13/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Dentists warn of a child tooth

decay crisis in England.

A record 43,000 operations

to remove rotting teeth

were carried outlast year.

Ministers say they're determined

to tackle the problem.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 13th of January.

Also this morning:

African leaders demand an apology

from Donald Trump after he is

accused of making vulgar and

disparaging comments about poorer

nations.

A ban on credit and debit surcharges

comes into force today, but there

are concerns companies could raise

their prices in response.

Celebrations overnight.

Four British friends smash the world

record for crossing the Atlantic

in a rowing boat.

In sport, heading to Scotland,

Northern Ireland boss

Michael O'Neill is a step closer

to taking over as Scotland manager,

now that the Scottish

FA have agreed a deal

to compensate his current employers.

And Sarah has the weather.

Good morning. It is another cloudy

day today and things are going to

turn increasingly wet and windy from

the west. I'll bring you all the

details in about 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

There were nearly 43,000 hospital

operations to remove teeth

in children and teenagers

in England last year,

equating to 170 a day.

The British Dental Association says

England provides a second-class

service compared to Scotland

and Wales, and has accused

government ministers of adopting

a short-sighted approach

to a growing crisis

around tooth decay.

Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes reports.

Tooth decay in children is

distressing, painful and avoidable.

Dentists say sugary snacks and

drinks are the biggest cause. Each

children drink more soft drinks than

anywhere else in Europe and the

number of multiple extractions,

which have to take place in hospital

under a general anaesthetic, is

continuing to grow. Figures compiled

by the Local Government Association

showed there were nearly 43,000

multiple to the extractions among

under-18s in England last year.

That's around 170 every day of the

working week. Overall, there's been

an increase of 17% in just four

years. Dentists say children in

England are suffering and are being

offered a second-rate service when

compared to Scotland and Wales.

We

have seen in Scotland and in Wales

that they have got national

programmes to try and prevent this

and they will actually -- they have

actually got reasonably good results

out of it. The government has not

put any money into the national

prevention programme for England and

that's the reason why we are seeing

so many children being put under

general anaesthetic.

The department

of health in England says the

introduction of attacks on sugary

drinks is part of its plan to reduce

the number of extractions and that

more than half of all children have

seen a dentist in the last year.

And, with proper oral hygiene, good

brushing and avoiding high sugar

snacks and drinks, thousands of

children could be saved from

experiencing the pain of a rotten

tooth.

The African Union has demanded

an apology from President Trump

after he reportedly used a vulgar

and disparaging term to describe

nations on the continent.

It was apparently made

during an Oval Office meeting

on immigration with

members of Congress.

The Union, which represents

55 African countries,

expressed its "shock,

dismay and outrage" and said

the Trump Administration

misunderstood Africans.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Bowes reports.

It has been an extraordinary week,

even by Donald Trump's standards. It

ended with a medical, a routine

checkup that all presidents undergo

and word from Mr Trump's doctor is

that the commander in chief is in

excellent health. For the past two

days have seen the president of my

head in controversy -- the past two.

As Donald Trump arrives in Florida

to spend the weekend at his golf

resort, the international community

is still feeding over his alleged

use of crude language to describe

African countries.

As the African

Union we were quite appalled and

infuriated, outraged, by the

comments. And for a country like the

United States, which is a valued

partner for the Africans, this is

quite a shock.

From the United

Nations in Geneva came the stiffest

of rebukes.

These are shocking and

shameful comments from the president

of the United States. I'm sorry but

there's no other word one can use

but racist. You can't dismiss entire

countries and continents.

The

allegation has gone unanswered by

the president. He had an opportunity

at the ceremony in celebration of

Martin Luther King. But it was

awkward. After signing a

proclamation in the civil rights

leader, the Trump dodged the most

uncomfortable of questions.

Mr

president, are you a racist?

The

president left without responding.

He earlier tweeted that he used

tough language in a meeting with

senators but not the derogatory

language attributed to him.

Consumers can no longer be charged

extra for paying by credit or debit

card under new laws from today.

It is hoped the ban will benefit

shoppers and holidaymakers who buy

goods online or in small stores,

but some retailers have already said

they will raise overall prices

in response to the change.

Joe Lynam reports.

We've all seen them. The extra

little fees added at the very end of

the buying process. In percentage

terms it may not sound like a lot,

but card surcharges add up, until

today. Under a new EU directive

retailers on or off-line can no

longer charge customers for paying

with a credit or debit card. The

Treasury says this surcharges cost

UK consumers £166 million annually

are but some companies, such as

concert venues, can still charge a

booking or service fee.

This is a

significant win for consumers. No

longer will they be penalised just

for paying by credit or debit card.

Not all companies will increase

prices. We have to wait and see how

they react to the law that

introduced and see whether or not

prices go up. If prices do go up

consumers can shop around and find

the best deals for them.

Some

retailers, such as this delivery

firm Just Eat, say they will impose

new costs on customers who pay by

card. Others massively raise prices.

So not all consumers will be better.

-- others may simply.

Nottingham train station

will re-open this morning,

after it was forced to close

yesterday following a major fire.

The blaze began at 6:30

yesterday morning.

At its peak, ten fire crews

were tackling flames coming

from the station's roof

and smoke filling the foyer.

The fire is now being

treated as arson.

At the moment our current

investigation is trying to examine

exactly what happened and why it

happened. At the moment it is

expected as on. We have a number of

lines of enquiry that we can't go

into this moment in time because our

investigators are still working on

that. That will include witness

details and CCTV viewing at the

station.

A contract has denied reports that

it had a rescue plan rejected by

creditors. The firm is struggling

under 1.5 William pounds of debt,

including pensions shortfall of half

£1 million, raising questions about

its future. We understand ministers

are raising questions about the

prison contracts.

