03/02/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Steph McGovern and Charlie

Stayt.

A lifeline for thousands

of businesses hit by the collapse of

Carillion.

£100 million worth of

taxpayer-backed loans

are being offered to firms who need

help, but some companies tell

Breakfast it's too little, too late.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 3rd of February.

Also this morning: Talk is cheap.

The boss of the FBI hits back

at Donald Trump in a row over a memo

that accuses the Bureau of bias.

Rage boils over in court

from a father of three girls abused

by the doctor of the American

gymnastics team, but he apologises

for his actions.

He says he's no hero.

In sport, Scottish hopes soar

as they start the Six Nations

in Wales today, and they're both

hoping to snuff out England's

hopes of becoming the first side

to complete a hatrick of titles

in 130 years.

While Ireland kick off in France.

They're back, the Spice Girls said

the time is right to explore new

opportunities but what will those

those opportunities be? We'll try

and find out.

And Ben has the weather.

Saturday looks great, damp and cold

in most places, snow over some high

ground in the north and then the

weather looks set to stay cold

through the rest of the weekend and

into next week -- looks great. All

the details on the way.

Thanks, Ben,

see you in a bit.

Small businesses affected by the

collapse of Carillion are being

offered the chance to apply for

government backed loans from high

street lenders. Thousands of

suppliers were left unpaid after the

firm went into liquidation in

January. Our business correspondent

Joe Lynam reports.

Britain's second biggest

construction company collapsed three

weeks ago meaning debts and pension

deficits. Apart from those directly

employed at Carillion, thousands of

smaller suppliers and contractors

faced ruin due to unpaid debts. Now

the government is providing

guarantees to small firms worth £100

million. These will allow companies

who lost money due to Carillion get

bank loans. But it also means

taxpayers might be on the hook if

someone defaults. Additionally, the

UK banking sector has promised to

take the circumstances surrounding

Carillion into consideration if

individuals face problems repaying

loans, overdraft or mortgages. The

extent of the damage to the wider UK

economy of one firm's collapse is

coming into sharp focus. Joe Lynam,

BBC News.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats,

Vince Cable, has responded

to today's announcement.

He says, "The Conservatives

should have made sure

it

used its powers much earlier.

From now on, we must make sure

the British Business Bank stabilises

suppliers before they are

terminally weakened."

Later on in the programme we'll be

catching up with one business owner

who carried out services

on behalf of Carillion

and getting his response

to today's announcement.

The boss of the FBI has hit back

at Donald Trump in a row over

the release of a secret Republican

memo, which accuses the agency

of political bias

against the President.

In an e-mail to staff,

Christopher Wray said talk

is cheap and that the bureau

would continue to investigate

independently and by the book.

Democrats have said the release

was another effort to undermine

the inquiry into alleged

collusion with Russia.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Bowes reports.

This is the memo that sunk relations

between the president and the FBI to

a new low. The document, written by

Republicans, makes the case that the

justice department and the FBI

showed bias towards Donald Trump

while buying on one of his advisers.

A warrant for the surveillance

operation was based on a dossier of

information compiled by a former

British intelligence agent who was

desperate for Donald Trump to lose

the election.

I think it's a

disgrace what's happening in our

country, and when you look at that

and you see that and so many other

things, what's going on, a lot of

people should be ashamed of

themselves and much worse than that.

But the Democrats say the memo

doesn't tell the full story and is a

shameful effort to discredit the

ongoing investigation into the Trump

campaign's links with Russia. The

head of the FBI is defiant.

Addressing his staff, Christopher

Wray said:

Is the memo a dud, sir, is it a dud?

Donald Trump is smiling again but

this is a vicious fight at the heart

of the US government. Some are

saying the only winners are the

Russians. Peter Bowes, BBC News.

The Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg,

a prominent Brexit campaigner,

has been caught up in scuffles

with protesters who tried to disrupt

a speech he was making to students

at a university in Bristol.

Police were called but, so far,

no arrests have been made.

The University of the West

of England said it was appalled

by what happened, and it fully

supported free speech.

I think that we live in a free

society and freedom of speech is

very important. And people like me

who advocate freedom of speech must

support it when it's not exactly

what we want, as well as when it is

what we want, so I think they're

entitled to protest, they are titled

to disapprove and dislike my views.

I think it's sad that they don't

want to engage and discuss them.

A father whose three daughters

were among those abused by US

gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has

apologised after trying

to attack him at

a court in Michigan.

Nassar was sentenced to up to 175

years in prison last month,

after more than 150 women testified

that he had sexually abused them.

Nedder Towfik reports.

To my parents, thank you for all

your love and support through all of

this.

Throughout Mary Larry Nassar's

sentencing hearings, women have

share their tales of abuse. Demare

Groves family's three daughters were

all victimised. After hearing two of

his daughters recount their ordeals,

Randall Margraves asked his turn to

speech as a distraught father. --

Demare Graves family's.

Would you let me have one minute in

a locked room with him?

You know I

can't do that, that's not how our

legal system...

The chaotic and

wrong moment showed the guilt and

pain that parents and families are

still struggling with -- wrong

moment. The judge said he would be

released without charge -- raw

moment.

There's no way this court is

going to issue any type of

punishment given the circumstances

of this case.

At a press conference

afterwards, the Margraves girls

defended their father.

He reacted in

a way I feel most fathers would have

done and probably wanted to do in a

situation like this.

Randall

Margraves said he was not a hero but

the real heroes were his girls and

the other victims.

If it wasn't for

all the brave girls and women that

have come forward before now, I

don't know if my family could have

come forward now.

The case has

inevitably sparked numerous

investigations into why Michigan

State university, where he was

employed, along with USA gymnastics

and the US Olympic Committee failed

to stop him.

Many GPs feel undervalued,

unable to provide safe care

and that they have no choice

but to quit, according to in depth

research with doctors who have left

the profession early.

