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Hello, good morning. This is

Breakfast with Steph McGovern and

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Louise Minchin. Growing division

within the Conservative Party over

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Brexit as Theresa May is urged to

sling out so-called hard Brexiteers.

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The Conservative MP and Remain

campaigner Anna Soubry is said the

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Cabinet were in hock to the likes of

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson,

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who she said weren't proper

conservatives.

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It's about time Theresa May stood up

to them and slung them out.

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Good morning, it's Tuesday the sixth

of February. Also on the programme

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this morning, on a new fight for

justice by the relatives of the

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soldiers killed in the IRA Hyde Park

bombing 35 years ago.

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They've been granted legal aid for a

civil action against one of the

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suspects. The value of some of the

world's companies has been falling

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overnight as global stock markets

take a tumble.

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In sport, the pressure is mounting

on Josie manager Antonio Conte. His

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side suffered the biggest defeat of

their season as Watford beat them

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4-1. -- Chelsea. 100 years since the

first women got the vote we

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celebrate the achievements of those

who campaigned to make it happen.

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As debate over gender equality and

at attitudes towards women are in

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sharp focus today, we look at how

Son, society has changed or not over

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the past century.

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Charlotte was six years old when I

went back to work and I really felt

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I was missing out.

Having paid

maternity leave and having flexible

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hours means as a woman in the

workplace I can achieve.

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We would like to hear from you as

well, is there one woman in your

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life that inspires you? Let us know.

Carol certainly does, she has the

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weather from the Westminster Hall

were the first mass signature

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petition for women's Botes was

handed over.

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1500 women signed the petition from

across the country and abroad as

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well from British women leading to

copious debates in the House of

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Commons and the women having the

right to vote. Westminster Hall is

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quite stunning but it is cold, cold

outside as well, a hard frost, snow

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in the forecast but also some

sunshine. Will tell you where in 15

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minutes.

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First, our main story. The

Conservative MP and leading Remain

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campaigner Anna Soubry has called

Theresa May to sling out hard

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Brexiteers in the party. She said

the front bench was in hock to 35

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ideological Remain supporters. In an

interview with Newsnight she said

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she wouldn't stay in a party taken

over by the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg

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and Boris Johnson.

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Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster

for us this morning. Morning,

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Eleanor, more division in the party

over Brexit again?

Europe is an

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issue that's divided the

Conservative Party for decades and

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actually ever since that referendum

result the Remain campaigner Anna

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Soubry has spoken out very

passionately about Brexit, but I do

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think she has gone a step further

this time, saying she's going to

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threaten to quit the party if

Theresa May does not stand up to the

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hard ideological Brexiteers in the

Conservative Party.

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They're not the Tory party that I

joined 40 years ago, and it's about

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time Carizza stood up to them and

slung them out, because they've

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taken down major Anne Cameron, two

great leaders, neither of whom stood

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up to them. If it comes to it I'm

not going to stay in a party that's

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been taken over by the likes of

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson,

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they're not proper Conservatives. If

that means leave the party, formed

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some sort of alliance, I don't know,

but we just simply cannot go on like

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this any longer. Something is going

to have to give because it if it

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doesn't, not only will we get Jacob

Rees-Mogg as our Prime Minister, we

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will get a devastating hard Brexit

that will cause damage to our

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economy for decades to come.

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Brexiteers will say they're arguing

for what they believe is in the best

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interests of the country. In fact a

former Tory Chancellor, Lord Lamont,

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said Anna Soubry was being quite

ridiculous. I think all this

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demonstrates the huge task Theresa

May has to keep the Conservative

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Party united over Brexit. Remember,

this is a crucial week, the Prime

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Minister is going to try to coax her

most senior ministers to form some

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kind of consensus on the

government's negotiating position

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with the EU.

Eleanor, thanks for

your time, see you in a bit.

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Relatives of the victims of the 1982

IRA Hyde Park bombing have been

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granted legal aid for a civil action

against a suspect. A prosecution

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case against the convicted IRA

member John Downey collapsed at the

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Old Bailey four years ago because he

had a so called on the run letter

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telling him he was no longer a

wanted man. Frankie McCamley has

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more.

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July, 1982. For soldiers of the

Royal Household Cavalry died and

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dozens more were injured when an IRA

car bomb was detonated outside

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Buckingham Palace. More than 30

years later, John Downey was charged

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with their murder, but the case

collapsed after it emerged he'd been

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given a so called on the run letter,

a guaranteed he could not be

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prosecuted. The 66-year-old denied

murder and conspiring to cause the

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the explosion. The then Prime

Minister David Cameron said Mr

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Downie should never have been given

such assurances, describing it as a

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dreadful mistake. Now the Legal Aid

Agency has decided to provide

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funding to the families of the

victims which will allow them to

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begin civil action. The move has

been welcomed by some who hope this

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could be an opportunity to solve one

of the most significant IRA bombings

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during the decades of violence that

became known as the Troubles.

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Frankie McCamley, BBC News.

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The value of some of the world's

biggest companies has been falling

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overnight as global stock markets

take a tumble. The US stock market

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index, the Dow Jones, has fallen by

over 1000 points on its biggest

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one-day fall in history and in Asia,

Japan's Nikkei index was down by

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more than 4%. Here's our North

America correspondent Yogita Limaye.

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This trading floor saw its worst day

since the financial crisis. After

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months of hitting record highs, US

stocks went into freefall. The

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trigger? Wage growth has been faster

than expected, sparking fears that

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there will be a rise in interest

rates. Certainly not what this man

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would have wanted on his first day

in office. Girona Powell took over

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as the chair of the American central

bank, the body that makes decisions

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about interest rates. And it was bad

news for this man too. President

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Trump has repeatedly taken credit

for the massive gains made by

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financial markets in the past year.

But addressing factory workers in

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Ohio as stocks plunged, this was one

record he chose not to speak about.

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The White House has said the

president is focused on long-term

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fundamentals, which remain

exceptionally strong. And many on

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Wall Street say there's no meat for

alarm just yet.

People are taking

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profits after an historic climb, its

required in there, very orderly, no

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panic so I must lead to think

there's much to panic about.

That

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could spell relief for people here

in the US and around the world. But

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with a slide like this, it's hard to

predict when it might end. Yogita

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Limaye, BBC News, New York.

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There's a call this morning for easy

cigarettes to be given on the NHS

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because they're an excellent way to

help smokers quit. Public Health

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England said vaping poses only a

small fraction of the risk of

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smoking tobacco. Our health reporter

Michelle Roberts has more.

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They've helped tens of thousands

of people quit smoking,

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but currently in the UK,

people have to buy e-cigarettes,

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unlike nicotine patches and gum.

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Public Health England wants that

to change

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and for doctors to start giving

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e-cigarettes to patients

on prescription.

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The latest evidence reviewed showed

that although vaping is not entirely

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risk-free, it's much

better than smoking.

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They say e-cigarettes are 95% safer

than most cigarettes as they do not

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have most of the toxic

chemicals found in smoke.

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They estimate e-cigarettes help

the least 20,000 people successfully

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quit per year.

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Despite their popularity,

around 40% of smokers have

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not tried them.

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Experts say the evidence

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in favour is so compelling,

smokers

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who want to quit should not wait

for free prescriptions

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for trying e-cigarettes.

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We're confident they're

substantially less harmful

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than cigarette smoking,

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so we recommend for those struggling

to stop, try e-cigarettes,

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that might help them to stop

smoking, which would be the best

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thing they could do

for their health.

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In the meantime, Public Health

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England suggests hospitals start

selling

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e-cigarettes to patients

and change smoking shelters

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into vaping lounges.

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But they also warn that non-smokers

shouldn't start vaping.

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Michelle Roberts, BBC News.

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The UK's roads are among some of the

most heavily congested in the world

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according to the largest ever study

of global traffic conditions.

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Researchers say London is the

seventh most gridlocked city and the

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UK as a whole is in the top ten.

Charlotte Gallagher reports.

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It's estimated that we wasted around

31 hours stuck in rush-hour traffic

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last year. That extra time behind

the wheel isn't just annoying, it's

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costing drivers more than £1000

annually, not Justin Westhoff fuel

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but also because some household

goods are becoming more expensive as

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high of rating fees are passed onto

consumers. And under and is Europe's

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second most congested city after

Moscow with drivers spending around

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74 hours, the equivalent of three

days, in traffic jams. Manchester,

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Birmingham, Luton and Edinburgh have

also been singled out as gridlock

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hotspots. The company that carried

out the research said the cost to

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the UK economy is astonishing and

Britain's busy roads are affecting

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individuals and businesses.

It's

really a big concern because

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ultimately this means there is a

decreasing productivity from the

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business side, but also quite a big

cost is being passed on down to the

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driver, whether that's true direct

costs like fuel wasted in traffic or

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the time you're losing, there's also

cost on businesses that gets passed

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back down to households.

The

Department for Transport said it is

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investing £23 billion on road

schemes that will help cut

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congestion and it's giving local

councils record amounts of funding

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to upgrade roads. Charlotte

Gallagher, BBC News.

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The British-born actor John Mahoney,

who played one of TV's most popular

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on-screen dads, has died in Chicago

aged 77. He was famous for his role

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as Martin Crane in the US sitcom

Frasier playing a grumpy down to

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earth retired policeman who

outwitted his two pretentious sons,

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Frasier and Niles. The role earned

him two Emmy and two Golden Globe

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nominations.

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A visually impaired man who is

scared of dogs is to be the first

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person in the UK to receive an

officially recognised guide horse.

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Have a look at this, this is big B,

an American miniature who's going to

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be working with the BBC journalist

Salim Patel who is registered blind.

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Yesterday Digby came into our

studios and like the rest of us on

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our first day, he had to have a

security check, that's what we get

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every morning. He had to have his

photo! He has a full on pass with

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pass with a LAN yard! The excitement

in our office knows no bounds.

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in our office knows no bounds. You

can't see him in person, can you? We

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work on the second floor, we have to

go up in a lift, genuine excitement.

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Really great for her to give him

that capability to work.

Cannot wait

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to see the horse. The smell is what

I'm interested in.

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I'm interested in. Doesn't he is now

lovely? Honestly.

Not all aspects of

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them, though! He is very cute. Can

we all get one?

I don't think there

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is space in the office.

What a

shame!

The main event from last

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night, see what I did there, this

man behind you, that photo sums it

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up, Antonio Conte is not happy. The

pressure has been mounting on him

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for quite some time but when you

think back, just last season he won

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the championship and again here we

are talking about another manager up

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against it, potentially losing his

job based of course on last night's

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performance. After losing to

Bournemouth 3-0 last week...

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Last night his future is looking

uncertain after his side were

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thrashed 4-1 by Watford last night.

The hosts scored three goals in the

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last seven minutes of that game in

what was Chelsea's worst defeat of

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the season.

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England have called up Richard

Wigglesworth to replace the injured

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Ben Youngs ahead of Saturday's Six

Nations match with Wales. Youngs has

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a knee ligament injury, ruling him

out of the entire tournament.

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England and Great Britain goalkeeper

Maddie Hinch has been named yet

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again as the best female goalkeeper

in the world. She was one of the

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heroes of the Team GB gold winning

team in Rio and it's the second

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consecutive year she has claimed the

award at the awards in Berlin.

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Formula 1 says grid girls will be

replaced by children from the start

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of this season. The grid kids will

be selected from young drivers

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already in the junior categories of

motor racing to inspire the next

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generation of racers.

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Love that story

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Love that story, can't wait to get

to see the grid kids!

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You can see on the front of the

Financial Times, lots of analysis of

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what's going on in the stock markets

at the moment. Across the world, we

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saw the Dow Jones see its biggest

fall in points for some time, about

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4%, and obviously when one market

goes, it spooks the rest of them,

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so, when the US markets closed, the

Asian markets open, so we've seen a

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fall overnight. In other words, the

value of some of the biggest

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companies has fallen, because of

concerns with what's happened with

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things like interest rates around

the world, and inflationary

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pressures.

We'll have another look at the stock

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market here when it opens. The

Telegraph, talking about the

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suffragettes, saying 100 years since

the first women in the UK got the

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vote, and what they are asking is,

should they be pardoned? We've got a

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list a little later of all the

suffragettes but that's the main

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question in the Daily Telegraph.

The Guardian has a story - this is

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the gentleman who was in court

yesterday, in America, because of

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hacking a British student, and he

doesn't have to face extradition

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now, and he says, I'm greatly

relieved I'm no longer facing the

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prospect of being locked up in a

country I've never visited.

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The Daily Express, guess what?

Talking the weather. It is cold, if

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you haven't been out.

I had the electric blanket on last

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night.

It's February, isn't it? The cat

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President Trump and the claim the

NHS is going broke, and an

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interesting story about the Fast and

Serious films, the week they are

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released, people have noticed people

drive faster.

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And focusing on Antonio Conte, and

an interesting story in the Times,

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focusing on the Premier League over

the festive period. We had a lot of

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chats across December and January,

just how many games they could

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squeeze into December and January,

whereas elsewhere they tend to have

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a break and give the players a rest,

but this could happen within the

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Premier League, the Times reporting

the Premier League is saying a break

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could be introduced before 2022, to

bring it in line with the rest of

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Europe, which would be a huge, huge

story for the Premier League, if

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that happened, and we have got a

statement from the Premier League

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this morning, saying, if they can

find a space, they are open to the

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principle of this, so it's one to

watch.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

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The main stories this morning:

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The Conservative MP and Remain

campaigner Anna Soubry has called

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on the Prime Minister to sling out

the party's Brexiteers.

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Government health officials say

e-cigarettes should be prescribed

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on the NHS, because they're

an excellent way

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to help smokers quit.

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Carol has the weather this morning -

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she's in Westminster Hall

inside the Houses of parliament.

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And she is going to explain to us

lots of things about what happened

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there 100 years or so ago.

Morning. Good morning. That's right.

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It's a bit chilly in here as well,

but it was way back in 1866 that

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campaigners from the Kensington

campaign, which was a group of women

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that met regularly to talk about

winning's issues, debates and

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rights, they met and decided to

present a petition to government, to

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the MPs, so 1500 women across the UK

and British women abroad sign this

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petition, brought it here, and it

was brought by two women, Elizabeth

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Garrett and Emily Davies, and

presented it to the MP, but they

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felt rather nervous. It was a

different world in 1866 and they

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asked a fruit stall owner if they

could hide it underneath the fruit

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stall until the MP arrived. He

arrived, they presented it to him,

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and that resulted in copious debates

about winning's right to vote.

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Eventually, 100 years ago today,

resulting in some winning getting

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the right to vote. You had to be

over 30 years of age and have a

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holding property of at least £5,

and, as they said, I'll tell you

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more about the debates of that day

and what led up to it later this

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morning. There is a hard frost

outside. Temperatures are pretty

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low, and also some snow in today's

forecast. If

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low, and also some snow in today's

forecast. If we start the forecast

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in the south-east, a lot of dry

weather around, a fair bit of cloud

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as well, the risk of ice and one or

two brighter breaks, and a few

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wintry flurries as well, across

parts of East Anglia, for example.

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Some flurries across the Midlands.

Into northern England, we run into a

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band of snow, a fairly narrow band,

extending across northern England

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and some parts of central and

southern Scotland. We have snow

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showers in the north and west of

Scotland and also across Northern

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Ireland. As we come south, back into

Wales, some snow from the same band

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affecting northern England. Cloud

ahead of it, and that same band

0:20:360:20:40

affecting parts of the North of

south-west England, north of Devon

0:20:400:20:45

and Cornwall, for example. Through

the course of the day, that whole

0:20:450:20:49

band of snow is going to push

southwards. In doing so, it will

0:20:490:20:53

start to fragment, but any

precipitation that comes out of it

0:20:530:20:57

will still be falling as snow even

through the day. Behind it, a lot of

0:20:570:21:01

sunshine. Snow showers in the north

and west, Mr of snow, sleet and

0:21:010:21:05

hail, maybe some thunder and

lightning as well, and behind it,

0:21:050:21:11

the temperature continuing to build,

too. Around 2-5, so feeling cold.

0:21:110:21:19

That band of snow coming south will

rejuvenate across East Anglia and

0:21:190:21:23

the south-east. The risk of ice and

widespread, severe frost tonight.

0:21:230:21:29

Temperatures indicated of towns and

cities where we've got lying snow,

0:21:290:21:33

minus double figures, so a bitterly

cold night to come. Tomorrow

0:21:330:21:38

morning, we start off with the

remnants of the weather front

0:21:380:21:42

producing snow showers first thing

in the south-east. High pressure

0:21:420:21:45

will be in charge and a lot of

sunshine. Cold winter sunshine.