The Hollywood actor Steven Seagal

is being investigated

for sexual assault.

Police in Los Angeles confirmed

they were investigating

an allegation against the actor

that dates back to 2005.

He has denied a number

of accusations that have been made

since the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Tributes have been paid

to the comedy actress Bella Emberg,

who has died aged 80.

She became a household name

in the 1980s on The Russ Abbot Show,

playing characters including

Blunder Woman, the sidekick

of hapless superhero Cooperman.

Abbot called her "a huge comedy

talent", while Les Dennis said

she was a "funny, lovely friend".

Four British friends have broken

the world record and become

the fastest ever to cross

the Atlantic Ocean in a rowing boat.

The crew, dubbed The Four Oarsmen,

made history overnight

when they reached the island

of Antigua in 29 days,

beating the previous

record by six days.

Dan Johnson has more.

That's it, lads, you've done it! The

end of the net the journey done in

record time. The Four Oarsmen hadn't

even been on a rolling boat 18

months ago.

Here they go!

Now

they've not only won this year is

athletic challenge, they are world

record holders. The first to make

the crossing in under 30 days. They

left the Canary Islands one month

ago, facing 3000 miles of blood and

blisters, sweat and tears. Producing

their own freshwater on-board,

surviving on rations and taking it

in turns to eat, sleep and a row,

their motivation was personal.

It's

amazing to compete and we set out as

a kind of charitable initiative in

the first instance for two

charities, for MIND, the mental

health charity, and spinal research.

For me the MIND element is

commemorative. My mum had in a

mental illness all alive and I

always felt a need and desire... I

have this initiative and desire to

do something to commemorate mum and

to bring it to fruition and complete

it and do it such justice and do it

in such style and with great support

and success is amazing.

Just making

it to the Caribbean is a fantastic

achievement, they've raised more

than £250,000 and wrote their way

into the record books. -- rowed

their way.

We will be talking to them a little

bit later on, after what looks like

quite a big celebration.

Did you know that two of them were

seasick? Fascinating.

Let's take a look at this

morning's front pages.

The Times, you can see the headline.

Trump took offence at flights from

the British. That's where he was

invited to London to open the new

embassy but they say a White House

source has told them that decision

came after the president was left

smarting over some rows, including

that rebuke from the Prime Minister.

And of course the official reason is

that he thought the spending of the

money was... The money was badly

spent, but they have their own

sources.

The front page of the Telegraph

talks about the flu jab and the

number of people with flu. They now

say chemists are running low on the

flu vaccine yesterday, amid fears of

an epidemic if the virus continues

to spread at its current rate. And

the Today programme presenter is

facing criticism over a conversation

about pay with a fellow journalist,

who is a North American editor.

That's also on the front page the

Sun. It says 'Dump Humph'. The BBC

is suggested to dump him after

talking about the gender pay gap.

Racist and shameful remarks from

Trump. That's on the Guardian.

Shortly we will speak to a US

commentator just on how those

remarks are going down and what the

white invocations are, of some of

the things he did or didn't say. Of

course it depends on whose account

you believe.

You are mentioning the story about

Donald Trump being sensitive about

some comments and now apparently he

faces the embarrassment of not being

invited to the Royal Wedding. People

are mindful of this because he takes

these snubs quite personally. Royal

household source has said now that

although the guest list hasn't been

announced there's no reason he be

invited.

Those are the main stories this

morning. A full review coming up

later.

We've been talking a lot this week

about the continuing spread of flu.

This morning we want to look at how

you can try to avoid

getting it yourself.

Breakfast's John Maguire has been

out and about with a GP to get some

tips.

Good morning. After a slow start,

flu season is well and truly here,

at how best should we protect

ourselves and how should we try to

prevent the virus spreading? Good

morning to AGP.

Should we even be

shaking hands? It's fine. We are

both well, we want the social

niceties. Yes, no problem. But if

you are feeling unwell, if you have

the sniffles or a high temperatures,

then back off and try not to pass

things on and make sure that you

look after each other.

What sort of

distances are we talking about?

I

think it being sensible. I always

hate people invading my space at the

best of times, so it's always nice

to have a bit of space, but if you

are snotty, if you have a cold or

cough, you want to give a bit more

distance and make sure you use a

tissue, been the tissue, wash your

hands, make sure you don't give the

opportunities when you are not so

well to pass things on.

Public

transport? Invite that? Hard

surfaces? What are the issues? --

things like that.

Some bugs will end

up on services. Most of flu and

viruses are spread by droplets, at a

little bit will come on services as

well. Washing hands when you can. Be

sensible at work and make sure your

employer does clean things

appropriately.

More tea, doctor?

When you've got a high-temperature,

you've got to push the fluids.

Sweat

it all out. What about at home?

What

should we be looking out for? I

think one of the key things is that

in your home you can be yourself,

but in the home everybody is in

close proximity to each other, so

again the coughing and sneezing over

each other. If you feel lousy, is it

best to go to a separate bedroom?

Sometimes you might be more

comfortable sneezing on the settee.

The more people can be sensible and

look after each other, the more we

can produce cold is passing between

people.

Just before 9am we'll speak to a GP

about how to spot flu symptoms.

We will try to pick up on some of

your thoughts.

Let us know if there

are any particular questions you

would like to ask.

I wonder if it is that whether where

it makes you feel like you will

catch a cold? It seems to be

turning. Good morning.

Some slightly uninspiring weather.

Murky and cloudy recently with no

great changes. Rain arriving across

western parts of the country. With a

PC with a grain has been moving

quite slowly over the past few hours

of Western areas, western Scotland,

Northern Ireland, down to the

south-west of England. Further east,

most right. The big area of high

pressure. Bumping into that area of

high pressure. Making pretty slope

progress across western parts of the

country.

country. Across Northern Ireland

from the east of the country feel a

dry weather. There will be a few

holes breaking through the cloud.

