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Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

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Another Cabinet Minister

fights for their job.

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The pressure grows on Priti Patel.

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Just days after the International

Development Secretary was forced

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to apologise over secret meetings

in Israel, Downing Street

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is examining new claims

about her trips overseas.

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Good morning, it is

Wednesday 8 November.

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Also this morning: Prince Charles's

finances face scrutiny

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following fresh revelations

in the Paradise Papers.

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The Prince's advisors deny

suggestions of a conflict

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of interest.

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On his trip to South Korea,

President Trump warns the North

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it is time to come to

the table and make a deal.

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The weapons you are acquiring are

not making you safer. They are

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putting your regime in grave danger.

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Two of the Big Six energy companies

are looking to merge.

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I'm taking a look at what that

will mean for their millions

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of customers.

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In sport: Andy Murray targets

a return to competitive

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tennis next year.

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The former world number one has been

out of action with a hip injury,

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but faced Roger Federer in a charity

match in Glasgow last night.

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Carol has the weather.

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Good morning. It is a cold start to

the day, there is quite a bit of

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frost around, some patchy mist and

fog but for most it will be dry and

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sunny. However, in the south-east

there is more cloud, some rain and

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drizzle, and we have got some wet

and windy weather coming in from the

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north-west. I will have more details

on that 15 minutes. -- in 15

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minutes.

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Good morning.

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First, our main story:

Downing Street is examining

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new information about

the International Development

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Secretary's unauthorised

contacts with senior

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Israeli government officials.

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Priti Patel apologised for meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

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Netanyahu during a summer holiday

in August without telling

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the Foreign Office in advance.

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It is now believed she had at least

one further meeting with senior

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Israeli officials after she returned

home, and failed to tell

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Theresa May about it.

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Let's get more detail now

from our political correspondent

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Leila Nathoo.

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It is interesting, because more

seems to be coming out. How certain

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is Priti Patel's future?

I don't

think it is looking good at all for

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Priti Patel at the moment. She is

still in her job for now but

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possibly only because she is on an

official visit to Africa so Theresa

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May did not have a chance to speak

with her last night. She has already

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been reprimanded by Downing Street

holding a series of unauthorised

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meetings in Israel while she was on

holiday there in the summer, without

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the presence of officials or the

knowledge of the Foreign Office. She

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even met the Israeli Prime Minister,

Anjuman Netanyahu. Now, Priti Patel

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had to go on the record to correct

an initial statement that she gave,

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correcting the number of meetings

that she had, and for suggesting

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previously that the Foreign Office

did know about what she was doing.

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Downing Street hold her in and

reminded her of the ministerial

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code, and Theresa May, despite being

under pressure them to sack her,

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considered the matter closed after

she had received an apology. But now

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we understand that Downing Street is

examining fresh revelations about

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the number of meetings that she held

in Israel. And I don't think it is

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looking good for Priti Patel at all,

and it is certainly not what Theresa

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May needs, at a time when her

government is so fragile.

Thank you

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very much, I imagine we will

continue to talk about it this

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morning and in future days.

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Donald Trump has issued a stark

warning to North Korea's leader,

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Kim Jong-un, in an address

to South Korea's parliament.

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The US President urged all countries

to join forces to isolate

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what he called the brutal

regime of North Korea,

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saying the world cannot tolerate

the menace of a rogue regime that

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threatens it with

nuclear devastation.

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It is our responsibility, and our

duty, to confront this danger

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together. Because the longer we

wait, the greater the danger grows,

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and the fewer the options become.

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In the next hour Donald Trump

is expected to arrive in China,

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as he continues his tour of Asia.

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From there, our Beijing

correspondent Stephen McDonell joins

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us.

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Thank you very much for your time

this morning. What can we expect

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from Donald Trump's visit?

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I am standing outside the forbidden

city in Beijing, and this is the

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first place Donald Trump will come

to in about 45 minutes. The US

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president will touch down and then

in convoy come directly to the

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forbidden city where he will meet Xi

Jinping for a tea ceremony and a

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walk around the old imperial powers.

It will be interesting to see what

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they talk about in the coming days,

because Donald Trump pose the

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rhetorical question of China today,

why would you want to be friends

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with North Korea? Why would you want

to be supporting North Korea, given

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its appalling human rights record.

The Chinese government's message

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will be we are doing everything we

can to uphold these UN sanctions,

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the pressure North Korea into giving

up its nuclear weapons. I suppose

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between the two of them they will

have a difference of opinion over

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just how tight those screws should

be turned on North Korea. And it

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will be interesting if, in the

coming days, they can come up with

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some sort of concrete development,

some way to move this forward. At

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the moment it is pretty much a

stalemate.

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The Prince of Wales has been accused

of calling for changes

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to international climate agreements

without disclosing that his private

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estate stood to benefit

from the reforms he supported,

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thanks to an investment in a close

friend's company in Bermuda.

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The revelations come from a number

of leaked documents about tax

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havens, known as

the Paradise Papers.

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It is the second time this week that

a member of the royal family

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has been named.

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Andy Verity reports.

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Prince Charles has campaigned

on the environment for decades,

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and especially for the rainforest.

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Today, he is due to arrive in India,

after flying from Malaysia,

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as criticism grew at home

of his failure to disclose a secret

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financial stake in

a company in Bermuda.

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On the right here is

the late Hugh van Cutsem,

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one of the Prince's oldest friends.

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He was a director of

Sustainable Forestry Management

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Limited,

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a firm that managed tropical

rainforests, registered in Bermuda,

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The company wanted to

trade in carbon credits.

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But tropical

rainforests weren't included

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in carbon-trading schemes,

so it needed the rules changed.

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In February 2007, the Duchy buys 50

shares in van Cutsem's

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company, worth $113,500.

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At that time, SFM's

directors agreed to keep

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the Duchy's shares confidential.

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Mr van Cutsem asked for lobbying

documents to be sent

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to the Prince's office,

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and soon the Prince

was making speeches

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campaigning for changes to two

international agreements

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on carbon credits.

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In June 2008, Duchy sold its shares

for $325,000, a profit

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of more than $200,000.

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Well, I think it's

a serious conflict.

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There's a conflict of interest

between his own investments

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of the Duchy of Cornwall,

and what he's trying

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to achieve publicly.

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Clarence House said...

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There is no suggestion

of illegality, nor that

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Prince Charles's campaigning caused

the share price of his friend's

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company to rise.

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Nor is it suggested

that the Duchy was seeking

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to avoid tax.

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Andrew Verity, BBC News.

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The First Minister of Wales,

Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

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to give details about his decision

to sack Carl Sargeant,

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a member of his Cabinet,

who was found dead yesterday.

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Mr Sargeant left his

post and was suspended

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by the Labour Party,

pending an investigation

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into allegations made

by a number of women.

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It is understood there is now deep

unease within the Welsh Labour group

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about the treatment he received.

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Five rail operators are facing

disruption due to strike action

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by the Rail, Maritime

and Transport union.

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Workers on Southern, Greater Anglia,

and South-Western Railway

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are striking for 48 hours,

while staff on Merseyrail

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and Northern have walked

out for 24 hours.

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The union is in dispute over

driver-only-operated trains.

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The body which tackles doping

in sport in the UK fears it could be

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made insolvent, or require

a Government bailout,

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over a dispute with

boxer Tyson Fury.

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Sources close to UK Anti-Doping have

told BBC Sport it may face serious

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financial issues if it loses

a long-running case against Fury

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and his boxer cousin Hughie.

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Our Sport news correspondent

Richard Conway joins us

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from our London newsroom.

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What is the background to this case?

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Yes, Tyson Fury and his cousin were

found to have an adverse doping test

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back in June 2016 for a band

anabolic steroid. They say, their

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defence, is that they got it from

eating wild boar -- banned. The case

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has gone on for a number of months

and it has got to the point where it

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will go to a tribunal, there has

been a lot of disputed evidence, and

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I am being told that senior figures

are saying if they lose the face,

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case and it goes to appeal in

Switzerland, eventually, they could

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be facing a loss of earnings lawsuit

from Tyson Fury. Given he earns

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around £5 million per flight and

given that UK anti-doping, the body

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responsible for maintaining clean

sport, their budget is just under £8

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million, you can see there is a big

problem is that eventually

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transpires. Senior figures are said

to have discussed this at board

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level, and it has been discussed by

the government, but both bodies are

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keen to pursue the case because they

think it is important for the

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integrity of the anti-doping

process, so no desire to back down.

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Sheep have demonstrated the ability

to recognise familiar human faces,

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according to a study.

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After receiving training,

a group of Welsh Mountain sheep

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could pick out the faces

of celebrities actors

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson,

former US President Barack Obama,

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and BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce.

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The sheep chose photos

of the celebrity faces

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when presented next

to unfamiliar faces.

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Researchers say it shows sheep

possess similar face recognition

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abilities to primates.

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And where is Fiona Bruce? That's

what I want to know.

She will be

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there eventually. Do you know that,

I did a little bit of extra digging

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and eight times out of ten they pick

the right face.

And even when they

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change the angle of the face they

were still pretty accurate.

Then

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they went even deeper and they put a

picture of their handler up there,

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and they went to their handler seven

times out of ten rather than the

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other face. You see?

It is all about

scientific research into a

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particular disease, isn't it? We

will talk about it later.

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Later on this morning:

Strictly's Jonnie and Oti

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will be here.

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We will get their reaction

to the shock departure of Aston

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on Sunday night.

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We will also find out

how their foxtrot is coming along,

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ahead of Saturday's big show.

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That is at 8:40am.

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And Andy Murray is back. He has been

a notable absentee and at this time

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of year we are always looking

towards the end of season finals in

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both the men and the women's game.

No Andy Murray and no Jo Konta. Good

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to see Andy Murray back out on the

court, but perhaps the most

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significant thing is that he is

saying he will not play at the

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Australian Open at the start of next

year unless he is 100% fit, and

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there were signs last night that he

is still hobbling around a bit. He

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is still not 100%, but good to see

him back.

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He says he hopes to return

to competitive action in Brisbane

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ahead of the Australian Open in

January, but only if he is 100% fit.

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He played Roger Federer at a charity

event in Glasgow last night,

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his first match since a hip injury.

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Back in the Premier League,

the former Sunderland

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and Manchester United manager

David Moyes took charge of training

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yesterday, following his

appointment at West Ham.

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Gareth Southgate has lost three more

players from his squad,

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ahead of friendlies

with Germany and Brazil.

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Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson

and Fabian Delph have

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all withdrawn through injury.

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And England's women start the Test

match that they can't afford

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to lose this evening.

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Defeat would mean Australia

retain the Ashes.

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The men are also in action.

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They are playing in the first of two

warmup matches before

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the series gets underway.

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Obviously a pair of big matches for

both of women and the men.

And in

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the sunshine as well.

What a place

to be at this time of year.

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Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

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Good morning.

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Good morning.

Good morning all. This

morning if you have not stepped

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outside, it is a chilly start to the

day. Temperatures not far off

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freezing for many parts. You won't

be surprised to hear there is a

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touch of frost. There are also

pockets of patchy and fog, but they

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should lift readily. A weather front

in the south-east producing some

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cloud and also some rain and

drizzle. Nothing too heavy at this

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stage. But as we move away from that

we are back under clearer skies, and

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look at the temperatures. It is

rather nippy and these are the

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temperatures at eight a.m.. Not the

current temperatures but it also

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means there will be a fair bit of

sunshine first thing across the

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south-west, through the Midlands,

Wales, northern England, Northern

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Ireland and also Scotland. Of

Scotland, you can see waiting in the

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winds another weather front coming

our way. That will introduce some

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wet and windy conditions as we go

through the course of the day. So

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away from the north-west of Scotland

and the south-east of England there

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will be a fine day with lengthy

sunny spells. We have the wind

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arrows on because they will

strengthen, especially across the

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far north of mainland Scotland and

the Northern Isles. Later we are

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looking at ales, especially with

exposure. Temperatures, well, we

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have the cloud in the rain, up to 11

in Stornoway. Where we have the

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south-east, up to around ten. In

between, the range of eight to 11.

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It won't be too bad for the time of

year. As we head on through the

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evening and overnight our rain and

drizzle sinks southwards across UK.

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Not getting as far as the

south-east. Behind it, clearer

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skies. Again maybe some frost around

in sheltered glens and still pretty

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windy. Blustery showers across the

very far north of Scotland. That

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leads us into tomorrow, the wind

abates and then it picks up later on

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in the day. Meanwhile, the cloud in

the drizzle which is left to push

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away towards the near continent and

it right and is up from the north.

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Temperatures tomorrow, look at this.

14 degrees in Cardiff is pretty good

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for this stage in November. And

then, as we move from Thursday into

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Friday, things are still fairly

changeable. We have a weather front

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coming in, pushing across the UK,

bringing some rain from the west

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later in the day on Friday and

generally on Friday there will be a

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lot of dry weather around. You will

also be a fair bit of cloud at

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times, and we will see those showers

across the far north.

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Temperature-wise we are looking at

about seven, eight or nine in the

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northern half of the country. Though

the south, tentative team. Don't get

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used to this. As we head into the

weekend it looks like it will turn

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that bit colder. The brightest

weather during the course of the

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weekend is likely to be in the

central slice of the country. This

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spine in the north and west and east

will see some showers, so a bit more

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changeable. That is how it is

looking for now.

Thank you very

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much, you will be with us all

morning and we will see you in half

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an hour. Thank you.

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The Guardian are talking about the

Paradise Papers. We will be talking

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about this morning. Prince Charles

and his estate making a profit on a

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stake in an offshore firm.

We will talk about that later. The

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Express. Sugar speeds up dementia

and makes the condition more severe,

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say experts. We will be talking

about a key member of a labour macro

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party in Wales. He takes his own

life after shocking sex claims --

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Labour.

Front page of the Daily Telegraph

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talks about Priti Patel and her

future. I've just spotted this

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because I know that you are one of

these people who allows 280

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characters on Twitter.

It happened last night.

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A circle appeared. Christmas has

come early.

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I think less is more.

In all honesty I sent the first one

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last night and after halfway through

it I ran out of things to say.

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It is from 9pm last night 280

characters became available to all

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users.

So I could get it.

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But I tried to do a tweet and it

wasn't any longer. For me. But

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clearly I'm not a special as Dan.

I feel very privileged!

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Jeremy Corbyn labelled and

hypocrite.

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And Damian Lewis received and to be

yesterday. -- an OBE. The Daily Mail

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talks about the case of a mother was

spared jail yesterday after a judge

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to 80 on her.

There's quite a lot going on in the

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business world. Not least a possible

merger between end power and SSE.

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And power. Lots of people are asking

what this will mean the competition

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because if you look at the figures,

the big six energy companies have

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been losing customers to the smaller

companies, so I think they want to

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try and shake things up a bit and

create this huge energy company. It

0:18:550:19:00

will have to be 4% of the market

share compared to British Gas which

0:19:000:19:04

has 92% at the moment. There are

lots of questions round what it will

0:19:040:19:10

mean for prices because if there are

fewer competitors surely that will

0:19:100:19:14

mean there would be as much

competition. I'll be talking about

0:19:140:19:17

that later.

Not something you see every day. Mr

0:19:170:19:23

Cool, Roger Federer, in a kilt.

Have we got pictures of him?

0:19:230:19:29

We have. You know he is famous for

his killer backhand, this doesn't

0:19:290:19:33

slow him down.

It's brilliant. Get into the net

0:19:330:19:38

could be difficult.

I suppose so. It could get caught

0:19:380:19:42

up, perhaps.

Female tennis players... Most of

0:19:420:19:48

them where...

Slightly shorter.

0:19:480:19:52

But they wear skorts underneath.

And obviously Andy Murray was

0:19:520:19:59

getting in on the act as well.

I didn't realise, someone in the

0:19:590:20:05

crowd handed them the kilt.

I think that's great sport. Exactly.

0:20:050:20:10

And the ginger wig.

We've got pictures of that coming

0:20:100:20:15

up. I wanted to show you this. You

know we always get a rumbling

0:20:150:20:20

security story. This is a young man

who has a false leg from a motorbike

0:20:200:20:27

accident. He is on a four week

curfew. When they turned up the man

0:20:270:20:35

from the security firm said, which

led to you wanted on? So for a jokey

0:20:350:20:41

set, surely they won't put it on a

fake one, they said, feel all right?

0:20:410:20:45

He said, yes. The tag was on his

removable limb!

0:20:450:20:53

A report out today says kids have

sent 65,000 phone messages by the

0:20:530:20:58

age of 14. By the age of 14 kids

have typically said the 65,000 text

0:20:580:21:04

and WhatsApp messages. Isn't it a

surprise when you think...

0:21:040:21:11

But at what age are you getting a

phone?

0:21:110:21:14

That's the question.

This is eight to 14.

0:21:140:21:20

I've seen a child with a book trying

to swipe it. A physical book.

0:21:200:21:24

I've gone to photographs and tried

to do that.

0:21:240:21:32

Why can't they make it bigger?

We went to a restaurant three weeks

0:21:320:21:37

ago and everybody at the table...

They had their phones out. I know it

0:21:370:21:43

annoys a lot of people...

It keeps everyone quiet.

0:21:430:21:47

But if you are going to go out, a

special occasion, have a chat.

0:21:470:21:52

I feel like I'm being told.

It's you!

0:21:520:21:56

See you both later.

0:21:560:21:59

The Prince of Wales has been accused

of calling for changes

0:21:590:22:02

to international climate agreements

without disclosing that his private

0:22:020:22:05

estate stood to benefit

from the proposed reforms.

0:22:050:22:07

The details emerged in the latest

leak of financial documents known

0:22:070:22:10

as the Paradise Papers.

0:22:100:22:14

Joining us now from outside

the Prince's London residence

0:22:140:22:16

is our Royal correspondent

Daniela Relph.

0:22:160:22:19

This is the second story we've had

in a weak ripple -- relating to be

0:22:190:22:25

Paradise Papers and the Royal

family. Has there been any

0:22:250:22:28

definitive statement from the

Palace?

This has been an unhelpful

0:22:280:22:34

few days for the Royal family with

this further revelations. The Prince

0:22:340:22:38

of Wales is currently moving from

Malaysia to India today, on a

0:22:380:22:44

Southeast Asian two. They has been a

careful defence of the Prince of

0:22:440:22:50

Wales from Clarence House. In terms

of investments made by the Duchy of

0:22:500:22:54

Cornwall, offshore investments,

Clarence House has said the Prince

0:22:540:22:58

of Wales is not directly involved.

Any big decisions made about

0:22:580:23:02

investments from the Duchy of

Cornwall. On the tricky issue of the

0:23:020:23:07

Prince of Wales investing in a

company of a friend of his and

0:23:070:23:10

making speeches linked to the areas

that the company worked on and then

0:23:100:23:14

making a profit from his investment,

Clarence House on that issue say

0:23:140:23:18

that there is not a conflict of

interest. This was not an investment

0:23:180:23:21

made for financial gain, it was one

made because of the issues the

0:23:210:23:26

company worked on, the environment,

the sustainability of rainforests,

0:23:260:23:29

and these are issues that are

completely consistent with the work

0:23:290:23:33

that the Prince of Wales over a

number of years has done. So this

0:23:330:23:37

was effectively the prince putting

his money where his mouth is. But

0:23:370:23:42

this does the other couple of issues

that are difficult for the Royal

0:23:420:23:46

family. It has led to a number of

calls from MPs and lobby groups for

0:23:460:23:50

there to be greater transparency

over Royal finances. It also shows

0:23:500:23:54

up the difficulty is that you have

when you have a Prince of Wales who

0:23:540:23:58

is also an activist, a campaigner

and a lobbyist because that does

0:23:580:24:01

expose him more to allegations of

conflicts of interest.

Thank you

0:24:010:24:06

very much for that this morning.

I want to show you this lovely

0:24:060:24:12

picture. It's that time of year when

the colours, is just saw them in

0:24:120:24:17

London on the screen then, the

colours are just absolutely

0:24:170:24:19

fantastic. This is just one picture.

If you've got beautiful autumnal

0:24:190:24:25

pictures this morning, send them in.

I tried to take pictures of the

0:24:250:24:30

Leeds yesterday but it was

disappointing because when you are

0:24:300:24:33

looking at it the colours are so

vibrant and on your phone it's not

0:24:330:24:37

the same -- pictures of leaves.

Yesterday the new cameras on phones

0:24:370:24:41

might they look better than real

life.

0:24:410:24:42

Do they? Not on my phone!

Plenty to come this morning. We will

0:24:420:24:51

be joined by Jonnie Peacock. If you

have any questions about judging, if

0:24:510:24:57

you want to keep people in Strictly

you have to vote for them. Vote in

0:24:570:25:02

the dams. -- dance off.

And there's a new album out about

0:25:020:25:12

Matt King call. We'll be talking

about that later.

0:25:120:25:16

Still to come: She was forced

to swim for her life after fleeing

0:25:160:25:19

Syria and in less than a year

Yusra Mardini became

0:25:190:25:22

the first athlete to represent

the refugee team at Rio 2016.

0:25:220:25:27

We'll hear about the plans

for a film based on her life

0:25:270:25:31

and the swimmer's

Tokyo 2020 ambitions.

