08/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

A shake-up at the top

of the government as Theresa May

prepares to unveil

a Cabinet reshuffle.

With speculation rife over

a number of key positions,

it's expected that more female

and ethnic minority MPs will be

promoted to the top table.

Good morning, it's Monday

the 8th of January.

Also this morning:

A new day is on the horizon! And

when that new day finally dawns, it

will be because of a lot of

magnificent women.

Oprah Winfrey leads the tributes

to women working in the film

and television industry as the red

carpet at last night's

Golden Globe Awards turns

a sea of black in protest

against sexual harassment.

The BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie

accuses the BBC of breaking equality

law as she steps down from her role

citing unequal pay with her male

colleagues.

Good morning. Manufacturers say

they're feeling more optimistic

about their future than they have

done for four years so I'm at one of

them, which has seen its exports

grow them to find out where that

growth is coming from.

In sport, it's over

and out from Australia.

England fall to another heavy defeat

in the final Ashes Test.

Carol has the weather. Good morning.

Good morning. A cold start for some

and a frosty one, dry and bright for

most, however the cloud across

southern parts will edge North

through the day producing a bit of

drizzle here and there. More in 15

minutes.

Speak to you then, Carol,

thank you.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

Theresa May is expected to make

several changes to her cabinet team

today in the most extensive

reshuffle since she became Prime

Minister.

The four most senior members

of the Government are expected

to remain in their current posts,

but more women and MPs from ethnic

minorities are expected to be

promoted to top positions.

We're joined now from Westminster

by our political correspondent Ben

Wright.

You're looking cold! So much

conversation about what might

happen, any indication at this

point?

It's a nailbiting anxious day

for existing members of the Cabinet

waiting to see if they will be

sacked but for up and coming

ambitious Tory MPs a day to be

waiting by your phone, clutching it

in hope in case you get the call

from Theresa May. We're expecting a

fairly wide cabinet reshuffle today

although as you say, some of the big

names we expect to remain in their

place. Boris Johnson, the Foreign

Secretary, the Chancellor, Philip

Hammond. Amber Rudd, the Home

Secretary and David Davis, leading

the Brexit negotiations, they're all

expected to stay. The next tier of

cabinet ministers could have a

significant rejig. In particular one

of the reasons Theresa May has had

to do this is the loss before

Christmas of Damian Green who was

heard the facto Deputy Prime

Minister and a very powerful

minister at the Cabinet office.

There's a hole to fill and there is

speculation possibly the health

secretary Jeremy Hunt could be

shunted into that role, although

over the weekend Labour said that

wouldn't be acceptable considering

the pressure is the NHS is under and

the criticisms made of his

performance. Also there is

speculation Patrick Makau Lachlan,

the Tory party chairman, could be

for the chop in light of the

disastrous election in the summer

and Justine Greening too, pretty

young woman, Education Secretary,

but there's been speculation over

the weekend that she could be in

danger. Reshuffles are difficult for

the Prime Minister, they are trying

to show they are in charge, that

they have the imagination to make

bold moves around the Cabinet table

but the risk is by sacking people

you create enemies on the Tory

backbenches, and there will always

be people overlook who will be cross

if they don't get the call today as

well.

We will be watching closely.

Ben, get out of the cold! Freezing

there this morning!

Oprah Winfrey received a standing

ovation as she tackled the issue

of sexual harrassment

in the film industry

at the Golden Globe

Awards last night.

It was the first major event

since Hollywood was caught up

in the scandal.

During a politically charged

evening, almost all those attending

chose to wear black,

and several celebrities brought

activists on gender and racial

equality as their guests.

A new day is on the horizon!

And when that new day finally dawns,

it will be because of a lot

of magnificent women.

Many of whom are right here in this

room tonight, and some pretty

phenomenal men, fighting hard to

make sure that they become the

leaders who take us to the time

where nobody ever has to say me to

again.

Gary Oldman won best actor

for his portrayal of Winston

Churchill, Ewan McDonald go and

Martin Donna, the screenwriter. --

Euan Murray Gregor. Peter Bowes is

in Los Angeles. We will talk about

the winners in a moment. What Oprah

Winfrey has said has stolen most of

the headlines?

Yes, she absolutely

stole the show. This was really

billed as the night that women would

take control of Hollywood, they did

that, they wore black on the red

carpet and it looked rather funereal

but many were saying this was simply

the death of old Hollywood and Seth

Meyers, who hosted the show, set the

tone early, saying good evening

ladies and remaining gentlemen, he

said, for all the male nominees in

the room this might be the first

time in three months that it won't

be terrifying to hear your name read

out loud. As you say then we heard

from Oprah Winfrey, that

electrifying speech that she gave,

speaking your truth is the most

powerful tool we all have, she said,

and this was her message to young

girls watching, a new day is on the

horizon. I think this marks a

change, a seachange in Hollywood in

attitudes, of course, all in the

wake of the sexual harassment

scandal. And then there were the

awards. Three billboards outside

ebbing, misery was the winner of the

night, best Roma, a film about to

open in the UK. Francis McDormand,

she won for her performance. Gary

Oldman winning for his portrayal of

Winston Churchill in the Darkest

Hour. He said he's very proud of the

Darkest Hour, it illustrates words

and actions can change the world and

boy oh boy, he said, does it meet

some changing!

Thanks very much.,

Peter. More detail on that through

the morning. Did you see Natalie

Portman, she gave out best director

with Ron Howard, she said here's a

list of all the male nominees and

there was a reaction in the room.

Very powerful statement!

The BBC's China Editor,

Carrie Gracie, has stepped down

from the role because of

a what she describes

as an indefensible pay gap

between men and women.

as an indefensible pay gap

between men and women.

as an indefensible pay gap

between men and women.

In an open letter addressed

to licence fee payers,

she accused the corporation

of having a secretive

and illegal pay culture.

The BBC said internal audits

have shown no systemic

discrimination against women.

Our media editor,

Amol Rajan, reports.

Carrie Gracie is one of the most

respected international

correspondents of her generation.

With over three decades'

experience at the BBC,

her latest position

was a high-profile and uniquely

challenging post, responsible

for covering over a billion people

in a superpower that is repressive

toward journalists.

Yet she is paid less than two BBC

reporters who do similar jobs

and are men.

In an explosive letter

to license fee payers,

she says the BBC has "a secretive

and illegal pay culture and is not

living up to its stated values

of trust, honesty

and accountability."

A big welcome back to Claudia!

