20/03/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.Hello this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker.

:00:08. > :00:09.A warning that home care services are in crisis

:00:10. > :00:12.because providers can't recruit enough staff.

:00:13. > :00:15.New research suggests a quarter of the Uk's home care firms

:00:16. > :00:19.are at risk of insolvency and many have had to pull out of contracts

:00:20. > :00:42.A man is questioned by police over the murder of a 1-year-old boy

:00:43. > :00:45.and the attempt to murder his twin sister.

:00:46. > :00:48.Politicians in the United States, begin hearings into Russia's alleged

:00:49. > :00:58.involvement in last November's presidential elections.

:00:59. > :01:04.We've a special report this morning looking at the extent of doping

:01:05. > :01:07.I'm at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire to explore some

:01:08. > :01:14.of the ideas they've come up with to tackle the problem

:01:15. > :01:17.Also this morning, on the 100th birthday of Dame Vera Lynn -

:01:18. > :01:24.her picture is projected where else but on the White Cliffs of Dover.

:01:25. > :01:39.It will turn colder for today. This week, temperatures below average and

:01:40. > :01:45.the sum today will be wet and windy. Home care companies say they're

:01:46. > :01:50.in crisis because they can't recruit enough staff to meet

:01:51. > :01:52.the growing demand. Research commissioned

:01:53. > :01:54.by the BBC's Panorama suggests nearly 1 in 4 homecare companies

:01:55. > :01:57.are at risk of insolvency, with 69 closing in the past

:01:58. > :02:16.three months alone. Amanda is one of 100,000 workers in

:02:17. > :02:22.the UK. Today she is with the former teacher with multiple sclerosis. She

:02:23. > :02:26.is paid just above the national living wage and like many care

:02:27. > :02:34.workers struggles to make ends meet. She is also on a zero hour contract.

:02:35. > :02:40.Because I did not have a content, they would not allow me to buy a

:02:41. > :02:48.house or anything like that. It is hard. Amanda is one of 200 employed

:02:49. > :02:54.by this company. It is paid by local councils to provide local care but

:02:55. > :03:01.it currently has 30 staff vacancies and is struggling to take on new

:03:02. > :03:07.clients. Last year, the company stop providing care for one council and

:03:08. > :03:14.handed back the contract. Conry council says it is committed to

:03:15. > :03:18.support its vulnerable people in the community despite financial

:03:19. > :03:23.challenges. But it is not alone. Almost 100 councils have had

:03:24. > :03:30.home-care contracts handed back to them. The government declined

:03:31. > :03:35.interview but in a statement that it will be bringing forward proposals

:03:36. > :03:41.to make sure of a more sustainable care system. With more of us living

:03:42. > :03:43.longer and a growing shortage of care workers, the pressure on people

:03:44. > :03:46.like Amanda will continue to grow. Panorama is on BBC One

:03:47. > :03:49.tonight at half past 8, except for viewers in Wales,

:03:50. > :03:51.who can see the investigation on Week In, Week Out

:03:52. > :03:55.at the same time. Police have arrested a man

:03:56. > :03:57.on suspicion of murdering a 1-year-old boy at

:03:58. > :04:00.a flat in North London. The man will also be questioned

:04:01. > :04:04.on suspicion of attempting to murder a girl, thought to be

:04:05. > :04:06.the boy's twin sister. Our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn

:04:07. > :04:26.is in North London for us now. As you can see, the police cordon is

:04:27. > :04:32.still in place on Wilberforce Road. Police were called on Saturday night

:04:33. > :04:36.to the top floor flat of a property just behind me on this street.

:04:37. > :04:41.Neighbours had reported hearing shouting and screaming at witnesses

:04:42. > :04:45.said they saw of woman running to the middle of the street and

:04:46. > :04:52.appealing for help. When police arrived, they found two very young

:04:53. > :04:56.children with serious injuries. They are believed to be twins. They were

:04:57. > :05:06.taken to hospital but sadly the little boy and died a short time

:05:07. > :05:12.later. They put out a name of a man, Bidhya Sagar Das, widely reported

:05:13. > :05:16.yesterday to be the children's father. The Metropolitan police

:05:17. > :05:24.reported last night they had arrested that man and is being held

:05:25. > :05:26.at an East London police station. The little girl is still in a

:05:27. > :05:29.critical but stable condition. A month on from the renewed

:05:30. > :05:32.offensive to re-take Iraq's city of Mosul from so-called

:05:33. > :05:34.Islamic State, millions of people

:05:35. > :05:37.are facing a new crisis. Thousands have fled

:05:38. > :05:40.the western half of the city in recent weeks but those who remain

:05:41. > :05:43.are experiencing shortages of food Our Middle East correspondent

:05:44. > :05:50.Orla Guerin reports. In the clamour for help,

:05:51. > :05:53.many go empty-handed. The gunfire from Iraqi soldiers

:05:54. > :06:00.trying to control the crowd Survivors of the caliphate,

:06:01. > :06:12.now at risk from hunger. In the distance, smoke

:06:13. > :06:15.from an IS car bomb. But those who flee the fighting

:06:16. > :06:22.here end up in overcrowded camps. There are no good options

:06:23. > :06:31.for the people of Western Mosul. Local people here tell us this

:06:32. > :06:34.is the first aid supplies They say they have no running water,

:06:35. > :06:38.no electricity, no access People in the queue are really

:06:39. > :06:44.afraid that the food is going to run out before they've

:06:45. > :06:48.been able to get some. Barely able to walk,

:06:49. > :06:51.but with many mouths to feed, Hamda Mohamed, whose family

:06:52. > :06:56.is living on bread and water. I'm crying, she says,

:06:57. > :07:32.because my children don't understand The battle may be in its final phase

:07:33. > :07:35.but there is much to rebuild, including a divided community.

:07:36. > :07:37.Theresa May will travel to south Wales this morning

:07:38. > :07:40.with the Brexit Secretary David Davis and will meet

:07:41. > :07:43.The Prime Minister will reiterate her commitment again

:07:44. > :07:45.to what she calls the precious union of the UK.

:07:46. > :07:49.The visit comes as a report by the think tank the Institute

:07:50. > :07:51.for Government warns that the enormity of delivering

:07:52. > :07:53.Brexit will leave little parliamentary time

:07:54. > :07:59.The director of the FBI, James Comey, will give evidence

:08:00. > :08:01.today about alleged Russian interference

:08:02. > :08:05.Appearing before the House Intelligence Committee,

:08:06. > :08:08.he's also expected to face questions about a second explosive issue -

:08:09. > :08:10.President Trump's claim that his predecessor,

:08:11. > :08:17.Barack Obama, authorised a wire-tap of Trump Tower during the campaign.

:08:18. > :08:19.In a rare move, MPs from four committees -

:08:20. > :08:21.across Transport, Health and the Environment -

:08:22. > :08:24.are coming together to look at the issue of air pollution.

:08:25. > :08:26.They'll scrutinise whether government plans aimed

:08:27. > :08:36.at tackling the problem go far enough, as Andy Moore explains.

:08:37. > :08:38.A bus that looks clean enough, but technology shows

:08:39. > :08:43.Much of this pollution comes from nitrogen dioxide

:08:44. > :08:58.Paulette quality is -- poor air quality is contributing to a lot of

:08:59. > :08:58.deaths. Diesel vehicles once thought to be

:08:59. > :09:01.part of the solution are now seen The problem is one that cuts

:09:02. > :09:06.across many branches of government. The House of Commons believes

:09:07. > :09:09.it is best to use resources A total of four sessions will be

:09:10. > :09:20.held jointly by these committees. The Environmental Audit Committee,

:09:21. > :09:22.the Environment Food and Rural affairs committee,

:09:23. > :09:23.health and transport. Their job will be to look at plans

:09:24. > :09:27.to tackle urban air pollution. Last November, the High Court said

:09:28. > :09:33.the government must come up with a plan to tackle air pollution

:09:34. > :09:37.in the cities by the 23rd of April. A full plan must be in place

:09:38. > :09:40.by the end of July. Last month, the European Union

:09:41. > :09:44.said 16 parts of the UK were breaching air

:09:45. > :09:45.quality directives. It is giving the government to come

:09:46. > :09:49.up with a scheme to defeat the problem or face

:09:50. > :09:53.a multi-million pound fine. They recently announced a further

:09:54. > :09:57.?200 million in funding They recently announced a further

:09:58. > :10:00.?290 million in funding The Force's Sweetheart,

:10:01. > :10:09.Dame Vera Lynn, To mark the occasion, a 350

:10:10. > :10:25.foot image of her is being projected on to the White Cliffs

:10:26. > :10:27.of Dover today. A pair of wartime spitfires

:10:28. > :10:30.will also do a display Dame Vera said she feels

:10:31. > :10:50.incredibly humbled by efforts Beautiful. There have been a few

:10:51. > :10:55.private parties but a lovely way. Did you know that the bluebirds in

:10:56. > :11:02.the song are not bluebirds but the RAF servicemen in their uniforms.

:11:03. > :11:11.That is why they pay you the big bucks. Exactly. You could learn from

:11:12. > :11:17.me. It is UN happy day to day and we will be talking about what makes you

:11:18. > :11:26.happy. Outside the normal things. The UN says smile, share, eat

:11:27. > :11:32.healthily, give back, spent some time with friends and family and

:11:33. > :11:36.sometimes alone, listen to music, be charitable and say it all the more

:11:37. > :11:44.instead of none the less. No hints of chocolate. We did quite a lot of

:11:45. > :11:50.smiling and sharing. Healthy Breakfast... I think I failed. I

:11:51. > :12:00.will not go into details. Some of the front pages. The first 24-hour

:12:01. > :12:06.drone unit is to be launched as forces may have to rely on it as

:12:07. > :12:15.failing officer numbers. We talked a lot about the humanitarian crisis in

:12:16. > :12:22.Africa. They are talking about this six month old little girl, a victim

:12:23. > :12:28.of the terrible drought in Somalia. The Daily Telegraph talking about

:12:29. > :12:35.Dame Vera Lynn. They have an image of Dame Vera Lynn on the White

:12:36. > :12:44.Cliffs of Dover. And BBC demands top billing in law. The director of

:12:45. > :12:51.radio and education says the shows must have more TV Guide in the age

:12:52. > :12:56.of digital era as viewing habits are changing all the time. More of a

:12:57. > :13:03.push to make traditional television more well-placed. Suggestions that

:13:04. > :13:08.retirement posts could be hit because of the change... The U-turn

:13:09. > :13:15.from the budget last week. French and Saunders apparently turned down

:13:16. > :13:25.the offer of a job worth ?2.5 million. They did not want too much

:13:26. > :13:32.cake. Some of the inside pages. I love this. The little girl who looks

:13:33. > :13:38.exactly like Ed Sheeran. The mother 's sister put the picture on social

:13:39. > :13:45.media to start with and then the mother, who was 21, said she is

:13:46. > :13:50.amazed that it has gone viral. Apparently the little girl has

:13:51. > :14:03.started watching him and quite likes it. It is canning. -- uncanny. The

:14:04. > :14:08.mouth position as well. Absolutely brilliant. The front page of The

:14:09. > :14:21.Guardian. The story we are also covering, about Donald Trump and his

:14:22. > :14:33.wiretapping claims. How much do you spend on a date? It has been a

:14:34. > :14:38.while! ?129 on a date. What! Where is all that money going. The

:14:39. > :14:50.European counterparts, in France or Germany, ?46. In Italy, 47 pounds.

:14:51. > :15:01.?55 in Spain. We spend more than anyone else. Cabs. Is there an out

:15:02. > :15:09.fit? It is meant to be catching a, potentially a new outfits. --A taxi.

:15:10. > :15:17.If anyone wants to take the out on a date for 120 pounds I will be happy.

:15:18. > :15:29.You are cheap, are you! LAUGHTER let's have a look at the weather.

:15:30. > :15:34.The weather this week is changing behind this weather front, here,

:15:35. > :15:38.because as the front pushes south, much colder air is going to seep in

:15:39. > :15:42.behind it. Lastly, we had temperatures above average. This

:15:43. > :15:48.week, we will see temperatures below average for this stage of March. You

:15:49. > :15:54.can see the south or the onto double-figure temperatures that is

:15:55. > :15:58.in contrast with the north, which is in a single figures. A wet and windy

:15:59. > :16:03.start. Strong winds across the western Isles at the moment.

:16:04. > :16:07.Possibly touching storm fronts as that transfers into Orkney. Here is

:16:08. > :16:11.the weather front producing all the rain slipping southwards. Then a

:16:12. > :16:15.fresh of showers are going to come in behind it. By evening, we will

:16:16. > :16:19.notice some of those will be wintry. This morning, any winteriness will

:16:20. > :16:22.be largely on the hills. In between the showers in Scotland, there will

:16:23. > :16:28.be some sunshine, but gusty with the western Isles. The Northern Ireland,

:16:29. > :16:32.a quiet start of the day, but we are looking at the odd shower. Then

:16:33. > :16:36.across England and Wales, we run into all this rain. Some of this

:16:37. > :16:40.will be happy. At this, there will be sent dampness around with some

:16:41. > :16:49.drizzle. And quite a bit of cloud. But not as cold a start for the day.

:16:50. > :16:55.Tens and Ian Evans. The weather will be a little like it was yesterday.

:16:56. > :16:58.-- 11s. Still windy. The strongest winds in the afternoon across the

:16:59. > :17:03.Northern Isles. Temperatures starting to slip down. Through this

:17:04. > :17:06.evening and into the overnight, we will lose the rain to the

:17:07. > :17:10.south-east. It will be cold. Still a little breezy. Look at the showers

:17:11. > :17:13.coming in. Even at low levels across Northern Ireland and parts of

:17:14. > :17:17.Scotland, there will be some of that so. Possibly northern England as

:17:18. > :17:22.well. With such low temperatures, there is a risk of ice to look out

:17:23. > :17:26.for later on tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow we started with the

:17:27. > :17:33.showers. Increasing threat the day there will be more rain at lower

:17:34. > :17:37.levels. Further south, there will be some rain, but dry weather in

:17:38. > :17:41.between. In some eastern areas, particularly in the hills, there

:17:42. > :17:44.will mist the showers altogether. Look at the temperatures again

:17:45. > :17:48.slipping down. Just relieve the far south-east that is holding on to

:17:49. > :17:51.double figures. Then as we go through Tuesday night, another

:17:52. > :17:55.finger of rain comes up in the south-west. This could deposit some

:17:56. > :18:00.snow on the hills and mountains in Wales. Possibly in two northern

:18:01. > :18:05.England, too. And it will be quite windy and cold. A cold start to the

:18:06. > :18:08.Dale Wednesday. Again, watch out for ice on services. Here is the

:18:09. > :18:13.forecast for Wednesday. A real mixture. Some rain around. Writers

:18:14. > :18:16.goes and also a few showers. So once again, this week, there is something

:18:17. > :18:22.in the forecast for almost everybody.

:18:23. > :18:33.Will be asking you soon what makes you happy. So get your thinking cap

:18:34. > :18:35.on. Should we tell everybody what makes you happy? It is Donald the

:18:36. > :18:53.cat. It is 6:18. We've heard a lot about doping

:18:54. > :18:55.in professional sport, but now there's a warning

:18:56. > :18:58.about the use of performance Kat is at Hartpury College,

:18:59. > :19:02.Gloucestershire for us this morning where a lot of work is going

:19:03. > :19:09.into tackling the issue, Good morning. Yes. The message at

:19:10. > :19:13.Hartpury College is very clear. Starkey on the side of the pitches

:19:14. > :19:16.is a big sign saying that doping is cheating. They say they are

:19:17. > :19:19.committed to keeping this College in particular it clean. It is one of

:19:20. > :19:23.the first colleges in the country that is signing up to a clean sport

:19:24. > :19:26.commitment, selling that has been pushed to make sure that doping is

:19:27. > :19:29.stamped out in sport, whether professional or amateur. We have all

:19:30. > :19:34.heard of high-profile cases in the news, like Lance Armstrong. And the

:19:35. > :19:37.Russian athletics scene. And Usain Bolt recently being stripped of one

:19:38. > :19:44.of this gold medals because of one of this tin plates -- one of this

:19:45. > :19:48.teammates being found guilty of doping. But doping is an increasing

:19:49. > :19:52.problem in amateur sport, as well. Katie Gilmore has more.

:19:53. > :19:59.Daim, Glory, muggy. There are many reasons why professional athletes

:20:00. > :20:04.take performance-enhancing drugs. Sport is overwhelmed with complex.

:20:05. > :20:10.Lance Armstrong has ended years of denial by admitting using points

:20:11. > :20:16.enhancing drugs. -- performers. But what is harder to understand is why

:20:17. > :20:21.amateur is would be doping. This man was a cyclist who started taking a

:20:22. > :20:27.number of substances to improve this performance. He was banned in 2014

:20:28. > :20:33.after refusing a test. This situation happened when I was 39

:20:34. > :20:37.years old. I did not do a lot of racing. The main thing was

:20:38. > :20:43.curiosity. What does this do? How much of a benefit does this give

:20:44. > :20:48.you? I don't think for amateurs is about winning. I think you have a

:20:49. > :20:55.situation where people are overweight, want to get in shape.

:20:56. > :21:02.And then when you want to do a mouth on or a long bike ride, so be

:21:03. > :21:09.competitive, they can come out more healthy. And this is far from an

:21:10. > :21:15.isolated case. A poll carried out by the BBC of amateur sports people and

:21:16. > :21:19.the UK said that half believed that the use of performance enhancing

:21:20. > :21:23.substances was widespread. A similar number said they are easily

:21:24. > :21:30.available amongst those who play sport regularly. More than one third

:21:31. > :21:35.said they know somebody who has used these substances, at 8% say they

:21:36. > :21:41.knew somebody who use steroids. -- said they had used steroids. The

:21:42. > :21:45.user that amateur level is alarming. But that does confirm what UK

:21:46. > :21:50.Anti-Doping has long suspected, and also seen, through some of our

:21:51. > :21:55.intelligence testing. This is the frontline in the fight to keep sport

:21:56. > :22:00.clean, a joint operation between and UK Anti-Doping, targeting those who

:22:01. > :22:05.supply drugs. However, it is not against the law to use steroids for

:22:06. > :22:08.personal use. So those motivated by vanity, rather than victory, are

:22:09. > :22:13.they really doing anything wrong? We took our findings to an in doping

:22:14. > :22:20.behaviour at Sheffield Hallam university. This is actually the

:22:21. > :22:23.dark side of exercise. You are not using the services is to improve

:22:24. > :22:27.your health. Your performance and how you look to other people. How

:22:28. > :22:32.you look to yourself. Just how serious a health issue you think

:22:33. > :22:36.this could be? You are using substances that are meant to treat

:22:37. > :22:41.diseases. You are mist using them without a prescription. You are

:22:42. > :22:45.cheating, but also putting your life at risk. But however the authorities

:22:46. > :22:48.responded the issue, athletes at every level in every sport will

:22:49. > :22:54.always be willing to cut corners, whatever the risks.

