18/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty

and Charlie Stayt.

Boosting French border controls

and taking in more migrants

from Calais - the Prime Minister

will announce a new agreement

with France today.

As Theresa May hosts

President Emmanuel Macron,

she'll say almost £45 million

will be spent beefing up security

around the Channel.

Good morning.

It's Thursday 18 January.

A third day of snow,

and a night of strong winds continue

to cause hazardous conditions.

Over seven inches of snow fell in

parts of northern England. Through

the morning rush hour if you are in

Lincolnshire and East Anglia, some

damaging gusts of wind. More in 15

minutes.

The flagship "free" childcare

scheme in England -

now one charity says

parents are subsidising it

from their own pockets.

Are of champagne. It is really bound

to in small doses. -- I'd offer you

a glass of champagne.

He was the actor behind

television sleuth Jason King -

Peter Wyngarde has died in hospital

at the age of ninety.

Taxpayers owe private companies

like Carillion almost 200 billion

pounds to complete big building

projects and the public spending

watchdog says it's not

the best value for money.

In sport - curtains for Konta.

The British number one is out

of the Australian Open after a shock

defeat to the world number 123.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Britain is to increase

its contribution towards border

controls in France by nearly 45

million pounds, and commit

to taking in more migrants Calais.

The deal will be announced

at a summit between Theresa May

and the French President Emmanuel

Macron this afternoon.

Their meeting -

at the army's officer training

academy in Sandhurst -

is being seen as the most important

for several years, as our

Diplomatic Correspondent,

James Robbins, reports.

This summit is very deliberately

being held at Sandhurst,

Britain's military academy

of officer cadets.

The venue underlined the fact that

Britain and France are the key

military powers in Europe,

used to working together and today

committing to greater co-operation,

even if the background

to all of this is,

of course, Brexit.

And in other ways Britain and France

are heading into very different

directions.

Under pressure from President

Macron, Theresa May will take

in some migrant stuck in Calais

and desperate across the Channel.

So expect more

unaccompanied children

to be allowed into Britain,

as well as adults who successfully

argued that their ad

mission will reunite

families.

But the longer-term deals

will focus on defence.

Britain is sending

three British Chinook

helicopters to Mali,

they are large troop carrying

aircraft that the French badly lack

in their fight against Islamists.

Britain will broaden

its military in that area.

Britain will backup troops in the

Baltic state of Estonia.

Baltic state of Estonia.

The stalker

Fiona in Cumbria. I can see the

traffic is moving behind you but

we've seen lots of problems on the

roads over the last 24 hours. That's

right. People are bracing themselves

the snow.

the snow. It's not just snow that

has a problem. Today's high winds as

well, were expecting gusts. Weather

warnings have been expected. Further

north, motorists stranded.

north, motorists stranded. Motorists

were warned not to travel and its

assumed they heeded that warning. We

will hear from our Scotland

correspondence later in the

programme. The latest from the Met

Office, no amber warnings.

Are you waking up

to snow this morning?

Or has your journey been

affected by the high winds?

You can send us your photos

and videos to our WhatsApp number:

07 990 99 88 66.

There are calls for all women over

the age of 30 should be screened

for a faulty gene linked to higher

rates of breast and ovarian cancer.

Research by the Barts

Cancer Institute in London

found testing would prevent

thousands of cancers,

and be cost effective for the NHS.

In deal signed under private finance

initiatives, the government can

borrow from private firms to build

facilities like schools and

hospitals. It was found more than

700 deals had charges of more than

£10 million. Benazir to explain

more. It's a lot of money.

Just to

clarify, the government will say to

a private contractor, built amid

this and we will pay you back over

30 or 40 years. If the cost of

repayment. In medication is, it says

there are 716 projects under way.

They cost more than £10 billion a

year just to Bay back. They say that

there is no evidence that it is big

ballet for money.

ballet for money. It means for the

critics, it means

critics, it means many local

particularly organisations like the

NHS.

Parents in England are subsidising

free nursery care because it hasn't

been properly funded

by the government -

that's according to

a survey published today.

The report, by the Pre-School

Learning Alliance,

found that nurseries which provdide

30-hours of free childcare,

are having to ask parents to cover

the cost of nappies and lunches.

Some say if they don't,

they could face closure.

The government says

it is investing 6 billion pounds

in childcare by 2020.

Elaine Dunkley reports.

How many of the pink

do you think I've got?

How many of the pink

beads have we got?

At Sparkling Stars Pre-School

in Poole, the numbers do not add up.

It is struggling financially provide

children with 30 hours of free care

each week,

and says the Government has not

provided enough funding

for the scheme.

The only person that this policy

is free to is the Government.

It's not free to providers.

We're subsidising this policy.

It's not free to parents,

or their children, because we're

having to ask for additional

contributions to cover part

of what we offer, that

the funding does not cover.

We would love the word

"free" to be replaced

by "funded" or "subsidised."

The scheme to double free

childcare for three-

and four-year-olds from 15 hours

per week to 30 was introduced last

September.

But, with nurseries now struggling,

families are being asked to pick

up additional costs.

The report from the Pre-School

Learning Alliance suggests only 35%

of childcare providers

are delivering 30 hours

per week completely free.

37% have introduced or increased

charges for things such as meals

and snacks, to make

up the shortfall.

38% of providers are uncertain

whether they will be offering

30-hour places in one year's time.

When they go on to bigger schools,

you are not expected

to make donations and things there.

It should be free for everybody.

The Department for Education said it

has always been clear

that the Government funding is not

intended to cover the cost of meals

or additional services,

and while providers can charge

parents for additional extras,

this cannot be a condition

of each child's place.

Senior police officers,

barristers and prosecutors will meet

this morning to discuss ways

to address problems caused

by the non-disclosure of evidence.

The high-level meeting will be

chaired by the Director

of Public Prosecutions

in England and Wales,

Alison Saunders.

It comes amid growing concern over

a series of rape cases

which collapsed after material

emerged which undermined

the prosecution.

Patient safety in Accident

and Emergency Units in Wales

is being compromised

to an "unacceptable degree"

according to hospital consultants.

A group of 46 doctors is warning

of the risks in a letter

sent to the First Minister.

Monthly performance figures will be

published later this morning.