Last time when the corporation

was forced to disclose salaries

of some on-air staff

paid over £150,000.

It revealed a gender pay gap.

Not only are men generally

being paid more, but the appearance

that some women were being paid less

for doing equivalent work.

The BBC has embarked on not

one but three audits

of pay across staff.

It says it has gone much further

than most organisations on equality

and is determined to do more.

But this is a moment of high danger

for the corporation.

With over 200 female staff

complaining formally about equal

pay, there is a danger of legal

action being brought and the public

broadcaster's reputation

being tarnished.

Amol Rajan, BBC News.

There's expected to be disruption

for rail commuters today,

with strikes affecting five

different networks across the UK.

Members of the RMT union say

they're walking out over

a continuing dispute

about train guards.

The train companies say

the union is showing

its disregard for passengers.

If you haven't already, probably

worth checking what's happening on

the trains near you this morning.

New measures to tackle the sale

of unsafe laser pens,

which can cause blindness, have been

announced by the Government today.

It comes after an increase

in incidents targeting pilots

and train drivers.

The new powers would include better

labelling and increased checks

at borders to make sure that devices

don't enter the country

in the first place.

An accountancy firm advising

the Grenfell inquiry has quit

amid concerns over

a conflict of interest.

KPMG, which audits three

of the firms being investigated,

also works with the Royal Borough

of Kensington and Chelsea,

where the tower is located.

The firm said it had

mutually agreed to step down

from the inquiry.

There are growing fears of an

environmental disaster in the East

China Sea as a huge tanker continues

to leak oil two days after colliding

with a cargo ship. The Iranian

vessel, carrying around 1 million

barrels of oil to South Korea, is

still on fire. Rescue efforts are

being hampered by a large oil slick

and dense clouds of smoke. 32

Iranian crewmembers are still

missing.

Sydney in Australia is experiencing

its hottest weather in nearly 80

years as temperatures reached over

47 degrees celsius yesterday.

Not really Cricket weather but they

have been playing their!

There have been several major

bushfires and a total fire ban

has been put in place

across the city.

The fire service says there has been

no significant loss of property.

Extremely hot temperatures, isn't

it?

Talking about cricket, that is

where... Joe Root was struggling in

those temperatures and thankfully

the Ashes is over.

Feels like

weekend all heave a sigh of, not

waking up in the morning, checking

the phone and that sinking feeling

again. 47 in Sydney but in the

centre of the SCG, where they were

playing, it was 55 degrees. Imagine

standing out there and facing the

Australian paceman, which puts you

under the cosh anyway, and Joe Root

has got gastro, obviously that is

something to do with a virus or

something he has eaten but the heat

and the dehydration can't help, can

it? A pretty dire situation for

England, beaten again, they lost the

fifth and final test in Sydney by an

innings and 123 runs.

They had to bat all day and had

to manage without a fully fit Joe

Root.

Gastroentiritis meant the captain

only came in after the first hour's

play and had to retire after lunch.

England were bowled out for 180

meaning Asutralia win the Ashes

series 4-0.

FA Cup holders Arsenal are out

of this season's competition.

They were beaten by Championship

side Nottingham Forest 4-2.

It wasn't the only shock

as League Two Newport beat

Leeds United.

Manchester City Women have

maintained their 100% record

in the league, six wins out of six,

with a 5-2 victory at Reading.

Elsewhere, second-placed

Chelsea Ladies beat Arsenal to stay

within two points of City

at the top of the table.

Saracens were back to their best

against Wasps in the Premiership,

securing a bonus point victory.

There was a slip-up for league

leaders Exeter, though.

They were beaten by Newcastle.

Some big names making a return for

Saracens Atwal, which looks good for

England going into the Six Nations.

We will be talking about VAR later?

We well, video assisted refereeing.

I love it when you let her say that,

Dan!

You know when they do that in

rugby and you go and look to see the

replay to see what happened with

decisions that have been made and

whether they're wrong or not, they

will do it for the first time in a

football match in England tonight,

Palace against Brighton in the FA

Cup.

It's interesting, isn't it?

People complain it might delay

things.

Only you for certain game

changing incidents, though. It can

be done relatively quickly. Some

referees will use it a lot, some

referees will use it too often, but

basically 96% of decisions by the

top referees are correct.

They are

only wrong 4% of the time.

Amazing,

isn't it?

And only for clear and

obvious mistakes, if someone has

gone in with two feet and the

referee has missed it.

I get the

feeling low wheezes wanting to move

on!

Only because I'm being told, but

I might have to change my dress,

Carol I aren't exactly wearing the

same dress but it sort of looks like

it!

I have the same crisis, thinking,

have I got another dress?

I have the same crisis, thinking,

have I got another dress? It doesn't

matter. Good morning. It is cold

today, across southern Scotland and

northern England, temperatures

between -7 and -10 and we have seen

is like this, some frost around. --

scenes like this. There will be some

sunshine for some of us, not all of

us, though, with cloud across

southern England and that will move

northwards and it will produce a

little drizzle. As we start in the

north of the country across

Scotland, Northern Ireland and

northern England, it is called here,

it is a bright start for some, and

along the east coast there will be a

breeze, so it will feel cooler. As

we move south you can see where we

have the cloud producing some

outbreaks of light drizzle here and

there, not everywhere, and as a

result temperatures are not as low,

for degrees in Southampton at 8am.

Through the day you will notice the

cloud will migrate slowly

northwards. We will see some drizzle

coming out of it almost anywhere

through the course of the day. So

the bright skies will be further

north, particularly northern

England, with a fair bit of sunshine

today. In Newcastle the maximum

temperature is only for degrees, two

degrees in Glasgow and higher down

to the south. -- four degrees.

Overnight you can see that we still

have the cloud pushing further

north. Some drizzle coming out of

that, maybe over the high ground as

it engages with the cold air. We

could see some wintry and is coming

out of it. For most it won't be the

case. Temperatures falling to about

freezing in Glasgow. Damper

surfaces, so watch out for that

first thing. Tomorrow, it is a

fairly quiet day. We also have a

weather front coming in from the

west. That will introduce some rain

and the wind will start to

strengthen here. Tomorrow, fairly

cloudy, the odd spot of drizzle

coming out of the cloud. There will

be some bright breaks in the shelter

of the hills. And then we have the

weather front coming from the west,

introducing the rain and some

strengthening wind. Note that

temperatures, 10 degrees in

Plymouth, so that is certainly going

on. Through Tuesday into Wednesday,

the weather front continues pushing

across the UK, taking the patchy

rain with it. And then behind it,

once again, we start to see some dry

conditions coming in. Here is the

rain moving from the west to the

east, breaking up fairly patchy,

behind it is bright and note that

temperatures, they are going up, so

we have nine and ten in the south,

seven in Aberdeen, and we won't know

ourselves.

