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Hello, this is Breakfast,

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with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

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Tech companies such

as Facebook and Twitter

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are in the Prime Minister's sights

as she arrives in Switzerland

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for the World Economic Forum.

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Theresa May will tell world

leaders that leading social media

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firms must do more to remove

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terrorist and extremist content.

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Good morning, it's Thursday

the 25th of January.

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Also this morning:

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A crucial day at the Australian Open

for Britain's Kyle Edmund.

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Good morning!

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Yes, it's been quite a week for Kyle

already and there are just

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2.5 hours to go until

the Brit begins the battle

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for a place in his first

Grand Slam final.

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The match aginst Marin

Cilic starts at 8:30am.

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Pressure on the Education Minister,

who attended a controversial

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men-only charity dinner,.

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The Government Chief Whip

summons Nadhim Zahawi

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to explain his presence.

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Tens of thousands of free

water-refill points will be set up

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across England in a bid cut

the number of plastic bottles

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being thrown away.

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Three million people

fall victim to scams,

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tricked out of millions

of pounds a year.

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So there's a new scheme launched

today to warn people of the dangers

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and how to spot dodgy deals.

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I'll look at how it works.

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I'm still standing after all this

time...

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A long goodbye from Sir Elton John

as he announces an end to touring

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after 300 more concerts.

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And Matt has the weather

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Good morning. Nowhere near as work

and indie out there this morning but

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cooler, most start dry but showers

developing later. Details on that

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and your full weekend forecast

coming up.

Thanks, Matt, see you

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later.

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Good morning.

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First our main story:

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Theresa May will use a speech

at the World Economic Forum

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in Switzerland to put more pressure

on technology companies

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like Facebook and Twitter to tackle

extremist material online.

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She'll be speaking in Davos just

hours before she sits down

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with US President Donald Trump,

their first meeting since

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she criticised him for sharing

racist videos tweeted

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by the far-right

group, Britain First.

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Our business correspondent

Sally Bundock is in Davos.

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Good morning, Sally, good to see

you. Any details on what Theresa May

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is going to say today?

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We do. She's going to stay right on

message and she's got quite an

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audience here at the World Economic

Forum this year because not only are

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there more heads of state than for

many years, also US President Donald

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Trump arriving in a few hours, but

the bosses of some of the top tech

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companies in the world. The boss of

Microsoft, Alibaba, Google, but also

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Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating

officer of Facebook, so what she's

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going to say is they need to do more

to get rid of extremist material on

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their platforms, like hate speech,

sexual harassment, fake news,

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anything to do with child

pornography. They need to be much

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more proactive but all so she's very

aware of her audience here. 3000

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delegates, billionaire businessmen

and women, who invest, and their

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decisions on investment make a

difference and she's appealing to

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them as investors and shareholders

to think about the social impact of

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the companies that they invest in

and she's basically saying as

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shareholders you can use your

implements to ensure these issues

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are taken seriously.

Of course

that's the business end of it but

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there's also the political end and

we keep a very close eye on the

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relationship she has with Donald

Trump, who is also making an

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appearance in Davos?

Yes indeed,

they are going to meet, there is

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expected to have a meeting today,

he's going to be delivering this

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speech to the delegates here

tomorrow but today this agenda is

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very much about the meetings with

various world leaders and Theresa

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May is one of those. They are said

to be discussing important

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geopolitical issues like North

Korea, like the situation with Iran

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and its nuclear programme, and the

lifting of sanctions. Of course

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Donald Trump has been pretty vocal

about this thoughts on that, the

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deal brokered with this predecessor,

President Barack Obama, and also

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there going to discuss terrorism,

the so-called Islamic State and what

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its activities have been and the

issue of the worry about terrorism

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and the threat to the United States

and of course to Great Britain. It's

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very much a geopolitical agenda but

I would imagine as well of course

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Theresa May has got her message that

Britain is open for business and of

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course Donald Trump's message is

America first, so they may even

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discuss trade as well. A lot on the

agenda here at the World Economic

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Forum. It's going to be a busy day.

Back to you both.

Enjoy it, Sally,

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keep warm. Sally Bundock there.

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The Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi

has been summoned by the Government

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chief whip to explain

his version of events

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at a men-only charity dinner.

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Mr Zahawi attended

The Presidents Club's function

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at the Dorchester Hotel,

where women employed as hostesses

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say they were groped.

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The minister said he felt

uncomfortable and left

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the event early.

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Alexandra Mackenzie reports.

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The annual Presidents cloud charity

dinner for men only at the

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Dorchester hotel. Women were hired

as table hostesses. There were

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claims they were groped, they were

made to were revealing outfits and

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specific underwear and their phones

were confiscated. One of those

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summoned to explain his attendance

was Education Minister Nadhim

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Zahawi. He was called in to see the

Chief Whip. On social media, Mr

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World Economic -- Mr Zahawi said:

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He didn't say long, he went home

shortly after the hostesses were

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announced by the presenter and

paraded around the room.

I think

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that indicates to me that he was

shocked by the events, didn't like

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the culture, the atmosphere and

left.

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The president's club, which said it

was appalled by the allegations

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surrounding the event last week,

said it would distribute remaining

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funds to children's charities before

shutting down in the wake of the

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scandal. Alexandra Mackenzie, BBC

News.

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Kyle Edmund will try to extend his

remarkable Australian Open run

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on

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and reach his first Grand Slam

final when he takes

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on

Marin Cilic this morning.

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Victory would mean that

the 23-year-old replace

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Andy Murray as British number one.

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Our Australia correspondent

Hywel Griffith is live in Melbourne

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Good morning. This is a great day

for British tennis no matter what

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happens in the next few hours?

Absolutely. Are doubly nothing to

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lose. Another hot day in Melbourne

in what's been a punishing

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tournament so far for the big names,

Nadal has gone home, Djokovic too,

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Andy Murray didn't even get to

Melbourne, all of that has opened up

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an opportunity for Kyle Edmund. He

arrived unseeded, unfancied, but now

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he is one game away from a grand

slam final.

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Under Melbourne's sweltering sun,

plenty would feel the pressure. This

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is tennis's biggest stage where

reputations are made. If Kyle Edmund

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is feeling the pressure, he's not

letting it showed. Last night was

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spent relaxing with friends.

He's in

a really good place, had dinner with

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him last night, he's happy, he's

laughing, he should be, he's in the

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semi-final of a slam and he's

playing great tennis and a lot of

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the tennis world now talking about

him. He's going to believe he's

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arrived on that stage and belongs

there and I think the rest of the

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tour will realise he's going to be

tough to beat moving forward.

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That is, after knocking out some of

the game. His victory over world

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number three Grigor Dimitrov showed

he could match an aggressive style

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with mature mental strength. Now he

faces the world number six. There

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will be plenty of British tennis

fans cheering him on, thirsty for a

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new six story.

It's amazing, it's

amazing, the biggest stage of his

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life, we are all behind him.

We are

surprised but we're happy he's here.

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It's going to be fantastic, think he

will deliver pride back to the

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British I think.

Win today and Kyle Edmund will be in

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a grand slam final. All he needs to

do is keep cool and carry on.

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This will be Kyle Edmund's biggest

game ever but the team around tell

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me he's ready, they've noticed

something different in him, a bit of

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steely determination in the eyes and

someone who can enjoy himself on the

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big stage, maybe all those years in

Andy Murray's shadow actually help.

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He's ready, the crowd here is

building, we will see in a few hours

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how he fared is.

We will keep you up-to-date with

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what happens through the morning. --

how he fared is.

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A judge in California has

barred a mother and father

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accused of the imprisonment

and torture of their 13 sons

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and daughters from having

any contact with them.

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David and Louise Turpin

appeared in court to

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deny the charges.

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The siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living

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in one location and the six

youngsters divided between

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two foster homes.

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Scientist says making one cigarette

a day is much more dangerous than

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previously thought. Researchers at

University College London said

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smoking one a day can lead to a

higher risk of heart attack and

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stroke. They say people should give

up rather than cut down.

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Plans to set up tens of thousands

of free water refill points

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across England are

being announced today.

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Water UK, which represents water

companies and suppliers,

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says it wants to expand a refill

scheme first launched in 2015.

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It hopes this will help reduce

pollution caused by plastic bottles

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being thrown away.

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I actually know where the spots are

where I can refill my water bottle

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so I would not necessarily need it.

That would be really good, that

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would be ace, definitely.

Not a bad

idea. I think the biggest waste is

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plastic bottles and coffee cups,

isn't it?

I don't know if all

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companies will be happy doing that,

but it's an amazing idea.

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Sir Elton John has

announced a farewell tour.

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He says he wants to stop

touring to spend more time

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with his young children,

but only after a three-year

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extravaganza featuring 300

gigs around the globe.

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I've been travelling since I was 17

in the back of a van

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up and down the M1.

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Although I travel in the most

fantastic way, it's exhausting

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and I don't enjoy it.

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It's a long goodbye.

It's a long goodbye.

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Three years, 300 shows but I'm

really, really looking forward to it

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and they will be happy shows,

I won't regret it and I just

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want to give my fans

the best farewell possible.

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They will be happy shows, he's

definitely going to go out with a

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bang.

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Such an exciting morning in the

sport and the timing of the match,

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8:30 a.m., no excuse unless you have

a real job! No excuse not to follow

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it.

Who would have thought he would

have got here, there were mumblings.

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He is the British number two, a

Davis Cup winner, but he's always

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been in the shadow of Andy Murray,

so much so that he was Murray's

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hitting partner in Miami when he was

doing warm weather training, they

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are good friends and they won the

Davis Cup together but this year

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Andy said to him you need to have

your own setup, it is time for you

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to start censoring your training

around you. So he built up a new

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base in the Bahamas, the Lleyton

Hewitt academy is there, he was

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training there, and he took out a

couple of British juniors himself so

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he is in charge of what he's doing

and it's all centred around him and

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you can see the rewards and the

change in that setup and one of his

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coaches said he always had the goods

but he used a golfing analogy, he

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was always using a driver on the

putting green, it's knowing how to

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use what and when.

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Let's have a look at

the moment Kedders,

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as his friends know him as,

knew he was in the semi-final.

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The British number two beat

the third seed Grigor Dimitrov

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in the quarterfinal.

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Tim Henman in the crowd there.

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Kyle has been video messaging his

family in Yorkshire every day,

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they're planning to go out

if he reaches the final.

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The semi-final action has already

started in Australia. Simona Halep

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is a setup against Angelique Kerber.

Caroline Wozniak has already made it

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through to her third major final and

if Kerber wins, Wozniak will

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overtake Halep as the new world

number one.

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Arsenal will play Manchester City

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in the final of the League Cup next

month.

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They came from behind to beat

Chelsea 2-1 in the second leg.

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Granit Xhaka scoring

the decisive goal.

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The FA say it won't be charging

the new England womens head coach

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Phil Neville over past comments he's

made on social media.

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There had already been controversy

over his appointment due to his lack

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of both management experience

and involvement in the womens game.

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We are looking forward to it. We

will be looking at this story. There

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was the young table tennis girl that

we interviewed yesterday.

Really

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eloquent for an 11-year-old!

She was

used to the limelight. The inside

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pages in a few minutes but first

Matt has the details of the weather.

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Good morning. You have a rainbow of

are you?

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A pretty picture compared to

yesterday. Wild and wet yesterday

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morning. More dry. More cool. These

are the temperatures yesterday.

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Teens in England and Wales. A chill

in the air. More dry. That is the

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storm from yesterday off to northern

Europe. In between, cold air.

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Showers pushing across western

areas. Most will start dry. Heavy

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showers in northern Scotland.

Central Scotland, Edinburgh, largely

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dry. If you showers in Northern

Ireland. Coming and going through

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the day. England and Wales, dry. A

few showers in western Wales. Around

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the

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the coast of Sussex and Kent,

thundery downpours. East Anglia and

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the south-east, mostly dry. The

central spell of Scotland, dry.

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Showers becoming frequent and longer

lasting in England and Wales and the

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south-west. Brightness and between.

Temperatures this afternoon, around

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where they should be for this time

of year, 6- ten degrees. Showers in

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northern Scotland and England and

Wales on Friday. Most will be

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confined to eastern and coastal

areas. The wind will fall more like.

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Widespread frost. The last commuting

day of the week, not too bad. Show

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us around eastern coastal counties.

-- Showers. Temperatures, a little

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bit down on today's valleys. It

should feel pleasant. -- values.

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Friday night, this weather front

followed by another one. Saturday,

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early brightness in the east.

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early brightness in the east. The

wetter of the two days. Heaviest in

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Scotland. Orkney and Shetland,

severe gales. Much more mild and on

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Sunday. -- mild air. The odd heavy

burst in Scotland. Eastern areas

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staying dry. Sunshine as well.

Temperatures back into the teens.

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Possibly even 15 degrees. The next

few days, more cool, but dry

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weather.

15 degrees! Thank you!

The

papers.

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The front page is the Times. The

fundraising club is closing after

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what has been called the

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fundraising club is closing after

what has been called the groping

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scandal. More on that through the

morning. And this is about Theresa

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May's speech later on this morning

in Switzerland in relation to the

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technology giants.

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technology giants.

The Presidents

Club will close after groping

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allegations. Great Ormond Hospital

is returning donations. Theresa May

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rebuking her family for this dinner.

-- families minister. A gorgeous

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picture.

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picture. This is Zong Zong and Hua

Hua. They are genetically identical

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and were successfully cloned in

China by a scientist. To see how big

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they are, this is a tennis ball.

They are tiny.

Just one more thing

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on the Presidents Club. That story

is having many repercussions.

It is

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interesting. City and culture has

been caught up. Many will say that

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is of an era now gone. It is

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is of an era now gone. It is not the

All Boy's Club of the past. But

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there are clearly places where that

happens still. Is where the jobs

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figures yesterday. Firms struggling

to fill 810,000 job vacancies. That

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is because the number of people in

employment yesterday rose to its

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highest level, 32.2 million, the

total number of people in

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employment. Taking the unemployment

rate to a record low. The Times.

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Pricing goes into reverse, it says.

Britain hits peak car. The people

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not driving falling 40%. Perhaps we

are sharing cars, using public

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transport, a variety of reasons.

It

is too expensive.

Kyle Edmund is all

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over the back pages, as you can

imagine. His coach is talking about

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how he could afford a Ferrari but

would not go out and get one after

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this match. Andy Murray memorably

treated himself to a red Ferrari and

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quickly sold it in a few months

saying when he got out of it he felt

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like an idiot. Actually, Kyle Edmund

is a huge Formula 1 fan and wanted

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to do that is not tennis. The top

five tips to beat Marin Cilic, using

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the forehand, the top five in the

world. Revel in the atmosphere,

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nothing to lose and lots to gain.

And remember that the underdog can

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win. And the Leeds United badge.

Yesterday, the club showed off their

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new badge, but within hours, 60,000

signatures saying it has to be

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changed. Many people saying it looks

like a famous indigestion logo.

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Thank you so much.

Very funny,

nevertheless. Thank you.

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Knife crime is at its highest level

in England and Wales for six years.

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There were almost 37,000

offences last year.

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So, what can be done

to tackle the problem?

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In Scotland, violent crime

is treated as a public health

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problem, a disease to be cured,

with long-term plans

0:20:540:20:56

to tackle its causes,

and it seems to be working.

0:20:560:20:59

Breakfast's John Maguire

is in Glasgow this morning.

0:20:590:21:07

Good morning. The sandwiches are

ready. Tell us what is going on in

0:21:080:21:15

terms of knife crime in Glasgow.

Good morning. The kitchen is in full

0:21:150:21:20

swing already this morning. It is

quite right to say they have

0:21:200:21:25

experienced a great improvement in

knife crime. Glasgow, where we are,

0:21:250:21:31

was one of the most violent cities

in Europe. It still has problems, of

0:21:310:21:34

course, but nothing similar to what

was. Look at some of the wonderful

0:21:340:21:39

things they are cooking to sell to

the public at this cafe. Mango

0:21:390:21:44

chutney! This is a trendy caravan

built in California in the 70s.

0:21:440:21:51

These people are ex-offenders. They

are trained in what to do. Look at

0:21:510:22:01

some of the food they are cooking. A

sausage, a square sausage, black

0:22:010:22:07

pudding. Lots of wonderful fare.

What are they doing so well here?

0:22:070:22:15

Can the model be copiedis,

especially in London. I went to find

0:22:150:22:20

out what is happening.

0:22:200:22:24

Shot twice before he was 21, this

former gang member says he is lucky

0:22:240:22:29

to be alive.

When I was younger, I

was smoking weed and staying on the

0:22:290:22:37

street and not doing anything

positive.

And the reason he is here

0:22:370:22:40

today to tell his story, while in

hospital for the second shooting, he

0:22:400:22:44

met a youth worker who helped him to

see another way.

I was in hospital,

0:22:440:22:48

you know? I do not want to speak to

the police. The charity approached

0:22:480:22:53

me and made me feel I could trust

them and talk about anything. I

0:22:530:22:57

never had that before. When I was

16, I got shot. No one came to me in

0:22:570:23:02

hospital. Later, thank God, someone

said let's change the situation and

0:23:020:23:07

put you on the street road. We are

here to help.

St Mary's Hospital in

0:23:070:23:12

Paddington is one of London's four

major trauma centres. Besides the

0:23:120:23:17

winter pressures of all emergency

departments, here, they also deal

0:23:170:23:22

with the brutal consequences of gang

violence.

The big thing we do see is

0:23:220:23:27

a lot of stabbings. We have also

been getting a lot of shootings.

0:23:270:23:30

Trauma numbers in general have been

going up year on year, which is

0:23:300:23:34

reflected in all of the trauma

centres.

But over the past three

0:23:340:23:41

years, they have had youth workers

from the charity alongside the

0:23:410:23:45

workers and nurses here, and they

say it is making a difference.

The

0:23:450:23:50

youth workers we have here help the

young people coming to hospital, and

0:23:500:23:55

it is about trying to get them out

of that cycle of violence, break

0:23:550:24:00

them out and give them help and get

them in the right direction.

It

0:24:000:24:03

remains, though, a major problem.

The latest crime figures for England

0:24:030:24:09

and Wales are published later this

morning. The most recent showed 1.2

0:24:090:24:12

million violent incidents. Among

those, almost 37,000 knife attacks,

0:24:120:24:17

the highest since 2011, and a 26%

increase on the previous year. And

0:24:170:24:25

behind every single number is an

attacker and a victim. He knows he

0:24:250:24:31

cheated death, twice! But others

will not be so fortunate.

0:24:310:24:41

So, how do you keep people out of

trouble? We have some guests from

0:24:410:24:50

the violence reduction unit. How

does it work and tell it primarily

0:24:500:24:53

through people. We have people who

want to change their life. They have

0:24:530:24:57

had significant challenges and have

been insignificant trouble through

0:24:570:25:01

the early part of their life.

We

offer them an opportunity to move on

0:25:010:25:06

and make changes, not just for

themselves, but their families. It

0:25:060:25:11

works because we offer them chances,

and support, which is the most

0:25:110:25:17

important thing is to be change is

not easy and needs support.

We were

0:25:170:25:21

talking for. You used an interesting

phrase, care, not scare.

We try to

0:25:210:25:28

get people to change. We try to

support individuals, many have not

0:25:280:25:35

had support before. It is important

to get that support.

And you are

0:25:350:25:41

expanding, right?

There is a lot of

demand. We want to scale up. That is

0:25:410:25:48

the mission.

Thank you so much. Look

at these people. Callum

0:25:480:25:57

at these people. Callum is chopping

vegetables for a sandwich. We might

0:25:590:26:02

get some more light later on. We

will talk about the fascinating

0:26:020:26:06

scheme. People are making a

difference to everyone's lives

0:26:060:26:09

across the UK.

Thank you very much.

This is Breakfast from BBC News.

0:26:090:26:16

Plenty to come. In two hours, Kyle

Edmund will become the sixth British

0:26:160:26:23

man to contest a grand slam

semi-final in the Open era. We are

0:26:230:26:30

at his former school where it all

began.

Good morning. I am in

0:26:300:26:36

Yorkshire trying to avoid getting

hit by these children. They are up

0:26:360:26:41

early in the morning and are excited

because Kyle Edmund will be in

0:26:410:26:46

action soon. It is building. People

are getting excited. This is where

0:26:460:26:53

it all began to be this sports hall

was once the train station for the

0:26:530:26:57

local area. Kyle Edmund was always

sporty. He used to swim and played

0:26:570:27:04

cricket. He still has records here.