NHS Wales say it's been

a very challenging winter,

We have heard warnings of emergency

units in other parts of the UK being

a braking points and this time it is

the turn of doctors in Wales to

speak out. A group of consultants to

Britain to the Welsh First Minister

believed the situation here is the

worst it's ever been.

This is

usually concerning, staff members

coming to work, the glue that holds

the NHS together, coming in doing

their shifts but going home in tears

and we have got patients in the

department when we don't have space

to see them and we are coming back

the next day and some of the

patients are still here.

The monthly

performance figures to Wales will be

published this morning but in this

matter the published -- the

consultants warn the First Minister:

it acknowledges efforts have been

made to plant the winter pressures

including more investment but says

it is simply not enough. Patient

safety is being compromised, the

doctors say, and the letter calls

for a significant increase in

funding. Those in charge of the NHS

in Wales say it's been a very

challenging winter with demand is

exceeding expectations. They believe

there are signs that things are

improving.

The actor Peter Wyngarde,

who played the flamboyant 60s

crime-fighter Jason King,

has died aged 90.

Wyngarde shot to fame

in the series "Department S"

but was also a prolific

stage actor and director.

Ben Ando looks back on his life.

It is 11 minutes passed. Some bad

news I'm afraid. Joanna Konta, our

best chance of success at Melbourne

Park. We are not taking anything

away from Kyle Edmund. He has

better, Nadal to get past. Jo Konta,

she has dropped out in the second

round. Not dropped out, she was

beaten, quite considerably by a

player you'd expect a breeze past

normally. The ninth seed out of the

Australian Open. She was beaten by

the 123 and number player in the

world. Joanna Konta struggled to

find her game.

Chelsea beat Norwich on penalties

5-3 in a dramatic FA Cup replay

at Stamford Bridge.

Eden Hazard scored the winning spot

kick after his side were reduced

to 9 men in extra time.

Earlier Willian was booked

for diving and the referee appeared

not to consult VAR, even though

replays suggested he might

not to consult VAR, even though

replays suggested he might

have been clipped.

Chelsea will face Newcastle next.

The shock of the night though came

at League One side Wigan,

who put in a dominant performance

to beat Premier League side

Bournemouth 3-0, securing themselves

a home tie against West Ham

in the fourth round.

Elsewhere, Swansea beat Championship

leaders Wolves 2-1 to progress.

The ECB say Ben Stokes is available

for their Tour of New Zealand.

Their decision comes two days

after Stokes was charged with affray

folllowing a nightclub

brawl last September.

Stokes was left out of the recent

Ashes tour due to the ongoing police

investigation.

Those in the papers this morning

about that decision. Nasser Hussain

writing in the Daily Mail, saying

what kind of message does this end,

that is not charged with any crime,

not charged with any bad behaviour

and they leave him out of the ashes

but the moment he is charged with

affray, is available for selection

again. The ECB have gotten that

wrong. We will be joined by then.

Let's find out what is happening.

Our correspondence in Cumbria, it's

clear that people need be mindful.

There is a lot of wind around.

Numerous hazards this morning. Good

morning. Lots of snow across the of

England. This is the weather system

responsible. The rain and strong

winds, let's concentrate on the

snowfall. These are the routes

likely to be affected. The snow has

been fizzling out. There will be

ongoing impacts throughout the

morning rush-hour. Have seen as much

as seven inches of snowfall

overnight. The Windsor becoming more

and more a feature. These are recent

gusts from eastern parts of England.

Over the next few hours, coastal

parts of Lincolnshire and East

Anglia could see winds gusting to 80

miles per hour. They are going to

cause a huge amount of problems.

Please take it easy. Further west,

not as strong as we have seen the

recent hours. Some heavy showers in

north-west England. Improving as far

as the rain and snow is concerned

that here and across Scotland and

Northern Ireland, ice is the big

story. A mixture of sleet and snow.

Through the day, the strongest winds

quickly depart. This could be a

blustery day, nothing untoward lots

of showers in the West. Scotland,

Northern Ireland and northern

England, a further covering in

places. Some southern and eastern

parts, it will stay dry to rapid

rate the day but the wind will make

it feel cold indeed. Still a bit of

a breeze growing more showers out. A

few centimetres of snow certainly

possible. An ice risk into tomorrow

morning. Temperatures lower than

this, of course, in some rural areas

and more of a forced into tomorrow

morning in the south. Or Friday,

lots of showers. Northern England

and Wales. A few towards the south.

A mixture of rain, hail and sleet.

Some rumbles of thunder. Sunshine in

between. Those are your afternoon

temperatures and it will feel colder

than that. Widespread frost to begin

with. Not a bad day to start the

weekend. Cloud increasing from the

south-west later on. That cloud

continues to pushing through the

night and into Sunday morning,

bringing outbreaks of rain across

many parts. Preceded by snow over

higher ground on Sunday which may

cause a few issues before it turns

back to rain later and temperatures

rise. A change of weekend.

rise. A change of weekend. We have

ice to content with in Lincolnshire

and East Anglia.

Thank you very much. We will have a

look through some of the papers now.

Let's look at the front pages. On

the front page of the Daily

Telegraph, Emmanuel Macron of course

having a meeting with Theresa May

today. In amongst the issues they

will be talking about, this £44

million figure to keep border guards

in Calais. However, the majority of

what they will be talking about is

not so much Brexit related at a lot

of security issues and we will be

talking about those later on. The

Duchess of Cambridge, opening a wing

at a hospital. And the child you can

see, Raphael Chand, is waiting for a

heart transplant. -- Chandler.

He

has certainly won the hearts of many

-- she has certainly won the hearts

of many. And again, the main story,

taking a look at the visit by a

Emmanuel Macron today to the UK.

On

the front page of the Times, I know

you mentioned in a few minutes ago.

These billions, enormous sums of

money spent on wasteful PFI, this is

in the news at the moment because of

Carillion.

Yes, and this was done

before the Carillion collapse, by

the National Audit Office. It is

also on the front page of the

business pages of the Telegraph, and

it is looking at how valuable these

are. The government says they are

useful because they can offload the

risk and the cost of public finance

initiative projects to private

business but there is a lot of

criticism of how much they cost and

whether they are tying local

organisations like the NHS into

deals which are too inflexible. So

it is not particularly new but I

think the issue is that even if we

sign no new deals from tomorrow, it

will still cost us as taxpayers £200

billion.