We won't, thank

seven in Aberdeen, and we won't know

ourselves.

We won't, thank you. We

will see you later.

And Cat will

stay with us to look at the papers.

Shall we start on the front of the

times, Carrie Gracie, the BBC China

editor, has resigned from the role

citing equal pay at the corporation,

accusing the BBC of breaking a law

and quits over the pay. She has

written a letter to the BBC as well.

That is on the Times website.

The

Daily Mail, a picture of Reese

Witherspoon. From the Golden Globes,

and virtually everyone wore black in

unity as we have seen in Hollywood.

Children covered with TV gambling

adverts on the Daily Mail this

morning.

The Daily Telegraph have a

picture of Carrie Gracie and we were

mentioning this thing about video

referee is taking to the field.

There is going to be a reshuffle and

we will talk about that through the

programme this morning. And the

Telegraph have this line which we

have tried to get a hold of to see

if it is true or not, whether

Theresa May will have no Deal Brexit

minister as part of the reshuffle in

case a no deal happens.

No

fabrication of that.

Not yet.

Britain in the grip of a killer flu.

Have you had a sniffle?

I have not

had the flu.

You know how we talked

about the man flu...

Yes.

I had a

proper bout of man flu.

Does it mean

that you can't get out of bed?

I

struggled through, don't worry.

Well

done. When was it?

Last week, two

days, tough for everyone. And royals

in blue, all smiles as they become

sketch shown.

Are talking about the,

well, the Daily Mirror talking about

waiting lists and the NHS and this

baby's life-saving heart operation

called off five times, the operation

was postponed. Wattel is?

The front

of the Guardian as well -- what

else? The editor of the Guardian

between 1975 and 1995 died at the

age of 75 and some lovely tributes

to him inside the paper today. And

May moves to assert control with the

reshuffle and that is the main story

on a number of the front pages this

morning.

What have you got? Some

nice pictures stories in the

Telegraph, talking about the fact

that England were on the brink when

the papers went to the press of

losing the fifth and final Ashes

test. Here are the Marsh brothers,

the vague glimmer of hope, that

Marsh brothers, Mitchell Marsh

bringing up his century at the

crease with his brother Shaun, who

had already scored his century. They

stop halfway down to embrace and

realised that they haven't finished

the run. England had the idea of

getting them out. You can see Steve

Smith is finished the run!

Unfortunately, they didn't.

And then

in the Mail they have an interesting

photo diary of Philip Patino's

lovely day travelling to Barcelona

-- Coutino. Yes, on his private

plane moving to Barcelona to sign

the 142 million...

A lot.

And he is

all smiles, as you can imagine, as

he is becoming a Barcelona

superstar.

That is an interesting

one, which links with the story from

the Daily Mail, don't sit back and

enjoy the flight, BA axis reclining

seats.

And other airlines have

already done that.

-- axes. They can

get 12 more seats into each

aircraft. I had a nasty incident

with a reclining seat. I was bending

down to pick something up under the

seat in front, and when I went down,

I am quite tall anyway, so it was

wedged, the guy in front reclined

his seat and I was, I am not

kidding, imagine me fully wedged, I

can't tap on the seat because my

arms were like this, so in that most

British fashion ever I said, "Excuse

me, I think you might be breaking my

back".

The good news is it won't

happen any more.

You can fit your

legs in because of the gaps between

the seats. Basically, stay in the

UK.

It is a good story for tall

people.

Absolutely. We will have

more on the papers a little bit

later.

Some pharmacists at Boots

are worried that work pressures mean

patients could be being put at risk.

A former manager blew the whistle

to the industry regulator

about his understaffing concerns

before he resigned in 2015.

He's now spoken publicly

for the first time to the BBC's

Inside Out programme.

Boots says it's confident

its pharmacies have enough staff.

Marie Ashby reports.

Boots is one of the country's best

known high-street names and the

largest pharmacy chain in the UK. It

has almost 2400 stores and provides

a crucial NHS service. But some

pharmacists at Boots are worried

that the work pressure they are

under could lead to mistakes. Two of

the pharmacists we spoke to were

prepared to be interviewed as long

as their identity was protected.

Their words are spoken by actors.

Some days you would easily describe

the team as being a breaking point.

That is because simply the amount of

work that has to be done cannot

physically get done safely and it

can't physically get done without

working longer hours or working

after the store has closed.

Mistakes

may not be picked up on and that

could ultimately lead to somebody

possibly dying.

The pharmacist

defence association union is the

largest union representing the

profession. It supports a third of

Boots' 6500 pharmacist and is

involved in a legal battle to be

recognised as the union.

Farmers as

have told us working for Boots that

they are finding increasingly that

there are less staff available and

that makes their job a lot more

difficult and more pressurised.

We

have an industry-leading patient

safety record, I am absolutely

confident that the resources are

there to deliver the patient care. I

am confident we have enough staff.

Greg Orton was a former manager

involved in patient safety at Boots

until he resigned more than two

years ago. He reported his concerns

about understaffing to the general

pharmaceutical council.

They told me

that they were going to review their

inspection model and they didn't

interview a single person. And they

concluded that there wasn't any

problem all.

Just over a year ago

the regulator also told him it is

investigating -- its investigation

found no systemic failure by Boots

to provide adequate staff in its

pharmacy.

Greg, his opinions and his

concerns, left the business over two

years ago and not relevant to Boots

today. We continue to invest in more

people, more pharmacist than ever

before, into Alli shops and into our

processes to help to make things

more say.

The industry regulator is

providing more patient safety

guidance to community pharmacies

later this year.

And you can see Boots:

pharmacists under pressure?

An Inside Out special tonight,

on BBC One and on the BBC iPlayer.

British manufacturers are enjoying

a boom with order books busier

than they've been in decades,

thanks mainly to the weak pound,

which is making the things

we produce in the UK cheaper abroad.

Steph is at the UK's biggest

manufacturer of household plastic

products, which exports

to over 70 countries.

I thought last night you were in a

bucket factory but there is much

more to this than buckets.

Oh, I

have bucketloads of business for you

and yes, there is much more to it

than that. Let me explain the

process. You can see the machine

here. You basically get lots of

liquid plastic squished into the

mould and then it is cooled down

very quickly and seconds later

outcomes this bin lid on their side.

