03/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin.

All non-urgent operations

and outpatient appointments

in England are put on hold

because of mounting pressure

on the NHS.

Up to 55,000 patients are affected.

Senior doctors say demand has

increased rapidly over

the festive period.

I just want to do a good job. I want

to do the best I can for the

patients I am seeing. I want to do

the best I can but I am not being

given the resources to do that job

properly.

Good morning.

It's Wednesday, January third.

Also this morning: Storm Eleanor

brings winds of up to 84 miles

an hour to many parts of the UK,

causing disruption to travel

and power supplies.

Yes, storm Allen Ault is moving to

the North Sea and winds will

gradually ease but we have some

windy conditions today across the

southern half of the country --

Storm Eleanor. I will have your full

forecast at 6:15am.

And a special

report on how the opening of the

UK's first dedicated treatment

centre for people with rare genetic

conditions could change the lives of

people like James.

Over the last

three or four years we have noticed

a huge difference from bandages to

experimental treatments and research

that is going on.

Whether we streamed it,

downloaded it or bought a CD,

we consumed nearly 10% more music

in 2017 than the year before.

I'll have the details shorlty.

In sport, Manchester City are back

to winning ways and are 15 points

clear at the top of

the table once again.

They scored after just

39 seconds last night,

comfortably beating Watford.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Health chiefs in England have

insisted there's no crisis

in the NHS, despite their decision

to extend the postponement

of all non-urgent operations

and routine outpatient appointments

until the beginning of next month.

Officials say they have taken early

action to ease winter pressures

and avoid last minute cancellations.

But senior doctors say pressure

escalated rapidly over

the festive period.

It's estimated 55,000

patients could be affected.

Our health editor Hugh Pym has more.

AMBULANCE SIREN.

There is always great pressure

on the NHS in the New Year.

But the strains seem even bigger

this year.

Two Ambulance Services in England,

covering the north-east and east,

are on the highest state

of operational alert,

asking families to use their own

transport to bring patients

into hospital where possible.

The trust running Scarborough and

York Hospital said that the high

numbers of patients and staff were

under considerable pressure.

There

are a number of emergency

departments around the country and

that is the worst I have seen. I

just want to do a good job. I want

to do the best I can for the

patients I am seeing. I want to do

the best I can but I am not being

given the resources to do that job

properly.

Twitter carried reports

from some staff at other hospitals.

One emergency doctor in Stoke City

personally apologised to local

people for what he called Third

World conditions due to

overcrowding. NHS England has told

hospitals to postpone or nonurgent

operations and outpatient

appointments to the end of January,

an escalation of measures announced

just before Christmas. In that time

hospitals won't be paralysed for

putting patients in mixed sex wards.

This is planned response to winter

that we knew was going to be

difficult and we are managing that

in the way that we expected and we

are taking early action. We are not

waiting to have to respond to a

problem.

The authorities in

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

have said they are facing high

demand from patients and more on

frontline services with flu cases on

the increase, the worry now is that

a predicted outbreak may become a

reality.

Storm Eleanor has battered

the country overnight.

Winds gusting up to 84 miles

per hour have caused flooding,

damage to buildings

and travel disruption.

Hundreds of homes across

Northern Ireland, Wales,

the Midlands and south-west

England are without power.

Fallen trees have also

closed a number of roads,

with motorists being advised

to avoid all but essential travel.

Jon Donnison reports.

As Storm Eleanor whipped

in from the Atlantic,

the Republic of Ireland

was the first to take a pounding.

In Galway there's

been severe flooding.

Though some are still prepared

to take their chances.

In the UK, the Met Office issued

an amber weather warning for parts

of the country.

This is Anglesey, in Wales.

Waves driven by winds gusting up

to 130 kilometres per hour.

Horizontal hail was what greeted

anybody foolish enough to brave

Blackpool's promenade.

We've got a hell of a storm here...

And in Corby, the Midlands,

John recorded the moment his house

was hit by hail.

Across the country more than 15,000

homes have been left without power,

the bulk of them

in Northern Ireland.

On the M25 motorway,

traffic was briefly brought

to a standstill

by a fallen tree.

But the full extent of the damage

will likely not emerge until later

in the morning.

And forecasters are warning

Storm Eleanor will continue to bring

strong winds until

the end of the day.

Our reporter Chris Dearden

is in Portmadog in north Wales,

where the storm struck in the early

hours of this morning.

Good morning. How have things being?

As you have seen in the pictures,

there were some big waves on the

coast of Wales. It is almost four

years to the day since a storm surge

caused damage to Aberystwyth

promenade and similar scenes to

Aberystwyth last night, where the

waves were driven high into the air,

crashing down to the seafront. Also

on the Welsh coast, in Barmouth, we

had similar large waves and they

went over the harbour and caused

localised flooding in the town.

There are 36 flood warnings in place

around Wales, 30 flood alert as

well, including a flood warning in

Porthmadog, where we are this

morning. Further inland we had

reports of a tree landing on a roof

in Cardiff, and a roof partly torn

off in Barry, and we hope to get

more details on that this morning.

In general, travel disruption has

been felt on major roads around

Wales. We have had restrictions on

some of the major bridge crossings

like the Second Severn and Britannia

Bridge here in the north of Wales as

well, and ferry services across the

Irish Sea in most cases cancelled.

One man described the journey he

took from Aberystwyth to the south

of Wales as rather like a

steeplechase, in other words having

to dodge obstacles above ground just

to make his way from A to B. Police

are dealing with fallen trees all

over the place. One control room

turned around and said when we asked

where the problem was that it was

everywhere. A lot of damage

overnight and as it gets lighter the

full extent of the damage will

become clearer.

And people must stay

in touch with their local radio

stations to find out what's going

on. Thank you.

President Trump has threatened

to withhold financial aid

to the Palestinians because he says

they are "no longer willing

to talk peace."

Last month, the Palestinian

President, Mahmoud Abbas,

said he would reject any peace plan

from the US after Mr Trump

recognised Jerusalem

as Israel's capital.

In a series of tweets,

Mr Trump also boasted to the leader

of North Korea about

America's nuclear button.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Bowes has more.

Another Twitter tirade

by Donald Trump.