:22:55. > :23:01.So some alarming findings there in that new BBC survey out today. I am

:23:02. > :23:05.doing here in the early morning middle and grizzle by the

:23:06. > :23:12.performance last manager here at Hartpury College. A giver coming out

:23:13. > :23:18.so early. So 50% of amateurs warts people said that they think it is

:23:19. > :23:24.widespread. -- sports people. What you think of those figures? At a

:23:25. > :23:28.surprising? I would not necessarily say surprising. I don't think the

:23:29. > :23:32.problem is quite as big as that. I think that drugs are obviously

:23:33. > :23:41.widely available on the Internet, but whether there are as many people

:23:42. > :23:45.involved or if it is a little bit dramatised by the media with high

:23:46. > :23:49.profile cases... I am not sure that it is quite as big as that. It is

:23:50. > :23:53.all about educating people, really. Had you go about educating the

:23:54. > :23:57.hundreds of students it? Would you doing to ensure that way nor if they

:23:58. > :24:01.get into professional sport, high-level sport, even just as

:24:02. > :24:08.amateurs, that they are not tempted to take drugs? We have signed up as

:24:09. > :24:12.a college to the UK Anti-Doping clean sport university accreditation

:24:13. > :24:18.scheme. Tell us that means we are delivering a series of education to

:24:19. > :24:22.our student athletes. Both those that are competing at an elite

:24:23. > :24:27.level, and also just university teens at a lower level. It is things

:24:28. > :24:31.like workshops, one to ones, and helping them make important

:24:32. > :24:36.decisions. Even simple things are going to the doctor, understanding

:24:37. > :24:40.the occasions if they have medications that could be on the

:24:41. > :24:45.prohibited list. Things like that. Thank you for bringing us up to date

:24:46. > :24:49.on what you are doing. And we will bring you some more on what is

:24:50. > :25:00.happening here at Hartpury College. That BBC survey is part of the BBC's

:25:01. > :25:02.State of Sport Week. You can find out more about that on the TV and

:25:03. > :25:11.online. But now, back to you guys. We will have the rest of the sports

:25:12. > :25:15.news coming up. The Six Nations obviously has just come. Some of

:25:16. > :25:19.those figures in that survey are staggering. She said that 50% of

:25:20. > :25:23.amateur sports men and women are aware of drug is going on around

:25:24. > :25:26.them. So much more from her this morning.

:25:27. > :25:31.We'd like to know what makes you happy.

:25:32. > :25:33.It's the international Day of Happiness today.

:25:34. > :25:38.We are going to share with you pictures of things that makes us

:25:39. > :25:45.happy and practice. Here is the most important thing. Macaroons. Look at

:25:46. > :25:52.that. A certain person next to me happened to bring those in this

:25:53. > :26:00.morning. Our overnight workers work from 9pm through to nine a.m.. The

:26:01. > :26:07.next one is your dog, Sadie, which you brought in last week. There you

:26:08. > :26:14.are. Look at the smile on your face. Ihler Cathy, she looks confused.

:26:15. > :26:23.What am I doing here, mum? -- look at her there. That is beautiful. A

:26:24. > :26:27.hug from Carol Kirkwood. That is a rarity. She came into the studio a

:26:28. > :26:34.few weeks ago. It was like a royal visit. Finish the day with a big

:26:35. > :26:37.hug. I bet that was one of your happiest broadcasting moments. We

:26:38. > :26:38.would like to know what makes you happy.

:26:39. > :26:40.You can email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk

:26:41. > :26:43.or share your thoughts with other viewers on our Facebook page.

:26:44. > :26:46.And you can Tweet about today's stories

:26:47. > :30:19.Let's have a happiness then this morning. We will do our

:30:20. > :30:25.Now though it's back to Sally and Dan.

:30:26. > :30:28.Hello this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker.

:30:29. > :30:38.Millions of people across the UK are being affected by air pollution

:30:39. > :30:41.and now, in an unusual move, MPs are joining together to look

:30:42. > :30:46.We'll ask one MP if it can make a difference.

:30:47. > :30:49.Also this morning, there's a warning children are feeling stressed,

:30:50. > :30:51.angry and anxious because of a social media craze.

:30:52. > :31:05.We'll get advice for parents from the NSPCC.

:31:06. > :31:08.And after nine, we have the stars of the quiz show The Chase

:31:09. > :31:14.on the sofa to talk about being in the final

:31:15. > :31:19.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:20. > :31:22.Home care companies say they're in crisis because they can't recruit

:31:23. > :31:25.enough staff to meet the growing demand.

:31:26. > :31:27.Research commissioned by the BBC's Panorama suggests

:31:28. > :31:32.nearly 1 in 4 homecare companies are at risk of insolvency -

:31:33. > :31:36.with 69 closing in the past three months alone.

:31:37. > :31:42.Amanda Hopewell is one of the UK's 800,000 homecare workers.

:31:43. > :31:44.Today she is with former teacher, William Williams,

:31:45. > :31:57.Amanda is paid ?7.55 an hour, just above the national living wage,

:31:58. > :32:00.and like many care workers struggles to make ends meet.

:32:01. > :32:03.She is also on a zero hours contract, which means her hours

:32:04. > :32:06.They did look into buying a house four years ago.

:32:07. > :32:09.But because I did not have a content, they would not

:32:10. > :32:12.allow me to buy a house or anything like that.

:32:13. > :32:18.Amanda is one of 200 staff employed by a family-run company.

:32:19. > :32:22.It is paid by local councils to provide homecare across the areas

:32:23. > :32:25.but it currently has 30 staff vacancies and is struggling to take

:32:26. > :32:34.Last year, the company stopped providing care for one council,

:32:35. > :32:41.Conwy council says it is committed to supporting vulnerable people

:32:42. > :32:45.in communities despite financial challenges.

:32:46. > :32:51.Our research reveals that across the UK, almost 100 councils

:32:52. > :32:54.have had home-care contracts handed back to them.

:32:55. > :32:58.The UK government declined to be interviewed but in a statement said

:32:59. > :33:01.it will be bringing forward proposals later this year to ensure

:33:02. > :33:08.a more financially sustainable social care system.

:33:09. > :33:12.With more of us living longer and a growing shortage of care

:33:13. > :33:15.workers, the pressure on people like Amanda will continue to grow.

:33:16. > :33:22.Panorama is on BBC One tonight at half past 8,

:33:23. > :33:25.except for viewers in Wales, who can see the investigation

:33:26. > :33:28.on Week In, Week Out at the same time.

:33:29. > :33:31.Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering

:33:32. > :33:33.a one-year-old boy at a flat in North London.

:33:34. > :33:35.The man will also be questioned on suspicion

:33:36. > :33:39.of attempting to murder a girl, thought to be the boy's twin sister.

:33:40. > :33:42.The boy died in the early hours of Sunday and the girl remains

:33:43. > :33:49.Police in Ghana say at least 17 people have died after a fallen tree

:33:50. > :33:52.hit people swimming beneath a waterfall.

:33:53. > :33:54.The accident happened at Kintampo Falls,

:33:55. > :34:03.It is thought the tree had been uprooted by a powerful storm.

:34:04. > :34:05.Most of the people killed were students.

:34:06. > :34:08.The president of the app-based taxi service, Uber, has resigned

:34:09. > :34:11.after less than six months in the job.

:34:12. > :34:13.Jeff Jones said recent controversies over claims of a poor

:34:14. > :34:17.working culture and sexual harassment at the company

:34:18. > :34:23.Big changes in calculating personal injury insurance payouts come

:34:24. > :34:25.into effect today, which will mean higher compensation for some,

:34:26. > :34:31.It comes after pressure from disability groups to lower

:34:32. > :34:34.the discount rate - which determines how much the NHS,

:34:35. > :34:37.or insurance companies, must pay up front to successful

:34:38. > :34:45.claimants to cover their lifetime care.

:34:46. > :34:47.In a rare move, MPs from four committees -

:34:48. > :34:49.across Transport, Health and the Environment -

:34:50. > :34:52.are coming together to look at the issue of air pollution.

:34:53. > :34:54.They'll scrutinise whether government plans aimed

:34:55. > :34:57.at tackling the problem go far enough, as Andy Moore explains.

:34:58. > :34:59.A bus that looks clean enough, but technology shows

:35:00. > :35:13.Poor air quality is contributing to a lot of deaths.

:35:14. > :35:16.Much of this pollution comes from nitrogen dioxide

:35:17. > :35:20.Diesel vehicles once thought to be part of the solution are now seen

:35:21. > :35:25.The problem is one that cuts across many branches of government.

:35:26. > :35:28.The House of Commons believes it is best to use resources

:35:29. > :35:35.A total of four sessions will be held jointly by these committees.

:35:36. > :35:45.The Environmental Audit Committee, the Environment Food and Rural

:35:46. > :35:47.affairs committee, Health and transport.

:35:48. > :35:50.Their job will be to look at plans to tackle urban air pollution.

:35:51. > :35:59.Last November, the High Court said the government must come up

:36:00. > :36:03.with a plan to tackle air pollution in the cities by the 24th of April.

:36:04. > :36:06.A full plan must be in place by the end of July.

:36:07. > :36:09.Last month, the European Union said 16 parts of the UK

:36:10. > :36:10.were breaching air quality directives.

:36:11. > :36:14.It is giving the government to come up with a scheme to defeat

:36:15. > :36:17.the problem or face a multi-million pound fine.

:36:18. > :36:19.They recently announced a further ?290 million in funding

:36:20. > :36:30.One of the world's top surfers has made an amazing comeback

:36:31. > :36:33.after he nearly died in an accident less than 2 years ago.

:36:34. > :36:35.Owen Wright suffered a severe brain injury while taking

:36:36. > :36:38.on one of the world's most dangerous waves,

:36:39. > :36:48.But the Australian surfer's just won the first event of this year's

:36:49. > :36:54.World Surf League's Championship Tour on the Gold Coast.

:36:55. > :37:03.Understandably, there were some very emotional scenes at the end of that

:37:04. > :37:06.competition - with Wright himself saying that the win

:37:07. > :37:18.That takes quite some doing. 20 odd months after almost dying. Very well

:37:19. > :37:19.done. Let's get the sport now -

:37:20. > :37:30.and Kat is out in Gloucestershire She is speaking about the use of

:37:31. > :37:39.drugs in amateur sports but also the rest of the sporting news. A grisly

:37:40. > :37:45.day. It is the beginning of the BBC state of sport week. I am here to

:37:46. > :37:51.learn about the problems of doping not only in professional sport but

:37:52. > :37:58.amateur sport. Around 50% of sportswomen and sportsmen say it is

:37:59. > :38:02.widespread in amateur sport. We will look at what they are doing,

:38:03. > :38:07.particularly here in Hartpury College, one of the first to be

:38:08. > :38:14.accredited by anti- doping in the fight against doping. I will be

:38:15. > :38:19.talking to more people here at the college later in the morning but

:38:20. > :38:22.lets look at some of the issues in professional sport if you like.

:38:23. > :38:25.The main game of the day in the Premier League yesterday

:38:26. > :38:28.was between third and fourth place as Manchester City drew

:38:29. > :38:31.A penalty from James Milner put Liverpool ahead before

:38:32. > :38:42.Third placed City are now 12 points behind the league leaders Chelsea.

:38:43. > :38:54.It is one of the most special days in my life. How we recovered today,

:38:55. > :38:59.because Liverpool is a top, top team. I want to stay with those guys

:39:00. > :39:02.with a long, long time I want to stay here and help the club make the

:39:03. > :39:04.step forward. I am more and more

:39:05. > :39:06.fine with the result. I struggled a little bit

:39:07. > :39:11.at the final whistle to be really happy about...but of course

:39:12. > :39:14.it is a success to get a point against City and to play like this.

:39:15. > :39:18.It not happens not every day so that means, yeah, it is absolutely more

:39:19. > :39:22.than OK what we did today. Second-placed Tottenham are ten

:39:23. > :39:24.points behind the league leaders after a two-one win over Southampton

:39:25. > :39:27.at White Hart Lane. They beat managerless

:39:28. > :39:30.Middlesbrough three-one, Jesse Lingard here with

:39:31. > :39:36.the pick of the goals. Celtic are now just one win away

:39:37. > :39:38.from clinching They beat Dundee 2-1 yesterday

:39:39. > :39:42.and could wrap up the title Wigan Warriors are

:39:43. > :39:47.top of Super League. They drew 16-all with Huddersfield

:39:48. > :39:50.after previous leaders Castleford In Rugby Union,

:39:51. > :39:58.Leicester Tigers have won the Anglo Welsh Cup for the first

:39:59. > :40:00.time since 2012. Tom Brady scored their only try

:40:01. > :40:04.in a 16-12 win over Exeter Chiefs. It's Exeter's second

:40:05. > :40:09.final defeat in a row. Roger Federer has continued his

:40:10. > :40:12.impressive 2017 with victory He followed up his Australian Open

:40:13. > :40:17.title with a straight sets win over his Swiss compatriot

:40:18. > :40:21.Stan Wawrinka. In the women's final,

:40:22. > :40:24.Elena Vesnina recovered from a set and 4-1 down against fellow Russian

:40:25. > :40:27.and two time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetzova to win

:40:28. > :40:30.the biggest title of her career And finally Britain's slopestyle

:40:31. > :40:39.skiers enjoyed double medal success James Woods and Isabel Atkin both

:40:40. > :41:00.picked up bronze medals. That is all the sports News. I am

:41:01. > :41:06.here in Hartpury College where The Sun is just about coming up. The

:41:07. > :41:12.teams are getting out into the pictures, getting into the gymnasium

:41:13. > :41:17.is. This is one of the specialist sport colleges in the country. We

:41:18. > :41:24.will be talking to athletes about the dangers and risks of doping. But

:41:25. > :41:28.for now it is back to you. Thank you very much indeed. Loads of

:41:29. > :41:30.information on the website as well. It's the story President Trump

:41:31. > :41:33.can't seem to shake - whether his campaign team

:41:34. > :41:34.colluded with Russia Today the director of the FBI

:41:35. > :41:42.James Comey will give evidence So far the committee hasn't found

:41:43. > :41:46.any proof of interference. Our Washington reporter Laura Bicker

:41:47. > :41:50.has the story so far. I think it would be great

:41:51. > :41:55.if we got along with Russia. One question has dogged

:41:56. > :41:58.Donald Trump's road to the White House

:41:59. > :42:00.more than any other. What part did Russia play

:42:01. > :42:03.in helping him win the election? The hackers behind a cyber attack

:42:04. > :42:10.on Mr Trump's Democratic rivals were Russian, according

:42:11. > :42:13.to US intelligence. The embarrassing emails

:42:14. > :42:16.were published on Wikileaks and some, including Hillary Clinton,

:42:17. > :42:19.began to question Russia's motives We have never, in the history

:42:20. > :42:26.of our country, been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power,

:42:27. > :42:32.is working so hard to influence And believe me, they're not doing

:42:33. > :42:37.it to get me elected. She doesn't know

:42:38. > :42:39.if it's the Russians However hard he tried,

:42:40. > :42:45.Russia was the scandal Donald Trump He would rather have a puppet

:42:46. > :42:52.as president of the United Those who analyse state-sponsored

:42:53. > :42:58.cyber threats are convinced. Where there's smoke,

:42:59. > :43:02.there's some kind of fire. There is fire but it's

:43:03. > :43:04.not the burning down of the building that might

:43:05. > :43:08.be perceived by some. Much more likely, in a smarter

:43:09. > :43:15.strategy on the part of Russia, is to identify candidates that

:43:16. > :43:17.support their positions, identify those issues that drive

:43:18. > :43:20.support to those candidates, As Donald Trump entered

:43:21. > :43:26.the White House, the press kept on digging for more details on any

:43:27. > :43:29.Russian links to his campaign. Donald Trump's close aides said

:43:30. > :43:32.they had no contact with Russian But they seemed to keep

:43:33. > :43:38.forgetting they had met The first Cabinet

:43:39. > :43:43.casualty was his national He resigned after his

:43:44. > :43:48.meetings were disclosed. Then there was his pick

:43:49. > :43:50.for Attorney-General, It turned out that he had also met

:43:51. > :43:56.with Russian ambassador. In his position of power,

:43:57. > :43:59.President Trump has continued to state he wants closer

:44:00. > :44:02.ties with Russia. The hearings this week

:44:03. > :44:05.will try to establish just how close What would I get

:44:06. > :44:12.involved with Putin for? I have nothing to do

:44:13. > :44:15.with him, I have never spoken to him, I know

:44:16. > :44:18.nothing about him other It's 6:45 and you're watching

:44:19. > :44:28.Breakfast from BBC News. Home care companies say they can't

:44:29. > :44:33.recruit enough staff to meet demand with research suggesting one in four

:44:34. > :44:35.providers are at risk Doping in UK sport is fast becoming

:44:36. > :44:40.a crisis at all levels, according to the head of the body

:44:41. > :44:44.set up to tackle the use We are getting a little bit giddy

:44:45. > :45:02.at this morning's weather. We are getting a little bit giddy

:45:03. > :45:08.here on International Day of Happiness. I wrote this down

:45:09. > :45:16.somewhere, because we got it wrong. The day of happiness. Yes. And what

:45:17. > :45:27.they do have the? Carol. Good answer. I believe it was your 40th,

:45:28. > :45:33.yesterday, is that right, Dan? I was there to say you do not look a day

:45:34. > :45:38.over 39. Get on with your weather. Happy birthday to you.

:45:39. > :45:48.Today we have a weather front sinking south. Behind it it will

:45:49. > :45:54.turn much colder. We will get temperatures below average component

:45:55. > :45:58.to usual. The south of the country will hold onto double figures. The

:45:59. > :46:03.rest of us, cold and showery. We currently have some rain around. It

:46:04. > :46:07.is also very windy across the western isles. That will transfer to

:46:08. > :46:10.the Northern Isles, as we go through the day. In fact, we could be

:46:11. > :46:14.looking at storm-force winds. Something certainly to bear in mind.

:46:15. > :46:19.That will be making this occlusion moved quite quickly. You can see

:46:20. > :46:22.that cold front moving south. That is good to be a slower process.

:46:23. > :46:25.Through this morning, very windy in the western Isles of the moment.

:46:26. > :46:29.That transfers to the Northern Isles, where we have some rain, and

:46:30. > :46:34.then we have sunshine and showers. But most of the winteriness will be

:46:35. > :46:38.on the hills. Norther Ireland, a few showers. -- Northern Ireland. We can

:46:39. > :46:43.see these weather front across England and Wales, some heavy rain

:46:44. > :46:47.coming out of this. South of it, it is dry, cloudy, and there is some

:46:48. > :46:51.drizzle around. But it is still mild. Through the day, our weather

:46:52. > :46:55.front continues to sink further south. Gusty winds around it. Behind

:46:56. > :47:00.it, some bright weather. Sunshine around. But equally one or two

:47:01. > :47:04.showers. This stage, wintry mainly on the hills. The temperatures

:47:05. > :47:09.coming down to better what we have been to. We have storm-force winds

:47:10. > :47:12.possible across Orkney. Through the evening in overnight, there goes the

:47:13. > :47:15.first run. Then it will turn quite cold behind it for all of us.

:47:16. > :47:18.Showers will increasingly turn wintry across Northern Ireland,

:47:19. > :47:22.Scotland, funnelling through the Central Lowlands, and also parts of

:47:23. > :47:26.northern England. So some of us will be seeing some of those, even at

:47:27. > :47:30.lower levels. And once again, there is a risk of ice on untreated

:47:31. > :47:36.surfaces. We start the day with wintry showers. The winteriness will

:47:37. > :47:44.likely be in the hills over the day. Mostly at lower levels. Many eastern

:47:45. > :47:47.areas in the shelter of the hills will mist altogether. You can see

:47:48. > :47:50.those maximum temperatures rarely slipping down except in the

:47:51. > :47:54.south-eastern corner. As we move through Tuesday night, we have this

:47:55. > :47:58.figure of wet and windy weather coming in from the south-west. That

:47:59. > :48:02.will deposit some snow in the mountains off Wales. But as it heads

:48:03. > :48:05.into northern England and engages with the cold air, particularly

:48:06. > :48:09.across north-eastern England, we will see a covering of snow even at

:48:10. > :48:13.lower levels. A cold night, a frosty night, and again, you might just run

:48:14. > :48:17.into a little bit of ice. During the course of Wednesday, you can see the

:48:18. > :48:20.rotation around an area of low pressure with the rain. The

:48:21. > :48:24.winteriness, if there is any left, will be mostly on the hills. Still

:48:25. > :48:28.hanging on in London two double figures. But the rest of the UK, we

:48:29. > :48:39.are back and into single figures. So get your winter woolies out again.

