01/02/2018 Breakfast

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

The number of younger people

in England having a stroke

has risen sharply.

Obesity, alcohol and

smoking are thought

to be behind the increase -

doctors want more of us to be aware

of the symptoms.

Good morning - it's

Thursday 1 February.

Also this morning:

Also this morning: As the Prime

Minister visits China she says

she will oppose plans from Brussels

to give EU migrants full residency

rights after Brexit.

Calls to do more to close

the education gap between the North

and South in England -

or face economic consequences.

Are you penalised for being

a loyal customer?

New figures say we could be paying

nearly £1,000 too much for internet

and energy because we stay

with the same supplier.

I've got some top tips

on how to cut your bills.

Good morning, in sport,

a record spend

on transfer deadline day.

Premier League Clubs £150 million

as Arsenal break their

transfer record by signing

striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

And Carol is in the City of London

with the weather. 35 stories above

street level in the walkie-talkie

building, some fabulous views of

London. But it is cold inside and

outside, you need to wrap up. Snow

showers in the north of the country

but a lot of dry weather to many of

us through today. More in 15

minutes.

First, our main story.

The number of over-40s suffering

a stroke for the first time has

risen sharply in the last decade.

That's according to figures

from Public Health England,

which show 20% of stroke cases

now occur in those aged

between 40 and 59.

Our Health Correspondent

Catherine Burns reports.

My dad had a stroke. I had a stroke.

I had a stroke.

Be all DY, the

greater the chance of it happening

to you but the average age of men

having a first stroke has fallen

from 71 to 68. For women, 75 down to

73. Adrian Jones was just 53 when he

had won.

When I worked up in the

morning, I didn't feel it

straightaway and then when I twisted

and tried to stand up, I immediately

fell over. I couldn't feel, I had no

sensation on my left side at all.

Figures breakdown at what age people

had first strokes. Almost 60% were

70 or over. But it's interesting to

see the increase in middle-aged

people affected. In 2007, 15% of

first time stroke patients were aged

between 40- 59.

By 2016, up to 20%.

We know of the city is a real

national problem and that certainly

contributes to stroke. Diabetes is a

strong risk factor. And I think that

there are issues around lifestyle as

well. We all lead a much more

sedentary life than we used to.

Early treatment can help reduce the

risk of disability or death so a

campaign has been launched to help

people recognise the symptoms as

quickly as possible. Face, has it

fallen on one side? 40- 74

-year-olds in England are able to

get help checks to stop the sign of

strokes.

We'll be getting more on those

figures from Public Health England

Public Health England at 6:20.

The Prime Minister has indicated

that EU citizens who move to the UK

during the transition

period after Brexit,

may not get the same rights as those

who come to the country before.

Speaking during a visit

to China, Theresa May said

that

when Britain voted for Brexit,

it did not do so "for nothing

to change when we come

out of the EU".

Our correspondent Stephen

McDonell is in Beijng.

Good morning. It's interesting. She

is on the other side of the world

but she is still talking about

Brexit.

Absolutely. Some will see

this as the Prime Minister getting

tough on Europe, saying EU citizens

in that transition period will not

have the same rights as those in

Britain right now. We don't know

what she is talking about in terms

of rights and some will judge this

position when we know what rights we

are talking about, however the

flipside is that it will be

interpreted by others as a sign of

political weakness. Here is Theresa

May, she is in Beijing. She will be

going into the Great Hall of the

People behind me to meet one of the

two most powerful people in the

world and discuss trade deals

potentially worth billions of pounds

to Britain. And it's all talk about

Brexit and the rights of EU

citizens. At the very least, it's

fair to say Theresa May is fairly

worried about this.

We will keep in

touch with you to write the morning.

The economic gap between the north

and the south will continue to grow,

unless the government

prioritises northern education.

That's the warning this morning from

the Northern Powerhouse Partnership,

an independent body set up

to improve the state of the north.

They say disadvantaged

children are being let down,

and that a lack of funding

and aspiration are holding back

the northern economy.

If your child is born in the

north-east, the latest league tables

suggest there is one in five chance

he or she will go to an

underperforming school. Born in

London, the chances are just one in

15. Today's report says the key to

closing the north-south divide

includes £300 million of new money

for early years development, making

the north a world leader in

apprenticeships, and all Northern

businesses meant touring young

people.

How are you finding the

communications?

Berkeley 's is one

of

of the business businesses behind

today's reports, with more than 500

northern apprentices.

I think it was

an opportunity that I was quite

surprised to find that I didn't have

to move away for book is my

preconception was that you would

probably have to move to have a

really good career but my view has

completely changed on that. You can

do it from anywhere.

Is the

government now stepping up after

being accused of ignoring the

Northern Powerhouse post George

Osborne?

It's the £70 million we put

into our Northern Powerhouse schools

strategy which goes all the way from

early years provision and making

sure it is as good as it can beat

the maths and English clubs we have

set up.

The authors of the report

say it is followed, there could be

850,000 new jobs and £100 billion of

new money in the northern economy.

They claim that children from all

backgrounds and postcodes will be

given a fairer start.

The Liberal Democrats have claimed

that a key government target,

for treating people with severe

mental health conditions in England,

isn't being met.

The party says it gathered

evidence which shows people

experiencing a first episode

of psychosis aren't getting

a quality care package.

NHS England says more

than three-quarters of patients

are seen within two weeks -

and that the research shows

a partial and "dated" picture

of the services provided.

Former health secretary,

Norman lamb, said mental health

services lagged behind those

for other illnesses.

This would never be taller tape --

tolerated in cancer or any of the

fiscal healthcare but it is

tolerated here. We have the evidence

you need to do to have an impact and

get across the country, it's not

being funded.

Hate crime against Jewish people

in the UK is at a record high.

A new report from the

"Community Security Trust",

which monitors anti-semitism,

says the Jewsih community

was targeted at a rate of nearly

four-times-a-day last year.

Online abuse is said to have fallen,

but there's been a spike in reports

of violent assault.

Police in England, Wales

and Scotland fired tasers 22 times

on mental health wards between April

and September last year.

