26/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

A Donald Trump visit to the UK is

back on. He confirms talks are under

way for a trip in the second half of

the year.

Good morning.

It's Friday the 26th January.

Also this morning:

"Stop prescribing antibiotics

for sore throats."

The NHS medicines watchdog tells

doctors to use paracetamol instead.

BBC presenters agreed to take salary

cuts for a quality.

We hear from the family

of a 13-year-old boy who was killed

in an accident with one.

Good morning. A weak pound has given

exporters a boost, meaning they can

sell more overseas. How was the rest

of the economy? We will get the

latest official figures this

morning.

One of the worst starts

ever for an England cricketer, five

wickets out

ever for an England cricketer, five

wickets out for eight runs. And

Sarah has the weather.

Good morning.

A chilly start to the day. Mist and

fog. A dry day ahead. Blue sky and

sunshine as well. All of the details

coming up.

Donald Trump will visit

the UK later this year,

it has been confirmed.

Downing Street has said

Donald Trump will once again

confirm his commitment

to put America first

when he delivers his keynote

speech in Davos later.

The President met Theresa May

yesterday, denying any rift

in the so-called

special relationship.

Business presenter Sally Bundock

is in Davos for us.

Sally, the US President

is making all the headlines

there, isn't he?

Good morning.

Good morning.

The trip

we were waiting for. Pomp and

circumstance surrounding that. What

did he say?

There was a

circumstance surrounding that. What

did he say?

There was a lot of

attention, as you can imagine, on

his meeting with the UK Prime

Minister, the reason may. It was

their first meeting since clashing

over the tweets of far right videos

in November. -- Theresa May. It is

the first time they met since

cancelling his trip earlier this

month in London.

He criticised the new US embassy.

There has been a lot of talk about

the special relationship between

them. They met and discussed many

issues. He said they were joined at

the hip when it comes to military

matters. Donald Trump predicted a

tremendous amount of trade,

increasing trade, between the

countries once the UK leads the

European Union. There has been a lot

of talk about the body language

between them. He was his usual self

in terms of how he was portraying

himself in front of the press. But

Theresa May looked more awkward and

gingerly sitting next to him as it

were. It is interesting how people

interpret how they are getting on.

President Trump was definitely at

pains to say the special

relationship still exists. When

pressed about his reasons for coming

here to the World Economic Forum in

Davos, this is what he said.

I don't

think elitist, globalist, I thought

many people that want to invest lots

of money. They are coming back to

the United States, they are coming

back to America to be I thought of

it in those terms. After I said I

was going, there were many stories

about the elite and the globalist

and planes flying in and everything

else. It is not about that, it is

about investing money, jobs coming

in, creating jobs. We are setting

records every week, every day, we

are setting records.

When he was

walking among the delegates

yesterday, I was trying to get a

picture like everyone else. It is

interesting, the awkward feeling, in

mixed reception he is receiving. He

had a speech later today. Lots of

anticipation about what he will say.

Thank you very much, Sally

anticipation about what he will say.

Thank you very much, Sally. Sally

Bundock.

Just after 7am, we'll be speaking

to an American journalist who has

been following what he calls

the "Trump circus" in Davos.

There's dispute at the heart

of the Government this morning,

after Downing Street gave a public

rebuke of comments made

by the Chancellor Philip Hammond

at the World Economic Forum in

Switzerland.

It comes as the Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, prepares to set

out his vision for the next stage

of talks about a transition

period later today.

At a speech in Davos,

Mr Hammond said he hoped the UK

and EU economies will only move

"very modestly" apart after Brexit.

To which a Number 10 spokesperson

has said that government plans

for Brexit "could not be described

as very modest changes."

Let's talk about this more

with our political correspondent,

Leila Nathoo, who joins us

now from Westminster.

Give us the oversight on how big a

clash this is.

Well, Philip Hammond

subsequently tried to clarify his

remarks, stating we are leaving the

single market, the customs union,

and that would be a change. But I

think this is a reminder, really,

that there is still no consensus at

the very highest levels of

government about what Brexit should

look like the pit is no secret that

Philip Hammond has been on the

remaining side of the argument. He

wants them to stick closely to the

EU after Brexit. After those

comments, there was noise from the

other end of the Conservative Party.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, a prominent

backbencher, rough presenting Tory

Eurosceptics. -- representing. He

was critical of the approach to

Brexit, saying he does not want to

squander opportunities leaving the

EU.

For too long, negotiators seemed

to be cowing to the EU, saying we

have to accept what they want and

build from that. That is no way to

negotiate and for this country to

behave.

More flexing ahead of this

speech by David Davis, the Brexit

Secretary. He will lay out his

vision for the transition period,

the two year period after leaving

the EU with much staying the same. I

think this is something, the

transition period, the government

wants it sorted out as soon as

possible. They say it will be the

easy bit before tricky negotiations

with Brussels about the end state of

Brexit. There is no agreement back

home about what exactly that should

be. This is a reminder of that.

For

the moment, thank you.

Most sore throats should be treated

with paracetamol rather

than antibiotics, according

to new guidance from

the NHS medicines watchdog.

The National Institute for Health

and Care Excellence,

NICE, says the drugs

are prescribed in 60% of cases,

despite being mostly ineffective.

Here's our health

correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

The overuse of antibiotics is

leading to the development of

bacteria resistant to these

life-saving drugs. Leading health

experts say this poses a serious

threat to the UK to be if we lose

the ability to fight infection,

common medical procedures like

Cesarean sections and cancer

treatments could become too risky.

Prescribing antibiotics to treat a

sore throat is a prime example of

the way they can be misused. Sore

throats account for one in four GP

appointments in the UK related to

infections of the lungs and airways.

Research suggests in 60% of those

cases, antibiotics are prescribed.

But most sore throats are caused by

a viral infection, which antibiotics

have no effect on.

We have become a

bit, umm, acclimatise to thinking we

need antibiotics when we have

something wrong with us. We do not.

We just have to be re-educated, I

guess, to preserve the use of

antibiotics for really serious

infections.

The latest advice from

the NHS medicines watchdog reminds

doctors and nurses that most sore

throats will be better within a

week, and only the most serious

bacterial infections need

antibiotics. Most patients have been

advised to drink plenty of fluids,

take paracetamol or I

take paracetamol or I -- Ibuprofen.

