09/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Theresa May's reshuffle

doesn't quite go to plan,

as the Health Secretary resists

a move and the Education Secretary

quits.

Justine Greening refused

the offer of a new job.

The Prime Minister will

announce more junior

appointments later today.

Good morning, it is

Tuesday 9 January.

Also this morning: North Korea

agrees to send a team

to the Winter Olympics in the South,

after the first high-level talks

for more than two years.

Smacking children could

be banned in Wales.

The Welsh Government has launched

a consultation on the plans.

Retailers haven't had the Christmas

they were hoping for,

with the weakest growth in non-food

sales since records began.

I'm looking at who were

the winners and losers.

In sport: A first

for English football.

The video assistant referee system

is used as Brighton beat

Crystal Palace 2-1 in

the FA Cup third round.

I am in Las Vegas for the greatest

gadget show on Earth. There are

humanoid robots, self driving taxis.

There is even a suitcase which

follows you around the airport.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning. It is not as exciting

as that. Today what we have is a

fairly cloudy, grey day ahead. Some

brightness and parts of the west,

and later the wind will strengthen

and we will see some rain arrive.

Further details in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

The Education Secretary,

Justine Greening, has resigned

from the Government after refusing

a job as Work and Pensions Secretary

in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle.

It is also understood that

Jeremy Hunt was asked to become

business secretary, but persuaded

the Prime Minister to keep him

at the Department of Health.

Theresa May is expected to make more

changes to her Cabinet later today.

Leila Nathoo reports.

Are you confident of

staying in Government?

After a day of few surprises,

it was Education Secretary

Justine Greening who threw

the biggest spanner in the works

of Theresa May's cautious plans,

emerging from Downing Street

having quit the Government,

rather than move to take charge

of welfare, as she was asked to do.

And it is understood

the Health Secretary,

Jeremy Hunt, who was also in line

for a move, this time to business,

successfully argued

to stay where he was.

A reshuffle designed to breathe

new life into the Government did see

a few switch jobs,

a handful promoted.

But there was no movement

in the top positions,

and the Cabinet make-up

is largely unchanged.

Though there was a shakeup of staff

in charge of running

the Conservative Party,

to try to broaden its appeal

and revive the Tory

electoral machine.

Now, on day two of the reshuffle,

Theresa May's focus turns

to the junior ministerial roles.

Number Ten says the Prime Minister

will promote young talent

from the backbenches.

Downing Street is promising

the new ministerial team will be

more diverse, with more women

and MPs from minority backgrounds,

so it better reflects the country.

Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth is in Westminster this

morning.

These were long discussions last

night, and they are still not over.

What do you make of what she has

been able to do and not able to do?

Well, this was never meant to be

some grand, dramatic transformation

of the Cabinet. There was never any

expectation that the big beasts, the

Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor or

the Home Secretary, would be moved.

But this was meant to be reset

moment and in two really. The first,

a chance for Theresa May to put the

troubles of the last 12 months

behind her, come back into the new

Year, stamping her authority and her

grip on government. And to try and

make the Conservative Party more

representative. It is pretty clear

that it didn't go exactly to plan.

Justine Greening leaving the

government and Jeremy Hunt

apparently refusing to move. Now,

Theresa May will not be the first or

last prime minister not to conduct a

reshuffle in exactly the way she had

hoped. But rather than tighten her

grip on the government, it shows she

is still constrained. And at the end

of the day, the Cabinet doesn't

really look that different. As my

colleague was saying, she was

expecting some more junior

appointments today, designed to be

more diverse and more reflective of

the country. Downing Street will be

hoping today goes more smoothly.

And at 7:10am we will be

talking to the new Chairman

of the Conservative

Party, Brandon Lewis.

South Korea has proposed holding

reunions during next month's

Winter Olympics for families

divided by the Korean War.

North and South are holding

their first official talks in more

than two years.

Separated families are one

of the most emotive legacies

of the conflict,

which began in 1950.

And, in the next half-hour,

we will be talking to our news

reporter in Seoul about

the significance of the talks.

Parents in Wales could be banned

from smacking their children,

under new plans.

The Welsh Government

is consulting on the changes,

and people will be given 12 weeks

to make their views known.

Scotland is in the process

of introducing a similar ban.

Dan Johnson reports.

If it goes ahead, Wales would become

the second part of the UK to

effectively banned smacking, by

removing the defence of reasonable

punishment. After a decision to

change the law in Scotland last

year, the government in Wales

believes it is now long overdue. And

that many more parents now will say

that the approach to positive

parenting, not using physical

punishment, is what they do as a

matter of course. But I think it

will make that the absolute norm

right across society, to show that

physical punishment of children is

not only not necessary, but

shouldn't be allowed. So there will

be a 12 week consultation for people

across Wales to have their say.

No,

I don't think it is appropriate to

smack children, because I don't

think it is productive, really. I

don't think that stops them from

their having a certain way.

A little

tap like that on the hand I don't

think is terrible, but no, not...

Not, you no, a big whack.

If you are

teaching them not to be violent or

hit people, you shouldn't it them. I

guess, hypocritical.

A move to ban

smacking it already has the support

of the children's commissioner in

Wales, and charities like the NSPCC.

High street shops suffered a big

fall in sales in the run-up

to Christmas, although retailers

fared much better online.

Steph is here to tell us more.

Steph, how bad was it?

It is really interesting, this,

because when you actually look at

the figures, it looks like we have

been spending a lot more money on

food, and it is not because we have

been buying a lot more food but

because it has cost a lot more

money. That has meant because we

spent more on the rising cost of

food we have had less money to spend

on the things we normally buy at

Christmas. So we might not spend as

much on presents this year, or maybe

clothes for parties, that kind of

thing. Which means the supermarkets

have done quite well, but the

clothes retailers, the non-food

retailers, the likes of Debenhams,

have really been hit by this. So if

you look at some of the figures on

it, yesterday Mothercare saw their

shares fall to a record low, and

that is because they have had to put

out another warning. Similarly,

Debenhams has seen their share price

fall because of it as well. And it

is because the businesses with a big

online presence tend to do better

than those which don't, and the big

department stores like Debenhams,

which are on high streets, which

have struggled, have seen their

sales be hit as well. But looking at

the figures, food sales were up by

just over 4% but non-food sales were

down by nearly 4%. So it shows that

that has really impacted the fact

that our food has cost a lot more,

meaning we don't have as much money

for everything else.