And he was just this size. These

0:27:040:27:11

children are getting excited. Give

us a wave. Good morning.

Good

0:27:110:27:16

morning.

It is starting to build.

The excitement is fantastic. These

0:27:160:27:23

are the people who are getting very

excited, and we will be watching in

0:27:230:27:30

a few hours. Give us a wave!

0:27:300:27:32

excited, and we will be watching in

a few hours. Give us a wave!

0:27:320:30:51

more on the website at the usual

address.

0:30:510:30:52

Now, though, it's back

to the Breakfast sofa.

0:30:520:30:54

Bye for now.

0:30:540:30:55

Hello, this is Breakfast

0:30:590:31:00

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

0:31:000:31:01

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

0:31:010:31:05

but also on Breakfast this morning:

0:31:050:31:08

Would you be willing to walk

into a shop or cafe and ask

0:31:080:31:11

to refill your bottle

of water for free?

0:31:110:31:13

A new scheme is hoping we will do

just that to help the environment.

0:31:130:31:17

Also this morning:

0:31:170:31:18

They are

the extreme athletes

0:31:180:31:20

of the animal kingdom but when it

comes to hunting prey,

0:31:200:31:23

being the fastest is not

necessarily best.

0:31:230:31:31

And, Still Standing,

but Goodbye yellow Brick Road.

0:31:350:31:38

And, Still Standing,

but Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

0:31:380:31:40

Elton John says he'll quit

touring to spend more time

0:31:400:31:43

with his children.

0:31:430:31:46

Good morning,

here's a summary of today's main

0:31:460:31:49

stories from BBC News:

0:31:490:31:50

Theresa May will use a speech

at the World Economic Forum

0:31:500:31:53

in Switzerland to put more pressure

on technology companies

0:31:530:31:55

like Facebook and Twitter to tackle

extremist material online.

0:31:550:31:58

She'll be speaking in Davos just

hours before she sits down

0:31:580:32:01

with US President Donald Trump,

their first meeting since

0:32:010:32:03

she criticised him for sharing

racist videos tweeted

0:32:030:32:05

by the far-right

group, Britain First.

0:32:050:32:10

The Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi

has been summoned by the Government

0:32:100:32:13

Chief Whip to explain

his version of events

0:32:130:32:16

at a men-only charity dinner.

0:32:160:32:21

Mr Zahawi attended

The Presidents Club's function

0:32:210:32:23

at the Dorchester Hotel,

where women employed as hostesses

0:32:230:32:25

say they were groped.

0:32:250:32:26

The minister said he felt

uncomfortable and left

0:32:260:32:29

the event early.

0:32:290:32:33

the Charity commission said it is

investigating the allegations as a

0:32:330:32:37

matter of urgency.

0:32:370:32:39

A judge in California has barred

a mother and father accused

0:32:390:32:42

of the imprisonment and torture

of their 13 sons and daughters

0:32:420:32:45

from having any contact with them.

0:32:450:32:47

David and Louise Turpin appeared

in court to deny the charges.

0:32:470:32:50

The siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living

0:32:500:32:53

in one location and the six

youngsters divided between

0:32:530:32:55

two foster homes.

0:32:550:33:00

Scientist say smoking one cigarette

a day is much more dangerous

0:33:000:33:03

than previously thought.

0:33:030:33:06

Researchers at University College

London said low levels can

0:33:060:33:14

alter the way the heart,

lungs and vessels work,

0:33:150:33:18

leading to a higher risk

of heart attack and stroke.

0:33:180:33:20

They say people should give up

rather than cut down.

0:33:200:33:23

Plans to set up tens of thousands

of free water refill points

0:33:230:33:26

across England are

being announced today.

0:33:260:33:28

Water UK, which represents water

companies and suppliers,

0:33:280:33:30

says it wants to expand a refill

scheme first launched in 2015.

0:33:300:33:33

It hopes this will help reduce

pollution caused by plastic bottles

0:33:330:33:36

being thrown away.

0:33:360:33:37

There's been controversy at this

year's camel beauty contest

0:33:370:33:41

in Saudi Arabia.

0:33:410:33:44

Yes, I did say the camel beauty

contest!

0:33:440:33:48

A dozen animals have been banned

0:33:480:33:49

because their handlers used Botox

to make them more handsome!

0:33:490:33:52

It's that age-old problem, isn't it?

0:33:520:33:56

The annual contest sees judges rate

the size of the camels'

0:33:560:33:59

lips, cheeks, heads and knees.

0:33:590:34:00

It's no surprise there's

a temptation to cheat.

0:34:000:34:05

The races and competitions

have a combined prize fund

0:34:050:34:08

of £40 million.

0:34:080:34:13

Who's a pretty camel!

How would you

know?

The age-old trick is whether

0:34:130:34:19

or not their lips are moving freely.

If people have Botox there is no

0:34:190:34:24

movement up there.

And they act well

in a movie!

Good morning, Sonali, it

0:34:240:34:31

is all just fixed expressions! To me

the interesting bit was in the

0:34:310:34:36

knees, didn't know you could Botox

your knees.

To make them look less

0:34:360:34:40

wrinkly? Actors do it, don't they?

Botox in the knees?

I think you can

0:34:400:34:47

have it to stop the knobbly knees.

Certain things a Jew, your hands

0:34:470:34:53

always show your age even if your

face doesn't, -- certain things age

0:34:530:34:58

you.

If you're doing a lot of knee

shots then you want to look young. I

0:34:580:35:05

didn't know that! What have we got,

two hours until the big-game?

Until

0:35:050:35:12

Andy Murray... Andy Murray! Even I'm

thinking of Andy Murray!

Automatic,

0:35:120:35:17

isn't it?

Kyle Edmund. I am used to

years of saying Andy Murray and now

0:35:170:35:23

Kyle Edmund has come in.

He will

love the fact people are now talking

0:35:230:35:28

about him in the same way.

He says

he knows what it feels like to be

0:35:280:35:32

Andy Murray with all the attention,

I hope he enjoys it and I hope it

0:35:320:35:36

hasn't taken out too much energy for

the semi-final against Marin Cilic.

0:35:360:35:41

Marin Cilic is world number six, he

already beat the world number three,

0:35:410:35:46

Edmund is the underdog but it isn't

impossible, as we have seen this

0:35:460:35:50

week and Marin Cilic has been known

to have wobbles at crucial moments

0:35:500:35:54

so there's certainly a chance there.

This is how delighted Kyle was to

0:35:540:35:59

have reached the semi-final after he

beat Dimitrov in the quarter-final.

0:35:590:36:04

A five-time champion in Melbourne

thinks that the Britain has a

0:36:040:36:08

fighting chance against Marin Cilic.

0:36:080:36:10

It is two steps away, you know? A

lot of stuff can happen. You play

0:36:100:36:16

one good one and the other guy plays

one bad one, usually there is no bad

0:36:160:36:21

matches any more in semi-final

plays. But it's a good situation to

0:36:210:36:27

be in and he can hit freely now and

no expectations whatsoever, so maybe

0:36:270:36:32

he'll never be in this position ever

again to have so little expectations

0:36:320:36:36

in some ways.

0:36:360:36:39

In the women's semi-final Simona

Halep and Angelique Kerber are tied

0:36:390:36:42

at 1-1 and it's into a decider.

0:36:420:36:47

Caroline Wozniacki has already made

it through to her third major final.

0:36:470:36:50

If Kerber wins, Wozniacki

will take Halep's spot

0:36:500:36:52

as the world number one.

0:36:520:36:53

Arsene Wenger took a big step

towards winning the League Cup

0:36:530:36:56

for the first time at Arsenal

with a 2-1 semi-final win over

0:36:560:37:00

Chelsea last night.

0:37:000:37:01

The first leg ended 0-1,

but Chelsea already had a goal

0:37:010:37:03

disallowed by the time

Eden Hazard put them ahead.

0:37:030:37:06

Arsenal were soon

0:37:060:37:07

back level, though,

a double-deflection off

0:37:070:37:10

Nacho Monreal's header made it 1-1

after only 11 minutes.

0:37:100:37:12

The winner

took a bit longer to arrive,

0:37:120:37:15

Granit Xhaka poking it home,

to send his side to Wembley

0:37:150:37:18

to face Manchester City

on February the 25th.

0:37:180:37:22

We looked like always we could win

this game. At the end I've said it

0:37:220:37:27

was a little bit lucky with a

deflected goal with the first and

0:37:270:37:31

the second one as well was a bit

lucky, but overall I felt we

0:37:310:37:35

controlled well the game in the

second half.

0:37:350:37:39

In Scotland, Rangers jumped

above Aberdeen into second

0:37:390:37:41

after beating them 2-0 at Ibrox.

0:37:410:37:43

But Hibs are now just five

points behind both sides

0:37:430:37:46

after beating Dundee away.

0:37:460:37:47

John McGinn's goal was

enough to seal victory.

0:37:470:37:49

Hearts beat Hamilton and bottom side

Ross County lost to Motherwell.

0:37:490:37:52

Celtic didn't play but are still 11

points clear at the top.

0:37:520:37:55

The Football Association say

England Women's newly-appointed head

0:37:550:37:57

coach Phil Neville won't face any

disciplinary action over

0:37:570:38:00

historic sexist tweets.

0:38:000:38:01

Neville was announced

as the Lionesses manager on Tuesday

0:38:010:38:03

but posts on his social media

accounts subsequently emerged of him

0:38:030:38:06

apparently assuming women would be

cooking breakfast instead

0:38:060:38:08

of watching sport.

0:38:080:38:09

His wife has been among

those to defend him,

0:38:090:38:12

and the Women in Football group say

more attention should be paid

0:38:120:38:15

instead to how the next women's

coaches can be brought through.

0:38:150:38:18

There are less than 10% of football

coaches in England are female.

0:38:180:38:23

That's a shocking start and terrible

when you compare it to Germany,

0:38:230:38:26

which is more like 30%. We need to

make sure in four years' time we

0:38:260:38:30

have an abundance of coaches, male

and female, who are specialist in

0:38:300:38:34

the women's game and we can really

look to for that sort of strength

0:38:340:38:38

and depth in talent.

0:38:380:38:47

England are looking to defend

their 6 Nations title for the second

0:38:470:38:50

year running, the tournament starts

next weekend and they face

0:38:500:38:53

Italy in their opening match.

0:38:530:38:54

All of the 6 Nations

were in London for the tournament

0:38:540:38:57

launch yesterday.

0:38:570:38:58

England are favourites

but Ireland and Scotland pose

0:38:580:39:00

a significant threat.

0:39:000:39:01

You've got some great teams in this

competition, you've got island

0:39:010:39:04

flying, Scotland flying, Wales have

been the benchmark in European

0:39:040:39:06

rugby, we know what France can do

and Italy can play some

0:39:060:39:10

extraordinary rugby so it's this

great tournament, this intense

0:39:100:39:12

competition between countries that

sleep next to each other. It's

0:39:120:39:16

fantastic.

0:39:160:39:18

We know if we perform well we can

put ourselves in a very good

0:39:180:39:22

position, but we also aren't naive

enough to think other countries

0:39:220:39:25

aren't thinking the same thing. A

lot of the other countries in the

0:39:250:39:29

Six Nations had good autumns as well

and had fantastic years, years of

0:39:290:39:33

success in the Six Nations, so we've

just scratched the surface of that

0:39:330:39:38

really.

Friend of the show, John

Barclay there, we spoke to him

0:39:380:39:43

yesterday.

0:39:430:39:43

And finally a story that's got a lot

of football fans talking.

0:39:430:39:46

This is the new club badge

Leeds United put forward

0:39:460:39:49

to their fans, it was unveiled

yesterday with the club saying

0:39:490:39:52

they spent six months consulting

0:39:520:39:53

10,000 fans to reach the end

result.

0:39:530:39:55

But the reaction on social media has

forced the club into a rethink.

0:39:550:39:59

These were the thoughts of the Times

sportswriter Henry Winter,

0:39:590:40:02

and one fan on social media noticed

the badge has a striking resemblance

0:40:020:40:05

to a well-known

indigestion treatment.

0:40:050:40:07

The club now say they'll re-open

the consultation process.

0:40:070:40:11

It is so unfair, the number of times

you see players vying for their

0:40:110:40:15

country or their club do that.

Be

consulted the fans in a

0:40:150:40:20

questionnaire and people said, do

you like that salute? -- be

0:40:200:40:24

consulted. -- they consulted.

We

look forward to the next version!

I

0:40:240:40:33

hope people are happy with that!

0:40:330:40:35

How would you feel about walking

into a shop or cafe and asking them

0:40:350:40:39

to refill your water

bottle for free?

0:40:390:40:41

Water UK, which represents

water companies

0:40:410:40:42

and suppliers, is announcing plans

to encourage tens of thousands

0:40:420:40:45

of businesses in England

to open their doors to passers-by

0:40:450:40:48

who need a top up.

0:40:480:40:49

They're hoping it will drastically

reduce pollution caused by plastic

0:40:490:40:52

bottles, as Breakfast's

Tim Muffett reports.

0:40:520:41:00

Across Bristol, since 2015,

businesses have been inviting people

0:41:030:41:08

in not to spend money but to refill

water bottles for free.

0:41:080:41:13

People want really practical ways of

how they can stop using as much

0:41:130:41:17

single use plastic in their lives

and refill is a really obvious way

0:41:170:41:20

of doing that.

Natalie Fee set up

the scheme, an app tells people were

0:41:200:41:28

refills are available, as do these

signs.

I think it's great as a way

0:41:280:41:32

of not using as much plastic.

It's a nice, easy thing to do,

0:41:320:41:37

increases foot fall to the cafe.

There are now 200 reef all points

0:41:370:41:42

across Bristol. The scheme spread to

other places including Durham,

0:41:420:41:46

Norwich and Brighton but it's about

to get much bigger.

Every water

0:41:460:41:50

company by September this year is

going to do to sign up more

0:41:500:41:55

businesses to provide free refill

points. We want tens of thousands of

0:41:550:41:59

refill points by 2021, we think we

can take tens of millions of plastic

0:41:590:42:04

bottles out of the waste stream.

So

more of this, less, it is hoped, of

0:42:040:42:09

this.

It's just horrible down here,

along the banks of the River Avon,

0:42:090:42:13

and there are hundreds of plastic

bottles down here, it's disgusting.

0:42:130:42:17

So many of them are drinking water

bottles.

Your project, your

0:42:170:42:24

initiative, is going to be run on a

national scale, that must be very

0:42:240:42:28

exciting?

It is. For this to really

work it needs to be on every high

0:42:280:42:32

street in every shop and cafe.

In the UK, we buy more than 1.7

0:42:320:42:35

billion litres of plain old water

every year according to the Grocer

0:42:350:42:41

magazine. For the first time sales

are outstripping that of Kohler, but

0:42:410:42:47

soon it will be far simpler to

refill a bottle with tap water, what

0:42:470:42:52

effect will that have on demand for

these?

I don't think it's going to

0:42:520:42:56

have a significant impact.

This

woman runs the natural hydration

0:42:560:43:02

council and supported by companies

that produce bottled water.

Bottled

0:43:020:43:08

water is different to tap water in

the sense that it is naturally

0:43:080:43:13

sourced, it's not chemically treated

and a lot of people choose it for

0:43:130:43:16

those reasons or for taste reasons.

The national hydration council said

0:43:160:43:21

it backs the refill steam as it

wants more people to drink water,

0:43:210:43:26

but it believes disposing of bottles

responsibly is a bigger issue.

The

0:43:260:43:31

bottles themselves are 100%

recyclable, the bottle, the label,

0:43:310:43:35

the lead.

Whether it's recyclable or

not really isn't the point. Half of

0:43:350:43:41

plastic bottles used in the UK

aren't getting recycled and the

0:43:410:43:44

majority of them are escaping the

waste system and ending up in places

0:43:440:43:47

like these.

Ending plastic pollution

will require major change. Natalie

0:43:470:43:54

hopes that's one step closer. Tim

Muffet, BBC News.

0:43:540:43:57

Chris Sherrington is Head

of Environmental Policy

0:43:570:43:59

and Economics at a consultancy that

helps businesses become more

0:43:590:44:02

environmentally friendly.

0:44:020:44:04

Good morning.

Good morning.

You saw

in their, it's about recycling these

0:44:040:44:10

plastic bottles that seems to be the

major concern, that's why people are

0:44:100:44:14

encouraged to use less of them, but

how much environmental impact to

0:44:140:44:19

plastic bottles have?

Recycling

bottles is the best thing we can do

0:44:190:44:23

if we use them but one of the key

challenges with these bottles is

0:44:230:44:27

because by their very nature they

are single use, we will use them,

0:44:270:44:31

drink the water and throw them away

so in the best case they will get

0:44:310:44:35

recycled but we're not anywhere near

the rate of recycling we could be

0:44:350:44:39

for plastic bottles and when they're

not recycled they will often end up

0:44:390:44:43

in landfill or increasingly be

incinerated.

When you say their

0:44:430:44:47

single use, is that because it's not

safe to use them again or because we

0:44:470:44:52

only use them once? You hear these

myths that you shouldn't refill

0:44:520:44:56

plastic bottles, you shouldn't keep

them in the car, so people tend to

0:44:560:45:00

dispose of them but do they really

need to?

You're pretty close to the

0:45:000:45:04

truth, you say we hear these myths

and I'd never heard any scientific

0:45:040:45:08

evidence you shouldn't refill a

normal single use water bottle and

0:45:080:45:14

most are used and then we get rid of

them.

One of the principles in this

0:45:140:45:21

is Corp, it's one of the heart of

the issues, would you walk into a

0:45:210:45:26

restaurant or a shop or a cafe with

your empty bottle and say, fill it

0:45:260:45:29

up, how are they going to react?

It's quite a big cultural shift.

0:45:290:45:38

We want to change the social norm.

For many years, I have gone into

0:45:380:45:43

places and asked them to refill a

bottle to see what their reaction

0:45:430:45:47

would be.

What was it?

Fairly

positive.

And when it is not?

There

0:45:470:45:53

is a bit of discussion about

offering to pay for it. I think

0:45:530:45:59

having the refill scheme says this

is OK, this is normal, it is

0:45:590:46:06

acceptable.

Many people will be

interested. Will you come back to us

0:46:060:46:11

later on?

Yeah.

If you have thoughts

on that issue, let us know. On

0:46:110:46:21

Twitter, this woman says they used

to be water fountains in parks.

0:46:210:46:26

Reintroduce them? Is it weather to

go through the park?

Certainly is

0:46:260:46:33

Reintroduce them? Is it weather to

go through the park?

Certainly is an

0:46:330:46:34

the next few days.

This was Dumfries

yesterday.

0:46:340:46:49

yesterday. Mile air and snowmelt has

set rivers rising.

0:46:490:47:01

set rivers rising. The Mild air has

gone off to the near continent, but

0:47:020:47:05

further snowmelt soon. The storm

from yesterday has gone to northern

0:47:050:47:09

Europe.

0:47:090:47:15

Europe. Cooler weather in between

today and tomorrow. Chillier than

0:47:150:47:17

yesterday. A scattering of showers.

Many places starting dry. Parts of

0:47:170:47:24

central Scotland and Glasgow and

Edinburgh, you may get away with a

0:47:240:47:28

dry day by and large. A few showers

across the bulk of England. The west

0:47:280:47:34

of Wales, south-west England,

frequent showers in the next few

0:47:340:47:41

hours. A few in Kent and Sussex.

Parts of East Anglia, the

0:47:410:47:45

south-east, south-east Midlands,

largely dry. A few showers in

0:47:450:47:51

western areas. Longer spells of rain

in southern Scotland and the

0:47:510:47:54

south-west of Wales. The wind will

be a bit lost three, driving showers

0:47:540:48:01

further east. -- blustery.

Temperatures around where they

0:48:010:48:06

should be. A cool day. Tonight, a

few showers around. By the end of

0:48:060:48:12

the night, showers largely confined

to eastern England and eastern

0:48:120:48:18

Scotland. Most other areas in the

west, dry and clear. That will lead

0:48:180:48:23

to a frosty night tonight. Friday

does not look bad. Some showers for

0:48:230:48:32

commuters. Most will have a dry day

with sunny spells. Temperatures,

0:48:320:48:38

similar to today. Not feeling bad at

all. As I said, more cloud for the

0:48:380:48:45

weekend. Weather fronts gathering in

the west will work their way in on

0:48:450:48:49

Saturday. Brightness in the eastern

half of England. Overall, a cloudy

0:48:490:48:54

day on Saturday. Outbreaks of rain

from the west quite quickly. Some

0:48:540:48:59

will be heavy. Severe gales in

Scotland expected. Breezy elsewhere.

