11/01/2018

0:00:04 > 0:00:05Hello, this is Breakfast,

0:00:05 > 0:00:08with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

0:00:08 > 0:00:10Wiping out plastic waste -

0:00:10 > 0:00:13the Prime Minister sets out a 25-year plan.

0:00:13 > 0:00:15Plastic-free aisles in supermarkets are among the ideas

0:00:15 > 0:00:17being put forward by Theresa May.

0:00:17 > 0:00:21But critics say the proposals lack urgency and detail.

0:00:34 > 0:00:37Good morning, it's Thursday the 11th of January.

0:00:37 > 0:00:39Also this morning:

0:00:39 > 0:00:40One of the strongest warnings yet

0:00:40 > 0:00:44about the NHS in England.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47This time hospital bosses say services are at breaking point

0:00:47 > 0:00:50and that the government must spend more.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53More lives are claimed by the rivers of mud in California as hundreds

0:00:53 > 0:00:55of rescuers comb through the wreckage.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57An armed heist at the Ritz in Paris.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Jewellery worth millions of pounds is seized after five men smash

0:01:00 > 0:01:06through a window with an axe.

0:01:06 > 0:01:10An end to booking fees when you use a credit or debit card online,

0:01:10 > 0:01:12but could it mean other prices rise as a result?

0:01:12 > 0:01:15I'll have the details.

0:01:15 > 0:01:16In sport, the only interesting

0:01:16 > 0:01:19thing about Chelsea v Arsenal last night?

0:01:19 > 0:01:22The VAR was called into action properly for the first

0:01:22 > 0:01:23time but no goals

0:01:23 > 0:01:26in the League Cup semi-final first leg.

0:01:26 > 0:01:31And Carol has the weather.

0:01:31 > 0:01:37Good morning. Some frost around this morning but also fold, especially so

0:01:37 > 0:01:43in western parts of the UK, where summons and run southern parts of

0:01:43 > 0:01:47England and eastern England, slow to live, someone at all, but the

0:01:47 > 0:01:52brighter skies later will be in the west. More details in 15 minutes.

0:01:52 > 0:01:52Good morning.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54First, our main story.

0:01:54 > 0:01:56The Prime Minister's setting out plans to tackle plastic pollution,

0:01:56 > 0:01:59by wiping out all avoidable waste by 2042.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01Two ideas among the proposals include asking every

0:02:01 > 0:02:04supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings

0:02:04 > 0:02:07at all as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags

0:02:07 > 0:02:18to all retailers.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20Environmentalists say the plans are worthless,

0:02:20 > 0:02:21unless they're written into law.

0:02:21 > 0:02:23Here's our environment correspondent, Roger Harribin.

0:02:23 > 0:02:29A pod of short finned pilot whales in the Atlantic waters off Europe,

0:02:29 > 0:02:35as elsewhere, they have to share the ocean with plastic.There's huge

0:02:35 > 0:02:39public concern about plastic litter since David Attenborough's Blue

0:02:39 > 0:02:43Planet series showed secret is eating plastic waste. The Prime

0:02:43 > 0:02:46Minister will serve that wave of concern with her first environment

0:02:46 > 0:02:50speech. She's setting out a timetable to abolish single use

0:02:50 > 0:02:54plastics. There will be money for research into smarter plastics and

0:02:54 > 0:02:58more plastic free aisles in supermarkets. The countryside should

0:02:58 > 0:03:03also benefit from the 25-year-old environment plan also being

0:03:03 > 0:03:07published. This is the UK's prime site for nightingales in Kent. The

0:03:07 > 0:03:11local council wants to build much-needed homes on part of this

0:03:11 > 0:03:16site. But green groups are expecting the government to protect existing

0:03:16 > 0:03:20sites like this. They also want the government to follow its promise to

0:03:20 > 0:03:24improve other areas degraded by development or Telus bombing. They

0:03:24 > 0:03:30want commitments that ministers can't wriggle out of dashcam at

0:03:30 > 0:03:34farming. Environmentalists welcomed the government's plans to restore

0:03:34 > 0:03:38Britain's nature but the problem, they say, is that so far it is just

0:03:38 > 0:03:42a planned. To really convince their ministers would need to introduce

0:03:42 > 0:03:46legislation and there seems no sign of that. Roger Harrabin, BBC News,

0:03:46 > 0:03:52Kent.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55Theresa May is expected to make her speech at 9:30am.

0:03:55 > 0:03:58She's calling the issue of plastics one of the greatest

0:03:58 > 0:04:00scourges of our times, and says demand for plastic

0:04:00 > 0:04:01must be reduced.

0:04:01 > 0:04:03Critics claim the pledges don't go far enough.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05Greenpeace says it's a missed opportunity,

0:04:05 > 0:04:07and the plans lack urgency, detail and bite.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10They say the most glaring gap is support for deposit return

0:04:10 > 0:04:13schemes, where people get money back for returning old empty bottles,

0:04:13 > 0:04:23something they argue is backed by the public.

0:04:23 > 0:04:26We'll speak to the Environment Secretary Michael Gove at 8:30am

0:04:26 > 0:04:28to ask if these proposals go far enough.

0:04:28 > 0:04:31The National Health Service has failed to meet any of the standards

0:04:31 > 0:04:34laid down in its own constitution, that's according to NHS Providers,

0:04:34 > 0:04:36the body which represents front-line health trusts in England.

0:04:36 > 0:04:40It is calling for an urgent review of the service as it believes

0:04:40 > 0:04:41hospitals are unsafe and over-crowded.

0:04:41 > 0:04:44Ministers say there are plans in place to help it cope.

0:04:44 > 0:04:48Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes has more.

0:04:48 > 0:04:53It's already been a tough few weeks for the NHS across the UK. Cold

0:04:53 > 0:04:58weather and a rising number of flu cases have contributed to pressures

0:04:58 > 0:05:02that A&E staff have described as the worst they've ever seen. The Prime

0:05:02 > 0:05:06Minister and the First Minister in Scotland have both had to apologise

0:05:06 > 0:05:10to patients who faced cancer operations and long waits. The

0:05:10 > 0:05:15pressure of winter on the NHS has been unrelenting. In Scotland at the

0:05:15 > 0:05:20end of December just 78% of patients at A&E were seen within four hours,

0:05:20 > 0:05:26well below the 95% target. Across the UK the number of people coming

0:05:26 > 0:05:29down with flu has increased dramatically in recent weeks, and

0:05:29 > 0:05:33many of the patients attending A&E are older and sicker, meaning they

0:05:33 > 0:05:39require more care. Now, according to the organisation that represents

0:05:39 > 0:05:42health providers, such as hospitals and ambulance trusts in England, the

0:05:42 > 0:05:46whole service is at a watershed.We have now clearly reached the point

0:05:46 > 0:05:49where the NHS cannot meet the standards of care that we would all

0:05:49 > 0:05:53of us at the NHS, ministers included, want to provide. So the

0:05:53 > 0:05:57key question is do we abandon those standards, and none of us in the NHS

0:05:57 > 0:06:01want to do that, or does the government make the decisions that

0:06:01 > 0:06:07it needs to make about the long-term funding and it needs to make those

0:06:07 > 0:06:11the systems quickly.This is one of the strongest warnings yet about the

0:06:11 > 0:06:14strain being faced by the NHS this winter and it will add to the

0:06:14 > 0:06:17pressure on ministers to build a consensus over the long-term future

0:06:17 > 0:06:21of the health and care service, and to do so quickly. Dominic Hughes,

0:06:21 > 0:06:21BBC News.

0:06:21 > 0:06:2417 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods

0:06:24 > 0:06:25in Southern California.

0:06:25 > 0:06:27Hundreds of rescuers are searching though wreckage

0:06:27 > 0:06:29for more than a dozen missing people.

0:06:29 > 0:06:29Let's get the latest on the rescue with Amber Anderson

0:06:33 > 0:06:42The latest extreme weather has hit Santa Barbara, and Montecito.

0:06:42 > 0:06:44Let's get the latest on the rescue with Amber Anderson

0:06:44 > 0:06:47from the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.

0:06:47 > 0:06:53What are you seeing, what is the latest?The latest is, now that

0:06:53 > 0:06:57we're beyond the first 24 hours of the incident, I can tell you that we

0:06:57 > 0:07:01are in still a significant search and rescue mode, that's our number

0:07:01 > 0:07:06one priority. As we move forward in the next coming days we have 17

0:07:06 > 0:07:12people unaccounted for and we're unable to find them. We have 17

0:07:12 > 0:07:16fatalities now to report, it's been a devastating couple of days and we

0:07:16 > 0:07:20are working really hard. We have people coming in from throughout the

0:07:20 > 0:07:28States to a cyst with the rescue efforts to find those people. We

0:07:28 > 0:07:31have people out there looking to find those people from throughout

0:07:31 > 0:07:39the area who are uninjured and they still need help getting out because

0:07:39 > 0:07:43their access has been blocked by the debris flowing from the hazards we

0:07:43 > 0:07:49have out there. It is quite a scene out there in the last 48 hours.

0:07:49 > 0:07:53Quite the scene, we are looking at pictures of literally rivers of mud

0:07:53 > 0:07:58flowing. Obviously in the UK we haven't seen much of this. Have you

0:07:58 > 0:08:02seen anything like this? We understand why it's happening after

0:08:02 > 0:08:06the fires and the ground being much more resistant to absorbing water,

0:08:06 > 0:08:10but have you seen anything like this before?I've never seen anything

0:08:10 > 0:08:14like this, millions of people throughout the state haven't seen an

0:08:14 > 0:08:18incident like this, it's very unprecedented. We have feedback from

0:08:18 > 0:08:22a coastguard who came in yesterday to help us with their airships to

0:08:22 > 0:08:29perform some of those rescue operations, those from the US

0:08:29 > 0:08:31coastguard have reported they have never seen rain like they

0:08:31 > 0:08:34experienced yesterday morning and the rescues they performed yesterday

0:08:34 > 0:08:37morning in those rainy conditions are the worst they've ever operated

0:08:37 > 0:08:40in in order to rescue those people. Something completely unprecedented

0:08:40 > 0:08:45for everyone out there working so hard.Amber Anderson from the Santa

0:08:45 > 0:08:49Barbara city fire department, thanks for talking to us, we wish you and

0:08:49 > 0:08:53your team the best as you continue the search and rescue effort.Thank

0:08:53 > 0:08:55you, thank you very much.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58Victims of sex attacker John Worboys have asked for him to be banned

0:08:58 > 0:09:00from Greater London when he leaves prison.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03Worboys is thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes

0:09:03 > 0:09:06and sexual assaults on women in the capital.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08The Parole Board decided Worboys would be released with stringent

0:09:08 > 0:09:10licence conditions after he completed his sentence.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13In 2009 he was convicted of 19 offences and ordered to surf

0:09:13 > 0:09:15at least eight years in jail.

0:09:15 > 0:09:18In 2009 he was convicted of 19 offences and ordered to serve

0:09:18 > 0:09:20at least eight years in jail.

0:09:20 > 0:09:22at least eight years in jail.

0:09:22 > 0:09:25Police in Paris are hunting two armed robbers who stole jewellery

0:09:25 > 0:09:27worth millions of pounds from the city's Ritz hotel.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30Armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows to gain

0:09:30 > 0:09:32access to display cases, before snatching the jewels

0:09:32 > 0:09:34from the ground floor of the hotel.

0:09:34 > 0:09:36Three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene.

0:09:36 > 0:09:40Prince Harry has yet to ask his brother to be his best

0:09:40 > 0:09:42man, the Duke of Cambridge revealed last night.

0:09:42 > 0:09:44William was discussing Harry's upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle

0:09:44 > 0:09:45at a charity event.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48Former footballer Rio Ferdinand asked about the date clash

0:09:48 > 0:09:51with the FA Cup final, the Prince joked that he was still working

0:09:51 > 0:09:52on a solution.

0:09:52 > 0:10:02It's a big decision, are you going to London?It depends, I'm still

0:10:02 > 0:10:12working it out. I'll see what I can do.The relationship you have with

0:10:12 > 0:10:19Harry...

0:10:19 > 0:10:25Awkward!They will sort it out! Wouldn't it be brilliant if he

0:10:25 > 0:10:26didn't get asked?

0:10:26 > 0:10:27That's this morning's main news.

0:10:27 > 0:10:31Carol will tell us what's happening

0:10:31 > 0:10:34with the weather in five minutes' time.

0:10:34 > 0:10:39That was a bit awkward, like waiting to be asked to be a bridesmaid, you

0:10:39 > 0:10:44can't assume these things. What if he picks his best mate? He might do

0:10:44 > 0:10:49a better speech! Prince William is pretty good at doing speeches.He's

0:10:49 > 0:10:54had enough practice!What have you got?Not very much in terms of the

0:10:54 > 0:11:04League Cup semi-final first leg between Chelsea and

0:11:04 > 0:11:04dull! The only interesting thing to say was the video system refereeing

0:11:04 > 0:11:11was in place. It was in action for the first time. In rugby when the

0:11:11 > 0:11:15referee does this and the decision can be referred to somebody

0:11:15 > 0:11:19reviewing it on the ATB behind-the-scenes, it was put into

0:11:19 > 0:11:29action properly on Monday. That is all we have to say about it!

0:11:29 > 0:11:33Chelsea drew the first leg of their League Cup semi-final against

0:11:33 > 0:11:37Arsenal, 0-0, the new video assistant refereeing system was used

0:11:37 > 0:11:40by referee Martin Atkinson to check penalty decisions he didn't give but

0:11:40 > 0:11:43there was nothing to make him change his mind.

0:11:43 > 0:11:45England have recalled Mark Wood and given Lancashire batsman

0:11:45 > 0:11:47Liam Livingstone a first test call up.

0:11:47 > 0:11:51They'll both be in line to face New Zealand in the two test series

0:11:51 > 0:11:52starting in March.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has

0:11:54 > 0:11:56announced his return to the boxing ring.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58He's teamed up with promoter Eddie Hearn and will fight

0:11:58 > 0:12:02for the first time in nearly two years in Liverpool in April.

0:12:02 > 0:12:04And the Chief Executive of British Cycling says that

0:12:04 > 0:12:07Chris Froome remains available for selection while his adverse

0:12:07 > 0:12:12drugs test is being investigated.

0:12:12 > 0:12:16Remember before Christmas it was revealed he had tested positive for

0:12:16 > 0:12:23an inhaler, an asthma drug that showed up in his test, it showed he

0:12:23 > 0:12:31had twice the allowed amount in his system during the vaulter Espana. --

0:12:31 > 0:12:35le Vuelta a Espana. Chris Froome said he has done nothing wrong so

0:12:35 > 0:12:40they are looking at why he had such high-level is in his system.You

0:12:40 > 0:12:44have a little glass of water.I could do with one.We will go and

0:12:44 > 0:12:48have a little chat with Carol.I will go and have a tea!

0:12:48 > 0:12:51Let's take a look at this morning's weather with Carol.

0:12:51 > 0:12:55It was really foggy this morning when I came in and it has been all

0:12:55 > 0:12:57week in Manchester?

0:12:57 > 0:13:02There has been a bit of fog. Some fog around this morning in many

0:13:02 > 0:13:07areas. For example, in Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland,

0:13:07 > 0:13:11Central Lowlands, parts of north-west England, Wales, the West

0:13:11 > 0:13:15Country, also across the Midlands. Some in East Anglia and some in

0:13:15 > 0:13:19Lincolnshire. If you're travelling then some of this blog is dense and

0:13:19 > 0:13:24it could lead to some disruption in places, you can find out what is

0:13:24 > 0:13:27happening on your BBC local radio station and someone to lift at all,

0:13:27 > 0:13:32it will linger through the day and if that happens your maximum will be

0:13:32 > 0:13:35a bit above freezing. This morning across Northern Ireland it's a

0:13:35 > 0:13:39cloudy start and there is some patchy fog. Patchy fog across the

0:13:39 > 0:13:43Central Lowlands and south-west of Scotland but frosty in parts of

0:13:43 > 0:13:46northern and western Scotland, whereas in the east we have more

0:13:46 > 0:13:51cloud. In Yorkshire, patchy fog, parts of north-west England, around

0:13:51 > 0:13:55Manchester, as Naga said, we have that fog and it extends to the West

0:13:55 > 0:13:59Midlands and into Wales. Again, some of this is dense and dangerous when

0:13:59 > 0:14:07it's patchy because you run into it suddenly and then you don't know the

0:14:07 > 0:14:10consequences. In south-west England we have some patchy fog this morning

0:14:10 > 0:14:14and some fog as we go that further east. Then we run into some rain,

0:14:14 > 0:14:18fairly light rain in parts of south-west England, some fog in East

0:14:18 > 0:14:21Anglia and fog patches as we go into Lincolnshire. Under all this cloud

0:14:21 > 0:14:25in the east it is quite damp with drizzle if you don't have the rain.