More than 40 people have died

after fire at a hospital in South

Korea.

It was thought to have started

in the emergency room

of the building in the city

of Milyang in the south-east

of the country.

Around 100 patients

were inside at the time.

Businesses including

Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurants,

Hilton Hotels and the shopping

channel QVC have all stopped selling

some steak products,

after the company that supplied them

was placed under investigation

by the Food Standards Agency.

Russel Hume, who also supply meat

to the Wetherspoon's pub chain,

said there has never been any

suggestion that their products

caused illness and that the recall

was a "precautionary measure

because of mislabelling."

Several of the BBC's leading male

news presenters and journalists have

agreed to take salary cuts,

following revelations about gender

pay inequality at the corporation.

An independent report on the issue

is due to be published next week.

Our media editor,

Amol Rajan, reports.

Hello. How do you feel about

salaries being published.

The

publication of BBC people earning

over £150 got a Dhammika outcry.

Many people had the same job as

women, though individual

circumstances very a lot. Carrie

Gracie resigned her post as China

editor in process, saying she will

return to London. Jon Sopel, John

Humphrys, she would wince, and

Jeremy, said they will have their

salaries reduced. She is going to

appear before a Select Committee

next Wednesday shortly before the

Governor-General, his deputy, and

others appear. Whereas competition

in the entertainment industry has

intensified, the opposite is

happening in news. Many secure

generous deals years ago. That world

has disappeared, and these people

now have to get used to the fact

their salaries will disappear with

it.

The number of pothole related

breakdowns on British roads is

rising, with the RAC blaming bad

weather and a lack of investment.

Councils say they would need to

triple their road repair budgets to

tackle a vast backlog of potholes.

Our transport correspondent,

Victoria Fritz, has more.

They can cost hundreds

of pounds' worth of damage

and although councils fill in 2

million potholes a year,

it seems like Britain's holes

are crumbling faster they then

can be repaired.

It doesn't take a lot to damage a

car. You can try to avoid them, you

can't. You've only got to drive

around this borough and you'll find

loads of them.

I take my children to

school and come across quite a few

potholes on the way, which is a bit

dangerous with the car. It seems

like after the horrible weather when

you have ice or really cold weather,

they all we seem to appear.

Normally potholes develop

after wet and cold weather,

but the RAC says it's seeing

the number of breakdowns caused

by driving in poor roads increase,

regardless of the season.

RAC patrols attended 2,830 potholes

related breakdowns between October

and December of last year.

That's 11% more than the same

period the year before.

Vehicles they attended typically

suffered damaged shock absorbers,

broken suspension springs

and punctured wheels.

Our local roads have suffered from

years of underinvestment, and we

would like to see ring-fence funding

put in place so councils can plan

their work appropriately and really

sort out the problem once and for

all.

The government says it's investing

£23 billion to increase capacity

and improve road journeys.

The majority of that will go

on major roads and motorways.

With budgets under increasing

strain, the pressure is mounting

on councils to plug the gaps

in local roads where most journeys

begin or end.

Victoria Fritz, BBC News.

Plastic is one of the biggest

threats to the future of coral reefs

followed by increasing

ocean temperatures,

scientists are warning.

More than 11 billion items

of plastic were found on a third

of coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific

region, and this figure is predicted

to increase to more

than 15 billion by 2025.

Coral which comes into contact

with plastic is far more likely

to develop diseases

than other sealife.

Donald Trump is making a visit to

Davos. It is a talking shop for many

famous people. But one famous guest

let his feet do the talking in Davos

yesterday. Justin Trudeau! He became

a social media sensation with his

pair of duck socks.

The Canadian

Prime Minister has fancy footwork

form, as it were.

The Canadian Prime Minister has

fancy footwear form,

moose, maple leaves and rainbows

have featured in the past.

This Chewbacca pair

were chosen when he met

International Monetary Fund

CEO, Christine Lagarde.

The sock star has worn science

fiction underwear before.

To celebrate May the 4th,

or Star Wars Day, the PM pulled

on a mismatched pair

of R2-D2 and C-3PO socks.

That is daring.

My socks are very boring today. Dark

blue.

You've let the side down.

Had we had warning...

What is your most unusual pair in

your drawl?

I'm not a big one for novelty socks.

There's the whole argument.

It is great fun.

Why not? Anyway, in the cricket, how

often have we seen this in the past?

You've won the tournament and you

take your foot off the gas. England

had won the one-day series against

Australia 3-0, but today they've had

one of their worst start ever. Maybe

we just took our foot off the gas.

There'll be no Kyle Edmund

in the Australian Open final,

-- they have somewhat recovered, but

are still in big trouble. There will

be no Kyle Edmund in the Australian

Open final. Can Hyeon Chung beat

Roger Federer in the second

semi-final?

Jose Mourinho takes his all-star

Manchester United side,

to Yeovil Town, in the FA Cup

fourth round this evening.

Yeovil are 21st in League Two,

English football's fourth tier.

And there are more injury worries

for Wales, ahead of the Six Nations.

Scrum Half Rhys Webb is now

out of the tournament

with a knee injury.

Thank you.

Will the ground be good to soft? I'm

not sure she will know about that,

but Sarah can tell us about the

weather.

but Sarah can tell us about the

weather.

The ground is pretty soggy and it

been has unsettled and wet recently,

but today it is looking like quite a

decent day. This was yesterday in

Derbyshire and we have similar

things today. Blue sky and sunshine

developing. A couple of showers

around this morning, but this ridge

of high pressure is sitting across

the country and that's going to

bring us some relatively dry and

settled weather. Through this

morning it's a chilly start.