Five men and a woman have been

charged with being members

of the banned neo-Nazi

group National Action.

They will appear before

Westminster Magistrates later today.

National Action became the first

far-right group to be banned

in the UK, in December 2016,

after the Home Secretary,

Amber Rudd, said it was promoting

violence and acts of terrorism.

A UK-wide ban on the manufacturing

of cosmetics and care products

containing microbeads has

come into force today,

in an attempt to cut down

on the amount of plastic

in our oceans.

The beads that are used in hundreds

of facewashes and shower gels

are often ingested by sea animals,

and even end up entering

our food chain.

It will be followed by a wider ban

on the sale of products containing

microbeads later in the year.

The warning is very clear -

never work in television

with children and animals.

But this reporter clearly

hasn't heard the advice.

Alex Dunlop was filming a report

at Banham Zoo, in Norfolk.

But, as he attempted to tell

the story, the zoo's lemurs decided

that this was their moment of fame.

They are everywhere!

I think they

think he is a tree, don't they?

Maybe it is the colour of his

jumper, his jumper is a bit lemur

like, isn't it? And he remained

composed. I think he was all right

in the end. Otherwise we wouldn't

have shown it. And we were talking

yesterday about video assistant

refereeing.

We finally got a phrase

right.

And the call came through.

It

was in place. They did consult the

video assistant referee, but they

never actually reviewed it. It was

in controversial at all, really?

Palace fans are up in arms about why

have the review and not properly use

it? There are all kinds of teachers

on the back pages. Football fans

like to have their say about whether

the referee has got things right --

all kinds of pictures. One of the

criticisms of VAR is it made dumb

the game down, as there is no debate

about the referee's decision. But

still debate about the VAR referee's

decision.

An English football first last night

- the video assistant referee system

was in action as Brighton beat

Crystal Palace 2-1 in the FA

Cup third round.

Glenn Murray scored a late

winner for Brighton.

Referee Andre Marriner did consult

with the video referee team,

to see if Murray had handled

the ball over the line,

but concluded that he hadn't.

And Brighton will face Middlesbrough

in the fourth round.

The pick of the ties sees League two

Yeovil Town welcome 12-time winners

Manchester United.

The full draw is on

the BBC Sport website.

Liverpool fans, look away now.

Philippe Coutinho completed

his record-breaking

transfer to Barcelona.

He did thank his former side,

though, saying he would always have

Liverpool in his heart.

Andy Murray hopes to be playing

again by the summer,

after hip surgery in Melbourne.

He posted this on social media,

saying he is looking forward

to starting rehab.

The former world number one has not

played competitively

since he was knocked out

of Wimbledon last July.

He is hoping to be back for the

grasscourt season, which is

obviously queens, Wimbledon again.

So looking at about June. The

surgery seems to have gone well, and

the surgeon seems optimistic about

his chances.

He was wobbling around

at Wimbledon, is it part of the same

problem?

Yes, it is his right hip he

had an operation on. He had an

operation at the end of last year on

his growing, but this is the major

operation he has been trying to

avoid. He has gone for it and so he

will have to take some time off. He

says he wants to play in front of

his daughter.

He has been quite

honest, hasn't he, about how he

feels on how incredibly frustrating

it is.

It must be, mustn't it?

Especially since all of Britain's

hopes are pinned on Andy Murray, and

we don't have anyone representing

Great Britain at the Australian

Open, or at the French.

Back for the

grass season.

Fingers crossed.

You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

The Education Secretary,

Justine Greening, has resigned

from the Government,

after refusing a job as Work

and Pensions Secretary

in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle.

South Korea has proposed holding

reunions during next month's

Winter Olympics for families

divided by the Korean War.

Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

It was really cold yesterday, I

It was really cold yesterday, I

don't know what is going to be like

today.

Well, you quite right. It was

cold yesterday. Today it will be

cold, but not as cold for most of us

as it was yesterday. There is going

to be a lot of cloud around. Quite a

grey day for most of the UK. One or

two exceptions to that, Northern

Ireland is not one of them. Quite a

lot of cloud to start the day, but

north-west Scotland is. Cold enough

for a touch of frost. Maybe some ice

on untreated surfaces as well. For

the rest of Scotland it is a cloudy,

grey start as it is across most of

northern England. The north-west

will see some brighter skies later

on, especially around Cumbria and

Carlisle. South of that we have

cloud here and there. It will be

thick enough for the odd spot of

drizzle. Across southern counties

are very similar story. It is a

cloudy, grey start to the day. And

as we move up into Wales, a lot of

cloud around first thing. Murky

conditions. Later Richard Wright and

up across the north-west of Wales.

The favourite places for some

brightness or some sunshine,

north-west Scotland, parts of

north-west England, north Wales, and

a little bit of brightness across

Kent, Sussex, Essex, that kind of

area as well. Through the afternoon

the cloud will thicken out towards

the west, heralding the arrival of a

weather front. That will introduce

some rain and also some

strengthening winds. At note the

temperatures. We are looking at ten

in Plymouth, and on the south coast,

seven, eight or nine. Still pretty

cool as we push up towards

Newcastle. Through the evening and

overnight, this weather front will

erratically move north eastwards. We

will see some heavy rain passing

through the Midlands for a time,

through Scotland as well. And also

depositing some snow across parts of

the hills of northern England and

Scotland through the course of the

night. Hide it, again a fair bit of

cloud around. As we move through

tomorrow, a little bit of a question

mark as to the timing of clearance

from eastern England. We think at

this stage through the afternoon it

will hang around across north-east

Scotland and the Northern Isles for

longer. Behind it, much righter

skies. More of us will see some

sunshine through the course of

tomorrow. Temperature-wise, still

ten across the south-west. Still

looking at four in Glasgow, so no

heat wave in prospect. As we go

through the end of the week we are

looking at fault, especially on

Wednesday night in the Thursday

morning across East Wales, the

Midlands and southern England. That

could take its time to clear during

Thursday. Some of it will lift into

low cloud anyway. Behind that there

will be some breaks in that cloud.

There will also be some sunshine,

and there will also be a lot of dry

weather around. Temperature still on

the low side in the north. We are

looking at eight or nine, so coming

down a touch in the south. A quick

look at what Friday holds, again we

see some fog first thing in the

morning which could take its time to

clear. A lot of dry weather, some

brighter breaks, but another weather

front coming in from the west. That

will also bring in some rain and

some stronger winds.

