02/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Jon Kay and Rachel Burden.

Back to work but at a higher cost.

From today, rail passengers face

the biggest fare-rise in five years.

Many season tickets have gone

up by more than £100,

as campaigners warned

that people were "being

priced out of getting to work".

Good morning from London Bridge

Station, where I will speak with the

boss of Network Rail and passengers

about what the increases are going

to mean for people.

Good morning.

It's Tuesday, January 2nd.

Also this morning: The Foreign

Secretary Boris Johnson calls

for a "meaningful debate"

as protests in Iran flare

for a fifth day.

Investigations continue

into the seaplane crash that killed

a British businessman and four

members of his family.

Limit children to two

low-calorie snacks a day -

the latest advice to tackle obesity.

In sport, there is no fairytale

ending for one of the most

successful sportsmen of all time.

Debutant Rob Cross outplayed Phil

"the power" Taylor in his final

world darts final.

16-time champion Taylor

retiring with a defeat.

And Matt has the weather.

Morning.

Good morning. Lovely bright

and frosty start in northern and

eastern areas, but wet and windy

weather in the west. Even if you

miss out on the rain today, there is

going to be storms on the way

tonight. I will tell you all about

that in the next 15 minutes.

Thank

you.

Good morning.

First our main story.

The biggest increase in rail fares

in five years comes into force this

morning, prompting protests

at several stations as many

commuters return to work

after the Christmas break.

In some cases, travellers will find

themselves paying more

than £100 extra a year.

Campaigners warn the rise is pricing

ordinary people off the railways.

The government says they're

investing more in faster,

more reliable trains.

Here's our transport

correspondent, Richard Westcott.

Can I please see your tickets?

Another New Year, another fare rise.

Regulated season tickets go up 3.6%

this year. It will add just shy of

£150 to the price for commuters

coming into London on the stripe

riddled line from Hove in East

Sussex. Nearly £110 for a yearly

ticket to Liverpool to Manchester.

And commuters going to Birmingham

from Gloucester must find £140 more

this year. Many now pay between

£3000 and £5,000 to get to work with

the most pricey tickets in the south

of England. The government says it

is spending record amounts on

improving the network, with more

seats provided on newer trains, and

more reliable electrified lines. But

campaigners argue that ordinarily

people are being priced off our

trains with the latest figures

showing a drop in the number of

journeys made using a season ticket.

I think this fare rise really throws

the spotlight on value for money.

Passengers want to see a reliable

train service, a better chance of

getting a seat and that information

during disruption. And train

companies can take sting out of this

by offering direct debit payments

for annual season tickets and

helping the passengers pay for this

lump sum.

They say that fares have

been outstripping wages for years

and they are calling for a price

freeze.

Steph is at London Bridge this

morning. Morning. Why is the fare

rise controversial? Any fare rise is

controversial, to be fair.

Yes,

morning. I am here at London Bridge,

as you say, this morning. Not many

here yet. It will be busy shortly.

It is controversial because it comes

at a time when we are still seeing

lots of problems on the rail

network. For example, if you look at

punctuality. One in ten trains was

late in 2016, which is a lot of

trains, if you think our many are

just running from the station every

day. It is about punctuality, also

about overcrowding on trains. People

are really miffed that they have to

pay such an increase for the train

fare when, at the same time, they

are still overcrowded and they are

still not running, a lot of them, to

schedule. So there is that element.

The other issue is how they work out

how to put up the train says. So

they use it based on what the

inflation figure, the retail prices

index, was in July last year. Some

people argue that this is not a good

way to work it out because, at the

same time, we are not seeing wages

Co-op as much as inflation is going

up. And without going to into the

mess, there are two met ways of

working out the inflation, the RPI,

which is higher than the other one,

that is more commonly used to work

out how much to pay ten

that is more commonly used to work

out how much to pay benefits. So

they say it is too much given

everything going on with the

network. Later I will speak with the

boss of Network Rail and hopefully I

can grab some passengers as well. I

will be back with you in a bit.

Thank you very much. Still very

quiet.

Maybe you and me are the only

once back at work today.

That is a

possibility.

Steph will be talking to the boss

of Network Rail at around

6:40am this morning.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, has called

for a meaningful debate in Iran,

where 13 people have been

killed in protests since Thursday.

Demonstrators, who are angry

about living standards,

attacked police stations late

into the night as they took

to the streets in

a number of cities.

Jon Donnison reports.

Iran has not seen anything like this

in almost a decade. The country's

leadership under fire in the biggest

protest since 2009. People are angry

about high unemployment, rising

prices and corruption. Police

stations have been attacked.

Authorities say one policeman was

shot dead on Monday. Three other

officers were injured. At least 13

people have now been killed since

the unrest broke out last Thursday.

The Foreign Secretary, Boris

Johnson, called on the Iranian

authorities to permit debate about

what he called "The legitimate and

important issues raised by

protesters". But in recent days of

the country's collected President

Rouhani said they were being

instigated.

The victory against the

regime is unbearable for the

enemies. Success in the region is

intolerable for them. They are after

revenge and they are trying to

provoke people.

But so far his words

have done little to stem the

protests. There have been large

counter demonstrations organised in

support of the country's leadership.

But as the protests entered a sixth

date, the message from many Iranians

is they want change.

Air accident investigators

in Australia say it may take months

before they know why a seaplane

carrying a prominent British

businessman and his family

crashed on New Year's Eve.

Richard Cousins - who ran

a multi-billion pound catering

company - was killed

along with his two sons,

his fiancee, her

daughter and the pilot.

Investigators say it could take

several days to recover the wreckage

of the plane, which is submerged

under 40 feet of water.

And we will get the latest on that

investigation from our correspondent

Phil Mercer in Australia in around

15 minutes.

More than 300 women from Hollywood's

entertainment industry have launched

an initiative to tackle sexual

harassment in workplaces.

The campaign called Time's Up

includes includes Hollywood stars

such as Meryl Streep

and Jennifer Lawrence.

It will provide legal support

for women and men who suffer abuse.

Ever since the Weinstein, Harvey

Weinstein, story broke in October,

there are hoping dozens and dozens

of actresses, talent agents,

lawyers, CEOs in Hollywood meeting

every single week to save, what can

we do to make sure this change is

lasting, and what kind of

initiatives can we put in place to

make sure that things change?

