14/12/2017 Breakfast

to see you. Her first major defeat.

How will this impact are?

Her first

defeat overall! The first defeat

since becoming Prime Minister. It

underlines the fact she lost her

majority in the general election.

The DUP helped, but not enough. If

enough people on her side vote

against it, it makes a vulnerable.

The timing is not great. She goes to

meet European Union leaders at the

council. It should have been a week

where she got a victory. They are

talking about a transition deal and

a trade deal with defeat in her

years. It is significant. -- ears.

Some of the newspapers say it is.

The Daily Mail called them traitors.

The key thing is the balance between

getting the legislative detail in

place to have a smooth Brexit and so

on. We will look to get the balance

right. It will not stop us leaving

the EU in March, 2019.

A prominent

leave campaigner before becoming a

minister said it was a minor

setback. However, some people are

saying once people have begun to

rebel against the government they

may get a taste for it. The rebel in

chief, the person putting forward

the amendment, Dominic Grieve, a

former Attorney General, he hinted

strongly last night there may be

further rebellion to get a specific

date for Brexit taken out of the

legislation as well.

We have to

co-operate together to make sure

this bill is either in a proper

state to do what people want which

is to deliver a smooth and affective

Brexit, and we will do that. I will

be allowed when it is over.

Smooth

and effective. Is that what we will

see in April, 2019, in regards to

this verdict?

It could be. It is

difficult to say. This makes it more

difficult because, in effect, if you

look at what this vote did, it is

saying there should be a meaningful

vote on the final Brexit deal. Now,

the government tried to reassure

some of the lower MPs and bought off

some rebels with promises, but not

enough. What they wanted was to have

ridden into law the fact that there

would be this vote on the final deal

before Brexit get. -- written. In

addition, this means that withdrawal

has to be put into separate

legislation here. It may sound

technical, but it gives MPs the

chance potentially to amend and

change the legislation to influence

the type of deal we get. That could

turn out to be very messy for the

government.

Thank you for explaining

that!

British doctors say they have

achieved a significant breakthrough

in the treatment of the most common

type of haemophilia. The genetic

defect means blood cannot clot so

small cuts can lead to heavy

bleeding. The NHS Trust and Queen

Mary University of London used gene

therapy to correct the defect in a

small trial.

Walking two miles to work used to be

unthinkable to Jake Omar.

He was born with haemophilia

A, a genetic defect

that means his blood did not clot.

The slightest injury used

to mean severe bleeding.

Even a long stroll would cause

bleeding in his joints.

But no more.

I think the gene therapy has

hopefully given me a new lease on

life.

It will allow me to be a lot more

active with my boys as they grow up.

Kick footballs, run around

in the park, climb trees,

and not be someone who has to worry

about what I am doing.

Jake was one of 13 patients given

pioneering gene therapy last year.

A virus was used to give his body

new genetic instructions

for clotting blood.

All of the trial patients

are off their haemophilia

medication, and 11 now have roughly

normal levels of blood clotting

proteins.

This is huge.

It's groundbreaking.

That's because the option to think

about normalising levels in patients

with severe haemophilia

is absolutely mind blowing.

So, to offer people

the potential of a normal life,

they have had to inject themselves

every other day to prevent bleeding

is transformational.

Studies will now take

place to see if gene

therapy can replace

regular injections.

And truly transform

the lives of patients.

A memorial service is being held at

St Paul's Cathedral this morning for

victims and survivors of the

Grenfell Tower fire in West London.

71 were killed when it tore through

the tower block six months ago

today. Prince Charles, Prince

William, and Theresa May, will be

among the 2000 people expected to

attend. Frankie McCamley is at St

Paul's Cathedral this morning for

us. Tell us about the service today.

Yes, well, Charlie, the main focus

of this service is to try to

remember the 71 people who lost

their lives six months ago today.

There will also be a chance to say

thank you to the emergency services

who came there to help, and also,

for all of those people affected to

come together to hear messages of

support and to make sure that this

is something that is not forgotten.

We are expecting around 2000 people

here a bit later on. Service starts

at 11. 1500 of those will be

survivors, community workers,

families, and those who gave up

their time to help in those days

following the fire. The remaining

500 will be emergency services. We

are going to see politicians here to

be the Prime Minister, Theresa May,

Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Other

leaders will be here, and many of

the royals will be down. They have

been quite heavily involved in

meeting different families over the

last two months. Now, I have been

covering this story for the last six

months, hearing all of the different

stories from heartache to heroism.

And I think this is going to be an

extremely emotional time. We are

going to hear from local schools.

They are going to be performing,

local bands. We will hear the voices

of the community. It is going to be

a very unique service, a multi-faith

service, but the main message will

be a message of hope, that people

will be able to rebuild their lives,

and people will be able to get that

justice that they are really

seeking.

Than the. -- thank you.

British cyclist Chris Froome says he

will be exonerated after a drugs

test showed he had twice the add

missable asthma medication in his

body in November. More information

has been requested from the

four-time Tour de France winner. He

says his reputation will not be

tainted and he has cooperated with

the investigation.

I certainly

shared everything I had with the UCI

exactly. I have a clear routine when

I use my inhaler, and how many times

I use it, and I have given all of

that information to the UCI to help

get to the bottom of this.

The Scottish Government is expected

to announce its first major changes

to tax bands after power was given

to Holyrood last year. Some in

Scotland could get more tax than

others paying the same salary

elsewhere in the UK.

Free fees, free prescriptions, free

elderly care, and more free

childcare, just some of the services

on offer to people in Scotland. But

now it seems some Scottish taxpayers

will pay more than others in the UK

to be the SNP government in Holyrood

is facing a shortfall in its

day-to-day budget of hundreds of

millions of pounds. The government

already pledged to increase spending

on the NHS and has promised to lift

the cap on public sector pay. Local

councils in Scotland say they need

more money to help provide services.

To raise the extra cash, the

Scottish Government is widely

expected to increase income tax

revenue are introducing a new tax

band which will levy more from

higher income earners, perhaps those

earning more than £30,000. Many will

pay no more because the median

salary is 24,000. Some business

leaders are warning any increase in

taxes could make Scotland more

competitive. The First Minister says

her government needs to invest in

the future, but admits it is facing

difficult choices.

Of course we know

we have to make sure taxes are fair

and competitive, but we also need to

invest in infrastructure and

innovation. We know that the economy

needs that to the future. That is

the balance we are seeking to

strike.