Let us look at the papers. At times.

Most of the papers are going with

the proposed reshuffle which is

extended into the day.

Lots about Jeremy Hunt being asked

to move. Getting a bit more beef to

his brief, with social care being

added. This is a photo of Princess

Charlotte taken outside Kensington

Palace.

The Daily Telegraph, this is

how they have written up the

reshuffle.

The Daily Mail, Princess Charlotte

again.

The front page of the Guardian. We

were talking about this yesterday

about Oprah Winfrey to speech at the

Golden Globe Awards. "But Before

President". Also, the BBC will be

written to about allegations are

discriminated -- discrimination over

the resignation of Carrie Gracie.

Again, Princess Charlotte on the

front page. Also, billions of pounds

should be devoted from Britain's

bloated foreign age Budget. Bill on

the sofa uses coconut oil?

I was

thinking, what for? I don't know

what to do with it.

It's good to

take your make-up off. I had really

soars high from scraping it away. It

didn't work well but I still have it

in the bathroom Cabinet.

We are

talking about this a bit later

because there is a new study, the

truth about coconut oil. The study

is working out whether it lowers

your cholesterol. We are comparing

it to olive oil. Olive oil producers

are really annoyed about it. Trying

to get the truth about what is the

best fat to use.

Or perhaps even

butter. I have been scouring the

papers because I've been looking to

some good news on business because

it's all depressing. Not much good

news. If you want to look away now

if you don't want to hear bad news.

A story in the Daily Mirror are

about workers in Boxall -- workers

at Boxall with 250 jobs to be lost.

This comes after redundancies at the

Cheshire factory of Vauxhall' which

produces the Astra. They are having

a tough time. I was talking about

how manufacturers are feeling a bit

more optimistic about the future. I

was talking about retailers, there

is some research on the times. The

number of retailers going into

administration has risen for the

first time in five years. Lots of

consumer confidence falling. Sorry

depressing bit of news.

Can you get

your lookalike of Ed Sheeran ready.

Lots of stories about the VAR, the

video assistant referee used in the

FA Cup last night. Did it touches

arm? No, so the goal stands. Andy

Murray wearing his panda bear

pyjamas. Very fetching.

Topless.

He

can pull off the topless look. In

The Daily Telegraph and lots of the

papers, the postmortem with the

papers picking over the tatters of

England's Ashes tour. Those pictures

down here of the ash is superimposed

onto the kind of sales of the Sydney

Opera House. -- boat sales. There

have been meetings about how to make

the cricket more competitive. If you

are at home, you tend to win the

Ashes. Now looking at how to make it

more competitive. They might stretch

out the Ashes. Instead of having

five tests in six weeks, they will

stretch it out even longer. A lot

more time away at home.

You want to

show you a photo of Ed Sheeran. His

girlfriend is absolutely raging. He

is loving it. This guy however is

not Ed Sheeran.

We will talk about

social media mistakes later. Jeremy

Hunt liked a tweet by accident and

had to apologise about it.

Oh, Lord.

South Korea has proposed holding

reunions during next month's

Winter Olympics for families

divided by the Korean War.

North and South are holding

their first official talks in more

than two years.

Seperated families is one

of the most emotive legacies

of the conflict which began in 1950.

Joining us from Seoul

is our reporter Sophie Long.

Good morning to you. Thank you

coming on the programme. These are

historic talks?

Our indeed. The

first government level talks to take

place between North Korea and South

Korea getting under way at ten

o'clock this morning, that South

Korean delegation travelling about

one hour to the meeting. It is a

series of buildings which actually

struggled the border in the

Demilitarised Zone. The North Korean

delegation just walked across the

border and they have been in these

talks. We have an update from the

Minister a little while ago in North

Korea and its been agreed that

Pyongyang will send a delegation to

the Winter Olympics which are taking

place in South Korea next month.

They are sending a full delegation

of high-ranking officials, a

taekwondo team, athletes, cheering

squad. That will take place and it

is hoped it will some breathing

space when tensions have been

seriously high, extremely high throw

the course of 2017. They have

reconvened after lunch and they are

not talking about humanitarian

issues. You mentioned divided

families. South Korea has proposed

that the reunion zombies divided

families. 65,000 people have their

families divided over the border.

One man has not seen his sister for

70 years. He feels he is lucky

because he has letters and has had

pictures seeing her growing up. A

lot of people don't even have that.

That is a highly emotive issue here.

That is what they are currently

discussing. We are expecting them to

touch on military issues and all

sorts of Korean issues. The talks

seem to be going well at the moment.

I imagine there would be a bit of

interest and observation as well.

What happens with the Olympic

delegation?

A huge amount of

interest in these talks and a huge

amount in the interests -- in the

Winter Olympics. Ticket sales have

gone up. They weren't selling slowly

but there is a huge amount of

interest and there will only be one

event in which they are competing.

That is the pairs figure skating.

Can you imagine the amount of

interest? The move has been welcomed

at the moment and outside the

sporting sphere it is hoped this

will create some breathing space in

which content -- in which tensions

can continue to ease and further

talks take place.

It would be a

great breakthrough for them.

Turning down our thermostats

and washing clothes at lower

temperatures - just two

of the ways we can save power.

It's something children

have been learning

about for a new science project.

Jayne McCubbin is at

Balcurvie Primary School for us this

morning to find out more.

To get that right?

You got it

exactly right. Didn't he? Good

morning from everybody. Good

morning, children. They woke up so

early this morning. Good morning

especially from our electric

detectives. They have been turning

into super sleuths in a school for

terrific scientific. If you have not

seen any more of the of the Terrific

Scientfic investigations, Terrific

Scientfic investigations upon the

BBC and may involve these children

and Linda from the University.

You

are gathering real data? We have

been monitoring our electricity and

gas consumption because what you

want to do is try to level it.

8000

schools. If you can lower it, you

are saving two things. Money and the

environment. Doctor Webber has come

up with the... Switched witch. Take

it away. I am going to leave it. If

we can get the music playing, there

it is, the switch twitch. Make sure

you switch off the lights and

computers and everything. I will

leave you with a dance at hand.

stubborn. The temperature stays

fairly cold but temperatures at

night time staying above zero.

That's it from us.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

It is 6:30am.

We will bring you all the latest

news and sport in a moment.

But also on Breakfast this morning:

Is it ever justified

to smack your children?