Scotland and Northern Ireland,

temperatures below freezing and a

few mist and fog patches. Couple of

showers pushing into East Yorkshire,

a few down towards Lincolnshire, but

a lot of dry weather heading south

on the England and Wales. We could

catch a couple of passing showers

for parts of Cornwall, Devon and

Kent and Sussex, where is further

remade it's a dry start. There

amount of cloud around in central

parts of England and a few misty and

foggy patches. The cloud breaks up

and then many of us see a decent

day. Light winds and lots of dry

weather and plenty of sunshine for

this afternoon. Temperatures fairly

typical for the time of year. 4-

nine degrees. That should feel

pleasant and sunshine. A hint of

things changing as rain arrives

initially in Northern Ireland and

into the west of Scotland. The rain

fizzles out for a time and then the

next batch of wet weather moves on

from the west and winds big up as

well. Central and south-eastern part

stay with this clear skies and there

we could see mist and fog preforming

through the night. This low pressure

is towards the north of the UK. The

trailing weather front will bring

wet and windy weather, especially

windy the northern Scotland. The

Northern Isles could see severe

gales and then this rain track

slowly eastwards across the country

through the day on Saturday,

arriving in the south-east of

England, East Anglia through the

middle of the day. That's followed

by brighter skies from the

north-west, with sunny spells and a

couple of showers. Generally

temperatures are in double figures.

Most of us about 10- 12 degrees. The

mild air on Saturday stays around at

the weekend. For Sunday, some rain

across Scotland. Further south and

east, a lot of dry and mild weather.

Temperatures 13- 14 degrees.

Let's take a look at today's papers.

The Times. Many focusing on this

The Times. Many focusing on this

image of the press conference of

sorts, with Donald Trump at Davos.

Donald Trump very much centre stage

today. He has been talking to the

press overnight and we will reflect

on some of the interviews he has

been doing throughout this morning.

Another thing picked up from Davos,

comments about Brexit. The Guardian

has a look at Theresa May's

leadership, saying it is under

threat, as a fresh Tory revolt

erupts. Apparently she has bowed to

pressure and disowned remarks by the

Chancellor last night, trying to

cause a new Brexit revolt. Bill --

Philip Hammond said they would only

seek modest changes in its

relationship with the EU, which she

has countered.

The Daily Mirror. And extraordinary

scenes in the House of Lords

yesterday. A woman made a speech and

a great deal of emotion. Observer

saying they've never seen anything

quite like it in the chamber. She

was talking about her own cancer

diagnosis.

We will reflect on that later. She

got a standing ovation. A very

emotional speech. The Daily Mail,

taking a look at some meat from a

supplier. The centre of a

health-care scandal. Served at

several restaurant chains for 12

days before the public was warned.

Various outlets have been recalling

this meet. The standards agency

found problems at a wholesaler which

supplies at least nine major chains,

including Jamie Oliver was a

restaurant.

You might think this is an alarming

headline. The new signing of Alexis

Sanchez. A drugs storm. It appears

the drugs test result on Monday was

false, as he was elsewhere. So he

fell foul of the whereabouts rule,

rather than any sort of real... In

athletics the consequences of that

ruling can be very severe?

I think there's a perfectly

reasonable explanation. He was

signing for Manchester United and

that can be explained. An alarming

headline if you take the face of it.

Can you spot the difference? Two

horses. The jockeys are different,

the numbers are different...

They are going in different

directions!

Apart from that, what the

difference?

Why do we need to spot the

difference?

Yesterday, punters put some money on

12 to one on a horse called African

Trader and it came third, so punters

were being paid out, then it turned

out it was a different horse.

African Trader ran later. So a case

of the wrong horse entering the

wrong race. During the last year

when it turned out it was a

different horse, trained by the same

trainer? They are microchipped, so

they will wonder how this happened.

In terms of spot the difference, I

notice you and I are almost

identically dressed.

You got the call last night?

It happens from time to time.

You both look very dapper.

The family of a 13-year-old

who was shot in the neck

after handling an air rifle

want to see tighter controls around

the type of guns that

killed their son.

Ben Wragge died in 2016.

His family want changes in the way

the public perceive air rifles.

Graham Satchell reports.

He was a lovely lad.

Very, very

kindhearted. His grandson died in a

tragic accident.

He was playing with

some friends at a friend's house.

They got hold of an air rifle. He

ran off. Just a terrible tragedy.

Ben Wragge was just 13 when he died.

The airgun belonged to his friend's

dad.

They seem to be treated as a

wheeze toys, but it proves they are

weapons and they need treating and

looking after as such -- boy's toys.

This is a shooting school in north

Wales. This is an instructor and the

death of Ben Wragge has prompted a

review of the rules on England and

Wales. You think this is a dangerous

weapon?

I don't think it's a

dangerous weapon in the right hands.

Anything in the wrong hands or

ill-advised towns could be

dangerous, just as a knife could be

dangerous in the wrong hands.

In a

shop next door, air guns for sale.

The rules? You have to be over 18 to

buy one. There are restrictions on

where you can use them and it is an

offence to let children five and

without supervision.

I think the law

we has works already and I don't

think we need any more. We need to

enforce the law we have and we need

to get education for young people

and I think that's absolutely

critical.

Hundreds and hundreds of

air rifles. This is Scotland, where

after another tragic death the law

changed last year. You now need a

licence to buy or own one and it

needed keep them under lock and key.

20,000 air guns were handed in and

destroyed in Scotland. Around 15,000

were licensed in the first six

months.

That is held in by the

trigger.

Riddick said the new rules

in Scotland penalised the

law-abiding majority and a

disproportionate, especially as

offences involving air rifles have

been falling for more than a decade.

In modern society, there are many

things that are potentially

dangerous and if we went down the

path of stopping something because

one person might have died, I don't

think we would achieve anything.

There are so many other...

Really?

Yes.

That's a tough thing to say. I

think a lot of people would say it

is worth it if we save one life.

Well, you have to look at

proportionality and merely doing

that doesn't actually achieve that

proportionality.

It can't be a

disproportionate response. We are

trying to stop this happening to any

other families. It doesn't matter

how bureaucratic it is, if it saves

a life, it saves a life.

And there's

the heart of this debate. Is it

worth introducing new rules that

need be burdensome for gun owners if

it saves one life? It is for the

government in Westminster to decide.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning: Ben

is at the Triumph motorcycle factory

looking at the success of British

manufacturing in the last 12 months.

Good morning.

Good morning. Welcome to the

factory, where they make Triumphal

motorcycles. This production line

does not stop. They make 25 of these

every hour. A lot of them are

exported overseas. The fall in the

value of the pound has been good

news for exporters, so how is the

rest of the economy? We will find

out from the official figures later

and talk more about that over the

course of the morning.

Time now for the news,

travel and weather where you are.