Top temperatures today around about

5- eight degrees. As we head into

this evening and tonight, this area

of rain tends to fizzle out.

Becoming mostly dry, still pretty

murky and cloudy across the country.

The wind that lighter. Some mist and

fog patches. Temperatures down are

not on what we had last night. About

three degrees or so at the lowest

and in towns and cities colder in

the countryside. And, a lot of

cloud. A pretty grey day. Some

glimpses of sunshine. Later, we see

a change from the far north-west.

You will notice the wind arrows. The

rain moving in across north-west

Scotland and Northern Ireland. A lot

of dry weather elsewhere across the

country. Iran about 5- seven degrees

but the mild editors with us gets

swept away as we head into next

week. Into Monday and Tuesday in

particular cold arrest us to draw in

across the country so after a mild

cloudy sort of weekend, this is

Hannath is shaping up. We have got

that moving in. It's going to turn

quite unsettled. We could see some

snowfall. Further south, mostly over

the hills is the hint of something

more wintry on the cards. But here

are now, pretty mild and cloudy. See

you later.

Now it's time to Film Review.

Hello and welcome to

the Film Review on BBC News.

To take us through this

week's cinema releases,

Mark Kermode is back.

What have you been watching?

As you'll know, awards

season is upon us.

We have Darkest Hour,

for which Gary Oldman

is hotly tipped for Oscars.

We have The Brawler, Mukkabaaz, a

boxing-movie-cum-political-romance.

And Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Missouri, from Martin McDonagh.

Darkest Hour.

You wait years for a Churchill film

to come along and we've had two

quite recently, really.

So we reviewed Churchill

with Brian Cox here

on the show a few months ago.

The story then was that Brian Cox

was playing brilliantly, I think,

Churchill anxiety-ridden in the run

up to D-Day.

Now we have Gary Oldman

as Churchill, anxiety-ridden around

the time of Dunkirk.

It's 1940.

The Nazis are sweeping

across Europe.

The resistance is

crumbling everywhere.

He's basically being advised by all

sides to appease rather than fight.

Here's a clip.

Nothing even remotely patriotic

in death or glory if the odds

are firmly on the former.

Nothing inglorious in

trying to shorten a war

that we are clearly losing.

Losing!

Europe is still...

Europe is lost.

And before our forces

are wiped out completely,

now is the time to negotiate.

In order to obtain the best

conditions possible.

Hitler will not insist

on outrageous terms.

He will know his own weaknesses.

He will be reasonable.

When will the lesson be learned?

When will the lesson be learned?

How many more dictators must be...

Wooed, appeased.

Good God, given immense privileges.

Before we learn!

You cannot reason with a tiger

when your head is in its mouth!

That is pretty much

the give-me-an-award clip.

There's no surprise it's got such

awards buzz about it.

And he won a Golden

Globe, didn't he?

Yeah.

I think I remember in 2012,

when it looked like he was

going to win the Oscar,

then he was beaten to the punch

by Jean Dujardin, I think it was.

I think this time may

well be his year.

And it is a terrific performance.

Despite being buried

under a lot of facial

prosthetics, you know,

you can see his personality

coming through.

It's a very interesting

take on Churchill.

I think the performance has

conviction and grit.

Much as I really, really

like the Brian Cox film,

I think this is a really solid,

awards-courting and probably

awards-worthy performance.

My problem is the film itself,

which is not as good

as his performance.

On the one hand, it's

to Joe Wright's credit that he's

trying to inject a sense

of immediacy and urgency

into a film which could become

a bunch of people arguing

in rooms, essentially.

And he does that well.

But he also mixes up,

on the one hand some very

well created, you know,

historical recreations, with some

utterly fanciful dramatic license.

Such as a scene in which Churchill

suddenly decides to take a quick

referenda of the way the British

public feel by going

on the Tube train and asking

people what they think

about what's going on.

In a scene which, whatever

the emotional truth of it

may be, just struck me

as utterly preposterous.

I think the central

performance is very good.

And it's a crack cast.

It is.

Kristin Scott Thomas.

It's a very good cast

and clearly a crowd pleaser.

It's going down incredibly well

with the American critics.

I have no doubt that it

will play very well.

I have to say, from my point

of view, there were moments in it

that I thought it was cringy.

Where it was much too on-the-nose.

I felt like it was

explaining everything.

You know, obviously,

this is complicated subject matter,

but there are certain moments

in which characters don't have to be

introduced by their name,

their title and rank whilst they're

actually in the room with you.

But the thing that will carry

it is the performance.

And it is a really good performance.

I think it will continue to be

rewarded with awards.

The Brawler, Mukkabaaz.

Which is this boisterous,

politically-tinged-boxing-movie-cum-

romance.

From the director of

the Gangs of Wasseypur.

Which I think we spoke

about on this show here.

Young boxer struggling

to find his place in the world,

finds himself at odds

with the local big boss.

He falls in love with a young woman

who has no voice but whose

actions speak volumes.

It's a strange and occasionally

ramshackle affair.

The dialogue is full of cussing.

And colloquial cussing at that.

There is music in it but it is very

racy in its lyrical content.

The fight sequences,

you really feel that you're watching

people beating seven bells out

of each other.

It has the ability to eschew

conventions and mix in grit

I think it's a bit overlong.

Two and a half hours.

But what I liked about it, firstly,

it is a bit anarchic.

A bit ramshackle.

It seems to switch

genres at certain times.

It always keeps you on your toes.

I mean, a boxing movie should do.

It is a film which dances around

you and keeps you alert.

It's not perfect, but it's a pretty

solid thriller with some

sort of social things

to say, as well.

Good to bring us something

that I certainly didn't

know too much about.