NHS England has promised an extra

5,000 GPs by the end

of the decade but the most recent

statistics show the number has

instead dropped by nearly 1200.

The Department of Health and Social

care says it has the highest ever

number of GPs in training.

It looks like it's true,

friendship never ends.

The Spice Girls have confirmed

they're reuniting to work

on new opportunities.

They posted this picture

with Emma Bunton,

better known as Baby Spice,

commenting that the future

is looking spicy.

It's the first time they've been

seen together like this since 2012.

It's the first time

they've been seen together

like this since 2012.

The group were hugely famous

in the 1990s with their 'girl

power' philosophy, they split

in 2000 but performed

at the closing ceremony

of the London Olympics.

This was one super-fan's reaction.

If I'm going to be completely

honest, I broke down in tears. I was

literally in the back of my friend's

car, like, they're back! There's

been rumours for months, years,

decades, they're going to get back

together, they're going to do

something, anniversary special,

another tour. Since the Olympics

there's been a massive craze, we

need the Spice Girls back. Millions

of people still want them. I think

now with the #metoo movement and

feminism being at the forefront of

the news and stuff, which is great.

Loving his reaction, their back!

We

will be talking to a super fan later

on in the programme -- they are

back! Let us know if you are feeling

that way as well!

This afternoon, Wales will kick off

this year's 6 Nations Championship,

hosting Scotland at

the Principality Stadium.

But there'll be someone

missing, Shenkin,

the regimental goat mascot

of the 3rd Battalion

the Royal Welsh, which traditionally

leads the players onto the pitch.

Shenkin the Third died in September

and today they'll be

using a stand-in goat.

It means the Regiment still needs

a new permanent mascot

and our reporter Alex Humphreys has

been to help them with the search.

It's one of the best vantage point

is along the north coast of Wales,

home to seals, rare plants and

goats. Yes, it's also home to the

Royal herd and I'm on the hunt for a

new mascot with the third Battalion

the Royal Welsh. What do you look

for in a good mascot?

We come up to

find a couple of herds where they've

specifically got younger league of

its. There was one specific one, I

called him and made a noise to

attract his attention, he's in very

inquisitive, he stared at us.

That's

a good sign, is it?

He's got a

cheeky smile about him and he's got

a lovely flop of hair just under his

horns.

A bit like your hat?

A bit

like my hat.

Tom, how do you catch a

goat?

Well, we've got to find them

first, we're going to find the herd

and find the goat we actually want.

Then I'm going to rugby tackle him.

You're kidding?

Don't kid. Not

today, luckily for me and the goat.

We've got an RSPCA vet who's going

to dart him for us.

But catching him isn't as easy as it

sounds. Things don't quite go as

planned.

Eight hours later... So, can't you

just choose a different goat?

No, we

looked at him yesterday, he had a

good bit of character about him. He

was local today, we've seen him this

morning and he's the one we want.

The elusive Shenkin has definitely

been kidding with us today. Is of a

model of the story is never work

with animals, especially goats -- so

the moral of the story. How do you

judge a goat's character?

Let's

leave that question out there. If

you are an expert then let us know!

Let's look at the papers, let's

start with the Daily Mail. Their

story here is about prostate cancer,

boosting prostate cancer funding to

match cash for breast cancer could

save the lives of more than 7000 men

a year. Their putting figures on

that saying just 290,000 a week --

their putting figures on that.

This is after statistics the number

of people with prostate cancer is

increasing. We will focus on breast

cancer later as well. New figures

out. The front page of the Daily

Telegraph, we mention this picture

of the Spice Girls, this is the one

image there is of this gathering --

we mentioned this picture. They are

tempting their fans with the

possibility of what might lie ahead.

The main story is heterosexual

couples will be given the right to

enter civil partnerships after the

government ushered in the biggest

shakeup of marriage laws since the

18 hundreds.

Interesting how we've

made a whole story out of one

picture of the Spice Girls -- 18

hundreds. We're all hoping it will

happen. The Guardian this morning to

King about processed food, they say

half of all food bought by families

in Britain is now ultra process,

made in a factory with industrial

ingredients and additives indented

by food technologists -- ultra-

processed.

The Daily Mirror are

looking at a any waiting times axed

after NHS chiefs said they were

impossible to keep. That's in the

Daily Mirror. We will look at the

papers later in the programme.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

£100 million of government-backed

loans are being offered to firms

affected by the collapse

of Carillion.

The head of the FBI has

defended its work after a classified

memo was released accusing it

of bias against President Trump.

And coming up on the programme: It's

like British Bulldogs on wheels.

Mike tries his hand at Roller Derby,

a sport that would give the stars

of this weekend's six nations

a run for their money.

Here's Ben with a look

at this morning's weather.

Good morning to you. If you don't

like the weather cold, you might

want to go into hiding for the

weekend. Cold weather really will be

the big story over the next few days

as far as today's concerned however,

a chilly feel and some damp weather

and cold enough for some snow. This

band of cloud has worked its way in

from the Atlantic. A slow-moving

weather front which is running into

some cold air, hence not only rain

from this but some snow especially

over high ground. Some icy stretches

as well. As we go on through the

day, notice our area of cloud,

patchy rain until snow. This is 12

o'clock if you are heading in about

-- heading out and about, eastern

Scotland, some snow over high

ground. A bit of sunshine. Some

hefty and thundery showers. Cloud,

patchy rain, some snow mixed in.

Quite how much of that reaches the

east and the south-east is open to

some question. Writer into Wales the

south-west. This mass of cloud,

patchy rain until snow sits in

place. For the big Six Nations

matches, Wales against Scotland in

Cardiff, the could be some patchy

rain. Rain as well in Paris. Quite

cloudy. There will be some showery

bits and pieces. Snow over high

ground. The risk for some frost and

ice starting around one or two

degrees. Europe, much colder than

that. Why do I mention that? That is

where the air will be coming from.