They are making lots of different

containers. The reason we have come

to this business is because it is a

manufacturer that is seeing growth

and, in particular, their exports

are increasing. So they have been

trying to work out like many

companies what it would mean when we

leave the EU for their business. So

they have been looking at trying to

get more businesses in other

countries outside of the EU. They

are managing to do that quite

successfully here as well. There is

about 230 people who work here in

this factory at the moment. It is a

24/7 operation that's going on. And

for them at the moment about 17% of

what they make is exported abroad.

They make something like over 5

million different products here

every single month. So lots of these

machines constantly running. And

they have invested quite a lot of

money in this machinery is well over

the last few years. That is to try

to update game, to try to be

competitive with the rest of the

world when it comes to making things

like this. Because they are in high

demand. And the reason we are

talking about this this morning is

because, as you set at the

beginning, this is an industry that

is seeing some optimism at the

moment. So we are seeing exports

growing a bit. And that's because a

lot of things to do with the

currency, the fact that the pound

has fallen against other currencies,

and that has meant that they have

been able to sell these products

more cheaply abroad. But for them

raw material costs have been going

up. So it is a balance trying

together right. I'm going to speak

to the boss here later on about

this. First, let's get the

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello, welcome back, you're watching

Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise

Minchin. Thanks for being with us on

this Monday morning. All the latest

news and sport in a moment but also

on Breakfast this morning, and is

there a crisis of trust at the BBC?

That's the claim from the

corporation's China editor, who

quits in protest at unequal pay for

women. We find out what the law says

when it comes to pay parity. If

you've ever heard your back begin

your garden, we will tell you how

from Hollywood can be used to help

ease your pain. Last night's Golden

Globes were the first major event

since the film industry was caught

up in the sexual harassment scandal

and the stars used to the occasion

to show their support for the

victims. We'll have reaction from

Los Angeles.

Good morning. A summary of the main

stories from BBC News, Theresa May

will reshuffle her Cabinet today in

the most extensive changes since she

became Prime Minister. Before most

senior members of the government

will remain in their current posts

while more women and MPs from ethnic

minorities are likely to be

promoted. Further changes to junior

roles will be announced tomorrow.

Oprah Winfrey received a standing

ovation as she tackled the issue of

sexual harassment in the film

industry at the Golden Globes

overnight. It was the first major

event since Hollywood was caught up

in the scandal. During a politically

charged evening, almost all those

attending chose to wear black and

several celebrities brought

activists on gender and racial

equality as their guests.

In Hollywood they turned the red

carpet black. This was a show of

solidarity for those who had been

abused and harassed and a

demonstration of the determination

to change.

From the moment the ceremony began,

its tone was set.

Good evening, ladies and remaining

gentlemen.

And here are the all male nominees.

Natalie Portman highlighted the

failure of the Golden Globes to

recognise female directors. And star

after star lined up to give voice to

a movement now known as Hack

#timesup.

Time's up, we see you, we

hear you and we will tell your

stories. Thank you.

It was really

great to be in this room tonight and

to be part of the tectonic shift in

our industry's power structure.

But

no speech was more powerful than

Oprah Winfrey's.

So for all the

girls watching here and now, I want

you to note a new day is on the

horizon.

Time and again on this

redcarpet we've heard the same thing

and that word is change. The stars

walking down here are insisting that

this is not just a moment, this is a

process which they say will

continue. James Cook, BBC News, at

the Golden Globes in Hollywood.

Among the winners last night were

British actor Gary Oldman, who won

for his portrayal of Winston

Churchill in Darkest Hour. Best

actress went to Francis McDormand

for her performance in three

Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

which won Best picture and Ewan

McGregor was best actor in a TV

series for his role playing two

different wins in Fargo. More on

that through the morning for you.

The BBC China editor editor Carrie

Gracie has stepped down because of

what she called an indefensible pay

gap at the corporation. In an open

letter addressed to licence fee

payers she accused the BBC of

breaking equality law because of the

difference between her pay and other

men in similar roles. A BBC

spokesman said fairness in pay was

vital.

An accountancy firm advising the

Grenfell enquiry has quit amid

concerns over conflict of interests.

KPMG, which orders three of the firm

is being investigated, also works

with the Royal Borough of Kensington

and Chelsea where the tower is

located. The firm said it mutually

agreed to step down from the

enquiry.

There are growing fears this morning

that environmental disaster in the

East China Sea is a huge tanker

continues to leak oil after

colliding with a cargo ship two days

ago. The Iranian vessel, carrying

around 1 million barrels of oil to

South Korea, is still on Fire and

Rescue efforts are being hampered by

a large oil slick and dense clouds

of smoke. 32 Iranian crewmembers are

still missing.

That's a summary of the latest news.

Kat is here to talk about the sport.

Good morning. That's sums it up,

that picture, the Australian team

celebrating over the pink wickets at

the Sydney Cricket Ground and James

Anderson walking off despondently.

James Anderson is always the final

wicket to fall and it has been for

the couple of Ashes tours down

under, trudging off as England

concede defeat. The Ashes are

finally over. Great relief for all

involved!

Particularly Patrick Gearey, who is

in Sydney and we will speak to him

in a couple of minutes. England

beaten again, they lost the fifth

and final test, bitten by an innings

and 123. They had to back all day

and Joe Root was hospitalised with

gastro, he only came on in the first

hour and retired after lunch but he

made 50. England were bowled out for

180, meaning Australia win the Ashes

series 4-0. The job is done for

England and for Patrick Gearey, our

reporter in Sydney, he's been

following the last couple of tests.

This has to be one of the worst days

of this Ashes tour, particularly for

poor old Joe Root, who is in

hospital?

It is up there or down

there as the case may be.

Not long ago we had a storm here, it

felt appropriate for England, too

late to save them, a sickening day

all too literally for Joe Root. When

we got here this morning we found

out he was in hospital with a

stomach bug with dehydration so he

couldn't carry on, Moeen Ali went

out in his place, Moeen lasted an

hour before Nathan Lyon got him

again and then Root went in, you

can't ring in sick if you're the

England captain, he got 250 and got

England to the lunchbreak but it got

too much, he couldn't carry on and

Australia got Jonny Bairstow and

then blew away the England fail

enders after that to complete an

emphatic 4-0 victory and the

celebrations went on long. We didn't

seem a route at the crease and not

either in the post match press

conference, he had to recover so in

his place was Jimmy Anderson -- we

didn't seem a group.