The SNPs either majority

government, but will need the

support of one other party to get

the budget through. With only the

Conservatives opposing tax rises,

people in Scotland will find out

later how much some will end up

paying. Catriona Renton, BBC News.

Thousands of prisoners serving

amenity sentences in England and

Wales are being supervised by

probation staff over the telephone

rather than face-to-face, according

to a report from the Chief

Inspector. The Ministry of Justice

first elephant the provision applies

only to some lower risk offenders

after they have been apprehended,

but says improvements are needed.

They are financially strapped, so

these are not particularly

attractive. They have had real

problems trying to implement new

idea. -- IT. They have had a very

ambitious model, if you like, for

delivering services in the community

they found difficult to bring to

fruition.

The most powerful storm to strike

mainland America in a decade has

been calculated in terms of the

weight of the water falling on taxes

from Hurricane Harvey in August. --

Texas. 180 billion tons.

The same

weight as the stadium.

You can

understand the devastation. Sports

news. The batsmen of England under

the hammer. Things were looking OK.

In the need to win this to retain

the Ashes. They may as well come

home. They were 2-0 down and have

not won at the Waca in Perth in 40

years. The morning session looked OK

but they have lost some key names

early. Alastair Cook lost his

wicket... I think he got seven. It

was his 150th test. The first

English captain to get that far. Joe

Root went for 20. Mark Stoneman

battled hard but has just

controversially being given out.

England, 2-0 down in the series to

be they will lose if they do not get

something from this test. They are

135-4. Cricket authorities say there

is no evidence to suggest this test

match has been corrupted in relation

to allegations of match-fixing in

The Sun newspaper. Four-time Tour de

France winner Chris Froome says he

hopes his legacy will not be tainted

after returning a wrong drug test.

And Premier League leaders, Chelsea,

extend their record-breaking run of

consecutive top-flight wins to 50.

More on the match-fixing allegations

in the newspapers.

A Christmas theme, surprisingly

enough, in the pages. Think

Christmas dinner with a twist. I

Christmas dinner with a twist. I

think it is looking quite

Christmassy outside. We have the

snow and ice descending.

A little

bit of snow overnight across some

parts of the UK, especially areas

around the Midlands. But with clear

skies afterwards comes with the risk

of ice. Take it a bit gingerly on

some of the roads and pavements,

especially where we have had snow

overnight. Showing you the latest

radar charts, showers mainly to the

far south, the west, and the light

areas showing where snow is falling

as well. A bit of snow continues to

fall into the morning rush hour in

parts of Central Scotland. If you

are travelling into Glasgow from the

north-east of the south-east you

will see a bit of snow on some of

the higher routes. North-east parts

of Scotland, a few showers around.

Showers for Northern Ireland, a

mixture of rain, hail, sleet and

snow. Compared with yesterday

morning across the eastern half of

England are much right start to the

day. Only one or two showers around,

a few in parts of Norfolk. More

showers to Wales in the south-west

and quite a breeze. Those winds will

pick up later on, touching gale

force at times. More showers in

western areas, a light covering of

snow over the hills, and central and

southern Scotland once again,

eastern areas, a dry and bright day

with a few showers around but across

the board temperatures down on

yesterday. It will be a little bit

chilly once again. Only three to

seven Celsius for many. Called with

the wind in the south-west and

further gusty winds to take us into

the night. Showers will start to

push their way southwards, and as

the clear just about anywhere could

see some ice into tomorrow morning.

Temperatures only just above

freezing, I think, for many.

Tomorrow will feel cold again with a

shift in the wind direction.

Following the isobars, they go into

the north. Winds coming all the way

down from the Arctic. So much

chillier day tomorrow and with winds

coming in from a more northerly

direction, a shift in levy showers

can be. A few in the south-west of

Wales, choral and Northern Ireland,

and for many a grey start across

southern areas. Things will brighten

up, a lot of you will see some

sunshine. The chilly areas with us

Friday night in the Saturday. A

widespread frost but this weekend

signs of change. Mild air from the

Atlantic starting to push its way

back in. For the weekend forecast, a

bright, frosty start. Southern and

eastern areas staying dry and bright

but clouding over from the west with

some patchy rain. Temperatures

slowly on the rise and they will

start to rise further into Sunday.

For eastern areas, a bit of a

chilled at nine to 11 Celsius across

the west as we go into Sunday. If

you want the milder air, get ready.

It will be wetter and windier as

well. That is how it is looking. I

will have more throughout the

morning for you.

When we first see

you we always like to take a look

and see how smart you look. Are the

little specks on your shirt

Christmas trees?

No, just little

specks of blue. I was going to say

it was my Breakfast, but I haven't

had that!

it was my Breakfast, but I haven't

had that!

Thank you very much.

Looking at the front pages. These

words are cropping up now. Mutiny,

revenge. We are talking about the

House of Commons yesterday. Starting

with the Daily Telegraph, mutiny is

the word they go with. A picture of

Theresa May. Mutiny on the House of

Commons. It is like a tale of pirate

goings-on. She will go to meet EU

counterparts in Brussels. The talks

are in fact over Brexit and are not

due to happen until tomorrow, but

given the vote yesterday, the first

defeat for her over what is going to

happen with Brexit, it is causing at

best a bit of embarrassment.

The

language is interesting. Revenge is

on the front page of the Times but

the Daily Mail has made itself very

clear. It uses the word treachery.

Just as the newly confident Tories

in the head in the polls, 11 self

consumed malcontents pull the rug

from under our EU negotiators,

betray their leader, party and 17.4

million Brexit voters and most

damning of all increasing the

possibility of a Marxist in Number

Ten. It asks those who have

rebelled, proud of yourselves?

An

announcement from Peter Kay about

his tour and other works for the

foreseeable future. His statement

about that yesterday.

The front page

of the Sun takes a look at a cricket

story and allegations of match

fixing.

Yes, so the headline is we

smash what to fix the Ashes. A

statement from the international

Cricket Council. -- smash plot. They

say based on the dossier they have

received from the newspaper that

there is no evidence, substance or

justification to suggest that this

test match or the Ashes series as a

whole is subject to corrupt

activities and they say there is no

indication players in this test have

been in contact with the alleged

fixers. The ECB are aware of the

allegations and say there is no

indication the England team are

involved in any way.