And you mention you are

going to take a look at the cricket.

The cricket is all over the Daily

Mail, but I was going to take the

chance to talk about Alexis Sanchez,

because this deal has been rumbling

on in the transfer window. Alexis

Sanchez is on the verge of signing

the Manchester United, snatched away

from Manchester City because they

said they were not prepared to pay

as much as he was asking for.

I

thought they had more money,

Manchester City.

They have an awful

lot of money but Manchester United

have come in and said they will pay

a staggering £500,000 a week for the

Chilean. And this is 103 year old

Kitty, a Bristol Rovers football fan

who first went to a match on a steam

train in 1954, and she has spent

every home game there ever since.

She was asked what had changed over

the years, she said the crowd is not

as raucous as it used to be, and the

money has changed. She said it has

gotten too big, Kitty, the money has

got out of hand but I suppose that

is how things are these days.

And

she is 103.

She says at one point

she fainted in the crowd, and the St

John's ambulance people had to carry

her over everybody's heads to get

her down to get some care.

Crowd

surfing!

Exactly, she sounds like an

absolute star. The big story in the

paper is the cricket, and the fact

that Ben Stokes has been selected to

play in England's next test series

down in New Zealand after being

charged with affray, so lots of

comment writers talking about

whether that is the right call to

make from the ECB. When he was in

charge, they said he was not

available for selection but when the

Crown Prosecution Service say

actually what you did is serious

enough to be charged and criminal

proceedings start, now he can come

back into the England team.

And that

is on the inside of the Sun as well,

spineless shambles as their headline

on that. And this is an interesting

one, we talked about that the tax

cut in the United States for

business, reducing taxes from 35% to

21%. The first example of the

difference it makes, the tech giant

Apple says it will move production

back to the United States and will

pay $38 billion in tax, a 1-off tax

payment for bringing some of its

profits from overseas back to the

United States. It has been hit with

a tax bill of $38 billion. But at

the same time it says it will spend

$30 billion to expand operations in

the United States, so expect to hear

a lot from President Trump about why

his tax cuts made that possible.

And

the Daily Telegraph, some of these

pictures you will remember from

movies. Clint Eastwood, you can see,

and the story here is the University

of Edinburgh has done a report about

the use of apes, particularly, in

movies, and criticising the use of

apes, specifically, they say, the

shot where the ape looks like they

are grinning, as is often the way,

to try and make the ape look like

they are happy in the film, they say

it usually...

I am listening!

I am

looking behind me, it is like a

teacher, when the ape appears to be

smiling, is of course, the experts

tell us, when they are in distress.

So they are worried that some of the

shots they have, the fine shot of

Clint Eastwood having a laugh...

Aren't they usually CGI now come

anyway?

Yes, I guess to a greater

degree now they don't have to use

real animals in the films.

I don't

think it is only about apes.

Are you

in distress, Naga? Is that why you

are smiling like that?

Music therapy is nothing new,

but new evidence showing just how

much it can help people

with dementia will be presented

to MPs today.

Research shows it can help alleviate

some of the condition's symptoms,

and enhance a patient's quality

of life, but experts say not enough

care homes offer music

sessions to their residents.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett reports.

You see people come back to life.

There's a great raising of

self-esteem.

In this hall in

Croydon, the singing for the brain

choir meet each week.

These are

people with a diagnosis of dementia,

their carers, and their carers. The

people with the diagnosis realise

they are equals again. They can do

whatever else is doing, in some

cases better.

for dad, it is the joy

in his eyes. And look, he keeps

smiling. He loves it.

Music is for

the soul, to put it lightly.

Music's

ability to help people with dementia

has been known for years, but many

with the condition don't have access

to groups like this. Today, the

International longevity Centre will

deliver the biggest report of its

kind to the House of Lords is,

calling for greater music provision

and the National framework to

deliver it.

We have been hearing

about how to decrease the use of

antipsychotic medication, and music

provides a really fantastic

alternative. Only 5% of care homes

in the UK have good quality arts and

music provision for their residents.

We really want to see that

increased.

You don't have to perform

music to reap the benefits,

according to research in this

report. Just listening to it can

have a hugely positive effect.

We

have a better memory for the music

you listen to between the ages of

ten and 30. So if you have got a

relative with dementia, even if they

can't communicate with you any more,

you can think back to when they

would have been ten to 30 years old,

and use that as a key to unlock the

kinds of music that they might

really enjoy, and might have a lot

of benefits for them.

Have you got a

favourite song?

For you? Que sera

sera!

. Has dementia. Her husband,

George, says this choir transforms

her -- Dot.

Can't wait to get here.

Yes, I loved every bit of it.

More

than 30 years ago, Paul Hardcastle

raised awareness of another issue,

the treatment of Vietnam veterans.

His song 19 was a global hit. Now,

he is calling on the music industry

to do more to help people with

dementia, by offering free

performances and personalised

playlists.

The main thing about this

is there is no downside to actually

using music. It is not like we're

asking people to test new drugs. It

has been proven beyond doubt that

this is working. And the music

industry is big enough to really

help out, and I think it should be.

A message to be delivered with

unified voice. Help music help more

people.

It was so lovely seeing Dot and

George just find each other again.

And it makes perfect sense, because

if I hear a song played from when I

was a teenager, it almost brings

back those feelings from when you

were a teenager, and you have

soundtracks of your life, don't you?

And if that has affect you in some

way, let us know. We will be talking

about it later on this morning as

fairly heavy at times, as well.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello - this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

We'll bring you all the

latest news and sport in a moment,

but also

on Breakfast this morning.

Music for the mind.

We'll hear how the power of song

is helping people with dementia,

and growing up so quickly.

Research shows children

really are getting taller.

We'll speak to the school uniform

makers who say their short trousers,

aren't so short anymore.

And she solved a problem like Maria,

now stage star Connie Fisher

is contemplating motherhood.

She'll be here to tell us

about the personal journey which has

changed her attitude

to becoming a parent.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

Britain is to increase

its contribution towards border

controls in France by nearly 45

million pounds, and commit

to taking in more migrants Calais.