The President questions why the US

should continue to provide aid

to countries that show no

respect in return

and don't reciprocate.

On the Middle East, he tweets

the status of Jerusalem,

which the US now recognises

as the capital of Israel,

will no longer be part

of future negotiations.

US Ambassador to the United Nations,

Nikki Haley,

confirmed that US aid

to the Palestinians was in jeopardy.

We very much still want

to have a peace process.

Nothing changes with that.

The Palestinians now

have to show their will,

that they want to come to the table.

As of now they are not coming

to the table but they ask for aid.

In another tweet, the President

turned his attentions back to North

Korea.

Apparently responding to a New Year

message from Kim Jong-un

in which he said the country's

nuclear weapons

could reach anywhere in the US.

Mr Trump tweets...

It marks a new tone and new level

of rhetoric in the nuclear crisis

with North Korea.

Officials in Peru say at least 48

people were killed when a coach

plummeted down a cliff

on a dangerous stretch of road

near the capital, Lima.

A total of 50 five people

were on board the bus which landed

upside down on a deserted beach.

The accident happened

on the notorious Devil's Turn bend

of the Pacific coastal road

as Sarah Corker reports.

The blue bus landed upside

down on a rocky beach,

next to the Pacific Ocean.

More than 50 people

were on board when it crashed.

Witnesses say the coach collided

with another vehicle and then went

over the edge of this cliff,

plummeting more than 100 metres.

It happened on the notorious

Devil's Turn of the Pasamayo Road,

50 kilometres from the coach's

final destination, Lima.

The rocky site is difficult

for rescuers to reach.

Survivors were winched up

by rope, and some airlifted

to local hospitals.

TRANSLATION:

They told us the bus

had fallen off the cliff,

here in Pasamayo.

It was an accident.

We thought that my niece had left

around that time in the bus.

She went with her boyfriend.

The two of them were

in the same seat.

The Pacific Ocean Road is often

listed among the world's most

dangerous roads and,

despite the sheer drops,

it's largely unprotected

by safety fences.

Police say the death

toll is likely to rise.

The United States says it plans

to call an emergency session

of the UN Security Council on Iran,

where anti-government protests have

continued for a sixth day,

leaving at least 22 people dead.

Washington has dismissed

as ridiculous a claim

by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah

Ali Khamenei that the country's

enemies orchestrated the unrest.

The Iranian government has warned it

will organise counter rallies

in areas where demonstrations

have been strongest.

A man is due in court charged

with murdering a woman whose body

was discovered in a disused building

in Finsbury Park in north

London last week.

22-year-old Iuliana Tudos went

missing after visiting frinds

on Christmas Eve.

31-year-old Kasim Lewis

will appear before magistrates

in Wimbledon later.

An Irish footballer has

scored his first big victory

of the year by winning the lottery.

Preston North End's Kevin O'Connor

was visiting family in Ireland

when he found out he had

won a million euros.

His uncle had bought him the ticket

earlier in the month.

Kevin says he has no immediate plans

for the money and his main focus

was helping his team

climp up the league.

How about giving the Uncle some

money?

That would be nice.

What do

you think?

It is a nice start to the

New Year. What about that?

Not bad

at all. I used to do that. I would

put lottery tickets into friends'

birthday cards.

Did you?

As far as I

know, no one has won.

Have you lost

contact with them?

Some of them

suddenly have a nice car?

What have

you got for us?

It is all making

sense for Manchester City. No

hangover for them. They are back to

their winning ways.

Leaders Manchester City made it

a 20th Premier League win

of the season last night,

as they beat Watford 3-1.

Raheem Sterling scored after just 39

seconds as Pep Guardiola's side once

again go 15 ponts clear at the top.

Tottenham are back upto fifth

following a 2-0 victory at bottom

of the table Swansea.

Delli Alli rounded off the victory,

and the defeat leaves Swansea four

points from safety.

Can England finally

get a win Down Under?

Spinner Mason Crane is drafted

in for his debut in the final

Ashes Test in Sydney

starting this evening.

And Andy Murray says he may need

surgery on his long-term hip injury

after withdrawing from

the Brisbane International.

He's not played competitively

since July, and says surgery

was a "secondary option,

but something I may

have to consider.

Let's hope not".

He said it has been quite a

moralising for him.

Yes, it is a

real worry. Thank you.

Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather.

All eyes are on you this morning,

trying to assess just how bad the

storm is.

Is the picture?

Good

Good morning. A nasty storm. A wild

night. In populated areas, very

windy. 90 miles per hour in Bangor

in Northern Ireland and even in

London, to the south of Dorset, in

the last few hours. A trail of

damage across the country. High seas

in the UK. Coastal flooding which is

still ongoing. Storm Eleanor. Some

good news. It is pushing off into

the North Sea. That means the wind

will is down. -- ease. It will

remain strong and gusty, the wind,

through this morning's rush-hour.

Showers rattling across the south.

50-60 miles per hour gusts. Cloud

and rain in the Midlands. It will go

down through the morning rush-hour.

Starting to ease in western Scotland

and Northern Ireland for the time

being. Some of the calmest

conditions in the north-east of the

mainland of Scotland. Frost and fog

to begin with. Light winds here.

Some of the dry to bright as

conditions. -- driest and brightest.

Western Scotland and Northern

Ireland will have the strongest

winds through the afternoon. Cold in

the wind the further north you are.

Tonight, showers in Scotland. Frost

in northern and mainland Scotland.

Elsewhere, cloud and rain in western

England and Wales and Northern

Ireland late in the night, keeping

temperatures up. Chilly in the north

and east of the UK tomorrow morning.

The morning, low pressure. Mild

weather. After heavy overnight rain,

surface water around in the morning.

Things brightening up with sunny

spells. 12-13. The north of the UK,

rather cold through Thursday. The

rain band could bring sleet and

snow. Part of Scotland will be dry

and bright and cold. Further south,

cooler on Friday. Sunny spells. Cold

air takes hold for all of us as we

get to the weekend.

Thank you.

Let's take a look at today's papers.

The storm was overnight. The first

super moon. I love this picture. A

rather wonderful picture. We talked

about this on Breakfast. Rail

prices. Outcry over rail prices. The

minister has taken flight, they say.