And like many

sports, the issues over bookies,

match fixing, it has been a real

issue.

Exactly, particularly in

cricket. They have been cases where

it has gone all away and people have

been charged. And I think the

allegations by the Sun, were people

saying we could do this. I don't

think it has gone as far as chatting

to current players. The back page

reflect the Manchester City result.

They think it is Wonderwall over.

Is

that and Oasis reference? They were

inspired by Oasis, apparently.

At

some point they will run out of

funds on that song. -- puns. Love it

or hate it, apparently marmite can

fight anxiety.

It is not necessarily

the Marmite itself, it is the yeast

in it. It means we can suffer less

from stress and anxiety. But we have

got to have an opinion on this. A

Christmas dinner with a twist.

Deep-fried Christmas dinner.

Is

everything deep-fried?

Everything.

Stuffing balls, deep-fried sprouts I

can get into quite easily. But...

There is a gravy bomb which is

apparently a potato stuffed with

gravy and deep-fried.

Usually they

put in spy on the Christmas lunch as

well. Is that a convention I am not

familiar with?

It is putting.

I am

surprised that is only 1200

calories. People can see that anyway

on Christmas Day.

Just because it is

beautiful, this is a squirrel

fighting the mouse over nuts.

Preparing for hibernation --

fighting a titmouse.

The number of successful

prosecutions for fly tipping has

fallen to a record low, according to

BBC research. Last year 1 million

incidents were reported at 1500 were

successfully prosecuted.

This scene plays out every day

across England, fly tippers dumping

waste for others to clean up.

Councils last year had to deal with

1 million fly tipping incidents, up

from 700,000 fly tips five years

ago. Councils in England last year

spent collectively over £16 million

on investigating and prosecuting fly

tippers, but with cuts to council

budgets, this job is becoming

harder.

Yes, the last few years,

everyday we pick the same stuff up,

almost every day.

It is a builder

that has done this, cladding. It is

building rubble, basically, this

one. It is standard practice,

basically.

Here in Barnsley, the

local council now uses cameras to

catch offenders but those they catch

do not often appear in court,

meaning the number of fly tipping

prosecutions is now at a record low.

A decade ago, 2000 prosecutions were

successfully brought against fly

tippers, but last year that fell to

just over 1500. Shrinking budgets

mean many councils can now issue

fines directly. Does prosecution

were?

In my opinion, not very well.

There is a limited amount of

resources that we have. We need to

educate people at the same time. It

is no good spending lots of

resources to help someone pay £200

when they go to work.

Over 50,000

penalty notices were handed out in

England last year and the government

says it has cracked down on

offenders by helping to strengthen

sentencing guidelines, but the

number of fly tipping incidents has

continued to rise, meaning this is a

battle that many councils at the

moment don't appear to be winning.

All this week we have been hearing

how singing is good for us and why

are people like a singalong,

four-hour BBC Breakfast Sings

series.

Has your mood improved after

singing?

That is one of the things

that has emerged. If you sing,

especially in public, even though it

can be nerve racking, it can be good

for you and make you feel good.

I am

not sure if the audience enjoyed our

singing, but we enjoyed it. We

performed last night at Bridgewater

Hall. We were led very ably by our

choirmaster. Here is him giving us

some tips on how to get those high

notes.

Breathe, you know, in and out as

much as you can.

Reading is good.

Do

some the lip drills. -- breathing is

good. Some white faces, some tight

faces. And some throat massage. You

are going to be absolutely

brilliant, and everyone is going to

love you.

Are you going to be

totally there for us? With the voice

and everything? You are crucial to

this going anywhere near according

to plan.

I will be right near you.

Final top tip, deep breath in. Here

we go. The BBC Breakfast. BBC Sing!

And to put that in some kind of

context, a couple of minutes after

that, we stepped onstage in front of

1200 people or so and tried to sing.

We tried our best. If you want to

see how we got on, you can see and

hear our efforts 22 December and on

Christmas Day. You can decide

whether it is a treat, but we did

it.

You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning:

If you haven't sent your Christmas

cards yet, don't panic.

There are still a few days left.

Ben is at a Royal Mail sorting

office in Manchester.

I imagine it could be quite busy.

Good morning. Yes, don't worry, I

have it all in hand this morning.

Welcome to the sorting office in

Manchester. We are coming to grips

with how busy they are. On a typical

Thursday they deal worth about 2

million bits of mail, whether that

is letters or parcels. Today is the

busiest day of the year for them,

they deal with 3- 3.5 million bits

of mail, just in this centre alone,

as we all get those Christmas cards

and parcels sent out for Christmas.

This machine is pretty special, it

deals with about 40,000 letters

every single hour and it is all

automated. So it will scan the

address and automatically puts it

into these little boxes on here. And

don't worry, if your handwriting is

not great, somebody will have a look

at the address, and they will decide

where you intended to send it. We

will have a look around here, find

out where how it all works and

crucially whether they can get

through all those items they need to

send. We will

start the day tomorrow. One ought to

Mac degrees Celsius. Watch out for

some icy patches here and there.

Tomorrow, a cold feeling day, maybe

one or two showers. Quite a bit of

cloud around and once again a chilly

wind. A widespread frost to start

the weekend but by Sunday it is

turning a little bit matter again.

-- milder again.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Now, though, it is back

to Charlie and Naga.

Bye for now.

Hello.

This is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning.

The results have been

described as "mind-blowing."

We'll hear how an experimental

gene-therapy could transform

the lives of patients

with a rare blood condition.

Also this morning, it's back

to the classroom for these

pensioners as what's thought to be

the first elderly day care centre

in a primary school opens its doors.

#Pretty woman, walking down the

street...

And after 9am, he was one

of the pioneers of rock 'n roll,

but 60's superstar Roy Orbison's

personal life was marred by tragedy.

His son will be here to tell us

about the man behind

the dark glasses.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

Theresa May will meet EU leaders

later in Brussels later today just

hours after a Commons vote which

could make it harder for her to

secure the final rigs deal. --

Brexit. 11 Conservative rebels voted

along with the opposition to make it

necessary for Parliament to have a

say on the deal.

British doctors say they have

achieved a significant breakthrough

in the treatment of the most common

type of haemophilia.

The genetic defect means

blood cannot clot so

small cuts can lead

to heavy bleeding.

The NHS Trust and Queen Mary

University of London used gene

therapy to correct

the defect in a small trial.