:48:40. > :48:46.I was too distracted thinking about where my winter woolies were. We

:48:47. > :48:55.have been taught about what make you happy. What makes you happy? Donald,

:48:56. > :49:02.my cat. And as it by magic... He looks a little to me like an evil

:49:03. > :49:06.genius. No, he is gorgeous. We got into a fight when he was very young.

:49:07. > :49:16.He was different to other tatty cats. He is perfect in my highs. --

:49:17. > :49:19.tabby. Stay happy, Carol. -- in my eyes. We will see some pictures from

:49:20. > :49:21.your messages later on. Several athletes and officials

:49:22. > :49:23.involved with last year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio have

:49:24. > :49:26.told the BBC they're angry and frustrated by the failure

:49:27. > :49:29.to provide any meaningful post It was one of the concerns there in

:49:30. > :49:36.Rio. It's exactly six months

:49:37. > :49:39.after the 2016 Games came to an end, and while Brazilian officials

:49:40. > :49:41.insist there were tangible Wyre Davies reports from the city

:49:42. > :49:54.on the broken promises The five weeks last summer, Rio de

:49:55. > :49:58.Janeiro was the centre of the sporting world. Her city for the

:49:59. > :50:04.2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The greatest show on Earth. Exactly

:50:05. > :50:10.six months later, the stage is empty. Rio's Olympic Park, which

:50:11. > :50:16.should be now operating as a sporting centre of excellence, is

:50:17. > :50:24.you really quiet. -- Host. Places where winners won a loss are now at

:50:25. > :50:29.not more than warehouses. It is a legacy, it it is not the one that

:50:30. > :50:34.those who campaign for Rio to Games had expected. I feel that the

:50:35. > :50:38.Olympic Games in Brazil was not so successful, because the legacy was

:50:39. > :50:43.not the number one. We delivered a good games, we had a lot of

:50:44. > :50:48.problems, and we keep with them, as nobody is doing anything for

:50:49. > :50:51.changing. So this make me really sad. This is the Olympic tennis

:50:52. > :50:55.arena where Andy Murray won his second consecutive Olympic gold

:50:56. > :50:59.medal. For now, this is being run like many other venues in the living

:51:00. > :51:02.park by the resilience sports ministry. Because no private

:51:03. > :51:09.company, nor the local authority, can afford or want to take on the

:51:10. > :51:15.huge running costs. Team Brazil miss its own medal targets at Rio 2016.

:51:16. > :51:18.This Ajer came a creditable ninth place, but has since lost her

:51:19. > :51:22.funding and her coach. Improving on Rio and even making the Tokyo games

:51:23. > :51:26.will be tough. TRANSLATION: A month after the

:51:27. > :51:30.games, they cut everything. My health insurers, my salary,

:51:31. > :51:34.everything. It is a huge disappointment. We made history in

:51:35. > :51:39.archery, but it is all over. It made me think my sacrifice was not worth

:51:40. > :51:52.it. The desperation to get things ready on time took precedence to

:51:53. > :51:56.legacy. I never once had a conversation about legacy in any

:51:57. > :52:00.discussion I had work under games. You have to remember that this was a

:52:01. > :52:04.games where we were scrambling to put the event on on a day by day

:52:05. > :52:07.basis. There was no time getting about what was there to happen the

:52:08. > :52:11.day after the gaze finished in September. There were undoubtedly

:52:12. > :52:16.improvements in Rio, thanks to the games. The public transport, some

:52:17. > :52:21.infrastructure, and the opening up of public spaces. I think that there

:52:22. > :52:25.are still promises that need to be delivered. But I do believe that we

:52:26. > :52:29.still have time to work on these promises, and the promise that we

:52:30. > :52:35.need to be faster on is the delivery of the Olympic Park and improvements

:52:36. > :52:40.in the sports legacy. A brand-new velodrome, built to choose expense,

:52:41. > :52:45.barely used, its track already water damage. The state-of-the-art

:52:46. > :52:52.whitewater course meant to become a public park after the games remains

:52:53. > :53:01.closed. Is this Rio's real Olympic legacy? Wyre Davis, BBC News.

:53:02. > :53:08.It is very sad. Some even as venues are not being used at all. It is

:53:09. > :53:09.6:52. You're watching BBC News. The UK pharmaceutical industry

:53:10. > :53:12.is worth billions to the UK economy and is a vital engine for developing

:53:13. > :53:15.cures and treatments. Today, drugs bosses are meeting

:53:16. > :53:18.to discuss the challenges the industry faces and

:53:19. > :53:21.how it can do better. The pharmaceutical industry employs

:53:22. > :53:37.just over 60,000 people in the UK. It invests around ?11 million every

:53:38. > :53:41.day on research and development. It costs on average just over ?1

:53:42. > :53:43.billion to bring a new drug to market. So some pretty big numbers

:53:44. > :53:48.they are. Dr Virginia Acha is from the ABPI -

:53:49. > :54:04.the body that represents the UK's What are some trees you there are

:54:05. > :54:07.two big areas that we are thinking about. How we can advance the

:54:08. > :54:10.technologies that we use today to make medicines, as well as the new

:54:11. > :54:14.types of treatments that we are thinking about. We think the UK

:54:15. > :54:18.could be a global leader for that particular area of treatment. And we

:54:19. > :54:22.are doing this in Macclesfield, which is a special place to do that.

:54:23. > :54:27.It is our largest pharmaceutical manufacturing site in the UK. And it

:54:28. > :54:36.is the site is really significant investment. Recently, over ?130

:54:37. > :54:39.million on treatment. One of the criticisms of the industry generally

:54:40. > :54:46.is if you were all to work together as drugs companies, and there being

:54:47. > :54:48.so much competition, with a bit of solution in terms of treating

:54:49. > :54:54.illnesses, in terms of treating problems around the world, if you

:54:55. > :55:00.can work on issues more... Any more collaboratively? Basin and we have

:55:01. > :55:04.been thinking about. There has been a lot of changes how we do drug

:55:05. > :55:09.discovery. And development. You will now see partnerships that when one

:55:10. > :55:12.or two companies or even broad level programmes like the integrated

:55:13. > :55:18.medicines initiative, why we work as a group of companies on a bunch of

:55:19. > :55:21.competitive areas. The UK has been a significant player in those very

:55:22. > :55:26.important research projects. CC the UK could be a global leader in many

:55:27. > :55:31.areas like this, but recently, we have had the Brexit vote. How will

:55:32. > :55:34.that affect it? Brexiters and then we have been worrying about for many

:55:35. > :55:38.months. But it is something that we think we have a good engagement now

:55:39. > :55:42.with the government on how we want to work forward. We have four key

:55:43. > :55:45.priorities. How do you get the regulation right, and the trading

:55:46. > :55:48.arrangements? Had we make sure we have the right talent to make things

:55:49. > :55:53.were? Including manufacturing, which we are talking about today. As well

:55:54. > :55:57.as in research. So all of these things are so important to make sure

:55:58. > :56:01.that we deliver. We have the Macclesfield plan. I think there are

:56:02. > :56:06.about 50 medicines being shipped to over 100 countries. -- plant. So

:56:07. > :56:12.trade changes will have a big impact. Outside the industry, there

:56:13. > :56:16.seems to be a feeling that you focus on disease you can make money from,

:56:17. > :56:20.and develop an address in that area. Is that a concern in-house, as well?

:56:21. > :56:26.Is that sobbing as you will be discussing the conference like the

:56:27. > :56:30.one today? Didak would be in Sela gene therapy. The question is if we

:56:31. > :56:38.are doing that because it will earn profits back for companies? We have

:56:39. > :56:43.science really leading the way rather than just on the basis of

:56:44. > :56:46.what is go to make money. But it is important to remember that every

:56:47. > :56:52.time we develop a medicine, it goes through an assessment that judges

:56:53. > :56:56.whether it is value for money. The real question is whether the UK is a

:56:57. > :57:00.place where we want to afford our health-care? What we want to invest

:57:01. > :57:04.in? And if we do that, what kind of innovation will be dry? Is this a

:57:05. > :57:12.country which is go to value innovation? Great to talk to,

:57:13. > :57:14.Virginia. The NHS than ?16.8 billion a year on drugs. That is a lot of

:57:15. > :00:38.cash. We will be back with all Hello this is Breakfast,

:00:39. > :00:44.with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker. A warning that home care

:00:45. > :00:46.services are in crisis because providers can't

:00:47. > :00:48.recruit enough staff. New research suggests a quarter

:00:49. > :00:51.of the Uk's home care firms are at risk of insolvency and many

:00:52. > :00:55.have had to pull out of contracts A man is questioned by police over

:00:56. > :01:21.the murder of a 1-year-old boy and the attempt to

:01:22. > :01:23.murder his twin sister. Politicians in the United States,

:01:24. > :01:26.begin hearings into Russia's alleged involvement in last November's

:01:27. > :01:35.presidential elections. Good morning, I am at Hartpury

:01:36. > :01:41.College. We've a special report this morning

:01:42. > :01:44.looking at the extent of doping I'm at Hartpury College

:01:45. > :01:48.in Gloucestershire to explore some of the ideas they've come up

:01:49. > :01:51.with to tackle the problem Also this morning, on the 100th

:01:52. > :01:57.birthday of Dame Vera Lynn - her picture is projected where else

:01:58. > :02:16.but on the White Cliffs of Dover. Some of us will see some snow even

:02:17. > :02:22.at lower levels as the weather turns much colder. Today it is windy and

:02:23. > :02:25.wet and later some of us will see sunshine and showers.

:02:26. > :02:29.Home care companies say they're in crisis because they can't recruit

:02:30. > :02:31.enough staff to meet the growing demand.

:02:32. > :02:33.Research commissioned by the BBC's Panorama suggests

:02:34. > :02:36.nearly 1 in 4 homecare companies are at risk of insolvency,

:02:37. > :02:38.with 69 closing in the past three months alone.

:02:39. > :02:48.Amanda Hopewell is one of the UK's 800,000 homecare workers.

:02:49. > :02:51.Today she is with former teacher, William Williams,

:02:52. > :02:58.Amanda is paid ?7.55 an hour, just above the national living wage,

:02:59. > :03:02.and like many care workers struggles to make ends meet.

:03:03. > :03:05.She is also on a zero hours contract, which means her hours

:03:06. > :03:09.They did look into buying a house four years ago.

:03:10. > :03:12.But because I did not have a content, they would not

:03:13. > :03:15.allow me to buy a house or anything like that.

:03:16. > :03:22.Amanda is one of 200 staff employed by a family-run company.

:03:23. > :03:28.It is paid by local councils to provide homecare across the areas

:03:29. > :03:31.It is paid by local councils to provide homecare across the area

:03:32. > :03:34.but it currently has 30 staff vacancies and is struggling to take

:03:35. > :03:38.Last year, the company stopped providing care for one council,

:03:39. > :03:47.Conwy council says it is committed to supporting vulnerable people

:03:48. > :03:50.in communities despite financial challenges.

:03:51. > :03:55.Our research reveals that across the UK, almost 100 councils

:03:56. > :03:59.have had home-care contracts handed back to them.

:04:00. > :04:03.The UK government declined to be interviewed but in a statement said

:04:04. > :04:07.it will be bringing forward proposals later this year to ensure

:04:08. > :04:10.a more financially sustainable social care system.

:04:11. > :04:16.With more of us living longer and a growing shortage of care

:04:17. > :04:19.workers, the pressure on people like Amanda will continue to grow.

:04:20. > :04:30.Panorama is on BBC One tonight at 8:30, except for viewers

:04:31. > :04:33.in Wales, who can see the investigation on Week In,

:04:34. > :04:37.Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering

:04:38. > :04:40.a 1-year-old boy at a flat in North London.

:04:41. > :04:43.The man will also be questioned on suspicion of attempting to murder

:04:44. > :04:45.a girl, thought to be the boy's twin sister.

:04:46. > :04:48.Our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn is in North London for us now.

:04:49. > :05:07.As you can see, Wilberforce Road in Finsbury Park is still cordoned off.

:05:08. > :05:16.This is street has been the centre of intense police activity. Iran is

:05:17. > :05:20.it teams going in and out. -- forensic. House-to-house enquiries

:05:21. > :05:23.throughout yesterday as well. They were called here 11 o'clock on

:05:24. > :05:30.Saturday night to reports of neighbours hearing screaming and

:05:31. > :05:34.shouting and distressed woman asking for help in the middle of the road.

:05:35. > :05:41.When they got into the flat, they found two small children, one

:05:42. > :05:48.rolled, twins who had been seriously injured. The little boy died later.

:05:49. > :05:52.Yesterday it police put out an appeal because they wanted to speak

:05:53. > :06:00.to Bidhya Sagar Das, believed to be the children's father. Last night at

:06:01. > :06:06.715, the police said he had been arrested and is now held at an east

:06:07. > :06:12.end police station. The latest of the little girl, we do not know too

:06:13. > :06:18.much to stop police have said she remains in a critical but stable

:06:19. > :06:25.condition and we note that investigations will continue today

:06:26. > :06:29.and a poll -- postmortem examination has not been carried out on the

:06:30. > :06:32.little boy will happen in due course.

:06:33. > :06:35.A month on from the renewed offensive to re-take Iraq's city

:06:36. > :06:37.of Mosul from so-called Islamic State,

:06:38. > :06:39.millions of people are facing a new crisis.

:06:40. > :06:41.Thousands have fled the western half of the city

:06:42. > :06:45.in recent weeks but those who remain are experiencing shortages of food

:06:46. > :06:48.Our Middle East correspondent Orla Guerin reports.

:06:49. > :06:51.In the clamour for help, many go empty-handed.

:06:52. > :06:58.The gunfire from Iraqi soldiers trying to control the crowd

:06:59. > :07:07.Survivors of the caliphate, now at risk from hunger.

:07:08. > :07:11.In the distance, smoke from an IS car bomb.

:07:12. > :07:20.But those who flee the fighting here end up in overcrowded camps.

:07:21. > :07:27.There are no good options for the people of Western Mosul.

:07:28. > :07:30.Local people here tell us this is the first aid supplies

:07:31. > :07:35.They say they have no running water, no electricity,

:07:36. > :07:41.People in the queue are really afraid that the food

:07:42. > :07:45.is going to run out before they've been able to get some.

:07:46. > :07:49.Barely able to walk, but with many mouths to feed,

:07:50. > :07:56.Hamda Mohamed, whose family is living on bread and water.

:07:57. > :08:01.I'm crying, she says, because my children don't understand

:08:02. > :08:19.The battle for Mosul may now be in its final phase,

:08:20. > :08:23.there will be much to rebuild, including a divided community.

:08:24. > :08:31.Orla Guerrin, BBC News, Western Mosul.

:08:32. > :08:33.Theresa May will travel to south Wales this morning

:08:34. > :08:35.with the Brexit Secretary David Davis and will meet

:08:36. > :08:40.The visit comes as a report by the think tank the Institute

:08:41. > :08:42.for Government warns that the "enormity" of delivering

:08:43. > :08:44.Brexit will leave little parliamentary time

:08:45. > :08:48.BBC Wales' Political Editor Nick Servini joins us

:08:49. > :09:05.What will be happening today? This will be the first of Theresa May's

:09:06. > :09:10.visits to the devolved nations. On paper, it is the easy is because

:09:11. > :09:15.Wales, unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland, voted to leave the European

:09:16. > :09:20.Union. While there will be a debate about the nature of the Brexit deal

:09:21. > :09:25.on offer, but on the fundamental point, the government can say it is

:09:26. > :09:33.trying to deliver what most people in Wales voted for last June.

:09:34. > :09:38.They've been holding talks in recent months here with the UK government

:09:39. > :09:43.but the RAS signs of strain starting to emerge with the Welsh government

:09:44. > :09:47.starting to ask about the level of engagement they are getting from

:09:48. > :09:55.ministers in Westminster. They will want to have full involvement in

:09:56. > :10:01.areas like trade, the replacement of agricultural subsidies. Theresa May

:10:02. > :10:09.will be in Swansea today, she will be signing a deal, a joint effort to

:10:10. > :10:14.generate investment for all sort of areas in Wales. She's tried to make

:10:15. > :10:21.the case that she will represent all corners of the UK. South Wales is an

:10:22. > :10:23.area that has struggled to degenerate investment in the past.

:10:24. > :10:25.Thank you very much. The director of the FBI,

:10:26. > :10:28.James Comey, will give evidence today about alleged

:10:29. > :10:29.Russian interference Appearing before

:10:30. > :10:32.the House Intelligence Committee, he's also expected to face questions

:10:33. > :10:35.about a second explosive issue - President Trump's claim

:10:36. > :10:38.that his predecessor, Barack Obama, authorised a wire-tap

:10:39. > :10:50.of Trump Tower during the campaign. The Force's Sweetheart,

:10:51. > :10:52.Dame Vera Lynn, To mark the occasion, a 350

:10:53. > :11:05.foot image of her is being projected on to the White Cliffs

:11:06. > :11:07.of Dover today. A pair of wartime spitfires

:11:08. > :11:10.will also do a display Dame Vera said she feels

:11:11. > :11:13.incredibly humbled by efforts From the moment we're born

:11:14. > :11:24.until the end of our days, So you'd hope the air

:11:25. > :11:28.we inhale is fit for purpose. But air quality continues to be

:11:29. > :11:32.a problem in the UK and now MPs - across health, transport

:11:33. > :11:34.and environment committees - are joining forces to investigate

:11:35. > :11:37.how best to tackle it. It's estimated poor air quality

:11:38. > :11:39.is contributing to the early deaths of 40 thousand people

:11:40. > :11:42.in the UK each year. nitrogen dioxide and tiny particles

:11:43. > :11:47.from exhaust fumes and tyres. Pollution limits are breached by 23

:11:48. > :11:51.of the EU's 28 member states. And the government

:11:52. > :11:53.here is under legal pressure to come up with a new air

:11:54. > :11:56.plan by next month. Let's speak now to the Labour MP,

:11:57. > :11:59.Mary Creagh who's chairs the Environmental Audit

:12:00. > :12:14.Committee and will be part of this Good morning. Good morning. The

:12:15. > :12:20.asset to have another enquiry when we have just had one, why? The

:12:21. > :12:25.government is set to publish its third air pollution programme in

:12:26. > :12:30.April and it needs to be signed off in July. Before committees are

:12:31. > :12:36.coming together in an unprecedented way to see how the government can

:12:37. > :12:40.tackle the causes of a pollution not just from cars and buses but

:12:41. > :12:47.construction vehicles and agricultural equipment because we

:12:48. > :12:52.now we have 40,000 early deaths a year and we have been dragging our

:12:53. > :12:55.feet as the country for too long. How are you expecting the

:12:56. > :13:02.conclusions to change? It is important to look, as different

:13:03. > :13:07.committees, and how we solve this. Much of the solution will lie in the

:13:08. > :13:16.transport Department. We felt the government had no chance of meeting

:13:17. > :13:25.its target of getting people to use more electric cars. 60% of people by

:13:26. > :13:31.2030. Our committee had absolutely no confidence targets were going to

:13:32. > :13:35.be met and it is crucial that we do meet them if we are going to clean

:13:36. > :13:41.up the filthy air in towns and cities. What is the problem with

:13:42. > :13:49.meeting the targets? There is an issue with places where people can

:13:50. > :13:53.charge them, there is an issue with price, ?40,000 and also government

:13:54. > :13:57.is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the country and they

:13:58. > :14:05.could so real leadership by for example encouraging police,

:14:06. > :14:07.hospitals, NHS trucks around the country to purchase electric

:14:08. > :14:12.vehicles and make their contribution. There are also issues

:14:13. > :14:19.around buses. We have the bus services bill before Parliament.