Wales plans to follow Scotland's

lead and ban the physical

punishment of youngsters.

We will ask parents

whether they should be able

to choose how to

discipline their children.

A day after the powerful stand

taken by female actors

at the Golden Globes,

the BAFTA nominations are revealed

in just over an hour.

We will be there for

the announcement.

And he is a former software engineer

who describes himself as a space

dork, but when Andy Weir

wrote The Martian, it

sent his career into orbit.

He will be here to tell us

about his new, moon-based thriller.

Good morning.

Here is a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

The Education Secretary,

Justine Greening, has resigned

from the Government after refusing

a job as Work and Pensions Secretary

in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle.

It is also understood that

Jeremy Hunt was asked to become

business secretary, but persuaded

the Prime Minister to keep him

at the Department of Health.

Theresa May is expected to make more

changes to her Cabinet later today.

And at 7:10am we will be

talking to the new Chairman

of the Conservative

Party, Brandon Lewis.

North Korea has agreed to send

athletes accompanied by senior

officials to the Winter Olympics

in South Korea next month.

The two countries have

held their first talks for more

than two years, in the Demilitarised

Zone that divides the Peninsula.

The South Korean delegation has also

proposed more contacts

between the two countries,

in what appears to be a significant

move to lower tension in the region.

Parents in Wales could be banned

from smacking their children,

under new plans.

The Welsh Government

is consulting on the changes,

and people will be given 12 weeks

to make their views known.

Scotland is in the process

of introducing a similar ban.

Rising food costs meant consumers

had less to spend on clothing

and gifts over Christmas this year,

according to retail industry

figures out today.

The British Retail Consortium said

food sales in the three months

to December were up over 4% on last

year, whereas sales of non-food

items were at a five-year low.

Mothercare and Debenhams have both

issued profit warnings

after disappointing Christmas sales.

Morrisons is due to report

its festive trading this morning.

Almost 100 firefighters have been

tackling a fire at a paint factory

in North London overnight. The

London Fire Brigade said 15 engines

were sent to the scene after

eyewitnesses heard explosions.

Workers left the factory safely

before crews arrived.

Workers left the factory safely

before crews arrived. The cause of

the fire, and you can see the flames

looking pretty dramatic, because it

is still being investigated. -- the

cause is still being investigated.

A UK-wide ban on the manufacturing

of cosmetics and care products

containing microbeads has

come into force today,

in an attempt to cut down

on the amount of plastic

in our oceans.

The beads that are used in hundreds

of facewashes and shower gels

are often ingested by sea animals,

and even end up entering

our food chain.

It will be followed by a wider ban

on the sale of products containing

microbeads later in the year.

That is a summary of all the latest

news. And we are talking about video

assistant refereeing technology.

I

can get the assistant right!

We have

struggled with that, haven't we? But

they did use it last night.

Not in

its fullest and most detailed

capacity, so you know, it has been

introduced. As in rugby, the referee

can make the TV sign, and refer

things, big, contentious decisions,

penalties, goals and offside

decisions, things like that. Last

night, Brighton versus Pallas, it

looked like it might have brushed

Glenn Murray's arm, but it wasn't

fully reviewed -- Palace. The

referee said to me it looks fine. So

it was a semi- use. But you will be

able to see it for Arsenal against

Chelsea and the League Cup final.

Last night was the first time it was

used, but it will be used in the

future.

An English football first -

the Video assistant referee,

or VAR, as it is known,

made its debut as Brighton beat

Crystal Palace 2-1 in

the FA Cup third round.

Screens were available for referee

Andre Marriner at the side

of the pitch, should he have needed

to see any replays of incidents.

And, when Glenn Murray scored a late

winner for Brighton,

did the final touch

come off his arm?

Well, Marriner consulted

the video referee team,

and they were happy it hadn't.

You can make your mind

up from the evidence,

although it didn't stop Palace

players making their feelings

known at full-time.

But manager Roy Hodgson

was more philosophical.

From where we were standing, and

watching, it looked for all the

world that he had handled it, and

the players who were close by, they

thought so too. But to be fair when

you see lots of times, there is a

very good case for the VAR, and the

referee to make, that he didn't

actually handle it. It was very,

very close, so I have no complaints

about that.

Brighton will face Middlesbrough

in the fourth round.

Among the standout ties,

Manchester United travel

to League two Yeovil.

The lowest-ranked side left,

Newport County, are at home

to Spurs, while Manchester City

have been drawn away

to Cardiff or Mansfield.

The full draw is on

the BBC Sport website.

Philippe Coutinho is now

officially a Barcelona player.

His £142 million transfer

from Liverpool was confirmed,

before showing off some

of his skills to the Barca fans

at the Nou Camp.

The 25-year-old Brazilian has

signed a 5.5-year deal.

He has a thigh injury,

so won't be able to make his debut

for another three weeks.

They have only just finished picking

up the confetti in Sydney,

after Australia's Ashes victory.

So where next for England?

Well, they name their Test squad

to face New Zealand later,

with head coach Trevor Bayliss

saying he plans to quit

after next year's Ashes.

I have already told Andrew Strauss,

probably 12 months ago, that

September 2019I am contracted to,

and that would see me out. I have

never been anywhere more than four

or five years. Whether you are going

well or not, I have always felt that

a roundabout that four year mark is

time to change, a new voice, and a

different approach, slightly

different approach from someone just

reinvigorates things.

Widnes Vikings centre Kato Ottio has

died at the age of 23,

after suffering what has been

described as a sudden health

issue in training.

The Papua New Guinea international

only joined the club in December,

and was to link up with his

new teammates next week,

ahead of the new season.

Widnes CEO James Rule said Kato

was an incredibly talented player,

with a bright future.

Defending champion Sam Sunderland

has retaken the lead

of the Dakar Rally,

after the third stage.

The man from Poole nicknamed

'Super Sam' had to negotiate his way

through the Peruvian desert in order

to regain the lead that he had lost

after stage two.

He finished over three minutes ahead

of his nearest riders,

and has a four-minute lead overall.

Johanna Konta's preparations

for this month's Australian Open

continued in Sydney,

but the defending champion

lost her opening match

to Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.

Meanwhile, the other British

number one, Andy Murray,

has had hip surgery in Melbourne,

and says he hopes to be playing

again in time for the

grass-court season.

He posted this on social media

saying he is looking forward

to starting rehab.