0:21:450:21:49

Through the afternoon, you'll see

the cloud thickening, and some rain

0:21:490:21:53

and snow coming across the

Northwest. The snow will be fairly

0:21:530:21:57

short lived and will retreat into

the hills through the day. We will

0:21:570:22:01

see the rain at lower levels. By the

time we get to Thursday, that same

0:22:010:22:05

system will be pushing steadily

southwards. Behind that band, some

0:22:050:22:11

brighter skies, some rain and wintry

showers coming across the Northwest.

0:22:110:22:15

Temperatures not quite as low as

they have been back, mind you, no

0:22:150:22:19

heatwave on the cards, because, into

the weekend, back into colder and

0:22:190:22:24

unsettled conditions.

Keep the jumpers out then.

0:22:240:22:28

Absolutely. I know you are there

throughout the morning and you have

0:22:280:22:34

plenty to tell us. Thank you, we

will speak to you later.

0:22:340:22:38

plenty to tell us. Thank you, we

will speak to you later.

0:22:380:22:39

100 years ago today,

on the sixth of February 1918,

0:22:390:22:41

over eight million women,

and all men over the age of 21,

0:22:410:22:45

were finally given a platform

to have their voices heard -

0:22:450:22:48

the right to vote.

0:22:480:22:49

The laws didn't extend to all women,

0:22:490:22:51

but it began a period of great

change for equal rights.

0:22:510:22:54

Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin

is finding out more

0:22:540:22:56

at the People's History

Museum in Manchester.

0:22:560:23:04

Good morning, yeah. This is also

known as the National Museum of

0:23:050:23:10

Democracy, and we are amongst the

very symbols of what is arguably one

0:23:100:23:14

of the most important democratic

movements there has ever been, the

0:23:140:23:17

fight for women to claim their right

to vote. As you say, today only

0:23:170:23:23

marks a partial victory, but still a

hugely significant milestone. And

0:23:230:23:27

these women really were beating men

at their own game. Have a look at

0:23:270:23:31

this beautiful banner. These women

were marketing masters. They were

0:23:310:23:36

among the first political movement

to really use colours and branding

0:23:360:23:40

to sell their message to a public

eager for change.

0:23:400:23:48

eager for change. Naga has been to

the Museum of London to look at the

0:23:490:23:53

other symbols which have helped to

pave the way for equality.

0:23:530:23:58

The symbols of suffrage. These women

didn't just make headlines, they

0:23:580:24:02

were also the masters of marketing.

This is some of the badges and

0:24:020:24:06

commissioned pieces and fashion

accessories that we have in the

0:24:060:24:12

Museum of London collections. And I

think that some of them were very

0:24:120:24:16

obviously linked to the votes for

women campaign, and some less

0:24:160:24:20

obvious.

So do you think that this

is just a sample of the memorabilia

0:24:200:24:25

that may have been created, the

badges and rings? Daraa new items to

0:24:250:24:31

be found?

Definitely. It's quite

easy to recognise the badges,

0:24:310:24:35

especially if they were officially

made, because they would have been

0:24:350:24:40

advertised in the Votes for Women

newspaper or the Suffragette

0:24:400:24:46

newspaper. What is less easy is if

things were produced unofficially.

0:24:460:24:54

These are different colours.

Explain

these. These are badges from the

0:24:540:24:59

women's library collection at LSE

and they represent the national

0:24:590:25:02

community of women's suffrage

societies, the group that were

0:25:020:25:10

joined together.

And they were not

considered as militant. Is that fair

0:25:100:25:14

to say? No, they were law-abiding.

This was awarded to a very special

0:25:140:25:21

lady, Violet. Maggie, you are her

granddaughter. Why was she awarded

0:25:210:25:25

this?

She wrapped up the metal

weight with the poster saying votes

0:25:250:25:31

for men, and she threw it through

the window of the Home Secretary's

0:25:310:25:35

residents. This is what the WFP you

gave to women who had done something

0:25:350:25:39

memorable or brave.

Now, we know of

the history in these shelves, but

0:25:390:25:47

what we really want are the

treasures that you may have at home,

0:25:470:25:51

which could tell us the story of

those one century ago who fought for

0:25:510:25:55

the right of women to vote today.

There are so many items out there

0:25:550:26:03

that we would love to hear about

this morning. Items like this -

0:26:030:26:08

would you believe it, this banner.

This banner was found in a charity

0:26:080:26:12

shop in Leeds. It had been there,

neatly folded for ten years,

0:26:120:26:16

perfectly preserved. No one had

spotted it but it was there, and

0:26:160:26:20

found, by the People's History

Museum, who bought it. Good morning,

0:26:200:26:27

Jenny and Chloe, with your

protective gloves on. They keep

0:26:270:26:30

telling me off for getting a bit too

close, it is that precious. Do get

0:26:300:26:35

in touch with your mementos,

posters, badges, whatever you have,

0:26:350:26:40

and the stories of women in your

family that helped pave the way to

0:26:400:26:43

this fight for equality which some

would say still goes on today. Much

0:26:430:26:47

more from us later in the programme.

We are talking about it throughout

0:26:470:26:51

the programme and, as I say, if

you've got any memorabilia, even if

0:26:510:26:56

you don't know what it is, we'd love

to see it, and we are also asking if

0:26:560:27:01

there's another woman you are

inspired by.

0:27:010:27:05

Yeah, it's fascinating, their

history. Do get in touch with us.

0:27:050:27:08

Coming up after 7:00,

0:27:080:27:09

we'll be catching up with British

number one Johanna Konta,

0:27:090:27:13

as Great Britain aims to make it

through

0:27:130:27:14

to the top level of the Fed Cup

for the first time in 25 years.

0:27:140:30:37

That's all for now. I'll be back in

half an hour. Until then, plenty

0:30:370:30:41

more on the website at the usual

address.

0:30:410:30:45

Hello, this is Breakfast,

0:30:490:30:50

with Steph McGovern and Louise

Minchin.

0:30:500:30:51

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

0:30:510:30:55

but also on Breakfast this morning:

0:30:550:30:56

For many years, e-cigarettes have

divided expert opinion,

0:30:560:30:58

but has the time come to make them

free on the NHS to help

0:30:580:31:02

people stop smoking?

0:31:020:31:03

We'll be finding out

more about the latest

0:31:030:31:05

public health advice.

0:31:050:31:06

Today marks 100 years

since some women were given

0:31:060:31:09

the right to vote.

0:31:090:31:10

Throughout the morning we'll be

focussing on a number of key themes,

0:31:100:31:13

including the issues that

are important to women MPs today.

0:31:130:31:16

We'll be talking to Home Secretary

0:31:160:31:17

Amber Rudd and Labour's Harriet

Harman.

0:31:170:31:25

And school I would like

0:31:280:31:30

And school I would like to be a

teacher because I love children. .

0:31:300:31:34

That's Belle,

0:31:340:31:35

she's seven and we'll

be hearing from her,

0:31:350:31:38

her mum, her nanny and her

great-nanny as they tell us

0:31:380:31:41

about their lives as

a family of women today.

0:31:410:31:44

Good morning,

0:31:440:31:44

here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

0:31:440:31:47

The Conservative MP and leading

Remain campaigner, Anna Soubry,

0:31:470:31:49

has called on Theresa May to sling

out what she called hard

0:31:490:31:53

Brexiteers in the party.

0:31:530:31:54

In an interview for the BBC's

Newsnight, she said

0:31:540:31:56

that the frontbench was in hock

to 35 ideological Leave supporters.

0:31:560:32:00

She insisted she would not stay

in a party taken over by people

0:32:000:32:03

like Jacob Rees-Mogg

and Boris Johnson.

0:32:030:32:11

They're not the Tory party that

I joined 40 years ago,

0:32:140:32:20

and it's about time Theresa stood up

to them and slung 'em out,

0:32:200:32:26

because they've taken down Major,

they took down Cameron,

0:32:260:32:29

two great leaders, neither

of whom stood up to them.

0:32:290:32:31

If it comes to it I'm not

going to stay in a party that's been

0:32:310:32:35

taken over by the likes of

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson,

0:32:350:32:38

they're not proper Conservatives.

0:32:380:32:42

If that means leaving the party,

form some new alliance,

0:32:420:32:45

god knows, I don't know,

but we just simply cannot go

0:32:450:32:48

on like this any longer.

0:32:480:32:49

Something is going to have to give

because it if it doesn't,

0:32:490:32:53

not only will we get Jacob Rees-Mogg

as our Prime Minister,

0:32:530:32:57

we'll get a devastating hard Brexit

that will cause huge damage

0:32:570:33:03

to our economy for

generations to come.

0:33:030:33:06

I'm not prepared to sit there any

longer and put up with this

0:33:060:33:10

nonsense.

0:33:100:33:10

Relatives of the victims of the 1982

IRA Hyde Park bombing have been

0:33:100:33:14

granted legal aid for a civil

action against a suspect.

0:33:140:33:16

A case against the

convicted IRA member

0:33:160:33:18

John Downey collapsed

at the Old Bailey four years ago.

0:33:180:33:21

He had a so-called on-the-run letter

telling him he was no longer

0:33:210:33:24

a wanted man and would

not be prosecuted.

0:33:240:33:27

Public Health England says it wants

e-cigarettes to be prescribed

0:33:290:33:32

on the NHS within the next two

to three years because they're

0:33:320:33:35

an effective way

to help smokers quit.

0:33:350:33:37

The agency has reviewed the latest

evidence and says vaping

0:33:370:33:40

poses only a small fraction

of the risk of smoking tobacco.

0:33:400:33:43

It's calling for the UK's drug

regulator to help manufacturers

0:33:430:33:45

get their products approved.

0:33:450:33:53

Traffic congestion is cost the UK

economy nearly £40 billion

0:33:530:33:55

lasy year, according

the largest ever study

0:33:550:33:57

of global traffic conditions.

0:33:570:33:58

The UK's roads were ranked

in the top ten most gridlocked

0:33:580:34:01

in the world, with drivers spending

31 hours a year stuck in traffic.

0:34:010:34:05

The Department for Transport says

it's investing £23 billion

0:34:050:34:07

on road schemes which will

help to cut congestion.

0:34:070:34:15

The British-born actor,

John Mahoney, who played one of TV's

0:34:150:34:17

most popular

on-screen dads, has died

0:34:170:34:19

in Chicago aged 77.

0:34:190:34:20

He was famous for his role

as Martin Crane in the US sitcom

0:34:200:34:24

Frasier, playing a grumpy,

down-to-earth retired policeman

0:34:240:34:26

who outwitted his two pretentious

sons, Frasier and Niles.

0:34:260:34:29

The role earned him two Emmy and two

Golden Globe nominations.

0:34:290:34:37

In Florida, the aerospace

Company SpaceX is gearing up to test

0:34:390:34:42

what could become the world's

most powerful rocket.

0:34:420:34:45

It's called the Falcon Heavy,

and if all goes according to plan

0:34:450:34:48

it'll blast off from Cape Canaveral

at six-thirty this evening UK time.

0:34:480:34:51

It's carrying a car on board

and there's a possibility that it

0:34:510:34:54

could reach the orbit of Mars.

0:34:540:34:56

But there aren't any

astronauts on board,

0:34:560:34:58

instead there's a mannequin

in a spacesuit.

0:34:580:35:05

Is the car on the front of the

rocket?

It looked like bad. I was

0:35:050:35:10

wondering so many things about that,

why would you need a car -- it

0:35:100:35:14

looked like that. That would be an

interesting one for anyone who might

0:35:140:35:18

see it.

We're also talking about the

Dow Jones, the value of some of

0:35:180:35:24

Asia's biggest companies plunged

overnight in response to big falls

0:35:240:35:27

in the United States.

0:35:270:35:28

In New York, the Dow

Jones closed down more

0:35:280:35:36

than 1,100 points last night,

the biggest one day fall in history.

0:35:360:35:40

The Nikkei index in Japan fell more

than 5% and the Hang Seng

0:35:400:35:43

in Hong Kong by 4%.

0:35:430:35:47

Thanks for joining us this morning.

What is going on?

This is really in

0:35:470:35:53

response to a jobs report last week

which indicated that wages were

0:35:530:35:59

rising faster than everybody was

expecting and the implication from

0:35:590:36:02

that is interest rates have to rise

faster too, which stock markets

0:36:020:36:07

really don't like. It is since the

beginning of the year that we've

0:36:070:36:11

been seeing the yield on the ten

year Treasury bond, which is a

0:36:110:36:15

benchmark that people use to decide

how much they think interest rates

0:36:150:36:20

are there in to rise, that's been

rising so everyone is feeling

0:36:200:36:24

interest rates are rising faster

than they thought so there's a bit

0:36:240:36:29

of worry about that.

Do you think

this is a significant fall?

0:36:290:36:32

Obviously in a points term it's the

biggest fall we have seen on the Dow

0:36:320:36:37

Jones, the leading stock market in

America, but in terms of percentage

0:36:370:36:40

it's not as much as we've seen in

the past?

That's right, it's not,

0:36:400:36:44

and we've also got to be reminded

that in the last 15 months we've had

0:36:440:36:53

no more than a 3% correction in

stock markets, which is very

0:36:530:36:57

unusable so at some point it was

likely we are going to see

0:36:570:37:00

volatility. It's unusual for markets

to have been as calm as they have

0:37:000:37:04

been.

Obviously the stock markets

here will open at 8am, what are we

0:37:040:37:07

expecting on the FTSE 100?

We could

see more weakness for a little bit

0:37:070:37:12

of time because markets have just

been a bit rattled by all of this

0:37:120:37:16

but I think the thing we've got to

bear in mind is we don't usually see

0:37:160:37:21

their markets or really severe falls

unless people are expecting a

0:37:210:37:24

recession and I don't think people

are expecting that to happen, so

0:37:240:37:28

this is more of a correction driven

by the fact markets have been so

0:37:280:37:32

strong for a long period of time.

Thanks for your time this morning.

0:37:320:37:37

The market is opening at 8am and we

will find out what happens when that

0:37:370:37:41

happens. Holly is here to talk about

Chelsea.

Apologies to Chelsea fans

0:37:410:37:46

for giving them a hard time this

morning but another disappointing

0:37:460:37:50

result last night and the pressure

is mounting on this man, that

0:37:500:37:53

picture says it all. Someone said

yesterday if you walked into a shop

0:37:530:37:57

and saw someone like that working

there you would say, you're not

0:37:570:38:01

happy, are you? Maybe it's time to

move on. Another result coming off

0:38:010:38:07

the back of last week, a shock

result against Bournemouth. It isn't

0:38:070:38:12

surprisingly, the pressure is

mounting this morning.

0:38:120:38:14

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte

is under increasing pressure this

0:38:140:38:16

morning after his side were thrashed

4-1 at Watford last night.

0:38:160:38:19

Conte's side were down to ten

men in the first half,

0:38:190:38:22

in what would become the biggest

defeat of their season.

0:38:220:38:25

Eden Hazard equalised in the second

half, only for Watford to score

0:38:250:38:28

three late goals in

just seven minutes!

0:38:280:38:31

And while it was an unforgettable

night for new Watford boss

0:38:310:38:34

Javi Gracia, it was

an awful one for Conte.

0:38:340:38:41

Is it fair to say that the pressure

is building new?

For me?

Yeah.

The

0:38:410:38:46

pressure? The pressure, what

pressure, which pressure, what is

0:38:460:38:52

the pressure?

The pressure on your

position.

On my position?

Yes.

I

0:38:520:38:58

repeat, work, if this is enough,

it's OK. If not then they will take

0:38:580:39:05

another decision.

0:39:050:39:07

I'm no body language expert but he

didn't look comfortable.

What

0:39:070:39:11

pressure?

A brave journalist to ask

that. The last five Premier League

0:39:110:39:17

managers haven't survived to the end

of the following season -- Premier

0:39:170:39:22

League winning managers. Hero to

zero so quickly. With the current

0:39:220:39:26

climate at the moment with managers,

we are losing them by the week it

0:39:260:39:30

feels like but this is a

particularly big one, Chelsea fans

0:39:300:39:34

are getting increasingly anxious

about this season but time will

0:39:340:39:39

tell. Another day, another manager.

We will keep an eye on that one.

0:39:390:39:45

England have called up

Richard Wigglesworth to replace

0:39:450:39:47

the injured Ben Youngs ahead

of Saturday's Six Nations

0:39:470:39:50

match with Wales.

0:39:500:39:50

Youngs has a knee ligament

injury which rules him out

0:39:500:39:53

of the entire tournament.

0:39:530:39:54

Wigglesworth will now provide

cover for Danny Care,

0:39:540:39:56

who came on for Youngs in Rome.