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

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Now, though, it's back

to Charlie and Naga.

Bye for now.

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with Naga and Charlie.

We'll have the headlines

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Coming up on Breakfast today.

It's the biggest wildlife

survey in the world,

and as the RSPB's Big Garden Watch

gets under way tomorrow,

we'll join a family taking part.

After Baroness Jowell's powerful

testimony about suffering from brain

cancer yesterday, Lord Adonis

will reflect on the emotional

atmosphere at the Westminster.

And it's nearly 20 years

since Craig David burst

onto the charts.

After a few years away,

he's got a brand new album.

He'll be here just after 8:30.

All that is still to come.

But now a summary of this

morning's main news.

Donald Trump's visit to the UK is

back on the agenda, Downing Street

has confirmed.

It is expected to be

a working visit in the second half

of the year, without the pomp and

ceremony of a full state visit. The

announcement came at the end of a

meeting between him and the Prime

Minister at Davos. He said they like

to do a lot.

He would give his

keynote speech in Davos later this

week. He will likely talk about his

commitment to America first.

I don't think in terms

of elitists, globalists,

I thought many people that

want to invest lots of money.

They are coming back

to the United States,

they are coming back to America

to be I thought of it

in those terms.

After I said I was going,

there were many stories

about the elite and the globalists

and the planes flying

in and everything

else.

It is not about that,

it is about investing money,

jobs coming in, creating jobs.

We are setting records every week,

every day, we are setting records.

Downing Street has rejected a

suggestion from the Chancellor,

Philip Hammond, that any change to

the UK's relationship with the EU

would be modest. Number 10 responded

they want a deep and special

economic partnership with the EU

after leaving but it could not be

described as very modest.

Sore throats should be treated

with paracetamol rather

than antibiotics, according

to new guidance from

the NHS medicines watchdog.

The National Institute for Health

and Care Excellence,

or NICE, says the drugs

are prescribed in 60% of cases,

despite being mostly ineffective.

Doctors say the condition usually

clears up within a week.

Several of the BBC's leading male

news presenters and journalists have

agreed to take salary cuts,

following revelations about gender

pay inequality at the corporation.

An independent report on the issue

is due to be published next week.

More than 40 people have died

after a fire at a hospital in South

Korea.

It was thought to have started

in the emergency room

of the building in the city

of Milyang in the south-east

of the country.

Around 100 patients

were inside at the time.

The Defence Secretary Gavin

Williamson has said Russia

is drawing up plans to cause

"thousands and thousands

and thousands of deaths" in Britain

by crippling vital infrastructure.

In an interview with

The Daily Telegraph he says Moscow

is spying on the UK's energy

network in an attempt

to spot vulnerabilities.

Businesses including

Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurants,

Hilton Hotels, and the shopping

channel, QVC, have all stopped

selling some steak products

after the company that supplied them

was placed under investigation

by the Food Standards Agency.

Russel Hume, who also supply meat

to the Wetherspoon's pub chain,

said there has never been any

suggestion that their products

caused illness and that the recall

was a "precautionary measure

because of mislabelling."

Plastic is one of the biggest

threats to the future of coral reefs

followed by increasing

ocean temperatures,

scientists are warning.

More than 11 billion items

of plastic were found on a third

of coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific

region, and this figure is predicted

to increase to more

than 15 billion by 2025.

Coral which comes into contact

with plastic is far more likely

to develop diseases

than other sealife.

There's been a rise in the number

of cars needing to be repaired

because of damage sustained

while driving over potholes.

The RAC says the increasing number

of potholes on our roads

are due to bad weather

and a lack of investment.

The government says £23

billion is being invested

in increasing road capacity

and improving journeys.

Now, a rare white lion cub is making

its first appearance at a zoo in

Mexico. It

Mexico. It looks like a star in the

making. Definitely not shy. Very

curious, very cute. It was born in

October and apparently rejected I

its mother. It is now being

hand-reared. The public has been

asked for name suggestions, that'll

be interesting.

What a dream

be interesting.

What a dream job to

hand rear that little cub, for a few

months at least, until it gets big.

What will we start with?

It has been

extraordinary in the cricket.

England won the series, 3-0. That

explains why things went pear shaped

in this match. They suffered one of

their worst ever start in history.

In Adelaide this morning they lost

the first five wickets for just

eight runs, you heard correctly.

There was a

There was a succession of batsmen

walking on and off. They were

heading for their worst ever score,

but Chris Woakes brought them back

with a huge 78.

with a huge 78. 192-9 is the lastest

score. Kyle Edmund, it wasn't to be.

Had a bit of an injury. But he is in

the top 30.

He was only the sixth man from

Britain to reach this phase of the

Grand Slam. He posted this on

Instagram last night.

He thanked the Australian Open,

saying "What an amazing

couple weeks it's been."

"Sorry I didn't get the win today,

but thank you for all the support,

it meant the world to me."

So, gone, but not forgotten.

There's not long to go before

the start of the second men's

semi-final at the Aussie Open.

South Korea's Hyeon Chung,

has already beaten Novak Djokovic in

Melbourne.

No Korean player has been

further in a Grand Slam,

but now, the world number 58 has got

to get past 19-time Grand Slam

champion Roger Federer,

who's still to drop a set

in the tournament.

How about this? Yeovil, 21st, taking

on Manchester United. The fourth

round of the FA Cup. They have a new

star with Alexis Sanchez making his

debut. He received a friendly

greeting from Yeovil. In a Tweet,

they gave him a sneak preview of the

away dressing room. They said it was

the biggest. Looks a bit empty. A

glimmer of what he will have to get

used to.

Well, back to the current Yeovil

team, and their manager,

Darren Way, has faced tougher

challenges than Manchester United.

Nine years ago he was in a car

crash, which meant he couldn't walk

for a year.

He's had 29 operations since,

and has been speaking

to Football Focus' Mark Clemmit.

At that stage, it was life or death.

I know what that feels like. It has

probably helped me deal with

football management. It has made me

more resilient, more determined. I

wake up with the willpower to

succeed.

Did you think you were

going to die?

Yes. A scary feeling,

that's for sure. I am very

appreciative of what Manchester

United did for me. Now I am manager.

Against all odds, to get into this

position, it is what dreams are made

of.