The BBC has obtained figures

which showed they were used

four times against people

under the age of 17,

and once on a 15-year-old.

Figures were provided

by 43 police forces,

but the Metropolitan Police

and the Police Service

in Northern Ireland did not respond

to the request from Radio 5live.

The head of Ofsed is warning that

schools in England are being used

to indoctrinate pupils under

the guise of religious education.

In a speech today,

Amanda Spielman will warn

that the most conservative voices

of particular faith groups do not

speak for everyone, and schools

should not be afraid to call out

practices they think will negatively

impact younger people.

Facebook says changes

to its newsfeed have led

to a significant drop in usage.

People are said to be

spending an average

of a minute-and-a-half less

each day on the network.

The changes - fewer viral videos

and more checks on advertising -

were introduced partly to combat

so-called fake news.

For the first time since

the Second World War,

MPs look set to move out

of the Palace of Westminster,

while major renovation

work is carried out.

They voted in favour

of the move last night.

The repair programme

will cost billions of pounds.

Simon Jones reports.

It may be a palace but one that is

in desperate need of repair. Anyone

who has had building work done on

our home will know it can be

stressful but MPs are now facing the

prospect of moving the several years

while it is carried out. It will

cost billions, with both the Commons

and the House of Lords having to up

sticks, most likely to another part

of Whitehall. Many MPs say it is the

only option. The building is

crumbling, it needs rewiring and

it's not safe.

it's not safe. Conditions were even

worse than down the pit.

There are

some steel props holding the roof

up. It looks like the workplace are

used to work in the fray came into

this building, in the colliery.

Other MPs are reluctant to go,

arguing the work should be done

around them.

The right concerns

about the cost. The laws still had

to give their approval and with the

proposed departure not until 2025,

that is after the next general

election, the next parliament may

take a different view.

It is 6:10 a.m.. Let's find out what

is happening in sport. This transfer

window, the amount of money that is

going to be spent, it is going to

get bigger?

Yesterday was the

biggest final day and the man

biggest final day and the man behind

you, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, is

very happy. He will be wearing the

number 13 -- number 14 shirt of

Thierry Henry. They got their man to

£56 million. The striker from Gabon

was the German club's top striker.

Elsewhere, Tottenham paid £26

million for Brazilian winger Lucas

Moura.

He joins from Paris Saint-Germain

after only playing six times

for the French side this season

Manchester City are now 15

points clear at the top

of the Premier League after they won

and nearest rivals Manchester United

lost at Tottenham.

Christian Eriksen scored

the quickest goal of the season,

just over ten seconds after kick off

to set up a two nil win for Spurs.

And Great Britain's Davis Cup team

are waiting on the fitness

of Kyle Edmund for the first

round tie against Spain which begins

in Marbella tomorrow.

Edmund picked up the hip problem

during his semi-final defeat

to Marin Cilic at the

Australian Open last week.

I will have known all that transfers

after 6:30 a.m..

There is a lot to

go through. Quite a bit.

Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather,

34 storeys above the City of London.

I have not got vertigo. I am in the

sky garden. You can see Tower Bridge

behind me. There has been quite a

bit of clear sky as specially in

eastern areas. Hence this super-moon

and the views were amazing. It is a

cold start

and the views were amazing. It is a

cold start to the day. Today's

forecast is just that. Cold wind

exacerbating that feel. We've also

got the risk of ice first thing in

the morning. If you start the

forecast at nine o'clock, we got a

mixture of rain, sleet and snow.

Don't have to move to bar in man. A

lot of dry weather but again, cold.

A lot of sunshine to start the day.

That is the same as you move towards

the Midland, East Anglia and the

south-east. It is cold but there

will be sunshine. Again, a lot of

dry weather but some showers around.

Into Gloucestershire, Wales seeing a

few. Foremost, it's dry start. You

will also see some show -- snow

showers in Northern Ireland. Still

only accumulating. We continue with

snow showers through the day. It's

going to be a windy day as well.

Looking at gales across parts of the

north and the west. Possibly even

severe gales across the north and

north-west of Scotland. Despite the

temperatures, it will feel colder

than that because of the wind.

Again, is going to be fairly windy.

We will have snow showers in the

north, a few in the east. It is

going to be a cold night, perhaps

-1, one degree. In rural areas, the

temperatures are in difficult --

indicative of towns and cities. We

start with a ridge of high pressure.

The many of us, it will be dry.

Across the east coast, showers

coming in from the North Sea. Later

on in the day, a weather front will

come in from the West. Tomorrow will

not feel as cold. The fund coming

into the West. A mixture of rain,

sleet and also some hail. -- the

front. More snow likely to

accumulate. That is something we

will have to keep a close eye on. Do

keep tuned. The outlook even into

next week is a cold one.

We look forward to staying with you

as the light emerges, it will be

beautiful.

Are like the dark skyline

with the lights, very pretty. -- I

like. The front page of the Sun,

this is looking at one fans

yesterday who are upset that the

Grand Prix grid girls are being

axed. They're saying motor racing

chiefs are forcing women out of

work. This is something we're going

to be talking about, last week, on

the weekend, we talked about darts

getting rid of the women that hold

up the signs and the trophies and

now Formula 1 has followed suit. On

the front page of the Daily Mail,

talking about a health story, a

different story from our lead story

this morning which is to do with

younger people suffering from

strokes, especially those between 40

and 49, this story is about Baby

Boomers ruining their health with

heavy home drinking alcohol, the

sixth biggest cause of illness for

those in their 50s and sixties.

Front page of the Times, MPs leaving

the Palace of Westminster for the

first time since the Blitz. They

will move out for at least six years

because of the multimillion pound

refurbishment. The picture on the

front is a picture of Tatiana

Ahmedova, with Baroness Shackleton,

after she said she has received

almost nothing after her pay-out.

This is the former wife of a Russian

billionaire. On the front page of

the Daily Telegraph, a picture from

outside the House of Commons

yesterday, a gathering of BBC women.

This is after the testimony of

Carrie Gracie, former China editor

at the BBC and that was the

gathering yesterday afternoon. Good

morning, Ben, what are you looking

at?