0:39:560:40:02

England and Great Britain goalkeeper

Maddie Hinch has been named

0:40:020:40:05

Female Goalkeeper of the Year.

0:40:050:40:06

She was one of the heros of Team

GB's Olympic gold winning

0:40:060:40:09

team in Rio.

0:40:090:40:10

It's the second consecutive year

that Hinch has claimed the award

0:40:100:40:13

at the FIH Hockey Stars

Awards in Berlin.

0:40:130:40:21

Since the Olympic she has help

England win many things.

0:40:210:40:28

Formula 1 has announced it will have

have grid kids from next season

0:40:280:40:32

after the sport abolished

0:40:320:40:33

the tradition of having grid

girls.

0:40:330:40:35

F1's owners decided

the long-standing practice

0:40:350:40:36

F1's owners decided

the long-standing practice

0:40:360:40:37

of using female models

before races was at odds

0:40:370:40:38

of using female models

before races was at odds

0:40:380:40:41

with modern-day societal norms,

0:40:410:40:42

so instead

0:40:420:40:44

they'll select children

who are already in the junior

0:40:440:40:46

categories of motor racing

from the opening race

0:40:460:40:48

of the new season next month.

0:40:480:40:50

We've been talking about how cold it

is at the minute. We've been some

0:40:500:40:54

quite adverse weather.

0:40:540:41:00

In Murmansk in Russia,

Yugikassen is basically snowball

0:41:090:41:11

fighting.

0:41:110:41:11

The sport is played between two

teams of seven players.

0:41:110:41:14

The aim being to hit

as many of opponents with snowballs

0:41:140:41:17

as possible and capture

the opposition flag.

0:41:170:41:19

Those who get hit are eliminated.

0:41:190:41:21

The event originated in Japan

and this competition

0:41:210:41:23

is held annually.

0:41:230:41:24

Although the -20 degree

centigrade temperatures

0:41:240:41:25

would stop most people!

0:41:250:41:28

It looks more like eyes they are

throwing that's no with.

That

0:41:280:41:33

happens here, if you get a snowball

it is like a big ball of ice. It

0:41:330:41:39

does look fun.

You would be good at

it.

I would be good at it but I

0:41:390:41:44

wouldn't like it.

0:41:440:41:45

Our Fed Cup team are in Estonia this

week in a bid to take us

0:41:450:41:49

into the World Group.

0:41:490:41:50

The team are Johanna Konta,

Heather Watson, Anna Smith

0:41:500:41:52

and rising star Katie Boulter.

0:41:520:41:54

I caught up with them in training.

0:41:540:42:02

She's enjoyed a spectacular rise to

stardom in the past few years,

0:42:150:42:19

becoming the first British woman

since Virginia Wade and Jo jury to

0:42:190:42:22

crack into the elite of the women's

game. But a year in tennis can feel

0:42:220:42:28

like a long-time. Johanna Konta's

early season has been hampered by

0:42:280:42:31

injury but now with Fed Cup in

Estonia about to get under way, she

0:42:310:42:37

says she's ready to return to

winning ways.

I'm healthy, I'm

0:42:370:42:40

playing and I think in time I'll be

playing at the level I want to be

0:42:400:42:45

playing at. Fed Cup is definitely a

great opportunity for me to play a

0:42:450:42:49

lot of matches and in a different

setting than most of the season,

0:42:490:42:53

it's a team setting and a team

environment, which is really

0:42:530:42:56

exciting, we get to bond, have fun

in the evenings and most importantly

0:42:560:43:01

support each other on the sidelines.

The British number one spearheads

0:43:010:43:05

the squad with captain and key of

the thong expecting to start with a

0:43:050:43:09

bang. Katie bowled a is the team's

newest and youngest member. At just

0:43:090:43:14

21 she wasn't even born the last

time Britain made it to the world

0:43:140:43:18

group stage. Issue feeling

confident?

We've got a really strong

0:43:180:43:22

team, we've got a great chance,

everyone's playing really well at

0:43:220:43:25

the moment so let's see what we can

do.

Being part of the team event is

0:43:250:43:30

really nice, especially because

tennis is such an individual sport

0:43:300:43:33

so I'm happy to be back with the kit

on. Until now the profile of the

0:43:330:43:39

women's team competition has always

been significantly lower than the

0:43:390:43:42

men's Davis Cup, not helped by their

failure to get out of the dreaded

0:43:420:43:47

Europe/ Africa zone.

I would love to

see the format change, I would love

0:43:470:43:50

to see the format come into line

with the men's wear it is structured

0:43:500:43:54

in a way where fans can follow

better and really engage with the

0:43:540:43:58

team. Hopefully one day we might get

that.

The team face Estonia and

0:43:580:44:03

Portugal in the first round robin

matches this week with a place in

0:44:030:44:07

the world group at stake. Button

thing tells me they'll do a better

0:44:070:44:11

job without me there. -- but

something tells me.

0:44:110:44:17

Apologies to the cameraman, I can

confidently tell you that he did

0:44:170:44:21

survive!

See you later, thank you.

0:44:210:44:22

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The main stories this morning:

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The main stories this morning:

0:44:290:44:33

The Conservative MP Anna Soubry has

called on the Prime Minister to

0:44:330:44:37

sling out the party's Brexiteers.

0:44:370:44:41

Government health officials say

e-cigarettes should be prescribed

0:44:410:44:43

on the NHS,

0:44:430:44:48

because they're

an effective way to help smokers

0:44:480:44:50

quit.

0:44:500:44:52

It's the hundredth anniversary

of the Representation

0:44:520:44:54

of the People Act -

which gave some women the vote

0:44:540:44:57

for the first time and all men

over the age of 21.

0:44:570:45:00

We're doing lots throughout

the morning to mark it and Carol's

0:45:000:45:03

in Westminster Hall

inside the Houses of Parliament.

0:45:030:45:06

You are going to put to bed.

First you must do to lead glass

0:45:060:45:18

sculpture behind me by Mary Branson,

called New Dawn, campaigning for

0:45:180:45:24

women's suffrage, and the glass

discs you can see are that look like

0:45:240:45:29

rolled up Acts of Parliament. The

different colours represent the

0:45:290:45:32

different colours for the votes for

women, made of metal and glass. The

0:45:320:45:38

lights changing according to the

tide rising and falling on the River

0:45:380:45:43

Thames, and the campaign was often

represented as an unstoppable tide

0:45:430:45:46

of change sweeping the nation. It

was actually unveiled on the seventh

0:45:460:45:50

of June 2016, the 150th anniversary

of the first mass petition submitted

0:45:500:45:57

to parliament calling for women

suffrage, and it is quite

0:45:570:46:00

spectacular, more than you can say

for the weather if you like it warm.

0:46:000:46:04

It is cold inside Westminster Hall

but even colder outside.

0:46:040:46:10

Temperatures around East Anglia, -2,

falling to -4 overnight, and some

0:46:100:46:14

snow showers, and the risk of ice

almost anywhere. Starting the

0:46:140:46:20

forecaster nine o'clock in the

south-east, a lot of dry weather but

0:46:200:46:24

a few wintry showers around across

parts of the Midlands. Falling snow

0:46:240:46:28

in the East Midlands overnight, and

also East Anglia. A few flurries

0:46:280:46:32

further north, and then we run into

the narrow band of snow across

0:46:320:46:36

northern England, Southern and parts

of central Scotland. North of that,

0:46:360:46:41

clearer skies, but also some snow

showers in the north and west of

0:46:410:46:45

Scotland and Northern Ireland. Into

Wales, the same band of snow

0:46:450:46:49

affecting parts of northern England,

fringing in across North Devon and

0:46:490:46:53

Cornwall, and into North Somerset as

well. Across southern counties, a

0:46:530:46:58

drier picture, but a fair bit of

cloud around, and it is cold, if you

0:46:580:47:03

haven't yet stepped out. Through the

morning, that band of snow across

0:47:030:47:06

Scotland and northern England will

sink southwards, through Wales as

0:47:060:47:10

well, tending to weaken and

fragment, but any precipitation

0:47:100:47:14

through the day, even though it is a

weaker feature, will still be of

0:47:140:47:18

snow. The cloud will build as it

pushes towards the south-east, and

0:47:180:47:23

continuing with a platter of snow

showers, next with sleet, hail,

0:47:230:47:26

thunder and lightning in the

north-west. I is about three to

0:47:260:47:30

five. Through the evening -- hides

about three to five. Further snow

0:47:300:47:39

showers throughout East Anglia and

the south-east, but behind it, clear

0:47:390:47:43

skies, so looking at severe frost

this coming night. Where we have

0:47:430:47:47

lying snow, the temperature could

get into mine is double figures, so

0:47:470:47:51

once again, the risk of ice and

hazardous conditions. Tomorrow

0:47:510:47:56

morning, a wintry flavour in the

south-east. That will clear away.

0:47:560:47:59

Original high pressure ills across

us, but the next system from the

0:47:590:48:06

Northwest will bring snow on its

leading edge, quickly turning to

0:48:060:48:09

rein in lower levels, retreating

into the hills as it continues to

0:48:090:48:13

push steadily south eastwards, and

into Thursday, a weakening feature,

0:48:130:48:18

moving across England and Wales, so

cloudy, damp and wet. Behind it,

0:48:180:48:23

some brighter skies, but still some

rain with some snow showers mixed in

0:48:230:48:27

across the Northwest. Then, if you

are wondering what happens after

0:48:270:48:33

that, it remains settled and colder

as well.

0:48:330:48:35

We've been warned.

0:48:350:48:37

as well.

We've been warned.

0:48:370:48:37

Thank you. I don't like it when she

says settled...

0:48:370:48:42

Does it unsettle you? Yeah, it does!

0:48:420:48:47

Over the last 100 years,

0:48:470:48:48

equality between men and women has

come much further

0:48:480:48:51

than the right to vote.

0:48:510:48:52

But in the workplace, things haven't

always been straightforward.

0:48:520:48:55

I've been to meet a number of women

at very different stages

0:48:550:48:58

of their career

to find out how life is today,

0:48:580:49:01

what's changed, and

what advice they have.

0:49:010:49:04

Making your way up in the world is

still not as easy as it should be

0:49:070:49:11

for women, but there are more and

more breaking down the barriers.

0:49:110:49:17

Katie is an award-winning crane

driver. I've come to meet her with

0:49:170:49:21

Lois, an apprentice in building

services, and Catherine, a

0:49:210:49:24

structural engineer. You are all

working in an industry that is male

0:49:240:49:29

dominated. Does that bother you?

It

doesn't as such. If anything it

0:49:290:49:35

gives you slightly more leverage. I

work on a barge and it's all men, so

0:49:350:49:39

it doesn't bother you, but you need

to be a bit tougher skin sometimes.

0:49:390:49:44

There is a stereotype about

engineers always being a male with a

0:49:440:49:47

beard and a hard hat, and at times

it is, but in reality, most of the

0:49:470:49:52

time I'm wearing a dress, working at

my desk, doing drawings and on

0:49:520:49:57

computer software.

I feel like I'm

listened to, treated the same as

0:49:570:50:02

anyone else.

So you don't feel any

different as a woman in terms of

0:50:020:50:05

where you are going to go in your

career?

I don't feel there's any

0:50:050:50:10

barriers stopping me.

It's nice to

see a lot more females coming into

0:50:100:50:13

the industry, especially at younger

ages, so it's getting better.

It's

0:50:130:50:18

great to hear their optimism, but

what about those are bit further on?

0:50:180:50:22

Jennifer and her friend have very

different jobs but felt the same

0:50:220:50:27

pressure when they had children.

There is guilt looking at every

0:50:270:50:30

corner, that you can't do your job

in the way in which you want to do

0:50:300:50:35

it, and that you are not there for

your children.

I've got two

0:50:350:50:38

children. The first, fine, second,

had my second, I worked for the

0:50:380:50:43

biggest international law firm and

was made redundant. Literally,

0:50:430:50:47

effectively, on my first day back at

work. And it... It affected me

0:50:470:50:54

mentally so badly.

And in fact it

became so stressful for me in the

0:50:540:51:00

end I setup own business and left so

I could define my own working hours.

0:51:000:51:06

For anyone to get to the top in

business, it takes a lot of graft,

0:51:060:51:10

so what about the few women who have

made it? Do they think they've had a

0:51:100:51:15

harder time because they are a

woman? Do you think being a woman

0:51:150:51:19

has made any difference?

At times

it's been an advantage actually

0:51:190:51:24

because in technology women are very

much unrepresented. So you tend to

0:51:240:51:28

stand out, and I found that quite

useful. Not to say it hasn't been

0:51:280:51:33

difficult. Particularly things like

raising funds to invest in the

0:51:330:51:36

business. That's always difficult.

But I've found skills plus network

0:51:360:51:42

has helped.

I was very fortunate in

that my aunt, my mum adored my son,

0:51:420:51:50

and looked after him while I picked

-- builds a business from scratch.

0:51:500:51:57

I'd say that anyone who wants to set

up her own business, you need to be

0:51:570:52:02

tough, very tough. You need to be

very straightforward - say what you

0:52:020:52:05

mean, mean what you say.

Back on the

construction site, I definitely feel

0:52:050:52:10

like these young women are given

more opportunities than they would

0:52:100:52:14

have done in the past. So that

should mean in future we won't need

0:52:140:52:18

to make a special film about women

doing jobs like these or running

0:52:180:52:23

companies because it won't be

unusual.

0:52:230:52:25

That's a very good point.

It was so brilliant to meet women in

0:52:250:52:30

so many different parts of their

careers, to get that outlook on what

0:52:300:52:34

they think.

It wasn't just the law in 1918 that

0:52:340:52:38

change, before the Employment

Protection Act in 1975, a woman

0:52:380:52:43

could be fired if she fell pregnant.

It seems incredible now.

0:52:430:52:48

Talking of change, we are going to

go back...

0:52:480:52:53

Let's return to the People's History

Museum in Manchester,

0:52:530:52:55

one of the places we're at to mark

the centenary of women being given

0:52:550:52:59

the right to vote.

0:52:590:53:04

Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin is there.

0:53:040:53:09

This is madness the national game of

democracy, and the birthplace of the

0:53:090:53:14

suffragette movement was right here

in the marking the birthplace of the

0:53:140:53:19

suffragette movement. Have a look at

the past, some of the 1000

0:53:190:53:27

suffragettes these are the women who

put.

0:53:270:53:35

put. This meant what just about the

bold, brave moves of the

0:53:350:53:39

suffragettes, and there are calls

today for these women to be

0:53:390:53:42

pardoned. This fight was also about

the steady, steely determination of

0:53:420:53:47

the suffragette, and this morning we

want to take a moment to look at

0:53:470:53:51

that fight through the eyes of two

women on either side of the

0:53:510:53:55

campaign.

Britain was a nation divided,

0:53:550:54:00

between privilege and poverty, those

with power and those without. Two

0:54:000:54:05

women, worlds apart, were united in

their belief this must change. Annie

0:54:050:54:12

Helm was smart, educated, Cheshire

mill owner puzzle daughter. She had

0:54:120:54:16

the ear of men in power, yet had no

power herself.

She was a force to be

0:54:160:54:21

reckoned with, yes. And yet the most

simple and uneducated of men, simply

0:54:210:54:26

by virtue of being a man, had the

vote, and that just did not make

0:54:260:54:32

sense at all.

Nor did it to Leonora

Coen, born into poverty in Leeds,

0:54:320:54:37

uneducated but clever.

Brave, too.

She really felt that, without the

0:54:370:54:42

vote, there was going to be no way

that women could have proper

0:54:420:54:46

equality and could lift themselves

out of poverty.

As promises are made

0:54:460:54:50

and broken in Parliament, our women

push on, Annie with gentle

0:54:500:54:56

persuasion. She sets up a local

Suffrage Society to convince the

0:54:560:55:00

establishment of what is right, but

Leonora plots. She heads to the

0:55:000:55:05

Tower of London for a suffragette

act so daring it would shake the

0:55:050:55:08

establishment - to smash the crown

Jewels. This...

This is where it

0:55:080:55:16

happened. Can you imagine how her

heart must be pounding? So she sees

0:55:160:55:22

this group of schoolboys and she

sneaks in behind them and looks for

0:55:220:55:26

all the world like a teacher. She

must be thinking, where's the

0:55:260:55:31

crowbar? Is it in my coat? And she

finds it, and she waits until the

0:55:310:55:36

Beefeater is over the other side of

the room, then she has direct it and

0:55:360:55:40

throw it and make this great

announcement of votes for women...

0:55:400:55:45

How daring is that, and how

courageous?