We knew they would win, we've known

it for a while, seeing them do it in

person as tough. We didn't play well

enough, we have to give them credit.

They are well within their rights to

be over the moon with that win. I do

think it's been closer than 4-0.

We've been on top in some games, if

not all the games at some stage.

We've just not capitalised on the

key moments.

Lots of talk on social media, it was

late for the papers, that England

defeat, about a crisis in English

cricket, about where English cricket

goes now. They've got the 1-dayers

and the T20s to play in Australia

but for test cricket is looking

pretty dire as far as are concerned?

At home England are still a decent

team and they play England and

Pakistan at home this summer,

Australia at home next summer and

they'll be confident for that but

it's about these trips to Australia

and the next one is in 2021 and

thoughts are turning to then. If you

speak to the likes of Michael

Vaughan and Graeme Swann, who knows

what it takes to win and lose the

Ashes, they say English cricket

needs to have a serious and honest

conversation about itself, how it

prepares for these trips and the

kind of players it's bringing here.

It's not easy to win in Australia,

England haven't done it for seven

years, but to do so they might have

to change a bit about themselves.

We

will be watching to see if any

changes are made after that Ashes

defeat.

Thanks for all your work in Sydney,

hard work for Patrick in 55 degrees

in Sydney over the last few days!

A day of surprises in the FA Cup,

none more so than when current

holders Arsenal were beaten 4-2 by

Championship side Nottingham Forest.

Defender Eriksen high score the goal

of the game to make it 2-1, that was

before Nottingham Forest got their

second penalty of the match through

Dowell and it is the second time

they've lost at this stage under

Wenger.

In Wales League two Newport County

came from behind to beat

Championship side Leeds United,

Makovsky with a dramatic last-minute

winner.

Spurs cruised into the fourth round

after beating AFC Wimbledon, two

goals from Harry Kane and this

long-range strike from defender Jan

Vertonghen, his first Spurs goal in

four years, 3-0 at Wembley.

League One Shrewsbury town got a

replay against West Ham, they had

many chances and former Shrewsbury

player Joe Hart denied them. A

member of the crowd through the cap

onto the pitch because of the sun.

He played the whole of first half

with the cap on to stop the sun

going in his eyes. Interesting.

Thank you very much. See you a

little bit later.

Let's return to one of our main

stories and campaigning and sexual

harassment and assault in Lee Wood

has dominated the Golden Globes

overnight. Most stars dressed in

black in support of victims -- in

Hollywood.

We're here because we're standing in

solidarity and unity and Mara and I

both wanted to stand behind this

movement that said time's up against

violence against women and girls and

the imbalance in power in all

industries, not just Hollywood, but

all industries.

All over the world,

a message to everyone saying we're

all in it together, it's not just

about our industry but every

industry and everyone around the

world, we're all behind you in

whatever way they that is.

There's no way that I'm ever going

to be in a room and be treated in

the way people have been treated and

not stand-up. The whole reason that

could take place like any abuse of

Plowright is silence, I don't feel

like that any more.

Joining us is the one critic Anna

Smith showbiz journalist Gail Murphy

joins us from LA. Thanks for joining

us. We will talk about the movies in

a moment but the whole event was so

dominated by this campaign,

#timesup, #metoo, what do you make

of it?

Fantastic, as a woman and a

film industry than it was very

movement, amazing to see the

solidarity of the women, alongside

the men, almost all wearing black,

talking about harassment and

equality on the red carpet and when

they took to the stage. Very

exciting.

Gail, an interesting

atmosphere in the room, some people

almost Old Navy about what to say on

that occasion but Oprah Winfrey

rightly grabbed many of the

headlines with a really powerful

speech?

She tore up the place and literally

ate the scenery. She came out like a

force of nature and explained how in

1965 when she was a young girl she

was watching TV on the floor at her

mum's house and it happened to be

and Bancroft giving Sydney Poitier

his Oscar and she had never seen

anyone who looked like her before in

that situation before and she said

it changed her life and she realised

young girls will be watching her

tonight and her goal is to change

their lives as well. She said some

really interesting stuff and I know

I can share a couple of things with

you. She called out tyrants, secret

holders, liars, she said she values

the press now more than she ever has

before and she said speaking your

truth is the most powerful tool you

have and this year, we became the

story, meaning all the women and all

the enlightened men.

Anna Smith,

you've been covering films for many

years now, do you sense there is a

sentiment there and do you think

things will change and are changing?

Will we see that in the films will

be watching in the future?

I hope

so. If you look at the films that

have been honoured, three Billboards

Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a strong

woman fighting back against the

establishment. Ladybird is a woman's

story as well. This year is the

beginning of a shift and it is the

first time we have seen women stand

together and make such a loud

statement but as Natalie Portman

pointed out, we need more women

directors honoured and recognised

and I hope this is the beginning of

a shift where people take those

issues more seriously.

Gayl, if I

can ask about Seth Meyers, people

were concerned about having a

comedian hosting, some opening

comments included good evening,

ladies, and the remaining gentleman,

and he made some blatant jokes about

Hartley Weinstein as well?

There

was, like, a sucking in of air

throughout the entire room would,

which you could feel through the

television. He opened up by saying

happy New Year, Hollywood, it's

2018, marijuana is legal and sexual

harassment is finally not! The asked

the audience to look back on a day

when comedian Seth Rogen was the

only real threat to North Korea when

they hacked Sony films in the

Interview in 2014.

It was like a machine-gun. He had

commentary after commentary after

commentary and I thought he did a

fabulous job.

Thanks very much.

You're coming back a bit later and I

promise we will talk more about who

actually won as well.

Ewan McGregor

was a winner, wasn't he, Gary Oldman

as well, and Big Little Lies, and

Nicole Kidman had an award in that

as all.

Let's have a catch up on the

weather, Carol is looking at it, and

we are almost wearing the same

dress.

Good morning.

we are almost wearing the same

dress.

Good morning. Good taste.

This morning it is a cold start to

the day. In southern Scotland and

northern England temperature is

currently -7 so there is frost

around not just in those areas, in

other areas, a cold start but at the

middle of the week we have some rain

and in the latter part of the week

we have -- it won't be quite as

cold. Some of us will see a return

to double-figure temperatures. This

morning you can see where we have

the clear skies as we push

northwards. This is where we have

the lowest temperatures especially

in rural areas, so you might find a

little ice here and there this

morning, certainly some frost, these

temperatures of course in towns and

cities. Much lower, as I mentioned,

across southern Scotland and

northern England. Across the Central

Lowlands they are low as well.