0:14:25 > 0:14:29Through the morning we will slowly see the fog lifted into low cloud

0:14:29 > 0:14:33and then we will see it start to break. In the west is where we're

0:14:33 > 0:14:36likely to see the lion's share of the sunshine but don't forget some

0:14:36 > 0:14:41of the fog when the lift and it will be great, cool and quite gloomy. Put

0:14:41 > 0:14:47back out to the east we still have a lot of cloud, not as cold and here

0:14:47 > 0:14:51too there will be drizzle and light rain at times. As we head through

0:14:51 > 0:14:55the evening and overnight we see fog forming, not as extensive as this

0:14:55 > 0:14:59morning but it will be there nonetheless. These are the

0:14:59 > 0:15:02temperatures you can expect in towns and cities and in rural areas it

0:15:02 > 0:15:07will be colder than this, so once again some frost around. We start

0:15:07 > 0:15:11tomorrow on this note with some frost and fog patches. Like today

0:15:11 > 0:15:14that will slowly lift, for some it will lift into low cloud, but you

0:15:14 > 0:15:18can see we'll see some breaks in that cloud tomorrow, the best of

0:15:18 > 0:15:22which will be in Northern Scotland, parts of Wales, down towards Dorset

0:15:22 > 0:15:26and also parts of south-west England. Temperature wise, around

0:15:26 > 0:15:316-8. Heading into the weekend, fairly quiet to start with, a

0:15:31 > 0:15:35weather front comes in during parts of late Friday and Saturday, but it

0:15:35 > 0:15:40dies in situ but brings rain with it. On Sunday brighter skies in

0:15:40 > 0:15:44England and Wales, but this next system is waiting in the winds and

0:15:44 > 0:15:48this is a much more active one, bringing in much windier and wetter

0:15:48 > 0:15:52conditions. In summary for the weekend, if you're planning anything

0:15:52 > 0:15:56it will be largely dry. Don't forget the rain coming into the west,

0:15:56 > 0:16:03mostly cloudy and we're also looking at breezy conditions too.

0:16:03 > 0:16:07We were just talking about whether we were organised enough to plan for

0:16:07 > 0:16:11the weekend. It shocked me, that you need to plan for that.Let's have a

0:16:11 > 0:16:14look through some of the front pages. Let's begin with the Daily

0:16:14 > 0:16:19Mail. A campaigning issue for them over a long period of time.Yes,

0:16:19 > 0:16:23this is about the scourge of plastic. Today Theresa May is going

0:16:23 > 0:16:30to pledge to end this. This is a 25 year strategy to end all avoidable

0:16:30 > 0:16:35plastic, and some of the suggestions include plastic free I else in the

0:16:35 > 0:16:40supermarkets. -- aisles in the supermarkets.The scourge of the

0:16:40 > 0:16:46seas. This is a crisp packet which washed up after 21 years.I was

0:16:46 > 0:16:49going to say, I recognise that from a long time ago.That is the

0:16:49 > 0:16:54evidence, as people have been saying for a long time, about how long the

0:16:54 > 0:16:57environment or damage last and how hard it is all these particular

0:16:57 > 0:17:03plastics to decompose.This is the top story on the Times newspaper

0:17:03 > 0:17:06today, but also, the front page picture you are seeing is Meryl

0:17:06 > 0:17:16Streep at Leicester Square last night for the premiere of The Post.

0:17:16 > 0:17:21And British firms will be allowed privileged access, under plans

0:17:21 > 0:17:25considered by some countries such as Germany.The front page of the

0:17:25 > 0:17:29Mirror as well. One of the stories about the NHS, they are focusing on

0:17:29 > 0:17:34hospital departments, these are quotes from doctors. My hospital

0:17:34 > 0:17:39department is heaving with patients who have been in AMD nine, 11, 13

0:17:39 > 0:17:45hours. -- A&E. The pressure is on the NHS.We've been talking about

0:17:45 > 0:17:50product of it in output and how well the economy is doing.Great news

0:17:50 > 0:17:53yesterday, it surprised lots of people who watch these figures.

0:17:53 > 0:17:56Manufacturing figures came in much better than expected. That is

0:17:56 > 0:18:01largely as a result of the fall in the value of the pound. This story

0:18:01 > 0:18:04in the Times newspaper, the cheap pound driving the Best factory

0:18:04 > 0:18:07growth in seven years. Basically, after the Brexit vote the value of

0:18:07 > 0:18:12the pound fell. So it makes UK goods cheaper for overseas markets and

0:18:12 > 0:18:17therefore more attractive. Some criticism in that, that actually,

0:18:17 > 0:18:20given that all the things we import a more expensive, it might cancel

0:18:20 > 0:18:24that benefit out. Nonetheless, factory orders are rising at their

0:18:24 > 0:18:29fastest pace in nearly seven years. That is good news of course because

0:18:29 > 0:18:32manufacturing accounts for about 10% of the economy. The other story

0:18:32 > 0:18:37here, Karelian, the big construction firm, still facing lots of questions

0:18:37 > 0:18:41over its future. -- Carillion. It met with lenders and advisers

0:18:41 > 0:18:45yesterday trying to come up with a rescue plan and failing to do so.

0:18:45 > 0:18:50Carillion is important because it has one of the big contracts to

0:18:50 > 0:18:53build HS2, the high-speed railway between London and the north.I said

0:18:53 > 0:18:57there was only one interesting thing about the game between Arsenal and

0:18:57 > 0:19:00Chelsea last night and that was the video assistant referee. But the

0:19:00 > 0:19:03other interesting thing was that Arsene Wenger is serving a touchline

0:19:03 > 0:19:08ban. He had to sit watching from the press box, surrounded by the

0:19:08 > 0:19:11journalists that he rather tongue-in-cheek refers to as

0:19:11 > 0:19:16"Specialists" on the game. Antonio Conte got to shout at his players

0:19:16 > 0:19:20from the touchline. A really incredible summary, really. Serena

0:19:20 > 0:19:23Williams is on the cover of Vogue magazine this month with her

0:19:23 > 0:19:28daughter, Olympia. The mail have taken a big section of out and

0:19:28 > 0:19:34reported on that interview. -- The Mail. What she went through to get

0:19:34 > 0:19:37back on Court three months after giving birth, she had an emergency

0:19:37 > 0:19:42Caesarean, and all kinds of compensations, she had blood clots

0:19:42 > 0:19:47on her lungs. She has given a full and frank interview about what it is

0:19:47 > 0:19:50like to be a first-time mother. Lots of people identify with the emotions

0:19:50 > 0:19:53she is talking about was the sometimes she gets really down and

0:19:53 > 0:19:57she feels that she can't do it, and other days it is the best thing

0:19:57 > 0:20:01ever. A really interesting interview.She is close to a

0:20:01 > 0:20:05comeback, isn't she? Capable, but not as good as she wants to be.She

0:20:05 > 0:20:09went be playing at the Australian Open in the next few weeks. She says

0:20:09 > 0:20:13she is nearly there, but when she comes back she was to be properly

0:20:13 > 0:20:16challenging for the Grand Slam titles. To think that she wanted

0:20:16 > 0:20:19Australian Open when she was eight weeks pregnant, anyway, she is a

0:20:19 > 0:20:24superwoman.Here in the Times newspaper, we are talking about the

0:20:24 > 0:20:30snowstorms in the Alps, and how it so has been falling. Look at this.

0:20:30 > 0:20:35-- how much snow has been falling. Look at this. They cut these paths

0:20:35 > 0:20:39through the snow. You get a sense of how deep it is.Can you imagine how

0:20:39 > 0:20:43we would deal with that in this country?To be honest, I'm not quite

0:20:43 > 0:20:47sure if that is entirely snow.But you get the impression, don't you?

0:20:47 > 0:20:52Give the Highways Agency outbreak. They've been working hard. We don't

0:20:52 > 0:20:59get weather like that, we are all right.

0:20:59 > 0:21:02The actor Michael Douglas has spoken out to deny a claim of improper

0:21:02 > 0:21:05sexual conduct - before it has even been made public.

0:21:05 > 0:21:08The Oscar winner says he wants to get ahead of the potential story

0:21:08 > 0:21:10before it was published.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12Let's get more detail now from the entertainment reporter,

0:21:12 > 0:21:15Sandro Monetti who is in Los Angeles for us this morning.

0:21:15 > 0:21:20Good morning. Normally with these stories, the pathway is that there

0:21:20 > 0:21:24is an accusation in public and then there is a response. This has

0:21:24 > 0:21:27happened slightly differently. Would you like to take us through what has

0:21:27 > 0:21:31happened so far?Well, this pre-emptive denial comes at a time

0:21:31 > 0:21:36in Tinseltown when the very whiff of a sexual scandal can be toxic for

0:21:36 > 0:21:42Hollywood careers. And so perhaps that explains why Michael Douglas

0:21:42 > 0:21:47has gone public to share with the world that there is a story about to

0:21:47 > 0:21:51break that a woman who worked for him 32 years ago claims that at that

0:21:51 > 0:21:58time, he made a sexually inappropriate act, and he tried to

0:21:58 > 0:22:01blackball her career, make sure that she wouldn't get work again in

0:22:01 > 0:22:06Hollywood. He says it is completely untrue, at total fabrication. Of

0:22:06 > 0:22:10course, there are two sides to every story, but he is getting his story

0:22:10 > 0:22:16out first.Yes, so it is an absolute denial. He has gone on to say that

0:22:16 > 0:22:19it is extremely painful, describing the situation he finds himself in as

0:22:19 > 0:22:25a nightmare. He has talked about his own reputation quite a bit. So

0:22:25 > 0:22:29clearly he has been advised, or has taken this decision, to protect his

0:22:29 > 0:22:35reputation in advance?He has, and when a scandal like this happens,

0:22:35 > 0:22:38celebrities get advice from their lawyers were cheers, say nothing.

0:22:38 > 0:22:43And advice from their publicists, which is, say everything. Put it out

0:22:43 > 0:22:47there. Michael Douglas is experienced enough to know that the

0:22:47 > 0:22:51court of public opinion is what matters in high profile cases. The

0:22:51 > 0:22:55scandals that started with Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have hit

0:22:55 > 0:23:01Los Angeles like an earthquake. The after-shocks are still felt. Michael

0:23:01 > 0:23:06Douglas has taken the very unusual step of saying that he isn't going

0:23:06 > 0:23:10to be next, he isn't going to deny it. -- he is going to. It is an

0:23:10 > 0:23:15unusual thing, freight publicists who advise you tell your story

0:23:15 > 0:23:20rather than have somebody else tell it, but this is the era of the

0:23:20 > 0:23:24#MeToo movement. Michael Douglas also says in the interview he is a

0:23:24 > 0:23:27feminist and has always been supportive of women and is

0:23:27 > 0:23:30supportive of #MeToo stop it will be interesting to watch this story.

0:23:30 > 0:23:38Thank you. We have been talking about Theresa May setting out the

0:23:38 > 0:23:42government's long-term plan, a 25 year plan, for the environment. She

0:23:42 > 0:23:46is going to make a pledge to get rid of avoidable plastic waste.

0:23:46 > 0:23:48Breakfast's Tim Muffett is in Weston-Super-Mare where locals

0:23:48 > 0:23:50are already cleaning up the coastline.

0:23:50 > 0:23:55Good morning, Tim.Good morning. It is a big pledge, the idea of getting

0:23:55 > 0:23:59rid of all avoidable plastic waste by Twiggy 42, as part of this 25

0:23:59 > 0:24:06year plan which will be announced this morning. -- by 2042. Like so

0:24:06 > 0:24:09many beaches across our coastline, here on Weston-Super-Mare we have

0:24:09 > 0:24:13found plenty of evidence of plastic waste. Plastic bottles, plastic

0:24:13 > 0:24:18racketing, blue hard waste as well. So many things to clear up and so

0:24:18 > 0:24:22many things to discuss. Will these promises go far enough? Will they

0:24:22 > 0:24:25make a difference? What, in reality, can be done to improve the

0:24:25 > 0:24:29situation? We will be speaking to people to get their reaction and

0:24:29 > 0:27:51their expectations on this issue later on.

0:27:51 > 0:27:52in half an hour.

0:27:52 > 0:27:55Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

0:27:55 > 0:27:57Now, though, it's back to Naga and Charlie.

0:27:57 > 0:28:01Bye for now.

0:28:01 > 0:28:02Hello, this is Breakfast,

0:28:02 > 0:28:04with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

0:28:04 > 0:28:05Here's what's coming up this morning:

0:28:05 > 0:28:09A change in the law means companies will no longer be able

0:28:09 > 0:28:11to charge you for using a debit or credit card.

0:28:11 > 0:28:15Sounds like good news for consumers but we'll look at the claim

0:28:15 > 0:28:17that the charges could be passed on elsewhere.

0:28:17 > 0:28:26Shooting hoops...slowly.

0:28:26 > 0:28:29Meet the women who play walking netball, a variation of the game

0:28:29 > 0:28:32that's easing them into exercise after injury and in some cases years

0:28:32 > 0:28:33away from sport.

0:28:33 > 0:28:36It's the tale of teenagers in Northern Ireland navigating

0:28:36 > 0:28:38their way through school while dealing with nuns

0:28:38 > 0:28:39and the occasional Army Patrol.

0:28:39 > 0:28:42Derry Girls is causing a stir on social media.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45We'll speak to the show's star and it's writer about creating

0:28:45 > 0:28:46a comedy set during the Troubles.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48Good Morning, here's a summary

0:28:48 > 0:28:50of today's main stories from BBC News.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53The Prime Minister will unveil a pledge to stop all avoidable

0:28:53 > 0:28:55plastic waste by 2042 later this morning.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57Two ideas among the proposals include asking every

0:28:57 > 0:29:00supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings

0:29:00 > 0:29:03as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags

0:29:03 > 0:29:03to all retailers.

0:29:03 > 0:29:05Environmentalists say the plans are worthless,

0:29:05 > 0:29:12unless they are written into law.

0:29:12 > 0:29:14Hospitals have run out of

0:29:14 > 0:29:16Hospitals have run out of beds and can't cope, health bosses are

0:29:16 > 0:29:21warning. NHS providers which represent acute hospitals and

0:29:21 > 0:29:24ambulance services in England said hospitals cannot meet standards of

0:29:24 > 0:29:28care without more money. The Department of Health and social care

0:29:28 > 0:29:36says the NHS was given priority in the last budget.

0:29:36 > 0:29:39We have now clearly reached the point where the NHS cannot meet

0:29:39 > 0:29:43the standards of care that we would all of us at the NHS,

0:29:43 > 0:29:45ministers included, want to provide.

0:29:45 > 0:29:47So the key question is do we abandon those standards,

0:29:47 > 0:29:52and none of us in the NHS want to do that, or does the government make

0:29:52 > 0:29:55the decisions that it needs to make about the long-term funding and it

0:29:55 > 0:29:58needs to make those the systems quickly.

0:29:58 > 0:30:0117 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods

0:30:01 > 0:30:05in Southern California.

0:30:05 > 0:30:10The latest extreme weather has hit Santa Barbara,

0:30:10 > 0:30:12Montecito.

0:30:12 > 0:30:14Hundreds of rescuers are continuing to search

0:30:14 > 0:30:16through wreckage for more than a dozen missing people

0:30:16 > 0:30:18as our North America correspondent, James Cook now reports.