0:25:310:25:37

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

0:25:370:29:00

in half an hour.

0:29:000:29:02

Plenty more on our website.

0:29:020:29:04

Bye for now.

0:29:040:29:05

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:29:090:29:12

Still to come: As the temperature

drops, the battle commences over

0:29:120:29:15

control of the thermostat.

0:29:150:29:16

Steph will look at the ways we can

all keep our energy bills low.

0:29:160:29:22

They sailed through to this week's

Strictly with their salsa.

0:29:220:29:25

Jonnie and Oti join us,

as they prepare to foxtrot their way

0:29:250:29:28

back to the ballroom.

0:29:280:29:41

# You will find that life is still

worthwhile, if you just smile.

0:29:410:29:47

The unforgettable voice

of Gregory Porter.

0:29:470:29:49

He will be here to tell us

about his musical love letter

0:29:490:29:52

to his father figure, the late,

great Nat 'King' Cole.

0:29:520:29:55

Good morning.

0:29:550:29:56

Here is a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News:

0:29:560:30:07

Downing Street is examining

new information about

0:30:070:30:08

the International Development

Secretary's unauthorised

0:30:080:30:10

contacts with senior

Israeli government officials.

0:30:100:30:12

Priti Patel apologised for meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

0:30:120:30:14

Netanyahu during a summer holiday

in August without telling

0:30:140:30:16

the Foreign Office in advance.

0:30:160:30:18

It is now believed she had at least

one further meeting with senior

0:30:180:30:21

Israeli officials after she returned

home, and failed to tell

0:30:210:30:24

Theresa May about it.

0:30:240:30:27

The First Minister of Wales,

Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

0:30:270:30:30

to give details about his decision

to sack Carl Sargeant,

0:30:300:30:33

a member of his Cabinet

who was found dead yesterday.

0:30:330:30:36

Mr Sargeant left his

post and was suspended

0:30:360:30:38

by the Labour Party,

pending an investigation

0:30:380:30:40

into allegations made

by a number of women.

0:30:400:30:42

It is understood there is now deep

unease within the Welsh Labour group

0:30:420:30:45

about the treatment he received.

0:30:450:30:49

The Prince of Wales has been

criticised for failing to disclose

0:30:490:30:52

an investment by his private estate

in an offshore company.

0:30:520:30:55

The revelations come from a number

of leaked documents about tax

0:30:550:30:58

havens, known as

the Paradise Papers.

0:30:580:30:59

It is the second time this week that

a member of the royal family

0:30:590:31:03

has been named.

0:31:030:31:24

Donald Trump has issued a stark

warning to North Korea's leader,

0:31:240:31:27

Kim Jong-un, in an address

to South Korea's parliament.

0:31:270:31:35

The US President urged all countries

to join forces to isolate

0:31:350:31:38

what he called the brutal

regime of North Korea,

0:31:380:31:40

saying the world cannot tolerate

the menace of a rogue regime that

0:31:400:31:44

threatens it with

nuclear devastation.

0:31:440:31:45

He indicated that America is still

willing to negotiate with North

0:31:450:31:49

Korea if it gave up its military

ambitions. The number of homeless

0:31:490:31:54

people in England has risen by

nearly 14,000 in the last year,

0:31:540:31:59

according to a new study. It found

that there were 300,000 people

0:31:590:32:05

homeless in the UK, and in reality

the figure may be much higher.

0:32:050:32:12

I don't like telling people

where I live because people -

0:32:120:32:15

they just automatically judge.

0:32:150:32:16

I would just say to people

that we live in, like, a flat.

0:32:160:32:20

Gemma and her daughter live

in a hostel in Cheshire.

0:32:200:32:22

They have been homeless

for the last 18 months.

0:32:220:32:25

I loss my house, I lost my job,

and I split with my partner

0:32:250:32:29

of seven years, probably

in the space of about six months.

0:32:290:32:31

So everything just

came crashing down.

0:32:310:32:33

You just cried your

eyes out when we left.

0:32:330:32:42

I kept saying to myself,

it will only be for

0:32:420:32:47

a couple of months, but that's

definitely not the case.

0:32:470:32:50

The Shelter Study found that more

than a quarter of a million people

0:32:500:32:53

in England are homeless -

that's nearly 14,000 more people

0:32:530:33:00

than last year.

0:33:000:33:01

The top ten highest

rates are in London.

0:33:010:33:04

In Newham, in 25 people

is classes as homeless.

0:33:040:33:06

Outside of London, Luton,

Brighton and Manchester

0:33:060:33:08

have some of the highest figures.

0:33:080:33:10

Shelter are putting the rise down

to a lack of affordable homes

0:33:100:33:13

and welfare cuts and,

with the cold winter months coming,

0:33:130:33:16

they say this is the moment

to tackle homelessness.

0:33:160:33:18

Homelessness is one of the most

appalling experiences anyone

0:33:180:33:20

can go through.

0:33:200:33:21

A lot of those people

will be children.

0:33:210:33:24

And, you know, it is a call,

really, that something has

0:33:240:33:26

to be done.

0:33:260:33:27

The Government says it is investing

£950 million to tackle homelessness

0:33:270:33:32

but, for Gemma and Keira,

the wait continues,

0:33:320:33:34

as they try to find

a new home and a new start.

0:33:340:33:38

Ali Fortescue, BBC News.

0:33:380:33:45

Five rail operators are facing

disruption due to strike action

0:33:450:33:48

by the Rail, Maritime

and Transport Union.

0:33:480:33:50

Workers on Southern, Greater Anglia,

and South-Western Railway

0:33:500:33:52

are striking for 48 hours,

while staff on Merseyrail

0:33:520:33:54

and Northern have walked

out for 24 hours.

0:33:540:33:57

The union is in dispute over

driver-only operated trains.

0:33:570:34:00

Sheep have demonstrated the ability

to recognise familiar human faces,

0:34:000:34:03

according to a study.

0:34:030:34:04

After receiving training,

a group of Welsh Mountain sheep

0:34:040:34:06

could pick out the faces

of celebrities actors

0:34:060:34:08

Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson,

former US President Barack Obama,

0:34:080:34:11

and BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce.

0:34:110:34:22

The sheep chose photos

of the celebrity faces

0:34:220:34:24

when presented next

to unfamiliar faces.

0:34:240:34:26

Researchers say it shows sheep

possess similar face recognition

0:34:260:34:28

abilities to primates.

0:34:280:34:37

I love that. I think we need to slow

down and have a look, for example,

0:34:370:34:42

at Barack Obama. The ship looks left

and right and says that as Barack

0:34:420:34:47

Obama, and has the treat.

And they

possess similar facial recognition

0:34:470:34:59

abilities to primates. I am sure

that has to be of some use.

We will

0:34:590:35:04

speak to someone involved in that

research later. And the scientific

0:35:040:35:08

importance of white sheep need to

recognise people.

How are we doing?

0:35:080:35:17

It was all smiles last night. Andy

Murray taking Roger Federer in a

0:35:170:35:22

charity match. Lots of fun on court

but I think there was a more serious

0:35:220:35:26

point to it, the fact it was

0:35:260:35:27

the first match Andy Murray

0:35:270:35:29

has played since he exited Wimbledon

in the summer. He has been

0:35:290:35:33

struggling with this hip injury

trying to get himself fit for the US

0:35:330:35:36

Open. He is still not 100% fit but

he is targeting a return next year

0:35:360:35:43

and will only play if he is 100%

fit.

0:35:430:35:45

He played in his first match,

losing in the quarter-finals.

0:35:450:35:48

Last night, he was put

through his paces at a charity event

0:35:480:35:51

in Glasgow by Roger Federer,

with the Swiss coming out on top.

0:35:510:35:54

The workout was interspersed

with some fun, including Federer

0:35:540:35:57

putting on a kilt.

0:35:570:35:58

It didn't stop him winning a game,

and he and Murray turned it

0:35:580:36:01

into a special souvenir

for the fan who it belonged to.

0:36:010:36:04

Before the match, Murray admitted

it was a mistake trying to get ready

0:36:040:36:08

for August's US Open.

0:36:080:36:14

I am in a significantly better place

than I was, you know, in the

0:36:140:36:19

build-up to the US Open, and

certainly at the end of Wimbledon,

0:36:190:36:23

you know, I was really struggling

down. Walking was, you know, a big

0:36:230:36:26

problem for me, you know. So I just

try to get myself back to 100%.

0:36:260:36:34

And look how welcoming Andy Murray

was. He provided Roger Federer with

0:36:340:36:40

his grandmother's famous shortbread.

Isn't that nice? What a welcome to

0:36:400:36:43

Glasgow.

0:36:430:36:46

David Moyes will face the media

for the first time as West Ham

0:36:460:36:50

manager later, and his appointment

has been far from popular

0:36:500:36:52

with many of the club's fans.

0:36:520:36:54

Moyes arrived yesterday to take

training, for the first time

0:36:540:36:57

since replacing Slaven Bilic.

0:36:570:36:58

He has been speaking to West Ham TV

about his recent career,

0:36:580:37:01

which included being relegated

with Sunderland last season.

0:37:010:37:03

It has only been the last job that I

feel as if, you know, it wasn't a

0:37:030:37:08

good move, and I didn't enjoy it and

it didn't work out well. So I am

0:37:080:37:12

hungry to make sure that I get

things right. Any football manager

0:37:120:37:15

wants to win, and that is what I

want to do. I want to win and I want

0:37:150:37:21

to make sure that for me the

supporters, everybody, that we enjoy

0:37:210:37:24

our Saturday nights because we are

winning games.

0:37:240:37:27

West Ham's owners have pointed

to Moyes's success at Everton.

0:37:270:37:29

But, when the BBC Sport website ran

this poll yesterday asking if Moyes

0:37:290:37:33

was the right choice for West Ham,

look at the verdict.

0:37:330:37:36

More than half of the

votes cast said no.

0:37:360:37:40

The anticipation is building

in the Northern Ireland camp,

0:37:400:37:42

ahead of two games which will decide

whether they reach the World Cup.

0:37:420:37:46

They are taking on Switzerland

in Belfast tomorrow,

0:37:460:37:48

and then in Basel on Sunday,

hoping to reach their first

0:37:480:37:51

World Cup since 1986.

0:37:510:37:56

There will be a lot of excitement,

there will be a few nerves and

0:37:560:38:01

anticipation, everything thrown into

the mix in terms of the motions

0:38:010:38:04

going into the game but that just

shows you the level of importance of

0:38:040:38:08

it and what is riding on it. We want

to go out there and try and enjoy it

0:38:080:38:12

as much as possible through the

process as well, ultimately achieve

0:38:120:38:15

what we want to achieve, and that is

get to the World Cup.

0:38:150:38:19

It never rains but it pours

for England boss Gareth Southgate.

0:38:190:38:22

Another three players have

pulled out of his squad,

0:38:220:38:25

ahead of the friendlies

with Germany and Brazil.

0:38:250:38:27

Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson

and Fabian Delph have all withdrawn

0:38:270:38:29

through injury, so that is now

six players gone from

0:38:290:38:32

the original squad.

0:38:320:38:33

Burnley's Jack Cork

has been called up.

0:38:330:38:35

England are playing

the opening first-class match

0:38:350:38:37

of their Ashes tour.

0:38:370:38:38

They are batting first

against a Cricket Australia 11.

0:38:380:38:40

England 97-2.

0:38:400:38:42

Alastair Cook and James Vince

the men out, Mark Stoneman

0:38:420:38:45

on his way to a half-century.

0:38:450:38:47

Meanwhile, the legendary West Indies

batsman Viv Richards,

0:38:470:38:50

who has been in London to promote

Caribbean tourism after the recent

0:38:500:38:53

hurricanes, thinks England will miss

Ben Stokes's influence.

0:38:530:38:59

Having someone like Stokes, who is

pretty strong in himself about how

0:38:590:39:06

he feels, the confidence that he

brings, it is going to be quite

0:39:060:39:10

crucial down under. I was hearing

that it was a little touch and go

0:39:100:39:14

whether he is going to be down under

or not, but let me say this. Without

0:39:140:39:19

a Ben Stokes down under, the English

team is going to look like kittens.

0:39:190:39:23

The next few days could decide

whether England's women have any

0:39:230:39:26

chance of regaining the Ashes.

0:39:260:39:28

They are preparing for the Test

match which starts tomorrow in

0:39:280:39:31

Sydney.

0:39:310:39:32

If Australia win, then they will be

certain of retaining the Ashes.

0:39:320:39:35

So the pressure is on England,

who are two points behind them under

0:39:350:39:39

the series' scoring format.

0:39:390:39:40

But they have told us they won't be

going into their shells.

0:39:400:39:48

We want to be positive anyway, in

any game that we play. But I think

0:39:480:39:53

it's really crucial that, in a four

day game like this, that you don't a

0:39:530:39:58

typical, you know, slow innings.

That you play positively. Your

0:39:580:40:03

intent is to score first, and

survive second.

0:40:030:40:06

Irish rugby union referee

Joy Neville will become the first

0:40:060:40:09

woman to take charge

of a European professional club

0:40:090:40:12

fixture next month.

0:40:120:40:13

She has already acted

as an assistant referee,

0:40:130:40:15

and now the former Ireland captain

is due to take the whistle

0:40:150:40:18

for a match in the

Challenge Cup next month.

0:40:180:40:27

What a great moment that will be for

her.

Thank you very much indeed. We

0:40:270:40:32

will talk now about President Trump,

and we will show you live pictures

0:40:320:40:36

from China, from Beijing, in the

last few moments. Air Force One just

0:40:360:40:41

landed there. He is of course on

this visit. Eight days, he has just

0:40:410:40:46

arrived from South Korea where he

addressed Parliament in the early

0:40:460:40:49

hours of this morning, and we will

talk to our next guest while we

0:40:490:40:53

watch pictures, as well.

They are

moving the steps into position so

0:40:530:40:58

the President and first Lady can

come down from Air Force One. They

0:40:580:41:01

will go straight to the forbidden

city, and then there will be tea for

0:41:010:41:08

the various first Lady is, they will

meet a number of dignitaries but

0:41:080:41:11

have a guided tour of the forbidden

city, another busy day ahead on that

0:41:110:41:16

tour of Asia.

We will stay with

these pictures to see how soon they

0:41:160:41:20

get off the plane, while we talk to

our next guest.

0:41:200:41:24

Joining us from our London newsroom

is North Korea analyst Paul French.

0:41:240:41:27

First of all, if we back up a bit,

you can see the President arriving

0:41:270:41:32

in China but he addressed the South

Korean parliament in the early hours

0:41:320:41:36

of this morning. His tone in some

ways was toned down. What do you

0:41:360:41:41

make of what he said?

Well, the

first job he had to do was reassure

0:41:410:41:46

South Koreans and their lawmakers

and politicians that the alliance

0:41:460:41:49

between America and South Korea, the

military alliance, is absolutely

0:41:490:41:53

firm. And this is the first chance

he has had to do that on South

0:41:530:41:58

Korean soil. So he did that, and he

had to address the North Korean

0:41:580:42:02

question as well, which he did.

He

talked about North Korea being ruled

0:42:020:42:06

by a military cult with a deranged

belief in the leader's destiny to

0:42:060:42:13

rule, and an enslaved Korean people.

The tone is different, but he is

0:42:130:42:17

still very clear what he thinks

about the North Korean leadership.

0:42:170:42:21

Yes, and I don't think that will

come as a great surprise to the

0:42:210:42:25

North Koreans or everyone else.

President Trump is slightly more

0:42:250:42:29

flowery in his language than

previous presidents have been

0:42:290:42:32

although the line is pretty much the

same about given rights abuses and

0:42:320:42:36

the danger of North Korea's nuclear

ambitions. But on the other hand, he

0:42:360:42:41

didn't direct anything directly at

Kim Jong-un, the leader, of course,

0:42:410:42:45

and on the other side, the North

Koreans have not done any missile

0:42:450:42:49

tests for a couple of months and

didn't do anything spectacular

0:42:490:42:52

knowing that Trump was coming to the

region. So the idea that there could

0:42:520:42:56

be some sort of talks or

breakthrough ahead, and that will be

0:42:560:42:59

on the agenda in Beijing today, is

quite likely, I think.

That is very

0:42:590:43:05

interesting. As you say, he is in

Beijing. China is North Korea's

0:43:050:43:10

chief economic supporter, so there

is a sense that China could be the

0:43:100:43:14

key here.

Well, yes. I don't think

we should overstate that. China has

0:43:140:43:20

been involved in sanctions now more

than it has been before, but still,

0:43:200:43:23

people who think that the idea is

that all China has to do is be

0:43:230:43:27

persuaded over the phone that North

Korea should give up its nuclear

0:43:270:43:31

weapons and that that will happen,

that is not the case. What we want

0:43:310:43:34

is for China to be part of a broad

front, including South Korea, Japan

0:43:340:43:38

and Russia, to try and toned down

the nuclear ambitions from

0:43:380:43:46

Pyongyang. And that is still

possible. What we are slightly

0:43:460:43:49

worried about is that what Trump may

suggest is that they have to get rid

0:43:490:43:53

of all their nuclear weapons, and

I'm afraid that that ship has

0:43:530:43:57

sailed.

Of course, they are quite

different, aren't they? The Chinese

0:43:570:44:02

leader, Xi Jinping, a lifelong

communist, and the billionaire US

0:44:020:44:05

president. How do they get on?

Well,

hard to say. We don't get much

0:44:050:44:12

interaction between them. Xi is not

the most forthcoming, the Chinese

0:44:120:44:16

state is not the most forthcoming,

so we will see what happens. North

0:44:160:44:20

Korea is a problem for both of them,

I think both of them would like to

0:44:200:44:24

deal with trade. Trump has this very

big agenda for his domestic audience

0:44:240:44:28

back in the United States, of trying

to do something about the unbalanced

0:44:280:44:31

trade balance. Xi

0:44:310:44:33

to do something about the unbalanced

trade balance. Xi, of course, has to

0:44:330:44:36

keep a relationship with America as

a massive customer for China makes.

0:44:360:44:39

They have many, many mutual

interests, and North Korea is one of

0:44:390:44:44

those, but it is one that has

slightly overshadowed and dominated

0:44:440:44:47

a lot of the discussion at the

moment.

We are looking at pictures

0:44:470:44:54

of the president arriving in China.

How will they be dealing with this

0:44:540:44:58

visit? Security must be very tight.

How is it viewed in China?

I always

0:44:580:45:05

think of China as being similar to

Britain when foreign dignitaries

0:45:050:45:12

come, in that they know how to put

on a show. Going to the forbidden

0:45:120:45:16

city, being taken around Beijing. I

don't know what else. But all of

0:45:160:45:21

this is to reiterate the Donald

Trump that China is an ancient

0:45:210:45:25

culture, a large country, now of

course economically, diplomatically,

0:45:250:45:31

militarily a world power and that he

should sort of understand that. That

0:45:310:45:36

they would be talked down to. I

think that's very much what they

0:45:360:45:42

want to convey to him at the moment.

He will be very well looked after,

0:45:420:45:46

very well fed, he will hopefully

drink lots of tea and hopefully we

0:45:460:45:49

can get discussions going. The

report between the two men when Xi

0:45:490:45:55

visited Mar-a-Lago seems to be quite

good, when America then launched

0:45:550:46:00

missiles at Syria.

So hopefully that

will continue. One last question.

0:46:000:46:07

This is an eight day visit and so

far so good from the president's

0:46:070:46:11

point of view?

Yes. With President

Trump we always worry that he might

0:46:110:46:16

go off scrip, off message. So far

things have gone well. Again, some

0:46:160:46:23

wiggle room in negotiations with

North Korea, but there will be a

0:46:230:46:28

restating of the commitment to both

Japan and South Korea. Hopefully

0:46:280:46:32

talks with Xi will go well and then

it's on to the Philippines and

0:46:320:46:36

Vietnam, which does raise the tricky

question about Chinese ambitions in

0:46:360:46:39

the South China Sea, but I think

that will be left on the backburner.

0:46:390:46:43

North Korea dominates most.

Thank

you. That's Air Force One arriving

0:46:430:46:53

in Beijing and they're certainly

pomp and circumstance surrounding

0:46:530:46:55

it.

The Chinese military are lining we

0:46:550:47:01

route that President Trump and the

First Lady will take when they get

0:47:010:47:05

off the aircraft and then they will

go straight to the forbidden city

0:47:050:47:09

where they will meet Xi Jinping and

then there's the talk the -- there

0:47:090:47:14

is a tour of the forbidden city

later today and then a First Lady's

0:47:140:47:24

dinner as well later.

We will come back here and we will

0:47:240:47:29

go back to that later.

I quite liked those steps!

0:47:290:47:35

Steps or Carol?

Empty steppes or Carol?

0:47:350:47:41

Steps or Carol?

Empty steppes or Carol?

0:47:410:47:42

Good morning! If you haven't stepped

outside it's a cold start. Last

0:47:420:47:48

night temperatures fell to -5 in

Northern Ireland and also in the

0:47:480:47:51

Highlands. Those temperatures have

picked up by a degree or so but

0:47:510:47:55

these are current temperatures. In

Edinburgh it is minus one. In

0:47:550:48:00

Manchester, -1, with fog. You will

notice the difference in London.