Coming into South Wales, the

Midlands, southern England

generally, heading towards Kent and

East Anglia, there is more cloud

around this morning and that is

producing some patchy drizzle and as

a result it is not quite as cold.

Mind you if you are stepping out

there is no heat wave either and it

is quite breezy in the south. So can

head with yesterday when we had all

the sunshine and it was a pleasant

day it will be cloudy in the south

and it will move northwards, into

the southern parts of northern

England by the afternoon and still

producing the odd bit of drizzle,

the odd snow grain here and there

especially on the hills. For the

rest of northern England, Scotland

and Northern Ireland a bright day

with some sunshine but a noticeable

wind down the east coast, so it will

feel coolly here, the wind into the

evening and overnight, the cloud

pushes northwards to all but the

final first Scotland and then the

wind picks up once again in the

west. Touching gale force with

exposure. It will be a cold night,

temperatures in Glasgow freezing,

further south we have three, but not

as cold as the night is gone. So

tomorrow we hang onto the not much

breeze in the UK, however and other

weather system from the Atlantic is

going to introduce further spells of

rain and again it will be windy in

the west. So a lot of cloud around,

still some drizzle coming out of

this on higher ground, when it

engages with the cold air, we could

see some snow grains but there will

be some bright breaks coming through

as well. However, you can't fail but

notice this line of rain coming from

the west. Temperatures in Plymouth

by the end of the afternoon getting

up to about 10 Celsius. During the

course of Tuesday into Wednesday

that weather front will wriggle

towards the east and in doing so it

will lose some of its energy. So the

rain on it will become more patchy

in nature. Behind it on Wednesday it

would tend to dry out. So here is

the rain. You can see the light of

it. It is moving west to east,

fragmenting, again on the hills we

could see a little bit a wintry

nurse. No problems at lower levels

and then behind it some bright

breaks and a recovery in those

temperatures. It won't feel as cold

by the time we get to Wednesday.

OK.

That is good. Thank you. See you

later.

Now, where would we send Steph to

find out about British manufacturers

and how they are feeling?

Will you

answer this question?

I was hoping

it would not be a bucket factory. I

think we are under selling it.

Although there are buckets.

It is

much more than just pockets. Good

morning. Good morning. I have loads

of buclets here for you. I have

bucketloads of business news. As you

say,

bucketloads of business news. As you

say, this business is and

manufacturer and you can see some of

these been little is to this is

Gavin who started at six o'clock

this morning and he will work until

six o'clock this evening. This is a

24/7 operation and I am pleased to

say it is a business that is growing

and it is doing well from selling

this type of stuff abroad. They have

seen exports increase. Tony is the

boss. Good morning. Let's have a

walk around. This is doing quite

well at the moment.

Yes, it is going

quite well. We have just made a

major investment of £8 million on

injection moulding machines. These

machines need filling with orders

because they give us more capacity.

So although we have plenty to do we

are waiting for more to do.

And you

have been looking at growing your

business, have a new, in the export

market?

Yes, around 2008 we made

another investment and the boss said

"I'm going to spend a lot of money,

what can you do with the capacity?"

And at the time we dealt with the

Republic of Ireland only and so he

gave us the answer and told us we

will export and that is what we are

being doing since 2008.

How

difficult or easy has it been?

If I

say it has been easy everyone else

will do it and make it difficult in

the future but what we have got is

we have made major investments which

has made it easier. The boss has

invested in new machinery, new

product development and even more

importantly he has invested in our

people so yes, because of that, it

has not been difficult. I am not

saying it is easy but it hasn't been

difficult.

What about the future,

how are you feeling about that?

Very

confident. We will spend another £3

million on even more new machinery.

So it just takes us to another

level. And our boss would not spend

a penny, he is not tight, by the

way, but he would not spend a penny

if he did not see something as an

endgame.

That is lucky, isn't it?

Carry on. Thank you for your time.

Fascinating to see this place. My

first job when I worked in

engineering was a plastic injection

wobbling company so I am excited to

be here and I keep threatening Tony

I would come on a machine and start

to change the variables. Here we

are. We have Stephen here as well

from the manufacturing association

which represents manufacturers,

called EEF. We have heard about the

picture from Tony on this business.

What is the bigger picture like?

The

bigger picture is we have seen a

really strong here last year in

manufacturing in this country and we

have completed a survey of

executives from many other

manufacturing companies in the

country and we have seen an

optimistic future for this year as

well at also balanced with risks

around it. Generally speaking a

positive direction for the year.

Tony was talking about trying to

grow the business in the foreign

markets to export more and it

particular he has been telling me

about trying to grow outside the EU.

Is that the case with manufacturers,

they are looking at those

opportunities?

It is a case of both.

We are seeing those companies with

strong integrated supply chain is

doing very well in Europe as Europe

recovers and we are seeing global

opportunities coming as well. And of

course the exchange rate has helped

that in terms of exporting and also

it poses a risk in terms of cost for

materials because they get more

expensive as the exchange-rate

changes.

Should we be feeling

optimistic about the future of

manufacturing?

We should be feeling

optimistic, we feel optimistic, we

have to make sure we do Brexit

properly and we cope with threats

like cyber security as well which is

another thing coming out strongly in

the survey.

Interesting. Thank you

for your time. I appreciate that.

You can have a look at the machine.

Here is a man moving a big bit of

kit as well and he is moving this

machine to get the next mould. These

are all plastic injection moulds

that you can see as well down next

to me and so these big bits of kit,

where they get the plastic, they hit

it up to be kept richer, then they

squeeze it through the moulds, then

they call it up and then out comes a

bin lid or eight bucket or a storage

container and I will show you as

many buckets as I can and chat with

various people as well when I can

about it.

Thank you very much

indeed.

So many reasons to watch.

Life buckets later on. Look at this,

I feel I am in a country garden.

It

is a great way to stay in shape. If

you have been left in pain after

digging a flowerbed or a vegetable

patch it could be apparently that

the digging action you are using to

blame.

Scientists at Coventry

University are using technology

developed by moviemakers in

Hollywood to look at the impact of

digging and they are trying to

establish more effective and less

damaging shovel technique. Tim

Muffet has been investigating.

Good for the ground, often bad for

the body. As volunteers at Castle

Bromwich hall gardens near

Birmingham no, digging can hurt.

I

get a pain in my back now and again

-- know.