0:30:18 > 0:30:22In Montecito they are still combing the ruins looking for survivors but

0:30:22 > 0:30:25with every hour that passes Hope fades. The search in the debris and

0:30:25 > 0:30:29mud was too powerful, it consumed everything before it, turning homes

0:30:29 > 0:30:35to match would.It was just a very unexpected explosion of water, rock,

0:30:35 > 0:30:40cars, trees, metal, came in without any warning really.The sky lit up

0:30:40 > 0:30:47because some buildings had blown up, the gas mains it turned out. Here

0:30:47 > 0:30:51was all this fire going down, fire going up, all this rain coming down

0:30:51 > 0:30:55and you wondered what was happening. It was an incredible experience.

0:30:55 > 0:30:59More than 500 firefighters and other rescue teams have been working

0:30:59 > 0:31:03around the clock, hoping beyond hope they can still save lives. Parts of

0:31:03 > 0:31:08the town are still cut off, but some residents have been returning to

0:31:08 > 0:31:13inspect the damage.The house being gone is just a house, just some

0:31:13 > 0:31:17clothes and a house, but in a neighbourhood this small, every sick

0:31:17 > 0:31:21all name that turns up is someone's dad, cousin or teacher and that's

0:31:21 > 0:31:25got to be the worst part of it all I think. We're just happy for everyone

0:31:25 > 0:31:29that makes it.The mudslide didn't just claim lives, it paralysed this

0:31:29 > 0:31:34part of California. This is the main motorway along the Pacific coast,

0:31:34 > 0:31:39the 101 freeway. Police say it won't be open until Monday at the

0:31:39 > 0:31:43earliest. The trauma will last much longer. James Cook, BBC News,

0:31:43 > 0:31:45Montecito.

0:31:45 > 0:31:48Police in Paris are hunting two armed robbers who stole jewellery

0:31:48 > 0:31:50worth millions of pounds from the city's Ritz hotel.

0:31:50 > 0:31:53Armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows to gain

0:31:53 > 0:31:55access to display cases, before snatching the jewels

0:31:55 > 0:31:57from the ground floor of the hotel.

0:31:57 > 0:32:04Three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene.

0:32:04 > 0:32:07Prince Harry has yet to ask his brother to be his best

0:32:07 > 0:32:09man, the Duke of Cambridge revealed last night.

0:32:09 > 0:32:11William was discussing Harry's upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle

0:32:11 > 0:32:13at a charity event.

0:32:13 > 0:32:15Former footballer Rio Ferdinand asked about the date clash

0:32:15 > 0:32:18with the FA Cup final, the Prince joked that he was still working

0:32:18 > 0:32:19on a solution.

0:32:19 > 0:32:22It's a big decision, are we going to Wembley

0:32:22 > 0:32:23or are we going to...?

0:32:23 > 0:32:25LAUGHTER

0:32:25 > 0:32:27You've touched on something there, Rio!

0:32:27 > 0:32:30Still working it out, I'll have to see what we can do.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33I think having that person there is kind of apt when

0:32:33 > 0:32:36you talk about best man culture, that relationship you have...

0:32:36 > 0:32:37He hasn't asked me yet.

0:32:37 > 0:32:51It could be a sensitive issue.

0:32:51 > 0:32:57Banter, that's what it's called! You know when you visit a club, a

0:32:57 > 0:33:02football club?It looks like it's in a locker room. In a changing room.I

0:33:02 > 0:33:06quite like that. It would be awkward if he didn't ask his brother.He's

0:33:06 > 0:33:14got two, a done deal! We're interested in video referees. Some

0:33:14 > 0:33:18surprising news that it won't be like the way it works in Rugby?You

0:33:18 > 0:33:26can hear the oohs and aahs as the big-screen replay goes on and the

0:33:26 > 0:33:31tried decisions are viewed, has the ball gone over the line? In the

0:33:31 > 0:33:36ball, it's only been used since the start of the week, it may change,

0:33:36 > 0:33:40only the referee can see it on the side of the pitch on a screen, the

0:33:40 > 0:33:44crowd can't see it. One of the criticisms of the VAR is it is

0:33:44 > 0:33:48slowing the game down, there will be big pauses and it will be very dull

0:33:48 > 0:33:52and maybe that's part of the problem, the crowd don't get to be

0:33:52 > 0:33:57part of the review, it happens away while they fill in the time as the

0:33:57 > 0:34:02decision is made.How long does it roughly take?It took a few minutes

0:34:02 > 0:34:06yesterday in the game between Arsenal and Chelsea. Conte said they

0:34:06 > 0:34:10should have had extra added time because of the time taken to make

0:34:10 > 0:34:13the decisions. Controversy still raging about VAR.

0:34:13 > 0:34:16Chelsea drew the first leg of their EFL Cup Semi-Final

0:34:16 > 0:34:17with Arsenal 0-0 last night.

0:34:17 > 0:34:20There were two chances to see the new video assistant

0:34:20 > 0:34:21referee system in action.

0:34:21 > 0:34:23Martin Atkinson used it both times

0:34:23 > 0:34:25to check potential penalty calls in each half.

0:34:25 > 0:34:28On both occasions, though, he was satisfied with his initial

0:34:28 > 0:34:29decision to not award a penalty.

0:34:29 > 0:34:34England struggled for quick bowlers of course during the Ashes so they

0:34:34 > 0:34:38recalled one of their fastest order to test series against New Zealand.

0:34:38 > 0:34:42Mark Wood returns after injury and also named is Lancashire batsmen

0:34:42 > 0:34:45Liam Livingstone who has impressed for England's second side over the

0:34:45 > 0:34:50winter. Garay .my Gary Ballance is dropped and James Fields retains his

0:34:50 > 0:34:56place in the squad -- Gary Ballance is dropped and James Vince retains

0:34:56 > 0:34:58his place in the squad.

0:34:58 > 0:35:00Former World light-welterweight champion Amir Khan says his

0:35:00 > 0:35:03appearance on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here helped him decide

0:35:03 > 0:35:05to make a boxing comeback.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07He's joined Eddie Hearn's promotion company for his first

0:35:07 > 0:35:11fight in nearly two years, which will be in April in Liverpool.

0:35:11 > 0:35:14He claims going into the jungle allowed him to be himself in public

0:35:14 > 0:35:15for the first time.

0:35:15 > 0:35:19May be around five times you're going to be anxious, you are going

0:35:19 > 0:35:23to be nervous, maybe people saw more of that than the real side of me and

0:35:23 > 0:35:27they thought he's a bit arrogant. I had to be confident in front of my

0:35:27 > 0:35:30opponent because otherwise he is going to think who is this guy I'm

0:35:30 > 0:35:35fighting? So I had to be a little bit tough. I think people got to see

0:35:35 > 0:35:39the real side of me away from the boxing ring and took a liking to me.

0:35:39 > 0:35:43So it's lovely to come back and have so much love from the British crowd.

0:35:43 > 0:35:47Chris Froome will still be able to represent his country while his

0:35:47 > 0:35:49adverse drugs test is being investigated. The chief executive of

0:35:49 > 0:35:52British cycling says the four-time Tour de France winner will be

0:35:52 > 0:35:55available for selection even though he had excessive levels of

0:35:55 > 0:35:59medication he takes for his asthma in his body during last year's 12th

0:35:59 > 0:35:59alas Barnea.

0:35:59 > 0:36:03Of course it's a blow reputationally, not just to the

0:36:03 > 0:36:07organisation, but to the rider and it's been a challenging time both

0:36:07 > 0:36:13for Chris and for cycling in general to deal with that. In the months

0:36:13 > 0:36:17ahead he's got an opportunity to prove why that finally took place.

0:36:17 > 0:36:20It seemed a strange change of sports for former Chelsea and Tottenham

0:36:20 > 0:36:25boss Andre Villas Boas but his run in the Dakar Rally has ended.

0:36:25 > 0:36:28He quit a job in China in November to take part

0:36:28 > 0:36:32in the desert rally in South America but his race came to an end

0:36:32 > 0:36:34when he crashed into a sand dune.

0:36:34 > 0:36:36He injured his back and while he was airlifted

0:36:36 > 0:36:42to hospital for checks, he didn't have any broken bones.

0:36:42 > 0:36:47Some serious crashes in this year's Dakar Rally. Sunderland, the British

0:36:47 > 0:36:51guy leading it, he had a four-minute lead on Tuesday, yesterday he

0:36:51 > 0:36:57crashed into a hole and compressed down into it and hurt his back. He

0:36:57 > 0:37:03lost the feeling in his legs because of it.He crashed into a

0:37:03 > 0:37:07Saint-Jerome, like it took him by surprise! Buy are always on the sand

0:37:07 > 0:37:13dunes that crashed into a sand dune. Any crash in the Dakar Rally is into

0:37:13 > 0:37:21a sand June!You dispelled the myth of sand June is, thought they would

0:37:21 > 0:37:25be quite soft.Not this particular one obviously!

0:37:25 > 0:37:28The Prime Minister has described the large quantities of plastic

0:37:28 > 0:37:31pollution that affect our oceans, beaches and sea life as one

0:37:31 > 0:37:33of the greatest scourges of our time.

0:37:33 > 0:37:34Today she'll make a number of pledges

0:37:34 > 0:37:36to tackle our plastic problem.

0:37:36 > 0:37:38Breakfast's Tim Muffett is at Weston-Super-Mare's beach

0:37:38 > 0:37:46for us this morning to see how locals are dealing with it there.

0:37:46 > 0:37:51On the front page of the telegraph there was a woman holding a packet

0:37:51 > 0:37:56of crisps and it is a Walkers packet of crisps which is about five years

0:37:56 > 0:38:02old. Will you find anything like that in terms of age where you are?

0:38:02 > 0:38:05I'm not sure about the age but there is evidence of the longevity of

0:38:05 > 0:38:10plastic waste. We are in Weston-Super-Mare, so many beaches

0:38:10 > 0:38:17across the UK have things like this in the seaweed, bottles, plastic

0:38:17 > 0:38:21packaging, some wet wipes, the sort of things that have seen so much

0:38:21 > 0:38:24publicity and it's a big pledge, the idea all avoidable plastic waste

0:38:24 > 0:38:30will be eliminated by 2042. That's what we expect the Prime Minister to

0:38:30 > 0:38:34say a little later this morning. There's a 5p charge to be extended

0:38:34 > 0:38:39to all plastic bags from all retailers across England. The idea

0:38:39 > 0:38:44of plastic free aisles in situ markets as well. Many people very

0:38:44 > 0:38:48interested in these announcements, of course, and yesterday I caught up

0:38:48 > 0:38:53with a team of beach clearers in Bournemouth in Dorset to gauge their

0:38:53 > 0:38:57reaction and to see what they would like the government to announce.

0:38:57 > 0:39:04The Dorset Devils wish they weren't needed, but everyday rubbish is

0:39:04 > 0:39:10brought in by the tide.They voluntarily clear it up.No doubt

0:39:10 > 0:39:14it's getting worse because it's becoming more evident globally it's

0:39:14 > 0:39:18a problem, it's a problem in the UK but we are concerned about our patch

0:39:18 > 0:39:22of Dorset and that's why we are prepared to do our bit at Dorset

0:39:22 > 0:39:27Devils.We do find a lot of small pieces of plastic, microplastic, has

0:39:27 > 0:39:31been broken up by the waves and wash back onto the beach.The government

0:39:31 > 0:39:37is about to announce its 25 year environment plan. The Dorset Devils

0:39:37 > 0:39:41will be paying close attention.I'm forever picking up plastic bottles

0:39:41 > 0:39:45and there's a plastic bottle just coming on the tide.What would you

0:39:45 > 0:39:48like the government to announce?I would like the government to

0:39:48 > 0:39:53announce no more plastic bottles, everyone should use a recyclable

0:39:53 > 0:39:59container. I'm also for Everpix in up wet wipes. Now, they go down the

0:39:59 > 0:40:06loo. Tell people not to put those down the toilet.Is that going to

0:40:06 > 0:40:09happen, do you think the government is really going to announce

0:40:09 > 0:40:13something that bold?Probably not, probably not but I'd like to think

0:40:13 > 0:40:18they might. I would like the government to bring pressure on the

0:40:18 > 0:40:22fast food industry, make them think about how their packaging their fast

0:40:22 > 0:40:27food.Tried to cut out the packaging their using to keep it warm, people

0:40:27 > 0:40:32are you eating fast food, why would they want it to stay warm in

0:40:32 > 0:40:35polished Irene?It's not just plastics and packaging that concern

0:40:35 > 0:40:38these volunteers.I would like to see something announced about

0:40:38 > 0:40:42renewable energy, the government putting a big emphasis on renewable

0:40:42 > 0:40:46energy, rather than it being an afterthought. We're a country

0:40:46 > 0:40:51surrounded by sea as well so wave power.There's one clear message

0:40:51 > 0:40:55ahead of today's announcement, it's a big opportunity, don't bottle it.

0:40:55 > 0:40:58It's something doesn't happen now to change what's in the oceans and

0:40:58 > 0:41:03ocean floors, that is being swept in, for the next generation they'll

0:41:03 > 0:41:09be paddling in plastic pieces, with litter, water bottles, and our

0:41:09 > 0:41:13generation are the one that's just left it there and do nothing about

0:41:13 > 0:41:16it. The

0:41:16 > 0:41:19thoughts there of the Dorset devils who do a good job clearing up the

0:41:19 > 0:41:25beaches on the south coast. Today we are in Weston-Super-Mare and you are

0:41:25 > 0:41:33a volunteer cleaner here, Sarah. What's your expectation of the

0:41:33 > 0:41:36announcement today?It's positive to see the government saying something.

0:41:36 > 0:41:40There's been a real grassroots movement for a while now and

0:41:40 > 0:41:44individuals want to see what changes they can make but the trouble is

0:41:44 > 0:41:47there a bit hampered by what the big supermarkets and take aways offer

0:41:47 > 0:41:51and they are limited in choice, so the government reaction today and

0:41:51 > 0:41:55saying what they want big businesses to do will hopefully be a big step

0:41:55 > 0:42:01forward.What have you got here, where did you find these and how

0:42:01 > 0:42:05prevalent are bits of plastic like this?These are cotton bud sticks,

0:42:05 > 0:42:07probably flushed down the toilet, they were collected by beach clean

0:42:07 > 0:42:11volunteers in half an hour on this stretch. It shows how prevalent they

0:42:11 > 0:42:16are and plastic bottles in particular.A huge issue, isn't it

0:42:16 > 0:42:20crazy as we say, this morning we found other bits of plastic. Debbie,

0:42:20 > 0:42:24you're from the chamber of commerce, how much is this an issue for

0:42:24 > 0:42:32industry or how much is it an issue for consumers?It's a massive issue,

0:42:32 > 0:42:35there's a lot of plastic around everywhere and consumers recognise

0:42:35 > 0:42:40this and they want to do their bit. At the moment we're trying to source

0:42:40 > 0:42:48alternatives that can be used that are sustainable. It's just getting

0:42:48 > 0:42:52everybody on board and working together with businesses to try to

0:42:52 > 0:42:57remove single use plastics.One of this gesture and is will be plastic

0:42:57 > 0:43:01free aisles in supermarkets, how can the government make supermarkets do

0:43:01 > 0:43:07something like that? -- the suggestions.I don't know how the

0:43:07 > 0:43:11government can legislate it, I can't imagine a supermarket not wanting to

0:43:11 > 0:43:15come on board because I think consumer demand will be that people

0:43:15 > 0:43:19want to get rid of all this plastic, nobody wants all the plastic round

0:43:19 > 0:43:24their fruit and vegetables that's happening at the moment. If the

0:43:24 > 0:43:29aisles could be coming forth, I think they will become more popular.