But then came the

0:55:450:55:49

ultimate call for courage, and the

war changes everything. As men die

0:55:490:55:54

on the front, the suffragettes March

to London to offer their services to

0:55:540:55:59

the country. Women now hold the

fort. They manned the factories,

0:55:590:56:04

they create the munitions, they run

the businesses.

And there was no

0:56:040:56:10

going back. No. Once they knew what

they were capable of, and once the

0:56:100:56:15

men came home and saw all that

they'd done, you couldn't go back.

0:56:150:56:21

These were equals.

Words and deeds

had won the day. On the sixth of

0:56:210:56:30

February 1918, women over the age of

30 win the right to vote, but it

0:56:300:56:35

would be another ten years before

they win the same voting rights as

0:56:350:56:39

men.

It was a fight for men to

perceive that women were not

0:56:390:56:43

prepared to be doormats any longer.

Women were of equal value, and it's

0:56:430:56:49

never been more important to show

that today in this Centenary.

If she

0:56:490:56:56

were alive today, what should she

think?

I think she probably would be

0:56:560:57:02

very frustrated.

If she were here,

she'd still be fighting?

I hope so,

0:57:020:57:07

and I'd be with her!

We owe a huge

debt of gratitude to those women. We

0:57:070:57:14

have our own posse of powerful women

from the National Museum of

0:57:140:57:21

Democracy, the People's Museum of

Manchester, and also about this

0:57:210:57:26

amazing banner, found after ten

years in a charity shop in Leeds.

0:57:260:57:30

We'd love to hear your stories, too,

all morning.

0:57:300:57:33

Keep them coming in.

Absolutely fascinating to hear. One

0:57:330:57:38

of the women they most admire, and

lots of you already talking about

0:57:380:57:44

your mums.

Lovely

0:57:441:01:04

in half an hour.

1:01:041:01:05

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

1:01:051:01:08

Bye for now.

1:01:081:01:11

Hello, good morning.

1:01:111:01:12

This is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Louise Minchin.

1:01:121:01:20

The value of some of the world's

companies has been falling

1:01:311:01:34

overnight as global stock

markets take a tumble.

1:01:341:01:42

Good morning, it's Tuesday

the sixth of February.

1:01:441:01:47

Also on the programme this morning,

1:01:471:01:51

growing division within

the Conservative Party over

1:01:511:01:53

Brexit as Theresa May is urged

1:01:531:01:55

to sling out so-called hard

Brexiteers.

1:01:551:02:03

Kirdi cigarettes soon be available

on prescription? Government health

1:02:041:02:08

officials say they should be --

could easily direct is.

1:02:081:02:14

In sport, the pressure is mounting

on Chelsea manager Antonio Conte.

1:02:141:02:17

His side suffered

the biggest defeat of

1:02:171:02:19

their season as Watford

beat them 4-1.

1:02:191:02:21

100 years since the first

women got the vote we

1:02:211:02:23

celebrate the achievements of those

who campaigned to make it happen.

1:02:231:02:26

As debate over gender equality

and at attitudes towards women

1:02:261:02:29

are in sharp focus

today, we look at how

1:02:291:02:31

society has changed or not

over the past century.

1:02:311:02:34

Charlotte was six years

old when I went back to work

1:02:341:02:37

and I really felt I was missing out.

1:02:371:02:39

Having paid maternity

leave and having flexible

1:02:391:02:41

hours means as a woman

in the workplace I can achieve.

1:02:411:02:49

We would like to hear

from you as well, is there one woman

1:02:501:02:54

in your life that inspires you?

1:02:541:02:55

Let us know.

1:02:551:03:03

Carol has the weather

from Westminster Hall,

1:03:041:03:06

where the first mass signature

1:03:061:03:07

petition for women's

votes was handed over.

1:03:071:03:09

I'm in central lobby in the houses

of parliament were on Valentine's

1:03:091:03:15

Day 1907, women were banned for

Apple rousing, they would jump on

1:03:151:03:19

the benches shouting votes for women

and I will show you more around this

1:03:191:03:23

area at 7:15am -- rabble-rouser in.

It's cold, hard frost, some snow in

1:03:231:03:30

the forecast, a fair bit of sunshine

and it will remain unsettled but I

1:03:301:03:34

will have more in 15 minutes.

Thanks, Carol, we will look forward

1:03:341:03:40

to that.

1:03:401:03:41

The value of some of the world's

biggest companies has been falling

1:03:411:03:44

overnight as global stock

markets take a tumble.

1:03:441:03:50

The US stock market index,

the Dow Jones, has fallen by over

1:03:501:03:53

1,000 points on its biggest one-day

fall in history and in Asia,

1:03:531:03:56

Japan's Nikkei index

was down by more than 4%.

1:03:561:04:01

Earlier on Breakfast we spoke

to the Investment director Jane

1:04:011:04:07

Sydenham,

who said the drop wasn't

1:04:071:04:09

completely unexpected.

1:04:091:04:11

This is really in response to a jobs

report last week which kind of

1:04:111:04:17

indicated wages were rising a bit

faster than everybody was expecting,

1:04:171:04:21

and the invocation from that is

interest rates have to rise faster

1:04:211:04:25

too, which stock markets really

don't like. So in the last 15 months

1:04:251:04:30

we've had no more than a 3% friction

in stock markets, which is very,

1:04:301:04:35

very unusual so at some point it was

likely we were going to see a bit

1:04:351:04:40

more volatility anyway. It's really

very unusual for markets to have

1:04:401:04:44

been quite as calm as they have

been.

1:04:441:04:46

They are the markets that have been

open overnight, it's not open here

1:04:461:04:50

yet, the FTSE 100, leading our

biggest -- representing our leading

1:04:501:04:55

companies, they are open at 8am,

that will probably open with a fall

1:04:551:05:00

as well but we will get that to you

later on.

1:05:001:05:03

The Conservative MP

and leading Remain

1:05:031:05:04

campaigner Anna Soubry has called

Theresa May to sling out hard

1:05:041:05:07

Brexiteers in the party.

1:05:071:05:09

She said the front

bench was in hock to 35

1:05:091:05:11

ideological Remain supporters.

1:05:111:05:12

In an interview with

Newsnight she said

1:05:121:05:14

she wouldn't stay in a party taken

over by the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg

1:05:141:05:18

and Boris Johnson.

1:05:181:05:26

Our political correspondent Eleanor

Garnier is in Westminster this

1:05:291:05:32

morning. This is quite something to

hear her say this, isn't it?

It is

1:05:321:05:37

strong language from Anna Soubry and

it shows the decades-old issue that

1:05:371:05:41

has divided the Conservative Party.

It's not going away. Anna Soubry

1:05:411:05:46

even since the referendum result has

spoken passionately about Brexit but

1:05:461:05:51

she's gone one step further with

these comments, calling on these

1:05:511:05:55

hard-line ideological Brexiteers as

she put it to be chucked out of the

1:05:551:05:58

party.

1:05:581:05:59

They're not the Tory party that

I joined 40 years ago,

1:05:591:06:02

and it's about time Theresa stood up

to them and slung them out,

1:06:021:06:05

because they've taken

down Major and Cameron,

1:06:051:06:07

two great leaders, neither

of whom stood up to them.

1:06:071:06:10

If it comes to it I'm not

going to stay in a party that's been

1:06:101:06:14

taken over by the likes of

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson,

1:06:141:06:17

they're not proper Conservatives.

1:06:171:06:22

I think Brexiteers will save AR

dealing for what they believe to be

1:06:221:06:27

in the best interests of the

country. We've heard from Lord

1:06:271:06:31

Lamont, who said he thought Anna

Soubry was being quite ridiculous.

1:06:311:06:36

This demonstrates how much Theresa

May has a challenge to keep her

1:06:361:06:42

party united. This is a crucial

week, the Prime Minister is hosting

1:06:421:06:47

meetings with senior ministers where

she will try to coax them to come

1:06:471:06:51

sort of consensus about the UK

negotiating position with the EU.

1:06:511:06:56

Eleanor, thanks for that.

At around 8:20am we will speak to

1:06:561:07:00

Home Secretary Amber Rudd about that

and other things.

1:07:001:07:04

Relatives of the victims of the 1982

IRA Hyde Park bombing have been

1:07:041:07:08

granted legal aid for a civil

action against a suspect.

1:07:081:07:11

A prosecution case

against the convicted IRA

1:07:111:07:12

member John Downey collapsed

at the Old Bailey four years ago

1:07:121:07:16

because he had a so-called

on the run letter

1:07:161:07:18

telling him he was no

longer a wanted man.

1:07:181:07:20

Frankie McCamley has more.

1:07:201:07:28

There's a call this morning for easy

cigarettes to be given on the NHS

1:07:291:07:33

because they're an excellent way

to help smokers quit.

1:07:331:07:35

Public Health England said vaping

poses only a small fraction

1:07:351:07:38

of the risk of smoking tobacco.

1:07:381:07:40

Our health reporter

Michelle Roberts has more.

1:07:401:07:43

They've helped tens of thousands

of people quit smoking,

1:07:431:07:45

but currently in the UK,

people have to buy e-cigarettes,

1:07:451:07:48

unlike nicotine patches and gum.

1:07:481:07:50

Public Health England wants that

to change

1:07:501:07:51

and for doctors to start giving

1:07:511:07:53

e-cigarettes to patients

on prescription.

1:07:531:07:58

The latest evidence reviewed showed

that although vaping is not entirely

1:07:581:08:01

risk-free, it's much

better than smoking.

1:08:011:08:03

They say e-cigarettes are 95% safer

than most cigarettes as they do not

1:08:031:08:06

have most of the toxic

chemicals found in smoke.

1:08:061:08:09

They estimate e-cigarettes help

the least 20,000 people successfully

1:08:091:08:11

quit per year.

1:08:111:08:19

Despite their popularity,

around 40% of smokers have

1:08:231:08:25

not tried them.

1:08:251:08:26

Experts say the evidence

1:08:261:08:27

in favour is so compelling,

smokers

1:08:271:08:35

who want to quit shouldn't wait

for free prescriptions

1:08:361:08:39

for trying e-cigarettes.

1:08:391:08:40

We're confident they're

substantially less harmful

1:08:401:08:41

than cigarette smoking,

1:08:411:08:42

so we recommend for those struggling

to stop, try e-cigarettes,

1:08:421:08:45

that might help them to stop

smoking, which would be the best

1:08:451:08:48

thing they could do

for their health.

1:08:481:08:52

In the meantime, Public Health

1:08:521:08:53

England suggests hospitals start

selling

1:08:531:08:54

e-cigarettes to patients

and change smoking shelters

1:08:541:08:56

into vaping lounges.

1:08:561:08:57

But they also warn that non-smokers

shouldn't start vaping.

1:08:571:08:59

Michelle Roberts, BBC News.

1:08:591:09:06

The UK's roads are among some

of the most heavily congested

1:09:061:09:10

in the world according

to the largest ever study

1:09:101:09:12

of global traffic conditions.

1:09:121:09:13

Researchers say London

is the seventh most gridlocked city

1:09:131:09:18

and the UK as a whole

is in the top ten.

1:09:181:09:22

Charlotte Gallagher reports.

1:09:221:09:24

It's estimated that we wasted around

1:09:241:09:26

31 hours stuck in rush-hour traffic

last year.

1:09:261:09:31

That extra time behind the wheel

isn't just annoying,

1:09:311:09:36

it's costing drivers more

than £1,000 annually,

1:09:361:09:41

not just in wasted fuel but also

because some household

1:09:411:09:46

goods are becoming more expensive

as higher freiting fees

1:09:461:09:49

are passed onto consumers.

1:09:491:09:53

London is Europe's second most

congested city after Moscow,

1:09:531:09:55

with drivers spending around 74

hours, the equivalent of three

1:09:551:09:58

days, in traffic jams.

1:09:581:09:59

Manchester, Birmingham,

Luton and Edinburgh have

1:09:591:10:01

also been singled out

as gridlock hotspots.

1:10:011:10:07

The company that carried out

the research said the cost to the UK

1:10:071:10:11

economy is astonishing and Britain's

busy roads are affecting

1:10:111:10:13

individuals and businesses.

1:10:131:10:16

It's really a big concern

because ultimately this means

1:10:161:10:18

there is a decreasing

productivity from the

1:10:181:10:20

business side, but also quite a big

cost is being passed on down

1:10:201:10:24

to the driver, whether

that's true direct

1:10:241:10:26

costs like fuel wasted in traffic

or the time you're losing,

1:10:261:10:29

there's also cost on

businesses that gets passed

1:10:291:10:37

The Department for

Transport said it is

1:10:411:10:43

investing £23 billion on road

schemes that will help cut

1:10:431:10:46

congestion and it's giving local

councils record amounts of funding

1:10:461:10:48

to upgrade roads.

1:10:481:10:49

Charlotte Gallagher, BBC News.

1:10:491:10:57

We are talking today about the 100

year anniversary when the first

1:10:571:11:03

women in the UK got the vote. Not

all women. We are so accustomed to a

1:11:031:11:08

female Prime Minister and female

MPs.

1:11:081:11:11

Fighting for women's rights

has always been a part

1:11:111:11:13

of Harriet Harman's life,

she's now the longest continuous

1:11:131:11:15

serving female MP in Westminster,

having been elected in 1982.

1:11:151:11:18

More recently she's been

instrumental in changing

1:11:181:11:20

the law to make companies publish

1:11:201:11:22

the difference between what they pay

men and women.

1:11:221:11:24

Harriet Harman joins us from outside

Parliament this morning.

1:11:241:11:28

Good morning, thank you very much

board warning us this morning.

Good

1:11:281:11:32

morning.

Harriet, take us back to

the beginning when you first started

1:11:321:11:36

as an MP because as Lou said there,

you're the longest serving female MP

1:11:361:11:43

now, so what was life like when you

started in 1982?

I came into the

1:11:431:11:49

House of Commons in the early 1980s

as part of the women's movement

1:11:491:11:52

because we wanted a whole bunch of

women to come into the House of

1:11:521:11:56

Commons, which was 97% men, only 3%

women, and we wanted not just to be

1:11:561:12:02

asking men MPs to be changing things

for women, we wanted to share in the

1:12:021:12:07

decision-making and make decisions

that benefited women, as well as

1:12:071:12:10

men, but we were outnumbered them

and women weren't taken seriously

1:12:101:12:14

and what we said wasn't regarded as

important, we were really regarded

1:12:141:12:18

as second class citizens. So much

has changed just since I've been an

1:12:181:12:23

MP.

When you started, obviously one

of few women, but you were pregnant

1:12:231:12:28

at the time too. Did that make any

difference do you think?

I think it

1:12:281:12:32

did because I was much younger than

most other MPs, was in my early 30s

1:12:321:12:37

and the House of Commons had an

average age of over 50. Very few

1:12:371:12:41

women, and a lot of the men actually

didn't think women had any place in

1:12:411:12:46

the House of Commons, they thought

that women should be at home looking

1:12:461:12:49

after the children and shouldn't

really be in public life. Especially

1:12:491:12:53

not a younger and pregnant woman.

That now in the House of Commons,

1:12:531:12:57

there's lots of women having babies

and it's perfectly normal, like it

1:12:571:13:02

is in every other walk of life,

women are playing an important role

1:13:021:13:07

in the home but also out in the

workplace as well.

Obviously you've

1:13:071:13:10

done a lot yourself to try to make

sure that there are more female MPs,

1:13:101:13:15

do you think things are where they

should be now for women in

1:13:151:13:19

Parliament?

They are way ahead of

where they were. I was one of only

1:13:191:13:23

23 MPs out of 650 when I started.

Now over 200. But we're still

1:13:231:13:29

outnumbered by name to the one.

Although we're not as numerous as

1:13:291:13:35

the men MPs and we do need I think

to be half and half, we shouldn't be

1:13:351:13:40

so outnumbered, I think we are taken

seriously in a way we never were

1:13:401:13:44

before. I remember getting up to

speak and making a quite serious

1:13:441:13:47

speech and an MP calling across the

chamber that I was a stupid cow, and

1:13:471:13:52

that's in the House of Commons. The

idea of what was I doing their?

How

1:13:521:13:56

did you react to something like

that, Harriet?

There

1:13:561:14:01

was a a big kerfuffle, I hadn't

really heard what he had said. The

1:14:011:14:05

Speaker, the first and only woman

speaker we've ever had, Becky

1:14:051:14:09

Brewerton ride, told him to

apologise. She came in on my side in

1:14:091:14:14

that. -- Becky Brewerton Lloyd. Men

thought women's place was in the

1:14:141:14:19

home and they were there to do the

speaking and we should be doing the

1:14:191:14:23

listening but we wanted our say too.