He says it was preplanned. Price

rises announced some time ago.

Yes.

He says it was preplanned. Price

rises announced some time ago.

Yes.

I was talking about yesterday.

Everyone... It is amazing how many

people are talking about it. I was

walking through and someone had to

say something to me about it.

They

trust you, Steph. The Mail. The

Guardian as well. If anyone

actually... This is about the

pressure on the NHS over the

Christmas period. Some surgeries are

being delayed until February, now,

and it is on the Guardian as well.

If you have been involved in these

situations, let us know this

morning. We will be talking about it

this morning. A real squeeze on

Accident and Emergency in

particular.

The Telegraph. The front

page. You have a great system of

filing over there. Anyway. Women who

flock to Britain to give birth could

be cheating the NHS out £60 million

per year. The Mirror. Dentists

denied NHS care are being treated by

charity.

The Telegraph. This is a

still from a new documentary on the

BBC which is, in which, the Queen

shares childhood memories of her

coronation. Bear in mind how rarely

the Queen talks to camera. You just

hear the occasional bit of her

talking to other people. It should

be interesting.

What have you got?

In my filing system I have good news

about manufacturing at the end of

the year. A lot of analysis of

annual figures. Good morning,

everyone. The Guardian says

Britain's manufacturing finished

2017 on a positive footing, the

strongest growth in three years.

They say this is a resurgent year. A

picture of someone making a bicycle.

Something we successfully exported.

More figures coming out. Also, guess

what I am going to talk about.

Easter! Shops have already got

Easter eggs.

I saw an advert for it.

No.

It happens too quickly!

Christmas trees are still up! I

still feel Christmassy.

I have

tinsel up over the fireplace. It is

OK.

What have you got?

There is a

lot on Andy Murray after the rather

emotional and heartfelt message he

put on Instagram yesterday about

possibly needing surgery on a hip

injury. It has been a long-term

injury he has suffered with. He has

not played for six months. You just

wonder, after getting to the number

one position in the world last year,

how much he is suffering at the

moment. And talk about playing

through the pain barrier, we have

this in The Telegraph.

Interestingly, it is about bowling.

James Anderson, the England player,

talking about how it is very rare

for him not to ball without paying.

He says it is sometimes difficult

letting on a T-shirt and brushing

his teeth. -- bowl without pain.

We

are hearing more and more of the

toll it takes on professional

athletes.

He says you have to manage

your body and your injuries.

The new

year, going back to the gym. Anyway,

I like this. This is proof you do

not need to go to the gym, you can

access at home. A rather wonderful

lady, a mother, trying to lose

weight after the birth of her

daughter to be she has become the

strongest woman. She goes to the gym

and trains hard, obviously. But she

does weightlifting with her

daughter, as you can see.

I do not

do any cooking.

So you cannot do any

weightlifting while doing the

cooking.

I will talk to you about

that later.

Thank you very much. See

you later on.

The UK's first dedicated treatment

centre for people with rare genetic

diseases and skin conditions

has opened in London.

The centre at St Thomas'

Hospital has been designed

with the specialist needs

of its patients in mind,

featuring curved furniture

and ultra-violet free lighting

to prevent damaging delicate skin.

Graeme Satchell has been to meet one

patient who hopes the new unit

will help to change his

life for the better.

St Thomas' Hospital in London.

24-year-old James is heading to the

new Rare Diseases Centre.

Hello.

Nice to see you.

James is here to

get some news.

Come on in, James.

Thank you, nice and spacious.

A

couple of weeks ago, his consultant

found a cancerous lump in his left

hand.

So, last week, you came, we

cut that out for you. I can tell you

the good news is it is completely

out. There is no cancer left.

Thank

you. Thank you! I have been worried

about that. Thank you. I was really

nervous.

Luckily, it hasn't spread,

so it is fantastic. Yeah.

Yeah. We

will celebrate later.

James has a

life shortening rare genetic skin

condition called EB. It affects

around 5000 people in the UK. James

loop is skin is as delicate as a

butterfly's wing. -- James' I am

missing the anchors between the

skin.

80% of my body is covered in

chronic wounds. I have to bandage

all of the wounds. You can only see

my arms. I have this kind of bandage

from my neck down. It is hard.

Yeah... I cannot explain it. It is

like your body all hurts.

Your dad

says he is over the moon.

It brings

together specialist services for

wreck conditions in one place for

the first time. -- rare. It will

mean better conditions for people

like James and more collaboration

between expats.

There are reasons to

be cheerful. -- experts. We just

patch people up before. Now we can

have gene therapy, or some therapy,

and hopefully, one day, Eddy Cue.

In

Germany, this 90 rod has had success

for treatment to replace 80% of his

skin. -- a cure. The new treatment

will not work for everyone with EB,

but it could help with a condition

that is severely life limiting.

The

last 3-4 years, we noticed a huge

difference, from bandages to

experimental treatments and research

going on all around the world.

Take

care, safe journey.

James is going

home. For all of the debilitating

pain of his condition, he and his

mother are relatively upbeat.

We

have a good life. You don't know

what is around the corner.

Keep

fighting. Keep fighting every day.

James knows his time may be running

out, but with the help from the new

Rare Diseases Centre and his

remarkable spirit, there is always

hope. Graham Satchell, BBC News.

What an extremely remarkable young

man.

It rather puts things in

perspective.

Doesn't it?

It

turn much colder next week.

If you are heading out, please take

care. That is it. I will be back in

half an hour.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning:

As one of the most senior Met Police

officers calls on people to pull

together to tackle knife crime,

we'll hear why the Mayor of London

is urging all schools to use metal

detectors to help prevent attacks.

While millions of people enjoy

playing video games,

we'll be finding out why

the World Health Organisation has

listed gaming disorder

as a mental health condition.

You might think this is all treats,

but this is all low-calorie.

No.

It

is, it is low-calorie.

And Michelin-starred chef

Tom Kerridge will be here to reveal

how he lost an incredible 12 stone

and is now helping others

become healthy too.

Good morning, here's a summary

of today's main stories from BBC

News.

