41.

Researchers say most drivers spend more than 32 hours each year stuck

:00:42.:00:44.

in traffic as they warn of a significant cost

:00:45.:00:46.

Good morning, it's Monday the 20th February.

:00:47.:01:02.

Almost every council in England is planning

:01:03.:01:07.

to put up taxes to help meet the cost of social care.

:01:08.:01:13.

Angelina Jolie talks exclusively to us about her new film set

:01:14.:01:16.

in Cambodia and for the first time about her separation

:01:17.:01:18.

And we are a family, and we will always be a family.

:01:19.:01:37.

and hopefully be a stronger family for it.

:01:38.:01:41.

More than half a million people with a disability are self employed.

:01:42.:01:44.

I'll be looking at why it's such a popular option as part

:01:45.:01:48.

of the BBC's Disability Works series.

:01:49.:01:49.

Can another non-league club make it to the quarter finals of the FA Cup?

:01:50.:01:53.

Sutton United take on Arsenal later, the winner will play Lincoln.

:01:54.:01:56.

The holders Manchester United will face Chelsea next after coming

:01:57.:01:59.

from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers yesterday.

:02:00.:02:06.

It is blast off for plans to create a new generation of commercial space

:02:07.:02:15.

ports in the UK. With live at mission control in Cornwall, where

:02:16.:02:19.

they'll be hoping to track the spacecraft of the future -- we're

:02:20.:02:20.

live. After 8am we'll be joined

:02:21.:02:22.

by TV royalty. Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders

:02:23.:02:24.

will be on the sofa as they celebrate 25

:02:25.:02:27.

years of Ab Fab. A mild start to the day but not

:02:28.:02:41.

sunny all the way through. Quite a lot of cloud around producing

:02:42.:02:45.

drizzle, murky conditions, wet and windy in the north but sunshine

:02:46.:02:50.

today and where we see that in parts of the south we could hit 16 or 17.

:02:51.:02:56.

More on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank you, Carol, see you shortly.

:02:57.:02:58.

Let's set you up for the day by talking about traffic!

:02:59.:03:02.

The UK has the worst congestion in Western Europe,

:03:03.:03:04.

with drivers spending an average of 32 hours a year stuck

:03:05.:03:07.

This is according to the travel information company Inrix.

:03:08.:03:11.

Congestion is the most severe in London, followed by Manchester

:03:12.:03:13.

The Department for Transport says it's investing record amounts

:03:14.:03:17.

to keep the country moving, as Jane-Frances Kelly reports.

:03:18.:03:21.

Drivers across the UK who face the daily misery of traffic jams

:03:22.:03:25.

are losing not just their patience but also time and money.

:03:26.:03:29.

Unsurprisingly, London is the most congested city in the UK,

:03:30.:03:32.

with drivers spending more than three days every year stuck

:03:33.:03:35.

Manchester is the second worst, with motorists wasting 39 hours

:03:36.:03:41.

Aberdeen is third and perhaps surprisingly beats London

:03:42.:03:47.

as the hardest city to drive in and out of during rush hour.

:03:48.:03:56.

Research suggests businesses in Cardiff, suffer the most

:03:57.:03:58.

from congestion, based on the amount of tailback during the daytime.

:03:59.:04:05.

Outside of London, part of the A1 southbound in Belfast

:04:06.:04:08.

was found to be the most congested route in the UK.

:04:09.:04:11.

Other than drivers getting frustrated behind the wheel,

:04:12.:04:13.

costs the economy ?31 billion last year, that's an average of nearly

:04:14.:04:24.

?1,000 per driver on things like fuel, being late

:04:25.:04:26.

There's also more traffic on the roads because of growth

:04:27.:04:30.

The Department for Transport said it's making the most extensive

:04:31.:04:36.

improvements to roads since the 1970s, investing a record

:04:37.:04:39.

But money may not be the only solution.

:04:40.:04:43.

Researchers say to stop us standing still, we need better traffic

:04:44.:04:46.

management, more flexible working and to consider the wider use

:04:47.:04:49.

We'll hear from two traffic experts at just after 8am this morning

:04:50.:04:57.

on what they think should be done to ease congestion on our roads.

:04:58.:05:02.

Thank you for all your suggestions you've been sending in already,

:05:03.:05:07.

we'll get through some of those later in the programme.

:05:08.:05:08.

Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of England's local

:05:09.:05:11.

authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents

:05:12.:05:14.

them is warning that deep cuts to services will still be needed.

:05:15.:05:17.

The Local Government Association says social care

:05:18.:05:19.

services for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point

:05:20.:05:22.

and will swallow up any extra money raised.

:05:23.:05:24.

Here's our social affairs correspondent Allison Holt.

:05:25.:05:27.

After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support

:05:28.:05:34.

to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence.

:05:35.:05:36.

She needs help each day, which allows her and her husband

:05:37.:05:39.

I'm grateful for all that they have done for me, I really am and...

:05:40.:05:55.

Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

:05:56.:05:58.

Councils fund most social care and today's surveys shows

:05:59.:06:04.

the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs.

:06:05.:06:07.

There are 151 local authorities in England, 147 plan to raise

:06:08.:06:10.

council tax specifically to help pay for social care.

:06:11.:06:14.

But councils warn that will not plug the funding gap and that could mean

:06:15.:06:20.

There has been a united voice of local government to say

:06:21.:06:26.

that they need more funding into social care and that the crisis

:06:27.:06:33.

The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

:06:34.:06:37.

The government says extra money is being put into social care that

:06:38.:06:42.

and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:06:43.:06:46.

The House of Lords will get its first chance to debate

:06:47.:06:57.

the so-called Brexit Bill later, the legislation which kicks off

:06:58.:06:59.

the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:07:00.:07:01.

The bill passed through the Commons unamended,

:07:02.:07:03.

but it's thought opposition peers will seek guarantees

:07:04.:07:06.

about the rights of EU citizens in Britain

:07:07.:07:08.

and the role of Parliament in scrutinising Brexit.

:07:09.:07:17.

Our political correspondent Tom Bateman is in Westminster.

:07:18.:07:20.

What will the tone of the debate be those yellow for anyone interested

:07:21.:07:27.

in the spectator sport of watching House of Lords debate, there will be

:07:28.:07:33.

a treat because 180 will speak, a record number. It gives you a sense

:07:34.:07:38.

of the appetite of lords to influence and discuss and scrutinise

:07:39.:07:42.

this process. Some of the Lord's will try to amend the Brexit bill,

:07:43.:07:46.

that's something MPs were unsuccessful in doing because they

:07:47.:07:51.

backed this bill overwhelmingly. For others it's merely a chance to have

:07:52.:07:56.

a say on it all. In terms of that process, we've been hearing on

:07:57.:07:59.

Breakfast from the crossbench peer Lord Kerslake.

:08:00.:08:02.

The key issue is the Lord's has a job to do, it's there to review and

:08:03.:08:09.

scrutinise legislation and while people voted to leave, there are a

:08:10.:08:13.

lot of issues on which people didn't really vote or express a view, such

:08:14.:08:17.

as leaving the single market, or indeed taking actions that might put

:08:18.:08:22.

at risk the future of the United Kingdom. These are important issues

:08:23.:08:26.

and it's right and proper for Parliament, and indeed the House of

:08:27.:08:34.

Lords, to debate. You mention the rights of EU citizens and getting a

:08:35.:08:38.

parliamentary vote on any deal before signed by Theresa May, it

:08:39.:08:43.

could bounce back to the House of Commons and they could wipe off

:08:44.:08:47.

those amendments. In the end ministers want no changes to the

:08:48.:08:50.

bill and Theresa May confident she will get to trigger the Article 50

:08:51.:08:54.

process during the course of next month. Tom, thank you very much.

:08:55.:09:08.

The NHS is at breaking point as the number of overnight hospital

:09:09.:09:11.

beds continue to decline, that's the warning from

:09:12.:09:13.

Its research, based on official statistics,

:09:14.:09:16.

said the number of beds in England fell by a fifth

:09:17.:09:19.

But Department of Health officials have disputed some of the report's

:09:20.:09:23.

key findings, insisting changes in the way data is recorded means

:09:24.:09:26.

historic and current figures cannot be compared.

:09:27.:09:30.

Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

:09:31.:09:33.

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is calling for prison

:09:34.:09:37.

sentences to be increased from six months to five years to bring

:09:38.:09:40.

the punishment in line with crimes such as fly tipping.

:09:41.:09:43.

England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence

:09:44.:09:45.

Donald Trump has explained on Twitter why he made comments

:09:46.:09:49.

about a security incident in Sweden on Friday,

:09:50.:09:51.

At a rally on Saturday, Mr Trump referenced Sweden,

:09:52.:09:55.

along with other European cities which have been hit by attacks.

:09:56.:10:09.

You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden! Who would

:10:10.:10:18.

believe this, Sweden! They took in large numbers, they're having

:10:19.:10:20.

problems like they never thought possible.

:10:21.:10:30.

He tweeted the following day, saying the information

:10:31.:10:32.

The Swedish Embassy responded, saying they look forward

:10:33.:10:36.

to advising Mr Trump's administration about Swedish

:10:37.:10:37.

immigration and integration policies.

:10:38.:10:39.

Angelina Jolie has spoken for the first time about her

:10:40.:10:41.

The Hollywood actor and director has been speaking exclusively to the BBC

:10:42.:10:46.

about her new film, set in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

:10:47.:10:49.

Angelina Jolie, a UN refugee agency special envoy,

:10:50.:10:51.

She later adopted Maddox, her oldest son, from Cambodia.

:10:52.:10:55.

She spoke to our reporter, Yalda Hakim.

:10:56.:11:08.

I'm here because 17 years ago I came to this country and fell in love

:11:09.:11:13.

with its people and learned about its history, and in doing so

:11:14.:11:18.

realised how little I actually knew in my early 20s about the world. So

:11:19.:11:23.

this country for me has been... Was my awakening and my son changed my

:11:24.:11:31.

life. The you think in many ways you've come full circle? Your

:11:32.:11:35.

humanitarian work started here, you became a mother here, perhaps this

:11:36.:11:39.

is some kind of crossroads for you that you've come back here? Yeah,

:11:40.:11:47.

yeah. I'll always... I'll always be very grateful to this country and I

:11:48.:11:54.

hope... I hope I've given back as much as it's given me. I don't think

:11:55.:11:58.

I could ever give back as much as this country's given me. I

:11:59.:12:02.

understand this is a very sensitive issue. We know that an incident

:12:03.:12:06.

occurred which led to your separation. We also know you haven't

:12:07.:12:10.

said anything about this. But would you like to say something?

:12:11.:12:17.

Uh... Only that...

:12:18.:12:27.

I don't want to say very much about that, except to say

:12:28.:12:30.

that it was a very difficult time, and...

:12:31.:12:32.

And we are a family, and we will always be a family.

:12:33.:12:35.

And we will get through this time, and hopefully be a stronger

:12:36.:12:38.

That was Angelina Jolie. You can see the full interview with her on the

:12:39.:12:49.

BBC News website. We promised you we would return to cruelty to animals.

:12:50.:12:52.

In 2015, just 9% of those convicted of animal cruelty were sent

:12:53.:12:55.

to prison, serving an average of three months in jail.

:12:56.:12:57.

That's something one animal rescue charity wants to change.

:12:58.:13:00.

Battersea Dog and Cats Home is calling for the maximum sentence

:13:01.:13:03.

in England and Wales to be increased from six months

:13:04.:13:06.

We're joined now by its CEO, Claire Horton, who's brought

:13:07.:13:09.

along her dog, Wilma, and by Elaine Chin, who's

:13:10.:13:12.

a volunteer with Freshfields Animal Rescue in Liverpool.

:13:13.:13:14.

Good morning to all of you! I was going to say both of you but Wilma

:13:15.:13:26.

is here as well. Very well controlled. No hands, she's very

:13:27.:13:31.

good! Why do you want to raise the maximum sentence? Well, frankly the

:13:32.:13:38.

situation with sentencing in this country, particularly in England and

:13:39.:13:42.

Wales, particularly for serious offences of animal cruelty is

:13:43.:13:45.

shocking. We are the lowest in Europe at just six months, and other

:13:46.:13:50.

countries, including Ireland and Northern Ireland, are up at five

:13:51.:13:55.

years, which much more reflects the sort of punishment is expected for

:13:56.:14:01.

very serious and very horrific crimes against animals. Tell us

:14:02.:14:05.

about Wilma, she is a rescue dog, isn't she? Wilma is from Battersea

:14:06.:14:10.

dogs and Cats home, I've had her for about six years and when she came in

:14:11.:14:15.

I saw her from the day she came in, very poor state, very thin. She's 14

:14:16.:14:19.

now but she was nine when she came in, just had puppies, they were

:14:20.:14:24.

nowhere to be found, very bad skin and ears and plenty of operations to

:14:25.:14:30.

get her right. Completely neglected, horrendous state. She's very

:14:31.:14:34.

interested in your jacket! What have you been seeing? When we talk about

:14:35.:14:39.

the abuse and cruelty towards animals? Endless cases. It gets

:14:40.:14:45.

worse and worse and worse. We've had animals that have been brought in, a

:14:46.:14:50.

dog brought in who obviously had been owned by adults who were

:14:51.:14:54.

addicts and they used to put alcohol in his drinking bowl and forced him

:14:55.:15:00.

to inhale cannabis. When he came in he had had some corrosive substance

:15:01.:15:05.

thrown over him, acid or whatever, and he had dreadful scarring on him.

:15:06.:15:10.

We've got a dog at the moment in foster care who thankfully his hair

:15:11.:15:17.

owner has gone to prison -- her own. The nature of the abuse is too

:15:18.:15:22.

graphic to describe, even the police were horrified. Dreadful abuse. This

:15:23.:15:27.

is an elderly dog, 11 years old, now needs a home, and that's all she's

:15:28.:15:31.

ever known in her life. What happens to the animals when they come in?

:15:32.:15:36.

They need a lot of care and let's to help them? This is the thing, I'm

:15:37.:15:43.

from Freshfields animal rescue, a local charity in Liverpool, I say at

:15:44.:15:48.

the door they must see the vet. As Claire has described with Wilma,

:15:49.:15:52.

sometimes we embarked on a long and intensive and expensive course of

:15:53.:15:59.

treatment to get the dog or the cat or whatever the animal is right.