The deal will be announced

at a summit between Theresa May

and the French President Emmanuel

Macron this afternoon.

Commuters in Scotland

and Northern England

are being warned about treacherous

driving conditions this morning.

An amber weather warning

following heavy snow

has been lifted.

Gales and heavy rain have been

affecting other areas.

Police Scotland have adviced that

travel conditions across much

of the country are extremely

dangerous after heavy snowfall.

A yellow weather warning for strong

winds up to 75mph has been issued

for much of England and Wales.

The public spending watchdog says

taxpayers could face a bill

of almost 200 billion pounds

for deals signed under

Private Finance Initiatives.

The National Audit Office's

report into PFIs -

schemes where the government can

borrow from private firms to build

facilities like schools

and hospitals - found more than 700

deals, with annual charges of more

than 10 billion pounds,

are still operational.

The government says PFI has helped

fund vital infrastructure projects.

Parents in England are subsidising

free nursery care because it hasn't

been properly funded by the

government according to a survey

published today.

The report, by the Pre-School

Learning Alliance, found nurseries

providing 30 hours of free childcare

are having to ask parents to cover

the cost of nappies and lunches.

The government says the funding

was never intended to cover the cost

of meals or additional services

and it is investing 6 billion pounds

in childcare by 2020.

The only person that this policy is

free to as the government. It is not

free to providers. We are

subsidising this policy. It is not

free to the parents of their

children because we are having to

ask for additional contributions to

cover parts of what we offer that

the funding does not cover. We would

love the word free to be replaced by

funded or subsidised.

There are calls for all women over

30 to be screened for a faulty gene

related to high rates of breast and

a very and cancer. Testing is said

to prevent thousands of patients

developing cancer and be

cost-effective for the NHS.

Patient safety in Accident

and Emergency Units in Wales

is being compromised

to an "unacceptable degree"

according to hospital consultants.

A group of 46 doctors is warning

of the risks in a letter

sent to the First Minister.

Monthly performance figures will be

published later this morning.

NHS Wales say it's been

a very challenging winter,

but things are starting to improve.

The actor Peter Wyngarde,

who played the flamboyant 60s

crime-fighter Jason King,

has died aged 90.

Wyngarde shot to fame

in the series "Department S"

but was also a prolific

stage actor and director.

His agent described him as the most

extraordinary man he had ever met.

Has got news from the tennis.

Tennis

at the top. Joanna Contura looking

rather miffed as rightly she would.

Knocked out of the Australian Open

in the second round. She is ninth

seed. -- Jon Hannah Konta. She had a

terrible end to last season. She had

a bit of an injury, recovered from

that, got a new coach, a fresh

beginning to Jo Konta. Something

went wrong this time around.

Was it

a convincing loss?

The British number one and ninth

seed is out of the Australian Open,

knocked out in straight

sets by Bernarda Pera

who's ranked world number 123,

beating Konta in

straight sets 6-4, 7-5.

Konta struggled with the very hot

conditions in Melbourne

but afterwards described the result

as not a "massive catastrophe".

It's a bit frustrating but also I

think, I'm still taking good stuff

from this. I don't feel by any means

that it is a massive catastrophe.

Obviously, I play every event to be

there till the end. I don't want to

be going home this early. I think in

terms of building myself back up

again and building myself up again,

and playing the way I want to play,

I think I keep moving forward.

Video refereeing came under

the spotlight last night

at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea beat

Norwich City 5-3 on penalties

in a dramatic FA Cup

3rd round replay.

Chelsea took the lead

in the match before

Jamal Lewis equalised for Norwich

in the fourth minute of injury time

- sending the match to extra time.

Willian then went down

in the penalty area but the incident

wasn't reviewed by VAR

and he was instead

booked for diving.

Chelsea had Pedro

and Alvaro Morata sent off

so they were down to 9 men

but Eden Hazard scored

the winning penalty.

Chelsea will now play

Newcastle United in the fourth

round but manager Antonio Conte

was bemused by the Willian

decision.

If you watch the replay, you can see

very clearly that this is penalty.

The referee looks and then he

listen, he heard what the other

referee watched. And then he say to

continue to play.

The shock of the night in the FA Cup

though came at League One side

Wigan.

They beat Premier League

side Bournemouth -

Sam Morsey gave them

the lead inside 10 minutes

and they never looked back.

Their reward for the 3 nil win

is a fourth round home tie

against West Ham.

It was a good performance for us

tonight, playing in such a good

opposition. Bournemouth, playing a

good game, scoring goals of the

right time, it allowed us to defend

deep, pushing back, the lads, it was

a fantastic game, goals frost to

score, great to be in it.

Swansea, who are bottom

of the Premier League,

beat Wolves who are top

of the Championship -

2-1 thanks in part to a fanstastic

goal from Jordan Ayew.

Swansea face League 2

Notts County side away next.

Theo Walcott is the second signing

of the January transfer window. He

is believed to have cost £20

million.

Ben Stokes says he's "extremely

delighted" to be available

for selection again for England.

The ECB say he is available

for their Tour of New Zealand.

Their decision comes just 2 days

after he was charged

with affray following an incident

outside a nightclub in Bristol last

September.

He was left out of the Ashes tour

because of the ongoing police

investigation.

Nasser Hussain is particularly

outspoken about the fact that he

perhaps shouldn't be available for

selection now that he has been

charged for a criminal offence but

before, he wasn't across selection.

What kind of message does that sand?

Has anything happened, you can't

come? Now we know something has

happened and you have to go and

defend yourself in court. A bit of a

controversial decision.

Eddie Jones will name his England

squad for the Six Nations later

after announcing yesterday that he's

agreed to stay on as England's rugby

union Head Coach until 2021 .

That's a two-year extension

to his current contract that was due

to end after the 2019

World Cup in Japan.

He'll remain in charge after that

World Cup and will be responsible

for developing his successor

during the following season.

For me, I can do something quite

selfless you for English rugby and I

think I am indebted to England for

the opportunity. I got to coach the

national team and it's way of me

something back.

We mentioned Jones naming his

England squad today -

but James Haskell will miss

England's first two Six Nations

matches against Italy and Wales

after being given a four-week ban.