Lower back pain if you are

sort of bending too much.

I damaged

a martial in my shoulder blade and

had to stop gardening for a couple

of months.

For most gardeners

digging is fundamental to manage

weeds, you can incorporate organic

matter and manage soil. Most will

report eight and pain from digging

in the garden and what we hope to do

is to advise them on how to do it

better.

Gardeners world presenter

Frances Topol is proof age isn't the

issue. So what kind of tweaks or

back pains do you get when you are

digging?

Quite a few after years of

doing it. The bending and lifting,

my lower back and hit struggle. But

it is part of the job and you are

not always thinking about what is

best for your body. You are thinking

how to do it as quickly and well as

you can. I am 30 but if this is me

now than in 20 or 30 over the years

up three time when I am still

gardening how is your back going to

be affected?

You are keen to find

out the best way to deal with it?

Absolutely.

This project has taken

inspiration from somewhere really

associated with gardening, a place

where technology and creativity

combine. Hollywood.

Action.

Motion

capture is often used in movies.

Special suits record actors'

movements, bringing animated

characters to life. But the team at

Coventry University have been using

it on gardeners.

I am being

connected to some senses which I

will then go and dig and they will

take all the data back about how my

body is moving -- sensors.

Ready?

Go. We are recording exactly how she

is moving during the digging

technique.

Gardening can be great

exercise. The idea here is to ensure

it brings pleasure, not pain.

We've

now analyse the results that we got

from you digging outside and what

we've got is a video showing the

muscle activities up on the screen

and what he can see is that you are

working away from the body and the

consequence of that is you have got

lots of red in your back in your

long region -- lumbar reading.

This

is bad.

It is bad technique because

of the turning force.

The teams'

analysis of 600 muscles have shown

that bad digging doubles the load on

joint -- team's.

Try and keep the

work as close in as possible so to

avoid overreaching and twisting the

back, which is what is doing the

damage.

Just a small step forwards

would say that whole strain.

Absolutely true.

Here is how it

should be done, steady action, bent

knees, stayed close to the body. It

is hoped this two year academic

study will ease the pain for

millions of gardeners.

I think we've got it, steady action,

bent knees.

A small steps forward.

And keep the stayed close, don't

reach with your spade. Keep it tight

in with the body.

I love that they

do an academic study. Lots of people

will be thinking "I have hurt my

back before and maybe that could

make the difference".

One of those

academic studies that is worth the

dosh and the time, if it makes a

difference to so many people's

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

A shake-up at the top

of the government as Theresa May

prepares to unveil

a Cabinet reshuffle.

With speculation rife over

a number of key positions,

it's expected that more female

and ethnic minority MPs will be

promoted to the top table.

Good morning, it's Monday

the 8th of January.

Also this morning:

A new day is on the horizon!

And when that new day finally dawns,

it will be because of a lot

of magnificent women.

Oprah Winfrey leads the tributes

to women working in the film

and television industry as the red

carpet at last night's

Golden Globe Awards turns

a sea of black in protest

against sexual harassment.

The BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie

accuses the BBC of breaking equality

law as she steps down from her role

citing unequal pay with her male

colleagues.

Good morning.

Manufacturers say they're

feeling more optimistic

about their future than they have

done for four years,

so I'm at one of them,

which has seen its exports grow,

and I find out where that

growth is coming from.

In sport, it's over

and out from Australia.

England fall to another heavy defeat

in the final Ashes Test.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Not hot here, -7 to -10 at the

moment in Southern Scotland and

northern England, frost around first

thing, called wherever you are and

the brighter skies will be in the

north of the country. A bit more

drizzle in the South. More in about

15 minutes.

Speak to you then, Carol, thank you.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

Theresa May is expected to make

several changes to her cabinet team

today in the most extensive

reshuffle since she became Prime

Minister.

The four most senior members

of the Government are expected

to remain in their current posts,

but more women and MPs from ethnic

minorities are expected to be

promoted to top positions.

We're joined now from Westminster

by our political correspondent Ben

Wright.

Good morning to you once again, Ben.

Thank you for braving the conditions

for us this morning, and the wind.

Lots of speculation about who will

get the jobs available and we will

find out in the next few hours?

We

should do, that's right, a nervous

day for sitting members of the

cabinet waiting to see if they will

be kept or whether they will get the

chop and for up and coming ambitious

Tory ministers, a day to keep your

phone close to see if you get the

call from the Prime Minister.

There's huge amounts of speculations

about what will happen, anyone who

knows what will happen is the Prime

Minister. Les run through some of

the speculation. The big names in

the cabinet we expect to stay in

place, Boris Johnson, the Foreign

Secretary, Philip Hammond, the

Chancellor and Amber Rudd, the Home

Secretary and the Brexit Secratary,

David Davis. Middle ranking

ministers, there's a clear hole at

the Cabinet office, where Damian

Green had a very powerful job, he

was sacked just before Christmas.

There's some speculation Jeremy

Hunt, currently the Health

Secretary, he could be moved into

that position but over the weekend

labour were quick to say considering

the crisis and the difficulties in

the NHS at the moment, that would be

a brave move the Prime Minister to

move Jeremy Hunt but keep an eye on

him today. Speculation about Patrick

McLoughlin, he's the Tory party

chairman

McLoughlin, he's the Tory party

chairman, after their dreadful

election last year, he looks

vulnerable and speculation around

Justine Greening, the Education

Secretary, lots of spec elation over

the weekend that she might be moved.

But as you said, Theresa May will be

wanting to show she has a grip on

her party, her government, that she

has some imagination, there is

pressure in Parliament with Tory MPs

for her to bring in some of the 20

15th intake, 2010 intake, fresh

blood, she is naturally a cautious

politician and given the government

feels fragile still, I don't think

she will be wanting to do anything

to dramatic.

We will be keeping a

close eye on things. Thanks for

that. Coverage on the BBC News

Channel through the day and there

will be a camera outside Downing

Street to see who's going in and

coming out. Whether they are

smiling.

Ben said, if you get a

text, are you in or out.

I don't

know why you're checking your phone!

I'm the new Foreign Secretary!

Oprah Winfrey received a standing

ovation as she tackled the issue

of sexual harrassment

in the film industry

at the Golden Globe

Awards last night.

It was the first major event

since Hollywood was caught up

in the scandal.

During a politically charged

evening, almost all those attending

chose to wear black,

and several celebrities brought

activists on gender and racial

equality as their guests.