Health chiefs in England have

insisted there is no crisis in the

NHS despite postponing all nonurgent

operations and routine outpatient

appointments until the beginning of

next month. Officials say this is to

reduce last-minute cancellations.

The Health Minister said the

necessary steps are taken to ensure

that patients are seen as quickly as

possible.

This is a planned response

to a winter that we knew was going

to be difficult and we are managing

that in the way that we expected.

And we are taking early action. We

are not waiting to have to respond

to the problem.

Storm Eleanor has battered

the country overnight.

Winds gusting up to 100 miles

per hour have caused flooding,

damage to buildings

and travel disruption.

Hundreds of homes across

Northern Ireland, Wales,

the Midlands and south-west

England are without power.

Fallen trees have also

closed a number of roads,

with motorists being advised

to avoid all but essential travel

in some areas.

Jon Donnison reports.

As Storm Eleanor whipped

in from the Atlantic,

the Republic of Ireland

was the first to take a pounding.

In Galway, there's

been severe flooding.

Some, though, are still prepared

to take their chances.

In the UK, the Met Office

issued an amber weather

warning for parts of the country.

This is Anglesey, in Wales.

Waves driven by winds

gusting up to 130

kilometres per hour.

Horizontal hail was what greeted

anybody foolish enough to brave

Blackpool's promenade.

We've got a hell of a storm here...

And in Corby, the Midlands,

John recorded the moment

his house was hit by hail.

Across the country more than 15,000

homes have been left without power,

the bulk of them

in Northern Ireland.

On the M25 motorway traffic

was briefly brought to a standstill

by a fallen tree.

But the full extent of the damage

will likely not emerge until later

in the morning.

And forecasters are warning

Storm Eleanor will continue to bring

strong winds until

the end of the day.

President Trump has threatened

to withhold financial aid

to the Palestinians because he says

they are "no longer willing

to talk peace."

Last month, the Palestinian

President, Mahmoud Abbas,

said he would reject any peace plan

from the US after Mr Trump

recognised Jerusalem

as Israel's capital.

In a series of tweets,

Mr Trump also boasted to the leader

of North Korea about

America's nuclear button.

The United States says it plans

to call an emergency session

of the UN Security Council on Iran,

where anti-government protests have

continued for a sixth day,

leaving at least 22 people dead.

We can now speak with Rana from the

BBC Persian service. Are these

protests continue in?

Yes, they

continued overnight, but mainly in

smaller towns and cities, especially

in the south of the country. The

Iranian authorities say the major

cities, including the capital, were

calm, the videos we have received on

social media from the country shows

that there are antiriot police and a

heavy number of security forces

deployed in many of the major

cities.

Rana, for the moment, thank

you very much.

We will be talking

about that bit later with an from

there. -- with an expert from there.

Protests against increases to rail

fares are being held at a number

of stations in Scotland today.

It comes as Scotrail fares

increase by an average

of 3.2% this year.

Train operators across the UK say

the biggest rise in rail fares

for five years is necessary

to address "decades

of under investment".

The Queen is to make a rare

apperance in a television

documentary to comment

on the experience of her coronation.

In the film, which is broadcast next

week, the Queen is reunited

with the original

crown from the day.

There'll also be interviews

from those that took part

in the 1953 coronation,

including a maid of honour

who nearly fainted in the Abbey,

and a 12-year-old choirboy

who was left to sing solo

when his overwhelmed colleagues

lost their voices.

6:35am, you are right date with the

news. She nearly fainted. Awful, you

would forever have remembered if you

had. Good morning.

We are talking

about football to start. Manchester

City, it now, talk that they might

have a hangover, because they lost

the incredible winning run, but it

didn't take them long to get back to

winning ways at all, in fact, 39

seconds to score their first goal,

which isn't a record. Do you know

what the fastest goal in the Premier

League is?

I am going to say three

seconds.

Yes, Louise, ten seconds.

I

have a strange memory, somehow I

remember that.

Do you know who it

was?

No.

It was Ledley King in 2000.

39 seconds was quite good.

Let's show you the goal. Premier

League leaders Manchester City are

back to their winning ways. They

beat Watford 3-1 at Etihad Stadium.

It was far too easy for Raheem

Sterling, tapped home from Sane's

cross. The first attack of the game.

Then Sergio Aguero scored his 16th

of the season and Pep Guardiola's

team 15 points clear at the top of

the table.

We played really good.

We could have scored I don't

know how many goals.

After dropping two points we spoke

about what would be our reaction,

because the big teams drop

points not too much.

And since the beginning

we had a good performance

and we won the game.

Victories for Tottenham and Crystal

Palace.

And there was also a big win

for West Ham, as Andy Carroll

scored his first two

goals of the season -

the second a 94th-minute winner -

to give them victory over fellow

strugglers West Brom

at the London Stadium.

West Brom are now four

points from safety.

It could have gone

either way, the game,

especially the first half,

we were not good, but the second

half we were much more like it.

And in recent games we felt hard

done by, with a decision

against Newcastle, we were certainly

against Bournemouth

in the last game, and we slipped

into the bottom three,

and today

we were rewarded for keeping at it

and, sort of, just being diligent

and not giving up.

The fifth and final Ashes Test match

starts this evening. England have

lost the series, but they have

drafted in Mason Crane to help

construct a first victory of the

tour.

There is a bit of Sydney Harbour

site that is four over Teesside, the

Harbour Bridge organised built by

the English, made great in

Australia, as the locals would have

it, much like cricket. England

arrived in slightly more steady

shape than they might have been,

still no victory but no whitewash

either and the hope that the gap

between these teams might be

bridged. The draw in Melbourne

showed England could be competitive

and avoid defeat, but they still

haven't taken 20 wickets in a match.

With Chris Woakes injured Mason

Crane, the legspinner who played

here for New South Wales, whose

middle name is Sydney, maybe he is

made to this place.

The way he has

conducted himself throughout the

trip and since he has been involved

in the team, he has been

outstanding. For a young man to

apply himself and absorb himself in

the environment as he has is exactly

what you are after. It is a really

good chance for him to show everyone

what he is capable of, but I think

on this service he will be a really

good option.

Australia have to

decide whether to pressure the

recovering heel of Mitchell Starc.