I'm not the bearer of good news,

lots of numbers from retailers

yesterday, we're waiting to see how

they did at Christmas and a story in

the Telegraph here, TalkTalk, the

big broadband provider, it has

concerns over whether it will be

able to pay back some of its debts

after a lot of competition for

broadband. Vodafone, the mobile

phone firm, will get involved in

fixed line broadband, so lots of

competition in the market and prices

could fall. That has pushed shares

down 17%. Yesterday you may know the

burger chain Byron, it will close

some outlets, that's after coming up

with a company voluntary agreement,

deal with its creditors, people it

owes money to over debts, slaying if

you slash some of the rent we will

be able to keep going as a going

concern. And talking about property,

Marks & Spencer is said it will

close more stores, 14 shops could

go, 500 jobs at risk after it is

struggling with Internet shopping.

Some jobs and stores to close.

You

were lying about not being the

bearer of good news!

I have some

good news, you know the stand-up

desks daring gaining popularity?

Apparently you can gain a load of

weight by standing up. £7 goal Mac

seven lb two oz for a man, lbs for a

woman. -- seven lb two oz. -- 12 lbs

for a woman.

Are you allowed to

stand up in between? So if you stand

up how much will you lose?

54

calories a day, quarter of a

chocolate bar, don't get too

excited.

If you add up those

quarters of chocolate bars, 365

divided by four. You're looking at

what? 180, 90 chocolate bars!

Over

the year. That's pretty good going.

That can't be right, it can't be

right! It can't be the equivalent of

90 chocolate bars. Can you talk to

Sonalia about sport?

Every little

helps, it is all about changes in

your life.

You will be coming in and

telling us we have to stand up to do

the programme next!

That's not a bad

thing.

Why not?

Because the sofa is

very comfortable.

But then you're

not saving your 54 calories per day.

Your putting comfort of health,

Charlie, not a good thing!

Transfer

deadline day all over the back

pages, the headline in the Guardian,

deals and no deal. On the back page

of the Sun, Arsenal's big signing,

Riyad Mahrez accusing Lester of

wrecking his dream move to

Manchester City, that didn't happen

yesterday, and walloped, referring

to Manchester United and Chelsea

losing yesterday.

You know these

giant sums of money they pay, £50

million and all these figures, how

does the money get exchange, do you

know? Is it a button? Any, do you

know?

Maybe they ask for the bank

account and sort code.

They need an

account number and sort code and all

that kind of stuff.

He obviously

doesn't deal with his own money!

Is

it a case of pushing a button? Do

you think that's what happens?

I

think it is really as mundane as

bad, they have to get the right

number of zeros.

It would be

interesting, wouldn't it?

Let's do

that as a film next year.

Pushing a

little button and then someone goes,

is he really worth it?

You are

talking about grid girls and we will

be talking about that later but the

Daily Mail talking about how boxing

won't be ditching its ring women,

Frank Warren said there are no plans

to make a change and Eddie Hearn,

the promoter, saying ring girls

inform the crowd of around number.

The cycling governing body didn't

respond to a request for comment on

the issue. -- round number.

Just

open the job to men. We will be

talking about that later.

I'm off to

burn my 54 calories.

Do it! He is

showing off now! Just because he is

tall!

Does that mean I can eat an

extra chocolate today?

A quarter. Is

this the new thing, we're watching

everyone as they walk off, we have

started something new.

We've been hearing the number of

people suffering strokes in middle

age has risen sharply. Although we

tend to associate strokes with older

people, more than a third are now

occurring in people aged between 40

and 69. In the last decade the

average age of a male stroke victim

has gone down from 71 to 68. In

England, one in six people have a

stroke in their lifetime. Two thirds

of survivors will be left with a

disability.

With us is Professor Julia Byrne

from Public Health England. Good

morning.

Good morning.

Do the

figures surprise you? The number of

people having strokes in England,

the age of those, it is becoming

lower?

It was a bit of a surprise

but it's reflecting our success in

preventing stroke in older people

and shining the light on the need

for action to raise the risk factors

of stroke in younger people and also

the signs and symptoms so people can

get to hospital quickly for

treatment.

Just to be clear, success

in reducing the number of older

people, older than the age of 59?

Older than 70.

Older than 70, that

number has been reduced, does that

mean the number of younger people

has increased? Or proportionally

it's now bigger?

Proportionately

bigger.

So that number hasn't

increased?

No, but it's shining a

light on the fact we need to do more

to reduced the number of strokes in

younger people.

What evidence are

you seeing in terms of the factors

affecting the changes?

The main

factors are diabetes and high blood

pressure, increasing obesity, those

other risk factors for stroke but

what we're really interested in is

raising public awareness of the

signs and symptoms of stroke, and

that's the Fast campaign we're

launching today. If anyone sees

weakness in the face, weakness in

the arms or slurring of speech,

those are the three key symptoms and

if someone has even won then they

should phone 999 and get the

individual to hospital quickly.

There have been some high profile

campaigns and I would have thought

they were largely deemed effective,

quite shocking some of them, and

precisely on that, knowing when

something is happening to someone.

Are they deemed not to have been

very successful?

Their very

successful and the public are

getting better at recognising the

signs of stroke but they're still

hesitant at calling 999 and getting

the patient to hospital quickly.

There's a three-hour window between

the development of strokes and the

benefit of giving clot medicine.

That's why we're emphasising the

importance of recognising signs and

symptoms and doing something about

it.

Just to go into the basics of a

stroke, it is a blood clot?

Almost

all strokes are blood clots in the

brain. A small proportion are bleeds

in the blame, it's very like a heart

attack and no one would have any

hesitation in calling an ambulance

if they saw someone they thought was

developing a heart attack. Today

Public Health England want to

encourage people to treat stroke in

the same way because the chances of

preventing death and disability are

very high if you can get the patient

to hospital in time.

There's a lot

of talk about the causes of stroke,

we talk about the reasons we are

more vulnerable to heart attacks and

health issues. One of the papers

today is taking a look at the issue

of how much we drink, saying wine of

clot is now so big it's a problem --

wine of clock. How much can you link

alcohol, smoking, obesity 2-stroke?