80 people were stabbed to death in

London last year, a rise of a third

to 2016.

The Metropolitan Police

are investigating the murders

of four young men in London

who were stabbed to death

in a 24-hour period over New Year.

Police say the deaths are unrelated.

The youngest victim

was 17 years old.

So far detectives have arrested six

people in connection

with their inquiries.

Parents are being urged

to give their children just two

low-calorie snacks a day,

to help safeguard their health.

Public Health England says

the snacks should be no more

than 100 calories each.

The advice is being given after it's

emerged primary school children

are consuming three times more sugar

than the recommended limit,

as our health correspondent,

James Gallagher, reports.

Half the sugar us kids eat and drink

each year comes from sugary

snacks and drinks.

Kids get through a mountain

of sugary snacks each year.

Cake, ice cream, pop, juice,

biscuits, sweets, and chocolate.

Children eat three times more sugar

than official advice,

just over half of it comes

from snacking between meals.

It is one reason more than a quarter

of children have rotten teeth

by the time they turn five.

This Public Health England campaign

is warning that snacking has got out

of hand and is increasing

the chance of type 2 diabetes,

heart disease and cancer.

We are very concerned

about snacking.

Our children have unhealthy diets,

they are eating too many calories.

They're eating too much sugar

and snacking is part of the problem.

We are encouraging parents to be

aware of snacking and try to cut

back and replace unhealthy

snacks with better snack.

So how do parents

feel about snacking?

I know that kids like sweets,

and all of the sugar and stuff that

you get from shops in McDonald's

and things like that,

but it is for the parents to keep

an eye on them and their intake.

Public Health England is advising

snacks are limited to just 100

calories and eaten no

more than twice a day.

It says fruit and veg are ideal,

and crumpets are better

than anything you will find

in the confectionery aisles.

More than 11,000 homes across the UK

have been empty for more

than a decade, according to research

carried out by the Liberal

Democrats.

Their findings also show very few

councils in England and Wales have

made use of powers that allow local

authorities to take over properties

that have been empty

for more than six months.

But the Government says the number

of empty homes has fallen by a third

since 2010 and is now at its lowest

level since records began.

Millions of people are at risk

of falling into debt this month

as a result of Christmas spending.

Research carried out

by the Money Advice Trust suggests

one in six people across Britain

will fall behind on payments

this month, with many

saying they failed

to budget properly for extra

spending at Christmas.

While many of us may have spent

New Year's Day sleeping off a late

night of partying, others started

2018 with an icy cold plunge.

Hundreds of people in the American

state of Minnesota shrugged off

temperatures of -15 Celsius to jump

into a frozen lake to raise

money for veterans.

But here's the silver lining,

it's warmer in the water

than it is on the ice.

So going in isn't the hard

part, it's getting out!

He is loving it, that guy.

Once you

are in the water, you are OK.

She

looked like she was happy to get

out. -38 with the windchill factor

in the open air, but just, just -15

in the water!

Something else that

has gone out, Power, yet it? The

power cut. Yes.

The 'Power' is finally out.

Phil "the Power" Taylor has retired

from darts in defeat,

after being beaten by debutant

Rob Cross in the World Championship

final.

Cross, who watched the tournament

on tv last year, outplayed

the 16-time champion to win by 7-2.

Taylor is one of Britain's most

successful sportsmen of all time

with over 200 titles to his name.

Manchester United get their first

win in four matches with a 2-0

victory over Everton

at Goodison Park.

Anthony Martial and Jesse

Lingaard with the goals.

Brighton twice took the lead

but could only manage a 2-2 draw

against struggling Bournemouth.

In the other Premier League matches,

there were wins for Liverpool,

Leicester and Newcastle.

Britain's Johanna Konta

is in action again this morning

against Ajla Tomljanovic

in the second round of the Brisbane

International.

The British number one beat US

Open final Madison Keys

in three sets yesterday.

She is delighted to be back.

Phil

Taylor was having the chance to hold

the trophy even though he didn't

win.

There has been a little bit of

chat on social media about his

behaviour in the match last night.

He was a little distracting. That is

one word you could use.

A little bit

of gamesmanship.

Playing to the

crowd a little bit. He didn't make

himself popular with the crowd last

night. It didn't work for him, no.

I

still think he will come back.

Yes,

me too.

He will miss it. He has been

around for so long.

Exactly. We will

do the papers in a minute. The mood

this morning was so bright, I

thought someone had left the lights

on outside.

thought someone had left the lights

on outside. It was absolutely

fabulous.

It was a super moon, in

fact, the closest it gets for the

whole year, one of two full moons

across the skies above us this

month. This month's is called a Wolf

Moon as well. Good morning. It is

not a great week as far as rainfall

is concerned, it is quite wet and

windy across southern parts of the

UK, as I will show you. This area of

cloud will bring stormy weather

tonight but already there is this

mass of cloud from low pressure is

building in producing rain across

Ireland quite extensively, spots

into the west in the next hour, but

many parts of mainland UK are dry to

begin with on the Tuesday morning

commute, frosty in north-east

Scotland and in fact this is where

we will see the best weather this

week. Already by 8am we could see

rain splashing into Dumfries and

Galloway, or wet to commute in the

morning on Northern Ireland, lots of

eastern England should be dry with a

clear skies, if you want to see the

moon over the short-term in eastern

coastal counties but cloud

increasing elsewhere and over the

south-west the rate is not heavy but

it will be down this morning with

heavy bursts from mid Wales

northwards and notice how the rain

spells across most parts of the UK,

tending to snow on the tops of the

Pennines and the Scottish hills as

well, never quite reaching the

north-east, but after a wet morning,

the afternoon should be bright

perform rain arrives into Wales

later. Temperatures not far where

they should be for the time of year

in the northern half of the country.

