23/02/2017

:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt

:00:00. > :00:08.Warnings of damage and disruption as Storm Doris heads

:00:09. > :00:18.This is what it looked like in western Ireland overnight,

:00:19. > :00:20.That this is the scene in Blackpool this morning.

:00:21. > :00:23.Commuters here are being advised to take extra care as some

:00:24. > :00:26.of the worst weather of the winter so far arrives.

:00:27. > :00:31.It is right over the centre of Northern Ireland at the moment, the

:00:32. > :00:35.eye of the storm, and it's packing three punches in a sense, heavy

:00:36. > :00:38.rain, heavy snow and gales, even severe gales in the central swathe

:00:39. > :00:51.of the UK. I'll have more details in 15 minutes.

:00:52. > :00:52.Good morning, it's Thursday 23rd February.

:00:53. > :00:55.Nearly 10,000 motorists are legally allowed

:00:56. > :00:58.to drive despite having enough penalty points to be banned.

:00:59. > :01:01.New figures show one man is still on the roads with 62

:01:02. > :01:07.New advice to eat even more fruit and veg.

:01:08. > :01:10.Researchers say 10 portions a day can significantly cut the risk

:01:11. > :01:25.Good morning. HS two gets the royal seal of approval later, but amid

:01:26. > :01:29.controversy over the route and the cost of the new high-speed line, I'm

:01:30. > :01:31.in Birmingham finding out what difference it could make for

:01:32. > :01:32.passengers. In sport Leicester City

:01:33. > :01:34.lose in Spain but Jamie Vardy's away

:01:35. > :01:36.goal in Seville means they still have a chance of making

:01:37. > :01:40.it through to the last eight Also this morning,

:01:41. > :01:44.a new sound for smoke alarms. Wake up, the house is on fire! Wake

:01:45. > :01:49.up, the house is on fire! rather than a beep is much more

:01:50. > :01:57.likely to wake up the kids. We'll be speaking to the people

:01:58. > :01:59.behind the new device. Winds of nearly 90mph

:02:00. > :02:03.have been recorded in western Ireland as the worst

:02:04. > :02:06.weather of the winter hits Storm Doris is expected to arrive

:02:07. > :02:10.in the UK in the coming hours, with heavy snow forecast

:02:11. > :02:13.in Scotland and strong winds Some rail and air services have

:02:14. > :02:17.already changed their schedules and drivers are being warned

:02:18. > :02:20.to avoid some roads. Let's get a sense of what it's

:02:21. > :02:23.like out there at the moment with our reporter, Allison Freeman

:02:24. > :02:33.who is in Blackpool this morning. Good morning, Allison. Obviously it

:02:34. > :02:41.doesn't look too pleasant there. Are you expecting the weather to get

:02:42. > :02:45.worse? Well, here it Blackpool the wind and rain that we'd been

:02:46. > :02:51.expecting just started to strike about half an hour ago. We know that

:02:52. > :02:56.North Wales is getting quite a battering at the moment. And that on

:02:57. > :03:00.the coast of the Republic of Ireland, on the Galway coast, they

:03:01. > :03:04.recorded a gust of 87 mph this morning. The area that will be worst

:03:05. > :03:10.affected by the snow this morning will be central and southern parts

:03:11. > :03:15.of Scotland. There expecting there between ten centimetres on lower

:03:16. > :03:19.ground and up to 30 centimetres on higher ground, and of amber warning

:03:20. > :03:23.in place there and as a result all school transport has been cancelled

:03:24. > :03:27.and drivers will be warned to take care when they get on the roads this

:03:28. > :03:30.afternoon. The wind and rain will affect the north of England, the

:03:31. > :03:34.Midlands, East Anglia and north Wales, which, as I say, is getting

:03:35. > :03:38.the brunt of it at the moment. There's an amber warning in place at

:03:39. > :03:45.the moment for wind and we're expecting gusts on the coastline of

:03:46. > :03:48.80 mph and the knock-on effect of that is we're expecting possibly

:03:49. > :03:50.some damage to the buildings and we're expecting problems with

:03:51. > :03:54.transport. There have been some flights cancelled in and out of

:03:55. > :03:58.Heathrow, that's mainly domestic and shorthaul flights. And we know on

:03:59. > :04:03.the trains, the east coast Main line after 9:30am is going to run a

:04:04. > :04:08.reduced service with the speed limit going to 50 mph. Those gusts of wind

:04:09. > :04:11.are expected to be worst in the north of England around lunchtime

:04:12. > :04:15.today and people are being cold they must take care today in these

:04:16. > :04:21.treacherous conditions, which should be over at around 6pm. Back to you.

:04:22. > :04:26.Allison, thank you very much indeed. That's the picture in Blackpool.

:04:27. > :04:31.It's a small village that opens to the Atlantic Ocean in Erris,

:04:32. > :04:37.We're joined now by Fergus Sweeney, who lives there.

:04:38. > :04:44.What is it like for you this morning? Good morning, Charlie. It

:04:45. > :04:48.is still pretty dark at the minute but the winds are still howling.

:04:49. > :04:54.It's not as bad as it was at around 2am this morning, it peaked at the

:04:55. > :05:01.west Coast at around 2pm with very violent gusts -- 2am. Where I am at

:05:02. > :05:06.the moment we sustained damage to the roots and we have to wait until

:05:07. > :05:13.daylight to see exactly how bad the damage is. -- grooves. Are emergency

:05:14. > :05:19.services warning people about the conditions in advance? -- grooves.

:05:20. > :05:23.People have been talking to the press and the national broadcaster

:05:24. > :05:28.issued a warning and from the coastguard. I believe we're on an

:05:29. > :05:33.orange warning, which is fairly high up. It isn't red, so it's not that

:05:34. > :05:37.bad, but it is pretty high up so people would have been aware,

:05:38. > :05:41.especially on the West Coast. We are used to storms so we are conscious

:05:42. > :05:46.when we get these warnings and we keep an eye out. Fergus, thank you

:05:47. > :05:51.very much. Fergus Sweeney keeping us across how those storms are emerging

:05:52. > :05:52.through the morning. And we will be speaking to Carol as well this

:05:53. > :05:53.morning. Prisons will be expected to reform

:05:54. > :05:56.criminals as well as punish them under what's being described

:05:57. > :05:58.as the biggest overhaul of the system

:05:59. > :06:00.for a generation. The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss,

:06:01. > :06:03.will present a bill later aimed at reducing prison violence

:06:04. > :06:05.and cutting re-offending rates Here's our home affairs

:06:06. > :06:12.correspondent Daniel Sandford. Some prisons in England

:06:13. > :06:14.and Wales have been in crisis Violence and the use of illegal

:06:15. > :06:21.mobile phones and drugs have been soaring after deep cuts

:06:22. > :06:30.in the number of prison officers. But in other jails, like HMP

:06:31. > :06:32.Onley in Warwickshire, it is still possible to prepare

:06:33. > :06:35.inmates for life on the outside. Abdul Tahir is coming to the end

:06:36. > :06:39.of a two year sentence and hopes to go

:06:40. > :06:41.straight into a job He told me his experience of jail

:06:42. > :06:50.time has been mixed. When I was in Pentonville before I

:06:51. > :06:51.came here we were locked up 23 hours a day.

:06:52. > :06:56.We had to ask for toilet paper, we had to ask for basic decency.

:06:57. > :06:59.So coming here now, it looks like a completely different prison.

:07:00. > :07:02.I firmly believe if you give someone a chance to change,

:07:03. > :07:15.In her first prisons and courts bill, the relatively new Justice

:07:16. > :07:17.Secretary Liz Truss wants to have it written into law

:07:18. > :07:20.that it is her duty to rehabilitate prisoners and not just

:07:21. > :07:24.As we're seeing fewer people committing a crime for the first

:07:25. > :07:27.time, which is good news, more of the crime in our society

:07:28. > :07:30.is committed by people who have already been in prison.

:07:31. > :07:34.So we really need to deal with this issue which has been a problem

:07:35. > :07:39.The Prisons and Courts Bill will also bring in new laws allowing

:07:40. > :07:42.mobile phone companies to help the Prison Service to detect

:07:43. > :07:44.and intercept devices being used behind bars.

:07:45. > :07:53.The HS2 high speed rail link between London and Birmingham,

:07:54. > :07:55.is expected to get final approval today.

:07:56. > :07:58.The line, which is due to open in 2026, will reduce journey

:07:59. > :08:02.But its feared the construction will bring wide-spread destruction

:08:03. > :08:13.Ben's in Birmingham for us this morning.

:08:14. > :08:22.I have to ask you first of all, I hope Storm Doris has been kind?

:08:23. > :08:26.Yeah. I got a feeling we might be feeling Storm Doris over the course

:08:27. > :08:29.of the morning and we'll keep you updated from here too. As you

:08:30. > :08:34.mention, I'm here because just behind me, we will show you later,

:08:35. > :08:37.is the site of the new terminus in Birmingham for the high-speed line

:08:38. > :08:41.that's expected to get the royal seal of approval, it will get the

:08:42. > :08:46.green light later today. Let me run you through what we know so far as

:08:47. > :08:55.far as the timeline for HS2 is concerned. You might remember it was

:08:56. > :08:58.first proposed in 2009 but it's been the set by all sorts of problems

:08:59. > :09:01.since the controversy over how much it could cost, some estimates say

:09:02. > :09:05.?60 billion. Other concerns over the route, where it would go and stop

:09:06. > :09:09.and parts of the country that would face either demolition or changes to

:09:10. > :09:12.the natural landscape, that sort of thing. The first stretch of that,

:09:13. > :09:17.between London and the West Midlands, terminating in Birmingham,

:09:18. > :09:21.is expected to open by 2026 and if that gets the go-ahead and all the

:09:22. > :09:24.plans run to time, it could mean the journey between London and the West

:09:25. > :09:29.Midlands is cut by about half an hour. That would be crucial. But

:09:30. > :09:36.remember, the second phase of that line, that's expected to run from

:09:37. > :09:39.here up to the north-west and north-east, so going on towards

:09:40. > :09:43.Manchester and Leeds. That one is expected to open by 2033. Again, a

:09:44. > :09:47.longer time scale for that but again it could cut about an hour of the

:09:48. > :09:50.journey between London and the north-west. So over the course of

:09:51. > :09:54.the morning we'll speak to both sides of the debate. I've taken a

:09:55. > :09:57.journey from London to the West Midlands meeting people along the

:09:58. > :10:01.route and finding out what it could mean for them and we'll talk more

:10:02. > :10:03.about that in the next half an hour. See you them. Ben, thank you.

:10:04. > :10:05.The partner of murdered children's author Helen Bailey is facing

:10:06. > :10:08.the rest of his life in jail for killing his wife.

:10:09. > :10:11.Ian Stewart smothered the writer and hid her body

:10:12. > :10:15.She was found, alongside her dog Boris, three months

:10:16. > :10:17.after she disappeared in April last year.

:10:18. > :10:20.Mr Stewart will be sentenced at St Albans Crown Court

:10:21. > :10:24.Voters are going to the polls today in two parliamentary by-elections

:10:25. > :10:27.They were triggered by the resignations of the Labour

:10:28. > :10:30.and Tristram Hunt in Stoke-on-Trent Central.

:10:31. > :10:33.Polling stations open at seven this morning and close

:10:34. > :10:45.The maker of Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryers has changed its advice

:10:46. > :10:47.owners of the machines, telling customers not to use

:10:48. > :10:49.the appliances until they are repaired.

:10:50. > :10:52.Whirlpool has been replacing or fixing an estimated 3.8 million

:10:53. > :10:54.potentially faulty machines across the UK after it found excess

:10:55. > :11:02.Previously, the company told customers they could continue

:11:03. > :11:08.to use their tumble dryer, provided it was not left unattended.

:11:09. > :11:11.An investigation by the BBC has found there are nearly 10,000

:11:12. > :11:14.drivers across the UK still on the roads despite having 12

:11:15. > :11:23.or more points currently on their driving licence.

:11:24. > :11:26.Official figures reveal that one driver has over sixty points

:11:27. > :11:29.Official figures reveal that one driver has over 60 points

:11:30. > :11:32.on his licence, but has still been allowed to continue driving.

:11:33. > :11:37.From speeding to drink driving, failing to have insurers or causing

:11:38. > :11:41.a collision on the road, penalty points are given to motorists when

:11:42. > :11:45.they break the law. 12 active points on a licence usually means a driver

:11:46. > :11:49.will be banned for a minimum of six months. But figures obtained by the

:11:50. > :11:54.BBC show that just under 10,000 drivers are still on the roads

:11:55. > :11:58.despite having 12 or more points. Most are found in England, with the

:11:59. > :12:02.largest number being in Greater London. Although one driver in west

:12:03. > :12:05.Yorkshire is still on the road despite having more than 60 points

:12:06. > :12:09.on their licence. The law doesn't seem to be working at the moment,

:12:10. > :12:12.we've got people obviously being caught and going through the justice

:12:13. > :12:21.system but actually the whole point system seems to be making a mockery

:12:22. > :12:24.of that. Drivers are getting away with repeatedly breaking the law.

:12:25. > :12:28.Motorists with 12 points can appeal to a magistrates court like this one

:12:29. > :12:31.and claimed that a driving ban would deliver exceptional hardship on

:12:32. > :12:35.their lives, meaning they lose a job or be unable to care for a family

:12:36. > :12:38.member. There is no definition in law as to what exceptional hardship

:12:39. > :12:43.means so one magistrate may decide if a driving ban would cause someone

:12:44. > :12:47.to lose their job, that is exceptional hardship. Another

:12:48. > :12:51.magistrate may decide it isn't. Every band is considered on a

:12:52. > :12:55.case-by-case basis. The government says the vast majority of drivers

:12:56. > :12:58.with 12 points are automatically disqualified and it only in

:12:59. > :13:03.exceptional circumstances can judges decide not to issue a ban. The fact

:13:04. > :13:07.remains, though, that there are drivers who have continually broken

:13:08. > :13:09.the law and who are still on our roads. David Rhodes, BBC News,

:13:10. > :13:12.Bradford. David Bowie dominated

:13:13. > :13:14.the Brits last night He was awarded best British male

:13:15. > :13:19.and best British album, Our entertainment correspondent

:13:20. > :13:31.Lizo Mzimba was at the ceremony. Britain's biggest girl band Little

:13:32. > :13:36.Mix kicked off the show with a glittering, energetic performance of

:13:37. > :13:44.their number one and the song also won them the best single award. This

:13:45. > :13:53.is for you! And the award for British Male Solo artist goes to the

:13:54. > :13:57.late, great David Bowie. David Bowie went on to win a second award. Best

:13:58. > :14:04.album for Blackstar, which was released two days before his death.

:14:05. > :14:08.He's always been there supporting people who think they're a little

:14:09. > :14:14.bit weird or a little bit strange. This award is for all the macro a

:14:15. > :14:24.two and all the people that make the kooks. Thanks, Brits. Dashboard all

:14:25. > :14:31.the kooks. Best British female artist went to Emily Sandakan who

:14:32. > :14:35.brought her sister on stage when she collected the award. Thank you for

:14:36. > :14:39.allowing me to make the music that I make and allowing me to express what

:14:40. > :14:44.I think is important. Thank you so much. But perhaps the evening's most

:14:45. > :14:52.poignant moment, Chris Martin from Coldplay's George Michael tribute.

:14:53. > :15:05.Lizo Mzimba oh, BBC News. Time to have a look at all the

:15:06. > :15:11.sport. Good morning for Leicester ish. They are still in the Champions

:15:12. > :15:15.League, another loss, a big run of losses for Leicester but an away

:15:16. > :15:19.goal in Spain is quite important. A good night for Jamie Vardy. Hasn't

:15:20. > :15:23.scored for nine games but a goal finally for him.

:15:24. > :15:26.Leicester City lost again last night, but Jamie Vardy's away goal

:15:27. > :15:30.has given them a chance of reaching the last eight of the Champions

:15:31. > :15:35.But Vardy popped up to score the goal, which means Leicester only

:15:36. > :15:37.need a 1-0 win at home to go through.

:15:38. > :15:41.Wayne Rooney could be on his way to China earlier than expected

:15:42. > :15:43.with news that his agent is in the country trying

:15:44. > :15:46.to negotiate a deal for the England captain to play

:15:47. > :15:50.Manchester United cruised through to the last 16

:15:51. > :15:53.of the Europa League with a 4-0 aggregate victory over St Etienne.

:15:54. > :15:56.Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored the only goal of the game in France

:15:57. > :16:01.Jonathan Joseph has been left out of the England squad preparing

:16:02. > :16:03.to face Italy in the 6 Nations on Sunday.

:16:04. > :16:07.The Bath Centre has played in all 15 matches under Eddie Jones but has

:16:08. > :16:15.returned to his club after being cut from the 24-man squad.

:16:16. > :16:22.So, yeah, the Six Nations is back after the rest weekend. Many stories

:16:23. > :16:36.in the papers so I will run through those later. First, a quick chat

:16:37. > :16:40.with Carol for the weather. Maybe not that quick. All highs on the

:16:41. > :16:44.weather this morning. Storm Doris is on its way. The eye of the storm is

:16:45. > :16:51.over Northern Ireland. Over the next the hours, you can see the track she

:16:52. > :16:56.is making from west to east. Rain, snow, and even severe gales. Look at

:16:57. > :17:01.this chart. Locale squeezed the isobars are on the south-western

:17:02. > :17:05.flank. -- look how. This is where we will have the strongest winds. In

:17:06. > :17:12.the centre, the wind will be like. We start off with the first Met

:17:13. > :17:17.Office warning. An amber warning to look out for snow. The snow is in

:17:18. > :17:21.Scotland largely, especially the Central Lowlands and the southern

:17:22. > :17:29.uplands. 20-30 centimetres in the uplands above 100m. That is not very

:17:30. > :17:33.high. Transient snow for a time today across parts of Northern

:17:34. > :17:39.Ireland. Largely in the hills. Northern England and North Wales as

:17:40. > :17:44.well. The other warning is another amber warning for wind. Strong and

:17:45. > :17:49.gusty winds today. Gale force and even severe gale force. We are

:17:50. > :17:54.looking where we see this swathe of orange, that is where the amber

:17:55. > :18:01.warning is. 80 miles an hour locally. Further south, looking at

:18:02. > :18:05.50-60 miles an hour. In this particular suede, the winds will do

:18:06. > :18:10.things like bring down branches and possibly uproot some trees. It could

:18:11. > :18:15.cause structural damage. In a vehicle it will be difficult. That

:18:16. > :18:20.is just with the wind element. A third element, rain. The rain is

:18:21. > :18:25.coming around this area of low pressure pushing from west to east.

:18:26. > :18:29.Through the course of the day, as the squeezing isobars continued to

:18:30. > :18:34.move across us, transient cold air coming in, with snow in the hills of

:18:35. > :18:38.North Wales and perhaps Northern Ireland as well. And then through

:18:39. > :18:42.the day as the local pressure centre goes on to the North Sea, the is

:18:43. > :18:47.winds will come across the back of it. For the afternoon shower, gales

:18:48. > :18:53.and severe gales in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and down to it. By

:18:54. > :18:58.then, improving in the west. -- East Anglia. Not so much of the snow

:18:59. > :19:03.brisk in parts of the east. A lot going on with Storm Doris. She is

:19:04. > :19:09.still with us. She clears into the North Sea overnight. Behind her,

:19:10. > :19:13.showers to be dry weather as well. Cold enough for frost and ice in

:19:14. > :19:21.parts of Scotland. Especially where we have lying snow. That leads us

:19:22. > :19:25.quite nicely into tomorrow. Tomorrow, we can loosen our corsets

:19:26. > :19:30.and breathe a sigh of relief, because it will have passed. Cold

:19:31. > :19:33.weather, a fine start, some sunshine, some showers, and through

:19:34. > :19:39.the day, the next area of low pressure, bringing with it more rain

:19:40. > :19:46.and strengthening winds receded by snow in Scotland and possibly in

:19:47. > :19:52.northern England as well. Then this first front on Saturday. Then a warm

:19:53. > :19:58.sector. We pulling up this warm air. The temperatures will go up. That in

:19:59. > :20:05.itself, coupled with the rain coming in, will present a few problems. We

:20:06. > :20:09.will see the ice thaw, providing surface water issues with flooding.

:20:10. > :20:12.And then we are back up into double figures. The weather is not

:20:13. > :20:16.finished. The unsettled theme continues. Sunday, we have dried

:20:17. > :20:21.weather, but further fronts coming in bringing in more rain. Some of

:20:22. > :20:26.that could also be heavy. Once again, the wind is picking up. It is

:20:27. > :20:30.fair to say that over the next few days, the weather will be unsettled.

:20:31. > :20:38.It is Storm Doris we are keeping an eye on today, Charlie and Sally.

:20:39. > :20:43.Thank you. We know you will keep an eye on that. The front pages. We

:20:44. > :20:49.will have some of the front page sport stories as well. The first

:20:50. > :20:53.female commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was unveiled

:20:54. > :21:01.yesterday outside the new Scotland Yard. The front page of the Scotland

:21:02. > :21:04.Times. ?450 million lost over a failed green power programme.