0:48:000:48:07

More cloud, patchy rain and drizzle.

Seven in Norwich. Where we have the

0:48:070:48:14

cloud, patchy rain and drizzle.

Otherwise, clear skies. A crisp

0:48:140:48:19

start, with sunshine. We will carry

on with this cloud and the patchy

0:48:190:48:24

rain for a while in the south-east

and East Anglia. Move away from

0:48:240:48:28

that, by the skies. Some showers

along the south-west coast, parts of

0:48:280:48:34

Wales. Most of that will fade.

Moving northwards we still have the

0:48:340:48:39

sunshine. Patchy fog around

Manchester and Carlisle. Patchy fog

0:48:390:48:42

across Northern Ireland as well. And

Glasgow. A lot of dry weather and

0:48:420:48:48

clear skies. A cold and frosty

start. The next weather front is

0:48:480:48:52

waiting in the wings to come across

the north-west of Scotland. It will

0:48:520:48:57

introduce rain and windy conditions

and ahead of it the cloud built in

0:48:570:49:03

Scotland, Northern Ireland,

eventually north-west England and

0:49:030:49:05

Northwest Wales. The wind will

strengthen, especially across

0:49:050:49:10

mainland Scotland and the Northern

Isles. With exposure, gales. The

0:49:100:49:14

average temperature at this time of

year is 9- 11, so we are almost ban

0:49:140:49:20

on where we should be. Overnight the

weather fronts are moving

0:49:200:49:23

southwards, taking rain and drizzle.

Any rain in the south-east would be

0:49:230:49:28

heavy. We will also have clear skies

developing across parts of Scotland

0:49:280:49:33

and possibly the north of Northern

Ireland. It will be a cold night and

0:49:330:49:37

we could have a touch of frost.

Still windy in the north, with those

0:49:370:49:41

blustery showers. We start on a

windy node in the north of Scotland.

0:49:410:49:46

It will ease for retired and

strengthen again. Still those

0:49:460:49:50

showers, but a lot of dry weather

and sunshine following on behind the

0:49:500:49:55

weather front, taking this cloud and

the rain and drizzle into the south

0:49:550:49:59

of the country. Remember, average

temperatures, 9- 11. Some of us 13-

0:49:590:50:06

14, maybe even 15. As we move into

Friday the weather front is gritting

0:50:060:50:13

across Ireland and we will bring

rain into whales through Friday. To

0:50:130:50:17

the north of that we have something

brighter, with a few showers. Still

0:50:170:50:22

the highest temperatures in the

south, but BP in the north. -- BP in

0:50:220:50:30

the north.

0:50:300:50:31

south, but BP in the north. -- BP in

the north.

0:50:310:50:34

They have now descended the empty

stairs. There they are, furious

0:50:340:50:41

waving flags by Chinese school

students. We President and First

0:50:410:50:48

Lady have touched down.

In the early hours of the morning

0:50:480:50:52

President Trump was addressing the

South Korean parliament and talking

0:50:520:50:55

really a lot about North Korea, as

we would expect. He was saying the

0:50:550:50:59

world can't tolerate the menace of a

rogue regime that threatens with

0:50:590:51:09

nuclear action. I am sure we will be

picking up some of the conversation

0:51:090:51:16

later on in China.

We were talking about the high

0:51:160:51:20

security. You can see the President

is about to enter one of the

0:51:200:51:23

vehicles in the motorcade and they

are going straight to the forbidden

0:51:230:51:27

city. We will be that live in

Beijing later.

0:51:270:51:32

Of course Carol was telling us it is

getting colder, which means

0:51:320:51:35

households in the UK are turning up

the heat or fighting over the

0:51:350:51:39

thermostat!

We are looking at changes that are

0:51:390:51:42

coming to the energy supply market

that might affect you. There's

0:51:420:51:46

always a lot of news about energy

markets. There is a big change in

0:51:460:51:50

terms of who provides it. Good

morning.

0:51:500:51:55

Two of the biggest names

in the energy supply business,

0:51:550:51:57

SSE and NPower, are in talks

to merge into a new business.

0:51:570:52:02

That combines one would supply over

12 million households and give them

0:52:020:52:08

a 24% share of the energy market.

That would make them bigger than

0:52:080:52:11

British Gas. What could this mean

for customers?

0:52:110:52:14

Claire Osborne is from

the website USwitch.

0:52:140:52:18

It's interesting news, because we

always talk about the big six and

0:52:180:52:22

they're not being much competition

in the energy market and essentially

0:52:220:52:25

this could reduce it further?

This

has the potential to change the face

0:52:250:52:29

of the energy industry. British Gas

have been the biggest supplier for

0:52:290:52:33

as long as the energy industry has

existed. SSE and Npower coming

0:52:330:52:40

together would rival that. There is

competition in the industry. There

0:52:400:52:46

are the 60 energy suppliers, so

there are loads of options. Losing

0:52:460:52:50

one option from within that isn't

going to reduce the choice for

0:52:500:52:53

consumers dramatically and actually

some of those other providers

0:52:530:52:56

outside of the big six are offering

better deals.

It is interesting

0:52:560:53:01

because the reason why the big

energy companies have been slightly

0:53:010:53:05

worried recently is because they

have been losing market share to the

0:53:050:53:08

small ones.

That's right. In the

last five years the big six have

0:53:080:53:12

gone from 99% marketshare to 81%

marketshare, that's 2% reduction in

0:53:120:53:20

the last quarter. So they are losing

customers hand over fist and a lot

0:53:200:53:24

of that is down to the fact that

they have these expensive standard

0:53:240:53:28

variable tariffs that two thirds of

customers are wrong. Customers on

0:53:280:53:31

those tariffs are simply paying too

much. They can save by switching

0:53:310:53:36

today. So people are waking up to

those savings. Last month, 600,000

0:53:360:53:40

people switched their energy

supplier and that is hitting the big

0:53:400:53:45

suppliers hard.

The switch is

working. People also care about how

0:53:450:53:49

it reduces their energy bills. Not

just this winter, but they can do at

0:53:490:53:54

home.

We found that about 4.6

million homes are overheating their

0:53:540:53:59

properties to over 21 degrees. That

is hotter than a summer in Tenerife.

0:53:590:54:05

When you think that the temperature

in the UK in summer is 15 degrees

0:54:050:54:10

and people aren't putting their

heating on then, you can see that's

0:54:100:54:13

pretty hot. That's costing millions

of pounds for customers. Every

0:54:130:54:17

degree that you put your heating on,

that costs £80 per year. So when

0:54:170:54:22

people have stretched household

budgets, that makes a difference.

So

0:54:220:54:26

are people putting a 21 degrees

higher than they should?

Surely not.

0:54:260:54:30

If they are above 21 degrees that's

above the recommended amount for the

0:54:300:54:34

energy savings structure and that's

hotter than it is intended it.

Is it

0:54:340:54:38

really?

It's crazy. So people want

to be cosy. About a quarter of the

0:54:380:54:45

people don't want to put warm

clothes on to keep warm at home and

0:54:450:54:50

almost 2 million homes are keeping

the heating on 24 hours a day. When

0:54:500:54:54

you think that a third of people are

having to ration their energy use to

0:54:540:54:59

pay their bills, you can imagine

that hitting the purse hard.

0:54:590:55:02

Interesting. Thank you very much.

That's it from me for now.

0:55:020:55:09

Two years ago, 17-year-old

Yusra Mardini fled Syria,

0:55:090:55:12

travelling by boat to Greece.

0:55:120:55:14

She ended up swimming for her life

when it began to sink,

0:55:140:55:17

saving 19 fellow

passengers in the process.

0:55:170:55:19

Less than a year after that,

she competed at the Olympics

0:55:190:55:22

in Rio.

0:55:220:55:22

Her story is being made

into a film, but the teenager

0:55:220:55:25

has her sights firmly set on a place

at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

0:55:250:55:30

Our sports correspondent

Alex Capstick went to meet her

0:55:300:55:32

in Berlin.

0:55:320:55:37

You know that you might lose your

life on the way.

Yusra Mardini,

0:55:370:55:43

Olympian and refugee who saved

lives, including her own. The

0:55:430:55:47

teenage swimmer who fled war-ravaged

Syria to pursue her sporting dreams.

0:55:470:55:51

A 25 day nightmare which featured a

sinking boat full of migrants

0:55:510:55:56

heading for Greece. Yusra and her

sister jumped into the sea to help

0:55:560:56:02

keep it afloat.

I was afraid, it was

dark and I was just seeing the

0:56:020:56:09

island but never reaching it. Not

that I was the hero pulling a rope,

0:56:090:56:16

it's OK, I helped the boat. It was

not only me or my sister. You can

0:56:160:56:20

imagine that they told you it is 45

minutes trip and used a 3.5 hours.

0:56:200:56:26

What did you have with you?

Nothing.

My jeans and my T-shirt. My shoes

0:56:260:56:31

were also gone.

Yusra Mardini

eventually arrived in Berlin,

0:56:310:56:36

already a promising swimmer she

joined this club at the ditty's

0:56:360:56:41

Olympic park. Incredibly just 11

months later she was in Rio on the

0:56:410:56:45

biggest sporting stage of all,

competing for the first ever refugee

0:56:450:56:48

team.

Even after, before when they

were telling me that I'm leaving, to

0:56:480:56:56

the Olympics, it was a really big

surprise after only one year I'm a

0:56:560:57:01

refugee in Germany and I'm going and

there is a Refugee Olympic Team.

It

0:57:010:57:06

was incredible. Yusra's remarkable

back story means she is now a

0:57:060:57:11

teenager in the band, with an

expanding on the Raj befitting her

0:57:110:57:15

growing stature on the world stage.

There have been meetings with major

0:57:150:57:20

global figures. She has addressed

the UN and given talks at other

0:57:200:57:26

high-profile events, highlighting

the plight of refugees.

I'm just

0:57:260:57:29

hoping to get the idea to people

that they are normal people and they

0:57:290:57:35

had a normal life and they were

forced to flee their country because

0:57:350:57:39

of violence.

And movies are being

made about you. How exciting is

0:57:390:57:43

that?

It's amazing. I'm really

excited.

Who would you like to play

0:57:430:57:50

Yusra Mardini?

I have no idea. I

would like Yusra Mardini to play

0:57:500:57:54

Yusra Mardini, but I can't act.

Above all, Yusra Mardini is focused

0:57:540:58:00

on training hard. She wants a place

at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and

0:58:000:58:05

doesn't mind who she represents.

My

ambition is just to be an athlete.

0:58:050:58:09

If I'm going to start for Germany or

for my country or for the Refugee

0:58:090:58:14

Olympic Team, I'm going to do the

best I can and it would be my

0:58:140:58:18

pleasure.

In a life full of twists

and turns, the way to Tokyo may not

0:58:180:58:24

be straightforward, but it's clear

this determined 19-year-old will

0:58:240:58:28

rise to whatever challenges lay

ahead.

0:58:280:58:31

Very good luck to her. What a story.

As you have been hearing, there are

0:58:310:58:39

severe disruptions to some parts of

the UK today. Find

0:58:391:02:02

in half an hour.

1:02:021:02:03

Plenty more on our website.

1:02:031:02:04

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:02:081:02:11

Another Cabinet Minister

fights for their job.

1:02:111:02:13

The pressure grows on Priti Patel.

1:02:131:02:18

Just days after the International

Development Secretary was forced

1:02:181:02:21

to apologise over secret meetings

in Israel, Downing Street

1:02:211:02:23

is examining new claims

about her trips overseas.

1:02:231:02:27

Good morning, it is

Wednesday 8 November.

1:02:411:02:45

Also this morning: Prince Charles's

finances face scrutiny

1:02:451:02:48

following fresh revelations

in the Paradise Papers.

1:02:481:02:53

The Prince's advisors deny

suggestions of a conflict

1:02:531:02:55

of interest.

1:02:551:03:03

In the past few minutes, President

Trump has arrived in Beijing for

1:03:031:03:07

talks on trade and North Korea.

Early this morning he warned the

1:03:071:03:10

north it was time to come to the

table and make a deal.

1:03:101:03:14

One of the best-known names

on the high streets,

1:03:141:03:16

Marks & Spencer, will have

its latest financial results out

1:03:161:03:19

in the next few minutes.

1:03:191:03:21

I will be looking at that,

and why the retailer expects

1:03:211:03:23

a tricky Christmas ahead.

1:03:231:03:25

In sport, Andy Murray says he wont

play in the Australian Open next

1:03:251:03:28

year unless he's 100% fit.

1:03:281:03:29

The former world number one has been

out of action with a hip injury,

1:03:291:03:33

but faced Roger Federer in a charity

match in Glasgow last night.

1:03:331:03:36

Carol has the weather.

1:03:361:03:38

Good morning.

1:03:381:03:41

It is a cold and frosty start to the

day but many of us it will be dry

1:03:411:03:47

some sunshine. Exceptions in the

north of the country where there is

1:03:471:03:50

a band of rain, windy conditions

coming in and cloudy start with

1:03:501:03:54

patchy rain in East Anglia the

south-east. Here, it should right

1:03:541:03:58

and up. I will have more in 15

minutes.

1:03:581:04:02

Good morning.

1:04:021:04:03

First, our main story:

Downing Street is examining

1:04:031:04:06

new information about

the International Development

1:04:061:04:07

Secretary's unauthorised

contacts with senior

1:04:071:04:09

Israeli government officials.

1:04:091:04:09

Priti Patel apologised for meeting

the Israeli Prime Minister

1:04:091:04:12

during a summer holiday

in August without telling

1:04:121:04:14

the Foreign Office in advance.

1:04:141:04:15

It is now believed she had at least

one further meeting with senior

1:04:151:04:19

Israeli officials after she returned

home, and failed to tell

1:04:191:04:22

Theresa May about it.

1:04:221:04:23

Let's get more detail now

from our political correspondent

1:04:231:04:25

Leila Nathoo.

1:04:251:04:33

It is quite difficult to keep on top

of exactly what has happened, but

1:04:331:04:37

there are more revelations, aren't

there?

So since Priti Patel's

1:04:371:04:42

unauthorised meetings in Israel

emerged at the end of last week,

1:04:421:04:46

there has been some back and forth

between her, the International

1:04:461:04:49

Development Secretary, and Number

Ten. She was holding the Downing

1:04:491:04:53

Street to explain her conduct after

these revelations about the meetings

1:04:531:04:58

took place. She had a bit of a

dressing down from the PM, was

1:04:581:05:03

reminded of the ministerial code and

Theresa May hoped that that was the

1:05:031:05:06

end of it. She certainly considered

it to be that way. But now we

1:05:061:05:11

understand that there have been

further meetings, two specifically

1:05:111:05:15

now we understand, from the

Department, that took place in

1:05:151:05:20

Israel without the presence of

officials, and that were not

1:05:201:05:23

disclosed or carried out in the

usual hysteria way. And that is what

1:05:231:05:28

we believe that Number Ten is now

examining. The allegation is that

1:05:281:05:31

Priti Patel actually misled the

Prime Minister when she went in to

1:05:311:05:37

see her, too apparently confess

exactly what she had done. It

1:05:371:05:40

appears she did not fully disclose

the extent of her meetings in

1:05:401:05:44

Israel. So I think we can see Priti

Patel's future hanging in the

1:05:441:05:49

balance this morning. She is

currently on an official visit to

1:05:491:05:53

Ethiopia and Uganda. We are

expecting her back in the country

1:05:531:05:58

later today, we think. I think it is

only because she is out of the

1:05:581:06:04

country at the moment that she

remains in her post.

And on the

1:06:041:06:08

wider question, Boris Johnson in

Parliament yesterday explaining what

1:06:081:06:11

he said about a British citizen

imprisoned in Iran. How much is this

1:06:111:06:17

government under pressure? How

significant is all of this?

Well, I

1:06:171:06:22

think there is no doubt that Theresa

May is fighting fires on a number of

1:06:221:06:26

front. She has, as you say, got her

Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, in

1:06:261:06:31

a bit of trouble over some comments

over a British citizen in Iran. He,

1:06:311:06:36

though, I think is safer in this

post in Priti Patel. We have also

1:06:361:06:41

had the resignation of Sir Michael

Fallon last week over the sexual

1:06:411:06:46

harassment allegations, and of

course, her de facto deputy, Damian

1:06:461:06:54

Green, is also under fire over

allegations of misconduct. So she

1:06:541:06:58

cannot afford to be losing Cabinet

ministers at a time like this. She

1:06:581:07:03

will be hoping that she can draw a

line swiftly under the Priti Patel

1:07:031:07:09

row so she can try and get on and

keep control over her ministers. But

1:07:091:07:14

I certainly think that this has left

Theresa May looking very exposed and

1:07:141:07:19

vulnerable.

Thank you very much,

thank you. We will be speaking to a

1:07:191:07:26

representative from the foreign

affairs Select Committee about the

1:07:261:07:29

issues she is facing at the moment.

1:07:291:07:31

The First Minister of Wales,

Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

1:07:311:07:33

to give details about his decision

to sack Carl Sargeant,

1:07:331:07:36

a member of his Cabinet

who was found dead yesterday.

1:07:361:07:39

Mr Sargeant left his

post and was suspended

1:07:391:07:41

by the Labour Party pending

an investigation into allegations

1:07:411:07:44

made by a number of women.

1:07:441:07:45

It is understood there is now deep

unease within the Welsh Labour group

1:07:451:07:49

about the treatment he received.

1:07:491:07:59

Donald Trump has issued a stark

warning to North Korea's leader,

1:07:591:08:02

Kim Jong-un, in an address

to South Korea's parliament.

1:08:021:08:04

The US President urged all countries

to join forces to isolate

1:08:041:08:07

what he called the brutal

regime of North Korea,

1:08:071:08:10

saying the world cannot tolerate

a rogue nation that threatens it

1:08:101:08:12

with nuclear devastation.

1:08:121:08:19

It is our responsibility,

and our duty, to confront

1:08:191:08:21

this danger together.

1:08:211:08:23

Because the longer we wait,

the greater the danger grows,

1:08:231:08:27

and the fewer the options become.

1:08:271:08:39

From Beijing, our correspondent

Stephen McDonell joins

1:08:391:08:41

us.

1:08:411:08:44

There is a long delay on the line,

so there may be a delay between

1:08:441:08:50

question and answer. They will see

gorgeous tourist attractions, but

1:08:501:08:54

also some very serious discussions

to be taking place with the Chinese

1:08:541:08:59

president today.

That's right.

Donald Trump has already touched

1:08:591:09:04

down here in Beijing and soon this

motorcade will arrive here. They are

1:09:041:09:08

coming directly from the airport to

the forbidden city and this will be

1:09:081:09:12

this first chance to discuss matters

with China's president, Xi Jinping.

1:09:121:09:17

We are expecting North Korea to be

at the forefront of their talks over

1:09:171:09:21

the coming days and we heard it

mentioned that Donald Trump is

1:09:211:09:25

calling on Russia and China to fully

implement UN sanctions against North

1:09:251:09:29

Korea. China's response to that has

been that we are already doing that,

1:09:291:09:33

and much more. We have seen reports

coming out that China has just

1:09:331:09:38

ordered two groups to stop sending

Chinese tourists into North Korea.

1:09:381:09:42

-- tour groups. That would really

hurt that regime, and these will be

1:09:421:09:48

the kinds of things they discussed

in the coming days. We are waiting

1:09:481:09:52

to see if they will be any sort of

official announcement from the two

1:09:521:09:56

leaders, in terms of new measures to

force North Korea to give up its

1:09:561:10:00

nuclear weapons.

So a big day ahead

in Beijing. Thank you very much.

1:10:001:10:07

The Prince of Wales has been

criticised for failing to disclose

1:10:071:10:10

an investment by his private estate

in an offshore company.

1:10:101:10:13

The revelations come from leaked

documents known as the Paradise

1:10:131:10:16

Papers.

1:10:161:10:19

There is no suggestion

of wrongdoing.

1:10:191:10:20

The Prince's spokesman insists

he has never chosen to speak out

1:10:201:10:23

on a topic simply because of

an investment decision.

1:10:231:10:26

Andy Verity reports.

1:10:261:10:26

Prince Charles has campaigned

on the environment for decades,

1:10:261:10:29

and especially for the rainforest.

1:10:291:10:30

Today, he is due to arrive in India,

after flying from Malaysia,

1:10:301:10:34

as criticism grew at home

of his failure to disclose a secret

1:10:341:10:38

financial stake in

a company in Bermuda.

1:10:381:10:41

On the right here is the late

Hugh van Cutsem, one

1:10:411:10:44

of the Prince's oldest friends.

1:10:441:10:45

He was a director of Sustainable

Forestry Management Limited,

1:10:451:10:52

a firm that managed tropical

rainforests, registered in Bermuda,

1:10:521:10:57

The company wanted to

trade in carbon credits.

1:10:571:11:07

But tropical rainforests weren't

included in carbon credit trading

1:11:071:11:09

schemes, so it needed

the rules changed.