A memorial service is being held

at St Paul's Cathedral this morning

for victims and survivors

of the Grenfell Tower fire in West

London.

71 were killed when it tore

through the tower block six

months ago today.

Prince Charles, Prince William,

and Theresa May, will be

among the 2000 people

expected to attend.

Hollywood actor Salma Hayek has been

the latest to accuse Harvey

Weinstein. She said he threatened to

kill her and called him a rage

filled monster. A spokesman for

Harvey Weinstein disputed the

account.

Thousands of prisoners serving

community sentences in England

and Wales are being supervised

by probation staff over

the telephone rather

than face-to-face, according

to a report from

the Chief Inspector.

The Ministry of Justice says

telephone supervision applies

only to some lower risk offenders

after they have been apprehended,

but says improvements are needed.

The Scottish Government is expected

to announce its first major changes

to tax bands after power was given

to Holyrood last year.

Some in Scotland could

pay more tax than

others paying the same salary

elsewhere in the UK.

BBC understands a new tax band could

be treated for those above £30,000.

And now for an update to the Ashes.

We need to hang on!

If you have just

woken up, we are watching the Ashes.

A summary. It was a fairly decent

mourning for England, the morning

session. -- morning. Alastair Cook

was out early. After lunch,

Australia's bowlers to control.

After a half-century, Mark Stoneman

was controversially given out for

that. It hit his glove. 155-4. They

lost Alastair Cook for seven runs,

captain, Joe Root, 20. They trailed

the series 2-0 and will lose the

Ashes if the are defeated. -- trail.

It is too early to say things are

really bad.

Meanwhile, the ICC say there is "no

evidence" to suggest that this test

match has been "corrupted"

in relation to allegations

in the Sun newspaper this morning.

Here is Cricket Australia's Chief

Executive, James Sutherland.

We have absolute confidence in our

players. The team officials and

others involved in the game as well.

There is nothing to suggest based on

what we have heard from Alex

Marshall and other understandings we

have and intelligence, to have any

suspicions about players we have. I

have full confidence in them.

Chris Froome has told the BBC

he understands people will be

cynical, but insists his

legacy won't be tainted.

It emerged yesterday that Froome had

double the allowed level of a legal

asthma drug in his urine

following a test during the Tour

of Spain, which he won,

in September.

Cycling's world governing body

the UCI wants more details

from the team but Froome

has not been suspended.

I do understand, obviously,

it's come as a big shock

to a lot of people.

But I stand by what I've always

said, and that is I certainly

haven't

broken any rules here.

I haven't taken more

than the permissible amount,

and I'm sure, at the end of the day,

the truth will be told.

Manchester City are record breakers,

after extending their winning

Premier League run to 15 games

with a 4-0 hammering of struggling

Swansea.

Man of the match David Silva scored

twice, including finishing off this

lovely move, while Sergio Augero

and Kevin de Bruyne also

found the net.

City have been playing some magical

football but their manager puts

the record breaking

run down to hard work.

We got the ball when we did not have

it. Simple as that. Everyone is

committed and is ready to make his

effort. That is why. And, of course,

winning 50 games in a row, it never

happened before for us, and gives us

a lot of confidence.

Manchester United managed to keep

the gap with City to just the 11

points thanks to a 1-0

win over Bournemouth.

At a rain-soaked Old Trafford,

the only goal came from

Romelu Lukaku's header

in the first half.

Jose Mourinho said afterwards

it's still all to play

for in the Premier League and that

he'd be heading on holiday to LA

if he thought the title

race was over.

Sam Allardyce continues

to work his magic at Everton.

It's now three wins and a draw

since he was appointed manager.

Wayne Rooney was on the scoresheet

again as they beat Newcastle 1-0.

They're up into the top half.

Elsewhere, Leicester enjoyed

a comprehensive win at Southampton,

Tottenham beat Brighton.

But Liverpool were left

frustrated by West Brom,

and it finished goal-less too

between West Ham and Arsenal.

In Scotland, Celtic have

stretched their unbeaten domestic

run to 69 matches after beating

Hamilton Academical 3-1.

They're five points clear of Rangers

who came from a goal down to beat

Hibernian 2-1 at Easter Road.

Alfredo Morelos scored the winner

in first-half stoppage time.

The cricket, 160-4. We have not lost

another wicket in the last five

minutes. You have to take the good

news.

A woman's place is in the kitchen

and it's down to the man to provide

for his family.

Just two gender stereotypes that

still, all too often,

appear in literature

and on our TV screens.

So, are companies doing enough

to tackle this kind of sexism?

The body that writes the UK Code

of Advertising will implement

a new rule next year

to tackle the issue.

Let's take a look at the kind of

thing we mean.

A mother doing the housework

while the rest of her family relaxes

on the sofa.

Or a man trying and failing to cook

dinner, almost setting the kitchen

and himself on fire.

Finally, a boy plays football

while the girl just watches

on the sidelines.

Craig Jones from the Advertising

Standards Authority joins us

from our London newsroom.

Thank you very much for joining us.

Not surprisingly, this has been

called for quite a while. We have

seen this bleed into campaigning for

children's toys and the sexism

around that. Why now a call for a

change in advertising?

The research

comes at the end of the year-long

enquiry looking at the evidence

around the area and talking to

academics and people concerned about

it and young people and parents.

They told us some gendered

stereotypes in advertising are

harmful. That does not mean we will

do away with all of them. We will

not see an end to women doing

cleaning in advertisements and so

on. But we will remove things that

are harmful because they affect the

way people see themselves and

society sees them. We have seen

young girls and women not going into

careers. We have also seen a cost in

the economy because of that because

that is unexploited potential which

could have been very good.

How do

you make a balanced? Is that what

advertisers need to do? If women are

still seen cleaning, and men clean

as well, does it have to be

balanced? Is that how you avoid

stereotypes?

Yes. It is those

harmful stereotypes. We will publish

a rule for consultation earlier in

the new year and we will set out

where we think the line is drawn

between normal gender stereotypes

and harmful stereotypes. Actually,

one aspect which is likely to fall

on the wrong side of the rule is

knocking people for not conforming

to gender stereotypes. One of the

really interesting examples we saw

of the economic harm is the

engineering sector telling us the

part of the labour shortage they are

seeing their is because young

people, young girls in particular,

are internalising the message that

engineering is only a man's job.