:16:00.:16:03.

There's also an emotional journey to go on to restore the animal's faith

:16:04.:16:09.

and get trust again and help it to feel safe. I'm sure the vast

:16:10.:16:13.

majority of people watching will say it's disgusting and how deep could

:16:14.:16:17.

do that to an animal but I'm sure some people will be doing this this

:16:18.:16:21.

week and even today. How would a longer prison sentence deter those

:16:22.:16:25.

kinds of people from hurting animals in a certain kind of way?

:16:26.:16:30.

There is something about, the punishment needs to reflect the

:16:31.:16:37.

crime, and we don't see that at the moment. Birmingham did prison

:16:38.:16:42.

research, showing that increased prison sentences to deter the

:16:43.:16:45.

perpetrators of the most serious crimes. Some of these animals are so

:16:46.:16:50.

badly hurt that they will either die at the hands of their owners or

:16:51.:16:54.

their abuses, or they will have to be euthanasia now found. And that

:16:55.:16:57.

happens way too often for that to be right. -- euthanased. We take on

:16:58.:17:12.

lots of very nice animals from homes who can't take care of them, but

:17:13.:17:16.

some from homes where they have been starved or abused, we will take a

:17:17.:17:20.

lot of stray animals. A good third of the dog that came in, and cats

:17:21.:17:24.

that came in last year were strays, and many of them were extremely

:17:25.:17:28.

poorly looked after and had had very difficult start in life. You can see

:17:29.:17:35.

that. RSPCA in 2015 prosecuted and successfully prosecuted over 930

:17:36.:17:39.

offenders who were punished, but none of those people, some even for

:17:40.:17:45.

the most serious crimes, received anything more than six months. And

:17:46.:17:48.

she is a beautifully behaved dog. She has been with you, six years or

:17:49.:17:55.

so? Six years. How did you choose her? It was my second day at a busy

:17:56.:18:01.

and I wanted to follow an animal through its journey, and she has

:18:02.:18:03.

been with me in mind. You are watching

:18:04.:18:12.

Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this

:18:13.:18:14.

morning: In a jam. The UK has the worst

:18:15.:18:16.

congestion in Europe, with drivers spending around 32

:18:17.:18:18.

hours a year stuck in traffic. In an exclusive interview

:18:19.:18:21.

with the BBC, Angelina Jolie has spoken for the first time

:18:22.:18:24.

about her separation from Brad Pitt. Thank you for your texts, tweets and

:18:25.:18:36.

messages about that story. We will read some of those later in the

:18:37.:18:38.

programme. Here is Carol with a look

:18:39.:18:38.

at this morning's weather. It is exceptionally mild.

:18:39.:18:48.

Unfortunately that doesn't mean we have wall-to-wall blue skies. There

:18:49.:18:51.

is a lot of cloud around but to give you an idea of the current

:18:52.:18:54.

temperatures, in Aberdeen at the moment is 13 Celsius. At this time

:18:55.:18:59.

of day, at this time of year, it should be freezing. That is a big

:19:00.:19:03.

hike up. Belfast, Manchester and Norwich 11, Cardiff and London ten.

:19:04.:19:08.

These temperatures would be good as maximum temperatures at this time of

:19:09.:19:12.

year. It is not just today, even in some tomorrow, look at the Amber

:19:13.:19:15.

colours coming from the Atlantic Ocean. The source of this is the

:19:16.:19:21.

Caribbean, it is tangled up in the jet stream, so it is not dry. We

:19:22.:19:25.

have a lot of moisture, hence all the cloud that we currently have,

:19:26.:19:29.

the mist and murk and also the hill fog. For some of us we also have a

:19:30.:19:33.

weather front coming in across the north-west, producing thick cloud

:19:34.:19:36.

and some heavy rain. In the south-west it is a murky start.

:19:37.:19:40.

There is a lot of cloud around, there is hill fog. It is damp as

:19:41.:19:44.

well, drizzle coming out of the thickest cloud, but these

:19:45.:19:48.

temperatures, 11 and ten, not bad at all. For Wales you have hill fog,

:19:49.:19:53.

northern England you have hill fog, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the

:19:54.:19:56.

rain coming in the northern Scotland will fringe in the Northern Ireland

:19:57.:20:00.

as we go through the course of the day and it is windy in Scotland and

:20:01.:20:04.

Northern Ireland and will remain so throughout the day. It will be

:20:05.:20:07.

particularly windy through the North of England. If you are on the A1,

:20:08.:20:12.

bear that in mind, especially in a high sided vehicles. The rain will

:20:13.:20:16.

turn more patchy in nature as it moved south, bright and breezy

:20:17.:20:19.

behind it. Still some showers piling on, and further south although there

:20:20.:20:25.

will be a lot of cloud around, parts of east and north-east Wales, the

:20:26.:20:28.

South of England, where that sunshine breaks, the temperature

:20:29.:20:33.

could hit 17 Celsius. 17 Celsius in February happens once every five to

:20:34.:20:37.

seven years. Now, as we move through the evening and overnight there is

:20:38.:20:41.

no weather front down in the south. It is going to rejuvenate and pivot

:20:42.:20:45.

back northwards. Ahead of its clearer skies, cool in some of the

:20:46.:20:49.

mountains and Scotland will see some snow. Tomorrow that band of rain

:20:50.:20:53.

moves a little bit further north, not terribly far north. A lot of

:20:54.:20:56.

cloud associated with it. Some breaks in the cloud as we push

:20:57.:21:01.

further north but more rain piling in across the north-west, quite

:21:02.:21:04.

windy. Like today, where we see some breaks, the temperature will be way

:21:05.:21:08.

above average for the time of year. But it will be down by a good four

:21:09.:21:12.

degrees in parts of Scotland compared to what we are looking at

:21:13.:21:17.

today. So then moving from Tuesday into Wednesday we've got a weather

:21:18.:21:21.

front lines across central parts of England and Wales, producing some

:21:22.:21:24.

rain. Quite a lot of cloud around. Behind it, although it is brighter,

:21:25.:21:28.

you can see how the temperature is slowly dropping back down to where

:21:29.:21:32.

it should be at this stage in February. Quite mild, it has been

:21:33.:21:38.

very nice. It has been a lovely weekend, thanks, Carol.

:21:39.:21:41.

Baked beans, whiskey, that is what morning's business stories.

:21:42.:21:49.

Baked beans, whiskey, that is what we have got. Breakfast of kings.

:21:50.:21:51.

It wasn't on for very long, but now the deal is off.

:21:52.:21:55.

On Friday, the American food company Kraft Heinz said it wanted to buy

:21:56.:21:59.

the British-Dutch company Unilever, but last night it walked away

:22:00.:22:01.

The takeover would have been worth ?115 billion,

:22:02.:22:06.

one of the biggest in corporate history, combining dozens

:22:07.:22:09.

of household names, from Unilever's Ben Jerry's

:22:10.:22:11.

and Marmite, to Kraft Heinz's baked beans and Philadelphia cheese.

:22:12.:22:14.

Online retail giant Amazon has said it will create 5,000 new full-time

:22:15.:22:18.

The firm said it was looking for a range of staff,

:22:19.:22:26.

including software developers and warehouse staff.

:22:27.:22:29.

There will be jobs at Amazon's head office in London,

:22:30.:22:31.

as well as in the Edinburgh customer service centre,

:22:32.:22:34.

The recruitment will take Amazon's workforce in the UK

:22:35.:22:38.

Single-malt scotch whisky topped ?1 billion worth of exports

:22:39.:22:41.

for the first time last year, reflecting a return to growth

:22:42.:22:44.

for exports of scotch more widely, with nearly ?4 billion of overseas

:22:45.:22:48.

That follows a dip for two years because of falling demand

:22:49.:22:54.

from China, Venezuela and Brazil with serious economic difficulties.

:22:55.:22:56.

The return to growth for scotch whisky has been driven

:22:57.:22:59.

by the success of single-malts, appealing to luxury

:23:00.:23:01.

There you go, it is very popular, isn't it? It is, especially at this

:23:02.:23:11.

time of the morning. All right, some! What is in your Breakfast cup?

:23:12.:23:13.

We only have tea over here. He has been in the job

:23:14.:23:20.

for just over a month, but in a few short weeks,

:23:21.:23:24.

Donald Trump has managed to both delight his supporters

:23:25.:23:27.

and appal his detractors. Today, MPs will debate

:23:28.:23:29.

the President's upcoming state visit to the UK, after two million people

:23:30.:23:31.

signed a petition against it, and more than 300,000

:23:32.:23:34.

signed one in favour. Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

:23:35.:23:37.

to an American comedy night in Birmingham, where the audience

:23:38.:23:39.

shared their divided views on the new US President

:23:40.:23:42.

and his policies. And the thing is, living

:23:43.:23:44.

here as an American at the moment, I usually have to start my gigs

:23:45.:23:47.

by just saying I'm sorry. When people find out

:23:48.:23:50.

I'm an American now, the first thing they

:23:51.:23:54.

say to me is Trump. Trump, Trump, Trump,

:23:55.:24:03.

Trump, Trump, Trump... American comedian Eric McIlroy

:24:04.:24:05.

is playing to a split audience. Some who admire Donald Trump,

:24:06.:24:08.

and some who loathe him. I think he's a racist, misogynistic,

:24:09.:24:12.

I think he's a sexist. I think he's a real

:24:13.:24:15.

threat to the values I'm living in this

:24:16.:24:21.

country as a Muslim. I think he's a climate

:24:22.:24:24.

change denier, and I think he's

:24:25.:24:29.

pro-torture. His approaches are just

:24:30.:24:29.

archaic and shocking. Breaking the establishment

:24:30.:24:34.

and fixing the broken country. If they are going to call that

:24:35.:24:50.

dangerous, then I'm dangerous. And, in one word, he

:24:51.:24:53.

is an absolute bigot. I think we should let him

:24:54.:24:57.

come to the country, I think he should be

:24:58.:25:05.

greeted by Sadiq Khan, after waiting for an hour

:25:06.:25:07.

and a half in Customs, because he would appreciate that,

:25:08.:25:14.

and he be taken out Almost 200,000 people have signed

:25:15.:25:17.

a petition to say he should be The rights and wrongs

:25:18.:25:22.

will be discussed today, but again our audience

:25:23.:25:25.

is deeply divided. I'd be happy to greet him

:25:26.:25:27.

personally, I'd like to see him having a drink on Broad Street,

:25:28.:25:31.

the same as Bill Clinton did. If Prime Minister Trudeau,

:25:32.:25:35.

liberal Prime Minister of Canada, is prepared to reach

:25:36.:25:46.

out with an open hand, We could be seeing a real division,

:25:47.:25:48.

not the unifying effect that state Whether we roll the red

:25:49.:25:53.

carpet out in all senses, some people might

:25:54.:26:10.

find that a bit much. But certainly we have

:26:11.:26:13.

to do the right thing, Given the almost vituperative

:26:14.:26:15.

disagreement within the room, it is no small mercy

:26:16.:26:21.

that our session begins And that was the first time

:26:22.:26:23.

I met Boris Johnson... You can watch MPs debate

:26:24.:26:27.

Donald Trump's state visit to the UK on BBC Parliament from

:26:28.:26:30.

4:30pm this afternoon. Plenty more on our website

:26:31.:29:48.

at the usual address. Now, though, it is back

:29:49.:29:51.

to Dan and Louise. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:29:52.:29:53.

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. The UK has the worst traffic

:29:54.:30:01.

congestion in Europe, with some drivers spending a total

:30:02.:30:04.

of three days a year stuck That's according to

:30:05.:30:07.

research from the travel information company, Inrix,

:30:08.:30:10.

which found that congestion followed by Manchester and then

:30:11.:30:16.

Aberdeen. The Department for Transport says

:30:17.:30:20.

it's investing record amounts We'll hear from two traffic experts

:30:21.:30:22.

at just after 8am this morning on what they think should be done

:30:23.:30:32.

to ease congestion on our roads. Thanks for all your suggestions,

:30:33.:30:43.

we'll get to those a little later as well.

:30:44.:30:43.

Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:30:44.:30:46.

in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:30:47.:30:50.

The government says extra money is being put into social care

:30:51.:30:53.

and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:30:54.:30:56.

But the Local Government Association who represent councils say deep cuts

:30:57.:31:01.

will still have to be made to other services as the cost of care

:31:02.:31:05.

for the elderly and disabled will account for all

:31:06.:31:07.

Nearly all local authorities have taken the opportunity to raise the

:31:08.:31:20.

adult social care precept and raise council tax. It does not surprise

:31:21.:31:25.

me, there's been a united voice of local government to say they need to

:31:26.:31:29.

have more funding into social care and that the crisis in social care

:31:30.:31:31.

is immediate now. The funding for local government

:31:32.:31:33.

needs to be resolved immediately. The House of Lords will get

:31:34.:31:36.

its first chance to debate the so-called Brexit Bill later,

:31:37.:31:39.

the legislation which kicks off the formal process for

:31:40.:31:42.