What an extraordinary story.

You can see more of that

interview ahead of the game,

which is on BBC One this evening.

Coverage starts at 7:30.

He puts it all into perspective.

Tomorrow, the feature on Saturday

morning is

morning is about some skiiers who

have been through horrendous

injuries but have gone back to the

snow in sit-skiing. You only use

your head.

I am learning to

snowboard and I find that hard

enough with all four limbs!

The controversy surrounding

the Presidents Club fundraiser

continues to have repercussions

for all who attended it earlier this

week, including the charity sector,

businessmen and politicians.

130 female hostesses worked

at the men-only event,

and some have come forward

allegeding sexually harassment.

The treatment of hospitality staff

and the culture and mentality

of clients attending these events

has raised serious questions

about appropriate

conduct and behaviour.

Nilufer Guler wasn't working

at the Dorchester Hotel event,

but has worked in the hospitality

industry for almost a decade.

Good morning.

Good morning.

You were

not working at the Presidents Club.

The events you have attended have

been similar. What are some of the

things that have happened to you in

the past?

Umm, I will not really go

into some of the details of sexual

harassment, just that it has

happened a lot. It happens all the

time in hospitality. It happens to a

lot of my colleagues.

Can you give

us a sense without going into

details?

Well, it is just things

like inappropriate touching,

advances, sexual advances, you know,

real, you know, pushing... You know,

sexual advances and inappropriate

touching.

Propositions?

Yes. You are

propositioned. It is a fairly

normalised thing.

What happens, you

are employed, you do a job, you

complain to an agency. You expect

them to forward it on. Have you had

any feeling it has been dealt with?

There is a lack of accountability. I

have had situations with a lot of my

colleagues complaining. Nothing has

happened because there is no real...

There is no real democracy in the

hospitality industry. There is no

union president, there is no process

which you can take. It is dominated

by zero-hour contracts. That means

if you do not want to appear like a

troublemaker, you have to shut up

otherwise you will not get the work.

With this particular event, people

were shocked. They were shocked at

some of the contracts the women

working there were forced to sign,

like nondisclosure, about what they

had to wear. Had he been required to

agree to anything along those lines

ahead of events?

ahead of events? -- Have you been.

I

have not been required to agree. But

there is a culture of being made to

appear in a certain way, to behave

in a certain way, towards guests,

you know...

You must have been given

descriptions, some guidance.

They

told me to dress like I am on my

first date. These kinds of things.

During my training, I did not have

to sign anything. But I am not

surprised people do. Yeah, it is a

common being. It is just one thing

of many, many, many, many issues in

hospitality. Part in parcel of a

whole range of, you know, unpaid

work, unpaid hours, long hours...

Why did you stick with the industry?

If there was a... I do not think

there is actually a choice on the

matter, you know? It is very, very

low-paid, and it is a tough

industry. There is a lot of

bullying, a lot of standing on your

feet for many hours wearing

uncomfortable clothes. Just taking

and taking and taking, like, this

kind of treatment, from, you know,

everywhere. It is not something you

choose to stick with. It is... If

you want to eat, I mean, if you can

survive without eating, then fine.

You know, it is not something people

want.

Do you think reports about

this Presidents Club dinner could

help the industry? Could it take a

look at itself? Would give people

like you working in the industry

more confidence to not put up with

it?

I think so. It is a starting

point. It is good it is closed, or

at least is being stopped. I think

we need a more... We need to do

more. We need to actually start

encouraging, especially young women,

to join the union, to... And that is

not to say unions are perfect

either, you know? It is to say try

and actually, collectively, and, you

know, create some sense of democracy

in the workplace. And, also, you

know, to take it be beyond an

individual issue. It is not not just

about individual grievances. We need

to actually even taken to the

streets, you know?

streets, you know? It is so

widespread.

Thank you very much.

Good morning. Time to take a look at

the weather. And the temperatures

might creep up. That's a glorious

picture. Not one we have been used

to,

picture. Not one we have been used

to, although yesterday was quite

sunny.

We had glimpses of sunshine

yesterday and fairly similar today.

This was yesterday in Derbyshire and

quite widespread sunshine on a

forecast across many parts of the

UK. That's down to the fact that we

have high pressure in charge. This

high pressure creeping in before the

next weather front arrives from the

Atlantic through the weekend. With

that high pressure and light winds

it is quite a chilly start. For

Scotland and Northern Ireland some

frost around and a few mist and fog

patches. Most places dry across

England and Wales, but a few showers

on the coast. We can cheer,

Yorkshire, down through

Pembrokeshire and Cornwall, a few

showers. Further inland dry start. A

bit of patchy cloud, which should

thin and break later. We could catch

a coastal shower in Kent and Sussex,

but they will ease. Things becoming

dry over the next few hours. The

cloud breaking up. Lots of sunshine

today. With light winds it will feel

pretty pleasant.

About 4- nine degrees in the

afternoon. Then things start to

change later in the afternoon, with

the next area of rain initially

arriving in Northern Ireland and

western Scotland, with the wind

begin up. That does tend to fizzle

but later in the night or persistent

rain heads in from the west. By the

early hours of Saturday it is really

the north-western half of the UK

that sees the cloud, rain and brisk

winds. Further south and east are

colder start to Saturday, with mist

and a little bit of frost as well.

So through Saturday it is dominated

by this low pressure. A lot of

isobars to the north of the UK.

Windy weather. Especially windy in

the Northern Isles and northern

parts of mainland Scotland. Gales or

severe gales. Further south, breezy,

with this rain moving slowly

eastwards. Becoming fairly light and

patchy by the time it arrives in the

south-east later and it will be

followed by brighter skies heading

in from the north and west. With

that mix of sunshine and blustery

showers we are all in double figures

on Saturday. We've already got the

mild air and heading into the second

half of the weekend even milder air

starts to head in from the

south-west. That sets us up for a

fairly decent day. It will be mild.

A bit more rain, especially in parts

of Scotland and maybe Northern

Ireland and western parts of England

and Wales. Further south and east we

are more likely to avoid wet

weather. Remaining dry through the

weekend. There will be a little bit

of rain on the cards and it will be

feeling quite blustery. Most of us

should see a little bit of dry and

decent

should see a little bit of dry and

decent weather through the weekend.