Our North American correspondent

James Cook was watching.

In Hollywood they turned

the red carpet black.

This was a show of solidarity

for those who had been abused

and harassed and a demonstration

of the determination to change.

From the moment the ceremony

began, its tone was set.

Good evening, ladies

and remaining gentlemen.

And here are the all male nominees.

Natalie Portman highlighted

the failure of the Golden Globes

to recognise female directors.

And star after star lined up to give

voice to a movement now

known as #timesup.

Time is up.

We see you, we hear

you and we will tell your stories.

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

It was really great to be in this

room tonight and to be part

of the tectonic shift

in our industry's power structure.

But no speech was more powerful

than Oprah Winfrey's.

So I want all the girls

watching here now

to know that a new day

is on the horizon!

Time and again here on this

redcarpet we've heard the same word

and that word is change.

The stars walking down

here are insisting that this is not

just a moment, this is a process

which they say will continue.

James Cook, BBC News,

at the Golden Globes in Hollywood.

One of those nights where the people

who won are secondary headlines to

what took place.

Among the British winners, Gary

Oldman, who won best actor for his

portrayal of Winston Churchill in

the Darkest Hour. Ewan McGregor and

Martin Donna also picked up awards.

Peter Bowes joins us, #metoo and

#timesup dominated but what did you

make of the tone and what was said?

As Meryl Streep put it, this was a

thick black line in solidarity with

the victims of sexual harassment and

assault and that is how she wanted

it to play out. She and many other

actresses by wearing black on the

red carpet, it looked a little

funereal to be honest but lots of

people said this, this was an event

about the celebration of the death

of old Hollywood, the old ways of

doing it, the casting couch culture

that prevailed for so long in

Hollywood. We've heard a bit of

Oprah Winfrey, she stole the show,

she absolutely encapsulated the mood

saying the truth of speaking your

truth is the most powerful tool that

we have and she got quite a standing

ovation. You're right, the awards

themselves were kind of relegated in

importance. Three three Billboards

Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the

big, that did well, coming out soon,

but the moment was Oprah Winfrey's,

a huge of Asian also for a

101-year-old Kirk Douglas, brought

onstage by her daughter-in-law

Catherine Zeta-Jones -- huge of

Asian.

The BBC's China Editor,

Carrie Gracie, has stepped down

from the role because of

a what she describes

as an indefensible pay gap

between men and women.

In an open letter addressed

to licence fee payers,

she accused the corporation

of having a secretive

and illegal pay culture.

The BBC said internal audits

have shown no systemic

discrimination against women.

Our media editor,

Amol Rajan, reports.

Carrie Gracie is one of the most

respected international

correspondents of her generation.

With over three decades'

experience at the BBC,

her latest position

was a high-profile and uniquely

challenging post, responsible

for covering over a billion people

in a superpower that is repressive

toward journalists.

Yet she is paid less than two BBC

reporters who do similar jobs

and are men.

In an explosive letter

to license fee payers,

she says the BBC has "a secretive

and illegal pay culture and is not

living up to its stated values

of trust, honesty

and accountability."

A big welcome back to Claudia!

Last summer the corporation

was forced to disclose salaries

of some on-air staff

paid over £150,000.

It revealed a gender pay gap.

Not only are men generally

being paid more, but the appearance

that some women were being paid less

for doing equivalent work.

The BBC has embarked on not

one but three audits

of pay across staff.

It says it has gone much further

than most organisations on equality

and is determined to do more.

But this is a moment of high danger

for the corporation.

With over 200 female staff

complaining formally about equal

pay, there is a danger of legal

action being brought and the public

broadcaster's reputation

being tarnished.

Amol Rajan, BBC News.

In response a number of BBC

journalists have spoken out in

support of Carrie Gracie. BBC women,

a group of more than 130

broadcasters and producers, has

issued a statement this morning

saying it's hugely regrettable she

feels she has no option but to

resign. Speaking on the today

programme today on BBC Four Carrie

Gracie said the reaction to her

letter has been very moving.

The scale of feeling, not just among

BBC women, but also more widely

across the country and

internationally, the support I've

had in the last few hours over this,

I think it does speak to the depth

of hunger for an equal fair and

transparent pay system.

Carrie Gracie, she's presenting the

Today Programme this morning and we

will be speaking to an employment

lawyer later about this on

Breakfast.

There's expected to be disruption

for rail commuters today,

with strikes affecting five

different networks across the UK.

Members of the RMT union say

they're walking out over

a continuing dispute

about train guards.

Ian Palmer joins us from Waterloo

this morning. A few demonstrators

behind you. How widespread a problem

will this be this morning?

Very

widespread. There are five companies

involved in these :

Each of the companies will try to

operate a fairly normal service.

South-western Railway says it will

operate 70% of its normal timetable

and greater Anglia said it will try

to run 50%. These strikes, RMT

members on strike for the next 24

hours, will disrupt some services.

It started today, it will carry on

until midnight tonight and then

there will be a second strike on

Wednesday for 24 hours and a third

on Friday. Because of those

disruptions, replacement bus

services will be put in place where

services are greatest affected. The

RMT says it's calling for a meeting

with train operating companies and

the government but so far we haven't

heard from the transport Secretary

Chris Grayling.

Good to talk to you.

Thanks very much. More detail on

that can be found on your BBC Radio

4 station locally and also on the

website about the services

particularly affected.

New measures to tackle the sale

of unsafe laser pens,

which can cause blindness, have been

announced by the Government today.

It comes after an increase

in incidents targeting pilots

and train drivers.

The new powers would include better

labelling and increased checks

at borders to make sure that devices

don't enter the country

in the first place.

There are growing fears

of an environmental disaster

in the East China Sea

as a huge tanker continues

to leak oil two days

after colliding with a cargo ship.

The Iranian vessel,

carrying around 1 million

barrels of oil to South Korea,

is still on fire.

Rescue efforts are being hampered

by a large oil slick

and dense clouds of smoke.

32 Iranian crewmembers

are still missing.

Sydney in Australia is experiencing

its hottest weather in nearly eighty

-- you're watching BBC breakfast. We

will take you back to the main

story.

Rumours about today's cabinet

reshuffle have been swirling around

Westminster all weekend.

Theresa May reportedly wants

to banish the "pale,

male and stale" image

of the Conservative Party

by promoting more female and ethnic

minority MPs into her cabinet.

Labour have dismissed

the announcement as "little more

than a desperate PR exercise".

We're joined now from Westminster

by Kevin McGuire, associate editor