Building down from Scandinavia and

squeezing a strong cold

north-easterly wind. That is likely

to bring some showers into East

Anglia and the south-east. Some of

those could be wintry, turning back

to rain through the afternoon. A

decent amount of dry weather and

sunshine. Particularly in the south.

It's going to feel only one or two

degrees above freezing and we keep

that cold north-easterly wind in

southern areas on Monday. Some

fairly heavy snow showers.

Elsewhere, a lot of dry weather.

Some spells of sunshine in

temperatures of 3- six degrees. Then

it looks like staying cold

throughout the coming week.

That doesn't sound great!

We'll be back with a summary

of the news at half past six.

Now it's time for the Film Review.

Hello and welcome to

The Film Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

So Mark, what do we have this week?

We had a new version

of Journey's End.

Helen Mirren in Winchester,

the ghost story chiller.

And an Oscar-nominated Denzel

Washington in Roman J Israel, Esq.

Journey's End, is it a tough watch?

I was very impressed by it,

it is directed by a man

whose previous film

was about World War II.

This is set in the trenches

of World War I, a terrific

ensemble cast, Toby Jones,

Paul Bettany...

And essentially what the film does

is capture the sort of day-to-day

squalor and struggle and comradeship

of people in those trenches

in the middle of that terrible war.

Here's a clip.

My darling Joan.

When you read this, I don't imagine

that for one moment you will feel

bitter and resentful.

But you will find comfort

in the thought that I went down

fighting for my country.

You are too clear-headed

for that, my darling.

There is a job to be done.

It ought never to have arisen,

but that is not the point.

I have had so very much out of life.

And all these youngsters do not

realise how unlucky they are.

So new are they to

their very existence.

Paul Bettany, capturing

the understated power of the drama.

This is a story that everyone knows,

but I think they bring

something new to it.

There is a palpable sense of terror,

the fact that we are waiting

for a German attack,

it hangs heavy over the drama.

I think the director

cranks up the tension,

while all the time reminding us

that this is to do

with the characters,

their day-to-day life,

that strange mixture of on the one

hand grinding boredom

and on the other hand imminent

terror, balanced very nicely.

You get a raw sense of being there

in that trench environment.

I think what this film manages to do

is take a classic text and make it

completely relevant,

it is very cinematic.

The performances are terrific,

there are laughs as well,

and there is real vibrancy in it.

But I find it very moving,

very powerful, very harrowing,

and a very sort of potent reminder

of just what was at stake

in what was sacrificed.

I thought it was really good,

it was a really good adaptation.

You are a horror film

fan, aren't you?

Winchester is not

going to scare you.

This is inspired by the true story

of Sarah Winchester,

the widowed heiress

of the Winchester rifle fortune.

Some people said she was haunted

by the spirits of the people

killed by the firearms.

Is she crazy, is she haunted,

is it all in her mind?

This sounds like a great set up.

No, all that ambiguity

goes out in ten seconds.

The house goes bang,

there are lots of jump scares,

the movie shouts at you...

OK, fine, it is an interesting

setup, but once you are into it,

it is like the most

mechanical roller-coaster ride.

None of it is scary.

Dame Helen Mirren does a brilliant

job of keeping a straight face!

Why did she say yes to this?

She said it is in the tradition

of great Japanese ghost stories,

it is nothing like that!

It is like Twister.

At no point, at any point,

did I feel there was any

ambiguity, any uncertainty,

and it was not scary.

You are completely safe with this.

I can't see it!

You have sold it.

Denzel Washington, 30 years

after his first Oscar nomination,

he plays a savant law attorney,

very dedicated to civil rights

causes, but is absolutely

terrible with people.

So for most of his career he has

been the person in the backroom,

who does the book work,

then the partner he has been

working with suddenly finds

himself in hospital,

and he has to step up

and do the interaction,

and he cannot do it.

Here's a clip.

My client is interested

in discussing a deal.

Refresh me.

Convenience store shooting,

a man was killed.

The shooter in this

case was a fugitive.

My client may know his whereabouts

and might be willing to testify.

He will deliver on that?

If you waive all objections

on appeal, and he is willing

to cooperate, we will drop

the assault and kidnapping,

and drop murder one to involuntary

manslaughter, ten years.

It is a good deal.

I'm sorry for taking a nanosecond

of of your rubber-stamp

assembly-line existence...

Hello?!

So he can't do any of

the interaction stuff,

but he needs money.

So he sells out.

The beginning is him accusing

himself of having sold out.

It is an uneven drama,

it tries to cram a huge character

arc into a small period of time.

But he is really watchable,

you do believe in his transition

between somebody who is very

idealistic to somebody

who is selling himself out,

even if you don't quite believe

the drama around him.

It is quite often funny,

sometimes the tone is uneven

to the point of not working,

and I have to say it really

loses its way in the third act.

And ultimately it does not hang

together, but wouldn't you rather

look at a movie which tries to do

something interesting

and doesn't quite pull it off,

rather than something that is quite

down the line?

It is held together

by his performance,

which is immensely watchable.

And he is so likeable,

I so liked Denzel Washington,

but I guess you want it

to be better.

Was it created just

as a vehicle for him?

Look, I think it is a film

that is trying to do a very

complicated character arc,

in a very compressed period of time,

and it doesn't quite hang together.

But it has such a strong lightning

rod performance at the end of it,

that you can forgive it

for the things that

are wrong with it.

Phantom Thread.

This is the new Paul

Thomas Anderson.

I think it is his best film

since Punch Drunk Love.

1950s London, Daniel Day-Lewis

is obsessed with rituals,

everything in his life

has to be one way...

Lesley Manville is his sister,

and suddenly his life falls apart.

He falls in love with a woman.

Firstly it has a brilliant

score by Jonny Greenwood,

who has been Oscar-nominated.

The music is wonderful.

I do think Lesley Manville is going

to win for Best Supporting Actress.