These are all risk factors. The

biggest are high blood pressure and

diabetes. Smoking is a big risk

factor, as is heavy alcohol intake.

One of the problems, as you just

described, often people aren't aware

of quite how much they're drinking

so we put these factors together and

it increases the risk of both heart

attack and stroke, but I think one

of our challenges today is that

younger people aged 45 and 69,

working age people, aren't really

aware

aware that they are at risk so

that's why we're trying to drive the

message home.

You're coming back

later during the programme, I'm sure

people will have questions and we

will be looking at some of those

later. For the moment, thanks very

much.

Time to get the news, travel

Now it's back to Charley and Naga

Hello - this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt

and Naga Munchetty.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning:

Chips, crisps and cake

are apparently fuelling a pet

obesity crisis in the UK -

we'll hear how even a tin of tuna

could be making your cat fat.

We'll be asking if schools should

spend less time teaching

maths and science so that pupils can

have lessons in happiness.

And we'll meet the writer

and director who sold his double

glazing firm to pursue

his dream in film.

He'll be here to tell

us about his debut

featuring Hollywood stars

Harvey Keitel and Gabriel Byrne!

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

The

The Prime Minister has indicated

that she will fight EU proposals

that she will fight EU proposals

to give residency rights to European

citizens moving to the UK

during the Brexit transition period.

Speaking during a visit to China,

Theresa May made it clear

there was a difference

between people arriving before

and after March 2019,

when Britain formally leaves

the European Union.

Our correspondent Stephen

McDonell is in Beijng.

issues around Brexit have followed

the Prime

issues around Brexit have followed

the Prime Minister on her travels.

Absolutely. I am standing here

outside the Great Hall of the People

were in the coming hours the Prime

Minister will be meeting one of the

two most powerful people in the

world, the president of China, Xi

Jinping, with a multibillion-dollar

trade relationship on the table, yet

she is talking about Brexit, and the

rights of EU citizens in the

transition period. I think that

shows the level of concern that

Theresa May has over this issue.

Back at home, some will see this is

so getting tough on Europe over this

question. Yet we really don't know

the details. I guess it depends what

right you are -- what rights you are

talking about. Maybe she is using

this to sound tougher than she

really is being, or maybe it's quite

significant. I think many will judge

this when we can see what rights

they are. Health rights or Social

Security. That is all still to come.

The International trade Secretary,

Liam Fox, has told the BBC he wishes

Theresa May would see her the way

she is seen by the rest of the

world.

Different than some of the

say internal tearoom discussions and

I sometimes wish that first of all

people consider Prime Minister the

way she is seen in other countries

in terms of the visions she puts

forward for Britain and secondly, I

sometimes wish they could see

Britain in the way the rest of the

world sees us and not some of the

internal commentators in the UK.

The economic gap between the north

and south of England will continue

to grow, unless the government

prioritises education and skills.

That's the warning this morning from

the Northern Powerhouse Partnership,

an independent body set up to try

re-balance the economy away

from the dominance of London.

It says disadvantaged

children are being let down,

and that a lack of funding

and aspiration are holding back

economic growth in the region.

The Liberal Democrats have claimed a

key government target for treating

people with severe mental health

conditions is not being met. The

party says it gathered evidence

saying people who experienced a

first episode of psychosis are not

getting a quality package. NHS

England says more than three

quarters of patients are seen in two

weeks and research shows a partial

and dated picture of the service

provided.

Police in England, Wales

and Scotland fired tasers 22 times

on mental health wards between April

and September last year.

The BBC has obtained figures

which showed they were used

four times against people

under the age of 17,

and once on a 15-year-old.

Figures were provided

by 43 police forces,

but the Metropolitan Police

and the Police Service

in Northern Ireland did not respond

to the request from Radio 5live.

MPs have voted to move out

of the Palace of Westminster,

while billions of pounds

of essential renovation work

is carried out.

The move will now need to be

given the final go-ahead

by the House of Lords.

It would be the first time MPs have

moved out of the Commons

since it was damaged by a bomb

in the second world war.

The head of Ofsted is warning that

schools in England are being used

to 'indoctrinate' pupils under

the guise of religious education.

In a speech today,

Amanda Spielman will warn

that the most conservative voices

of particular faith groups do not

speak for everyone, and schools

should not be afraid to call out

practices they think will negatively

impact younger people.

practices they think will negatively

impact younger people.

Facebook says changes

to its newsfeed have led

to a significant drop in usage.

People are said to be

spending an average

of a minute-and-a-half less

each day on the network.

The changes - fewer viral videos

and more checks on advertising -

were introduced partly to combat

so-called fake news.

Those are the main stories. It is

6:35am and is part of our bid to get

everybody standing up more, Luke who

we have here.

The first day of

February, I'm going to start

something new. Not like the one C

had earlier.

You can stand up to, C.

It's been a record-breaking

January transfer window

for the Premier League.

£430 million spent in

total as clubs scrambled

to secure new players.

Liverpool started the big money

moves by signing defender Virgil van

Liverpool started the big money

moves by signing defender Virgil van

Dijk from Southampton

for 75 million pounds.

Manchester City splashed out

a club record £57 million

on Athletic Bilbao

defender Aymeric Laporte.

Borussia Dortmund's

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cost

Arsenal £56million -

a club record fee for the club.

Lucas Moura will wear

the number 27 shirt

for Tottenham Hotspur

after transferring from

Paris Saint-Germain for £25 million.

Twelve years at Arsenal came

to an end for Theo Walcott

after being lured across to

Sam Allardyce's Everton

squad for £20million.

And Olivier Giroud says he's

proud to be on his way

to Stamford Bridge after leaving

Arsenal for Chelsea

for around £18 million.

Manchester City have

extended their lead at the top

of the Premier League up to 15

points after they thrashed West Brom

3-0 - and nearest rivals

Manchester United lost.

Now watch this closely

because if you like pub quizzes

it

could soon be a question.

Who scored the quickest goal

in the Premier League this season?

Answer Tottenham's Christian Eriksen

at Wembley last night.

For a bonus point it was the third

fastest in the history

of the competition.

And if that wasn't bad enough

for United their defender Phil Jones

scored Spurs' second

to give them a 2-2 win.