Thanks very much, Sarah.

Later this morning we'll get

the official figures on how well

the economy performed last year.

Ben is at a motorcycle

factory in Leicestershire.

We always love having a look around

factories. At a motorcycle factory

today.

Do you get to ride on one?

Maybe if I am good, a little later.

No promises. This is definitely a

work in progress. They are building

we Triumph motorcycles here. They

build about 25 every hour. Last year

was good news. A weak pound meant

there was some good news. First, the

good news with the economy was that

the weak pound has meant for many

factories it is better to export and

manufacturing has done really well.

There's also been a bit more money

in our pocket. Unemployment has

fallen to new record lows. The bad

news is inflation. The rising cost

of everything we buy. That's been

going up pretty sharply. That means

we've felt a bit of a squeeze on our

income. One of the things that has

missed out has been retail. Retail

sales have fallen sharply. For

manufacturers the economy has been

faring well. It's an interesting one

in terms of exports. But introduce

you to Paul, one of the bosses here.

Good morning to you both. Explain

how you fared this year.

It has been

a pretty good year? Overall we've

had a reasonable year. In the last

12 months the sales were up by 13%.

We had a record number of motorcycle

sales around the world. In addition

to that we've launched five new

motorcycles and you are standing in

front of the new motorcycles, and

we've had many other successes in

the business. This year we signed a

contract where our motorcycles will

be the official engine supplier for

championships around the world, so

it has been a good year for Triumph.

The weak pound has meant these

things are cheaper, if you sell them

overseas. That is added a boost and

that means you can take on more

staff?

The retail pricing around the

world is consistent and isn't

affected by the strength or weakness

of the pound. Effectively 85% of our

motorcycles are exported.

Essentially, basically, what you see

with the weak pound is we have

benefits, but we also have the

flipside, were basically we have

oversee the operations that cost us

more to run and also essentially the

motorcycles in those are

well-positioned.

Professor, it is

interesting because there is some

good news and some bad news. For

manufacturers it has been great, but

the danger of course is that if you

are importing from overseas postings

cost more as well?

Yes. If you look

at the recent data about the

economy, overall it is encouraging,

but we should still be vigilant.

Thank goodness politically we have

some kind of agreement about our

divorce Bill. So some uncertainty

about wrecks it has been cleared

away, which helps investors bring

back the confidence in the economy

-- Brexit. On the other hand it is

giving exports some additional

competitiveness, an advantage, in

the global market. We have more

competitiveness in the market which

is good for us, but we should also

be vigilant about the negative side,

because first of all it makes we

have less money in our pockets,

consumers have less money around to

buy goods, so we are in the worst

situation compared to before Brexit.

Our pay rises can't keep up with

inflation, so we have less money

left to buy real goods and on the

other hand inflation is coming up,

so it will make us more expensive to

buy foreign goods.

For now, thank

you to both of you. We will chat

later. I will show you more around

this place, got it is fascinating.

As I said they build about 25 every

hour. The goods come in as raw

materials, screws and alts, all

sorts of things, and then get

shipped out as brand-new bikes in a

box.

I will show you more later. Thanks

very much! Now to a theatre with a

difference, one curated by people

with dementia.

It's called Every Third Minute,

as that's when someone in the UK

is diagnosed with dementia.

The festival is called

'Every Third Minute'.

Our Entertainment correspondent

Colin Paterson has been along

to rehearsals.

A brand-new play cowritten by

someone who has been living with

dementia for eight years.

It's

important to me to my brain ticking

over.

The no different things. Bob

Fulcher was picked to work with

professional playwright for the

Every Third Minute festival. They've

created I See Land Ahead, a nautical

tale based on one of his paintings.

Bob, you were a farmer for more than

40 years. You are now 70 and now you

are a about to have a play on.

How

does that feel? Being part of this

festival has given me a chance to

put my message across about how

important it is to enjoy life, even

though I've had dementia for eight

years. Life is great.

But the

festival will also be incorporating

some more famous work on the

subject.

I have Alzheimer's disease.

Early onset.

Three years ago,

Julianne Moore won the best actress

Oscar for Still Alice.

Try

pretending you are me when you walk.

For the UK premiere of the stage

version, that role will be played by

Sharon small from the Inspector

Lumley mysteries.

I do feel the

pressure, but we are telling the

story in a slightly different way,

more theatrically.

I'm going...

Oh,

yes, Stamford. Have fun.

That will

be my job on this one, to try to get

people to see that people with

dementia are still, although

struggling, they are still trying to

get on with life and they are still

people. If I go further away I get

lost, but I do make myself go out,

because you've got to, haven't you?

And in another rehearsal room, Rosa

Peterson is listening to her play

being read by actors for the very

first time.

I'm glad I've done it.

It's an achievement. It just proves

that if you've got dementia you can

still do things, and I've done it.

And I'm wondering if it will help if

the man had a name.

She was paired

up with a brighter, and the play is

based on memories from Rosa's

childhood.

We still got a few bits

to alter.

A few words to sort out.

But pretty much better, I would say.

That would be good!

Yes, at the age

of 75, it is Rosa the writer and she

is loving it.

The Every Third Minute Festival is

on at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

in Leeds from February the ninth.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Hello.

This is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Donald Trump says he's prepared

to apologise for retweeting

racist videos from a

far-right British Group.

His comments comes he arrives

in Switzerland to address world

leaders and confirmes talks

are under way for a trip to the UK

in the second half of the year.

Good morning.

"Stop prescribing antibiotics

for sore throats."

The NHS medicines watchdog tells

doctors to use paracetamol instead.

Four of the BBC's leading male news

presenters agree to take salary cuts

following revelations

about gender pay inequality.

A call for a change

in the rules on airguns.

We hear from the family

of a 13-year-old boy who was killed

in an accident with one.

Good morning. A weak pound has given

exporters a boost, meaning they can

sell more overseas. How is the rest

of the economy?

In sport, one of the worst starts

ever for England's cricketers.

They lost their first five wickets

for just eight runs,

against Australia in

Adelaide in their latest

One-Day International.

And Sarah has the weather.

And Sarah has the weather.

Good morning. A fresh start to

Friday. Glimpses of sunshine. But

things will turn unsettled later on.

More details in 15 minutes.

Thank

you. See you later.