0:48:590:49:05

That is, from the south-west for

Sunday. Dragging

0:49:050:49:15

Sunday. Dragging in more warm air

melting snow in Scotland. Eastern

0:49:170:49:19

England will stay dry with sunny

spells and temperatures into

0:49:190:49:26

England will stay dry with sunny

spells and temperatures into the

0:49:260:49:26

teens. Back to you. Thank you.

0:49:260:49:33

Around three million people fall

victim to scams every year,

0:49:330:49:35

costing millions of pounds.

0:49:350:49:36

So Ben's looking at a new scheme

to help spot the scammers.

0:49:360:49:40

Yes, the numbers are staggering.

0:49:400:49:41

Millions of people fall victim

to scams every year.

0:49:410:49:43

Sankey. Good morning.

0:49:430:49:44

The cost to consumers as a result

of these scams is estimated to be

0:49:440:49:48

between £5 and £10 billion a year.

0:49:480:49:50

That's a broad range,

but there's a good reason for that.

0:49:500:49:53

Only 5% of scams get

reported to the authorities,

0:49:530:49:55

like the police

or Trading Standards.

0:49:550:50:00

This week, an initiative has been

launched to raise awareness

0:50:000:50:02

of the problem, and to train

a million scam spotters,

0:50:020:50:05

or "Friends Against Scams," by 2020.

0:50:050:50:11

Neil Masters is from

National Trading Standards.

0:50:110:50:13

He's heading up the scheme.

0:50:130:50:16

Good morning.

Good morning.

What are

we talking about? What is a scam?

0:50:160:50:23

Fraud. That is the crime. The kinds

of crimes we see with Trading

0:50:230:50:30

Standards, rogue traders knocking on

your door saying you have something

0:50:300:50:36

missing and they escalate the

crisis.

0:50:360:50:47

crisis. And even on line lotteries

saying you won but never entered.

0:50:470:50:51

People saying they can get in touch

with loved ones.

People will feel a

0:50:510:51:00

little bit stupid if they fall

victim to it. That is why many

0:51:000:51:03

crimes are not reported.

Yes, people

do, unnecessarily. They feel they

0:51:030:51:11

cannot come forward. That is

completely false. There are a number

0:51:110:51:18

of organisations like the consumer

helpline and Victim Support, AIDUK,

0:51:180:51:31

they are there to help those

victims. People should not feel

0:51:310:51:34

embarrassed. They are not stupid.

There is no shame in saying I fell

0:51:340:51:38

victim, even if it was my own fault.

There is help available.

There is

0:51:380:51:45

always help available through these

organisations. They are there to

0:51:450:51:50

support and not judge.

You are

launching a scheme today which is

0:51:500:51:53

crucial because it is trying to

train people to spot these things

0:51:530:51:57

before they happen. It is one thing

to deal with it once it has

0:51:570:52:01

happened, but you want toit in the

first base.

We believe the way to

0:52:010:52:06

protect people is to introduce

Friends Against Scams to stop it

0:52:060:52:12

before it happens. We have recruited

30,000 people from the public, some

0:52:120:52:19

of which have been victims of fraud

themselves.

0:52:190:52:31

themselves. They spread

counter-fraud messages in the

0:52:310:52:33

community and encourage reporting to

police. They help to identify

0:52:330:52:36

victims in communities so we can

give them support.

Top tips? What

0:52:360:52:40

should be your first port of call if

you fall victim? What will make more

0:52:400:52:45

people report these?

The first port

of call

0:52:450:52:58

of call should be Action Fraud, the

national reporting centre for fraud

0:53:040:53:06

run by the City of London Police.

They have a phone number and a

0:53:060:53:10

website. Also, if

0:53:100:53:16

website. Also, if you feel too

embarassed, Victim Support and other

0:53:200:53:22

organisations will help you report

without judgement.

Thank you for

0:53:220:53:25

explaining. We will put the contact

details, especially for the website,

0:53:250:53:32

on our social media page. We will

have results from Sky as well soon.

0:53:320:53:38

Thank you so much.

0:53:380:53:39

The countdown to the men's

Australian Open semi-final has well

0:53:390:53:42

and truly begun.

0:53:420:53:43

In just under two hours,

Kyle Edmund will walk onto court.

0:53:430:53:46

It's the first time he's made it

so far in a Grand Slam tournament,

0:53:460:53:49

and the 23-year-old is aiming

to overtake Andy Murray

0:53:490:53:52

as British number one.

0:53:520:53:53

A proud moment, then,

for family and friends back home

0:53:530:53:56

in Yorkshire, and JJ Chalmers

is at his old school

0:53:560:53:58

in East Yorkshire

for us this morning.

0:53:580:54:02

I can't imagine the excitement.

Surely, 830, lessons are off?

For

0:54:020:54:11

some of the kids, they were lucky to

get time off. Kyle Edmund is

0:54:110:54:17

becoming a household name across the

country. But here at his old school

0:54:170:54:21

in the local area, he has been a

superstar for a long time. The

0:54:210:54:27

children are out of the early

because of the time difference. They

0:54:270:54:31

are preparing and making banners and

warming up themselves. We have come

0:54:310:54:35

here today to find out who she is

inspiring and who inspired him? --

0:54:350:54:42

who he is. He was first spotted as a

tennis talent at ten years old. He

0:54:420:54:48

also played cricket and did

swimming. We will speak to his

0:54:480:54:53

teachers. What were your first

memories of him?

He was a lovely

0:54:530:55:00

young man as a pupil, he did

everything wholeheartedly.

0:55:000:55:06

Especially with sports, of course.

That is where he showed his talent.

0:55:060:55:13

You were the man who spotted how

good he was. What made him stand

0:55:130:55:18

out?

When he was just 11, he played

at the under 12 championships. I

0:55:180:55:25

invited him to play. He won that.

Tremendous. These boys were a year

0:55:250:55:34

older. He showed tremendous talent

at that time. I thought if he chose

0:55:340:55:40

tennis for his career, he could

really make it.

Thank you so much.

0:55:400:55:46

We will talk to you later.

Excitement is building here and

0:55:460:55:50

across the country. The children

here are

0:55:500:55:56

here are making banners. Give us a

cheer. CHEERING. It is not just the

0:55:570:56:00

children, but adults and teachers.

One last cheer. CHEERING. We hope

0:56:000:56:07

you are excited as well.

How could

you not?

If you want insight into

0:56:070:56:14

what is happening,

0:56:140:56:25

what is happening, Andrew Castle,

and Kyle's coach as well. We will

0:56:290:56:32

forgive you if you want to follow it

later on. You can see that on 5Live.

0:56:320:56:38

Highlights will be at five o'clock

if you

0:56:380:59:59

Plenty more on the website

at the usual address.

0:59:591:00:02

Bye for now.

1:00:021:00:02

Hello, this is Breakfast,

1:00:341:00:35

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

1:00:351:00:38

Tech companies such

as Facebook and Twitter

1:00:381:00:40

are in the Prime Minister's sights

as she arrives in Switzerland

1:00:401:00:43

for the World Economic Forum.

1:00:431:00:44

Theresa May will tell world

leaders that leading social media

1:00:441:00:47

firms must do more to remove

terrorist and extremist content.

1:00:471:00:54

Good morning, it's Thursday

the 25th of January.

1:01:041:01:07

Also this morning:

1:01:071:01:09

A crucial day at the Australian Open

for Britain's Kyle Edmund.

1:01:091:01:12

Good morning!

1:01:121:01:14

Yes, it's been quite a week for Kyle

already and there are just

1:01:141:01:19

1.5 hours to go until

the Brit begins the battle

1:01:191:01:22

for a place in his first

Grand Slam final.

1:01:221:01:25

The semi against Marin

Cilic starts at 8:30am.

1:01:251:01:27

Pressure on the Education Minister,

who attended a controversial

1:01:271:01:30

men-only charity dinner.

1:01:301:01:31

The Government Chief Whip

summons him to explain his presence.

1:01:311:01:34

Tens of thousands of free

water-refill points will be set up

1:01:341:01:37

across England in a bid cut

the number of plastic bottles

1:01:371:01:40

being thrown away.

1:01:401:01:46

It's been a tough week for the

pay-TV firm Sky after the regulator

1:01:461:01:52

block its takeover, warning it

wasn't in the public interest. So

1:01:521:01:55

what next? We'll get its latest

results in the next few minutes.

1:01:551:02:02

And Matt has the weather

1:02:021:02:04

After the wild and windy weather

yesterday, not as wet or windy

1:02:041:02:09

today, showers developing later

after starting dry, details on that

1:02:091:02:12

and the weekend forecast coming up.

1:02:121:02:17

Good morning.

1:02:171:02:17

First our main story:

1:02:171:02:18

Theresa May will use a speech

at the World Economic Forum

1:02:181:02:21

in Switzerland to put more pressure

on technology companies

1:02:211:02:24

like Facebook and Twitter to tackle

extremist material online.

1:02:241:02:26

She'll be speaking in Davos just

hours before she sits down

1:02:261:02:29

with US President Donald Trump,

their first meeting since

1:02:291:02:32

she criticised him for sharing

racist videos tweeted

1:02:321:02:34

by the far-right

group, Britain First.

1:02:341:02:37

Matt Hancock joins us from Davos.

Thanks for your time. Could you

1:02:371:02:41

please outline some of the themes in

the speech Theresa May will be

1:02:411:02:46

making later?

She's going to be talking about the

1:02:461:02:52

fact we have this amazing new

digital technology, the Internet,

1:02:521:02:58

and in the main it is a great force

for good but we need to make sure we

1:02:581:03:03

tackle some of the harms it brings

and we can't do that alone as

1:03:031:03:07

government. Companies need to step

up to the plate. They have been

1:03:071:03:11

making some progress but there is

clearly more to do to tackle some of

1:03:111:03:15

the harms that we see online, the

terrorist material that exists there

1:03:151:03:21

and also making sure children are

protected and getting the balance

1:03:211:03:26

right between the great freedom the

Internet brings but also making sure

1:03:261:03:30

we mitigate harms to others is a

very important project and the Prime

1:03:301:03:37

Minister will be setting out more

details on that.

Mr Hancock, why do

1:03:371:03:42

people feel such frustration and why

are we asking these companies, if

1:03:421:03:46

you like pleading with them to do

something voluntarily, why are we

1:03:461:03:50

doing that, why don't we take more

Draconian action and force them?

In

1:03:501:03:55

some areas we are legislating as we

speak. There is legislation on data

1:03:551:04:00

protection in front of the House of

Commons, which tackles some of these

1:04:001:04:04

issues. By the nature of the

platforms you've got to do it

1:04:041:04:08

through the platforms, but we're

certainly willing to look at all

1:04:081:04:12

options. Getting that balance to

make sure the material that is

1:04:121:04:18

harmful is taken down and preferably

taken down before anybody sees it...

1:04:181:04:23

Yet normal people trying to use the

Internet in a perfectly positive way

1:04:231:04:29

like most people do have the freedom

to do so. Getting that balance is

1:04:291:04:33

what we need to achieve. Clearly the

companies need to do more and

1:04:331:04:38

there's something else the Prime

Minister will be saying today and

1:04:381:04:42

articulating, which is it is in the

interests of the investors in the

1:04:421:04:45

company to get this right. Gone are

the days these companies can think

1:04:451:04:50

the government should just get out

of the way. It's clear we need to

1:04:501:04:55

make sure we have norms and rules in

place to make sure that we harness

1:04:551:05:00

the Internet as a force for good.

The investors have got a very

1:05:001:05:05

important part to play in that.

When

use that phrase we're looking at all

1:05:051:05:10

options, it sounds like one of those

phrases people used to kick a

1:05:101:05:15

problem down the road -- when you

use. Does that mean you're thinking

1:05:151:05:20

about legal restrictions? Are you

poking about something much more

1:05:201:05:23

serious?

Well, we don't rule out

further legislation. As I said Mawae

1:05:231:05:29

legislating right now, there's a

bill in front of the House of

1:05:291:05:32

Commons, it's about tackling some of

these issues -- as I say, we are

1:05:321:05:38

legislating. There's a broad range

of challenges. There's the impact on

1:05:381:05:43

terrorism and making sure Jordan are

protected online, there's the need

1:05:431:05:47

to intellectual property online and

make sure we tackle bullying --

1:05:471:05:52

children are protected. There's a

broad range of issues and each of

1:05:521:05:56

them needs to be addressed properly.

But the leadership that the Prime

1:05:561:06:00

Minister is showing here talking to

other global leaders is to say that

1:06:001:06:04

we can't just ignore this problem,

or you can think because the

1:06:041:06:09

Internet companies are global,

therefore individual countries can't

1:06:091:06:13

do anything about it, we absolutely

can and we're determined to and

1:06:131:06:18

we're going to be publishing more on

that later today.

1:06:181:06:21

Mr Hancock, wanted to ask you a few

questions the Presidents Club story,

1:06:211:06:27

some of your remit covers the

charity sector. Many people possibly

1:06:271:06:33

at the event are in themselves why

were they there and is what's

1:06:331:06:37

happening

1:06:371:06:42

happening OK, Nadim Zahawi, the

Education Minister, might be asking

1:06:431:06:46

himself those questions, what are

your reflections on the fact he was

1:06:461:06:50

there and were it not for the FT

investigation apparently that would

1:06:501:06:54

have been OK?

I'm very glad this

club has been shut down and I think

1:06:541:07:01

that it's part of a wider change

that we need to make sure that you

1:07:011:07:09

have genuine equality of opportunity

in this country, in our country, and

1:07:091:07:13

making sure men and women are

treated equally and I think you see

1:07:131:07:17

this across a range of different

areas. Making sure we have equal pay

1:07:171:07:23

is still unfinished business and

there's more to do. I'm very glad

1:07:231:07:26

that the club has been shut down. I

was appalled when I read it for the

1:07:261:07:31

first time on the FT website and I'm

glad it's gone.

1:07:311:07:37

If I may, part of this is about

sending out messages and the fact

1:07:371:07:42

and Education Minister in the

current government saw it fit to be

1:07:421:07:46

at an event that apparently within

the charity sector many people knew

1:07:461:07:50

had quite an extreme reputation, it

wasn't a surprise to a lot of

1:07:501:07:55

people, these revelations coming

out, shocking as they are. Why was a

1:07:551:07:59

government minister going there?

I understand that he was invited

1:07:591:08:05

because it was a charity fundraiser

and he left early because he felt

1:08:051:08:09

uncomfortable with it. That's what

I'm told. I also understand that

1:08:091:08:14

he's spoken to the chief whip and

had a common station with the Chief

1:08:141:08:18

Whip about it. But there's a broader

point, which is we need to make sure

1:08:181:08:22

that we don't have events this that

are clearly frankly so sexist.

1:08:221:08:29

What are you going to do in your

role as Secretary of State to ensure

1:08:291:08:36

that something changes? Everyone is

thinking the same thing and saying

1:08:361:08:41

the same words, but sometimes unless

there's some form of government

1:08:411:08:45

legislation or further action people

facing penalties... What are you

1:08:451:08:51

going to do in practice?

We have a

regulator, the charities commission,

1:08:511:08:55

whose role is to make sure charities

behave in appropriate ways.

It

1:08:551:09:00

demonstrates that is not working

surely?

1:09:001:09:05

The fact the club has shut down I

think is a good thing and... Had it

1:09:051:09:10

not then it would have been the sort

of thing the charities commission

1:09:101:09:14

would have made the choice about

whether or not to look into but it

1:09:141:09:18

certainly has the powers it needs.

In fact we strengthen that

1:09:181:09:22

legislation two years ago to make

sure it has the powers it needs in

1:09:221:09:27

this kind of circumstance.

Do you think Nadhim Zahawi should

1:09:271:09:30

stay in his role as Education

Minister?

1:09:301:09:33

As I say, he's had a conversation

with the Chief Whip. It's very much

1:09:331:09:38

a matter for the Whips and the Prime

Minister rather than for me. But his

1:09:381:09:44

explanation is that he was invited

because it was a charity fundraiser

1:09:441:09:48

and then that he left early.

Matth Hancock, appreciate your time

1:09:481:09:55

this morning, Secretary of State for

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,

1:09:551:09:58

speaking to us from what looks like

a very cold Davos.

1:09:581:10:02

Chilly but beautiful.

Thank you very

much!

1:10:021:10:05

Kyle Edmund will try to extend his

remarkable Australian Open run

1:10:051:10:08

and reach his first Grand Slam

final when he takes

1:10:081:10:10

on Marin Cilic this morning.

1:10:101:10:12

Victory would mean that

the 23-year-old replace Andy Murray

1:10:121:10:14

as British number one.

1:10:141:10:15

Our Australia correspondent

Hywel Griffith is live in Melbourne.

1:10:151:10:23

We're excited here, what is the

atmosphere like where you are?

1:10:261:10:32

Good morning, welcome back to

Melbourne. It's definitely building,

1:10:321:10:36

just under 90 minutes to go until

Kyle Edmund walks out on the Rod

1:10:361:10:41

Laver arena. He arrived here of

course unseeded and unfancied and

1:10:411:10:45

dare I say unknown to most viewers

and people outside of the tennis

1:10:451:10:51

court but in the last few weeks he's

played with the confidence that

1:10:511:10:54

means he can no longer be ignored.

For years he's been in the shadow of

1:10:541:10:58

Andy Murray but without his great

friend here, he's definitely soaked

1:10:581:11:02

up the limelight and he seems to be

enjoying it.

1:11:021:11:05

Under Melbourne's sweltering sun,

plenty would feel the pressure.

1:11:051:11:09

This is tennis's biggest stage

where reputations are made.

1:11:091:11:12

If Kyle Edmund is feeling

the pressure, he's not

1:11:121:11:14

letting it show.

1:11:141:11:16

Last night was spent

relaxing with friends.

1:11:161:11:19

He's in a really good place,

had dinner with him last night,

1:11:191:11:24

he's happy, he's laughing,

he should be, he's in the semi-final

1:11:241:11:27

of a slam and he's playing great

tennis and a lot of the tennis world

1:11:271:11:31

are now talking about him.

1:11:311:11:32

He's going to believe he's arrived

on that stage and belongs

1:11:321:11:38

there,

and I think the rest

1:11:381:11:40

of the tour will realise he's

going to be tough to

1:11:401:11:43

beat moving forward.

1:11:431:11:49

That's come after knocking out some

of best names in the game.

1:11:491:11:53

His victory over world number three

Grigor Dimitrov showed

1:11:531:11:55

he could match an aggressive style

with mature mental strength.

1:11:551:11:58

Now he faces the world number six.

1:11:581:12:00

There will be plenty of British

tennis fans cheering him on,

1:12:001:12:03

thirsty for a new six story.

1:12:031:12:04

It's amazing, it's amazing,

the biggest stage of his life,

1:12:041:12:07

we are all behind him.

1:12:071:12:08

We are surprised but

we're happy he's here.

1:12:081:12:10

It's going to be fantastic,

think he will deliver pride back

1:12:101:12:13

to the British I think.

1:12:131:12:15

Win today and Kyle Edmund will be

in a grand slam final.

1:12:151:12:18

All he needs to do is

keep cool and carry on.

1:12:181:12:25

The pressure is on him but so far

he's been responding very well and

1:12:251:12:29

those around him tell me there's

been a change over the last few

1:12:291:12:34

months, he used to walk on court

with his cap down and his bag on his

1:12:341:12:38

shoulders, now he's looking up and

enjoying his time and things have

1:12:381:12:41

opened up nicely for him. No Rafa

Nadal, Djokovic has gone home, Andy

1:12:411:12:46

Murray didn't even play. Roger

Federer remains on the other side of

1:12:461:12:50

the draw, most people think Roger

Federer will be on the final -- in

1:12:501:12:55

the final on Sunday, who will be his

opponent? In about 75 minutes we

1:12:551:13:00

will start to find out. Win or lose,

Kyle Edmund has announced himself to

1:13:001:13:04

the tennis world and will have won

himself a huge amount of fans in

1:13:041:13:10

Great Britain.

That's it, thanks

very much, Hywel.

Enjoy it, whatever

1:13:101:13:15

you do, enjoy it!

That's what he's

been doing throughout his whole

1:13:151:13:20

tournament!

1:13:201:13:20

And you can listen to live

coverage of the match on BBC

1:13:201:13:24

Five Live this morning.

1:13:241:13:26

Highlights will be on BBC Two

this evening at 5pm.