1:11:091:11:11

In February 2007, the Duchy buys 50

shares in van Cutsem's

1:11:111:11:14

company, worth $113,500.

1:11:141:11:15

At that time, SFM's

directors agreed to keep

1:11:151:11:17

the Duchy's shares confidential.

1:11:171:11:19

Mr van Cutsem asked for lobbying

documents to be sent to the Prince's

1:11:191:11:23

office, and soon the Prince

was making speeches campaigning

1:11:231:11:25

for changes to two international

agreements on carbon credits.

1:11:251:11:29

In June 2008, Duchy sold its shares

for $325,000, a profit

1:11:291:11:35

of more than $200,000.

1:11:351:11:37

Well, I think it's

a serious conflict.

1:11:371:11:40

There's a conflict of interest

between his own investments

1:11:401:11:44

of the Duchy of Cornwall,

and what he's trying

1:11:441:11:47

to achieve publicly.

1:11:471:11:48

Clarence House said...

1:11:481:11:49

There is no suggestion

of illegality, nor that

1:12:001:12:02

Prince Charles's campaigning caused

the share price of his friend's

1:12:021:12:05

company to rise.

1:12:051:12:08

Nor is it suggested that the Duchy

was seeking to avoid tax.

1:12:081:12:11

Andrew Verity, BBC News.

1:12:111:12:15

For more on this, we can speak

to our royal correspondent Daniela

1:12:151:12:18

Relph.

1:12:181:12:25

First of all, what reaction has

there been from the palace?

It has

1:12:251:12:31

been an uneasy few days for both the

Queen and now the Prince of Wales

1:12:311:12:36

around the issues which have come

out of the Paradise Papers. The

1:12:361:12:41

Prince is currently on a tour of

South East Asia. Within the last

1:12:411:12:45

couple of hours at an event in

Malaysia the BBC has attempted to

1:12:451:12:49

ask him about the issues involved

here.

1:12:491:12:52

Do you have any comments on the

Paradise Papers revelations today?

1:12:521:12:57

So perhaps not surprisingly, not any

comment from the Prince of Wales

1:12:571:13:02

himself. But this officers here at

Clarence House have been rather more

1:13:021:13:08

forthcoming, and what they have done

is issued very careful but direct

1:13:081:13:12

response to the accusations here. In

terms of offshore investments, they

1:13:121:13:16

have made it very clear, they say

that the Prince of Wales is not

1:13:161:13:19

directly involved in any big

investment decisions made by the

1:13:191:13:24

Duchy of Cornwall, and on the issue

of the company owned by a friend of

1:13:241:13:30

this, they say it was not an

investment made for financial gain,

1:13:301:13:36

but it involved issues around which

the Prince had an ongoing interest,

1:13:361:13:42

around issues of sustainability of

the rainforests, of the environment,

1:13:421:13:45

issues the Prince of Wales had been

speaking out on for a number of

1:13:451:13:49

years. But what this does is throw

up a couple of difficult issues for

1:13:491:13:53

the Royal Family. The transparency

of royal finances, should there be

1:13:531:13:57

more, and the difficulties you have

when you have a Prince of Wales who

1:13:571:14:01

is an activist and campaigner, which

can expose him to accusations of

1:14:011:14:05

conflict of interest.

The half-year

results for Marks & Spencer have

1:14:051:14:11

just been announced. Up or down?

Down, which is not a surprise. Their

1:14:111:14:18

profit before tax is down 5.3%,

which is not the worst we have seen

1:14:181:14:23

from M&S, to be honest. The chief

executive, who has not been there

1:14:231:14:28

that long, has been talking about

how they are starting to make better

1:14:281:14:31

progress in terms of remedying the

problems they have had, and he is

1:14:311:14:35

admitting they have had problems for

the last 15 years, in terms of not

1:14:351:14:39

getting it right particular in the

clothing side of the business. What

1:14:391:14:42

is more interesting from this is the

fact they are admitting it is

1:14:421:14:46

getting tougher in the food side of

the business. For a long time it has

1:14:461:14:50

been very much a tale of two

businesses. They have done really

1:14:501:14:53

well and food but not great on

clothing. What the chief executive

1:14:531:14:56

has said this morning is that

actually things are getting tougher

1:14:561:14:59

in food now. We are starting to see

food prices go up in all of the

1:14:591:15:04

supermarkets, because of the price

pressures, that we import a lot of

1:15:041:15:08

food and because of the currency

markets it makes it more expensive

1:15:081:15:11

to import food at the moment,

because the pound has been so low.

1:15:111:15:16

Customers are more savvy in terms of

what they pay for in premium

1:15:161:15:19

products. A lot of the M&S food,

quite a lot of it is what we might

1:15:191:15:24

class as premium, more expensive

than a lot of the other

1:15:241:15:27

supermarkets. They are saying things

are getting tougher in terms of

1:15:271:15:30

food, and they are just advising

generally that times are tough for

1:15:301:15:37

the consumer at the moment. The

interest rate rise last week will

1:15:371:15:41

make people's mortgages more

expensive so people might start to

1:15:411:15:44

think about what they should be

cutting back on. They are saying

1:15:441:15:47

looking ahead to the future we have

to be careful that we are offering

1:15:471:15:51

people the best price for things.

1:15:511:15:59

Later we have people from Strictly

and we will get the reaction to lots

1:15:591:16:02

of things, including the shock

departure of Astin. That at 8:40am.

1:16:021:16:10

Good morning. Going back to the main

story. Downing Street is said to be

1:16:101:16:16

looking into new revelations about

the International Development

1:16:161:16:20

Secretary's unofficial meetings with

senior Israeli government figures.

1:16:201:16:30

Priti Patel's apologised

to Theresa May for not

1:16:301:16:32

informing her about the discussions

and it's now thought her position

1:16:321:16:35

in the Cabinet is

increasingly uncertain.

1:16:351:16:37

Let's talk now to the Conservative

MP Nadhim Zahawi,

1:16:371:16:39

a member of the Foreign

Affairs Select Committee.

1:16:391:16:41

Do you think that Priti Patel will

still be in her job at the end of

1:16:411:16:46

the day?

Good morning. It is totally

in the gift of the Prime Minister

1:16:461:16:57

that any person should serve in

government. I think Priti Patel

1:16:571:17:01

realises the seriousness of her

mistake. She has apologised and put

1:17:011:17:04

out a statement of all the meetings

during her holiday in August, in

1:17:041:17:09

Israel, which you are quite right

the Foreign Office didn't know about

1:17:091:17:13

in advance, which was wrong, but

they did know while the trip was

1:17:131:17:17

taking place. It is up to the Prime

Minister what she does. She is

1:17:171:17:23

already tightening the ministerial

code even further. The one thing I

1:17:231:17:29

would remind your viewers. This

isn't the visit to some enemy state

1:17:291:17:34

and administer doing something

clandestine, she has already

1:17:341:17:37

apologised for this.

That's all the

more reason that she should be

1:17:371:17:42

transparent with regards to this.

You talk about those meetings which

1:17:421:17:46

she has now apologised for, but the

press associations are talking about

1:17:461:17:50

further meetings, one taking Place

in New York, one in Parliament. One

1:17:501:17:55

was undisclosed and one was only

disclosed retrospectively. This

1:17:551:17:59

seems to be a pattern, that the way

she conducts business. You could

1:17:591:18:08

argue it is misleading the public

which is perhaps a more serious

1:18:081:18:18

charge.

This is all speculation. I

haven't seen the full details of

1:18:181:18:22

what the media are reporting this

morning. The comment I would make is

1:18:221:18:26

that if she was in Israel on a

family holiday, which she paid for

1:18:261:18:31

herself, she has many friends in

that country, we have many friends.

1:18:311:18:36

Israel is one of our closest allies.

But you are Craig Whyte -- quite

1:18:361:18:43

right, she made a mistake in not

called meeting with the Foreign

1:18:431:18:46

Office before actually taking those

meetings. Either she also met with

1:18:461:18:53

many charities in her sector in

overseas aid. Start-ups which are

1:18:531:18:58

doing incredible work in Africa.

It

is great that she is meeting with

1:18:581:19:02

charities and start-up

organisations. But she is opening

1:19:021:19:06

herself up to issues by not having

officials there are there is no

1:19:061:19:13

record of the meeting. There could

be a security breach in the future.

1:19:131:19:16

At the very best to you concede that

she is naive in doing what she has

1:19:161:19:21

done?

She has made a mistake and she

has put out a statement with

1:19:211:19:26

basically all of the meetings she

had during the meeting in Israel and

1:19:261:19:31

it is an error of judgement and she

has apologised for that. She has

1:19:311:19:40

coolly demonstrated their error of

her judgement and is tightening up

1:19:401:19:43

the ministerial code. That's the

right thing to do. Ultimately it's

1:19:431:19:46

up to the Prime Minister, what she

does, if there are new revelations

1:19:461:19:51

as you have just outlined.

Priti

Patel is one issue that the Prime

1:19:511:19:56

Minister's house faces at the

moment. From the outside you address

1:19:561:19:59

the viewers earlier. I can speak on

behalf of many of our viewers who

1:19:591:20:03

say what it looks like from a member

of the public's perspective today is

1:20:031:20:07

you know about Michael Fallon, the

Defence Secretary, who has left the

1:20:071:20:12

cabinet for inappropriate behaviour.

The Foreign Secretary has been

1:20:121:20:15

apologising to Parliament and could

potentially find himself in jail for

1:20:151:20:24

what he said. This is the Prime

Minister's top table. The government

1:20:241:20:27

is in a mess, is it not?

I think

it's worth reminding ourselves that

1:20:271:20:34

it is our Prime Minister Theresa May

who came out firmly and said that on

1:20:341:20:39

sexual harassment very zero

tolerance in this government. And

1:20:391:20:42

acted on it immediately, with

Michael Fallon. I assure you she

1:20:421:20:48

will do the same again if there are

other members of Parliament or

1:20:481:20:52

ministers who are found to be guilty

of sexual harassment of staff are

1:20:521:20:56

anyone else. I think she is to be

commended for that. That's not

1:20:561:21:02

something... Shouldn't be brushing

these things under the carpet or

1:21:021:21:06

hiding them. We addressed the Priti

Patel issue and with Boris Johnson

1:21:061:21:18

coming to Parliament yesterday,

explaining himself, he also spoke to

1:21:181:21:21

his counterpart in Iraq and he

explained that Boris Johnson's

1:21:211:21:28

comments have no relevance to

Radcliffe. He said he appreciated

1:21:281:21:36

the Foreign Secretary redoubling his

effort to get her back home so I

1:21:361:21:41

think you are conflating many

issues. The sexual harassment issue

1:21:411:21:45

covers all parties in Parliament.

All individuals who work there have

1:21:451:21:53

a responsibility to protect their

staff and to treat them properly as

1:21:531:21:56

well as any other individual, not

just are. Embers of the media who

1:21:561:22:00

have interviews with them and so on.

So I think the Prime Minister on the

1:22:001:22:04

contrary to what you are suggesting

has actually done the right team.

1:22:041:22:07

Thank you for your time this

morning.

1:22:071:22:13

Let's catch up on the weather

forecast. We have been told

1:22:131:22:17

Let's catch up on the weather

forecast. We have been told it is

1:22:171:22:18

cold and frosty this morning!

Good morning. That's right, it's a

1:22:181:22:23

cold start the day widespread frost.

These are the current temperatures.

1:22:231:22:27

The anomaly is in London, where it

is seven. That's because we've got

1:22:271:22:33

more cloud and patchy rain. That's

helped maintain the temperatures

1:22:331:22:36

through the night. It's not just in

the south-east, it is also East

1:22:361:22:41

Anglia where we have the

combination. Away from that, clear

1:22:411:22:45

skies and some patchy mist and fog

first thing. We hang on to the

1:22:451:22:49

patchy rain and drizzle for a bit

longer. It will eventually fade and

1:22:491:22:53

the sun will come out. A bright

start, with sunshine, in the Channel

1:22:531:22:57

Islands and the Isle of Wight and

also the Isles of Scilly. Inland

1:22:571:23:02

there are some showers in south-west

England that will fade. A beautiful

1:23:021:23:06

start in Wales, the Midlands, the

Northwest of England. There is a

1:23:061:23:10

touch of fog around as there is in

Northern Ireland and around the

1:23:101:23:14

Central Lowlands, especially the

Glasgow end. A lot of dry weather

1:23:141:23:17

and sunshine. That will change in

north-west through the when another

1:23:171:23:22

weather front arrives, introducing

wet and windy weather. The stronger

1:23:221:23:25

twins in the far north of mainland

Scotland and the Northern Isles.

1:23:251:23:28

Touching gale force with exposure.

Some sunny spells develop in the

1:23:281:23:35

south-east, but equally cloud at

times. In between we have some

1:23:351:23:37

sunshine. Temperatures roughly where

they should we. The average is

1:23:371:23:43

between nine and 11 at this time of

year. Overnight the weather front

1:23:431:23:50

seats -- moves south. Most of the

rain in it will be light and patchy,

1:23:501:23:54

with drizzle. Behind it under clear

skies in Scotland we could have a

1:23:541:23:59

touch of frost. Still blustery

showers across the far north and a

1:23:591:24:04

nippy start of the day tomorrow in

the far south-east. Tomorrow,

1:24:041:24:09

eventually the weather front gets

across the south-east, taking the

1:24:091:24:12

remnants of the cloud and patchy

rain with it. It brightens up nicely

1:24:121:24:16

from the north, so you can see the

sun coming out. Still a few showers

1:24:161:24:20

across northern Scotland, the quite

blustery winds as well. Later in the

1:24:201:24:26

day there's another system coming in

across Ireland. That's going to

1:24:261:24:29

swing in across of Wales and

south-west England. Here it is on

1:24:291:24:33

the pressure chart. It comes in

through Friday. Many of us will have

1:24:331:24:39

a dry day. And again it will be

fairly breezy, especially in the

1:24:391:24:44

north of the country. And as we look

down east coast there will be some

1:24:441:24:48

sunshine around. Temperatures by

then, seven in the north, 15 in

1:24:481:24:53

sunshine around. Temperatures by

then, seven in the north, 15 in the

1:24:531:24:53

Channel Islands.

Quite a difference between north and

1:24:531:24:58

south! Thanks very much.

1:24:581:25:00

Choices for shoppers in English town

centres are shrinking,

1:25:001:25:02

according to research for the BBC.

1:25:021:25:07

A survey of 12 government-funded

towns found nearly 1,000

1:25:071:25:09

shops had disappeared in five years.

1:25:091:25:16

The towns were awarded a £1.2

million share. Our correspondent

1:25:161:25:27

went to Stockport.

1:25:271:25:31

This one is empty?

Yes, we still

have a number of empty units in the

1:25:381:25:45

town centre that still need filling.

Joe is the man behind getting Portas

1:25:451:25:52

town status. Port. He put the

successful bid together and ran a

1:25:521:25:56

pilot for five years.

The plan has

gone pretty well and we've managed

1:25:561:26:00

to attract new interest into the old

town especially. But across the

1:26:001:26:04

whole town centre we still have a

big Rob with shops and it's a

1:26:041:26:08

question of more retailers going

online. What kind of retailers are

1:26:081:26:13

going to fill them? We have to think

of creative solutions to really

1:26:131:26:17

solve this problem on the high

streets.

The barometer of a healthy

1:26:171:26:20

high-street is to look at the

vacancy rate. It's fallen in ten of

1:26:201:26:25

the 12 towns but is still higher

than the national average. In

1:26:251:26:29

Stockport is more than double the

national average. But the council

1:26:291:26:33

here things reshaping the town

centre is one solution to getting

1:26:331:26:36

that down. It is hard to believe

that just 18 months ago this square

1:26:361:26:40

looked like this. The council

demolished the shops that were here

1:26:401:26:45

and created this new, more

attractive area for shoppers.

It is

1:26:451:26:49

important to the people of stock

bought at important to visitors, but

1:26:491:26:52

it's important for the retailers as

well because they really benefit

1:26:521:26:56

from having the kind of environment

where people do want to spend time,

1:26:561:27:02

so if it's a nice area to sit and

meet friends, relax, places to eat,

1:27:021:27:06

and they are more likely to do their

shopping here as well.

We asked a

1:27:061:27:11

company which monitors the health of

high streets to review the Portas

1:27:111:27:16

Project. One thing they found is

most of the towns have more

1:27:161:27:20

independent shops than before.

In

the last five years nearly 1000 jobs

1:27:201:27:24

have disappeared from the 12 Portas

towns.

That's one closing every 22

1:27:241:27:29

days. A town centre with fewer shops

doesn't necessarily mean it is in

1:27:291:27:34

decline. More and more empty units

are being converted into other uses.

1:27:341:27:40

There is a contraction required of

retail within the town centres and

1:27:401:27:43

therefore you then have to fill that

with an appropriate use and

1:27:431:27:48

residential driving people into the

towns to utilise and bring forward

1:27:481:27:51

all of the ideas of what a town

centre is. That's what we are trying

1:27:511:27:56

to achieve. We think we can get

three or four townhouses here and

1:27:561:27:59

six or seven apartments, but with a

terrace overlooking.

As our shopping

1:27:591:28:04

habits change and more of us shop

online, the traditional high street

1:28:041:28:09

has to adapt if it's going to

survive.

1:28:091:28:14

There you go. We've been talking and

hearing about severe disruption on

1:28:141:28:20

rail services this morning.

Yes, because of strike action. You

1:28:201:28:25

can find out with the news, travel

and weather

1:28:251:31:47

in half an hour.

1:31:471:31:48

Bye for now.

1:31:481:31:49

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:31:551:31:58

Here is a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News:

1:31:581:32:02

Downing Street is examining

new information about

1:32:021:32:03

the International Development

Secretary's unauthorised contacts

1:32:031:32:05

with senior Israeli

government officials.

1:32:051:32:06

Priti Patel apologised for meeting

the Israeli Prime Minister

1:32:061:32:09

during a summer holiday

in August, without telling

1:32:091:32:11

the Foreign Office in advance.

1:32:111:32:12

It is now believed she had at least

one further meeting with senior

1:32:121:32:16

Israeli officials after she returned

home, and failed to tell

1:32:161:32:19

Theresa May about it.

1:32:191:32:32

The First Minister of Wales,

Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

1:32:321:32:34

to give details about his decision

to sack Carl Sargeant,

1:32:341:32:37

a member of his Cabinet

who was found dead yesterday.

1:32:371:32:40

Mr Sargeant left his

post and was suspended

1:32:401:32:42

by the Labour Party pending

an investigation into allegations

1:32:421:32:44

made by a number of women.

1:32:441:32:46

It is understood there is now deep

unease within the Welsh Labour group

1:32:461:32:49

about the treatment he received.

1:32:491:32:52

In the last few minutes,

Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing.

1:32:521:32:55

The American President will ask

China to cut its financial links

1:32:551:32:58

with North Korea, and to

abide by UN sanctions.

1:32:581:33:00

Earlier, Mr Trump urged

all countries to join forces

1:33:001:33:03

to isolate what he called the brutal

regime of North Korea,

1:33:031:33:06

saying the world cannot tolerate

a rogue nation that threatens it

1:33:061:33:09

with nuclear devastation.

1:33:091:33:10

But he indicated that the US

was still willing to negotiate

1:33:101:33:12

with North Korea, if it gave

up its military ambitions.

1:33:121:33:30

Now, sheep might not

have the reputation for being

1:33:301:33:33

the cleverest of animals,

but new research shows they can

1:33:331:33:36

learn to recognise human faces.

1:33:361:33:37

A group of Welsh Mountain sheep

had special training,

1:33:371:33:39

after which they could pick out

the faces of celebrities actors

1:33:391:33:42

Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson,

and former US president Barack

1:33:421:33:45

Obama.

1:33:451:33:57

The sheep chose photos of celebrity

faces in a line-up of photos.

1:33:571:34:00

Researchers say it shows sheep

possess similar face recognition

1:34:001:34:03

abilities to primates.

1:34:031:34:03

It is all in the name of science as

they are investigating Huntington's

1:34:031:34:07

disease, and this is part of it.

1:34:071:34:11

Coming up on the programme: Carol

will have the weather

1:34:111:34:14

for you in ten minutes.

1:34:141:34:16

We will speak to our guests about

that, because it is very serious

1:34:161:34:20

research.

No one from the world of

sport, or even from Breakfast!

We

1:34:201:34:29

have been missing Andy Murray.

At

Wimbledon he was hobbling around a

1:34:291:34:35

lot, and has he been on a court

since then?

No, it is his first

1:34:351:34:39

match since he exited the

quarterfinals. He tried to rush

1:34:391:34:44

himself back to the US Open and said

it was a bad move. Now we will see.

1:34:441:34:48

And this charity match he played

with Roger Federer is great. He will

1:34:481:34:53

only return if he is 100% fit, so

the next Grand Slam, the Australian

1:34:531:34:59

Open, he is saying he will not play

if he knows he is not 100%.

1:34:591:35:03

He played in his first match losing

in the quarter finals at Wimbledon.

1:35:031:35:06

That is Murray wearing a tam o'

shanter and ginger wig.