I feel like I've read a lot

about Three Billboards.

I'm a huge Frances McDormond fan.

Me, too.

So talented.

And a big Martin McDonagh fan.

So this is the latest

from Martin McDonagh

who of course made In Bruges.

Frances McDormand probably

still most famous for Fargo.

An extraordinary CV.

So, like Darkest Hour,

this is shaping up to be

a major Oscar contender.

It's a western-inflected

tragi-comedy.

Frances McDormand

is a grieving mother.

Her daughter was

abducted and killed.

And the local police force, headed

up by Woody Harrelson as the chief,

hasn't made any arrests.

In a state of desperation,

she decides to take those titular

three billboards and emblazen them

with signs that name and shame

the police department and say,

"How come there have

been no arrests?".

Here's a clip.

When the DNA don't match no one

who's ever been arrested.

And when the DNA don't match

any other crime nationwide.

And when there wasn't a single

eyewitness from the time

she left your house to the time

we found her...

Well, right now, there ain't too

much more we can do.

Could pull blood from every man

and boy in this town,

over the age of eight.

There's several rights laws

prevents that, Mrs Hayes.

And what if he was just

passing through town.

Pull blood from every man

in the country, then.

And what if he was just passing

through the country?

If it was me, I'd

start up a database.

Every male baby what's

born, stick him on it.

And as soon as he'd done something

wrong, cross-reference it,

make 100% certain it was a correct

match, then kill him.

Yeah, well, there's definitely civil

rights laws prevents that.

You can see from that clip that

what the film does is it plays

with your sympathies.

On the one hand Frances McDormand

is set up as the heroine.

But then what she's saying

there is outrageous.

And suddenly, the chief

is the one who's reasonable.

I think the real triumph

of this film is, it's

a tragi-comedy that is very funny.

That's one of the few clips

that we could play that doesn't have

Chaucerian swearing in it.

Martin McDonagh has a real

ear for this stuff.

Martin McDonagh has a real

ear for this stuff.

And it is very funny.

He can make you laugh and gasp.

He does.

Before, he had a cynical edge.

But this actually has heart.

Because the tragedy is, if anything,

more powerful than the comedy.

So what you get is a story

about people who are eaten up

by rage, eaten up by anger,

eaten up by desperation.

It's really a film about how those

things impact upon the characters.

There are these lines that

are delivered as trite little

greeting card messages.

"Anger only begets greater anger".

"Through love comes calm".

And yet they seem to be sincere.

What really surprised me is how

tender this film is.

Yes, it's very funny.

Yes, it's very violent.

Yes, it's very dark.

Yes, it deals with

edgy subject matter.

But it also has

a really tender heart.

It has upset some people

because all the characters are seen

to be three dimensional.

Like Sam Rockwell is

introduced as a racist cop.

But as it goes on, you start

to see he's also a victim

of his circumstances.

That doesn't play very

well with everybody.

Because it is a film about moral

ambivalence in which there isn't

a good character or a bad character.

Everybody is in this kind of morass.

But I thought it worked really well.

I've seen it twice.

Second time round it

was more powerful.

When it needs to be funny,

it's blisteringly funny.

But it's also really tragic.

And, oddly enough, very tender.

Goodness.

Rich.

Very rich film.

Yeah, I'd be interested to know

what you think about it.

We can discuss next week.

For now, I know best out you're

saying is another film -

stunning scenery, beautiful setting,

but quite bleak, as well.

Yes, Hostiles, which is an end

of an era western from Scott Cooper.

Christian Bale is a battle hardened

captain ordered to take his nemesis

Christian Bale is a battle hardened

captain ordered to take his nemesis

back to his sacred lands to die.

It is a film, therefore,

about coming to terms

with the legacy of violence.

Actually, the reason I've chosen

it is because it has a brilliant

score by Max Richter,

which is really evocative.

The score seems to come

out of the landscape.

It uses this incredible instrument

called a yaybahar which I'd

never heard of before

until I heard this film.

It really captured me.

I think it's not getting

perhaps the attention

that it should have got.

I think it's a very

interesting piece of work.

It's called Hostiles.

It's worth it for the score alone.

And DVD, you've picked one

of my films of last year

Detroit.

Superb.

Why isn't that on the awards radars?

I don't begin to understand.

It's so well made.

Really, really brilliant.

The anatomy of an uprising.

Set in the late 1960s

but I think relevant to today.

Fantastic ensemble cast.

John Boyega, Will Poulter,

both absolutely brilliant.

I would have had both of them

in Supporting Actor nominations.

Fantastically directed

by Kathryn Bigelow.

Yet somehow it seems to have slipped

off the radar, which is a shame.

I thought it was a really

gripping piece of work.

Absolutely.

A hard watch, but it is brilliant.

But it has to be tough

because of the subject matter.

It would be wrong if it wasn't.

Absolutely.

This is the chance to see it,

if you didn't see it in the cinema.

It's on DVD this week.

Mark, thank you very much.

See you next week for more.

There is, of course,

more film news and reviews

from across the BBC on the website.

You know the address,

bbc.co.uk/Mark Kermode.

You can find our previous

programmes on the BBCi player.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

Dentists Act been accused of having

a shortsighted result, after

operations to remove rotten teeth

from children increased to 43,000

last year. There has been a 17%

increase of hospital admissions to

extract rotten teeth and then to say

children are receiving second-class

treatment compared to those in

Scotland and Wales. The department

of Health and social care says the

introduction of a sugar tax should

tackle teeth decay.

The African union has demanded an

apology from Donald Trump after he

apparently accused of vulgar and

disparaging term to describe poorer

confidence. The union, which

represents 55 African countries,

expressed shock, dismay and outrage

and said the Trump administration

misunderstood Africans. Surcharges

for using credit or debit cards will

be illegal from today as a result of

new EU rules to help consumers and

improve transparency Fenners. The

measures will benefit shoppers and

holidaymakers, making online or

in-store purchases, with some

retailers saying they will raise

prices to cover the cost.