:21:05. > :21:09.Britain is wasting hundreds of millions of pounds subsidising power

:21:10. > :21:14.stations. The Daily Mail. The front pages. A story about RAF pilots. A

:21:15. > :21:23.suggestion they have been secretly taking out British jihadists. This

:21:24. > :21:28.is the main picture with Ian Stewart and his wife Helen Bailey, convicted

:21:29. > :21:36.of her murder yesterday. An interesting story. A picture of

:21:37. > :21:41.Cheryl Cole. Sideways. It is showing definitely she is pregnant, if there

:21:42. > :21:45.was any doubt. She is part of an advertising campaign for a big

:21:46. > :21:49.cosmetics company and that is what she has chosen to show she has a

:21:50. > :21:55.baby on the way. That is the official news. Some rugby stories

:21:56. > :22:00.took my eye in the Times. Germany want to be the next rugby

:22:01. > :22:03.superpower. They are funded by a marketing billionaire pouring money

:22:04. > :22:07.into them over the last decade. They want to join the Six Nations one day

:22:08. > :22:12.alongside George, Romania, Spain, Russia, and Germany, all pushing to

:22:13. > :22:18.be the next European superpower. -- Georgia. Another nice nice story

:22:19. > :22:22.about the England coach, Eddie Jones. He took his dog to the party

:22:23. > :22:29.is today. I am waiting for the day our boss says we can bring our dogs

:22:30. > :22:33.to work. A puppy. It looks like a big ball of white fluff in this

:22:34. > :22:38.picture, it is difficult to tell. He ran around the training ground with

:22:39. > :22:42.it. It is nice to see that other side of Eddie Jones, because he is

:22:43. > :22:48.quite spikey sometimes. That is the word. The front page of The

:22:49. > :22:53.Telegraph. If I can get to grips with the paper here. Sorry about

:22:54. > :22:57.that. A story here about marmalade. I know this one. Marmalade is going

:22:58. > :23:03.out of fashion for younger people, apparently. Consumer research is

:23:04. > :23:08.saying younger people are rejecting it, with only one in five aged under

:23:09. > :23:16.28 last year. It is disappearing. Wouldn't that be a sad thing? My

:23:17. > :23:21.grandmother always brings five jars every time she comes to visit. Tell

:23:22. > :23:27.us honestly, are you enjoying it? Yet. So glad you said that. It is a

:23:28. > :23:32.shame we have run out of time. I have a great story about badly

:23:33. > :23:37.dressed man. We will do that later in the programme, shall be? Are you

:23:38. > :23:42.saying something about me? No! Boris Johnson yesterday going for a run.

:23:43. > :23:43.How difficult it is for men to get sportswear and other things right.

:23:44. > :23:50.Nonsense. We will see you later on. It's one of the biggest investments

:23:51. > :23:52.in peacetime Britain, costing over ?56 billion,

:23:53. > :23:55.and later today, the first phase of the HS2 rail line between London

:23:56. > :23:58.and the Midlands is expected to receive the official go-ahead

:23:59. > :24:01.in the House of Commons. The project promises increased

:24:02. > :24:03.capacity and faster journeys, but building the line will see

:24:04. > :24:05.ancient woodlands destroyed and disruption to the lives

:24:06. > :24:08.of those living nearby. Here's Ben with a look

:24:09. > :24:19.at the pros and cons. More of us are using the railways

:24:20. > :24:23.than ever before. It means busier stations and busier trains. And so

:24:24. > :24:30.the government says HS2 is the answer. But is it? I am taking a

:24:31. > :24:34.journey on the first stage of the route from London to Birmingham to

:24:35. > :24:38.see what impact it could have. The biggest challenge is tackling

:24:39. > :24:43.overcrowding. The current tracks and stations cannot handle many more

:24:44. > :24:47.passengers. But at as well as running more frequently, the trains

:24:48. > :24:52.will be faster as well, and that is good news for passengers. Thank you.

:24:53. > :24:56.Sometimes you do not get enough carriages, which can be a big

:24:57. > :25:00.problem, and it is really crowded on the trains. A lot of people standing

:25:01. > :25:04.up can make it difficult to get off of the train as well. I regard

:25:05. > :25:08.getting on the train as worktime, so if you cannot sit down, you feel

:25:09. > :25:12.frustrated. It is not just commuters who stand to gain from the new

:25:13. > :25:18.railway. We average around 10,000 jobs over the first phase of the

:25:19. > :25:22.instruction, peaking at 25,000 jobs a month. And that is just during

:25:23. > :25:26.construction. There will be tens of thousands maintaining and running it

:25:27. > :25:31.when we are done. That could mean even greater economic benefit. Take

:25:32. > :25:36.this journey, for example. One hour and 20 minutes. We are 50 minutes

:25:37. > :25:40.into the journey. But if this was an HS2 train, we would already be in

:25:41. > :25:44.Birmingham. And that means spending less time travelling and more time

:25:45. > :25:49.working. And one estimate suggests that could add about ?15 billion to

:25:50. > :25:54.the economy. But at what cost? The current pricetag is close to ?60

:25:55. > :25:59.billion. But many say it could be much higher. 60 ancient woodlands

:26:00. > :26:04.would have to be bulldozed. 350 homes will have to be demolished.

:26:05. > :26:09.And thousands of businesses will be affected. Like this farm in

:26:10. > :26:14.Buckinghamshire. The land will be split into when work begins. It is

:26:15. > :26:23.going to completely alter the way I farm. I would lose half of the

:26:24. > :26:28.grazing my calfs can go out to. I am not convinced with HS2. We have far

:26:29. > :26:32.more important things to do. Certainly we should not spend all

:26:33. > :26:36.our money on a rail line that will be, in my opinion, outdated in 10-

:26:37. > :26:42.15 years. The first section to the West Midlands will be opened by

:26:43. > :26:48.2026. An extension to Leeds and majesty will open by 2032. HS2

:26:49. > :26:53.should make journeys faster and more unstable. -- Manchester. This is the

:26:54. > :26:57.first part of the journey, Birmingham. Keeping the reject

:26:58. > :27:05.on-time and on track could prove more difficult, however. Dan

:27:06. > :27:08.Thompson, BBC News, in Birmingham. -- Ben Thompson. And Ben Thompson

:27:09. > :27:10.will be there for us all morning. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:27:11. > :30:43.with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt We'll bring you all the latest news

:30:44. > :30:48.and sport in a moment, ALARM: Wake up,

:30:49. > :30:52.the house is on fire! That's the human voice

:30:53. > :30:55.of a new type of smoke alarm. We'll find out why it might be

:30:56. > :30:58.better at saving the lives of children in the

:30:59. > :31:00.deepest of sleeps. Not too hot and not too cold these

:31:01. > :31:06.are the planets that Nasa says could be just right

:31:07. > :31:08.for supporting alien life. We'll speak to one of the team

:31:09. > :31:11.behind the discovery. If you've ever kept a diary,

:31:12. > :31:15.would you let anyone else read it? We'll hear how your journal

:31:16. > :31:17.could help future historians find But now a summary of this

:31:18. > :31:28.morning's main news: Winds of nearly 90mph

:31:29. > :31:31.an hour have been recorded in western Ireland as the worst

:31:32. > :31:34.weather of the winter so far hits Storm Doris is expected to arrive

:31:35. > :31:38.in the UK in the coming hours, with heavy snow forecast

:31:39. > :31:41.in Scotland and strong winds Our reporter Allison Freeman,

:31:42. > :31:55.who is in Blackpool this morning The reason for that is Blackpool is

:31:56. > :32:00.one of the first places to be hit. That's right, the weather has been

:32:01. > :32:03.getting up in the last hour or so. We had a bit of torrential rain

:32:04. > :32:07.that's been forecast and the gusts are released out in to blow across

:32:08. > :32:14.the. The worst of the weather here in black Blackpool is expected to be

:32:15. > :32:21.after 9am. There are a number of amber weather warnings in Scotland,

:32:22. > :32:24.England and Wales. In Scotland there expecting 30 centimetres of snow up

:32:25. > :32:28.in higher ground and people are being warned to take care when they

:32:29. > :32:33.travel on the roads. In northern England and Wales, those gusts of

:32:34. > :32:38.wind are what the amber warning is about, they could cause problems

:32:39. > :32:42.with travel and damage to buildings. Heathrow has already had some

:32:43. > :32:51.flights cancelled and the ease coast main line will run a reduced service

:32:52. > :32:55.after 9:30am and people who are on their the roads are being asked to

:32:56. > :33:00.take care on what could be treacherous conditions. It does not

:33:01. > :33:02.look pleasant out there! And we will have the weather with Carol later on

:33:03. > :33:03.this morning. Prisons should not only punish

:33:04. > :33:06.criminals but reform them too under what's being described

:33:07. > :33:08.as the biggest overhaul The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss,

:33:09. > :33:12.will present a bill later today aimed at reducing prison violence

:33:13. > :33:25.and cutting re-offending rates I think the fundamental problem

:33:26. > :33:28.we've had as a country for decades is we've never been clear that

:33:29. > :33:31.prisons do need to be places of reform and we've never put the

:33:32. > :33:35.measurements in to see how well governments are doing and how well

:33:36. > :33:36.ultimately the Secretary of State is doing with that system.

:33:37. > :33:39.Plans for the multi-billion-pound HS2 project, to build a high speed

:33:40. > :33:42.rail link between London and Birmingham, are expected to get

:33:43. > :33:46.The line, which is due to open in 2026, will reduce journey

:33:47. > :33:50.But its feared the construction will bring wide-spread disruption

:33:51. > :33:57.to people living and working along the route.

:33:58. > :33:59.The fiance of murdered children's author Helen Bailey is facing

:34:00. > :34:02.the rest of his life in jail for killing her.

:34:03. > :34:05.Ian Stewart smothered the writer and hid her body

:34:06. > :34:09.She was found, alongside her dog Boris, three months

:34:10. > :34:11.after she disappeared in April last year.

:34:12. > :34:14.Ian Stewart will be sentenced at St Albans Crown Court

:34:15. > :34:21.The maker of Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryers has changed its advice

:34:22. > :34:23.to owners of potentially dangerous machines, telling customers not

:34:24. > :34:26.to use the appliances until they are repaired.

:34:27. > :34:28.Whirlpool has been replacing or fixing an estimated 3.8 million

:34:29. > :34:31.potentially faulty dryers across the UK after it found excess

:34:32. > :34:35.Previously, the company told customers they could continue to use

:34:36. > :35:05.them, provided they were not left unattended.

:35:06. > :35:06.Researchers have developed a new smoke alarm sound

:35:07. > :35:09.with a lower pitched tone and a woman's voice

:35:10. > :35:11.which they say is more likely to wake children.

:35:12. > :35:13.Teams based in Dundee and Derby began working

:35:14. > :35:16.on the project after fire investigators warned that children

:35:17. > :35:18.were able to sleep through conventional alarms.

:35:19. > :35:19.Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports

:35:20. > :35:24.Smoke alarms save lives, in this demonstration it happened moments

:35:25. > :35:28.after so it gave them time to escape but research has found that children

:35:29. > :35:31.are often not roused by the sound of a standard smoke detector. Their

:35:32. > :35:36.research was prompted by the deaths of six children in a house fire in

:35:37. > :35:44.Derby in 2012, set deliberately by their father. Two smoke alarms

:35:45. > :35:47.failed to wake them. Dave Coss was a fire investigator on that case.

:35:48. > :35:52.Unfortunately that was the first one that brought it to my attention but

:35:53. > :35:55.since that day I can recount half a dozen fires where children have

:35:56. > :36:01.failed to respond during sleep and they have become trapped and died.

:36:02. > :36:05.He's helped design a new alarm sound which combines a lower pitched tone

:36:06. > :36:10.and a human voice. Wake up, the house is on fire. In this

:36:11. > :36:16.demonstration it worked. Melanie Wilkins' four boys woke immediately

:36:17. > :36:20.but now researchers won 500 families with young children to volunteer to

:36:21. > :36:27.test the prototype. Fergus Walsh, BBC News.

:36:28. > :36:30.Astronomers say the discovery of a record seven Earth-sized

:36:31. > :36:33.planets orbiting a single star brings them a step closer finding

:36:34. > :36:36.Three out of the seven have the environment necessary

:36:37. > :36:40.The planets were detected using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

:36:41. > :36:46.along with several other observatories.

:36:47. > :36:53.Are we saying there could be something out there? Possibly,

:36:54. > :36:57.conditions are saying it could be possible and later we will speak to

:36:58. > :37:02.experts to explore this a bit more. I thought for one minute you were

:37:03. > :37:08.going to say we will be live talking to the extraterrestrials. That would

:37:09. > :37:13.be a great day! Maybe one day! I hope I'm on that day. We've might be

:37:14. > :37:18.leading on that story. We're leading with Leicester losing in the

:37:19. > :37:22.Champions League, their only lifeline, they got an away goal in

:37:23. > :37:26.the first leg so they still have a chance of going through to the last

:37:27. > :37:29.eight, which would be amazing considering they are doing so badly

:37:30. > :37:34.this season compare it to last season. The manager of Sevilla said

:37:35. > :37:38.yesterday it would be hard to imagine a bigger difference between

:37:39. > :37:38.two teams in the Champions League. A bit disparaging!

:37:39. > :37:43.Leicester City were beaten 2-1 by Sevilla in their Champions League

:37:44. > :37:46.second round match, but they did score an important away goal.

:37:47. > :37:48.Sevilla are third in the Spanish League and dominated

:37:49. > :37:50.the game, missing a penalty before opening the scoring.

:37:51. > :37:57.Jamie Vardy got one back which means they only need a 1-0 win at home

:37:58. > :38:02.Wayne Rooney could be on his way to China earlier than expected

:38:03. > :38:04.with news that his agent is in the country trying

:38:05. > :38:07.to negotiate a deal for the England and Manchester United captain

:38:08. > :38:11.Rooney is no longer first choice of United manager

:38:12. > :38:14.Jose Mourinho and agent Paul Stretford is in China

:38:15. > :38:17.The Chinese transfer window closes next Tuesday.

:38:18. > :38:25.A summer move still seems the likelier outcome however.

:38:26. > :38:28.United coped OK without Rooney in the Europa League last night,

:38:29. > :38:31.Henrikh Miktaryan's goal gave them a 1-0 win at French side

:38:32. > :38:42.United have now lost only once in 25 games.

:38:43. > :38:53.It's nice. It's a good feeling. We trust in each other and, you know,

:38:54. > :39:00.one day we are going to lose. The important thing is after that defeat

:39:01. > :39:03.we go back again to a good run because the team is playing in a

:39:04. > :39:03.solid way. Tottenham host Gent in front

:39:04. > :39:06.of a sell-out Wembley crowd Spurs are looking to overturn a 1-0

:39:07. > :39:11.deficit from their poor display in the first leg in

:39:12. > :39:21.Belgium last week. We were poor and they were better

:39:22. > :39:25.than us. The fact they won didn't surprise me because we watched many

:39:26. > :39:33.games about them and we knew the quality. This uprising thing was our

:39:34. > :39:38.performance. We know how they play and it's up to us to try and be

:39:39. > :39:39.better and to show that we deserve to go to the next round.

:39:40. > :39:42.Jonathan Joseph has been left out of the England squad preparing

:39:43. > :39:45.to face Italy in the 6 Nations on Sunday.

:39:46. > :39:48.The Bath centre has played in all 15 matches under Eddie Jones

:39:49. > :39:50.but has returned to his club after being cut

:39:51. > :39:54.England will confirm their starting fifteen tomorrow morning.

:39:55. > :39:57.George North will start for Wales in their match with Scotland

:39:58. > :39:59.on Saturday, after recovering from a thigh injury.

:40:00. > :40:04.It will be the only change to Rob Howley's side from the defeat

:40:05. > :40:08.Budapest is to withdraw its bid to host the 2024

:40:09. > :40:11.Summer Olympics, leaving only Los Angeles and Paris in the race.

:40:12. > :40:14.More than a 250,000 Hungarians had signed a petition

:40:15. > :40:16.against hosting the Games, with opponents saying the money

:40:17. > :40:18.would be better spent on hospitals and schools.

:40:19. > :40:21.The International Olympic Committee will announce the winning city

:40:22. > :40:35.It now looks like it's going to be either Los Angeles or Paris. Both

:40:36. > :40:38.good options. Both really strong campaigns as well. Kat, thank you

:40:39. > :40:39.very much indeed. Eating five portions of fruit

:40:40. > :40:43.and veg a day is one of the best known bits of dietary

:40:44. > :40:45.advice there is. But new research out this morning

:40:46. > :40:48.says that while that's good, the figure should be more

:40:49. > :40:51.like 10 if you want to get They've also identified

:40:52. > :40:54.specific examples that can help

:40:55. > :40:55.reduce the risk of cancer Let's speak to the author

:40:56. > :41:04.of the report, Doctor Dagfinn Aune Very good morning to you, thank you

:41:05. > :41:09.for your time this morning. Could you give us the basis, what you've

:41:10. > :41:19.discovered in your research. Good morning, sir. What we did was we

:41:20. > :41:23.conducted and we combined analysis of 95 already published studies on

:41:24. > :41:31.fruit and vegetable intake to see the mortality risk. We found that

:41:32. > :41:37.eating even moderate amounts of fruit and vegetables reduced the

:41:38. > :41:45.risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and of course mortality. We

:41:46. > :41:53.found that higher intakes, intakes as high as 800 g, ten servings per

:41:54. > :41:58.day, was associated with a strong reduction in risk. Doctor, is it as

:41:59. > :42:04.straightforward as saying if you eat twice as much, ten portions a day

:42:05. > :42:07.perhaps, you're giving yourself twice as much protection or

:42:08. > :42:15.reduction of heart disease or cancer risk? When we looked at the day for

:42:16. > :42:22.coronary heart disease and stroke mortality, it seems like you could

:42:23. > :42:27.say that... For mortality, most of the benefit is up to five a day but

:42:28. > :42:40.there is some further reduction up to 800 g as well for all across

:42:41. > :42:44.mortality. You look at specific food types that have specific benefits.

:42:45. > :42:48.For heart that is for example, talk us through the specific items

:42:49. > :42:54.related to benefits for heart disease -- for heart disease. For

:42:55. > :43:05.cardiovascular disease, heart disease, stroke mortality we found

:43:06. > :43:10.particularly apples, citrus fruits, pears, green leaf vegetables like

:43:11. > :43:13.salads are very beneficial. For cancer, Consett fruits and

:43:14. > :43:18.vegetables and green and yellow vegetables were beneficial. Doctor

:43:19. > :43:24.Dagfinn Aune, thank you for your time this morning. He is the author

:43:25. > :43:29.from the Imperial College London. The advice is ten portions of fruit

:43:30. > :43:34.and veg instead of five is better and you get considerable health

:43:35. > :43:36.benefits. And apples and pears. All good!

:43:37. > :43:37.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:43:38. > :43:46.Winds of up to 80 miles per hour

:43:47. > :43:48.are expected today as Storm Doris hits the UK.

:43:49. > :43:51.Forecasters have warned road, air and ferry services could be

:43:52. > :43:54.Ministers will publish plans later for what's described as the biggest

:43:55. > :43:57.reform of prisons in England and Wales in a generation.

:43:58. > :44:01.It sets in law for the first time that jails should reform offenders

:44:02. > :44:16.The weather. Could today be some of the worst weather this winter? Yes.

:44:17. > :44:23.This is the fourth named storm of this winter. It is crossing very

:44:24. > :44:39.populated areas. Look at the wind gusts we have had in the past few

:44:40. > :44:43.minutes. So, you can see the strongest winds at the moment are in

:44:44. > :44:48.the west. Now, Storm Doris, the eye of the storm is currently across

:44:49. > :44:53.Northern Ireland. This is where there is not much wind. Then the

:44:54. > :44:57.storm will drift from the west to the east in the next few hours. In

:44:58. > :45:01.doing so, you can see where the squeeze of the strong cost winds is,

:45:02. > :45:08.the south-western flank. As it goes west to east, that will follow it.

:45:09. > :45:15.Earlier on in the day it will be in the west and go to the east by the

:45:16. > :45:19.second rush-hour of the day. The Met Office has two amber warnings to be

:45:20. > :45:24.prepared. The first one is for snow. It is already snowing in the

:45:25. > :45:29.highlands of Scotland just south of the Great Glen. But there is another

:45:30. > :45:37.warning for the plan is. These are the warnings. 20 centimetres above

:45:38. > :45:44.100m. And five and ten metres across the Central Lowlands, especially in

:45:45. > :45:48.the western side. The other amber weather warning to be prepared is

:45:49. > :45:53.for wind. The strength of the wind. It is very windy. Gales and even

:45:54. > :45:58.severe gales. Now, as we go through the day, this strongest swathe as we

:45:59. > :46:04.saw on the weather chart is coming in from the west. You can see where

:46:05. > :46:11.it covers by the colour on the chart. 90 miles per hour. Locally,

:46:12. > :46:15.80. That is enough to cause widespread disruption to

:46:16. > :46:20.transportation and power cuts, for example. Structural damage. Trees

:46:21. > :46:27.coming down. Outside of the amber weather warning. Still, we have very

:46:28. > :46:34.strong winds. 50, 16, 70 in the east. -- 16. Heavy rain pushing

:46:35. > :46:38.across Wales and going into the North Sea. It is all rotating around

:46:39. > :46:43.that area of low pressure. Now, in the south, it will be windy, but

:46:44. > :46:48.mostly dry. The odd showers. All the action is in this central swathe.