1:35:061:35:09

Not to be outdone, Federer donned

a kilt, and had no problems pulling

1:35:091:35:13

off his signature shot -

his one-handed backhand.

1:35:131:35:15

Fun aside, Murray said he will only

return to competitive tennis next

1:35:151:35:18

year if he is fully fit,

and admitted he rushed back too soon

1:35:181:35:22

to try and play at

the US Open in August.

1:35:221:35:30

I'm in a significantly

better place than I was,

1:35:301:35:33

you know, in the build-up

to the US Open.

1:35:331:35:35

And certainly at the end

of Wimbledon, you know,

1:35:351:35:38

I was really struggling there.

1:35:381:35:39

Walking was, you know,

a big problem for me, you know.

1:35:391:35:42

So I just try to get

myself back to 100%.

1:35:421:35:46

And what a welcome

Federer was given -

1:35:461:35:48

some of Granny Murray's shortbread.

1:35:481:36:01

Someone who's hungry -

David Moyes, for success

1:36:011:36:03

at West Ham, after being appointed

as their new manager.

1:36:031:36:06

He arrived yesterday to take

training for the first time

1:36:061:36:08

since replacing Slaven Bilic,

and gave this interview

1:36:081:36:10

to West Ham TV.

1:36:101:36:18

It may take some time

to win them round -

1:36:181:36:21

the BBC Sport website ran this poll

yesterday asking if Moyes

1:36:211:36:24

was the right choice,

and more than half of the votes

1:36:241:36:27

cast said no.

1:36:271:36:32

Two games to decide

their World Cup fate -

1:36:321:36:34

Northern Ireland take on Switzerland

in Belfast tomorrow,

1:36:341:36:36

before the return leg in Basel

on Sunday, as they look

1:36:361:36:39

to reach their first

World Cup since 1986.

1:36:391:36:46

There'll be a lot of excitement,

there'll be a few nerves

1:36:461:36:49

and anticipation, everything

thrown into the mix,

1:36:491:36:51

in terms of the emotions

going into the game.

1:36:511:36:53

But that just shows you the level

of importance of it,

1:36:531:36:57

and what's riding on it.

1:36:571:36:58

We want to go out there and try

and enjoy it as much as possible

1:36:581:37:02

through the process, as well -

ultimately achieve what we want

1:37:021:37:05

to achieve, and that's

get to the World Cup.

1:37:051:37:07

It never rains but it pours

for England boss Gareth Southgate.

1:37:071:37:10

Another three players have

pulled out of his squad,

1:37:101:37:13

ahead of the friendlies

with Germany and Brazil.

1:37:131:37:15

Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson

and Fabian Delph have all withdrawn

1:37:151:37:18

through injury, so that is now

six players gone from

1:37:181:37:20

the original squad.

1:37:201:37:21

Burnley's Jack Cork

has been called up.

1:37:211:37:24

England are playing

the opening first-class match

1:37:241:37:26

of their Ashes tour.

1:37:261:37:27

They are batting first

against a Cricket Australia 11.

1:37:271:37:29

England 97-2.

1:37:291:37:37

-- 164-3.

1:37:371:37:39

Alastair Cook and James Vince

the men out, Mark Stoneman

1:37:391:37:41

on his way to a half-century.

1:37:411:37:45

The next few days could decide

whether England's women have any

1:37:451:37:49

chance of regaining the Ashes.

1:37:491:37:50

They are preparing for the Test

match which starts tomorrow in

1:37:501:37:53

Sydney.

1:37:531:37:54

If Australia win, then they will be

certain of retaining the Ashes.

1:37:541:37:57

So the pressure is on England,

who are two points behind them under

1:37:571:38:01

the series' scoring format.

1:38:011:38:10

So if Australia win, they will

automatically retain the Ashes, so

1:38:101:38:14

England must win, really.

1:38:141:38:17

The Prince of Wales has been accused

of calling for changes

1:38:171:38:20

to international climate agreements

without disclosing that his private

1:38:201:38:22

estate stood to benefit

from proposed reforms.

1:38:221:38:24

The details emerged in the latest

leak of financial documents known

1:38:241:38:27

as the Paradise Papers.

1:38:271:38:32

Joining us now from our London

newsroom is the former royal press

1:38:321:38:35

secretary Dickie Arbiter.

1:38:351:38:37

Good morning to you. Thank you very

much for joining us, and the concern

1:38:371:38:41

here is that he may have benefited

from something that he spoke out

1:38:411:38:46

about, campaigned for. Do you think

there is a conflict of interest?

I

1:38:461:38:50

don't think there is a conflict of

interest at all and I don't think

1:38:501:38:54

for a moment the Prince of Wales

knew anything about the investment.

1:38:541:38:58

He is the Duke of Cornwall, he does

head-up the Duchy of Cornwall, but

1:38:581:39:02

he doesn't have his fingers on every

single aspect of it. As much as your

1:39:021:39:07

director-general does not know every

single thing which goes on in the

1:39:071:39:10

BBC. He would be chairman of the

Council and the day-to-day running

1:39:101:39:14

of the Duchy, and it is financial

advisers who were invest where they

1:39:141:39:18

think appropriate. What you are

talking about is the investment of

1:39:181:39:21

something like 0.01% of the total

value of the Duchy, around £86,000.

1:39:211:39:27

Very little return. There are those

who will think it is quite a good

1:39:271:39:32

return, but there was a suggestion

that he only made speeches

1:39:321:39:35

concerning carbon credits after the

investment was made. I don't think

1:39:351:39:41

researchers went back far enough. If

you go online you will find all 852

1:39:411:39:46

of his speeches going back to 1970,

and if you trawl through all of

1:39:461:39:51

those you will find he has been

banging on about carbon emissions,

1:39:511:39:54

he has been banging on about climate

change, since 1970. So this is not

1:39:541:39:58

something new, and it is not

something that just so happened

1:39:581:40:03

because there is an investment.

I

expect some people watching will

1:40:031:40:08

think that £86,000 sounds like a

large investment. Should he, given

1:40:081:40:13

what has come out now, have more

oversight?

You know, there is a lot

1:40:131:40:18

of capital being made out of the

fact that the Royal Family are

1:40:181:40:22

investing overseas. They have done

nothing illegal. It is legal, it is

1:40:221:40:25

above board. When the money comes

back to the country, HMRC get their

1:40:251:40:31

taxes out of it. Nothing illegal has

been done. It just so happens that

1:40:311:40:36

because it is the Prince of Wales,

everyone is saying, shock horror, it

1:40:361:40:40

shouldn't be done. Everyone is

saying the monarchy should modernise

1:40:401:40:45

and investing overseas is a bit of

modernisation. If they didn't put

1:40:451:40:49

the estate's finances in proper

order they would be criticised for

1:40:491:40:52

letting it go. Damned if you do,

damned if you don't.

Let's talk

1:40:521:40:57

about the Queen and her investments,

which have been making headlines

1:40:571:41:01

this week. How damaging do you think

this is? What will they be thinking?

1:41:011:41:06

I don't believe it is damaging at

all. There will be probably a bit of

1:41:061:41:11

shock and upset, not because this

has come out, but because maybe they

1:41:111:41:15

didn't have their finger on the

financial pulse, but people are paid

1:41:151:41:20

to do it on their behalf. The Queen

is not hands-on in the same way as

1:41:201:41:29

the Prince of Wales is a hands-on

Duke of Cornwall. But what is coming

1:41:291:41:33

out of the Duchy of Lancaster is

topping up what comes out of the

1:41:331:41:37

sovereign's grant. It is paying for

the running of Monarchy plc. There

1:41:371:41:46

will be concern that they should

have been alerted to the fact that

1:41:461:41:50

this was happening, but you can't be

alerted to every single thing which

1:41:501:41:54

is going on in an organisation.

Thank you for joining us on

1:41:541:41:58

Breakfast this morning. Just to let

you know what is happening in the

1:41:581:42:03

next few hours of the programme...

Until 9:15 a.m., I suppose that

1:42:031:42:10

constitutes a few hours. Gregory

Porter will be here at around 8:50

1:42:101:42:20

a.m., and Oti and Johnnie, I think

they are fox trotting. Let's also

1:42:201:42:25

find out about the weather. If you

have been out this morning,

1:42:251:42:29

find out about the weather. If you

have been out this morning, you will

1:42:291:42:29

know it has been cold.

Louise is

absolutely right, a cold start to

1:42:291:42:35

the day. Frost and patchy fog as

well, across parts of Northern

1:42:351:42:39

Ireland, north-west England and the

Central Lowlands, especially the

1:42:391:42:45

west of the Central Lowlands. And

what we have had all morning is a

1:42:451:42:48

bit more cloud and also some patchy

light rain and drizzle in the

1:42:481:42:52

south-east. That will slowly fade.

We will start to see at Ryton up

1:42:521:42:56

from the west through the course of

the afternoon, but there will be a

1:42:561:42:59

lot of dry weather and a lot of

sunshine. However, across the

1:42:591:43:03

north-west we are going to see some

rain and strengthening wind coming

1:43:031:43:06

our way. Into the afternoon, we

shave away this cloud from the west.

1:43:061:43:10

Still a fair bit of cloud across

parts of East Anglia, with the odd

1:43:101:43:14

spot of rain left on it into the

afternoon. As we head through the

1:43:141:43:18

Midlands, southern counties, the

Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands,

1:43:181:43:21

the Isles of Scilly, in the Isles of

Scilly, into southern England, there

1:43:211:43:24

is a lot of sunshine. When we lose

the fog from Cumbria, it is going to

1:43:241:43:29

be a fine afternoon across

north-west England and also

1:43:291:43:31

north-east England, for that matter.

Northern Ireland Scotland seeing

1:43:311:43:35

some rain coming in from the west.

The wind strengthening, especially

1:43:351:43:39

the far of mainland Scotland and the

Northern Isles and here we will have

1:43:391:43:43

that combination through the night.

Our weather front sinks southwards,

1:43:431:43:47

taking rain which will mostly be

light by then further south. Behind

1:43:471:43:51

that, some clearance in the sky, so

prone areas in Scotland, for

1:43:511:43:56

example, seeing a touch of frost.

Still wintry with blustery showers

1:43:561:44:00

but under this vale of cloud it will

not be as cold night as the one just

1:44:001:44:05

gone across many parts of the UK.

But, before that front arrives in

1:44:051:44:09

the south-east, under clear skies

here as well, it will be cold. The

1:44:091:44:13

front gets into the south-east,

crosses it, and we take its patchy

1:44:131:44:17

rain with it on to the near

continent. It brightens up ahead of

1:44:171:44:21

that weather front with sunshine

coming through. Still a peppering of

1:44:211:44:24

showers across the far north of

Scotland. After a very windy start

1:44:241:44:28

to the day, the winds will ease a

touch and they will pick up later on

1:44:281:44:32

in the day. Later in the day again

we will start to see some rain

1:44:321:44:36

coming in across Ireland courtesy of

this weather front which is going to

1:44:361:44:40

sinks southwards, clearing, and then

later in the day on Friday we will

1:44:401:44:43

see another one coming in, which

will bring in more rain from the

1:44:431:44:47

west. So for Friday it self we will

get off to a largely dry start, and

1:44:471:44:51

then we see the rain clear from the

south-east, most of us having a fine

1:44:511:44:55

day, with bright and sunny spells,

and later the rain comes in across

1:44:551:44:59

Ireland and sinks in across Wales in

south-west England, leading us into

1:44:591:45:02

a cold weekend. The brightest

conditions this weekend will be down

1:45:021:45:06

the spine of the country. For the

rest of us there will be some

1:45:061:45:09

showers.

1:45:091:45:11

We have some breaking news from the

energy world.

1:45:141:45:17

It's about a merger going on from

two of the big names in the

1:45:171:45:21

business.

1:45:211:45:22

We are talking about SSD and Npower.

SSE says it will I Npower. Combine

1:45:221:45:34

they would supply over 12 million

households, giving them over 20% of

1:45:341:45:38

the energy market. What could this

mean for customers?

1:45:381:45:41

Claire Osborne is from

the website USwitch.

1:45:411:45:44

Good morning. This has all happened

earlier. We were talking about what

1:45:441:45:49

might happen if this happens and it

looks like it will.

What are your

1:45:491:45:54

thoughts? This will change the face

of the energy industry. Someone

1:45:541:45:57

coming into rival British gas as the

biggest energy supplier will shake

1:45:571:46:02

things up, definitely. But with

there being about 60 energy

1:46:021:46:08

suppliers in the market now, two of

them consolidating won't change

1:46:081:46:12

things massively.

When you say shake

things up, in what way?

Like I say

1:46:121:46:18

there will be some good competition

to British Gas but also these

1:46:181:46:21

companies coming together, they

should be able to create

1:46:211:46:24

efficiencies of scale and so the

questions we should be asking them

1:46:241:46:27

as they progress through this is

whether they are going to pass those

1:46:271:46:31

efficiencies on to customers.

The

bigger they are the cheaper it

1:46:311:46:35

should be?

Exactly.

What's

interesting is obviously these

1:46:351:46:39

things take time, so if you are one

of the customers of these companies,

1:46:391:46:43

it won't make much difference in the

meantime?

The deal is intended to

1:46:431:46:47

complete at the end of next year or

the beginning of the following year

1:46:471:46:51

and for customers in the meantime

there are few things they should be

1:46:511:46:54

confident. First of all in most

circumstances they will lose their

1:46:541:46:57

energy supply. In all circumstances

their credit will be protected. And

1:46:571:47:03

in either case you can still make

choices about who supplies your

1:47:031:47:07

energy and take advantages of some

of the savings available, by

1:47:071:47:10

switching today. You don't need that

to be taken out of your hands.

It is

1:47:101:47:15

interesting because we've spoken

about switching for a long time, we

1:47:151:47:19

are starting to finally see it have

an impact. Some of the smaller

1:47:191:47:22

companies are taking a share away

from the bigger ones.

That's right.

1:47:221:47:25

With all of these new companies

coming in, some of the changes are

1:47:251:47:30

making a difference. In the last

five years with gone from 99% market

1:47:301:47:33

share with the big six players, soon

to become five, going down to 81%

1:47:331:47:37

market share. That's a big change

and that speeding up rapidly. Two

1:47:371:47:43

percentage points in the last

quarter. So the big six are under

1:47:431:47:47

pressure from these cheaper, smaller

and sometimes better service rivals.

1:47:471:47:51

I know you guys have some research

out today about how to make your

1:47:511:47:56

energy bills cheaper, simple things

you can do in the home. Because it

1:47:561:47:59

is quite staggering what one degree

in your house can mean in terms of

1:47:591:48:04

your bills.

Tell us about that. If

you heat your home one degree

1:48:041:48:08

hotter, that cost you about £80

every year. Sue if you are wrangling

1:48:081:48:12

with your partner about how hot to

have the thermostat, these show the

1:48:121:48:16

numbers.

What else have you found?

There are few things you should be

1:48:161:48:22

doing. Always make sure you are on

the best possible deals so you

1:48:221:48:25

aren't too much. Then think about

how you use your energy. Turning off

1:48:251:48:30

your tech so that you are not on

standby. That can save you about 80

1:48:301:48:36

quid. And turning down the cabbage

on your washing machine. About 90%

1:48:361:48:40

goes into heating water in your

washing machine. So there are a lot

1:48:401:48:44

of changes you can make that can

save you money and when one third of

1:48:441:48:48

homes are rationing their energies

they can pay their bills, that will

1:48:481:48:52

make a difference.

Good tips. It's

incredible what difference it can

1:48:521:48:55

make. Thanks for your time. That's

it from me.

1:48:551:48:58

Thank you very much. Iron and 19

degrees person. You're 19.5?

1:48:581:49:05

It makes all the difference!

1:49:051:49:09

Before Rugby Union went professional

in the 1990s only a handful

1:49:091:49:16

of players were household names,

among them Rob Andrews.

1:49:161:49:19

Now the former England player

is making headlines again,

1:49:191:49:21

blaming England's 2015 World Cup

performance on Stuart Lancaster

1:49:211:49:24

and his handling of Sam Burgess.

1:49:241:49:25

Rob joins us now.

1:49:251:49:26

You are laughing when I said I was

19.

What about at your house? 18.5,

1:49:261:49:33

but it doesn't go on very often.

There's a degree between us all.

1:49:331:49:40

It is lovely to see you. You've

written a book about your life in

1:49:401:49:44

rugby and all the rest of it. Let's

look back at back on the day because

1:49:441:49:49

you played when it wasn't

professional and it was a quite

1:49:491:49:52

different sport in some ways.

Very

different. I think people forget

1:49:521:49:56

quite quickly. 20 years ago, I

played to the mid- 80s -- in the

1:49:561:50:04

mid- 80s to the mid- 90s, we all

worked and played together. Pictures

1:50:041:50:10

like that. It was a completely

different game. We hadn't been in

1:50:101:50:18

the gym very much, obviously. The

book is really a story office

1:50:181:50:25

bought, that had been amateur for

100 years, going professional, and

1:50:251:50:31

the challenges of going

professional. Rugby has sort of gone

1:50:311:50:35

very quickly over 20 years and it

still got teething problems and it's

1:50:351:50:40

got some issues.

You are still

heavily involved with the RFU. You

1:50:401:50:46

details on the book what happened in

the World Cup from your perspective.

1:50:461:50:50

You've never held back with your

opinions, that's your job in the

1:50:501:50:53

game. Does it come down to Sam

Burgess? Went wrong at the World

1:50:531:50:58

Cup?

There's been a lot of focus on

Sam Burgess. There's a lot of other

1:50:581:51:05

stuff around the World Cup. The

issue was... Might be comment around

1:51:051:51:09

it is head coaches get judged on

their results and they have to make

1:51:091:51:15

decisions around selection. Sam

Burgess was a massive decision. It's

1:51:151:51:18

not just blaming him, it wasn't his

fault he was picked to play for

1:51:181:51:23

England, but it changed the dynamic

of that squad into the World Cup and

1:51:231:51:27

head coaches lived or died by the

decisions they make and we -- it was

1:51:271:51:34

a massive risk and a massive

decision and it didn't come off.

Was

1:51:341:51:38

he given the support he needed at

the time? He made that decision. Did

1:51:381:51:41

he get the support?

That gets thrown

back at people, was he given enough

1:51:411:51:48

support. One of the things I've

learnt over many years is that had

1:51:481:51:52

coaches are pretty much control

freaks. They are on the job because

1:51:521:51:55

they want to be the head man,

whether it is Eddie Jones or whoever

1:51:551:52:01

around the world. In any sport they

are in charge" are the main man and

1:52:011:52:06

they live or die by those decisions.

When you get it right it is great,

1:52:061:52:10

when you get it wrong it is tough.

Eddie Jones is currently in the

1:52:101:52:16

England job. It is a case of him

making the right decisions?

Was he

1:52:161:52:20

the right man for the job? Eddie

Jones is very experienced and the

1:52:201:52:25

other part of the book is around

appointing coaches. What's right and

1:52:251:52:31

what is wrong. In the only right

decision is whether they win. If

1:52:311:52:35

they win you've made a really good

appointment and if they lose you

1:52:351:52:39

haven't. Stuart was appointed...

Everyone felt it was the right

1:52:391:52:43

decision at the time and it is an

enormous amount of good work.

He is

1:52:431:52:48

still very proud of what he did.

And

quite rightly. There's a lot in the

1:52:481:52:53

book around his work and again the

point is he did such a lot of good

1:52:531:52:59

work and then made a few decisions

and in the biggest tournament in our

1:52:591:53:03

sport it went wrong in the World

Cup. Eddie is the first to admit

1:53:031:53:09

that he's picked up a very good

side, good young players, and he's

1:53:091:53:13

taking it forward.

There are some

real characters as well and some

1:53:131:53:17

excellent players. You talked about

team dynamics. Is it that suddenly

1:53:171:53:23

things are coming right?

I think it

was happening under Stuart. It was

1:53:231:53:26

moving in that direction. It was

just a big blip during the

1:53:261:53:30

tournament. So I think there is a

team dynamic building. You can see a

1:53:301:53:35

strong England group developing.

They will be judged in 2019. This

1:53:351:53:40

group of players. We get judged on

our World Cups. In the 91 World Cup

1:53:401:53:46

final be lost and we can't get that

back. The 2003 team, they won it.

1:53:461:53:53

This group, by 2019 they will be in

a strong position.

There are two big

1:53:531:54:00

talking point at the moment. I think

we've mentioned both of them. One is

1:54:001:54:04

compassion. The culture that is

putting some people. Dealing with

1:54:041:54:11

concussion first. Should rugby be

noncontact in schools?

I don't think

1:54:111:54:17

so. The injury issue in rugby is an

issue that's been there for a long

1:54:171:54:23

time. It is a contact sport.

Unfortunately people do get injured.

1:54:231:54:28

Even in the amateur game people got

injured. I best friend at school was

1:54:281:54:33

paralysed at the age of 15 in a game

I was playing. Injury in rugby is

1:54:331:54:39

really an important topic for me,

personally, and for everybody. It is

1:54:391:54:43

taken very seriously and it's a big

issue and it is being managed well.