They have decided to play him. If

you were questioning their

motivation, they will run this

before every session of the test.

Beat England. Beat England.

Beat

England! It matters still.

Every

opportunity we have to play on the

ground is special and it is another

Test match. We need no motivation.

Ashes series take a long time coming

around. England have to wait two

years to recover the urn. The aim

for now is to turn the wheel of

little in their direction.

The England head coach Eddie Jones

has said he wont be replacing

Dylan Hartley as England captain

ahead of the Six Nations.

Hartley and his club Northampton

have had a disappointing season

so far but Jones says that's

irrelevant and certainly isn't

intending to lighten

the skipper's workload either.

Listen to this.

If he does less for England, he

won't be with us.

In terms of team

meetings and all of the things that

come with being captain.

He has a

clear role at England and that is to

be captain and to be the leader. He

understands that. There is no reason

why what happens at Northampton...

It is like you come home, you come

from your home and you have had a

bad day, you know, the tiles are

falling off the bathroom, the rain

is coming through the roof and then

you have to go and coach, that is

your job to do and Dylan understands

it.

Andy Murray says he may have need

to have surgery after withdrawing

from the Brisbane International

because of his long-term hip injury.

The 30-year-old is down

to 16th in the world,

having not played since July.

Murray said surgery was a "secondary

option, something I may have

to consider but let's hope not".

The Australian Open starts

in Melbourne on 15th January

and the Briton added he would decide

by the weekend whether to stay

in Australia or fly home.

The former world number one also

took to Instagram and posted

a picture to highlight his desire

to be back on the court saying:

"I choose this pick as the little

kid inside me just wants to play

tennis and compete..

I genuinely miss it so much

and i would give anything to be

back out there."

It is rare that you see that kind of

emotional insight from Andy Murray.

He just wants to do what he loves.

This injury has ruined it for him.

Absolutely devastating for all sorts

of sports men and women.

It is

difficult to manage your body when

you put it under such incredible

stress.

And the pressure at this

time of year to start and get into

the games.

After the back end of

last year when he was world number

one with fantastic momentum.

Thank

you so much.

Hospitals in England have been told

to postpone tens of thousands

of non-urgent operations

and outpatient appointments

until the end of this month in

an effort to ease winter pressures.

The Department of Health says

the NHS is taking the necessary

steps to ensure patients are seen

as quickly as possible at a time

of year when the service

is at its busiest.

So is this the best approach?

Let's get the thoughts

of Professor Suzanne Mason,

who's

from the Royal College

of Emergency Medicine.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Just give us your assessment of how

things are at the moment with the

NHS.

Things are desperate at the

moment. It has been extremely

difficult and challenging for

emergency departments and ambulance

services to deliver safe and

effective care to patients.

Departments are extremely crowded

and this causes huge problems for

staff in being able to assess and

treat patients according to their

needs. We've got patients spending

many hours on trolleys waiting to

get a bed on the ward. And this

means that as departments become

crowded, staff find it hard to

provide basic care, let alone

advanced treatment, such as

intravenous antibiotics and

medicines to help relieve symptoms

of pain and discomfort for patients.

OK. Let's talk about measures put in

place. We understand hospitals in

England have been told to delay

planned operations and outpatient

appointments. Does that help or does

it postponed a problem?

I found this

a curious thing to choose to do,

actually. I think cancelling

operations, it is unlikely patients

will be able to get into hospital

for their operation in the first

place. There are simply no beds.

Cancelling an operation now is

unlikely to have any effect on the

capacity problems we are

experiencing. There are no beds in

the hospitals. We wouldn't have been

able to get the patients in any way.

This is likely to be too little too

late that won't have an impact at

all. In terms of cancelling

outpatient appointments, that has no

impact on the emergency department

whatsoever, apart from freeing up

staff to come and help. These staff

often don't have the experience to

manage acute emergency patients and

therefore it is limited what they

can offer to us in the emergency

department.

And that is very much

your speciality. One suggestion is

consultants from other areas come

into emergency departments. Will

that help?

We were very concerned at

the Royal College of Emergency

Medicine about the suggestion that

other speciality consultants could

come and help us. Those speciality

consultants don't have the

experience assessing and unwell

patient with an undifferentiated

illness at the front door. That is

what we do and that is our job. And

the consultants in other specialties

don't have the level of experience

that is required to do that, I am

afraid. It is possible that they

could have some impact in terms of

turning around patients more quickly

on the ward and trying to improve

flow so that some of the patients

that need a bed can access one more

quickly and they are not spending

many hours on trolleys in the

emergency department.

Another

suggestion is that they will suspend

the rules on mixed sex wards. Would

that help and how would it impact

people?

I am concerned that this is

the slippery slope to compromising

standards in the NHS. For a long

time now we have advocated the use

of single sex wards so that patient

safety and patient dignity is

preserved. If we are now going to

compromise on these things then I

think this is the start of slippery

slope to accepting that these

standards are no longer going to be

adhered to.

Can I just ask, sorry to

interrupt, I know that you are

having difficulty hearing me, can I

ask, you have talked about safety

and compromise, is safety at the

moment compromised as far as you are

concerned?

Absolutely safety is

being compromised, no doubt about

that. When patients are in crowded

emergency departments and staff

cannot move between patients and

provide the basic care that is

required, then safety is

compromised. Patients who spend many

hours on a trolley, often elderly

patients, the Seekers in the

department, they do much worse in

the long-term and are likely to have

a poor outcome and even die as a

result of their experience in the

emergency department -- the sickest.

And that is a huge tragedy for us in

our speciality and that is why we

are desperate to see things improve.

Professor, from the Royal College of

Emergency Medicine, thank you very

much for spending time with us,

thank you.

And we will talk more

about that through the morning.

Something else to talk about making

headlines. Overnight, there was a

storm, Storm Eleanor. Good morning.

A wild night last night. Winds

peaking at 100 miles per hour. That

has left a lot of debris on the

roads. The latest news on the

weather is coming up in ten minutes.