Britain leaving the EU. The bill passed through

:31:43.:31:44.

the Commons unamended, but it's thought opposition peers

:31:45.:31:46.

will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:31:47.:31:48.

citizens in Britain and the role of parliament

:31:49.:31:50.

in scrutinising Brexit. The NHS is at breaking point

:31:51.:32:00.

as the number of overnight hospital beds continue to decline,

:32:01.:32:03.

that's the warning from Its research, based

:32:04.:32:05.

on official statistics, said the number of beds

:32:06.:32:08.

in England fell by a fifth But Department of Health officials

:32:09.:32:11.

have disputed some of the report's key findings, insisting changes

:32:12.:32:15.

in the way data is recorded means historic and current

:32:16.:32:18.

figures cannot be compared. Iraqi government forces have

:32:19.:32:26.

resumed their offensive to regain the last major stronghold

:32:27.:32:28.

of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. Thousands of troops

:32:29.:32:31.

are involved in the assault on western Mosul, which is

:32:32.:32:33.

now in its second day. Last month, the Iraqi government

:32:34.:32:36.

forces secured the eastern part Some important bee news

:32:37.:32:39.

for you this morning. Researchers have discovered

:32:40.:32:46.

that the insects make a ridiculously cute noise when they

:32:47.:32:49.

bump into each other. Excuse me, excuse me, coming

:32:50.:33:11.

through! It sounds a bit like ducks quacking. It is a high-pitched

:33:12.:33:13.

little crack. -- quack. identified by scientists

:33:14.:33:19.

at Nottingham Trent University, is made when bees accidentally

:33:20.:33:24.

collide with other bees in the hive. It's made when they vibrate

:33:25.:33:27.

their wing muscles and it can't be heard by human ears,

:33:28.:33:30.

only with a special microphone. That's why we can hear it now. It's

:33:31.:33:36.

interesting, I want to know the noise a wasp makes when he stings

:33:37.:33:40.

you. We know the sound we make! Have some of that! Ouch! Coming up on the

:33:41.:33:48.

programme, Carol will be here later. I don't think wasps speak when they

:33:49.:33:54.

do it! You've been watching too many cartoons! I think I probably have!

:33:55.:33:59.

I'll be talking about the FA Cup. I'm not sure that was the right word

:34:00.:34:04.

for the bee noise. It was apologetic, wasn't it? They will be

:34:05.:34:09.

cheering hopefully, Lincoln city, they know who they have in the next

:34:10.:34:11.

round of the FA Cup. Non-league Sutton United take centre

:34:12.:34:13.

stage in the FA Cup when they take on Arsenal tonight for the last

:34:14.:34:16.

remaining place in the FA Cup It will be on an artificial pitch. I

:34:17.:34:20.

know you're going to that game, Dan! And whoever wins tonight will play

:34:21.:34:25.

the big winners from this weekend, Lincoln City for a place

:34:26.:34:28.

in the semi-finals. While Tottenham Hotspur

:34:29.:34:32.

and Manchester United United had to come from behind

:34:33.:34:39.

to beat Championship side Blackburn Rovers 2-1

:34:40.:34:46.

with Zlatan Ibrahimovic United now go to manager

:34:47.:34:48.

Jose Mourinho's former club Chelsea and if we didn't have this

:34:49.:34:51.

professional attitude with everybody playing with focus

:34:52.:35:00.

and responsibility, He does say Focus there in case

:35:01.:35:01.

you're wondering! Harry Kane scored a hat-trick

:35:02.:35:14.

against Fulham yesterday. The England striker says the win

:35:15.:35:16.

will also help them later this week when Spurs attempt to come back

:35:17.:35:20.

from 1-0 down in the Europa League Winning games, it

:35:21.:35:23.

gives you confidence so we go into Thursday now,

:35:24.:35:26.

coming off this result, and we'll buzzing

:35:27.:35:29.

to go out at Wembley. You know, it is never easy in the FA

:35:30.:35:31.

Cup as you see yesterday, We had to make sure we come

:35:32.:35:36.

here and done our job Aberdeen have strengthened

:35:37.:35:41.

their grip on second place in the Scottish Premiership

:35:42.:35:44.

after a late comeback Aberdeen were a goal behind

:35:45.:35:46.

going into the last ten minutes before substitutes Jayden Stockley

:35:47.:35:50.

and Peter Pawlett scored The result cuts Celtic's

:35:51.:35:52.

lead at the top Dundee picked up their first

:35:53.:35:55.

home league win over Goals from Mark O'Hara

:35:56.:35:59.

and Kevin Holt put them 2-0 Rangers got a goal back

:36:00.:36:03.

but they were unable to find Wigan have won the World

:36:04.:36:07.

Club Challenge Series The series is between

:36:08.:36:10.

the best in the Northern A hat-trick from winger

:36:11.:36:14.

Joe Burgess helped Wigan beat Australian champions

:36:15.:36:20.

Cronulla Sharks 22-6. and I wanted us

:36:21.:36:28.

to perform really well. It's not the stuff, it's not

:36:29.:36:39.

the coaching stuff - and shown such guts

:36:40.:36:44.

and determination to get these wins. There was a surprise result in rugby

:36:45.:36:48.

union's Premiership yesterday as leaders Wasps lost

:36:49.:36:52.

to tenth place Sale Sharks. Denny Solomona scored

:36:53.:36:55.

a hat-trick for the Sharks who inflicted Wasps' third league

:36:56.:36:57.

defeat of the season. Wasps remain six points

:36:58.:36:59.

clear at the top. Elsewhere, Newcastle

:37:00.:37:02.

beat Northampton. Late last night Stuart Bingham

:37:03.:37:03.

won the Welsh Open. He beat Judd Trump 9-8 in the final

:37:04.:37:05.

frame to win the tournament Bingham had led 4-0 in the early

:37:06.:37:09.

stages before Trump battled back to lead 8-7

:37:10.:37:13.

in the evening session. But Bingham held his nerve to take

:37:14.:37:15.

the final two frames, sealing his first Welsh Open

:37:16.:37:18.

win with a break of 55. At those World Biathlon Championship

:37:19.:37:26.

they had one of those anthem issues. This time it was for

:37:27.:37:36.

the Russian National anthem. They all look a little bit confused.

:37:37.:37:48.

One of the TV commentators comes rushing in and says to stop and

:37:49.:37:50.

tells them to start singing. SING there were huge apologies. Is one of

:37:51.:38:05.

those when you get handed a microphone and are made to sing in

:38:06.:38:08.

front of the public. Not fun! Terrible that they got the wrong

:38:09.:38:14.

anthem. It's happened a few times around the world at various

:38:15.:38:16.

different events. You should take your own CD I think! Not a bad idea

:38:17.:38:23.

just in case. And learn the words to the national anthem, it's that

:38:24.:38:26.

second verse! Very awkward. Thank you very much.

:38:27.:38:30.

Sepsis kills around 44,000 people in the UK every year,

:38:31.:38:33.

more than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.

:38:34.:38:35.

Today, the UK Sepsis Trust will present a report

:38:36.:38:37.

to the director of NHS England calling for more to be done

:38:38.:38:40.

We're joined now by doctor Ron Daniel from the charity,

:38:41.:38:49.

and by Stephanie Jennings who first developed the condition

:38:50.:38:52.

Lovely you see U-boats, thank you for coming on. Whenever talk about

:38:53.:38:59.

sepsis, it's important we reiterate what it is -- you both. People are

:39:00.:39:06.

still a bit confused. So Doctor, what is it? Alouettes the way the

:39:07.:39:11.

body responds to infection, it is infection, it is triggered by an

:39:12.:39:14.

infection. It could be a cut or a bike but the immune system going

:39:15.:39:18.

into overdrive damages the body's organs -- cut or a bike. It can be

:39:19.:39:24.

life-threatening. Stephanie. You had pneumonia and then you started

:39:25.:39:29.

feeling increasingly ill? -- bite. I contracted pneumonia in January,

:39:30.:39:34.

2015. It felt like a normal cold but then I got the feeling something was

:39:35.:39:46.

seriously wrong. It got to the point where I felt I was dying and this

:39:47.:39:51.

was it, then I got it again in the middle of February because the

:39:52.:39:55.

pneumonia didn't clear completely. Four months later, because of all

:39:56.:40:00.

the antibodies I had to clear the sepsis, it ravaged my bowl, they

:40:01.:40:06.

took the: Away in May, 2015 which left me with a colostomy bag. -- the

:40:07.:40:12.

colon. You really went through it! When did they say it was sepsis?

:40:13.:40:17.

They didn't tell me for a long time in hospital, they were almost

:40:18.:40:21.

frightened to because of how ill I was. You can see the pictures, you

:40:22.:40:26.

were extremely ill. Absolutely. It was touch and go and I was told if I

:40:27.:40:30.

hadn't gone to the hospital the night I did I wouldn't be here. Is

:40:31.:40:35.

that a problem many doctors find, it is hard to know the symptoms because

:40:36.:40:38.

it manifests itself in different ways, sepsis? It does, and we need

:40:39.:40:43.

to firstly heighten public awareness, which we're doing today,

:40:44.:40:49.

but we need health officials to be thinking sepsis, it's a complicated

:40:50.:40:53.

condition to diagnose and health officials need to be on the lookout

:40:54.:40:57.

to get this right. What should people and health officials be

:40:58.:41:01.

looking for? You said you felt like you were going to die, that's one of

:41:02.:41:05.

the things, when you feel that ill, that's on the list. Absolutely, it

:41:06.:41:10.

is one of the six key symptoms. The context is, you've got an infection,

:41:11.:41:14.

you know what that feels like and you feel worse. You start to think

:41:15.:41:19.

sepsis, slurred speech, confusion, pain in the muscles and joints, not

:41:20.:41:24.

passing any hearing, a sense you're going to die and your skin changing

:41:25.:41:32.

colour and you're going to die. -- urinal. You talk about diagnosis and

:41:33.:41:38.

treatment, how do they tell? Is it a simple blood test, how do they

:41:39.:41:42.

you've got it? It's a clinical diagnosis and that means we need a

:41:43.:41:45.

clinical expert assessing the patient, looking at a multitude of

:41:46.:41:50.

things, some will be blood tests and ordering a picture. If they get

:41:51.:41:55.

early treatment like you did it can make a difference to recovery?

:41:56.:42:01.

Absolutely. We know there is a burden of survival if we get this

:42:02.:42:05.

wrong, people have psychological and physical problems, something

:42:06.:42:08.

relatively difficult to measure, like fatigue problems and that kind

:42:09.:42:12.

of thing. And this is included in the report, there's a huge economic

:42:13.:42:16.

cost as well as the human cost of sepsis because people can't go back

:42:17.:42:20.

to work quickly if we get it wrong. How long were you off work for? I

:42:21.:42:25.

didn't go back to work for ten months, I retrained to do something

:42:26.:42:33.

else because I wasn't well enough physically and mentally, I couldn't

:42:34.:42:36.

get out of bed and the shock of being in intensive care was very

:42:37.:42:39.

harrowing. That cost, it's worth mentioning the figures, how much is

:42:40.:42:43.

it going to potentially cost the NHS? Potentially to our economy it

:42:44.:42:49.

could be ?16 billion a year and these estimates are conservative, it

:42:50.:42:54.

is at least ?1 billion to ?2 billion just for the NHS due to bed days in

:42:55.:43:01.

hospital. How are you now? I'm really well. Thank you very much for

:43:02.:43:06.

coming in. Carol has been talking about how my old things are, good

:43:07.:43:08.

morning. It is mild, these are the current

:43:09.:43:17.

temperatures. Rhyl, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, London,

:43:18.:43:20.

Cardiff. These temperatures would be pretty good at maximum temperature

:43:21.:43:24.

time at this time of year, but for minimum, Aberdeen at the moment is

:43:25.:43:29.

13. The average at this time in February is freezing at this time of

:43:30.:43:34.

day. Through the course of the day, the average temperatures again

:43:35.:43:38.

between round about nine and 12 Celsius. But today we're looking at

:43:39.:43:43.

widely between 12 and 14, and locally we could see 16 or 17.

:43:44.:43:49.

Tomorrow for some it will still be mild as you can see with the amber

:43:50.:43:52.

colours coming up. We're importing our air at the moment, it's moist

:43:53.:43:56.

but not necessarily sunny from the Caribbean which is why we're seeing

:43:57.:43:59.

the higher temperatures, tempered by the Atlantic. A lot of cloud across

:44:00.:44:04.

our shores this morning and we have thicker cloud in the north-west,

:44:05.:44:08.

producing heavy rain in north-west Scotland and that will go into

:44:09.:44:12.

Northern Ireland and as it continues its descent south-east across

:44:13.:44:14.

northern England and eventually north Wales, it will weaken. A windy

:44:15.:44:19.

start in the northern half of the country and for a time this morning

:44:20.:44:22.

particularly in the Pennines and generally northern England. As we

:44:23.:44:27.

come south, although it's a cloudy, murky start to the day, it will

:44:28.:44:31.

remain fairly cloudy but some will see some breaks, more notably in

:44:32.:44:35.

parts of the south-east and where the sun comes out for any length of

:44:36.:44:39.

time, we could in parts of the south-east hit 16 or 17, as we could

:44:40.:44:44.

in parts of east or north-east Wales away from the band of rain. Rain

:44:45.:44:48.

clears Northern Ireland and Scotland leaving clearer skies, some sunshine

:44:49.:44:52.

and showers but still a blustery day. Across northern England we

:44:53.:44:59.

still have the rain sinking steadily south, as it will do through the

:45:00.:45:02.

night, getting in through much of Wales and in through parts of the

:45:03.:45:05.

south-east but the heaviest rain will always be in the west. That's a

:45:06.:45:09.

weather front that will flip round and move north through the night.

:45:10.:45:12.

Still mild in southern areas, cold in the north and we'll see snow

:45:13.:45:16.

above around 500 metres in the Scottish mountains. Tomorrow we

:45:17.:45:20.

start off with all this rain in Wales, the Midlands and the

:45:21.:45:23.

south-eastern corner. A lot of cloud around it as well, some hill fog but

:45:24.:45:27.

there will be some brighter breaks and then more rain in the north and

:45:28.:45:36.

west and gets into Northern Ireland. Here it will be breezy. Tomorrow in

:45:37.:45:39.

Scotland, some temperatures will come down around four degrees

:45:40.:45:43.

compared to today but we still hang on to milder conditions in the

:45:44.:45:46.

south. Then it does turn colder, or more like it should be for all of us

:45:47.:45:50.

as we head towards the middle and the end of this week. I rather

:45:51.:45:53.

enjoyed the mildness, though. 16% of working disabled people

:45:54.:45:55.

identify as being their own boss. That is slightly higher

:45:56.:45:58.

than in the non-disabled population. Is this difference due

:45:59.:46:01.

to the flexibility that going it alone offers disabled people,

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or are disabled people pushed in to it through lack

:46:05.:46:06.

of opportunity? It is all part of the disability

:46:07.:46:21.

works week across BBC News. Look at the hashtag online or go to our to

:46:22.:46:24.

see more. Just under half of working-age

:46:25.:46:26.

disabled people have a job, compared to more than 80% for those

:46:27.:46:29.

without a disability. Self-employment is a particularly

:46:30.:46:32.

popular way for people living with a disability to get

:46:33.:46:34.

into the workforce. There are seven million people

:46:35.:46:38.

of working age in the UK who have a disability

:46:39.:46:41.

or a health condition, Is that a personal choice,

:46:42.:46:43.

or because too many businesses aren't supportive of those

:46:44.:46:48.

living with a disability? Graeme Whippy is an accessibility

:46:49.:46:52.

manager at Open Inclusion, and Selina Mills is from

:46:53.:46:55.