1:13:261:13:29

A judge in California has

barred a mother and father

1:13:291:13:32

accused of the imprisonment

and torture of their 13 sons

1:13:321:13:34

and daughters from having

any contact with them.

1:13:341:13:36

David and Louise Turpin

appeared in court to

1:13:361:13:39

deny the charges.

1:13:391:13:39

The siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living

1:13:391:13:42

in one location and the six

youngsters divided between

1:13:421:13:45

two foster homes.

1:13:451:13:48

Sir Elton John has

announced a farewell tour.

1:13:481:13:50

He says he wants to stop

touring to spend more time

1:13:501:13:53

with his young children,

but only after a three-year

1:13:531:13:56

extravaganza featuring 300

gigs around the globe.

1:13:561:14:01

He told our US correspondent Nick

Bryant.

1:14:011:14:03

I've been travelling since I was 17

in the back of a van up

1:14:031:14:07

and down the M1.

1:14:071:14:08

Although I travel in the most

fantastic way, it's exhausting

1:14:081:14:10

and I don't enjoy it.

1:14:101:14:12

It's a long goodbye.

It's a long goodbye.

1:14:121:14:14

Three years, 300 shows but I'm

really, really looking forward to it

1:14:141:14:17

and they will be happy

shows, I won't regret it.

1:14:171:14:25

Happy shows. I can well imagine!

1:14:261:14:31

Let's find out what's happening in

the weather with Matt. You put out

1:14:311:14:36

there 15 degrees, it is still

January, isn't it?

It is,

1:14:361:14:40

potentially 15 on Sunday. We saw 15

yesterday in one or two spots.

1:14:401:14:47

After yesterday, wet and windy.

Temperatures in the teens. A

1:14:501:14:58

difficult comment. But nowhere

1:14:581:15:05

difficult comment. But nowhere near

as wet as yesterday. The storm has

1:15:051:15:07

gone to northern Europe.

At the

moment, slightly colder air. The

1:15:071:15:13

shower clouds are pushing in through

Ireland to the western fringes of

1:15:131:15:17

the UK. Wet weather to start the day

for some. A few showers in Northern

1:15:171:15:23

Ireland. Central and southern

Scotland, a dry and bright start.

1:15:231:15:28

The bulk of England, a dry start of

the cloud pushing into north-west

1:15:281:15:32

England. Showers in Wales. Heavy.

Not as windy as yesterday, but

1:15:321:15:39

blustery. The odd shower in Kent and

Sussex. A rumble of thunder. East

1:15:391:15:47

Anglia, the south-east of England,

starting dry. A few more showers

1:15:471:15:53

developing through the day pushing

from the west further east. Spells

1:15:531:15:58

of rain in the far south of Scotland

and northern England and Wales.

1:15:581:16:03

Brightness and between. East Anglia,

dry throughout. Nothing untoward.

1:16:031:16:12

Tonight. Showers continue for a time

in England and Wales and eastern

1:16:121:16:17

Scotland. Confined to eastern areas,

Pembrokeshire, Cornwall. Western

1:16:171:16:22

areas becoming dry and clear. Mist

and fog. Widespread frost. Tomorrow

1:16:221:16:30

look like a decent day. Showers in

eastern England fading away. Sunny

1:16:301:16:35

spells into the afternoon. Hazy for

the west later on. Temperatures

1:16:351:16:39

tomorrow, 4-9. Down on the values of

the day. Back into the sunshine and

1:16:391:16:48

white wind. Changing on the weekend.

-- light wind. A spell of rain from

1:16:481:16:57

west to east on Saturday rapidly.

The heaviest rain in Scotland.

1:16:571:17:02

Severe gales in the final.

Temperatures on the rise through the

1:17:021:17:05

day. -- far north. South-westerly

winds return. This is what you want

1:17:051:17:11

to hear. I cannot promise sunshine

everywhere, but the east of England

1:17:111:17:18

could see some sunshine at times.

And it could even be 15 degrees.

I

1:17:181:17:27

will believe it when the numbers are

on the map. OK, I

1:17:271:17:30

will believe it when the numbers are

on the map. OK, I will try.

Thank

1:17:301:17:31

you.

1:17:311:17:39

The man that only annual dinner of

the Presidents Club has gone on for

1:17:391:17:47

30 years. -- the men-only. A number

of charities say they will return

1:17:471:17:55

donations they have received due to

allegations of grouping. We are

1:17:551:18:02

joined from the Charity Commission.

Thank you for joining us. How has

1:18:021:18:09

your knowledge of what happened come

through? When did you find out about

1:18:091:18:14

the implications of this event?

We

first learned about this when the

1:18:141:18:22

FTP was first published on line. The

other evening, half past eight. The

1:18:221:18:30

behave described has no place in

charity. It is very serious. We got

1:18:301:18:35

in

1:18:351:18:40

in touch with the trustees yesterday

morning. They said they will close

1:18:401:18:44

the charity. They will be held

accountable for their actions. As it

1:18:441:18:49

is closing, we have an important

role in making sure it

1:18:491:18:59

role in making sure it does so in an

orderly way, and the charitable

1:18:591:19:02

money they have goes somewhere good.

You referred to the evening of the

1:19:021:19:05

Presidents Club as a charity.

Yes.

It is on our register and is a

1:19:051:19:12

charity. They have responsibilities

under charity law to fund raise

1:19:121:19:18

ethically and responsibly in line

with the values we uphold. They have

1:19:181:19:23

to make sure people who get involved

are safe and their well-being is

1:19:231:19:29

protected. There are clear concerns

that this has not been undertaken

1:19:291:19:36

properly.

What is your

responsibility to make sure they

1:19:361:19:40

abide by the rules?

Charity trustees

are responsible for running

1:19:401:19:44

charities along with the law. We set

out the possibilities and guidance

1:19:441:19:50

on our website. -- responsibilities.

It is very clear that be if they

1:19:501:19:57

breached those, and that is the

concern, we have the power to take

1:19:571:20:06

action. This does not end the remit

by closing.

You give guidelines on

1:20:061:20:15

what to do but you do not act upon

ensuring they are met until you are

1:20:151:20:23

told they have done something wrong

and then you take action?

When any

1:20:231:20:27

concerns like this come to us, we

immediately act. As soon as we had

1:20:271:20:33

any awareness this had happened in a

charity, we acted very swiftly.

1:20:331:20:40

Clearly, there is a wider problem

about people reporting concerns like

1:20:401:20:43

this. I encourage anyone with any

concerns about any kind of behaviour

1:20:431:20:48

like this in a charity to be clear

this behaviour has no place in a

1:20:481:20:56

charity, it is unacceptable, and if

you have any cause to be concerned,

1:20:561:20:59

that the regulator no. We have the

power to act and hold them

1:20:591:21:03

accountable. -- know.

That is the

message today. Will you actively do

1:21:031:21:09

something to encourage charities who

are part of the commission to take a

1:21:091:21:13

closer look at the events held in

their name?

Absolutely. It has been

1:21:131:21:18

really important, not only that we

are proactive in our response to

1:21:181:21:23

this specific case, but that we are

clear publicly, which is why I have

1:21:231:21:28

come on the programme, to other

charities that this is unacceptable.

1:21:281:21:33

Let's be clear, fundraisers are

horrified by what they have heard.

1:21:331:21:38

The secretary is reeling from this.

The response of charity leaders and

1:21:381:21:44

fundraisers has also been strong in

saying this behaviour has no place

1:21:441:21:48

in charity. It is a strong message

from the regulator and the charity

1:21:481:21:52

sector.

Thank you very much for

talking to us on Breakfast this

1:21:521:21:58

morning.

1:21:581:22:03

Sky have just announced how

well they've been doing.

1:22:071:22:10

Ben has more on that and the other

main business stories.

1:22:101:22:13

They are up 5% after signing 255,000

new customers, taking the total to

1:22:131:22:19

23 million. The regulator blocked

the take over of Sky by Fox. They

1:22:191:22:29

said the deal could give the Rupert

Murdoch family too much control over

1:22:291:22:34

news in the UK.

1:22:341:22:37

Around three million people fall

victim to scams every year,

1:22:371:22:40

costing millions of pounds.

1:22:401:22:41

Trading Standards have set up

a new scheme to help

1:22:411:22:44

spot the scammers.

1:22:441:22:45

Only 5% of scams are reported

to the authorities, like the police

1:22:451:22:48

or Trading Standards.

1:22:481:22:49

So they want more people to be aware

of the problem and know how

1:22:491:22:52

to deal with it.

1:22:521:22:53

The scheme will also train a million

so-called "Scam Spotters" by 2020.

1:22:531:22:57

The number of teenagers holding

a driving licence has fallen

1:22:571:22:59

by almost 40% in two decades.

1:22:591:23:01

The Government backed research

revealed as more people communicate

1:23:011:23:04

on line than face to face,

not owning a car is likely to be

1:23:041:23:07

the "new norm."

1:23:071:23:15

More on those stories in half an

hour. We will look at the potential

1:23:191:23:28

takeover that has been ruled out.

That could mean they restructure.

1:23:281:23:33

Thank you very much.

1:23:331:23:36

Knife crime is at the highest level

in England and Wales for six years.

1:23:361:23:40

There were almost 37,000

offences last year.

1:23:401:23:42

So, what can be done

to tackle the problem?

1:23:421:23:44

In Scotland, violent crime

is treated as a public health

1:23:441:23:47

problem, a disease to be cured,

with long-term plans

1:23:471:23:49

to tackle its causes,

and it seems to be working.

1:23:491:23:52

Breakfast's John Maguire

is in Glasgow this morning.

1:23:521:24:00

Good morning.

Good morning.

This is

one of the ways they are helping to

1:24:001:24:08

tackle this problem. It is a street

cafe serving street food. This is

1:24:081:24:13

the name of

1:24:131:24:24

the name of it, Street and Narrow,

run by ex-offenders working here. It

1:24:241:24:26

is a trendy caravan converted in the

style of the 70s in California. They

1:24:261:24:31

made me a delicious sandwich. They

have link sausages, good Scottish

1:24:311:24:38

fare. Look at this. That looks

delicious, getting your taste buds

1:24:381:24:44

going first thing in the morning.

What is the super?

1:24:441:24:52

What is the super?

Lentil, tomato,

and chilli. Delicious.

-- soup

1:24:521:24:57

today. You work here last year. What

was it like working here for you?

It

1:24:571:25:03

was great. It gave us the ability to

change our lives around. I really

1:25:031:25:11

enjoyed it.

What did you enjoy

working here? To the public make the

1:25:111:25:22

difference?

Getting involved.

You

have gone on to find work?

Yes.

How

1:25:221:25:31

do you find it?

It is great.

Inspector, people like Colin are

1:25:311:25:55

perfect role models for these

schemes and the work you do reducing

1:25:551:25:58

violent crime.

He is a role model to

his family and others who want to

1:25:581:26:03

get involved. It is a great example

of how people can change.

Why does a

1:26:031:26:07

scheme like this work?

People can

reconnect. It gives them the

1:26:071:26:10

opportunity to be the best they were

meant to be. They can change their

1:26:101:26:16

lives and become regular members of

society.

It is a big scheme and

1:26:161:26:21

works in many ways. It works with

public health, getting involved in

1:26:211:26:30

hospitals, perhaps when they have

been involved in a violent incident.

1:26:301:26:34

Yes. We are based in Glasgow and

Edinburgh. People are directed to

1:26:341:26:41

us. We join up the dots.

Thank you

very much for chatting to us this

1:26:411:26:47

morning. Just working away getting

things ready to open up for

1:26:471:26:53

breakfast and lunch. Schemes like

this, especially what we were

1:26:531:26:58

talking about in hospitals, they are

finding their way down to England

1:26:581:27:03

and Wales. There was a hospital in

London looking at that work. We have

1:27:031:27:07

the figures and we will give them

see you later on. This works with

1:27:071:27:12

the backdrop of decreasing violent

crime.

Thank you.

It is time to

1:27:121:30:40

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London Newsroom

1:30:401:30:42

in half an hour.

1:30:421:30:43

Now, though, it's back

to the Breakfast sofa.

1:30:431:30:46

Bye for now.

1:30:461:30:46

Hello, this is Breakfast

1:30:481:30:49

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

1:30:491:30:55

Good morning,

here's a summary of today's main

1:30:551:30:58

stories from BBC News:

1:30:581:31:02

In the past half-hour culture

Secretary Matth Hancock has said he

1:31:021:31:06

welcomes the closure of the

Presidents Club. His comments come

1:31:061:31:08

after women employed as hostesses at

a charity dinner were groped.

1:31:081:31:18

I'm very glad this club has been

shut down and it's part of that

1:31:181:31:22

shutting it down is part of a wider

change that we need to make sure

1:31:221:31:27

that you have genuine equality of

opportunity in this country, in our

1:31:271:31:34

country and making sure men and

women are treated equally and you

1:31:341:31:37

see this across a range of different

areas, like making sure we have

1:31:371:31:41

equal pay is still unfinished

business and there is more to do.

1:31:411:31:52

The Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi

has been summoned by the Government

1:31:521:31:54

Chief Whip to explain

his version of events

1:31:541:31:57

at a men-only charity dinner.

1:31:571:31:58

The minister said he felt

uncomfortable and left

1:31:581:32:00

the event early.

1:32:001:32:01

The Charity Commission said

it is investigating the allegations

1:32:011:32:03

as a matter of urgency.

1:32:031:32:05

Theresa May will use a speech

at the World Economic Forum

1:32:051:32:08

in Switzerland to put more pressure

on technology companies

1:32:081:32:10

like Facebook and Twitter to tackle

extremist material online.

1:32:101:32:13

She'll be speaking in Davos just

hours before she sits down

1:32:131:32:16

with US President Donald Trump,

their first meeting since

1:32:161:32:18

she criticised him for sharing

racist videos tweeted

1:32:181:32:20

by the far-right

group, Britain First.

1:32:201:32:28

A judge in California has barred

a mother and father accused

1:32:281:32:31

of the imprisonment and torture

of their 13 sons and daughters

1:32:311:32:34

from having any contact with them.

1:32:341:32:36

David and Louise Turpin appeared

in court to deny the charges.

1:32:361:32:39

The siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living

1:32:391:32:42

in one location and the six

youngsters divided between

1:32:421:32:44

two foster homes.

1:32:441:32:52

Insurers say they will pay more

than £30 million

1:32:521:32:54

to businesses

which are owed money by Carillion,

1:32:541:32:56

the failed construction

and services company.

1:32:561:33:02

Sums between £5,000 and several

million are being paid

1:33:021:33:04

out but only to the minority

of firms which had insurance cover

1:33:041:33:07

against bad debts.

1:33:071:33:08

Carillion went under last week

leaving its 30,000 suppliers facing

1:33:081:33:11

an uncertain future.

1:33:111:33:12

Scientist say smoking one cigarette

a day is much more dangerous

1:33:121:33:15

than previously thought.

1:33:151:33:16

The team at University College

London said low levels can alter

1:33:161:33:19

the way the heart, lungs and vessels

work, leading to a higher risk

1:33:191:33:22

of heart attack and stroke.

1:33:221:33:23

They say people should give up

rather than cut down.

1:33:231:33:26

Plans to set up tens of thousands

of free water refill points

1:33:261:33:29

across England are

being announced today.

1:33:291:33:31

Water UK, which represents water

companies and suppliers,

1:33:311:33:33

says it wants to expand a refill

scheme first launched in 2015.

1:33:331:33:37

It hopes this will help reduce

pollution caused by plastic bottles

1:33:371:33:40

being thrown away.

1:33:401:33:46

The organisers of this

year's Winter Olympics

1:33:461:33:49

revealed their security

forces yesterday,

1:33:491:33:50

and in a way you might not expect.

1:33:501:33:57

While most military

drills can be somewhat

1:33:571:33:59

formal, not in Pyeongchang!

1:33:591:34:01

The South Korean Guard of Honour

were showing off their moves

1:34:011:34:04

as they rehearsed for the start

of the games, which get under way

1:34:041:34:08

on the ninth February.

1:34:081:34:14

Very snazzy moves they are too!

You're just enjoying that?

1:34:141:34:19

It's an odd combination of

choreography and fits of violence.

1:34:191:34:31

It isn't really Strictly, is it?

Good morning, Sonali. I think they

1:34:311:34:36

did well! There was the moment when

they did that quickly with the guns.

1:34:361:34:40

It might have been the camera angle!

1:34:401:34:48

We have been counting down!

We have

one hour to go until the big match,

1:34:481:34:52

until Kyle Edmund is in his first

grand slams and.

1:34:521:34:58

He looked like he was starting to

enjoy it at the end of the last

1:34:581:35:03

match and I hope there hasn't been a

huge emotional toll in getting this

1:35:031:35:07

far in a grand slam because he's

only ever been into the fourth round

1:35:071:35:11

at the US Open. This is what he's

been working towards for a very long

1:35:111:35:15

time so he's been playing since the

age of ten so you would expect that.

1:35:151:35:19

This is how delighted Kyle himself

was to reach the semi final.

1:35:191:35:23

He'd just beaten world number three

Grigor Dimitrov in the quarters.

1:35:231:35:26

Another semi-finalist,

a five-time champion in Melbourne,

1:35:261:35:28

thinks the Briton has a fighting

chance against Marin Cilic.

1:35:281:35:30

It is two steps away, you know?

1:35:301:35:32

A lot of stuff can happen.

1:35:321:35:34

You play one good one and the other

guy plays one bad one,

1:35:341:35:38

usually there is no bad matches any

more in semi-final plays.

1:35:381:35:42

But it's a good situation to be

in and he can hit freely now and no

1:35:421:35:47

expectations whatsoever,

so maybe he'll never be in this

1:35:471:35:49

position ever again to have

so little expectations in some ways.

1:35:491:35:55

And we'll be speaking

to Andrew Castle about Kyle in just

1:35:551:35:58

a few minutes.

1:35:581:35:59

In the women's semi-finals,

Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber

1:35:591:36:06

are tied at 1-1, it's

in the final stages

1:36:061:36:08

of the decider.

1:36:081:36:10

Halep is leading 8-7.

1:36:101:36:13

Caroline Wozniacki has already made

it through to her third major final.

1:36:131:36:16

If Kerber wins, Wozniacki will take

1:36:161:36:17

Halep's spot as the world number

one.

1:36:171:36:21

Arsene Wenger took a big step

towards winning the League Cup

1:36:211:36:24

for the first time at Arsenal

with a 2-1 semi-final win over

1:36:241:36:27

Chelsea last night.

1:36:271:36:28

The first leg ended 0-1,

but Chelsea already had a goal

1:36:281:36:31

disallowed by the time

Eden Hazard put them ahead.

1:36:311:36:34

Arsenal were soon

1:36:341:36:34

back level, though,

a double-deflection off

1:36:341:36:36

Nacho Monreal's header made it 1-1

after only 11 minutes.

1:36:361:36:39

The winner

took a bit longer to arrive,

1:36:391:36:41

Granit Xhaka poking it home,

to send his side to Wembley

1:36:411:36:44

to face Manchester City

on February the 25th.

1:36:441:36:46

We looked like always

we could win this game.

1:36:461:36:50

At the end I've said it was a little

bit lucky with a deflected goal

1:36:501:36:55

with the first and the second one

as well was a bit lucky,

1:36:551:36:58

but overall I felt we controlled

well the game in the second half.

1:36:581:37:02

In Scotland, Rangers jumped

above Aberdeen into second

1:37:021:37:04

after beating them 2-0 at Ibrox.

1:37:041:37:06

But Hibs are now just five

points behind both sides

1:37:061:37:08

after beating Dundee away.

1:37:081:37:10

John McGinn's goal was

enough to seal victory.

1:37:101:37:12

Hearts beat Hamilton and bottom side

Ross County lost to Motherwell.

1:37:121:37:15

Celtic didn't play but are still 11

points clear at the top.

1:37:151:37:23

The Football Association say England

women's newly-appointed head

1:37:251:37:27

coach Phil Neville won't face any

disciplinary action over

1:37:271:37:29

historic sexist tweets.

1:37:291:37:34

Posts on his social media accounts

subsequently emerged of him

1:37:341:37:37

apparently assuming women would be

cooking breakfast instead

1:37:371:37:39

of watching sport.

1:37:391:37:43

The Women in Football group say more

attention should be paid

1:37:431:37:46

instead to how the next women's

coaches can be brought through.

1:37:461:37:49

There are less than 10% of football

coaches in England are female.

1:37:491:37:51

That's a shocking stat and terrible

when you compare it to Germany,

1:37:511:37:55

which is more like 30%.