He has not played a competitive

match since Wimbledon in July.

Now, spare a thought for Australian

tennis player Nick Kyrgios,

who was hit in the face

by Alex Zverev during a doubles

match in Sydney.

But luckily a cuddle from his German

opponent was enough to get Kyrgios

back on his feet.

That is very sweet, isn't it?

A

tennis ball can really hurt, then

and squash balls. I have loads of

bruises from squash balls.

I

remember some many saying that you

stood in front, if Boris Becker

served at you at full tilt and you

stood in front of him, the ball

would go through you. Is that made

up?

It has to be.

It would probably

hurt a lot. I remember thinking at

the time that has got to be garbage.

But who knows? I don't think you

would ever want to prove it. In the

weather, it was really cold

weather, it was really cold

yesterday, and slightly warmer

today.

Good morning all. Not as

cold.

today.

Good morning all. Not as

cold.

today.

Good morning all. Not as

cold. Yesterday in Strathalbyn it

was -10, and today it is minus

three. That is a whopping rise in

temperatures compared with yesterday

morning. Generally called Day,

something of a -- nothing of a heat

wave in prospect. Some patchy fog

and the cloud is big enough for the

odd spot of drizzle. One of the

exceptions to that is across

north-west Scotland where it is a

cold start. Clear skies by night, a

touch of frost around first thing

but you will see some sunshine. For

the rest of Scotland and most of

northern England it is cloudy. Again

some fog patches across the

Pennines, but north-west England,

especially around Cumbria, you have

some clearer skies. South of

England. Again the odd pocket of low

cloud or indeed some fog here and

there. Most of that will tend to

lift but not as cold as it was this

time yesterday morning. For Wales,

again, some fog patches with height

at north-west Wales seeing some

brighter breaks. Not just this

morning, but throughout the day. The

brightest breaks are likely to be

across north-west Scotland,

north-west England, around Carlisle,

north-west Wales, and we could see

some developing Kent, Essex and

Sussex. By the end of the afternoon,

rain coming in from the west

accompanied by strengthening winds.

And note the temperatures in

Plymouth, around ten. Along the

south coast we are looking at

between seven and nine but more

further north, three in Glasgow, and

cultural Newcastle. Through the

evening and overnight, this band of

rain erratically moves north

eastwards. It starts to lose some of

its energy and it will tend to

fragment. Across the Midlands and

parts of Scotland, heady bursts of

rain for a time. We will also see

some hills note in Scotland and the

hills of northern England as well. A

cold night in St Helier, the

temperatures dipping to eight

degrees. Tomorrow our weather front

continues its journey north

eastwards. A bit of a question mark

over the clearance time across East

of England. At the moment we think

it will be through the afternoon but

it will hang around through the day

across north-east Scotland and the

Northern Isles. Behind it, lovely

blue skies to look forward to. There

will be some sunshine, temperatures

in the south still nine or ten,

lower across the central swathes of

the UK. Aberdeen, you won't know

yourself. Seven degrees, still

connected with this band of rain.

And an overnight from Wednesday into

Thursday we are looking at fog,

especially East Wales, through the

Midlands and southern counties. Some

of that will be slow to clear, so

that lifting into slow cloud during

the course of Thursday. But there

will be a lot of brightness as well,

but temperatures by then starting to

dip a little bit.

Thank you very

much, we will see

dip a little bit.

Thank you very

much, we will see you later on this

morning. We will talk about the

reshuffle in a moment, but I want to

give you the news that the

journalist Toby Young has resigned

from the board of the office for

students after 200,000 people signed

a petition calling for him to go. He

wrote an article in the Spectator

saying that his appointment had

become a distraction from the work

in higher education.

It follows

revelations he had made offensive

comments on Twitter.

Theresa May's new year reshuffle

didn't quite go to plan yesterday.

Education Secretary Justine Greening

resigned after refusing a move

to business, and Jeremy Hunt,

who was tipped for a move,

remains as Health Secretary,

with added responsibilities.

Today, more ministerial roles

are expected to go to women,

younger MPs, and those

from ethnic minorities.

Let's speak to Rowena Mason,

deputy political editor

of the Guardian, and Joey Jones,

who was a speechwriter

for Theresa May during her

time as Home Secretary.

Good morning to you both, thank you

very much indeed for joining us.

First of all, you have seen the

reshuffle. What do you make of it?

Has she done what she set out to do?

Well, no is the short answer to

that, because she wanted to move

Jeremy Hunt from his position as

Health Secretary the business

secretary. He dug in his heels

yesterday after several hours in

Downing Street making what his

friends say was a passionate case

for staying in his role. And then

subsequently Justine Greening,

Theresa May wanted to move her to

the Department of Work and Pensions.

Rather than letting her stay in her

job, she was forced to quit, and now

it will be quite a powerful advocate

on the backbenches for some

pro-European views, potentially some

other kinds of centrist and more

liberal views than Theresa May

holds, joining some of the rebel

awkward squad.

Jones, you used to write speeches

for Theresa May. Will there

Jones, you used to write speeches

for Theresa May. Will there be

frustration? -- jelly Jones.

It must

be frustrating. The two potential

narratives built up were on the one

hand that she was going to use this

to assert authority of the

government and the country at large.

The other that she was going to

revitalise more reflect the

diversity of the country with a more

diverse Cabinet. Neither has

happened. In terms of asserting her

authority, you have a situation

where Cabinet colleagues have dug in

their heels and said no. The shape

of the Cabinet hasn't really

changed. Most people haven't stayed

in shape. That will pass the vast

majority and it varies the charts,

just steam could be hugely damaging.

She will have been infuriated.

Notably being described as deadwood.

Also another couple of Cabinet

colleagues. If she wants to make

some noise about social mobility,

that could be a big problem. It's

interesting that Toby Young, in the

resignation blocky put out a couple

of minutes ago, speaking very

favourably.

Let's talk about Jeremy

Hunt. We understand the Prime

Minister wanted to move him. What

sort of position does that put him

in?

It puts him in a strong

position. It shows that Theresa May

has not been able to stamp her

authority on him. Really, she has

been left with shuttling around a

very few number of posts. 17 Cabinet

ministers have stayed in place. It

looks like she has had to boost the

number of people attending Cabinet

to some more junior ministers. All

in all, it looks like a long day 's

work and not too much achieved.

Still more work to be done today,

Joey Jones.