:46:49. > :46:52.And by the time we get to the afternoon period, especially the

:46:53. > :46:56.latter part of the afternoon, strong winds will be in parts of Yorkshire,

:46:57. > :47:02.Lincolnshire, and East Anglia. Gales, possibly severe gales. The

:47:03. > :47:07.evening and overnight period. The storm pulls away into the North Sea.

:47:08. > :47:11.Things will quiet down. There will still be showers, some will be

:47:12. > :47:16.wintry. Look out for highs on untreated surfaces, especially in

:47:17. > :47:23.Scotland. -- ice. A lot going on today. Back to you, Charlie and

:47:24. > :47:26.Sally. Thank you. We will talk to you soon.

:47:27. > :47:28.HS2 has promised lots of some of the fastest trains

:47:29. > :47:32.in Europe, thousands of jobs, and more than half an hour shaved

:47:33. > :47:34.off the journey time between London and Birmingham.

:47:35. > :47:37.Today, the project is due to get the final approval

:47:38. > :47:39.in the House of Commons, but some fear the construction

:47:40. > :47:42.will bring widespread disruption to the lives of people living

:47:43. > :47:46.It is going to make a huge difference.

:47:47. > :47:49.Ben's in Birmingham this morning, where a new station will be built

:47:50. > :47:56.He is there in the wind and rain, I have to say. That is where it will

:47:57. > :47:59.be built. Good morning. Good morning. You will have to bear with

:48:00. > :48:04.us this morning because it is very wet and windy and wild out here. I

:48:05. > :48:08.will try to persevere as much as I can. You might be able to make out

:48:09. > :48:12.behind me the site for the new proposed terminal. The new terminal

:48:13. > :48:16.for the new HS2 trender comes into Birmingham. That is the first phase

:48:17. > :48:22.of the project. The second goes in to Leeds and Manchester. It was

:48:23. > :48:26.proposed back in 2009 and has been beset by all sorts of problems,

:48:27. > :48:30.concerns about the route and the cost, especially for people who live

:48:31. > :48:38.and work along the line. Let us hear from both sides of the debate. We

:48:39. > :48:42.have two guests. Let me start with you. You think this is a good thing

:48:43. > :48:45.for Birmingham and you work in the Chambers of Commerce. We can see

:48:46. > :48:49.there is huge investment in Birmingham. This is just the latest

:48:50. > :48:52.in a whole line of investments. Absolutely. Into such great

:48:53. > :48:57.location, having this conversation this morning here that you can see

:48:58. > :49:02.the new investment, the cranes on the skyline, and the investment

:49:03. > :49:10.opportunity with the HS2 upgrade. A lot of success stories. The HSBC

:49:11. > :49:13.relocating to Birmingham. It has become part of the success story of

:49:14. > :49:18.the city, the HS2 coming to Birmingham as well. And not just

:49:19. > :49:22.direct investment from the HS2 line, but also associated benefits. A lot

:49:23. > :49:25.of work going with local stakeholders about how they can

:49:26. > :49:31.maximise this opportunity to kickstart investment and supply

:49:32. > :49:34.chain opportunities. Even public transport from areas outside of

:49:35. > :49:39.Birmingham into Birmingham to make the most of it. Laying out the

:49:40. > :49:43.benefits for Birmingham, but you absolutely don't agree this is what

:49:44. > :49:46.Birmingham needs right now. We are seeing a triumph for vested

:49:47. > :49:51.interests today. It goes against evidence based policy. The whole

:49:52. > :49:55.case for HS2 has been invented and totally made up by the people who

:49:56. > :50:01.want to build it to be the construction industry and the

:50:02. > :50:05.consultants within. They are running their own gravy train. The first set

:50:06. > :50:14.of contracts went 88% over budget. We have just seen the chair of HS2

:50:15. > :50:21.and CH2M come in 49% over budget. It started at 30 billion, it was going

:50:22. > :50:26.to connect to Heathrow, that has been cut. The official cost is now

:50:27. > :50:37.at ?56 billion. The cost will keep going up and up and up or something

:50:38. > :50:41.only a fast train for fatcats. But something needs to be done, right?

:50:42. > :50:46.All the trains are too busy. It is not just about speed, but capacity.

:50:47. > :50:50.The trains as they stand cannot take many more passengers. Theresa May

:50:51. > :50:56.admitted herself at promenades is Question Time a few weeks ago they

:50:57. > :51:01.could upgrade capacity by 40% by putting in signalling. There have

:51:02. > :51:05.always been cheaper ways of improving capacity and improving the

:51:06. > :51:13.network. The bottom line is the vast maturity are commuters he will not

:51:14. > :51:18.benefit from HS2. If you want to increase it, there is a requirement

:51:19. > :51:21.of cuts to free up capacity which means losing the trains you already

:51:22. > :51:26.have from many places not on the main route of McAdoo. You take his

:51:27. > :51:30.point that money needs to be spent? But it needs to be spent on a

:51:31. > :51:36.different way, he says. I disagree. It represents great money for value

:51:37. > :51:41.overall. We need to make sure it is kept on message and budget. It is

:51:42. > :51:45.incredibly difficult to predict what the cost of something like this will

:51:46. > :51:50.be, a 20 year project. As we have seen in the last 12 months, things

:51:51. > :51:55.can change and be unrecognisable in only 12 months. I understand the

:51:56. > :51:59.problems with try to estimate things with the exchange rate and what is

:52:00. > :52:03.going on with costs of imports, which have changed dramatically in

:52:04. > :52:07.that time. Both of you, thank you very much. We will continue this

:52:08. > :52:11.debate a little later. I hope you can stay with us. The cameraman is

:52:12. > :52:18.doing a great job of keeping the lens clean. Storm Doris is making

:52:19. > :52:23.her presence felt already this morning in Birmingham so I will go

:52:24. > :52:34.inside. OK, thank you. Go and get a cup of tea. Poor Ben. The storm is

:52:35. > :52:39.hitting and due to kick in mainly around 9-10 a.m. This morning. It

:52:40. > :52:43.has already started. We will get all the detailed information from Carol

:52:44. > :52:45.about what the weather will be like for you this morning wherever you

:52:46. > :52:45.are. In a week, Northern Ireland

:52:46. > :52:48.will see its second election The power-sharing government

:52:49. > :52:52.collapsed in January amid a bitter row between unionists

:52:53. > :52:53.and Republicans. Many have called this

:52:54. > :52:55.a divisive election but, away from the old sectarian issues,

:52:56. > :52:58.there are familiar concerns for voters like education,

:52:59. > :53:00.the economy and health. Our Ireland correspondent invited

:53:01. > :53:03.a group of people to the Whitla Hall at Belfast's Queen's University

:53:04. > :53:17.to see if there was more that united Elections are a time when people

:53:18. > :53:22.come together. United in the task of making a choice, but often divided.

:53:23. > :53:30.Not just by their jobs, their age, or the interests, but by their

:53:31. > :53:34.backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences. First of all, thank you

:53:35. > :53:38.very much for coming. I want to ask a couple of questions. We obviously

:53:39. > :53:48.need you to be honest. Who has been to the gym in the last week? There

:53:49. > :53:57.are the athletic, or at least the enthusiastic. There are magics who

:53:58. > :54:03.sent valentines cards this year. -- there are romantics. And those who

:54:04. > :54:09.admitted, or perhaps were forced to admit, they were drunk in the last

:54:10. > :54:11.week. But it is shared experiences which could influence how

:54:12. > :54:15.individuals vote. Who has waited four hours or more in Accident and

:54:16. > :54:21.Emergency to get treatment for themselves or someone else? Waiting

:54:22. > :54:25.lists in Northern Ireland are among the longest in the UK. Politicians

:54:26. > :54:33.have described the health service here at as at breaking point. I am a

:54:34. > :54:36.nurse. The reason people wait a long time in emergency departments is

:54:37. > :54:41.because we have an older population. There is not enough investment in

:54:42. > :54:44.primary care and the community. We have to remove the politicians out

:54:45. > :54:47.of health and appoint someone in charge of it you will be responsible

:54:48. > :54:52.for all the operational matters. This is not scientific, but the

:54:53. > :54:56.responses suggest a lot connects these businessmen and farmers,

:54:57. > :55:03.students, and senior citizens. Who has a close friend or a relative who

:55:04. > :55:06.is gay or a lesbian? Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK

:55:07. > :55:13.where same-sex marriage is still illegal. And in the past, Stormont's

:55:14. > :55:19.biggest party, the DUP, used a veto to vote in favour of it. It is a

:55:20. > :55:23.disgrace and everyone has a right to decide who they want to marry and

:55:24. > :55:27.fall in love with. I am not quite sure. I have always believed it

:55:28. > :55:31.should be a male and female to bring up a child. What all believe is that

:55:32. > :55:34.politics matters. From arts to want more funding for languages. And

:55:35. > :55:37.those who want Protestants and Catholics to be taught together,

:55:38. > :55:42.which is the exception, rather than the rule. Yet a lot feel they do not

:55:43. > :55:53.fit into Northern Ireland's traditional boxes, of Unionists or

:55:54. > :55:57.Irish Nationalist, though that's how they vote. Who is proud of Northern

:55:58. > :56:00.Ireland? It is interesting the split. The generations who did not

:56:01. > :56:04.know the conflict and the other half. What sucks is that there is so

:56:05. > :56:08.much to be proud of in Northern Ireland. People can be grateful of

:56:09. > :56:10.what we have done. But we have an executive marked by scandal and

:56:11. > :56:16.crisis and falling apart consistently. Different views that

:56:17. > :56:20.will influence that election result when voters mark their preferences

:56:21. > :59:48.in the boxes next week. Chris Buckler, BBC News, Belfast. It

:59:49. > :59:52.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt

:59:53. > :59:54.Warnings of damage and disruption as Storm Doris heads

:59:55. > :59:58.This is the scene in Blackpool this morning.

:59:59. > :00:00.Commuters here are being advised to take extra care as some

:00:01. > :00:08.of the worst weather of the winter so far arrives.

:00:09. > :00:16.Storm Doris is packing three countries, bringing gales, severe

:00:17. > :00:19.across our shores, some heavy snowfall and heavy rain. More

:00:20. > :00:26.details on all of that later in the programme.

:00:27. > :00:32.Good morning, it's Thursday 23rd February.

:00:33. > :00:34.Nearly 10,000 motorists are legally allowed

:00:35. > :00:42.to drive despite having enough penalty points to be banned.

:00:43. > :00:45.New figures show one man is still on the roads with 62

:00:46. > :00:57.Good morning. HS2 gets the green light later today but there is

:00:58. > :01:02.controversy over the route and the cost of the new high-speed line.

:01:03. > :01:04.Some here in Birmingham are affected by the new railway and I'm eating

:01:05. > :01:05.them. In sport Leicester City lose

:01:06. > :01:09.in Spain but Jamie Vardy's away goal in Seville means they still

:01:10. > :01:12.have a chance of making it through to the last eight

:01:13. > :01:14.of the Champions League. Also this morning,

:01:15. > :01:20.a new sound for smoke alarms. And David Bowie dominates the Brits.

:01:21. > :01:25.The award for British male solo artist goes to the late, great David

:01:26. > :01:27.Bowie. He picked up two awards a year after this death from cancer.

:01:28. > :01:31.Winds of nearly 90mph have been recorded in western Ireland

:01:32. > :01:34.as the worst weather of the winter hits the British Isles.

:01:35. > :01:37.Storm Doris is expected to arrive in the UK in the coming hours,

:01:38. > :01:41.with heavy snow forecast in Scotland and strong winds for many parts

:01:42. > :01:51.Some rail and air services have already changed their schedules

:01:52. > :01:53.and drivers are being warned to avoid some roads.

:01:54. > :01:57.Let's get a sense of what it's like out there at the moment

:01:58. > :02:00.with our reporter, Allison Freeman who is in Blackpool this morning.

:02:01. > :02:11.We are being blown about a bit by the blustery conditions, you can see

:02:12. > :02:15.the famous swaying sculptures on the Blackpool promenade, giving way to

:02:16. > :02:19.the breeze a bit in front of the tower and if we look down towards

:02:20. > :02:23.the sea here, the white horses are really starting to pick up and the

:02:24. > :02:27.waves are being blown in by the wind. But we don't think Blackpool

:02:28. > :02:31.is experiencing the full force of Storm Doris just yet, that's

:02:32. > :02:41.expected just after 9am. But there are expected to be high winds across

:02:42. > :02:44.the north of England and north Wales, and that will cause

:02:45. > :02:47.disruption to transport. We know Heathrow has already cancelled some

:02:48. > :02:51.domestic and shorthaul flights and the east coast Main Line, trains on

:02:52. > :02:54.that route are going to be pared down after 9am and they will run to

:02:55. > :02:57.speed restrictions. We've had some pictures from black sod on the west

:02:58. > :03:03.Coast of Ireland earlier this morning. Further down the coast we

:03:04. > :03:07.know there was a gust of 87 mph recorded there, but the full force

:03:08. > :03:10.of the storm doesn't seem to be hitting Blackpool yet and it's hoped

:03:11. > :03:14.it will all be over by 6pm. Allison, thank you.

:03:15. > :03:21.We can talk to Carol now. Carol, a summary of what's been happening so

:03:22. > :03:26.far, what can we expect through the day? The eye of the storm is well

:03:27. > :03:29.and truly over Northern Ireland and it will be drifting east through the

:03:30. > :03:37.day. The strongest winds currently are in parts of north-west Wales,

:03:38. > :03:41.you can see Aberdaron, 79 mph. It's not just the wind. The wind will

:03:42. > :03:45.cause a lot of problems and the strongest winds will be in parts of

:03:46. > :03:50.Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia and parts of northern England and here

:03:51. > :03:54.we are looking at gusts widely between 70 mph and 80 mph. Even

:03:55. > :03:59.south of that for south Wales and southern England we have gusts

:04:00. > :04:04.expected between 50-6 deep. That can cause major travel disruption but it

:04:05. > :04:09.can also cause power cuts and also bring up trees, should debris down

:04:10. > :04:14.the road. There's a lot to be aware of but equally we have heavy snow,

:04:15. > :04:18.heavy snow in the Central Lowlands and the southern uplands, again an

:04:19. > :04:23.additional hazard. As the system moves to the east, this evening's

:04:24. > :04:29.rush-hour will be particularly nasty with gales or severe gales in

:04:30. > :04:33.Yorkshire, East Anglia and into the overnight period Storm Doris will

:04:34. > :04:37.completely clear. That's good to know, thank you very much. Doris

:04:38. > :04:39.will clear of eventually! We will keep you updated on the weather

:04:40. > :04:40.through the morning. Prisons will be expected to reform

:04:41. > :04:43.criminals as well as punish them under what's being described

:04:44. > :04:46.as the biggest overhaul The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss,

:04:47. > :04:50.will present a bill later aimed at reducing prison violence

:04:51. > :04:52.and cutting re-offending rates Here's our home affairs

:04:53. > :05:00.correspondent Daniel Sandford. Some prisons in England and Wales

:05:01. > :05:03.have been close to crisis Violence and the use of illegal

:05:04. > :05:07.mobile phones and drugs have been soaring after deep cuts

:05:08. > :05:10.in the number of prison officers. But in other jails, like HMP

:05:11. > :05:13.Onley in Warwickshire, it's still possible to prepare

:05:14. > :05:16.inmates for life on the outside. Abdi Tahir is coming to the end

:05:17. > :05:19.of a two-year sentence and hopes to go straight into a job as a bike

:05:20. > :05:24.technician at Halfords. He told me his experience of jail

:05:25. > :05:27.time has been mixed. When I was in Pentonville foe

:05:28. > :05:32.example before I came here we were locked

:05:33. > :05:34.up 23 hours a day. I'm saying we were literally

:05:35. > :05:36.treated like animals. I'm saying we had to ask for toilet

:05:37. > :05:41.paper, we had to ask for the basic common decency, know

:05:42. > :05:42.what I'm saying? So coming here now, it looks

:05:43. > :05:45.like a completely different prison, There are bits of downs

:05:46. > :05:49.but you can work around those. I firmly believe if you give

:05:50. > :05:52.someone a chance to change, In her first prisons and courts

:05:53. > :05:56.bill, the relatively new Justice Secretary Liz Truss

:05:57. > :05:59.wants to have it written into law that it is her duty to rehabilitate

:06:00. > :06:02.prisoners and not just As we're seeing fewer people

:06:03. > :06:11.committing a crime for the first time, which is good news,

:06:12. > :06:14.more of the crime in our society is committed by people who have

:06:15. > :06:17.already been in prison. So we really need to deal with this

:06:18. > :06:20.issue which has been a problem The Prisons and Courts Bill

:06:21. > :06:25.will also bring in new laws allowing mobile phone companies to help

:06:26. > :06:27.the Prison Service to detect and intercept devices

:06:28. > :06:29.being used behind bars. Daniel Sandford, BBC News

:06:30. > :06:39.at Onley Prison in Warwickshire. The HS2 high speed rail link

:06:40. > :06:42.between London and Birmingham, is expected to get

:06:43. > :06:43.final approval today. The line, which is due to open

:06:44. > :06:47.in 2026, will reduce journey times But its feared the construction

:06:48. > :06:51.will bring wide-spread destruction Ben's in Birmingham

:06:52. > :07:14.for us this morning. Braving the storm as well, Ben. Good

:07:15. > :07:17.morning. Good morning, guys. I'm on the roof of Birmingham city

:07:18. > :07:20.university and we get a wonderful vantage point but we are contending

:07:21. > :07:24.with Storm Doris as well this morning. Let me show you where we

:07:25. > :07:28.are, you can see this site is derelict at the moment but that will

:07:29. > :07:32.be the side of the Curzon street station, it will be the terminus of

:07:33. > :07:36.the HS2 line that runs from London to the West Midlands. It's a big

:07:37. > :07:41.investment and it's been the set with controversy so let's go through

:07:42. > :07:44.some of the numbers. You might remember in 2009 the line was first

:07:45. > :07:46.proposed, it's a while ago but there's been all sorts of debate

:07:47. > :07:52.about the costs. Experts say it could cost ?60

:07:53. > :07:56.billion and there's been controversy about the root of the line will

:07:57. > :08:00.take, cutting through countryside, businesses and homes. The first

:08:01. > :08:05.phase of the line is expected to open by 2026 and that takes us from

:08:06. > :08:09.London to the West Midlands here and it will cut around 30 minutes from

:08:10. > :08:13.the journey time between those two cities. There will be a second phase

:08:14. > :08:22.that takes the line onwards to Manchester and Leeds and that's

:08:23. > :08:26.expected to open by around 2033. Again, if it gets the go-ahead and

:08:27. > :08:29.everything runs to time, it should knock an hour of the journey so a

:08:30. > :08:32.significant investment but not one that is without controversy. Already

:08:33. > :08:36.this morning we've heard from both sides of the debate. Those welcoming

:08:37. > :08:40.it say it's great for the city and investment but those on the other

:08:41. > :08:43.side, who are affected, they say the muggy should be spent elsewhere.

:08:44. > :08:47.We'll hear more from them later and I've been taking a journey from

:08:48. > :08:51.London to Birmingham meeting the businesses and the people affected

:08:52. > :08:54.and we'll hear that a bit later. We look forward to it, Ben. Thank you

:08:55. > :08:56.very much indeed. The fiance of murdered children's

:08:57. > :08:58.author Helen Bailey is facing the rest of his life in jail

:08:59. > :09:01.for killing his wife. Ian Stewart smothered the writer

:09:02. > :09:05.and hid her body in a cesspit She was found, alongside her dog

:09:06. > :09:08.Boris, three months after she disappeared

:09:09. > :09:10.in April last year. Mr Stewart will be sentenced

:09:11. > :09:13.at St Albans Crown Court Eating 10 portions of fruit and veg

:09:14. > :09:20.a day can give us longer lives. The study by Imperial

:09:21. > :09:22.College London showed consuming small amounts

:09:23. > :09:23.have a health benefit However, Public Health England say

:09:24. > :09:41.adding pressure to eat more creates Some breaking news bore you this

:09:42. > :09:45.morning from the business world, in the last few minutes there's been a

:09:46. > :09:50.fall in profits at British Gas over the past year. In 2016 operating

:09:51. > :10:00.profits in residential energy supply fell by 11% to ?553 million compared

:10:01. > :10:05.to ?623 million a year ago. British Gas said this was in part down to a

:10:06. > :10:07.3% fall in customer accounts largely in the first half of the year.

:10:08. > :10:09.David Bowie dominated the Brits last night a year

:10:10. > :10:13.He was awarded best British male and best British album,

:10:14. > :10:24.Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba was at the ceremony.

:10:25. > :10:27.Britain's biggest girl band Little Mix kicked off the show

:10:28. > :10:30.with a glittering, energetic performance of their number one

:10:31. > :10:34.The song also won them the best single award.

:10:35. > :10:36.Cheers to our exes for helping us do an amazing song.