1:54:431:54:49

But the sport has changed and I

think that's the thing with

1:54:491:54:52

professionalism. You look at the

physical nature of the guys. Not

1:54:521:54:57

just the top end, at school rugby as

well.

It does need managing. You

1:54:571:55:02

think that whole culture and the

initiation ceremonies, do you think

1:55:021:55:08

that needs to change?

Absolutely.

There is no place for it whatsoever.

1:55:081:55:14

You can have a bit of fun with a

team and you can have a drink.

1:55:141:55:18

There's nothing wrong with that.

Everybody likes a drink. Nobody

1:55:181:55:22

likes a drunk.

Where does that

change come from?

It has to come

1:55:221:55:27

from within the organisation and the

clubs. The universities. It is just

1:55:271:55:32

unacceptable. It doesn't have any

part to play in being part of a

1:55:321:55:39

team. A football team or a cricket

team, a rugby team, it has no part

1:55:391:55:44

in it.

Good to talk. Thank you very

much.

1:55:441:55:48

I was going to say, I always wanted

to tell you that one of my favourite

1:55:481:55:55

moments of sports commentary is when

you are commentating and you

1:55:551:55:58

screened over the top of Jonny

Wilkinson's drop goal.

1:55:581:56:02

He has never forgiven me!

The sheer

emotion just pours out.

1:56:021:56:07

And his book is called Rugby: The

Game of my Life. We will be back

1:56:071:56:13

with the main headlines at eight

a.m.. There is severe disruption

1:56:131:56:17

that many of the rail services

because of strike action today. Find

1:56:171:56:20

out now whether that affects

1:56:201:59:40

Bye for now.

1:59:401:59:44

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

2:00:152:00:20

Another Cabinet Minister

fights for their job.

2:00:202:00:22

The pressure grows on Priti Patel.

2:00:222:00:24

Just days after the International

Development Secretary was forced

2:00:242:00:28

to apologise over secret meetings

in Israel, Downing Street

2:00:282:00:31

is examining new claims

about her trips overseas.

2:00:312:00:35

Good morning.

It's Wednesday, 8th November.

2:00:482:00:55

Also this morning, Prince Charles'

finances face scrutiny

2:00:552:00:59

following fresh revelations

in the Paradise Papers.

2:00:592:01:02

The Prince's advisors

deny suggestions of

2:01:022:01:03

a conflict of interest.

2:01:032:01:09

In the past few hours

President Trump has arrived

2:01:092:01:11

in Beijing for talks on trade

and North Korea.

2:01:112:01:14

Earlier this morning he warned

the North it was time to "come

2:01:142:01:17

to the table" and "make a deal".

2:01:172:01:19

SSE and npower are merging. I'm

taking a look at what it will mean

2:01:192:01:23

for their 12 million customers.

Andy Murray says he won't play in

2:01:232:01:29

the Australian Open next year unless

he is 100% fit. The former world

2:01:292:01:33

number one has been out of action

with a hip injury, but faced Roger

2:01:332:01:38

Federer in a charity match last

night.

2:01:382:01:45

Jonny and Oti join us as they

prepare to foxtrot their way back to

2:01:452:01:49

the ballroom. And Carol has the

weather.

For many of us, it will be

2:01:492:01:55

dry and sunny. Wet and windy weather

will push in later, it will brighten

2:01:552:02:01

up in the South East. I will have

more details in 15 minutes.

2:02:012:02:10

Theresa May is coming under pressure

to sack the International

2:02:102:02:14

Development Secretary, Priti Patel.

Downing Street is examining new

2:02:142:02:18

information about her unauthorised

contact with senior Israeli

2:02:182:02:23

government officials. Priti Patel

apologised for the meeting during

2:02:232:02:28

the summer. It is believed she had

one meeting with senior Israeli

2:02:282:02:34

officials after returning home and

again, she failed to tell the Prime

2:02:342:02:37

Minister about them.

2:02:372:02:43

Let's get more detail

now from our Political

2:02:432:02:45

Correspondent, Leila Nathoo.

2:02:452:02:48

How safe is her job?

It is looking

precarious, Lou. There is two

2:02:482:02:53

issues, one the issue of her

apparently freelance diplomacy that

2:02:532:02:58

she carried out over the summer in

Israel and the secondary issue of

2:02:582:03:02

how she reported this to the Prime

Minister. We know that Priti Patel

2:03:022:03:07

had to correct the record regarding

the number of meet it is that she

2:03:072:03:11

had in Israel in August. She

initially said it was only a couple.

2:03:112:03:14

It transpired it was 12. She also

had to retract comments she made

2:03:142:03:20

suggesting that the Foreign Office

knew about the meetings beforehand.

2:03:202:03:23

It was clear the Foreign Office

didn't know about that. So she was

2:03:232:03:29

hauled into Number Ten on Monday to

see Theresa May. She was

2:03:292:03:31

reprimanded. She was reminded of her

ongations under the Ministerial Code

2:03:312:03:36

and as far as Downing Street was

concerned, she had apologised and

2:03:362:03:39

that was the matter closed, but now

we understand that Number Ten is

2:03:392:03:43

examining details of two further

meetings that Priti Patel had in

2:03:432:03:52

September where no officials were

present and they were not carried

2:03:522:03:55

out in the usual ministerial way. So

I think it is looking pretty ropey

2:03:552:04:00

for Priti Patel this morning.

Theresa May is under pressure to

2:04:002:04:04

sack her. Earlier in the programme

we spoke to a Conservative MP who

2:04:042:04:10

said it was up to Theresa May what

to do.

It is up to the Prime

2:04:102:04:14

Minister what she does. She is

already tightening the Ministerial

2:04:142:04:19

Code even further. The one thing I

would just remind your viewers is

2:04:192:04:24

this isn't a visit to some enemy

state and a minister doing something

2:04:242:04:33

clandestine and Priti already

apologised.

Yes, Priti Patel said

2:04:332:04:38

sorry for her actions, but it is

pretty extraordinary territory in

2:04:382:04:43

terms of the scale what she was

doing over the summer and certainly

2:04:432:04:45

Theresa May is going to come under

pressure to sack her and certainly

2:04:452:04:50

if she doesn't, that will raise

questions as to why not? What more

2:04:502:04:56

did Priti Patel have to do in order

to lose her job? We know Priti Patel

2:04:562:05:00

is on her way back from East Africa

where she has been on an official

2:05:002:05:05

visit and I wouldn't be surprised

that we see some further

2:05:052:05:09

developments on this story later

this afternoon.

Thrit There might be

2:05:092:05:15

phone calls made as soon as she

arrives. There has been so much

2:05:152:05:18

going on. It has been a bruising

time. Has she got a grip of what's

2:05:182:05:22

going on in her Cabinet?

Well, there

is no doubt that Theresa May is

2:05:222:05:25

fighting on all fronts at the

moment. We have got a number of her

2:05:252:05:29

Cabinet Ministers under pressure,

Priti Patel being the most

2:05:292:05:32

vulnerable, but we had Boris Johnson

making comments about a British

2:05:322:05:36

Iranian citizen being held in Iran,

suggestions that he had potentially

2:05:362:05:42

hampered her case by some comments

he made. Sir Michael Fallon quick as

2:05:422:05:47

Defence Secretary over allegations

of sexual harassment and Damian

2:05:472:05:51

Green, the de facto Deputy Prime

Minister is also under investigation

2:05:512:05:56

by the Cabinet Secretary over

allegations of inappropriate

2:05:562:05:58

behaviour. So yes, Theresa May,

hugely under pressure here. She

2:05:582:06:02

can't really afford to be losing

Cabinet Ministers weekly or daily

2:06:022:06:08

which it might transpire and I think

that this does put her under some

2:06:082:06:12

pressure, but she will very much be

hoping to draw a line at least under

2:06:122:06:17

the Priti Patel row by potentially

letting her go later this afternoon.

2:06:172:06:21

Thank you.

2:06:212:06:31

The Prince Charles has been

criticised.

2:06:312:06:36

In the latest revelations

from the leaked documents known

2:06:362:06:38

as the Paradise Papers,

the Prince of Wales has been

2:06:382:06:40

criticised for failing to disclose

an investment by his private estate

2:06:402:06:43

in an offshore company.

2:06:432:06:44

There is no suggestion

of wrong doing.

2:06:442:06:46

The Prince's spokesman insists

he has never chosen to speak

2:06:462:06:50

out on a topic simply

because of an investment decision.

2:06:502:06:59

Earlier we spoke to a former royal

press secretary who said he didn't

2:06:592:07:04

believe there was a conflict of

interest.

Yes, he is the Duke of

2:07:042:07:08

Cornwall. He does head up the Duchy

of Cornwall, but doesn't have his

2:07:082:07:13

fingers on every single aspect of it

in such the same way as your

2:07:132:07:17

Director-General doesn't know

everything that's going on in the

2:07:172:07:19

BBC. He would be chairman of the

council. Chairman of the day-to-day

2:07:192:07:23

running of the duchy and it is

financial advisors who will invest

2:07:232:07:28

where they think appropriate.

2:07:282:07:38

In the last hour Donald Trump

has arrived in Bejing.

2:07:462:07:48

The American President will ask

China to cut its financial links

2:07:482:07:51

with North Korea and to abide

by UN sanctions.

2:07:512:07:53

Earlier Mr Trump urged all countries

to join forces to isolate

2:07:532:07:56

what he called "the brutal regime

of North Korea" saying the world

2:07:562:07:59

cannot tolerate a rogue nation that

threatens it with nuclear

2:07:592:08:01

devastation.

2:08:012:08:02

It is our responsibility

and our duty to confront this danger

2:08:022:08:05

together because the longer we wait,

the greater the danger grows

2:08:052:08:07

and the fewer the options become.

2:08:072:08:12

Our Beijing Correspondent

Stephen McDonell joins us.

2:08:122:08:17

It is a beautiful tourist

attraction, but some serious talks

2:08:172:08:20

on going today with the Chinese

president?

Yes, that's right. I'm

2:08:202:08:28

standing outside the forbidden city.

On the other side of those

2:08:282:08:32

impressive walls, the old impeeral

palace, Donald Trump is having a

2:08:322:08:40

tour around this tourist site and I

guess you would think that in the

2:08:402:08:44

first instance that would be

pleasantries and chitchat before

2:08:442:08:48

they get down to serious talks about

North Korea and its nuclear weapons.

2:08:482:08:52

Donald Trump has asked why would

China be prepared to support a

2:08:522:08:58

regime like that in North Korea

given its horrendous Human Rights

2:08:582:09:01

record? The Chinese on the other

side are saying we are fully

2:09:012:09:06

implementing all of the UN Security

Council resolutions against North

2:09:062:09:09

Korea and we saw reports today that

Chinese tour groups are being told

2:09:092:09:13

to not go into North Korea anymore.

This would be a big blow for that

2:09:132:09:18

nation because that's a big source

of hard currency for North Korea and

2:09:182:09:22

these are the types of things they

will be throwing about what is an

2:09:222:09:26

appropriate level of pressure to put

on North Korea to get it to give up

2:09:262:09:29

nuclear weapons.

Thank you very much.

2:09:292:09:36

If we see the president while we are

on air, we will show you the

2:09:362:09:39

pictures.

2:09:392:09:43

Thousands of people with the most

advanced cancers are living

2:09:432:09:46

longer than expected.

2:09:462:09:47

For the first time,

Macmillan Cancer Support has looked

2:09:472:09:49

at the outcomes for patients

diagnosed with Stage

2:09:492:09:51

4 of the disease where the cancer

has spread to other

2:09:512:09:53

parts of the body.

2:09:532:09:54

The charity says in 2015

at least 17,000 people had

2:09:542:09:57

beaten their survival odds.

2:09:572:09:58

Jane Maher is Chief Medical Officer

at Macmillan Cancer Support

2:09:582:10:01

and joins us now along

with Emma Young who was diagnosed

2:10:012:10:05

with stage 4 breast

and bone cancer in 2014.

2:10:052:10:09

Good morning.

Good morning.

Emma,

let's start with you. So 2014, you

2:10:092:10:15

get this diagnosis, what did you

think at the time? What were you

2:10:152:10:18

told at the time?

I thought at the

time I was just going to die. I have

2:10:182:10:24

got cancer, I'm going to die. That

was it. At the time I was told, I

2:10:242:10:29

wasn't told a lot. I didn't want to

be told a lot. I would rather be

2:10:292:10:34

oblivious.

You asked your doctors

not to give you the full details.

I

2:10:342:10:39

didn't know want to know the

details. I thought I would prefer to

2:10:392:10:42

live that way rather than if you're

told so many years, what happens

2:10:422:10:46

when you get to zero and you're

still here? I didn't want to know

2:10:462:10:49

any details at all and I still

really don't know the ins and outs

2:10:492:10:53

to be honest.

Right. And there are

so many people living in the same

2:10:532:10:58

position as you. It is a good news

story here that cancer used to be

2:10:582:11:03

like you say, you had cancer, you

thought that was it, but there are

2:11:032:11:07

so many people now living with

really serious cancer?

I think it is

2:11:072:11:10

a really good news story in that we

have found for the first time that

2:11:102:11:14

there are thousands of people who

are living several years, not

2:11:142:11:19

months, after having cancer that

spread all over the body. But it is

2:11:192:11:23

also quite tough. It is quite a

tough situation to be in when you do

2:11:232:11:28

have incurable, but treatable

cancer. You have lots of uncertainty

2:11:282:11:31

hanging over you. You have lots of

difficult decisions to make about

2:11:312:11:35

what treatments to have and what we

learned is that actually it is

2:11:352:11:40

really important to have palliative

care and anti-cancer treatment at

2:11:402:11:43

the same time. So you tend to think

that it is all about having

2:11:432:11:49

anti-cancer treatment, but we found

that actually you need both.

2:11:492:11:52

What has changed in the last 15 or

20 years? Is this research because

2:11:522:11:56

of money that's been put into that

side of working out the treatment of

2:11:562:12:02

cancer and how we can deal best with

that?

There is two things that

2:12:022:12:05

happened. Firstly, there has been

lots more anti-cancer treatments. So

2:12:052:12:10

if I think about when I started as

an oncologist, the number of cancer

2:12:102:12:16

drugs that are available to treat

people are enormous, but we've also

2:12:162:12:20

learnt much better how to help

people to live with their illness.

2:12:202:12:23

So also, we've learnt how to help

people to cope and how to help

2:12:232:12:27

people manage their symptoms. So I

think it is both things.

2:12:272:12:32

I just wanted to talk to you about

the impact of living with this as

2:12:322:12:35

well. Presumably, given that you

know, it is incurable, is that

2:12:352:12:41

right? You have got to have doctors

appointments and tests all the time.

2:12:412:12:45

How does it impact on you?

It's

constant. It is not as bad as when I

2:12:452:12:52

was first diagnosed. I was having

treatment every week and scans every

2:12:522:12:55

three months. Since I have been

stable for a couple of years, I now

2:12:552:12:59

have scans every six months. I still

have a an injection, it is a har

2:12:592:13:08

moan implant, it puts me into a

medically induced menopause, but as

2:13:082:13:12

I have gone on my appointments have

got less and less which is great,

2:13:122:13:16

but at first, the impact, that's

just your life, it is pointment

2:13:162:13:19

after appointment.

You seem to be

dealing with it incredibly well, can

2:13:192:13:22

I say? Jane, I suppose people deal

with it so differently and some

2:13:222:13:29

people can be psychologically

damaged of having something as

2:13:292:13:34

serious as stage four cancer?

That's

right. As doctors and nurses we have

2:13:342:13:37

to get better at helping people to

adjust to this very different

2:13:372:13:40

situation.

I mean it is interesting

Emma hearing you talk about that as

2:13:402:13:45

well. Maybe we need to change the

language around it and you are one

2:13:452:13:50

of those people who are living with

something, it is very possible to

2:13:502:13:53

live with?

Yeah, I mean it has

changed and we were just talking

2:13:532:13:57

outside, you know, the word cancer

is quite a dirty word. People are

2:13:572:14:02

like, "Oh cancer." But it is so

different now to what it used to be.

2:14:022:14:06

I just, I just hope that people

could look at me and think well, she

2:14:062:14:09

is living with it. I'm under no

illusions, I have friends who are

2:14:092:14:14

poorly at the moment and aren't as

lucky as I am, but I know at some

2:14:142:14:17

point my luck will change as well.

But until then, you know.

It's got

2:14:172:14:23

to have an impact on your family.

You have got children as well. How

2:14:232:14:26

do you manage with them?

Well the

two youngest don't know the

2:14:262:14:31

severity. They know I have cancer,

that's about it. The oldest one

2:14:312:14:34

knows everything. I found it easier

to be honest with her. I didn't want

2:14:342:14:38

to lie to her, but I kind of make it

humorous and we joke, not joke about

2:14:382:14:43

it, it is a serious thing, but I

keep it light and humorous rather

2:14:432:14:51

than having this deadly serious

conversation.

What would be your

2:14:512:14:58

advice to people who might be going

through the same thing that Emma has

2:14:582:15:02

gone through?

Don't be frighten. Get

as much information as possible and

2:15:022:15:07

seek out support.

You said

incurable, but treatable. Maybe we

2:15:072:15:11

need to change the first word?

Treatable, but incurable.

Maybe,

2:15:112:15:16

that's more positive. But it is

fascinating, thank you very much

2:15:162:15:20

indeed. Emma, thank you very much

for joining us.

2:15:202:15:26

Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

2:15:262:15:30

Good morning. A beautiful autumnal

2:15:302:15:33

Good morning. A beautiful autumnal

shot behind you. It is gorgeous but

2:15:332:15:36

it's also a cold start to the day

less across the board. We've got a

2:15:362:15:40

widespread frost.

2:15:402:15:47

We've got a bit more cloud down in

London and also patchy rain across

2:15:522:15:59

East Anglia and the south-east so

the temperature hasn't fallen as low

2:15:592:16:03

as it has elsewhere during the

night. When the patchy mist and fog

2:16:032:16:09

lifts, also across parts of Northern

Ireland and western Scotland, there

2:16:092:16:13

will be some sunshine. Increasingly

through the day the cloud will build

2:16:132:16:17

across Northern Ireland and

Scotland, introducing some rain.

2:16:172:16:19

Also the wind strengthening across

mainland Scotland and the Northern

2:16:192:16:24

Isles where we will be seeing gusts

to gale force. No such problems

2:16:242:16:29

across northern England. A fine and

dry afternoon with lengthy sunny

2:16:292:16:32

spells to look forward to. As we

have through Lincolnshire, heading

2:16:322:16:36

down towards the Midlands. We hang

on the ground in East Anglia and the

2:16:362:16:40

south-east but it is being eroded

from the West. For Southern counties

2:16:402:16:44

a fine day generally. One or two

showers tending to fade. A lot of

2:16:442:16:49

dry weather with sunny spells.

Exactly the same for Wales. Dry with

2:16:492:17:00

sunny spells. The rain coming in

across Scotland and Northern Ireland

2:17:002:17:02

through the evening and overnight

will push that further south but

2:17:022:17:04

cloud building ahead of it. Rain

turning light in nature. It will be

2:17:042:17:06

cold enough especially in sheltered

glens for a touch of frost. We still

2:17:062:17:12

have blustery showers across the far

north of Scotland. Before the

2:17:122:17:16

riverfront arrives in the

south-east, under clear skies it

2:17:162:17:19

will be cold. That weather front

gets into the south-east with its

2:17:192:17:22

patchy rain before clearing. Then

you can see how it brightens up

2:17:222:17:28

behind it. Dry weather tomorrow,

fair bit of sunshine, still windy in

2:17:282:17:33

the north and still those showers.

Temperatures above average for this

2:17:332:17:38

stage in November. The averages

between 9-11. For Thursday and

2:17:382:17:46

Friday we've got this cold front

moving south. The rain on it is

2:17:462:17:51

fairly weak. Behind it is the next

warm front coming our way. As the

2:17:512:17:57

cold front moves south it will bring

cloud and the odd spot of rain. Rain

2:17:572:18:05

coming in later and which leads us

into the weekend. For most it's

2:18:052:18:08

going to be bright and breezy. There

will be some showers, particularly

2:18:082:18:12

in the West, the north and east. The

best of the weather down the central

2:18:122:18:17

swathes of the country. Feeling

cold.

2:18:172:18:20

Thank you, Carol. Breaking news in

the last hour. The energy providers

2:18:232:18:32

SSC and NPower are merging. At this

time of yet everyone is arguing

2:18:322:18:38

about what temperature to have the

thermostat at. Good morning. You're

2:18:382:18:43

talking about two of the biggest

names in the energy business. SSE

2:18:432:18:47

has said it's going to buy end

power. They would supply over 12

2:18:472:18:52

million households and give them 20%

of the energy market -- SSE is going

2:18:522:19:00

to buy NPower. We are joined by the

director of retail for SSE. What

2:19:002:19:05

does it mean for customers?

Good

morning. I think it's good news for

2:19:052:19:10

customers. We are proposing to merge

the retail business of SSE and

2:19:102:19:15

NPower to create a fully independent

company listed on the London stock

2:19:152:19:19

exchange. The customers it means the

organisation will be more efficient,

2:19:192:19:24

more innovative and agile for the

future.