Yesterday's fire at Nottingham train

station is now being treated as

arson, police have confirmed.

The blaze began early

yesterday morning.

Ten fire crews tackled flames coming

from the station's roof as smoke

filled the foyer, prompting

a full evacuation.

The station reopens today.

The troubled construction firm

Karelian, a key contract for schools

and prisons, has denied reports that

its rescue plan was rejected by

creditors. So the struggling under

£1.5 million of debt, including a

pension for -- shortfall.

Tributes have been paid to Bella

Emberg who has died at the age of

80. She became a household name

after she played characters

including Blonder Woman. She was

called a huge, he talent and a

lovely friend. -- huge comedy

talent.

Four Britsh friends have broken

the world record and become

the fastest ever to cross

the Atlantic Ocean in a rowing boat.

Known as The Four Oarsmen,

amateur sailors Dicky Taylor,

George Biggar, Peter Robinson

and Stuart Watts reached dry land

just after one thirty this morning,

having spent 29 days and 15 hours

at sea, six days faster

than the current world record

for a four-man crew.

He's world famous, has friends

in high places and at just five

months old he's already captured

millions of hearts.

And today the first giant panda

to be born in France

will meet his public

for the first time.

Yuan Meng lives with his parents

at Beauval Zoo near Le Mans.

He weighed just five ounces

at birth, but is now thriving

and has been

walking for nearly two months.

He was named by his godmother

Brigitte Macron, the wife

of the French President.

Very well-connected!

Why not? A good godmother to have.

I never thought about being

godparents to an animal. What do you

do? Take him for days out? To the

zoo? He's already there! That's a

nice touch!

It's a bear that's been born and got

older.

He is in demand, Michael O'Neill,

after what he's done with the

European Championship.

He's 48 and has been

Scottish football's,

preferred candidate

since Gordon Strachan's

departure in October.

They've been negotiating

with O'Neill's representatives

for some time.

Now that a compensation package has

been agreed with the Irish FA,

face to face talks are now

likely next week.

Under O'Neill's management,

Northern Ireland qualified for Euro

2016, their first major

tournament for 30 years.

Former Wales internationals

Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy

are among those who've been

interviewed for the vacant

national manager's job.

Giggs is the favourite

to succeed Chris Coleman,

who left two months ago to join

Sunderland after guiding Wales

through one of their most

sucessful periods.

The FAW is thought to be keen

on appointing a Welshman

and is hoping to announce

their new manager next week.

The BBC understands Giggs's former

team-mate Phil Neville

is a contender to take over

as the England women's manager.

Neville's previously worked

as an assistant coach,

with United, Valencia

and the England Under-21 mens sides.

He's among a number

of candidates being considered.

Mo Marley is currently in temporary

charge of the Lionesses,

who are ranked third in the world.

The big transfer story that's been

dominating the sports news surrounds

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez.

Will he or won't he move

to Premier League leaders

Manchester City?

The Chilean forward has

been told he can leave,

if Arsenal find

a suitable replacement.

But City only want to pay £20

million rather than the £35 million

Arsenal want and Manchester United

are ready to step in with a bid

of £25 million.

There are some players in the

football world, if you have a chance

to sign them you have to try. And

that's it.

that's it. The only word I can say

is the same word that everybody

says, he's a phenomenal. Apart from

that, an Arsenal player and I feel I

shouldn't say much more than this.

And Sanchez might not be

the only Arsenal forward

leaving the Emirates.

Theo Walcott has been at Arsenal

for 12 years since moving

from Southampton as a teenager,

but he's only played 47 minutes

in the League this season.

And Sam Allardyce has confirmed

Everton are negotiating over

the England international,

who he says would be a "fantastic

addition".

Well Arsenal are at Bournemouth

and City travel to Liverpool

on Sunday, with Manchester United

in action on Monday evening.

There are seven games

later today though.

Chelsea are at home to Leicester

and they could go second

for a day at least, with victory.

But they'd still be some 13 points

adrift of leaders Manchester City

and their manager Antonio Conte

is still casting doubt

over how long he'll

stay at the club.

I still have another year of the

contract with this club. But as you

very well in football everything is

possible. One moment you stay here,

in another moment you stay in

another place or another person

replaces you and your job.

Last night's Steel city derby

between Sheffield United

and Sheffield Wednesday

ended in a goalless draw.

Wednesday's new manager had to do

without several injured players

and defender Glenn Loovens was sent

off after 64 minutes

for a second bookable offence.

But Wednesday held on and could have

won it in injury time,

were it not for United's keeper

Simon Moore, pulling off some

excellent saves including this

one from Adam Reach.

The draw moves United

into the Championship play off

places, while Wednesday

are struggling down in 15th.

It's the penultimate round of group

stage fixtures in rugby union's

Champions Cup and Scarlets

have gone top of Pool 5,

with a famous 35-17 win

over Bath at the Rec.

It means Bath could slip out

of the top two on a weekend

which marks the anniversary

of their first European Cup

triumph in France.

Joe Lynskey reports.

Bordeaux 20 years ago. Today Bath

became European champions. They were

the first English team to win the

top club prize, but these were

continental rugby's early days. The

spotlight has intensified on the

Champions Cup since, but still a

team from Wales is yet to win it, so

scarlet is feel if their year to

make history. They play rugby in

there own style. It was a shimmy

from their scrummage that put in

front. Tyburn with a move they never

expected. Such improvisation has

made scarlet such a force. They came

across the seven to make a statement

and by half-time the gap between the

sides was already tough the bridge.