:10:37. > :10:41.And the award for British Male Solo Artist goes to the late,

:10:42. > :10:47.David Bowie went on to win a second award.

:10:48. > :10:50.Best Album for Blackstar, which was released two days

:10:51. > :11:01.He's always been there supporting people who think they're a little

:11:02. > :11:06.This award is for all the kooks and all the people

:11:07. > :11:14.Best British Female Artist went to Emily Sande,

:11:15. > :11:25.who brought her sister on stage when she collected her award.

:11:26. > :11:29.Thank you so much for allowing me to make the music that I wanted

:11:30. > :11:31.to make and express what I felt was important.

:11:32. > :11:34.But perhaps the evening's most poignant moment,

:11:35. > :11:43.Chris Martin from Coldplay's George Michael tribute.

:11:44. > :11:58.Usually, if you clock up 12 penalty points on your license within three

:11:59. > :12:00.years you'll be facing a ban from driving.

:12:01. > :12:03.But a BBC investigation has found there are nearly 10,000 motorists

:12:04. > :12:12.still on the roads despite having reached that number.

:12:13. > :12:15.The figures reveal that one man from West Yorkshire has 62

:12:16. > :12:18.points on his licence, but has still been allowed

:12:19. > :12:20.to continue driving as David Rhodes reports.

:12:21. > :12:23.From speeding to drink driving, failing to have insurance or causing

:12:24. > :12:25.a collision on the road, penalty points are given

:12:26. > :12:28.to motorists when they break the law.

:12:29. > :12:32.12 active points on a licence usually means a driver will be

:12:33. > :12:37.But figures obtained by the BBC show that just under 10,000 drivers

:12:38. > :12:40.are still on the roads despite having 12 or more points.

:12:41. > :12:43.Most are found in England, with the largest number

:12:44. > :12:47.Although one driver in West Yorkshire is still on the road

:12:48. > :12:53.despite having more than 60 points on their licence.

:12:54. > :12:56.The law doesn't seem to be working at the moment.

:12:57. > :12:59.We've got people obviously being caught and going through the justice

:13:00. > :13:02.system but actually this whole points system seems to be making

:13:03. > :13:05.Drivers are getting away with repeatedly breaking the law.

:13:06. > :13:09.Motorists with 12 points can appeal to a magistrates court like this one

:13:10. > :13:12.and claim that a driving ban would deliver exceptional hardship

:13:13. > :13:15.on their lives, meaning they would lose a job or be unable

:13:16. > :13:19.There is no definition in law as to what exceptional hardship

:13:20. > :13:23.means so one magistrate may decide if a driving ban would cause someone

:13:24. > :13:25.to lose their job, that is exceptional hardship.

:13:26. > :13:32.Another magistrate may decide it isn't.

:13:33. > :13:36.Every ban is considered on a case-by-case basis.

:13:37. > :13:39.The government says the vast majority of drivers with 12 points

:13:40. > :13:41.are automatically disqualified and only in exceptional

:13:42. > :13:45.circumstances can judges decide not to issue a ban.

:13:46. > :13:47.The fact remains, though, that there are drivers who have

:13:48. > :13:50.continually broken the law who are still on our roads.

:13:51. > :14:00.Joining us now to discuss the matter further is Jeanette Miller,

:14:01. > :14:09.Good morning. You specialise in helping people in these situations.

:14:10. > :14:13.Absolutely. Karen actually has got in touch with us this morning and

:14:14. > :14:18.asked the question everyone will be thinking straightaway, how can

:14:19. > :14:22.someone still be on the roads with 62 points? It shows a disregard for

:14:23. > :14:26.the law and there are no circumstances that should allow

:14:27. > :14:31.this, it beggars belief. I was scratching my head myself as to how

:14:32. > :14:34.that could have happened but a court has heard that person's

:14:35. > :14:40.circumstances and we don't know those. That's the point, every court

:14:41. > :14:44.has to consider each individual case on its own facts. Everytime you

:14:45. > :14:48.present to the court, 12 is when you lose your license, we're talking

:14:49. > :14:52.about 62 but you've represented people with 30. Everytime you have

:14:53. > :14:57.to present a different reason, is that correct? You can't present

:14:58. > :15:01.exceptional hardship price on the same facts within a certain period

:15:02. > :15:06.of time. The first time I go to court I say my mom needs a lift to

:15:07. > :15:11.hospital every Tuesday but I can't use that again the next time I have

:15:12. > :15:14.more points? You would have to say something more than that and

:15:15. > :15:18.ultimately the court has to be satisfied based on evidence, it

:15:19. > :15:22.isn't a sob story, you can't use an example like that, there has to be

:15:23. > :15:25.exceptional hardship and the court will consider whether or not people

:15:26. > :15:30.connected to the offender are likely to be cause hardship. They have to

:15:31. > :15:34.place greater weight on people, such as a relative that might need

:15:35. > :15:37.assistance, although visits to hospital once a week isn't going to

:15:38. > :15:43.cut it. They would have to consider whether the hardship would be

:15:44. > :15:47.affected like their input or their children, a doctor, it could be all

:15:48. > :15:50.manner of things, it could be anything as long as the court is

:15:51. > :15:55.satisfied its exceptional hardship. But you can't present the same

:15:56. > :16:00.argument twice. Do you understand the call, 12 points on the that's

:16:01. > :16:04.it, nothing, no appeal. I know it's in your interest to defend these

:16:05. > :16:08.people. We're not defending them, we're presenting mitigation, which

:16:09. > :16:12.is different. The person walking into court accepting they've done

:16:13. > :16:15.wrong but they asked the court to consider the ramifications of a

:16:16. > :16:22.six-month ban, the starting point, what they would be.

:16:23. > :16:29.We need to maintain the ability of the court to do this. For example,

:16:30. > :16:34.somebody's direct debit lapses and they find themselves with no

:16:35. > :16:39.insurance. There is no defence. You cannot say they did not realise and

:16:40. > :16:42.they will get out of it. That is six penalty points. If that happens a

:16:43. > :16:48.couple of times they very quickly reach 12 penalty points. It is

:16:49. > :16:53.nothing to do with their skill. Is unfair they lose their job? I am not

:16:54. > :16:57.sure that it is. I am trying to do maths while talking to you. If he

:16:58. > :17:06.represented the poor who have 30 points on their licence, they may

:17:07. > :17:11.well have come back to court. -- if you represented people who have.

:17:12. > :17:16.Every time you have managed to come up with another absolutely certain

:17:17. > :17:21.reason why they have to give their licence, no matter how many times

:17:22. > :17:26.you have helped them in court. It does not seem plausible. I can only

:17:27. > :17:30.think of nine cases in the last decade with that many points to bite

:17:31. > :17:36.a legitimate reason five or six times in a row? Many times the cases

:17:37. > :17:39.have been joined together. It is not that they go to court multiple

:17:40. > :17:45.times, multiple offences are being decided on the same day in we have

:17:46. > :17:50.dealt with. It is not the case that people have it five times. You are

:17:51. > :17:53.not on trial personally yourself. People will be thinking that you are

:17:54. > :17:59.almost complicit in keeping people on the road who even you, you must

:18:00. > :18:03.drive on the road, you would not want to drive on the road next to

:18:04. > :18:07.them if they have such flagrant disregard for the rules that we all

:18:08. > :18:10.stick to. Again, I point to instances where it is not

:18:11. > :18:16.necessarily flagrant disregard. It is a lot of the time innocent

:18:17. > :18:20.oversight. While I accept that someone who is clearly a danger

:18:21. > :18:24.because of their driving skill, that should be considered differently to

:18:25. > :18:27.someone who has found themselves in the situation through a series of

:18:28. > :18:32.events that does not reflect that danger on the road. The court needs

:18:33. > :18:37.to retain that ability to look at each individual case, otherwise it

:18:38. > :18:41.can result in many people being caused exceptional hardship. That is

:18:42. > :18:46.why it is called that. Quite a few people getting in touch with us this

:18:47. > :18:50.morning. We will give you some of those a little later on. Thank you

:18:51. > :18:54.so much for coming in. We have talked a lot about Storm Doris, the

:18:55. > :18:58.weather. Some information to bring you from the Heathrow Airport

:18:59. > :19:03.website. Strong winds and a poor weather forecast is related to Storm

:19:04. > :19:12.Doris and expected to cause issues at the airport. 39 games departures

:19:13. > :19:19.so far and 38 cancelled a rival. -- cancelled. -- cancelled arrivals.

:19:20. > :19:26.Carol has more information. Storm Doris packing a punch. At the

:19:27. > :19:38.moment, the wind we have, it is on the board, which you can see. Even

:19:39. > :19:42.in the lower two, 55 - 51 miles per hour. The strongest winds in the

:19:43. > :19:45.west. This is Storm Doris, continuing to move from the west

:19:46. > :19:50.already affecting our shores, going east through the day. I brought up

:19:51. > :19:55.this chart because I want to show you the isobars. The closer they are

:19:56. > :19:59.together, the stronger the winds. It is on this southern flank of low

:20:00. > :20:04.pressure where we have the strongest winds. In the east, that wind will

:20:05. > :20:07.go with it. It is not just wind, it is rained. The Met Office has a

:20:08. > :20:15.couple of amber weather warnings out. Heavy snow this morning. It is

:20:16. > :20:18.already snowing in the southern uplands and Central Lowlands in

:20:19. > :20:23.particular. That is what the amber weather warning covers. Snow in the

:20:24. > :20:28.highlands. Above 100m, especially high, 20-30 centimetres. More with

:20:29. > :20:32.height. The Central Lowlands, looking at about five centimetres.

:20:33. > :20:38.That could lead to travel disruption. The winds. Another amber

:20:39. > :20:43.weather warning to be prepared. The strongest winds are coming in from

:20:44. > :20:47.the west, as we saw with the area of low pressure. You will see the chart

:20:48. > :20:52.going amber, that is where the amber weather warning covers. Wales,

:20:53. > :20:58.northern England, the east, East Anglia, 70 miles per hour. Locally,

:20:59. > :21:02.80. We expect this in the winter in the north-west of Scotland, but this

:21:03. > :21:08.is England. This could lead to damage, like uprooted trees, debris

:21:09. > :21:12.going down the road. And further south, the winds will be lighter.

:21:13. > :21:19.After the rain this morning, largely dry. Wristy- 60 miles per hour,

:21:20. > :21:23.still gusty. -- 50. That is something you should consider. The

:21:24. > :21:28.wind is all rotating around the area of low pressure that it will carry

:21:29. > :21:32.on in the snow. As it drifts towards the North Sea, the centre, it will

:21:33. > :21:36.take the wind with it. Remember the southern flank. By the end of the

:21:37. > :21:41.day, the strongest winds will be with the second rush-hour in

:21:42. > :21:45.Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and East Anglia. It won't be windy out

:21:46. > :21:55.towards the west, but it will be windy skill. -- as windy. This is

:21:56. > :22:01.the picture tonight. One or two showers. A cold night. The risk of

:22:02. > :22:05.ice and frost in the north. Tomorrow, we are looking at a

:22:06. > :22:09.largely dry and cold start some sunny spells. Once again, another

:22:10. > :22:14.system coming in from the west. Rain and stronger winds, but nothing like

:22:15. > :22:18.we are looking at today to be back to you. Thank you. We will talk to

:22:19. > :22:22.you again very, very soon. Keeping us up-to-date on the weather

:22:23. > :22:26.situation today. It's one of the biggest investments

:22:27. > :22:28.in peacetime Britain, costing over ?56 billion,

:22:29. > :22:31.and later today, the first phase of the HS2 rail line between London

:22:32. > :22:34.and the Midlands is expected to receive the official go-ahead

:22:35. > :22:37.in the House of Commons. The project promises increased

:22:38. > :22:39.capacity and faster journeys, but building the line will see

:22:40. > :22:42.ancient woodlands destroyed and disruption to the lives

:22:43. > :22:44.of those living nearby. Here's Ben with a look

:22:45. > :22:47.at the pros and cons. More of us are using

:22:48. > :22:50.the railways than ever before. It means busier stations

:22:51. > :22:52.and busier trains. And so the Government

:22:53. > :22:54.says HS2 is the answer. I'm taking a journey on the first

:22:55. > :22:59.stage of the route from London to Birmingham to see

:23:00. > :23:02.what impact it could have. The biggest challenge

:23:03. > :23:11.is tackling overcrowding. Our current tracks and stations

:23:12. > :23:14.can't handle many more passengers. But as well as running more

:23:15. > :23:18.frequently, the trains will be faster too, and that's good

:23:19. > :23:20.news for passengers. Sometimes you don't get enough

:23:21. > :23:27.carriages, which can be a problem, and it is really

:23:28. > :23:29.crowded on the trains. And that can make it difficult

:23:30. > :23:35.to get off of the train as well. I regard getting on the train

:23:36. > :23:39.as worktime, so if you cannot sit down, you feel frustrated

:23:40. > :23:41.about that lost hour. But it's not just commuters

:23:42. > :23:44.who stand to gain from We are going to average around

:23:45. > :23:48.10,000 jobs over the first phase of the construction,

:23:49. > :23:50.peaking at 25,000 jobs a month. And that is just

:23:51. > :23:52.during construction. There will be tens of thousands

:23:53. > :23:55.maintaining and running it But there could be an even greater

:23:56. > :24:04.economic benefit too. But if this was an HS2 train,

:24:05. > :24:13.we would already be in Birmingham. And that means spending less time

:24:14. > :24:16.travelling and more time working. And one estimate suggests that

:24:17. > :24:18.could add about ?15 billion The current pricetag

:24:19. > :24:22.is close to ?60 billion. But many say it

:24:23. > :24:26.could be much higher. 60 ancient woodlands

:24:27. > :24:28.would have to be bulldozed. 350 homes will have

:24:29. > :24:30.to be demolished. And thousands of businesses

:24:31. > :24:33.will be affected, like this The land will be split

:24:34. > :24:44.into when work begins. It is going to completely

:24:45. > :24:49.alter the way I farm. I would lose half of the grazing

:24:50. > :24:59.that my cows can go out to. I am not seriously convinced the HS2

:25:00. > :25:02.is a necessity to this We have far more

:25:03. > :25:05.important things to do. Certainly we should not spend

:25:06. > :25:08.all our money on a rail line that will be, in my opinion,

:25:09. > :25:11.outdated in 10-15 years. The first section to

:25:12. > :25:14.the West Midlands will be An extension to Leeds and Manchester

:25:15. > :25:17.are due to open by 2032. HS2 should make journeys faster

:25:18. > :25:29.and more comfortable. We are just approaching the final

:25:30. > :25:32.part of today's journey, But keeping the reject on-time

:25:33. > :25:36.and on track could prove Ben Thompson, BBC

:25:37. > :25:38.News, in Birmingham. We'll have more from Ben on HS2

:25:39. > :25:45.in the next half hour. He is looking directly over where

:25:46. > :25:47.the new station will be in Birmingham. So we will talk to him

:25:48. > :25:48.later this morning. These are the planets that NASA

:25:49. > :25:55.says could be just right We'll speak to one of the team

:25:56. > :29:23.behind the discovery. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:29:24. > :29:29.with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt. Winds of nearly 90mph

:29:30. > :29:31.an hour have been recorded in western Ireland as the worst

:29:32. > :29:47.weather of the winter so far hits This is the live scene in Blackpool

:29:48. > :29:52.this morning. Storm Doris moving further inland into the UK. Heavy

:29:53. > :29:55.snow forecast in Scotland with strong winds of up to 80 mph for

:29:56. > :29:56.many parts of England and Wales. Prisons should not only punish

:29:57. > :29:59.criminals but reform them too under what's being described

:30:00. > :30:01.as the biggest overhaul The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss,

:30:02. > :30:06.will present a bill later today aimed at reducing prison violence

:30:07. > :30:08.and cutting re-offending rates Plans for the multi-billion-pound

:30:09. > :30:24.HS2 project, to build a high speed rail link between London

:30:25. > :30:27.and Birmingham, are expected to get The line, which is due to open

:30:28. > :30:31.in 2026, will reduce journey But its feared the construction

:30:32. > :30:35.will bring wide-spread destruction to people living and

:30:36. > :30:37.working along the route. The maker of Hotpoint and Indesit

:30:38. > :30:40.tumble dryers has changed its advice to owners of potentially dangerous

:30:41. > :30:43.machines, telling customers not to use the appliances

:30:44. > :30:45.until they are repaired. Whirlpool has been replacing

:30:46. > :30:48.or fixing an estimated 3.8 million potentially faulty dryers

:30:49. > :30:50.across the UK after it found excess Previously, the company told

:30:51. > :30:55.customers they could continue to use them, provided they were

:30:56. > :30:57.not left unattended. The fiance of murdered children's

:30:58. > :30:59.author Helen Bailey is facing the rest of his life

:31:00. > :31:02.in jail for killing her. Ian Stewart smothered

:31:03. > :31:05.the writer and hid her body She was found, alongside her dog

:31:06. > :31:10.Boris, three months after she disappeared

:31:11. > :31:13.in April last year. Ian Stewart will be sentenced

:31:14. > :31:16.at St Albans Crown Court In the past half hour the parent

:31:17. > :31:28.company of British Gas, Centrica, has reported a return

:31:29. > :31:30.to the black with profits But at British Gas itself

:31:31. > :31:37.profits were down by 11%. The company blames that on a 3% fall

:31:38. > :31:42.in customer accounts. Eating 10 portions of fruit and veg

:31:43. > :31:45.a day can give us longer lives. The study by Imperial

:31:46. > :31:47.College London showed consuming small amounts

:31:48. > :31:49.have a health benefit One portion counts as 80g,

:31:50. > :31:53.the equivalent of a small banana or three heaped

:31:54. > :31:55.teaspoons of spinach. However, Public Health England say

:31:56. > :31:58.adding pressure to eat more creates Esearchers also identified specific

:31:59. > :32:04.vegetables that they say can help reduce the risk of cancer

:32:05. > :32:10.and heart disease. We heard leafy green vegetables.

:32:11. > :32:15.Apples and pears very good for heart related problems. Ten per day, how

:32:16. > :32:18.are you doing so far? About struggling with five, now they've

:32:19. > :32:26.upped it, don't know how I'm going to cope. You have to stop and think,

:32:27. > :32:31.I'm going to eat this Satsuma, because it's one of your five a day.

:32:32. > :32:35.You have to put it in different pasta sauces and I don't know how

:32:36. > :32:40.I'm going to get my boy to do it! What's going on this morning? We've

:32:41. > :32:44.been talking about Leicester City, fourth from bottom in the Premier

:32:45. > :32:47.League after winning last season, got through to the Champions League

:32:48. > :32:51.and they've been doing phenomenally well even though they are fourth

:32:52. > :32:55.from bottom in the Premier League this season. What a story, winning

:32:56. > :32:59.the Premier League last season, facing relegation this season but

:33:00. > :33:04.what if they go on to the last eight and win the Champions League, is it

:33:05. > :33:08.possible? And all the money that comes with it. You can't ask is it

:33:09. > :33:09.possible with Leicester because last season they proved anything is!

:33:10. > :33:12.Leicester City were beaten 2-1 by Sevilla in their Champions League

:33:13. > :33:15.second round match, but they did score an important away goal.

:33:16. > :33:18.Sevilla are third in the Spanish League and dominated

:33:19. > :33:20.the game, missing a penalty before opening the scoring.

:33:21. > :33:27.Jamie Vardy got one back which means they only need a 1-0 win at home

:33:28. > :33:41.We go back and score a goal, it was important for things. Three things

:33:42. > :33:46.give strength to us. Vardy, go back to the goal, reopen the match in the

:33:47. > :33:54.second leg, and that is important. We know they are better than us, a

:33:55. > :33:58.very high quality team, why experienced team, everything is

:33:59. > :34:00.high, OK? But we have a very big heart.

:34:01. > :34:04.Wayne Rooney could be on his way to China earlier than expected

:34:05. > :34:06.with news that his agent is in the country trying

:34:07. > :34:09.to negotiate a deal for the England and Manchester United captain

:34:10. > :34:13.Rooney is no longer first choice of United manager

:34:14. > :34:16.Jose Mourinho and agent Paul Stretford is in China

:34:17. > :34:19.The Chinese transfer window closes next Tuesday.

:34:20. > :34:24.A summer move still seems the likelier outcome however.

:34:25. > :34:26.United coped OK without Rooney in the Europa League last night,

:34:27. > :34:30.Henrikh Miktaryan's goal gave them a 1-0 win at French side

:34:31. > :34:36.United have now lost only once in 25 games.

:34:37. > :34:41.We trust in each other and, you know, one day

:34:42. > :34:46.The important thing is after that defeat we go back again to a good

:34:47. > :34:58.run because the team is playing in a solid way.

:34:59. > :35:12.Tottenham host Gent in front of a sell-out Wembley crowd

:35:13. > :35:14.Scottish Cup holders Hibernian knocked out their Edinburgh rivals

:35:15. > :35:17.Hearts in their fifth round replay at Easter Road,

:35:18. > :35:20.Hibs won 3-1 and Championship side Ayr United

:35:21. > :35:23.will provide their opposition in the next round.

:35:24. > :35:26.Jonathan Joseph has been left out of the England squad preparing

:35:27. > :35:28.to face Italy in the 6 Nations on Sunday.