:14:20. > :14:25.Cities may be able to tackle this. We do not want to see parts of the

:14:26. > :14:34.country left behind. What is the scale of the problem in the country

:14:35. > :14:38.at the moment? 30 ait out of 43 of our sales are we breach. People

:14:39. > :14:44.suffering from asthma, bronchitis, people at risk with stroke and heart

:14:45. > :14:52.disease are dying unnecessarily. The World Health Organization are

:14:53. > :14:57.estimated and the College of physicians is a 40,000 people per

:14:58. > :15:00.year are dying here. People are dying across our cities and towns.

:15:01. > :15:06.They are dying because of air pollution but there may be something

:15:07. > :15:10.different written on their death certificates. It is a silent killer

:15:11. > :15:23.and we need to come together as a country. Up until recently, a diesel

:15:24. > :15:32.cars encouraged to stop being bought? There was a huge push to get

:15:33. > :15:37.people into diesel but companies like Volkswagen were cheating on the

:15:38. > :15:42.she devises and we now know we have 10 million diesel vehicles in this

:15:43. > :15:51.country and they are a big problem. Even children in the room, we are

:15:52. > :15:55.seeing links with both wet. We did to look at measures around school,

:15:56. > :16:00.sending out a loads when there are high pollution days so that when

:16:01. > :16:04.people are vulnerable, people stay in doors. That is happening in

:16:05. > :16:07.London and it needs to happen in cities across the UK like Leeds and

:16:08. > :16:12.Manchester as well. It's 7:16 and you're watching

:16:13. > :16:14.Breakfast from BBC News. Home care companies say they can't

:16:15. > :16:19.recruit enough staff to meet demand with research suggesting one in four

:16:20. > :16:21.providers are at risk Doping in UK sport is fast becoming

:16:22. > :16:29.a crisis at all levels, according to the head of the body

:16:30. > :16:49.set up to tackle the use I think I said going bask? I think

:16:50. > :16:52.you did. Just in case you're making cup of tea and wondering... Let's

:16:53. > :16:59.get the weather from Carol this It is all changing this week.

:17:00. > :17:04.Temperatures are falling below average this week. The Marles

:17:05. > :17:08.weather will be in the south-east of the longest, but today, this copper

:17:09. > :17:10.and sinking south will open the floodgates to some cold air

:17:11. > :17:14.following in behind. Gradually, as the go through the next the Jays,

:17:15. > :17:18.from the north, you will find the temperature is going down. Behind

:17:19. > :17:23.that today, behind that rain, it will be cool and showery. We start

:17:24. > :17:27.off on a wet and windy note. Bystrom as with so they are of course the

:17:28. > :17:30.far north of Scotland. Here, this morning, and in Northern Ireland,

:17:31. > :17:35.gusts of easily 60 mph. That will transfer to the Northern today.

:17:36. > :17:41.Storm-force winds across Orkney. Showers and sunshine. Same for

:17:42. > :17:45.Northern Ireland. Then we rain into all this rain across northern

:17:46. > :17:50.England and Wales. Some heavy, some patchy. Ahead of it, a lot of cloud

:17:51. > :17:55.around, and a mild start and just one or two showers. It is in sea

:17:56. > :18:00.temperature is in the south still ten or 11. As a go through the day,

:18:01. > :18:03.the band of RAM will continue its journey, moving southwards unease

:18:04. > :18:12.was. Windy around it and behind it is a return to sun shine and

:18:13. > :18:17.showers. Any rated estate is likely to be the tops of the hills. And do

:18:18. > :18:20.not forget it will be very windy in Orkney. Temperatures slipping from

:18:21. > :18:24.the north-west. Double figures as we move into the south-east. That band

:18:25. > :18:28.of RAM will move away from the south-east this evening. That will

:18:29. > :18:31.open the doors to some cold weather going on. And a lot of showers.

:18:32. > :18:36.Across Northern Ireland, Scotland, and northern England. It will be

:18:37. > :18:40.wintry, even at lower levels. Even in places they be Central Lowlands.

:18:41. > :18:44.Showers can across the south will come with rain. There is a risk of

:18:45. > :18:47.ice on untreated surfaces. Some into very much for the bursting of the

:18:48. > :18:51.morning. Tomorrow, we start off on a bright note across England and

:18:52. > :18:55.Wales. A fair bit of sunshine again. Some showers coming in the breeze. A

:18:56. > :18:59.lot of showers coming in across Northern Ireland and Scotland in the

:19:00. > :19:03.wind, and also northern England. As a go through the day, the

:19:04. > :19:07.winteriness will be largely ideal. At lower levels, it is more than

:19:08. > :19:12.likely to be rain. But that it is temperatures living down. Glasgow

:19:13. > :19:17.will have a maximum of four tomorrow. Tuesday evening, we have

:19:18. > :19:21.this next finger rain. Windy weather coming up in the south-west. As it

:19:22. > :19:24.crosses the mountains of Wales, it will deposit some slow. But as it

:19:25. > :19:28.engages with the cold air across northern England, we could well see

:19:29. > :19:32.some snow at lower levels. Particularly across north-eastern

:19:33. > :19:36.England. So you will wake up to eight covering about. Some frost

:19:37. > :19:41.across Scotland and Northern Ireland. And until Wednesday, we

:19:42. > :19:45.have all this rain rotating around an area of low pressure. And is

:19:46. > :19:51.going to be pretty wet that. The snow lies in the hills by day. This

:19:52. > :19:56.cold north Ely wind is coming in, too, so the faster it will hold onto

:19:57. > :20:00.the best averages. Heading into the weekend, temperatures will recover.

:20:01. > :20:03.But before that, if you have been busy painting in your garden, there

:20:04. > :20:13.will be some hard frost around to watch out for. Back to you.

:20:14. > :20:30.How can you forget my name? How could you forget my name? She is on

:20:31. > :20:34.all this week... Thank you Carol. It is 7:20. You're watching BBC News.

:20:35. > :20:38.We have some surprising information this morning about

:20:39. > :20:42.performance-enhancing drugs in amateur sport.

:20:43. > :20:44.Kat is at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire for us this morning

:20:45. > :20:48.- where a lot of work is going into tackling the issue,

:20:49. > :20:55.Yes. We are coming out of the wind and rain and come to the gym here at

:20:56. > :20:58.Hartpury College. The guys are doing the wait here. We have some casual

:20:59. > :21:02.looking cycling going on there. All sorts of things going on, with

:21:03. > :21:05.elastic bands, as they build up their strength and resistance in the

:21:06. > :21:09.gym here before heading out onto the pitch. The reason I have come to

:21:10. > :21:13.Hartpury College is because it is one of the first colleges in the

:21:14. > :21:16.country to be accredited by UK Anti-Doping. So it is on the

:21:17. > :21:20.frontline of the fight against doping. Not just in professional

:21:21. > :21:24.sport, but also in amateur sport, because it is a, some surprising

:21:25. > :21:32.figures coming out of a BBC survey this morning, suggesting 50% of

:21:33. > :21:36.sports men and women believe that doping is widespread in amateur

:21:37. > :21:40.sport. 35% said that they knew somebody in amateur sport who had

:21:41. > :21:46.been involved. If I walk over here, I can find Harvey and Alex, who are

:21:47. > :21:51.part of the football squad here at Hartpury College. Have you got any

:21:52. > :21:57.experience, Harvey? . Experience of being around areas that have been

:21:58. > :22:00.used doping, but I would say that we are made very aware of it,

:22:01. > :22:07.particularly in football. So we are aware of it. I have not expressed

:22:08. > :22:13.myself. And you can understand the temptation, Alex? Yes, because you

:22:14. > :22:16.are the edge. But me, I have no express with it. So I don't really

:22:17. > :22:24.know why somebody would want to take it. No, it is not selling a bed

:22:25. > :22:30.around. I am sorry. Thank you for letting us gatecrash your session.

:22:31. > :22:38.-- it is not something I have been around.

:22:39. > :22:40.There are many reasons why professional athletes

:22:41. > :22:43.And sport is overwhelmed with culprits.

:22:44. > :22:45.The disgraced cyclist, Lance Armstrong, has ended years

:22:46. > :22:49.of denial by admitting using performance-enhancing drugs.

:22:50. > :22:52.But what might be harder to understand is why amateur

:22:53. > :22:56.Dan Stevens was a former amateur cyclist.

:22:57. > :22:59.A few years ago, he started taking a number of substances

:23:00. > :23:11.He was banned in 2014 after refusing to take a test.

:23:12. > :23:15.I had always been a clean athlete, and this situation that happened

:23:16. > :23:19.with me when I was 39 years old, the real thing from me wasn't

:23:20. > :23:22.I didn't do a lot of racing on the substances.

:23:23. > :23:28.How - how much of a difference does this give you?

:23:29. > :23:30.I think in the amateur ranks, it is not about winning.

:23:31. > :23:34.It is that you have got a situation where somebody is overweight,

:23:35. > :23:37.needs to lean down, and uses it to get in shape.

:23:38. > :23:42.And then get railroaded into doing a marathon or a long bike ride,

:23:43. > :23:45.or some kind of competitive event, and they improve their fitness

:23:46. > :23:54.And they become a healthy individual, they become

:23:55. > :23:56.conscious and more health-orientated.

:23:57. > :23:59.And this is far from an isolated case.

:24:00. > :24:02.A poll carried out for the BBC of amateur sportspeople in the UK

:24:03. > :24:04.found that half believe the use of performance

:24:05. > :24:08.A similar number say those drugs are easily available among those

:24:09. > :24:12.More than a third said they personally know someone who has

:24:13. > :24:14.doped, and 8% said they had taken steroids.

:24:15. > :24:17.Certainly the figures, as regard to the prevalence

:24:18. > :24:18.of performance-enhancing substances at an amateur level,

:24:19. > :24:26.That said, they do confirm what UK Anti-Doping has long suspected,

:24:27. > :24:33.and also seen, through some of our intelligence-led testing.

:24:34. > :24:36.This is the frontline in the fight to keep sport clean,

:24:37. > :24:39.a joint operation between police and UK Anti-Doping, targeting those

:24:40. > :24:43.However, it's not against the law to use steroids for personal use.

:24:44. > :24:45.So those motivated by vanity, rather than victory,

:24:46. > :24:51.are they really doing anything wrong?

:24:52. > :24:54.We took our findings to an in doping behaviour at Sheffield Hallam

:24:55. > :24:59.This is actually the dark side of exercise.

:25:00. > :25:01.Using substances not to improve your health -

:25:02. > :25:09.you don't care about your health anymore.

:25:10. > :25:12.You care about your performance and how you look to other people.

:25:13. > :25:17.Just how serious a health issue do you think this could be?

:25:18. > :25:19.You're using substances that are meant to treat diseases.

:25:20. > :25:22.And you are actually misusing them without a prescription.

:25:23. > :25:25.You are not just cheating, or not cheating, if you are just

:25:26. > :25:28.an exerciser, but also putting your life at risk.

:25:29. > :25:30.But however the authorities respond to the issue,

:25:31. > :25:33.athletes at every level, in every sport will always be

:25:34. > :25:34.willing to cut corners, whatever the risks.

:25:35. > :25:48.Some alarming figures in that report there. I am joined here by a

:25:49. > :25:51.sociologist. Ruth Lea, we can see why professionals would want to go

:25:52. > :25:55.to give themselves the issue and more money. But why would averages

:25:56. > :25:59.take the risks? Well, because the whole ethos of professional sport is

:26:00. > :26:03.filtered down to amateur ranks. Obviously, the idea of competing as

:26:04. > :26:07.an amateur was for the pleasure and joy, the sheer fun of participating,

:26:08. > :26:13.but that is gone, now. Because I think that amateurs have absorbed

:26:14. > :26:16.professional values, meaning when it'll cost. Obviously, if doping

:26:17. > :26:22.gives you an advantage, then you're going to whatever advantages are out

:26:23. > :26:27.there. And dust doping has found its way to the amateur ranks. What can

:26:28. > :26:31.we do to tackle it? Hartpury College is spreading the message to its

:26:32. > :26:35.students. But what committed to police doping in amateur sport? In

:26:36. > :26:44.practical terms, we cannot. We can impose high September is -- hush at

:26:45. > :26:49.penalties. We do that all the time. But the crusade against doping has

:26:50. > :26:53.been around since 1988, and the doping crisis is larger than it has

:26:54. > :26:57.been in any other time in history. The point is that we could do silly

:26:58. > :27:02.about it, we could turn the clock back to how sport was before 1972,

:27:03. > :27:08.and just let athletes take what doping they required or preferred to

:27:09. > :27:15.with impunity, and that would not be a popular option. But that said,

:27:16. > :27:19.sport in the 1970s right through to the previous century, nobody really

:27:20. > :27:23.cant. But of course, what we have to do today is monitor at a bit more

:27:24. > :27:29.closely and ask athletes to declare what they are using so that we can

:27:30. > :27:32.advise. The alternative is to let it continue in this clandestine way.

:27:33. > :27:38.And that it is harmful and dangerous to athletes. Thank you very much

:27:39. > :27:45.were joining us. Some controversial thoughts, they are. Do we just leave

:27:46. > :27:52.it to athletes to do they -- there. We have been hearing that doping has

:27:53. > :27:57.become a big issue in amateur sport. Back with more information on this

:27:58. > :27:59.later. What I really enjoy there were some of the half-hearted

:28:00. > :28:06.stretches going on behind you. Before doing to you, those guys back

:28:07. > :28:09.there... Ab is playful bollard in amateur level knows a lot about

:28:10. > :28:14.that. Can't be bothered, but I will then my legs I look like a know it I

:28:15. > :28:17.am doing. -- anyone who has played football.

:28:18. > :28:22.You be so self conscious doing your stretches on television. You do want

:28:23. > :28:27.to go too far, do you? It's meant to be a bit of fun,

:28:28. > :28:31.but there's a warning children are feeling

:28:32. > :28:33.stressed, angry and anxious We'll get advice for

:28:34. > :28:37.parents from the NSPCC. That is all coming out. Time to get

:28:38. > :32:00.the news, Now though it's back

:32:01. > :32:06.to Sally and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast

:32:07. > :32:15.with Dan Walker and Sally Nugent. Home care companies say they're

:32:16. > :32:18.in crisis because they can't recruit enough staff to meet

:32:19. > :32:20.growing demands. Research commissioned

:32:21. > :32:24.by the BBC's Panorama suggests nearly 1 in 4 homecare companies

:32:25. > :32:27.are at risk of insolvency - with 69 closing in the past

:32:28. > :32:37.three months alone. The Department for Health said it

:32:38. > :32:40.will announce plans for a more sustainable social care

:32:41. > :32:42.system later this year. Police have arrested a man

:32:43. > :32:44.on suspicion of murdering a one-year-old boy at

:32:45. > :32:47.a flat in North London. The man will also be

:32:48. > :32:49.questioned on suspicion of attempting to murder a girl,

:32:50. > :32:53.thought to be the boy's twin sister. The boy died in the early hours

:32:54. > :32:56.of Sunday and the girl remains Police in Ghana say at least 17

:32:57. > :33:06.people have died after a fallen tree hit people swimming

:33:07. > :33:07.beneath a waterfall. The accident happened

:33:08. > :33:09.at Kintampo Falls, It is thought the tree had been

:33:10. > :33:13.uprooted by a powerful storm. Most of the people

:33:14. > :33:17.killed were students. The president of the app-based taxi

:33:18. > :33:20.service, Uber, has resigned after less than six

:33:21. > :33:22.months in the job. Jeff Jones said recent

:33:23. > :33:25.controversies over claims of a poor working culture and sexual

:33:26. > :33:48.harassment at the company Higher compensation for some in

:33:49. > :33:50.their insurance. It comes after pressure from disability groups to

:33:51. > :34:01.lower the discount rate which determines how much the NHS or

:34:02. > :34:02.insurance companies must pay upfront to successful claimants to cover the

:34:03. > :34:04.lifetime care. In a rare move, MPs

:34:05. > :34:06.from four committees - across Transport, Health

:34:07. > :34:08.and the Environment - are coming together to look

:34:09. > :34:11.at the issue of air pollution. It's hoped the collaboration

:34:12. > :34:13.will enable them to improve the scrutiny

:34:14. > :34:15.of government plans The government says it's firmly

:34:16. > :34:19.committed to improving the UK's air quality and has recently announced

:34:20. > :34:21.additional funding to help Speaking earlier on Breakfast,

:34:22. > :34:25.the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Mary Creagh,

:34:26. > :34:32.explained the importance of having I think we are at a critical moment.

:34:33. > :34:39.The government is set to publish its third pollution programme. Powerful

:34:40. > :34:42.committees are coming together in an unprecedented way to look at how the

:34:43. > :34:46.government needs to be producing this comprehensive plan to tackle

:34:47. > :34:52.the causes of air pollution not just from trucks and cars but from

:34:53. > :34:57.transport vehicles and agricultural equipment because we have 40,000

:34:58. > :35:04.early deaths per year and we have been dragging our feet as a country

:35:05. > :35:15.for too long. I have the giggles. I do not know why. Should I take over?

:35:16. > :35:21.You saved me last week. Lack of sleep does this to you.

:35:22. > :35:24.One of the world's top surfers has made an amazing comeback

:35:25. > :35:28.after he nearly died in an accident less than 2 years ago.

:35:29. > :35:30.Owen Wright suffered a severe brain injury while taking

:35:31. > :35:32.on one of the world's most dangerous waves,

:35:33. > :35:37.But the Australian surfer's just won the first event of this year's

:35:38. > :35:39.World Surf League's Championship Tour on the Gold Coast.

:35:40. > :35:42.Understandably, there were some very emotional scenes at the end of that

:35:43. > :35:45.competition - with Wright himself saying that the win

:35:46. > :36:00.What an incredible recovery. Brilliant stuff. Two years after

:36:01. > :36:08.almost dying. Just getting back in the water must have been...

:36:09. > :36:16.Elsewhere in sport. We go to Gloucestershire at Hartpury College.

:36:17. > :36:30.We have some fashionable sport on a Monday morning? I am in the gym with

:36:31. > :36:32.the senior football squad and perhaps some Premier League stars of

:36:33. > :36:36.the future. The main game of the day

:36:37. > :36:39.in the Premier League yesterday was between third and fourth place

:36:40. > :36:41.as Manchester City drew A penalty from James Milner put

:36:42. > :36:45.Liverpool ahead before Third placed City are now 12 points

:36:46. > :36:49.behind the league leaders Chelsea. It is one of the most special days

:36:50. > :36:54.of my life because after the defeat on Tuesday, Wednesday

:36:55. > :36:56.was so tough for us. And how we recovered today,

:36:57. > :36:59.with this mentality to play and attack - we could not attack

:37:00. > :37:02.more often because Liverpool I want to stay with those

:37:03. > :37:06.guys a long, long time. I don't want to change

:37:07. > :37:08.absolutely anything. In terms of the club,

:37:09. > :37:12.I want to stay here and help this I am more and more

:37:13. > :37:16.fine with the result. I struggled a little bit

:37:17. > :37:20.at the final whistle to be really happy about...but of course

:37:21. > :37:23.it is a success to get a point against City and to play like this.

