11/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Wiping out plastic waste -

the Prime Minister sets out

a 25-year plan.

Plastic-free aisles in supermarkets

are among the ideas

being put forward by Theresa May.

But critics say the proposals

lack urgency and detail.

Good morning, it's Thursday

the 11th of January.

Also this morning:

One

of the strongest warnings yet

about the NHS in England.

This time hospital bosses say

services are at breaking point

and that the government

must spend more.

More lives are claimed by the rivers

of mud in California as hundreds

of rescuers comb

through the wreckage.

An armed heist at the Ritz in Paris.

Jewellery worth millions of pounds

is seized after five men smash

through a window with an axe.

An end to booking fees when you use

a credit or debit card online,

but could it mean other

prices rise as a result?

I'll have the details.

In sport, the only interesting

thing about Chelsea v

Arsenal last night?

The VAR was called into action

properly for the first

time but no goals

in the League Cup

semi-final first leg.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning. Some frost around this

morning but also fold, especially so

in western parts of the UK, where

summons and run southern parts of

England and eastern England, slow to

live, someone at all, but the

brighter skies later will be in the

west. More details in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Prime Minister's setting out

plans to tackle plastic pollution,

by wiping out all

avoidable waste by 2042.

Two ideas among the proposals

include asking every

supermarket to have an aisle

of goods with no plastic wrappings

at all as well as extending the five

pence charge for carrier bags

to all retailers.

Environmentalists say

the plans are worthless,

unless they're written into law.

Here's our environment

correspondent, Roger Harribin.

A pod of short finned pilot whales

in the Atlantic waters off Europe,

as elsewhere, they have to share the

ocean with plastic.

There's huge

public concern about plastic litter

since David Attenborough's Blue

Planet series showed secret is

eating plastic waste. The Prime

Minister will serve that wave of

concern with her first environment

speech. She's setting out a

timetable to abolish single use

plastics. There will be money for

research into smarter plastics and

more plastic free aisles in

supermarkets. The countryside should

also benefit from the 25-year-old

environment plan also being

published. This is the UK's prime

site for nightingales in Kent. The

local council wants to build

much-needed homes on part of this

site. But green groups are expecting

the government to protect existing

sites like this. They also want the

government to follow its promise to

improve other areas degraded by

development or Telus bombing. They

want commitments that ministers

can't wriggle out of dashcam at

farming. Environmentalists welcomed

the government's plans to restore

Britain's nature but the problem,

they say, is that so far it is just

a planned. To really convince their

ministers would need to introduce

legislation and there seems no sign

of that. Roger Harrabin, BBC News,

Kent.

Theresa May is expected

to make her speech at 9:30am.

She's calling the issue

of plastics one of the greatest

scourges of our times,

and says demand for plastic

must be reduced.

Critics claim the pledges

don't go far enough.

Greenpeace says it's

a missed opportunity,

and the plans lack

urgency, detail and bite.

They say the most glaring gap

is support for deposit return

schemes, where people get money back

for returning old empty bottles,

something they argue

is backed by the public.

We'll speak to the Environment

Secretary Michael Gove at 8:30am

to ask if these proposals

go far enough.

The National Health Service has

failed to meet any of the standards

laid down in its own constitution,

that's according to NHS Providers,

the body which represents front-line

health trusts in England.

It is calling for an urgent review

of the service as it believes

hospitals are unsafe

and over-crowded.

Ministers say there are plans

in place to help it cope.

Our health correspondent,

Dominic Hughes has more.

It's already been a tough few weeks

for the NHS across the UK. Cold

weather and a rising number of flu

cases have contributed to pressures

that A&E staff have described as the

worst they've ever seen. The Prime

Minister and the First Minister in

Scotland have both had to apologise

to patients who faced cancer

operations and long waits. The

pressure of winter on the NHS has

been unrelenting. In Scotland at the

end of December just 78% of patients

at A&E were seen within four hours,

well below the 95% target. Across

the UK the number of people coming

down with flu has increased

dramatically in recent weeks, and

many of the patients attending A&E

are older and sicker, meaning they

require more care. Now, according to

the organisation that represents

health providers, such as hospitals

and ambulance trusts in England, the

whole service is at a watershed.

We

have now clearly reached the point

where the NHS cannot meet the

standards of care that we would all

of us at the NHS, ministers

included, want to provide. So the

key question is do we abandon those

standards, and none of us in the NHS

want to do that, or does the

government make the decisions that

it needs to make about the long-term

funding and it needs to make those

the systems quickly.

This is one of

the strongest warnings yet about the

strain being faced by the NHS this

winter and it will add to the

pressure on ministers to build a

consensus over the long-term future

of the health and care service, and

to do so quickly. Dominic Hughes,

BBC News.

17 people have been killed

by mudslides and flash floods

in Southern California.

Hundreds of rescuers

are searching though wreckage

for more than a dozen

missing people.

Let's get the latest

on the rescue with Amber Anderson

The latest extreme weather has hit

Santa Barbara, and Montecito.

Let's get the latest

on the rescue with Amber Anderson

from the Santa Barbara

City Fire Department.

What are you seeing, what is the

latest?

The latest is, now that

we're beyond the first 24 hours of

the incident, I can tell you that we

are in still a significant search

and rescue mode, that's our number

one priority. As we move forward in

the next coming days we have 17

people unaccounted for and we're

unable to find them. We have 17

fatalities now to report, it's been

a devastating couple of days and we

are working really hard. We have

people coming in from throughout the

States to a cyst with the rescue

efforts to find those people. We

have people out there looking to

find those people from throughout

the area who are uninjured and they

still need help getting out because

their access has been blocked by the

debris flowing from the hazards we

have out there. It is quite a scene

out there in the last 48 hours.

Quite the scene, we are looking at

pictures of literally rivers of mud

flowing. Obviously in the UK we

haven't seen much of this. Have you

seen anything like this? We

understand why it's happening after

the fires and the ground being much

more resistant to absorbing water,

but have you seen anything like this

before?

I've never seen anything

like this, millions of people

throughout the state haven't seen an

incident like this, it's very

unprecedented. We have feedback from

a coastguard who came in yesterday

to help us with their airships to

perform some of those rescue

operations, those from the US

coastguard have reported they have

never seen rain like they

experienced yesterday morning and

the rescues they performed yesterday

morning in those rainy conditions

are the worst they've ever operated

in in order to rescue those people.