There is good news in the forecast

to a certain extent. Storm Eleanor,

it is now going to the North Sea. We

still have strong winds through the

morning rush-hour, especially in the

north of the UK. Winds gusting

between 50-60 miles per hour. With

the recent full moon, there are very

high tide. Flood warnings around

coastal areas in south-west Scotland

and England and Wales. A lot of

cloud towards the Midlands in

northern England. Rain easing

eastwards. It will go down in

southern parts of Scotland. Showers

through the rush-hour. Quiet

conditions. Only one or two showers

in the north-east of Scotland after

a frosty start. Sunshine coming and

going through the day. A scattering

of showers. Some with hail and

thunder to pick the most frequent in

Northern Ireland in south-west

Scotland. Still blustery in many

areas. 7- ten. Tonight, gusty winds

in England and Wales, especially the

south. Light in the north. A touch

of frost with clear skies. A mild

start to Thursday morning. Out

wrecks of rain could be expensive

and Northern Ireland, Wales, in

southern England in particular.

Surface water on the roads. --

extensive. Some of the rain will be

heavy in the south. It will be on

the move. Southern areas brightening

up. Windy. Mild. 12-13. Cold

conditions in southern Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Sleet and snow on

the high ground. The best of the

weather will be in northern Scotland

once again. Back to you. Thank you

very much.

once again. Back to you. Thank you

very much. And now what have we been

consuming more of in 2017? Perhaps

not what you might think.

Music is!

Many different means of getting it.

Good morning, everyone.

Whether we streamed it,

downloaded it, or bought a CD,

we consumed more music in 2017

than the year before according

to industry stats out today.

Downloading music, even vinyls, we

consumed 10% more music than last

year. Of this is being driven by the

huge increase in streaming music,

with half being downloaded. Even

vinyl sales have picked up in the

last ten years. Up 26% on last year.

In terms of value, all of this music

added up to £1.2 billion worth of

sales last year.

Vanessa Higgins is the chief

executive of the independent record

label, Regent Street,

and she's on the BPI Council.

They did this research. Can you

explain to us how you make money

from music? It is obvious if you buy

the CD, that is how the artist gets

the money. What about otherwise?

It

is a mix which are. Every song that

gets released has different revenue

streams. Streaming, if you are

listening on Spotify or something,

there is a subscription, or

advertisements, that generates

money. We have an issue with the

value gap. Some platforms like

YouTube, they are protected by

certain copyright laws currently.

That is an area where we are not

making revenue.

Have things got

better? There was a point where the

music industry was worried about not

making money.

That was a big

concern. We are not back to the

heady heights of the 80s and 90s,

but we are seeing a lot of

improvement. We have nothing growth

rates like this since 1998.

Streaming seems to be helping us

turn a corner. The market is strong.

Even vinyl sales are up 26%. That is

interesting. It is not just the more

mature listener, it is new artists

releasing vinyls and younger people

buying them. Even streaming. Old

catalogues have fresh life breathed

into them and you can discover old

favourites.

Are you surprised we

have consumed 10% more music than

last year?

It is hard not to be

surprised. The music industry

changes quickly. It is encouraging

to see rates of growth like this,

especially in streaming.

It is

interesting how quickly things

change in music. What do you think

is the next thing we have to look

to?

It is an interesting question,

it is my area at the BPI Council, as

I run innovation. The story we are

looking at right now is smart

speakers. How will they work in the

home? If you play a genre, dance

music, whatever, what will they play

your? Who has control of that? Will

they want specific questions?

That

is interesting. Thank you for coming

in on.

Thank you for having me.

That

is it from me.

Who was in control?

The big question for the morning.

Thank you.

2018 marks the centenary of the end

of the First World War,

but did you know that women having

the right vote and national

institutions, such as the RAF,

are also 100 years old this year?

All this week on Breakfast,

we're looking at some

of the organisations born

into an era of great social change,

which followed the conflict.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been

to visit one person who remembers it

all, because she lived through it.

Meet 105-year-old Diana Gould.

I was born on May the 23rd, 1912.

You were born before World War I

broke out? Do you have any memories

if all World War I?

I remember when

I was three years old seeing a bus

with a horse pulling it, which was

quite extraordinary. I remember this

huge zepellin coming over. I had

never seen or heard anything like

that before the big how could a fly?

After the war, it must have in

different. So many men did not

return.

I remember people saying

where is Bill? Where is Bert? Harry

got shot, but he is OK. The Second

World War, during the daytime, there

were planes obviously floating up

there. I didn't take much notice,

then I heard shots coming out of the

middle of the road. I thought, that

was cheeky. When it first started,

the National Health Service was

fantastic. You would just go to the

hospital and you did not have to

pay.

You are 50 when the Beatles had

their first single, 1952.

I thought,

what a fuss they are making, OK, so

what? Fine. We got married in

January, 1936. We had been friends

for many years before we even got

married. 1978, Ted had an aneurysm

and just died. It really seen the

end of the world for me. -- seemed.

And you carried the Olympic Torch,

didn't you?

I was 100 at the time.

It really was something.

And having

lived such an incredible, active

life, what are your main words of

life?

Have a positive outlook on

life. Get out and get exercise. I

don't walk about with a long face.

As long as I have got my family,

which is the most important thing in

my life, I am lucky.

Well, those were the remarkable

reflections of Diana Gould, who is

105.

Absolutely wonderful to hear

from her. And so many good messages.

What were they called, throw-ups?

It

If you are heading out,

please take care.

That is it.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin.

All non-urgent operations

and outpatient appointments

in England are put on hold

because of mounting pressure

on the NHS.

Up to 55,000 patients are affected.

Senior doctors say demand has

increased rapidly over

the festive period.

I just want to do a good job.

I want to do the best I can

for the patients I am seeing.

I want to do the best I can but I am

not being given the resources to do

that job properly.

Good morning.

It's Wednesday, January third.

Also this morning: Storm Eleanor

brings winds of up to 84 miles

an hour to many parts of the UK,

causing disruption to travel

and power supplies.

This is the scene of the Bristol

Channel. Warnings of floods on the

roads.

Yes, the worst may be over as

the storm moves over the North Sea,

though we might have minor coastal

flooding across England and Wales. I

will have you for forecasting the

next 15 minutes.

And a special report on how

the opening of the UK's first

dedicated treatment centre

for people with rare genetic

conditions could change the lives

of people like James Dunn.