:37:24. > :37:27.It not happens not every day so that means, yeah, it is absolutely more

:37:28. > :37:35.than OK what we did today. Second-placed Tottenham are ten

:37:36. > :37:41.points behind the league leaders after a 2-1 win over Southampton

:37:42. > :37:44.at White Hart Lane. They beat managerless

:37:45. > :37:53.Middlesbrough 3-1, Jesse Lingard Celtic are now just one win away

:37:54. > :37:58.from clinching They beat Dundee 2-1 yesterday

:37:59. > :38:02.and could wrap up the title Wigan Warriors are

:38:03. > :38:05.top of Super League. They drew 16-all with Huddersfield

:38:06. > :38:07.after previous leaders Castleford In Rugby Union,

:38:08. > :38:10.Leicester Tigers have won the Anglo Welsh Cup for the first

:38:11. > :38:14.time since 2012. Tom Brady scored their only try

:38:15. > :38:18.in a 16-12 win over Exeter Chiefs. It's Exeter's second

:38:19. > :38:24.final defeat in a row. Roger Federer has continued his

:38:25. > :38:26.impressive 2017 with victory He followed up his Australian Open

:38:27. > :38:33.title with a straight sets win over his Swiss compatriot

:38:34. > :38:40.Stan Wawrinka. And finally Britain's slopestyle

:38:41. > :38:42.skiers enjoyed double medal success James Woods and Isabel Atkin both

:38:43. > :38:48.picked up bronze medals. I am here

:38:49. > :39:00.in Hartpury College. I will be back later talking about

:39:01. > :39:15.drug abuse in amateur sport. Doping. Did you pass on chain

:39:16. > :39:17.letters at school? They were the notes that had to be

:39:18. > :39:21.shared by as many people as possible to supposedly avoid bad luck

:39:22. > :39:23.or prove friendship. Well, there is now a social

:39:24. > :39:26.media version of this - and some young people are finding

:39:27. > :39:28.the pressure overwhelming. which is where you send someone

:39:29. > :39:33.a photograph everyday on an app called Snapchat - are making some

:39:34. > :39:38.children anxious about friendships. Here's Newsround's Ricky

:39:39. > :39:53.Boleto to explain. Filters, face swaps and those Sydney

:39:54. > :40:03.years. Snapchat is one of the most popular apps for young people. 25%

:40:04. > :40:13.of smart phone users in the UK have downloaded the app. In case you did

:40:14. > :40:20.not know, Snapstreaks a is when you send a photo back and forth. To keep

:40:21. > :40:26.it going you have to send one every day. The longer the street, the more

:40:27. > :40:34.rewards when it comes to an end, it can cause big problems. The

:40:35. > :40:39.children's charity, NSPCC, said they have received a number of calls from

:40:40. > :40:46.young people really upset because their Snapstreaks ended. Maybe one

:40:47. > :40:53.day you forget to dig your street and you can get annoyed about it.

:40:54. > :40:57.Some people can get up to 600 and if you lost it, you get upset because

:40:58. > :41:03.all those days and all for nothing. You can get in fights with your

:41:04. > :41:09.friends. Saint why did you not send one back. It takes you quite a few

:41:10. > :41:15.days to start it and when you lose and it is annoying. I got to about

:41:16. > :41:22.30 and my dad forgot to do one. I did not get angry because everyone

:41:23. > :41:25.makes mistakes. We reach out to Snapchat to find out what they

:41:26. > :41:30.thought about this but they did not want to comment. Children is paying

:41:31. > :41:35.up to three hours a day on social media. While it is meant to be a lot

:41:36. > :41:43.of fun, experts are warning about the impact and the growing pressure

:41:44. > :41:45.to take Snapchat is taking its toll on some children.

:41:46. > :41:50.We're joined now by Emily Cherry from the NSPCC.

:41:51. > :41:59.It is sad that social media, it should be able to be enjoyed. When

:42:00. > :42:04.we grew up, it was sort of chain letters and there a bit of pressure

:42:05. > :42:09.but it is its affecting so many children's lives. That is the key,

:42:10. > :42:13.it should be a great place for children but the row some things

:42:14. > :42:20.online that can make and wiring. With Snapstreaks it is the potential

:42:21. > :42:25.for bullying and children getting anxious and worried about this

:42:26. > :42:29.feature. The obvious question, as a parent or someone who has the

:42:30. > :42:35.responsibility for caring for children, how on earth do you

:42:36. > :42:42.intervene? Are you constantly in their phone? Are you constantly

:42:43. > :42:49.asking questions? Regular and constant conversations. The minute

:42:50. > :42:52.you get technology for the child, support them and helps and

:42:53. > :43:01.understand that they can turn to you or a trusted adult. You mention some

:43:02. > :43:08.of what children are saying to you can give us more? We had a 14 EU

:43:09. > :43:12.role girl who could not get on to Wi-Fi and the streak ended and she

:43:13. > :43:16.got worried that she was going to be bullied and everyone would hate her

:43:17. > :43:24.and she would lose all have rents. It was having a huge impact. -- lose

:43:25. > :43:34.all her friends. It is essentially bullying? It is. Is the same

:43:35. > :43:42.framework applicable. How do you deal with bullies if you fail to

:43:43. > :43:45.continue the streak? The first thing is to make children understand

:43:46. > :43:54.bullying is not OK either in the real world or on social media. A

:43:55. > :44:00.quarter of things mentioned were about bullying. We did a survey of

:44:01. > :44:04.parents and 53% of parents did not know they were age limits for social

:44:05. > :44:12.media so it is vital that parents get an understanding of what is

:44:13. > :44:17.safe. If not go to the NSPCC where we have great tools to help you. 14

:44:18. > :44:23.is the age limit. There are always kids who do not mind what other

:44:24. > :44:28.people think and are quite confident but do you think, talking about

:44:29. > :44:34.mental health, do you think there is a larger proportion now who are more

:44:35. > :44:41.concerned about what people think? We hear from teenagers who say they

:44:42. > :44:48.feel completely under siege. It is always in your pocket. It is having

:44:49. > :44:53.a huge effect on young people's mental health. It is important for

:44:54. > :45:00.everybody to help them feel more confident. When they interact on

:45:01. > :45:08.social media and it is mean and nasty, more than in a playground? It

:45:09. > :45:12.is almost like as a child you are saying it is about yourself.

:45:13. > :45:17.Children need to understand the impact of the behaviour and that

:45:18. > :45:27.digital footprint will be there for ever. Children need to be aware of

:45:28. > :45:33.that and parents need to be aware as well. There are also ethical

:45:34. > :45:41.questions from authorities to address these concerns? We would

:45:42. > :45:46.call on all social media areas to have the same level of protection as

:45:47. > :45:51.you would have it in the real life world. Keep the pressure up on

:45:52. > :45:58.social media companies and if not maybe we need more regulations.

:45:59. > :46:03.Let us know what you think about that. You can get in touch with us

:46:04. > :46:04.on the usual channels. It's 7:46 and you're watching

:46:05. > :46:06.Breakfast from BBC News. Home care companies say they can't

:46:07. > :46:11.recruit enough staff to meet demand with research suggesting one in four

:46:12. > :46:14.providers are at risk Doping in UK sport is fast becoming

:46:15. > :46:18.a crisis at all levels, according to the head of the body

:46:19. > :46:21.set up to tackle the use Here's Carol with a look

:46:22. > :46:27.at this morning's weather. She has a warning for us. It is

:46:28. > :46:36.getting colder? It certainly is. We'll use it

:46:37. > :46:42.averages last week above average. This week, they come down below

:46:43. > :46:49.average. The warmer temperatures won't come to next week in the

:46:50. > :46:53.south-east. We have had rain, careering steadily in from the west

:46:54. > :46:56.through the course of the night in Scotland. Some of that rain is quite

:46:57. > :46:59.heavy, particularly the moment across Wales and north-west England.

:47:00. > :47:04.It is a weather front that is producing this rain. A cold front.

:47:05. > :47:06.And as it continues at the centre, eventually getting to the

:47:07. > :47:09.south-east, cold air will flood in behind it. We'll so have another

:47:10. > :47:13.weather front crossing Scotland quite smartly. It is driven on by

:47:14. > :47:22.strong winds, gusting to gale-force or more. That would transfer to

:47:23. > :47:28.Orkney through the afternoon. Our a prancing southwards. In between, and

:47:29. > :47:33.showers. Some of the rain will bring hail. We could have gusts of 50 mph

:47:34. > :47:37.in Orkney. Away from the rank in the north, it sunshine and showers

:47:38. > :47:40.across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and also northern England. The

:47:41. > :47:49.south-eastern areas will stay mostly dry. Two Wales there will be some

:47:50. > :47:52.rain, but it will dry up this afternoon. This residual cloud

:47:53. > :47:57.behind the front will produce rain, all the way down into the Channel

:47:58. > :48:02.Islands, and all points out this about. So some showers in the

:48:03. > :48:10.south-west. 13 13 and 14 in the south-west. That average will not

:48:11. > :48:13.feel like eight Celsius, but lower. Through this evening in overnight,

:48:14. > :48:17.there goes the rain from the south-east. A lot of shouted back in

:48:18. > :48:21.across Northern Ireland, Scotland, and northern England. Some will be

:48:22. > :48:25.wintry, even at lower levels. There will be a good far north through the

:48:26. > :48:29.Central Lowlands, with so first thing in morning, as well. There is

:48:30. > :48:33.of course the risk of ice. But the showers across England and Wales

:48:34. > :48:37.will be largely of rain. Tomorrow, we suffered a lot of sunshine in

:48:38. > :48:42.England Wales. A few showers coming in. Most of the wintry flavour on

:48:43. > :48:52.the hills. Still mild in the south-east. Colder in the

:48:53. > :48:56.south-east. Whether that average. Only four Celsius in Glasgow

:48:57. > :49:00.tomorrow. Then on Tuesday evening, while we have this finger of wet and

:49:01. > :49:03.windy weather coming up from the south-west, it will deposits and

:49:04. > :49:07.snow in the mountains of Wales. But as it engages with the cold air

:49:08. > :49:10.across northern England, particularly in the north-east, it

:49:11. > :49:16.will readily turned to snow. So some of us on Wednesday morning will be

:49:17. > :49:21.waking up to a covering of snow. North of that, dry, cold and some

:49:22. > :49:25.frost. Until Wednesday itself, we have this rotation of rain around an

:49:26. > :49:28.area of low pressure. Windy, too, with the wind coming from the

:49:29. > :49:32.north-east. Through the day, most of the winteriness will be on the

:49:33. > :49:37.hills. Still the south-east cling on to double figures, but for much of

:49:38. > :49:43.the rest of the UK, it really will be a big difference. And that will

:49:44. > :49:46.take us into night-time frost. So few -- if you have been busy

:49:47. > :49:49.painting, beware of the frost. More of us are opting for no frills

:49:50. > :50:00.when it comes to staying away from home - and this morning

:50:01. > :50:03.a leading budget chain is announcing plans to open 15 more

:50:04. > :50:18.hotels this year. So, no frills. What do you think

:50:19. > :50:23.this change is all about? We are seeing the same revolution in

:50:24. > :50:28.low-cost accommodation as we have in our lives and so on. And fashion.

:50:29. > :50:32.The same is happening in low-cost hotels. In fact, last you, around 35

:50:33. > :50:37.million people chose to stay in budget hotels, and the industry is

:50:38. > :50:41.now worth about ?2.5 billion. So it is growing strongly. So that is a

:50:42. > :50:48.significant change. Because the company was close to bankruptcy for

:50:49. > :50:51.five years ago. Back in 2012, it Travelodge was a victim of the

:50:52. > :50:56.global financial crisis. We've invested money in improving apology

:50:57. > :51:01.of our hotels, and are now embarking on a expansion programme. I seen

:51:02. > :51:07.figures predicting for the next three years. They say that 40% --

:51:08. > :51:12.47% of hotels are expected to be Ms Budgett market. -- new hotels. Is

:51:13. > :51:17.this good news for the hotel industry? Is it that is the people

:51:18. > :51:20.at the top end of the scale? We are seeing people choose more low-cost

:51:21. > :51:27.more frequently. Especially for business companies and clients. I

:51:28. > :51:31.think that is a response to the fact that the quality has been improved

:51:32. > :51:34.so much. So I think it is changing shift in the market, that is right.

:51:35. > :51:39.What are people looking for from budget hotel? What is the important

:51:40. > :51:46.thing? I think the most important thing is the location. Travelodge

:51:47. > :51:52.started more than 30 years ago and our newest hotel will be right in

:51:53. > :51:56.the city of London. You want quality at low prices. What about staff

:51:57. > :52:01.recruitment? You employ about 10,000 people across the company. And we

:52:02. > :52:05.talk a lot about Brexit on this programme. Does it make a difference

:52:06. > :52:12.to the recruitment of staff? With the extra staff you will need to

:52:13. > :52:17.these new hotels? We have always had a good record of recruiting people.

:52:18. > :52:20.About 300 of our manager started on entry-level jobs. But then the

:52:21. > :52:24.industry on the whole, it yes, I feel be an issue. About 10% of

:52:25. > :52:29.people working hospitality and tourism in the UK are from mainland

:52:30. > :52:35.EU. I think the government will have to look at some kind of scheme to

:52:36. > :52:38.kids some open borders on that front at least. Otherwise we will have

:52:39. > :52:44.similar challenges as the hunker cooperators you spoke about earlier.

:52:45. > :52:49.For us, it is about a relentless drive productivity. We has a lot of

:52:50. > :52:54.time thinking about how you can clean a room in one alas, because we

:52:55. > :52:58.have 42,000 rooms, it makes a big difference. That is part of the true

:52:59. > :53:02.low-cost revolution. Lazar work in much hotels. You don't really have

:53:03. > :53:06.to think so much about the pennies there, but in this market, that is

:53:07. > :53:10.absolutely get to worry about most. Projects and pillows at a hotel,

:53:11. > :53:16.that is all you really need. Judge hotel on their poached eggs and the

:53:17. > :53:20.quality of the pillows. We do 2.5 million Raqqa cf. Citi bank in an

:53:21. > :53:26.egg sandwich, that is a big thing for us. Traditional, I like it.

:53:27. > :53:36.Thank you very much the joining us. -- 2.5 million breakfasters.

:53:37. > :53:39.All this morning on Breakfast we've been asking what makes you happy -

:53:40. > :53:42.it's because it's the UN International Day of Happiness.

:53:43. > :53:44.You've been sending in pictures of what makes you happy.

:53:45. > :53:53.This is what makes Brian happy. It looks so gay half and half Peter. A

:53:54. > :54:09.meat lovers on one side, and maybe a pepperoni on the other? -- it looks

:54:10. > :54:23.like a half and half pizza. And this is a leap 's Mac cat,

:54:24. > :54:34.-- Leah's cat, Carrot. We have one pizza, one K, and then about 17,000

:54:35. > :54:37.dogs and cats. That is about right. Projects, I think they could be

:54:38. > :54:44.yours. There is only about a poached egg. You get a right, you get the

:54:45. > :54:47.nice and firm. -- poached eggs. Lots of lovely breakfasts make me happy.

:54:48. > :54:54.At the end of this programme. I could have a three course breakfast.

:54:55. > :55:01.Do you always eat food post... I do it early, you see?- but on toast at

:55:02. > :55:08.about 530. Exercises on my list, as well. You consent is through an

:55:09. > :55:16.e-mail, or find us on Facebook or Twitter. It is UN International

:55:17. > :55:20.happy day. They are saying share is an important thing. And be happy

:55:21. > :55:28.alone. Have time alone. And harmony of friends as well. A bit of

:55:29. > :55:29.everything, really. -- and time with your friends, as well.

:55:30. > :55:34.If you're working in a tall building today,

:55:35. > :55:36.you may want to think about how much it wobbles.

:55:37. > :55:39.Apparently the movement can make people feel sick.

:55:40. > :55:41.Now the impact of wobbly sky-scrapers and bridges

:55:42. > :55:49.We'll speak to a civil engineer about it.

:55:50. > :55:53.Ours is only five floors so we did not wobble much. You do not notice

:55:54. > :55:54.it. Time now to get the news,

:55:55. > :59:15.travel and weather where you are. Until then there's plenty

:59:16. > :59:39.more on our website. Hello this is Breakfast,

:59:40. > :59:43.with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker A warning that home care services

:59:44. > :59:47.are in crisis because providers New research suggests a quarter

:59:48. > :59:52.of the Uk's home care firms are at risk of insolvency and many

:59:53. > :59:56.have had to pull out of contracts A man is questioned by police over

:59:57. > :00:18.the murder of a one year old boy and the attempted murder of his twin

:00:19. > :00:20.sister. Politicians in the United States,

:00:21. > :00:23.begin hearings into Russia's alleged involvement in last

:00:24. > :00:35.November's presidential elections. I'm at a college in Gloucestershire

:00:36. > :00:39.today to find out more about the extent of doping in sport. A

:00:40. > :00:47.survey's found it's a big problem in amateur sport as well.

:00:48. > :00:55.# There'll be blue birds over # The Whitecliffsofdover. #

:00:56. > :00:59.On the 100th Birthday of Dame Vera Lynn; her picture

:01:00. > :01:02.is projected where else but on the white cliffs of Dover.

:01:03. > :01:05.And on the UN's international day of happiness, you've been sharing

:01:06. > :01:12.some of the pictures that keep you cheerful.

:01:13. > :01:22.You will notice a change in the weather this morning. Wet and

:01:23. > :01:27.windier conditions as the rain pulls away, the temperatures will slide.