We have to go after a few seconds,

it has a big influence on the game

because then Tottenham can play the

way they like to

because then Tottenham can play the

way they like to play, the way they

are really strong and dangerous. And

I think the confidence of my players

was totally broken with the second

look. In the end, against a very

good team with both goals who are on

really good things.

Bournemouth stunned Chelsea -

beating them three-nil

at Stamford Bridge for one

of the Premier League champions'

heaviest defeats since manager

Antonio Conte took charge.

Nathan Ake bagged the third

goal for Bournemouth

against his former club.

Theo Walcott scored his first goals

for Everton as they beat Leicester

2-1 - their first win in eight games

and Leicester's first

defeat this year.

There were seven matches in total

in the Premier League last night.

The full list of results

is on the BBC Sport website.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend

has named his first Six Nations

squad, for Saturday's opening match

of this year's Championship

in Cardiff against Wales.

He's given a debut to

Newcastle's Chris Harris,

despite the centre having

played only 21 minutes

of international rugby.

Townsend says he has chosen a team

designed to provide "the intensity

and speed required

to win in Cardiff.

Kyle Edmund says he is "doing his

best" to be fit to lead

Great Britain in the Davis Cup first

round tie against Spain

which begins tomorrow.

Edmund developed a hip

problem during last week's

semi-final defeat to Marin Cilic

at the Australian Open.

He admits his body has "a few

niggles" but is encouraged

by the progress he is

making in training.

He was part of the winning 2015

team.

Anti-Semitic hate crime in the UK

is reported to be at a record high.

According to figures

from the Jewish charity,

The Community Security Trust,

violent assaults were up by a third

in 2017 compared

to the previous year.

While attacks on social

media have reduced,

the number of recorded physical

and verbal incidents is rising -

with a third of them taking place

across London and Manchester.

Rabbi Arnold Saunders runs

the Higher Crumpsall

and Higher Broughton Synagogue

in Greater Manchester

and joins us now.

Good morning. Thank you. To put this

into context, the number of attacks

or hate crimes in total.

Anti-Semitic assaults rose one

third. Have you been given any

explanation or reasoning as to what

is driving this?

is driving this?

Well, the community

Security trust, they seem to be

quite chilled about the fact there

has been this increase in that they

feel it is a steady increase in

sometimes that can be put down to

better reporting. For example, at

the moment, a lot of talk about

people reporting sexual abuse,

historical sexual abuse and that is

down to people feeling empowered.

There was always that caveat that

people are reporting things more. If

you have a look, there is a lot more

lower-level verbal abuse and what

have you then there was. I think you

will find the serious levels of

assaults and so on haven't

particularly risen. But funnily

enough, in this particular area,

there has been a more significant

increase in the rest of the country,

which is quite warring.

Rabbi, can I

ask you about your own experience?

Recently, there has been lower

level. I have been assaulted in the

past physically but lately, it tends

to be people going past you in cars,

shouting abuse, mentioning Hitler

and the like.

So you are standing in

the street and that is something

that is routinely happening?

When I

say routinely, it doesn't happen

every day. It would happen several

times a year.

With the team that

worth reporting? Where are those

that sit? What happens next?

I

believe one report everything

however trivial it seems because the

police might need a final piece of

the jigsaw to build-up who is doing

these things. I heard the chief

constable of Greater Manchester on

your sister station, radio

Manchester, and he was talking about

anti-social behaviour. He said you

might think it's insignificant that

even if you see someone throwing

stones, please report it. Reporting

is very, very important.

What do you

make of the breakdown of abuse on

social media?

That is very

interesting. I'm not the world's

greatest expert on social media. I

wonder whether that is mirrored in

the general racism and so on. It may

well be that there was a peak in

people using social media. I think

interestingly, the publicity,

ironically, surrounding the use of

social media, a lot of people have

been prosecuted for anti-Semitism,

racism, whatever it may be on social

media, thinking they would get away

with it. A lot of people feel they

should be a bit more careful so it

may well be that that is the reason

for the drop in that.

Thank you very

much were talking to was this

morning.

We often like to send Carol out

to find some green space and fresh

air with her weather forecast -

today she's in a garden

with a difference in

the heart of London.

That is the exterior view. That is

the inside view. Explain where you

are.

I'm in the Sky Garden, in the

walkie-talkie building in London,

it's the first of February today so

January is a thing of the past.

There's been lots about it on

Twitter about how people are fed up

and miserable, now spring isn't too

far away. The daffodils are out,

snowdrops soon, if they aren't

already here, so hope on the

horizon. Cold out here, cold

outside, I'd like to say the weather

is frightful, but that's the wrong

season. Today we have a cold start

with the risk of ice and a cold

wind. If you're outside even if it's

sunny it will feel cold in the wind.

Starting at 9am in Scotland, we have

a mixture of rain, sleet and snow

coming down in the showers. You

don't have to move too far inland to

see that snow but moving away from

the north of Scotland through the

Central Lowlands and the Southern

Uplands, back into sunnier skies but

cold. For Northern England, all of

northern England, eastern England,

the Midlands, East Anglia and down

to the south coast, clear skies.

Fabulous view of the Moon. But

further west, clear skies, cold

start but a lot of sunshine. Some

showers around, Gloucestershire for

example, parts of Wales, south-west

England, not immune to the odd

shower but for most it's a dry

start. Northern Ireland, you have

the snow showers too. That mixture

of rain, sleet and snow with most of

the snow on the hills. Through the

day the snow showers continue and as

I said, a lot of dry weather around

and a fair bit of sunshine, a windy

day, particularly with exposure in

the north and west. In the north and

north-west of Scotland with exposure

we could even have severe gales.