Something completely unprecedented

for everyone out there working so

hard.

Amber Anderson from the Santa

Barbara city fire department, thanks

for talking to us, we wish you and

your team the best as you continue

the search and rescue effort.

Thank

you, thank you very much.

Victims of sex attacker John Worboys

have asked for him to be banned

from Greater London

when he leaves prison.

Worboys is thought to have carried

out more than 100 rapes

and sexual assaults

on women in the capital.

The Parole Board decided Worboys

would be released with stringent

licence conditions after

he completed his sentence.

In 2009 he was convicted of 19

offences and ordered to surf

at least eight years in jail.

In 2009 he was convicted of 19

offences and ordered to serve

at least eight years in jail.

at least eight years in jail.

Police in Paris are hunting two

armed robbers who stole jewellery

worth millions of pounds

from the city's Ritz hotel.

Armed with small axes,

thieves smashed windows to gain

access to display cases,

before snatching the jewels

from the ground floor of the hotel.

Three people were arrested

while trying to flee the scene.

Prince Harry has yet

to ask his brother to be his best

man, the Duke of Cambridge

revealed last night.

William was discussing Harry's

upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle

at a charity event.

Former footballer Rio Ferdinand

asked about the date clash

with the FA Cup final, the Prince

joked that he was still working

on a solution.

It's a big decision, are you going

to London?

It depends, I'm still

working it out. I'll see what I can

do.

The relationship you have with

Harry...

Awkward!

They will sort it out!

Wouldn't it be brilliant if he

didn't get asked?

That's this morning's main news.

Carol will tell us what's happening

with the weather in five minutes'

time.

That was a bit awkward, like waiting

to be asked to be a bridesmaid, you

can't assume these things. What if

he picks his best mate? He might do

a better speech! Prince William is

pretty good at doing speeches.

He's

had enough practice!

What have you

got?

Not very much in terms of the

League Cup semi-final first leg

between Chelsea and

dull! The only interesting thing to

say was the video system refereeing

was in place. It was in action for

the first time. In rugby when the

referee does this and the decision

can be referred to somebody

reviewing it on the ATB

behind-the-scenes, it was put into

action properly on Monday. That is

all we have to say about it!

Chelsea drew the first leg of their

League Cup semi-final against

Arsenal, 0-0, the new video

assistant refereeing system was used

by referee Martin Atkinson to check

penalty decisions he didn't give but

there was nothing to make him change

his mind.

England have recalled Mark Wood

and given Lancashire batsman

Liam Livingstone

a first test call up.

They'll both be in line to face

New Zealand in the two test series

starting in March.

Former light-welterweight world

champion Amir Khan has

announced his return

to the boxing ring.

He's teamed up with promoter

Eddie Hearn and will fight

for the first time in nearly two

years in Liverpool in April.

And the Chief Executive

of British Cycling says that

Chris Froome remains available

for selection while his adverse

drugs test is being investigated.

Remember before Christmas it was

revealed he had tested positive for

an inhaler, an asthma drug that

showed up in his test, it showed he

had twice the allowed amount in his

system during the vaulter Espana. --

le Vuelta a Espana. Chris Froome

said he has done nothing wrong so

they are looking at why he had such

high-level is in his system.

You

have a little glass of water.

I

could do with one.

We will go and

have a little chat with Carol.

I

will go and have a tea!

Let's take a look at this morning's

weather with Carol.

It was really foggy this morning

when I came in and it has been all

week in Manchester?

There has been a bit of fog. Some

fog around this morning in many

areas. For example, in Northern

Ireland, south-west Scotland,

Central Lowlands, parts of

north-west England, Wales, the West

Country, also across the Midlands.

Some in East Anglia and some in

Lincolnshire. If you're travelling

then some of this blog is dense and

it could lead to some disruption in

places, you can find out what is

happening on your BBC local radio

station and someone to lift at all,

it will linger through the day and

if that happens your maximum will be

a bit above freezing. This morning

across Northern Ireland it's a

cloudy start and there is some

patchy fog. Patchy fog across the

Central Lowlands and south-west of

Scotland but frosty in parts of

northern and western Scotland,

whereas in the east we have more

cloud. In Yorkshire, patchy fog,

parts of north-west England, around

Manchester, as Naga said, we have

that fog and it extends to the West

Midlands and into Wales. Again, some

of this is dense and dangerous when

it's patchy because you run into it

suddenly and then you don't know the

consequences. In south-west England

we have some patchy fog this morning

and some fog as we go that further

east. Then we run into some rain,

fairly light rain in parts of

south-west England, some fog in East

Anglia and fog patches as we go into

Lincolnshire. Under all this cloud

in the east it is quite damp with

drizzle if you don't have the rain.

Through the morning we will slowly

see the fog lifted into low cloud

and then we will see it start to

break. In the west is where we're

likely to see the lion's share of

the sunshine but don't forget some

of the fog when the lift and it will

be great, cool and quite gloomy. Put

back out to the east we still have a

lot of cloud, not as cold and here

too there will be drizzle and light

rain at times. As we head through

the evening and overnight we see fog

forming, not as extensive as this

morning but it will be there

nonetheless. These are the

temperatures you can expect in towns

and cities and in rural areas it

will be colder than this, so once

again some frost around. We start

tomorrow on this note with some

frost and fog patches. Like today

that will slowly lift, for some it

will lift into low cloud, but you

can see we'll see some breaks in

that cloud tomorrow, the best of

which will be in Northern Scotland,

parts of Wales, down towards Dorset

and also parts of south-west

England. Temperature wise, around

6-8. Heading into the weekend,

fairly quiet to start with, a

weather front comes in during parts

of late Friday and Saturday, but it

dies in situ but brings rain with

it. On Sunday brighter skies in

England and Wales, but this next

system is waiting in the winds and

this is a much more active one,

bringing in much windier and wetter

conditions. In summary for the

weekend, if you're planning anything

it will be largely dry. Don't forget

the rain coming into the west,

mostly cloudy and we're also looking

at breezy conditions too.

We were just talking about whether

we were organised enough to plan for

the weekend. It shocked me, that you

need to plan for that.

Let's have a

look through some of the front

pages. Let's begin with the Daily

Mail. A campaigning issue for them

over a long period of time.