:01:28. > :01:31.That leads us into a colder week than we've been used to. Last week,

:01:32. > :01:36.temperatures were above average. Home care companies say they're

:01:37. > :01:42.in crisis because they can't recruit enough staff

:01:43. > :01:43.to meet growing demands. Research commissioned by the BBC's

:01:44. > :01:47.Panorama suggests nearly 1 in 4 homecare companies are at risk

:01:48. > :01:49.of insolvency with 69 closing Amanda Hopewell is one of the UK's

:01:50. > :02:00.800,000 homecare workers. Today she is with former

:02:01. > :02:03.teacher, William Williams, Amanda is paid ?7.55 an hour,

:02:04. > :02:08.just above the national living wage, and like many care workers struggles

:02:09. > :02:11.to make ends meet. She is also on a zero hours

:02:12. > :02:15.contract, which means her hours I did look into buying

:02:16. > :02:22.a house four years ago. But because I did not

:02:23. > :02:25.have a contract, they would not allow me to buy a house

:02:26. > :02:28.or anything like that. Amanda is one of 200 staff employed

:02:29. > :02:34.by a family-run company. It is paid by local councils

:02:35. > :02:38.to provide homecare across Gwynedd and Anglesey but it currently has 30

:02:39. > :02:46.staff vacancies and is struggling Last year, the company

:02:47. > :02:53.stopped providing care for one local council,

:02:54. > :02:55.Conwy, and handed back the contract. Conwy council says it is committed

:02:56. > :02:58.to supporting vulnerable people in communities

:02:59. > :03:03.despite financial challenges. Our research reveals that

:03:04. > :03:08.across the UK, almost 100 councils have had home-care contracts handed

:03:09. > :03:12.back to them. The UK government declined to be

:03:13. > :03:16.interviewed but in a statement said it will be bringing forward

:03:17. > :03:19.proposals later this year to ensure a more financially

:03:20. > :03:23.sustainable social care system. With more of us living

:03:24. > :03:28.longer and a growing shortage of care workers,

:03:29. > :03:32.the pressure on people like Amanda Panorama is on BBC One tonight

:03:33. > :03:40.at 8.30, except for viewers in Wales, who can see

:03:41. > :03:42.the investigation on Week In, A month on from the renewed

:03:43. > :03:56.offensive to re-take Iraq's city of Mosul from so-called

:03:57. > :03:59.Islamic State, millions of people Thousands have fled the western half

:04:00. > :04:03.of the city in recent weeks but those who remain

:04:04. > :04:05.are experiencing shortages of food Our Middle East correspondent

:04:06. > :04:10.Orla Guerin reports. In the clamour for help,

:04:11. > :04:15.many go empty-handed. The gunfire from Iraqi soldiers

:04:16. > :04:19.trying to control the crowd Survivors of the caliphate,

:04:20. > :04:26.now at risk from hunger. In the distance, smoke

:04:27. > :04:29.from an IS car bomb. But those who flee the fighting

:04:30. > :04:36.here end up in overcrowded camps. There are no good options

:04:37. > :04:46.for the people of Western Mosul. Local people here tell us this

:04:47. > :04:49.is the first aid supplies They say they have no running water,

:04:50. > :04:54.no electricity, no access People in the queue are really

:04:55. > :05:01.afraid that the food is going to run out before they've been able

:05:02. > :05:03.to get some. Barely able to walk,

:05:04. > :05:07.but with many mouths to feed, Hamda Mohamed, whose family

:05:08. > :05:16.is living on bread and water. I'm crying, she says,

:05:17. > :05:20.because my children don't understand The battle for Mosul may now

:05:21. > :05:36.be in its final phase, when the caliphate crumbles,

:05:37. > :05:40.there will be much to rebuild, Orla Guerrin, BBC

:05:41. > :06:01.News, Western Mosul. In a rare move, MPs from four

:06:02. > :06:12.committees across Transport, We are joined by our guest in

:06:13. > :06:15.Cardiff now. What is the significance of today's visit by

:06:16. > :06:18.Theresa May? She's going to go to all the devolved nations before

:06:19. > :06:23.triggering Article 50 at the end of the month. The visit to Wales Today

:06:24. > :06:26.on paper should be the easiest primarily because Wales voted to

:06:27. > :06:29.leave the European Union unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland which

:06:30. > :06:33.voted to remain. In a sense, that brings its own political challenge

:06:34. > :06:37.because, if relations are not good with the devolved administration in

:06:38. > :06:41.Cardiff, it doesn't bode well with what will happen elsewhere. Labour

:06:42. > :06:45.Welsh Government ministers in Cardiff have been having talks in

:06:46. > :06:49.recent months with the UK Government over Brexit. There are some early

:06:50. > :06:54.signs of strain in that relationship. The real concern and

:06:55. > :06:57.question marks from the Welsh Government is whether there's real

:06:58. > :07:02.engagement from ministers at Westminster. What they want to be

:07:03. > :07:06.involved with is any kind of trade deal, the replacement areas like ago

:07:07. > :07:12.cultural subsidies for the farming sector. So Theresa May will be in

:07:13. > :07:17.Swansea today with Carwyn Jones, the First Minister, holding talks.

:07:18. > :07:21.She'll also sign a City deal, politically important for her if

:07:22. > :07:24.she's saying she'll represent all corners of the UK. South-west Wales

:07:25. > :07:25.is a corner of the UK that's struggled to generate investment in

:07:26. > :07:32.the past. Thank you Nick. Police have arrested a man

:07:33. > :07:34.on suspicion of murdering a one-year-old boy at a flat

:07:35. > :07:36.in North London. The man will also be

:07:37. > :07:38.questioned on suspicion of attempting to murder a girl,

:07:39. > :07:49.thought to be the boy's twin sister. The boy died early hours yesterday

:07:50. > :07:52.morning and the girl is in a critical condition.

:07:53. > :07:55.In a rare move, MPs from four committees across Transport,

:07:56. > :07:58.Health and the Environment are coming together to look

:07:59. > :08:15.They'll scrutinise whether government plans aimed at tackling

:08:16. > :08:24.The Force's Sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn, is celebrating

:08:25. > :08:28.To mark the occasion, a 350 foot image of her is being projected

:08:29. > :08:39.A pair of wartime spitfires will also do a display over the cliffs.

:08:40. > :08:43.Dame Vera's daughter Virginia was here at Breakfast last week,

:08:44. > :08:50.and told us how her mum enjoyed performing on stage.

:08:51. > :08:56.It was a bit, don't put your daughter on stage, Mrs Worthington,

:08:57. > :09:00.you know, but eventually she did and then loved it. I knew the reaction

:09:01. > :09:04.she was having on people which comes over in the documentary. The

:09:05. > :09:10.reaction she had on people and how they reacted to her, pow important

:09:11. > :09:21.she was to them. A very happy birthday.

:09:22. > :09:24.Those are the main stories this morning, Carol will have the latest

:09:25. > :09:31.A BBC Panorama investigation has found growing problems

:09:32. > :09:33.in the home care sector, as companies struggle to meet rising

:09:34. > :09:38.Research by the programme found almost 100 councils have

:09:39. > :09:41.had contracts cancelled by private care providers.

:09:42. > :09:45.Around a quarter of companies were found to be at risk of insolvency.

:09:46. > :09:48.And 69 providers were found to have closed in the last

:09:49. > :09:53.Joining us now is Ken Hogg who owns a company that provides care,

:09:54. > :09:57.and one of his employees, Amanda Hopewell.

:09:58. > :10:00.And joining us from Westminster is the former chair

:10:01. > :10:03.of the Royal College of GPs, Dr Clare Gerada who's been involved

:10:04. > :10:09.in writing a report on social care for the Liberal Democrats.

:10:10. > :10:16.Good morning to you all. Ken, if I could come to you first of

:10:17. > :10:21.all, what are the challenges that you face? Recruitment and retention

:10:22. > :10:26.of staff really are the biggest issues. It's not uncommon for a home

:10:27. > :10:31.care agency to have a turnover of 30% of staff a year. It's not

:10:32. > :10:35.uncommon. And you wonder why. I mean, we recruit people, we do

:10:36. > :10:40.retain a lot of people, we train people to a very, very high level

:10:41. > :10:46.and then we lose them because they can go to the low-cost supermarkets

:10:47. > :10:52.and earn ?10. 50 an hour where I can only pay them ?7. 55 an hour. You

:10:53. > :10:56.know, being dedicated to your job is wonderful and people like Amanda are

:10:57. > :10:59.very, very dedicated to their jobs, but at the end of the day they have

:11:00. > :11:04.to live like the rest of us, they have their bills to pay. Amanda,

:11:05. > :11:09.tells us what it's like for you working for Ken and his company. You

:11:10. > :11:13.are on a zero hours contract, so how does it pan out for you? It's quite

:11:14. > :11:19.hard really because you have got long hours in the week and it's

:11:20. > :11:24.just, you can't plan anything to two out, you know, no social life with

:11:25. > :11:29.your friends or anything like that, it's just a lot of work and a lot of

:11:30. > :11:35.people out there need their care and it is very hard. Especially from 7

:11:36. > :11:39.o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night. Then you're out

:11:40. > :11:48.the next morning at 7 as well so it's long days. Doctor, I'm sure you

:11:49. > :11:51.have spoken to similar people to Amanda, you have been looking at

:11:52. > :11:55.this in detail. What do you think the solution might be? We looked in

:11:56. > :12:00.detail at how we can move from something needing to be done to what

:12:01. > :12:04.should be done. We looked at different ways of revenue generation

:12:05. > :12:09.really. What we came to what our interim report is about a dedicated

:12:10. > :12:12.or hypothecated health and care tax paid through national taxation and

:12:13. > :12:17.many polls have shown that the public would be willing to pay

:12:18. > :12:23.increases in tax as long as it was ringfenced. Also looking at national

:12:24. > :12:28.insurance because those baby boomers who're approaching retirement age of

:12:29. > :12:32.which sadly I rapidly am, will pay less contributions. In fact I'll pay

:12:33. > :12:37.nothing after the age of 65 and yet my use of the Health Service will

:12:38. > :12:43.increase. So if I'm economically active, I should continue to pay

:12:44. > :12:45.twashedz my national insurance. There'll about 1.5 million

:12:46. > :12:49.pensioners who currently are economically active who pay very

:12:50. > :12:53.little or no national insurance contributions. So we looked at all

:12:54. > :12:58.of this in the mix and the final report will come out later this

:12:59. > :13:02.year. Basically, raising money through council tax is a blunt

:13:03. > :13:07.instrument and it affects the poorest areas who can't raise as

:13:08. > :13:10.much yet need more so it's a disproportionate tax and it's one

:13:11. > :13:15.that's rather unfair. Probably the way forward, as we are talking

:13:16. > :13:19.about, is a dedicated tax, health and care tax which is transparent,

:13:20. > :13:24.the public knows what is in the pot, funded through national taxation,

:13:25. > :13:29.and changes in the national insurance contributions. I can hear

:13:30. > :13:33.people up and down the land shouting at their tellies. You know, only in

:13:34. > :13:39.the last few days, the Government's made a U-turn on the change in

:13:40. > :13:44.contributions of national insurance contributions. Raising taxes in any

:13:45. > :13:49.way is never popular is it, it's never easy? Of course it isn't but I

:13:50. > :13:53.think it's rather unfair that as I continue to be economically active

:13:54. > :13:57.to my 06s, maybe up to 70, I pay less than say my sons who aren't

:13:58. > :14:01.using the system. I'm not talking about people who're not in work.

:14:02. > :14:05.When you have largely been the beneficiaries of what we call the

:14:06. > :14:09.baby boom years, the education, the schooling et cetera, so paying tax

:14:10. > :14:13.is never popular but when polls have been done, one was done by Sky, one

:14:14. > :14:18.was done by the Guardian, on the whole, people if they see the money

:14:19. > :14:22.is being ringfenced and see that it's used wisely, if the costs are

:14:23. > :14:28.transparent, then of course we can only get what we pay for. You heard

:14:29. > :14:31.your story and Amanda earning less than she would earn in a supermarket

:14:32. > :14:36.doing the hardest of the hardest jobs. I tell you, feeding and

:14:37. > :14:41.washing and bathing and caring for your mother or your grandmother is a

:14:42. > :14:48.tough job but should be rewarded as such. Ken, you had to hand the care

:14:49. > :14:56.contract back. Give us an insight as to how close your margins are. You

:14:57. > :15:01.say you would love to pay your staff more, would you like to carry on? I

:15:02. > :15:05.must say this on camera. I know that our councils have had to accept

:15:06. > :15:09.Draconian cuts in their budgets, goodness me, we all go down the same

:15:10. > :15:12.potholes in the roads don't we because we know they are not filled

:15:13. > :15:16.in and councils haven't got enough money. This is a national problem

:15:17. > :15:19.that our national Governments are going to have to tackle and not

:15:20. > :15:24.place the whole of the burden on local authorities. Our councillors,

:15:25. > :15:29.ordinary people like we are, they're no different than what we are and

:15:30. > :15:34.they are having to make some really, really tough decisions because most

:15:35. > :15:38.councils in this country, they're top budgets are usually education

:15:39. > :15:43.and social care, the top two, either or and these budgets have had no

:15:44. > :15:51.choice but to accept cuts as part of the regime that is run.

:15:52. > :15:56.This young lady sitting next to me is wonderful and she is one of many,

:15:57. > :16:01.many people who work for my company and across the land as well.

:16:02. > :16:04.Hard-working, caring, dedicated, respected by her colleagues,

:16:05. > :16:08.respected by the people that she looks after and I want this young

:16:09. > :16:15.lady and all the other people I employ to have a decent Living Wage.

:16:16. > :16:19.On that, Amanda, have had to consider changing career? Can you

:16:20. > :16:23.see yourself doing this job five years down the line? If they brought

:16:24. > :16:28.in a contract like just a small contract or something, anything for

:16:29. > :16:32.us or even wages went up, I would stay in care, but because I love the

:16:33. > :16:36.job so much, I don't want to look for anything else. Yeah, I suppose

:16:37. > :16:41.you wouldn't do it, the long hours... I must say this to you and

:16:42. > :16:47.people at home must realise this. Most employees don't want their

:16:48. > :16:51.employees to have zero-hours contracts, I have no choice because

:16:52. > :16:55.if I get a client going into hospital then the funding for that

:16:56. > :16:59.client stops immediately. No retainer is paid. So I don't know

:17:00. > :17:04.how long that person is going to be in hospital for and I mean, it's a

:17:05. > :17:08.ridiculous situation and you end up in a situation like we heard over

:17:09. > :17:13.this past couple of months really. They call it delayed discharging, we

:17:14. > :17:17.still call it bed-blocking, but it can cost I'm up to ?2,000 a week to

:17:18. > :17:22.keep a person in hospital, who actually should be at home. I want

:17:23. > :17:26.to bring you, we have a statement from the Welsh Government. This is

:17:27. > :17:30.what they are saying. "It is up to the Welsh Government's Cabinet to

:17:31. > :17:33.decide how to spend any extra money. Action is being taken to address

:17:34. > :17:37.recruitment problems in the sector and the introduction of a

:17:38. > :17:42.registration scheme for care workers in 2020 would be helping."

:17:43. > :17:48.Well, giving somebody a little bit of status by putting them on the

:17:49. > :17:51.register is fine, but will that give them a decent Living Wage at the end

:17:52. > :17:57.of the day? I don't know. All I do know is this - I think Rebecca Evans

:17:58. > :18:03.is the Minister for Social services for the Welsh Government. I would

:18:04. > :18:07.Rebecca Evans to go out on a wet, horrible night, in the middle of

:18:08. > :18:13.Anglesey, walking down somebody's path with a torch with the rain

:18:14. > :18:18.going down the back of your neck trying to open a key safe to help a

:18:19. > :18:24.little old lady to put her to bed. She has done that? In order to know

:18:25. > :18:29.what a job is about, you have to do it yourself, don't you? It is as

:18:30. > :18:32.simple as that. I have done that, not in Anglesey, but certainly in

:18:33. > :18:37.the area where I'm a General Practitioner and I can tell you, it

:18:38. > :18:40.is a very difficult job and I get paid considerably more than care

:18:41. > :18:44.workers and it is important that we address the fact that the people who

:18:45. > :18:49.look after the most vulnerable in society, care workers, are paid a

:18:50. > :18:54.decent wage. Thank you very much indeed. Ken, Amanda, it is great to

:18:55. > :18:58.have you in this morning. I'm sure we've got lots of viewers who have

:18:59. > :19:00.got things to say. Get in contact and you can do that via Facebook and

:19:01. > :19:06.Twitter. Send us an e-mail as well. Here's Carol with a look

:19:07. > :19:16.at this morning's weather. This morning we have cloud and there

:19:17. > :19:20.is rain and it's windy particularly so across the Western Isles. The

:19:21. > :19:26.other thing about the forecast, it is going to turn cold are. We've got

:19:27. > :19:31.this cold front sinking south and behind it, we see colder air coming

:19:32. > :19:38.our way as represented by the blues on the chart. You will notice a

:19:39. > :19:42.different as temperatures fall to below average with night-time frosts

:19:43. > :19:46.and some of us seeing snow. So this morning we have got a band of rain

:19:47. > :19:50.across England and Wales continuing to push steadily down towards the

:19:51. > :19:53.South East. Windy around it, but behind that, for the far north of

:19:54. > :19:57.England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are looking at bright

:19:58. > :20:00.spells and sunshine and showers. But still very windy in the north. So

:20:01. > :20:04.the strongest winds in morning in the Western Isles, by the afternoon,

:20:05. > :20:07.we're looking at gusts 60mph across the Northern Isles especially

:20:08. > :20:10.Orkney. Now, away from that, Scotland and Northern Ireland and

:20:11. > :20:13.Northern England seeing showers. Most of them at lower levels will be

:20:14. > :20:18.of rain, but you might see hail and in between, there will be sunshine.

:20:19. > :20:22.It is the same for Wales. Sunshine after the rain as the rain continues

:20:23. > :20:25.to push down into the South East, and also the Channel Islands. Behind

:20:26. > :20:29.it, for the south-west, there will be quite a bit of cloud for you

:20:30. > :20:33.producing showers, but slowly, it will start to brighten up.

:20:34. > :20:37.Temperature wise today, sevens, eights and nines in the north to

:20:38. > :20:40.highs of 14 Celsius as we push towards the South East. Talking of

:20:41. > :20:44.the south-east, that rain clears away through this evening. Leaving

:20:45. > :20:48.some clear skies behind. Still quite breezy and a rash of showers. Now,

:20:49. > :20:51.some of those showers will be wintry, even at lower levels across

:20:52. > :20:57.Northern Ireland, Scotland and Northern England. Funneling across

:20:58. > :21:01.the Central Lowlands so you may wake up to patchy coverings of snow

:21:02. > :21:07.tomorrow morning, across the south it is more likely to be rain you

:21:08. > :21:10.see, but watch out for ice first thing tomorrow morning. Tomorrow

:21:11. > :21:14.morning, we start off with that scenario, but the wintry flavour

:21:15. > :21:18.will be on the hills rather than at lower levels. There will be a lot of

:21:19. > :21:22.dry weather and sunshine and showers coming in across England and Wales

:21:23. > :21:25.and another breezy day, but look at the temperature continuing to come

:21:26. > :21:31.down except for this stage in the South East. Only four or six Celsius

:21:32. > :21:35.in Glasgow or Newcastle. Tomorrow night, we've got this finger of rain

:21:36. > :21:40.extending in from the south-west accompanied by gusty winds. That

:21:41. > :21:43.will deposit snow on the mountains of Snowdonia, but as it pushes up

:21:44. > :21:48.into the north of England and engages with the colder air here,

:21:49. > :21:51.well, it will fall to snow. Not just on the hills, but at lower levels

:21:52. > :21:55.particularly we think across north-east England. So again, first

:21:56. > :21:59.thing on Wednesday morning you will be waking up to snow. But

:22:00. > :22:03.increasingly through the day as temperatures rise, it will be snow

:22:04. > :22:06.on the hills, rain at lower levels and you can see the rotation of the

:22:07. > :22:10.rain on either side of it, something drier and brighter and still 11 in

:22:11. > :22:14.London, but elsewhere we are coming down. So if you have been planting

:22:15. > :22:18.Sal and Dan, remember frost by night. Watch out for the tender

:22:19. > :22:26.plants. OK, I will. I will check the tender

:22:27. > :22:32.plants this evening! Carol said it's time to get our

:22:33. > :22:38.winter woollies out! Really? I've just put mine away.

:22:39. > :22:43.Congressional hearings in Washington aren't normally big box office -

:22:44. > :22:45.but events there today have been described as American politics

:22:46. > :22:51.The question is how much the Russians were involved in last

:22:52. > :22:56.year's presidential election and the man in the dock is

:22:57. > :22:57.the director of the FBI, James Comey.

:22:58. > :22:59.Our Washington reporter Laura Bicker explains why it's

:23:00. > :23:08.I think it would be great if we got along with Russia.

:23:09. > :23:10.I've never met Putin in all fairness.

:23:11. > :23:13.One question has dogged Donald Trump's road

:23:14. > :23:15.to the White House more than any other -

:23:16. > :23:18.what part did Russia play in helping him win the election?

:23:19. > :23:22.The hackers behind a cyber-attack on Mr Trump's Democratic

:23:23. > :23:29.rivals were Russian, according to US intelligence.

:23:30. > :23:31.The embarrassing e-mails were published on WikiLeaks

:23:32. > :23:33.and some, including Hillary Clinton, began to question Russia's

:23:34. > :23:37.We have never, in the history of our country, been

:23:38. > :23:40.in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working

:23:41. > :23:47.so hard to influence the outcome of the election.

:23:48. > :23:50.And believe me, they're not doing it to get me elected.

:23:51. > :23:52.She doesn't know if it's the Russians doing the hacking.

:23:53. > :23:58.However hard he tried, Russia was the scandal

:23:59. > :24:02.He would rather have a puppet as president of the United States...