More details in 15 minutes.

Thank

you. See you later.

Good morning.

Donald Trump will visit

the UK later this year,

it has been confirmed.

Downing Street has said

Donald Trump will once again

confirm his commitment

to put America first

when he delivers his keynote

speech in Davos later.

Donald Trump says he's prepared

to apologise for retweeting

racist videos from a

far-right British Group.

I don't think in terms

of elitists, globalists,

I thought many people that

want to invest lots of money.

They are coming back

to the United States,

they are coming back to America

to be I thought of it

in those terms.

After I said I was going,

there were many stories

about the elite and the globalists

and the planes flying

in and everything

else.

It is not about that,

it is about investing money,

jobs coming in, creating jobs.

We are setting records every week,

every day, we are setting records.

And you have been following the

great and the good. This is a man

who caused a stir. He is keen to

express how well the economy is

doing under him.

doing under him.

Quite a

conciliatory tone from Donald Trump.

He arrived yesterday. He had a big

meeting with Theresa May. It seems

they finally have an agreement,

though we have been around the

houses over the visit to the UK. The

Prime Minister will be pleased with

the warmer mood music from America.

Donald Trump said it was a myth

there was friction in their

relationship. He has done an

interview with Piers Morgan, which

will run later today. He talks about

some of the controversy,

some of the controversy, the

retweeting of Britain First, the

far-right organisation. He said he

read into it later and said he

realised it was racist and said he

was the least racist person ever. It

seems he tweets first, worries

later. He said the bigger point was

fighting Islamic terror. This is

about moving on, rebuild some of the

special relationship. Theresa May,

who left, she will be pleased the

meeting went well. She had the

longest amount of time with him. For

Number 10, that must be seen as

something good.

That you so much.

something good.

That you so much. --

Thank you.

There's dispute at the heart

of the Government this morning,

after Downing Street gave a public

rebuke of comments made

by the Chancellor Philip Hammond

at the World Economic Forum in

Switzerland.

It comes as the Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, prepares to set

out his vision for the next stage

of talks about a transition

period later today.

At a speech in Davos,

Mr Hammond said he hoped the UK

and EU economies will only move

"very modestly" apart after Brexit.

To which a Number 10 spokesperson

has said that government plans

for Brexit "could not be described

as very modest changes."

Let's talk about this more

with our political correspondent,

Leila Nathoo, who joins us

now from Westminster.

In one sense this is semantics.

Modest, very modest, not modest, and

on the other hand, differences in

government thinking.

It is right to

say that. Periodically we see

differences in opinion over Brexit.

This is just another example. Philip

Hammond, no secret he was on the

remaining side of the argument. The

comments made by him in Davos have

raised the hackles of Brexiteers. He

said we are leaving the single

market and the customs union, but

Brexiteers in the Tory party see

this as an attempt to hijack Brexit.

David Davis was talking about the

transition period. At the same time,

we got comments from the other side

of the Tory party, Jacob Rees-Mogg,

a prominent backbencher chairing a

group of EU sceptics. He is critical

of the government's approach to

Brexit, talking about a fundamental

shift in tone being needed, saying

Britain was being powered by the EU,

talking about squandering the

opportunities presented to Brexit.

-- cowed. You see an example of the

divisions going on. The debate is

still alive over the end state of

Brexit, never mind the transition

period. That is the immediate

priority, get to the transition

period as soon as possible before

getting to negotiations over the

final end state. There is still no

consensus on that back home.

Thank

you for the moment.

Most sore throats should be treated

with paracetamol rather

than antibiotics, according

to new guidance from

the NHS medicines watchdog.

The National Institute for Health

and Care Excellence,

NICE, says the drugs

are prescribed in 60% of cases,

despite being mostly ineffective.

Here's our health

correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

The overuse of antibiotics

is leading to the development

of bacteria resistant

to these life-saving drugs.

Leading health experts warn

this poses a serious

threat to the UK.

If we lose the ability

to fight infection,

common medical procedures such

as Cesarean sections and cancer

treatments could become too risky.

Prescribing antibiotics to treat

a sore throat is a prime example

of the way they can be misused.

Sore throats account

for nearly one in four of GP

appointments in the UK

related to infections

of the lungs and airways.

Research suggests that

in 60% of those cases,

antibiotics are prescribed.

But most sore throats are caused

by a viral infection,

on which antibiotics

will have no effect.

We have become a bit, umm,

acclimatised to thinking

that we need antibiotics whenever

we have got something wrong with us.

And we don't.

We just have to be re-educated,

I suppose, to preserve the use

of antibiotics for really

serious infections.

The latest advice from the NHS

Medicines Watchdog reminds

doctors and nurses that most sore

throats will be better

within a week, and only

the most serious

bacterial infections

need antibiotics.

Most patients are best advised

to drink plenty of fluids,

and to take paracetamol or Ibuprofen

to help with pain relief..

Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

Several of the BBC's leading male

news presenters and journalists have

agreed to take salary cuts,

following revelations about gender

pay inequality at the corporation.

An independent report on the issue

is due to be published next week.

Hey, Chris.

How do you feel about BBC talent

salaries being published?

The publication last year of the pay

for the BBC's on-air talent earning

over £150,000 prompted a huge

outcry, both because the top

of the list was dominated by men,

and because many men appeared to be

getting more money for doing

the same job as women,

though individual

circumstances varied hugely.

Earlier this month, Carrie Gracie

resigned her post as China editor

in protest, saying she

will return to London.

Now, her colleagues,

Jon Sopel, John Humphrys,

Hugh Edwards, and Jeremy Vine,

have all agreed in principle

to have their salaries reduced.

Ms Gracie is due to appear before

a Select Committee of MPs next

Wednesday shortly before

the Director-General,

his deputy, and the Director of News

and Current Affairs also appear.

Whereas competition

in the entertainment industry has

intensified, the opposite

has happened in news.

Many of those now taking paycuts

secured generous deals years ago.

That world has disappeared,

and these presenters now accept that

a chunk of their salaries will have

to disappear with it.

Amol Rajan, BBC News.

Apparently, Moscow is spying on the

energy network in the UK to find

vulnerabilities.

Businesses including

Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurants,

Hilton Hotels and the shopping

channel QVC have all stopped selling

some steak products,

after the company that supplied them

was placed under investigation

by the Food Standards Agency.