Yes,

this is about the scourge of

plastic. Today Theresa May is going

to pledge to end this. This is a 25

year strategy to end all avoidable

plastic, and some of the suggestions

include plastic free I else in the

supermarkets. -- aisles in the

supermarkets.

The scourge of the

seas. This is a crisp packet which

washed up after 21 years.

I was

going to say, I recognise that from

a long time ago.

That is the

evidence, as people have been saying

for a long time, about how long the

environment or damage last and how

hard it is all these particular

plastics to decompose.

This is the

top story on the Times newspaper

today, but also, the front page

picture you are seeing is Meryl

Streep at Leicester Square last

night for the premiere of The Post.

And British firms will be allowed

privileged access, under plans

considered by some countries such as

Germany.

The front page of the

Mirror as well. One of the stories

about the NHS, they are focusing on

hospital departments, these are

quotes from doctors. My hospital

department is heaving with patients

who have been in AMD nine, 11, 13

hours. -- A&E. The pressure is on

the NHS.

We've been talking about

product of it in output and how well

the economy is doing.

Great news

yesterday, it surprised lots of

people who watch these figures.

Manufacturing figures came in much

better than expected. That is

largely as a result of the fall in

the value of the pound. This story

in the Times newspaper, the cheap

pound driving the Best factory

growth in seven years. Basically,

after the Brexit vote the value of

the pound fell. So it makes UK goods

cheaper for overseas markets and

therefore more attractive. Some

criticism in that, that actually,

given that all the things we import

a more expensive, it might cancel

that benefit out. Nonetheless,

factory orders are rising at their

fastest pace in nearly seven years.

That is good news of course because

manufacturing accounts for about 10%

of the economy. The other story

here, Karelian, the big construction

firm, still facing lots of questions

over its future. -- Carillion. It

met with lenders and advisers

yesterday trying to come up with a

rescue plan and failing to do so.

Carillion is important because it

has one of the big contracts to

build HS2, the high-speed railway

between London and the north.

I said

there was only one interesting thing

about the game between Arsenal and

Chelsea last night and that was the

video assistant referee. But the

other interesting thing was that

Arsene Wenger is serving a touchline

ban. He had to sit watching from the

press box, surrounded by the

journalists that he rather

tongue-in-cheek refers to as

"Specialists" on the game. Antonio

Conte got to shout at his players

from the touchline. A really

incredible summary, really. Serena

Williams is on the cover of Vogue

magazine this month with her

daughter, Olympia. The mail have

taken a big section of out and

reported on that interview. -- The

Mail. What she went through to get

back on Court three months after

giving birth, she had an emergency

Caesarean, and all kinds of

compensations, she had blood clots

on her lungs. She has given a full

and frank interview about what it is

like to be a first-time mother. Lots

of people identify with the emotions

she is talking about was the

sometimes she gets really down and

she feels that she can't do it, and

other days it is the best thing

ever. A really interesting

interview.

She is close to a

comeback, isn't she? Capable, but

not as good as she wants to be.

She

went be playing at the Australian

Open in the next few weeks. She says

she is nearly there, but when she

comes back she was to be properly

challenging for the Grand Slam

titles. To think that she wanted

Australian Open when she was eight

weeks pregnant, anyway, she is a

superwoman.

Here in the Times

newspaper, we are talking about the

snowstorms in the Alps, and how it

so has been falling. Look at this.

-- how much snow has been falling.

Look at this. They cut these paths

through the snow. You get a sense of

how deep it is.

Can you imagine how

we would deal with that in this

country?

To be honest, I'm not quite

sure if that is entirely snow.

But

you get the impression, don't you?

Give the Highways Agency outbreak.

They've been working hard. We don't

get weather like that, we are all

right.

The actor Michael Douglas has spoken

out to deny a claim of improper

sexual conduct - before it has

even been made public.

The Oscar winner says he wants

to get ahead of the potential story

before it was published.

Let's get more detail now

from the entertainment reporter,

Sandro Monetti who is in Los Angeles

for us this morning.

Good morning. Normally with these

stories, the pathway is that there

is an accusation in public and then

there is a response. This has

happened slightly differently. Would

you like to take us through what has

happened so far?

Well, this

pre-emptive denial comes at a time

in Tinseltown when the very whiff of

a sexual scandal can be toxic for

Hollywood careers. And so perhaps

that explains why Michael Douglas

has gone public to share with the

world that there is a story about to

break that a woman who worked for

him 32 years ago claims that at that

time, he made a sexually

inappropriate act, and he tried to

blackball her career, make sure that

she wouldn't get work again in

Hollywood. He says it is completely

untrue, at total fabrication. Of

course, there are two sides to every

story, but he is getting his story

out first.

Yes, so it is an absolute

denial. He has gone on to say that

it is extremely painful, describing

the situation he finds himself in as

a nightmare. He has talked about his

own reputation quite a bit. So

clearly he has been advised, or has

taken this decision, to protect his

reputation in advance?

He has, and

when a scandal like this happens,

celebrities get advice from their

lawyers were cheers, say nothing.

And advice from their publicists,

which is, say everything. Put it out

there. Michael Douglas is

experienced enough to know that the

court of public opinion is what

matters in high profile cases. The

scandals that started with Harvey

Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have hit

Los Angeles like an earthquake. The

after-shocks are still felt. Michael

Douglas has taken the very unusual

step of saying that he isn't going

to be next, he isn't going to deny

it. -- he is going to. It is an

unusual thing, freight publicists

who advise you tell your story

rather than have somebody else tell

it, but this is the era of the

#MeToo movement. Michael Douglas

also says in the interview he is a

feminist and has always been

supportive of women and is

supportive of #MeToo stop it will be

interesting to watch this story.

Thank you. We have been talking

about Theresa May setting out the

government's long-term plan, a 25

year plan, for the environment. She

is going to make a pledge to get rid

of avoidable plastic waste.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is in Weston-Super-Mare where locals

are already cleaning

up the coastline.

Good morning, Tim.

Good morning. It

is a big pledge, the idea of getting

rid of all avoidable plastic waste

by Twiggy 42, as part of this 25

year plan which will be announced

this morning. -- by 2042. Like so

many beaches across our coastline,

here on Weston-Super-Mare we have

found plenty of evidence of plastic

waste. Plastic bottles, plastic

racketing, blue hard waste as well.