1:37:551:37:56

We need to make sure in four years'

time we have an abundance

1:37:561:38:00

of coaches, male and female,

who are specialist in the women's

1:38:001:38:03

game and we can really look

to for that sort of strength

1:38:031:38:06

and depth in talent.

1:38:061:38:07

England are looking to defend

their 6 Nations title for the second

1:38:071:38:10

year running, the tournament starts

next weekend and they face

1:38:101:38:13

Italy in their opening match.

1:38:131:38:14

All of the 6 Nations

were in London for the tournament

1:38:141:38:17

launch yesterday.

1:38:171:38:18

England are favourites

but Ireland and Scotland pose

1:38:181:38:20

a significant threat.

1:38:201:38:23

You've got some great teams

in this competition,

1:38:231:38:25

you've got Ireland flying,

Scotland flying, Wales have been

1:38:251:38:28

the benchmark in European rugby,

we know what France can do and Italy

1:38:281:38:31

can play some extraordinary

rugby so it's this

1:38:311:38:34

great tournament, this intense

competition between countries that

1:38:341:38:36

sleep next to each other.

1:38:361:38:44

It's fantastic.

1:38:451:38:48

We know if we perform well we can

put ourselves in a very good

1:38:481:38:52

position, but we also aren't naive

enough to think other countries

1:38:521:38:54

aren't thinking the same thing.

1:38:541:38:56

A lot of the other countries

in the Six Nations had good autumns

1:38:561:38:59

as well and had fantastic years,

years of success in the Six Nations,

1:38:591:39:03

so we've just scratched

the surface of that really.

1:39:031:39:07

England cricketer Anya Shrubsole has

become the first female cricketer

1:39:071:39:10

to appear on the front cover

of the iconic cricketers'

1:39:101:39:12

almanack, Wisden.

1:39:121:39:13

Shrubsole took five wickets in 19

balls to help England's beat

1:39:131:39:16

India to win the World Cup final

last summer and was also nominated

1:39:161:39:19

for the BBC Sports Personality

of the Year award.

1:39:191:39:22

She called the Wisden cover

an amazing honour and privilege

1:39:221:39:25

and a clear representation

of the strength of the women's game.

1:39:251:39:33

And finally a story that's got a lot

of football fans talking.

1:39:331:39:37

This is the new club badge

Leeds United put forward

1:39:371:39:39

to their fans, it was unveiled

yesterday with the club saying

1:39:391:39:42

they spent six months consulting

1:39:421:39:44

10,000 fans to reach the end

result.

1:39:441:39:46

But the reaction on social media has

forced the club into a rethink.

1:39:461:39:49

These were the thoughts of the Times

sportswriter Henry Winter,

1:39:491:39:52

and one fan on social media noticed

the badge has a striking resemblance

1:39:521:39:55

to a well-known

indigestion treatment.

1:39:551:39:57

The club now say they'll re-open

the consultation process.

1:39:571:40:04

I think it's giving a lot of people

in digestion looking at the badge!

1:40:041:40:09

Don't you like it?

It isn't for me

to like or dislike, I'm not a fan!

I

1:40:091:40:17

quite like it!

I'm not, I don't know

about Charlie, are you a Leeds

1:40:171:40:23

United fan?

No!

OK!

You're still

allowed to comment on what the thing

1:40:231:40:30

looks like!

I think the spirit is

great!

They should have consulted

1:40:301:40:34

both of you!

1:40:341:40:35

So, Kyle Edmund will be on court

in just an hour's time.

1:40:351:40:39

How will he handle his first

Grand Slam semi-final?

1:40:391:40:42

Someone who knows something

about the pressure of carrying

1:40:421:40:44

Britain's hopes on his shoulders

is former British number one,

1:40:441:40:47

Andrew Castle.

1:40:471:40:49

From an Arsenal fan, this is

difficult to do, but I will do it

1:40:491:40:53

anyway!

For a lot of people, this week has

1:40:531:40:59

been an introduction to Kyle Edmund,

I know he's a former Davis Cup

1:40:591:41:03

winner but lots of people getting to

know him through the papers and

1:41:031:41:06

finding out more about him but he's

not an overnight success?

We do our

1:41:061:41:10

tweeting thing every now and again.

Thank you for noticing for a start,

1:41:101:41:16

someone paying attention! When he

won the Davis Cup and obviously Andy

1:41:161:41:21

Murray at that unbelievable year

when they won in 2015, when you've

1:41:211:41:24

been in a Davis Cup final and the

fourth round of a grand slam in 2016

1:41:241:41:30

at the US Open, semi-final of Tour

events, world ranking rising up to a

1:41:301:41:35

high of 48 couple of years ago,

you're not an overnight success.

1:41:351:41:39

There's no such thing in sport for

me other than merit. He's got there

1:41:391:41:46

on achievement, effort, talent,

great family behind him. I just want

1:41:461:41:50

to reflect that. Obviously there's a

wider media that comes in and wider

1:41:501:41:55

media outlets are suddenly

interested, where did he go to

1:41:551:42:01

school? All those sorts of things.

But his tennis has been honed over

1:42:011:42:05

years of hard work and it's

important to remember that.

1:42:051:42:08

People like to know these

characters, don't be? We got to know

1:42:081:42:12

Andy Murray a lot more, he was quite

shy and elusive with the press in

1:42:121:42:17

terms of giving much but now we know

his personality a bit more. We don't

1:42:171:42:22

know much about Kyle and that's what

fascinates us, we want to know what

1:42:221:42:25

drives him, he was shy, the cap was

down a bit, now up a bit more as he

1:42:251:42:31

enters the court.

He is slightly more expressive on

1:42:311:42:33

the court than he was come off the

court he is the same, you ask him a

1:42:331:42:39

question into his eyes and he will

avert his days. His mum gets very

1:42:391:42:50

nervous. They can't watch but they

might go down for the final.

That's

1:42:501:42:57

pretty relaxed, if he makes the

final!

1:42:571:43:00

You've got to make and they have to

make and they have to look after

1:43:001:43:05

Kelly, she is 21, it is important

where he comes from. For him he is

1:43:051:43:10

becoming a man. 17, 18, 19, he

wasn't ready for this success, his

1:43:101:43:16

game wasn't there, neither was his

mentality but he's continued to work

1:43:161:43:20

in the right way and there's been a

natural growth and now we see the

1:43:201:43:24

result and he could win this

semi-final.

1:43:241:43:26

Andrew, as we're looking at him

there, his is an attack game and

1:43:261:43:30

he's going to walk on that court and

he comes out with a blasting game.

1:43:301:43:35

For those that haven't seen him

play, that's what he does.

1:43:351:43:39

I played him at 18 and that was a

mistake. He wasn't born when I was

1:43:391:43:44

18!

He was on the way up and I was

1:43:441:43:48

interested to feel the effect of his

forehand and to feel his game,

1:43:481:43:51

didn't have too much on the backhand

at the forehand is an absolute joke!

1:43:511:43:56

Once he winds up on it, you can't

tell where it's going to go and he

1:43:561:44:00

hits it so hard there's no time to

react. It's genuinely one of the

1:44:001:44:04

wonders of the tennis world for me.

His serve has improved, he has a new

1:44:041:44:08

coach teaching him to be himself, to

express, to go for it and do the

1:44:081:44:13

right things but the big deal for

Kyle Edmund today is his defence.

1:44:131:44:17

Through his matches with Dimitrov

and Anderson, his success at this

1:44:171:44:22

level jump, has come through defence

on the wings and if he starts

1:44:221:44:26

blocking the ball on the side and

showing touch instead of blasting,

1:44:261:44:30

that's when you know he's gone up a

level and he's got the confidence.

1:44:301:44:33

His serve as well is better. It's

all good.

1:44:331:44:36

Now I need to know if you got a

point off him, how did it go?

You

1:44:361:44:42

know this, Charlie, catch them

young, play them as young as

1:44:421:44:46

possible and you will win a little

bit!

1:44:461:44:48

He was too old at 18 for me to get

him!

Do you think he can win today?

1:44:481:44:54

I think he will but Federer will be

the favourite for the tournament, he

1:44:541:44:59

has been majestic, as normal.

Lovely

to talk to you.

1:44:591:45:02

You can hear live commentary

of the match on BBC Radio 5 Live

1:45:021:45:05

and the highlights will be

on BBC Two this evening.

1:45:051:45:08

There will always also be the live

text feed on the website. The

1:45:081:45:17

highlights will be at 4:45pm. One

hour until the start of the game? 45

1:45:171:45:22

minutes. What will the set up the?

Very quiet, taking on water, maybe a

1:45:221:45:31

bit of food and going into his own

zone. The one thing I'm concerned

1:45:311:45:35

about is he has given too much to

too many people for his character

1:45:351:45:39

because we all want a piece.

Hopefully he's going into his place.

1:45:391:45:44

I think he will win, and he's got to

go on thinking he can win.

The

1:45:441:45:51

women's final, Simona Halep against

Caroline Wozniak, Halep beat Kerber.

1:45:511:45:56

Thanks very much!

Almost live! --

Wozniak.

1:45:561:46:06

Always changing but worth listening

to. The weather.

1:46:061:46:10

Always changing but worth listening

to. The weather.

Lots of heavy rain

1:46:101:46:12

yesterday. Snowmelt. Flooding

rivers. This was Dumfries. And this

1:46:121:46:20

was York. More of that later this

weekend.

In between weather systems.

1:46:201:46:28

Storm Georgina is off to northern

Europe. In between, shower clouds.

1:46:281:46:36

In a zone of cold air. Chilli. But a

dry start. Elsewhere, showers in the

1:46:361:46:47

west. More abundant in the

afternoon.

1:46:471:46:56

afternoon. Wintry over higher

ground. Scene back in the highlands

1:46:561:46:59

at the moment. East Anglia and

surrounding areas, pleasant and dry.

1:46:591:47:06

A breeze makes it feel cool.

Temperatures right for January.

1:47:061:47:11

Showers in England and Wales. Some

in northern Scotland. Elsewhere,

1:47:111:47:17

dry. The odd shower in Cornwall. And

down the eastern coastal counties. A

1:47:171:47:24

cold start to the Warren morning.

The chance of frost waking up.

1:47:241:47:31

Frosty. Showers to begin with.

Fading away. Dry and sunny

1:47:311:47:41

conditions, but not overly warm.

Then comes the cloud. Weather

1:47:411:47:49

systems pushing in. Not just wet and

windy on Saturday. The rain will go

1:47:491:47:55

from west to east quickly given the

strength of the wind. Brightening up

1:47:551:47:59

later. The heaviest in Scotland.

Severe gales on Saturday.

1:47:591:48:04

Temperatures back into double

figures. Mild air continuing.

1:48:041:48:12

Sunday, rain in Scotland.

Double-figure temperatures. 15

1:48:121:48:17

degrees.

1:48:171:48:25

degrees. Rain and water in the UK.

This is Cape Town. South Africa, a

1:48:251:48:31

different story. No rain at all.

Critically low reservoirs at the

1:48:311:48:37

moment. Cape Town could become the

first metropolitan area in the world

1:48:371:48:40

to see taps run dry as soon as April

12. To stave off that, from next

1:48:401:48:48

week, households in the city will be

limited to just 50 millilitres of

1:48:481:48:57

water each. Ten toilet flushes.

Acute.

1:48:571:49:10

Pay TV firm, Sky, says revenues

were up 5% in the last six months,

1:49:101:49:13

Ben's taking a look.

1:49:131:49:15

Yes, a strong set of figures

from Sky, the pay TV firm.

1:49:151:49:18

It's signed up another

365,000 new customers,

1:49:181:49:20

taking their total to 23 million

across the UK and Europe.

1:49:201:49:23

But it's been a tough week

for the satellite broadcaster.

1:49:231:49:27

On Tuesday, the competition watchdog

ruled that a proposed takeover

1:49:271:49:30

of the company was not

in the public interest.

1:49:301:49:32

Why?

1:49:321:49:33

Well, it's chairman

is James Murdoch, the son of media

1:49:331:49:35

tycoon, Rupert Murdoch.

1:49:351:49:36

Sky is currently 39% owned

by 21st Century Fox.

1:49:361:49:39

21st Century Fox's boss is Ruper

and the company is effectviely

1:49:391:49:42

controlled by the Murdoch family.

1:49:421:49:43

The problem is that Rupert Murdoch

also owns News Corp,

1:49:431:49:46

which in turn owns the Sun,

Times, and Sunday Times.

1:49:461:49:48

So, a lot of concerns

about media ownership.

1:49:481:49:51

On Tuesday, the Competition

and Markets Authority ruled that

1:49:511:49:53

Fox's bid for the remainder of Sky

would give the Murdoch family too

1:49:531:49:57

much control over news

providers in the UK.

1:49:571:50:05

What will happen next?

1:50:081:50:12

Matthew Howett from

Assembly Research is here.

1:50:121:50:14

Matthew Howett from

Assembly Research is here.

1:50:141:50:15

When you see the family

relationship, it is no surprise

1:50:151:50:19

regulators said it is too much

power. Is that the end of the story?

1:50:191:50:24

They believe the ruling from the CMA

came as a surprise. I think what the

1:50:241:50:35

CMA said is not the end of the

story. It could be different if they

1:50:351:50:39

said this would have been bad for

broadcasting standards. This would

1:50:391:50:42

all be off the table if that were

the case. The CMA have given

1:50:421:50:51

the case. The CMA have given Sky and

Fox and Disney a way through this

1:50:581:51:00

with remedies around Sky News to

reduce the combined influence.

I did

1:51:001:51:03

not mention Disney. It came in and

said they will buy the group anyway.

1:51:031:51:07

Where does that leave Sky? They have

good figures. They are signing up

1:51:071:51:11

more and more subscribers even

though we have a squeeze on income.

1:51:111:51:17

That is why firms want there hands

on it.

Disney is part of all of this

1:51:171:51:21

and it is important to mention. Some

of the

1:51:211:51:34

of the remedies around the Fox-Sky

takeover could fall away if Disney

1:51:351:51:37

get it. That'll make Rupert happy.

The CMA have given options. One of

1:51:371:51:42

them is splitting up the news

division and putting up a wall to

1:51:421:51:46

stop interference. Why this

transaction is happening is

1:51:461:51:56

transaction is happening is because

of the threat from other content

1:51:561:51:59

companies like Netflix. We had their

results recently. To combat that,

1:51:591:52:02

they are trying to do these tie-ups.

Sky talked a lot this morning about

1:52:021:52:09

content, in particular, success of

original programmes. They have the

1:52:091:52:14

highest watching figures so far.

You

touched on Amazon, Netflix. There is

1:52:141:52:21

so much choice. Is this actually

just fighting over a shrinking

1:52:211:52:28

market? Will ultimately Amazon and

Netflix, will they merge, do deals,

1:52:281:52:35

just to stay alive?

There is a lot

at stake. We should remember, of

1:52:351:52:44

course, Sky has broadband, and many

are taking content through that

1:52:441:52:50

rather than over the air. They have

to think about how to deliver that

1:52:501:52:54

content. I suspect Sky is thinking

with Fox about how to use that more.

1:52:541:53:02

Selling bundles to consumers,

packages, as well as connectivity.

1:53:021:53:06

So interesting, isn't it? We will

see what happens next. Thank you.

1:53:061:53:12

More from me after 8pm.

Thank you

very much.

1:53:121:53:17

Cheetahs are known for being

the fastest land mammal,

1:53:171:53:19

but now, new research suggests

when it comes to catching prey,

1:53:191:53:22

speed doesn't always equal success.

1:53:221:53:24

Scientists have discovered a kind

of arms race between big cats

1:53:241:53:27

and the animals they hunt.

1:53:271:53:28

As one gets faster,

the other becomes more agile,

1:53:281:53:30

as our science correspondent,

Victoria Gill, explains.

1:53:301:53:36

The fastest land animal on Earth.

Cheetahs are built for speed and

1:53:361:53:42

acceleration. But with a sprint they

can sustain for less than a minute,

1:53:421:53:48

every twist and turn of the hunt is

critical. A high-speed battle. And

1:53:481:53:56

these veterinary scientists have now

studied it at the finest scale.

We

1:53:561:53:59

see the spectacle of hunting on

wildlife documentaries, but here we

1:53:591:54:06

have thousands showing what they do,

all of the things we do not see,

1:54:061:54:11

hunting at night, undercover, and

building up a huge story which we

1:54:111:54:16

can create a computer model to tell

us what the effect is.

Scientists

1:54:161:54:22

fixed colours to cheetahs and lions

and the prey they pursue. Every

1:54:221:54:31

moment of the chase is captured,

showing how closely predator and

1:54:311:54:34

prey match in athleticism. It also

demonstrated the hunt is about much

1:54:341:54:40

more than speed. By outmanoeuvring a

predator, turning at the very last

1:54:401:54:46

minute, and antelope can control the

chase and evade capture. Only about

1:54:461:54:54

50% of cheetah hunts and in a kill.

This unpacks the evolution between

1:54:541:54:59

predator and pay. The balance of the

survival of the cats and what they

1:54:591:55:04

eat. Lions and cheetahs are

vulnerable to extinction. This study

1:55:041:55:11

shows how find that lying is between

life and death in the wild.

We have

1:55:111:55:16

checked them. -- line. We have an

in-depth understanding of their

1:55:161:55:21

requirements in their habitat. It is

important We research the prey they

1:55:211:55:27

eat and how much range they need. It

all links into their conservation.

1:55:271:55:35

These are the extreme athletes of

the animal kingdom. And tracking

1:55:351:55:39

every step really unravels the drama

of each chase.

1:55:391:55:47

of each chase. Victoria Gill, BBC

News.

1:55:471:55:49

Stunning images. Beautiful,

absolutely beautiful. We are 35

1:55:491:55:57

minutes from Kyle Edmund

1:55:571:59:17

in half an hour.

1:59:171:59:18

Bye for now.

1:59:181:59:19

Hello.

1:59:401:59:41

This is Breakfast, with

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty.

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The Culture Secretary welcomes

the closure of the Club

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at the centre of claims hostesses

were groped at a charity event.

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Matt Hancock tells this programme

the behaviour reported

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at the President's Club dinner

should be investigated

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by the charities watchdog.

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We need to make sure that we don't

have events like this that are

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clearly so... Frankly, so sexist.

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Good morning, it's

Thursday 25th January.

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Also this morning: A crucial day

at the Australian open

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for Britain's Kyle Edmund.

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It has been an amazing week for Kyle

already, and he will soon go for a

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place in his first grand slam

semifinal. The semifinal starts at

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8:30am.

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Theresa May will tell world leaders

at Davos that they must do more to

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remove terrorism online. The pay-TV

firm sky has signed up another

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365,000 new customers.

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365,000 new customers. We'll be

looking at what next for the TV

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giant.

And Matt has the weather.

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A day of sunshine, showers and maybe

the odd rainbow. Though forecasting

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15 minutes.

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In the past hour the Culture

Secretary, Matt Hancock,

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has told this programme he welcomes

the closure of the Presidents Club.

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The charity came under pressure

after women employed

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as hostesses at a dinner held

by the organisation,

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said that they were groped.

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Meanwhile, the Education Minister

Nadhim Zahawi has been summoned

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by the Government chief whip

to explain his version of events.

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The minister said he felt

uncomfortable and left the function

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early as Alexandra McKenizie

reports.

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The annual Presidents Club

charity dinner for men only

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at the Dorchester Hotel.

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Women were hired as table hostesses.

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There were claims they were groped,

they were made to were revealing

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outfits and specific underwear

and their phones were confiscated.

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One of the event organisers, David

Mellor, resigned his position.

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One of those summoned

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to explain his attendance

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was Education Minister

Nadhim Zahawi.

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He was called in to

see the Chief Whip.

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On social media, Mr Zahawi

said: He didn't say long,

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The Charity commission said it was

investigating the claims as a matter

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of urgency.

The behaviour described

as no place in a charity. We were in

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touch with the trustees

straightaway, asking for an

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explanation. They have since

confirmed that they intend to come

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close -- to close the charity. That

doesn't excuse their actions whilst

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running the charity, and if the

charity is closing, we have an

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important role in ensuring it does

so in and it -- in an orderly way.

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The Presidents Club,

which said it was appalled

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by the allegations surrounding

the event last week,

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said it would distribute remaining

funds to children's charities before

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shutting down in the

wake of the scandal.

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Alexandra Mackenzie, BBC News.

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Earlier, the Culture Secretary, Matt

Hancock, give us this reaction.

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I'm very glad this club has been

shut down and part of that shutting

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it down is part of a wider change

that we need to make sure that

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you have genuine equality

of opportunity in this country,

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in our country and making sure men

and women are treated equally

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in our country and making sure men ,

==and women are treated equally.