Russel Hume, who also supply meat

to the Wetherspoon's pub chain,

said there has never been any

suggestion that their products

caused illness and that the recall

was a "precautionary measure

because of mislabelling."

More than 40 people have died

after fire at a hospital in South

Korea.

It was thought to have started

in the emergency room

of the building in the city

of Milyang in the south-east

of the country.

Around 100 patients

were inside at the time.

The number of pothole related

breakdowns on British roads

is rising, with the RAC blaming bad

weather and a lack of investment.

Councils say they would need

to triple their road repair budgets

to tackle a vast

backlog of potholes.

Our transport correspondent,

Victoria Fritz, has more.

They can cost hundreds

of pounds' worth of damage

and although councils fill in 2

million potholes a year,

it seems like Britain's holes

are crumbling faster they then

can be repaired.

It doesn't take a lot

to damage a car.

You can try to avoid

them, you can't.

You've only got to drive around this

borough and you'll find

loads of them.

I take my children to school

and come across quite a few potholes

on the way, which is a bit

dangerous with the car.

It seems like after the horrible

weather when you have ice or really

cold weather, they all

we seem to appear.

Normally potholes develop

after wet and cold weather,

but the RAC says it's seeing

the number of breakdowns caused

by driving in poor roads increase,

regardless of the season.

RAC patrols attended 2,830 potholes

related breakdowns between October

and December of last year.

That's 11% more than the same

period the year before.

Vehicles they attended typically

suffered damaged shock absorbers,

broken suspension springs

and punctured wheels.

Our local roads have suffered

from years of underinvestment,

and we would like to

see ring-fence funding

put in place so councils can

plan their work appropriately

and really sort out

the problem once and for

all.

The government says it's investing

£23 billion to increase capacity

and improve road journeys.

The majority of that will go

on major roads and motorways.

With budgets under increasing

strain, the pressure is mounting

on councils to plug the gaps

in local roads where most journeys

begin or end.

Victoria Fritz, BBC News.

Violent scenes broke out in France.

One supermarket chain offered a 70%

discount on no --

One supermarket chain offered a 70%

discount on no --. It is a hazelnut

spread. People started pushing each

other. All of the stock was snapped

up in 15 minutes.

It looks like they

are picking it up off the floor.

Don't get between a

Don't get between a person and their

Nutella. Apparently one person got a

black eye.

Nearly 4,000 people have descended

on the small Swiss resort

of Davos for this year's gathering

of the so-called global elite.

More than 70 are world leaders

but all eyes will be

on one man today.

US President, Donald Trump,

will deliver a keynote address

after arriving yesterday

for meetings, including with Theresa

May.

Ryan Heath from the Politico news

website saw the President arrive

and joins us now.

What's

the atmosphere like surrounding

Donald Trump's visit, in terms of

impressions of senior members in

business, industry and politics,

observing him observing them?

It's a

very seesaw impression. If you talk

to the economic faction here, they

are more open to Donald Trump than

the more purely political people

here. If you are a big banker, a

tech titan, you might be benefiting

from that tax reform. You tend to

look past the tweeds, the harsh

rhetoric, and you think what's in it

for me? You can see how to cut a

deal with Donald Trump. So they are

more open-minded than the political

class, who are very allergic to

Donald Trump lashing out. They think

he has a lot to prove.

Economists

are more pragmatic. He certainly

made an entrance with helicopters

and upon surrounding that.

He has

brought almost half of his Cabinet

with him. We know he's got something

big up his sleeve today, but it was

a very strange atmosphere yesterday

when he came in. People rushed

around him like a celebrity. There

wasn't more than five seconds of

applause for Theresa May as people

rushed to see Donald Trump come in,

but he was almost silent reception.

There was a little bit of photo

taking, but he was almost like

people were witnessing a strange,

alien spectacle, rather than really

participating in Trump's arrival.

One of the things we are keen to

look at is Theresa May. You

mentioned her speech wasn't perhaps

received as warmly as you might have

hoped?

Absolutely. But it was better

than last year. Last year she gave a

very tough sounding speech at

Lancaster House the day before Davos

and she really came here in at

aftermath, the hangover of Brexit

and told a group of people that

didn't want it to happen that Brexit

was coming fast towards them.

Yesterday she had a different

approach and she focused on

technology and is trying to make

Britain a home for artificial

intelligence and innovations like

that. That went down well with some

people, but they found it strange

that she had this niche topic to

speak about, rather than lay out a

global vision for what Britain is

going to be after Brexit. The people

in this room want to know what the

new tax structure will be like in

Britain. Is everyone going to be

allowed to stay and enjoy Britain?

Theresa May was really focused on

the robots and what she would do to

regulate intranet platforms stop

white another thing we are

interested in is the so-called

special relationship. -- another

thing. The word "very" was put in

there by Donald Trump as well.

If you think about where the UK and

the US are standing now, a lot of

the allies are concerned about the

direction of both countries. They

had a strong interest to play nice

yesterday and Donald Trump is very

charming person. You wouldn't know

it from the tweeds, that he was

really hamming it up with some of

the European CEOs. He was turning on

the hotelier charm that he is known

for and they were going for it.

There was a bit of that with the

Theresa May discussion. She will be

pleased to have hour-long

discussion. Everyone reaffirmed that

they want to work closely together

and perhaps we need not take too

seriously this idea that trade is

going to double overnight, but

clearly there is goodwill there.

Theresa May has the opening she

wanted for that even more special

relationship after Brexit.

Stay with

me a moment. We have some footage of

Donald Trump given one of his first

international interviews, with an

ITV journalist. It aired in the last

1.5 hours. Donald Trump explained

his decision to retweet videos by

right group.

It was done because I

am a big believer in fighting

radical Islamic terror. This was a

depiction of radical Islamic terror.

They were unverified videos, at

least one of them.

But I didn't do

it. It was a big story where you

are, but not where I am.

I get that.

This was airing in Britain and I

want them to get to the real you.

The real need is someone that loves

Britain, loves the UK, I love

Scotland. I wish... One of the

biggest problem they have been

winning, I won't be able to get back

there so often. I would love to go

there. As you know, before this

happened, I would be there a lot.