Through your work you have fought

1:14:231:14:28

for things like reserved places for

women in the shadow cabinet and more

1:14:281:14:32

labour women MPs through women only

shortlists. Some people might think

1:14:321:14:36

that in some respects women are seen

as tokens, they've only got there

1:14:361:14:42

because there's been a women only

shortlist. What would you say to

1:14:421:14:45

people who think that?

If the women

on the Labour benches currently in

1:14:451:14:50

the House of Commons... Some are

from all women shortlists and some

1:14:501:14:54

are from shortlists with men and

women on them, honestly you can't

1:14:541:14:57

tell the difference. It was a very

unpopular and controversial measure

1:14:571:15:01

but it's what we needed to make the

change because we got stuck with 3%

1:15:011:15:06

women, we just couldn't seem to

increase it so that was the means

1:15:061:15:11

that justified the end. Once we did

actually set aside some seats for

1:15:111:15:15

women, in '97 we got 100 Labour

women into the House of Commons and

1:15:151:15:20

that really broke the glass ceiling

if you like. It's a bit like the

1:15:201:15:24

suffragettes, committed all sorts of

crimes that they didn't want to be

1:15:241:15:28

committing and which people really

disapproved of, but it's what really

1:15:281:15:31

made the difference.

You mentioned

the suffragettes, that's why we're

1:15:311:15:35

talking about this today, there's a

story on the front of the Telegraph

1:15:351:15:39

today saying suffragettes jailed

while fighting to win the vote for

1:15:391:15:42

women should be pardoned for their

crimes. Should be?

I think that's a

1:15:421:15:47

good idea but it also reminds us

that when you argue for change and

1:15:471:15:53

equality and fairness, people don't

say, that's a good idea, we'll

1:15:531:15:56

change everything we've done for

centuries, we think you're right.

1:15:561:16:00

The establishment fights back and

it's always a fight. Even now when

1:16:001:16:04

we're trying to make progress to

tackle domestic violence and to make

1:16:041:16:09

sure there's equal pay and decent

and affordable childcare for working

1:16:091:16:13

parents, that is still a fight that

we've got to go on in order to make

1:16:131:16:17

further progress.

Harriet, lovely to

talk to you this morning, thanks for

1:16:171:16:21

that. Harriet Harman MP, the longest

serving female MP.

1:16:211:16:25

Interesting to hear what her life

was

1:16:251:16:32

getting in touch to talk about women

who have inspired you. Selina is

1:16:421:16:45

talking

1:16:451:16:49

A woman who invented the

carburettors of the Spitfire

1:16:491:16:54

aeroplane, inspired young women to

consider aviation and technology,

1:16:541:17:00

that is another letter we have got.

Thank you for your messages.

My

1:17:001:17:05

chemistry teacher inspired me, she

was brilliant, she made me love

1:17:051:17:09

science and engineering. It is

interesting hearing the people talk

1:17:091:17:13

about what a difference women have

made.

Other people talk about their

1:17:131:17:17

mums as well, rightly so.

1:17:171:17:22

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

1:17:221:17:23

The main stories this morning:

The Conservative MP and Remain

1:17:231:17:26

campaigner, Anna Soubry,

has called on the Prime Minister

1:17:261:17:29

to "sling out" the

party's Brexiteers.

1:17:291:17:30

Government health officials say

e-cigarettes should be prescribed

1:17:301:17:32

on the NHS, because they're

an effective way

1:17:321:17:34

to help smokers

quit.

1:17:341:17:42

We have just been talking to Harriet

Harman about the changes that have

1:17:451:17:49

been made since the first women in

the UK got the vote on and Carroll

1:17:491:17:53

is in Westminster this morning,

hitting us a bit of a show around

1:17:531:17:57

this morning. It is interesting,

1:17:571:17:59

I and in Central lobby at the

moment. Women were banned from the

1:17:591:18:07

Central lobby so they took their

protests to other parts. This is St

1:18:071:18:10

Stephens Hall and what they did in

1909, they chained themselves to the

1:18:101:18:15

statues, and it was the doorkeepers

who came along and cut them off

1:18:151:18:19

using these bolt cutters. These are

the actual original ones. And vendor

1:18:191:18:24

ladies have been taken away and

arrested. In here this morning, what

1:18:241:18:30

a fabulous view, outside, it is a

cold start to the day, we have a

1:18:301:18:34

hard frost and also some snow in the

forecast. If you start the forecast

1:18:341:18:39

at nine o'clock in the south-east

there is a lot of dry weather around

1:18:391:18:43

and

1:18:431:18:43

there is a lot of dry weather around

and a little bit of sunshine, but

1:18:431:18:44

equally there is cloud this morning

which is producing some wintry

1:18:441:18:47

showers. Wintry showers are across

parts of the Midlands into East

1:18:471:18:51

Anglia as well, with a light dusting

of snow at the moment, as we move

1:18:511:18:55

into northern England we run into a

band of snow. That extends across

1:18:551:18:58

southern and parts of Central

Scotland as well. Northern Scotland

1:18:581:19:01

is seeing some snow showers as

western Scotland and Northern

1:19:011:19:06

Ireland. There is a risk of ice, and

of band of snow affecting north of

1:19:061:19:12

England and southern Scotland is

also affecting North Wales. That is

1:19:121:19:16

extending across Devon, Cornwall and

Somerset as well. Further east there

1:19:161:19:22

is dry weather, some breaks in the

cloud but a fair bit of cloud and

1:19:221:19:26

wintry weather here and there. As we

go through the day what we find is

1:19:261:19:30

the band of snow across northern

England and Wales moving steadily

1:19:301:19:33

southwards, darting to fragment and

turns more patchy in nature, any

1:19:331:19:38

precipitation coming out of this

band inland will be falling as snow.

1:19:381:19:43

A bright start in the south-east but

behind it there will be sunshine, I

1:19:431:19:48

rushed of showers in the north and

west, a mix of sleet, snow, hail and

1:19:481:19:52

thunder and lightning. And wherever

you are it will feel cold with high

1:19:521:19:56

temptress of up to five Celsius.

Into the overnight that and is in a

1:19:561:20:02

rejuvenated crossed East Anglia and

also the south-east, pushing into

1:20:021:20:04

was the south-east corner. Clear sky

is falling behind with a few wintry

1:20:041:20:10

showers in the West, there will be a

severe tonight and it will be cold.

1:20:101:20:14

-- a severe frost. It could fall

into minus double figures. Tomorrow

1:20:141:20:19

we start with some wintry showers in

the south-east that clear away,

1:20:191:20:23

there will be sunshine around, and

other cool day and then we have a

1:20:231:20:27

band of rain preceded by some

transient snow coming in from the

1:20:271:20:31

north-west. Quickly, the snow will

be in the hills and their will be

1:20:311:20:35

rain at lower levels, then heading

into Thursday that same band pushes

1:20:351:20:41

down across England and Wales, with

some showers, some of which will be

1:20:411:20:47

wintry in the north-west, and not

quite as cold as it is going to be

1:20:471:20:51

today or tomorrow. The outlook after

that remains unsettled, some snow

1:20:511:20:55

showers at times and it is also

going to remain fairly cold as we

1:20:551:21:00

head into the weekend.

1:21:001:21:01

Minus double figures!

1:21:011:21:02

Minus double figures! That will feel

better. Tonight there is a risk of

1:21:021:21:08

ice almost anywhere.

We have been

warned. Ain't you. We are enjoying

1:21:081:21:14

the guided tour.

Can't wait for

Carroll to...

1:21:141:21:22

Going online isn't always a positive

experience for young people

1:21:221:21:25

but to mark Safer Internet Day

there are two reports that suggest

1:21:251:21:28

that the web can be

a force for good.

1:21:281:21:30

The UK Safer Internet Centre says

young people are more likely

1:21:301:21:33

to have a positive experience,

while the London School of Economics

1:21:331:21:36

says the internet can

bring families together.

1:21:361:21:40

Before we discuss this,

here are a group of young people

1:21:401:21:43

reading out loud the nicest

and nastiest comments they'd seen

1:21:431:21:46

online.

1:21:461:21:53

I like your hair. Thanks! I had a

new haircut now.

Your brows are

1:22:101:22:18

literally... On fleek.

It is a nice

colour, for girls to tell you if you

1:22:181:22:31

have goals eyebrows, that is, wow!

You brightened my day.

Your YouTube

1:22:311:22:38

channel is rubbish and you should

delete it.

No one want you around or

1:22:381:22:44

loves you.

That's not nice. You have

no friends and no one cares about

1:22:441:22:48

you, you are just annoying.

Do you

know what, nobody likes you, no one

1:22:481:22:53

even needs you, no one cares about

what you think or what you care

1:22:531:22:57

about. That one is terribly the

worst.

Do the world a favour and

1:22:571:23:04

kill yourself.

Kill yourself, gay

boy. You are worthless.

They are

1:23:041:23:13

just such horrible things.

To have

and to receive. You are ugly,

1:23:131:23:19

everyone hates you. That is... Don't

know what to say to that.

It's

1:23:191:23:30

important to focus on the good

things in life, bad things will

1:23:301:23:33

always be there to push us down, but

we have to get up and we have to

1:23:331:23:39

keep on going.

I will be there,

don't worry. That gives you a boost

1:23:391:23:45

and someone is looking out for you

in caring for you.

You are so

1:23:451:23:49

beautiful and strong, keep your chin

up.

(LAUGHS)

1:23:491:23:51

beautiful and strong, keep your chin

up.

(LAUGHS). Use it used social

1:23:511:23:54

media to be nice to people, to be

kind, to have a laugh, to have

1:23:541:24:00

banter with your friends, but never

anything hurtful like the messages

1:24:001:24:04

in there.

1:24:041:24:09

Gosh, those were tough, and to be

clear, they were not messages sent

1:24:091:24:17

to those children, they were taken

from a group sent to lots of

1:24:171:24:20

children. But you can see how

affecting they are.

1:24:201:24:24

Let's discuss this in more detail

with Sonia Livingstone

1:24:241:24:26

from the London School of Economics

who is the author of today's report

1:24:261:24:30

on digital parenting along

with the GP Radha Modgil

1:24:301:24:32

from Radio One's 'Life Hacks'.

1:24:321:24:33

It is really hard reading that --

listening to that, seeing those

1:24:331:24:39

young people reading them out. You

can see them getting upset because

1:24:391:24:43

they may have had those messages as

well.

Absolutely, and they are part

1:24:431:24:48

of the world where those kind of

messages are becoming normal. It is

1:24:481:24:51

a tough thing that our kids are

having to learn very quickly where

1:24:511:24:55

were of people are passing all kinds

of messages, and some of them are

1:24:551:24:59

hard to deal with.

If you look back

to when we were at school, horrible

1:24:591:25:04

things were said but you didn't

necessarily know, and that is what

1:25:041:25:08

becomes really painful.

Absolutely,

and when it is online, it is there

1:25:081:25:12

in black and white, it's difficult

to get away those messages, you have

1:25:121:25:15

to take control of getting away from

them yourself, because they are on

1:25:151:25:19

your phone, your computer, your

bedroom. Before we could go home and

1:25:191:25:24

forget about it, and they would

disappear into the air. It is much

1:25:241:25:28

more challenging now.

We also

talking morning that the fact that

1:25:281:25:32

can be -- the Internet can be good

and social media can be good, which

1:25:321:25:36

is nice to hear, because we have

talked a lot about the negative

1:25:361:25:40

things, but there can be a lot of

good come from it. You had some of

1:25:401:25:44

those young people saying that.

And

the report that I am publishing

1:25:441:25:48

today, we have seen lots of way that

parents are trying to use the

1:25:481:25:52

Internet for good. Trying to engage

with their children, quite a lot are

1:25:521:25:58

encouraging their children to

connect with a family and friends

1:25:581:26:01

through digital technology, finding

things they can share with their

1:26:011:26:06

children on the Internet. Finding

something that they can celebrate,

1:26:061:26:11

because there are things they can

do. Because there are things that

1:26:111:26:17

they can do when things get

difficult.

And there are things that

1:26:171:26:22

are powerful to communicate with

people, and your friends in a

1:26:221:26:27

positive way.

It is amazing and like

you say, the Internet, your

1:26:271:26:32

imagination, creativity, connection,

with people who are like-minded, it

1:26:321:26:36

is a fantastic resource. We need to

balance out that a little bit come

1:26:361:26:41

we have talked about the negatives

but we need to remember the good

1:26:411:26:45

things, it is about working out

strategies to basically help

1:26:451:26:49

children and empower them to know

how to use the Internet safety.

It

1:26:491:26:58

is great to talk to friends but for

parents, it is a worry, isn't it,

1:26:581:27:02

because you are not sure what

actually is happening when your

1:27:021:27:08

child is on a computer.

So one of

the things that parents said in our

1:27:081:27:12

survey is that they are cautiously

optimistic, they can see the

1:27:121:27:16

benefits but not quite sure how to

take steps to get... And that is

1:27:161:27:21

what parents have anxieties about

screen time, how much time the child

1:27:211:27:25

is using the technology, it is

distracting them from making

1:27:251:27:29

judgements about what really could

be beneficial, where are the

1:27:291:27:32

problems, where are the advantages.

That is where parents need more

1:27:321:27:35

support.

You give some of that

support with light hacks. We are

1:27:351:27:42

running out of time, what would be

your top Tip?

For parents, get out

1:27:421:27:45

there and arm yourself with the

knowledge, find out what the

1:27:451:27:50

children are doing and the kind of

parent your children camp listen to.

1:27:501:27:59

Nice to talk about it in a positive

way, think you very much. If you

1:27:591:28:05

want to know more about ways young

people can enjoy the Internet,,

1:28:051:28:12

'Own It'

is a new BBC online service,

1:28:121:28:15

packed with fun tips and videos

to help children aged between nine

1:28:151:28:18

and 12 to be healthy,

happy and confident online.

1:28:181:28:20

It is worth checking it out

at www.bbc.co.uk/ownit.

1:28:201:28:23

let's catch up with the news, travel

and weather.

1:28:231:31:45

let's catch up with the news, travel

back with the latest from the BBC

1:31:451:31:46

London newsroom in half an hour.

1:31:461:31:48

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Steph.

1:31:481:31:50

Hello, this is Breakfast,

1:31:531:31:54

with Steph McGovern and Louise

Minchin.

1:31:541:31:56

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

1:31:561:32:02

Share prices have dropped sharply

on Asian markets overnight

1:32:021:32:05

in response to big falls

in the United States.

1:32:051:32:07

In New York, the Dow Jones,

which is made up of some

1:32:071:32:10

of America's biggest businesses,

closed down more than 1,100

1:32:101:32:13

points, the biggest one

day fall in history.

1:32:131:32:15

The Nikkei index in Japan ended

the day nearly 5% down.

1:32:151:32:23

The Conservative MP and leading

Remain campaigner, Anna Soubry,

1:32:261:32:28

has called on Theresa May to sling

out what she called hard

1:32:281:32:32

Brexiteers in the party.

1:32:321:32:33

In an interview for the BBC's

Newsnight, she said

1:32:331:32:35

that the frontbench was in hock

to 35 ideological Leave supporters.

1:32:351:32:38

She insisted she would not stay

in a party taken over by people

1:32:381:32:42

like Jacob Rees-Mogg

and Boris Johnson.

1:32:421:32:47

Relatives of the victims of the 1982

IRA Hyde Park bombing have been

1:32:471:32:51

granted legal aid for a civil

action against a suspect.

1:32:511:32:53

A case against the

convicted IRA member

1:32:531:32:55

John Downey collapsed

at the Old Bailey four years ago.

1:32:551:32:58

He had a so-called on-the-run letter

telling him he was no longer

1:32:581:33:01

a wanted man and would

not be prosecuted.

1:33:011:33:09

Public Health England says it wants

e-cigarettes to be prescribed

1:33:111:33:14

on the NHS within the next two

to three years because they're

1:33:141:33:17

an effective way

to help smokers quit.

1:33:171:33:19

The agency has reviewed the latest

evidence and says vaping

1:33:191:33:22

poses only a small fraction

of the risk of smoking tobacco.

1:33:221:33:25

It's calling for the UK's drug

regulator to help manufacturers

1:33:251:33:28

get their products approved.

1:33:281:33:36

The British-born actor,

John Mahoney, who played one of TV's

1:33:381:33:41

most popular

on-screen dads, has died

1:33:411:33:43

in Chicago aged 77.

1:33:431:33:44

He was famous for his role

as Martin Crane in the US sitcom

1:33:441:33:47

Frasier, playing a grumpy,

down-to-earth retired policeman

1:33:471:33:49

who outwitted his two pretentious

sons, Frasier and Niles.

1:33:491:33:52

The role earned him two Emmy and two

Golden Globe nominations.