Reasonably mild in the south. There

will be sunshine and falling rain

later on. And then into tonight

Storm Allen Ault will come in and

that will bring some strong wind,

not as strong as storm Dylan --

Ellen. We have rain coming in,

turning to snow over the hills. 70

mph expected over the first half of

the night in Northern Ireland, which

could cause damage and disruption

and then for the second half of the

night may be 70- 80 mph gusts and

quite widely across southern

Scotland and north Wales as well as

we finished the night. The strongest

of the wind tomorrow will ease off

reasonably quickly. Still quite a

blustery day, a day of sunshine and

showers across the country on

Wednesday. Some of the showers heavy

and thundery. Some of the dry

conditions across the north-east of

Scotland. And temperatures not 1

million miles off what we will see

to date though it will be cooler

than the south. And then through

Wednesday night into Thursday

another spell of wet and windy

weather set to push its way in,

another area of low pressure,

southern areas again bear the brunt

of that whereas further north clear

skies, frosty start to first aid for

some of you -- Thursday. No view.

And I promise a quick picture of the

lovely moon, Rachel, here it is

taken in eastern Biton share last

night. It is the Wolf Moon.

Yeah, I

know, it is fabulous. It was so

bright and clear. It was nice to

start the New Year.

It is the second

of January, in case you're worrying.

You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

Passenger groups are staging

protests against the biggest

increase in rail fares

for five years.

No more than two low-calorie snacks

a day - the latest advice to parents

in an attempt to tackle

childhood obesity.

The Daily Telegraph are leading with

the story we mentioned about rail

fares going up. This announcement

was made last year about prices

going up, and it comes into effect

from today. They call it a scandal

of rip-off rail fares and they say

the government are asking officials

to look at whether there is a way to

make sure future increases are not

quite so steep, maybe linking them

to a different type of inflation

which would mean at the moment at

least that there might be slightly

less of an impact for commuters.

That story about parents being

advised to give their children know

more than two low-calorie snacks a

day makes the front page the Mirror

and the Son, stop your kids from

eating crisps is how they put it. --

Sun. We will have an expert on

Labour to ask about what is meant by

low calorie snack but it is

something like 200 calories across

the two snacks in a day. For many of

us that is fairly meaningless. I

don't know what constitutes 200

calories.

And there are different

ways of measuring it. The Sun are

calling it Mars balmy, that children

will not be able to have a chocolate

bar under this new advice. They also

have a picture of a man above who

looks like he has never touched or

seen a Mars bar in his life. I was

asked to model for that but I was

really busy over new Year.

You want

to see what is underneath, believe

me!

I am glad the picture stopped.

Front page of the Times has pictures

of that terrible fire in Liverpool

over the last couple of days. The

lead story is the cost to the NHS of

patients missing their appointments.

£1 billion a year is what they are

saying time wasting patients are

costing the health service at the

moment. Obviously health chiefs are

urging people to think a little bit

more about that if they have

appointments, the actual financial

implications.

The Daily Mail's front

page is the story of the tragedy

which hit that family in Australia,

the fiancee and her daughter, and we

know as well that her husband to be

and his two sons from a previous

marriage died, and they lead with

the story of out fire crews being

sent to deal with medical

emergencies when paramedics can't

get there in time. Sally is here as

well. What is happening in sport?

A

great interview today, a fabulous

interviewer for the Guardian,

talking to Elise Christie about the

Winter Olympics and a difficult time

she had after Sochi. She was

disqualified and actually received

death threats from Koreans who

suggested she had actually knocked

out one of the ours, who was a

favourite for a medal. She was

terrified, basically, because of all

the hate mail she received. She

really has turned things around.

She

has had a brilliant year, hasn't

she?

She has had a brilliant year,

and she faced her fear and went to

South Korea to train. It is one of

the best things he could possibly

have done, as she says, I wasn't

myself, I felt like a hideous human

being, I felt so bad. But she has

managed to turn things around and

has won the World Championships this

year. She is so aggressively

competitive in an unapologetic way,

which you have to be in that sport.

And before I go I want to share this

with you, from the front page of the

Daily Telegraph's sports section.

Mourinho just provides great value

Stuffer us to talk about. He

suggests TV pundits are jealous of

Paul Pogba. Paul Scholes, and he

also says, Manchester United, great

and one of the legends of the game,

is jealous of Paul Pogba because he

earns so much cash. That is why he

criticises him in his punditry.

Someone else who is always

ruthlessly aggressive, and you have

a dog, haven't you? Dog lovers will

like this piece in the Guardian

about this extraordinary invention.

When you put your dog to bag in the

bin, you leave it there to be taken

away. This is using them ethane

which emerges from the dog to to

create energy, to create lights, and

street lighting at a time when

street lighting is being cut in many

areas. -- using the methane.

So you

deposit it in the bag, and the

methane rises, and the light lights

the street all night long.

So if you

see a particularly bright light, you

might want to cross the road.

We

started and ended with power!

Let's look at a story which has

dominated the headlines over the new

year weekend.

Tributes have been paid to a British

family who died when a seaplane

they were in crashed

into a river near Sydney.

Businessman Richard Cousins,

his two sons, his fiancee,

Emma Bowen, and her daughter died

along with the plane's pilot

on New Year's Eve.

Mr Cousins's brother-in-law spoke

to the BBC about the shock he felt

hearing the news.

Losing both my godson and his

sibling and my brother-in-law as

well has left a huge hole. It is

very, very difficult to deal with

death, and it's going to take me a

long while to get over this. It's a

huge shock. They had a lot of

friends. They were very, very

popular lads. And that's because

they have had a fantastic up

ringing, from both my sister and

Richard. They knew right from wrong,

they worked hard. They were both on

a successful path. I feel proud to

have known them. I am proud to have

known Richard as well. It's very,

very sad. And they will be... They

will not be forgotten. They will not

be forgotten.

Meanwhile, air accident

investigators in Australia say it

could be months before they find out

why the plane crashed.

Our correspondent Phil

Mercer is in Sydney.

Phil, what will investigators

have to consider?

How unusual is it for an incident

involving a seaplane like this to

happen?

Well, we have been speaking

to aviation experts today and they

say this type of crash is extremely

unusual. In the last hour or two we

have heard from the Australian air

crash team saying that its work is

meticulous and furrow. The wreckage

of the seaplane remains at the

bottom of the Hawkesbury River, 30

feet down -- thorough. It has been

examined by police divers in the

last couple of days to examine what

kind of shape it is in because the

air crash team want to raise the

wreckage by the end of the week and

they are hoping to bring it up in as

good a shape as possible. Because,

of course, the plane will be a

fundamental clue in trying to

establish how and why this crash

occurred. So the aircraft's

components will be examined, along

with the pilot's background and

witnesses as well, and mobile phone

footage from witnesses could also be

extremely important.