I have now seen this four time,

and every time I see it it looks

like it is a different film.

The more I watch it,

the more it becomes a fairy tale,

like a Powell and Pressburger film.

But it is also about

a woman entering a world

that is like Bluebeard.

The art ventures out

into the forest, strange mushrooms

that have extraordinary powers...

It is odd!

Right, it is beautifully made.

That is such

a backhanded compliment!

I loved the first half hour so much,

and there is such attention

to detail, with the music

and the costumes,

but the relationship

between the two of them just got

weirder and weirder.

But it is a fairy tale,

it is a mythical allegory.

It is a horror!

What it really is, it is a ghost

story about him being obsessed

with the ghost of his mother.

If you want a ghost story, forget

about Winchester, go and see this.

Very quick thought about DVD,

I'm curious as to whether,

should Blade Runner even be watched

on DVD, isn't it made

for the big screen?

I saw it first

on a huge IMAX screen.

Here's the good news,

it does stand up, because beyond

the extraordinary visuals,

it is a film that has substance.

It is about something,

it is about what artificial

intelligence is and what it means

to have a soul or not have a soul.

It is a very different

experience on home viewing,

but even if you saw it in the cinema

and loved it, it is going to work

again on DVD or Blu-ray.

And though it is really

divisive for some people,

but I think it is great.

Mark, thank you very much.

A quick reminder before we go that

you'll find more film news

and reviews from across the BBC

online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode.

And you can find all our previous

programmes on the BBC iPlayer.

I think it is the week to go and see

Phantom Thread myself.

Goodbye.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Steph McGovern and Charlie

Stayt.

Good morning, here's

a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News:

Contractors affected by the collapse

of Carillion will be able to apply

for government backed loans

from high street lenders.

Thousands of suppliers were left

unpaid after the construction

giant went into

liquidation in January.

Ministers say the state-owned

British Business Bank will guarantee

£100 million of lending to those

firms, which should make it easier

for them to borrow.

The boss of the FBI has hit back

at Donald Trump in a row over

the release of a secret Republican

memo, which accuses the agency

of political bias

against the President.

In an e-mail to staff,

Christopher Wray said talk

is cheap and that the bureau

would continue to investigate

independently and by the book.

Democrats have said the release

was another effort to undermine

the inquiry into alleged

collusion with Russia

A father whose three daughters

were among those abused by US

gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has

apologised after trying

to attack him at

a court in Michigan.

Nassar was sentenced to up to 175

years in prison last month,

after more than 150 women testified

that he had sexually abused them.

Randall Margraves' daughter Morgan

spoke after the incident

in the courtroom.

It

was hard for him to here and it's

easy to get caught up when emotions

are getting high. You reacted in a

way that I think most fathers would

have done and probably wanted to do

in a situation like this but after

reflecting on what happened earlier,

my father is room or spoil and

justice cannot be served by one

individual, it must go through the

judicial system.

The Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg,

a prominent Brexit campaigner,

has been caught up in scuffles

with protesters who tried to disrupt

a speech he was making to students

at a university in Bristol.

Police were called but, so far,

no arrests have been made.

The University of the West

of England said it was appalled

by what happened, and it fully

supported free speech.

The lead singer of the Temptations,

Dennis Edwards, has died

in hospital in Chicago.

He was 74.

He grew up in Detroit,

the home of Motown,

where he learnt his craft

in a church choir.

He joined the Temptations in 1968,

replacing David Ruffin.

As a lead singer he featured on hits

such as Papa was a Rollin' Stone,

I Can't Get Next to You

and Ball of Confusion.

Those on the main stories. Mike has

the sport. A big day?

Very exciting,

I always think the Six Nations

heralds the start of spring because

it goes right through until St

Patrick's Day.

Not necessarily

reflected in the weather but there

you go.

A great time of year for

sports fans and really this year so

hard to call, Ireland are very

strong, Scotland resurgent and can

England become the first team in 130

years to win three in a row? Big

questions but today it's about

Scotland and Wales.

It's the most competitive

Six Nations ever

according to the injured Wales

captain, Sam Warburton.

Wales' chances have been damaged

by a lengthy injury list

and that could help Scotland get off

to the start they need

to justify their billing

as one of the favourites,

given the exciting way they played

in the Autumn internationals.

In the most recent evidence is there

able to train at a pace and

intensity that can match the best

teams in the world, they can go to

places like Cardiff and put on a

really good performance, and they're

together. We feel there's a real

togetherness that's been built up

for a while now, it comes out in the

way they talk to each other, the way

they work hard each other.

It's a good game for us to get first

up. The players involved last year

were disappointed with losing away

in Murrayfield and they feel there

is a great chance for us to get the

campaign off to a good start and

against a Scottish team who have

definitely been resurging and are

going to test us and cause us a

number of problems.

The other team pundits think

have a chance of winning

the title are Ireland.

They take on France in Paris.

For Ireland, the key man may once

again be Johnny Sexton

but his coach has already called

for more protection for his fly half

after seeing him targeted

in previous encounters

with the French.

Doesn't need to be part of the game.

Johnny is a really tough competitor.

When it comes off Matt De Boer I

don't think it needs to be part of

the game and it certainly hasn't

been part of the game in the teams

I've seen Jacques coach in the past

so I'd hope that it's not -- off the

ball.

It was close in the womens 6 Nations

as Wales beat Scotland

18-17 in Colwyn Bay.

Wales had been cruising,

a try from Kerin Lake put

them 18-5 up,

but things changed dramatically

as Chloe Rollie scored two second

half tries to get

Scotland within a point.

But the hosts held on in the last

few minutes for a nailbiting win.

No Andy Murray, no Kyle Edmund,

but Great Britain could have

unearthed a brand new star

in Cameron Norrie.

He's 22 and made his Davis Cup debut

against Spain yesterday and came

from two sets down to beat world

number 23 Roberto Bautista Agut,

and level the tie at 1-1.