The Wasps player was sent off

for a dangerous tackle

on Jamie Roberts during Saturday's

defeat to Harlequins.

It seems England did a lease score

one victory in the recent Ashes

series.

Australia batsman David Warner has

posted a video on his instagram

account of his daughter

singing her favourite cricket song -

only it isn't one that he

would have expected.

That is David Warner's daughter

singing "Jimmy Jimmy Anderson". That

is the legacy for Australian

cricket. All kinds of positives

coming out to the Australians after

the Ashes but the one thing David

Warner's daughter remembers is a

song about Jimmy Anderson. See you

later on.

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie

had her breasts, ovaries

and fallopian tubes removed

when she found out she carried

a gene that would make her more

susceptible to developing cancer.

Now, new research says giving every

woman over 30 genetic tests

for cancer risk would save lives

and be cost effective for the NHS.

Let's talk to the lead researcher,

Dr Ranjit Manchanda.

He's a Consultant

Gynaecological Oncologist.

Thank you that talking to us this

morning. So tell me, who would you

like to see screen?

The research

shows that it compares to

strategies. The current strategy

which cancer testing like the genes

for BRCA one and two is offered base

on the pattern of family history of

cancer in the family. If it feel

certain criteria protesting, they

can avail this test. In the new

strategy, we can explore the option

of offering testing for everybody.

This analysis compares the cost in

consequence of doing this. We find

that we can say a large number of

lives and preventable cancers if we

prevent a strategy of opting to test

everybody.

Is this a stage that we

are out, that it has to be justified

on a cost basis?

Anything we do need

to be justified on a cost basis and

outcome basis. We feel we estimate a

large number of people may not

fulfil the current criteria

protesting. Therefore, they will be

missed by the current approach. The

new strategy offers us the

opportunity to identify women at

risk, often options in training and

prevention and save more lives.

Why

the age of 30?

Usually the risk of

cancer doesn't rise before the age

of 30. It is a pragmatic choice to

the analysis. In this paper and this

analysis.

analysis.

Which cancers in

particular will be more diagnosed or

will we see a significant

difference.

difference.

For example, individuals

carrying the faulty BRCA chants --

the faulty BRCA gene will have an

increased risk of breast and ovarian

cancer and this contrasts with the

population level risk which is about

12%. If you know people at high

risk, we can offer them options of

more enhanced screening or

prevention in the form of surgery to

reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.

To prevent breast cancer or that

matter, using drugs. For preventing

breast cancer. There are a range of

approaches or options to reduce

their cancer risk we know they are

at high risk. This will prevent

cancers and reduce the burden of

disease in the population.

Thank you

very much the joining us from our

London studio.

London studio. All eyes are on the

weather this morning. Let's get the

full update with Matt. If you

haven't had the snow, maybe you have

had high winds and heavy rain.

Plenty going on this morning, some

of you contending that scenes like

this. Very strong winds brought down

trees in England and Wales, but that

is only part of the story. This

system has brought windy weather

rattling across quite quickly, and

here earlier on we saw lots of snow.

It is having an impact on the sort

of routes across the north of

England, the far south of Scotland,

especially considering where we have

had seven inches of snow in some

areas overnight. That will have an

ongoing impact into the rush-hour,

so check your travel news before you

head out this morning. And these are

the wind gusts in the last hour in

parts of eastern England. Over 60

mph for many. Not particular common

inland, that is causing some

problems if you are travelling

around. Over the next couple of

hours parts of Lincolnshire and East

Anglia could see damaging gusts of

wind, may be reaching 80 mph. So

check before you head out, take it

easy on the roads and pavements. In

the west the winds easing down from

the strong showers overnight.

Showers now starting to push back

into north-west England once again.

That will turn to snow over higher

ground. The legacy of icy conditions

across Northern Ireland and much of

Scotland following plunging

temperatures overnight and the

showers keep going throughout the

day. A mixture of sleep around some

coasts. Snow inland, a further

coating of snow. The same tyres on

the hills of northern England.

Eastern Scotland should stay dry.

Much of eastern England will have a

dry day. A few showers towards the

south and west. These will be heavy

with hail and thunder, a little bit

of sleep extent, and wherever you

are, even though the winds easing

down after a peak this morning, it

will still feel pretty chilly in the

breeze. A noticeable wind chill for

all. It stays breezy through the

night. Weather winds for latest

across eastern areas, the greater

chance of across some parts of

central and southern England. The

showers keep going in the west. Most

accumulating over parts of central

western Scotland and Northern

Ireland in the west. Most

accumulating over parts of central

western Scotland and Northern

Ireland into Friday morning. So it

will be very slippery in places here

and across parts of northern

England, Wales as well. Still a few

showers to come across England and

Wales through the day. What's to

come in western Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Another blustery

day, one or two spots avoiding the

showers and staying with the

sunshine. These are the temperatures

on thermometers. It will feel colder

than that in the wind. A bit of a

different day on Saturday. The winds

are little bit lighter. That means a

widespread and quite sharp frost to

begin with, especially in northern

areas. Most will be dry. Increasing

cloud in the south-west towards the

afternoon and that is the sign for a

big change on Sunday. If you have

outdoor plants, Saturday is the

better day. It is going to be some

snow, especially over the hills of

southern Scotland and northern

England. That will turn back to rain

and for many it will be a bit of a

soggy day on Sunday, but gradually

turning mother. That is how it is

looking. -- turning milder.

China is one of our biggest trading

partners, and the Government wants

China is one of our biggest trading

partners, and the Government wants

us to do more business the country

after we leave the EU.

But its economy has

been slowing down.

Ben is looking at how

what it could mean for us.

It is not often we talk about China,

at they are a really big trading

partner for us, so what happens

there will affect us as well. Made

in China is a pretty familiar label

on the goods we buy. $40 billion

worth of goods imported from there

to us each year. Economists suggest

the Chinese economy could be growing

by 6.7% in the last quarter of last

year. The book that into a bit of

context -- to put that into a bit of

context, it is growing much faster

than Canada, the fastest growing

economy in the G7, much faster than

the world's biggest economy,

America, and of course much stronger

than the growth we have seen in the

UK.

Jinny Yan, chief china economist

at ICBC Standard Bank.