1:33:521:33:59

In Florida, the aerospace

Company SpaceX is gearing up to test

1:33:591:34:02

what could become the world's

most powerful rocket.

1:34:021:34:04

It's called the Falcon Heavy,

and if all goes according to plan

1:34:041:34:07

it'll blast off from Cape Canaveral

at 6:30pm this evening UK time.

1:34:071:34:11

It's carrying a car on board

and there's a possibility that it

1:34:111:34:14

could reach the orbit of Mars.

1:34:141:34:16

But there aren't any

astronauts on board,

1:34:161:34:18

instead there's a mannequin

in a spacesuit.

1:34:181:34:26

keep talking, I'm watching it.

There

aren't any astronauts on board,

1:34:281:34:34

there is the mannequin. They are

sending a car to space.

So many

1:34:341:34:42

questions, why would you send a car

to space?

It hasn't been done I

1:34:421:34:47

suppose so it is something to do.

That will be launching at 6:30pm.

1:34:471:34:52

Coming

1:34:521:34:52

will be talking about cold

temperatures and she's in the houses

1:34:531:34:57

of parliament. She is showing us

around the anniversary day for 100

1:34:571:35:04

years since women got the vote. Lots

of memories coming in this morning.

1:35:041:35:10

Abet Conte is feeling a bit chilly

this morning?

-- I bet. Giving out

1:35:101:35:16

some frost Deluxe. He always does,

my granny would have said he's like

1:35:161:35:21

a bulldog chewing a wasp. -- Frosty

looks.

They have been beaten by

1:35:211:35:30

Watford 4-1. Last season they were

the champions, this season we are

1:35:301:35:34

talking about him losing his job.

1:35:341:35:36

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte

is under increasing pressure this

1:35:361:35:39

morning after his side were thrashed

4-1 at Watford last night.

1:35:391:35:45

It looked like they may get a point

when Eden Hazard equalised with

1:35:451:35:50

eight minutes to go but then Watford

scored three goals in the last seven

1:35:501:35:53

minutes to give their new manager

Javi Gracia a win in his first home

1:35:531:36:00

game in charge.

1:36:001:36:06

game in charge. After the game Conte

was rather insistent that he is

1:36:061:36:09

definitely not worried.

1:36:091:36:12

I'm not worried, I'm definitely not

worried about my job. I work

1:36:121:36:18

everyday and give 110%. Word if this

is enough, OK, otherwise the club

1:36:181:36:23

can make a different decision but

I'm not worried. Everyday, day,

1:36:231:36:27

every prospect, press conference,

you ask me, you worried about your

1:36:271:36:33

job? No, I'm not worried.

1:36:331:36:36

He's definitely not worried, is he

protesting too much?

He can't win,

1:36:361:36:42

can he... Obviously!

That's kind of

the problem X Mac we're talking

1:36:421:36:48

again about losing another manager.

When you think about it, when it

1:36:481:36:51

comes to winning the Premier League,

it's a golden chalice, the last five

1:36:511:36:58

winners of the Premier League

haven't made it beyond the next

1:36:581:37:00

season.

Maybe they are too quick to

get rid of them.

We have said that

1:37:001:37:05

for some time but for me it is

knowing where to draw the line, it

1:37:051:37:09

is his attitude, that's the issue,

he has asked the board to release a

1:37:091:37:14

statement backing him up and his

future. People are saying if he

1:37:141:37:18

doesn't want to be there then why is

he staying? We will keep an eye on

1:37:181:37:23

it.

But he isn't worried.

He is

definitely, definitely not worried.

1:37:231:37:33

England have called up

Richard Wigglesworth to replace

1:37:331:37:35

the injured Ben Youngs ahead

of Saturday's Six Nations

1:37:351:37:38

match with Wales.

1:37:381:37:38

Youngs has a knee ligament

injury which rules him out

1:37:381:37:41

of the entire tournament.

1:37:411:37:42

Wigglesworth will now provide

cover for Danny Care,

1:37:421:37:44

who came on for Youngs in Rome.

1:37:441:37:46

She was one of the heroes

of the Team GB's Olympic gold

1:37:461:37:49

winning hockey team in Rio,

and now Maddie Hinch has been named

1:37:491:37:53

the world's best female

goalkeeper for a second time.

1:37:531:37:55

The England and Great Britain goalie

was given the award in berlin

1:37:551:37:56

last night at the International

hocket federation Stars Awards.

1:37:561:37:59

Since the Olympics, she's also

helped England win bronze medals

1:37:591:38:02

at both the EuroHockey Championships

and World League Semi-Final.

1:38:021:38:04

Formula 1 has announced it will have

have grid kids from next season

1:38:041:38:08

after the sport abolished

1:38:081:38:09

the tradition of having grid

girls.

1:38:091:38:10

F1's owners decided

the long-standing practice

1:38:101:38:12

of using female models

before races was at odds

1:38:121:38:14

with modern-day societal norms,

1:38:141:38:15

so instead

1:38:151:38:16

they'll select children

who are already in the junior

1:38:161:38:18

categories of motor racing

from the opening race

1:38:181:38:21

of the new season next month.

1:38:211:38:29

Britain's Fed Cup team

are in Estonia this week in a bid

1:38:311:38:34

to take us into the World Group.

1:38:341:38:36

The team is spearhead by British

number one Johanna Konta

1:38:361:38:39

who of course last year became

the first British woman to reach

1:38:391:38:42

a wimbledon semi final since 1979..

1:38:421:38:44

Since then she's faced

some injury problems --

1:38:441:38:46

but Fed Cup could be her chance

to get 2018 back on track.

1:38:461:38:53

I went training with them before

they headed off.

1:38:531:38:57

She's enjoyed a spectacular rise

to stardom in the past few years,

1:39:011:39:04

becoming the first British woman

since Virginia Wade and Jo Durie

1:39:041:39:07

to crack into the elite

of the women's game.

1:39:071:39:11

But a year in tennis can

feel like a long time.

1:39:111:39:14

Johanna Konta's early season's

been hampered by injury,

1:39:141:39:16

but now with Fed Cup in Estonia

about to get under way,

1:39:161:39:19

she says she's ready to return

to her winning ways.

1:39:191:39:24

I'm healthy, I'm playing,

and I think with time I'll be

1:39:241:39:27

playing at the level

I want to be playing at.

1:39:271:39:29

Fed Cup is definitely a great

opportunity for me to play a lot

1:39:291:39:33

of matches and in a different

setting than we usually get

1:39:331:39:36

during the season,

1:39:361:39:37

it's a team setting,

it's a team environment,

1:39:371:39:39

which is really

exciting, we get to bond,

1:39:391:39:41

we get to have fun in the evenings

and most importantly support each

1:39:411:39:45

other on the sidelines.

1:39:451:39:46

The British number one

spearheads this year's squad,

1:39:461:39:48

with captain Anne Keothavong aiming

to start this year's competition

1:39:481:39:51

with a bang.

1:39:511:39:51

Katie Boulter a is the team's newest

and youngest member.

1:39:511:39:54

At just 21 years old,

she wasn't even born the last time

1:39:541:39:57

Britain made it to

the World Group stage.

1:39:571:40:00

So is she feeling confident?

1:40:001:40:06

I think we've got a really strong

team, we've got a great chance,

1:40:061:40:10

everyone's playing really well

at the moment so let's see

1:40:101:40:12

what we can do.

1:40:121:40:14

Being part of a team

event is really nice,

1:40:141:40:16

especially because tennis is such

an individual sport,

1:40:161:40:18

so I'm happy to be

back with the kit on.

1:40:181:40:22

Until now, the profile

of the women's team competition has

1:40:221:40:24

always been significantly lower

than the men's Davis Cup,

1:40:241:40:27

not helped by their

failure to get out

1:40:271:40:29

of the dreaded Europe-Africa zone.

1:40:291:40:33

I'd love to see the format

change, I'd love to see

1:40:331:40:36

Fed Cup come into line

with Davis Cup where it's structured

1:40:361:40:39

in a way where fans can follow

better and really engage

1:40:391:40:42

with the team.

1:40:421:40:42

Hopefully one day we might get that.

1:40:421:40:50

The team face Estonia and Portugal

in the first round robin matches

1:40:511:40:54

this week with a place

in the World Group at stake.

1:40:541:40:57

But something tells me they'll do

a better job without me there.

1:40:571:41:03

Out

1:41:031:41:05

checks Mac I didn't learn anything.

They tried to teach me some moves.

1:41:051:41:12

-- Ouch. I didn't do anything for

the cause, terrible tennis.

Pretty

1:41:121:41:17

inspirational women, who has been

the most inspiring woman in your

1:41:171:41:21

life?

For me other than my mother I

would say my auntie. She has always

1:41:211:41:27

been an incredible leader, a strong

independent woman.

Thank you for

1:41:271:41:35

everyone sending in their messages

as well about the women that inspire

1:41:351:41:38

you.

1:41:381:41:40

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

1:41:401:41:41

The main stories this morning:

1:41:411:41:45

Stock markets have dropped sharply

in Asia, following a large fall

1:41:451:41:48

in the United States.

1:41:481:41:52

The Conservative MP and Remain

campaigner, Anna Soubry,

1:41:521:41:55

has called on the Prime Minister

1:41:551:41:57

to sling out the party's

Brexiteers.

1:41:571:42:03

You might have noticed it is the

100th anniversary of the

1:42:031:42:08

Representation of the People Act,

which gave some women the vote for

1:42:081:42:11

the first time and all men over the

age of 21 the right to vote. This

1:42:111:42:16

morning Carol is out and about to

show as round the houses of

1:42:161:42:19

parliament. Something really special

to show you, original acts of

1:42:191:42:28

parliament.

1:42:281:42:33

parliament.

Let's look at some of

the acts, this one gave women the

1:42:341:42:38

right to vote, you can see the date

on it, the sixth of February 1918,

1:42:381:42:43

it is this one here. The one we have

just been looking at, this one here,

1:42:431:42:48

gave women the right to stand as

MPs, the 21st of November 2018. And

1:42:481:42:57

this one gave women the right to sit

in the House of Lords. Look how much

1:42:571:43:03

later that was, the 30th of April

1958. Very special to CVs this

1:43:031:43:09

morning in the Central lobby and

just looking around, never been in

1:43:091:43:12

here before, pretty special as well.

Half of it belongs to the House of

1:43:121:43:18

Lords, the other half to the House

of Commons. The weather outside is

1:43:181:43:22

pretty cold, hard frost this morning

with some snow showers around.

1:43:221:43:25

Generally today it's

1:43:271:43:28

Generally today it's going to be a

cold day regardless of where you are

1:43:281:43:31

with the risk of ice today also

regardless where you are. Starting

1:43:311:43:35

the forecast in the south-east, dry

weather around with wintry showers

1:43:351:43:40

coming in here and there, especially

in East Anglia, we've had some this

1:43:401:43:44

morning across the Midlands and as

we go north it's across northern

1:43:441:43:48

England, southern and central parts

of Scotland, we have some snow. The

1:43:481:43:52

north of that there is dry weather,

snow showers in the north and west

1:43:521:43:57

of Scotland and also Northern

Ireland, on an off through the day

1:43:571:44:00

and back into Wales, once again we

are back into the snow.

1:44:001:44:09

are back into the snow.

That band

pushes steadily south into the

1:44:141:44:16

Midlands but it will fizzle and turn

more patchy in nature.

But inland

1:44:161:44:20

any precipitation that comes out of

it will fall as snow. The cloud will

1:44:201:44:25

build ahead of it and behind it will

be sunshine but still a fair few

1:44:251:44:29

showers, wintry with a mixture of

rain, sleet, hail, thunder and

1:44:291:44:33

lightning. Cold day, maximum of

five, that's in towns and cities. As

1:44:331:44:37

we head on through the evening and

overnight and the temperature drops,

1:44:371:44:42

as our band goes to the south-east,

it will rejuvenate, bringing more

1:44:421:44:47

wintry showers in East Anglia and

the south-east. Behind it under

1:44:471:44:51

clear skies we're looking at a

severe frost for many, temperatures

1:44:511:44:54

where we have lying snow falling as

low as minus double figures and

1:44:541:44:59

there will still be wintry showers

flirting with the north and west.

1:44:591:45:02

Tomorrow morning we start with those

wintry showers in south-eastern

1:45:021:45:05

parts of the UK, they will clear and

behind it with a ridge of high

1:45:051:45:10

pressure things settle down, we'll

see sunshine. Through the day we

1:45:101:45:13

will see the cloud builds and then a

band of rain coming in from the

1:45:131:45:18

north-west preceded by transient

snow, that will quickly turn back to

1:45:181:45:21

rain at lower levels and the snow

will be in the hills and feeling

1:45:211:45:25

cold wherever you are. By the time

we get to Thursday, that same band

1:45:251:45:30

of rain will weaken as it pushes

south across England and Wales.

1:45:301:45:33

Brighter skies follow behind with

showers, some of which will be

1:45:331:45:37

wintry across the north-west of the

country. That leads us into an

1:45:371:45:41

unsettled period as we head through

Friday into the weekend, snow at

1:45:411:45:46

times, wet and windy conditions as

well, and it's going to remain cold.

1:45:461:45:50

OK, thank you very much, Carol.

1:45:501:45:54

Fantastic to get that access this

morning, thanks very much indeed and

1:45:541:45:58

more later, including freezing

temperatures.

It is a story we are

1:45:581:46:03

covering through the programme,

marking the centenary of some

1:46:031:46:06

women's right to votes copy it's got

us thinking about how life has

1:46:061:46:12

changed for women in lots of ways.

1:46:121:46:23

number of women at different stages

of their career. I went to find what

1:46:231:46:27

advice they would have as well.

Making your way up in the world is

1:46:271:46:30

still not as easy as it should be

the women. But there are more and

1:46:301:46:35

more breaking down the barriers.

Kati is an award-winning crane

1:46:351:46:40

driver. I have come to meet her with

Lois, an apprentice in building

1:46:401:46:47

services and Catherine, a structural

engineer. You are working in an

1:46:471:46:50

industry that is male dominated,

does that bother you?

It does not to

1:46:501:46:54

me, it gives you slightly more

leveraged. There is a stereotype out

1:46:541:46:57

there that engineers are always

male, with beard and a hard hat, but

1:46:571:47:03

most of the time I am wearing a

dress and working at my desk,

1:47:031:47:07

through calculations and drawings,

working on computer software.

I feel

1:47:071:47:12

listened to, I am treated the same

as everyone else.

So you don't feel

1:47:121:47:16

different, being a woman in terms of

weight you will go in your career?

1:47:161:47:20

No, I don't think there are those

barriers for women.

It is nice to

1:47:201:47:25

see a lot more females coming into

the industry, as it is becoming a

1:47:251:47:29

lot that.

It is great to hear their

optimism. But what about those bit

1:47:291:47:33

further on in their careers?

Jennifer and EMAP have different

1:47:331:47:38

jobs, at have felt differences when

they had children.

Guilt when you

1:47:381:47:46

can't do a job in the way you want

to do it, and guilt you are not that

1:47:461:47:51

we are children.

I have two

children, first was fine, second, I

1:47:511:47:56

had my second, I worked for the

biggest international law firm, was

1:47:561:47:59

made redundant, effectively on my

first day back at work. And it

1:47:591:48:06

affected me mentally, so badly.

It

became so stressful for me in the

1:48:061:48:14

end, I set up my own business, and

left. So I could define my own

1:48:141:48:19

working hours.

Anyone to get the top

in business it takes a lot of graft,

1:48:191:48:24

so what about the few women who have

made it? Do they think they have had

1:48:241:48:28

a harder time because they are a

woman?

It takes courage almost every

1:48:281:48:32

day. To speak out, and speak up. The

gender balance and gender equality.

1:48:321:48:37

Let's do this together, that it men

being the biggest voices, the

1:48:371:48:44

strongest voices,

1:48:441:48:49

strongest voices, that is the only

way we will do it.

Looking back we

1:48:491:48:55

adopted quite masculine codes to get

to the top of what was essentially

1:48:551:48:58

today still a very masculine

business, most businesses are run by

1:48:581:49:01

men. I just work longer, harder and

faster. All of those feminine traits

1:49:011:49:07

of empathy, collaboration, an

indication, all the things that were

1:49:071:49:14

seen as not quite tough enough in

business, is going to be the future.

1:49:141:49:19

So what would their advice BT Young

women?

Go out with a positive

1:49:191:49:24

energy, I think any business EEO

into with positive energy, always

1:49:241:49:31

gets you on. Collaborate with other

women in business, this change only

1:49:311:49:35

happens when people come together.