Leonard Cheshire Disability. You work with employers to try and

:46:56.:47:04.

improve access to the workplace. Think of us as the barrier removal

:47:05.:47:09.

people. We try to provide better customer service for disabled

:47:10.:47:15.

customers. We have seen quite a decent growth in that area of

:47:16.:47:18.

self-employment for people living with a disability. What do you think

:47:19.:47:23.

has been driving it? I think in the general population more people are

:47:24.:47:26.

starting their own companies anyway, so there is a general thing. But

:47:27.:47:30.

what is interesting is it is not that disabled people want to be

:47:31.:47:34.

entrepreneurs, it is that disability itself, and the barriers in the

:47:35.:47:38.

working world, have forced people to look at their own abilities. So

:47:39.:47:42.

problem-solving, resilience, flexibility, are great things if you

:47:43.:47:46.

are an entrepreneur. The two work well together so for some people,

:47:47.:47:50.

and it does depend on your character, it is a really good place

:47:51.:47:54.

to go and work for yourself. That sort of makes you think that

:47:55.:47:59.

businesses are missing out if... With so much talent there, that

:48:00.:48:02.

people are thinking it might be better to go their own way

:48:03.:48:06.

sometimes. Absolutely, why on earth would you want to turn away as part

:48:07.:48:10.

of 20% of the working population when you are looking for someone to

:48:11.:48:16.

work for and you would need to spend thousands of pounds replacing that

:48:17.:48:20.

person, for people who become disabled. If you are a very small

:48:21.:48:24.

business and you hear the argument of how much cost it takes to make a

:48:25.:48:29.

place more suitable, it must be something you hear quite a bit.

:48:30.:48:34.

Absolutely, but the truth is that employing a disabled person can

:48:35.:48:38.

often have no additional cost, or it can be very low cost. Things like

:48:39.:48:42.

additional flexibility for working hours, it is not ramps and power

:48:43.:48:46.

doors and expensive stuff. Often just very low adaptations to the

:48:47.:48:51.

workplace, and flexibility. Is flexibility the strongest reason for

:48:52.:48:55.

people with disabilities to go down the self-employment route? No,

:48:56.:49:00.

absolutely not. If you have a great passion and idea you want to go

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after that idea whether you are disabled or not. People are people.

:49:05.:49:08.

But the thing that is really interesting is it gives you a sense

:49:09.:49:12.

of ownership. So you can really own your own project, and if you are

:49:13.:49:17.

lucky and it works and takes off, and some businesses don't, it is

:49:18.:49:21.

definitely a risk, you really have this chance to fulfil something you

:49:22.:49:24.

are passionate about and have financial independence. I wouldn't

:49:25.:49:29.

say it is just flexibility. And it is not a general panacea.

:49:30.:49:35.

Absolutely. If you have an intellectual disability, your

:49:36.:49:40.

chances of being employed are reduced to one in seven. We need to

:49:41.:49:45.

reduce the barriers that are stopping those people from getting

:49:46.:49:49.

full-time employment. What is the biggest barrier? If you are a

:49:50.:49:54.

business out there and listening to this, and I am going to come out of

:49:55.:49:58.

it with one thing. Firstly, I am missing a trick. Doesn't matter if

:49:59.:50:02.

you are a small business owner or a big company, there is value in

:50:03.:50:05.

employing disabled people because they bring different kinds of ideas,

:50:06.:50:09.

just like people from any other different perspective. And if people

:50:10.:50:14.

can not have low expectations, not make assumptions, see the person,

:50:15.:50:21.

not the disability. And you can follow it all week on the hashtag

:50:22.:50:23.

disability works. Could the UK soon boldly

:50:24.:50:24.

be going where it has Detailed plans to create

:50:25.:50:27.

the country's first spaceports, which are like airports,

:50:28.:50:30.

but for rockets, are They could see commercial satellites

:50:31.:50:32.

being launched within three years, and even lead to the start

:50:33.:50:35.

of space tourism. Ministers want to grab a share

:50:36.:50:38.

of an industry that is potentially worth billions of pounds,

:50:39.:50:41.

and John Maguire is in Cornwall for us, at a site they are hoping

:50:42.:50:44.

will become mission control. From Glasgow Prestwick airport,

:50:45.:50:51.

destinations include Barcelona, But soon there will be

:50:52.:50:53.

another one - space. The number one target

:50:54.:50:59.

is to see the first launch For a burgeoning and already very

:51:00.:51:01.

successful space industry, worth ?250 million, this

:51:02.:51:08.

is a crucial piece in the jigsaw, To start with, it will actually be

:51:09.:51:12.

rockets flying under an aircraft, for the first few years,

:51:13.:51:22.

so it won't be that different from watching an ordinary

:51:23.:51:24.

aircraft take off. But obviously, in the fullness

:51:25.:51:29.

of time, we would expect that to be a proper rocket taking off,

:51:30.:51:32.

and with wings that can be deployed To be classified as a spaceport,

:51:33.:51:35.

sites will need to be licensed. They won't need to undergo major

:51:36.:51:43.

works, but will have to be able The vast majority of takeoffs

:51:44.:51:46.

will be horizontal, The carrier aircraft will climb

:51:47.:51:52.

to around 40,000 feet, so above the weather,

:51:53.:51:55.

above traditional air traffic... Inside the rocket will

:51:56.:51:58.

be small satellites. For the businesses involved,

:51:59.:52:01.

this is the chance of a lifetime. We find ourselves with this

:52:02.:52:08.

fantastic opportunity. Nobody in the US is doing this,

:52:09.:52:09.

nobody in Europe is doing it, nobody around the world is doing it,

:52:10.:52:13.

and the UK can capture this enormous economic potential, and get way

:52:14.:52:17.

ahead of the market. And lift-off of the Falcon 9

:52:18.:52:19.

to the Space Station. Once the exclusive playground

:52:20.:52:25.

of the superpowers, space is more accessible than ever,

:52:26.:52:28.

and the Government wants the UK Now, the economic benefits

:52:29.:52:30.

of hosting a spaceport At the aerospace park over there,

:52:31.:52:34.

they already employ about 3,000 people, and it is believed

:52:35.:52:39.

that they could take on another 2,000 in this area if a spaceport

:52:40.:52:41.

comes to Prestwick. The benefits UK-wide of housing this

:52:42.:52:44.

next generation of aerospace travel, well, they are even

:52:45.:52:47.

more significant. And, here at Oxfordshire,

:52:48.:52:55.

they are developing the next generation of aerospace engines,

:52:56.:52:57.

capable of flying at five times the speed of sound in

:52:58.:53:00.

the atmosphere, and of spaceflight. The air-breathing Sabre rocket

:53:01.:53:03.

engines would revolutionise travel. There has been a significant gap

:53:04.:53:05.

since the last big development But this is potentially the closest

:53:06.:53:22.

we are going to get to the Whittle But first, the commercial spaceport

:53:23.:53:31.

will launch satellites, and could bring zero-gravity

:53:32.:53:40.

flights to the UK. Then, ultimately,

:53:41.:53:42.

even space tourism. The opportunities are huge,

:53:43.:53:44.

and not even the sky is the limit. John is in Cornwall for us now at a

:53:45.:54:03.

site which hopes to be mission control. So many questions. When are

:54:04.:54:08.

you going into space? When am I going into space? Good question. It

:54:09.:54:12.

could be much safer down here, no one can hear you scream, is the good

:54:13.:54:17.

thing about space. These antennas will hopefully become mission

:54:18.:54:21.

control, as you say, and they will be able to track the spacecraft. We

:54:22.:54:25.

have talked about business and we will talk about the science. We have

:54:26.:54:29.

Natasha Stevens and Tim Parry. What is the big benefit of us launching

:54:30.:54:33.

satellites from the UK rather than what we do now, which is go to other

:54:34.:54:38.

missions around the world? It is important to remember that those big

:54:39.:54:41.

international missions will still exist as collaborations because

:54:42.:54:47.

we're not about rockets and orbital missions from a vertical launch. It

:54:48.:54:50.

is the small-scale satellite which will be going up. It will be at a

:54:51.:54:54.

faster pace, which is important for the British industry. We will see

:54:55.:54:57.

technological and engineering developments being able to be tested

:54:58.:55:00.

a lot quicker because they will not have to piggyback on those big

:55:01.:55:05.

missions, a launch window of the ring much larger. It is quite an

:55:06.:55:09.

important thing to keep going forward with the developments --

:55:10.:55:13.

something much larger. And what excites you about the potential? The

:55:14.:55:17.

idea of using these microsatellites as test technology for missions in

:55:18.:55:23.

my field, in astrophysics, to get above the atmosphere, the

:55:24.:55:26.

wavelengths we can't see from the ground and get rid of the turbulent

:55:27.:55:29.

atmosphere which spoils our observations from the ground and do

:55:30.:55:33.

them in space, it will be an opportunity for UK science. To talk

:55:34.:55:38.

to both of you, and a lot of the time we talk about these things, and

:55:39.:55:46.

they seem like far-flung dreams. In terms of the amount of time

:55:47.:55:49.

involved, this will become a reality if all goes according to plan and

:55:50.:55:56.

just a few years' time. Are you going to go? I am ready to broaden

:55:57.:55:58.

my horizons. Time now to get the news,

:55:59.:56:01.

travel and weather where you are. This is Breakfast, with Dan Walker

:56:02.:59:20.

and Louise Minchin. A report finds the UK's roads

:59:21.:59:57.

are the most congested Researchers say some drivers

:59:58.:00:01.

are spending more than three days a year stuck in traffic,

:00:02.:00:05.

as they warn of a significant Almost every council in England

:00:06.:00:08.

is planning to put up taxes to help Angelina Jolie talks exclusively

:00:09.:00:33.

to us about her new film set in Cambodia, and for the first time,

:00:34.:00:41.

about her separation from Brad Pitt. And we are a family,

:00:42.:00:45.

and we will always be a family. And we will get through this time,

:00:46.:00:56.

and hopefully be a stronger Online retailer Amazon has said it

:00:57.:00:58.

will create 5,000 new full-time jobs I'll have more on that

:00:59.:01:05.

in 15 minutes. Can another non-league club make it

:01:06.:01:11.

to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup? The holders Manchester United

:01:12.:01:14.

will face Chelsea next, after coming from behind to beat

:01:15.:01:18.

Blackburn Rovers yesterday. plans for the first UK commercial

:01:19.:01:35.

spaceport are progressing, the Government wants flights by 2020.

:01:36.:01:39.

We are in Goonhilly in Cornwall where they will monitor the

:01:40.:01:40.

spacecraft. Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders

:01:41.:01:43.

will be on the sofa as they celebrate 25 years of Ab

:01:44.:01:47.

Fab. Good morning, the weather this week

:01:48.:02:00.

is topsy-turvy, a very mild day-to-day, cloudy with hill fog and

:02:01.:02:06.

some wet and windy conditions in the north.

:02:07.:02:08.

Tomorrow is similar, then by the end of the week we will see some snow,

:02:09.:02:13.

then it is milder by the weekend. More details in 15 minutes.

:02:14.:02:16.

Let's set you up for the day by talking about traffic!

:02:17.:02:20.

The UK has the worst congestion in western Europe,

:02:21.:02:22.

with some drivers spending an average of three days

:02:23.:02:25.

a year stuck in tailbacks during peak periods.

:02:26.:02:29.

This is according to the travel information company Inrix.

:02:30.:02:31.

Congestion is the most severe in London, followed by Manchester,

:02:32.:02:34.

The Department For Transport says it's investing record amounts

:02:35.:02:38.

to keep the country moving, as Jane-Frances Kelly reports.

:02:39.:02:44.

Drivers across the UK who face the daily misery of traffic jams

:02:45.:02:47.

are losing not just their patience but also time and money.

:02:48.:02:53.

Unsurprisingly, London is the most congested city in the UK,

:02:54.:02:55.

with drivers spending more than three days every year stuck

:02:56.:02:59.

Manchester is the second worst, with motorists wasting 39 hours

:03:00.:03:04.

Aberdeen is third, and perhaps surprisingly beats London

:03:05.:03:15.

as the hardest city to drive in and out of during rush-hour.

:03:16.:03:17.

Research suggests businesses in Cardiff suffer the most

:03:18.:03:21.

from congestion, based on the amount of tailbacks during the daytime.

:03:22.:03:24.

Outside of London, part of the A1 southbound in Belfast was found

:03:25.:03:27.

to be the most congested route in the UK.

:03:28.:03:29.

Other than drivers getting frustrated behind the wheel,

:03:30.:03:31.

Experts calculated that hold-ups cost the economy

:03:32.:03:42.

?31 billion last year, that's an average of nearly ?1,000

:03:43.:03:44.

per driver on things like fuel, being late for work and childcare.

:03:45.:03:51.

There's also more traffic on the roads because of a growth

:03:52.:03:54.

The Department For Transport said it's making the most extensive

:03:55.:03:58.

improvements to roads since the 1970s, investing

:03:59.:03:59.

But money may not be the only solution.

:04:00.:04:03.

Researchers say, to stop us standing still, we need

:04:04.:04:05.

better traffic management, more flexible working

:04:06.:04:07.

and to consider the wider use of congestion charges.

:04:08.:04:09.

We'll hear from two traffic experts later this morning

:04:10.:04:20.

on what they think should be done to ease congestion on our roads.

:04:21.:04:27.

Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of England's local

:04:28.:04:29.

But the organisation that represents them is warning that deep cuts

:04:30.:04:36.

The Local Government Association says social care services

:04:37.:04:39.

for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point,

:04:40.:04:42.

and will swallow up any extra money raised.

:04:43.:04:44.