:35:29. > :35:31.The Bath centre has played in all 15 matches under Eddie Jones

:35:32. > :35:34.but has returned to his club after being cut

:35:35. > :35:37.England will confirm their starting fifteen tomorrow morning.

:35:38. > :35:40.George North will start for Wales in their match with Scotland

:35:41. > :35:42.on Saturday after recovering from a thigh injury.

:35:43. > :35:47.It will be the only change to Rob Howley's side from the defeat

:35:48. > :35:51.Budapest is to withdraw its bid to host the 2024

:35:52. > :35:56.Summer Olympics, leaving only Los Angeles and Paris in the race.

:35:57. > :35:58.More than 250,000 Hungarians had signed a petition

:35:59. > :36:00.against hosting the Games, with opponents saying the money

:36:01. > :36:03.would be better spent on hospitals and schools.

:36:04. > :36:05.The International Olympic Committee will announce the winning city

:36:06. > :36:26.It looks like Los Angeles or Paris. Two good options, I know which one I

:36:27. > :36:30.would prefer! Go on. Paris. There would be less of a time difference,

:36:31. > :36:35.all the live action would be while you're awake. You could sit and

:36:36. > :36:40.watch the Olympics from 9am until 10pm. If it's in LA you will have to

:36:41. > :36:45.get up in the middle of the night to watch things live. We do that

:36:46. > :36:49.anyway! Let's take it to Hollywood I say, let's do the Hollywood

:36:50. > :36:57.Olympics! I'm all for that. A bit of sunshine would be nice and in Paris

:36:58. > :37:00.that's not always guaranteed but it will be interesting to see where it

:37:01. > :37:04.ends up. The fact from dairy and have signed those petitions, you saw

:37:05. > :37:07.the protests in Rio before the Olympics about how they wanted the

:37:08. > :37:11.money spent on hospitals and schools. It went ahead there but

:37:12. > :37:12.obviously in Budapest they have listened.

:37:13. > :37:15.Ben is in Birmingham for us this morning looking at HS2,

:37:16. > :37:17.but there's another big breaking business story this morning.

:37:18. > :37:21.In the last hour, British Gas parent company Centrica

:37:22. > :37:35.Good morning. I'm in Birmingham and we have nipped inside to get away

:37:36. > :37:39.from Storm Doris for a bit but I want to talk about Centrica, results

:37:40. > :37:43.out this morning and it has marked a return to profitability, profits are

:37:44. > :37:49.up, figures of ?2.5 billion in profits for last year. Up from a big

:37:50. > :37:54.loss, a loss of ?857 million in the year before. If you look down to the

:37:55. > :38:00.detail, some interesting stuff, it says revenues were down 4%. A 3%

:38:01. > :38:04.reduction in the number of customer accounts that it holds. British Gas

:38:05. > :38:09.still one of the biggest suppliers of domestic heating to our homes and

:38:10. > :38:13.electricity and gas and one of the big six that's coming for lot of

:38:14. > :38:17.criticism about their prices and whether they would increase prices

:38:18. > :38:21.over the winter. Remember, they decided not to do that but already a

:38:22. > :38:25.lot of criticism about how much money they make as a result of not

:38:26. > :38:31.only supplying energy but generating it. Let's speak to the boss, chief

:38:32. > :38:35.Executive Ian Conn joins me from the City. Good morning. Looking at your

:38:36. > :38:39.numbers, a return to profitability, talk me through those details, as I

:38:40. > :38:45.mentioned, you not only sell the energy but you generate it too. Let

:38:46. > :38:50.me correct one thing you said, you reported correctly the statutory

:38:51. > :38:55.accounts but that includes lots of write-offs and revaluations. The

:38:56. > :38:59.underlying profits were up 4% at ?1.5 billion and we delivered strong

:39:00. > :39:09.cash flow last year, which obviously allows us to pay dividends to

:39:10. > :39:12.shareholders and invest for the future. In British Gas residential

:39:13. > :39:15.energy, obviously what our consumers worry about, our profits were down

:39:16. > :39:19.11% to just over ?550 million. Quite a challenging time in the UK energy

:39:20. > :39:24.market at the moment. Yeah, let's talk about some of those challenges

:39:25. > :39:28.and one I note in your statement is the cap has been introduced for

:39:29. > :39:31.prepayment metres. It was a controversial decision at the time

:39:32. > :39:34.and something that will affect you and I note from your statement you

:39:35. > :39:39.said it will affect you negatively as far as revenues are concerned to

:39:40. > :39:43.the tune of ?50 million. That is a factor but let me return to what

:39:44. > :39:46.we're trying to do for our customers. The first thing we're

:39:47. > :39:50.trying to do is actually offer good value and for the first time in a

:39:51. > :39:54.while our standard tariff, which I know comes in for a lot of

:39:55. > :40:00.criticism, is actually cheaper than 95% of the ones out there and in a

:40:01. > :40:05.range of about 900 out to ?1200, we're right in the middle, a bit

:40:06. > :40:10.below, at 1044 and our fixed tariff is pretty good value as well. The

:40:11. > :40:13.second thing to say is we've improved customer service

:40:14. > :40:17.significantly and we've launched a new British Gas rewards programme to

:40:18. > :40:21.reward the loyalty of customers and give them new offers that I think

:40:22. > :40:27.they will really want and light as opposed to just energy. I wanted to

:40:28. > :40:32.ask you about that, you've launched British Gas Rewards and that gives

:40:33. > :40:37.people that stays with you incentives like discounts and TV

:40:38. > :40:42.packages. Why not just cut your prices? I've said to you, we're no

:40:43. > :40:50.longer the company that has the highest prices that everyone is

:40:51. > :40:54.trying to shelter underneath. We are very world valued in terms of them

:40:55. > :40:59.e.g. Pricing and we have decided to freeze our prices all the way to

:41:00. > :41:05.August -- energy pricing. They've stayed at the same level. That's

:41:06. > :41:09.when new suppliers and other competitors are putting prices up.

:41:10. > :41:15.The first thing to say is about the delivery of value for our customers,

:41:16. > :41:18.it's true, some people only one value energy fixed-price deals,

:41:19. > :41:22.although they have to keep shopping around because those prices tend to

:41:23. > :41:26.go up at the end of the contract. What we found is a lot of customers

:41:27. > :41:30.actually want more than just energy. We're going to give people

:41:31. > :41:33.reductions on their bill, the longer they're with us, they're going to

:41:34. > :41:38.get rewarded with reductions on their bill but we're also offering

:41:39. > :41:43.other things, like, as you say Sky packages but also boiler servicing

:41:44. > :41:47.alive with energy, which our research says people value, and

:41:48. > :41:51.being able to control your home with the energy package, which a lot of

:41:52. > :41:55.people really value, so that's what we're doing. I want to pick you up

:41:56. > :42:01.on that idea of freezing your prices, you've made a big deal about

:42:02. > :42:04.not putting your prices up on your standard tariff certainly, but

:42:05. > :42:09.looking at the detail it's already one of the most expensive Caris.

:42:10. > :42:14.People would be better off switching to a cheaper alternative --

:42:15. > :42:17.expensive tariff. That's not true. It's true you can find cheaper

:42:18. > :42:23.prices if you only want energy from some smaller suppliers but as we've

:42:24. > :42:28.seen some are offering energy at a loss to them and I'm not sure how

:42:29. > :42:31.sustainable that is. Some of the more vocal independent suppliers,

:42:32. > :42:36.actually their standard tariffs are above ours, I want to make that

:42:37. > :42:42.really clear, and the standard tariff range today, including all

:42:43. > :42:49.the new suppliers, is ?900 to ?1200 or thereabouts and we're at ?1044.

:42:50. > :42:55.And our fixed tariff is about just over ?1000 and most of the fixed

:42:56. > :43:01.tariffs in the market are between ?930 and ?1000. So I don't think we

:43:02. > :43:07.are the overpriced company at all. We're actually offering good value.

:43:08. > :43:11.OK, Mr Conn, it's good to talk to you.

:43:12. > :43:14.Some clarification there on the return to profitability, but as he

:43:15. > :43:19.pointed out, certainly the residential bit as far as they're

:43:20. > :43:23.concerned, competition is tough and many more people switching to

:43:24. > :43:28.alternative suppliers. The number of customer accounts at British Gas

:43:29. > :43:31.down by another 3%. More from here, talking about HS two and we could

:43:32. > :43:36.even mention Storm Doris, we could be going outside to see what it's

:43:37. > :43:42.doing in Birmingham later. You better put your code back on! Thank

:43:43. > :43:45.you. Carol, Ben Carol, Ben was mentioning the storm in Birmingham,

:43:46. > :43:50.pretty bad conditions there. What about the rest of the country?

:43:51. > :43:54.Birmingham is by no means the worst, the worst conditions are in the

:43:55. > :44:00.west. We're looking at gusts of wind:

:44:01. > :44:06.These are really strong gusts. Storm Doris has been coming in from the

:44:07. > :44:10.Atlantic. You can see where the eye of the storm is and continuing to

:44:11. > :44:15.push steadily towards the east. Through the morning, here's the eye,

:44:16. > :44:19.things are fairly calm as you can tell from the lack of isobars but

:44:20. > :44:23.look at the squeeze out towards the west and as the whole storm system

:44:24. > :44:27.moves to the North Sea, that squeeze will continue across other areas.

:44:28. > :44:31.That's only one element of the storm, the other is heavy rain

:44:32. > :44:35.wrapped around it and also heavy snow. The Met Office has to amber

:44:36. > :44:41.warnings, the first is for heavy snow, that is a be prepared warning.

:44:42. > :44:45.We're looking at a lot of snow in the Southern Uplands and Central

:44:46. > :44:48.Lowlands. Above 100 metres in the Southern Uplands, which isn't

:44:49. > :44:54.particularly high here, we have 25 and 30 centimetres of expected snow,

:44:55. > :44:58.more with height, five centimetres, especially along the west of the

:44:59. > :45:02.Central Lowlands. But outside the area and the amber warning we're

:45:03. > :45:06.looking at snow in the Highlands and Grampians. Then the wind amber

:45:07. > :45:12.warning, be prepared, very strong winds. We're looking at gusts of

:45:13. > :45:20.widely 70-80 mph. Here's B and the plume, this is where you can expect

:45:21. > :45:25.the gusts -- the amber plume. This is inland. It takes in parts of the

:45:26. > :45:30.Home Counties. Those gusts of wind can bring down trees and cause

:45:31. > :45:33.structural damage, debris flying down the road and major travel

:45:34. > :45:39.disruption. South of that we're still looking at 50- 60 mph gusts,

:45:40. > :45:44.covered by a yellow warning, a level down from amber. Through the day

:45:45. > :45:48.here's the rain rotating around that area of low pressure. Further snow

:45:49. > :45:52.to come and as the low pressure system drifts to the North Sea the

:45:53. > :45:56.squeeze of wind comes in producing snow in the hills of Wales and the

:45:57. > :46:00.Pennines and then it pushes to the east coast. By the time we get to

:46:01. > :46:04.the afternoon rush hour, the strongest winds and severe gales

:46:05. > :46:11.will be in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Anglia and for a time in

:46:12. > :46:14.north-east England we'll see some snow. Through the evening and

:46:15. > :46:18.overnight period, there's the centre of the storm, it all pulls away onto

:46:19. > :46:21.the near continent leaving us with a quieter night. Still some showers

:46:22. > :46:25.and wintryness around, some frost and the risk of ice on untreated

:46:26. > :46:29.surfaces, especially more in Scotland. Tomorrow a much quieter

:46:30. > :46:34.day, we start off on a cold note, dry weather, sunshine and a few

:46:35. > :46:37.showers and then later in the day another weather front from the west

:46:38. > :46:42.will introduce wet and windy conditions, but nothing like today,

:46:43. > :46:43.although it will be preceded by hill snow in western Scotland and

:46:44. > :46:51.north-west England possibly as well. In a week, Northern Ireland

:46:52. > :46:58.will see its second election The power-sharing government

:46:59. > :47:01.collapsed in January amid a bitter row between unionists

:47:02. > :47:03.and Republicans. Many have called this

:47:04. > :47:05.a divisive election but, away from the old sectarian issues,

:47:06. > :47:08.there are familiar concerns for voters like education,

:47:09. > :47:10.the economy and health. Our Ireland correspondent invited

:47:11. > :47:13.a group of people to the Whitla Hall at Belfast's Queen's University

:47:14. > :47:16.to see if there was more that united Elections are a time

:47:17. > :47:23.when people come together. United in the task of making

:47:24. > :47:26.a choice, but often divided, not just by their jobs,

:47:27. > :47:28.their age, or the interests, but by their backgrounds,

:47:29. > :47:30.beliefs, and experiences. First of all, thank

:47:31. > :47:33.you very much for coming. Who has been to the gym

:47:34. > :47:39.in the last week? There are the athletic,

:47:40. > :47:42.or at least the enthusiastic. There are romantics who sent

:47:43. > :47:44.valentines cards this year. And those who admitted,

:47:45. > :47:47.or perhaps were forced to admit, But it is shared experiences

:47:48. > :47:57.which could influence Who has waited four hours or more

:47:58. > :48:02.in Accident and Emergency to get treatment for themselves

:48:03. > :48:14.or someone else? Waiting lists in Northern Ireland

:48:15. > :48:17.are among the longest in the UK. Politicians have described

:48:18. > :48:19.the health service here The reason people wait a long time

:48:20. > :48:37.in emergency departments is because we have

:48:38. > :48:38.an older population. There is not enough investment

:48:39. > :48:43.in primary care and the community. We have to remove the politicians

:48:44. > :48:46.out of health and appoint someone in charge of it you will be

:48:47. > :48:49.responsible for all the operational This is not scientific,

:48:50. > :48:52.but the responses suggest a lot connects these businessmen

:48:53. > :48:54.and farmers, students, Who has a close friend or a relative

:48:55. > :49:02.who is gay or a lesbian? Northern Ireland is the only part

:49:03. > :49:05.of the UK where same-sex marriage And in the past, Stormont's

:49:06. > :49:12.biggest party, the DUP, It is a disgrace and everyone

:49:13. > :49:19.has a right to decide who they want to marry

:49:20. > :49:22.and fall in love with. I have always believed it should be

:49:23. > :49:27.a male and female to bring What all believe is

:49:28. > :49:30.that politics matters. From the arts, who want more funding

:49:31. > :49:33.for things like languages. And those who want Protestants

:49:34. > :49:36.and Catholics to be taught together, which is the exception,

:49:37. > :49:38.rather than the rule. Yet a lot feel they do not fit

:49:39. > :49:41.into Northern Ireland's traditional boxes of Unionists

:49:42. > :49:43.or Irish Nationalists, The generations who did not know

:49:44. > :49:56.the conflict and the other half. What sucks is that there is so much

:49:57. > :50:01.to be proud of in Northern Ireland. People can be grateful

:50:02. > :50:03.of what we have done. But we have an executive marked

:50:04. > :50:06.by scandal and crisis Different views that will influence

:50:07. > :50:17.that election result when voters mark their preferences

:50:18. > :50:38.in the boxes next week. Looking ahead to the elections in

:50:39. > :50:41.Northern Ireland. The time now is 7:50.

:50:42. > :50:43.Is there life somewhere out there in space?

:50:44. > :50:45.Scientists are excited after the discovery of seven

:50:46. > :50:47.Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant star.

:50:48. > :50:50.Researchers say that three of them have the environment necessary

:50:51. > :50:57.We're going to discuss the implications, but first,

:50:58. > :51:06.astrophysicist, Tim O'Brien, has this explanation.

:51:07. > :51:14.This is a model of our solar system. You can see the earth with the moon

:51:15. > :51:20.orbiting around it. The most distant planet is Neptune, 4.5 wheeling

:51:21. > :51:27.kilometres away. That is a huge distance. -- billion. We scaled down

:51:28. > :51:34.to fit on the ceiling. The nearest star is 40 light-years away. Such a

:51:35. > :51:41.vast distance we could not possibly scaled to fit in this room. In fact,

:51:42. > :51:49.it is not even in this building. In fact, it is not even in Cheshire. It

:51:50. > :51:55.is as far as Cardiff. These exoplanets, planets outside our

:51:56. > :52:00.solar system, orbiting very own star, a 400,000 billion, to Zuwaid.

:52:01. > :52:06.-- there. The reason scientists asked to encouraged, is some could

:52:07. > :52:12.be like Earth. Rocky planets, maybe they have an atmosphere. That is

:52:13. > :52:15.where we could find life existing. We are really in exciting times. We

:52:16. > :52:20.are finding hundreds, thousands, of these planets in other solar

:52:21. > :52:22.systems. And we might, sometime in the future, find life on one of

:52:23. > :52:24.these planets. Wow! Joining us now to talk

:52:25. > :52:26.about this latest discovery is Chris Copperwheat,

:52:27. > :52:28.an astrophysicist at Liverpool John Moores University,

:52:29. > :52:39.and the comedian and amateur Good morning to you. Good morning. I

:52:40. > :52:44.will start with you. On a scale of one to ten, how excited are you buy

:52:45. > :52:54.this? Right there. This is a key milestone. The exoplanets, that has

:52:55. > :53:00.really exploded in the past two years. This is in the top of the top

:53:01. > :53:08.one or two discoveries. We I nearly at the Holy Grail, the discovery of

:53:09. > :53:12.life. -- are. These discoveries are amazing just in themselves. But tell

:53:13. > :53:16.us what has changed about what we know about the potential on these

:53:17. > :53:23.planets. The majority of planets we have found to date, and there are

:53:24. > :53:28.thousands, are large ones, because bigger ones are easier to find.

:53:29. > :53:32.Right now, technology is that it points where we are pushing down to

:53:33. > :53:35.the planets the size of the Earth. What is special about this one is we

:53:36. > :53:42.have discovered a complicated system with, not one, not two, but seven

:53:43. > :53:50.Earth sized planets around their own star. It is close to asked. And the

:53:51. > :53:53.distance to the start is such that the surface temperature on those

:53:54. > :53:59.planets would be conducive to life. All of the conditions are there for

:54:00. > :54:04.life. In terms of the search for life, this is target number one from

:54:05. > :54:12.now on. This is a step in the journey. NASA already is making you

:54:13. > :54:18.telescopes to see them. This must be your dream. It is amazing. I love

:54:19. > :54:22.the thought of exoplanets. If you are on the surface of one of those

:54:23. > :54:27.worlds, imagine what you would feel. The view must be astonishing. The

:54:28. > :54:31.star is the size of Jupiter. It would have a read hue. And we would

:54:32. > :54:38.see the neighbouring planet, not in the way we see Mars and Jupiter and

:54:39. > :54:44.Saturn from the earth, like Venus, like dots, but like the moon. You

:54:45. > :54:52.could see the features. Aids in a Red Crescent. -- bathed. That

:54:53. > :54:56.difficulty of life on a new planet, how did that feed into your

:54:57. > :55:05.fascination? This is a old rush time for discovery. -- gold. In 2018,

:55:06. > :55:15.once we have a new telescope, that will have the power to measure one

:55:16. > :55:18.small step further. Nothing to block the view. You could measure

:55:19. > :55:25.signatures of what could be denoting life within these worlds. Tell us

:55:26. > :55:32.more about the telescope. There is a new successor to Hubble coming out

:55:33. > :55:41.in 2018. Technology drives science. That is why we are making these

:55:42. > :55:44.discoveries. We have planet finders coming from NASA We currently

:55:45. > :55:49.operate the largest robotic telescope which contributed to this

:55:50. > :55:54.search. We are currently designing an even bigger one. Is that the wind

:55:55. > :56:01.you just mentioned, is that in the Canary Islands? Yes. It is important

:56:02. > :56:14.it is in the Canary Islands because... The conditions. You have

:56:15. > :56:17.world-class sites that are in areas where they have beautiful conditions

:56:18. > :56:24.and no clouds. You can see the stars better. You are an amateur. What do

:56:25. > :56:29.you have at home? A telescope? A 12 inch reflector that looks like a

:56:30. > :56:36.spin dryer. A seven inch one as well. It is great for amateurs. It

:56:37. > :56:44.will be about amateur astronomy from now on. It is so good for the soul,

:56:45. > :56:50.you can do it from your backyard. That is a serious bit of kit. It is

:56:51. > :56:52.lovely to see you both this morning. That is a serious piece of kit. It

:56:53. > :00:41.is time to get the Hello this is Breakfast,

:00:42. > :00:44.with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt. Warnings of damage and disruption

:00:45. > :00:46.as Storm Doris heads for the UK. This is the scene in

:00:47. > :00:56.Blackpool this morning - Trains and flights across Britain

:00:57. > :00:59.are already being delayed. Overnight, western Ireland has been

:01:00. > :01:05.hit, leaving almost 50,000 homes without power. Storm Doris is

:01:06. > :01:10.packing three punches, she's bringing with her son Gales, even

:01:11. > :01:11.severe gales, some heavy snow and even heavy rain, but I will have

:01:12. > :01:26.more of that later in the programme. Good morning, it's

:01:27. > :01:28.Thursday 23rd February. Also this morning: A new

:01:29. > :01:35.sound for smoke alarms. Wake up the house is on fire. Wake

:01:36. > :01:42.up, the house is on fire. Safety experts say a voice,

:01:43. > :01:45.rather than a beep, is much more likely to wake up the kids -

:01:46. > :01:50.we'll be speaking to the people Nearly 10,000 motorists are legally

:01:51. > :01:52.allowed to drive despite having enough penalty points to be banned -

:01:53. > :01:55.new figures show one man is still on the roads

:01:56. > :02:04.with 62 on his licence. HS2 gets the go-ahead later today,

:02:05. > :02:07.but there has been controversy about the cost and the root of the new

:02:08. > :02:08.high-speed rail line. I am in Birmingham this morning meeting the

:02:09. > :02:14.people affected by the railway. Jamie Vardy's away goal in Seville

:02:15. > :02:17.means they still have a chance of making it through to the last

:02:18. > :02:30.eight of the Champions League. And the award for British Male Solo

:02:31. > :02:33.artist goes to the late, great David Bowie!