Within the last three or four years

we have noticed a huge difference

from bandages to experimental

treatments and research

that is going on.

In the next few minutes Next will be

the first major retailer to tell us

how sales were in the

run-up to Christmas.

I'll have all the details shortly.

In sport, Manchester City are back

to winning ways and are 15 points

clear at the top of

the table once again.

They scored after just

39 seconds last night,

comfortably beating Watford.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Health chiefs in England have

insisted there's no crisis

in the NHS, despite their decision

to extend the postponement

of all non-urgent operations

and routine outpatient appointments

until the beginning of next month.

Officials say they have taken early

action to ease winter pressures

and avoid last minute cancellations.

But senior doctors say pressure

escalated rapidly over

the festive period.

It's estimated 55,000

patients could be affected.

Our health editor Hugh Pym has more.

AMBULANCE SIREN.

There's always great pressure

on the NHS in the New Year.

But the strains seem

even bigger this year.

Two Ambulance Services in England,

covering the north-east and east,

are on the highest state

of operational alert,

asking families to use their own

transport to bring patients

into hospital where possible.

The trust running Scarborough

and York Hospital said that the high

numbers of patients and staff

were under considerable pressure.

There are a number of emergency

departments around the country

and that is the worst I have seen.

I just want to do a good job.

I want to do the best I can

for the patients I am seeing.

I want to do the best I can but I am

not being given the resources

to do that job properly.

Twitter carried reports from some

staff at other hospitals.

An emergency doctor in Stoke said

he personally apologised to local

people for what he called

Third World conditions

due to overcrowding.

NHS England has told hospitals

to postpone all nonurgent operations

and outpatient appointments

till the end of January,

an escalation of temporary measures

announced just before Christmas.

In that time hospitals won't be

penalised for putting patients

in mixed sex wards.

This is a planned response

to a winter that we knew

was going to be

difficult and we are managing that

in the way that we expected,

and we are taking early action.

We're not waiting to have

to respond to a problem.

The authorities in Scotland,

Wales and Northern Ireland have said

they're facing higher demand

from patients and more pressure

on frontline services.

With flu cases on the

increase, the worry

is that a predicted outbreak

may become a reality.

Hugh Pym, BBC News.

Storm Eleanor has battered

the country overnight.

Winds gusting up to 100 miles

per hour have caused flooding,

damage to buildings

and travel disruption.

Hundreds of homes across

Northern Ireland, Wales,

the Midlands and south-west

England are without power.

Fallen trees have also

closed a number of roads,

with motorists being advised

to avoid all but essential travel.

Jon Donnison reports.

As Storm Eleanor whipped

in from the Atlantic,

the Republic of Ireland

was the first to take a pounding.

In Galway, there's

been severe flooding.

Some, though, are still prepared

to take their chances.

In the UK, the Met Office

issued an amber weather

warning for parts of the country.

This is Anglesey, in Wales.

Waves driven by winds

gusting up to 130

kilometres per hour.

Horizontal hail was what greeted

anybody foolish enough to brave

Blackpool's promenade.

We've got a hell of a storm here...

And in Corby, the Midlands,

John recorded the moment

his house was hit by hail.

Across the country more than 15,000

homes have been left without power,

the bulk of them

in Northern Ireland.

On the M25 motorway traffic

was briefly brought to a standstill

by a fallen tree.

But the full extent of the damage

will likely not emerge until later

in the morning.

And forecasters are warning

Storm Eleanor will continue to bring

strong winds until

the end of the day.

Our reporter Andy Howard

is in Clevedon, in Somerset,

where the storm struck in the early

hours of this morning.

Just looking behind you, we can see

the waves crashing in onshore. Give

us an idea of what it is like.

Still

very much a coastline on Redland,

literally, in fact. -- red alert.

OK, we have lost sound on Andy

there. I think you have a sense of

the conditions. Is it worth having

another look? No we will have a look

at the link. Storm conditions

affecting that as well. Matt will

have the weather coming up in around

ten minutes.

And you could see the

ferocious waves behind him. More on

that through the programme.

President Trump has threatened

to withhold financial aid

to the Palestinians because he says

they are "no longer willing

to talk peace."

Last month, the Palestinian

President, Mahmoud Abbas,

said he would reject any peace plan

from the US after Mr Trump

recognised Jerusalem

as Israel's capital.

In a series of tweets,

Mr Trump also boasted to the leader

of North Korea about

America's nuclear button.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Bowes has more.

Officials in Peru say at least 48

people were killed when a coach

plummeted down a cliff

on a dangerous stretch of road

near the capital, Lima.

A total of 50 five people

were on board the bus which landed

upside down on a deserted beach.

The accident happened

on the notorious Devil's Turn bend

of the Pacific coastal road.

Sarah Corker reports.

The blue bus landed upside

down on a rocky beach,

next to the Pacific Ocean.

More than 50 people

were on board when it crashed.

Witnesses say the coach collided

with another vehicle and then went

over the edge of this cliff,

plummeting more than 100 metres.

It happened on the notorious

Devil's Turn of the Pasamayo Road,

50 kilometres from the coach's

final destination, Lima.

The rocky site is difficult

for rescuers to reach.

Survivors were winched up

by rope, and some airlifted

to local hospitals.

TRANSLATION:

They told us the bus

had fallen off the cliff,

here in Pasamayo.

It was an accident.

We thought that my niece had left

around that time in the bus.

She went with her boyfriend.

The two of them were

in the same seat.

The Pacific Ocean Road is often

listed among the world's most

dangerous roads and,

despite the sheer drops,

it's largely unprotected

by safety fences.

Police say the death

toll is likely to rise.

Sarah Corker, BBC News.

A man is due in court charged

with murdering a woman whose body

was discovered in a disused building

in Finsbury Park in north

London last week.

22-year-old Iuliana Tudos went

missing after visiting frinds

on Christmas Eve.

31-year-old Kasim Lewis

will appear before magistrates

in Wimbledon later.

Protests against increases to rail

fares are being held at a number

of stations in Scotland today.

It comes as Scotrail fares increase

by an average of 3.2% this year.