0:43:29 > 0:43:33We're getting shots now that don't provide plastic, you can go in and

0:43:33 > 0:43:37do away and save things and replenish your stocks there --

0:43:37 > 0:43:42shops.You have to appeal to consumer demand?I think so.Thanks

0:43:42 > 0:43:47very much, we will talk later. So evidence of these plastics which

0:43:47 > 0:43:53we find in our ocean wash onto the shore here and it's been dubbed a

0:43:53 > 0:43:56war on plastic, this announcement expected this morning by the Prime

0:43:56 > 0:44:01Minister. A lot of people will be paying very close attention.As will

0:44:01 > 0:44:06we, Tim, we will talk about it later. We will talk to Michael Gove

0:44:06 > 0:44:11and also asking you what you find on the beaches. I'm one of these people

0:44:11 > 0:44:16who will go around and pick up stuff if I have a bag as I go along the

0:44:16 > 0:44:21beach, it drives me crazy.Lots of people will say that, they try to do

0:44:21 > 0:44:24the right thing but also a lot of cynicism about government plans.

0:44:24 > 0:44:28This is only a plan, that's one of the criticisms, there is no

0:44:28 > 0:44:32legislation backing up these demands. Michael Gove, the

0:44:32 > 0:44:35Environment Secretary, will be talking to us at 8:30am so if you

0:44:35 > 0:44:39have thoughts on that or things that irritate you about things you by

0:44:39 > 0:44:43which you can't then do anything with subsequently, do let us know

0:44:43 > 0:44:51and we will put those points to him later.

0:44:51 > 0:44:55Whatever the weather, if you are on a beach and you see that rubbish, it

0:44:55 > 0:44:57is infuriating. It absolutely is.

0:45:00 > 0:45:05Good morning. If you are stepping out this morning and travelling, be

0:45:05 > 0:45:09aware there is fog around, across parts of central and south-western

0:45:09 > 0:45:12Scotland, Northern Ireland, north-west England, the West

0:45:12 > 0:45:15Midlands, Wales, south-west England, East Anglia and also Lincolnshire,

0:45:15 > 0:45:20to name but a few. Some of that fog will lift through the morning. Some

0:45:20 > 0:45:24will stick around for much of the day. So it may very well impact some

0:45:24 > 0:45:29of your travel. Keep up-to-date with what is happening where you are on

0:45:29 > 0:45:32your BBC local radio station. This morning across Northern Ireland it

0:45:32 > 0:45:36is cloudy and we have patchy fog, much like yesterday. If it doesn't

0:45:36 > 0:45:39lift where you are temperatures will hover above freezing through the

0:45:39 > 0:45:46day. The Scotland, different situation. Clear skies. Cold, frost,

0:45:46 > 0:45:50eastern Scotland scene that cloud, don't forget that fog I mentioned as

0:45:50 > 0:45:54well. Patches of fog around north-west England, Manchester, also

0:45:54 > 0:45:58three Yorkshire and into Wales, the West Midlands. Again, patchy, some

0:45:58 > 0:46:02of it is dense. Across parts of south-west England we also have fog

0:46:02 > 0:46:07hatches this morning as well. It is everywhere but you will run into it,

0:46:07 > 0:46:10potentially, if you are travelling on the M5 heading in the direction

0:46:10 > 0:46:18of the M6. Rain across southern counties, mostly light. Also patches

0:46:18 > 0:46:21through East Anglia and literature as well. Through most of the day

0:46:21 > 0:46:25that fog will lift and it should lift into low cloud. Through the day

0:46:25 > 0:46:29that will thin and rake and we will see more sunshine coming through,

0:46:29 > 0:46:35especially in the west. -- break. Don't forget, lots of the fog will

0:46:35 > 0:46:39stay in the west, and it will stay quite gloomy if it sticks around. In

0:46:39 > 0:46:43the east, more cloud around. Light rain and drizzle at times.

0:46:43 > 0:46:47Temperature wise, two degrees in Glasgow. Generally we are looking at

0:46:47 > 0:46:516-9. As we head off through the evening and overnight there are

0:46:51 > 0:46:54still drizzle coming out of the sticker cloud. Once again we will

0:46:54 > 0:46:58see fog patches, we don't expect it to be as widespread as they might

0:46:58 > 0:47:02just gone, and it will be a cold night for most of us. Here are the

0:47:02 > 0:47:05temperatures in towns and cities. Lower temperatures in rural areas

0:47:05 > 0:47:09and we are prone to a touch of frost. Tomorrow, we start off on

0:47:09 > 0:47:14that nippy note with fog around, much like today. Some of it will

0:47:14 > 0:47:21take time to lift. You can see across northern Scotland and parts

0:47:21 > 0:47:25of Wales, in towards Dorset and Cornwall, we will see the cloud

0:47:25 > 0:47:28break and we will see some sunshine coming through at times. Into the

0:47:28 > 0:47:34weekend we have a weather front coming in. It will bring rain with

0:47:34 > 0:47:40it as it does so. It tends to die in situ and we can, so by the time we

0:47:40 > 0:47:44get to Sunday parts of England and Wales will have a dry day but we

0:47:44 > 0:47:48still have the remnants of this front across the west. A more potent

0:47:48 > 0:47:52one is coming in behind it and will bring stronger winds and heavy rain.

0:47:56 > 0:47:59From Saturday, you won't have to pay a fee to use your credit

0:47:59 > 0:48:00or debit card online.

0:48:00 > 0:48:06Sounds like good news - but is it, Ben?

0:48:06 > 0:48:10Yes, we need to be careful about where the charges will go. There is

0:48:10 > 0:48:14some concern that retailers will just raise prices to pay for it.

0:48:14 > 0:48:15It's annoying, isn't it?

0:48:15 > 0:48:18You buy something online, fill in all your details and then

0:48:18 > 0:48:21you slapped with an extra chage just to pay by card.

0:48:21 > 0:48:24But new rules that come into force this weekend will stop that.

0:48:24 > 0:48:28So far so good, but some say firms will just raise their prices

0:48:28 > 0:48:30to absorb the cost.

0:48:30 > 0:48:36Megan French is with me, she's from Moneysavingexpert.com.

0:48:36 > 0:48:42Nice to see you. Good morning. This is interesting, isn't it? We have

0:48:42 > 0:48:45all experienced it, you try to buy something online and then there is a

0:48:45 > 0:48:49surcharge card booking fee or whatever you want to call it at the

0:48:49 > 0:48:52end of the process, and it is really annoying.It is frustrating. From

0:48:52 > 0:48:56Saturday they can not penalise you just because you are paying by debit

0:48:56 > 0:49:01or credit card. This also applies to Link payment methods, so if you are

0:49:01 > 0:49:04using something like a Powell or Apple pay, they cannot give you that

0:49:04 > 0:49:13extra feed. -- PayPal or Apple Pay. So they could just change the name

0:49:13 > 0:49:17of it and call it an admin fee, and charge it is an amount? Does this

0:49:17 > 0:49:21rule change anything?They could apply a different fee, like a

0:49:21 > 0:49:25surcharge, but it is to apply to all methods. So it takes away the fact

0:49:25 > 0:49:29that you are paying more just to pay for card. They might have these

0:49:29 > 0:49:33admin fees, but it can just be because you chose to pay by card.

0:49:33 > 0:49:36Most people will be frustrated by this, because there are very few

0:49:36 > 0:49:39other options. If you are buying something online you cannot pay with

0:49:39 > 0:49:44cash. Credit and debit cards are about the only way to pay, yet they

0:49:44 > 0:49:48suggest they are doing you a favour by letting you use your card. If, as

0:49:48 > 0:49:52you say, the rule changes mean they will not be able to disseminate,

0:49:52 > 0:49:56either other options to pay?They will still be able to charge a

0:49:56 > 0:50:00surcharge for cash and cheques, strangely. But a lot of time online,

0:50:00 > 0:50:03this simply isn't an option. So hopefully we will see less of these

0:50:03 > 0:50:08looking fees. However, it is worth consumers watching for any new

0:50:08 > 0:50:12service charges to be enacted. Make sure that you know the final price

0:50:12 > 0:50:15before you pay for anything. And pay those prices and check that you are

0:50:15 > 0:50:20getting a fair deal.We were talking about online transactions. It also

0:50:20 > 0:50:23applies in shops, for example. You go in and they say, you've got to

0:50:23 > 0:50:28spend at least five or you have to pay a fee?Yes, they can still pay

0:50:28 > 0:50:33minimum threshold, like £5. What they cannot do is say that they will

0:50:33 > 0:50:37charge is 50p if you are under that limit to pay by credit card. That

0:50:37 > 0:50:40simply isn't allowed, because again, it is penalising you for paying by

0:50:40 > 0:50:44card.Who are the big offenders?It can be big purchases, which is

0:50:44 > 0:50:47particular frustrating. You sit on holidays and airline booking

0:50:47 > 0:50:50sometimes. But it can be any business. Because sometimes they

0:50:50 > 0:51:06added on the cost. It is so easy, isn't it, for them to figure out how

0:51:06 > 0:51:10much it will cost them converted what you pay for it.This is an EU

0:51:10 > 0:51:14will change. Is there any suggestion this will change with Brexit, that

0:51:14 > 0:51:18we will either keep or not keep this rule?This is coming in under UK

0:51:18 > 0:51:22law. In the UK attached goes further to include those linked payment

0:51:22 > 0:51:26methods. Now, this might not be the case across the rest of the EU and

0:51:26 > 0:51:30this will also apply to Norway, Lipton Steyn and ice land. So if you

0:51:30 > 0:51:33are shopping within those areas you should never be charged a payment

0:51:33 > 0:51:38fees simply for paying by card.If people are still being charged a fee

0:51:38 > 0:51:41after Saturday what can they do? First of all, contact the business

0:51:41 > 0:51:45and say that you will not be paying that. If they are stubborn, they

0:51:45 > 0:51:49don't accept it, you can report them to Trading Standards, but hopefully,

0:51:49 > 0:51:52you know, this has been well-publicised full Sutton B should

0:51:52 > 0:51:59be charging after Saturday.Megan, thank you. There is a whole load of

0:51:59 > 0:52:02retail reports due out at seven o'clock so I'm off to check on

0:52:02 > 0:52:07those. I will have the details later. Basketball or netball, which

0:52:07 > 0:52:15to you prefer?Basketball, obviously, with my height.You don't

0:52:15 > 0:52:20play netball? OK, all right. The reason we are asking, for many

0:52:20 > 0:52:24people, it is again they will not have played since they left school,

0:52:24 > 0:52:27but now England Netball is teaming up the winds Institute to change

0:52:27 > 0:52:35that. -- PayPal.

0:52:35 > 0:52:38Walking Netball is designed to be easier to play and targeted

0:52:38 > 0:52:40at individuals who haven't played in years, or are recovering

0:52:40 > 0:52:41from an injury.

0:52:41 > 0:52:44To find out more we sent Breakfast's John Maguire

0:52:44 > 0:52:45to shoot some hoops.

0:52:45 > 0:52:49Put their bids on. Tell each names, make friends, let's go.GK, WA, WD.

0:52:49 > 0:52:53For these members of the WEI, it is time to reacquaint themselves with

0:52:53 > 0:52:57netball. And for some it has been a long hiatus. When did used play

0:52:57 > 0:53:01regularly?50 years ago!And you still remember the rules?I'm very

0:53:01 > 0:53:08impressed. I used to place my school team.Do the old skills contact

0:53:08 > 0:53:13easily?No, because we can't run.So it is tricky, therefore? Very

0:53:13 > 0:53:17tricky. But you don't mind the walking?Not at all.Sorry! My

0:53:17 > 0:53:23fault.Nice and gently, that's it. Take your time, ladies. Remember, it

0:53:23 > 0:53:27is non- contact.This group in Nottingham has been running, or

0:53:27 > 0:53:32should I say walking, for almost a year. They play walking netball. As

0:53:32 > 0:53:36with the equivalent in football it is a variation of the game which can

0:53:36 > 0:53:39ease the return to physical activity.Lots of them haven't

0:53:39 > 0:53:43played netball or sometimes any kind of sport, as well, since they have

0:53:43 > 0:53:46left school. That is what happens sometimes with women. Jobs,

0:53:46 > 0:53:51children. For you know it, times have passed by. With walking

0:53:51 > 0:53:55netball, you can just show up and play netball. It is amazing. The

0:53:55 > 0:53:59women can be any age. They can be inactive women as well. You don't

0:53:59 > 0:54:03have to be a certain age to play walking netball. You can be

0:54:03 > 0:54:06returning from injury.I've had lots of injuries on my knee. Several

0:54:06 > 0:54:12operations over the last 30 years. I just never thought I would be able

0:54:12 > 0:54:16to come back and do something like this. I absolutely love it.

0:54:16 > 0:54:19Tonight's session is being watched by the boss of England's netball,

0:54:19 > 0:54:25and it is calling this partnership helping the WI get a wiggle on,

0:54:25 > 0:54:29aiming to promote the game is a wall, not just the very young the

0:54:29 > 0:54:33very talented.These ladies, if they love it, their mothers and

0:54:33 > 0:54:35grandmothers, they are going to influence their daughters and their

0:54:35 > 0:54:39grandchildren, to play the sport they are enjoying. There is a big

0:54:39 > 0:54:44problem with loneliness. Women who hit 55, or have had, it is not about

0:54:44 > 0:54:47that healthy lifestyle, it is about the social side of it. This really

0:54:47 > 0:54:52tick that box for us.There have been pilot schemes with the WI in

0:54:52 > 0:54:57Nottingham and Cornwall. Now, 140 courses have been run with the

0:54:57 > 0:55:01intention to see these smiles spreading far and wide.You are

0:55:01 > 0:55:04exercising when you wouldn't normally exercise, in my case. Not

0:55:04 > 0:55:08having played netball in 50 years. Just the fact we are all together.

0:55:08 > 0:55:13Different groups of people, all these different subgroups. A good

0:55:13 > 0:55:17laugh, and you are exercising.You don't realise you are exercising,

0:55:17 > 0:55:21that is the thing. You go home baking and you wonder why, but your

0:55:21 > 0:55:24face is ageing more than your body because you are having a good laugh.

0:55:24 > 0:55:28So tonight, no jam, no Jerusalem, and in walking netball, no jumping

0:55:28 > 0:55:32either.

0:55:32 > 0:55:37I've never played netball.Never, ever?Never. I played basketball at

0:55:37 > 0:55:45school.How were you at that?I was good! I had game.It is a good idea,

0:55:45 > 0:55:49it is easy to fall out of the habit of playing team sports, you just

0:55:49 > 0:55:53fall out of the habit and sometimes you need an avenue back in. Which

0:55:53 > 0:55:56works.Plenty coming up on the programme.

0:55:56 > 0:55:58Still to come, riding on the crest of a wave.

0:55:58 > 0:56:02We'll meet the Tottenham teenager who four years ago had never set

0:56:02 > 0:56:05sail but has now followed in the footsteps of Ben Ainslie

0:56:05 > 0:56:07and Ellen MacArthur by receiving a prestigious sailing award.

0:56:07 > 0:56:17Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

0:56:19 > 0:56:24I tell you what, although it is not direct the related to that story,

0:56:24 > 0:56:28anybody who ever sales on seas like that, we always ask them about the

0:56:28 > 0:56:32menace of the ocean. It is so tied into our stories today. We will talk

0:56:32 > 1:00:02about those things later on.

1:00:26 > 1:00:27Hello, this is Breakfast,

1:00:27 > 1:00:31with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

1:00:31 > 1:00:33Wiping out plastic waste -

1:00:33 > 1:00:35the Prime Minister sets out a 25-year plan.

1:00:35 > 1:00:37Plastic-free aisles in supermarkets are among the ideas

1:00:37 > 1:00:43being put forward by Theresa May.

1:00:43 > 1:00:44But critics say the proposals lack urgency and detail.

1:00:56 > 1:00:58Good morning, it's Thursday the 11th of January.

1:00:58 > 1:01:01Also this morning:

1:01:01 > 1:01:02One of the strongest warnings yet

1:01:02 > 1:01:04about the NHS in England.

1:01:04 > 1:01:07This time hospital bosses say services are at breaking point

1:01:07 > 1:01:10and that the government must spend more.

1:01:10 > 1:01:14More lives are claimed by the rivers of mud in California as hundreds

1:01:14 > 1:01:18of rescuers comb through the wreckage.