:02:34. > :02:45.Winds of nearly 90 mph have been recorded in Western Ireland

:02:46. > :02:54.as the worst weather of the winter so far hits the British Isles.

:02:55. > :02:59.Storm Doris made landfall in the UK in the coming hours,

:03:00. > :03:02.Storm Doris made landfall in the UK in the early hours,

:03:03. > :03:05.with heavy snow forecast in Scotland and strong winds for many parts

:03:06. > :03:08.Some rail and air services have already changed their schedules

:03:09. > :03:10.and drivers are being warned to avoid some roads.

:03:11. > :03:13.Let's get a sense of what it's like out there at the moment

:03:14. > :03:16.with our reporter, Alison Freeman who is in Blackpool this morning.

:03:17. > :03:23.Since we last spoke to about an hour ago it has started to pick up quite

:03:24. > :03:27.a bit. You can see a giant 30 feet sculptures on the promenade here at

:03:28. > :03:31.Blackpool are really starting to get into the wind in front of the tower.

:03:32. > :03:35.If you come down and take a look at the sea, that is giving quite a good

:03:36. > :03:39.indication of how much worse it has got in the past hour. Those white

:03:40. > :03:43.horses is really starting to take over the sea. It is bashing against

:03:44. > :03:47.the pier in the distance. As that wouldn't picks up throughout the

:03:48. > :03:53.day, we are expecting it to cause some disruption, some damage to

:03:54. > :03:57.buildings. We know that at Heathrow around 80 flights both in and out of

:03:58. > :04:01.the advert had been cancelled, mainly affecting short-haul and

:04:02. > :04:05.domestic flights. On the trains, a number of networks are saying they

:04:06. > :04:09.are going to run a registered service after 9:30am on those winds

:04:10. > :04:14.are expected to really pick up and ran at a much slower speed as well.

:04:15. > :04:24.This was the scene earlier at Blacks on the West Coast of Ireland. By now

:04:25. > :04:28.that the highest gusts of 80 mph were recorded at Galway just further

:04:29. > :04:32.down the coast. Also in Ireland, 40,000 homes are currently without

:04:33. > :04:35.power. We never rest of the weather is still to come probably after nine

:04:36. > :04:39.o'clock this morning and people are just being asked to take care in

:04:40. > :04:42.what is going to be quite treacherous travelling conditions

:04:43. > :04:44.today. Thank you from a very wet Blackpool.

:04:45. > :04:52.How is it looking for the rest of the day?

:04:53. > :05:02.At the moment the strongest winds are in the best. Even in Bristol and

:05:03. > :05:09.Cardiff seeing very gusty winds. As stormed Paris knows -- stormed OS

:05:10. > :05:16.names to the east, 70 to 80 mph gusts. That sort of strength is not

:05:17. > :05:20.unusual in winter if you are in the North West of Scotland but it is

:05:21. > :05:23.unusual further south in land, which is why there are so many issues.

:05:24. > :05:27.They could be major travel disruption as we are already

:05:28. > :05:31.hearing, and trees uprooted, structural damage, that kind of

:05:32. > :05:35.thing. The storm will move to the east so the evening rush hour we're

:05:36. > :05:37.looking at girls and severe gales across Lincolnshire, East Anglia

:05:38. > :05:43.before it eventually close away as we had on the other night. As well

:05:44. > :05:46.as the wind, heavy snow across Scotland and heavy rain moving from

:05:47. > :05:50.West east as we speak. Thank you very much indeed. Five minutes past

:05:51. > :05:54.eight, the rest of the news now. Prisons will be expected to reform

:05:55. > :05:57.criminals as well as punish them under what's being described

:05:58. > :05:59.as the biggest overhaul The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss,

:06:00. > :06:03.will present a bill later aimed at reducing prison violence

:06:04. > :06:05.and cutting re-offending rates The HS2 rail link between London

:06:06. > :06:15.and Birmingham is expected to get final approval today -

:06:16. > :06:18.by 2026 the two cities should be linked by trains travelling

:06:19. > :06:20.at up to 250 mph. The current journey time will be cut

:06:21. > :06:24.by half an hour and it will provide But opponents have criticised

:06:25. > :06:27.the billions of pounds due to be spent on the project and claim it

:06:28. > :06:31.will disrupt the lives of many The fiance of murdered children's

:06:32. > :06:34.author Helen Bailey is facing the rest of his life in jail

:06:35. > :06:37.for killing her. Ian Stewart smothered the writer

:06:38. > :06:40.and hid her body in a cesspit She was found, alongside her dog

:06:41. > :06:43.Boris, three months after she disappeared

:06:44. > :06:44.in April last year. Ian Stewart will be sentenced

:06:45. > :06:47.at St Albans Crown Court An investigation by the BBC has

:06:48. > :06:57.found there are nearly ten thousand drivers across the UK

:06:58. > :07:00.still on the roads despite having 12 or more points currently

:07:01. > :07:02.on their driving licence. Official figures reveal that one

:07:03. > :07:04.driver has over sixty points on his licence,

:07:05. > :07:06.but has still been allowed From speeding to drink-driving,

:07:07. > :07:15.failing to have insurance or causing a collision on the road,

:07:16. > :07:18.penalty points are given to 12 active points on a licence

:07:19. > :07:22.usually means a driver will be But figures obtained by the BBC show

:07:23. > :07:27.that just under 10,000 drivers are still on the roads

:07:28. > :07:31.despite having 12 or more points. Most are found in England,

:07:32. > :07:33.with the largest number Although one driver in

:07:34. > :07:41.West Yorkshire is still on the road despite having more than 60 points

:07:42. > :07:44.on their licence. The law doesn't seem to be

:07:45. > :07:46.working at the moment. We've got people obviously being

:07:47. > :07:49.caught and going through the justice system but actually this whole

:07:50. > :07:51.points system seems to be Drivers are getting away

:07:52. > :07:57.with repeatedly breaking the law. Motorists with 12 points can appeal

:07:58. > :08:00.to a Magistrates' Court like this one and claim that a driving ban

:08:01. > :08:02.would deliver exceptional hardship on their lives,

:08:03. > :08:05.meaning they would lose a job or be There is no definition in law

:08:06. > :08:13.as to what exceptional hardship means, so one magistrate may decide

:08:14. > :08:16.if a driving ban would cause someone to lose their job,

:08:17. > :08:19.that is exceptional hardship. Another magistrate

:08:20. > :08:25.may decide it isn't. Every ban is considered

:08:26. > :08:29.on a case-by-case basis. The government says the vast

:08:30. > :08:31.majority of drivers with 12 points are automatically disqualified

:08:32. > :08:33.and only in exceptional circumstances can judges

:08:34. > :08:38.decide not to issue a ban. The fact remains, though,

:08:39. > :08:40.that there are drivers who have continually broken the law

:08:41. > :08:43.who are still on our roads. The parent company of British Gas,

:08:44. > :08:57.Centrica, has reported But at British Gas itself

:08:58. > :09:06.profits were down by 11%. The company says it is offering

:09:07. > :09:13.value for money for customers that blames the drop on a 3% fall in

:09:14. > :09:17.customer accounts. The standard tariff range today including all of

:09:18. > :09:22.the new suppliers is ?900 to ?1200 or thereabouts and we are at an

:09:23. > :09:29.thousand and ?44 will stop our fixed tariff is at just over ?1000. Most

:09:30. > :09:33.of the fixed tariffs the market are between 930 and ?1000, so no, I

:09:34. > :09:36.don't think we are the overpriced company at all. We are actually

:09:37. > :09:39.offering good value. Eating ten portions of fruit and veg

:09:40. > :09:43.a day can help ward of disease We thought it was five, it is in

:09:44. > :09:49.fact now ten. The findings from a study

:09:50. > :09:51.by Imperial College London is double the current government advice

:09:52. > :09:54.of five portions a day. Researchers also identified specific

:09:55. > :09:56.vegetables that they say can help reduce the risk of cancer

:09:57. > :09:58.and heart disease. David Bowie dominated

:09:59. > :10:00.the Brits last night, He was awarded best British male

:10:01. > :10:05.and best British album, Our entertainment correspondent

:10:06. > :10:14.Lizo Mzimba was at the ceremony. Britain's biggest girl band

:10:15. > :10:18.Little Mix kicked off the show with a glittering,

:10:19. > :10:20.energetic performance of their The song also won them

:10:21. > :10:27.the best single award. Cheers to our exes for helping

:10:28. > :10:30.us do an amazing song. And the award for British

:10:31. > :10:34.Male Solo Artist goes David Bowie went on to

:10:35. > :10:43.win a second award. Best Album for Blackstar,

:10:44. > :10:45.which was released two He's always been there supporting

:10:46. > :10:57.people who think they're a little This award is for all the kooks and

:10:58. > :11:02.all the people who make the kooks. Best British Female Artist

:11:03. > :11:17.went to Emili Sande, who brought her sister on stage

:11:18. > :11:20.when she collected her award. Thank you so much for allowing me

:11:21. > :11:23.to make the music that I wanted to make and express

:11:24. > :11:26.what I felt was important. But perhaps the evening's

:11:27. > :11:29.most poignant moment, Chris Martin from Coldplay's George

:11:30. > :11:51.Michael tribute. Keeping you up-to-date on the

:11:52. > :11:54.weather picture, Storm Doris bringing some problems and we will

:11:55. > :11:59.bring you details later on. 11 minutes past eight is the time. Do

:12:00. > :12:04.you have a smoke alarm at home, does it work as it got batteries in it?

:12:05. > :12:07.It can mean the difference between life and death fires that start

:12:08. > :12:11.during the night when everyone was asleep.

:12:12. > :12:13.While we know they're great at waking up adults,

:12:14. > :12:15.a group of forensic scientists and fire investigators

:12:16. > :12:17.is warning that they may not always rouse children.

:12:18. > :12:20.The team has developed a new alarm with a lower pitched tone

:12:21. > :12:23.and a woman's voice, which they think is more likely

:12:24. > :12:26.to be heard by sleeping children, as our medical correspondent

:12:27. > :12:51.What sound would wake a sleeping child? DOG BARKS. Or this? Melanie

:12:52. > :12:57.has tested her smoke alarm many times at night, and only once has

:12:58. > :13:01.any of her four boys woken up. Wake up, the house is on fire! Now she is

:13:02. > :13:06.trying something different, and alarm with a lower pitched tone and

:13:07. > :13:12.a human voice. It wakes all four boys immediately. It is like the

:13:13. > :13:16.voice of a parent that they are used to listening to, and day out, and

:13:17. > :13:21.maybe subconsciously that is what they are hearing when the alarm was

:13:22. > :13:30.going off. The new alarm was designed with the help of her uncle,

:13:31. > :13:33.Dave Coss, a fire investigator. Prompted by a notorious case in

:13:34. > :13:42.Derby, when the six children died in a house fire deliberately set by

:13:43. > :13:48.their father, Mick Philpott. Dave Koss says more often than not smoke

:13:49. > :13:51.alarm simply don't like children. Unfortunately that was the first one

:13:52. > :13:54.that brought it to my attention but since that day I can probably

:13:55. > :13:57.recount half a dozen fires were children have failed to respond from

:13:58. > :14:03.sleep, and if they become trapped the wrong side of the fire,

:14:04. > :14:07.unfortunately then... Pandey University and Derby Fire Service

:14:08. > :14:11.one 500 families to test the prototype alarm. Researchers predict

:14:12. > :14:18.that alarm with human voices will become commonplace. Quite often we

:14:19. > :14:21.hear alarms going off, we don't quite know whether they are just a

:14:22. > :14:26.warning or whether it is for real. So putting the human voice into that

:14:27. > :14:31.I think will be one of the key important additional things that

:14:32. > :14:34.will bring to alarms in the future. Last year, 300 people died in fires

:14:35. > :14:40.in England alone, and 3000 more needed hospital treatment.

:14:41. > :14:45.Derbyshire Fire Service used this old shipping container to train fire

:14:46. > :14:52.investigators. Let's see how quickly a blaze would spread in a bedroom.

:14:53. > :14:55.It takes just a few minutes. Fire investigators say it shows that

:14:56. > :15:00.standard smoke alarms are vital in every home. They do wake adults, but

:15:01. > :15:04.parents need to know it could be up to them to wake their children in

:15:05. > :15:07.the event of a fire. Fergus Walsh, BBC News.

:15:08. > :15:10.Dave Coss, who helped design this new alarm joins us along

:15:11. > :15:12.with Davinder Johal, whose voice is used on it.

:15:13. > :15:28.Dave, what started you on this path to change the way Smoke alarms work?

:15:29. > :15:32.Road-macro obviously, the tragedy in 2012, we lost six children in a

:15:33. > :15:40.house fire. We needed some answers. We needed to know why the children

:15:41. > :15:46.didn't wake up. We needed to test the smoke alarm. You are talking

:15:47. > :15:51.about a very famous case. Six children died. They were all rescued

:15:52. > :15:55.from their beds so they had not made any attempt to escape the property.

:15:56. > :16:00.That led us to think something was wrong which led to the initial

:16:01. > :16:03.research. There will be a lot of people at home thinking I have got a

:16:04. > :16:08.smoke alarm and they will be wondering is this going to wake the

:16:09. > :16:14.people in my house, my children. What have you discovered about what

:16:15. > :16:18.is wrong with the alarms we have. The first thing I need to stress is

:16:19. > :16:22.that smoke alarms do save lives. There is no research anywhere in the

:16:23. > :16:26.world which says an adult will not wake up to a smoke alarm. But there

:16:27. > :16:31.is one section of society who may not respond in the same way. The

:16:32. > :16:35.immediate advice is to maintain your smoke alarms and keep checking them

:16:36. > :16:43.and have an escape plan. The only thing we are changing is instead of

:16:44. > :16:46.telling children to come to the parents, we are telling parents to

:16:47. > :16:55.go to the children in case they don't wake up. The -- in the long

:16:56. > :17:03.term we are working on another solution. And Davinder Johal, this

:17:04. > :17:17.is where you come in. Wake up, the houses on fire. Wake up, the is on

:17:18. > :17:21.fire. Wake up, the on fire. Davinder, that is your voice and it

:17:22. > :17:27.is accompanied with a different tone because someone is saying something.

:17:28. > :17:30.I did the study for Dave with my children, standing under the smoke

:17:31. > :17:37.alarm for one minute which was loud and my children did not wake up.

:17:38. > :17:41.With a standard smoke alarm? With a standard smoke alarm. Using this

:17:42. > :17:46.voice activated on the children, both of mine did wake up pretty much

:17:47. > :17:51.straightaway. Do we know what the science behind it is, why are

:17:52. > :17:57.children more likely to respond to a voice? Traditionally, the way of

:17:58. > :18:00.explaining it is children are born predisposed to hear a voice. The

:18:01. > :18:07.suggestion is they are that familiar with a voice that when a voice is

:18:08. > :18:09.given to them they will was bond a lot easier. Clearly, anything that

:18:10. > :18:13.works as a good thing that you tested it on your own children so

:18:14. > :18:17.people might be thinking that it is because it is your voice that the

:18:18. > :18:26.jobs and responded because it is mum saying something. But when I did it

:18:27. > :18:30.my son thought I was messing about. But it did wake him up. Dave has

:18:31. > :18:33.done the research with a lot of other children who don't know me and

:18:34. > :18:41.don't know my voice and still work them. Davinder's voice, I had a lot

:18:42. > :18:45.of different voices I could pick and it was one that delivered it with a

:18:46. > :18:51.sense of urgency and there is something wrong without saying, be

:18:52. > :18:56.frightened, be scared. What is the next thing you can do now, if you

:18:57. > :19:01.know that this works, where can you take it? What we are hoping to do

:19:02. > :19:04.now is the idea of this trial is we are asking for families across the

:19:05. > :19:07.country now to get involved. If they go to the Derbyshire Fire Service

:19:08. > :19:12.website they can click on the link and sign in to the survey. We are

:19:13. > :19:14.trying to gather enough data to say this actually works. Then it is down

:19:15. > :19:34.to the industry. We will produce the research, they can

:19:35. > :19:37.produce a device. And again, not to reiterate, we are not making a new

:19:38. > :19:40.smoke detector, we are making a sound you could put in the child's

:19:41. > :19:43.bedroom. Could you pick your voice on it? A female voice seems to work

:19:44. > :19:46.better than a male verse. If you have one in your home could you put

:19:47. > :19:48.your own voice on it? The problem is I could not guarantee the mother

:19:49. > :19:53.being part of the family. They have to deliver the mother in the right

:19:54. > :19:57.way so far better for us to have a pic of the shelf voice that works

:19:58. > :20:02.rather than doing it yourself. Are there a lot of homes which don't

:20:03. > :20:08.have smoke alarms? There is unfortunately. The advice I would

:20:09. > :20:13.give to any parent is have a working smoke alarms. I get my kids to test

:20:14. > :20:19.it. They tested on Tuesday. It is a game, they enjoy doing it. And have

:20:20. > :20:23.that escape plan. I would not want anything to happen to them. All I

:20:24. > :20:25.have done is change our escape plan so that we would go to them. Thank

:20:26. > :20:37.you very much. Let's have a look at some of the

:20:38. > :20:43.snow that Storm Doris is delivering. This is the scene in Edinburgh at

:20:44. > :20:47.the moment. As you can see it is causing everyone to slow down.

:20:48. > :20:52.Treacherous conditions on the roads. A lot of people are waking up to

:20:53. > :21:02.snow. It looks on the face of it, Carol as if there has been heavy

:21:03. > :21:06.snowfall? There have been some. Some places asked Art in to see it

:21:07. > :21:10.accumulate. But as one of the elements of Storm Doris. The other

:21:11. > :21:15.one today is the wind. We are looking at severe gales. These are

:21:16. > :21:21.the kind of gusts we have had in the last 15 minutes.

:21:22. > :21:27.It is very much in the West we have the stronger gales that I have put

:21:28. > :21:33.on Birmingham as well because we have a band of squally rain moving

:21:34. > :21:38.across with gusty winds. Now Doris, the eye of the storm has now moved

:21:39. > :21:42.away from Northern Ireland. It is now heading towards northern

:21:43. > :21:48.England. First of all, this band of rain is heavy. Don't be fooled, the

:21:49. > :21:52.wind will strengthen more. If we look at the isobars around the area

:21:53. > :21:56.of low pressure, the squeeze in the West will continue in the south to

:21:57. > :22:01.drift over to the east as we continue through the day. We have

:22:02. > :22:05.the combination of the rain, wind and snow. The Met Office has an

:22:06. > :22:11.amber weather warning, be prepared for the snow. We are looking at it

:22:12. > :22:14.across the central lowlands and Southern uplands. The Southern

:22:15. > :22:24.uplands have seen heavy snow above 500 metres. We are expecting about

:22:25. > :22:28.five centimetres across parts of the central lowlands. You can see in the

:22:29. > :22:36.Highlands and Grampians it is currently snowing. Now the other

:22:37. > :22:41.weather warning the Met Office has is an amber on for wind. Very strong

:22:42. > :22:45.winds. Normally we would have gusts of 70 to 80 miles proud with

:22:46. > :22:52.exposure across north-west Scotland. Today we are looking at where you

:22:53. > :22:59.see the Amber area covers 70 to 80 mile proud gusts across Wales the

:23:00. > :23:02.Midlands and East Anglia. We can expect more travel disruption is go

:23:03. > :23:07.through the course of the day. There is debris flying across the road.

:23:08. > :23:12.That comes down towards Southern counties. For the rest of southern

:23:13. > :23:18.England and Southern Wales, gusts of 50 to 60 mph. As we go through the

:23:19. > :23:22.day, there is the eye of the storm, the rain rotating around it, and the

:23:23. > :23:26.strong winds squeezing in across North Wales. We will probably see

:23:27. > :23:34.some snow over the Pennines times and then it will go into the East.

:23:35. > :23:38.Later in the afternoon when the gales and severe gales transferred

:23:39. > :23:44.to Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Anglia for the evening rush hour. As

:23:45. > :23:48.you can see behind it, even though it will brighten up, we are still

:23:49. > :23:52.looking at a windy day. It will take a while before the whole of Storm

:23:53. > :23:57.Doris pulls away. There will be a touch of frost around and the risk

:23:58. > :24:01.of ice where we have got some damp surfaces, particularly so across

:24:02. > :24:05.Scotland. Tomorrow, we start off on that cold but quiet note. Later in

:24:06. > :24:10.the day, wet and windy weather will come in from the West but nothing

:24:11. > :24:15.like we are expecting from Storm Doris.