These are the kinds of scenarios we

will capture in the rule and will

have public consultation to see if

we got it right.

What will the

public be asked?

We will consult

what the rule book says to set the

standard for what constitutes

harmful stereotypes. Afterwards,

advertisers need to stick to it and

advertisements can be banned if they

do not follow it. The view in the

last few months have been many

marketers and surveys coming forward

to say already advertisements are

changing to deal with these outdated

portrayals. There will be rules to

get rid of the remainder of these.

I

tell you what I am concerned about,

advertisements these days are often

entertaining and funny. Some are

parodies of certain stereotypes.

They are there to make us laugh and

entertained. They are not just

purely a billboard so to speak for a

product. How much creativity will be

stifled? Have they given new

feedback?

They have. They have been

very responsible and positive.

Recent surveys showed a majority of

advertisers are already improving

their advertisements. They will be

keen to engage on this and they will

be supportive of the agenda. If you

look at advertisements from 20-30

years ago, some people are shocked

at the sexist images around in that

time. But at that time they were

thought to be, you know, just a

product of their time. The big

question is, in 20-30 years' time,

when children are looking at those

adds, will they think it is

outdated? Advertising always needs

to be innovative and creative, but a

small section of gender stereotypes

that are harmful, we will identify

the rough edges that need to be

smoothed out.

When will we see these

changes, briefly?

It will be fairly

early in the new year, with a public

consultation, and we want to hear

what people think of them.

Thank you

very much. Craig Jones. You are

watching Breakfast. The main stories

this morning. The Prime Minister is

due in Brussels just hours after

Conservative rebels and the Commons

defeated the government in a key

Brexit vote. British doctors say

trials of a revolutionary gene

therapy suggest the most common type

of haemophilia can be cured.

The weather.

The weather. Here are the details.

Good morning.

Good morning.

A bit

dicey in the UK in the morning. We

saw showers, snow showers at that,

to take it through the night.

Listened to the radio and regional

updates. -- listen. Showers mainly

towards the west. The white is an

indication of where you have snow.

Further snow flurries to come in

central and western Scotland. Mainly

in the hills to the north and south

of Glasgow. A few issues on the M8

at times. Outbreaks of rain with

sleet and snow mixed in far Northern

Ireland this morning. The east of

England, most places starting dry

and bright. A good deal of rain.

Wintry flurries in north-west

England and Wales. Rain showers to

the south-west. Gusty winds. Getting

stronger through the day. Gale force

at times. That adds to the chill of

today's weather. Show is most

prevalent to the west. -- showers.

Covering the hills. Avoiding the

worst of the showers in eastern

Scotland and England, with many dry

for the bulk of the day. A cold day.

Temperatures, 4-6 for many of you.

Tonight, showers become dominant for

a time in southern England. Easing

before another batch goes south. The

wind going in a northerly direction.

Temperatures dropping further

tonight. Tomorrow morning's

rush-hour, a mix of ice. Most will

see a few showers tonight in the

tomorrow. Icy start for tomorrow.

Following the isobars back into the

Arctic to be the air is coming from

a cold direction once again the big

even colder than today. Western

areas brighter.

Northern and eastern Scotland and

eastern parts of India and, a

greater chance of some showers. --

England. The majority, after a great

start in the south, a sunny day on

Friday. A cold one. The cold air

will take us to the start of the

weekend. Changes afoot to take us

into next week. Saturday. Bright and

sunny to the south and east of the

country. Cloudy in the west after a

brighter start. Chilly in eastern

areas. Slowly, and I mean slowly,

turning more mild in the Sunday. The

best of any dry weather to the east.

Mild weather brings, of course,

something more wet and windy. The

mild weather will last into next

week. Before I go, some pictures

from last night. Some were lucky

enough to capture the macro want

peaked last night but you might be

lucky again tonight. -- Geminid

Meteor Showers. It might have

peaked.

They have always done that, Charlie.

It has always done that, apparently.

It is said it is never too late

to learn something new,

and now a group of pensioners

in East London are going back

to primary school.

In what is believed to be the first

UK scheme of its kind,

more than a dozen old people

with early-stage dementia will spend

the morning with pupils,

joining in various activities.

It is hoped, by bringing

the generations together,

each will learn new skills

and improve their quality of life.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett

joined one of the groups

at Downshall Primary in Ilford.

Back to school. For some, it has

been more than 60 years. But at

Downshall Primary in Redbridge, East

London, there are lessons to be

learned for all ages. For three days

a week, the older adults come and

join us.

They do some artwork, they

play puzzles with these very young

children who have only been in

school a few months. And they give

them the opportunity to talk and

interact. You know, there is this

bringing alive of the two

generations.

Downshall School is

thought to be the first UK primary

to host regular day care for the

elderly. The scheme has been

trialled for a month. It officially

launches today.

I just like

children, and they are so beautiful.

When they do something they go...

Why do you like having the old

people coming along to visit your

school?

Because we get to talk to

them.

I just love it. They are

really nice, because they can play

with us, and they can talk to us.

Pam, like some others who have

attended, is in the early stages of

dementia. What do you gain from this

experience?

Friendships and loyalty.

They are funny.

They are funny, are

they? They find you very funny,

apparently! Inspiration for this

project came from Japan, which has,

it is thought, the fastest growing

elderly population in the world, and

where community led elderly and

dementia care has flourished.

So

what we are trying to do is trying

to bring that here to the UK. We

don't have those sorts of

multigenerational families that we

may have had 50 years ago. What that

does is it puts older people at risk

of loneliness and isolation.

Doctor

Hinchcliffe says collaboration

between the school, north-east

London NHS Trust and charities such

as Redbridge UK all mean that the

cost of the scheme will be

negligible, and the benefits

potentially huge. What impact do you

see it having on your husband?

It

makes him light up, it makes him

think more, which is necessary,

because he does tend to so of go

into his own little world every now

and then. It is a great scheme, and

I give it 110%.

Yes, I want the 100,

I will give you the ten!

Some say

education is a gift that keeps on

giving. At Downshall Primary, school

life is bringing benefits to young

and old.

Once or twice we have seen pieces

like that, it just works, doesn't

it?

It is almost like rejuvenation,

isn't it, just older and younger

people together. Talking about

getting connected, it is that time

of year when people send parcels,

lots of letters and Christmas cards

being sent.

We have sent Ben to a sorting office

in Manchester to see how

it is going.