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It wasn't a surprise to a lot of

people that these revelations came

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out, shocking as they are. Why was

covered minister there?

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covered minister there?

It was a

charity fundraiser and he left early

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because he felt uncomfortable with

it. That is what I was dull. I also

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understand he has spoken to the

Chief Whip and had a conversation

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about it. There was a broader point,

which is that we need to make sure

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that we don't have events like this,

that are clearly so... Frankly, so

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sexist.

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Theresa May will use a speech

at the World Economic Forum

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in Switzerland to put more pressure

on technology companies

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like Facebook and Twitter to tackle

extremist material online.

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She'll be speaking in Davos just

hours before she sits down with US

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President Donald Trump,

their first meeting since

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she criticised him for sharing

racist videos tweeted

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by the far-right

group, Britain First.

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Our business correspondent

Sally Bundock is in Davos.

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-- Simon Jack is in Davos for us.

Sketch out what we are expected to

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hear from Theresa May.

She will be

speaking at around 2pm local time,

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1pm your time. Advisers tell us she

will use this opportunity to tell

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the crowd here that technology

companies have to really do more to

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ensure that extremist content,

whether it be paedophilia, or

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terrorism, needs to be more quickly

taken down, and she will refer back

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to the United Nations beach where

she said the target should be two

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hours to do that. Ultimately, it

should automatically exclude itself,

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and they should do that by using

developments in artificial

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intelligence. She's also going to

say that Britain wants to be a

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leading light in the development of

artificial intelligence. Everyone

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thinks that these are important

issues. Whether they are top of mind

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at the moment is a question. We are

expecting Donald Trump to arrive,

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and I think she will have to go some

way to outshine the darling of the

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conference so far, Emmanuel Macron,

and all eyes will be on President

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Trump when he arrives this evening.

Talk us through that a little bit

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more, Simon. Davos is the most

extraordinary place, isn't it? And

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one of the problems were any Prime

Minister is that, around the corner,

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there is always someone more

important about to make a speech.

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The result was a more important

person then you around the next

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corner, even if you are ahead of

like Theresa May! She will talk to

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Donald Trump on the sidelines and we

are told they will -- even if you

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are a head of state like Theresa

May! They had a spat about promoting

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some of that far right stuff that

Donald Trump put out there and

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tweeted about. There was a big spat

about the embassy and that state

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visit to the UK. Donald Trump saying

he didn't want to come because Obama

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did a bad deal unmoved the embassy

after the prestige area and moved it

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to a different error in London. An

opportunity to patch up and let

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things heal over, and also perhaps

get another date in the diary for

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that controversial state visit.

Simon, we will leave it there for

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the moment.

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A judge in California has barred

a mother and father,

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accused of the imprisonment

and torture of their 13 sons

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and daughters, from having

any contact with them.

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David and Louise Turpin appeared

in court to deny the charges.

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The siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living

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in one location and the six

youngsters divided

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between two foster homes.

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Insurers say they will pay more

than £30 million to businesses

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which are owed money by Carillion,

the failed construction

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and services company.

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Sums between 5000 and several

million pounds are being paid out

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but only to the minority of firms

which had insurance

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cover against bad debts.

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Carillion went under last week

leaving its 30,000 suppliers facing

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an uncertain future.

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Smoking is awful for health,

as it greatly increases the risk

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of cancer, heart attack and stroke.

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You may expect cutting down from 20

to one a day would lead to a similar

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reduction in health problems.

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It does for lung cancer, but a study

in the British Medical Journal says

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some risks remain high.

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For every 100 middle-aged people

who had never smoked,

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five have a heart attack

or a stroke each decade.

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A 20 a day habit increases that risk

to a higher 12 heart

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attacks or strokes.

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When people cut down drastically

and smoke just once a day,

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they would still have eight

heart attacks or strokes.

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The team from University College say

the solution is to stop completely.

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Even smoking the odd cigarette

here and there or one or two a day

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still has a major risk of two common

and serious disorders.

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The implication for GPs is that

when they deliver smoking cessation

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services to their patients they can

raise this information to try

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and encourage smokers in a positive

way to completely stop rather

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than merely cut down.

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Researchers think even low levels

of tobacco smoke may be altering

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the way the heart, lungs

and blood vessels function,

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leading to the increase in risk.

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Cutting back is still

better than doing nothing

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but Public Health England say

the safest thing to do

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is to quit for good.

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Plans to set up tens of thousands

of free water refill

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points across England

are being announced today.

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Water UK, which represents water

companies and suppliers,

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says it wants to expand a refill

scheme first launched in 2015.

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It hopes this will help reduce

pollution caused by plastic

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bottles being thrown away.

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I actually know where the spots

are where I can refill my water

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bottle so I would not

necessarily need it.

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That would be really good,

that would be ace, definitely.

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Not a bad idea.

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I think the biggest waste

is plastic bottles and coffee

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cups, isn't it?

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I don't know if all companies

will be happy doing that,

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but it's an amazing idea.

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Sir Elton John has

announced a farewell tour.

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He says he wants to stop

touring to spend more time

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with his young children -

but only after a 3-year

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extravaganza featuring 300

gigs around the globe,

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as he told our US

correspondent Nick Bryant.

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I've been travelling since I was 17

in the back of a van up

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and down the M1.

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Although I travel in the most

fantastic way, it's exhausting

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and I don't enjoy it.

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It's a long goodbye.

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It's a long goodbye.

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Three years, 300 shows but I'm

really, really looking forward to it

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and they will be happy

shows, I won't regret it.

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Britain's Kyle Edmund carries

the hopes of a nation

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on his shoulders this morning

as he attempts to reach the final

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of the Australian Open.

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The 23-year-old could overtake

Andy Murray to become

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the British Number One.

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The match gets under way

in the next half hour,

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and somebody who may be feeling

the nerves right now

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is Kyle's coach, Mark Hilton.

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He joins us live from the National

Tennis Centre in London.

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Are very good morning to you, Mark.

What a fantastic day this is for

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Kyle

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What a fantastic day this is for

Kyle. What are your thoughts, half

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an hour away from the match?

It is

very exciting, not only for the

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people who have supported, family

and friends, but also for himself. I

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spoke to him yesterday, he is ready

to play and help prepare well. He

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has recovered from his match against

Grigor

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has recovered from his match against

Grigor.

What do you know about how

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he goes about that preparation?

Players have little things they do

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or don't like to do in the run-up -

what is he like?

We have had a

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pretty relaxed day yesterday, very

much about recovery. He probably

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played about 30-40 minutes on the

court. He had a debrief from his

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match and talked a lot about today.

He spent a lot of time with friends,

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try to stay relaxed and keep his

commitments to a minimum so he will

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be in the best condition to perform.

In the immediate run-up, are their

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rituals that he goes through?

Players have routines because most

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of their life is spent between a

tennis court, hotel room and a gym.

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It is all about routine, and he will

have his, keeping it simple, making

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sure he won't overcomplicate things

and getting himself prepared to go

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out there and perform.

In the way

you are speaking, and we often hear

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it from sports coaches, you have

that very matter of fact approach to

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what is giving on. You will be

aware, though, that the nation as,

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live to Kyle and has got interested

in his story. It is wonderful for

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him after all the work that he, you

and the team have done, even to get

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to this stage.

I think so. Taking it

matter-of-factly, he plays a lot

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over the year, has a lot of ups and

downs, so it is important to take

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those wins and losses and be

level-headed about it, which he is,

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as well as the team around him,

whether it is the coaching team, his

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family, who have done a great job

keeping him very even and ready to

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go again for another big match.

I

know that you work in tandem with

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another coach to work with him, and

we've heard a little bit more about

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what people are saying is changed

this year. You explain for us,

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because a lot of people have said,

he has always had amazing shots, and

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people are now familiar with that

amazing forehand he has. I don't

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want to be too technical for people

who don't follow tennis regularly,

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but the biggest change, they say, is

about the confidence in him.

He had

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developed some believe. He lost a

lot of close matches at the end of

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last year, and he started well in

Brisbane, came through some tight

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matches, and it does a lot for that

feeling that you can go on the court

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and get through matches and get over

the line. I think, having those

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experiences at the start of the

year, obviously coming to a close

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five set match at the start against

Anderson has been a big catalyst for

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that. It was never about hating

shots, it was making decisions in

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the big moments, and he has executed

extremely well.

You are at the

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tennis centre there - what do you

think his success will mean for

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young people? People are saying, who

are we going to look to after Andy

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Murray?

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Murray? It will be a big boost for

young people looking at the sport.

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Of course. Andy has done a

phenomenal job for that, and Kyle is

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a direct reflection of Andy's

success. He has spent a lot of time

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with him, and he was a classic

example in pre-season this year,

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Kyle took a couple of junior players

away who are aspiring to this level

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as well, and I think surrounding

yourself with the best can obviously

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up your level, and that has happened

with Kyle that way. He has the

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character to give back, and it

creates that conveyor belt of

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players that will hopefully be

coming through.

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I understand Kyle's parents have not

gone to Australia at the moment. Do

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you know where they are watching it?

What is happening with the family?

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It must be difficult to watch a game

like this.

Of course. His matches

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have very much been around the

middle of the night over here so it

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has been very much people getting up

at all hours to support him. I'm

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aware they are at home together as a

family watching him, and taking

2:16:262:16:32

pressure off Kyle is obviously going

to be a big thing, and as we

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discussed, it's not about adding

more pressure, it's not about

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getting too carried away with the

wins and the support they have given

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him, not just in this tournament but

through his whole journey has been

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phenomenal really, and it's business

as usual and he will go about that

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again today.

We very much look

forward to the match today, thank

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you for your time today and we wish

him well. Mark Hilton, Kyle Edmund's

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coach, thank you. It is funny,

sports coaches often have that

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approach, just got to do the job.

That is what you do your training

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for. We can be more emotional about

it and so can the fans in Melbourne

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and we can get the taste of how they

are feeling over there, here is

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Hywel Griffith

the fans have been

filling up the Rod Laver arena

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behind me. We spotted a fair number

of union Jacks. People admitted when

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they booked their tickets weeks ago

they hoped to be cheering on Andy

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Murray but now they have a new name

and they have really taken to Kyle

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Edmund. Some of them have watched

him at pretty much every match here,

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some of them boasting about Selvie

they got with him. The Aussies love

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an underdog so I think many of those

will have been impressed by the way

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he has knocked out people far above

him in the rankings. He's done it

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with such confidence and composure

and he's not been overawed by the

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situation. How he responds to a

grand slam semifinal, well, I guess

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we will just have to wait and see.

Those around me tell me he's pretty

2:18:072:18:11

relaxed, his mindset has been good,

had time to go out for a meal last

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night and posted some pictures on

Facebook. I think we will see a

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happy and smiling Kyle Edmund when

he takes to centre stage.

Good to

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see you, enjoy the sunshine, we will

speak to you later. The time is

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8:18am. Time to take a look at the

weather. Matt has the details.

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8:18am. Time to take a look at the

weather. Matt has the details. Know

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when it as warm as it is in

Melbourne, the high 20s is the

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temperature of there. No-win air is

warm this morning, yesterday morning

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we saw temperatures into the teens

across England and Wales, a bit of a

2:18:462:18:50

drop this morning, cool start of the

day and cooler by and large, cool a

2:18:502:18:54

couple of days on the way, the mild

are linked into Storm Georgina, off

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into the north of Europe, this area

of cloud will bring wet and windy

2:19:002:19:04

and increasingly mild weather in the

weekend but in between we have clear

2:19:042:19:09

skies, showers to the west of the UK

and Ireland which will become

2:19:092:19:12

abundant during the day. Showers

continue across the north-west

2:19:122:19:17

Highlands, falling snow for one or

two and around the Glasgow and

2:19:172:19:20

Edinburgh area it is dry, showers in

Northern Ireland, the western

2:19:202:19:25

fringes of England and Wales

becoming a bit more widespread with

2:19:252:19:28

showers through the next couple of

hours. Much of eastern England is

2:19:282:19:32

dry, although a few showers will be

pushing in from the English Channel,

2:19:322:19:35

parts of Sussex and Kent in

particular. They will continue to

2:19:352:19:39

come and go through the day. The

showers in the west could merge into

2:19:392:19:42

some longer spells of rain, southern

Scotland, far south of Scotland,

2:19:422:19:47

northern England and Wales, cloudy

conditions this afternoon at times

2:19:472:19:50

and showers could be Evian thundery.

The further south and east some of

2:19:502:19:54

you will stay dry throughout the day

and not bad through the central belt

2:19:542:19:57

of Scotland either. Around average

for this time of year, 6-11d but it

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will feel cool in the breeze,

blustery wind blowing. Expects

2:20:052:20:12

showers across England and Wales

tonight for Burns night. Showers

2:20:122:20:18

developing across Scotland and

northern England, into Pembrokeshire

2:20:182:20:24

this morning. The rest of the UK

will be dry, if few mist and fog

2:20:242:20:32

patches, icy start on Friday for

some morning showers for the commute

2:20:322:20:34

across eastern counties of England

quickly disappearing, the rest of

2:20:342:20:38

the day will be fine, one of the

driest of the week. Temperatures

2:20:382:20:41

down on today's values but the wind

and sunshine. Shouldn't feel too

2:20:412:20:46

bad. This is what is wedding in the

wings for the weekend, the deep area

2:20:462:20:51

of low pressure pushing between us

and Iceland into Saturday. Lots of

2:20:512:20:56

strong winds around meaning the band

of rain that comes will push from

2:20:562:20:59

west to east quickly, sunshine and

showers following, some heavy rain

2:20:592:21:03

for a time in Scotland and we should

see severe gales in the far north

2:21:032:21:07

too. Once it goes we continue with

milder air into Sunday,

2:21:072:21:12

south-westerly winds dominating,

still bringing rain at times, into

2:21:122:21:16

Scotland and around western coasts

and hills, which will only add to

2:21:162:21:20

river level is currently running

high across the country, but some

2:21:202:21:22

parts of central and eastern England

in particular will stay dry and get

2:21:222:21:26

a bit of sunshine, one or two could

see temperatures peak at 15 degrees.

2:21:262:21:33

Still not on the chart, is it?

It is not but I like to keep you

2:21:332:21:38

waiting. It is a 21 AM.

2:21:382:21:42

Then has results from sky this

morning. A good set of figures after

2:21:422:21:47

what has been a tough week for them.

-- Ben has the results.

2:21:472:21:54

Good morning, Pay TV firm Sky

says revenues were up 5%

2:21:542:21:56

in the last six months,

after signing up 365,000

2:21:562:21:59

new customers, taking

their total to 23 million.

2:21:592:22:01

This week the regulator blocked the

takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox

2:22:012:22:06

saying the deal could damage

customer choice and give the Murdoch

2:22:062:22:09

family that owned parts of it too

much control over news in the UK. It

2:22:092:22:14

signalled the end of the humble

satellite dish on the side of your

2:22:142:22:17

house, saying instead it plans to

offer all of its channels and

2:22:172:22:20

content online.

2:22:202:22:22

Around three million people fall

victim to scams every year -

2:22:222:22:25

costing us up to £10 billion.

2:22:252:22:29

So, Trading Standards are launching

a new scheme to help spot scammers.

2:22:292:22:32

Just 5% of scams are reported

to the authorities -

2:22:322:22:37

like the police

or Trading Standards.

2:22:372:22:40

So, they want more people to be

aware of the problem and know

2:22:402:22:43

how to deal with it.

2:22:432:22:44

The number of teenagers holding

a driving licence has fallen

2:22:442:22:46

by almost 40% in two decades.

2:22:462:22:50

The Government-backed research

revealed as more people communicate

2:22:502:22:52

online than face to face,

not owning a car is likely

2:22:522:22:55

to be the new normal.

2:22:592:23:00

It also blames new technology

allowing people to share cars

2:23:002:23:03

and hail taxis as well as the rising

cost of car ownership.

2:23:032:23:07

You are up-to-date, I will see you

soon.

2:23:072:23:10

We all know that one

of the best things you can do

2:23:102:23:14

to improve your life expectancy

is to stop smoking.

2:23:142:23:16

And if you've battled your way

from twenty cigarettes

2:23:162:23:17

And if you've battled your

way from 20 cigarettes

2:23:192:23:22

a day to just one or two,

you might think you've

2:23:222:23:24

pretty much cracked it.

2:23:242:23:25

But a new study shows that smoking

even one-a-day nearly doubles

2:23:252:23:28

the risk of suffering a stroke

or heart attack in middle age.

2:23:282:23:31

Professor Allan Hackshaw researched

the figures, which are published

2:23:312:23:33

in the British Medical Journal.

2:23:332:23:34

He joins us from our London studio.

2:23:342:23:36

Good morning. Thank you for joining

us. The risks of smoking just one

2:23:362:23:43

cigarette a day compared to, say,

smoking 15-20 a day, are they still

2:23:432:23:48

significantly lower?

It's certainly lower but not

2:23:482:23:51

anywhere near as low as smokers

think it's going to be when they cut

2:23:512:23:54

down. For cancer, for example, the

risk is greatly reduced but the risk

2:23:542:24:00

for heart attack and stroke is not

and people would have to stop

2:24:002:24:07

completely.

Tell us how this is

going to encourage, this research,

2:24:072:24:13

is going to encourage people to cut

down completely. To be fair you hear

2:24:132:24:17

a lot of different statistics about

whether smoking one or two, or

2:24:172:24:21

however long you have given up which

contributes to better health during

2:24:212:24:25

middle age, how will you encourage

people to quit completely? By saying

2:24:252:24:29

that you will get rid of most of

your risk of heart attacks and

2:24:292:24:33

strokes, and the thing about those

two disorders is the risk of those

2:24:332:24:37

go away very quickly.

A few years

after quitting. By cutting down to a

2:24:372:24:44

few cigarettes a day you get great

benefits on cancer risk, so it

2:24:442:24:48

should be encouraged and smokers

have done well in doing so over the

2:24:482:24:52

years. The thing is to go one step

further and try and cut out

2:24:522:24:55

completely and use various aims to

help you do so.

Let's talk about the

2:24:552:25:01

facts in terms of numbers. If people

have something tangible to hold

2:25:012:25:05

onto. Say if you quit smoking at 30

years old completely, when do the

2:25:052:25:10

real benefits, ie your risks of

ill-health in middle age, become

2:25:102:25:14

closer to those of someone who

hadn't smoked?

So, for heart disease

2:25:142:25:20

and stroke up to about five years

later. For cancer about ten years

2:25:202:25:25

later. If you stop at about 30 or 35

years old, a large part of your risk

2:25:252:25:31

goes away by the time you are 50, 55

years old.

You have mentioned

2:25:312:25:37

alternatives. Isn't the jury still

out on e-cigarettes, vaping, in

2:25:372:25:41

terms of how safe they are?

Area

store some debate over it, people

2:25:412:25:50

unsure how safe they are but I and

others think they cannot be anywhere

2:25:502:25:53

near as dangerous as cigarettes and

from our study smoking a couple day

2:25:532:25:58

has substantial harm is for heart

and I can't imagine e-cigarettes

2:25:582:26:03

being anywhere near as bad. There

are some studies ongoing now looking

2:26:032:26:06

at Somerby long-term effects of

e-cigarettes -- looking at some of

2:26:062:26:13

the long-term effects of

e-cigarettes and it could be seen as

2:26:132:26:16

an alternative to help people cut

down first and then cut it out

2:26:162:26:19

completely.

In terms of nicotine

what is the difference? If you say

2:26:192:26:23

only cutting down to one or two

cigarettes a day isn't good enough

2:26:232:26:26

but you can have e-cigarettes, or

vapes surely that's the same in

2:26:262:26:33

terms of nicotine?

You get the

nicotine but you haven't got the

2:26:332:26:36

other horrible toxins you get with

cigarettes, e-cigarettes are not

2:26:362:26:40

completely safe. But they haven't

got anywhere near as many chemicals

2:26:402:26:46

as you have in cigarette smoke, even

smoking a few a day.

Professor Allan

2:26:462:26:52

Hackshaw from University College

London, thank you for your time this

2:26:522:26:56

morning. The time is 8:26am. Time to

get the news,

2:26:562:30:19

Now, though, it's back

to Charlie and Naga.

2:30:192:30:25

Hello, this is Breakfast, with

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty.

2:30:342:30:40

The Culture Secretary says

he welcomes the closure

2:30:402:30:43

of the scandal-hit charity,

the Presidents Club.