1:01:18 > 1:01:21An armed heist at the Ritz in Paris.

1:01:21 > 1:01:23Jewellery worth millions of pounds is seized after five men smash

1:01:23 > 1:01:30through a window with an axe.

1:01:30 > 1:01:35Good morning. A big day for retail results as some of the high street's

1:01:35 > 1:01:39biggest names tell us how they did over Christmas. I'll run you through

1:01:39 > 1:01:42the winners and the losers.

1:01:42 > 1:01:44In sport, the only interesting

1:01:44 > 1:01:46thing about Chelsea v Arsenal last night?

1:01:46 > 1:01:48The VAR was called into action properly for the first

1:01:48 > 1:01:49time but no goals

1:01:49 > 1:01:51in the League Cup semi-final first leg.

1:01:51 > 1:01:53And Carol has the weather.

1:01:53 > 1:01:56Good morning.

1:01:56 > 1:01:59Some frost around this morning but also fog,

1:01:59 > 1:02:02especially so in western parts of the UK, some southern parts

1:02:02 > 1:02:05of England and eastern England, slow to lift, some won't at all,

1:02:05 > 1:02:08but the brighter skies later will be in the west.

1:02:08 > 1:02:10More details in 15 minutes.

1:02:10 > 1:02:11Good morning.

1:02:11 > 1:02:12First, our main story.

1:02:12 > 1:02:14The Prime Minister's setting out plans to tackle plastic pollution,

1:02:14 > 1:02:17by wiping out all avoidable waste by 2042.

1:02:17 > 1:02:19Two ideas among the proposals include asking every

1:02:19 > 1:02:22supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings

1:02:22 > 1:02:25at all as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags

1:02:25 > 1:02:26to all retailers.

1:02:26 > 1:02:28Environmentalists say the plans are worthless,

1:02:28 > 1:02:29unless they're written into law.

1:02:29 > 1:02:40Here's our environment correspondent, Roger Harribin.

1:02:40 > 1:02:42A pod of short finned pilot whales.

1:02:42 > 1:02:45In the Atlantic waters off Europe, as elsewhere, they have to share

1:02:45 > 1:02:53the ocean with plastic.

1:02:53 > 1:03:01There's huge public concern about plastic litter

1:03:01 > 1:03:04since David Attenborough's Blue Planet series showed sea creatures

1:03:04 > 1:03:05eating plastic waste.

1:03:05 > 1:03:07The Prime Minister will surf that wave of concern

1:03:07 > 1:03:08with her first environment speech.

1:03:08 > 1:03:11She's setting out a timetable to abolish single-use plastics.

1:03:11 > 1:03:14There'll be money for research into smarter plastics and more

1:03:14 > 1:03:20plastic-free aisles in supermarkets.

1:03:20 > 1:03:23The countryside should also benefit from the 25-year-old environment

1:03:23 > 1:03:24plan also being published.

1:03:24 > 1:03:27This is the UK's prime site for nightingales in Kent.

1:03:27 > 1:03:29The local council wants to build much-needed homes on part

1:03:29 > 1:03:31of this site.

1:03:31 > 1:03:34But green groups are expecting the government to protect existing

1:03:34 > 1:03:36sites like this.

1:03:36 > 1:03:41They also want the government to follow its promise to improve

1:03:41 > 1:03:44other areas degraded by development or careless farming.

1:03:44 > 1:03:49They want commitments that ministers can't wriggle out

1:03:49 > 1:03:53of.

1:03:53 > 1:03:56Environmentalists welcome the government's plans to restore

1:03:56 > 1:03:58Britain's nature.

1:03:58 > 1:04:03But the problem, they say, is that so far

1:04:03 > 1:04:04it's just a plan.

1:04:04 > 1:04:07To really convince their ministers would need to introduce legislation

1:04:07 > 1:04:09and there seems no sign of that.

1:04:09 > 1:04:10Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Kent.

1:04:10 > 1:04:13Theresa May is expected to make her speech at 9:30am.

1:04:13 > 1:04:16She's calling the issue of plastics one of the greatest

1:04:16 > 1:04:18scourges of our times, and says demand for plastic

1:04:18 > 1:04:23must be reduced.

1:04:23 > 1:04:26Greenpeace says it's a missed opportunity,

1:04:26 > 1:04:29and the plans lack urgency, detail and bite.

1:04:29 > 1:04:32They say the most glaring gap is support for deposit return

1:04:32 > 1:04:35schemes, where people get money back for returning old empty bottles,

1:04:35 > 1:04:41something they argue is backed by the public.

1:04:47 > 1:04:49We'll speak to the Environment Secretary Michael Gove at 8:30am

1:04:49 > 1:04:54to ask if these proposals go far enough.

1:04:54 > 1:04:58The National Health Service has failed to meet any of the standards

1:04:58 > 1:05:01laid down in its own constitution, that's according to NHS Providers,

1:05:01 > 1:05:03the body which represents front-line health trusts in England.

1:05:03 > 1:05:07It's calling for an urgent review of the service as it believes

1:05:07 > 1:05:08hospitals are unsafe and over-crowded.

1:05:08 > 1:05:11Ministers say there are plans in place to help it cope.

1:05:11 > 1:05:18Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes has more.

1:05:18 > 1:05:21It's already been a tough few weeks for the NHS across the UK.

1:05:21 > 1:05:24Cold weather and a rising number of flu cases have contributed

1:05:24 > 1:05:27to pressures that A&E staff have described as the worst

1:05:27 > 1:05:32they've ever seen.

1:05:32 > 1:05:39The Prime Minister and the First Minister in Scotland have both had

1:05:39 > 1:05:41to apologise to patients who've faced cancelled operations

1:05:41 > 1:05:42and long waits.

1:05:42 > 1:05:45The pressure of winter on the NHS has been unrelenting.

1:05:45 > 1:05:49In Scotland, at the end of December, just 78% of patients at A&E

1:05:49 > 1:05:52were seen within four hours, well below the 95% target.

1:05:52 > 1:05:56Across the UK, the number of people coming down with flu has increased

1:05:56 > 1:05:58dramatically in recent weeks, and many of the patients attending

1:05:58 > 1:06:02A&E are older and sicker, meaning they require more care.

1:06:02 > 1:06:08Now, according to the organisation that represents health providers,

1:06:08 > 1:06:11such as hospitals and ambulance trusts in England, the whole service

1:06:11 > 1:06:12is at a watershed.

1:06:12 > 1:06:19We have now clearly reached the point where the NHS cannot meet

1:06:19 > 1:06:23the standards of care that we would, all of us at the NHS,

1:06:23 > 1:06:24ministers included, want to provide.

1:06:24 > 1:06:27So the key question is, do we abandon those standards,

1:06:27 > 1:06:32and none of us in the NHS want to do that, or does the government make

1:06:32 > 1:06:35the decisions that it needs to make about the long-term funding and it

1:06:35 > 1:06:37needs to make those decisions quickly.

1:06:37 > 1:06:40This is one of the strongest warnings yet about the strain

1:06:40 > 1:06:44being faced by the NHS this winter, and it will add to the pressure

1:06:44 > 1:06:46on ministers to build a consensus over the long-term future

1:06:46 > 1:06:49of the health and care service, and to do so quickly.

1:06:49 > 1:06:50Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

1:06:50 > 1:06:54Victims of sex attacker John Worboys have asked for him to be banned

1:06:54 > 1:06:56from Greater London when he leaves prison.

1:06:56 > 1:06:59Worboys is thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes

1:06:59 > 1:07:01and sexual assaults on women in the capital.

1:07:01 > 1:07:04The Parole Board decided Worboys would be released with stringent

1:07:04 > 1:07:06licence conditions after he completed his sentence.

1:07:06 > 1:07:09In 2009 he was convicted of 19 offences and ordered to serve

1:07:09 > 1:07:14at least eight years in jail.

1:07:14 > 1:07:1617 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods

1:07:16 > 1:07:20in Southern California.

1:07:20 > 1:07:22Hundreds of rescuers are searching though wreckage

1:07:22 > 1:07:25for more than a dozen missing people.

1:07:25 > 1:07:32The latest extreme weather has hit Santa Barbara and Montecito.

1:07:32 > 1:07:39And we'll be talking to two people caught up in mudslides in a few

1:07:39 > 1:07:42minutes.

1:07:42 > 1:07:45Police in Paris are hunting two armed robbers who stole jewellery

1:07:45 > 1:07:47worth millions of pounds from the city's Ritz hotel.

1:07:47 > 1:07:50Armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows to gain

1:07:50 > 1:07:52access to display cases, before snatching the jewels

1:07:52 > 1:07:54from the ground floor of the hotel.

1:07:54 > 1:07:56Three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene.

1:07:56 > 1:08:02A large police response outside the Paris Ritz after a gang armed with

1:08:02 > 1:08:06axes carried out a violent raid.

1:08:06 > 1:08:08It isn't just the Christmas lights that sparkle here.

1:08:08 > 1:08:11There are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests

1:08:11 > 1:08:19of one of the world's most exclusive hotels.

1:08:19 > 1:08:22The robbers arrived in Place Vendome on scooters at around 6pm

1:08:22 > 1:08:24in the evening, smashing windows on the ground floor

1:08:24 > 1:08:30of the hotel.

1:08:30 > 1:08:33It is estimated they took jewels worth £3.5 million.

1:08:33 > 1:08:35But police officers interrupted the raid, arresting three

1:08:35 > 1:08:36of the five men.

1:08:36 > 1:08:38Paris has seen this before.

1:08:38 > 1:08:46In October, 2016, US reality TV star Kim Kardashian had a gun pointed

1:08:46 > 1:08:49to her head as a gang stole £9 million worth

1:08:49 > 1:08:50of her jewellery.

1:08:50 > 1:08:52Only one piece was ever seen again.

1:08:52 > 1:08:55It's not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid.

1:08:55 > 1:08:57Police are still searching for two of the men involved.

1:08:57 > 1:09:06Dan Johnson, BBC News.

1:09:06 > 1:09:09In the last few minutes some of the UK's biggest retailers such

1:09:09 > 1:09:11as M&S, Tesco and John Lewis have

1:09:11 > 1:09:13been saying how they did over Christmas.

1:09:13 > 1:09:14Ben's here with all the details.

1:09:14 > 1:09:23Tesco good, John Lewis good, M&S, bad. Tesco, like-for-like sales in

1:09:23 > 1:09:28the run-up to Christmas, 2.3% up, pretty good, they said. Christmas

1:09:28 > 1:09:34was particularly good in the weeks before Christmas, up by 2%. More of

1:09:34 > 1:09:38us shopping at their supermarkets, they say they've put a lot of effort

1:09:38 > 1:09:41into the higher end stuff, stuff we might pay more for despite those

1:09:41 > 1:09:46worries about food prices going up. John Lewis, similar picture, they

1:09:46 > 1:09:50said sales at their department store up to .5%, and Waitrose, the

1:09:50 > 1:09:58supermarket owned by John Lewis, up by 1.4%. We talked about Black

1:09:58 > 1:10:02Friday and whether that encourages people to buy, we saw the crowds,

1:10:02 > 1:10:07they said it was their biggest ever day in their history, sales up 7.2%

1:10:07 > 1:10:12or John Lewis on Black Friday, a real moneyspinner for them. Marks &

1:10:12 > 1:10:17Spencer, this is one we will watch closely, normally a story of their

1:10:17 > 1:10:20clothing sales falling, but food sales going up, but both have

1:10:20 > 1:10:26fallen. Overall revenues for M&S down by 1.5%. Clothing and home

1:10:26 > 1:10:32where did terribly, down nearly 3%. Steve Rowe, the boss, say they are

1:10:32 > 1:10:37facing a weak clothing market and they have underperformed in food.

1:10:37 > 1:10:43Tesco, good, John Lewis, good, Waitrose, good, M&S, not so good.

1:10:43 > 1:10:47More detail on all of that in about half an hour and we will go through

1:10:47 > 1:10:53everything in more detail.

1:10:53 > 1:10:58Let's go back to one of our main stories this morning, those rescue

1:10:58 > 1:11:00teams working in dangerous conditions as the search for

1:11:00 > 1:11:06survivors of a mudslide in southern California carries on. 17 people

1:11:06 > 1:11:11have been confirmed dead and it is thought a similar number of people

1:11:11 > 1:11:16are missing after a wall of mud smashed through Monza seat of. Luis

1:11:16 > 1:11:19Yanez was one of the residents who voluntarily left his home earlier

1:11:19 > 1:11:24this week along with his wife and son and we can speak to him now.

1:11:24 > 1:11:26Thanks for your time.

1:11:26 > 1:11:30Having seen some of the pictures, what was your situation and what did

1:11:30 > 1:11:41you have to do?We decided around 3:30am after we saw a red glow in

1:11:41 > 1:11:45the sky that it was about time for us to evacuate. I called the

1:11:45 > 1:11:51emergency number to find out what the red glow in the sky was and it

1:11:51 > 1:11:57turned out to be a fire a couple of blocks away from us. Between the

1:11:57 > 1:12:05fire and where we live, right on a creek, it began to overflow. We

1:12:05 > 1:12:10realised at that point we only had a few minutes to get out and try to

1:12:10 > 1:12:15make it to higher ground, since we were under a voluntary evacuation.

1:12:15 > 1:12:21At that point I woke up my son, we got into the car really quick and

1:12:21 > 1:12:27got onto the 101 Highway. Immediately as soon as we got onto

1:12:27 > 1:12:32the 101 Highway it couldn't have been more than 30 seconds and the

1:12:32 > 1:12:37car stopped, nobody was going everywhere -- cars stopped. All of a

1:12:37 > 1:12:42sudden to my left I looked at one of the lanes and there was a river of

1:12:42 > 1:12:47water coming through. There was a car that was flowing through and

1:12:47 > 1:12:53there was tree coming by as well. At that point we realised that we

1:12:53 > 1:12:57weren't going to be able to make it through on the 101 Highway. We

1:12:57 > 1:13:05quickly turned around onto an exit on the Olive Mill on-ramp and at

1:13:05 > 1:13:10that point we also got stuck, there were three or four cars ahead of us,

1:13:10 > 1:13:17we didn't realise what was going on. It was dark. I got out of the car

1:13:17 > 1:13:24along with a few of the other drivers. We noticed there was mud on

1:13:24 > 1:13:32the Olive Mill exit. At that point there was a big 4x4 truck. A few of

1:13:32 > 1:13:38us asked him, maybe you can start and lead us out of this mess and see

1:13:38 > 1:13:45if we can actually get out.Can I ask a bit more, I'm so glad you and

1:13:45 > 1:13:50your family are OK, but I think you were directly involved in rescuing

1:13:50 > 1:13:55some people, including a young boy, is that right?When we finally

1:13:55 > 1:13:59exited the car we were headed towards the beach area, we were

1:13:59 > 1:14:05trying to find higher ground. I went ahead to see if the road was clear,

1:14:05 > 1:14:10I left my wife and son behind. Once I realised we couldn't get too far

1:14:10 > 1:14:16towards the four seasons hotel I turned back. At that point I saw a

1:14:16 > 1:14:22little boy and his mum who were walking down the centre of the

1:14:22 > 1:14:28highway and they started sinking in mud. At that point I quickly tried

1:14:28 > 1:14:35to get to them. The little boy was a bit far from me. But after some

1:14:35 > 1:14:41prodding and reaching I was able to grab one of his hands and pull him a

1:14:41 > 1:14:47little bit closer to me and then I used my weight to lean back. At the

1:14:47 > 1:14:52same time I grabbed his second hand and I was quickly able to get him

1:14:52 > 1:14:57out of the mud. I did the same thing with the mother. It happened so

1:14:57 > 1:15:05quickly. They were sinking and it was just a really scary situation. I

1:15:05 > 1:15:11have never obviously gone through that before.

1:15:11 > 1:15:14Hearing your description and seeing these pictures, it is extraordinary

1:15:14 > 1:15:18how quickly people find themselves in genuine difficulties. 17 still

1:15:18 > 1:15:23missing, and 17 confirmed dead already.Things change so quickly.