What were

conditions like at the time?

Pretty

good, according to some

eyewitnesses. And that aviation

expert we were talking to set that

it was almost certain in his opinion

that the plane had stalled. He

didn't know clearly will why it

stalled, it may have been an

unexpected gust of wind or an engine

failure, or it could have been a

mistake on behalf of the pilot. But

remember, the pilot was extremely

experienced. He had had more than

9000 hours flying the sorts of

aircraft. So all of these things

will be considered at a time, of

course, that is, when we are hearing

all these tributes to the British

family who died in this crash on New

Year's Eve, and tributes also to the

Canadian pilot who was killed as

well.

Thank you very much.

We will be speaking more

to Ian Thorpe, the uncle of Edward

and William Cousins,

just after 8:00am this morning.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Now, though, it is back

to John and Rachel.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Jon Kay and Rachel Burden.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning:

It was an idyllic holiday that

ended in tragedy.

We'll speak to the brother-in-law

of the British businessman

who was killed, along

with the rest of his family,

in a seaplane crash

on New Year's Eve.

Also this morning, this picture

of Dawn Nisbet finishing a Parkrun -

she came last, and ten minutes

behind everyone else -

became a social media sensation.

She'll tell us why it's

inspired her to sign up

for her first half-marathon.

She will tell us about her plans.

And, after nine, they've had

millions gripped with some of soaps'

biggest storylines, now

actors Christopher Harper

and John Middleton are swapping

the screen for the stage.

And they are doing it together.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

The biggest increase in rail fares

in five years comes into force this

morning, prompting protests

at several stations as many

commuters return to work

after the Christmas break.

In some cases, travellers will find

themselves paying more than £100

extra a year.

The government says they're

investing more in faster,

more reliable trains.

Campaigners warn the rise is pricing

ordinary people off the railways.

I think this affair rise really

throws the spotlight on value for

money. Passengers want to see a more

reliable train surfers, they want to

see a better chance of getting a

seat and better information during

disruption and the train companies

can help to take the sting out of

this by offering direct debit

payments for annual season tickets

and help passengers pay for this big

lump sum.

and help passengers pay for this big

lump sum.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, has called

for a meaningful debate in Iran,

where 13 people have been

killed in protests since Thursday.

Demonstrators, who are angry

about living standards,

attacked police stations late

into the night as they took

to the streets in

a number of cities.

President Hassan Rouhani call

the protests an opportunity,

not a threat but vowed to crack

down on lawbreakers.

More than 300 women from Hollywood's

entertainment industry have launched

Air accident investigators

in Australia say it may take months

before they know why a seaplane

carrying a prominent British

businessman and his family

crashed on New Year's Eve.

Richard Cousins, who ran

a multi-billion pound catering

company, was killed

along with his two sons,

his fiancee, her

daughter and the pilot.

Aviation experts believe the planed

stalled before crashing

into the river.

More than 300 women from Hollywood's

entertainment industry have launched

an initiative to tackle sexual

harassment in workplaces.

The campaign called Time's Up

includes includes Hollywood stars

such as Meryl Streep

and Jennifer Lawrence.

It will provide legal support

for women and men who suffer abuse.

Ever since the Weinstein,

Harvey Weinstein, story broke

in October, there have

been dozens and dozens

of actresses, talent agents,

lawyers, CEOs within Hollywood

meeting every single week to say,

what can we do to make sure this

change is lasting, and what kind

of initiatives can we put in place

to make sure that things change?

Parents are being urged

to give their children no more

than two sugary snacks a day,

to help safeguard their health.

Public Health England says

the snacks should not exceed

100 calories each.

The advice is being given after it's

emerged primary school children

are consuming three times more sugar

than the recommended limit.

And we will be speaking with Public

Health England about their new

advice in about five minutes' time.

80 people were stabbed to death in

London last year, a rise of a third

compared to 2016. The figures come

as police investigate the murders of

four young man in the capital who

were stabbed in unrelated incidents

over a 24-hour period. The youngest

victim was 17 years old. So far

detectives have arrested six people

in connection with their enquiries.

An investigation's under way

into the cause of a fire

which destroyed up to 1400 vehicles

in a car park in Liverpool.

The blaze at King's Dock,

next to Liverpool's Echo Arena,

is said to have spread after one

vehicle caught fire on New Year's

Eve.

Firefighters worked

through the night and many people

were forced into temporary

accommodation as nearby

buildings were evacuated.

No-one was injured.

None of the horses competing at an

event nearby were injured.

More than 11,000 homes across the UK

have been empty for more

than a decade, according to research

carried out by the Liberal

Democrats.

Their findings also show very few

councils in England and Wales have

made use of powers that allow local

authorities to take over properties

that have been empty

for more than six months.

But the Government says the number

of empty homes has fallen by a third

since 2010 and is now at its lowest

level since records began.

Millions of people are at risk

of falling into debt this month

as a result of Christmas spending.

Research carried out

by the Money Advice Trust suggests

one in six people across Britain

will fall behind on payments this

month, with many saying they failed

to budget properly for extra

spending at Christmas.

And that is the main news stories

this morning and, well, the end of

an era in the world of darts.

And it

was not a fairytale ending,

unfortunately.

There was no fairytale

ending for the 16-time

Darts World Champion Phil

'The Power' Taylor, as he retired

with a defeat in this years final

to first-time winner Rob Cross.

The former electrician from Hastings

was sensational throughout,

and went 3-0 ahead

with this 153 checkout.

Taylor nearly sealed

his last appearance

with a 9-dart finish but missed out

by the smallest of margins.

But there was no let-up

from Cross, he took the title

at Alexandra Palace

in London by 7-2.

Cross was born in the very same year

Taylor won his first world title,

in 1990.

Manchester United are back up

to second in the Premier League

table after their first

win in four matches.

A 2-0 victory over

Everton at Goodison Park.

It was decided by two

special finishes as well,

the opener from Antony Martial,

who combined with his France

international teammate Paul Pogba.