When Hadlee park run on a third try,

it was becoming a Welsh procession.

It was the bonus points that

mattered. That's why a fourth

scarlet strike from Scott Williams

felt so crucial. That means they go

into the final group game with

qualification in their own hands.

For Bath, the Bordeaux Aeneid is are

a distant memory. This is and

evening to be Scarlet.

Captain Eoin Morgan says

the specialist one day players

will lift the rest of the England

side as they go up against

Australia again.

After losing the Ashes 4-0,

England have the chance for some

revenge in the shorter format,

the first of 5-1 day internationals

takes place in Melbourne tomorrow.

Understandably they've been I

suppose down with defeat of the

tests to, which is disappointing,

but a lot of the guys have brought

in energy, coming from the Big Bash,

or playing Bangladesh previously, I

think it's important for the series

and it always has been, giving you

play on the back of such a

significant test match series. The

guys know the responsibility that

they carry. If they are feeling

fresh it will pick guys up along the

way.

History has been made

in Saudi Arabia after women

were allowed to watch a football

match in the stadium

for the first time yesterday.

Around 300 women flocked

to the Pearl Stadium in Jeddah

to watch Al-Ahli take on Al-Batin

in the Saudi Premier League.

They had to enter via a special gate

and sit in seats reserved

for familes, separated

by a glass partition.

The game was the first

in a series of matches

open to female spectators

and is part of long-awaited reforms

of women's rights in the country.

I hope they enjoyed the match.

That would have felt like a really

important day.

We heard from some of them yesterday

in the papers. They couldn't

describe how long they had waited

for this moment.

Incredible.

Donald Trump has continued to

dominate global headlines this week.

Overnight doctors said the president

is in excellent health after his

annual presidential medical.

However, the toxic fallout from

remarks he reportedly made in the

Oval Office continue.

He is accused of using derogatory

language about Haiti, El Salvador

and other countries. He has denied

using the language reported. A

political analyst joins us now from

Washington. Good to talk to you

again. So, help us with some of the

basic stuff. In the Oval Office, on

that date, what happened?

There was

a meeting taking place with the

president and seven members of the

US Senate. There was one Democrat on

the brew and six other Republicans

as well -- Democrat in the room.

This was a discussion about how to

address the issue of immigration. As

you know there's a large issue on

what to do with a large issue on

what to do with 8000 immigrants,

800,000 immigrants in this country.

There was a bipartisan legislative

effort led by a retiring Senator

from Arizona, who had developed a

deal on this issue and so these

senators were meeting with the

president, specifically addressing

the issue of immigrants from

countries such as Haiti, and African

countries where they are confronted

with natural disasters that may

force them to flee the country, for

example in the country of Haiti,

there was a massive earthquake that

the place eight years ago and we are

celebrating their eight year

anniversary this weekend. So this

earthquake took the lives of more

than 200,000 people and so as a

result of the devastation, many of

those Haitians fled to the United

States.

Can I just... The scene is

set. We know what the meeting is

about. Then the claim is from a

number of people that certain

language was used. I'm not going to

use the language now for obvious

reasons, but a flat denial from the

president?

Right. The president has

said he used tough language in the

meeting, however he said he didn't

use the language that has been

reported. However, we know that one

of the senators has emphatically

stated that president did use the

language, as well as Senator Lindsey

Graham. And you may know that

Senator Lindsey Graham was a

candidate for president in 2016 as

well and now has been working very

closely with President Trump. But he

did say the claims were made. Two

are the senators in the room said

they do not recall whether the

president used this language, but

based on the comments that were made

by both Senator Lindsey Graham and

of course Senator Tim Scott, also a

Republican, said he spoke directly

with Senator Lindsey Graham and

Senator Lindsey Graham told him that

the president did use those words.

A

number of African countries are now

asking for an apology, but for Mr

Trump to make an apology there would

have to be an admission.

That's

correct. Not only are we seeing the

fallout across African nations, but

we also know that the US ambassador

to Panama today are actually

yesterday resigned from his post is,

stating that he simply could not

work under this president any more.

So the fallout has been swift and it

has been brutal. But also what is

important to note is that this deal

was struck on immigration and now as

a result of these comments it's been

blown up. Here's what's important

about that. The government, the US

government, is actually going to run

out of money by next Friday and so

it was an incumbent that this deal

get done in order to pave the way to

strike a deal on funding the

government, beyond January 19th. So

if this deal is not done we could

see the United States government

heading to a government shutdown as

a result of this deal not been done.

One last thought. Donald Trump has

been accused of being racist before.

many people are saying that again

now. Where do you sit on that?

The President has a long history of

making racially insensitive content.

People have called him the

making racially insensitive content.

People have called him the grand

wizard of the birther movement. That

was his first for a into the

political arena, claiming the first

African-American President of the

United States was not born in this

country. He has made racially

charged comments making Mexicans. We

know about the travel ban to exclude

Muslims. It is a long, dark history

with this president. Now we are

seeing the ramifications of it

beyond this country.

Good to talk to

you. Thank you for your time.

you. Thank you for your time. It has

been chilly this week. Lots of fog.

I think we will see sleet in coming

days. Sarah is about to tell us

about it. Cloudy seemed to the

days. Sarah is about to tell us

about it. Cloudy seemed to the past

couple of days. Lots more about

cloud on the scene. It's going to be

dry to much of the country. There

will be rain working in. If we take

a look at a recent radar picture, we

can see where that rain has been

working in. Its slow-moving. Many

western areas will see breaks

throughout the day but further east,

higher pressure which is holding on.

Certainly quite mild out there. That

is going to bring Wainer crossed

western Wales and Northern Ireland.

Also wet and windy. . -- bring rain.

-- across. A few breaks in the cloud

as we move on to the afternoon. The

odd spot of drizzle. Something

coulter on the cards as we head into

Macs -- next week. It's looking

pretty cloudy for the football.