So many things to clear up and so

many things to discuss. Will these

promises go far enough? Will they

make a difference? What, in reality,

can be done to improve the

situation? We will be speaking to

people to get their reaction and

their expectations on this issue

later on.

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Now, though, it's back

to Naga and Charlie.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Here's what's coming

up this morning:

A change in the law means companies

will no longer be able

to charge you for using

a debit or credit card.

Sounds like good news for consumers

but we'll look at the claim

that the charges could be

passed on elsewhere.

Shooting hoops...slowly.

Meet the women who play walking

netball, a variation of the game

that's easing them into exercise

after injury and in some cases years

away from sport.

It's the tale of teenagers

in Northern Ireland navigating

their way through school

while dealing with nuns

and the occasional Army Patrol.

Derry Girls is causing

a stir on social media.

We'll speak to the show's star

and it's writer about creating

a comedy set during the Troubles.

Good Morning, here's a summary

of today's main stories from BBC

News.

The Prime Minister will unveil

a pledge to stop all avoidable

plastic waste by 2042

later this morning.

Two ideas among the proposals

include asking every

supermarket to have an aisle

of goods with no plastic wrappings

as well as extending the five pence

charge for carrier bags

to all retailers.

Environmentalists say

the plans are worthless,

unless they are written into law.

Hospitals have run out of

Hospitals have run out of beds and

can't cope, health bosses are

warning. NHS providers which

represent acute hospitals and

ambulance services in England said

hospitals cannot meet standards of

care without more money. The

Department of Health and social care

says the NHS was given priority in

the last budget.

We have now clearly reached

the point where the NHS cannot meet

the standards of care

that we would all of us at the NHS,

ministers included, want to provide.

So the key question is do

we abandon those standards,

and none of us in the NHS want to do

that, or does the government make

the decisions that it needs to make

about the long-term funding and it

needs to make those

the systems quickly.

17 people have been killed

by mudslides and flash floods

in Southern California.

The latest extreme weather

has hit Santa Barbara,

Montecito.

Hundreds of rescuers

are continuing to search

through wreckage for more

than a dozen missing people

as our North America correspondent,

James Cook now reports.

In Montecito they are still combing

the ruins looking for survivors but

with every hour that passes Hope

fades. The search in the debris and

mud was too powerful, it consumed

everything before it, turning homes

to match would.

It was just a very

unexpected explosion of water, rock,

cars, trees, metal, came in without

any warning really.

The sky lit up

because some buildings had blown up,

the gas mains it turned out. Here

was all this fire going down, fire

going up, all this rain coming down

and you wondered what was happening.

It was an incredible experience.

More than 500 firefighters and other

rescue teams have been working

around the clock, hoping beyond hope

they can still save lives. Parts of

the town are still cut off, but some

residents have been returning to

inspect the damage.

The house being

gone is just a house, just some

clothes and a house, but in a

neighbourhood this small, every sick

all name that turns up is someone's

dad, cousin or teacher and that's

got to be the worst part of it all I

think. We're just happy for everyone

that makes it.

The mudslide didn't

just claim lives, it paralysed this

part of California. This is the main

motorway along the Pacific coast,

the 101 freeway. Police say it won't

be open until Monday at the

earliest. The trauma will last much

longer. James Cook, BBC News,

Montecito.

Police in Paris are hunting two

armed robbers who stole jewellery

worth millions of pounds

from the city's Ritz hotel.

Armed with small axes,

thieves smashed windows to gain

access to display cases,

before snatching the jewels

from the ground floor of the hotel.

Three people were arrested

while trying to flee the scene.

Prince Harry has yet

to ask his brother to be his best

man, the Duke of Cambridge

revealed last night.

William was discussing Harry's

upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle

at a charity event.

Former footballer Rio Ferdinand

asked about the date clash

with the FA Cup final, the Prince

joked that he was still working

on a solution.

It's a big decision,

are we going to Wembley

or are we going to...?

LAUGHTER

You've touched on

something there, Rio!

Still working it out,

I'll have to see what we can do.

I think having that person

there is kind of apt when

you talk about best man culture,

that relationship you have...

He hasn't asked me yet.

It could be a sensitive issue.

Banter, that's what it's called! You

know when you visit a club, a

football club?

It looks like it's in

a locker room. In a changing room.

I

quite like that. It would be awkward

if he didn't ask his brother.

He's

got two, a done deal! We're

interested in video referees. Some

surprising news that it won't be

like the way it works in Rugby?

You

can hear the oohs and aahs as the

big-screen replay goes on and the

tried decisions are viewed, has the

ball gone over the line? In the

ball, it's only been used since the

start of the week, it may change,

only the referee can see it on the

side of the pitch on a screen, the

crowd can't see it. One of the

criticisms of the VAR is it is

slowing the game down, there will be

big pauses and it will be very dull

and maybe that's part of the

problem, the crowd don't get to be

part of the review, it happens away

while they fill in the time as the

decision is made.

How long does it

roughly take?

It took a few minutes

yesterday in the game between

Arsenal and Chelsea. Conte said they

should have had extra added time

because of the time taken to make

the decisions. Controversy still

raging about VAR.

Chelsea drew the first leg

of their EFL Cup Semi-Final

with Arsenal 0-0 last night.

There were two chances to see

the new video assistant

referee system in action.

Martin Atkinson used it both times

to check potential penalty calls

in each half.

On both occasions, though,

he was satisfied with his initial

decision to not award a penalty.

England struggled for quick bowlers

of course during the Ashes so they

recalled one of their fastest order

to test series against New Zealand.

Mark Wood returns after injury and

also named is Lancashire batsmen

Liam Livingstone who has impressed

for England's second side over the

winter. Garay .my Gary Ballance is

dropped and James Fields retains his

place in the squad -- Gary Ballance

is dropped and James Vince retains

his place in the squad.

Former World light-welterweight

champion Amir Khan says his

appearance on I'm a Celebrity Get Me

Out Of Here helped him decide

to make a boxing comeback.

He's joined Eddie Hearn's promotion

company for his first

fight in nearly two years,

which will be in April in Liverpool.

He claims going into the jungle

allowed him to be himself in public

for the first time.

May be around five times you're

going to be anxious, you are going

to be nervous, maybe people saw more

of that than the real side of me and

they thought he's a bit arrogant. I

had to be confident in front of my

opponent because otherwise he is

going to think who is this guy I'm

fighting? So I had to be a little

bit tough. I think people got to see

the real side of me away from the

boxing ring and took a liking to me.