What you expect from

today? An opportunity to bring lots

of younger MPs. People from diverse

backgrounds. Ultimately, people

couldn't judge it by the Cabinet.

There was a significant impact from

the Conservative Party apparatus.

Outside the door of number ten.

Really, people will look at the

Cabinet reshuffle and they will

combine this now. We are in the

middle of the reshuffle but Toby

Jones resigning, let's not forget

that Theresa May spoke about that.

She said she felt this could

continue.

You have heard it that he

has resigned. How do you work on

that news?

It looks like another

addition to what the newspapers have

been calling the shambles in the

chaos. You have the government

effectively depending -- defending

his appointment. Others would call

it offensive and sexist. There was

an urgent question in the House of

Commons. A briefing document was

handed out giving examples of how

they could defend his appointment.

It looks like the government is

being swept along by events rather

than shaping them.

Thank you very

much.

Drivers looking to buy a second hand

car may have been sold an ex-rental

without knowing it.

Steph has the details.

Good morning. There were about a

million ex- rental cars which are

sold in Britain every year and now

there is some debate about whether

buyers should be told or not. The

Advertising Standards Authority is

warning dealerships to be more clear

about the history of the car. I am

can you explain how this has come

about?

A test case with people

having trouble and it was found the

dealership had sold to ex- fleet

cars. One being used by a company

car driver and the other for

training. They had been driven by

multiple drivers but have been

described as one careful owner.

Is

there a way to people to find out?

They have to tell you if you ask.

Always ask the key questions. Look

at the documentation. See whether it

is a named person or unnamed

company.

Getting a car that wasn't

rental or fleet, is it bad news?

Loads of marls and worn out?

Not

necessarily. Quite often company

cars are the best in terms of being

looked after. Many of them now have

a black box recorder. They can be

among the best. You have to do your

homework. You how to apply some

commonsense and logic.

It's

interesting because you do think

when you going to buy a car, but it

says one previous owner, you don't

feel like you have to ask how many

people have driven it.

That is it,

you don't have to have the onus. If

you are going to make a large

purchase, it is slightly on you to

do your homework and to really do

research before you buy.

Will it

make a difference?

I think it will

because it gives reassurance to the

buyer. And now, with this ruling,

there is the potential for people

who have trouble with that cars.

It's about transparency.

Historically, second-hand car

dealers have not had the best

reputation in terms of transparency.

This can only help. These are two,

three-year-old cars. The better end

of the used car market. It brings a

bit more clarity.

Interesting, thank

you for your time.

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks

off and was Vegas. The biggest event

in the tech calendar.

This year it's exptected to draw

more than 170,000 people,

with to 4,000 exhibitor.

Our technology correspondent

Rory Cellan-Jones is live

in Las Vegas for us this morning.

You are promising us News of a

suitcase that follows you around the

airport.

We will come to that in a

moment. But he had just missed

something extraordinary. Behind me a

few minutes ago, a fleet of drones.

200 also, illuminated, all working

together above the famous downturns

of the Bellagio H. That feeds into

the theme of artificial

intelligence. And the companies

competing to show they can make

great products. I

have went to --I have gone to meet

one of those machines.

In a robotics

lag -- lab at the University of Las

Vegas, I have come to meet set the

who looks pretty human but is

learning to walk. Sir Theo, can we

shake hands? Really good to meet

you. You are quite warm actually.

How sophisticated RU as a robot?

I

want people to perceive me as a

robot. I don't want them to think

I'm human. I want to communicate

with people in the best possible way

which means looking like one.

Sophia

has few practical use is right now

that her creators, an American firm

employing Chinese scientists,

believe she represents a big step on

the road to artificial intelligence.

Our aspiration is to bring the

machines to life, to create living

intelligent Systems and there you

will see the greatest revolution in

artificial intelligence. We are

aspiring towards this. Do we know it

can be done?

We think it can. And

among the thousands of new gadgets

on show, artificial intelligence is

a constant theme. There is a seeing

suitcase which can follow its own

around the airport. This friendly

robot wanders around your home,

filming short bursts of video to

send to your phone. And Vincent,

developed in Cambridge, is a drawing

programme which learns to turn

simple sketches into works of art.

We already are on a million

different things already, a lot of

products. AI represents a whole new

wave of ways to make those

electronic products more

interesting. What that means that

the consumer electronics industry as

a whole new wave of products can

sell to us and they are a lot more

useful and helpful also the belief

goes.

And here is the most obvious.

The race to transform cities with

driverless cars. As autonomous still

has someone who can take over the

wheel but in a couple of years, this

company believes we will hop into it

will take us across town Hall on its

own. Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News,

Las Vegas.

There has been a bit of breaking

news in the last few hours. The boss

of Intel has spoken about the

security scare. Chips in millions of

computers and smartphones apparently

vulnerable to intruders. He didn't

apologise, he said it was an

industrywide issue but he tried to

reassure people that no evidence had

been stolen from customers. If you

get a security update, you should

act upon it. Very handy advice.

Apologies that we missed the

illuminated drone show. Something

amazing just happened.

staying above zero.

I am back in half an hour.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

Theresa May's reshuffle

doesn't quite go to plan,

as the Health Secretary resists

a move and the education secretary

quits.

Justine Greening refused

the offer of a new job.

The Prime Minister will

announce more junior

appointments later today.

Good morning, it is

Tuesday 9 January.

Also this morning: North Korea

agrees to send a team

to the Winter Olympics in the South,

after the first high-level talks

for more than two years.

Smacking children could

be banned in Wales.

The Welsh Government has launched

a consultation on the plans.

Retailers haven't had the Christmas

they were hoping for,

with the weakest growth in non-food

sales since records began.

I'm looking at who were

the winners and losers.

In sport: A first for English

football - the video assistant

referee system is used,

as Brighton beat Crystal Palace

in the FA Cup.

It is been touted as a "superfood",

but it contains more saturated

fat than lard.

So is coconut oil good for you?

We will be finding out.

Good morning. It is not quite as

cold today as it was yesterday.

There will be a lot of cloud around,

some drizzle coming out of that

cloud, brighter breaks in parts of

the west, but we have also got a

weather front coming in from the

west which later on will bring

strengthening winds and some rain. I

will have more in about 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

The education secretary,

Justine Greening, has resigned

from the Government after refusing

a job as Work and Pensions Secretary

in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle.