Temperatures are fairly academic

because the wind will make it feel

colder than the temperatures

suggest.

colder than the temperatures

suggest. As we head on through the

evening and overnight, still quite

windy, we will still have wintry

showers around across the north and

some in the east and there is once

again the risk of ice on untreated

surfaces. Temperatures you can see

in the charts indicate towns and

cities, in rural areas they're more

likely to be between -1 and plus

one. We start tomorrow with a ridge

of high pressure upon us which will

keep the day fine and settled, a lot

of sunshine around but in the east

we're looking at showers coming in

from the North Sea coupled with a

noticeable wind. A few showers in

the west but they will be fewer and

further between. Not feeling as cold

because the wind would be as strong

for most. Later a weather front from

the west will bring a mixture of

rain, wet snow and some sleet from

the west at lower levels. Any

accumulations will mostly be on

higher ground. But this is one

that's quite a complicated forecast

on Saturday. Something we're keeping

a close eye on because it could

change. I can tell you the trend as

we head into the new week and

through the west of the weekend --

rest of the weekend is it will

remain cold, and for some next week

more snow on the horizon.

Boeing say

that, Carol! It's the first of

February, time for warmth and

spring, look spring, look forward to

spring!

-- don't say that. Spring

isn't too far away, Naga!

Carol, I

love the way you try to appease my

desire for heat of a cold! See you

soon, thanks very much!

Customers who don't shop around

for gas, electricity or broadband

could be paying nearly

£1,000 a year too much.

Ben has the details

Ben has the details

It's the fact we're a bit lazy when

it comes to shopping around and

because we don't shop around, the

firm is low and they make it more

expensive as a result. This is

research from...

Consumer group Citizens Advice says

firms are charging loyal customers

too much because they're

cashing in on our laziness.

It found that energy,

mobile and broadband firms

were the worst offenders,

and only using cheap deals to lure

in new customers, as Mark

from Bedford found out to his cost.

I took out a mortgage about 15 years

ago when we moved here. Along with

the mortgage, of course you have to

ensure the building. They

recommended a company and, like

everyone else, you just go along

with it and at the time I suspect

the charge was appropriate. So it

wasn't until 15 years later when the

mortgage was paid off that I

realised I had been massively

overcharged. The lesson is, keep an

eye on things, don't just let it

ride year after year without making

sure that you are being charged

fairly.

Matthew Upton is Head

of Consumer Policy at Citizens

Advice.

How common is Mark's story? We've

all been there but this is

increasingly common.

Much too

common, Mark is talking about one

industry but this is something that

plays out in the energy market,

insurance, mobile, broadband,

savings. As you said in your

introduction, you have a whole

business model built on... You used

the word lazy, it could be another

person's loyal, in lots of works of

life loyalty is rewarded and seen as

noble but they view as in with the

deals and put up the price after a

couple of years -- lure. It's

annoying for you and I who have the

ability to use shop around and

switch and ride out the expensive

bonds but for others more vulnerable

it's a problem -- to shop around.

The distinction between laziness and

loyalty, lots of people have said

I've always been with the same

provider, they've always seemed

fine, and the firm is taking

advantage.

What I was surprised

about when I saw this research is

there's a whole moral question about

whether it is right these businesses

exploit this loyalty or inertia or

laziness, but four in ten people

didn't know this was happening. They

assumed loyalty would be rewarded

because it is in so many other

places and again the people more

prone to stick around for a long

time, older people is a classic

group, it might be someone who's

been with the same gas supplier

through nationalisation through ten

to 20 years, and they think if they

stick with them they will look after

me but sadly it's not the case.

We

talked about the financial

implications, a big cost if you

don't move, and the firms are using

the extra money they get to get

people on cheaper deals and so they

are artificially cheap.

One argument

is they are subsidising my deals,

I'm sad enough to switch all the

time, I know where my deals expire

so there's an argument that people

with lower incomes and poorer people

and people with mental health

incomes are subsidising me but

there's a separate issue, when you

have whole markets who rely on

exploiting inert loyal consumers,

the to innovate and the as efficient

as possible aren't there -- the

incentive to innovate.

People aren't

able to switch more easily. We know

there have been efforts to make it

easier but that isn't happening?

There have been lots of efforts made

to make it easier. It's easier than

it was but too often you see

regulators or government will bring

in measures to say make companies

from us when we get to the end of a

contract and too many times you see

companies be the letter of the law

but much less the spirit -- prompt

us. That's why there's the odd and

for stronger intervention in the

market.

If we don't like it we

should do something about it and we

should switch, it's all well and

good as criticising the firms,

they're doing it because they can.

It's our own fault for not doing

something.

Anyone who is watching,

and if you've been on a deal for a

year or two you almost always paying

more, switch after work, not before

breakfast, but do what you can.

breakfast, but do what you can. --

you almost always pay more. You

can't get by without mobile or

broadband or energy. -- you're

almost always paying more. You get a

lot of chances to try to make these

things easier and energy is a good

example where the government have

stepped in and said listen, too many

vulnerable people are paying too

much, why don't we cap the prices

for some of those people and there

are lessons to learn for other

markets.

Matthew, thanks for

explaining that. Matthew Upton. If

you don't like it, switch, you're

more likely to get a cheaper deal

elsewhere. More from me after 7am.

See you then, Ben, thanks.

Over the last few months stargazers

have been lucky enough to see

supermoons and even a blue moon,

that's a second full moon

in the same calendar month,

but last night, in certain parts

of the world, the skies offered

something even more unusual.

A super blue blood moon

is a spectacle that hasn't been seen

for 152 years.

It is a combination of a blue moon,

a total lunar eclipse,

and also a super moon

all at the same time.

The eclipse was seen

across North America,

the Pacific Ocean and Asia.

In the UK we weren't able to see

the red hue from the total lunar

eclipse, but a clear night meant

many people got a good view

of the super moon.

According to Nasa, the next

super blue blood moon

won't happen until

New Year's Eve, 2028.

Such a rare lunar event

captured the imagination

of astronomers and photographers

around the world.

We've got another ten years!

It's an opportunity for people to

make a direct connection to gravity,

the solar system and celestial

mechanics because they can watch it

happening before their very eyes.

This is once in a lifetime and I

don't care if it's 3:30am.

I worked last night but slipped a

couple of hours and came back up

here.

So was it worth it?

Totally

worth it, yeah.

The images gathered from all around

the world. Beautiful.

Very lucky to have seen those.

We asked you on social media

and the BBC News website to send

us your photos of the super moon,

And you responded in your hundreds.