Ridout to your network, leaving your

1:49:351:49:39

ability and go after every

opportunity that comes along.

Back

1:49:391:49:44

on the construction site, I

definitely feel that these young

1:49:441:49:47

women are being given more

opportunities than they would have

1:49:471:49:49

done in the past. That should mean

in future they won't need to make a

1:49:491:49:53

special film about women doing jobs

light these or running companies,

1:49:531:49:57

because it won't be unusual.

1:49:571:50:02

And in that piece use or Inga Beale

they are, chief executive of Lloyd's

1:50:021:50:07

of London there, a FTSE 100 company,

and she was saying that there are

1:50:071:50:14

still more cheap executives called

John in the FTSE 100 then there are

1:50:141:50:18

women. She is such an inspirational

woman, she is leading such a huge

1:50:181:50:25

company, there are still tough days

just like anyone has, but still...

1:50:251:50:31

We are talking about this because it

is 100 years ago today, sixth of

1:50:311:50:39

February, all women and men over the

age of 21 were given the right to

1:50:391:50:43

vote.

1:50:431:50:47

We're doing lots throughout

the morning to mark it -

1:50:471:50:50

Carol's in the Houses

of Parliament.

1:50:501:50:51

It was not everyone who got the

right to vote, was at? No, today

1:50:511:50:56

marks a partial victory, but a

really important milestone. I want

1:50:561:51:00

to take a moment to remember the

names of these women, because all of

1:51:001:51:04

these names here represent the 1000

suffragettes, who paid a price for

1:51:041:51:13

this fight, they risked it all, they

were jailed for this cause. Emily

1:51:131:51:17

Wilding Davidson, who spent not far

from here, at Strangeways prison

1:51:171:51:23

before she went to ascot and paid

with her life for this fight. The

1:51:231:51:29

munch them also, Mary Jane Clarke

who died after being released from

1:51:291:51:32

prison during a hunger strike.

Really important women, but make no

1:51:321:51:37

mistake, this fight was not just

about the bold, brave acts of

1:51:371:51:41

suffragettes, it was also about this

dearly, steady determination of the

1:51:411:51:46

suffragists. Let's have a look now

at the fight on both sides of the

1:51:461:51:52

divide, through the eyes of two

women, both equally important.

1:51:521:52:00

Britain was a nation divided,

between privilege and positive,

1:52:001:52:05

those with those without. Two women

were united in their belief that

1:52:051:52:09

this must change. Any helm was

smart, educated, Cheshire Millendon

1:52:091:52:13

Mac daughter. She had they hear of

men in power but had no power

1:52:131:52:18

herself.

She was a force to be

reckoned with. And yet the most

1:52:181:52:25

simple and an educated men, simply

by virtue of being a man, had a

1:52:251:52:29

vote. And that did not make sense at

all.

Nor did it to Leonora Cohen,

1:52:291:52:35

born into poverty -- poverty in

Leeds, but clever and brave too.

She

1:52:351:52:41

thought without the vote there would

be no way that women would have

1:52:411:52:45

proper equality and could lift

themselves out of poverty.

As

1:52:451:52:49

promises are made and broken in

Parliament, women push on, any with

1:52:491:52:54

gentle persuasion, she set up alow

pull -- local suffragists society to

1:52:541:52:59

convince the established and of what

is right, but Leonora plots. She

1:52:591:53:02

heads to the Tower of London for a

separate it -- suffragette act so

1:53:021:53:06

daring it would shake the

establishment. To smash the crown

1:53:061:53:09

jewels. This, this is where it

happened. Can you imagine how her

1:53:091:53:17

heart must be pounding. She sees

this group of schoolboys, and she

1:53:171:53:23

sneaks in behind them, and looks all

the world like a teacher, she must

1:53:231:53:28

be thinking, where is the crowbar,

is it in my coat, and she finds it,

1:53:281:53:33

and wait until the Beefeater is over

the other side of the room, and then

1:53:331:53:37

she has to remove it and throw it

and make this great announcement of

1:53:371:53:43

"Votes for women!", how daring is

that, and how courageous. But then

1:53:431:53:50

came the ultimate call for courage,

and the war changes everything. As

1:53:501:53:53

men die on the front, the

suffragettes march to London to

1:53:531:53:57

offer their services to their

country. Women now hold the fort.

1:53:571:54:00

They manufacture, they create the

munitions, they run the businesses.

1:54:001:54:08

There was no going back, no. Once

they knew what they were capable of,

1:54:081:54:15

and once the men came home and saw

all that they had done, you couldn't

1:54:151:54:19

go back. These were equals.

Words

and deeds had won the day. On

1:54:191:54:28

feathery 61918, women over the age

of 30 win the right to vote. But it

1:54:281:54:33

would be another ten years before

they win the same voting rights as

1:54:331:54:38

men.

It was a fight for men to

perceive that women were not

1:54:381:54:42

prepared to be doormats any longer,

women were of equal value, and it

1:54:421:54:48

has never been more important to

show that today on the Centenary.

If

1:54:481:54:54

she were alive today, what would you

think?

-- what would she think? I

1:54:541:54:59

think she would be very frustrated.

If she were here she would still be

1:54:591:55:04

fighting. I hope so. And I would be

with her.

We owe a great debt of

1:55:041:55:11

gratitude to all of those women, the

suffragettes and the suffragists,

1:55:111:55:14

and the men who supported them, to

try and achieve this. Today of

1:55:141:55:21

course, is not marking 100 years

since that hole victory, but instead

1:55:211:55:26

a partial victory. Let me introduce

you to Helen, who is the curator at

1:55:261:55:32

the People's history Museum here in

Manchester. Tell us exactly what

1:55:321:55:35

happened today 100 years ago, who

got the vote?

It was incredible, all

1:55:351:55:40

men aged 21 and over got the vote,

but only some women, it had to be

1:55:401:55:45

over 30 with a proper qualification

to be able to vote. This excluded so

1:55:451:55:49

many of the working class woman who

had acted as the footsoldiers in

1:55:491:55:53

this campaign across all the

different organisations, so it was

1:55:531:55:56

only a partial victory.

It was going

to be another ten years before they

1:55:561:56:00

got the equal vote. Let's take a

moment to talk about this fantastic

1:56:001:56:05

banner over here. All of these were

actually, they were nabbed from the

1:56:051:56:12

film suffragette, aren't they.

They

are fake.

But this one, tell us

1:56:121:56:19

about this one.

This one is the

Manchester WFTU banner, it was

1:56:191:56:25

mainly 1908, taken down to the Hyde

Park in London, which was the

1:56:251:56:32

biggest rally of the suffragette

movement and most importantly it

1:56:321:56:36

says most -- it says "First in the

fight." This is because Manchester

1:56:361:56:41

was were it first started,

Manchester had the first sufferance

1:56:411:56:44

society way back.

The most important

part in the story for me is that

1:56:441:56:48

this was found in a charity shop in

Leeds, and had been there for how

1:56:481:56:53

long?

Ten years, before it was found

and put on the auction. We were very

1:56:531:56:58

lucky to acquire it into the

collection.

Ten years, neatly folded

1:56:581:57:02

on a shelf and no one had clocked it

until you guys came along. You can

1:57:021:57:07

see it here at the People's history

Museum from June. More from us a

1:57:071:57:11

little later.

1:57:111:57:14

Quite emotional to be reading those

banners, thank you so much, we will

1:57:141:57:20

be back later. We have had loads of

messages from people as well about

1:57:201:57:25

women who have inspired them, thank

you for them. Mothers and teachers

1:57:251:57:28

are very high on the list. Wives as

well, but time now to get

1:57:282:00:54

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Steph.

2:00:542:00:56

Hello, this is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Louise Minchin.

2:00:562:01:00

Stockmarkets around the world

have plunged following

2:01:002:01:02

a big drop in US share prices.

2:01:022:01:05

The falls in Asia this morning

come as the Dow Jones

2:01:052:01:08

suffered its biggest ever points

drop in a single day over fears

2:01:082:01:11

about interest rate rises.

2:01:112:01:18

Good morning, it's Tuesday the 6th

of February. Also on the programme

2:01:322:01:35

this morning:

2:01:352:01:38

Growing division within

the Conservative Party

2:01:382:01:39

over Brexit as one of

the Prime Minister's

2:01:392:01:41

Remain-supporting MPs

urges her to 'stand up to'

2:01:412:01:43

so called 'hard Brexiteers'

and 'sling them out'.

2:01:432:01:47

Could e-cigarettes soon be

available on prescription?

2:01:472:01:48

Government health officials

say they should be.

2:01:482:01:56

In sport, the pressure mounts

on Chelsea manager Antonio Conte.

2:01:562:01:58

His side suffer their biggest

defeat of the season,

2:01:582:02:00

as Watford beat them 4-1.

2:02:002:02:05

100 years after the first women got

the vote, we're celebrating

2:02:052:02:07

the achievements of those

who campaigned to make it happen.

2:02:072:02:10

As debates over gender equality

and attitudes towards women

2:02:102:02:12

are in sharp focus today,

we'll look at how society

2:02:122:02:16

has changed, or not,

over the past century.

2:02:162:02:23

We have brought together business

women, professionals, politicians,

2:02:232:02:28

mothers, wives and daughters, and of

course, we want to hear from you as

2:02:282:02:32

well.

2:02:322:02:34

Is there one woman in your

life who inspires you?

2:02:342:02:37

Let us know.

2:02:372:02:38

There is one here.

There is one in

the House of Commons as well.

2:02:382:02:45

And Carol has the weather

from inside Parliament

2:02:452:02:47

where the first mass signature

petition calling for women's

2:02:472:02:49

votes was handed over

2:02:492:02:51

Good morning, gentlemen. It is much

smaller when you see it in real

2:02:512:02:56

life, compared to the television.

Microphones angling down, the MPs

2:02:562:03:00

have been in this morning placing

their names on the seats where they

2:03:002:03:04

want to sit late on. The weather

outside is different, it is cold,

2:03:042:03:08

with frost around, snow in the

forecast and a bit of sunshine. I

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will put that together for you in 15

minutes.

We nominate Carol as our

2:03:132:03:18

inspiration this morning.

We

certainly do.

2:03:182:03:23

Good morning.

First, our main story.

2:03:232:03:24

Share prices have dropped

sharply on Asian markets

2:03:242:03:26

overnight in response to big falls

in the United States.

2:03:262:03:30

In New York, the Dow Jones,

which is made up of some

2:03:302:03:35

of America's biggest businesses,

closed down more than 1100 points,

2:03:352:03:38

the biggest one day fall in history.

2:03:382:03:39

The Nikkei index in Japan

ended the day nearly 5% down.

2:03:392:03:43

The FTSE 100 here, which has just

opened this morning has opened down

2:03:432:03:48

3.5%.

2:03:482:03:50

Earlier on Breakfast,

we spoke to the Investment director

2:03:502:03:52

Jane Sydenham who said the drop

wasn't completely unexpected.

2:03:522:03:56

This is really in response

to a jobs report last week,

2:03:562:04:00

which kind of indicated that

wages were rising a bit faster

2:04:002:04:03

than everybody was expecting.

2:04:032:04:06

And the implication

from that is that interest

2:04:062:04:08

rates had to rise faster,

too, which stock markets

2:04:082:04:11

really don't like.

2:04:112:04:14

So in the last 15 months,

we've had no more than a 3%

2:04:142:04:18

correction in stock markets,

which is very, very unusual.

2:04:182:04:21

So at some point, it was

likely that we would see a bit

2:04:212:04:24

more volatility anyway.

2:04:242:04:26

It's really very unusual

for markets to be quite

2:04:262:04:28

as calm as they have been.

2:04:282:04:30

The Conservative MP and

2:04:302:04:40

MP and leading

Remain campaigner, Anna Soubry,

2:04:402:04:41

has called on Theresa May to "sling

out" what she calls "hard

2:04:412:04:44

Brexiteers" in the party.

2:04:442:04:45

The former business minister says

the frontbench is "in hock"

2:04:452:04:48

to 35 ideological Leave supporters.

2:04:482:04:49

In an interview with BBC

Newsnight she insisted

2:04:492:04:51

she would not stay in a party

taken over by people

2:04:512:04:54

like Jacob Rees Mogg

and Boris Johnson.

2:04:542:04:55

Our Political Correspondent,

Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster

2:04:552:04:57

for us this morning.

2:04:572:04:58

Is this yet more division

within the party over Brexit?

2:04:582:05:03

It was a tough interview, it shows

more division over Europe.

It was an

2:05:032:05:09

issue that divided the Conservative

Party for decades. Since the vote to

2:05:092:05:13

leave the EU, and a Subaru has

spoken out passionately about

2:05:132:05:17

Brexit. She has taken it up a notch

with the latest comments,

2:05:172:05:22

threatening to quit the party and

saying Theresa May needs to chuck

2:05:222:05:26

out hard-line ideological

Brexiteers.

2:05:262:05:30

They are not the Tory party that I

joined 40 years ago.

2:05:302:05:38

and it's about time Theresa stood up

to them and slung 'em out,

2:05:382:05:41

because they've taken down Major,

they took down Cameron,

2:05:412:05:44

two great leaders, neither

of whom stood up to them.

2:05:442:05:46

If it comes to it I'm not

going to stay in a party that's been

2:05:462:05:50

taken over by the likes of

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson,

2:05:502:05:53

Brexiteers will say they are arguing

for what they believe are the best

2:05:532:05:57

interests of the party. A former

Tory Chancellor, Lord Lamont, said

2:05:572:06:04

she was being quite ridiculous. What

it demonstrates is how difficult the

2:06:042:06:09

task is for Theresa May to keep her

party United in the middle of a

2:06:092:06:13

crucial week. Remember, there are

crucial ministerial meetings coming

2:06:132:06:17

up, in which the Prime Minister will

try to coax together some sort of

2:06:172:06:22

consensus, so that she can finally

agree a government position on our

2:06:222:06:26

EU negotiating with Brussels.

Thank

you very much.

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In ten minutes, we will speak to the

Home Secretary Amber Rudd about that

2:06:322:06:35

and other things.

2:06:352:06:40

Relatives of the victims of the 1982

IRA Hyde Park bombing have been

2:06:402:06:43

granted legal aid for a civil action

against a suspect.

2:06:432:06:45

A case against the convicted

IRA member, John Downey,

2:06:452:06:47

collapsed at the Old Bailey

four years ago.

2:06:472:06:50

He had a so-called "on the run"

letter telling him he was no

2:06:502:06:53

longer a wanted man

and would not be prosecuted.

2:06:532:07:01

There's a call this morning

for e-cigarettes to be given

2:07:012:07:03

on the NHS because they're an

effective way to help smokers quit.

2:07:032:07:06

Public Health England says vaping

poses only a small fraction

2:07:062:07:08

of the risk of smoking tobacco.

2:07:082:07:10

Our health reporter

Michelle Roberts has more.

2:07:102:07:16

They've helped tens of thousands

of people quit smoking,

2:07:162:07:18

but currently in the UK,

people have to buy e-cigarettes,

2:07:182:07:21

unlike nicotine patches and gum.

2:07:212:07:22

Public Health England

wants that to change

2:07:222:07:25

and for doctors to start giving

e-cigarettes to patients

2:07:252:07:27

on prescription.

2:07:272:07:33

The latest evidence

reviewed suggests that

2:07:332:07:35

although vaping is not entirely

risk-free, it's much

2:07:352:07:37

better than smoking.

2:07:372:07:44

The organisation says e-cigarettes

are 95% safer than most

2:07:442:07:46

cigarettes as they do not

have most of the toxic

2:07:462:07:48

chemicals found in smoke.

2:07:482:07:49

Researchers estimate e-cigarettes

have led to at least 20,000 more

2:07:492:07:52

quits per year.

2:07:522:07:55

Despite their popularity,

around 40% of smokers have

2:07:552:07:57

not tried them.

2:07:572:07:58

Experts say the evidence

in favour is so compelling,

2:07:582:08:01

smokers who want to

quit shouldn't wait

2:08:012:08:03

for free prescriptions

for trying e-cigarettes.

2:08:032:08:09

We're confident thast they're

substantially less harmful

2:08:092:08:12

than cigarette smoking,

so we recommend for those struggling

2:08:122:08:16

to stop to try e-cigarettes,

that might help them to stop

2:08:162:08:19

smoking, which would probably be

the best thing they could do

2:08:192:08:21

for their health.

2:08:212:08:24

In the meantime, Public Health

England suggests hospitals start

2:08:242:08:26

selling e-cigarettes to patients

and change smoking shelters

2:08:262:08:28

into vaping lounges.

2:08:282:08:29

But they also warn that non-smokers

shouldn't start vaping.

2:08:292:08:32

Michelle Roberts, BBC News.