Man of the match Pogba was also

involved as Jesse Lingard scored

an excellent solo goal to hand

Sam Allardyce a second

defeat of the week.

Jose Mourinho being

uncharacteristically quiet. Yes, we

will hear from him later on.

A lot

of football fans would like it like

that every week! Yes, exactly!

Liverpool stay fourth after earning

a dramatic 2-1 win over Burnley

at Turf Moor.

Forward Sadio Mane scored a superb

opener for Jurgen Klopp's side

and while Burnley scored a late

equaliser, Ragnar Klavan bundled

in a dramatic stoppage time winner.

Burnley was not at their best, I am

sure. It is an open game and you

need to be concentrated. You need to

be there. We have this massive

setback with the equaliser. And

otherwise we would not have drawn so

often. But we could change it once

again and so it feels really good.

Bournemouth have edged further away

from the Premier League relegation

zone after scraping

a late draw at Brighton.

The home side were much the better

team and twice took the lead

through Anthony Knockaert

and this from Glenn Murray.

But Bournemouth pegged

them back each time,

the final goal -

have a look at this -

the definition of

a goalmouth scramble.

The pressure will increase

on Stoke City manager Mark Hughes

after their 1-0 defeat

at home to Newcastle.

Perez got the winner

in the second half.

Stoke drop to 16th, two points

above the relegation zone,

having won only two

of their last 12 games.

The key is, is everybody sits

together and we get on with it. It

is no good feeling sorry for

ourselves and looking to blame

people. I think we just need to take

it on board, take responsibility for

what we are doing here and don't be

cowed by it. Get on with it.

And are

you confident that you can do it

quickly?

Well, who else is going to

do it? In terms of the knowledge of

the group, the time I have been

here, that I am best to do that, so

we just need to be allowed to get on

with our job. That is what we will

do, we are getting back together and

we will go again.

Britain's Johanna Konta

is in action again this morning

against Ajla Tomljanovic

in the second round of the Brisbane

International.

The British number one came back

from a set down against Madison Keys

in the first round yesterday

to take the decider.

It's her first tournament

with new coach Michael Joyce.

In rugby union's Pro 14,

Ulster made a great comeback to take

a bonus point win over

Munster yesterday.

Munster had been comfortable,

leading 17-0 at one stage,

but the match turned

when their centre Sam Arnold was red

carded for a high tackle,

and Ulster fought back with three

late tries, the 24-17 win

was sealed by Robert Lyttle

in the final moments.

Leinster narrowly beat Connacht

in the day's other game.

That it from me. Interesting, those

comments from Phil Taylor, he wasn't

even professional?

No, he watched it

on TV last year.

Phil Taylor said it

was a complete mismatch because of

his youth against his age, and he

said he was completely outplayed.

I

think what we saw last night was the

future of darts.

The end of one

era...

Yes, the beginning of

another.

Thank you very much indeed.

Lots of people watching, you are

probably on your way out the door to

walk to work, catch the bus or maybe

go by train. If you go by train, you

may face a big increase in the

fares, the biggest in five years

coming into effect today.

Steph's at London Bridge

station with the details.

It is still fairly quiet, to be

fair,.

Yes, still quiet, Rachel.

Every now and again a flurry of

people come in when the train comes

into the station. This station has

had a massive revamp, London Bridge,

the fourth busiest train station in

the UK. I am sure you will see

through the morning lots of people

coming here and also having a look,

a couple of people arriving this

morning, just having a look because

it has been a construction site for

quite sometime. A lot of money has

been invested in it. This is money

that comes from us purchasing train

tickets. As you have said, rail

fares have gone up this morning.

Some people think they have gone up

by too much. Other ministers say

that we need it for rail

modernisation. Here is the chief

executive of network whale. I know

that you are happy to see this --

Network Rail. A lot of money has

been spent on it.

It is an

extraordinary achievement and I am

really proud of the team that have

delivered this huge station project

over the last five years, opening

today on schedule, bang on schedule,

but I am also really grateful to the

passengers who have had to put up

with this construction work over the

last five years. And I thank them

for their patients. And I hope that

they start to get the benefits from

this huge investment.

And when you

say rail passengers having to put up

with this, they are having to put up

with it across the network. Lots of

overcrowding, lots of problems with

punctuality. Is it ever going to

change? We are working so hard at

making these changes to the railway

network.

In the next year you are

going to see a huge change. These

projects take years. In the next

year we are going to see not only

the Thameslink programme but the

upgrade of services into the great

rail network, the Great North Run

project, Edinburgh- Glasgow

electrification project, Crossrail

in a year's time, fundamental

changes to the economic arteries of

the country, and it is going to make

a huge difference to passengers.

5000 new railway carriages which are

going to transform the journeys for

people.

Can you understand why

people are miffed at seeing rail

fares go up so much at a time when

wages are not going up as much?

Absolutely, and we all share the

desire to try to keep fares as low

as possible. My job, I do not set

the fares, it is to try to run the

network as efficiently as possible

and to deliver amazing projects like

this as well as we can. That is why

I think today is such an important

day. Over the Christmas period we

deliver 260 projects up and down the

country. We had 32,000 people at

working on the railway. They were

improving it for the benefit of

passengers. At the same time there

are problems, like punctuality the

worst in a decade in 2016, so for

people it is hard to stomach when

they pay so much to get to work so

then they see the season tickets

between £3000 and £5,000 for lots of

people, it is hard to stomach it

with overcrowding trains and

problems with punctuality.

I

absolutely sympathise with that. The

kind of changes we are making will

make a difference and they take

years to come through. The numbers

of people travelling by train has

increased enormously in the last 20

years. More than double, actually.

In the next year we are going to

start to see the benefits really

coming through.

Thank you very much

for your time this morning. You can

see the sudden flurry of people as a

train has just come in this morning.

I will be here talking to passengers

as well about how they feel about

the rail increases.

Thank you so

much. I think there are a good few

people coming in and there are some

lounging around in slippers eating

chocolate for Breakfast - lucky

them!

We can only dream. We have a

big tin under the desk here, though,

Steph, you are missing out.

Oh,

nice.

I thought the whole nation

overslept, though I am pleased to

say something will have got off the

train.