1:15:23 > 1:15:30By the time we made a decision, or let me back up for a second, when we

1:15:30 > 1:15:34were at the exit, the reason we couldn't go further as we ended up

1:15:34 > 1:15:40seeing at least eight to ten feet of water rushing down towards the

1:15:40 > 1:15:44ocean. At that point we realised things have changed so quickly, it

1:15:44 > 1:15:48wasn't at a few minutes between the time I got onto the freeway that we

1:15:48 > 1:15:55saw the wall of water that came through, and we realised we were

1:15:55 > 1:16:00trapped and we would have to wait. Everything happened so quickly. It

1:16:00 > 1:16:05was just really, really scary for us.Thank you for your time,

1:16:05 > 1:16:11recounting your experience for us. We are glad you are safe and well.

1:16:11 > 1:16:14It's 07:16 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:16:14 > 1:16:18The main stories this morning: Plans to curb the use of plastic in the UK

1:16:18 > 1:16:20will be unveiled by Theresa May this morning.

1:16:20 > 1:16:23She'll announce that all avoidable plastic waste must be

1:16:23 > 1:16:23stopped by 2042.

1:16:23 > 1:16:26Rescue teams are continuing to search for survivors

1:16:26 > 1:16:28after mudslides swept away hundreds of homes in southern California.

1:16:28 > 1:16:3317 people are now confirmed to have died.

1:16:43 > 1:16:48We were talking about Theresa May's 25 year plan to curb the use of

1:16:48 > 1:16:53plastics in the UK. Lots of you have been commenting. Desmond says, I

1:16:53 > 1:16:56think we should leave all unnecessary packaging at went on

1:16:56 > 1:17:00sale in shops. This is one of those arguments, that fruit and vegetables

1:17:00 > 1:17:03are necessarily wrapped up. One of the other plans Theresa May is

1:17:03 > 1:17:10putting forward is plastic free aisles, so you can go to an aisle

1:17:10 > 1:17:14and there will be nothing encased in plastic.Our cameras are down at

1:17:14 > 1:17:16Weston-Super-Mare this morning, looking at some of those beaches,

1:17:16 > 1:17:20everybody is familiar with them, you walk down the beach and see these

1:17:20 > 1:17:24plastic items. They are causing real problems. Michelle has been in

1:17:24 > 1:17:28touch, tracing its back 12 steps, asking why somebody doesn't

1:17:28 > 1:17:32challenge the packaging industry. Surely they have a role to play? So

1:17:32 > 1:17:38many people draw a -- draw attention to unnecessarily packaged items,

1:17:38 > 1:17:42when things can be served loose. Patricia picks up on that point as

1:17:42 > 1:17:47well. Laurie says he visited Chesil Beach a while ago and was horrified

1:17:47 > 1:17:51at the huge amounts of rubbish washed up on there, far worse than

1:17:51 > 1:17:55any other beach she had seen. And will be crossing back down to

1:17:55 > 1:18:00Weston-Super-Mare regulator.Time to have a chat with Carol, who has the

1:18:00 > 1:18:04weather pictures for us. Lots of places are really suffering with fog

1:18:04 > 1:18:07this morning, it can be very nasty, can't it?

1:18:07 > 1:18:08this morning, it can be very nasty, can't it?

1:18:10 > 1:18:14Absolutely right, and we have a lot of fog this morning, across the

1:18:14 > 1:18:18Central Lowlands of Scotland, north-east England, Northern

1:18:18 > 1:18:22Ireland, Wales, headings was the south-west. Some of that is dense.

1:18:22 > 1:18:27Wheels have fog in Lincolnshire and East Anglia. -- we also have fog.

1:18:27 > 1:18:32That is now starting to lift. You may still find that it impacts on

1:18:32 > 1:18:36your travel. You can find out what is happening where you are on your

1:18:36 > 1:18:39local BBC Radio station. Across Northern Ireland this morning it is

1:18:39 > 1:18:43a cloudy start. We have patchy fog around and some of it is dense like

1:18:43 > 1:18:47yesterday. Some of it will not lift. If you are stuck underneath it your

1:18:47 > 1:18:51maximum temperatures will be close to freezing. It is -5 at the moment

1:18:51 > 1:18:53in the Highlands. North-west Scotland, although it will be a

1:18:53 > 1:18:57sunny start there, there is frost around. The rest of Scotland is

1:18:57 > 1:19:01cloudy with that fog that I mentioned. We also have fog across

1:19:01 > 1:19:04north-west England and Manchester area. Also through the Midlands,

1:19:04 > 1:19:08Wales, the south-west of England. Some of this is freezing fog,

1:19:08 > 1:19:12something else to be aware of. But it isn't everywhere. So you will run

1:19:12 > 1:19:15into this patchy fog if you are driving. It is the same across will

1:19:15 > 1:19:19check, heading across the M4 corridor. At the western end we have

1:19:19 > 1:19:23the fog, and on the eastern head we have lots of cloud and light rain

1:19:23 > 1:19:28and drizzle. -- eastern end. East Anglia is seeing the fog lift, as it

1:19:28 > 1:19:31is in Lincolnshire. Out towards the west will also see the fog slowly

1:19:31 > 1:19:34lift through the morning. I mid-morning it might have lifted

1:19:34 > 1:19:38into low cloud but it will continue to break and we will see sunny skies

1:19:38 > 1:19:42developing across much of western Scotland. Also through Northern

1:19:42 > 1:19:45Ireland, north-west England and Wales, and the south-west. Don't

1:19:45 > 1:19:49forget, this is where we have the fog. Where it lingers, you will have

1:19:49 > 1:19:53a gloomy day. Temperatures not in great shape in Glasgow, only two. We

1:19:53 > 1:19:56are looking at a high of eight degrees in London, nine degrees in

1:19:56 > 1:19:59the Channel Islands. Through the evening and overnight there will

1:19:59 > 1:20:02still be cloud around. Further fog patches forming. Not as widespread

1:20:02 > 1:20:06as the situation we have this morning. There will also be frost

1:20:06 > 1:20:11round. These temperatures tell you what you can expect in towns and

1:20:11 > 1:20:15cities, but in rural areas it will be lower. Tomorrow we begin on a

1:20:15 > 1:20:19cloudy note once again with frost and also fog. The fog should lift

1:20:19 > 1:20:23into low cloud and generally, tomorrow will be quite cloudy. The

1:20:23 > 1:20:26cloud is thick enough here and there, forcing drizzle. We do expect

1:20:26 > 1:20:29some brighter breaks, through parts of Wales and down through

1:20:29 > 1:20:34Gloucestershire, will ship, heading down towards Dorset. Then, as we go

1:20:34 > 1:20:37towards Friday and into Saturday, we have a weather front approaching. As

1:20:37 > 1:20:41it comes in from the west it will produce rain across Northern Ireland

1:20:41 > 1:20:44and parts of Wales, south-west England, western Scotland. But it

1:20:44 > 1:20:47doesn't advance much further east than that, even on Saturday, it

1:20:47 > 1:20:54tends to die in situ. Look at those isobars, really squeeze. We have

1:20:54 > 1:20:57another weather front, so late on Sunday we will see wet and windy

1:20:57 > 1:21:01weather coming in from the west. For much of England and Wales, it will

1:21:01 > 1:21:03remain dry.

1:21:06 > 1:21:09Thank you, Carol.

1:21:09 > 1:21:12You might remember a couple of months ago here on Breakfast

1:21:12 > 1:21:15we told you about a group of teenagers from Tottenham

1:21:15 > 1:21:17who were awarded a prestigious sailing award, nothing remarkable

1:21:17 > 1:21:21about that you might think, except for the fact that four years

1:21:21 > 1:21:24ago not one of them had set foot on a boat.

1:21:24 > 1:21:26Montel Fagan-Jordan has just received the Young Sailor

1:21:26 > 1:21:29of the Year Award following in the footsteps of Ben Ainslie

1:21:29 > 1:21:30and Ellen MacArthur.

1:21:30 > 1:21:33He's here now along with his award, and his teacher Jon Holt,

1:21:33 > 1:21:38who sparked his interest in sailing.

1:21:38 > 1:21:44First of all, congratulations.Thank you.You can see the awards just in

1:21:44 > 1:21:47front of us here. Rather magnificent. We mentioned the

1:21:47 > 1:21:52previous recipients, you are an esteemed company.I guess so, you

1:21:52 > 1:21:56see people who have done it before and they have done it years before

1:21:56 > 1:22:00me, and you really see the standard where I am outright now, and what I

1:22:00 > 1:22:05aiming to achieve in the future. -- where I am at right now. Because I

1:22:05 > 1:22:09look at these people on what they went on to do.It is remarkable.

1:22:09 > 1:22:13Just go back to muscle viewers were not familiar with this story, you

1:22:13 > 1:22:17had the opportunity, presented to you by your teacher, of getting

1:22:17 > 1:22:21involved in a competition to go sailing. Right at the beginning,

1:22:21 > 1:22:28before you did anything, what we thinking?I was thinking that we

1:22:28 > 1:22:33were not going to achieve as much as we did end up achieving, in the time

1:22:33 > 1:22:37we had. I thought we might just Raso times and do quite well. Or just

1:22:37 > 1:22:42compete and have fun. But we went so far, we want certain races, and we

1:22:42 > 1:22:46competed in high-level races, with different boats and in different

1:22:46 > 1:22:50regions. We realise the standards we have reached now.It is remarkable,

1:22:50 > 1:22:54the standards you have reached. John, it started out with a boat, a

1:22:54 > 1:23:00boat for £1000, bought online?£500, actually, bought off eBay. The

1:23:00 > 1:23:05students and myself saw it and bought it for the school. They

1:23:05 > 1:23:09sailed more and more on different ships.And this is because you sail,

1:23:09 > 1:23:15you have a passion for this?A more amateur level, yes.Wherever you are

1:23:15 > 1:23:20from, if you are from the city, you are in London in Tottenham, it is

1:23:20 > 1:23:24not actually very close to sailing clubs, I would imagine.No. We have

1:23:24 > 1:23:28to travel to the south coast, down to the harbour in Southampton every

1:23:28 > 1:23:33time we sail. But where Montel has shone through is that he has done

1:23:33 > 1:23:37every single one of those weekends. Even when there were weekends which

1:23:37 > 1:23:41were four of the year groups, he asked if he could come along. And he

1:23:41 > 1:23:44has essentially had a series of very intense sailing experiences and that

1:23:44 > 1:23:48is him rising to the top of his group and becoming the most pushed

1:23:48 > 1:23:53sailor.Montel, I'm fascinated by what it was like for you, the first

1:23:53 > 1:23:57time you set foot on a boat. You remember it? Where were you?The

1:23:57 > 1:24:01first time I set foot on a boat was probably the dinghy in the harbour,

1:24:01 > 1:24:06where we did the basics such as tacking, going up and down, just

1:24:06 > 1:24:09doing the basics.Some people might be thinking you would be very

1:24:09 > 1:24:13nervous at that point and wondering whether or not this was for you. Did

1:24:13 > 1:24:16you instantly have some kind of... Did it works you, instantly, being

1:24:16 > 1:24:22on the ocean?When I was a young boy, I always liked it. Basically,

1:24:22 > 1:24:26it was just having fun on the water, basically. I enjoyed it quite a lot.

1:24:26 > 1:24:30How did your parents react to you taking up sailing? Because I can

1:24:30 > 1:24:34imagine among your friends, probably it wasn't the first thing that most

1:24:34 > 1:24:38people were doing, going sailing. Well, my mum and dad weren't so sure

1:24:38 > 1:24:42about it. They didn't are much about it. When they saw me doing quite

1:24:42 > 1:24:47well lighted, they will more lenient to me to go and do this in the

1:24:47 > 1:24:52competition, at a high level, and go to places like Miami and compete

1:24:52 > 1:24:58over there. So when they see the benefits of it, they are more happy

1:24:58 > 1:25:03for me to do these sorts of things. And they have become more

1:25:03 > 1:25:08supportive.Some great pictures. I will put you in the rather

1:25:08 > 1:25:11embarrassing position of talking about your teacher, who is sitting

1:25:11 > 1:25:14next to you. My impression is that none of this would have happened to

1:25:14 > 1:25:18you weren't not for him, is that fair to say?Yeah, that is quite

1:25:18 > 1:25:23fair to say. Certainly with the project, doing the sailing trips in

1:25:23 > 1:25:27the harbour is a school trip, and seeing the potential of me and the

1:25:27 > 1:25:35other people and my crew, we have to commend him for what he did.John,

1:25:35 > 1:25:40what next? You have seen Montel in achieving just four years. What are

1:25:40 > 1:25:44you expecting or hoping for now?So, the project itself is becoming more

1:25:44 > 1:25:49sustainable. What I am hoping for and what is happening is that Montel

1:25:49 > 1:25:52is hoping to inspire the younger students. This afternoon he is going

1:25:52 > 1:25:57to the London boat show, and I think the younger students who want to do

1:25:57 > 1:26:01what he has done will be there as well. So now we have a large number

1:26:01 > 1:26:06of students in the school who sail. We plan for us is to make the

1:26:06 > 1:26:08project sustainable, with large numbers of students sailing, and

1:26:08 > 1:26:12then trying to get it, to support individuals like Montel to come

1:26:12 > 1:26:18through and shine.And if we were to say the word Olympics...?Yeah.What

1:26:18 > 1:26:24would that mean for you?It would be a goal for me to try to achieve, to

1:26:24 > 1:26:27get there. If the opportunity comes, definitely. That you have to work

1:26:27 > 1:26:32hard, I will have to push myself to get to that level.But that is what

1:26:32 > 1:26:35you are going to do, isn't it? Definitely.We wish you well.I

1:26:35 > 1:26:43think we will be seeing you. And graduations. Thank you so much.It

1:26:43 > 1:30:09is 726 a.m. , if I can see past the sail on the trophy. Time to get the

1:30:09 > 1:30:10in half an hour.

1:30:10 > 1:30:11Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

1:30:15 > 1:30:16Hello, this is Breakfast,

1:30:16 > 1:30:19with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

1:30:19 > 1:30:21Good Morning, here's a summary

1:30:21 > 1:30:27of today's main stories from BBC News.

1:30:27 > 1:30:30The Prime Minister will unveil a pledge to stop all avoidable

1:30:30 > 1:30:32plastic waste by 2042 later this morning.

1:30:32 > 1:30:34Two ideas among the proposals include asking every

1:30:34 > 1:30:37supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings

1:30:37 > 1:30:40as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags

1:30:40 > 1:30:41to all retailers.

1:30:41 > 1:30:43Environmentalists say the plans are worthless,

1:30:43 > 1:30:48unless they are written into law.

1:30:48 > 1:30:51Hospitals have run out of beds and can't cope,

1:30:51 > 1:30:52health bosses are warning.

1:30:52 > 1:30:54NHS providers which represent acute hospitals and

1:30:54 > 1:30:56ambulance services in England said hospitals cannot meet standards

1:30:56 > 1:30:57of care without more money.

1:30:57 > 1:30:59The Department of Health and social care

1:30:59 > 1:31:08says the NHS was given priority in the last budget.

1:31:08 > 1:31:12We have now clearly reached the point where the NHS cannot meet

1:31:12 > 1:31:15the standards of care that we would all of us at the NHS,

1:31:15 > 1:31:17ministers included, want to provide.

1:31:17 > 1:31:19So the key question is do we abandon those standards,

1:31:19 > 1:31:24and none of us in the NHS want to do that, or does the government make

1:31:24 > 1:31:27the decisions that it needs to make about the long-term funding and it

1:31:27 > 1:31:29needs to make those the systems quickly.

1:31:29 > 1:31:3217 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods

1:31:32 > 1:31:33in Southern California.

1:31:33 > 1:31:35Hundreds of rescuers are searching though wreckage

1:31:35 > 1:31:37for more than a dozen missing people.

1:31:37 > 1:31:37The latest extreme weather has hit Santa Barbara, and Montecito.