2:30:432:30:49

I'm very glad that this club has

been shut down and I think that

2:30:492:30:55

shutting down is part of a wider

change that we need to make sure

2:30:552:31:01

that you have genuine equality of

opportunity in this country, our

2:31:012:31:05

country, and making sure that men

and women are treated equally, and I

2:31:052:31:09

think you see this across a range of

different areas, like making sure we

2:31:092:31:13

have equal pay is still unfinished

business, and there is more to do.

2:31:132:31:19

The education Minister Nadhim Zahawi

has been summoned by the Chief Whip

2:31:192:31:22

to explain his version of events at

the men-only charity dinner. The

2:31:222:31:27

minister said he

2:31:272:31:38

felt uncomfortable and left the

event early.

The Charity Commission

2:31:412:31:43

says it is investigating the

allegations as a matter of urgency.

2:31:432:31:45

I must be clear, charities and

fundraisers are horrified by what

2:31:452:31:47

they have heard, the charity sector

is reeling from this and the

2:31:472:31:50

response of charity leaders and

fundraisers has been very strong in

2:31:502:31:52

saying this behaviour has absolutely

no place in charity, that is a

2:31:522:31:54

really strong message from the

regulator and the charity sector.

2:31:542:31:58

Theresa May will use a speech

at the World Economic Forum

2:31:582:32:00

in Switzerland to put more pressure

on technology companies

2:32:002:32:02

like Facebook and Twitter to tackle

extremist material online.

2:32:022:32:05

She'll be speaking in Davos just

hours before she sits down with US

2:32:052:32:08

President Donald Trump,

their first meeting since

2:32:082:32:10

she criticised him for sharing

racist videos tweeted

2:32:102:32:12

by the far-right

group Britain First.

2:32:122:32:18

A judge in California has barred

a mother and father,

2:32:182:32:21

accused of the imprisonment

and torture of their 13 sons

2:32:212:32:23

and daughters, from having

any contact with them.

2:32:232:32:25

David and Louise Turpin appeared

in court to deny the charges.

2:32:252:32:29

The siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living

2:32:292:32:32

in one location and the six

youngsters divided

2:32:322:32:34

between two foster homes.

2:32:342:32:42

Insurers say they will pay more

than £30-million to businesses

2:32:422:32:45

which are owed money by Carillion,

the failed construction

2:32:452:32:47

and services company.

2:32:472:32:48

Sums between 5000 and several

million pounds are being paid out,

2:32:482:32:51

but only to the minority of firms

which had insurance

2:32:512:32:53

cover against bad debts.

2:32:532:32:54

Carillion went under last week,

leaving its 30,000 suppliers facing

2:32:542:32:57

an uncertain future.

2:32:572:33:01

Scientists say smoking just one

cigarette a day is much more

2:33:012:33:04

dangerous than previously thought.

The team in University College

2:33:042:33:07

London said even low levels of

tobacco smoke may be altering the

2:33:072:33:11

way the heart, lungs and blood

vessels function, leaving you at

2:33:112:33:14

higher risk of heart attack and

stroke. They say people should give

2:33:142:33:19

up, rather than cut down.

2:33:192:33:23

There has been controversy at this

year's camel beauty contest in Saudi

2:33:232:33:28

Arabia, a dozen animals banned

because their handlers used Botox to

2:33:282:33:31

make them better looking.

So, this is the annual contest which

2:33:312:33:37

sees judges rate the size of the

camels' lips, cheeks, head and

2:33:372:33:42

knees. No surprise there is a

temptation to cheat, the competition

2:33:422:33:50

has a prize fund of £40 million.

Look at that.

2:33:502:33:57

Obviously had worked, that one. I'm

just looking at your lips, go

2:33:572:34:04

cheeks, your head, just to see how

you judge someone on these features.

2:34:042:34:13

Apparently these are not

particularly uncommon for Botox and,

2:34:132:34:18

we learned that today.

Did that happen today? Wednesday is

2:34:182:34:27

usually hump day. You are looking at

me blankly. I read about it in the

2:34:272:34:31

paper, a lot of actresses get Botox

in the knees. It is my hands that

2:34:312:34:37

showed the age.

In general terms I'm sure that is

2:34:372:34:42

true.

A big hole has been dubbed! Coming

2:34:422:34:49

up this morning... Kyle Edmund has

walked on to court to start perhaps

2:34:492:34:53

the biggest match of his career so

we will be talking to teachers from

2:34:532:34:56

his old school, teachers and pupils

there glued to the semifinal of the

2:34:562:35:02

Australian open.

Also, amazing pictures, the extreme

2:35:022:35:09

athlete of the animal kingdom, when

it comes to hunting prey fastest is

2:35:092:35:13

not necessarily best.

# Goodbye yellow Brick Road...

2:35:132:35:23

He is saying goodbye to touring,

Elton John says he will quit it but

2:35:232:35:28

there are 300 more shows to go

before he decides, he says, to spend

2:35:282:35:32

more time with his children.

That is all coming up later on.

2:35:322:35:40

Sonali is here now, set the scene

for us.

2:35:402:35:43

We have been counting down all

morning, both of the players are on

2:35:432:35:47

the court. Marin Cilic has been here

before, for but US Open, he was in

2:35:472:35:51

the final of Wimbledon last year so

he has done this before. This is the

2:35:512:35:57

biggest it off Kyle Edmund's life,

he had never got past the fourth

2:35:572:36:00

round of a grand slam and he is in

the semifinal of the Australian

2:36:002:36:04

open.

So what are they doing now, they

2:36:042:36:06

have walked onto the court?

They have done the interviews, they

2:36:062:36:10

are having a little warm up,

probably another five minutes to go

2:36:102:36:14

before they start for money.

Usual output for Kyle Edmund, the

2:36:142:36:19

pink and the black?

This is when they walked out.

2:36:192:36:27

Must be such a great atmosphere.

They got a really warm reception.

2:36:272:36:33

Such a big moment for Kyle. Roger

Federer says he hopes he enjoys it,

2:36:332:36:39

the only time you does not have that

level of expectation and pressure, I

2:36:392:36:43

hope he is not feeling any pressure

and enjoying it, he looked like he

2:36:432:36:46

was enjoying it.

We spoke to his coach early on, a

2:36:462:36:51

very businesslike attitude, which of

course they have to have?

2:36:512:36:53

They said he hoped he was not over

exerting himself yesterday, just

2:36:532:36:57

with friends, having fun. It is a

mental game. The women's final has

2:36:572:37:02

already been decided this morning,

Simona Halep was victorious over

2:37:022:37:07

Angelique Kerber, she will meet

Caroline Wozniacki, the world number

2:37:072:37:10

two, who beat Elise Martin in the

Australian open semifinal.

2:37:102:37:17

The League Cup is the only domestic

competition Arsene Wenger has not

2:37:172:37:21

won in his 21 years at Arsenal but

they took a big step towards the

2:37:212:37:25

trophy last night after beating

Chelsea. The first leg ended

2:37:252:37:28

goalless but Chelsea had a goal

disallowed by the time Eden Hazard

2:37:282:37:31

put them ahead. Arsenal soon back on

level, double deflection off Nacho

2:37:312:37:37

Monreal's header made it 1-1 after

11 minutes. The winner took longer

2:37:372:37:43

to arrive, granny Jack poking it

home to send his side to Wembley to

2:37:432:37:46

face Manchester city in the final

next month.

2:37:462:37:52

In the end, I would say, yes, it was

a little bit a deflected goal the

2:37:522:37:59

first and second one as well was a

bit lucky, but I felt we controlled

2:37:592:38:03

well the game in the second half.

Rangers jumped above Aberdeen into

2:38:032:38:08

second place in the Scottish

Premiership after beating them to

2:38:082:38:10

know at Ibrox but Hibs are now just

five points behind both sides after

2:38:102:38:14

beating Dundee away. One goal enough

to seal victory. Hearts beat

2:38:142:38:20

Hamilton and bottom side Ross County

lost to Motherwell. Celtic did not

2:38:202:38:24

play but are still 11 points clear

at the top. And finally to a new

2:38:242:38:30

club crest that has not gone down

well with football supporters, this

2:38:302:38:33

is the badge that leaves United

unveiled yesterday, the lead salute

2:38:332:38:37

which, over the decades, the club

says has been an expression of the

2:38:372:38:41

passion connecting fans of the pitch

with players on. They said they

2:38:412:38:44

spent six months asking fans their

thoughts about what the badge should

2:38:442:38:50

be before reaching the end result

but reaction on social media has

2:38:502:38:53

forced the club into a rethink.

These were the thoughts of the

2:38:532:38:57

times' sports writer Henry Winter.

One fan on social media noticed a

2:38:572:39:01

striking resemblance to a well-known

indigestion treatment. So the club

2:39:012:39:06

are going back to the drawing board

and will reopen the consultation

2:39:062:39:09

process. It is hard to get these

things right, isn't it? Not always,

2:39:092:39:13

it depends. Musgrove it is like

mascots, sometimes they attract

2:39:132:39:23

attention. Firm objections, though,

I think they had 60,000, that is a

2:39:232:39:27

lot. There might be other to like it

as well? There might be, they are

2:39:272:39:30

just not voicing their opinions. The

tennis has started, Marin Cilic is

2:39:302:39:36

serving. Commentary on BBC radio 5

Live, highlights on BBC Two, and

2:39:362:39:45

there are the text updates as well,

if you are at work I don't want to

2:39:452:39:48

get anyone fired... It is live text

on the BBC sport website, like if

2:39:482:39:54

you were watching it live on

Twitter, comments from fans... Kyle

2:39:542:40:01

Edmund Ford e-15 up. I cannot sit

here all day! How would you feel

2:40:012:40:09

about walking into a shop or cafe

and saying, could you refill my

2:40:092:40:13

water bottle for me, please?

2:40:132:40:16

Water UK, which represents water

companies and suppliers,

2:40:162:40:18

is announcing plans to encourage

tens of thousands of businesses

2:40:182:40:20

in England to open their doors

to passers-by who need a top-up.

2:40:202:40:23

They're hoping it will drastically

reduce pollution caused by plastic

2:40:232:40:26

bottles, as Breakfast's Tim Muffett

reports.

2:40:262:40:29

Across Bristol, since 2015,

businesses have been inviting people

2:40:292:40:33

in not to spend money but to refill

water bottles for free.

2:40:332:40:39

People want really practical ways

of how they can stop using as much

2:40:392:40:42

single-use plastic in their lives

and refill is a really obvious way

2:40:422:40:45

of doing that.

2:40:452:40:51

Natalie Fee set up the scheme -

an app tells people were refills

2:40:512:40:54

are available, as do these signs.

2:40:542:40:55

I think it's great as a way of not

using as much plastic.

2:40:552:41:03

It's a nice, easy thing to do,

increases footfall to the cafe.

2:41:032:41:06

There are now 200 refill

points across Bristol.

2:41:062:41:08

The scheme spread to other

places including Durham,

2:41:082:41:12

Norwich and Brighton,

but it's about to get much bigger.

2:41:122:41:19

Every water company,

by September this year,

2:41:192:41:27

is going to draw up what they can do

to sign up

2:41:282:41:31

more businesses to provide

free refill points.

2:41:312:41:33

We want tens of thousands

of refill points by 2021,

2:41:332:41:35

we think we can take tens

of millions of plastic bottles out

2:41:352:41:38

of the waste stream.

2:41:382:41:39

So more of this, less,

it's hoped, of this.

2:41:392:41:41

It's just horrible down here,

along the banks of the River Avon,

2:41:412:41:44

and there are hundreds

of plastic bottles down

2:41:442:41:46

here, it's disgusting.

2:41:462:41:47

So many of them are

drinking water bottles.

2:41:472:41:49

Your project, your initiative,

is going to be run on a national

2:41:492:41:52

scale - that must be very exciting?

2:41:522:41:54

It is, yeah.

2:41:542:42:01

For this to really work,

it needs to be on every high street,

2:42:052:42:08

in every shop and cafe.

2:42:082:42:16

In the UK, we buy more

than 1.7 billion litres of plain

2:42:162:42:20

bottled water every year,

according to the Grocer magazine.

2:42:202:42:23

For the first time sales

are outstripping that of cola,

2:42:232:42:25

but soon it will be far simpler

to refill a bottle with tap water,

2:42:252:42:28

what effect will that have

on demand for these?

2:42:282:42:30

I don't think it's going

to have a significant impact...

2:42:302:42:38

Kinvara Carey runs

the Natural Hydration Council,

2:42:392:42:41

set up and supported by companies

that produce bottled water.

2:42:412:42:43

Bottled water is different

to tap water in the sense

2:42:432:42:46

that it is naturally sourced,

it's not chemically treated,

2:42:462:42:48

and a lot of people choose

it for those reasons

2:42:482:42:50

or for taste reasons.

2:42:502:42:51

The Natural Hydration Council said

it backs the refill scheme as it

2:42:512:42:54

wants more people to drink water,

but it believes disposing of bottles

2:42:542:42:57

responsibly is a bigger issue.

2:42:572:42:58

The bottles themselves

are 100% recyclable -

2:42:582:43:01

the bottle, the label, the lid.

2:43:012:43:03

Whether it's recyclable or not

really isn't the point.

2:43:032:43:08

Half of the plastic bottles used

in the UK aren't getting recycled

2:43:082:43:11

and the majority of them

are escaping the waste system

2:43:112:43:14

and ending up in places like these.

2:43:142:43:15

Ending plastic pollution

will require major change.

2:43:152:43:18

Natalie hopes that's

one step closer.

2:43:182:43:22

Tim Muffet, BBC News.

2:43:222:43:28

Chris Sherrington is Head

of Environmental Policy

2:43:282:43:30

and Economics at a consultancy

and Jan Maskell is an

2:43:302:43:33

occupational psychologist.

2:43:332:43:36

So you specialise in behaviour

patterns generally? Chris, can you

2:43:362:43:40

give a sense of the scale of the

problem first of all?

In terms of

2:43:402:43:45

overall plastics entering the

environment, one of the key issues

2:43:452:43:48

at the moment, globally about 12

million tonnes each year. In the UK

2:43:482:43:54

we have pretty good waste

collection, we still lose quite a

2:43:542:43:57

lot. On consumption, about 35

million plastic bottles consumed

2:43:572:44:03

every day.

When you hear figures

like this, Jan, they don't sound

2:44:032:44:09

particularly new, we have been

talking about it, Blue Planet has

2:44:092:44:13

shown a lot, highlighting the

plastic in the oceans, why hasn't

2:44:132:44:16

all been done about it?

That is a

good question. I think a lot of it

2:44:162:44:21

is driven by industry and what is

the norm, and what has become the

2:44:212:44:25

norm is for people to buy a bottle

of plastic -- it plastic bottle of

2:44:252:44:32

water, and then to throw it away, so

that is part of our culture, very

2:44:322:44:35

much take, dispose of it, rather

than thinking about the life cycle

2:44:352:44:40

of something, and thinking, how can

we reuse materials that we have got?

2:44:402:44:45

The fingers, it is all very well

having the facts in front of us but

2:44:452:44:48

the point is now that Water UK wants

us to feel free to go in and ask for

2:44:482:44:54

a refill of water, I don't think

everyone will feel comfortable about

2:44:542:44:57

it, we asked a few people how they

felt coming here is an example of

2:44:572:45:01

what they said.

2:45:012:45:06

what they said.

I don't tend to buy

bottled water.

I normally buy them

2:45:082:45:15

when I am on the way and when I am

thirsty, I normally refill them as

2:45:152:45:19

well and use them for a couple of

days.

I reuse water bottles but I

2:45:192:45:25

don't think it is a good idea,

whenever I use it, I feel like the

2:45:252:45:29

taste of the water is different than

the water that was in the bottle

2:45:292:45:33

before.

We have water dispensers at

every depot around the country, so I

2:45:332:45:39

thought up my water.

This is glass,

obviously, bit of silicon

2:45:392:45:44

protection. We work in the gym, so

we can referral it in the gym.

2:45:442:45:49

Picking up on a couple of those

thoughts, talking about the taste of

2:45:492:45:52

water being different, when she

refills a plastic bottle... A couple

2:45:522:45:56

of elements to that, it might taste

different but the other is the sense

2:45:562:45:59

that people have that somehow, there

is something dangerous about reusing

2:45:592:46:04

plastic bottle, what can you tell us

about that?

There is concern, we

2:46:042:46:09

have heard, there is potential for

chemicals to get involved. There

2:46:092:46:15

used to be a chemical that was in

some plastics called but in the

2:46:152:46:20

water bottles we have that is not

the case in terms of single use

2:46:202:46:23

plastic bottles we have. -- that was

in some plastics called BPA. There

2:46:232:46:27

is nothing to suggest it is

dangerous.

The problem is, once that

2:46:272:46:31

is in the psyche, that is a big

deterrent, that is fundamental, if

2:46:312:46:35

people are not prepared to refill a

plastic bottle, it is not going to

2:46:352:46:41

happen.

Part of the issue is how

easy it is to do things, and making

2:46:412:46:47

this behaviour change easy. And

encouraging people to have reusable

2:46:472:46:51

plastic bottles as we saw in clips

there, rather than reusing the

2:46:512:46:54

disposable ones, having your own

bottle, you can make it easy for

2:46:542:46:59

yourself to carry that around all

the time and reuse it.

Isn't it odd

2:46:592:47:04

having a plastic bottle to replace

plastic bottles...

But it is one

2:47:042:47:08

that you can use time after time,

designed to last a lifetime,

2:47:082:47:14

roughly, a plastic bottle, like the

one you have got there, it would

2:47:142:47:17

last a lifetime.

Have you done the

thing where you go into a cafe, a

2:47:172:47:21

shop, and you ask for a refill?

Yes,

and there is a mixed response,

2:47:212:47:26

because I usually use my copy cup

mug to ask for some hot water, and I

2:47:262:47:32

gets different responses.

This is a

place where you are not otherwise

2:47:322:47:36

buying something?

-- coffee cup.

I

have offered to buy hot water?

2:47:362:47:44

Whatever price they put on it.

How

does that conversation go?

It

2:47:442:47:49

varies, it varies.

You ask for hot

water.

And they say, yes, here you

2:47:492:47:54

are. And if they say no, I will pay

for it. I have offered... I let them

2:47:542:47:59

dictate the price!

How much have you

paid?

50p. It is about

2:47:592:48:08

encouraging... Looking at behaviour

change, what you could look at is

2:48:082:48:14

the service provider changing their

behaviour. Rather than saying, would

2:48:142:48:19

you like a pastry with your copy,

they say, can I feel your reusable

2:48:192:48:24

mug.

I think the other thing to note

is, you don't have to have a plastic

2:48:242:48:30

one, you can have stainless steel as

well. Or a glass bottle. The beauty

2:48:302:48:35

of the refill scheme, you don't need

a bottle at all, ideally, have a

2:48:352:48:40

network of places where you can fill

up a glass in the cafe, for you.

But

2:48:402:48:45

we are all on the go. We don't want

to stop.

Think about how Italians

2:48:452:48:50

drink copy, they don't have big

takeaway cups, quick espresso, they

2:48:502:48:56

go, same thing here.

It has got us

talking. Thank you very much for

2:48:562:49:00

joining us.

2:49:002:49:10

Time for the last

2:49:112:49:12

look at the weather forecast.

Following yesterday's rain, too much

2:49:122:49:18

water in some rivers. Flood levels

in Dumfries. And in the centre of

2:49:182:49:24

York, with the River Ouse. More rain

to come this weekend.

2:49:242:49:27

Area cloud is currently over the

Atlantic, there it is behind me,

2:49:302:49:34

this is from Storm Georgina, but for

the time being, clumps of cloud,

2:49:342:49:40

with us, before clear skies come in

later on tonight. Shannon was mainly

2:49:402:49:44

in western areas, some of those a

little on the heavy side, a bit

2:49:442:49:48

wintry on the higher ground in

Scotland. Eastern areas continue,

2:49:482:49:51

heavy showers towards Sussex and

Kent and one or two showers making

2:49:512:49:55

it to the east. Most of the showers

this afternoon will be across

2:49:552:49:59

western areas, younger spells of

rain. Lots of cloud, bit of

2:49:592:50:05

brightness in between. Some parts

will stay dry, some parts of East

2:50:052:50:10

Anglia should stay dry, during much

of today. Temperatures on the cool

2:50:102:50:15

side, and a few showers around

initially, but as we go into the

2:50:152:50:19

early hours, they will come to

confined to eastern areas. Many

2:50:192:50:24

other areas will be dry and clear,

mist and fog and more widely some

2:50:242:50:29

frost. Ice around as well. Across

eastern England, bit more cloudy,

2:50:292:50:34

one or two showers, wind easing

down. Brightest day of the week

2:50:342:50:39

tomorrow, good long sunny spells

before the sunshine turns hazy from

2:50:392:50:43

the north-west later on.