It is also understood that

Jeremy Hunt was asked to become

business secretary, but persuaded

the Prime Minister to keep him

at the Department of Health.

Theresa May is expected to make more

changes to her Cabinet later today.

Leila Nathoo reports.

Are you confident of

staying in Government?

After a day of few surprises,

it was Education Secretary Justine

Greening who threw the biggest

spanner in the works

of Theresa May's cautious plans,

emerging from Downing Street having

quit the Government,

rather than move to take charge

of welfare, as she was asked to do.

And it is understood

the Health Secretary,

Jeremy Hunt, who was also in line

for a move, this time to business,

successfully argued

to stay where he was.

A reshuffle designed to breathe

new life into the Government did see

a few switch jobs,

a handful promoted.

But there was no movement

in the top positions,

and the Cabinet make-up

is largely unchanged.

Though there was a shakeup of staff

in charge of running

the Conservative Party,

to try to broaden its appeal

and revive the Tory

electoral machine.

Now, on day two of the reshuffle,

Theresa May's focus turns

to the junior ministerial roles.

Number Ten says the Prime Minister

will promote young talent

from the backbenches.

Downing Street is promising

the new ministerial team will be

more diverse, with more women

and MPs from minority backgrounds,

so it better reflects the country.

Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth is in Westminster this

morning.

Good morning to you once again.

Yesterday at this time we were

saying it was a day when Theresa May

could set out the agenda and get

herself back in the country's good

books. It is another date when it

seems like she has been reacting to

events rather than directing them.

Yes, this was meant to be reset

moment. A chance for Theresa May to

put the troubles of the last 12

months behind her, coming into the

New Year saying I am in charge, here

my government and let's get down to

business, and also to show that the

Conservative Party could be more

representative of the country. It

didn't go to plan. Justine Greening

ended up walking away from

government and Jeremy Hunt refused

to move jobs. And at the end of the

day the government doesn't look

lastly different than it did before.

So rather than a huge

transformation, Theresa May began

struggling to prove she can assert

her authority, showing she is

constrained by her position in

government. Today we are expecting a

whole host of junior ministerial

appointments, and Number Ten very

clear that they will be diverse,

that they will be representative and

reflective of the country, and show

what kind of party the Conservative

Party wants to be. And no doubt

Downing Street will hope today's

appointments go somewhat more

smoothly.

And some other news to

reflect on, journalist Toby Young

has stood down from his role with

the office of students. It has been

a lot of criticism, he has been

defended by some Conservative MPs as

well. Is that another blow for

Theresa May?

There was a huge

backlash at his appointment because

of offensive comments he had made on

Twitter in the past. And Theresa May

appeared to give him her support,

saying any further comments and he

would lose his job. Now he has

chosen to go because he says he had

become a distraction from the work

of the board of the office for

students. It is another unwelcome

signal that not all smooth sailing

at all times for Theresa May's

government.

Great to talk to you as

ever, as I throw my paper across the

table.

And at 7:10am we will be

talking to the new chairman

of the Conservative

Party, Brandon Lewis.

I know many of you are getting in

touch with us about this particular

story.

Parents in Wales could be banned

from smacking their children,

under new plans.

The Welsh Government

is consulting on the changes,

and people will be given 12 weeks

to make their views known.

Scotland is in the process

of introducing a similar ban.

Dan Johnson reports.

If it goes ahead, Wales would become

the second part of the UK

They will appear before

Westminster Magistrates later today.

National Action became the first

far-right group to be banned

in the UK, in December 2016,

after the Home Secretary,

Amber Rudd, said it was promoting

violence and acts of terrorism.

A UK-wide ban on the manufacturing

of cosmetics and care products

containing microbeads has

come into force today,

in an attempt to cut down

on the amount of plastic

in our oceans.

The beads that are used in hundreds

of facewashes and shower gels

are often ingested by sea animals,

and even end up entering

our food chain.

It will be followed by a wider ban

on the sale of products containing

microbeads later in the year.

The warning is very clear -

never work in television

with children and animals.

But this reporter clearly

hasn't heard the advice.

Alex Dunlop was filming a report

at Banham Zoo, in Norfolk.

But, as he attempted to tell

the story, the zoo's lemurs decided

that this was their moment of fame.

He is fine.

I do think it is the

shade of the jumper. He has worn

grey.

More now on our main story. We

were talking about this yesterday as

well, Theresa May's reshuffle which

seemingly didn't go according to

plan. It is unsurprisingly on the

front page of a lot of the papers.

Theresa May reshuffle in disarray,

as Justine Greening quits.

Night of

the blunt stiletto, as ministers

refuse to move in reshuffle. The

Daily Mail have said no, Prime

Minister. The Health Secretary

turning down a new job and Theresa

May forced to sack the Education

Secretary after she refuses to move.

And on the times, Greening quits in

shambolic reshuffle. Another

newspaper calling it a reshuffle

kerfuffle. Let's talk to Brendan

Lewis. Good morning to you. Thank

you for coming on Breakfast and

reflecting on yesterday and looking

ahead for us as well. I wonder, what

has what we saw and heard yesterday,

what does that say to the British

public about your party this

morning?

If you look at what the

Prime Minister outlined yesterday in

terms of how the departments are

working, there are some good people

coming in, more women around the

Cabinet table than we have ever had

before. We have actually very clear

focus, if you look at what we have

done with the Ministry of Housing

and local government, putting that

real focus, as the Prime Minister

herself has outlined, on delivering

the housing we need in the country.

And the important thing that we have

seen this delivering health and

social care. As someone who worked

in local government around better

funded social care, the importance

of having health and social

get-together is something most

people will welcome. We have seen

that widely welcomed in the industry

already.

The problem is, this is not

the prime minister being in control,

is it? Shias reacting to events

rather than directing them. You say

it is together those two

departments, but that was not the

initial plan. The plan was the

Justine Greening the move, and she

said no thanks, I am off. And for

Jeremy Hunt to move, and he said

that her decision was the wrong one,

and this is what he would be doing.

That is not a prime minister in

control.

Well, as tempting as it is

to get into speculation and gossip

about what may have happened, what I

am focused on is, as we set on the

Andrew Marr Show, driving that

domestic agenda, making sure we are

recognising and dealing with some of

the real challenges we face in the

country, providing the homes that we

need, with a brilliant Secretary of

State in Sajid Javvid, and doing

that important piece of work about

bringing health and social care

together, to make sure we are able

to deliver a really coherent package

for people in the health sector

going forward. If you look at some

of the outlines today, the Health

Secretary has warmly welcome this

change.