Here's our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt.

:04:45.:04:48.

After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support

:04:49.:04:53.

to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence.

:04:54.:04:59.

She needs help each day, which allows her and her husband,

:05:00.:05:02.

I'm very grateful for all that they've done for me,

:05:03.:05:08.

Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

:05:09.:05:12.

Councils fund most social care, and today's survey shows

:05:13.:05:27.

the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs.

:05:28.:05:31.

There are 151 local authorities in England.

:05:32.:05:33.

147 plan to raise council tax specifically to help pay

:05:34.:05:35.

But councils warn that won't plug the funding gap, and that could mean

:05:36.:05:41.

There has been a united voice of local government to say

:05:42.:05:51.

that they need to have more funding into social care,

:05:52.:05:53.

and that the crisis in social care is immediate now.

:05:54.:05:56.

The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

:05:57.:05:58.

The Government says extra money is being put into social care

:05:59.:06:02.

and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:06:03.:06:05.

And you can see how much social care costs where you live by visiting

:06:06.:06:17.

You can type in your postcode and discover how much it costs

:06:18.:06:22.

The House Of Lords gets its first chance to debate the so-called

:06:23.:06:26.

Brexit Bill later, the legislation which kicks off the formal process

:06:27.:06:28.

The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:06:29.:06:32.

opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:06:33.:06:34.

citizens in Britain, and the role of parliament

:06:35.:06:36.

Our political correspondent Tom Bateman is in Westminster.

:06:37.:06:46.

Good morning, it's likely to get quite a lot of scrutiny.

:06:47.:06:54.

It will be a busy time in the House Of Lords. More than 190 is due to

:06:55.:07:02.

speak, a record number for any debate in

:07:03.:07:06.

that gives you a sense of the desired they have to scrutinise and

:07:07.:07:11.

talk about the Brexit process and the bill that passed to them from

:07:12.:07:16.

the House Of Commons. They will not try to stop it but me tried to

:07:17.:07:21.

change the bill, add amendments about EU citizens's rights, now,

:07:22.:07:31.

what about the Government? They have urged them not to meddle with the

:07:32.:07:35.

bill, to get it through Parliament as quickly as possible. When Mr

:07:36.:07:40.

having said Beasley peers should do that picture at its duty and respect

:07:41.:07:50.

the will of the people. -- the Prime Minister having said that peers

:07:51.:07:52.

should do its parliamentary duty. The NHS is at breaking point,

:07:53.:07:59.

as the number of overnight hospital That's the warning from

:08:00.:08:02.

the British Medical Association. Its research, based on official

:08:03.:08:05.

statistics, said the number of beds in England fell by a fifth

:08:06.:08:07.

between 2006 and 2016. But Department Of Health officials

:08:08.:08:10.

have disputed some of the report's key findings, insisting changes

:08:11.:08:13.

in the way data is recorded means historic and current

:08:14.:08:15.

figures cannot be compared Two senior Ukip officials

:08:16.:08:20.

have resigned in protest at their leader's handling

:08:21.:08:22.

of the Hillsborough controversy. Paul Nuttall has been embroiled

:08:23.:08:25.

in a row after his website incorrectly claimed he'd lost close

:08:26.:08:28.

friends in the tragedy. In a statement, the chair

:08:29.:08:33.

of Ukip's Merseyside branch condemned Mr Nuttall's

:08:34.:08:35.

"unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity",

:08:36.:08:36.

and suggested there could be more Donald Trump has been

:08:37.:08:38.

back on Twitter. This time to clear up comments

:08:39.:08:49.

he made at a rally over the weekend. Speaking to supporters

:08:50.:08:52.

in Florida about immigration, he appeared to suggest there had

:08:53.:08:54.

been some sort of terror attack in Sweden on Friday,

:08:55.:08:57.

but left many people confused You look at what's happening last

:08:58.:08:59.

night in Sweden - Sweden! They took in large numbers

:09:00.:09:09.

and they are having problems He tweeted the following day,

:09:10.:09:15.

saying, it was "in reference to a story that was broadcast

:09:16.:09:23.

on Fox News concerning The Swedish Embassy responded saying

:09:24.:09:25.

they look forward to advising Mr Trump's administration

:09:26.:09:31.

about Swedish immigration Angelina Jolie has spoken

:09:32.:09:32.

for the first time about her separation from Brad Pitt,

:09:33.:09:38.

in an exclusive The actor and director has been

:09:39.:09:39.

filming in Cambodia, the country where she adopted her son

:09:40.:09:43.

Maddox in 2002. She's been speaking to our

:09:44.:09:45.

reporter Yalda Hakim. I'm here because 17 years ago I came

:09:46.:09:52.

to this country and fell in love with its people and learned

:09:53.:09:57.

about its history and in doing so realised how little I actually

:09:58.:10:02.

knew in my early 20s about the world Was my awakening and my

:10:03.:10:07.

son changed my life. Do you think that in many ways

:10:08.:10:18.

you have come full circle? You know, your humanitarian work

:10:19.:10:21.

started here, you became a mother here, that perhaps this is some sort

:10:22.:10:23.

of crossroads for you and it's I will always be very grateful

:10:24.:10:26.

to this country and I hope... I hope I have given back

:10:27.:10:40.

as much as it has given me. I don't think I ever could give back

:10:41.:10:43.

as much as this country I understand this is

:10:44.:10:46.

a very sensitive issue. We know that an incident occurred

:10:47.:10:51.

which led to your separation, we also know you have not

:10:52.:10:57.

said anything about this I don't want to say very much

:10:58.:11:00.

about that except to say And we are a family and we will

:11:01.:11:14.

always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be

:11:15.:11:21.

a stronger family for it. You can see the full

:11:22.:11:32.

interview with Angelina Jolie Thank you for being with us on this

:11:33.:11:35.

Monday morning. Traffic jams are the source

:11:36.:11:43.

of misery for millions of motorists. And, as more of us take

:11:44.:11:46.

to the roads, there's an increased As we've been hearing,

:11:47.:11:49.

the UK is the worst country But we're also at the forefront

:11:50.:11:53.

of trialling solutions like Smart Motorways which use

:11:54.:11:57.

the hard shoulder as an extra lane. Let's have a look at the kind

:11:58.:12:03.

of congestion we're talking about. This is the M4 near

:12:04.:12:08.

Brentford right now. Just look at that

:12:09.:12:10.

slow-moving traffic. We're joined now by motoring

:12:11.:12:15.

campaigner Quentin Willson, and Colin Bamford, Professor

:12:16.:12:17.

of Transport and Logistics Good morning. Lots of people who are

:12:18.:12:28.

going out today will not be surprised by these figures. Colin,

:12:29.:12:35.

why is it we have such bad traffic? The bottom line is we have basically

:12:36.:12:42.

too many cars and too many people using their cars, often

:12:43.:12:48.

unnecessarily. That is in order to make short trips when, in fact, they

:12:49.:12:52.

could either walk, cycle or use other modes of transport. It is

:12:53.:12:58.

interesting this week with it being the school half-time the degree of

:12:59.:13:02.

congestion in many places will be considerably less than it would

:13:03.:13:05.

otherwise be during school term time.

:13:06.:13:12.

Let us talk about solutions, what should be done?

:13:13.:13:15.

The reason we have this congestion in Europe, we are 27th in the road

:13:16.:13:22.

network league of the world which is shocking, is because we have

:13:23.:13:25.

historically under invested in roads. A report is published on

:13:26.:13:29.

Wednesday in front of the all-party parliamentary group saying ?55

:13:30.:13:35.

billion on a railway that goes nowhere when we should be spending

:13:36.:13:40.

this on roads is an act of folly. If you want to know the reasons for

:13:41.:13:44.

congestion, we have not spent enough on roads over a long period.

:13:45.:13:49.

Government would argue there is money being spent on roads, and

:13:50.:13:54.

Smart Motorways make a difference. They do, but the money apportioned

:13:55.:13:59.

in the Autumn Statement is too small.

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If we carry on, we will be looking at a cost to UK Society of ?307

:14:03.:14:08.

billion in terms of congestion in the next 15 years, reducing

:14:09.:14:14.

productivity, competitiveness, add quality, the cost to the NHS from

:14:15.:14:18.

pollution will be seismic. We need a joined up strategy. You

:14:19.:14:26.

cannot say, give up cars. 83% of all journeys on our roads are by cars.

:14:27.:14:32.

What is the alternative? If we went on public transport tomorrow

:14:33.:14:34.

morning, it would be broken by the afternoon.

:14:35.:14:39.

A Department for Transport spokesman said, we are making extensive

:14:40.:14:43.

improvement is to roads since the 1970s, ?23 billion.

:14:44.:14:48.

The crux seems to be how to keep the traffic flowing.

:14:49.:14:56.

The 20 years we have had an anti-car rhetoric, roads being narrowed, more

:14:57.:15:00.

traffic lights. It is not difficult to understand how to make roads slow

:15:01.:15:06.

and takeaway pinch points. Spending ?55 billion minimum on a row away

:15:07.:15:09.

when you should be opening up the roads so we don't get congestion is,

:15:10.:15:16.

to me, the way ahead -- on a railway.

:15:17.:15:23.

I am an economist and in my view, what is required is a radical

:15:24.:15:28.

overhaul of the way in which we charge motorists and other road

:15:29.:15:33.

users are using the network. Congestion charges?

:15:34.:15:39.

How would you make them pay? Various ways. The most extensive

:15:40.:15:46.

scheme is one in Singapore whereby it is pay-as-you-go. In London, the

:15:47.:15:50.

congestion charge is seen as a way of reducing the volume of

:15:51.:15:51.

congestion. Singapore there was a lot of support

:15:52.:16:02.

for that cause. I think in Manchester they threw the

:16:03.:16:05.

opportunity of the congestion charge and 85% of the people said no

:16:06.:16:11.

thanks. We're in a situation where we need a radical re-think about the

:16:12.:16:16.

way in which we tackle the congestion problems. The report that

:16:17.:16:21.

you referred to in the news bulletin also talked about homeworking and

:16:22.:16:24.

there maybe a way in which employers... You need connectivity

:16:25.:16:29.

of broadband across the country and we don't have that either. We don't

:16:30.:16:36.

pay vehicle ex-excise duty and consumers will not buy road charging

:16:37.:16:41.

unless it is like the Continental model where we invest it in roads.

:16:42.:16:46.

If you look at the Netherlands they're very close to introducing

:16:47.:16:51.

the national system of road users charging. The problem with the way

:16:52.:16:57.

in which we pay to use roads is that the prices are all to pot. Where

:16:58.:17:05.

someone is using the road in a peak period in effect they're not paying

:17:06.:17:10.

what is seen as adequate to use that road. On trains you pay more for

:17:11.:17:16.

travelling at a peak period. That's right. Lots of you making the point.

:17:17.:17:23.

Lorraine says, "Public transport woeful and expensive unless you live

:17:24.:17:28.

in London." Stewart says there is nothing to public information. Allow

:17:29.:17:34.

drivers to turn left on red traffic lights and Mike says maybe more

:17:35.:17:39.

flexible working times, car sharing and road works could be done more

:17:40.:17:46.

efficiently. The only thing I want to say is good luck on your journeys

:17:47.:17:48.

today. Here's Carol with a look

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at this morning's weather. This picture was taken in Cheshire.

:17:53.:18:09.

Durham 13 Celsius, Belfast 12 Celsius, London 11 Celsius and

:18:10.:18:12.

Cardiff ten Celsius. Is this mild weather going to last? Well, it will

:18:13.:18:17.

last today and tomorrow, but look how the day changes. As we go

:18:18.:18:20.

through the middle of the week and towards the end of the week the

:18:21.:18:24.

blues replace the milder yellows, but it is only temporarily, but when

:18:25.:18:28.

we see the blues some of us will see snow. By the time we get into the

:18:29.:18:35.

weekend, mild air starts to come across our shores. There is some

:18:36.:18:40.

rain across Scotland which is heavy. If you're travelling there will be

:18:41.:18:44.

excess spray around. It will continue into Northern England and

:18:45.:18:48.

Northern Ireland. It is windy. Windy across Northern Ireland and Scotland

:18:49.:18:51.

and for a time this morning across the north of England. We could have

:18:52.:18:59.

gusts of 50mph. Further south, we're starting off on quite a grey note. A

:19:00.:19:03.

lot of cloud around. Hill fog, misty and murky conditions. Into the

:19:04.:19:07.

afternoon, we hang on to a lot of cloud, but here and there, we will

:19:08.:19:10.

see brighter breaks and somewhere in the south-east this afternoon, could

:19:11.:19:14.

hit 16 Celsius, possibly 17 Celsius. Here is our weather front across

:19:15.:19:18.

Wales and Northern England, moving out of Northern Ireland. So some

:19:19.:19:21.

cooler conditions following, but good temperatures for the time of

:19:22.:19:24.

year. Sunshine and the same for Scotland. Brighter skies, a wee bit

:19:25.:19:29.

cooler and windy and still showers. Through the evening and overnight,

:19:30.:19:33.

our band of rain sinks further south into the Midlands, also through

:19:34.:19:36.

Wales, towards the south-west, weakening as it does so. So we won't

:19:37.:19:40.

see a lot initially in the South East, but it pivots and it starts to

:19:41.:19:44.

reverse and go north again and that will mean it will be rejuvenate.

:19:45.:19:50.

Behind it, colder. Cold enough for wintry showers above 500 meters, we

:19:51.:19:54.

will see snow in the Scottish mountains. Tomorrow, here is our

:19:55.:19:58.

band of rain across England and Wales. A lot of cloud around,

:19:59.:20:01.

breezy, some breaks in the cloud. Still mild. Further north, we have

:20:02.:20:06.

got hill fog, but there will be breaks as well. Then we've got rain

:20:07.:20:12.

coming into the north-west. A merger taking place here, but not quite. As

:20:13.:20:16.

we head on into Wednesday, we still have our rain ensconced across parts

:20:17.:20:19.

of England and Wales. Another band coming in from the north, but note

:20:20.:20:22.

the difference in temperatures, Dan and Lou.

:20:23.:20:27.

We normally talk about mergers in the business news, but there you go,

:20:28.:20:32.