So it's lovely to come back and have

so much love from the British crowd.

Chris Froome will still be able to

represent his country while his

adverse drugs test is being

investigated. The chief executive of

British cycling says the four-time

Tour de France winner will be

available for selection even though

he had excessive levels of

medication he takes for his asthma

in his body during last year's 12th

alas Barnea.

Of course it's a blow

reputationally, not just to the

organisation, but to the rider and

it's been a challenging time both

for Chris and for cycling in general

to deal with that. In the months

ahead he's got an opportunity to

prove why that finally took place.

It seemed a strange change of sports

for former Chelsea and Tottenham

boss Andre Villas Boas but his run

in the Dakar Rally has ended.

He quit a job in China

in November to take part

in the desert rally in South America

but his race came to an end

when he crashed into a sand dune.

He injured his back

and while he was airlifted

to hospital for checks,

he didn't have any broken bones.

Some serious crashes in this year's

Dakar Rally. Sunderland, the British

guy leading it, he had a four-minute

lead on Tuesday, yesterday he

crashed into a hole and compressed

down into it and hurt his back. He

lost the feeling in his legs because

of it.

He crashed into a

Saint-Jerome, like it took him by

surprise! Buy are always on the sand

dunes that crashed into a sand dune.

Any crash in the Dakar Rally is into

a sand June!

You dispelled the myth

of sand June is, thought they would

be quite soft.

Not this particular

one obviously!

The Prime Minister has described

the large quantities of plastic

pollution that affect our oceans,

beaches and sea life as one

of the greatest

scourges of our time.

Today she'll make

a number of pledges

to tackle our plastic problem.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is at Weston-Super-Mare's beach

for us this morning to see how

locals are dealing with it there.

On the front page of the telegraph

there was a woman holding a packet

of crisps and it is a Walkers packet

of crisps which is about five years

old. Will you find anything like

that in terms of age where you are?

I'm not sure about the age but there

is evidence of the longevity of

plastic waste. We are in

Weston-Super-Mare, so many beaches

across the UK have things like this

in the seaweed, bottles, plastic

packaging, some wet wipes, the sort

of things that have seen so much

publicity and it's a big pledge, the

idea all avoidable plastic waste

will be eliminated by 2042. That's

what we expect the Prime Minister to

say a little later this morning.

There's a 5p charge to be extended

to all plastic bags from all

retailers across England. The idea

of plastic free aisles in situ

markets as well. Many people very

interested in these announcements,

of course, and yesterday I caught up

with a team of beach clearers in

Bournemouth in Dorset to gauge their

reaction and to see what they would

like the government to announce.

The Dorset Devils wish they weren't

needed, but everyday rubbish is

brought in by the tide.

They

voluntarily clear it up.

No doubt

it's getting worse because it's

becoming more evident globally it's

a problem, it's a problem in the UK

but we are concerned about our patch

of Dorset and that's why we are

prepared to do our bit at Dorset

Devils.

We do find a lot of small

pieces of plastic, microplastic, has

been broken up by the waves and wash

back onto the beach.

The government

is about to announce its 25 year

environment plan. The Dorset Devils

will be paying close attention.

I'm

forever picking up plastic bottles

and there's a plastic bottle just

coming on the tide.

What would you

like the government to announce?

I

would like the government to

announce no more plastic bottles,

everyone should use a recyclable

container. I'm also for Everpix in

up wet wipes. Now, they go down the

loo. Tell people not to put those

down the toilet.

Is that going to

happen, do you think the government

is really going to announce

something that bold?

Probably not,

probably not but I'd like to think

they might. I would like the

government to bring pressure on the

fast food industry, make them think

about how their packaging their fast

food.

Tried to cut out the packaging

their using to keep it warm, people

are you eating fast food, why would

they want it to stay warm in

polished Irene?

It's not just

plastics and packaging that concern

these volunteers.

I would like to

see something announced about

renewable energy, the government

putting a big emphasis on renewable

energy, rather than it being an

afterthought. We're a country

surrounded by sea as well so wave

power.

There's one clear message

ahead of today's announcement, it's

a big opportunity, don't bottle it.

It's something doesn't happen now to

change what's in the oceans and

ocean floors, that is being swept

in, for the next generation they'll

be paddling in plastic pieces, with

litter, water bottles, and our

generation are the one that's just

left it there and do nothing about

it. The

thoughts there of the Dorset devils

who do a good job clearing up the

beaches on the south coast. Today we

are in Weston-Super-Mare and you are

a volunteer cleaner here, Sarah.

What's your expectation of the

announcement today?

It's positive to

see the government saying something.

There's been a real grassroots

movement for a while now and

individuals want to see what changes

they can make but the trouble is

there a bit hampered by what the big

supermarkets and take aways offer

and they are limited in choice, so

the government reaction today and

saying what they want big businesses

to do will hopefully be a big step

forward.

What have you got here,

where did you find these and how

prevalent are bits of plastic like

this?

These are cotton bud sticks,

probably flushed down the toilet,

they were collected by beach clean

volunteers in half an hour on this

stretch. It shows how prevalent they

are and plastic bottles in

particular.

A huge issue, isn't it

crazy as we say, this morning we

found other bits of plastic. Debbie,

you're from the chamber of commerce,

how much is this an issue for

industry or how much is it an issue

for consumers?

It's a massive issue,

there's a lot of plastic around

everywhere and consumers recognise

this and they want to do their bit.

At the moment we're trying to source

alternatives that can be used that

are sustainable. It's just getting

everybody on board and working

together with businesses to try to

remove single use plastics.

One of

this gesture and is will be plastic

free aisles in supermarkets, how can

the government make supermarkets do

something like that? -- the

suggestions.

I don't know how the

government can legislate it, I can't

imagine a supermarket not wanting to

come on board because I think

consumer demand will be that people

want to get rid of all this plastic,

nobody wants all the plastic round

their fruit and vegetables that's

happening at the moment. If the

aisles could be coming forth, I

think they will become more popular.

We're getting shots now that don't

provide plastic, you can go in and

do away and save things and

replenish your stocks there --

shops.

You have to appeal to

consumer demand?

I think so.

Thanks

very much, we will talk later.