Welcome to the sorting office in

Manchester. The busiest day of the

year. The guys here are wading

through that huge pile of business

cards and parcels we are sending.

Here they are going to deal with 3-

3.5 million bits of post, be that

letters parcels, compared with 2

million which they normally deal

with on Thursday. Me introduce you

to Tony. How do you gear up for

something like this? -- let me

introduce you.

As soon as we finish

Christmas for one year we start

preparing for the next one, we

brought in an extra 600 Christmas

employees to help us with the

Christmas rush and nationally we

will recruit an extra 20,000 people

to help us with the Christmas rush.

What do we know about the number of

letters and parcels? Traditionally

we are sending fewer letters but we

are shopping online.

There are some

changes. Christmas cards are still

really important for us. We handle

around 1 million Christmas cards

this Christmas. Parcels are hugely

important, last December we handled

100 and 38 million parcels, -- 138

million parcels. And that continues

to grow.

It has been a tough time

for all that restructuring at the

Royal Mail of late. You have had to

change the way you do your business.

There has been the threat of a

strike. Update me on that.

The good

news is we have completed our

external mediation involving Royal

Mail and the communication workers

union. A set of recommendations were

made and we are back into detailed

communications with the union, and

we are hopeful of a settlement early

in the New Year.

So no strikes over

Christmas?

No strikes over

Christmas.

Let's talk about what you

need to do to make sure that stuff

gets where it is going. All of these

guys are working hard to make sure

everything get where it needs to go.

Talk us through some dates.

The last

recommended date for second class is

the 20th, first class the 21st, we

ask people to address it really

clearly and use the postcode.

Let me

introduce you to Kerry, from the

greeting card Association. It is so

interesting, surrounded by parcels

and letters and particularly

greeting cards. You have a pretty

good insight into what we are

sending. How many are we sending?

On

an annual basis we send just short

of 9 million cards across the whole

of the UK and over one in ten of

those cards we sent at this time of

year so as a nation we absolutely

love Christmas cards.

And what we

send has changed. A lot more

personalised, addressed to specific

people, to mum and dad, for example,

you have an insight into that.

That's absolutely right. What we are

sending now is close to families,

mum, dad, to the one I love, or even

to our pets, we love them. I am also

interested in that etiquette of how

you know who to send to. If you

don't get one back, how many years

do you still send one until you give

up and dates and one back? What is

the rule?

I think everybody has

their own rule. On a personal basis,

I would give them one chance. If I

don't get one in one year, I

wouldn't get them on the following

year. But we sent 9 -- 900 million

cards.

As you can see, pretty busy

down here over the course of the

day. All of the staff, as you have

heard, a lot of them are temporary

staff they brought in to handle the

Christmas rush but the busiest day

of the year for them, and we will

meet some of them and explain to you

a bit about how it works. Certainly

we will have a look at those parcels

being sent, because the parcels

business is a really big growth area

as more of us are shopping online.

To get those things to our house in

time for Christmas.

You posted my

present in time?

No, I am going to

hand deliver it, obviously.

I don't

know if that is the right place to

say that, but I look forward to

seeing you with my big rocks and the

present.

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This is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Theresa May suffers her first

Commons defeat as MPs win the right

to have the final say

on a Brexit deal.

11 Conservative rebels joined

the opposition to demand that

Parliament gets to vote on any

agreement before it's finalised.

Ayes to the right, 309, noes to the

left, 305.

Good morning.

It's Thursday the 14th of December.

Also this morning:

Also this morning:

Another medical breakthrough

thanks to gene therapy.

British doctors develop

a new treatment for the most common

type of haemophilia.

This is huge. It is groundbreaking.

That is because the option to think

about normalising levels of patients

with severe haemophilia is

absolutely mind blowing.

Remembering Grenfell's victims.

Six months to the day since the fire

which killed 71 people,

they'll be honoured in a service

at St Paul's Cathedral.

Good morning. It is the biggest day

of the year for the Royal Mail.

Royal Mail is predicted to deliver

10m parcels and tens of millions

of letters today as customers rush

to complete their deliveries before

Christmas.

I'm at a sorting office

in Manchester to find out

how they're coping.

England are four wickets down in the

Ashes as Australia pile on the

pressure at the must win third Ashes

test.

It is because they can play

with us and talk to us.

Learning and

laughter. How our generation is

coming together to teach one another

at a primary school in east London?

-- are generations. And the weather.

Good morning. Icy outside. For the

east of the country, a dry and

bright day compared to yesterday.

Rain in sleet and snow in the west.

More details coming up in 15

minutes. See you later.

Theresa May suffers her first major

Commons defeat as MPs win the right

to have the final say

on a break the deal.

to have the final say

on a Brexit deal.

11 Conservative rebels joined

the opposition to demand

the Parliament gets to vote on any

agreement before it is finalised.

If she had won the vote, she would

go to Brussels today feeling

emboldened. After what happened last

night, what happens?

It is not

welcome for her. This is the first

to Fiji has suffered as Prime

Minister in the Commons. -- defeat.

Psychologically, it is a blow. It is

not what you want to see happen as

you are about to go to Brussels

which should have been a triumph.

She should have been able to start

the next phase of negotiations and

get sufficient progress. In truth,

the other European leaders are well

aware she has no overall majority,

that she needs the DUP to prop her

up. I don't think it will make a

practical difference. Nonetheless,

if Labour, the SNP, and some

Conservatives get together, she is

vulnerable from now on. Some have

tried to play it down the blue the

key is getting the legislative

detail in place. -- down. We need

parliament to have the proper

accountability We will look again to

get the balance right. It is a minor

setback but will not stop us leaving

the EU.

He said this is a minor

setback. Nonetheless, there could be

trouble ahead. The rebel in chief,

if you like the person who put

forward the amendment, this change,

Dominic Grieve, he was suggesting

the rebels could work together on

other issues as well. They could

take a date for Brexit out of the

legislation, March, 2019. That could

go and they could vote against the

government if Theresa May is

unwilling to make further

concessions.

We have to co-operate

together to make sure this bill is

in a proper state to do what people

want, which is to deliver a smooth

and effective Brexit. And we will do

that, and I will get together with

my colleagues and we will continue

to work. I shall be glad when it is

over.

Many people will be thinking

along those lines. Help us with the

thought process. That date, March

2019, all of the business in the

Commons, what difference does it

make to that day?