Will it be cheaper?

As a

2:19:242:19:30

result will be able to create

efficiencies and add more value back

2:19:302:19:34

to our customers. That could be more

competitive prices or equally

2:19:342:19:39

through more innovation, new

propositions, new products. The

2:19:392:19:43

market is massively changing. The

Digital economy is here. Customers

2:19:432:19:46

want to be served in a different

way. Also with electric vehicles,

2:19:462:19:53

smart meters, all of these things,

customers will have new needs. We

2:19:532:19:57

will be able to support our

customers moving forward.

What will

2:19:572:20:02

it mean for customers in practical

terms? Who will you get your bills

2:20:022:20:06

from and how will it shape?

There's

a process we need to go to. We've

2:20:062:20:12

announce the proposal to merge. The

CMA and regulatory authorities will

2:20:122:20:17

look at it which will take about 12

months. Nothing will change in the

2:20:172:20:21

short term. Ultimately there will be

a new board of directors and a new

2:20:212:20:26

management team and they will decide

on the strategy for the future

2:20:262:20:29

company and the structure of that

organisation.

Will there be a name

2:20:292:20:34

change?

It's up to the new board of

directors to decide what they cool

2:20:342:20:38

themselves and the strategy for the

new business.

At this time of year

2:20:382:20:42

we are always talking about energy

bills and often over the winter

2:20:422:20:45

months we often hear about price

rises. What are we expecting from

2:20:452:20:51

you guys?

I can't comment on future

prices but we've got a track record

2:20:512:20:55

of doing the right thing. If you

take the last 2-3 years we've

2:20:552:21:00

reduced prices twice and increased

once. We are going into the winter

2:21:002:21:04

and very aware we need to support

our customers and our customer

2:21:042:21:07

service teens are lined up to help

our customers through the winter

2:21:072:21:10

period.

Thank you. SSE are planning

to merge with NPower.

2:21:102:21:23

Sheep, your favourite story of the

day.

2:21:232:21:30

Sheep have a reputation

for being dim-witted creatures

2:21:302:21:32

but it seems they've been pulling

the wool over our eyes, they're

2:21:322:21:34

actually surprisingly intelligent.

2:21:342:21:35

A new study has found that they can

be trained to recognise human faces

2:21:352:21:39

from photos and can even respond

to images of their handlers

2:21:392:21:42

without any training.

2:21:422:21:42

Let's take a look at how

the experiment worked.

2:21:422:21:45

These are the sheep which have been

trained to recognise people's

2:21:452:21:47

faces from photographs.

2:21:472:21:49

It's all for a study

at the University of Cambridge.

2:21:492:21:52

The sheep learned how to recognise

the faces of four well-known public

2:21:522:21:55

figures by getting a food reward

every time they chose the photo.

2:21:552:22:00

No recognition, no grub.

2:22:002:22:03

Once they learned to recognise

the faces, they were then shown two

2:22:032:22:07

pictures and received a reward

for choosing the right photo.

2:22:072:22:11

The sheep could even recognise

people when their faces

2:22:112:22:15

were shown at an angle.

2:22:152:22:17

The researchers then tested further,

and found that sheep can

2:22:172:22:19

recognise their handler

from a photograph without

2:22:192:22:24

any training at all.

2:22:242:22:30

That's a little demonstration of

what happened.

2:22:302:22:32

Prof Jenny Morton lead the research.

2:22:322:22:34

She joins us now.

2:22:342:22:36

Good morning. Where you surprised

sheep were able to recognise faces?

2:22:362:22:42

I was a bit surprised because we've

never tried this experiment before.

2:22:422:22:46

I wasn't that surprised that they

could make decisions because we've

2:22:462:22:49

done lots of cognitive testing on

sheep and they are quite good at

2:22:492:22:54

decision making. The photographs was

a step up, actually.

What has this

2:22:542:22:58

taught you about sheep that you

didn't know before? We were joking

2:22:582:23:02

about the fact we have an image of

them being dim-witted but they are

2:23:022:23:06

actually quite intelligent, aren't

they?

We had already done

2:23:062:23:10

experiments looking at cognitive

function in sheep and a couple of

2:23:102:23:13

years ago we published a paper

showing they could perform executive

2:23:132:23:17

decision-making in the same way as a

muggy or human. They already have

2:23:172:23:22

quite advanced cognitive processing

-- a monkey or a human.

You chose

2:23:222:23:32

for people, why them?

There were a

lot of photographs of those people

2:23:322:23:35

available on the web, we wanted

photographs of face and pictures and

2:23:352:23:41

then the tilted angles. We tried to

find people we were sure the sheep

2:23:412:23:46

had never met before. We were pretty

sure they've never met Barack Obama!

2:23:462:23:50

Then you had a front and photograph

and two tilted photographs which is

2:23:502:23:55

surprisingly hard to come by. So my

research assistants shows the actual

2:23:552:24:01

people but that was the basis on

which we chose them.

I'm not

2:24:012:24:07

laughing at the research, I'm

laughing at the idea of a sheep not

2:24:072:24:11

having seen Barack Obama before and

how do you find that that's the

2:24:112:24:14

case. Forgive me! For example if you

went to go and see a sheep readily

2:24:142:24:21

would it recognise you?

Definitely.

I think farmers all over the country

2:24:212:24:25

are saying we knew that all the

time. She'd definitely recognise

2:24:252:24:29

their handlers, their owners. They

almost certainly recognise vehicles.

2:24:292:24:36

-- sheep definitely recognise their

handlers.

This research has a

2:24:362:24:41

serious point, why have you done it?

I work on Huntington's disease and

2:24:412:24:46

we have a Huntington's disease sheep

model developed in Australia. These

2:24:462:24:49

animals don't show any symptoms at

all so we have been trying to devise

2:24:492:24:54

ways of testing their cognitive

function. Our semi-yorked to assist

2:24:542:24:58

you saw in the video allows us to

test the decision-making of the

2:24:582:25:04

sheep without interference from the

operator -- semiautomated. Usually

2:25:042:25:12

we use letters and colours and

shapes which is a standard way of

2:25:122:25:16

testing human cognitive function.

Face recognition was an additional

2:25:162:25:19

level.

Tell us about Huntington's

disease and how it affects people,

2:25:192:25:24

and why this is important.

Huntingdon 's is a progressive

2:25:242:25:28

genetic disorder. If you have the

gene you will get the disease. Its

2:25:282:25:34

late-onset server doesn't usually

appear until a person is in their

2:25:342:25:37

40s. There are three groups of

symptoms. Movement disorder,

2:25:372:25:45

cognitive decline and psychiatric

disorders. It eventually kills the

2:25:452:25:50

patient.

Now you know this about

sheep, how will you implement it and

2:25:502:25:54

how will it help people in the

future?

Our plan is to test

2:25:542:25:59

therapies. The next step is to test

the Huntingdon sheep to see whether

2:25:592:26:07

there is a difference between the

way the normal sheep and the

2:26:072:26:11

Huntingdon sheep make decisions. If

there is, then we have a way of

2:26:112:26:15

measuring therapy. If you give their

appeal to a sheep that reverses its

2:26:152:26:23

disorder, that's very promising. The

sort of therapy I'm interested in

2:26:232:26:27

are things you can't easily test in

patients straight. Gene therapy

2:26:272:26:32

could cause irreversible changes. We

would want to test those in an

2:26:322:26:37

animal model before we go into the

clinic.

Thank you.

2:26:372:26:43

A fascinating subject with very

applicable results. We'll be talking

2:26:432:26:48

about Nat King Cole later on. We've

got Johnny and Oti from Strictly.

2:26:482:26:56

Many people were shocked at the

weekend by Aston's departure. Carol

2:26:562:27:00

will have the weather. We'll be

looking at the help of the High

2:27:002:27:06

Street has new research suggests

nearly 1000 shops across England

2:27:062:27:10

have disappeared in five years. As

we've heard as well there is severe

2:27:102:27:16

disruption for some rail services.

Find out if it's going to affect you

2:27:162:27:19

with the travel and

2:27:192:30:37

newsroom in half an hour.

2:30:372:30:41

Now it's back to Dan and Louise.

2:30:412:30:42

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

2:30:472:30:54

Downing Street is

2:30:542:30:56

Downing Street is examining new

information about the International

2:30:562:30:58

Development Secretary's unauthorised

contact with senior Israeli

2:30:582:31:02

government officials. Priti Patel

apologise for meeting the Israeli

2:31:022:31:05

Prime Minister during a summer

holiday in August without telling

2:31:052:31:08

the Foreign Office in advance is now

believed she had at least one

2:31:082:31:11

further meeting with senior Israeli

officials after she returned home

2:31:112:31:15

and failed to tell Theresa May about

it.

It is up to the Prime Minister

2:31:152:31:20

what she does. She is already

tightening the ministerial code even

2:31:202:31:26

further. The one thing I would just

remind your viewers is, this is not

2:31:262:31:31

a visit to some enemy state and a

minister doing something

2:31:312:31:37

clandestinely Priti Patel has

already apologised for it.

2:31:372:31:43

The First Minister of Wales,

Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

2:31:432:31:46

to give details about his decision

to sack Carl Sargeant,

2:31:462:31:48

a member of his cabinet

who was found dead yesterday.

2:31:482:31:50

Mr Sargeant left his

post and was suspended

2:31:502:31:53

by the Labour Party -

pending an investigation

2:31:532:31:54

into allegations made

by a number of women.

2:31:542:31:56

It is understood there

is now "deep unease"

2:31:562:31:58

within the Welsh Labour group

about the treatment he received.

2:31:582:32:05

In the latest revelations about the

Paradise papers for the Prince of

2:32:052:32:10

Wales has been criticised for

failing to disclose an investment in

2:32:102:32:16

an offshore company. The papers

showed the Duchy of Cornwall

2:32:162:32:21

invested £100,000 in a company in

which the Prince's Svend was a

2:32:212:32:27

director. He called for changes

which would have benefited the

2:32:272:32:29

business. There is no suggestion any

wrongdoing.

Earlier, Dickie arbiter

2:32:292:32:37

cast doubt on whether the Prince in

their aware of the investments. I

2:32:372:32:41

don't believe the Prince of Wales

knew anything about the investment.

2:32:412:32:44

Here's the jig of Cornwall and is

head up the Duchy of Cornwall but

2:32:442:32:47

does not have his fingers on every

aspect of it, in much the same way

2:32:472:32:52

as your director-general does not

know everything going on within the

2:32:522:32:55

BBC. He will be chairman of the

council, chairman of the day-to-day

2:32:552:32:58

running of the Duchy. It is

financial advisers who will invest

2:32:582:33:04

where they think appropriate.

President Trump China today. He flew

2:33:042:33:16

in from South Korea. He indicated

that the US was still willing to

2:33:162:33:20

negotiate with the North if they

gave up their military ambitions.

2:33:202:33:25

The number of homeless people in

England has risen by 14,000

2:33:252:33:30

according to a new study. Shelter

found there were more than 300,000

2:33:302:33:34

homeless people. In reality the

figure is much higher.

I don't like

2:33:342:33:42

telling people where I live. People

automatically judge.

I will just say

2:33:422:33:49

to people, we live in a flat.

Gemma

and her daughter live in a hostel in

2:33:492:33:54

Cheshire. They have been homeless

for the last 18 months.

I lost my

2:33:542:33:59

house, I lost my job. And my partner

of seven years, probably in the

2:33:592:34:10

space of six months. You are crying

your eyes out. I kept saying to

2:34:102:34:13

people it will only be a couple of

months but that's not the case.

The

2:34:132:34:17

study found more than a quarter of a

million people in England are

2:34:172:34:22

homeless and 14,000 more people than

last year. The top ten highest rates

2:34:222:34:25

were in London. In new, one in 20

people is classed as homeless.

2:34:252:34:32

Outside of London, Luton, bright in

Manchester have some of the highest

2:34:322:34:35

figures for the shelter is putting

the right down to a lack of

2:34:352:34:48

affordable homes.

With the cold,

winter months coming, they say this

2:34:482:34:50

is the moment to tackle

homelessness. Homelessness is one of

2:34:502:34:52

the most appalling experiences

someone can go through. A lot of

2:34:522:34:54

them will be children.

Something has

to be done. The Government says it

2:34:542:35:00

is investing £950 million to tackle

homelessness. For Gemma and Keira,

2:35:002:35:05

the wait continues as they try to

find a new home and a new start.

2:35:052:35:12

That brings you up to date.

2:35:122:35:17

Carol will tell you what's happening

with the weather in ten minutes.

2:35:172:35:20

Here's what's still to

come on Breakfast...

2:35:202:35:22

They sizzled with

their Strictly salsa.

2:35:222:35:23

Jonnie and Oti join us

as they prepare to foxtrot their way

2:35:232:35:26

back to the ballroom.

2:35:262:35:30

Gregory Porter will tell us

about his musical love letter

2:35:392:35:42

to his father figure, the late,

great Nat 'King' Cole.

2:35:422:35:47

Eight-year-old Josh

was born completely blind.

2:35:472:35:50

We'll find out whether a team

Big Life Fix designers and engineers

2:35:502:35:53

can help him feel less

isolated at playtime.

2:35:532:36:01

All that still to come.

2:36:012:36:02

But first let's get

the sport with John.

2:36:022:36:07

Is there a little bit of good news?

Big smiles in the Andy Murray has

2:36:072:36:15

hostel to be his wife has just given

birth to a baby girl. We have been

2:36:152:36:19

talking about him all morning. We

have not seen him for a while

2:36:192:36:24

because he suffered the injury at

Wimbledon when he got knocked out of

2:36:242:36:30

the quarterfinals. Lucky the baby

did not arrive last night because he

2:36:302:36:33

was playing Roger Federer in a

charity match. He said he is not

2:36:332:36:37

going to rest his return to tennis

and he was back out on court raising

2:36:372:36:43

money for charity. His first game

since the Wimbledon quarterfinals

2:36:432:36:47

which ended in defeat. Plenty of fun

to be had out on court last night.

2:36:472:36:58

Federer joined in. Probably the

first and last time you will see him

2:36:582:37:03

pulling off his signature one-handed

backhand in a kilt. Andy Murray says

2:37:032:37:06

he will not be rushing his return to

the men's tour.

2:37:062:37:11

I'm in a significantly

better place than I was,

2:37:112:37:13

you know, in the build-up

to the US Open.

2:37:132:37:15

And certainly at the end

of Wimbledon, you know,

2:37:152:37:17

I was really struggling there.

2:37:172:37:18

Walking was, you know,

a big problem for me, you know.

2:37:182:37:21

So I just try to get

myself back to 100%.

2:37:212:37:31

Grandma Murray even prepared some of

her signature shortbread for Andy

2:37:332:37:38

Murray is well if there is any of it

left, we would have had it here.

2:37:382:37:51

There will be a few nerves and

anticipation thrown into the mix

2:37:542:37:58

ahead of the game full study shows

you the level of importance of what

2:37:582:38:01

is riding on it. We just want to go

out there and try to enjoy it as

2:38:012:38:05

much as possible through the

process. Ultimately, achieve what we

2:38:052:38:09

want is to get to the World Cup.

Six

players are out of England's coming

2:38:092:38:19

friendlies at Gareth Southgate with

a real selection issue ahead of the

2:38:192:38:23

game against Germany. It will see

technology use of the first time in

2:38:232:38:27

an official match in this country.

2:38:272:38:36

It is a must win test for the

England women in their test which

2:38:362:38:40

starts later if they are to stand

any chance of regaining the Ashes.

2:38:402:38:45

The match starts tomorrow in Sydney.

If Australia win, they will retain

2:38:452:38:50

the Ashes. The pressure clearly on

England to avoid defeat. It is a big

2:38:502:38:55

moment. The way this series is run,

it all comes down to points

2:38:552:38:59

allocated for the one-day matches

they had. Now they play this test

2:38:592:39:03

and then they have the 2020 matches.

2:39:032:39:14

There is work to be done. It is

important that England win. With the

2:39:162:39:24

Andy Murray stuff, his wife has had

another baby girl this morning. In

2:39:242:39:28

terms of his return to the court he

is playing in a charity match that

2:39:282:39:31

he is not sure 100% whether he

should play in the Australian open.

2:39:312:39:37

He is very conscious. You truly

determined to play at the US Open. I

2:39:372:39:41

think he felt he rushed to back too

soon. He wants to make sure he only

2:39:412:39:47

returned and he is fully fit. He

does not want to make the same

2:39:472:39:50

mistake at the US Open. The first

major is next year and that is when

2:39:502:39:57

he will be looking to return. In the

meantime, he has a baby to look

2:39:572:40:04

after.

2:40:042:40:09

To years ago a lad as a refugee and

had to swim for her life. Foyer

2:40:092:40:16

after that she competed in the Rio

Olympic Games. Now her story is

2:40:162:40:21

being made into a film. The teenager

has set her sights at the Tokyo 2020

2:40:212:40:27

Olympics. It is an extraordinary

story.

You know that you might lose

2:40:272:40:37

your life on the way.

This Olympian

and refugees saved lives, including

2:40:372:40:43

her own. The teenage swimmer fled

war ravaged Syria to pursue her

2:40:432:40:49

sporting dreams. A 25 day nightmare

featuring a sinking vote full of

2:40:492:40:54

migrants headed for Greece. She

jumped into the sea with her sister.

2:40:542:41:02

I was afraid. It was dark. I was

just seeing the island but never

2:41:022:41:07

reaching it. Not that I was the hero

pulling a rope. I helped the vote.

2:41:072:41:17

It was not just me and my sister.

2:41:172:41:30

You can imagine that

they tell you it's 45

2:41:342:41:36

minutes trip and you stay 3.5 hours.

2:41:362:41:38

What did you have with you?

2:41:382:41:39

Nothing.

2:41:392:41:41

My jeans and my T-shirt.

2:41:412:41:42

My shoes were also gone.

2:41:422:41:43

Yusra Mardini eventually

arrived in Berlin.

2:41:432:41:44

Already a promising swimmer,

she joined this club at the ditty's

2:41:442:41:47

Olympic Park.

2:41:472:41:50

Incredibly, just 11 months later,

she was in Rio on the biggest

2:41:502:41:53

sporting stage of all,

competing for the first ever Refugee

2:41:532:41:55

Team.

2:41:552:41:56

Even after, before when they were

telling me that I'm leaving

2:41:562:41:59

to the Olympics, it was

a really big surprise.

2:41:592:42:01

After only one year I'm

a refugee in Germany and I'm

2:42:012:42:04

going and there is a

Refugee Olympic Team.

2:42:042:42:07

It was incredible.

2:42:072:42:08

Yusra's remarkable back story means

she is now a teenager in demand,

2:42:082:42:11

with an expanding entourage

befitting her growing stature

2:42:112:42:12

on the world stage.

2:42:122:42:14

There have been meetings

with major global figures.

2:42:142:42:15

She has addressed the UN

and given talks at other

2:42:152:42:18

high-profile events,

highlighting the plight of refugees.

2:42:182:42:21

I'm just hoping to get

the idea to people

2:42:212:42:24

that they are normal people

and they had a normal life

2:42:242:42:28

and they were forced

to flee their country

2:42:282:42:31

because of violence.

2:42:312:42:33

And movies are being made about you.

2:42:332:42:35

How exciting is that?

2:42:352:42:38

It's amazing.

2:42:382:42:40

I'm really excited.

2:42:402:42:42

Who would you like to

play Yusra Mardini?

2:42:422:42:46

I have no idea.

2:42:462:42:49

I would like Yusra Mardini

to play Yusra Mardini,

2:42:492:42:52

but I can't act.

2:42:522:42:53

Above all, Yusra Mardini

is focused on training hard.

2:42:532:42:56

She wants a place at the 2020

Olympics in Tokyo and doesn't mind

2:42:562:42:59

who she represents.

2:42:592:43:02

My ambition is just

to be an athlete.

2:43:022:43:06

If I'm going to start for Germany

or for my country or for the Refugee

2:43:062:43:10

Olympic Team, I'm going to do

the best I can and it

2:43:102:43:13

would be my pleasure.

2:43:132:43:15

In a life full of twists and turns,

the way to Tokyo may not

2:43:152:43:18

be straightforward, but it's clear

this determined 19-year-old

2:43:182:43:20

will rise to whatever

challenges lay ahead.

2:43:202:43:30

Such an inspiring story. Choices for

shoppers are shrinking, according to

2:43:352:43:40

research by the BBC. Nearly 1000

shops have disappeared in five

2:43:402:43:44

years. We speak to Samantha fennec

in market raisin, which was awarded

2:43:442:43:49

a share of £1.2 million. Tell us the

details.

Market Rasen got over

2:43:492:44:08

£100,000 of that income two years

ago. As you can see, there are three

2:44:082:44:14

empty shops. That is having a

knock-on effect for the businesses

2:44:142:44:17

because there are not as many people

coming here into the town.

2:44:172:44:21

Stockport, another town that got

Porter's data is in the north-west

2:44:212:44:26

of England has done a bit better. I

went to find out what has happened.