So evidence of these plastics which

we find in our ocean wash onto the

shore here and it's been dubbed a

war on plastic, this announcement

expected this morning by the Prime

Minister. A lot of people will be

paying very close attention.

As will

we, Tim, we will talk about it

later. We will talk to Michael Gove

and also asking you what you find on

the beaches. I'm one of these people

who will go around and pick up stuff

if I have a bag as I go along the

beach, it drives me crazy.

Lots of

people will say that, they try to do

the right thing but also a lot of

cynicism about government plans.

This is only a plan, that's one of

the criticisms, there is no

legislation backing up these

demands. Michael Gove, the

Environment Secretary, will be

talking to us at 8:30am so if you

have thoughts on that or things that

irritate you about things you by

which you can't then do anything

with subsequently, do let us know

and we will put those points to him

later.

Whatever the weather, if you are on

a beach and you see that rubbish, it

is infuriating.

It absolutely is.

Good morning. If you are stepping

out this morning and travelling, be

aware there is fog around, across

parts of central and south-western

Scotland, Northern Ireland,

north-west England, the West

Midlands, Wales, south-west England,

East Anglia and also Lincolnshire,

to name but a few. Some of that fog

will lift through the morning. Some

will stick around for much of the

day. So it may very well impact some

of your travel. Keep up-to-date with

what is happening where you are on

your BBC local radio station. This

morning across Northern Ireland it

is cloudy and we have patchy fog,

much like yesterday. If it doesn't

lift where you are temperatures will

hover above freezing through the

day. The Scotland, different

situation. Clear skies. Cold, frost,

eastern Scotland scene that cloud,

don't forget that fog I mentioned as

well. Patches of fog around

north-west England, Manchester, also

three Yorkshire and into Wales, the

West Midlands. Again, patchy, some

of it is dense. Across parts of

south-west England we also have fog

hatches this morning as well. It is

everywhere but you will run into it,

potentially, if you are travelling

on the M5 heading in the direction

of the M6. Rain across southern

counties, mostly light. Also patches

through East Anglia and literature

as well. Through most of the day

that fog will lift and it should

lift into low cloud. Through the day

that will thin and rake and we will

see more sunshine coming through,

especially in the west. -- break.

Don't forget, lots of the fog will

stay in the west, and it will stay

quite gloomy if it sticks around. In

the east, more cloud around. Light

rain and drizzle at times.

Temperature wise, two degrees in

Glasgow. Generally we are looking at

6-9. As we head off through the

evening and overnight there are

still drizzle coming out of the

sticker cloud. Once again we will

see fog patches, we don't expect it

to be as widespread as they might

just gone, and it will be a cold

night for most of us. Here are the

temperatures in towns and cities.

Lower temperatures in rural areas

and we are prone to a touch of

frost. Tomorrow, we start off on

that nippy note with fog around,

much like today. Some of it will

take time to lift. You can see

across northern Scotland and parts

of Wales, in towards Dorset and

Cornwall, we will see the cloud

break and we will see some sunshine

coming through at times. Into the

weekend we have a weather front

coming in. It will bring rain with

it as it does so. It tends to die in

situ and we can, so by the time we

get to Sunday parts of England and

Wales will have a dry day but we

still have the remnants of this

front across the west. A more potent

one is coming in behind it and will

bring stronger winds and heavy rain.

From Saturday, you won't have to pay

a fee to use your credit

or debit card online.

Sounds like good news -

but is it, Ben?

Yes, we need to be careful about

where the charges will go. There is

some concern that retailers will

just raise prices to pay for it.

It's annoying, isn't it?

You buy something online,

fill in all your details and then

you slapped with an extra chage

just to pay by card.

But new rules that come into force

this weekend will stop that.

So far so good, but some say firms

will just raise their prices

to absorb the cost.

Megan French is with me,

she's from Moneysavingexpert.com.

Nice to see you. Good morning. This

is interesting, isn't it? We have

all experienced it, you try to buy

something online and then there is a

surcharge card booking fee or

whatever you want to call it at the

end of the process, and it is really

annoying.

It is frustrating. From

Saturday they can not penalise you

just because you are paying by debit

or credit card. This also applies to

Link payment methods, so if you are

using something like a Powell or

Apple pay, they cannot give you that

extra feed. -- PayPal or Apple Pay.

So they could just change the name

of it and call it an admin fee, and

charge it is an amount? Does this

rule change anything?

They could

apply a different fee, like a

surcharge, but it is to apply to all

methods. So it takes away the fact

that you are paying more just to pay

for card. They might have these

admin fees, but it can just be

because you chose to pay by card.

Most people will be frustrated by

this, because there are very few

other options. If you are buying

something online you cannot pay with

cash. Credit and debit cards are

about the only way to pay, yet they

suggest they are doing you a favour

by letting you use your card. If, as

you say, the rule changes mean they

will not be able to disseminate,

either other options to pay?

They

will still be able to charge a

surcharge for cash and cheques,

strangely. But a lot of time online,

this simply isn't an option. So

hopefully we will see less of these

looking fees. However, it is worth

consumers watching for any new

service charges to be enacted. Make

sure that you know the final price

before you pay for anything. And pay

those prices and check that you are

getting a fair deal.

We were talking

about online transactions. It also

applies in shops, for example. You

go in and they say, you've got to

spend at least five or you have to

pay a fee?

Yes, they can still pay

minimum threshold, like £5. What

they cannot do is say that they will

charge is 50p if you are under that

limit to pay by credit card. That

simply isn't allowed, because again,

it is penalising you for paying by

card.

Who are the big offenders?

It

can be big purchases, which is

particular frustrating. You sit on

holidays and airline booking

sometimes. But it can be any

business. Because sometimes they

added on the cost. It is so easy,

isn't it, for them to figure out how

much it will cost them converted

what you pay for it.

This is an EU

will change. Is there any suggestion

this will change with Brexit, that

we will either keep or not keep this

rule?

This is coming in under UK

law. In the UK attached goes further

to include those linked payment

methods. Now, this might not be the

case across the rest of the EU and

this will also apply to Norway,

Lipton Steyn and ice land. So if you

are shopping within those areas you

should never be charged a payment

fees simply for paying by card.

If

people are still being charged a fee

after Saturday what can they do?