Carol! Tonight, Arsenal take on non-league

:20:33.:20:37.

side Sutton United in the 5th round of the FA Cup,

:20:38.:20:39.

which means the Gunners will be up against the lowest-ranked team

:20:40.:20:42.

left in the competition. Sutton are 17th in

:20:43.:20:44.

the National League. Arsenal sit fourth

:20:45.:20:50.

in the Premier League. That means there's 105

:20:51.:20:52.

places between them. Arsenal are no strangers

:20:53.:20:58.

to FA Cup glory. They've won

:20:59.:21:00.

the trophy 12 times. Sutton have never won

:21:01.:21:01.

the tournament, but this is the furthest they've ever got

:21:02.:21:03.

in the competition. The game is on Sutton's plastic

:21:04.:21:05.

pitch at Gander Green Lane, their ground which can

:21:06.:21:09.

fit 5,000 people. That's compared to Arsenal's 60,000

:21:10.:21:16.

capacity Emirates Stadium. Sutton will have to watch out

:21:17.:21:18.

for Alexis Sanchez if he's picked He's their highest scorer

:21:19.:21:21.

with 20 goals this season. Sutton's highest goal scorer is team

:21:22.:21:24.

captain Jamie Collins, We're joined by Sutton's

:21:25.:21:26.

chairman Bruce Elliot Good morning to you gentlemen. We

:21:27.:21:41.

can see the plastic pitch behind you there. It is lovely to have you on

:21:42.:21:46.

the programme. Bruce, I know you've spent weeks being interviewed

:21:47.:21:49.

talking about this wonderful run that the team have been on. How are

:21:50.:21:53.

you feeling about tonight? This is Arsenal who in their last game

:21:54.:22:00.

played Bayern Munich and here they come to Beganeder Green Lane to take

:22:01.:22:04.

on Sutton United? Good morning, Dan. It is surreal. We have had three

:22:05.:22:09.

weeks of build-up and personally I'm relieved that the day has now come!

:22:10.:22:13.

We're looking forward to hopefully what will be a very special evening

:22:14.:22:18.

for Sutton United football club tonight. Paul, how have the town

:22:19.:22:23.

been preparing? We were there for Football Focus before the Leeds game

:22:24.:22:27.

and the Wimbledon match as well and I mean, you often say well, there is

:22:28.:22:31.

anticipation, but Sutton have been there on numerous occasions already

:22:32.:22:37.

this season? Oh, absolutely. There is a real big atmosphere. The

:22:38.:22:40.

council have got the Sutton flag flying. The town has got the posters

:22:41.:22:47.

and flags. There is a buzz for the big match atmosphere. In terms of

:22:48.:22:51.

your dreams this season, Bruce, when you were planning out the season,

:22:52.:22:56.

what did you estimate for the FA Cup?

:22:57.:23:02.

Well, our ambition each year is to reach the first round proper of the

:23:03.:23:07.

FA Cup. That's the target. So the fact that we've managed to get as

:23:08.:23:11.

far as the fifth round is something very special and obviously it is the

:23:12.:23:14.

first time for this football club that we got that far and we're

:23:15.:23:19.

delighted that Lincoln got through against Burnley and two non-league

:23:20.:23:23.

clubs at this stage of the FA Cup and if by any chance we could get

:23:24.:23:28.

through tonight, and those two non-league sides will be playing

:23:29.:23:31.

each other for a place in the semifinals. That's the state I'm in,

:23:32.:23:36.

you see, three weeks of complete mayhem, I don't know what round it

:23:37.:23:40.

will be if we got through. So I think we'll worry about that after

:23:41.:23:45.

tonight! I was going to ask you about the draw. I know you have got

:23:46.:23:49.

to get past Arsenal. Were you happy with the draw which means if you're

:23:50.:23:54.

there, there will be a non-league side in the semis, or would you have

:23:55.:23:58.

preferred a side like Manchester United or Chelsea? If I'm being

:23:59.:24:04.

honest, it don't like the draw being before you know whether you got

:24:05.:24:07.

through. I prefer to know whether you're going to be playing in the

:24:08.:24:16.

next round, but yeah, I mean, look, I think linkoning, they are probably

:24:17.:24:20.

hoping that Arsenal win so they can go to the Emirates. My preference

:24:21.:24:23.

would have been Chelsea or Manchester United away, but I think

:24:24.:24:30.

we've got a lot to worry about tonight before we dreaming anymore.

:24:31.:24:33.

Paul, you have been a fan for a long time. Those who know their history

:24:34.:24:37.

will remember Sutton's name being involved in this competition for

:24:38.:24:42.

many years, the win over Coventry City in the 80s, but if it goes your

:24:43.:24:46.

way, that would eclipse even that moment, wouldn't it? Oh, it

:24:47.:24:50.

certainly would. I wasn't at the ground, I was on the train outside

:24:51.:24:55.

the ground listening to the cheers as Matt Hanlon scored his goal and

:24:56.:24:59.

the final whistle went in 1989. This is the biggest day in the club's

:25:00.:25:05.

history and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys. They do so much

:25:06.:25:09.

for the community and Bruce and so many of the others are volunteers,

:25:10.:25:12.

but they really work with the kids and with wider community groups and

:25:13.:25:15.

that's why all of those people are behind the club here today. Well, it

:25:16.:25:19.

is great to talk to you, have a fantastic evening and I will see you

:25:20.:25:23.

later. I have got my tickets. We look forward to seeing you later.

:25:24.:25:30.

We've got the giraffe ready for you! For those of you who don't know what

:25:31.:25:34.

that's about, the giraffe is a mascot. They have got a full sized

:25:35.:25:40.

giraffe, not an actual giraffe! It's a stuffed giraffe. That's the mascot

:25:41.:25:42.

of Sutton United. It wasn't on for very long,

:25:43.:25:51.

but now the deal is off. The American food company

:25:52.:25:57.

Kraft Heinz wanted to buy the British-Dutch company Unilever,

:25:58.:25:59.

but not anymore. The take-over would have been worth

:26:00.:26:02.

?115 billion combining familiar brands from Unilever's Ben

:26:03.:26:05.

and Jerry's and Marmite, to Kraft Heinz's baked beans

:26:06.:26:08.

and Philadelphia Cheese. Online retail giant Amazon has said

:26:09.:26:13.

it will create 5,000 new full-time It said it was looking for a range

:26:14.:26:16.

of staff from software developers The recruitment will take

:26:17.:26:20.

Amazon's workforce in the UK Single malt Scotch whisky has topped

:26:21.:26:28.

?1 billion worth of exports for the first time last year,

:26:29.:26:37.

reflecting a return to growth for exports of Scotch more

:26:38.:26:40.

widely including blends. It's time to get the news,

:26:41.:26:46.

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

:26:47.:30:17.

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. I am just jotting down some notes,

:30:18.:30:34.

for the interview! Shall I read while you do that?

:30:35.:30:35.

The UK has the worst traffic congestion in Europe,

:30:36.:30:37.

with some drivers spending a total of three days

:30:38.:30:40.

a year stuck in tailbacks during peak periods.

:30:41.:30:41.

That's according to research from the travel

:30:42.:30:43.

information company, Inrix, which found that congestion

:30:44.:30:45.

is the most severe in London, followed by Manchester and then

:30:46.:30:48.

The Department for Transport says it's investing record amounts

:30:49.:30:51.

Thank you for your comments on that this morning.

:30:52.:30:58.

Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:30:59.:31:01.

in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:31:02.:31:04.

The government says extra money is being put into social care

:31:05.:31:07.

and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:31:08.:31:10.

But the Local Government Association, who represent

:31:11.:31:13.

councils, say deep cuts will still have to be made to other

:31:14.:31:16.

services as the cost of care for the elderly

:31:17.:31:18.

and disabled will account for all of the extra money raised.

:31:19.:31:25.

The House of Lords will get its first chance to debate

:31:26.:31:27.

the so-called "Brexit Bill" later - the legislation which kicks

:31:28.:31:30.

off the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:31:31.:31:32.

The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:31:33.:31:34.

opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:31:35.:31:37.

citizens in Britain and the role of Parliament in scrutinising

:31:38.:31:39.

The NHS is at "breaking point" as the number of overnight hospital

:31:40.:31:48.

beds continue to decline - that's the warning from

:31:49.:31:50.

Its research, based on official statistics, said the number of beds

:31:51.:31:56.

in England fell by a fifth between 2006 and 2016.

:31:57.:31:59.

But Department of Health officials have disputed some

:32:00.:32:01.

of the report's key findings, insisting changes in the way

:32:02.:32:03.

data is recorded mean historic and current figures

:32:04.:32:05.

Two senior Ukip officials have resigned in protest

:32:06.:32:17.

at their leader's handling of the Hillsborough controversy.

:32:18.:32:20.

Paul Nuttall has been embroiled in a row after his website

:32:21.:32:24.

incorrectly claimed he'd lost close friends in the tragedy.

:32:25.:32:27.

In a statement, the chair of Ukip's Merseyside branch

:32:28.:32:29.

condemned Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach

:32:30.:32:32.

and crass insensitivity", and suggested there could be more

:32:33.:32:34.

Donald Trump has been back on Twitter.

:32:35.:32:40.

This time to clear up comments he made at a rally over the weekend.

:32:41.:32:45.

Speaking to supporters in Florida about immigration,

:32:46.:32:47.

he appeared to suggest there had been some sort of terror attack

:32:48.:32:50.

in Sweden on Friday, but left many people confused

:32:51.:32:52.

You look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!

:32:53.:33:00.

They took in large numbers and they are having problems

:33:01.:33:07.

He tweeted the following day, saying it was "in reference

:33:08.:33:12.

to a story that was broadcast on Fox News concerning

:33:13.:33:15.

The Swedish Embassy responded, saying they look forward to advising

:33:16.:33:18.

Mr Trump's administration about Swedish immigration

:33:19.:33:20.

Researchers have discovered that the insects make a ridiculously

:33:21.:33:32.

cute noise when they bump into each other.

:33:33.:33:45.

This sound, identified by scientists at Nottingham Trent University,

:33:46.:33:51.

is made when bees accidentally collide with other bees in the hive.

:33:52.:33:55.

It's made when they vibrate their wing muscles and it can't be

:33:56.:33:58.

heard by human ears, only with a special microphone.

:33:59.:34:04.

It's quite sweet, it sounds like they're saying sorry. It's quite an

:34:05.:34:12.

apologetic little noise. Coming up here on Breakfast

:34:13.:34:16.

this morning... Wake-up, come on, darling! What time

:34:17.:34:24.

is it? Eddy and Patsy - or should

:34:25.:34:29.

we say Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley -

:34:30.:34:34.

will be right here on the sofa. Pele described him as the world's

:34:35.:34:41.

best football player, but George Best lost his

:34:42.:34:46.

life to alcohol. We'll meet the director behind

:34:47.:34:48.

a new, no-holds-barred film about his life,

:34:49.:34:50.

both on and off the pitch. One of these groups is going to be

:34:51.:34:58.

in this show. The winner of the BBC's

:34:59.:35:01.

top talent show, Let It Shine, will be

:35:02.:35:03.

crowned this weekend. We'll be joined by three

:35:04.:35:05.

of the finalists hoping to star But first, here's

:35:06.:35:08.

Karthi with the sport. We were talking to the guys from

:35:09.:35:22.

Sutton United who are taking on the mighty Arsenal. It should be an easy

:35:23.:35:28.

victory but it could be another great pick-up shock. The pitch has

:35:29.:35:32.

the potential to make a slight difference, the artificial pitch

:35:33.:35:35.

with the Premier League players are not used to. But whoever wins will

:35:36.:35:40.

end up playing Lincoln City, another non-league side. Maybe some of us

:35:41.:35:45.

are hoping there is a shock tonight because you know you would get a

:35:46.:35:47.

non-league side in the quarter finals which would be fantastic.

:35:48.:35:50.

One hundred and five places separate non-league Sutton United who face

:35:51.:35:53.

the Premier League's Arsenal in the fifth round of

:35:54.:35:55.

They already know who they will face in the quarterfinals

:35:56.:35:59.

The winners later will play the heroes of the weekend,

:36:00.:36:02.

Lincoln City, for a place in the semifinals.

:36:03.:36:04.

While Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United

:36:05.:36:06.

United had to come from behind to beat Championship side

:36:07.:36:10.

Blackburn Rovers 2-1, with Zlatan Ibrahimovich

:36:11.:36:11.

United now go to manager Jose Mourinho's former club, Chelsea,

:36:12.:36:15.

They had brilliant attitude and if we did not have this

:36:16.:36:24.

professional attitude with everybody playing with focus

:36:25.:36:25.

and responsibility, we would be in real trouble.

:36:26.:36:31.

Tottenham will host Millwall in the next

:36:32.:36:33.

round after Harry Kane scored a hat-trick against

:36:34.:36:35.

The England striker says the win will also help them later this week

:36:36.:36:40.

when Spurs attempt to come back from 1-0 down in the Europa League

:36:41.:36:43.

Aberdeen have strengthened their grip on second place

:36:44.:36:48.

in the Scottish Premiership after a late comeback

:36:49.:36:50.

Aberdeen were a goal behind going into the last ten minutes

:36:51.:36:54.

before substitutes Jayden Stockley and Peter Pawlett scored

:36:55.:36:56.

The result cuts Celtic's lead at the top, but they're

:36:57.:36:59.

Dundee picked up their first home league win over

:37:00.:37:03.

Goals from Mark O'Hara and Kevin Holt put them

:37:04.:37:06.

Rangers got a goal back but they were unable

:37:07.:37:10.

The England all rounder, Ben Stokes, has just become the most

:37:11.:37:21.

expensive foreign player in Indian Premier League history.

:37:22.:37:26.

The team that have bought him are called Rising Pune Supergiants

:37:27.:37:29.

and they have paid ?1.7 million for Stokes for the 2017 season.

:37:30.:37:32.

He overtakes the previous record, held by former England

:37:33.:37:36.

He was the first foreign ?1 million player three years ago.

:37:37.:37:48.

Big-money. And Ben Stokes can do the lot. Thank you.

:37:49.:37:52.