Temperatures down on today, bit more

2:50:432:50:46

sunshine, lighter wind, should not

feel too bad. Courtesy of this

2:50:462:50:50

weather front, joining forces with

another one, DPF airflow pressure.

2:50:502:50:56

Saturday, first day of the week and,

wet day, rain spreading from West to

2:50:562:51:00

East, some of the rain will be

heavy. Severe gale force in the

2:51:002:51:05

final. Finishing the day with

sunshine, temperatures may drop,

2:51:052:51:10

into Sunday, south-westerly wind,

back once again, with it, rain in

2:51:102:51:15

Scotland and Northern Ireland, some

parts of Central eastern England

2:51:152:51:19

will stay dry, sunny spells and note

the temperatures, double figures for

2:51:192:51:24

just about all, maybe up to 15

degrees in eastern areas. High

2:51:242:51:28

temperatures again, rain across

Scotland, we could see some further

2:51:282:51:32

melt and flooding possible. Complete

contrast to what has been happening

2:51:322:51:36

across the other side of the world

in Cape Town, South Africa, these

2:51:362:51:40

areas where we need rain, at

critical levels, Cape Town, as early

2:51:402:51:47

as the 12th of April, could be the

first Metropolitan area in the world

2:51:472:51:51

for the taps to run dry. The City

Council, from next week, limiting

2:51:512:51:55

households to just 50 litres of

water a day, equivalent to around

2:51:552:52:00

ten flushes of the toilet. They

desperately need rain, and none is

2:52:002:52:04

forecast.

2:52:042:52:05

So hard to imagine, when we are in

the midst of winter, so much rain.

2:52:102:52:14

If you imagine, the likes of

Birmingham, Manchester, the tabs

2:52:142:52:18

being turned off one day because

there is not enough water to go

2:52:182:52:21

around. They are in desperate need

and it is just not there in the

2:52:212:52:24

forecast.

2:52:242:52:26

Have a lovely weekend.

2:52:262:52:34

Knife crime is at the highest level

in England and Wales for six years.

2:52:432:52:46

There were almost 37,000 offences

last year, so what can be done to

2:52:462:52:49

tackle the problem? In Scotland

violent crime is treated as a public

2:52:492:52:51

health problem - a disease to be

cured, with long-term plans to

2:52:512:52:54

tackle its causes - and it seems to

be working. Breakfast's John Maguire

2:52:542:52:56

is in Glasgow this morning. We have

heard some of these harrowing

2:52:562:52:59

stories, incidents involving

stabbings, everyone trying to work

2:52:592:53:00

out exactly what can be done?

2:53:002:53:07

out exactly what can be done?

So

many different initiatives, but here

2:53:072:53:08

in Glasgow they have found something

that is working. Street and arrow,

2:53:082:53:13

social enterprise, the guys come

here, all ex-offenders, working you

2:53:132:53:16

for a year. Callum chopping up

spots. Working on the grill. The

2:53:162:53:23

idea is to give them purpose and a

job to train them up and

2:53:232:53:32

job to train them up and they will

recover. Lovely looking spicy lentil

2:53:322:53:37

soup, Cumberland sausage, served up

later today. The Scottish approach

2:53:372:53:42

is innovative, Glasgow was one of

the most dangerous cities, one of

2:53:422:53:45

the most violent cities in Europe

several years ago. It is not totally

2:53:452:53:49

cured now, but it is better than it

once was. Some of the schemes they

2:53:492:53:54

are working on, this violence

reduction unit, that this is part

2:53:542:53:58

of, has been copied elsewhere across

the UK. I spent a couple of days in

2:53:582:54:03

London finding out what they are

doing there, they are using

2:54:032:54:07

charities involved with

2:54:072:54:13

charities involved with the NHS, to

go into A&E, speak with gang members

2:54:152:54:18

involved in violent crime, to see

what they can do to help them turn

2:54:182:54:21

their lives around.

2:54:212:54:23

VOICEOVER: Shot twice before he was

21, this former gang member says

2:54:232:54:27

that he is lucky to be alive.

When I

was young, I was involved in small

2:54:272:54:34

robberies, smoking weed, staying on

the straight, not doing anything

2:54:342:54:36

positive.

The reason he is here

today to tell his story, while in

2:54:362:54:41

hospital, for the second shooting,

he met a youth worker, who helped

2:54:412:54:46

him to see another way.

I was in

hospital, I didn't want to speak to

2:54:462:54:51

the police. The charity, Red Thread,

approached me, they made it feel

2:54:512:54:56

like I could talk to them about

anything. I never had that. When I

2:54:562:55:00

was 16, I got shot, nobody cared,

later, thank God, I had somebody to

2:55:002:55:06

say, change the situation, put you

on the straight path, if you need

2:55:062:55:09

help we are here to help.

At St

Mary's Hospital in Paddington, one

2:55:092:55:15

of London's four major trauma

centres, aside from the winter

2:55:152:55:19

pressures of all emergency

departments, near, they also deal

2:55:192:55:22

with the brutal consequences of gang

violence.

The big thing we see is a

2:55:222:55:27

lot of stabbing, a lot of shooting

as well. Trauma numbers in general

2:55:272:55:31

have been going up year-on-year,

which has been reflected in all

2:55:312:55:35

major trauma centres, and of that

proportion, violence related

2:55:352:55:38

injuries.

Over the past three years

they have had youth workers from the

2:55:382:55:43

charity Red Thread alongside the

doctors and nurses here. And they

2:55:432:55:48

say that it is making a difference.

The youth workers we have here help

2:55:482:55:51

the young person but they help them

when they go out, it is about trying

2:55:512:55:57

to get them out of that cycle of

violence. Putting them in the right

2:55:572:56:04

direction.

It remains a major

problem, the latest crime figures

2:56:042:56:07

for England and Wales published

later this morning, the most recent

2:56:072:56:12

showed 1.2 million violent

incidents. Among those, almost

2:56:122:56:16

37,000 knife attacks. The highest

since 2011, and a 26% increase from

2:56:162:56:24

the previous year. And behind every

single number, an attacker, and a

2:56:242:56:29

victim. He knows he cheated death,

twice, but others will not be so

2:56:292:56:36

fortunate.

2:56:362:56:40

If you are watching the programme

around one hour ago, we spoke with

2:56:402:56:45

Callum, he had been working here for

a year, he has gone on, changed his

2:56:452:56:49

life, he has gone to work elsewhere,

worked in the criminal justice

2:56:492:56:52

system within Glasgow. -- Colin.

This is what he told me.

It has

2:56:522:56:59

given me a purpose, and if this gave

me a purpose to evolve and change my

2:56:592:57:03

life. Since I left that lifestyle,

it has just taken off.

Lets talk to

2:57:032:57:13

will Linden and Inspector Ian

Murray, both from the violence

2:57:132:57:15

reduction in unit, why does this

work?

Because it gives people a

2:57:152:57:20

chance, we are dealing with young

men and women, their chances have

2:57:202:57:24

been omitted, because chances are

not created equally, they have had

2:57:242:57:28

massive problems and massive

challenges in their life but they

2:57:282:57:31

have decided that they want to

change their lives for the better,

2:57:312:57:34

for their families and themselves

and their communities and we are

2:57:342:57:37

helping them and supporting them and

it seems to work.

We spoke with

2:57:372:57:40

people through the morning, they

really appreciate the camaraderie,

2:57:402:57:44

the chance to talk to other people,

to get the support from you guys.

2:57:442:57:48

What is your role, do you think, you

are a policeman, but perhaps back in

2:57:482:57:54

the day it may have been thought

that you would be at loggerheads?

We

2:57:542:57:58

are looking for them to change, to

care them into change, creating hope

2:57:582:58:01

and opportunity which gives them the

opportunity to change their lives

2:58:012:58:05

and the reductive members of the

community.

That a couple of weeks

2:58:052:58:10

left in the programme, William and

Callum, William says he does not

2:58:102:58:14

know what he will do next, what are

his options?

We support them beyond

2:58:142:58:17

the programme, we have a bank of

failure friendly employers, they

2:58:172:58:23

will give work to these people, we

cannot guarantee work but we have

2:58:232:58:26

been successful so far. And I'm sure

that they will be able to get a job

2:58:262:58:31

and move forward with their lives.

Thanks to the crew in the kitchen as

2:58:312:58:35

well, sterling job this morning,

they have been serving for the last

2:58:352:58:40

little while so. Very popular,

especially every other Saturday,

2:58:402:58:43

when they have the farmers market.

Model has been worked in Scotland.

2:58:432:58:55

That has been rolled out across

other cities, in Nottingham and in

2:58:552:58:59

Birmingham in the near future.

Again, the idea to make a real

2:58:592:59:03

change, to make every difference. --

to make a real difference.

2:59:032:59:16

8:30am, important match began in

Melbourne, Kyle Edmund, against

2:59:162:59:18

Marin Cilic, and he was doing OK in

the first game, that is all that we

2:59:182:59:24

knew... We understand it is on

serve, that is good, Kyle Edmund

2:59:242:59:31

fighting for a place in the final.

Teachers and pupils at the former

2:59:312:59:41

school of Kyle Edmund are watching,

and JJ is there for us.

2:59:412:59:50

and JJ is there for us. JJ is behind

a mask of Kyle Edmund(!)

2:59:502:59:57

a mask of Kyle Edmund(!)

he has been

a rock star here for a long time,

2:59:593:00:02

and you can see the kids are really

getting into the match, getting some

3:00:023:00:06

time of class to watch it, they have

been up all morning with us, making

3:00:063:00:10

the banner, and every time he is on

serve, he is on court, they are

3:00:103:00:15

going wild for him, and the amazing

thing is, Kyle Edmund is only 23,

3:00:153:00:20

was not that long since he was one

of these guys. So we can talk to

3:00:203:00:25

some of his teachers. Russell, Mr

Parker, sorry...

Thank you.

3:00:253:00:32

LAUGHTER.

How proud are you of him?

He has

3:00:323:00:37

gone on to such great things, even

more amazing.

You were one of his

3:00:373:00:42

teachers. A lot of talk this week

has been about his confidence, what

3:00:423:00:47

was it like when you were teaching

him?

He always had an inner

3:00:473:00:52

strength, he was quiet, a lot of

people have thought about his

3:00:523:00:56

quietness, but he was always... It

was always linked to the shortness,

3:00:563:01:00

and he was always in the right place

that macro always linked to a

3:01:003:01:03

certain assuredness. He had an

innate belief in himself and that is

3:01:033:01:11

what has carried him through his

life and it is what is carrying him

3:01:113:01:14

through today.

Some of the pupils

here could be future Kyle Edmunds.

I

3:01:143:01:21

have a trophy here that has Kyle

Edmund's name on it as well as mine,

3:01:213:01:26

we have both won the same trophy, a

won it three years in a row, I won

3:01:263:01:31

it only one year... One of his first

trophies, and it has not been his

3:01:313:01:36

last, hopefully that can be the same

for me.

Hopefully more silverware

3:01:363:01:41

today, thank you for having a quick

chat with us, for raising such a

3:01:413:01:45

great boy, you have done so well. As

you can see, the kids want to make

3:01:453:01:50

some nice, I'm keeping them quiet.

Please, enjoy the match, are you

3:01:503:01:54

going to enjoy the match?

CHEERING

3:01:543:01:58

Can we get them to hold the masks to

their faces... No, they cannot hear

3:02:043:02:09

us, that room is... That is one

excited room!

How is JJ going to

3:02:093:02:14

survive there! For one morning at

least we are all Kyle

3:02:143:02:22

If you've been watching BBC

One's Big Cats you'll have seen

3:02:303:02:33

some spectacular chases

between predator and prey.

3:02:333:02:34

Well scientists have been

studying this natural battle

3:02:343:02:36

of wits and its evolution.

3:02:363:02:38

They've discovered how the animals

have adapted to try and stay one

3:02:383:02:40

step ahead of each other,

and have found speed,

3:02:403:02:43

doesn't always lead to success,

as our Science Correspondent

3:02:433:02:45

Victoria Gill explains.

3:02:453:02:46

The fastest land animal on Earth.

3:02:463:02:47

Cheetahs are built for

speed and acceleration.

3:02:473:02:49

But with a sprint they can sustain

for less than a minute,

3:02:493:02:52

every twist and turn

of the hunt is critical.

3:02:523:02:54

High-speed battle.

3:02:543:02:55

And these veterinary

scientists have now

3:02:553:02:56

studied at the finest scale.

3:02:563:02:58

We've seen the spectacle

of hunting on

3:02:583:02:59

wildlife documentaries but here

we're catching thousands of brands

3:02:593:03:02

and actually shoving what they do,

all the things we don't see, when

3:03:023:03:05

they hunt at night,

when they hunt in dense

3:03:053:03:07

cover, we are building a

false story which means you can then

3:03:073:03:10

create a computer model that can

3:03:103:03:11

actually tell us what the effect

and honed outcome is.

3:03:113:03:19

Scientists fitted chatting colours

to cheaters and lions and the pray

3:03:273:03:32

that they pursue, recording their

position every 200 times per second.

3:03:323:03:35

-- cheetahs. That captured every

moment of the chase, revealing just

3:03:353:03:39

how close predator and prey match in

their athleticism but also

3:03:393:03:43

demonstrated that the hunt is about

much more than speed, about

3:03:433:03:48

outmanoeuvring a predator, turning

at the very last minute, and

3:03:483:03:52

antelope can control the chase and

evade capture. Only 50% of cheetah

3:03:523:04:01

hunts end in a kill, this has showed

the delicate balance between the

3:04:013:04:06

survival of these powerful cats and

the animals they eat. Lions and

3:04:063:04:13

cheetahs are both known to be blonde

bull to extinction, this study shows

3:04:133:04:17

how fine the line is between life

and death in the wild.

If you're

3:04:173:04:21

going to protect them, having an

in-depth understanding of their

3:04:213:04:24

requirements in the natural habitat

is so important, and research into

3:04:243:04:30

the kind of prey they eat and how

much home range they need. It all

3:04:303:04:35

links into their conservation.

These

are the extreme athletes of the

3:04:353:04:40

animal kingdom, and it has meant

tracking their every step to unravel

3:04:403:04:46

the drama of each chase.

3:04:463:04:54

Professor Alan Wilson,

from the Royal Veterinary College,

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who you saw in that report,

is with us in the studio

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What have you learned the most from

these observations?

We have learned

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how animals code evolved to live in

a reasonably happy system, the

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cheetah Asda be athletic enough to

catch the Impala, but the Impalas

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must be athletic enough not to get

caught. -- the cheetah must be.

The

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balance, makes perfect sense, there

needs to be balance.

There needs to

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be balance. If you start

reintroducing animals to the wild,

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looking at environment, then you

have to think about something like

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that.

You are a professor of

biomechanics. Maybe you can talk us

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through this, in terms of science,

what you see... This is a recumbent

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cheater, at the moment, but this

measurement, to see how fast they

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run the straight-line. -- cheetah.

Like a rugby player or a winger, if

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you are powerful, if you can

manoeuvre, then you can run quickly

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as well, it is about having very

powerful muscle, one thing we did

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was look at the muscles and

predators have remarkably powerful

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muscle.

And this, the cheetah,

relatively light to its muscle,

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think of a lion...

If you want to be

fast, you want to be 40, 50, 60

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kilograms, optimum size, speed,

greyhound size, cheetah size, if you

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get bigger, you tend to be slower,

smaller, you tend to be slower.

Are

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these chases in a straight line, are

they twisting and turning?

Here, the

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lure is running around, all the work

is done in the wild, real cheetah

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hunting and real impala, they are

captured outmanoeuvring for every

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single step they take.

What do the

collars monitor?

Speed and

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acceleration, 350 times a second,

very accurate GPS. Accelerometer and

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gyroscopes in them, you can get

every twist and turn. How quickly

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they are going when they turn, and

whether they slow down to turn and

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things like that.

Everyone knows

they do not always catch their prey,

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take the example of the impala, what

is it in terms of biomechanics and

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the movements the impala can do

which means that they can sometimes

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elude their cheetah?

If you ran away

from a line in a straight line, it

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would get you every time, so the

Impala needs to move relatively

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slowly, and at the last minute,

turn, that is where it can do what

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the cheetah cannot, because the

impala is setting the course of the

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hunt, deciding when to turn, how

quickly do go, its advantage is that

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it knows...

It would be a brave

impala to slow down when being

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chased by anything that wants to eat

you.

Obviously that is what they

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have learned, when you look at them,

they run slowly, it is just the

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twists and turns. You have two turn

very sharply. CEO Bird running in

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front of your car, you see the same

thing, you get closer and closer and

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at the last second, they turn away.

-- if you see a bird running.

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Big Cats is on BBC One

tonight at 8pm

3:08:163:08:19

We'll be hearing from Sir Elton John

about why his next tour will be his

3:08:223:08:25

last when we come back. First a

last, brief look at the headlines

3:08:253:08:28

where you are this morning.

3:08:283:10:08

As goodbyes go, it was every bit

as subtle and understated as we've

3:10:203:10:23

come to expect from one of the UK's

most flamboyant entertainers.

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Sir Elton John has announced

that he plans to stop touring -

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but only after a global farewell

which will last three years.

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I've been travelling since I was 17

in the back of a van up

3:10:323:10:35

and down the M1.

3:10:353:10:36

And although I travel

in the most fantastic way, it's

3:10:363:10:38

exhausting, and I don't enjoy it.

3:10:383:10:40

It's a long goodbye?

3:10:403:10:41

It's a long goodbye!

3:10:413:10:42

Three years?

3:10:423:10:43

A three year tour, 300 shows,

but I'm really, really looking

3:10:433:10:46

forward to it.

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They will be happy shows,

I won't regret it.

3:10:543:10:56

Let's talk to an Elton

John superfan now.

3:10:563:10:58

Richard Booth has seen him

in concert more than 100 times.

3:10:583:11:01

You have bought in some stuff, you

have met him as well, what have you

3:11:013:11:06

brought in?

3:11:063:11:07

have met him as well, what have you

brought in?

Disses Elton's cap that

3:11:073:11:09

he donated to the aids foundation

that he signed.

3:11:093:11:20

that he signed.

It is a fantastic

piece of hardware, if I turn it over

3:11:203:11:23

you can see it says, with love...

Elton John, Atlanta, 1995.

He is

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obviously keen to meet the fans?

Yes, this is one of the programmes

3:11:303:11:34

that he has signed, he is a very

personable person, he cares deeply

3:11:343:11:38

for his fans and you can see that in

his shows, the way he interacts with

3:11:383:11:42

the crowd at every show, he is a

showman but also a people person.

It

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is a funny kind of retirement, isn't

it, when you save three years, 300

3:11:483:11:53

shows?

I think with the magnitude of

Elton John and what he has done over

3:11:533:12:00

his career, I think he needs that

three-year tour so everyone can get

3:12:003:12:04

the chance to see him, they will be

millions of people who want to get

3:12:043:12:08

tickets for the final shows and I

think a three-year tour is a grand

3:12:083:12:13

farewell.

He says he wants to spend

more time with his children, how old

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are they?

About seven.

He wants to

spend time with them, but with his

3:12:163:12:24

back catalogue, what would you want

to see onto a?

A range of things,

3:12:243:12:30

the earlier days, goodbye Jenna

Brick Road, Rocket Man, which he

3:12:303:12:34

puts into his staple of his set --

goodbye yellow Brick Road. But

3:12:343:12:41

people will see a range of material

and everybody knows and Elton John

3:12:413:12:45

song, people who have never seen

him, or seen him 20 times, everyone

3:12:453:12:49

knows a song they can sing along to.

He has been pretty open about

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things, do you think the show will

be a big spectacular?

I hope it will

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be, shows like Red Piano Show, The

Million-dollar Piano in Vegas, they

3:13:013:13:07

have been a grand backdrop with

lavish screen so I hope he will have

3:13:073:13:11

masses of video screens showing

excerpts from his career, that

3:13:113:13:15

people can relate to, and will be

the final farewell.

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Exciting times, Richard, thank you

very much. There is a big game going

3:13:203:13:25

on, Kyle Edmund in the semifinal in

Melbourne, just lost the first set,

3:13:253:13:28

you can follow the match online and

on radio 5 Live.

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We wish them well, it is early days.

We are back tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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