First of all, contact the business

and say that you will not be paying

that. If they are stubborn, they

don't accept it, you can report them

to Trading Standards, but hopefully,

you know, this has been

well-publicised full Sutton B should

be charging after Saturday.

Megan,

thank you. There is a whole load of

retail reports due out at seven

o'clock so I'm off to check on

those. I will have the details

later. Basketball or netball, which

to you prefer?

Basketball,

obviously, with my height.

You don't

play netball? OK, all right. The

reason we are asking, for many

people, it is again they will not

have played since they left school,

but now England Netball is teaming

up the winds Institute to change

that. -- PayPal.

Walking Netball is designed to be

easier to play and targeted

at individuals who haven't played

in years, or are recovering

from an injury.

To find out more we sent

Breakfast's John Maguire

to shoot some hoops.

Put their bids on. Tell each names,

make friends, let's go.

GK, WA, WD.

For these members of the WEI, it is

time to reacquaint themselves with

netball. And for some it has been a

long hiatus. When did used play

regularly?

50 years ago!

And you

still remember the rules?

I'm very

impressed. I used to place my school

team.

Do the old skills contact

easily?

No, because we can't run.

So

it is tricky, therefore? Very

tricky. But you don't mind the

walking?

Not at all.

Sorry! My

fault.

Nice and gently, that's it.

Take your time, ladies. Remember, it

is non- contact.

This group in

Nottingham has been running, or

should I say walking, for almost a

year. They play walking netball. As

with the equivalent in football it

is a variation of the game which can

ease the return to physical

activity.

Lots of them haven't

played netball or sometimes any kind

of sport, as well, since they have

left school. That is what happens

sometimes with women. Jobs,

children. For you know it, times

have passed by. With walking

netball, you can just show up and

play netball. It is amazing. The

women can be any age. They can be

inactive women as well. You don't

have to be a certain age to play

walking netball. You can be

returning from injury.

I've had lots

of injuries on my knee. Several

operations over the last 30 years. I

just never thought I would be able

to come back and do something like

this. I absolutely love it.

Tonight's session is being watched

by the boss of England's netball,

and it is calling this partnership

helping the WI get a wiggle on,

aiming to promote the game is a

wall, not just the very young the

very talented.

These ladies, if they

love it, their mothers and

grandmothers, they are going to

influence their daughters and their

grandchildren, to play the sport

they are enjoying. There is a big

problem with loneliness. Women who

hit 55, or have had, it is not about

that healthy lifestyle, it is about

the social side of it. This really

tick that box for us.

There have

been pilot schemes with the WI in

Nottingham and Cornwall. Now, 140

courses have been run with the

intention to see these smiles

spreading far and wide.

You are

exercising when you wouldn't

normally exercise, in my case. Not

having played netball in 50 years.

Just the fact we are all together.

Different groups of people, all

these different subgroups. A good

laugh, and you are exercising.

You

don't realise you are exercising,

that is the thing. You go home

baking and you wonder why, but your

face is ageing more than your body

because you are having a good laugh.

So tonight, no jam, no Jerusalem,

and in walking netball, no jumping

either.

I've never played netball.

Never,

ever?

Never. I played basketball at

school.

How were you at that?

I was

good! I had game.

It is a good idea,

it is easy to fall out of the habit

of playing team sports, you just

fall out of the habit and sometimes

you need an avenue back in. Which

works.

Plenty coming up on the

programme.

Still to come, riding

on the crest of a wave.

We'll meet the Tottenham teenager

who four years ago had never set

sail but has now followed

in the footsteps of Ben Ainslie

and Ellen MacArthur by receiving

a prestigious sailing award.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

I tell you what, although it is not

direct the related to that story,

anybody who ever sales on seas like

that, we always ask them about the

menace of the ocean. It is so tied

into our stories today. We will talk

about those things later on.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Wiping out plastic waste -

the Prime Minister sets out

a 25-year plan.

Plastic-free aisles in supermarkets

are among the ideas

being put forward by Theresa May.

But critics say the proposals

lack urgency and detail.

Good morning, it's Thursday

the 11th of January.

Also this morning:

One

of the strongest warnings yet

about the NHS in England.

This time hospital bosses say

services are at breaking point

and that the government

must spend more.

More lives are claimed by the rivers

of mud in California as hundreds

of rescuers comb

through the wreckage.

An armed heist at the Ritz in Paris.

Jewellery worth millions of pounds

is seized after five men smash

through a window with an axe.

Good morning. A big day for retail

results as some of the high street's

biggest names tell us how they did

over Christmas. I'll run you through

the winners and the losers.

In sport, the only interesting

thing about Chelsea v

Arsenal last night?

The VAR was called into action

properly for the first

time but no goals

in the League Cup

semi-final first leg.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning.

Some frost around this

morning but also fog,

especially so in western parts

of the UK, some southern parts

of England and eastern England,

slow to lift, some won't at all,

but the brighter skies later

will be in the west.

More details in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Prime Minister's setting out

plans to tackle plastic pollution,

by wiping out all

avoidable waste by 2042.

Two ideas among the proposals

include asking every

supermarket to have an aisle

of goods with no plastic wrappings

at all as well as extending the five

pence charge for carrier bags

to all retailers.

Environmentalists say

the plans are worthless,

unless they're written into law.

Here's our environment

correspondent, Roger Harribin.

A pod of short finned pilot whales.

In the Atlantic waters off Europe,

as elsewhere, they have to share

the ocean with plastic.

There's huge public concern

about plastic litter

since David Attenborough's Blue

Planet series showed sea creatures

eating plastic waste.

The Prime Minister will surf

that wave of concern

with her first environment speech.

She's setting out a timetable

to abolish single-use plastics.

There'll be money for research

into smarter plastics and more

plastic-free aisles in supermarkets.

The countryside should also benefit

from the 25-year-old environment

plan

also being published.

This is the UK's prime site

for nightingales in Kent.

The local council wants to build

much-needed homes on part

of this site.

But green groups are expecting

the government to protect existing

sites like this.

They also want the government

to follow its promise to improve

other areas degraded by development

or careless farming.

They want commitments that

ministers can't wriggle out

of.

Environmentalists welcome

the government's plans to restore

Britain's nature.

But the problem, they

say, is that so far

it's just a plan.

To really convince their ministers

would need to introduce legislation

and there seems no sign of that.

Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Kent.

Theresa May is expected

to make her speech at 9:30am.