Liam Broady lost the first singles

match to Albert Ramos-Vinolas,

but Norrie produced the performance

of his life to beat a man ranked 91

places above him in the world.

He only turned professional last

June and this was his first ever

professional match on red clay.

Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot play

in the doubles rubber later today

and you can follow the match live

on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website

from 1pm this afternoon.

I just thought I was tougher than

the guy through the whole match.

Physically had some problems in the

end but I was really pumped with my

efforts, it's given me lots of

confidence. Is my first match on

clay so I'm stoked.

-- it's my first

match.

He was born in South Africa, parents

lived in New Zealand, one was Welsh,

one was Scottish so he can play for

Great Britain. I was getting a bit

excited, didn't let him speak!

The champions-in-waiting

Manchester City can

extend their lead at the top

of the Premier League

to 18 points this

lunchtime at Burnley.

There's a relegation scrap

between West Brom and Southampton,

Manchester United host Huddersfield,

while at tea, Theo Walcott returns

to the Emirates as

Everton visit Arsenal.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is keen

to forget his side's recent

results.

January was a very difficult month

for us, you know? As much it was

disappointing on the pitch side, I

felt on the transfer side it worked

well for us. That's what we have to

show now on the pitch in the coming

months because we have no room for

any defeats any more basically. So

is very important we respond very

quickly. -- so it's very important.

In the Scottish Premiership today,

Rangers versus Hibs catches the eye

in a third versus fourth,

while table toppers Celtic kick

things off at lunchtime,

when they visit Kilmarnock.

In the Championship,

Bolton Wanderers are out

of the relegation zone

after a 1-0 win over promotion

chasing Bristol City.

Former Newcastle forward

Sammy Ameobi scored this

cracker late on.

City remain in fifth.

Wigan made a strong start

to their Super league season

with a 40-12 win against Salford.

Wakefield Trinity also won at Hull

KR, but the result of the night came

at St Helens as the home side

thrashed last season's

runners-up Castleford 46-6.

Ben Barba collected man of the match

going over for two tries,

while Mark Percival

scored a hat-trick,

Barba setting him up here.

Now for something with just as many

crunching challenges as the Six

Nations.

It's the mainly women's

sport of roller derby.

38 nations are competing

for the World Cup in Manchester this

week and you can watch

it live on the BBC.

For a taste of how

physical it gets, I've been to train

with some of the highly-fancied

England team.

Rollerskating has never been so

physical. In the sport of roller

derby, thou shalt not pass.

It looks like organised chaos, but

this is all about tactics and

preparation for the third World Cup.

It's basically British Bulldog on

roller skates mainly played by women

since roller derby was started in

America in the nineteen thirties.

Believe me, there are tactics going

on at the moment in this melee.

There are two teams of either

attacking and defending at the same

time. Each team nominates a player

to be their so-called jammer. They

score a point for every opposing

player they can muscle their way

past. They get help by their

teammates to get through, but their

opponents are out to hit them off

bare feet, or at least off the

track, and don't forget your

opponents are trying to do exactly

the same and get their own jammer

through, hence the carnage.

You grow

rhino skin so after awhile you don't

see the bruises any more and you're

just immune to it. There are

injuries, you can get hurt, but is

the same with any sport, it's the

risk you take.

If you bend your

knees and if I come in and just make

a hit...

Yeah, that's legal. That's

not a foul, that's perfectly good.

That was a great fall as well.

That's one of the things you have to

learn.

And once you've got the hang

of that, you can have a go at being

a jammer. You can maybe go around

the side or dart through the middle.

We've got to be quick.

It's pretty

full on, it's good teamwork. The

camaraderie of working with people,

figuring things out, coming up with

crazy tactics.

It's claimed this is the

fastest-growing women's sport in the

world... We got halfway round... And

they are so good they are teaching

us men.

It's quite rare in sport,

especially with so many

well-developed sports, for women to

be pushing and driving the

progression.

You can see how popular

the women's game has become at the

third World Cup, which comes to a

climax this weekend in Manchester.

It's live on the BBC as their G8

nations tried to knock the USA off

their perch.

It's amazing to have

it, it's the first time it's been

outside North America and because

it's promoted a lot for women, it's

giving them the opportunity to

really get involved and feel like

that's OK.

Back on the training

track with the England players who

state with the rainy city club, I

put on my rhino skin to see the

tactics which are so crucial, which

mainly involve putting me on the

floor.

It's dramatic to play in, even more

dramatic to watch in Manchester this

weekend or on the BBC on the red

button or via connected TVs. Can

anyone stop the USA?

We're good,

aren't we?

England third in the

first World Cup, second in the last,

now, maybe an advantage? All comes

down to tomorrow. This time next

week the Winter Olympics will be

under way.

That's right, isn't it?

One of the stars you're about to

talk about now.

Members of Team GB are arriving in

South Korea with one week to go

until the start of the Winter

Olympics and there are high hopes

for Britain's 59 competitors.

for Britain's 59 competitors.

Elyse

Christie is the favourite for gold

in the short track speed skating.

She's the favourite for gold having

won the overall World Championship

title in 2017.

And she's been speaking

to our Olympic sports reporter David

McDaid.

This is Elyse Christie, she's the

best short track speed skater the UK

have ever produced. SheZow world

recordholder, she's a triple world

champion and she's Great Britain's

best hope for a gold at the upcoming

Winter Olympics. Tell us how it all

began for you?

I started as a figure

skater when I was really young,

like, seven and then I transferred

over because it kind of... We did a

race the week after I started and

obviously it was just a fun race, so

I won the selection box of chocolate

for winning that race so after that

your heart was set on short track.

She was one of these kids, you could

show her something and she picked it

up immediately. She seemed to have

the natural ability.

Elise which is

a very special athlete but four

years ago she nearly walked away

from the sport she loves. One of the

favourites for gold in Sochi, the

Olympics she worked so hard for

ended in disqualifications,

disappointment and death threats.