1:31:47 > 1:31:51Earlier we spoke to macro day one, resident, who voluntarily left his

1:31:51 > 1:31:56home earlier this week. -- to Luis Yanez.

1:31:56 > 1:32:01I was able to grab one of his hands, pull them a little closer to me and

1:32:01 > 1:32:05then I use my weight to lean back. At the same time I grabbed his

1:32:05 > 1:32:11second hand and I was quickly able to get him out of the mud. We did...

1:32:11 > 1:32:16I did the same thing with the mother. It happened so quickly. They

1:32:16 > 1:32:22were sinking and it was just a really scary situation I've never

1:32:22 > 1:32:26obviously gone through before.

1:32:26 > 1:32:29Police in Paris are hunting two armed robbers who stole jewellery

1:32:29 > 1:32:32worth millions of pounds from the city's Ritz hotel.

1:32:32 > 1:32:34Armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows to gain

1:32:34 > 1:32:36access to display cases, before snatching the jewels

1:32:36 > 1:32:38from the ground floor of the hotel.

1:32:38 > 1:32:41Three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene.

1:32:41 > 1:32:44Prince Harry has yet to ask his brother to be his best

1:32:44 > 1:32:46man, the Duke of Cambridge revealed last night.

1:32:46 > 1:32:49William was discussing Harry's upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle

1:32:49 > 1:32:50at a charity event.

1:32:50 > 1:32:52Former footballer Rio Ferdinand asked about the date clash

1:32:52 > 1:32:56with the FA Cup final, the Prince joked that he was still working

1:32:56 > 1:32:57on a solution.

1:32:57 > 1:32:59It's a big decision, are we going to Wembley

1:32:59 > 1:33:00or are we going to...?

1:33:00 > 1:33:05LAUGHTER

1:33:05 > 1:33:06You've touched on something there, Rio!

1:33:06 > 1:33:10Still working it out, I'll have to see what we can do.

1:33:10 > 1:33:13I think having that person there is kind of apt when

1:33:13 > 1:33:15you talk about best man culture, that relationship you have...

1:33:15 > 1:33:17He hasn't asked me yet.

1:33:17 > 1:33:28It could be a sensitive issue.

1:33:28 > 1:33:32Fay white be the first family to have a big sporting occasion clash

1:33:32 > 1:33:39with a wedding because it is Saturday. They often do.Or the

1:33:39 > 1:33:43first family to have the brother as the best man.Still hasn't actually

1:33:43 > 1:33:52been asked at smack I like to call a bit -- still has naturally been

1:33:52 > 1:33:56asked. I like to cause a bit of mischief in the morning -- still

1:33:56 > 1:34:02hasn't actually been asked.In the couple of minutes it took for the

1:34:02 > 1:34:08Arsenal Chelsea League Cup sa semi-final to happen, a couple of

1:34:08 > 1:34:12minutes were lost while the VAR were consulted, the fans had to amuse

1:34:12 > 1:34:18themselves.Referee is on the pitch, he asks for the material to be

1:34:18 > 1:34:22reviewed, but to do that he runs off the pitch.He can do. Last night he

1:34:22 > 1:34:27didn't look at the monitor, there's a monitor at the side of the pitch

1:34:27 > 1:34:31for the referee to look at if the guy reviewing the footage says you

1:34:31 > 1:34:36need to look at this, he can jog off to the side of the pitch and have a

1:34:36 > 1:34:40look at it but last night he said, can I have a review please visit the

1:34:40 > 1:34:45guy in the review room, back near Heathrow Airport, he said your

1:34:45 > 1:34:51decision is correct -- can I have a review please? The fans didn't get

1:34:51 > 1:34:55to see anything so that's the criticism, there could be these

1:34:55 > 1:34:59pauses now when VAR becomes more regular, and they have to amuse

1:34:59 > 1:35:02themselves.

1:35:02 > 1:35:03A boring night last night.

1:35:03 > 1:35:06Chelsea drew the first leg of their EFL Cup Semi-Final

1:35:06 > 1:35:08with Arsenal 0-0 last night.

1:35:08 > 1:35:10There were two chances to see the new video assistant

1:35:10 > 1:35:11referee system in action.

1:35:11 > 1:35:13Martin Atkinson used it both times

1:35:13 > 1:35:15to check potential penalty calls in each half.

1:35:15 > 1:35:18On both occasions, though, he was satisfied with his initial

1:35:18 > 1:35:20decision to not award a penalty.

1:35:20 > 1:35:22England struggled for quick bowlers of course during the Ashes

1:35:22 > 1:35:31so they recalled one of their fastest order

1:35:31 > 1:35:33so they recalled one of their fastest for

1:35:33 > 1:35:35the two-Test series against New Zealand.

1:35:35 > 1:35:38Mark Wood returns after injury and also named is Lancashire batsmen

1:35:38 > 1:35:40Liam Livingstone who has impressed for England's second side

1:35:40 > 1:35:41over the winter.

1:35:41 > 1:35:43Gary Ballance is dropped and James Vince retains

1:35:43 > 1:35:45his place in the squad.

1:35:45 > 1:35:47Former World light-welterweight champion Amir Khan says his

1:35:47 > 1:35:50appearance on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here helped him decide

1:35:50 > 1:35:52to make a boxing comeback.

1:35:52 > 1:35:54He's joined Eddie Hearn's promotion company for his first

1:35:54 > 1:35:58fight in nearly two years, which will be in April in Liverpool.

1:35:58 > 1:36:01He claims going into the jungle allowed him to be himself in public

1:36:01 > 1:36:05for the first time.

1:36:05 > 1:36:08Maybe around fight times you're going to be anxious,

1:36:08 > 1:36:11you're going to be nervous, maybe people saw more of that

1:36:11 > 1:36:13than the real side of me and they thought he's

1:36:13 > 1:36:14a bit arrogant.

1:36:14 > 1:36:25I had to be confident in front of my opponent because otherwise

1:36:25 > 1:36:28he is going to think, "Who's this wimp I'm fighting?"

1:36:28 > 1:36:30So I had to be a little bit tough.

1:36:30 > 1:36:34I think people got to see the real side of me away from the boxing ring

1:36:34 > 1:36:36and took a liking to me.

1:36:36 > 1:36:40So it's lovely to come back and have so much love from the British crowd.

1:36:40 > 1:36:43Chris Froome will still be able to represent his country

1:36:43 > 1:36:44while his adverse

1:36:44 > 1:36:45drugs test is being investigated.

1:36:45 > 1:36:48The chief executive of British cycling says the four-time

1:36:48 > 1:36:51Tour de France winner will be available for selection even though

1:36:51 > 1:36:53he had excessive levels of medication he takes

1:36:53 > 1:36:56for his asthma in his body during last year's Vuelta a Espana.

1:36:56 > 1:36:58Of course it's a blow reputationally, not just

1:36:58 > 1:37:01to the organisation, but to the rider and it's been

1:37:01 > 1:37:04a challenging time both for Chris and for cycling in general

1:37:04 > 1:37:05to deal with that.

1:37:05 > 1:37:08In the months ahead he's got an opportunity to prove why that

1:37:08 > 1:37:12finally took place.

1:37:12 > 1:37:16It seemed a strange change of sports for former Chelsea and Tottenham

1:37:16 > 1:37:19boss Andre Villas Boas but his run in the Dakar Rally has ended.

1:37:19 > 1:37:22He quit a job in China in November to take part

1:37:22 > 1:37:26in the desert rally in South America but his race came to an end

1:37:26 > 1:37:28when he crashed into a sand dune.

1:37:28 > 1:37:30He injured his back and while he was airlifted

1:37:30 > 1:37:43to hospital for checks, he didn't have any broken bones.

1:37:43 > 1:37:47He's already on the sand dune and then...You can see from the

1:37:47 > 1:37:51pictures he gets stuck in a dip, the compression bouncing down into the

1:37:51 > 1:37:55dip and smashing into the up slope on the other side but he didn't have

1:37:55 > 1:37:59any broken bones despite being airlifted to hospital. There's been

1:37:59 > 1:38:05a couple of major crashes in the Dakar Rally. The leader crashed out

1:38:05 > 1:38:08yesterday, Sam Sutherland from Poole, but he seems OK even though

1:38:08 > 1:38:13he injured his back. There he is, stuck in the whole.I did think sand

1:38:13 > 1:38:20dunes would be soft. Charlie said they were soft. I said they were

1:38:20 > 1:38:24soft, Charlie said you shouldn't be shocked to hit one because they are

1:38:24 > 1:38:28on loads of them!It is a desert race. Not surprising that you are

1:38:28 > 1:38:32involved in a collision on the sand. All collisions are on are on sand

1:38:32 > 1:38:36dunes in the Dakar Rally.And they're not soft!

1:38:36 > 1:38:38This winter is shaping up to be a tough one

1:38:38 > 1:38:41for the National Health Service with reports of a lack of beds,

1:38:41 > 1:38:44overcrowded Accident and Emergency rooms and queues of ambulances

1:38:44 > 1:38:46parked outside unable to hand over patients.

1:38:46 > 1:38:49It's led health chiefs to issue one of their strongest

1:38:49 > 1:38:52warnings yet about the strain being faced by the NHS in England.

1:38:52 > 1:38:57Let's discuss this with Doctor Fari Ahmad and in our London

1:38:57 > 1:38:59newsroom, Chris Hopson, Chief Executive of NHS Providers,

1:38:59 > 1:39:01which lobbies the Government on behalf of hospital

1:39:01 > 1:39:09and ambulance trusts.

1:39:09 > 1:39:14Thanks for joining us, Chris Hopson. What is different today that you are

1:39:14 > 1:39:18seeing, what stage is the NHS at that prompted you to say what you're

1:39:18 > 1:39:22saying today?We've reached a watershed moment in the NHS history,

1:39:22 > 1:39:26about 14 years ago we introduce a set of constitutional standards

1:39:26 > 1:39:30which we think are good, not perfect, but a good proxy for the

1:39:30 > 1:39:34quality of care you and I would want for ourselves and our relatives and

1:39:34 > 1:39:39they cover things like 90 the 95% of patients seen in four hours in A&E,

1:39:39 > 1:39:45not waiting longer than 18 weeks for elective surgery and what we're

1:39:45 > 1:39:48saying is we've reached a watershed because now for the first time in

1:39:48 > 1:39:52NHS history since those targets were introduced we can no longer meet

1:39:52 > 1:39:56them. Last year we missed all four of the key targets, but even worse

1:39:56 > 1:40:02than that we set a recovery trajectory last March to recover the

1:40:02 > 1:40:05A&E standard and it's clear because of what happened this winter that we

1:40:05 > 1:40:09won't reach that so we've reached a point where we have to make a

1:40:09 > 1:40:13choice, which is do we want to preserve those standards, which is

1:40:13 > 1:40:17what everyone in the NHS would want, or do we abandon them and the only

1:40:17 > 1:40:21way we can preserve those standards is if the NHS and the health and

1:40:21 > 1:40:24care system more widely gets the long-term funding settlement it

1:40:24 > 1:40:31needs. We have a decision, do we increase funding for the NHS or

1:40:31 > 1:40:34abandon those standards?Of the Department for Health and social

1:40:34 > 1:40:38care has acknowledged the pressure in A&E particularly, flu rates are

1:40:38 > 1:40:42going up, that's why they said they announced the largest single

1:40:42 > 1:40:47increase in Doctor Platt, training places in the history of the NHS to

1:40:47 > 1:40:5025% expansion, isn't that contributing to a long-term

1:40:50 > 1:40:56solution?Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for social and healthcare,

1:40:56 > 1:40:59said yesterday in the House of Commons in a debate that he

1:40:59 > 1:41:02recognised we do have to make decisions about the long-term

1:41:02 > 1:41:06funding of the health and care system and he himself said that

1:41:06 > 1:41:09we're going to needs it never can be more money than we are currently

1:41:09 > 1:41:14planning to put in. The office of budget responsibility, which is the

1:41:14 > 1:41:18government's own body, said if we want to cope with the rising demand

1:41:18 > 1:41:23that comes from an ageing population and meet the standards we've put in

1:41:23 > 1:41:29the NHS Constitution, the NHS budget has to rise from the current £120

1:41:29 > 1:41:35billion to £153 billion by 21/22, and that means a 4% increase on

1:41:35 > 1:41:39average every year, but we're only currently scheduled for a 1%

1:41:39 > 1:41:43increase in. What I'm saying is, and it's pretty clear and the evidence

1:41:43 > 1:41:46is incontrovertible, we've reached the point where we can no longer

1:41:46 > 1:41:51meet the NHS constitutional standards and so we have to make a

1:41:51 > 1:41:54decision this year about the long-term funding settlement for the

1:41:54 > 1:41:59health and care settlement, and if we don't put in more money we can't

1:41:59 > 1:42:03meet those NHS constitutional standards. It's really quite simple.

1:42:03 > 1:42:07As you said, Jeremy Hunt has said longer term funding is needed by

1:42:07 > 1:42:11£2.8 billion over the next three years, 1% rise each year, as you've

1:42:11 > 1:42:15mentioned, something has to go if the money isn't found in. The money

1:42:15 > 1:42:20doesn't appear to be on offer any more than what I've just said all

1:42:20 > 1:42:23the numbers you've reflected, so what's going to go?What we're

1:42:23 > 1:42:28saying is the government needs to make a decision this year by budget,

1:42:28 > 1:42:32by November budget, about what it's going to do over the longer term.

1:42:32 > 1:42:36What Jeremy Hunt himself is saying is let's have a 10-year settlement,

1:42:36 > 1:42:41and yes, you're absolutely right, the NHS will kind of have to muddle

1:42:41 > 1:42:44through for the rest of this year and maybe next while that new

1:42:44 > 1:42:48long-term settlement comes in, but it still doesn't take away from that

1:42:48 > 1:42:51basic point that we've now reached a watershed moment and we have to make

1:42:51 > 1:42:56some decisions about whether or not we want to put more money into our

1:42:56 > 1:42:59healthcare system or whether we accept the fact we can't meet the

1:42:59 > 1:43:04standards that have been in place for 13 years.Chris Hopson, Chief

1:43:04 > 1:43:09Executive of NHS Providers, thanks for your time. Listening to that

1:43:09 > 1:43:14with us is Doctor Fari Ahmad. You are a GP?That's right.What area do

1:43:14 > 1:43:19you work in, give us a picture?I work in Cheshire, it is a mixed

1:43:19 > 1:43:26semirural area.When you listen to the words of the NHS Providers, the

1:43:26 > 1:43:30organisation that oversees hospitals and other care work, they're saying

1:43:30 > 1:43:34effectively we have a government in denial, the evidence is

1:43:34 > 1:43:41incontrovertible at the point we are in. What do you take that to mean?I

1:43:41 > 1:43:44think basically he's expressing what's going on on the ground and

1:43:44 > 1:43:49has been going on for a while now. I think we were struggling to meet

1:43:49 > 1:43:54targets before winter came and before the flu came, and this is has

1:43:54 > 1:44:02just made everything so much worse. Everyone I speak to is struggling,

1:44:02 > 1:44:06the GPs, paramedics, A&E, hospitals, the pressure has gone up and we knew

1:44:06 > 1:44:11this was coming. People were saying we're going to struggle, we're

1:44:11 > 1:44:15struggling before winter starts, we will need more funding, more

1:44:15 > 1:44:21planning and hey, it's not happened. Help us with this, it's not the

1:44:21 > 1:44:26first time, many people are saying, you know what, last week there was

1:44:26 > 1:44:30another NHS in crisis story, before that, last year. What's different

1:44:30 > 1:44:34about this point in time? What's different about the government

1:44:34 > 1:44:38response, or lack of it, because the senses when you talk to the Health

1:44:38 > 1:44:43Secretary and he says we appreciate there are long-term issues, we hear

1:44:43 > 1:44:47about the 10-year plan. I'm guessing from your reaction, what do you make

1:44:47 > 1:44:53of what the government says when experts, the organisations, or GPs

1:44:53 > 1:44:58like yourself, say these things?I think the people playing politics

1:44:58 > 1:45:03with people's health, it's not fair, it's not on. People are saying,

1:45:03 > 1:45:07we've given extra money and we've done this, but the reality is the

1:45:07 > 1:45:13NHS hasn't been funded as it should have been for a few years now. There

1:45:13 > 1:45:17have been cuts, they were cutting the fat, they went beyond the fat,

1:45:17 > 1:45:21think we're hitting bone now. I think what you're seeing is

1:45:21 > 1:45:24rationing, I think what you're seeing is a limited amount of money

1:45:24 > 1:45:28and people are having to queue up, ambulances are queueing up, people

1:45:28 > 1:45:32are struggling to get in to see their GPs and that's because we need

1:45:32 > 1:45:36more healthcare. We're having older people, there's a big demand for

1:45:36 > 1:45:40healthcare, sometimes people using the NHS irresponsibly, we're

1:45:40 > 1:45:44struggling to get people out of hospital, they are well but they

1:45:44 > 1:45:48don't have the social care to look after them. It doesn't take a great

1:45:48 > 1:45:52deal of amazing thinking to say, OK, these other problems, let's work out

1:45:52 > 1:45:57the solutions. People have been saying this for a long time now. I'm

1:45:57 > 1:46:01glad they're starting to listen but I wish they would put some substance

1:46:01 > 1:46:08behind their words.Thanks very much for your time this morning.