It's 25 years since they first staggered onto our screens as Eddy

:37:53.:37:55.

and Patsy, but it's not just British fans who think Jennifer Saunders

:37:56.:37:57.

and Joanna Lumley are "Absolutely Fabulous".

:37:58.:38:00.

The sitcom is one of the BBC's biggest hits,

:38:01.:38:02.

and has been sold to more than 240 countries across the world so far.

:38:03.:38:06.

Its two stars are here right now, but first let's take a look

:38:07.:38:09.

What we need is a princess with a press following

:38:10.:38:20.

Not someone who looks like she runs up her own.

:38:21.:38:24.

Well, her people were a bit cagey about which designer she favoured.

:38:25.:38:30.

The only label she wears is drip dry.

:38:31.:38:32.

Darling, finish the Beaujolais and walk away from it.

:38:33.:38:40.

Yes, French, Italian, whatever you like, sweetie.

:38:41.:38:47.

Oh, darling, no one's eating that sort of food any more.

:38:48.:38:49.

But there's a fabulous new Japanese in Mayfair.

:38:50.:38:51.

All right, darling, whatever, whatever.

:38:52.:38:56.

They need some decisions about this month's cover.

:38:57.:39:00.

Oh really, whatever can they need to know?

:39:01.:39:02.

A model in make-up with a vacant look on her face.

:39:03.:39:08.

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley join us on the sofa now.

:39:09.:39:14.

Wonderful to see you, thank you so much. Look out young we were! It's

:39:15.:39:23.

shocking! We are still alive, let's face it, that's a triumph. Welcome

:39:24.:39:29.

along, it is lovely to see you, what are you doing here? We are

:39:30.:39:34.

celebrating. What are we doing here? It's far too early for that! Is 25

:39:35.:39:41.

years, slightly longer, but the international success because it is

:39:42.:39:44.

the BBC worldwide showcase in Liverpool at the moment where they

:39:45.:39:53.

sell everything BBC worldwide. And we are in celebration of our

:39:54.:39:59.

longevity. It's like, lifetime achievement, that means you're

:40:00.:40:03.

nearly dead! Did you think, a quarter of a century ago when you

:40:04.:40:07.

came up with the idea, but it would be watched in 240 countries and

:40:08.:40:11.

celebrated around the world? Did you? We did the pilot and hoped we

:40:12.:40:17.

would get one series. Then we hoped we would be offered other work and

:40:18.:40:21.

nothing happened. We had to keep going. But it's extraordinary.

:40:22.:40:27.

Jennifer writes in fits and starts, in America they like you to do 50

:40:28.:40:32.

episodes a year and Jennifer does six if she feels like it and not if

:40:33.:40:36.

she doesn't and we had a five-year gap in the middle. I wrote other

:40:37.:40:40.

stuff. Eventually she wrote some of us and we did some more work. You do

:40:41.:40:46.

nag her to write more? She nags me to do the film. That was exhausting!

:40:47.:40:54.

I was so tired, I'm still tired. And you eventually give up and just do

:40:55.:40:59.

it. Just to get her off my back! It was good, wasn't it? But you don't

:41:00.:41:04.

argue. You have never had an argument with Dawn French in all the

:41:05.:41:10.

years you worked together. What is your relationship like? A bit of

:41:11.:41:16.

scratching but no real arguments. There is no point, is there? And I

:41:17.:41:21.

don't think he would have this relationship if you did have

:41:22.:41:24.

arguments. I think we would have packed it in. And what is it about

:41:25.:41:29.

their relationship and the curious family environment that has

:41:30.:41:34.

worldwide resonance? I think it must do, and it is the family

:41:35.:41:39.

relationships that make the show appeal to other countries and the

:41:40.:41:44.

rest of it. It is a weird one but obviously it resonates. These two

:41:45.:41:49.

completely normal women being terrorised by a boring

:41:50.:41:53.

fundamentalist daughter! I suppose that resonates. Talking about the

:41:54.:41:57.

fact that it has been watched all over the world, it has been

:41:58.:42:03.

translated into many languages. Have a look. Wake up. What time is it?

:42:04.:42:15.

Six in the morning. Judging by your reaction, that could

:42:16.:43:10.

be a thing, we should rewrite it in Spanish! That was explored. And the

:43:11.:43:15.

people who dug us have taken such care to get the pitch right and

:43:16.:43:22.

follow the way we sound -- dub us. It was really good, I even

:43:23.:43:26.

understood what was going on! Well, you wrote it. That doesn't mean

:43:27.:43:32.

anything! You thought you were speaking them. We obviously were!

:43:33.:43:41.

Obviously everything is a product of its time but if you were to do it

:43:42.:43:44.

now, how would you make the characters different? We would

:43:45.:43:51.

probably have scooters and walkers! Of anything, Patti admired Ivana

:43:52.:43:57.

Trump and now look what has happened. She would have to have it

:43:58.:44:07.

like this. Trump would be such a rich area. They would have to go and

:44:08.:44:13.

meet him. A tour of America? Mar-a-Lago, here we come. I don't

:44:14.:44:20.

know how much you're still interested in the world of PR, has

:44:21.:44:25.

that had to change? It has completely changed I think. It is

:44:26.:44:29.

quite a new thing when we started out, this idea of PR, big parties,

:44:30.:44:37.

it was very phenomenon. I think now, everybody is over PR, everybody has

:44:38.:44:45.

Facebook and Twitter. There are some huge things now was there weren't

:44:46.:44:50.

there, a big party or an event, it was one in a million and now there

:44:51.:44:54.

are 20 week. And they are very grand and beautiful so people are not as

:44:55.:44:58.

impressed or amazed by it. Look at you, darling! You are watching this,

:44:59.:45:06.

it is quite entertaining. This is quite as common sight now with the

:45:07.:45:11.

gutter press. And in some ways you were the adventures of alternative

:45:12.:45:12.

facts! LAUGHTER

:45:13.:45:22.

Probably, yes. That is the strangest phrase to have crept in. We would

:45:23.:45:27.

have loved it. Do you fancy writing something? Don't even go there.

:45:28.:45:33.

Would it be easier now to get it commissioned? Starting from scratch,

:45:34.:45:39.

it would not be that easy, I don't think anything is that easy to get

:45:40.:45:43.

commissioned any more. I wonder if they would get it, I wonder if it

:45:44.:45:47.

would be too sensitive, because there are many things which they

:45:48.:45:52.

might say, this is too damaging in today's world because this is pretty

:45:53.:45:54.

hard-hitting and a very dysfunctional family. The mother is

:45:55.:46:02.

attached to a drip, there. LAUGHTER The mother is a kleptomaniac. To

:46:03.:46:09.

explain it now to a TV executive would be quite hard. Yes, it would

:46:10.:46:16.

be an interesting pitch. We did not really had to pitch it, we were just

:46:17.:46:19.

about to get away with it. -- half to pitch it. The movie was a big

:46:20.:46:26.

success, are you going to do another one? No, I read that in the paper.

:46:27.:46:36.

Yes, I got in first. LAUGHTER Nothing more? No, nothing. It is

:46:37.:46:43.

nice to leave it buzzing and alive, while we are still here. Our

:46:44.:46:49.

director is a big fan and he would love it if you could throw to camera

:46:50.:46:56.

as we are about to do the weather. Sweetie, darling. The weather. That

:46:57.:47:03.

is the best intro I have ever had in my life. We have had some gorgeous

:47:04.:47:12.

photos sent in, lovely blue skies. It is not blue skies everywhere.

:47:13.:47:17.

North Queensferry, plenty of cloud and dampness in the air. In London

:47:18.:47:23.

it is a cloudy start to the day, but everywhere it is mild. London is 11

:47:24.:47:29.

Celsius, but in other places it is 15, 13, 12, ten. We are in pretty

:47:30.:47:36.

good shape in terms of the temperatures, they are way above

:47:37.:47:39.

where they should be at this time of day. Is it going to last? Till the

:47:40.:47:45.

end of tomorrow, but then things will change from the North. The blue

:47:46.:47:51.

moves across our shores, indicating it will be colder by the end of the

:47:52.:47:56.

week. We will have some hill snow, and by the weekend the milder air

:47:57.:48:00.

will start to make a return. This morning we have rain around. Rain in

:48:01.:48:05.

the North West of Scotland and that will continue to push south through

:48:06.:48:09.

the course of the day, weakening as it does so. For the rest of the

:48:10.:48:13.

south of England it will be a cloudy start, and maybe by the time it we

:48:14.:48:18.

get to the evening, fairly cloudy, with rain at rejuvenating, and

:48:19.:48:23.

behind it clear skies and snow in the hills of Scotland. Above 500

:48:24.:48:27.

metres. But still miles further south. Sorry about the graphics.

:48:28.:48:34.

Tomorrow morning, we start off with cloud and rain, and hill fog. Quite

:48:35.:48:40.

breezy. Another band of rain from North West Scotland. We are looking

:48:41.:48:47.

at a breezy day. We almost have the two bans merging, but not quite.

:48:48.:48:52.

Tomorrow, still mild in the south, and we might even have higher than

:48:53.:48:57.

14 Celsius. Wednesday, we still have rain in parts of England and Wales,

:48:58.:49:03.

and cloud. Further north, brighter breaks, but note the temperatures

:49:04.:49:12.

are starting to come down. But still 11-13 in the South. Thursday is when

:49:13.:49:18.

we start to see the colder air, and we are looking at hill snow. At the

:49:19.:49:24.

moment we think that will be in parts of the Southern uplands and

:49:25.:49:27.

into northern England but that is a long way off and that could change.

:49:28.:49:32.

As we head into the weekend, something milder starts to return,

:49:33.:49:37.

but it will remain fairly unsubtle. In case you are interested, it is

:49:38.:49:43.

mild because we are importing our air, tropical maritime air, from the

:49:44.:49:48.

Caribbean, tempered by the Atlantic and the jet stream, so we're not

:49:49.:49:51.

having sunny skies, but that is the reason for it.

:49:52.:49:55.

Thanks for joining us. See you soon. We can import the weather on a

:49:56.:50:01.

regular basis. Could the UK soon boldly be

:50:02.:50:04.

going where it's never been before? Detailed plans to create

:50:05.:50:07.

the country's first "spaceports" - which are like airports

:50:08.:50:09.

but for rockets - They could see commercial satellites

:50:10.:50:11.

being launched within three years, and even lead to the start

:50:12.:50:19.

of space tourism. Ministers want to grab

:50:20.:50:21.

a share of an industry that's potentially worth

:50:22.:50:23.

billions of pounds. And John Maguire is in Cornwall

:50:24.:50:27.

for us at a site they're hoping Good morning. No Caribbean air in

:50:28.:50:39.

Cornwall this morning, it is cold, but these are the antenna I they

:50:40.:50:45.

have here, 25 across the site here at Goonhilly. That they have here.

:50:46.:50:51.

They will be tracking the spacecraft as they take off. It is not the

:50:52.:50:55.

atmospherics they will be concerned about down here, it is what is going

:50:56.:50:59.

on at way above our heads. These are exciting times.

:51:00.:51:03.

From Glasgow Prestwick Airport, destinations include Barcelona,

:51:04.:51:05.

But soon there will be another one - space.

:51:06.:51:13.

The number one target is to see the first launch

:51:14.:51:15.

For a burgeoning and already very successful space industry,

:51:16.:51:25.

worth ?250 million, this is a crucial piece in the jigsaw,

:51:26.:51:27.

To start with, it will actually be rockets flying under an aircraft,

:51:28.:51:36.

for the first few years, so it won't be that different

:51:37.:51:39.

from watching an ordinary aircraft take off.

:51:40.:51:42.

But obviously, in the fullness of time, we would expect that to be

:51:43.:51:45.

a proper rocket taking off, and with wings that can be deployed

:51:46.:51:48.

To be classified as a spaceport, sites will need to be licensed.

:51:49.:51:54.

They won't need to undergo major works, but will have to be able

:51:55.:51:57.

The vast majority of takeoffs will be horizontal,

:51:58.:52:00.

The carrier aircraft will climb to around 40,000 feet,

:52:01.:52:07.

so above the weather, above traditional air traffic...

:52:08.:52:09.

Inside the rocket will be small satellites.

:52:10.:52:12.

For the businesses involved, this is the chance of a lifetime.

:52:13.:52:16.

We find ourselves with this fantastic opportunity.

:52:17.:52:20.

Nobody in the US is doing this, nobody in Europe is doing it,

:52:21.:52:24.

nobody around the world is doing it, and the UK can capture this enormous

:52:25.:52:27.

economic potential, and get way ahead of the market.

:52:28.:52:30.

And lift-off of the Falcon 9 to the Space Station.

:52:31.:52:34.

Once the exclusive playground of the superpowers, space is more

:52:35.:52:37.

accessible than ever, and the Government wants the UK

:52:38.:52:39.

Now, the economic benefits of hosting a spaceport

:52:40.:52:45.

At the aerospace park over there, they already employ about 3,000

:52:46.:52:52.

people, and it is believed that they could take on another

:52:53.:52:55.

2,000 in this area if a spaceport comes to Prestwick.

:52:56.:53:09.

The benefits for the UK, wide of housing, this next

:53:10.:53:12.

generation of aerospace travel, well, they are even

:53:13.:53:14.

And here at Oxfordshire they are developing the next

:53:15.:53:17.

generation of aerospace engines, capable of flying at five times

:53:18.:53:19.

the speed of sound in the atmosphere, and of spaceflight.

:53:20.:53:22.

The air-breathing Sabre rocket engines would revolutionise travel.

:53:23.:53:28.

There has been a significant gap since the last big development

:53:29.:53:40.

But this is potentially the closest we are going to get to the Whittle

:53:41.:53:45.

But first, the commercial spaceport would launch satellites,

:53:46.:53:56.

and could also bring zero-gravity flights to the UK.

:53:57.:53:58.

Then, ultimately, even space tourism.

:53:59.:54:01.

The opportunities are huge, and not even the sky is the limit.

:54:02.:54:08.

Lots of incredible potential. We have a from the University of

:54:09.:54:17.