Good morning to you. Let's talk

about these numbers, because when

you see a figure like 6.7, 6.8%,

phenomenal growth compared to the 1%

or 2% we are seeing in Europe and

the US. Why is it growing so

quickly?

You have to put in context,

first of all China is used to

double-digit growth so this is a

slowdown from recent trends. In

terms of momentum, China is growing

very fast at the moment it is the

old industries are not slowing down

as much as people expected. But the

new industries, the technology

driven, innovative and creative

industries, are coming up. That is

why in terms of China, we have very

stable consumer confidence, as well.

Investment, consumption and net

export are also contributing

positively towards GDP growth. That

is why we have that positive figure

out of China.

So what does it mean

in the UK? As you touched on, the

government said we should be selling

more to China. What can we sell to

China?

First of all we need to

understand the rebalancing of

China's economy. What China needs

right now is that knowledge-based

added value. So China is no longer

the factory floor, the cheap stuff,

out of China. It is about the extra

knowledge base. So the UK is

brilliant at that, and very

experienced at the creative

industries, innovation, and also

financial technology, for example.

Those are just some examples, so the

UK needs to embrace that and also

try to really encouraged Chinese

demand into the UK.

What are the

things that are holding back trade

at the moment? I mean, there is a

lot of cultural issues that take a

lot of understanding between the two

countries. But other things that are

holding back China buying more from

the UK? They are obviously looking

around the world saying where do we

want to buy from? What would make

them choose the UK?

Well, first of

all, as a trading partner, of

course, Europe is much bigger as an

overall trading partner for China.

But the UK needs to be playing to

its strength. And its advantages,

and really be dynamic in terms of

what China demands from the UK. I

think those are key factors there.

And let's talk about that number

itself. There is always a criticism

when we get a growth figure from

China, can we believe the number? Is

it actually accurate? A lot of

people say it is made up. Is it?

There is some recent news about

local provincial data being made up,

but that is not news. We have seen

that especially out of the financial

crisis, and local figures usually

don't add up the national figures,

and the official statistics agency

has acknowledged that they are

revising the figures so they are

helping the regional provinces to

come up with their GDP figures. So

the first step is to acknowledge

that problem. The second step is to

address it, and I think we will see

more of that in 2018.

Thank you for

explaining all of that. And we are

going to get that figure in nine

minutes, so we will have that for

you a little later.

You sounded like

you might be excited about that.

Yes, it is not often we get to talk

about China on this programme.

It is

very rare we get to see how tall you

are. 6-foot 6.5?

are. 6-foot 6.5?

6-foot 6.5, the

half is very important. Did you have

trouble getting school uniforms to

fit?

Because I grew out of it very

quickly, as well. Mum and dad were

never thrilled.

Take a look. How old

are you that?

I was 11, that was the

first day at secondary school, with

my sister.

Look how big the uniform

is.

Clearly mum was making sure I

had room to grow into it.

Are used

to work in a school uniform shop in

my job was to size up kids. You had

to look at a child and it was a

mission of diplomacy, because you

had to please the parents as well as

please the kids. So you would never

be put in anything bigger than to

size -- two sizes too big.

Is your

sister also told?

Pretty toll, so

she would be in her final year, so

she was a prefect or something, with

that sash, and I was starting at

secondary school, and yes, it is

plenty of space to fit in. And look

at my blonde hair, as well! I don't

think I have changed a bit.

Well, we

are not just doing this for

nostalgia. The story is that

children are getting taller and

taller.

We are talking about children

getting taller this morning,

after the country's leading school

uniform manufacturer said demand

for longer-length trousers,

blazers and skirts is soaring.

Of course, children growing tall

is not an entirely new phenomenon.

How can I help you?

We need trousers

for Jake.

for Jake.

Most of our 11 -year-olds

are probably the size of the 12 or

13-year-old. I don't do very many

small sizes now, probably two, three

in a year. Most small sizes are what

we call regular sizes now.

we call regular sizes now.

Had a

growth spurt, they both have. A

couple of years ago, at this size,

he will have a bully would have been

exceptionally tall in his class. Now

he is much more in line with other

boys his age.

Has he stopped growing

yet?

No, definitely not!

Paul Ryan

shrinking. He has grown steadily a

centimetre a month for the last 18

months or so. So yes, I would like

him to stop now, please. -- or I am

shrinking.

Dr Latifa Patel is a paediatrician.

She joins us now.

So anecdotally is one thing. What is

the evidence? What are we seeing?

OK, you talk about why children

grow. We have genetics, which we

can't influence, you have diet and

disease. Those are the two things we

have got better at doing. So better

diet, and we don't start in

childhood. We start way before, when

a woman becomes pregnant we give

antenatal advice, stop smoking,

limit your alcohol intake, healthy

eating, vitamins, and babies get

their own midwife and you have

pharmacists helping out, GPs, you

talk about supplementing the

vitamins. Generally as a nature

nation we are eating better. You

know the traffic light system? We

informing parents and children

better, and if you talk about

disease prevention, we are as a

nation getting better at that.

To

clarify, that would make us

healthier, but why would it make us

bigger?

Well, if you have the right

nutrients in the right environment

and you are tackling disease and

ill-health, you are likely to grow

and flourish. Children are also

getting bigger, they are becoming

more overweight and more obese.

That

is different, isn't it? Because you

are talking about having good

nutrition, well fed, with the right

stuff. It is the wrong nutrition, or

the wrong food habits, that causes

obesity, obviously, and ill-health.

Absolutely, but we also find that

children who are overweight or obese

tend to be taller. So when uniforms

are getting longer, they are

properly also getting larger in

terms of waist size.

Isn't it down

to genetics? I was always going to

end up no bigger than I am now. My

parents are fairly short.

It is

absolutely partly to do with

genetics, but in terms of what we

can do, give your children the right

diet from day one, give them the

right food, nutrients, vitamins, and

also think, the start of the NHS was

a turning point for the UK and how

we surveill ill-health. Now we know

you go to your GP, your pharmacist,

out hours care,

out hours care, A&E, and that has

changed in the last 30 years.

Is

this a good news story?

I think it

is, in terms of general health and

we well-being it is good news. We

will only find out in the next ten

or 20 years what really happened.

Obesity is something we need to look

at. Continuing the good work in

terms of diet is really important.