Let's start in Wales where Sam

sent us this picture

of the super moon illuminating

the Severn Bridge.

The snowy slopes of South

Lanarkshire were bathed

in super moonlight in

this photo from Glynn.

In east London, clear skies

and a good lens allowed

Michael to take this photo

of the moon rising behind

the Thames Cable Car.

You know what that reminds me of?

Eid.

Yes! -- E T.

And the professional photographers

were out in force too,

especially where the full super blue

blood moon made an appearance,

this is from Travis in San Diego.

That one almost looks like two

aliens, one of the pictures in

films.

Thank you for all your

pictures so far,

please keep them coming either

on social media or you can e-mail us

at [email protected].

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning:

First it was darts,

now Formula 1 bosses have followed

suit, saying they wont use grid

girls this season.

We'll be talking to a former grid

girl who's angry at the F1's

I'm back in half an hour.

Now it's back to Charley and Naga.

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

The number of younger people

in England having a stroke

has risen sharply.

Obesity, alcohol and

smoking are thought

to be behind the increase -

doctors want more of us to be aware

of the symptoms.

Good morning - it's

Thursday 1 February.

Also this morning: As the Prime

Minister visits China she says

she will oppose plans from Brussels

to give EU migrants full residency

rights after Brexit.

Calls to do more to close

the education gap between the North

and South in England -

or face economic consequences.

We're spending less time on Facebook

and the number of new users signing

up has slowed for the first time.

The firm has been making

the changes amid increasing

scrutiny of its ad business,

role in political campaigns

and broader social impact.

Good morning -

in sport, a record spend

on transfer deadline day.

Premier League Clubs £150 million

as Arsenal break their

transfer record by signing

And Carol is in the City

of London with the weather.

35 storeys above street level

in the walkie-talkie

building, some fabulous

views of London.

A lot of dry weather

for many of us through today.

A cold wind exacerbating the field.

Snow showers in the north. Dry

weather and a fair bit of sunshine

for much of the UK. More in 15

minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The number of over-40s suffering

a stroke for the first time has

risen sharply in the last decade.

That's according to figures

from Public Health England,

which show 20% of stroke cases

now occur in those aged

between 40 and 59.

Our health correspondent

Catherine Burns reports.

My dad had a stroke.

I had a stroke.

I had a stroke.

The older you are, the greater

the chance of it happening

to you but the average age of men

having a first stroke has fallen

from 71 to 68.

For women, it's gone from 75 to 73.

Adrian Jones was just

53 when he had one.

When I woke up in the morning,

I didn't feel too great straightaway

and when I twisted

and tried to stand up,

I immediately fell over.

And I couldn't feel,

I had no sensation on my left

side at all.

Figures from Public Health England

break down at what age people

had first strokes.

Almost 60% were 70 or over.

But it's interesting

to see the increase

in middle-aged people

being affected.

In 2007, about 15% of first-time

stroke patients were aged

between 40 and 59.

By 2016, it had gone up to 20%.

We know that obesity is a real

national problem and that certainly

contributes towards stroke.

Diabetes is a very strong

risk factor for stroke.

And I think that there's issues

around lifestyle as well.

We all lead a much more

sedentary life, perhaps,

than we used to.

Early treatment can help reduce

the risk of disability or death

so a campaign has been launched

to help people recognise

the symptoms as quickly as possible.

Face - has it fallen on one side?

40- to 74-year-olds in England

are eligible for for health checks

to help spot the early signs

of various conditions,

including strokes.

Catherine Burns, BBC News.

The Prime Minister has indicated

that she will fight EU proposals

to give residency rights to European

citizens moving to the UK

during the Brexit transition period.

Speaking during a visit to China,

Theresa May made it clear

there was a difference

between people arriving before

and after March 2019,

when Britain formally leaves

the European Union.

Our correspondent Iain Watson

is in Westminster.

Good morning. It's interesting. The

EU wants there to be some kind of

leeway or some promise and the Prime

Minister is trying to draw lines

again, offer some clarity.

She has

been under pressure from the pro-

Brexit backbenchers to say look, we

have to treat people differently

after Brexit, March 2019 than those

who come before. They felt that was

what was agreed with the European

Union last month for month before in

talks in Brussels to move onto the

next stage but what the EU is

saying, no, we have to discuss this

implementation period separately and

what they are asking for is exactly

the same rights to apply to EU

citizens until a beast December 20

20. Some of her backbenchers were

unhappy so what she is trying to

establish is the principle that

people will be treated differently

after Brexit day but in practice,

what does that mean? Government

sources say it is up for negotiation

but we know if someone comes during

that period, around two years, they

have the same rights is now apart

from the fact that they have to

register. What happens at the end?

It is possible they would be subject

to the same rules that might apply

to anyone else at that stage. With

work visas, apply for work visas

here. Government sources are

stressing that no one will be thrown

out of Britain at the end of the

period. They think it's more

important to establish the principle

and leave everything up for

negotiation. They don't think it

will be a major EU is sticking point

but we will see.

Thank you very

much.

The economic gap between the north

and the south will continue to grow,

unless the government

prioritises Northern education.

That's the warning this morning from

the Northern Powerhouse Partnership,

an independent body set up

to improve the state of the north.

They say disadvantaged

children are being let down,

and that a lack of funding

and aspiration are holding back

the Northern economy.

Nina Warhurst reports.

If your child's born

in the north-east, the latest league

tables suggest there is a one

in five chance he or she will go

to an underperforming school.

Born in London, the chances

are just 1 in 15.

Today's report says the key

to closing the North-South divide

includes £300 million of new money

for early-years development,

making the North a world

leader in apprenticeships,

and all Northern businesses

mentoring young people.

How are you finding

the communications?

Barclay's is one of the businesses

behind today's report.

They have more than 500

Northern apprentices.

I think it was an opportunity that

I was quite surprised to find that

I didn't have to move away for,

because I think my preconception

was you would probably have to move

to have a really good career

but now my view has completely

changed on that now that I found

the degree program because you can

do it from anywhere.

Is the government now stepping up

after being accused of neglecting

the Northern Powerhouse

post-George Osborne?