2:44:262:44:39

This one is empty?

2:44:502:44:52

Yes, we still have a number of empty

units in the town centre that

2:44:522:44:55

still need filling.

2:44:552:44:56

Joe is the man behind getting Portas

town status for Stockport.

2:44:562:44:59

He put the successful bid together

and ran a pilot for five years.

2:44:592:45:02

The plan has gone pretty well

and we've managed to attract

2:45:022:45:05

new interest into the old town

especially, but across the whole

2:45:052:45:07

town centre we still have a big

problem with shops and it's

2:45:072:45:10

a question of more

retailers going online.

2:45:102:45:12

What kind of retailers

are going to fill them?

2:45:122:45:15

We have to think of creative

solutions to really

2:45:152:45:18

solve this problem

on the high streets.

2:45:182:45:19

The barometer of a healthy

high-street is to look

2:45:192:45:21

at the vacancy rate.

2:45:212:45:23

It's fallen in ten of the 12 towns,

but is still higher

2:45:232:45:26

than the national average.

2:45:262:45:33

In Stockport it's more than double

the national average.

2:45:332:45:35

But the council here thinks

reshaping the town centre is one

2:45:352:45:37

solution to getting that down.

2:45:372:45:38

It is hard to believe that just 18

months ago this square

2:45:382:45:41

looked like this.

2:45:412:45:44

The council demolished

the shops that were here

2:45:442:45:47

and created this new,

more attractive area for shoppers.

2:45:472:45:50

It is important to the people

of Stockport, important to visitors,

2:45:502:45:55

but it's important for the retailers

as well because they really benefit

2:45:552:45:58

from having the kind of environment

where people do want to spend time,

2:45:582:46:01

so if it's a nice area

to sit and meet friends,

2:46:012:46:04

relax, places to eat,

then they are more likely

2:46:042:46:06

to do their shopping here as well.

2:46:062:46:09

We asked a company which monitors

the health of high streets to review

2:46:102:46:13

the Portas Project.

2:46:132:46:15

One thing they found is most

of the towns have more

2:46:152:46:18

independent shops than before.

2:46:182:46:22

In the last five years nearly 1000

jobs have disappeared from the 12

2:46:222:46:32

-- shops have disappeared

from the Portas towns.

2:46:322:46:34

That's one closing every 22 days.

2:46:342:46:36

A town centre with fewer shops

doesn't necessarily mean

2:46:362:46:38

it is in decline.

2:46:382:46:39

More and more empty units

are being converted into other uses.

2:46:392:46:42

There is a contraction required

of retail within the town centres

2:46:422:46:44

and therefore you then have to fill

that with an appropriate use,

2:46:442:46:49

and residential driving people

into the towns to utilise and bring

2:46:492:46:53

forward all of the ideas

of what a town centre is.

2:46:532:46:55

That's what we are

trying to achieve.

2:46:552:46:59

We think we can get three or four

town houses here and six or seven

2:46:592:47:02

apartments, but with

a terrace overlooking.

2:47:022:47:04

As our shopping habits

change and more of us shop

2:47:042:47:07

online, the traditional high street

has to adapt if it's

2:47:072:47:10

going to survive.

2:47:102:47:12

So, we are back now and Market Rasen

and I am joined by Michalak who led

2:47:232:47:28

the porters pilot scheme. How do you

account for these empty shops. I

2:47:282:47:41

think the Portas Pilot was a very

dynamic project but it is never

2:47:412:47:45

complete project.

Sounds like

there's a very complex, we did a lot

2:47:452:47:51

of things, but the market going,

people into the cat -- into the

2:47:512:47:57

town, but how do you keep that

going? It's the legacy that is

2:47:572:48:00

difficult.

You put the market back

into Market Rasen?

Yes, we certainly

2:48:002:48:06

did and there was a lot of work that

went into this.

Matthew, how do

2:48:062:48:11

people in towns like this that

regeneration back into the area.

It

2:48:112:48:15

has to be around the local economics

of the area. People need jobs and

2:48:152:48:20

disposable income to spend in the

shops and for a town like Market

2:48:202:48:23

Rasen where eight out of ten of the

shops are independents, they have a

2:48:232:48:27

high propensity to open and close

very quickly. It's about having a

2:48:272:48:31

strategy and a plan.

The fact Market

Rasen today is that the guy wrote

2:48:312:48:42

Elton John 's song is actually lived

here and Saturday night's all right

2:48:422:48:45

Bob writing is based on that pub

over there.

2:48:452:48:47

That is my favourites that of the

day. I would not be going there on

2:48:472:48:53

the weekend. It is a very nice pub

now, by the way.

2:48:532:48:58

He's one of the most successful jazz

artists of his generation,

2:48:582:49:01

and now the Grammy award winning

Gregory Porter has produced

2:49:012:49:03

a musical love letter

with his latest work.

2:49:032:49:05

He pays an emotional tribute

to the unforgettable Nat King Cole,

2:49:052:49:08

the man he describes as a "father

figure" who inspired

2:49:082:49:10

his love of music.

2:49:102:49:11

We'll speak to Gregory

in a moment, but first,

2:49:112:49:13

let's hear his unmistakable voice.

2:49:132:49:16

# Light up your base with gladness

# Light every glimpse of sadness

2:49:272:49:42

# Although a tear may be at the zone

near

2:49:422:49:46

# That's the time you must keep on

trying

2:49:462:49:52

# Smile, what's the use of crying?

# You'll find that life is still

2:49:522:50:01

worthwhile

# If you'd just smile... #

2:50:012:50:20

I think we should end the interview

that.

2:50:202:50:24

You can't get better than that.

Let's not bother with the talking.

2:50:242:50:28

The singing is fantastic.

We introduce Joubert and said that

2:50:282:50:32

Nat King Cole was a father figure to

you. That shows you how personal

2:50:322:50:37

this album is.

Very much so. This is

not a gimmick to sell records. This

2:50:372:50:43

is the music of my childhood, the

music that encouraged me when I was

2:50:432:50:48

a little boy, six, seven, eight,

nine. This was some of the first

2:50:482:50:53

music on the turntable and pick

yourself up, dust yourself up, the

2:50:532:51:00

greatest thing you'll ever learn is

just to love and be loved in return.

2:51:002:51:04

Those are the messages I was getting

from Nat King Cole and it let me

2:51:042:51:08

know the power and the strength of

music and its influence is my

2:51:082:51:12

writing even today.

What is it like

Ben, with the orchestra there,

2:51:122:51:17

singing some of those songs? -- what

is it like then?

It was a dream come

2:51:172:51:23

true. I had wanted to do this record

for 20, 25 years. To be here in

2:51:232:51:29

London with the extraordinary London

studio orchestra, 70 members, and to

2:51:292:51:33

be doing this music, I felt like a

voice just floating on a wave of

2:51:332:51:39

music. A dream come true.

Just

extraordinary. He was obviously a

2:51:392:51:44

big appearance in your life, and so

too was your mum. In reading a

2:51:442:51:49

little more about you, I didn't

realise you were a really good

2:51:492:51:53

American football as well. You could

have gone into that professionally?

2:51:532:51:58

I could have, but you know, that is

means a go. I have busted shoulder

2:51:582:52:04

and leg. Sometimes I limp onto stage

thinking about the injuries from

2:52:042:52:07

that sport. But you know, I'm glad I

found my way into my real love.

And

2:52:072:52:14

your mum didn't know, did she? She

was really keen though that you

2:52:142:52:18

should follow music and your love of

singing.

Yes, it literally, not to

2:52:182:52:27

sound melodramatic, but literally

her last days, my last few hours

2:52:272:52:31

speaking to her, she said, Sun,

don't forget about your music. And

2:52:312:52:35

in a way, that sanctioned it. I was

trying to tell her, I'll be normal,

2:52:352:52:42

Bob to work every day, I have brown

shoes...

You do have brown shoes.

2:52:422:52:50

But she said don't forget about your

music.

Yes, she said don't forget

2:52:502:52:54

about your music, it's the best

thing you do.

And that help drive

2:52:542:52:59

you on? Because when you first

started recording, you weren't a

2:52:592:53:02

successful straightaway.

Yes, there

were some years the property, years

2:53:022:53:11

when my brothers and sisters were

then, we love you, but listen, man,

2:53:112:53:17

use your degree. Go into a normal

job. But I said, no, man, I still

2:53:172:53:22

have a dream. My mother 's words

really did my actions and it kind of

2:53:222:53:27

gave me the OK. And it's been 20

days since she -- 20 years since she

2:53:272:53:35

passed but those powerful words that

come from your parents and touch

2:53:352:53:39

you, they stick with you.

It is

probably a little early to ask you

2:53:392:53:47

to thing, isn't it?

# Light up your face with gladness

2:53:472:53:55

# Hide every trace of sadness...

Beautiful. Now, to say you are a

2:53:552:54:04

busy man would be a huge

understatement. You are hugely busy,

2:54:042:54:07

aren't you?

I am. I travel quite a

bit. It's always north of 200 shows

2:54:072:54:15

a year. My son has been to 15, 16

countries with me already.

And he is

2:54:152:54:20

only tiny.

Yes, he is for.

Tell us

about the UK audience.

It is my best

2:54:202:54:31

audience. They love a soulful

expression and from Nat can coal to

2:54:312:54:35

liquid spirit, they have accepted --

from Nat King Cole to liquid spirit,

2:54:352:54:42

I have accepted everything I have

done. I think I am number three on

2:54:422:54:46

the pop charts.

That is great. You

recorded this album with a 70 piece

2:54:462:54:52

orchestra. He will be playing with

them at the Royal Albert Hall?

We

2:54:522:54:56

have two dates at the Royal Albert

Hall and then we have a large tour

2:54:562:55:01

from the fifth to the 20th of April,

I believe. Check my website. The

2:55:012:55:07

special dates are on the 18th and

19th, at the Royal Albert Hall.

It

2:55:072:55:11

is lovely to see you as always.

Thanks for coming to see us. And

2:55:112:55:17

those two lines, it was worth it all

for that singing on the programme.

2:55:172:55:22

Gregory's album is called

Nat King Cole & Me.

2:55:222:55:27

Gregory's album is called

Nat King Cole & Me.

2:55:272:55:27

Here is Carol with this morning's

weather for us for the last time on

2:55:272:55:31

the programme.

It is a frosty morning as you can

2:55:312:55:34

see in this beautiful weather

Watchers picture. Where we have had

2:55:342:55:37

clear skies and the frost is where

we have the lowest temperatures.

2:55:372:55:45

As we push further south, you will

notice that London is and that's

2:55:492:55:53

because in the south-east and East

Anglia, there was more clout that we

2:55:532:55:57

have got some spots of rain. Another

beautiful weather Watchers picture

2:55:572:56:01

there from Barbara. The rain in East

Anglia and the cloud will be raided

2:56:012:56:04

from the West through the course of

the day. The Bob Willis that we will

2:56:042:56:08

see some sunshine coming three. --

the bold will lift and we will see

2:56:082:56:15

some sunshine coming through. In

Northern Ireland, introducing some

2:56:152:56:21

brain and strengthening wind. That

is the same picture with strong

2:56:212:56:29

winds touching gale force in exposed

areas in the North West of Scotland.

2:56:292:56:34

Drier weather in the North of

England and sunshine holding true as

2:56:342:56:38

we pushed down into the Midlands.

Heading over towards Cambridge, but

2:56:382:56:43

you can see we still have all the

cloud and the odd spot of rain left

2:56:432:56:47

across East Anglia and the

south-east. Move west of that and we

2:56:472:56:49

are back into the sunshine once

again. Temperatures up to 11 in

2:56:492:56:54

Plymouth, ten in Cardiff in that

sunshine with just light breezes.

2:56:542:56:58

Heading into this evening and

overnight period, the rain we have

2:56:582:57:02

across Scotland will very slowly

start to meander southwards. Again,

2:57:022:57:07

it's a fairly patchy affair, nothing

too heavy in there, but under clear

2:57:072:57:11

skies behind it in Scotland and

Northern Ireland it will be cold

2:57:112:57:16

enough for a touch of frost. It is

also going to be a cold night ahead

2:57:162:57:21

under cloudy skies. That will move

steadily southwards through the

2:57:212:57:26

course of the evening and overnight,

pushing down into the south-east and

2:57:262:57:30

then clear tomorrow. Brightening up

behind it with sunshine coming

2:57:302:57:34

through. Still a peppering of

showers across the far north of

2:57:342:57:37

Scotland. Temperature wise, your

average at this stage of the year is

2:57:372:57:42

nine to 11 top to bottom, we are

looking at nine to 13, 14, maybe

2:57:422:57:49

even 15. Later on we have got

another weather front coming in

2:57:492:57:53

across Northern Ireland. By Friday

morning, there will be remnants

2:57:532:57:57

patchy rain and during the day on

Friday for most of us will be dry.

2:57:572:58:03

The further east you are, the more

chance of sunshine. Later in the

2:58:032:58:08

day, more brain heads from Northern

Ireland into Wales and England. For

2:58:082:58:15

the weekend, the best of the weather

will be down the spine of the

2:58:152:58:18

country, showers for the rest of us

and feeling cold. Thank you very

2:58:182:58:22

much for keeping us company.

2:58:222:58:39

is and is a look ball.

2:58:392:58:42

Let us have a look at them on the

ballroom.

2:58:462:58:51

Lovely to see you.

It was very

exciting.

Was that good for you? It

2:59:573:00:05

was OK. You do not want to see your

dances again, you let them go.

Do

3:00:053:00:10

you let them go?

When you get

through, you tried to think about

3:00:103:00:16

the next one. You watch at 1000

times before Saturday night and then

3:00:163:00:24

on Saturday night...

I do not want

to see it again.

I am done. You said

3:00:243:00:30

at the start of this experience is

by making two week six I will be

3:00:303:00:34

happy and now you're in the eighth

week.

It is amazing. That was my

3:00:343:00:40

target. I was trying to have fun and

enjoy every moment. The pressure is

3:00:403:00:46

off now. It is to completely enjoy

it now.

Everything is a bonus. Out

3:00:463:00:54

of everyone, you will not about

training and I was put in.

How was

3:00:543:00:59

it? It is difficult from a sprint

training. It is longer than I was

3:00:593:01:03

used to. Everyone is talking about

losing weight on the show. I gained

3:01:033:01:09

weight. I am training longer hours

but I somehow managed to gain

3:01:093:01:15

weight.

You must be the only person

in the history of the programme to

3:01:153:01:19

put weight on.

The nutritionist came

up and said he had to talk to me

3:01:193:01:27

about losing weight. I said I would

not have to worry about that.

It was

3:01:273:01:33

a controversial weekend last

weekend. The audience were very

3:01:333:01:37

short -- shocked by the departure of

Aston.

What was at Lake on Sunday

3:01:373:01:45

night? It was heartbreaking. The

cast were in tears. None of us went

3:01:453:01:50

expecting to lose him. He was such a

great member of the family. He was

3:01:503:01:57

always funny. He was very close with

Johnny.

He was one of my favourites

3:01:573:02:03

to watch. He was somebody who always

got his character and flavour into

3:02:033:02:08

his performance. What was weird

about Strictly for me, being an

3:02:083:02:13

athlete, I am used to sprint events

when you are given a time and know

3:02:133:02:18

where you stand. We are in an

opinion based performance here. It

3:02:183:02:22

is always someone's opinion so you

do not know where you stand.

He was

3:02:223:02:29

given a four. It was pretty clear.

There is no consistency.

Combined

3:02:293:02:39

with the audience as well. He was

the favourite for many people

3:02:393:02:44

thought he was so good. It shows you

how harsh the programme is. That is

3:02:443:02:51

why people cared about it so much.

As well as the controversy, great

3:02:513:02:57

excitement that Debbie McGee got 40

points.

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What she does is unbelievable. She

creates magic. They are a power

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couple. When you watch them, you

want to keep your eyes off anything

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else and watch them. They have got

such good chemistry together.

Every

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Saturday day are amazing. What are

you working on this week? Foxtrot.

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Foxtrot. Did you forget?

I much

preferred ballroom to Latin.

How

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many stations will you do to the? I

know that you work them hard.

1-5.

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It is an easy day.

It is the studio,

it is not my choice.

Availability.

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Eight hours is the norm if we have

got a free day.

Laura on Facebook

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says that her two-year-old loves

you. She announced the other day

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that for her birthday she once

Johnny Peacock doll. She has sent a

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card to both of you. He is an

inspiration to me and my children,

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so good to see Johnny on a

mainstream show and he can dance.

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Your uninspiring so many people.

It

is weird to hear that. It is pretty

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cool. What is amazing is when you

bring the bleed out occasionally. It

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brings different people to it.

People who are sitting around, kids,

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it speaks of interest because it is

different. They can see how great

3:04:503:04:57

balancing can be.

Brilliant. You are

both fantastic. Thank you for coming

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to see us. It does change with the

time. It is 6:45pm on BBC One. These

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two will be foxtrot on Saturday

night. We will soon speak to Joshua

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was born blind and is taking part in

Big Life Fix: Children in Need

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Special. Engineers and designers are

trying to help as he feels isolated.

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For lots of children playtime

at school is an opportunity to run

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around and let off some steam

and play with their mates,

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but for one blind 8-year-old

the playground can be

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a huge challenge.

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That, however,

is set to change thanks to a team

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of designers and engineers who have

invented a new way for him

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to navigate his way around.

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We'll be speaking to Josh, his mum

Wendy and the inventors in a moment,

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first let's take a look

at Josh's story.

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To understand the challenges Josh

faces, Ruby and I are paying a visit

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to his school.

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Morning.

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In the classroom, Josh is helped by

Learning Support Assistant, Shane.

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So far, so good.

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At break time, Josh needs

Shane's help getting to the

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playground.

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Hello.

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Can I come and join you?

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When you hear the noise

of all the children running around,

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does it feel appealing

or threatening?

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Threatening.

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So would you like to

be playing and taking

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part with them or do

you think you could get hurt?

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I could get hurt.

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And have you tried?

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Have you ever tried and got hurt?

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Yes.

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What happened to you?

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I got a graze all the way

up my leg which was the

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first day in year three, so since,

I've never played with my friends

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out here since.

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Josh is here with his mum Wendy,

designer Ruby Steel

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and engineer Jude Pullen.

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Good morning. It is a wonderful

programme and a wonderful story.

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Wendy, can you explain to us, he was

having lots of difficulties with

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going into the playground which was

such an exciting place for children.

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Playtimes are so important for all

children to be able to go outside,

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get fresh air and let off steam,

play with friends and make new

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friends. Playgrounds are wonderful

but can be chaotic. If you cannot

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see, it is difficult to find your

friends and to understand what they

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are doing so you can join in.

Josh

King you understand what the time

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was like before and what this design

will make?

In stage one, the

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playground was small but it was

fine. In stage two, the playground

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is very big. I need to sit and

listen to spot a five. This will

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help with playtime. I think it will

also help me find my way around

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places. -- my music app.

You were

shown around the playground and you

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get a sense of the noise and the

chaos. How did you approach trying

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to change it for Josh?

It was a real

challenge. There was moving objects

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and noise. You do not know where you

are or where you will go. We tried

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to understand how to navigate Josh

in the space so he can move around

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with confidence at all times.

Let us

look at the solution.

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APPLAUSE

He is on his own.

He is doing it

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without us. I think he loves it.

What will Josh's friends pick of the

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new playground?

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It is chaos.

It is wonderful chaos.

Three, two, one.

The entire

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programme explains it beautifully.

What you have done is an idea based

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on the yellow Brick road?

We started

off thinking if we used tactile

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paving so that Josh can find his way

with a stick, I was confident he

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could also do it with his feet. It

was then to add pressure pads that

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trigger sounds. Each yellow Brick

Road has got a theme. Some have the

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sounds of Wales, some have horses or

trumpets. So you can navigate with

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memory.

It sounds amazing. What are

your friends think of it?

They love

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that, I think. They like jumping.

It'll be good for friends to get

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together. And it is a good place for

me to meet with people.

You were

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saying to us before, before you had

this, you sat inside for playtime

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and listened to music. Is this the

case that when the bell rings, you

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go outside with your friends?

I used

to sit with my music application

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until the bell rung and then I

started work again. That was in

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stage two before this design.

We

have seen pictures of you playing,

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you have only been able to play on

at once so. You have seen him when

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the first witnessed it, what

difference will it make to Josh?

He

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can go out in the playground, play

with his friends and navigate

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himself around. He cannot get lost.

FB strays off one part then he will

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get on another one.

What is your

favourite sound? My favourite sound,

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I quite like the tiger.

It is great,

you are both smiling, to build

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something that makes such a

difference to Josh.

It was one of

3:13:183:13:22

the best things that we have ever

had the privilege of being involved

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with. After many months of work and

seeing how the children reacted with

3:13:263:13:31

Josh, and how he blended in with the

other children, it was amazing.

It

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is not the only work you have done

in this programme, you work with

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other children. Big Life Fix:

Children in Need Special is on BBC

3:13:423:13:44

Two tonight, at 9pm. Thank you for

coming in. We will be heard from six

3:13:443:13:50

tomorrow morning.

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