I

had quite a lot of abuse over the

Internet and stuff that I've had to

deal with, it's been tough as well.

So yeah, I found it very hard.

What

was it like to get a death threat? I

don't think most of us thankfully

will ever experience that.

When it

happens to you you do believe those

people are genuinely threatening

your life so it

your life so it becomes very scary

and I think I spent about six months

after feeling scared of, like, being

in my house on my own or going out

on my own just because so many at

once made it feel so real. Even

realistically it was coming from

most of the Koreans, so they weren't

going to be in England. It was a

very difficult time.

Pyeongchang,

these Winter Olympics, what do these

signified to you?

To everyone here

they want to see the redemption. I

personally feel like I've had

redemption. This is a dream, every

athlete dreams of being an Olympic

medallist.

Show us your medals, is

there room for an Olympic one?

Three

big smackers here. The dream isn't

to go out and sit in second place,

the dream is to go out and win the

Gold. That might not have been in

Sochi but I'm not scared of doing

that in terms of how hard I've

worked, I feel like I've worked hard

to go and an win regardless of what

anyone says about it.

Quite a difference isn't it. And

also nerves of steel. BBC sport has

been filming behind ahead of the

upcoming Olympics. You can see that

tomorrow afternoon on BBC Two at

4:45 p.m.. It is now 6:45am and then

easier with the weather. -- Ben is

here with the

today, a cold feel to the weather,

damp and cold enough for some snow,

especially over higher ground. This

band of cloud working its way in

from the Atlantic. That is a weather

front which has become very

slow-moving and is running into some

pretty cold air. We will see cloud

and patchy rain but we will also see

some snow. Across parts of eastern

Scotland and north-east England,

some icy stretches as well. This

weather front, very slow-moving.

Patchy rain until snow. By 12

o'clock, we will see something a bit

brighter into western Scotland. But

with some hefty and boundary

showers, we will continue to seek

cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain.

Snow over higher ground. Something

perhaps a little bit brighter

through parts of Wales and the

south-west. Also in the far

south-east, a bit of uncertainty

about how much of that patchy rain

will ever arrive here. The wet

weather will slowly fizzle away. I

suspect we will see some patchy rain

at times. Potentially some wet

weather in Paris as well. Large

areas of cloud. Some of these could

be wintry at times, especially over

high ground. With temperatures

falling personally close to

freezing, not only frost but ice as

well. We will start the day just

above freezing tomorrow. Large parts

of Europe. The way -- will start the

day below. Why do I mention that?

Increasingly, that is where our air

is going to be coming from. The high

pressure builds down from

Scandinavia, north-easterly winds

across southern areas. On the face

of it, not a bad looking day. Some

showers. Down towards the

south-east, and on the strength of

the wind across the southern areas.

Temperatures will feel like they are

around freezing or one or two

degrees above. We keep that cold

wind into the South. As we look

further ahead, it will remain cold

and some of us will see some further

snow.

We'll be back with the

headlines at 7 o'clock.

Now it's time for Click.

Welcome to Dubai, the desert kingdom

where there's no such thing

as too much.

This city has spent more

than a decade making a name

for itself for the outrageous

buildings that it's created.

But now it seems it wants to be

known for technology too.

A while ago, I paid it a visit

during its Drones for Good Challenge

and met some of the local innovators

who Dubai hopes will contribute

to its new tech power image.

But drones are not the only thing

is taking to the skies.

This hover bike designed

for the police force may one day be

whizzing officers to

the scene of a crime.

Copper chopper anyone?

The officers can be using the hover

bikes across the city to provide

the service in the right spot

and even a fast response.

And these weren't the only high-tech

additions to the force.

Back in May, the Dubai police got

some new recruits and these

weren't your ordinary newcomers,

these guys were made of the hard

stuff, and Kate Russell

went to meet them.

Like so much of Dubai's

over-the-top ambition,

the police force wants to be seen

to be using the latest crime

prediction and surveillance

technology to watch over the people.

We have our cameras,

our drones, our robots.

We are going to live

in a science-fiction movie.

Artificial intelligence-based

predictive crime systems,

autonomous patrol vehicles

and unmanned police stations

are just a few of their

futuristic initiatives.

ROBOT:

I am a humanoid

service robot...

Planned to be built in all

of Dubai's neighbourhoods

are the world's first

smart police stations,

which will be completely unstaffed.

Citizens can pop in for a safe

driving lesson, a quick coffee

or even to report crimes.

They can also meet

Dubai's own Robocop.

I am the latest incorporation

into Dubai's police department.

But unlike the movies...

Hello...

..He'll kill you with kindness.

You have really pretty eyes.

I think I'm getting

hit on by a robot!

Do you think I'm beautiful?

Yes.

I love talking with you.

Thank you.

You are absolutely astoundingly

gorgeous, but it's the least

interesting thing about you.

Myer sensors detect

the paparazzi among us.

Guess who it is?

It's him.

Flirting aside, the head

of artificial intelligence for Dubai

police sees the future with AI

and robotics very much at its heart.

Behind it is the artificial

intelligence, so it can see you,

it has a facial recognition

so it can identify the person

in front of them and send

all the live feed to the command

and control system.

We have a project what we call

the Dubai Eye where we have

integrated all the CCTV

cameras across the city,

and on top of that we're

going to build smart system where it

has a facial recognition.

It's so difficult to monitor more

than 10,000 cameras in the city,

so we have an intelligence system

that can analyse live feeds

from those cameras and it can also

predict also and identify all kinds

of activities, especially

the wanted people.

Although this unmanned facility

currently still needs a human

on conference call when it comes

to reporting a crime.

So I would like report a crime.

There is a robot here

and he's stolen my heart.

He's stolen your card?

My heart.

Your heart!

We've recently seen Chicago PD's

crime-predicting algorithms and now

Dubai's police are turning

their focus to preventing crimes

before they even happen.