Plymouth, and also Ian Jones from Goonhilly. What do you expect your

:54:18.:54:25.

staff to be doing in the future? We hope to be working with the

:54:26.:54:29.

spaceport when it happens, and be tracking the spacecraft as they

:54:30.:54:34.

launch from the aeroplane. There are potential spaceports around the UK,

:54:35.:54:38.

the closest one to hear would-be Newquay. They are in coastal areas

:54:39.:54:44.

and promote areas. That is important for safety. You need a long runway,

:54:45.:54:50.

especially for the spacecraft returning to Earth, but for launches

:54:51.:54:57.

into orbit, potentially you need not such a long runway, but you need the

:54:58.:55:05.

coastal spaceport, indeed. Doctor, at the moment we will send our

:55:06.:55:09.

satellites overseas to be blasted off into space, what is the

:55:10.:55:13.

advantage of having those take-offs in the UK? It is a big difference

:55:14.:55:18.

between the scale of the mission, the smaller satellite being able to

:55:19.:55:22.

launch in the UK means progress will happen faster and allow for faster

:55:23.:55:26.

development because we won't be waiting on launch windows from large

:55:27.:55:32.

emissions. In the past, we have waited to tag onto a much larger

:55:33.:55:40.

launch -- from large missions. And then if the window gets shifted, so

:55:41.:55:44.

does the piggyback of the satellite you are trying to launch, and so we

:55:45.:55:49.

will have two not rely on this any more, so hopefully this will allow

:55:50.:55:52.

for much faster progress. What does it mean the scientists? It is a very

:55:53.:55:58.

exciting time to be involved in pantry science and the international

:55:59.:56:01.

collaborations will continue, like the Rosetta mission -- involved in

:56:02.:56:07.

App Planet treat science. Those things will continue, but in terms

:56:08.:56:13.

of British science, it allows us to aim for a more widespread Friday of

:56:14.:56:17.

different things. We will be able to increase at sensing, the satellite

:56:18.:56:22.

observation of the Earth -- we will be able to increase certain things.

:56:23.:56:28.

Using weather satellite, that is a big thing in the UK, having the Met

:56:29.:56:34.

office just up the road in Exeter, it is a very important thing for us

:56:35.:56:37.

to develop and to support, the British economy, as well. Thanks for

:56:38.:56:47.

joining us. T minus three years until potentially be first

:56:48.:56:49.

spaceports in the UK, the first flights by around 2020. Exciting.

:56:50.:56:58.

John, thanks. Three years away, potentially. You can buy yourself a

:56:59.:57:03.

ticket. You don't fancy space travel? No.

:57:04.:57:07.

His prowess on the pitch and good looks made him one

:57:08.:57:09.

But despite being described by Pele as "the greatest

:57:10.:57:13.

footballer in the world", George Best's life was

:57:14.:57:16.

Now, more than a decade after his death, a new documentary

:57:17.:57:22.

We'll speak to its director in a moment, but first,

:57:23.:57:26.

When I actually made my debut I'd been playing in the A team,

:57:27.:57:35.

I'd no thoughts in my head that I was going to play.

:57:36.:57:42.

But Sir Matt said, "You're playing today, son".

:57:43.:57:43.

I just couldn't wait to get out there.

:57:44.:58:04.

I was born with something and I didn't have to

:58:05.:58:06.

If I was playing against a player in particular who was giving me

:58:07.:58:13.

a hard time, getting stuck in, I would stand on the ball and tell

:58:14.:58:16.

The film's director, Daniel Gordon, is here with us now.

:58:17.:58:25.

Why did you choose to do this documentary now? The opportunity to

:58:26.:58:34.

tell his story in depth, and in a cinematic way. It is a cinema

:58:35.:58:40.

release. I felt that we utilise about George Best and his life and

:58:41.:58:43.

what a great footballer he is, but we have not dealt with the dark

:58:44.:58:48.

side. When you think about the George Best Ory, people think, they

:58:49.:58:51.

know everything there is to know about this guy -- George Best story.

:58:52.:58:56.

But you have found a different story. The opportunity to get to the

:58:57.:59:00.

archive was something we wanted and we found footage of him playing,

:59:01.:59:09.

which was shot on film in the 60s, and never seen since. That was the

:59:10.:59:14.

thing, and to learn how he had peaked when he was 22, never

:59:15.:59:19.

achieved that high again, those things which we thought we knew, but

:59:20.:59:25.

we just didn't. We introduced him as the first superstar of football.

:59:26.:59:30.

Yes, and being the first, no one had done that before. To see the

:59:31.:59:35.

paparazzi that followed him and the protection that wasn't there for

:59:36.:59:39.

him. The fact that Manchester United as a club, and people, did not know

:59:40.:59:43.

how to deal with that. With the pressure that brought on him and his

:59:44.:59:49.

family. And about his life, thrust into this

:59:50.:59:56.

position, and clearly the issue with alcohol, it may be that stupid

:59:57.:59:59.

question because it would never happen but how would he have been

:00:00.:00:04.

dealt with by the modern culture? And if a manager would have looked

:00:05.:00:07.

after him in a different way, he would have had people around him,

:00:08.:00:12.

don't do that, George, because he was allowed to spiral out of

:00:13.:00:17.

control. There is an amazing scene from 1922 -- 1972, he goes off and

:00:18.:00:22.

he decide he is going to quit at only 25 and he makes a public plea

:00:23.:00:30.

to says I'm mental and physical wreck. The press report on this

:00:31.:00:34.

alcohol and almost glorify it but it is a cry for help and nobody knew

:00:35.:00:39.

it. I think today the intervention would be a lot sooner. We have got

:00:40.:00:41.

the clip. I feel now that I can't play

:00:42.:00:47.

like I could before. So I don't want to play a lower

:00:48.:00:50.

standard than I'm used to myself. And I don't think I can

:00:51.:00:54.

play to a high standard, Why can't you play at

:00:55.:00:56.

a high standard any more? Because I'm not physically fit

:00:57.:01:01.

and I don't think I'm mentally Over this last few years

:01:02.:01:05.

they've got worse and maybe I built the image in the first place

:01:06.:01:17.

and it backfired on me. At the moment, how would

:01:18.:01:23.

you describe your mental state? At the moment I think

:01:24.:01:28.

I'm a complete wreck. It's searingly honest. And that is

:01:29.:01:41.

just four years after that amazing game in Europe. Imagine one of the

:01:42.:01:46.

biggest stars in the game today. But nobody understands what he's talking

:01:47.:01:51.

about there. And I wanted George to have a present and a character in

:01:52.:01:54.

the bill and some of those quotes are from interviews he gave over the

:01:55.:02:00.

years -- in the film. It is like he is talking from the grave, telling

:02:01.:02:06.

his story honestly. But imagine Lionel Messi or another coming out

:02:07.:02:10.

and saying that, people would know what to do but then they had no

:02:11.:02:16.

idea. And such striking looks, he looked like a rock star. And the

:02:17.:02:22.

saddest thing is, at the end he looks anything but. And you go back

:02:23.:02:26.

to the glorious images that you know of George Best. That was part of his

:02:27.:02:30.

downfall, he was able to make mistakes and let people down and not

:02:31.:02:34.

do nice things to people but he would look with these amazing eyes

:02:35.:02:38.

and that great smile and everyone would forgive him and he would get

:02:39.:02:42.

away with it because his looks were also his downfall. I remember

:02:43.:02:45.

interviewing him a few months before he died and he said, I want people

:02:46.:02:50.

to remember the great football I was but also this, because I've got my

:02:51.:02:53.

issues and I've done this to myself awake. It is a story of addiction

:02:54.:03:00.

addicted to various things -- in a way. He was addicted to football at

:03:01.:03:05.

beginning, Hugh McIlvanney said he was addicted to football and you

:03:06.:03:11.

think that is a great thing to be addicted to but actually he was

:03:12.:03:16.

constantly looking for that high. He had these 60,000 people adoring him

:03:17.:03:20.

every week and then 100,000 people in the European cup final and he was

:03:21.:03:23.

constantly looking for that and he could never replace it. He moves on

:03:24.:03:28.

to women and alcohol. And you're right, it is a story of addiction.

:03:29.:03:33.

What did his family think of it? They were involved at the beginning,

:03:34.:03:37.

his two ex-wives are both in the film. I believe Callum is doing

:03:38.:03:43.

another project and he was not able to be involved. I would like to

:03:44.:03:46.

think they see it as an honest portrayal as the full story. It

:03:47.:03:51.

looks fascinating. Thank you very much.

:03:52.:03:52.

George Best: All By Himself is out in cinemas on Friday.

:03:53.:03:58.

We'll be joined by three of the finalists taking part

:03:59.:04:00.

in the BBC's latest talent show, "Let It Shine".

:04:01.:04:03.

First, though, here's a last, brief look at the headlines

:04:04.:04:07.

I'll be back at 1.30pm for the lunchtime news.

:04:08.:05:47.

It's a prize many talented singers could only dream of.

:05:48.:05:52.

The chance to star in a musical penned by Take That's Gary Barlow.

:05:53.:05:58.

That's what the contestants on BBC One's new talent show Let It Shine

:05:59.:06:01.

have been battling it out for, and now, after seven weeks,

:06:02.:06:04.

the competition has been whittled down to just three groups.

:06:05.:06:10.

I think it would be fair to describe some of it is brutal.

:06:11.:06:13.

This weekend will see them go head-to-head to be

:06:14.:06:16.

We'll speak to three of the finalists in a moment,

:06:17.:06:19.

but first, let's take a look at their performances

:06:20.:06:21.

Three of the finalists from Let It Shine, Yazdan Qafouri,

:06:22.:07:33.

Jonnie Halliwell and Bradley Johnson join us now.

:07:34.:07:36.

You were saying you have seen that about 20 times already! It is so

:07:37.:07:45.

surreal, it happened, what day is it? The day before yesterday. It's

:07:46.:07:51.

amazing. Are you critical watching yourself back? Yes, I think everyone

:07:52.:07:57.

is, we know what our performances should be like and even though the

:07:58.:08:01.

audience might not pick up on it, every tiny think we do wrong, we

:08:02.:08:05.

analyse but it's all about the next time. What has the process been

:08:06.:08:10.

like? It is amazing to be here, a few days away from the final. When

:08:11.:08:14.

you first got into it, did you think it would be like this? Has it been

:08:15.:08:19.

weird? I think when you go into it, you don't know what to expect. I

:08:20.:08:26.

went into it with open arms and it has been an amazing experience,

:08:27.:08:30.

every round is a new challenge and meeting so many different people. It

:08:31.:08:34.

has just been amazing and you don't know what's around the corner. There

:08:35.:08:40.

I am, giving it a pink suit! You carry it off well! What has it been

:08:41.:08:46.

like? You are thrown together with people and you have to make it work.

:08:47.:08:50.

It feels like we've been together for years. The process as being so

:08:51.:08:54.

long, we went from an eight piece band a five piece and you are

:08:55.:08:58.

bonding, performing with 4-mac of your best mates. It is horrible to

:08:59.:09:02.

be in the situation where you could get split up. I'm grateful that we

:09:03.:09:06.

haven't been. That has been tough. That thing off -- sing off is

:09:07.:09:17.

intense. But the judges pick is a bit of soap that obviously a belief

:09:18.:09:22.

in us to carry on. I am sure you have seen these sorts of programmes

:09:23.:09:27.

before. Do you think the mechanics of Lepik shine are working? The

:09:28.:09:31.

different judges, the guest judge -- Let It Shine. It's a great format,

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there's nothing like it. I think the things we're doing, the and singing.

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How was it performing with Take That? Madness! When they walked in

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and doing the rehearsals and stuff you look and think, wow. They are

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unbelievable performers, and to walk out on stage. On a Saturday night,

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performing with Take That. At one point Mark looked at us and I

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totally forgot what I was doing! It all comes together this weekend with

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Robbie Williams as the final guest judge. And he's one of my heroes. No

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pressure! He's going to tell us what he thinks of us and it's one of your

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heroes. It's also a great opportunity. It could be you three,

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others as well, going into this role in Gary's new stage play, I don't

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want to talk about the negative side but it doesn't happen, are you

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confident you could do other things in the industry? It would be nice to

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do it a great opportunity for us to show we can do them every Saturday

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night and obviously to be in the show would be a dream. It is eight

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shows a week and it runs for a year so it's a big challenge and you have

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got to be committed and ready for that. But hopefully, yeah, it will

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bring good opportunities to everybody in the final. We know you

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have interim judges but also Gary Barlow. Let's have a look at him.

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Some of the harmonies were a little bit off but I have to say I think

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we're probably not going to see a better dance break tonight.

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All the boys were dancing so well, getting into character.

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When you were in the centre, Mark, unbelievable.

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If you have more time together, the unison and the harmonies,

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work on them, work on them, work on them.

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You had four days to get it ready? We got put together as a group so

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four days to get it together from Monday morning, not knowing what we

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were doing and then Saturday night, we were proud of it because we were

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so slick and we looked like a group! And how much do you know about what

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the others will be doing this weekend? Are you in the zone? It had

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all been done this weekend is the final and it's surreal. But it's

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amazing to be in the scenario where there are 15 talented lads yet and I

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don't know how the public will call it but I'm grateful I've got as far

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as I have. What has been the most challenging? I think the hours,

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working long days and you're thinking about it all the time and

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you can't get to sleep at night. It's intense and hard work and

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sweaty and it's just so difficult. But it's all worth it. And the

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nerves on Saturday night had to be quite something? It's strange

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because you're nervous but when it comes to it, you've only got those

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three or four minutes to do what you have to do all stop you don't even

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think about it. You forget that it's live. I've got four minutes, this is

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it. People ask if you're nervous but you get a countdown and you're in

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the zone and you just think, go for it, as long as you try your best,

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hopefully it's enough to get through. I think you forget, behind

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the red light there are millions of people! It is always best to do

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that! I didn't see it as performing to the audience in the theatre. Very

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good luck, all three of you. Have a great weekend.

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Jon and Steph will be back with Breakfast tomorrow from six.

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They'll be joined by the singer, Rag n' Bone Man.

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Now it's time for Britain's Home Truths.

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We'll leave you with Gregg Wallace, who's looking at changes to inner

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Us Brits have a passion for property, and, of course,

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our national obsession is house prices.

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