She's calling the issue

of plastics one of the greatest

scourges of our times,

and says demand for plastic

must be reduced.

Greenpeace says it's

a missed opportunity,

and the plans lack

urgency, detail and bite.

They say the most glaring gap

is support for deposit return

schemes, where people get money back

for returning old empty bottles,

something they argue

is backed by the public.

We'll speak to the Environment

Secretary Michael Gove at 8:30am

to ask if these proposals

go far enough.

The National Health Service has

failed to meet any of the standards

laid down in its own constitution,

that's according to NHS Providers,

the body which represents front-line

health trusts in England.

It's calling for an urgent review

of the service as it believes

hospitals are unsafe

and over-crowded.

Ministers say there are plans

in place to help it cope.

Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes has more.

It's already been a tough few weeks

for the NHS across the UK.

Cold weather and a rising number

of flu cases have contributed

to pressures that A&E staff have

described as the worst

they've ever seen.

The Prime Minister and the First

Minister in Scotland have both had

to apologise to patients who've

faced cancelled operations

and long waits.

The pressure of winter on the NHS

has been unrelenting.

In Scotland, at the end of December,

just 78% of patients at A&E

were seen within four hours,

well below the 95% target.

Across the UK, the number of people

coming down with flu has increased

dramatically in recent weeks,

and many of the patients attending

A&E are older and sicker,

meaning they require more care.

Now, according to the organisation

that represents health providers,

such as hospitals and ambulance

trusts in England, the whole service

is at a watershed.

We have now clearly reached

the point where the NHS cannot meet

the standards of care that we would,

all of us at the NHS,

ministers included, want to provide.

So the key question is,

do we abandon those standards,

and none of us in the NHS want to do

that, or does the government make

the decisions that it needs to make

about the long-term funding and it

needs to make those

decisions quickly.

This is one of the strongest

warnings yet about the strain

being faced by the NHS this winter,

and it will add to the pressure

on ministers to build a consensus

over the long-term future

of the health and care service,

and to do so quickly.

Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

Victims of sex attacker John Worboys

have asked for him to be banned

from Greater London

when he leaves prison.

Worboys is thought to have carried

out more than 100 rapes

and sexual assaults

on women in the capital.

The Parole Board decided Worboys

would be released with stringent

licence conditions after

he completed his sentence.

In 2009 he was convicted of 19

offences and ordered to serve

at least eight years in jail.

17 people have been killed

by mudslides and flash floods

in Southern California.

Hundreds of rescuers

are searching though wreckage

for more than a dozen

missing people.

The latest extreme weather has hit

Santa Barbara and Montecito.

And we'll be talking to two people

caught up in mudslides in a few

minutes.

Police in Paris are hunting two

armed robbers who stole jewellery

worth millions of pounds

from the city's Ritz hotel.

Armed with small axes,

thieves smashed windows to gain

access to display cases,

before snatching the jewels

from the ground floor of the hotel.

Three people were arrested

while trying to flee the scene.

A large police response outside the

Paris Ritz after a gang armed with

axes carried out a violent raid.

It isn't just the Christmas

lights that sparkle here.

There are jewels on display to match

the wealth of the guests

of one of the world's

most exclusive hotels.

The robbers arrived in Place Vendome

on scooters at around 6pm

in the evening, smashing

windows on the ground floor

of the hotel.

It is estimated they took

jewels worth £3.5 million.

But police officers interrupted

the raid, arresting three

of the five men.

Paris has seen this before.

In October, 2016, US reality TV star

Kim Kardashian had a gun pointed

to her head as a gang

stole £9 million worth

of her jewellery.

Only one piece was ever seen again.

It's not clear how much

was recovered from this latest raid.

Police are still searching for two

of the men involved.

Dan Johnson, BBC News.

In the last few minutes some

of the UK's biggest retailers such

as M&S, Tesco and John Lewis have

been saying how they did over

Christmas.

Ben's here with all the details.

Tesco good, John Lewis good, M&S,

bad. Tesco, like-for-like sales in

the run-up to Christmas, 2.3% up,

pretty good, they said. Christmas

was particularly good in the weeks

before Christmas, up by 2%. More of

us shopping at their supermarkets,

they say they've put a lot of effort

into the higher end stuff, stuff we

might pay more for despite those

worries about food prices going up.

John Lewis, similar picture, they

said sales at their department store

up to .5%, and Waitrose, the

supermarket owned by John Lewis, up

by 1.4%. We talked about Black

Friday and whether that encourages

people to buy, we saw the crowds,

they said it was their biggest ever

day in their history, sales up 7.2%

or John Lewis on Black Friday, a

real moneyspinner for them. Marks &

Spencer, this is one we will watch

closely, normally a story of their

clothing sales falling, but food

sales going up, but both have

fallen. Overall revenues for M&S

down by 1.5%. Clothing and home

where did terribly, down nearly 3%.

Steve Rowe, the boss, say they are

facing a weak clothing market and

they have underperformed in food.

Tesco, good, John Lewis, good,

Waitrose, good, M&S, not so good.

More detail on all of that in about

half an hour and we will go through

everything in more detail.

Let's go back to one of our main

stories this morning, those rescue

teams working in dangerous

conditions as the search for

survivors of a mudslide in southern

California carries on. 17 people

have been confirmed dead and it is

thought a similar number of people

are missing after a wall of mud

smashed through Monza seat of. Luis

Yanez was one of the residents who

voluntarily left his home earlier

this week along with his wife and

son and we can speak to him now.

Thanks for your time.

Having seen some of the pictures,

what was your situation and what did

you have to do?

We decided around

3:30am after we saw a red glow in

the sky that it was about time for

us to evacuate. I called the

emergency number to find out what

the red glow in the sky was and it

turned out to be a fire a couple of

blocks away from us. Between the

fire and where we live, right on a

creek, it began to overflow. We

realised at that point we only had a

few minutes to get out and try to

make it to higher ground, since we

were under a voluntary evacuation.

At that point I woke up my son, we

got into the car really quick and

got onto the 101 Highway.

Immediately as soon as we got onto

the 101 Highway it couldn't have

been more than 30 seconds and the

car stopped, nobody was going

everywhere -- cars stopped. All of a

sudden to my left I looked at one of

the lanes and there was a river of

water coming through. There was a

car that was flowing through and

there was tree coming by as well. At

that point we realised that we