Temperatures in Newcastle, about

five degrees. This rain doesn't move

east across the country. Still quite

damp up into the West. There could

be a few mist and fog patches

forming tonight. It could be a touch

of frost on Sunday. A lot of bad

mist clears away relatively quickly.

Many of us drive from the

north-west, we start to see some

heavy rain working into the

north-west of Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Some brighter spells

breaking through. Top temperatures

around 5- eight degrees. Out front

in the north-west moves the

south-east. A spell of rain and cold

conditions. The blue colour is

returning. Who next week, that is

when things will be noticeably

colder. Quite unsettled and windy. A

bit of sleet and hill snow. Further

south, the mix of rain. For the here

and now, nice going with some rain

in cloud in the West.

We'll be back with

the headlines at 7:00.

But first it's time for Click

with Spencer Kelly, see you soon.

the

I've had enough.

Enough of old tech.

It's all going obsolete,

or so it seems.

Even the days of desktop

computers are numbered.

Right.

Let's see what they've

got for us this year.

The Consumer Electronics Show

in Las Vegas is the place

to find out.

It's where the new products

and concepts are launched for 2018

and some of them might

just change the world.

One of the highlights of CES for me

is always finding out how

bendy LG is.

Previously, they have been slightly

bendy and then quite bendy.

This year, I think

they have nailed it.

It's a 65-inch rollup display

and the image quality

is really very good.

And it does roll completely

up into an admittedly

fairly chunky box.

It's an OLED display,

the only display tech that can

be fully flexible.

The circuitry is built

on a segmented back so it is a bit

like a retractable garage door.

You can actually choose how far

the screen rolls out

as well as a widescreen TV,

it can be used as a thin

notification bar, a wider format

21x9 cinema screen and of course

nothing at all.

The argument is that you can make

use of the space behind it

when you're not using it.

And in South Korea, a lot of people

live in high-rise blocks.

Can you imagine lugging a 65" TV up

the stairs or into a lift?

Much easier if you can roll it

down into a handy tube.

Elsewhere, plenty of other things

to see and play with here at CES.

Here is a telephone from Chinese

company Vivo that does not

have a fingerprint scanner

on the back, because it has one

built into the screen.

The OLED display shines light

on to your thumb and an optical

scanner buried underneath

registers what it sees.

Here is the Link Flow Fit 360.

A necklace with three cameras that

together live-stitch to make

a 360 video.

You can record a true first person

view so others can feel

like they were truly there too.

Now, it's important to catch

the eye at shows like these

which is hopefully what

this thing is doing.

This is the Hypervision display

by Kino-mo and is capable

of projecting life-size images high

above the show floor.

All right, sexy,

that's enough from you.

Here is the science bit.

We have 24 rapidly

spinning LED strips.

They are flashing different

colours as they go around.

It gives you the illusion

of a persistent image.

In the flesh, I have to say,

it does really look rather good.

Don't build up your part.

Oh, good grief.

Enough flimsy flimflam from me.

Let's get Lara Lewington now

with some of the big announcements

from this year's show.

And what a week it has been with

news from tech's biggest players.

Including the likes of Intel saying

it will release software fixes

to repair security issues

surrounding its chips.

We've had press events that have

gone wrong with disobedient

robots from LG.

Chloe is not going to talk to me,

she doesn't like me evidently.

And Sony's robot dog wasn't

that responsive either.

Aibo is an autonomous robot

and will quickly become a member

of your family.

Right?

He ignored me.

Meanwhile, a lack of female

keynote speakers has caused

controversy amongst attendees.

A situation which has

led to raised eyebrows,

compounded by the inclusion

of robotic pole dancers at a strip

club near the event.

And on the show floor, as usual,

TVs were everywhere but this one

really stood out.

Samsung Wall is 146 inches wide

and can be made even larger

by adding modules.

And finally, Toyota has

unveiled its new autonomous

e-Pallete vehicle, to be

used for ridesharing,

deliveries or even a moving

storefront which comes

directly to you.

That was Lara.

Now one of the big things

at the moment in wireless charging.

That normally means putting your

phone on a pad but it is also

is possible to send

power through the air.

One of the problems with wireless

power is that that power is sent

in every direction at the same time

so wherever your device is,

it only receives a tiny

fraction of that power.

Well, here is a system that gets

around that by sending focused beams

of power to one particular point.

The power transmitter can be

built into ceiling tiles,

walls, tables or parts

of the furniture.

All it needs to know

is which direction to point

the power in.

Here is the science bit.

To work that out, the device needing

the power sends out low-power

signals in all directions,

most of which are blocked

by nearby objects.

But the signals that do bounce

around come and reach

the transmitter come

in at particular angles.

By sending the power back

at exactly the same angles,

that power bounces about

and eventually gets back

to the device.

The makers told us they can achieve

2 watts of power from a distance

of one metre which is impressively

about half the power

of the smartphone charger.

I'm using this light

to detect the power beams

between the transmitter

and the blackbox transceiver.

Think about your home

where you have smoke detectors.

It starts beeping at night when it

runs out of battery.

You can charge it remotely,

you never have to charge

the battery again.

But with high power beams

lancing around your home,

you have to wonder if it is safe.

This technology is entirely safe.

We look to get FCC approval

for safety, that certifies

the technology as safe.

If you have accepted

wi-fi into your home,

accepting this technology

would be the same.

In the future, the power receivers

could be made into any shape

including that of a AA battery

and that means ordinary devices

could be converted to wireless power

without any modification at all.

For a long time, bricks and mortar

shops have been trying to keep up

with online retailers

who have the added benefits

of keeping track with customer

habits as well as providing very

easy ways of paying.