Thank you very much for your time

this morning.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

Time now to get the news,

minutes on BBC radio London, telling

you all about the travel situation

because of the wind. I am back with

the latest from the BBC London

newsroom in half an hour, and we

will see you soon.

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty

and Charlie Stayt.

Boosting French border controls

and taking in more migrants

from Calais - the Prime Minister

will announce a new agreement

with France today.

As Theresa May hosts

President Emmanuel Macron,

she'll say almost £45 million

will be spent beefing up security

around the Channel.

Good morning - it's

Thursday the 18th January.

Also this morning:

A third day of snow,

and a night of strong winds continue

to cause hazardous conditions.

We saw seven inches of snow last

night. In Lincolnshire in East

Anglia, 80 miles an hour winds.

The flagship government scheme

giving 30 hours of "free" childcare

in England isn't working -

one charity says parents are having

to subsidise it from

their own pockets.

Taxpayers owe private companies -

like Carillion - almost 200 billion

pounds to complete big

building projects -

and the public spending watchdog

says it's not the best value

for money.

In sport - curtains for Konta.

The British number one is out

of the Australian Open after a shock

defeat to the world number 123.

And helping people with dementia

through the power of song and why

there are calls for more people

to be have access to it.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Britain is to increase

its contribution towards border

controls in France by nearly 45

million pounds, and commit

to taking in more migrants Calais.

The deal will be announced

at a summit between Theresa May

and the French President Emmanuel

Macron this afternoon.

Their meeting -

at the army's officer training

academy in Sandhurst -

is being seen as the most important

for several years, as our

Diplomatic Correspondent,

James Robbins, reports.

This summit is very deliberately

being held at Sandhurst,

Britain's military academy

of officer cadets.

The venue underlined the fact that

Britain and France are the key

military powers in Europe,

used to working together and today

committing to greater co-operation,

even if the background

to all of this is,

of course, Brexit.

And in other ways Britain and France

are heading into very different

directions.

Under pressure from President

Macron, Theresa May will take

in some migrant stuck in Calais

and desperate across the Channel.

So expect more

unaccompanied children

to be allowed into Britain,

as well as adults who successfully

argued that their ad

mission will reunify

families.

But the longer-term deals

will focus on defence.

Britain is sending

three British Chinook

helicopters to Mali -

they are large troop carrying

aircraft that the French badly lack

in their fight against Islamists.

Britain will broaden its military

presence in that area.

In return, France will back up

troops British forces in the Baltic

state of Estonia,

where they are confronting

a possible Russian threat.

Let's speak now to our

reporter Ian Palmer.

He's at Sandhurst, where the meeting

will take place this afternoon.

A very good morning to you. Tells

about the meetings in what is on the

agenda. The meeting really is the

backdrop being Brexit and the

continuing relationship between

France and the United Kingdom. The

£44.5 million will be used for CCTV

fencing and detection systems and

outcomes on top of the £100 billion

the government says it has already

spent on board -- border Security in

northern France. When Theresa May

and a manual macron meatier, it will

be the first time the intelligence

services from Great Britain meet

with their French counterparts to

talk about domestic and

international terrorism. -- Emmanuel

Macron. It will be the 35th summit

where Emmanuel Macron has shown his

death is negotiating skills. You

will have seen those headlines about

him agreeing to loan the tapestry in

principle. He needs Theresa May to

get his immigration laws to work and

Mrs May needs a major EU player as

an ally as Britain goes into the

second play -- second phase of

Brexit talks.

Commuters in Scotland

and Northern England

are being warned about treacherous

driving conditions this morning.

An amber weather warning

following heavy snow

has been lifted.

Gales and heavy rain have been

affecting other areas.

Our Scotland correspondent

Lorna Gordon is in Lanarkshire

with the latest for us this morning.

You can see the snow behind you and

see some traffic moving. There are

warnings in place, as we said. There

were fewer incidents overnight. No

repeat of that situation on Tuesday

night. Hundreds of drivers were

stranded on this stretch. As you

say, this morning, the traffic is

moving slowly. It is an interesting

situation overnight. I think drivers

were heeding the warning, that

really heavy-duty warning, not to

travel if at all possible in the

areas were the worst of the weather

was forecast. This road, which is

the main link road, between

Scotland, was almost deserted for a

fleet of critters. I think that

helped the situation. Perhaps the

weather here was not quite as bad as

forecast. There is still a lot of

snow. It might be a slightly

different situation. There is still

a warning in place. One other thing

to note is the borders of the

schools there will be closed for a

second day.

The public spending watchdog says

taxpayers could face a bill

of almost 200-billion pounds

for deals signed under

Private Finance Initiatives.

PFIs cover companies

like Carillion -

and the National Audit Office says

there are more than 700 deals

still in place.

Ben is here to explain more.

How much is being paid to outsource

work. And how safe these deals are.

In the way of that collapse this

week, a lot of attention placed on

how these deals actually work. Who

has paid what. Watch projects have

been built.

been built. Build that school, that

road, that railway and we will pay

you money to lease it back. Maybe

the 30 or 40 years. The report was

done before the collapse. Finding

out we are paying £10 billion per

year just to service the Zig 16

contracts. Even if we signed no new

deals today, we would still be

paying £200 billion just to keep the

payments going. PFIs are an

expensive way of building

infrastructure. Organisations like

the NHS are held on these rigid

contracts. The government has always

been a big fan of these of late and

says this is a way of offsetting the

cost, building and maintenance of

these projects. But essentially what

this study looks at is saying it

costs more than it should and that

the returns are not as great.

Something we are going to talk about

for a long time.

Parents in England are subsidising

free nursery care because it hasn't

been properly funded

by the government -

that's according to

a survey published today.

Since September, parents

working more than 16 hours

a week have been able to claim 30

hours of free childcare.

But a majority of nurseries say

they're struggling to cover costs,

and are asking parents to pay

for lunches and nappies.

The government says

it is investing 6 billion pounds

in childcare by 2020.

Elaine Dunkley reports.

How many of the pink

beads have we got?

At Sparkling Stars Pre-School

in Poole, the numbers do not add up.

It is struggling financially provide

children with 30 hours of free care

each week,

and says the Government has not

provided enough funding

for the scheme.