We have had quite a dry

yesterday day in most places...

I

don't know where you were, it was

tipping it down!

It was nice in the

morning. It doesn't look good in

many places, does it, Matt?

Some wet and windy weather on the

way. Mainly dominating the southern

half of the UK. It will be a little

bit wet at times further north as

well but there is lots of cloud over

the Atlantic. This will be

well but there is lots of cloud over

the Atlantic. This will be a

particular it stormy area of low

pressure heading in the night but at

the moment you can see the cloud

pushing into the west. Still some

showers in eastern areas, so some

sunshine this morning but cloud

running in from the west. While it

is a dry and frosty start towards

the north-east of Scotland, towards

the west by the time we hit 8am in

be rain starting to fall. Wet

morning commute in Northern Ireland,

some of that rain heavy at times, as

it will be towards the north of

Wales and mid Wales as well. Try to

begin with, the best of any sunshine

towards easternmost counties. In the

far south-west there will be some

rain but damp and drizzly here. Not

a huge amount of rain across

southern counties of England and

Wales through the day. From the mid

Wales northwards, some heavy rain.

The Scottish mountains given a

covering in places but the rain band

shifting through. Quite gusty winds

on it. It means the sunshine will be

back for many for a time although

rain will return to Wales and

eventually Northern Ireland later.

Temperatures today around six to 11

degrees. Not 1 million miles from

where it should be at this time of

year. That is as storm Lenore pushes

its way in. That will bring some

strong winds through the first half

of the night in Northern Ireland --

Eleanor. 70 mph gusts possible,

damage and travel disruption and

rain spread across just about all

parts. From midnight onwards, we

will see the strongest of the winds

and the far south of Scotland,

mainly Cumbria, Lancashire, 70 to 80

mph gust. Widespread severe gales

spreading into the east of the

Pennines in the early hours of the

morning as well. Quite a blustery

starts tomorrow morning, the

exception being northern Scotland

where it should be a dry and day for

quite awhile. The northern rain

quickly clears and then a day of

sunshine and showers, some of those

heavy with hail and thunder. Some

will spend a good part of the day

dry. A few showers that further

south you are. It will fill a touch

cooler tomorrow compared with today.

Then through Wednesday night into

Thursday it remains windy across the

south. Another area of low pressure

moves its way in but to Scotland and

northern England, we start with a

frost on Thursday evening before the

wet and windy weather gradually

pushes through yet again. In

southern areas on Thursday we will

see some of the wettest conditions.

For now, thank you very much indeed.

Reading more books is a popular

New Year's resolution.

But how about reading an entire

bookshop, while running it

But how about reading an entire

bookshop, while running it

at the same time?

That is what holidaymakers

are being given the chance to do

in Wigtown, in Scotland.

It is proving so popular,

it is booked solidly until 2020,

and the concept could soon be

branching out into Asia.

Our Scotland correspondent

Lorna Gordon has been

to take a look.

Between the hills and the city in

south-west Scotland is a small town

where they like them looks a lot --

the sea. Wigtown is Scotland's

National book count and among the

many shops here, one is available to

rent for a week at a time. It is run

by enthusiasts who want to be

surrounded by books while trying

their hand at selling some as well.

Right, Helen McDonald...

Alison

Drury is a police officer, but not

this week. Instead she is stacking

bookshelves and shifting stock. You

are paying for the privilege of

running a bookshop for a week. What

do your friends make of it?

A bit of

a mixture. I think some of them

think that I am a bit eccentric and

think it is a very strange thing to

do. By the same token I have some

friends who think it is extremely

exciting and are excited for me and

a bit envious.

Have you been

enjoying it?

I have. You can tell,

can't you?

The temporary book store

boss has free rein. Displays can

change. So can the promotions. The

chance to run a bookshop for a week

or two has proved popular. People

have come from as far away as New

Zealand, North America and South

Korea to run this place. There was a

couple in their 80s who came on

honeymoon. And others who liked the

town so much that they stayed. This

shop, which once came close to

closure, turned around by those who

have a dream of running a bookshop

and want the chance to test it out.

I think in everyone's life you have

that what if voice. What if I just

owned a bookshop by the sea in

Scotland. We want to give people the

chance to do it. This is actual,

real virtual reality. Where you can

come and be in a bookshop and feel

the cold and read the books and

enjoy the community, and the kind of

have little surprises and an

adventure along the way.

And if

those who have come on their

bookshop holiday are looking for

ideas, with Wigtown boasting 14

bookshops, there is plenty here to

inspire.

We love our bookshops here,

we love our books. And we have even

got people coming from far and wide

to run a bookshop in Wigtown.

Imagine that. It sounds crazy idea

but what a fantastic thing for

Wigtown, opening Wigtown up to the

world and encouraging people to come

and share our love for books.

That

passion for selling books may be

spreading. There is interest from a

Chinese firm looking to open its own

version of The Open Book holiday

business. So successful has this

Scottish one being, it is booked up

for the next two years.

Would you fancy that?

I don't know,

I think I like a holiday where you

have a holiday.

You don't have to do

any work!

And serving people, and

working long hours, that is not a

holiday. But let us know what you

think about that this morning, if

that is something you would fancy.

400 biscuits, 100 portions

of sweets, and nearly 70 chocolate

bars - that is how much the average

child in England eats in a year,

according to Public Health England.

It has got a new campaign to help

parents to buy healthier snacks,

and fewer of them.

So is it realistic?

We spoke to one family

to find out how they manage

their children's snacking habits.

Snacks, if they go to the shop on

their own and buy their own snacks

with their own money, so you can't

really stop them from having their

little snacks.

When she was little

she didn't have any sugary products,

so she was about three. But then

this one, all changed. And I think

she's having bit too much.

I

normally I not as many snacks as my

sister does. But most of them are

probably healthy.

We do monitor

their intake of sugar, as it is. As

well, the serial, but they eat, and

the Swedes that they have.

I don't

eat, like come to many, because

sometimes I just don't like them.

You even see food that you don't

think that there's much sugar in,

and when you do actually take a

look, you know, it is full of sugar.

I know kids like sweets, at all the

sugary stuff you get from shops and

McDonald's and things like that, but

it is for the parents to keep an eye

on them, and their intake.