One of the real unsung bits

about our Northern Powerhouse

is the £70 million we put

into our Northern Powerhouse schools

strategy which goes all the way

from early-years provision

and making sure that is as good

as it can be, to the maths

and English hubs we have set up.

The authors of today's report

say if it's followed,

there could be 850,000 new jobs

and £100 billion of new money

in the Northern economy.

They claim that children

from all backgrounds and postcodes

will be given a fairer start.

Nina Warhurst, BBC

News, Middlesborough.

Facebook says changes

to its newsfeed have led

to a significant drop in usage.

Anyone not on Facebook, and there

are millions, the newsfeed speed

literally a list of things that are

happening with the people you are

connected with and sometimes

advertisements pop-up notifications

of events going on.

And it was

designed to connect people. Working

out what your friends and family are

doing. There was a lot of criticism

it got a bit too corporate. To meet

adverts and messages from businesses

try to sell us things. What the

boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has said, we

need to make it more fun again. They

have changed the way they do it.

They got rid of some of the stuff

that was cluttering up the newsfeed.

It means fewer people have used it

because they did well out of people

clicking those viral videos, click

and watch, that was great. They said

it was a double-edged sword. It got

people there but they didn't like

all the other adverts. We are

spending less time on it. A 5%

reduction in how much time we are

spending on Facebook. If you add it

all up, its 50 million hours a day

less on Facebook and that is one of

the big concerns.

It's about 1.5

minutes per person. It's not a lot

in everyday life.

It shows as a

business white-matter is because

they make money from us being on the

site. The profits still went up, $16

billion, a staggering amount of

money. What they have said is they

will change the way it is run, less

corporate business stuff, and in the

short-term, it might mean fewer

users. In theory.

For the first time since

the Second World War,

MPs look set to move out

of the Palace of Westminster,

while major renovation

work is carried out.

They voted in favour

of the move last night.

The repair programme

will cost billions of pounds.

Simon Jones reports.

It may be a palace but one

that is in desperate need of repair.

Anyone who's had building work done

on their home will know it can be

stressful, but MPs are now facing

the prospect of moving the several

years while it is carried out.

It will cost billions,

with both the Commons and the House

of Lords having to up sticks,

most likely to another

part of Whitehall.

Many MPs say it's the only option.

The building's crumbling,

it needs rewiring and it's

just not safe.

Conditions were even worse

than down in the Pit.

There's some steel props

holding the roof up.

It looks like the workplace I used

to work in before I came into this

building, that was Moltby colliery.

Other MPs are reluctant to go,

arguing the work should be

done around them.

There are also concerns

about the cost.

The Lords still have

to give their approval

and with the proposed

departure not until 2025,

that is after the next general

election, the next parliament may

take a different view.

Simon Jones, BBC News.

The Liberal Democrats have claimed

that a key government target,

for treating people with severe

mental health conditions in England,

isn't being met.

The party says it gathered

evidence which shows people

experiencing a first episode

of psychosis aren't getting

a quality care package.

NHS England says more

than three-quarters of patients

are seen within two weeks -

and that the research shows

a partial and "dated" picture

of the services provided.

Hate crime against Jewish people

in the UK is at a record high.

A new report from the

Community Security Trust,

which monitors anti-semitism,

says the Jewsih community

was targeted at a rate of nearly

four-times-a-day last year.

Online abuse is said to have fallen,

but there's been a spike in reports

of violent assault.

Those are the main story this

morning. All the sport and weather

coming up shortly.

Improving schools in the North

of England should be

the new Education Secretary's

top priority according

to a report published today.

The Northern Powerhouse

Partnership claim students

in the north are now consistently

falling behind their southern

counterparts due to a lack

of investment and aspiration.

Gary Evans is a man who has tackled

this problem head on -

and come out on top.

and come out on top.

He's the principal of Halewood

Academy in Knowsley near Liverpool.

Three years ago his school was put

into special measures by Ofsted

inspectors, but they managed to turn

things around and last year

were awarded a good rating.

We're also joined by Stephanie,

a Year 11 pupil at the school.

Good morning to you. You have an

exam today? A maths exam.

Are you

feeling confident?

Not really. Thank

you the coming in to talk to us.

I will put you on the spot,

Stephanie. The head teacher is

sitting next to you. What is it that

your school has done?

It is

something quite remarkable. There

has been a lot of improvements in a

lot of different areas. Teachers

have become more skilful I think in

how they approach teaching and there

are differentiated tasks so that all

the students are targeted

specifically so that we can all

reach our maximum potential.

There

is a lot of talk about aspiration.

They have instilled in students,

told you that you can aspire. Is

that the impression you get?

I think

that with all the help from the

school, because the support is

there, it's just down to the mindset

of the individual students because

all the teachers will always give up

as much time as they possibly can to

possibly help and give as much

support and the resources they can

as well.

Gary, how do you do that?

It's easy enough to say, you can do

anything, you can be anything you

want but you need to show people,

prove there are opportunities out

there that allow you to go to your

dreams.

And for students like

Stephanie, you would think it is

easy but it is hard job. When you

get an OFSTED report like we did, we

are proud of it. We make the

students believe that they can. It's

about raising the bar. As soon as

you raise the expectations of the

staff and students. It's given them

more and more opportunities to make

that link.

How do you connect the

outside world to what is happening?

It is easy to say, you can do a

career in this or that. But if you

don't see it, or experience it, it

will never seem real.

One of the

major pieces of work we have done is

to link the world of work to school.

It's about bringing those businesses

in.

in. Careers for seven through to

year 11 so it's not just the older

student. The focus is on careers.

And also what they need to do in

school to get to that career they

aspire to.

How long have you been at

the school? 4.5 years. It was in

real trouble when you've got the

hour. Talk is through some

practicalities. The same stuff? You

talk about quality of teaching.

It has been a turnaround.

It has been a turnaround.

A big

turnaround?

Half the staff? Around

half. That's a key element, you came

in and said I've got people here who

aren't delivering.

It's recognising the staff, talent

spotting, and recognise the staff

who have the ability to drive

improvements forward. I'm lucky to

have a fantastic senior team, some

of whom were already in the school