The only person that this policy

is free to is the Government.

It's not free to providers.

We're subsidising this policy.

It's not free to parents,

or their children, because we're

having to ask for additional

contributions to cover parts

of what we offer, that

the funding does not cover.

We would love the word

"free" to be replaced

by "funded" or "subsidised."

The scheme to double free

childcare for three-

and four-year-olds from 15 hours

per week to 30 was introduced last

September.

But, with nurseries now struggling,

families are being asked to pick

up additional costs.

The report from the Pre-School

Learning Alliance suggests only 35%

of childcare providers

are delivering 30 hours

per week completely free.

37% have introduced or increased

charges for things such as meals

and snacks, to make

up the shortfall.

38% of providers are uncertain

whether they will be offering

30-hour places in one year's time.

When they go on to bigger schools,

you are not expected

to make donations and things there.

It should be free for everybody.

The Department for Education said it

has always been clear

that the Government funding is not

intended to cover the cost of meals

or additional services,

and while providers can charge

parents for additional extras,

this cannot be a condition

of each child's place.

There are calls for all women over

the age of 30 to be screened

for a faulty gene linked to higher

rates of breast and ovarian cancer.

Research by the Barts

Cancer Institute in London

found testing would prevent

thousands of cancers,

and be cost-effective for the NHS.

Patient safety in Accident

and Emergency Units in Wales

is being compromised

to an "unacceptable degree"

according to hospital consultants.

A group of 46 doctors is warning

of the risks in a letter

sent to the First Minister.

Monthly performance figures will be

published later this morning.

NHS Wales say it's been

a very challenging winter,

but things are starting to improve.

The actor Peter Wyngarde,

who played the flamboyant 60s

crime-fighter Jason King,

has died aged 90.

Wyngarde shot to fame

in the series "Department S"

but was also a prolific

stage actor and director.

but was also a prolific

stage actor and director.

Ben Ando looks back on his life.

I'd offer you a glass of champagne.

It is really bad view in small

doses.

Peter Wyngarde is Jason King,

the louche crime-fighting novelist

with a handlebar moustache and a

whiskey or cigarette permanently on

hand. He enjoyed numerous minor

roles but all that changed when

Department S hit television screens

in 1969. His characters

kaleidoscopic wardrobe largely, it

is set, designed by Peter Wyngarde

himself, captured the mood and

turned him into a star. There was a

spin-off series and album, stage

roles and films but as the 70s

closed, work was hard to come by.

Peter Wyngarde battled alcoholism at

the height of his career, telling an

interviewer in the 90s he was amazed

he was still alive. He died at the

Chelsea and Winston store hospital.

His agent said it was an

indescribable loss as Peter Wyngarde

was by far the most extraordinary

man he had ever met.

Let's go back to our main story.

Le Stitch Up.

That's how some newspapers have

described the idea that the UK

could pay an extra 45 million pounds

to beef up security at Calais

and other Channel ports.

In return, French President

Emmanuel Macron is expected

to confirm that France will loan

Britain the Bayeux Tapestry -

but not until at least 2020.

So is Britain being short-changed?

Let's speak to the Conservative

MP Tom Tugendhat,

who chairs the Commons

Foreign Affairs Committee.

Good morning to you. Could you

outline what you think these talks

are about. Brexit looms large over

everything.

What is on the table

today? First of all, there is no

trade between the loan of the Bayeux

Tapestry and where the border is in

Calais. The two are completely

unconnected.

Why did the French

president make the announcement?

Is

going around the world and making

grand gestures. He's done so with

the Americans and Emma Ratti 's and

the Chinese and is also bringing up

matters he wishes to talk about. --

those from the Emirates. But try to

capture the attention of those you

are talking to the loan of the

Bayeux Tapestry has been negotiated

for several months by the British

Embassy. It's a fantastic

achievement by our ambassador to

secure such a mixed ordinary item

for the British Museum. Having got

the attention, is going to bring up

the subject he was bringing up

anyway including the location of the

border. Including economic

cooperation.

To connect the two is

completely wrong. I mean, I'm sorry

but the way you describe it, sounds

like a trade, trade is an official

title but it sounds like it's a nice

gesture. He will be wanting

something in return.

No, no, no, no,

no, no. He will be wanting something

anyway, with or without the gesture.

The gesture is merely a gesture. If

you don't want the Bayeux Tapestry,

don't take the Bayeux Tapestry. He

will still want to trade.

What I am

saying is that people listening to

you, they will decide for themselves

at home what they make of the

gesture. Let's move on to the

substantive issue.

The discussion on

Calais began about 1.5 - two years

ago, a long time before anyone had

brought up a conversation about a

loan or not. The key element is we

have several things to talk about

with President Emmanuel Macron of

France, and they are to do with our

post-Brexit cooperation, and that is

to do with things like border

controls, of course, because we will

no longer be in the single market,

we will no longer be in the customs

union, so we will have to have a

different form of order. We will

have to talk about how we do

military co-operation, because we

have been talking about that for

many years, and we will have to talk

about economic co-operation because

we will no longer be in the single

market in the customs union and we

are very important trading partners.

We have been talking about those

things ever since Emmanuel Macron

was elected in the last French

President was talking about them as

well, so they are completely

unconnected.

Explain to me, if you

can, the situation in relation to

migrants, because as we understand

it, one of the issues on the table

is the notion we would accept more

migrants as part of a deal or

arrangement over how the borders

work.

Well, look, there have been

various proposals on this but it is

hardly surprising that the French

government is putting out proposals

which suggest we bear more of the

burden of the migrants in Calais,

and we finally enough are saying

that actually this should be shared

in a different way. So this is one

of the things we will have to talk

about, but I think the proposals you

have seen in the newspapers reflect

the French position rather more

strongly than they reflect the

British position, and I would be

surprised if we were to end up with

the proposals as you have seen them

in the newspapers so far. I think

what you are actually going to see

is a much fairer system of sharing

the burden, and making sure that the

French also take on quite a lot of

the migrants. In fact, the won has

been pretty clear on one thing,

which is that too many of charities

in Calais have been encouraging

migrants to apply for refugee status

in the United Kingdom, and they

should in fact be applying for it in

France. And that is the President