This application analyses past crime

and tries to predict

where and when the next crime

in that zone could happen

in the future.

Another one of the smart services

offered to citizens in Dubai

is the ability to register

if you have a history

of cardiovascular problems.

You can see on the map

there represented by hearts.

Now, this means that

when an ambulance is called it

will instantly know that it could be

attending a heart attack victim,

and they say that this has allowed

them to reduce the number

of fatalities by more than 50%.

That's an impressive statistic,

but is this widespread surveillance

reminding anyone else

of a certain sci-fi film?

People are going to equate

this to Minority Report,

what kind of protocols do you have

in place to make sure the data

is used in ethical

ways in the future?

We don't predict who would commit

a crime, we predict where it

could happen and when it

could happen, so we can prevent it

and reduce the rate for the crimes.

With one in three crimes

being successfully predicted this

time last year, the benefits

of using artificial intelligence

are, well, predictable.

What's more surprising

is that the drone team here in Dubai

would like to see it

taken even further.

They believe they can use drones

to spot a potential criminal

by analysing a person's vital signs.

Like so many of Dubai's big plans,

all this stuff seems to have one

foot in ambitious reality

and the other in well-intentioned

Like so many of Dubai's big plans,

all this stuff seems to have one

foot in ambitious reality

and the other in well-intentioned

fantasy.

It's a place worth keeping an eye

on, though, and you can be very sure

they'll be keeping an eye on us.

Now, Fashion Week season is upon us.

New York next week will kickstart

the most important month

in a fashionista's

calendar, as I well know.

But there is a group of people

who do not see themselves reflected

people with disabilities.

London Fashion Week last year made

some progress when two disabled

models opened the show

for one of the designers.

Now a New York fashion school

is hoping to continue that,

combining tech and fashion

by designing bespoke clothes

for people with disabilities.

Paul Carter paid them a visit.

Buying clothes is something most

people take the granted.

You like the look of it,

you try it on, you buy it.

But what if your choices

are much more limited

because of an impairment

or disability?

I've come to a fashion lab

here in New York who are using tech

to make fashion more accessible.

Open Style Lab is a non-proft

organisation in New York established

to make clothing for disabled

people which is both

functional and fashionable.

Operating in partnership

with Parsons School of Design

in Manhattan, they pair student

designers, engineers

and occupational therapists

with disabled people to tackle

Our goal pretty much and our vision

is to make style accessible

to people of all abilities,

whether it's disability or those

who have injury, or those

who are facing ageing,

by 2025 through design

and technology.

A year ago I was looking for a coat

I could put on without the use

of my arms.

Seven years ago, my arms became

paralysed and I needed a coat

for the brutal

New York City winters.

A friend referred me

to Open Style Lab and I was actually

one of the participants

for a semester.

I fell in love with Open Style Lab

and became a board member this year.

The team has access to a wide range

of tech, such as 3D printers

and arduinos, to assist

in the design process in the design

process and the clothing

they create.

I went to meet some of the people

on the receiving end

of this fashion innovation.

I'm an adult survivor of paediatric

cancer and it used to be called

a quartermain amputation, I think -

they take part of your arm,

take part of your shoulder,

a bit of the collarbone.

They're designing a bag, I guess,

that doesn't carry exactly

like a backpack and that doesn't

destroy my shoulder.

Jason Da Silva has multiple

sclerosis and has difficulties

with speech.

His design team were creating

a shirt with integrated microphone

and loudspeaker

to amplify his voice.

They're creating a sensor system

so I can talk louder

than I would normally.

It's a speaker system

for other people to use.

An emerging area in fashion design

being utilised by Open Style Lab

is conductive fabric.

This is material that can be

stitched into clothing to create

working circuits within garments.

This allows for switches to be

contained inside clothing,

which can in turn be used to operate

inbuilt items such as lights,

heaters and even electric motors.

This one, I haven't looped it

on but what it's doing

is using a microcontroller chip

and I've pretty much asked it to do

the same bait switch,

because it's got conductive fabric

inside, so when you touch one

of the pockets it will send a signal

and I did it for the microcontroller

to send a signal if it's left

or right, and these are some

of the prototypes that were made

for a woman with breast cancer

to see her range of motion,

so this is one of my first

iterations of putting on the chip

and using conductive thread

to figure out how the circuit lives

inside a garment.

Completed projects created

by Open Style Lab in the past

include a waterproof jacket shaped

to fit a wheelchair user

and a seamless top for a young girl

whose autism made her hypersensitive

to stitching because of autism.

The work being done

by Open Style Lab shows what can be

done when technology and lateral

thinking meet a social need.

With a bit of luck, fashion

of the future will all be designed

with this much style.

That's it for the short cut

of Click for this week,

the full-length version is up

on iPlayer for you to watch

whenever you like.

And don't forget, we live

on throughout the week on Facebook

and on Twitter @BBCclick.

Thanks for watching

and we'll see you soon.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Steph McGovern and Charlie

Stayt.

A lifeline for thousands

of businesses hit by the collapse of

Carillion.

£100 million worth of

taxpayer-backed loans

are being offered to firms who need

help, but some companies tell

Breakfast it's too little, too late.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 3rd of February.

Also this morning:

Rage

boils over in court.

A father of three girls abused

by the doctor of the American

gymnastics team apologises

for his actions and says

he's no hero.

Talk is cheap.

The boss of the FBI hits back

at Donald Trump in a row over a memo

that accuses the Bureau of bias.

In sport, Scottish hopes soar

as they start the Six Nations

in Wales today, and they're both

hoping to snuff out England's

hopes of becoming the first side

to complete a hatrick of titles

in 130 years.

Ireland kick off in France.

They're back, the Spice Girls say

the time is right to explore

new opportunities,

but what will those

those opportunities be?

We'll try and find out.

And Ben has the weather.

Good morning. Your Saturday looks

great, damp and cold in most places.