I understand where you are

coming from, and I am not trying to

undermine the prime minister. I am

asking genuine questions, and a lot

of politics is about perception. The

perception after what we saw

yesterday is that Theresa May is not

in control of this government.

Obviously you won't be surprised to

know I entirely disagree with that.

In a reshuffle, by definition,

people change. My role has changed,

becoming chairman of the party, and

moving forward, it is a great party

with some great people and while

wonderful volunteers activists

around the country. We have seen

some great new faces, brilliant

people, having more women around the

Cabinet table than we have had

before, something the Prime Minister

is very focused on doing. And we are

blessed to have some great talent

across the Conservative Party in

Parliament, and you will see more of

that as the reshuffle continues.

We're only just getting into the

wider part the reshuffle, with our

ministers and Parliamentary

undersecretary is being appointed

through the course of the day.

You

will know that polling data

suggested your party struggle to

reach those under the age of 30. In

your new role, how do you rebrand

the party? How do you sell the Tory

party to those voters in particular?

Well, we have got a job to do to

make sure that we are able to

outline the people across the

country, of all age groups, about

why what we are doing in government

and what we offer in the future in

government is good for the United

Kingdom as a whole, regardless of

age, sex, or where you live in the

United Kingdom. We want to deliver

for everybody. I have been very

fortunate to be joined by a really

good team, with Ben, and Andrew

Jones, and a whole team of people

looking at how we get the message

out, about why what we are doing in

government is so important to our

country. To make sure that people

have the security of a job for them

and their family in the future. The

confidence of having a health

service which can deliver and look

after them and their families. And

that why the strength of the economy

to deliver for the United Kingdom in

the future as we leave the European

Union.

With that in mind, and

returning to what happened with

Justine Greening, and that diversity

you are talking about, how damaging

is it to have the sacking of a

prominent female minister? With this

mail, stale and pale looking

Conservative Party, that really

hasn't happened.

Well, you have more

women around the Cabinet table than

you have before.

In senior

positions?

These are really powerful

people. I have worked with Claire

Perry in the past, she is a

fantastic addition to the Cabinet,

and the equality and diversity

agenda, which the Home Secretary

will now take care of, the brilliant

Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, and with

a woman as our Home Secretary and

prime minister, it is a really

diverse Cabinet with a wide range of

interests. Not just about whether it

is male or female, but the

backgrounds they come from, which we

as a country represent, and that we

all have something in common, which

is doing the best thing for the

United Kingdom and of a body in it.

The junior ministers will be working

across

The junior ministers will be working

across departments. You can look

forward to seeing some good fresh

talent coming through and a really

diverse government being put in

place across all departments.

Brandon Lewis, thank you for your

time. All the best for your new job.

It's still not over yet. The longest

reshuffle, isn't it?

Retailers haven't had the Christmas

they were hoping for -

the weakest growth in non-food sales

since records began.

We have spent more money on food.

It's cost us more. The supermarket

sales figures look good. Morrison's

figures have come out. They have had

a good Christmas. Their sales are up

2.8%. They have had a particularly

good Christmas. If you look at the

retailers which are not selling

food, they are the ones who have

struggled because we haven't had as

much money to spend on things like

clothes. Even gifts as well. If you

compare the supermarket to the non-

feud retails.

I was talking about

the importance of discounting. When

Mothercare tried to recoup money

after not discounting, that was

interesting.

They have had a tough

time. They share price has gone to

the lowest average has ever been.

Debenhams as well. It's also about

the ones which don't have a big on

line presence. Morrison's say their

sales on line are up 10%. They were

seen as being a bit behind the

times. If you look at someone like

Debenhams, they are still very old

school and the fact they have the

big stores on High Street which is

struggling. That has really hit them

hard. It is a story of two halves

but it's a lot to do with the fact

that we are spending more money on

food. That's meant we have had to

cut back on other areas.

Good

morning. This is Breakfast. It's

about time we got some weather with

Carol. It's a bit chilly out there.

A cold start but not as cold as it

was yesterday. In Perth, it is 13

degrees warmer than it was

yesterday. The cloud is thick enough

for some drizzle.

yesterday. The cloud is thick enough

for some drizzle. The most of

Scotland, that is also the case.

Across the north-west, under clear

skies by night, a cold start to the

day. Some frost around as well. For

northern England and north-west

England, around Cumbria, the skies.

A touch of frost. For the rest of

northern England, it is cloudy. As

we comes out through the Midlands,

again, a lot of cloud around. Again,

some hill fog. A murky start to the

day. Northwest Wales, seeing some

brightness. Northwest Wales, we

should see it brighten up a time

across parts of sex. By the end of

the afternoon, a weather front will

be coming in across western parts of

the UK. Southwest England, also

Southwest Wales. Strengthening winds

will accompany this. Along Southern

counties, about seven, nine degrees.

Still cold implies, Newcastle.

Through the evening, this weather

front will push through the

north-east. It will break up as it

does. The rain will be heavy. We

will see some snow across higher

ground. Generally, it is a weakening

feature. Behind it, ice on surfaces

and also some patchy fog. As we head

on through tomorrow, a bit of?. We

think through the afternoon, it will

tend to linger across north-east

Scotland and the Northern Isles.

Lovely blue sky. A fair bit of

sunshine around tomorrow. Nothing

great to write home about tomorrow.

We're looking at between eight and

10 degrees. Around this band of

rain, hanging on to the miles

around. It's quite unsettled and

mobile as we head towards the rest

of the week. I was unsure which

screen to look.

of the week. I was unsure which

screen to look. We are talking about

what we can do to save electricity.

Turning down the thermostat? All

sorts of things.

It's something children

have been learning

about for a new BBC science project.

Jayne McCubbin is at

Balcurvie Primary School for us this

morning to find out more.

Yes, good morning. Should we give

Balcurvie whoop whoop? Thank you. If

you've never been involved or seen

the terrific scientific project from

BBC, let me fill you in. It involves

real schoolchildren. 8000 schools

across the country taking part in

real experiments. Doctor Linda Webb

here from the University of

Edinburgh. To come up with some

really interesting scientific

results. Have a look at this. This

is what they are looking into.

Power. Not this kind of power but

the stuff used to power up a school

like this school in Fife.

Experiments have been taking place

here and in hundreds of other