It could make a

difference. He said we would leave

at that day anyway. We will all be

glad when it is over. Here is what

could potentially happen. It was

never guaranteed MPs get a vote on

any deal Theresa May negotiates in

Brussels. If they do not like it,

they can say no thank you, and send

her back. It is true she could also

ask the rest of the European Union,

the other EU leaders, the extent

that period of negotiation. That is

possible if there is full agreement.

In practice that is unlikely to

happen because if a deal is voted

down it is far more likely we would

get a change of Prime Minister and

possibly even a general election.

One thing that could happen, of

course, is now that the amendment

has been put in, any deal now have

to be written separately into

British law, which might also give

MPs a greater opportunity to

influence the final outcome.

Thank

you very much.

British doctors say they have

achieved a significant breakthrough

in the treatment of haemophilia. Big

effect means blood cannot clot so a

cut could lead to heavy bleeding. --

the defect.

The NHS Trust and Queen Mary

University of London used gene

therapy to correct

the defect in a small trial.

Walking two miles to work used to be

unthinkable to Jake Omar.

He was born with haemophilia

A, a genetic defect

that means his blood did not clot.

The slightest injury used

to mean severe bleeding.

Even a long stroll would cause

bleeding in his joints.

But no more.

I think the gene therapy

has hopefully given me

a new lease on life.

It will allow me to be a lot more

active with my boys as they grow up.

Kick footballs, run around

in the park, climb trees,

and not be someone who has to worry

about what I am doing.

Jake was one of 13 patients given

pioneering gene therapy last year.

A virus was used to give his body

new genetic instructions

for clotting blood.

All of the trial patients

are off their haemophilia

medication, and 11 now have roughly

normal levels of blood-clotting

proteins.

This is huge.

It's groundbreaking.

That's because the option to think

about normalising levels in patients

with severe haemophilia

is absolutely mind blowing.

So, to offer people

the potential of a normal life,

they have had to inject themselves

every other day to prevent bleeding

is transformational.

Studies will now take

place to see if gene

therapy can replace

regular injections

and truly transform

the lives of patients.

James Gallagher, BBC News.

A memorial service is being held

at Saint Paul's Cathedral this

morning for the victims

and survivors of the Grenfell tower

fire in West London.

71 people were killed when the fire

tore through the tower block,

six months ago today.

Prince Charles, Prince William,

and Theresa May, will be among

the 2,000 people who

are expected to attend.

Our correspondent,

Frankie McCamley is at St Paul's.

Good morning.

Good morning. The main

focus of today's service is really

going to remember those 71 who lost

their lives in six months ago. It is

also a chance to thank the emergency

services who came to help, and for

all of those affected to come

together to hear those messages of

support and to make sure this is

something that is not forgotten. We

are expecting 2000 people here

today. Not only survivors, career

families as well. And also those who

came together to give up their time

and charities and those who came

together to support those on the

ground. -- bereaved. Politicians

will also come. Theresa May and

Jeremy Corbyn and also the royals.

The counsellor has been told to stay

at home. It shows the friction over

the last six months. Today will be a

very emotional day. This will be the

first time many people have seen

each other since that tragic day.

Many people will take hope away from

this and will hope they can rebuild

their lives and get some justice in

the future.

Thank you very much,

Frank McCamley, at St Paul's

Cathedral.

The Hollywood actor, Salma Hayek,

has become the latest celebrity

to accuse Harvey Weinstein

of harassment.

In an article for the New York

Times, she wrote that the film

producer threatened to kill

her and described him

as "rage fuelled monster."

A spokesperson for Mr Weinstein

disputed the actor's account.

The British cyclist, Chris Froome,

says he will be exonorated

after an investigation

into his drugs test revealed twice

the permissable level of asthma

medication in September.

The sport's governing body, the UCI,

has requested more information

from the four-time

Tour de France winner.

Froome says his reputation won't be

tainted by what's happened

and that he has been cooperating

with with the investigation.

I mean, I have certainly told and

shared everything I have with the

UCI, and told them exactly. I have a

very clear routine when I use my

inhaler, how many times I use it,

and I have given all of that

information to the UCI to help get

to the bottom of this.

The Scottish Government is expected

to announce it's first major changes

to tax bands later today since power

was given to Holyrood last year.

The move could see some in Scotland

pay more tax than those earning

the same salary elsewhere in the UK.

Catriona Renton reports.

Thousands of former prisoners

serving community sentences

in England and Wales

are being supervised by probation

staff over the telephone

rather than face-to-face,

according

to a report from the Chief

Inspector of Probation.

The Ministry of Justice says

telephone supervision applies only

to some lower risk offenders

after they have been assessed

in prison,

but says improvements are needed.

The most powerful storm to strike

mainland America in a decade has

been calculated in terms

of the weight of the water falling

on Texas from Hurricane

Harvey in August.

127 billion tons!

That makes it one of the heaviest

rainfall events in the history of

hurricanes. No wonder it was

devastating!

The papers. Reflections on what

happened in the Commons yesterday.

Theresa May is heading to Brussels

today. Talks later this evening.

Mainly tomorrow. Revenge is the word

used in the Times.

The language is

interesting. New Guinea is The Daily

Telegraph's word. -- Mutiny. Today

she will be attending the memorial

service at St Paul's Cathedral, and

later travelling to Brussels.

And

another paper taking in that story.

The Daily Mail talking about the

announcement from Peter Kay

yesterday, apologising to fans after

he scrapped his comedy stage tour

for family reasons.

It's been six months since 71 people

lost their lives what was the UK's

worst tower block fire.

This morning, victims' families,

survivors and community leaders

will gather for a national memorial

to remember those who died

in Grenfell Tower.

Tiago Alves managed to escape

the blaze with his family,

he joins us now from

St Paul's Cathedral.

Thank you so much for your time this

morning ahead of the server is a

little later this morning. First of

all, could you tell us what you will

be thinking when the service takes

place later? -- service.

My thoughts

will be with the bereaved families

this morning and the rest of the

day. Today is a date not about

survivors, but purely about the

bereaved, their families, and the

rest is of those affected. Everyone

will have their thoughts and prayers

focussed on them.

Do we have some

idea of how the service will be

presented? There will be voices from

some of those people like yourself

caught up in those events.

Presumably, it will be an emotional

time for many people like yourself

today.