At when

they go out, then we might have

somebody saying she wants some

sweeties, so sometimes it is easier

to just give in to it, to keep her

quiet. Because she is quite noisy

when she gets going.

We have assembled in front of us the

amount of sugary snacks which a

child will eat in one month.

It

looks a lot when you put it

together.

You have sugary drinks in

the bowl, and cakes, chocolate,

sweets, it is here. When you see it

like that it is a bit of an eye

opener.

To talk us through the minefield

of options out there

is Dr Jenny Harries,

the deputy medical director

of Public Health England.

Good morning, thank you for coming

in. Does that shock you?

Well, it is

not a good site, really, is it? We

know that children are eating on

average three unhealthy snacks and

sugary drinks a day. And these

obesity levels are bad for children

going forward. It is not a good

sign, and we know that 51% of the

sugar that children take in our

coming from these snacks.

Is this a

new thing? I remember having sweets

once a week, on Friday, and that was

about it. I don't know if I am

looking back with rose tinted

glasses.

You may well be. When

people do look back, they often

don't remember everything they eat,

which is a crucial part of this.

When we do think of snacks, we think

that children are having an odd

treat, and an odd treat is not going

to matter in their lifetime but

children are snacking readily

through the day. Most children will

be eating three unhealthy snacks or

sugary drinks in a day, and they are

therefore consuming about three

times the sugar intake which is

recommended.

And by sugary snack you

mean a kick or a biscuit?

Exactly,

the sorts of things. -- cake. Drinks

with added sugar are contributing

significantly.

So to tackle this you

are saying have two snacks a day of

about 100 calories each. I don't

know if you have seen the front page

of the Sun today, they are calling

this Mars army, that you can't even

have a Mars bar or a bar of

chocolate of any sort as part of

that sort of calorie counting.

I

think what the papers there are

doing is underestimating the care

and concern most parents have. They

are coming to us and asking for

support, really, to manage the

pester power of children that you

often experience. I have had four

kids myself and you know when you go

through the supermarkets children

are looking at things to get. What

we are trying to do is not alter

policy at all but give them a rule

of thumb which says 100 calories for

a snack and two a day, Max.

So what

is a 100 calorie snack? Here is my

problem. The children come home from

school and they are absolutely

starving. What is a 100 calorie

snack? What is a healthy snack?

So

we would always a start with things

like fresh or frozen fruit or

vegetable. So an Apple would be 50

calories. Those sorts of things,

these are natural sugars. What we

are trying to get across is the

added sugar which goes into product,

which children are just consuming.

So a lot of people say what is 100

calories? If you look on the food

packs, you will often find

labelling. We are not just looking

for the calories, but the green

colour coding of that.

Because

people tend not to calorie count

these days.

So the focus here is

about healthy nutrition. But also we

know that the higher sugar food

tends to have higher calories as

well. Our campaign has a food app

called the food scanner.

I have it,

it is very disturbing. You can look

at your favourite food and it shows

you that fat and sugar content. But

we have talked a lot over the last

few years about eating disorders,

particularly young people. Anorexia

and Bolivia, and I wonder if making

families obsessed with calories,

whether that could backfire.

So this

isn't about obsession. Eating

disorders are an exception...

But

100 or 200 calories is very

prescriptive, isn't it?

What we're

saying is this is not a

prescription, it is a of thumb.

Parents want to know some kind of

guideline, and the food scanner has

noises to go with it. You can send

the kids off with the phone to scan,

a bit like a treasure hunt in a

supermarket, and you can find which

are the healthy foods to have.

Thank

you very much indeed. Would you like

a biscuit?

No, thank you. I will go

for my Apple.

There is only 100

calories in that one.

We will have

to remove them from the table before

we get stuck into them.

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Jon Kay and Rachel Burden.

Back to work but at a higher cost.

From today, rail passengers face

the biggest fare-rise in five years.

Many season tickets have gone

up by more than £100,

as campaigners warned

that people were "being

priced out of getting to work".

Good morning from the newly revamped

London Bridge station. Ministers say

the increases are important for the

modernisation of the network. I will

speak with the passengers about what

they think.

Good morning.

It's Tuesday, January 2nd.

Also this morning:

Limit children to two low-calorie

snacks per day, the latest advice.

The Foreign

Secretary Boris Johnson calls

for a "meaningful debate"

as protests in Iran flare

for a fifth day.

And a seaplane that crashed and

killed six people, including five

Britons, will be raised from the sea

bottom for frenzied examination.

In sport, there is no fairytale

ending for one of the most

successful sportsmen of all time.

Debutant Rob Cross outplayed Phil

"the power" Taylor in his final

world darts final.

16-time champion Taylor

retiring with a defeat.

And Matt has the weather.

Not quite super. We have a dry start

for many but if you don't see wet

weather today you certainly will

tonight and for some to know some

stormy winds as well. Full forecast

coming up in around 15 minutes.

Thank you.

Good morning.

First our main story.

The biggest increase in rail fares

in five years comes into force this

morning, prompting protests

at several stations as many

commuters return to work

after the Christmas break.

In some cases, travellers will find

themselves paying more

than £100 extra a year.

Campaigners warn the rise is pricing

ordinary people off the railways.

The government says they're

investing more in faster,

more reliable trains.

Here's our transport

correspondent, Richard Westcott.

Can I please see your tickets?

Another New Year, another fare rise.

Regulated season tickets

go up 3.6% this year.

It will add just shy of £150

to the price for commuters

coming into London on the stripe

riddled line from Hove in East

Sussex.

Nearly £110 to a yearly ticket

from Liverpool to Manchester.

And commuters going into Birmingham

from Gloucester must find £140 more

this year.

Many now pay between £3000

and £5,000 to get to work

with the most pricey

tickets in the south

of England.

The government says it's spending

record amounts on improving

the network, with more seats

being provided on newer trains,

and more reliable electrified lines.

But campaigners argue that ordinary

people are being priced

off our trains, with the latest

figures showing a drop in the number

of journeys made

using a season ticket.

I think this fare rise really throws

the spotlight on value for money.

Passengers want to see a more

reliable train service,

they want to have a better chance

of getting a seat and better

information during disruption.