Train operators across the UK say

the biggest rise in rail fares

for five years is necessary

to address "decades

of under investment".

An Irish footballer has

scored his first big victory

of the year by winning the lottery.

Preston North End's Kevin O'Connor

was visiting family in Ireland

when he found out he had

won a million euros.

His uncle had bought him the ticket

earlier in the month.

Kevin says he has no immediate plans

for the money and his main focus

was helping his team

climp up the league.

It is seven o'clock in the morning.

The US says it plans to call

an emergency meeting of the UN

Security Council to discuss

ongoing unrest in Iran.

At least 22 people have been killed

in anti-government demonstrations,

which have been taking

place since Thursday.

So what led up to the unrest?

During the 1960s, Iran

embarked on a campaign

of modernisation and secularisation.

The country became

increasingly westernised -

it received American backing

and its clerics were alienated.

But in 1979 a revolution took place,

which saw Ayatollah Khomeini

installed as Supreme Leader

and the country declared an Islamic

Republic.

Iran's last major demonstrations

took place in 2009 when millions

demanded the re-run of a disputed

presidential election.

At least 30 people were killed

and more than 1,000

protestors were detained.

The latest wave of protests

in which 22 people have died

are the largest since then.

They began last Thursday,

initially over price rises

and corruption, but have spread

amid wider anti-government feeling.

We're now joined by

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi,

a lecturer in Iranian History

from the University of Manchester.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Could

you give us a snapshot of the

situation in the country as you see

it?

Well, the proteas apparently

have carried on into last night, so

they've been going on for almost a

week now, and the authorities are

scrambling to contain the protests

while figuring out what the

long-term way of addressing the

grievances of the protesters are.

In

terms of scale, commentators are

saying it is not a revolution. Just

give us a sense of the scale of the

protest you are seeing and how

significant they are.

According to

maps compiled by Iranian observers

abroad, well over 50 cities have

been involved in the protest. In

geographical spread, it is

remarkable and very surprising.

And

what I wanted to pick up on that is

that is it spreading because it is

happening or is it being organised?

I don't think it is being organised.

We don't see leadership, we don't

see a central organisation. It is

pent-up rage, to people in many

especially smaller cities, they are

set up by the adverse economic

conditions, that's one reason, but

often there is a political bent to

it as well and it takes the form of

an outright contestation of the

whole political system and they are

intertwined. The economic policy is

devised by politicians in the end.

So people put these aspects together

and at times they are very radically

belting out their rage on the

street.

What have you made of the

authorities' reaction to it in terms

of whether they are... Because it

seems relatively understated, the

reaction, so far. What might change?

The authorities haven't made use of

the full gamut of options in

securitising their response. For

example, the IRGC, the Revolutionary

guards, have not entered the fray of

containing the protest.

That would

escalate things considerably?

Yes,

it was the case in 2009. The

Revolutionary Guard is enter the

fray and there was an escalation of

violence as well. There has been

violence, but compared to 2009 Kai

Wood said it has been relatively

contained. -- I would say.

Tell us

about the Ayatollah, posted on the

website, blaming the countries'

enemies of stirring up the protest.

Most of the channels of information

Iranian is use to keep up-to-date

are based abroad. The BBC Persian

and London for example is very much

followed in Iran on satellite TV.

Iranians blame it for biased

coverage. Via in America, even

channels purported to be funded by

Saudi Arabia and the social match I

-- messaging system is run by

X-Files and Iran claims that these

channels and sources of information

are linked with western governments,

that is the main grievance -- is run

by expats.

How can they not

clampdown in the more severe way you

have described early on, how can

they keep it going as it is?

Obviously the authorities are

seeking actively to bring the

situation to an end, however they'll

also keep an eye on the proportional

reaction based on the number of

people protesting. And the key

litmus test is whether the protest

will carry on. It is only one week

into them and we have to see whether

in the next few weeks there will be

a continuation or, because of a lack

of leadership, restrictions on the

telegram, the Internet, the protest

will quieten down.

Thank you very

much for your time.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

55,000 patients could be affected,

as hospitals in England are told

to postpone all non-urgent

operations and appointments

until next month.

Storm Eleanor brings winds of up

to 80 miles an hour to many parts

of the UK, causing disruption

to travel and power supplies.

We will get the latest on Storm

Eleanor soon. The pages. The Times.

We talked about it yesterday. Rail

prices. The rail prices minister

takes flight. Chris Grayling is a

broad. He has become the focus of

criticism. He made the point they

were announced many months ago. This

is a picture of the year's first

super moon. The orbit of the moon

comes close to the Earth. A lovely

picture. The storm happened

overnight and did not make the

pages.

The Mail. The NHS. The main

story. And also, the picture you can

see is the Queen. A significant

picture, because, in a BBC

documentary, she is sharing

childhood memories of the coronation

of her father. And that is the

moment she was reunited with the

ground, the coronation crown. On the

NHS story this morning as well, we

will be talking to... I will check

the title. Professor Cheteshwar

lets, the director for accute care.

-- Willets. Patient safety is at

risk. The weather.

Storm Eleanor has

visited overnight. A live shot. You

can see the force of the wind and

rain. What is going on?

Thank you.

That does not represent what is

happening in the north and west.

High

happening in the north and west.

High tides.

A risk of minor coastal

flooding through the day. The

strongest winds through the evening

and overnight. Peaking at 100 miles

per hour in the Pennines. Even to

the west of London, 73 miles per

hour recorded. The strongest winds

are over, thankfully. It is pushing

to the North Sea. On the southern

flank we are seeing strong and gusty

winds in the north and north-west.

Last three in the morning rush-hour.

Potential for it to come down,

bringing trees down with it. Still

gusting between 40- 60 in the south.

Sunshine and showers to go with the

gusty winds. Always strongest as the

show has come through. -- showers.

The wind will continue to ease.

Persistent rain coming down.

Occasional showers. More frequent in

the afternoon. North England, a

frosty start. Not a bad day. A few

showers, especially for Orkney and

Shetland. Gusty in England and Wales

and increasingly in Northern Ireland

and Scotland in the afternoon.

Sunshine and showers. Temperatures,

not far from what they should be for

this time of year. Showers are