Well, of course, you know, having to

relive all of this over the last six

months is going to be quite

emotional and is going to bring back

memories. In the same way, we can

never forget about what happened

that night, and the reason we are

doing this today is to make sure

that people do not forget. You know,

this was such a national disaster,

and we want people to remember.

Because now, the survivors are in

one position, but today is only

about those who lost their life.

I

know that in amongst those who will

be attending today are members of

the emergency services, and for many

of them these are terribly traumatic

times. I imagine they will be very

welcome amongst people like

yourself.

Well, definitely. You

know, these people are the people

who in turn saved so many lives that

night, and I would love to thank the

emergency services that managed to

help that night, because, you know,

it was traumatic for us, but at the

same time it was traumatic for them.

So I would like to thank them all

for their service that night, and to

make sure that they get the help

that they need, both physically and

mentally. Could I know that it was

tough for us, it was tough for

people who had to run down the

stairs once. People were running up

and down the stairs multiple times

so I would like to thank the

emergency services for that

directly.

Everyone deals with grief

in different ways. For some it is a

very personal thing. For other

people it helps to have moments in

time, and this is a public event,

isn't it? For some people this will

be a very important marker,

six-month bond.

Well, of course, you

know, the fact that this is at Saint

Pauls Cathedral, one of the most

nationally recognised monuments,

even here in London, it is

absolutely incredible that we can

have something like this, to make

sure that the public does not forget

what happened that night.

Thank you

for your time this morning, and we

look forward to speaking to you a

little later on.

You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

The Prime Minister is due

in Brussels, just hours

after Conservative rebels

in the Commons defeated

the Government in a key Brexit vote.

British doctors say trials

of a revolutionary gene therapy

suggest the most common type

of haemophilia can be cured.

It is

It is getting colder and icy on the

roads.

Yes,

It is getting colder and icy on the

roads.

Yes, very good

It is getting colder and icy on the

roads.

Yes, very good morning to

you. Chilly for the next few days

but a change on the way. One or two

waking up to an extra dusting of

snow which was not there when he

went to bed last night, adding to

icy conditions for the morning

commute, especially from the

Midlands, mid Wales and areas

northwards. Adding on to that, there

is snow in the forecast. Looking at

the radar chart, the light colour is

where snow has been falling over the

last few hours. Some snow to the

north and west, L fast, in the hills

around Glasgow at the moment, and

that will continue through the

morning rush hour. It could still be

a little bit tricky places. North

and of Scotland very few showers,

many will be dry this morning but

temperatures still sub zero by the

time we to nine a.m.. Showers in

northern England, maybe the Pennines

westwards. Eastern parts of England,

compared to yesterday morning, a

good deal brighter. Cold and frosty

but they will be some sunshine. Many

will be dry. Frequent showers in the

south-west and across Wales. Wintry

over the hills to begin with but

that could get down low in the hills

as we get into the afternoon. Quite

windy across the afternoon, touching

gale force at times. It continues to

feed showers in across western areas

through the day. A mixture of rain,

sleet and snow. Many staying dry

through the day and across the board

are colder dated yesterday, with the

strength of the wind and the

south-west. That wind will bring a

few more showers to the south-east

to finish the day and showers will

work their way southwards overnight.

Most of us will see at least a spot

or two of rain, some sleet is well

over higher ground, and that will

lead to icy conditions to take you

into your Friday rush hour. Gloomy

in the south to begin with, but that

wind from the Arctic, it will be

even colder than today. With the

wind coming to a more northerly

direction, we change whether showers

are. After a bright day, more cloud

across eastern areas. A few showers

for Pembrokeshire, Cornwall, and

also Northern Ireland, but for most

of you, if you start the day Gray,

it will be warmer than today's

values. We start the weekend with a

frost but milder air is trying to

push its way back in, and it will

start on Saturday. Many will start

the day dry and bright with sunny

spells. Brightest in eastern areas.

Clouding over in the west with

patchy rain and drizzle later. Still

a bit chilly but as winds go

south-westerly into Sunday, we lift

the temperature is UK wide. Still

five or six degrees here, but there

is a price to pay. We have something

milder heading our way for the

second half of the weekend and the

start of next week, but it does mean

we are also likely to see a little

bit of wet and windy weather as

well. Certainly looking mother into

next week compared with what we have

had over the past two weeks.

Double

digits, that is quite high for this

time of the year.

It is a little bit

above what we have had normally, but

compared to the last few weeks it is

positively balmy.

The number of successful

prosecutions for fly tipping has

fallen to a record low,

according to BBC research.

Last year 1 million incidents

were reported, but only 1,500

were successfully prosecuted.

This scene plays out every

day across England -

fly tippers dumping waste

for others to clear up.

Councils last year had to deal

with 1 million fly tipping

incidents, up from 700,000 fly

tips five years ago.

Councils in England last year spent

collectively over £16 million

on investigating and

prosecuting fly tippers.

But, with cuts to council budgets,

this job is becoming harder.

Well, yeah, the last few years,

it's getting harder, yeah.

Every day we pick the same stuff up,

almost every day.

It's a builder that's

done this, cladding.

It's building rubble,

basically, this one.

We see it at many sites we go to.

It's standard practice,

basically.

Here in Barnsley, the local council

now uses cameras to catch offenders.

But those they catch do not

often appear in court,

meaning the number of fly tipping

prosecutions is now at a record low.

A decade ago, over 2,000

prosecutions were successfully

brought

against fly tippers.

But last year, that figure had

fallen to just over 1,500.

Shrinking budgets and new powers

mean many councils can now

issue fines directly.

Does prosecuting work?

In my opinion, not very well.

There's a limited amount

of resources that we have.

We need to educate people,

at the same time,

and it's no good spending

lots of resources to have somebody

fined £200 when they go to court.

Over 50,000 penalty notices

were handed out in England last

year, and the Government says it has

cracked down on offenders by helping

to strengthen sentencing guidelines.

But the number of fly tipping

incidents has continued to rise,

meaning this is a battle that many

councils at the moment don't appear

to be winning.

Let's talk to Allerston, the chief

executive of the environmental

charity Keep Britain Tidy. We were

hearing from our correspondent

saying the battle against fly

tipping continues but there does not

appear to be much ground being made

on this. Why do you think that is?

It is disappointing, isn't it? And I

think it comes down to, as was

mentioned in your piece, we need

much stiffer sentences. 90% of those

cases which are taken are less than

£1000, and that doesn't reflect the