There will be snow in some high

ground in the north and then the

weather looks set to stay cold

through the rest of the weekend and

into next week. All the details on

the way. -- looks great.

Thanks,

Ben, see you in a bit.

Small businesses affected

by the collapse of Carillion

are being offered the chance

to apply for government backed loans

from high street lenders.

Thousands of suppliers were left

unpaid after the firm went

into liquidation in January.

Our business correspondent

Joe Lynam reports.

Britain's second biggest

construction company collapsed three

weeks ago, leaving debts of almost

£1 billion and a pensions deficit

of a similar amount.

Apart from those directly

employed at Carillion,

thousands of smaller suppliers

and contractors faced ruin due

to unpaid debts.

Now the government is providing

guarantees to small firms worth £100

million through the state-backed

British Business Bank.

These will allow companies who lost

money due to Carillion

get bank loans.

But it also means taxpayers might be

on the hook if someone defaults.

Additionally, the UK banking sector

has promised to take

the circumstances surrounding

Carillion into consideration

if individuals face

problems repaying loans,

overdraft or mortgages.

The extent of the damage

to the wider UK economy of one

firm's collapse is coming

into sharp focus.

Joe Lynam, BBC News.

This is a story we will get reaction

on this morning.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats,

Vince Cable, has responded

to today's announcement.

He says the government should have

taken this step sooner.

Later on in the programme we'll be

catching up with one business owner

who carried out services

on behalf of Carillion

and getting his response

to today's announcement.

A father whose three daughters

were among those abused by US

gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has

apologised after trying

to attack him at

a court in Michigan.

Nassar was sentenced to up to 175

years in prison last month,

after more than 150 women testified

that he had sexually abused them.

Randall Margraves' daughter Morgan

spoke after the incident

in the courtroom.

Nedder Towfik reports.

To my parents, thank

you for all your love and support

through all of this.

Throughout Larry Nassar's

sentencing hearings,

women have shared their horrific

tales of abuse at the hands

of the disgraced doctor.

On Friday, the testimonies

continued, with the heartbreaking

account of the Margraves family,

whose three daughters

were all victimised.

After hearing two of his daughters

recount their ordeals,

Randall Margraves asked for a turn

to speak as a distraught father.

I would ask you to,

as part of the sentencing,

to grant me five minutes in a locked

room with this demon.

I have a feeling...

Would you do that?

That is not how our...

Yes or no?

No, sir, I can't do that.

Would you give me one minute?

You know that I can't do that.

That's not how our legal system...

Well, I'm gonna have to...

The chaotic and raw moment showed

the guilt and pain that parents

and families are still

struggling with.

Believing the father

had suffered enough,

the judge said he would be

released without charge.

There's no way that this court

is going to issue any type

of punishment given

the circumstances of this case.

At a press conference afterwards,

the Margraves girls

defended their father.

He reacted in a way that I feel most

fathers would have done and probably

wanted to do in a

situation like this.

It was hard for my dad to hear what

each of us experienced specifically

today and it's easy to get caught up

when emotions arriving why.

-- when

emotions are running high.

He reacted in a way that I feel most

fathers would have done and probably

wanted to do in a

situation like this.

After reflecting on what happened

earlier, my father is remorseful.

Randall Margraves said he was not

a hero, but the real

heroes were his girls

and the other victims.

If it wasn't for all the brave girls

and women that have come forward

before now, I don't know

if my family could have

come forward now.

The case has inevitably sparked

numerous investigations into why

Michigan State University,

where he was employed,

along with USA Gymnastics and the US

Olympic Committee failed

to stop him.

Nedder Towfik, BBC News, New York.

The Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg,

a prominent Brexit campaigner,

has been caught up in scuffles

with protesters who tried to disrupt

a speech he was making to students

at a university in Bristol.

Police were called but, so far,

no arrests have been made.

The University of the West

of England said it was appalled

by what happened, and it fully

supported free speech.

I think that we live in a free

society and freedom of speech

is very important.

And people like me who advocate

freedom of speech must support it

when it's not exactly what we want,

as well as when it is what we want,

so I think they're entitled

to protest, they're entitled

to disapprove and dislike my views.

I think it's sad that they don't

want to engage and discuss them.

The boss of the FBI has hit back

at Donald Trump in a row over

the release of a secret Republican

memo, which accuses the agency

of political bias

against the President.

In an e-mail to staff,

Christopher Wray said talk

is cheap and that the bureau

would continue to investigate

independently and by the book.

Democrats have said the release

was another effort to undermine

the inquiry into alleged

collusion with Russia.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Bowes reports.

This is the memo that sunk relations

between the president and the FBI

to a new low.

The document, written

by Republicans, makes the case

that the justice department

and the FBI showed bias

towards Donald Trump while buying

on one of his advisers.

A warrant for the surveillance

operation was based on a dossier

of information compiled by a former

British intelligence agent

who was desperate for Donald Trump

to lose the election.

I think it's a disgrace what's

happening in our country,

and when you look at that

and you see that and so many other

things, what's going on,

a lot of people should be ashamed

of themselves and much

worse than that.

But the Democrats say the memo

doesn't tell the full story

and is a shameful effort

to discredit the ongoing

investigation into the Trump

campaign's links with Russia.

The head of the FBI is defiant.

REPORTER:

Is the memo a dud, sir, is it a dud?

Donald Trump is smiling again

but this is a vicious fight

at the heart of the US government.

Some are saying the only

winners are the Russians.

Peter Bowes, BBC News.

Many GPs feel undervalued,

unable to provide safe care

and that they have no choice

but to quit, according to in depth

research with doctors who have left

the profession early.

NHS England has promised an extra

5,000 GPs by the end

of the decade but the most recent

statistics show the number has

instead dropped by nearly 1200.

The Department of Health and Social

care says it has the highest ever

number of GPs in training.

This is something I never thought I

would say on television!

The Spice Girls have confirmed