1:46:08 > 1:46:12It's 07:45 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:46:12 > 1:46:16Time to talk to Carol and find out about the weather. Carroll, it has

1:46:16 > 1:46:20been foggy this week. I was quite shocked this morning.

1:46:22 > 1:46:27There is a lot more this morning then there has been. It is

1:46:27 > 1:46:31extensive, across central and south-western Scotland, Northern

1:46:31 > 1:46:34Ireland, north-west England, Wales, parts of the Midlands, south-west

1:46:34 > 1:46:37England, Wiltshire, and now it is slowly lifting across East Anglia

1:46:37 > 1:46:41and Lincolnshire. It may will have some impact on your travel

1:46:41 > 1:46:46arrangements. Do stay tuned to myself and also BBC local radio. We

1:46:46 > 1:46:51will keep you up-to-date. What we have as well as the fault is a lot

1:46:51 > 1:46:55of cloud had eased. That is producing light rain and drizzle.

1:46:55 > 1:46:59Out west where we do have that fog, most of that will lift as we go

1:46:59 > 1:47:02through the morning, lifting into low cloud and thinning and breaking.

1:47:02 > 1:47:06Sunny skies developing. In some places it will stick and if it

1:47:06 > 1:47:10sticks where you are the temperature will barely be above freezing. In

1:47:10 > 1:47:13Northern Ireland, much like yesterday, we have the fog to start

1:47:13 > 1:47:17with. Most of that will lift but there will be sticky patches as

1:47:17 > 1:47:22well. NatWest Scotland, a cold and frosty start, but sunshine from the

1:47:22 > 1:47:26word go. -- north-west Scotland. Fog across the north-west this morning,

1:47:26 > 1:47:30most of that lifting and breaking across Cumbria, for example. In

1:47:30 > 1:47:35Wales, most of the fog will lift. Again, some stubborn bits here and

1:47:35 > 1:47:41there are. It will lead to sunny skies and it is the same across

1:47:41 > 1:47:43south-west England, temperatures getting up to seven Celsius in

1:47:43 > 1:47:47Plymouth. In the sunshine and light winds it will feel rather nice.

1:47:47 > 1:47:53Going further east we are back in the cloud. Light rain and drizzle at

1:47:53 > 1:47:56times. That extends up the east coast towards Yorkshire. As we go

1:47:56 > 1:48:00through the evening and overnight there will be lots of cloud around.

1:48:00 > 1:48:03Still some drizzle coming out of it. Once again we will see some further

1:48:03 > 1:48:07patchy fog forming. We do not expected to be as widespread this

1:48:07 > 1:48:12morning. The other thing is, it will be a cold night, especially in rural

1:48:12 > 1:48:17areas. You can see these temperatures, 1-5, indicating what

1:48:17 > 1:48:21you can expect in towns and cities. There will be a touch of frost

1:48:21 > 1:48:26around. So patchy fog tomorrow, eventually lifting into low cloud

1:48:26 > 1:48:30and breaking slightly, but still thick enough for spots of drizzle.

1:48:30 > 1:48:34There brighter skies are likely to be across northern Scotland, west

1:48:34 > 1:48:37Wales and around the Dorset and Hampshire area. Look what is

1:48:37 > 1:48:40happening in the Atlantic Ocean. A weather front is heading our way.

1:48:40 > 1:48:44That will introduce rain in Friday and Saturday, in the west, and those

1:48:44 > 1:48:51that pushes further east during Saturday it will tend to die in

1:48:51 > 1:48:54situ. Another system is coming behind it, more potent, bringing wet

1:48:54 > 1:48:59and windy weather from the west. Late in the day, it will be dry for

1:48:59 > 1:49:02much of England and Wales on Sunday.

1:49:05 > 1:49:08The Prime Minister has described the large quantities of plastic

1:49:08 > 1:49:11pollution that affect our oceans, beaches and sea life as one

1:49:11 > 1:49:13of the greatest scourges of our time.

1:49:13 > 1:49:15Today, she'll make a number of pledges to tackle

1:49:15 > 1:49:18our plastic problem.

1:49:18 > 1:49:21Some of you have been sending in pictures of plastic rubbish

1:49:21 > 1:49:22you've seen out and about.

1:49:22 > 1:49:26Nigel sent us these photos, an old packet of peanuts he found

1:49:26 > 1:49:28while on a walk in Weardale last week.

1:49:28 > 1:49:30The date on the packet says 1986.

1:49:30 > 1:49:34On the same walk Nigel also found a bag of Tudor crisps from 1984.

1:49:34 > 1:49:37He wanted to highlight that plastics last a pretty long time.

1:49:37 > 1:49:39Breakfast's Tim Muffett is at Weston-super-Mare's beach

1:49:39 > 1:49:42for us this morning to see how locals are dealing with plastic

1:49:42 > 1:49:52there.

1:49:59 > 1:50:03That company, the company which made those crisps, is out of business

1:50:03 > 1:50:08now. That is how long it has been. Yes, they were bought by Smith's,

1:50:08 > 1:50:15and then they were bought by Walker's.So, let's go to

1:50:15 > 1:50:20Weston-Super-Mare. A wide expanse of, well, we stick all it marred

1:50:20 > 1:50:25when I was little. An extraordinary expanse of each. We can see in the

1:50:25 > 1:50:29foreground of there, some of the rubbish we are talking about? Good

1:50:29 > 1:50:32morning to you from Weston-Super-Mare. The tide is a

1:50:32 > 1:50:36long way out at the moment but when it comes in, look what it brings.

1:50:36 > 1:50:40Plastic bottles, packaging, wet wipes, this morning we will be

1:50:40 > 1:50:43hearing about this Twitter five-year plan spelt out by the government.

1:50:43 > 1:50:49Some bold claims, the removal of all unnecessary plastic waste by 2042.

1:50:49 > 1:50:53Lots of people will be playing close attention. Yesterday I met up with

1:50:53 > 1:50:57the Dorset Devils. They are in Bournemouth, and they were clearing

1:50:57 > 1:51:01up the beach. I got a sense of what they would like the government to

1:51:01 > 1:51:05announce.

1:51:05 > 1:51:07The Dorset Devils wish they weren't needed,

1:51:07 > 1:51:10but every day rubbish is brought in by the tide.

1:51:10 > 1:51:11They voluntarily clear it up.

1:51:11 > 1:51:14No doubt it's getting worse because it's becoming more evident

1:51:14 > 1:51:17globally it's a problem, it's a problem in the UK

1:51:17 > 1:51:20but we are concerned about our patch of Dorset and that's why

1:51:20 > 1:51:23we are prepared to do our bit at Dorset Devils.

1:51:23 > 1:51:26We do find a lot of small pieces of plastic, microplastic,

1:51:26 > 1:51:29has been broken up by the waves and wash back onto the beach.

1:51:29 > 1:51:32The government is about to announce its 25 year environment plan.

1:51:32 > 1:51:36The Dorset Devils will be paying close attention.

1:51:36 > 1:51:39I'm forever picking up plastic bottles and there's a plastic bottle

1:51:39 > 1:51:44just coming on the tide.

1:51:44 > 1:51:46What would you like the government to announce?

1:51:46 > 1:51:49I would like the government to announce no more plastic bottles,

1:51:49 > 1:51:51everyone should use a recyclable container.

1:51:51 > 1:51:52I'm also forever picking up wet wipes.

1:51:52 > 1:51:54Now, they go down the loo.

1:51:54 > 1:52:02Tell people not to put those down the toilet.

1:52:02 > 1:52:04Is that going to happen, do you think the government

1:52:04 > 1:52:06is really going to announce something that bold?

1:52:06 > 1:52:09Probably not, probably not but I'd like to think they might.

1:52:09 > 1:52:13I would like the government to bring pressure on the fast food industry,

1:52:13 > 1:52:16make them think about how they're packaging their fast food.

1:52:16 > 1:52:19Try to cut out the packaging they're using to keep it warm,

1:52:19 > 1:52:23people are you eating fast food, why would they want it to stay

1:52:23 > 1:52:29warm in polystyrene?

1:52:29 > 1:52:32It's not just plastics and packaging that concern these volunteers.

1:52:32 > 1:52:35I would like to see something announced about renewable energy,

1:52:35 > 1:52:38the government putting a big emphasis on renewable energy,

1:52:38 > 1:52:41rather than it being an afterthought.

1:52:41 > 1:52:44We're a country surrounded by sea as well so wave power.

1:52:44 > 1:52:46There's one clear message ahead of today's announcement,

1:52:46 > 1:52:52it's a big opportunity, don't bottle it.

1:52:52 > 1:52:55It's something doesn't happen now to change what's in the oceans

1:52:55 > 1:52:58and ocean floors, that is being swept in, for the next generation

1:52:58 > 1:53:05they'll be paddling in plastic pieces, litter, water bottles,

1:53:05 > 1:53:09and our generation are the one that's just left it there and do

1:53:09 > 1:53:21nothing about it.

1:53:21 > 1:53:27The thoughts of the Dorset Devils in Bournemouth. This morning we are in

1:53:27 > 1:53:30North Somerset, Weston-Super-Mare. Sarah is a volunteer here. What have

1:53:30 > 1:53:34you found?These are cotton buds collected in just half an hour on

1:53:34 > 1:53:37the stretch of beach.What do you want the government to announce this

1:53:37 > 1:53:40morning?Support to the grassroots action which is all ready taking

1:53:40 > 1:53:43place in communities like here in Weston-Super-Mare, by legislation

1:53:43 > 1:53:47for big businesses.Thank you. David is from the -- Debbie is from the

1:53:47 > 1:53:51Chamber of Commerce. How realistic is it to small businesses to move

1:53:51 > 1:53:55away from plastic?It will be harder for small businesses, they don't

1:53:55 > 1:53:58have the comfort of the corporate brand. But if they can liaise with

1:53:58 > 1:54:02their local chambers and we can put them in touch with purchasing groups

1:54:02 > 1:54:07to keep the costs down, I think that will help a lot. But the chamber of

1:54:07 > 1:54:10commerce can provide guidance.What would you like the government to

1:54:10 > 1:54:14announce this morning, very briefly? I would like to plastic will return

1:54:14 > 1:54:18scheme.Money given back to you when you return a plastic bottle?Yes,

1:54:18 > 1:54:23the deposit scheme. That would be a great boon, there are so many

1:54:23 > 1:54:27bottles.We will wait and see. Thank you, Debbie and Sarah. All eyes are

1:54:27 > 1:54:30on the government this morning for this big announcement, a 25 year

1:54:30 > 1:54:37plan for the environment. Thank you, Tim. We will be speaking

1:54:37 > 1:54:40to environment Secretary Michael Gove later. Lots of people have been

1:54:40 > 1:54:44getting in touch. The issue of plastics that you can buy, why don't

1:54:44 > 1:54:47the retailers put less things in plastic containers.And the people

1:54:47 > 1:54:50who package them, of course.

1:54:50 > 1:54:54It's a big day for retailers as they tell us how they got on over

1:54:54 > 1:54:59Christmas.

1:54:59 > 1:55:03Some have done well and some have not done so well. It is not just

1:55:03 > 1:55:07about food and clothing, is it? No, there are some surprises. Lots

1:55:07 > 1:55:11of results to get through this morning, there are some we have had

1:55:11 > 1:55:12in the last hour.

1:55:12 > 1:55:16There are so many to get through - and some are good, some are bad.

1:55:16 > 1:55:19So I've enlisted the help of retail analyst Natalie Berg.

1:55:19 > 1:55:22Good morning. Good morning.Let's start with Tesco, that is one we

1:55:22 > 1:55:26always watch. Sainsbury's yesterday, Tesco today. They said sales were up

1:55:26 > 1:55:302.3% in the third quarter.Yes, some positive news in what was a mixed

1:55:30 > 1:55:34bag of results so far. We do have to point out that Tesco will never turn

1:55:34 > 1:55:38to its former glory. There has been too much structural change in the

1:55:38 > 1:55:41market with discounters and online retail. But they are absolutely on

1:55:41 > 1:55:45the path to recovery, I think. The ship has been steadied and they are

1:55:45 > 1:55:49doing the right things.Good news is that Tesco. Marks & Spencer,

1:55:49 > 1:55:52different story. We have talked a lot about clothing at sales falling

1:55:52 > 1:55:58at Marks & Spencer. Clue -- food savings have propped them up, but

1:55:58 > 1:56:02now the double whammy, both are down.We have come to expect falling

1:56:02 > 1:56:06figures in the sales market, Marks & Spencer have been out of touch with

1:56:06 > 1:56:10consumers for a long time. Their real worry is the falling food

1:56:10 > 1:56:13sales. Christmas is a time of year when everybody trades up to premium

1:56:13 > 1:56:17foods, and it should be a time of year when Marks & Spencer does very

1:56:17 > 1:56:20well in foods. But the decline in sales, especially an inflationary

1:56:20 > 1:56:23and diamond, is a real concern and assign shoppers have gone elsewhere

1:56:23 > 1:56:26for premium foods.Speaking of elsewhere, I want to talk about

1:56:26 > 1:56:30House of Fraser. We have had an update from them this morning. A

1:56:30 > 1:56:33tough time to them. Sales down 2.9%, the bosses call at disappointing.

1:56:33 > 1:56:39The future looks tough.Yes, all department stores are having a

1:56:39 > 1:56:42difficult time at the moment. Amadeus, Debenhams are closing

1:56:42 > 1:56:47stores. I don't think it is unrealistic to say that we could see

1:56:47 > 1:56:50a retailer like House of Fraser disappear from the high street. We

1:56:50 > 1:56:56have seen VHS go, we have seen Woolworths go. It is not

1:56:56 > 1:56:59unreasonable, but the future, I think, will be fewer stalls or

1:56:59 > 1:57:03smaller stores, to reflect the change in shopping habits.Time is

1:57:03 > 1:57:07tight, but thank you to its planning that, Natalie. We have had John

1:57:07 > 1:57:11Lewis figures as well, 2.5% higher. Black Friday was the biggest ever

1:57:11 > 1:57:15sales they in John Lewis' history. I will have more on that after eight

1:57:15 > 2:00:33o'clock.

2:00:33 > 2:00:36Bye for now.

2:00:38 > 2:00:40Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

2:00:40 > 2:00:42Wiping out plastic waste -

2:00:42 > 2:00:44the Prime Minister sets out a 25-year plan.

2:00:44 > 2:00:45Plastic-free aisles in supermarkets

2:00:45 > 2:00:48are among the ideas being put forward by Theresa May.

2:00:48 > 2:00:55But critics say the proposals lack urgency and detail.

2:01:09 > 2:01:13Good morning, it's Thursday 11th January.

2:01:13 > 2:01:15Also this morning, one of the strongest warnings yet

2:01:15 > 2:01:16about the NHS in England.

2:01:16 > 2:01:19This time, hospital bosses say services are at breaking point