Here is one way that we could see

some of those features brought

into the real world,

by retrofitting existing stores.

Aipoly uses off-the-shelf cameras,

one up here to track customers

and one to take a look

at the products and the customers

interactions with them but the real

work is happening here in the AI

algorithms were it is recognising

all the products off-the-shelf

and their customers

interactions with them.

But the AI is using the main camera

here to keep track of customers.

It can recognise faces, identify

clothes and follow their movements.

Through the combination

of the customers being recognised,

and the products they pick

up being identified,

when they get to the checkout,

they don't even need

to scan the items.

They just need to pay.

And if they agree to be

remembered for next time,

then all they need to do is go

and pick up their products

and take them away.

I'm having my nails done.

This is the O2 Nails printer.

Choose any image and they will

print it onto your nail.

Of course I chose

a picture of myself.

OK, Richard Taylor and

Nick Kwek, beat that!

Refreshing!

This device is actually creating

a vacuum in my mouth.

It's sucking at my gums

and at the same time circulating

a flow of water around my teeth.

It's intended for users with reduced

mobility or people who have

difficulty brushing their teeth.

It replaces the need

to brush and floss too.

The guys are working on integrating

sensors into future devices so that

oral hygienists or dentists will be

able to diagnose and treat

for gum disease.

And it's quite tickly too.

CES can really take it out

of you and I for one am already

pretty sleep deprived.

So what I have in front of me

here is a device that's packed

with all sorts of technology

and the claim is it will provide

within 20 minutes the equivalent

of 2-5 hours sleep.

There will be some electrodes that

are put behind my ears here,

effectively through this device,

that are transmitting signals up

to my brain.

So I'm going to try this on and I'll

see you in 20 minutes.

I'll tell you what,

Richard's got the right idea.

Walking around here,

I'm absolutely exhausted.

I'm definitely feeling

more relaxed than I was,

like, 26 minutes ago.

Of course I don't know how relaxed

I would have felt with just a 26

minute power nap, but I'm

ready to rock 'n' roll!

Ah, Vegas.

Home to world-class talent,

and singing superstars.

And then there's

Richard Taylor and me.

This karaoke box uses professional

autotune on your voice,

which, frankly, makes you sound

a bit like Cher on a bad night.

# Sweet home Alabama...#.

Next stop, Caesars.

# Lord I'm coming home to you...#.

That is it for the

Shortcut Click this week.

More in the full-length version

which is up on iPlayer

for you to watch right now.

We will be back in the US,

specifically Vegas, next week.

Don't forget to check us out

on Twitter for backstage videos.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Dentists warn of a tooth decay

crisis amongst children in England.

A record 43,000 operations

to remove rotting teeth

were carried outlast year.

Ministers say they're determined

to tackle the problem.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 13th of January.

Also this morning:

African leaders demand

an apology from Donald Trump,

after he's accused of making "vulgar

and disparaging" comments

about poorer nations.

A ban on credit and debit surcharges

comes into force today,

but there are concerns

companies could raise

their prices in response.

Celebrations overnight,

as four British friends

smash the world record

for crossing the Atlantic.

In sport, across the Irish Sea,

Northern Ireland boss

Michael O'Neill is a step closer

to taking over as Scotland manager

now that the Scottish

FA have agreed a deal

to compensate his current employers.

And making a splash.

I've donned a tail fin,

to find out how "mermaiding"

is becoming a growing

sport in the UK.

And Sarah has the weather.

Good morning.

It is another cloudy day today

and things are going to turn

increasingly wet and

windy from the west.

I'll bring you all the details

in about 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

There were nearly 43,000 hospital

operations to remove teeth

in children and teenagers

in England last year,

equating to 170 a day.

The British Dental Association says

England provides a second-class

service compared to Scotland

and Wales, and has accused

government ministers of adopting

a short-sighted approach

to a growing crisis

around tooth decay.

Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes reports.

Tooth decay in children is

distressing, painful and avoidable.

Dentists say sugary snacks

and drinks are the biggest cause.

British children drink more soft

drinks than anywhere else in Europe

and the number of multiple

extractions, which have to take

place in hospital under

a general anaesthetic,

is continuing to grow.

Figures compiled by the Local

Government Association showed

there were nearly 43,000 multiple

tooth extractions among under-18s

in England last year.

That's around 170 every day

of the working week.

Overall, there's been an increase

of 17% in just four years.

Dentists say children in England

are suffering and are being offered

a second-rate service when compared

to Scotland and Wales.

We have seen in Scotland

and in Wales that they have got

national programmes to try

and prevent this and they have

actually got some reasonably

good results out of it.

The government has not put any money

into a national preventative

programme for England and that's

the reason why we are seeing so many

children being put under

general anaesthetic.

The Department of Health in England

says the introduction of a tax

on sugary drinks was part

of its plan to reduce the number

of extractions and that more

than half of all children have seen

a dentist in the last year.

And, with proper oral hygiene,

good brushing and avoiding high

sugar snacks and drinks,

thousands of children could be saved

from experiencing the pain

of a rotten tooth.

The African Union has demanded

an apology from President Trump

after he reportedly used a vulgar

and disparaging term to describe

nations on the continent.

It was apparently made

during an Oval Office meeting

on immigration with

members of Congress.

The Union, which represents

55 African countries,

expressed its "shock,

dismay and outrage" and said

the Trump Administration

misunderstood Africans.

It has been an extraordinary week,

even by Donald Trump standards.

It ended with a medical,

a routine checkup that

all presidents undergo,

and word from Mr Trump's doctor

that the commander in chief

is in excellent health.

But the past two days

have seen the president

mired in controversy.

As Donald Trump arrives in Florida

to spend the weekend at his golf

resort, the international community

is still seething over his alleged

use of crude language

to describe African countries.

As the African Union,

we were quite appalled