:24:03. > :24:11.Those who analyse state-sponsored cyber-threats are convinced.

:24:12. > :24:15.Where there's smoke, there's some kind of fire.

:24:16. > :24:18.There is fire, but it's not the burning down of the building

:24:19. > :24:20.that might be perceived by some news accounts.

:24:21. > :24:23.Much more likely, in a smarter strategy on the part of Russia,

:24:24. > :24:29.is identify candidates that support their positions,

:24:30. > :24:31.identify those issues which drive support to those candidates,

:24:32. > :24:38.As President Trump entered the White House, the press kept

:24:39. > :24:47.on digging for more details on any Russian links to his campaign.

:24:48. > :24:50.Donald Trump's close aides said they'd no contact with Russian

:24:51. > :24:52.But they seemed to keep forgetting they had met

:24:53. > :24:59.The first Cabinet casualty was his national security

:25:00. > :25:02.He resigned after his meetings were disclosed.

:25:03. > :25:06.Then there was his pick for Attorney-General, Jeff Sessions.

:25:07. > :25:09.It turned out too that he had also met with Russian ambassador.

:25:10. > :25:11.In his position of power, President Trump has continued

:25:12. > :25:13.to state he wants closer ties with Russia.

:25:14. > :25:16.The hearings this week will try to establish just how close

:25:17. > :25:25.What would I get involved with Putin for?

:25:26. > :25:28.I have nothing to do with him, I have never spoken to him,

:25:29. > :25:32.I know nothing about him other than that he will respect me.

:25:33. > :25:34.You can watch coverage of the hearing this afternoon

:25:35. > :25:40.Millions of people across America are expected to be glued to that all

:25:41. > :25:49.day. We've

:25:50. > :25:51.been asking what makes you happy? It's the international

:25:52. > :26:02.day of happiness. Brambles the horse makes Willow

:26:03. > :26:08.happy. Nicola tweeted us a picture of her daughter, awh, gorgeous, she

:26:09. > :26:15.makes everybody happy. Zoe shared this little gem. This is up side

:26:16. > :26:22.down Dudley. Good morning, Dudley! Dudley is a man! Dudley keeps that

:26:23. > :26:27.family very happy as well. Yeah, I think Dudley looks very relaxed.

:26:28. > :26:34.That's the best way to watch us, slightly up side down.

:26:35. > :26:38.That is potentially smiling! Yeah. That's a dog smile on Breakfast.

:26:39. > :26:42.Keep sending your pictures in. You can e-mail us at

:26:43. > :26:43.bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk or share your thoughts with other

:26:44. > :26:46.viewers on our Facebook page. And you can Tweet about today's

:26:47. > :26:48.stories using #BBCBreakfast or follow us for the latest

:26:49. > :26:56.from the programme. Lots of people sending in pictures

:26:57. > :30:30.I will be here just after 9am. And a horse. More coming up.

:30:31. > :30:35.Hello this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker.

:30:36. > :30:38.Home care companies say they're in crisis because they can't

:30:39. > :30:40.recruit enough staff to meet growing demands.

:30:41. > :30:44.Research commissioned by the BBC's Panorama suggests nearly one in four

:30:45. > :30:47.home care companies are at risk of insolvency - with 69 closing

:30:48. > :30:53.The Department for Health said it will announce plans for a more

:30:54. > :30:59.sustainable social care system later this year.

:31:00. > :31:02.Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering

:31:03. > :31:04.a one-year-old boy at a flat in north London.

:31:05. > :31:06.The man will also be questioned on suspicion

:31:07. > :31:14.Our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn is in north London now.

:31:15. > :31:25.It is a horrible case. What can you tell us about the latest we are

:31:26. > :31:32.hearing this morning? Forensic teams were here late into last night. It

:31:33. > :31:37.is on Wilberforce Road, at one of the cream properties behind me, the

:31:38. > :31:42.top floor flat. They were called at 11pm on Saturday when the flat

:31:43. > :31:46.became a crime scene and neighbours reported hearing screaming and

:31:47. > :31:50.shouting and also saw a distressed woman who had run out into the

:31:51. > :31:56.street. Police say they got to the flat and found a one-year-old boy,

:31:57. > :32:02.and girl, twins, both seriously hurt and they were taken to hospital, one

:32:03. > :32:07.by land ambulance, the other by air ambulance, but, sadly, the little

:32:08. > :32:16.boy died shortly afterwards. Police asked to speak to a man, Bidhya

:32:17. > :32:22.Sagar Das, believed to be the children's father. He was then

:32:23. > :32:28.arrested at 715 last night. We are told he is being held at a London

:32:29. > :32:35.police station. Police say a postmortem may well take place this

:32:36. > :32:40.morning. The little girl was transferred from one hospital to

:32:41. > :32:45.another yesterday because she needed specialist care. She is described as

:32:46. > :32:47.being in a critical, but stable, condition. Thanks.

:32:48. > :32:51.Police in Ghana say at least 17 people have died after a fallen

:32:52. > :32:52.tree hit people swimming beneath a waterfall.

:32:53. > :32:54.The accident happened at Kintampo Falls, a popular

:32:55. > :33:00.It is thought the tree had been uprooted by a powerful storm.

:33:01. > :33:05.Most of the people killed were students.

:33:06. > :33:07.The president of app-based taxi service Uber has resigned after less

:33:08. > :33:14.Jeff Jones said recent controversies over claims of a poor working

:33:15. > :33:18.culture and sexual harassment at the company made him leave.

:33:19. > :33:22.Big changes in calculating personal injury insurance pay-outs

:33:23. > :33:24.come into effect today, which will mean higher

:33:25. > :33:27.compensation for some, but more costs for the industry.

:33:28. > :33:31.It comes after pressure from disability groups

:33:32. > :33:34.to lower the discount rate that determines how much the NHS,

:33:35. > :33:36.or insurance companies, must pay up front to successful

:33:37. > :33:38.claimants to cover their lifetime care.

:33:39. > :33:41.In a rare move, MPs from four committees -

:33:42. > :33:43.across Transport, Health and the Environment -

:33:44. > :33:46.are coming together to look at the issue of air pollution.

:33:47. > :33:48.It's hoped the collaboration will enable them to improve

:33:49. > :33:52.the scrutiny of government plans to reduce pollution.

:33:53. > :33:55.The government says it's firmly committed to improving the UK's air

:33:56. > :33:58.quality and has recently announced additional funding to help

:33:59. > :34:13.One of the world's top surfers has made an amazing comeback

:34:14. > :34:18.It comes less than two years after being injured in an accident.

:34:19. > :34:21.Owen Wright suffered a severe brain injury while taking on one

:34:22. > :34:23.of the world's most dangerous waves, in Hawaii, in 2015.

:34:24. > :34:25.But here the Australian surfer is, winning he first

:34:26. > :34:27.event of this year's World Surf League's Championship

:34:28. > :34:32.of that competition - with Wright himself saying

:34:33. > :34:42.Plenty of friends and family there, as he managed to get out of the

:34:43. > :34:46.water and you can see what it meant to him and all those who gathered to

:34:47. > :34:48.see him back. What a hero. That brings you up to

:34:49. > :34:52.date. If you're working in a tall building

:34:53. > :34:56.today, you may want to think Apparently the movement can

:34:57. > :34:59.make people feel sick. We'll speak to a civil

:35:00. > :35:08.engineer about it. This may seem like an ordinary

:35:09. > :35:11.choir, but they've just won an award for raising hundreds of thousands

:35:12. > :35:13.of pounds for charity Not all of them! The studio is not

:35:14. > :35:27.that big! And a bit later, we

:35:28. > :35:31.have a treat for you. We have ALL of the chasers

:35:32. > :35:34.here on the sofa to talk about being in the final

:35:35. > :35:45.of Let's Sing and I love the costumes.

:35:46. > :35:48.We have four of the five. Because Paul is a stand-up comedian at the

:35:49. > :35:51.weekend and he had a gig and could not take part.

:35:52. > :35:53.He missed out on dressing up and singing and dancing. All of that to

:35:54. > :36:01.come. We have information this morning on

:36:02. > :36:09.the amount of doping in sport. We will have more in a moment. Kat bowl

:36:10. > :36:15.have more in a moment, but first you will bring us up to date.

:36:16. > :36:22.You will not see any half-hearted stretching because the netball girls

:36:23. > :36:26.are in and netball girls do things properly. No netball in the

:36:27. > :36:27.bulletin. We start with the Premier League.

:36:28. > :36:29.The main game of the day in the Premier League yesterday

:36:30. > :36:32.was between third and fourth place as Manchester City drew

:36:33. > :36:35.A penalty from James Milner put Liverpool ahead before

:36:36. > :36:41.Third-placed City are now 12 points behind the league leaders Chelsea.

:36:42. > :36:45.It is one of the most special days of my life,

:36:46. > :36:47.because after the defeat on Tuesday, Wednesday

:36:48. > :36:52.And how we recovered today, with this mentality to play

:36:53. > :36:55.and attack - we could not attack more often because Liverpool

:36:56. > :36:59.I want to stay with those guys a long, long time.

:37:00. > :37:00.I don't want to change absolutely anything.

:37:01. > :37:04.In terms of the club, I want to stay here and help this

:37:05. > :37:08.I am more and more fine with the result.

:37:09. > :37:14.I struggled a little bit at the final whistle to be really

:37:15. > :37:16.happy about...but of course it is a success to get a point

:37:17. > :37:27.It happens not every day so that means, yeah,

:37:28. > :37:31.Second-placed Tottenham are ten points behind the league leaders

:37:32. > :37:33.after a two-one win over Southampton at White Hart Lane.

:37:34. > :37:37.They beat managerless Middlesbrough three-one,

:37:38. > :37:42.Jesse Lingard here with the pick of the goals.

:37:43. > :37:44.Celtic are now just one win away from clinching

:37:45. > :37:49.They beat Dundee 2-1 yesterday and could wrap up the title

:37:50. > :37:55.Wigan Warriors are top of Super League.

:37:56. > :37:57.They drew 16-all with Huddersfield after previous leaders Castleford

:37:58. > :38:05.Leicester Tigers have won the Anglo Welsh Cup

:38:06. > :38:12.Tom Brady scored their only try in a 16-12 win over Exeter Chiefs.

:38:13. > :38:15.It's Exeter's second final defeat in a row.

:38:16. > :38:18.Roger Federer has continued his impressive 2017

:38:19. > :38:23.He followed up his Australian Open title with a straight sets win

:38:24. > :38:28.over his Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka.

:38:29. > :38:33.In the women's final, Elena Vesnina recovered from a set

:38:34. > :38:36.and 4-1 down against fellow Russian and two time grand slam champion

:38:37. > :38:39.Svetlana Kuznetzova to win the biggest title of her career

:38:40. > :38:46.And finally, Britain's slopestyle skiers enjoyed double medal success

:38:47. > :38:55.James Woods and Isabel Atkin both picked up bronze medals.

:38:56. > :39:06.That concludes the sports news and we can get back to the reason we are

:39:07. > :39:09.here in the Hartpury College in Gloucestershire, which is one of the

:39:10. > :39:13.first to sign up to a clean sport commitment to fight against doping

:39:14. > :39:19.in sport and we are here to talk about that because a BBC survey

:39:20. > :39:24.found doping in amateur sport, not just professional sport, it is

:39:25. > :39:28.pretty widespread. We have heard high profile cases, Lance Armstrong,

:39:29. > :39:31.the Russian athletics team before the Olympics and Usain Bolt stripped

:39:32. > :39:35.of a medal because a Jamaican team-mate got caught cheating. It

:39:36. > :39:37.turns out it is a problem among amateur athletes. We have been

:39:38. > :39:39.looking into the issue. There are many reasons why

:39:40. > :39:43.professional athletes take And sport is overwhelmed

:39:44. > :39:52.with culprits. The disgraced cyclist,

:39:53. > :39:55.Lance Armstrong, has ended years of denial by admitting

:39:56. > :39:56.using performance-enhancing drugs. But what might be harder

:39:57. > :39:59.to understand is why amateur Dan Stevens was a former

:40:00. > :40:02.amateur cyclist. A few years ago, he started taking

:40:03. > :40:04.a number of substances He was banned in 2014

:40:05. > :40:12.after refusing to take a test. I had always been a clean athlete,

:40:13. > :40:21.and this situation that happened with me when I was 39 years old,

:40:22. > :40:24.the real thing for me wasn't I didn't do a lot of

:40:25. > :40:27.racing on the substances. How much of a difference

:40:28. > :40:37.does this give you? I don't think in the amateur ranks,

:40:38. > :40:40.it is about winning. It is that you have got a situation

:40:41. > :40:43.where somebody is overweight, needs to lean down, and uses it

:40:44. > :40:45.to get in shape. And then get railroaded into doing

:40:46. > :40:49.a marathon or a long bike ride, or some kind of competitive event,

:40:50. > :40:52.and they improve their And they become a healthier

:40:53. > :40:55.individual, they become more body conscious

:40:56. > :40:56.and more health-orientated. And this is far from

:40:57. > :40:58.an isolated case. A poll carried out for the BBC

:40:59. > :41:01.of amateur sportspeople in the UK found that half believe the use

:41:02. > :41:05.of performance enhancing A similar number say those drugs

:41:06. > :41:10.are easily available among those More than a third said

:41:11. > :41:14.they personally know someone who has doped,

:41:15. > :41:19.and 8% said they had taken steroids. Certainly the figures,

:41:20. > :41:24.as regard to the prevalence of performance-enhancing substances

:41:25. > :41:25.at an amateur level, That said, they do confirm what UK

:41:26. > :41:32.Anti-Doping has long suspected, and also seen, through some

:41:33. > :41:37.of our intelligence-led testing. This is the front line in the fight

:41:38. > :41:40.to keep sport clean, a joint operation between police

:41:41. > :41:42.and UK Anti-Doping, targeting However, it's not against the law

:41:43. > :41:54.to use steroids for personal use. So for those motivated by vanity,

:41:55. > :41:57.rather than victory, are they really We took our findings

:41:58. > :42:03.to an expert in doping behaviour This is actually the dark

:42:04. > :42:06.side of exercise. Using substances not

:42:07. > :42:09.to improve your health - you don't care about

:42:10. > :42:11.your health any more. You care about your performance

:42:12. > :42:15.and how you look to other people. Just how serious a health issue do

:42:16. > :42:20.you think this could be? You're using substances that

:42:21. > :42:22.are meant to treat diseases. And you are actually misusing them

:42:23. > :42:28.without a prescription. You are not just cheating,

:42:29. > :42:31.or not cheating, if you are an exerciser, but putting

:42:32. > :42:33.your life at risk. But however the authorities

:42:34. > :42:35.respond to the issue, athletes at every level,

:42:36. > :42:38.in every sport will always be willing to cut corners,

:42:39. > :42:51.whatever the risks. Some really alarming figures in the

:42:52. > :42:56.report. What they are committed to act Hartpury, here, is educate

:42:57. > :43:02.students. They have over 1500 students and they will educate them

:43:03. > :43:06.and bring them up in a world of sport where they prove doping is not

:43:07. > :43:10.a benefit to athletes and hopefully that will stamp out doping in

:43:11. > :43:15.amateur sport and perhaps in professional sport where a lot of

:43:16. > :43:18.students go on to excel. Ruth, you are the performance Lifestyle

:43:19. > :43:22.manager and it is up to you to teach students about anti-doping and you

:43:23. > :43:27.have an educational system to tell them what is right and wrong, but

:43:28. > :43:32.how do you know they are not giving in to temptation? I guess we can

:43:33. > :43:38.never know 100%, we do our best to ensure they have the education and

:43:39. > :43:41.understand consequences and when they are competing they are

:43:42. > :43:52.competing clean and hopefully they can make important choices and holds

:43:53. > :43:56.hold their head high. Thanks for coming here. Looking very smart in

:43:57. > :44:02.your suit, surrounded by Lycra! Why do you think amateur athletes are

:44:03. > :44:07.tempted into doping? I imagine what has happened over the past 20 years

:44:08. > :44:14.is professional sport has become so dominant its values and ethos has

:44:15. > :44:21.trickled down to the amateur world. Although the original intention of

:44:22. > :44:24.amateur sport was to put -- to participate with the joy of

:44:25. > :44:29.competing, that has somehow been lost and if you want evidence, go to

:44:30. > :44:33.any park on Sunday morning and listen to parents and coaches on the

:44:34. > :44:39.touchline, while kids are playing ordinary games of football for farm.

:44:40. > :44:47.And you will think you are witnessing wannabe Pep Guardiolas or

:44:48. > :44:52.Jose Mourinhos. People screaming at their kids as if their life depended

:44:53. > :44:57.on it. You have been outspoken, that in your opinion you cannot regulate

:44:58. > :45:02.doping. You can say to students it is not good for you, but at the end

:45:03. > :45:08.of the day, it is impossible to police. That is what Ruth

:45:09. > :45:12.acknowledges. In practical terms you cannot police. You can test and

:45:13. > :45:17.punish people who violate this but you can never control doping because

:45:18. > :45:27.the witches are in professional sport. It is a dog eat dog kind of

:45:28. > :45:31.ethos and I think anything that confers a competitive advantage,

:45:32. > :45:37.athletes will take. Doping apparently does and will never read

:45:38. > :45:43.sport of it. I suppose that leads me to the logical conclusion that what

:45:44. > :45:48.should we do about it, and maybe we should access at it, that it is part

:45:49. > :45:54.and parcel of modern sport and somehow monitor it to try to

:45:55. > :46:01.regulate it, but not penalise athletes who do take dope. Let's not

:46:02. > :46:06.forget, we enjoyed sport pre-1972, which is when anti-doping policies

:46:07. > :46:11.were introduced and I think we can as easily appreciate and enjoy sport

:46:12. > :46:16.even if there was doping that was rampant. That is a big claim. Would

:46:17. > :46:20.you enjoy watching sport if perhaps what you saw on the television could

:46:21. > :46:25.actually not be believed, athletes had been doping. Would you watch the

:46:26. > :46:30.Olympics where everybody had been doping, who knows? This is part of

:46:31. > :46:36.the BBC's state of sport week. You can follow the debate and have your

:46:37. > :46:47.say. Thanks for coming down. For now, back to the studio. Do you know

:46:48. > :46:55.that there is a man trying to take your picture, behind you? The other

:46:56. > :47:01.way! Watch out! They are everywhere! Good to see the netball team

:47:02. > :47:05.preparing nice and early. Some serious weights. Very impressive. I

:47:06. > :47:12.am sure Carol does that in her training regime. What a beautiful

:47:13. > :47:17.weather picture. Good morning, both, this is one picture from a weather

:47:18. > :47:23.watcher taken in to run this morning, a lovely sunrise, in East

:47:24. > :47:28.Yorkshire, much more cloud, as there currently is and in Wales, it is

:47:29. > :47:33.murky and wet. We have fairly low cloud. A satellite picture you can

:47:34. > :47:37.see Worley have the brakes and the cloud coming south across Scotland

:47:38. > :47:42.and Northern Ireland, some showers and a lot of sunshine. This bright

:47:43. > :47:47.light is a weather front which through the day will continue to

:47:48. > :47:49.take cloud and rain steadily towards the south-east opening the

:47:50. > :47:55.floodgates behind and for colder air. Last week we had temperatures

:47:56. > :48:00.above average, this week they will be widely below average. So we have

:48:01. > :48:04.a wet start to the day, that rain across northern England and Wales

:48:05. > :48:09.continuing to push steadily south-east, windy ahead of it, a lot

:48:10. > :48:12.of cloud and General drizzle. Behind that band of rain for Northern

:48:13. > :48:17.England, North Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland as we go

:48:18. > :48:21.through the afternoon, some sunshine and also showers. They windy start

:48:22. > :48:26.to the Western Isles, by this afternoon gusts of 60 miles an hour

:48:27. > :48:29.across the Northern Isles, especially Orkney. Showers persist

:48:30. > :48:35.across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, and it will

:48:36. > :48:39.trigger element in the Scots hills, brightens up in Wales in the

:48:40. > :48:43.afternoon, this is the cloud behind the weather front which will

:48:44. > :48:47.continue its descent with heavier and persistent rain extending into

:48:48. > :48:51.the south-eastern channel islands but running up and touch behind it

:48:52. > :48:56.across South West England. Even shoot we cannot avoid a shower.