And train companies can

take sting out of this

by offering direct debit payments

for annual season tickets

helping the passengers pay

for this big lump sum.

They say that fares have been

outstripping wages for years

and are calling for a price freeze.

Parents are being urged

to give their children just two

low-calorie snacks a day,

to help safeguard their health.

Public Health England says

the snacks should be no more

than 100 calories each.

The advice is being given after it's

emerged primary school children

are consuming three times more sugar

than the recommended limit,

as our health correspondent,

James Gallagher, reports.

Half the sugar us kids eat and drink

each year comes from sugary

snacks and drinks.

Kids get through a mountain

of sugary snacks each year.

Cake, ice cream, pop, juice,

biscuits, sweets, and chocolate.

Children eat three times more sugar

than official advice,

just over half of it comes

from snacking between meals.

It is one reason more than a quarter

of children have rotten teeth

by the time they turn five.

This Public Health England campaign

is warning that snacking has got out

of hand and is increasing

the chance of type 2 diabetes,

heart disease and cancer.

We are very concerned

about snacking.

Our children have unhealthy diets,

they are eating too many calories.

They're eating too much sugar

and snacking is part of the problem.

We are encouraging parents to be

aware of snacking and try to cut

back and replace unhealthy

snacks with better snack.

So how do parents

feel about snacking?

I know that kids like sweets,

and all of the sugar and stuff that

you get from shops in McDonald's

and things like that,

but it is for the parents to keep

an eye on them and their intake.

Public Health England is advising

snacks are limited to just 100

calories and eaten no

more than twice a day.

It says fruit and veg are ideal,

and even maltloaf and crumpets

are better than anything you will

find in the confectionery aisles.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, has called

for a meaningful debate in Iran,

where 13 people have been

killed in protests since Thursday.

Demonstrators, who are angry

about living standards,

attacked police stations late

into the night as they took

to the streets in

a number of cities.

President Hassan Rouhani call

the protests an opportunity,

not a threat but vowed to crack

down on lawbreakers.

Iran has not seen anything like this

in almost a decade.

The country's leadership

under fire in the biggest

protests since 2009.

People are angry about

high unemployment,

rising prices and corruption.

Police stations have been attacked,

authorities say one policeman

was shot dead on Monday

in Najafabad.

Three other officers were injured.

In recent days the country's elected

President, Rouhani, has sought

to downplay the protests

and their significance

saying they were

instigated via Iran's enemies.

TRANSLATION:

Our victories

against the US and the Zionist

regime are unbearable

for our enemies.

Our success in the region

is intolerable for them.

They are out for revenge

and trying to provoke people.

So far his words have done little

to stem the protest.

In the past, to do that,

the government has used force.

There have been large

counterdemonstrations organised

in support of the

country's leadership.

But as the protests enter a sixth

day, the message from many Iranians

is that they want change.

South Korea has offered high level

talks with North Korea to discuss

participation in the 2018

Winter Olympic Games.

The South Korean President says it's

a "groundbreaking chance" to move

towards peace, and has

suggesting meeting as early

as the ninth of January.

It would be the first time the sides

have met in more than two years.

More than 300 women from Hollywood's

entertainment industry have launched

an initiative to tackle sexual

harassment in workplaces.

The campaign called Time's Up

includes includes Hollywood stars

such as Meryl Streep

and Jennifer Lawrence.

It will provide legal support

for women and men who suffer abuse.

Ever since the Weinstein,

Harvey Weinstein, story broke back

in October, there have

been dozens and dozens

of actresses, talent agents,

lawyers, CEOs within Hollywood

meeting every single week to say,

what can we do to make sure this

change is lasting, and what kind

of initiatives can we put in place

to make sure that things change?

80 people were stabbed to death

in London last year -

a rise of a third compared to 2016.

The figures come as police

are investigating the murders

of four young men in the capital

who were stabbed in unrelated

incidents during a 24-hour period.

The youngest victim is 17 years old.

So far detectives have arrested six

people in connection

with their inquiries.

And a seaplane that crashed

and killed six people,

including five Britons,

will be raised from the sea

bottom for forensic examination.

Richard cousins, who ran a

multibillion pound catering company,

was killed along with his sons,

fiancee, her daughter and the pilot.

Aviation experts believe the plane

stalled before crashing into the

water.

Millions of people are at risk

of falling into debt this month

as a result of Christmas spending.

Research carried out

by the Money Advice Trust suggests

one in six people across Britain

will fall behind on payments

this month, with many

saying they failed

to budget properly for extra

spending at Christmas.

This will wake you up if you are

thinking about having a shower this

morning!

While many of us may have spent

New Year's Day sleeping off a late

night of partying, others started

2018 with an icy cold plunge.

Hundreds of people in the American

state of Minnesota shrugged off

temperatures of -15 Celsius to jump

into a frozen lake to raise

money for veterans.

But here's the silver lining,

it's warmer in the water

than it is on the ice.

It is all relative. The air

temperature was -30 eight. The water

was only - 15.

That is going to wake

you up -- -38. You would feel

amazing after that! Either that or

standing around waiting for a train.

Some rail commuters are having to

pay £100 extra on season tickets

from this morning.

We've sent Steph

to London Bridge station to bring

us the details.

Newly revamped London Bridge station

this morning. Those affairs are

problem what people are focusing on,

rather than the surroundings, I

guess, Steph?

Yes, good morning.

There is a bit of that. People are

not shy to talk to me about train

fares, it is fair to say. This is

the revamped London Bridge Station,

the fourth busiest in the UK. £1

billion has been spent on this in

the last five years. And when you

talk to ministers about why we have

these increases with the rail cost

they say it is for things like this,

the modernisation of the network to

try to get the trains more punctual,

less overcrowded and generally with

the high demand that they have, and

lots of people have an opinion about

this, so just from the people I have

chatted to this morning they have

lots to say about whether they think

this is fair.

At the beginning of every year most

commuters don't get a pay rise,

therefore it is totally unfair that

we get an increase in train fares.

It has gone up every year

religiously but it is not too bad

considering all of the money they

have spent here and you can see it,

so it is going somewhere eventually.

It is not value for money. It is

simple as that. What you are paying

for for the rail fares don't

represent what you're actually

getting.

There is always delays and

hardly any seats, so if they are