:24:16. > :24:24.Thank you very much. It looks like tomorrow is significantly better. We

:24:25. > :24:31.can go to Birmingham now. Ben is there because of HS2.

:24:32. > :24:43., the high-speed link between London and Birmingham. That is absolutely

:24:44. > :24:47.right. Storm Doris has been making her presence felt here. HS2 gets the

:24:48. > :24:53.final seal of approval later, it gets the go-ahead so that the work

:24:54. > :24:56.can begin. It has been beset by all sorts of controversy, controversy

:24:57. > :25:02.because of the cost and the route it will take. It does get the go-ahead

:25:03. > :25:06.today but what happens next? With me, two guests who can probably

:25:07. > :25:14.explain more. Henrietta is from the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and

:25:15. > :25:18.Joe from Stop HS2. Henrietta, just to start with you, we can see all

:25:19. > :25:26.the investment which has gone into Birmingham already, this is the next

:25:27. > :25:32.stage of that? Absolutely. HS2 has been a catalyst for change in the

:25:33. > :25:35.region. There are companies expanding in Birmingham, the

:25:36. > :25:39.confidence shown in the city and the greater links to London. HS2 is

:25:40. > :25:44.already capitalising a lot of investment and will represent a

:25:45. > :25:51.great deal of money coming into the region. Bet you do not agree? They

:25:52. > :25:56.look at the money going into HS2, it is a ridiculous amount of money for

:25:57. > :26:01.the number of jobs it will create. It is very poor value for money and

:26:02. > :26:05.the reality is this is a mechanism for the construction industry to

:26:06. > :26:09.siphon billions of pounds of public money into their pockets. We need to

:26:10. > :26:13.improve the railways. If you have ever got on an overcrowded train,

:26:14. > :26:21.you know that more money is needed. Why is this not the answer? Does not

:26:22. > :26:24.the answer because when you're making those decisions, you have to

:26:25. > :26:27.pick the best project. They are perfectly able to increase capacity,

:26:28. > :26:32.spending less money and benefiting far more people more quickly rather

:26:33. > :26:37.than HS2 which will just be a fast train for fat cats. Should the money

:26:38. > :26:45.be used to improve our existing network rather than ?60 billion on

:26:46. > :26:47.faster trains? I disagree. I think it is a very worthwhile investment.

:26:48. > :26:50.It is not just about the physical row were lying, it is about

:26:51. > :26:54.everything else it capitalises and changes. You can see the site and

:26:55. > :26:57.what you cannot see other plans behind the scenes for massive

:26:58. > :27:03.regeneration in the area, the stakeholders who have come to

:27:04. > :27:08.improve the area and the broader benefits beyond the line itself.

:27:09. > :27:12.Thank you, Henrietta and Joe. The debate rumbles on. It will get final

:27:13. > :27:17.approval today and then we will wait to see how long it takes to get to

:27:18. > :30:37.build it. Lets

:30:38. > :30:50.This is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:30:51. > :30:57.Winds of nearly 90mph have been recorded in Western Ireland

:30:58. > :31:00.as the worst weather of the winter so far hits the British Isles.

:31:01. > :31:04.Heavy snow is forecast in Scotland and strong winds of up to 80mph

:31:05. > :31:10.Lorna Gordon is in Biggar for us this morning.

:31:11. > :31:23.How is it looking? It started off early this morning as rain, but as

:31:24. > :31:29.it got lighter, so, too, did the snow starts to fall and fall, and

:31:30. > :31:34.Doris is dumping a load of the white stuff on many parts of Scotland.

:31:35. > :31:39.Here on the borders conditions are pretty unpleasant. Road conditions

:31:40. > :31:45.are quite treacherous, about 100 metres further up the road, a car

:31:46. > :31:50.has skidded into a wall, and we have seen several snowploughs coming down

:31:51. > :31:58.the road trying to keep it clear. School transport is off in this area

:31:59. > :32:02.of Scotland. It might be off in other areas as well, people might

:32:03. > :32:07.have to check, some snow gates are closed and some of the main roads

:32:08. > :32:14.are having difficult driving conditions, it is stop start on the

:32:15. > :32:19.M8. We are told it is going to get worse before it gets better.

:32:20. > :32:28.Expected to get up to 30 centimetres of snow on the higher ground in

:32:29. > :32:33.areas like this, possibly ten to 15 centimetres upwards of 100 metres,

:32:34. > :32:37.and a smattering of snow across much of the country. But yes, the snow is

:32:38. > :32:43.falling in Scotland and it is going to continue for some time yet. Lorna

:32:44. > :32:49.Gordon, thank you. Now we go to Alison Freeman in Blackpool. We know

:32:50. > :32:56.the storm is expected to peak in the next half an hour so where you are.

:32:57. > :33:00.Yes, and we have really seen a change in the weather over the past

:33:01. > :33:06.hour, the wind has really got up and we are being offered about. If you

:33:07. > :33:09.take a look out to sea, this is high tide, and the waves are really

:33:10. > :33:17.breaking against the shore, pretty much a sea of white now, and the

:33:18. > :33:21.pier here at Blackpool is getting quite a bashing. Another indication

:33:22. > :33:26.of how it has changed is if you look at those 30 foot sculpture is behind

:33:27. > :33:34.me, they have really started to bow down in front of Blackpool pier. It

:33:35. > :33:38.is likely to be at its peak in the next half an hour also, on the storm

:33:39. > :33:43.should pass through the rest of the by about six o'clock. Everyone being

:33:44. > :33:49.asked to take care in what our treacherous conditions. Thank you

:33:50. > :33:52.very much indeed. We will keep you up-to-date on the weather situation

:33:53. > :33:57.as we go through the morning. It is 8:33am.

:33:58. > :34:00.Prisons should not only punish criminals but reform them too,

:34:01. > :34:02.under what's being described as the biggest overhaul

:34:03. > :34:06.The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, will present a bill later today

:34:07. > :34:08.aimed at reducing prison violence and cutting re-offending rates

:34:09. > :34:13.The fiance of murdered children's author Helen Bailey is facing

:34:14. > :34:15.the rest of his life in jail for killing her.

:34:16. > :34:18.Ian Stewart smothered the writer and hid her body in a cesspit

:34:19. > :34:21.She was found, alongside her dog Boris, three months

:34:22. > :34:23.after she disappeared in April last year.

:34:24. > :34:26.Ian Stewart will be sentenced at St Albans Crown Court

:34:27. > :34:37.And in a few minutes, we will be speaking to a friend and neighbour

:34:38. > :34:41.Helen Bailey. The maker of Hotpoint and Indesit

:34:42. > :34:44.tumble dryers has changed its advice to owners of potentially dangerous

:34:45. > :34:46.machines, telling customers not to use the appliances

:34:47. > :34:48.until they are repaired. Whirlpool has been replacing

:34:49. > :34:50.or fixing an estimated 3.8 million potentially faulty dryers

:34:51. > :34:53.across the UK after it found excess Previously, the company told

:34:54. > :34:58.customers they could continue to use them, provided

:34:59. > :35:08.they were not left unattended. The parent company of British Gas,

:35:09. > :35:11.Centrica, has reported a return to the black with a 4% rise

:35:12. > :35:13.in its operating profit. But at British Gas itself

:35:14. > :35:16.profits were down by 11%. The company says it's offering value

:35:17. > :35:18.for money to customers, but blames the drop on a 3% fall

:35:19. > :35:35.in customer accounts. Iraqi security forces have launched

:35:36. > :35:37.an attack on Mosul airport following overnight air strikes by the

:35:38. > :35:42.American led coalition supporting the government. We are getting more

:35:43. > :35:45.reports this morning coming in from our correspondent Quentin

:35:46. > :35:51.Sommerville who is in the area suggesting that that operation is

:35:52. > :35:56.under way as we speak, and some of these images you are seeing now

:35:57. > :35:59.coming to us. This is from the area of the perimeter around the airport,

:36:00. > :36:02.you may remember in the last few days it has been suggested that

:36:03. > :36:06.Iraqi troops were focusing in on that area, and the indications we

:36:07. > :36:11.are getting from our correspondent Quentin Sommerville who is there say

:36:12. > :36:19.those operations this morning are under way. Those are the Iraqi

:36:20. > :36:22.troops, and we know that there are reports now of an operation in and

:36:23. > :36:26.around the airport, which of course is crucial to the ongoing security

:36:27. > :36:30.operation there. And these are some photographs from

:36:31. > :36:34.our correspondent Quentin Sommerville who is embedded with

:36:35. > :36:39.Iraqi forces. It was just last month the militant group were moved away

:36:40. > :36:43.from eastern Mosul, and this next part of the operation is hugely

:36:44. > :36:47.significant, hugely important to the operation but is now under way,

:36:48. > :36:54.having just started in the last hour or so. The time now is 8:36am.

:36:55. > :36:59.Victoria Derbyshire is on at nine o'clock this morning on BBC Two.

:37:00. > :37:08.Dame Helen Mirren has won everything is to win, Baftas, Golden globes.

:37:09. > :37:13.She has refused to have her voters touched up, and is a fan of nudist

:37:14. > :37:16.beaches, but she has experienced a low self-esteem. Now she is working

:37:17. > :37:19.with teenagers to help those who doubt themselves and their abilities

:37:20. > :37:24.to believe in themselves. Game Helen Mirren live on the programme this

:37:25. > :37:27.morning. Join us after breakfast on BBC Two, the new channel and online.

:37:28. > :37:35.Begu, Victoria. And coming up here on Breakfast this

:37:36. > :37:38.morning: Dr Oscar Duke has albinism, which affects the colour

:37:39. > :37:40.of his skin and hair. We'll hear about his journey

:37:41. > :37:43.to East Africa to find out about the prejudice and violence

:37:44. > :37:45.people with the If you've ever kept a diary,

:37:46. > :37:49.would you let anyone else read it? We'll discover how your journal

:37:50. > :37:51.could help future historians find And how do women with high-flying

:37:52. > :37:56.jobs balance their careers That's the question best-selling

:37:57. > :37:59.author Joanna Trollope has explored She'll be on the sofa

:38:00. > :38:06.to tell us all about it. I wonder if she had the answer. Or

:38:07. > :38:14.whether she kept a diary when she was younger and! I bet she did.

:38:15. > :38:23.Didn't she wrote her first novel at 14? Did you keep a diary?

:38:24. > :38:27.I think I probably did. I read them when I went home the other day, and

:38:28. > :38:32.I thought, this is awful, I hope my mum never find it! More on that when

:38:33. > :38:38.we are not on the airpower. Let's talk about Jamie Vardy scoring that

:38:39. > :38:44.golfer West. -- that goal for Leicester. He hadn't scored since

:38:45. > :38:49.December the tenth, which feels like an awful long time ago, doesn't it?

:38:50. > :38:49.I bet he has woken up with a sense of relief this morning. Good

:38:50. > :38:52.morning. Leicester City were beaten 2-1

:38:53. > :38:55.by Sevilla in their Champions League last 16 match, but they did score

:38:56. > :38:57.an important away goal. Sevilla are third in the Spanish

:38:58. > :39:00.League and dominated the game, missing a penalty before

:39:01. > :39:02.opening the scoring. But just when Leicester needed it,

:39:03. > :39:07.Jamie Vardy pulled one back, which means they only need a 1-0 win

:39:08. > :39:14.at home to go through. Wayne Rooney could be on his way

:39:15. > :39:17.to China earlier than expected, with news that his agent

:39:18. > :39:20.is in the country trying to negotiate a deal for the England

:39:21. > :39:22.and Manchester United captain Rooney is no longer first choice

:39:23. > :39:30.of United manager Jose Mourinho, and his agent Paul Stretford

:39:31. > :39:32.is in China negotiating The Chinese transfer window

:39:33. > :39:36.closes next Tuesday. So a summer move still seems

:39:37. > :39:44.the likelier outcome, however. United coped OK without Rooney

:39:45. > :39:47.in the Europa League last night - Henrikh Miktaryan's goal gave them

:39:48. > :39:49.a 1-0 win at French United have now lost

:39:50. > :39:57.only once in 25 games. Scottish Cup holders Hibernian

:39:58. > :40:00.knocked out their Edinburgh rivals Hearts in their fifth round replay

:40:01. > :40:03.at Easter Road, just Hibs won 3-1, and Championship side

:40:04. > :40:07.Ayr United will provide Rugby union, and Jonathan Joseph has

:40:08. > :40:23.been left out of the England squad preparing to face Italy

:40:24. > :40:26.in the Six Nations on Sunday. The Bath Centre has played in all 15

:40:27. > :40:29.matches under Eddie Jones but has returned to his club after being cut

:40:30. > :40:32.from the 24-man squad. England will confirm their starting

:40:33. > :40:34.15 tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, George North will start

:40:35. > :40:36.for Wales in their match with Scotland on Saturday,

:40:37. > :40:38.after recovering from a thigh injury he picked up playing against Italy

:40:39. > :40:41.at the beginning of the month. North will replace Alex

:40:42. > :40:43.Cuthbert on the wing. It'll be the only change

:40:44. > :40:46.to Rob Howley's side from the defeat Budapest is to withdraw its bid

:40:47. > :40:54.to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, leaving only Los Angeles and Paris

:40:55. > :40:56.in the race. More than a quarter of a million

:40:57. > :40:59.Hungarians had signed a petition against hosting the Games,

:41:00. > :41:01.with opponents saying the money would be better spent

:41:02. > :41:03.on hospitals and schools. The International Olympic Committee

:41:04. > :41:15.will announce the winning city So, Sally is team Los Angeles, 19

:41:16. > :41:24.Paris. If Paris won, and they held the Olympics, it would be 100 years

:41:25. > :41:29.since they last held it. That works! But Sally wants to go to Hollywood.

:41:30. > :41:34.Always. . It is 8:41am.

:41:35. > :41:38.The fiance of the children's author, Helen Bailey, is due to be sentenced

:41:39. > :41:41.Ian Stewart smothered the writer and hid her body in a cesspit

:41:42. > :41:48.It was an act the judge called despicable.

:41:49. > :41:50.Helen's neighbour and close friend Mavis Drake is here with us now.

:41:51. > :41:59.How did you know Helen? How did I know her? I knew her as soon as she

:42:00. > :42:07.moved into her new home. I saw her the day they arrived. What sort of

:42:08. > :42:16.woman was she? She was everything you would want in a lady. She was

:42:17. > :42:23.articular, attractive, well presented. I cannot fault her as a

:42:24. > :42:30.person. And how well did you get to know her during her time there? As

:42:31. > :42:37.well as I could anybody, I think, because being very close neighbours,

:42:38. > :42:41.we were not in and out of each other's houses all the time, but I

:42:42. > :42:47.knew that I could pop around for a pint of milk or cheese and she could

:42:48. > :42:57.do the same for me. She would always call in with Boris when she was out

:42:58. > :43:02.walking. We would sit outside if she was with Boris. Boris is her dog?

:43:03. > :43:08.Yes, her lovely dog, and we would talk about dogs, because I once had

:43:09. > :43:13.one as well. Did she ever talk to you about her relationship with Ian

:43:14. > :43:21.Stewart? No, she talked a lot about her first husband, and I witnessed

:43:22. > :43:25.the temporary will that she signed, and she talked about her life with

:43:26. > :43:32.him. I had had a family tragedy at the same time in the February 2011

:43:33. > :43:35.at the same time that she lost a job, so we had things to talk about

:43:36. > :43:40.in that respect, which all helps to make you closer together when you

:43:41. > :43:46.can talk about things in an intimate way. I could talk to Helen about my

:43:47. > :43:50.family tragedy more than I could my other friends, because she had

:43:51. > :43:57.experienced a brief mad herself in that we. And how closely have you

:43:58. > :44:01.followed the trial? Day by day, minute by minute, and at night, it's

:44:02. > :44:05.been with me as I go to bed. It's the last thing I think about when I

:44:06. > :44:09.go to sleep and the first thing I think about when I wake up in the

:44:10. > :44:16.morning. It hasn't been out of my mind at all. I've been to court

:44:17. > :44:24.once, and I felt that the right decision has been done. I think he

:44:25. > :44:29.is guilty of murder, sadly, very sadly indeed. And why did the trial

:44:30. > :44:36.affect you so much? Why did it in particular play on your mind so

:44:37. > :44:42.much? Because the main reason probably is because she was found a

:44:43. > :44:47.few yards away from my garden, and because we were such good

:44:48. > :44:51.neighbours. I'm very friendly with all of our neighbours in Heathfield,

:44:52. > :44:56.we are a close-knit community. This has never happened before, and it

:44:57. > :45:01.was unbelievable, the whole scenario, from the day I was told

:45:02. > :45:07.she was missing, day by day, week by week, we have followed it, and it

:45:08. > :45:14.hasn't gone out of my mind at all. It has been on my mind during my

:45:15. > :45:17.work hours, during my leisure hours. We've talked about it, we've talked

:45:18. > :45:21.about nothing else, which might sound a bit strange, but when you

:45:22. > :45:28.are closely involved, that's what happens. We just wanted the truth to

:45:29. > :45:32.come out. Mavis, thank you very much indeed for talking to us this

:45:33. > :45:33.morning, Mavis Drake from our Cambridge studio talking about her

:45:34. > :45:38.neighbour Helen Bailey. We'll bring you up-to-date with

:45:39. > :45:45.Storm Doris in a few minutes' time. One in every 17,000 people in the UK

:45:46. > :45:48.has some form of albinism, a rare condition where people

:45:49. > :45:50.are born without pigmentation It can lead to eyesight

:45:51. > :45:56.problems and an increased But in East Africa,

:45:57. > :46:00.prejudice toward those This shocking situation is the focus

:46:01. > :46:06.of a new documentary by Oscar Duke, a junior doctor who himself

:46:07. > :46:09.has the condition. Before we speak to him,

:46:10. > :46:12.here's is a clip of Oscar visiting a special centre in Tanzania

:46:13. > :46:28.where children are forced Hello. I'm a school headmaster of

:46:29. > :46:32.the centre as well. So you are in charge of the centre? Yes. It was

:46:33. > :46:42.special for the blind people. Always used for blind people? Yes, before

:46:43. > :46:51.the killings of Al bannism started. -- albanism. The problem is that the

:46:52. > :46:55.space isn't enough. Is the Government helping you to increase

:46:56. > :47:01.that space? Yes, they are trying to do that. Do you ever do any trips to

:47:02. > :47:06.take them out of the centre? Not much. Sometimes we have the people

:47:07. > :47:09.helping us, taking them to several areas, but most of them, most of the

:47:10. > :47:21.time, they stay here. Oscar, put that into context for us.

:47:22. > :47:27.The problems they face, you find the children particularly have to be

:47:28. > :47:31.hidden away effectively? It's really quite dangerous particularly in

:47:32. > :47:35.Tanzania and East Africa to have albanism because there is a belief

:47:36. > :47:38.spread by Which Doctors that if you take the body parts of those people

:47:39. > :47:42.and put them in potions, the potions can bring you good luck, fortune,

:47:43. > :47:49.millions of pounds, whatever it is that you dream of. And this is a

:47:50. > :47:53.real risk in as much as people who have albanism are killed for body

:47:54. > :47:58.parts. It's very harrowing stuff this but it's actually happening? It

:47:59. > :48:03.really is happening. In the last ten years, 70 people with albanism in

:48:04. > :48:07.Tanzania have been murdered to use for potions and gangs are

:48:08. > :48:10.commissioned to go out and find them to hack off body parts and bring

:48:11. > :48:14.them back. Were you aware of the scale of the

:48:15. > :48:22.problem before you went threat, did you know about this? I only found

:48:23. > :48:28.out about it two years ago when I got married in Tanzania, it was a

:48:29. > :48:31.secret for my wife and my mum rang me up and said, do you know about

:48:32. > :48:37.what is happening there, should you be going there. ? You meet some

:48:38. > :48:42.wonderful people. The young boy was a victim of an attack at seven years

:48:43. > :48:47.old. Explain what happened to him? This is Festo. At the age of seven,

:48:48. > :48:53.a gang of four or five men came round to his house when his mum was

:48:54. > :49:00.cooking an evening meal with machetes and hacked off his left

:49:01. > :49:05.arm, knocked out his teeth, cut off his fingers, so his thumb slightly

:49:06. > :49:09.remains and he had his toe transplanted on to his hand, he has

:49:10. > :49:14.a pinser grip. There are images of him drawing. You spent some time

:49:15. > :49:19.with him and he's a brilliant artist? Phenomenally good. He's got

:49:20. > :49:24.virtually no arms and very, very poor vision which is a big part of

:49:25. > :49:29.albanism and despite that, he's still able to do incredible drawing.