:48:57. > :48:59.Maybe in the north, less cold in the south although not such a pretty

:49:00. > :49:06.picture even at 14 Celsius because of the wind and rain. This evening,

:49:07. > :49:11.cold behind it and we will see a good rash of showers coming in,

:49:12. > :49:20.especially across northern England and is getting into northern

:49:21. > :49:24.England. And the hills wintry, even at lower levels a fall of snow, in

:49:25. > :49:29.the central lowlands they will get over as far as Edinburgh and we are

:49:30. > :49:36.also looking at snow showers in the Highlands, watch out for ice if you

:49:37. > :49:38.are on the move earlier in the day. Tomorrow, still wintry showers

:49:39. > :49:43.although increasingly throughout the day the wintry mess will be on the

:49:44. > :49:47.hills. Any showers in the south are likely to be of rain. Another

:49:48. > :49:55.blustery day as well, temperatures up to six Celsius in Newcastle,

:49:56. > :49:59.that's about it 11 in the south-east, temperatures coming down

:50:00. > :50:04.although not as early as elsewhere. Tuesday night sees this band of rain

:50:05. > :50:08.moving north, depositing snow on the mountains of Wales, as it engages

:50:09. > :50:12.with the colder air across northern England we should see snow at lower

:50:13. > :50:17.levels, especially in the North East, that is what you will wake up

:50:18. > :50:22.to during Wednesday morning. So today, a wet and windy start, things

:50:23. > :50:26.still relatively mild, but it will change as we go through the course

:50:27. > :50:33.of this week. Sally and done. Thank you, Carol. Well done. We will see

:50:34. > :50:38.you tomorrow. Now, if you work in a tall building

:50:39. > :50:41.and often feel tired and grumpy, it might not be just your job

:50:42. > :50:44.that's to blame. Engineers say spending time in high

:50:45. > :50:47.rise buildings can lead to tiredness and depression -

:50:48. > :50:49.because they sway Now a ?7 million study will look

:50:50. > :51:03.in to the impact of wobbly bridges and sky scrapers

:51:04. > :51:04.on our health. We're joined now by two

:51:05. > :51:06.of the experts involved, Dr Antony Darby, Head

:51:07. > :51:08.of Civil Engineering at the University of Bath,

:51:09. > :51:10.and Aleksandar Pavic, Professor of Vibration Engineering

:51:11. > :51:17.at the University of Exeter. What a great job title. You have

:51:18. > :51:23.introduced me to a new thing already. Good morning. Good morning

:51:24. > :51:28.to you. Can it really have that much of an impact on how we feel if the

:51:29. > :51:33.building we work in this there is some evidence which is coming from

:51:34. > :51:39.New Zealand, Wellington, one of the windiest cities in the world, there

:51:40. > :51:43.is evidence that some people in some circumstances, in some environments

:51:44. > :51:54.for some buildings, demonstrating the effects of mild motion sickness.

:51:55. > :51:59.Do all buildings move? We are in a building five floors in total, is it

:52:00. > :52:09.moving fractionally? Absolutely. All buildings move all the time. Loads

:52:10. > :52:15.on buildings vary. Wind loading, changes, people moving around the

:52:16. > :52:19.building cost buildings to vibrate. This is the millennium Bridge when

:52:20. > :52:22.it first came out and people were very concerned about this. Bridges

:52:23. > :52:33.are something else you are looking at. That is what we look at as well.

:52:34. > :52:39.Tall buildings in particular, a lot of tall buildings are being built at

:52:40. > :52:43.the moment, 400 of them planned for London in the next 20 years, and

:52:44. > :52:53.those are particularly prone to swaying. This is why this research

:52:54. > :52:58.is really important to be down right now. Is this why there is

:52:59. > :53:03.competition between architects and wealthy firms to go taller and

:53:04. > :53:08.taller? There is. You see at every few years, a new list of tall

:53:09. > :53:13.buildings. And they can sway metres! When you are right at the top of the

:53:14. > :53:19.building. We need to understand now what the consequences of that motion

:53:20. > :53:25.are. From a business point of view, it's a lot of money, ?7 million,

:53:26. > :53:28.spent to try to work this out. If people are getting tired and

:53:29. > :53:34.depressed, and you say that buildings in the feature will be

:53:35. > :53:38.built increasingly upwards then from a building point of view it could

:53:39. > :53:43.have a financial impact on visitors who work there. Indeed, this

:53:44. > :53:49.facility is therefore us to get to the bottom of what is going on. It

:53:50. > :53:53.will be crucial as well to sort out potential remedial measures. We

:53:54. > :54:01.believe that the environment, if it is quiet or busy, it plays a crucial

:54:02. > :54:04.role. For instance if you are standing and moving maybe you are

:54:05. > :54:09.resetting your body so that you can cope. All these are crucial research

:54:10. > :54:15.questions which we need to investigate and this facility will

:54:16. > :54:20.allow it. Which buildings that we might know of other worst offenders?

:54:21. > :54:28.Which wobbled a most? Is it about what they are built out of, or is it

:54:29. > :54:34.the height? All those factors. We are using new materials, trying to

:54:35. > :54:41.be more sustainable, and those buildings are perfectly safe, but

:54:42. > :54:50.they do inevitably move more than we are used to. What is interesting is

:54:51. > :54:58.that vibrations dictates structures, so they dictate the structures, not

:54:59. > :55:01.size considerations. It's all about day-to-day performance. And

:55:02. > :55:11.vibrations rather than strength dictate the size of the columns, the

:55:12. > :55:15.beams and such in modern buildings. I went up a crane in South Africa at

:55:16. > :55:19.once and I genuinely have not recovered because that was moving

:55:20. > :55:24.all over. They were building a water tower and for some reason we decided

:55:25. > :55:26.to go up to the top of it, the worst idea I've ever had. Thank you very

:55:27. > :55:28.much, gentlemen. Several athletes and officials

:55:29. > :55:31.involved with last year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio have

:55:32. > :55:33.told the BBC they're angry and frustrated by the failure

:55:34. > :55:36.to provide any meaningful It's exactly six months

:55:37. > :55:44.after the 2016 Games came to an end, and while Brazilian officials insist

:55:45. > :55:48.there were tangible Wyre Davies reports from the city

:55:49. > :55:51.on the broken promises For five weeks last summer,

:55:52. > :55:55.Rio de Janeiro was the centre of the sporting world,

:55:56. > :55:58.host city for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games -

:55:59. > :56:02.the greatest show on Earth. Exactly six months later,

:56:03. > :56:08.the stage is empty. Rio's Olympic Park, which should

:56:09. > :56:11.by now be operating as a sporting centre of excellence,

:56:12. > :56:14.is eerily quiet. Arenas where medals were won

:56:15. > :56:17.and lost are now little Venues that should have been

:56:18. > :56:22.dismantled, some to be rebuilt If there is a legacy here,

:56:23. > :56:35.it is not the one that those who campaigned for the Rio

:56:36. > :56:37.Olympic Games had expected. I feel that the Olympic Games

:56:38. > :56:40.in Brazil was not so successful, because the legacy

:56:41. > :56:42.was not the number one. We - we delivered a good Games,

:56:43. > :56:45.we had a lot of problems, and we keep with them, and nobody

:56:46. > :56:48.is doing anything for changing. This is the Olympic tennis arena

:56:49. > :56:52.where Andy Murray won his second For now, this is being run,

:56:53. > :56:57.like many other venues in the Olympic Park,

:56:58. > :56:59.by the Brazilian Sports Ministry, because no private company,

:57:00. > :57:03.nor the local authority, can afford, or want to take on,

:57:04. > :57:13.the huge running costs. Team Brazil missed its own medal

:57:14. > :57:15.targets at Rio 2016. This archer, Ane Marcelle,

:57:16. > :57:17.came a creditable ninth place, but has since lost her

:57:18. > :57:19.funding and her coach. Improving on Rio, and even

:57:20. > :57:22.making the Tokyo Games, TRANSLATION: A month

:57:23. > :57:34.after the Games, they cut everything - my health insurance,

:57:35. > :57:36.my salary, everything. We made history in archery,

:57:37. > :57:41.but it's all over. It made me think my

:57:42. > :57:43.sacrifice was not worth it. Such was Rio's desperation to get

:57:44. > :57:45.things ready on time, legacy was the last thing on any

:57:46. > :57:48.one's minds, says one official, who had worked previously

:57:49. > :57:50.on the London Games, I never once had a conversation

:57:51. > :57:55.about legacy at any point or in any discussion I had

:57:56. > :57:58.working on the Games. You have to remember that this

:57:59. > :58:01.was a Games where we were scrambling to put the event on on

:58:02. > :58:11.a day-by-day basis. There was no time to think

:58:12. > :58:14.about what was going to happen the day after the Games

:58:15. > :58:16.finished in September. There were undoubtedly

:58:17. > :58:17.improvements in Rio, In public transport,

:58:18. > :58:19.some infrastructure, I think that there are still promise

:58:20. > :58:24.that need to be delivered. But I do believe that we still have

:58:25. > :58:28.time to work on these promises, and the promise that we need to be

:58:29. > :58:31.faster on is the delivery of the Olympic Park,

:58:32. > :58:34.and improvements in the sporting - A brand-new Velodrome,

:58:35. > :58:43.built at huge expense, barely used, its track

:58:44. > :58:48.already water-damaged. A state-of-the-art whitewater

:58:49. > :58:50.course, meant to become a public water park after the Games,

:58:51. > :59:04.remains closed off. It is very sad. You saw all those

:59:05. > :59:08.things in their full glory, and people were saying what will it be

:59:09. > :59:12.like in six months and now we are seeing. It's just coming up to nine

:59:13. > :59:23.o'clock. It is International Day of

:59:24. > :59:27.Happiness. All morning we have been happy.

:59:28. > :59:34.Thanks for the pictures and messages you have sent him about what makes

:59:35. > :59:40.you happy. This is John. In Loch Lomond.

:59:41. > :59:45.Thomas has discovered something clever.

:59:46. > :59:52.This is a hot cross bun burger. Yes! I can see gherkins. Get rid of

:59:53. > :59:58.the gherkin and that is a winner. I have had a doughnut burger before.

:59:59. > :00:02.That was right up there. Michelle sent us this birthday cake she made

:00:03. > :00:06.for a cake decoration exam. I hope she passed with flying

:00:07. > :00:13.colours because it is incredible. It makes you happy. Thanks for your

:00:14. > :00:21.pictures. We have had so many animals. Owls. It was a highlight.

:00:22. > :00:28.One person said they were slightly perturbed. What else makes you

:00:29. > :00:28.happy? Singing. We will talk to people really happy this morning.

:00:29. > :00:48.The Roscommon Solstice Choir. Last night they were recognised in

:00:49. > :00:49.the Epic awards. I am delighted to say there are 120 members of the

:00:50. > :00:56.choir. We have three this morning. # But it's not the isle

:00:57. > :01:18.I left behind.# # After the dance is ended

:01:19. > :01:21.And all the stars are gone # Many's the heart that's aching

:01:22. > :01:48.If you could reach them all.# They are with us this morning. A

:01:49. > :01:53.huge number of people in your choir, 120 people, how do you make that

:01:54. > :02:02.work? We have two fantastic directors, they are very young, 25

:02:03. > :02:07.and 27, and they are so charismatic. So enthusiastic about the choir and

:02:08. > :02:17.we have a range of ages in the choir from 18, up to 86. It works. We are

:02:18. > :02:21.one big happy family and have one goal, raising money, helping

:02:22. > :02:28.charities to raise money. How did you get involved? I got involved

:02:29. > :02:32.three years ago and I love it. It is therapeutic, sing. What is it about

:02:33. > :02:37.singing that is therapeutic? It clears your brain and head. Very

:02:38. > :02:42.therapeutic, I find. Have you made friends in the choir? I have. It is

:02:43. > :02:49.a great way of meeting people. Fantastic. How many men are in the

:02:50. > :02:57.choir? A looks like there were slightly more women! We have more

:02:58. > :03:02.this year than we had. When I joined, there were 11, but we are

:03:03. > :03:10.over 20 now. It is increasing every year. The balance is still good. The

:03:11. > :03:15.sound you get from that number of men with the four part harmonies

:03:16. > :03:20.leasing is enough. Maybe too many men might drown it out. But we would

:03:21. > :03:25.take more if they are interested. Do you have a limit on how many you

:03:26. > :03:30.would like to have. You have 120 at the moment, are you looking for new

:03:31. > :03:36.members? This publicity, people might say, can I get involved?

:03:37. > :03:42.Anybody can get involved. There are no auditions. We have different

:03:43. > :03:47.abilities within the choir. We sound fantastic together. It is more the

:03:48. > :03:57.therapy of singing than the actual performing. What was your wedding

:03:58. > :04:04.performance, the song? We have an anthem, Roscommon and seven, and it

:04:05. > :04:09.was written by Paddy from Roscommon. It brings pride in our county and we

:04:10. > :04:17.love singing it, it is very popular. We have a member of the choir who

:04:18. > :04:24.sings how happy we are all together. Tell us about the money you have

:04:25. > :04:33.raised. What is the total? Around 150,000. Amazing. Last year, we

:04:34. > :04:39.raised about 40000 and 5000 of that was for Home Concern in London.

:04:40. > :04:45.Members of the choir travelled to London to sing for that charity and

:04:46. > :04:51.more people joined her and came out and volunteered to do work for the

:04:52. > :04:55.charities so -- they joined up. We get the enjoyment and go out and

:04:56. > :05:00.sing and hopefully the people who listen get enjoyment and charities

:05:01. > :05:11.make money. If you are wondering, that is not a wine glass. The trophy

:05:12. > :05:15.is actually very small. But it is still as important, no matter what

:05:16. > :05:21.size it is. Thanks. Congratulations. Enjoy yourselves.

:05:22. > :05:26.We have singing and dancing coming up shortly. The chasers will be here

:05:27. > :07:15.We have a full studio. Suddenly it to talk about Comic Relief.

:07:16. > :07:18.We have a full studio. Suddenly it is busy.

:07:19. > :07:23.We're used to seeing them as the no-nonsense brainboxes

:07:24. > :07:28.Competing against contestants on ITV's quiz show The Chase.

:07:29. > :07:31.But this weekend, the chasers are in the final of Let's Sing

:07:32. > :07:37.Mark, Jenny, Ann and Shaun impressed viewers two

:07:38. > :07:42.weeks ago with their renditions of the Wizard of Oz.

:07:43. > :07:50.If you have not seen it, hold onto your hats.

:07:51. > :07:54.# We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

:07:55. > :08:03.# Because, because, because, because of the wonderful things he does.

:08:04. > :08:11.# We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

:08:12. > :08:22.Wow. That was some performance. We need to know the secrets behind the

:08:23. > :08:27.outfits. It is so different to what you would normally do. We talk about

:08:28. > :08:31.reality TV and being outside your comfort zone and that is a perfect

:08:32. > :08:37.example. It is very different. We are used to being in control of our

:08:38. > :08:43.emotions, sitting in a seat, we are at high and nobody can assail us and

:08:44. > :08:47.to be standing there, ready to be singing on live television with

:08:48. > :08:52.millions watching, the comfort zone is somewhere in the distance. How

:08:53. > :08:57.did you manage it? I am rarely nervous but I was

:08:58. > :09:01.nervous before doing this. We knew that Jenny was our secret weapon

:09:02. > :09:08.because we knew she could sing and nobody knew she coped. So could you.

:09:09. > :09:17.I am OK, but Jenny is really good. There was a SuBo moment. There was a

:09:18. > :09:22.gasp and I could not hear the backing music after that. A good

:09:23. > :09:27.start, it reduces the nerves. The pressure is on, actually. I would

:09:28. > :09:32.not have wanted to be the other is ready to start their queue because

:09:33. > :09:38.the chair was enormous. Can Jenny hear the backing music? I could not

:09:39. > :09:43.hear myself. Shaun, you were the tin man. Talk to us about the outfit. I

:09:44. > :09:49.heard once you had it on you could not sit down. I had to stand the

:09:50. > :09:53.best part of the whole of the rendition and it was really hot

:09:54. > :09:58.inside, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. At the dress rehearsal I was in the

:09:59. > :10:06.room next to him and I could hear the wardrobe with it, one, two, 3Com

:10:07. > :10:11.in. Saying, yes, we've got it! And Shaun saying, wait, I am falling

:10:12. > :10:17.over! Where did the idea come from? It was not ours, they told us what

:10:18. > :10:21.we were doing and we said, OK, we have seen it. I did it in the school

:10:22. > :10:29.play when I was nine. You did not think it was a bit too silly? Did

:10:30. > :10:39.you think, great? I remember thinking, is it corny, when

:10:40. > :10:47.everybody else is doing Uptown Funk. They all knew what we were doing.

:10:48. > :10:53.Those songs mean a lot to people and they voted, so we have not done it

:10:54. > :11:03.too much injustice. Mark, who does not like an eight foot lion?

:11:04. > :11:10.Especially in the Beyonce wig. We did not have backing singers or

:11:11. > :11:12.dancers. Radley's VAT was wonderful because it almost lowered

:11:13. > :11:18.expectations and suddenly it was, they can sing. My choral tradition

:11:19. > :11:24.is after rugby matches in South Wales where you belt up the volume

:11:25. > :11:28.and do not worry about the quality. How are you going to cope having to

:11:29. > :11:34.do it again? Everybody knows you are good now. We are going to raise the

:11:35. > :11:39.level of expectations. Lesley Joseph was the wicked witch in this one, do

:11:40. > :11:46.you have a surprise? Hopefully we will keep that a secret. She might

:11:47. > :11:51.not be available next Saturday. I don't know. There might be another

:11:52. > :12:01.person. We do not know. I would not tell you if we did. Regular viewers

:12:02. > :12:04.of The Chase will know that Paul was not part of that. He had work

:12:05. > :12:10.commitments. He is a stand-up comedian at the weekend. He was not

:12:11. > :12:13.working that Saturday, the problem was he was not available for

:12:14. > :12:21.rehearsals and that is why he could not do it and he posted he was

:12:22. > :12:29.insanely jealous. I bet. At my 30th birthday, I was born in 1982 and he

:12:30. > :12:34.did a piano and karaoke mega mix of the greatest hits of 1982 that he

:12:35. > :12:38.came up with himself, played the piano, sang it and gave out song

:12:39. > :12:44.sheet so everybody could sing along. That is an entertainer at heart.

:12:45. > :12:50.How far can you go with this? Saturday night, that is it. We are

:12:51. > :12:55.chasers and we will rehearse hard and work hard. The ambition. We are

:12:56. > :13:01.there to win. We are up against good people, but they are up against us.

:13:02. > :13:07.That is what we see on The Chase day in, day out, I like the dedication.

:13:08. > :13:13.Will you win? Yes. It is up to the great British public and all I can

:13:14. > :13:18.say is vote for us. You are cramming in rehearsals, get as much done as

:13:19. > :13:20.you can and we will see you on Saturday.

:13:21. > :13:22.The final for 'Lets sing and Dance For Comic Relief'

:13:23. > :13:26.is on this BBC One on Saturday evening at five to 7.