:49:30. > :49:33.You met the family of a man killed and then went one step further and

:49:34. > :49:38.went to prison to speak to the people who killed him. What did they

:49:39. > :49:41.say to you? It was interesting because I had imagined that they

:49:42. > :49:46.were doing it because they had something against people with

:49:47. > :49:51.albanism but actually it was just a money issue, they'd been told that

:49:52. > :49:56.they would get millions, about ?44,000 that, is in a context where

:49:57. > :50:02.the guy I spoke to was saying he only earns ?200 a year, so they are

:50:03. > :50:07.very, very poor in some rural parts of Tanzania and Malawi and there are

:50:08. > :50:13.often life-changing amounts of money for committing the crimes. The film

:50:14. > :50:19.starts with you at home and it's an insight into your own life. One

:50:20. > :50:24.thing I found interesting is that I was watching about when you met your

:50:25. > :50:30.wife, you didn't share with her that you had albanism. Explain that for

:50:31. > :50:35.us, A how did she not know and why did you keep what you knew secret?

:50:36. > :50:39.We'd known each other for a while before so we'd been friends and it

:50:40. > :50:43.was never a big issue. The only thing that I really have to do

:50:44. > :50:48.different shrill look closely to see things. In social situations that

:50:49. > :50:53.hadn't come up. I always felt it was important to be Oscar, a husband, a

:50:54. > :50:57.doctor, way before someone with albanism, it's not a label that I

:50:58. > :51:02.define myself by and a lot of people with disabilities will relate to

:51:03. > :51:09.that, that that's not who I am, so I never mentioned it. It wasn't a

:51:10. > :51:14.conscious decision. When that moment came, there was a tearful moment,

:51:15. > :51:19.merely talking about eye sight. It was a genetic condition, there is a

:51:20. > :51:23.chance that that will be passed on to children. That was in the back of

:51:24. > :51:27.my mind, I didn't want to jeopardise any relationship. How much does that

:51:28. > :51:31.worry you about passing it on? I think like all parents you want to

:51:32. > :51:37.have a healthy child and I would prefer not to have a child who had

:51:38. > :51:42.albanism, but having been over to Africa I've seen how bad things can

:51:43. > :51:46.get when people don't understand the genetic condition and it makes me

:51:47. > :51:51.realise how lucky I am to live in the UK in 2017 and any child that I

:51:52. > :51:56.did have, if they had albanism, they'd be able to have a wonderful

:51:57. > :52:00.life. You film draws real attention to the problem there. You have come

:52:01. > :52:04.away now but it remains the same there? I think so. Hopefully by

:52:05. > :52:09.making the film we have shone more of a light on it than has been shone

:52:10. > :52:14.many the past. We worked with some wonderful NGOs whilst out there.

:52:15. > :52:22.Particularly Standing Voice, who have been keen on setting up clinics

:52:23. > :52:28.to look after the people with albanism and those with skin cancer,

:52:29. > :52:30.skin cancer is really difficult for people with the condition, even more

:52:31. > :52:34.people like me. Born Too White is on BBC

:52:35. > :52:39.two tonight at 9pm. Here's Carol with a look

:52:40. > :52:57.at this morning's weather. Good morning to you. Doris is making

:52:58. > :53:06.its presence felt across our shores. The strongest winds are in the west.

:53:07. > :53:14.In Blackpool, it's 56. In Birmingham, there is a band of rain

:53:15. > :53:19.continuing to move east and it's squally around it. This is Doris,

:53:20. > :53:23.you can see the centre of the low pressure which is Doris, moving

:53:24. > :53:26.across the Irish Sea and in towards northern England. In the centre of

:53:27. > :53:29.the low pressure, there's hardly a breath of wind. All around it though

:53:30. > :53:34.there is. If you look at the squeeze as we come into the south-west flank

:53:35. > :53:39.of it into southern bits of it, as this whole system moves towards the

:53:40. > :53:42.North Sea, the squeeze will continue across Wales, northern England, East

:53:43. > :53:52.Anglia and parts of Northern Ireland for a time. It's five centimetres of

:53:53. > :53:56.fresh snow, about three centimetres across ah boing and we have heavy

:53:57. > :54:00.snow in the southern uplands. The Met Office has a be prepared amber

:54:01. > :54:04.warning for snow, the kind of levels we are looking at across the central

:54:05. > :54:10.lowlands, up to about five centimetres. Towards the southern

:54:11. > :54:16.uplands, above 100 metres which isn't terribly high, 20-30

:54:17. > :54:22.centimetres. Higher than that, the snow fall amounts will be higher. We

:54:23. > :54:27.have a second amber warning from the Met Office, again this wind is

:54:28. > :54:31.gusting very strong inland through the course of today. Where you see

:54:32. > :54:37.the amber colours, that's where the amber warning relates to. So gusty

:54:38. > :54:40.winds, 70-80 inland across parts of Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia,

:54:41. > :54:45.towards the Home Counties and northern England. The West Coast, we

:54:46. > :54:50.could have gusts with exposure up to 90mph. These are damaging gusts,

:54:51. > :54:57.causing disruption and we haven't even met the strongest winds yet.

:54:58. > :55:02.As we move further south, the wind is still strong, but not as strong.

:55:03. > :55:05.50-60mph. Through the course of the day, as the centre of the low

:55:06. > :55:09.pressure continues to drift in the duration of the North Sea, the rain

:55:10. > :55:13.rotates around it, some will be heavy, the snow continues and the

:55:14. > :55:17.strongest winds and some snow coming in across North Wales, in through

:55:18. > :55:21.the Pennines, across the Midlands, East Anglia and into the east. You

:55:22. > :55:27.can see the snow transfers too across parts of north-east England.

:55:28. > :55:31.By the time we get to this afternoon, parts of Yorkshire,

:55:32. > :55:37.Lincolnshire, even severe gales pushing out towards the western

:55:38. > :55:41.areas. It will be windy but not as windy as it currently is. See the

:55:42. > :55:46.tail end of the storm starting to pull away on to the continent,

:55:47. > :55:51.leaving us with a quiet night. The winds will drop quickly. Cold with

:55:52. > :55:56.frost #57b the risk of -- frost and the risk of ice. A few showers and

:55:57. > :56:01.later on, wet and windy weather from the west but nothing like we are

:56:02. > :56:05.going to see today. Thank you very much. Lots to keep

:56:06. > :56:10.across with Storm Doris today. A diary is often thought

:56:11. > :56:13.of as a private and truly honest expression of a person's

:56:14. > :56:15.most intimate thoughts. But one project is aiming

:56:16. > :56:18.to preserve as many of these accounts of everyday life

:56:19. > :56:20.as possible, for We're joined now by Irving Finkel,

:56:21. > :56:24.the founder of the Great Diary Project at the British Museum

:56:25. > :56:26.and Alexander Masters, who has written a biography based

:56:27. > :56:29.on 148 diaries that were found in a skip and the mysterious

:56:30. > :56:39.writer behind them. A very good morning to both of you.

:56:40. > :56:43.In a way, it's obvious that they're a brilliant resource in a way? This

:56:44. > :56:47.is one of those things which is obvious once someone's mentioned it

:56:48. > :56:51.but in theory it's not obvious. People now say to me what a

:56:52. > :56:57.brilliant idea, why hasn't this been done before and it's a pity it

:56:58. > :57:00.hasn't because every five minutes someone is throwing diaries away

:57:01. > :57:03.because they might be private, they might have something in about money

:57:04. > :57:08.or whatever it is you are not supposed to know. So in families

:57:09. > :57:12.when diaries come out, they're gotten rid of quickly. We had an

:57:13. > :57:16.idea of interrupting the natural force and providing a home so that

:57:17. > :57:20.when people don't know what to do with diaries, this is the answer.

:57:21. > :57:24.Have you got behind why people write a diary, if it's a secret thing they

:57:25. > :57:28.don't ever want anyone to see, what is it about writing a diary that's

:57:29. > :57:33.beneficial? In the case of the woman I was writing about and the diaries

:57:34. > :57:39.that were discovered in the skip, that varied hugely over the course

:57:40. > :57:46.of this diarist's life. Where was the skip and what do you know about

:57:47. > :57:53.the lady? There was a skip in north Cambridge, two academics of mine

:57:54. > :57:57.were poking around in the skip and discovered 100 or 150 books thrown

:57:58. > :58:02.away, discarded in the rubble. They turned out to be anonymous private

:58:03. > :58:07.diaries. The book I wrote was the search to find out the anonymous

:58:08. > :58:12.author because they are a fascinating document of the period

:58:13. > :58:15.of 1952-2001 and exactly the sort of thing that belongs in the diary.

:58:16. > :58:22.What did you find out about the person? Oh, everything. It's written

:58:23. > :58:29.as a thriller, a detective story, a new type of biography, so I can give

:58:30. > :58:34.away what I found out but listeners will have to close their ears. You

:58:35. > :58:41.have brought in some modern diaries and older ones. I was handed this

:58:42. > :58:46.one from 1956. The moment I opened this, I almost felt like I kind of

:58:47. > :58:50.shouldn't be reading it. I know, isn't it wonderful.

:58:51. > :59:02.I don't know who's this is. Already talking about, my experiences are

:59:03. > :59:07.different from other people's. I felt like I shouldn't be reading it.

:59:08. > :59:13.That is a normal response, but if you were reading a diary from 1356

:59:14. > :59:17.or 1592, you would feel embarrassed about reading it, so eventually, it

:59:18. > :59:23.ends up that if the person is still alive, you would never dream of it,

:59:24. > :59:25.but once they are safely dead, the privacy diminishes in importance,

:59:26. > :59:32.and the historical interest takes over. So are people still writing

:59:33. > :59:38.diaries? They are, but how do we find out? I thought about flying

:59:39. > :59:41.over Britain with one of those megaphones saying, are you writing a

:59:42. > :59:48.diary, can we have it later? This is the equivalent of that! I think a

:59:49. > :59:52.lot of people are writing diaries. I had all these diaries when I met

:59:53. > :59:57.him, I wanted someone to take them and look after them, and I found out

:59:58. > :00:03.he had this project. We disagreed, I think people are still writing

:00:04. > :00:06.diaries, he thinks it is dying out. When you have this conversation with

:00:07. > :00:10.someone, they say nobody writes a diary and more, they write blogs,

:00:11. > :00:14.but the blog is the complete opposite of a diary, because you

:00:15. > :00:17.want people to read a blog, and with a diary, you don't want anybody else

:00:18. > :00:23.to read it, it is completely opposite. And that is why it is so

:00:24. > :00:27.important, because it is just you. And when I was looking through these

:00:28. > :00:32.books, I had no idea whether it was a man or a woman, and I discovered

:00:33. > :00:39.it was a woman, and all sorts of other secrets and that in itself was

:00:40. > :00:46.an odd thing. At 1.I picked up one of the books and I was thinking, I

:00:47. > :00:49.have to read 150 if I was going to do something with it, and there was

:00:50. > :00:53.a stabbing described, and it seemed that the author of the diaries had

:00:54. > :01:01.been stabbed, and until this point I thought it was a man writing, I had

:01:02. > :01:06.fallen into that. And it was her first period, the shock of her first

:01:07. > :01:11.period when she rang the hospital because she thought she would need a

:01:12. > :01:19.blood transfusions. Can I just reach over here. This tiny little one

:01:20. > :01:24.here, can you explain it? It was for a waistcoat pocket, I think. So you

:01:25. > :01:31.might be walking around and have a few little thoughts. It is printed.

:01:32. > :01:37.It has a special page for every day, it is about how to be grown-up and

:01:38. > :01:42.intelligent. So it is a book of advice rather than a diary? That is

:01:43. > :01:47.an unusually small one. This is the archetype school boy diary from 1887

:01:48. > :01:57.at Harrow School. You've just got to read what was written on the front,

:01:58. > :02:01.it's right up your street. It says, January 25, 1886, take notice! All

:02:02. > :02:11.persons who look at this diary without my leave our beastly sneaks.

:02:12. > :02:15.Someone had an insight! I'm afraid to say, there is no doubt about it.

:02:16. > :02:20.It is valuable to look into these diaries, because you get a sense of

:02:21. > :02:28.what an ordinary person is thinking. Do you keep a diary? I do. No. You

:02:29. > :02:36.don't? Lovely to see you both this evening. You can find out more about

:02:37. > :02:38.how to donate a diary to the first national diary database on the great

:02:39. > :02:48.diary project website. That was your Megafonen! Marvellous.

:02:49. > :02:52.Have you ever tried haggling? You might be comfortable haggling

:02:53. > :02:54.with a salesman face-to-face but have you ever tried talking down

:02:55. > :02:56.the price online? According to a new survey the growth

:02:57. > :02:59.in internet shopping has seen a range of new bargain hunting

:03:00. > :03:01.tactics immerge, especially among We'll find out more about these

:03:02. > :03:05.techniques in a moment, but haggling isn't for everybody,

:03:06. > :03:11.as we discovered when we talked I look around online, but I don't

:03:12. > :03:14.haggle. If I was in a shop, no, that is the price it is, that is the

:03:15. > :03:29.price you pay. It is worth sending an e-mail. If

:03:30. > :03:31.you don't ask, you don't find out. I would be quite forceful and asking

:03:32. > :03:36.for money back if it wasn't the right service, but I wouldn't ever

:03:37. > :03:40.say, I don't like that price, I will ask for a better one.

:03:41. > :03:51.I think British people prefer to... They don't like haggling. If you are

:03:52. > :03:57.buying something more expensive, I think you can haggle. If you are

:03:58. > :03:59.buying a ?10 shirt, I think you're being stingy to try to haggle!

:04:00. > :04:02.Interesting. Jasmine Birtles, personal finance

:04:03. > :04:09.expert, is here with us now. Haggling face-to-face Israeli

:04:10. > :04:14.tricky, so maybe haggling online is easier, because you don't have to

:04:15. > :04:18.deal with someone so directly. That is a good point, and once you work

:04:19. > :04:22.out that you at Chouly can do it, it's not that hard. You need a

:04:23. > :04:26.little bit of persistence, and you need to know a little bit how to get

:04:27. > :04:33.to the person to speak to. One of the ways that you do it is by going,

:04:34. > :04:38.almost buying it, so getting your item to the checkout, and then

:04:39. > :04:41.leaving it. A lot of websites have software that can work out who it

:04:42. > :04:46.is, that you have left something there, so they will e-mail you and

:04:47. > :04:50.say, did you not like it, don't you want it? And you can say, I would,

:04:51. > :04:55.but it's just a little bit too expensive, and this other website,

:04:56. > :05:02.they are offering it, can you help on that at all? Where is that while

:05:03. > :05:09.taking place? Are you talking to an individual or a computer? It is a

:05:10. > :05:17.good point. Sometimes it is a bot that gets in touch, so then you look

:05:18. > :05:22.for the customer services, a chat room, whatever gets to a person, and

:05:23. > :05:26.then you can do the actual negotiating online, the same as you

:05:27. > :05:31.would face-to-face. Lots of people, when they try to switch energy

:05:32. > :05:36.providers or perhaps TV providers, it is a form of haggling, you go

:05:37. > :05:40.along and say, actually, so-and-so has got a better price, you don't

:05:41. > :05:45.realise it, but that is haggling, because you are hoping to bring your

:05:46. > :05:49.subscription down. Certainly with insurance, particularly with car

:05:50. > :05:53.insurance where there is a huge amount of competition, if the

:05:54. > :05:57.company that you are with says it is going to be this amount, you go to a

:05:58. > :06:02.comparison site, have a look and see what there is an go, so-and-so is

:06:03. > :06:06.offering this, can you do the same? So you can stay with the same one,

:06:07. > :06:09.and they will say that they will be that.

:06:10. > :06:15.So what is your check list of things it is worth trying to do online

:06:16. > :06:20.haggling for? As the guy at the end said, things that are costing a

:06:21. > :06:23.decent amount, I suppose even if it is ten quid, you can still haggle a

:06:24. > :06:28.bit, but certainly I would say with things like clothes, furniture

:06:29. > :06:32.definitely, there is some money there. There are some things like

:06:33. > :06:36.gadgets that there isn't much room for movement, high Street or online,

:06:37. > :06:41.they have small margins, but it is always worth a try, whatever. They

:06:42. > :06:44.can only say no. I love it, always worth a try! It is six minutes past

:06:45. > :06:46.nine. We'll be speaking to the author

:06:47. > :08:20.Joanna Trollope in a moment I'll be back at 1.30

:08:21. > :08:22.with the lunchtime news. Do successful women approach work

:08:23. > :08:33.differently to successful men? That's the question best-selling

:08:34. > :08:44.author Joanna Trollope has set out Have you been setting out to answer

:08:45. > :08:47.it or ask it? I'm not trying to ask any questions or tell anybody what a

:08:48. > :08:52.thing, I just want to start the conversation. I just want people

:08:53. > :08:57.talking about women in work, because there are so many women in work

:08:58. > :09:02.these days. For my generation, quite rare. For my daughter was my

:09:03. > :09:05.generation, most people do work. My granddaughter's generation, they

:09:06. > :09:13.wouldn't think of not working. Can you imagine life without work? No, I

:09:14. > :09:18.would always work. What you're doing is reflecting life in the book. I am

:09:19. > :09:24.trying to, but I don't think there any novels about work. There are six

:09:25. > :09:29.novels about the trading floor, but those don't really count. Those are

:09:30. > :09:33.raunchy in their own right, but these are novels about the way that

:09:34. > :09:35.men and women work, because I don't think the two genders work quite the

:09:36. > :09:41.same way. City Of Friends focuses

:09:42. > :09:43.on a group of forty-something businesswomen who are trying

:09:44. > :09:49.to balance their personal Four women in the late 40s who

:09:50. > :09:56.already economic and became friends because they were the only girls in

:09:57. > :10:02.the class. -- they all read economics. I chose finance because

:10:03. > :10:05.it is the typical male Bastian of work, and I wanted to set my

:10:06. > :10:13.characters as much of a challenge as I possibly could. So they are four

:10:14. > :10:18.friends working in different aspects of the finance industry, so I did my

:10:19. > :10:23.research in the City, in Canary Wharf. Did you move there? I live in

:10:24. > :10:29.London anyway, so I was on the Jubilee line a lot. And it was

:10:30. > :10:33.extremely impressive. These are senior women and managing director

:10:34. > :10:37.level in various aspects. But the book opens with a great start to the

:10:38. > :10:43.plot which is that a woman in a senior job has her life outside work

:10:44. > :10:47.becoming too much, too big, and she needs to do something to rebalance

:10:48. > :10:52.it, and in trying to rebalance it, it all goes wrong. It does. It

:10:53. > :11:00.starts with somebody being sacked, which I think is traumatic. I am of

:11:01. > :11:05.a generation where one never really expected to be sacked, and I never

:11:06. > :11:09.expected to be out of work, and for the younger generations now, finding

:11:10. > :11:12.work is a real problem. But you did go into a conventional workplace at

:11:13. > :11:18.the beginning of your working life? I was a civil servant, I worked for

:11:19. > :11:21.the Foreign Office. Then I learned to teach, because in my day that was

:11:22. > :11:28.something you could do round having children, so it was a kind of...

:11:29. > :11:31.Accommodating. Society was pleased with you having babies, but it

:11:32. > :11:36.wasn't terribly pleased with you for wanting to work. Would you have

:11:37. > :11:41.liked to have had your time a little later? To have had the life that

:11:42. > :11:45.young women have now? The opportunities are extraordinary.

:11:46. > :11:51.When I left university in the late 60s, we were told we could teach or

:11:52. > :11:55.nurse or be a civil servant. That was really the opportunities. And I

:11:56. > :12:03.remember my best friend saying to me then, I think we are going to have

:12:04. > :12:06.to get married. Disaster! You talk about how men and women work

:12:07. > :12:14.together, but what other problems that you really think of the

:12:15. > :12:17.difficult for women now? Not really their male colleagues, because so

:12:18. > :12:19.many of the women I talked to and interviewed said men had been

:12:20. > :12:25.incredibly helpful to them as they went up the ladder. But the radar

:12:26. > :12:29.they wanted to stay under was the media radar, because then it was

:12:30. > :12:34.immediately about their weight, their shoes, their make-up, whether

:12:35. > :12:39.they were in a relationship. The pressure from images of what you are

:12:40. > :12:42.supposed to be like? The media is still very old-fashioned and has not

:12:43. > :12:48.caught up with the working woman, the working girl. And can be cruel.

:12:49. > :12:53.Very cruel and judgment call. And a lot of people saying that this is

:12:54. > :12:59.quite a different thing from the kind of books used to expect from

:13:00. > :13:07.you. Again, the media has promoted me as a cosy, charming, provincial

:13:08. > :13:09.writer. I am actually quite subversive and also extremely

:13:10. > :13:14.topical and contemporary. This is a novel for young working women to

:13:15. > :13:17.read, not their grandmothers. Although I hope their grandmothers

:13:18. > :13:21.will, because I think as you were suggesting, a lot of their

:13:22. > :13:24.grandmothers would have loved to have worked if society had permitted

:13:25. > :13:30.them to. And men can read it, too? There are a lot of men in the book,

:13:31. > :13:34.they can definitely read it, and they come out very well,

:13:35. > :13:37.beautifully. Joanna, thank you for joining us.

:13:38. > :13:40.Joanna's book is called City of Friends.

:13:41. > :13:49.In Britain we have a passion for property,

:13:50. > :13:53.and of course, our national obsession is house prices.

:13:54. > :13:58.You're looking at about 1.7 million for an apartment like this.

:13:59. > :14:03.But housing is about so much more than bricks and mortar.