2:08:322:08:39

Thank you for your messages on that.

We will talk about that shortly.

2:08:392:08:48

The UK's roads are among

some of the most heavily

2:08:482:08:50

congested in the world -

that's according to the largest ever

2:08:502:08:53

study of global traffic conditions.

2:08:532:08:54

The UK's roads were ranked in the

top ten most gridlocked in the

2:08:542:08:58

world, with drivers spending 31

hours a year stuck in traffic will

2:08:582:09:04

stop the Department for Transport is

investing to cut congestion.

2:09:042:09:11

The British-born actor John Mahoney,

who played one of TV's most

2:09:112:09:13

popular on-screen dads,

has died in Chicago aged 77.

2:09:132:09:15

He was famous for his role

as Martin Crane in the US sitcom

2:09:152:09:19

"Frasier", playing a grumpy,

down-to-earth retired policeman

2:09:192:09:20

who outwitted his two pretentious

sons Frasier and Niles.

2:09:202:09:22

The role earned him two Emmy and two

Golden Globe nominations.

2:09:222:09:30

It is 8:0 nine. Let's take you back

to one of our main stories.

2:09:362:09:39

Electronic cigarettes should be

prescribed by the NHS

2:09:392:09:41

to help smokers quit,

that's the call this morning

2:09:412:09:44

from Public Health England.

2:09:442:09:45

It's latest research found that

vaping is much safer

2:09:452:09:49

than smoking tobacco.

The harms of smoking are well known.

2:09:492:09:55

It causes over 200 deaths a year

and shortens your life expectancy

2:09:552:09:58

by an average of 10 years.

2:09:582:10:04

It's an expensive habit too,

smoking 20 cigarettes a day costs

2:10:042:10:06

around £3,000 a year.

2:10:062:10:10

In a report published this morning,

Public Health England says

2:10:102:10:12

using electronic cigarettes causes

95% less harm than smoking tobacco.

2:10:122:10:17

The latest figures show

that 3 million people

2:10:172:10:19

in the UK use them regularly.

2:10:192:10:20

The report's author,

Professor Ann McNeill,

2:10:202:10:22

joins us from London, and with us

here is GP, Dr Fari Ahmad.

2:10:222:10:25

In the

2:10:252:10:30

thank you for joining us this

morning. Can you explain, a lot of

2:10:302:10:35

people have been in touch with us to

say, is vaping not bad for you,

2:10:352:10:41

then?

I understand that. There is

confusion about it. Vaping is better

2:10:412:10:46

than smoking, because when you are

smoking, you are smoking in a lot of

2:10:462:10:50

nasty is.

2:10:502:10:55

It is certainly better than smoking

a cigarette, but I would consider it

2:10:572:11:00

as a step to stopping. There have

been issues about long-term health

2:11:002:11:08

effects with vaping, but compared to

smoking, it's better.

Don't stop

2:11:082:11:13

there! Let's pick up on that. You

say that e-cigarettes should be

2:11:132:11:21

prescribed on the NHS, why do you

say that?

Good morning. Can I

2:11:212:11:27

correct one thing, 200 smokers die

every day, not every year. Smoking

2:11:272:11:33

is uniquely dangerous, and what our

review showed is that e-cigarettes

2:11:332:11:38

are significantly less harmful than

smoking tobacco cigarettes, so it's

2:11:382:11:42

really important for smokers who are

trying to quit that they do so as

2:11:422:11:46

soon as is. We have a wide variety

of treatments available, the widest

2:11:462:11:52

ever, including e-cigarettes. As

well as being able to get them in

2:11:522:11:55

shops, we think it would be useful

if health professionals could

2:11:552:12:00

prescribe e-cigarettes as well. We

know now that e-cigarettes is the

2:12:002:12:07

most common form of support smokers

use, and we want to make sure we

2:12:072:12:11

reach all smokers, particularly

poorer smokers, who perhaps feel

2:12:112:12:17

reluctant.

People have been getting

in touch this morning, and this is

2:12:172:12:22

one example, and there are many,

David says, "How preposterous that

2:12:222:12:27

Public Health England think that

people who currently can afford to

2:12:272:12:30

smoke should put more strain on the

NHS to pay for addiction." Paula

2:12:302:12:35

says, "If they can afford to smoke,

they can afford to be vaping."

There

2:12:352:12:41

are a few things there. Smoking is

an addiction, largely to nicotine,

2:12:412:12:47

but it is not the nicotine that

kills, it's the other thousands of

2:12:472:12:52

smoke constituents that come with

it. Smokers that struggle to stop,

2:12:522:12:57

and the addictiveness of nicotine

depends on how it is delivered. So

2:12:572:13:02

it depends on the speed of delivery,

the dose and what comes along with

2:13:022:13:05

it. E-cigarettes are a much less

harmful form of nicotine delivery.

2:13:052:13:12

Smokers really struggle to stop.

They have tried many times, they

2:13:122:13:17

have tried different things.

Actually, the people but doctors are

2:13:172:13:21

see you will be predominantly made

up of smokers because they are often

2:13:212:13:24

very sick with the early smoking

related diseases. It is really

2:13:242:13:30

important that health professionals

help those smokers in particular to

2:13:302:13:33

stop.

Lots of people getting in touch,

2:13:332:13:37

Helen makes the point of saying," we

don't know the long-term effects of

2:13:372:13:41

vaping, surely it is better to help

people break the pattern of

2:13:412:13:46

addictive behaviour, rather than

reinforce it." What do you say to

2:13:462:13:50

that?

That is a concern that some

people have, and I can understand it

2:13:502:13:55

is valid. You can see that something

is better. It might not be the best

2:13:552:14:00

thing for you. If it can help you

get to where you have got to, so you

2:14:002:14:05

have stopped smoking, that would be

ideal. People can sometimes, they

2:14:052:14:10

can be addicted to the actual

smoking, there are issues about

2:14:102:14:14

people getting addicted to other

things as well. It is understanding

2:14:142:14:18

yourself, and understanding what

will work for you and trying to move

2:14:182:14:21

things that way.

Thank you, both,

very much, and thank you to

2:14:212:14:26

everybody getting in touch.

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The main stories this morning...

2:14:332:14:34

Stock markets have dropped sharply

in Asia following a large fall

2:14:342:14:36

in the United States.

2:14:362:14:40

And also here in the UK, markets

have dropped.

2:14:402:14:43

The Conservative MP and Remain

campaigner Anna Soubry has called

2:14:432:14:46

on the Prime Minister to "sling out"

the party's Brexiteers.

2:14:462:14:52

It's the hundredth anniversary

of the Representation

2:14:542:14:56

of the People Act, which gave some

women the vote for the first time -

2:14:562:15:00

and all men over the age of 21.

2:15:002:15:04

We're doing lots throughout

the morning to mark it Carol's

2:15:042:15:06

in the Houses of Parliament.

2:15:062:15:07

in the Houses of Parliament.

2:15:072:15:12

What a fantastic location, in the

middle of the House of Commons.

2:15:122:15:16

Good morning to you both. I am in

the House of Commons chamber is at

2:15:162:15:20

the moment, you can see how fabulous

it is. Back in the day, ladies were

2:15:202:15:25

not even allowed in the public

gallery here. They were in the

2:15:252:15:30

ladies' gallery. Where you see the

glass in the Stonewall, that is

2:15:302:15:33

roughly where the ladies' gallery

was, that even higher up than you

2:15:332:15:38

can see today. In the ladies'

gallery it was cramped and smelly,

2:15:382:15:43

RFID poor views, they could not hear

properly and it had grills on the

2:15:432:15:50

window and they even chained

themselves to those grills, which

2:15:502:15:51

prompted the purchase of these huge

bowls Clippers we saw earlier.

2:15:512:15:56

How times have changed! It is nice

and toasty in here but a cold day

2:15:562:16:01

ahead of us outside.

There is a hard frost and some snow

2:16:012:16:05

in the forecast today.

Starting at 9am across the

2:16:052:16:10

south-east of England, bright skies,

bits and pieces of cloud, the cloud

2:16:102:16:14

is producing some wintry showers

across parts of East Anglia and into

2:16:142:16:17

the Midlands, for example. As we

move into northern England and

2:16:172:16:23

southern parts of central Scotland,

we have a band of snow, a weather

2:16:232:16:28

front. Clear skies north of that and

some snow showers in the north and

2:16:282:16:31

west. The risk of eyes almost

anywhere across the UK this morning.

2:16:312:16:37

Northern Ireland has some snow

showers on and off through the day.

2:16:372:16:42

Back into North Wales, once again we

are looking up the band of snow

2:16:422:16:46

fringing and across parts of North

Devon, North Cornwall in North

2:16:462:16:49

Somerset.

Dry affair that used with cloud

2:16:492:16:54

around, one or two Prater breaks and

you might see the art wintry

2:16:542:17:00

flower...

Flower?! Slurry or shower!

2:17:002:17:06

Flower?! Slurry or shower! The band

will weaken as it moves away, but

2:17:082:17:15

any precipitation will be snow. The

band will build on the south,

2:17:152:17:18

brighter skies behind it but showers

in the north and west, a combination

2:17:182:17:22

of rain, sleet, hail, lightning and

snow.

2:17:222:17:25

Through the evening and overnight,

the band of snow in the south

2:17:252:17:29

rejuvenates, producing more snow

across East Anglia and the

2:17:292:17:32

south-east. Behind that, lots of

clear skies. We will have a severe

2:17:322:17:37

frost tonight. Where we have lying

snow, temperatures could did as low

2:17:372:17:42

as minus ten. Bitterly cold and the

risk of ice. We start with the

2:17:422:17:49

wintry showers across the south-east

and East Anglia tomorrow. Lots of

2:17:492:17:54

dry, unsettled conditions. Some rain

preceded by transient snow in the

2:17:542:17:58

north-west, which will rapidly fall

in the hills. Ray Nadler low levels.

2:17:582:18:03

Once again, another cold day.

Through Thursday, the same front in

2:18:032:18:09

the north-west sinks southwards,

resting across parts of England and

2:18:092:18:11

Wales with lots of cloud, drizzle

and damp associated.

2:18:112:18:16

Behind that, brighter skies but in

the Northwest we are still looking

2:18:162:18:20

at showers, some wintry.

The outlook remains unsettled and

2:18:202:18:24

cold, wet and windy at times

2:18:242:18:27

The outlook remains unsettled and

cold, wet and windy at times with

2:18:272:18:28

snow showers for some of us.

Back to you two. Thank you, Carol

2:18:282:18:36

The stock market in Britain opened

down 3.5% in response to heavy falls

2:18:362:18:41

on the American and then the Asian

markets.

2:18:412:18:43

The Dow Jones started it all off,

the Dow Jones on Wall Street. The

2:18:432:18:47

biggest one-day point drop in

history yesterday.

2:18:472:18:50

We can speak to Louise Cooper, a

market analyst.

2:18:502:18:53

We expected the FTSE 100 to share...

Fall when it opened at ATM, what is

2:18:532:18:59

happening?

It is on the back of the

states. It is a global stock market

2:18:592:19:07

rout driven by what happened in the

states. There was an important

2:19:072:19:13

monthly report on Friday which

showed some signs of wage inflation.

2:19:132:19:17

Many people would think that would

be good, but it brings the whole

2:19:172:19:23

interest rates question back into

the perspective. What the world has

2:19:232:19:27

been doing is living on extremely

low interest rates ever since the

2:19:272:19:32

start of the financial crisis. But

ultracheap money has caused all

2:19:322:19:38

sorts of acids to boom, like

property on stock markets. If we are

2:19:382:19:42

coming to the end of the ultralow

interest rates and the end of the

2:19:422:19:45

really cheap money, there are

questions about the stock market

2:19:452:19:51

valuations, particularly the US

stock market is regarded by many as

2:19:512:19:55

being quite expensive.

You and I talk a lot about what is

2:19:552:19:59

going on in the markets. It can

quickly turn again. We were speaking

2:19:592:20:05

to Jane Seddon from Rathbone 's who

said it could be a correction, how

2:20:052:20:09

much do you need to worry about

this?

The points do not mean prizes,

2:20:092:20:14

they are irrelevant, you need to

look at the percentage points move.

2:20:142:20:18

We have had a 6%

2:20:182:20:24

fall two days. That is a correction.

In the middle of a great financial

2:20:322:20:35

crash the US stock market fell 20%

in one day. 6% in two days, although

2:20:352:20:38

one has to grin slightly because Mr

Donald Trump, the US president, is

2:20:382:20:40

happy to claim responsibility when

the stock market goes up, but has

2:20:402:20:42

not said or tweeted anything about

the fall. It is absolutely a

2:20:422:20:45

correction at the moment, but it

tells you that investors, financial

2:20:452:20:51

people, are starting to think has it

gone too far? What is the outlook

2:20:512:20:57

for the US economy? It indicates

some kind of questioning, a less

2:20:572:21:03

confident investor than maybe in the

past. The key at the moment is we

2:21:032:21:07

are driven by the states, so we wait

to see. The European stock markets

2:21:072:21:12

opening this morning, to a certain

extent, just reacting to the US

2:21:122:21:16

stock market move yesterday. Lots of

falls happens after European markets

2:21:162:21:23

were closed.

The key happens at 2:30pm when US

2:21:232:21:26

markets open. Do they open lower yet

again, or do you start to see some

2:21:262:21:33

people saying 6% correction, I think

they are looking an OK value and I

2:21:332:21:38

will start buying again?

The key is when do you start to see

2:21:382:21:42

buyers come in, or will there be a

nurse wave of selling out of the

2:21:422:21:47

states?

It is quite early days right now.

2:21:472:21:50

Thank you, Louise Cooper. Lots of

pensions are invested in the stock

2:21:502:21:55

market, so it is all important.

We are talking about the Hundred

2:21:552:21:59

year anniversary of when the first

woman got the votes in the UK and

2:21:592:22:03

the campaign to get women the Bullet

attracted men and women from across

2:22:032:22:06

the political and class divide.

Marchers would attract hundreds of

2:22:062:22:10

thousands of protesters.

This is where you come in. We want

2:22:102:22:15

to hear your stories about your

relations involved in the movement,

2:22:152:22:19

and see any photos or mementos you

might have. You can get in contact

2:22:192:22:26

using the Twitter hashtag

#1918women. Naga Munchetty has been

2:22:262:22:31

looking at this.

The symbols of suffrage. These women

2:22:312:22:38

did not just make headlines but they

were the masters of marketing.

These

2:22:382:22:42

are some of the badgers and

commissioned pieces and fashion

2:22:422:22:47

accessories we have in the Museum of

London collections. -- these were

2:22:472:22:53

some of the badges. Some were

obviously linked to the votes for

2:22:532:22:57

women campaign, some less obviously.

Do you think this is just a sample

2:22:572:23:02

of the memorabilia that may have

been created? There are new items to

2:23:022:23:08

be found?

Definitely. It is quite

easy to recognise badges, especially

2:23:082:23:12

if they're officially made, because

they would have been advertised in

2:23:122:23:17

the votes that women use paper or

the suffragette newspaper. What is

2:23:172:23:21

less easy is if things were produced

and officially -- they would have

2:23:212:23:26

been in the votes for women

newspaper.

2:23:262:23:31

These are different colours,

explain?

These are badges from the

2:23:312:23:35

women's library collection which

represent the National union of

2:23:352:23:40

Suffrage societies.

These women were

not considered as militants?

They

2:23:402:23:47

were law-abiding.

This medal was awarded to a very

2:23:472:23:54

special lady. You are her

granddaughter, tell me about her?

2:23:542:24:01

She wrapped a metal weight up with a

poster saying votes for women, and

2:24:012:24:07

she threw it through a window at the

Home Secretary's residence. This is

2:24:072:24:11

what the WSB you gave to women who

had done something memorable or

2:24:112:24:16

brave. -- this is what the WSPU

gave.

2:24:162:24:22

We know the history on the shelves,

but we want the treasures that you

2:24:222:24:25

may have a tone which can tell is

the story of those one century ago

2:24:252:24:30

who faltered for the rights for

women to vote today.

2:24:302:24:35

-- who fought for the right. Thank

you for getting in touch today. So

2:24:352:24:39

many people have been talking about

your mums and grandmothers and

2:24:392:24:43

teachers, people who have inspired

you.

2:24:432:24:45

Wives, sisters. One of the places we

are today is the People's History

2:24:452:24:53

Museum in Manchester.

2:24:532:24:59

This is the scene

there this morning.

2:25:012:25:03

The museum's home to

the world's largest collection

2:25:032:25:05

of political and trade

union banners.

2:25:052:25:06

We'll be there after 9am

when we'll be hearing from

2:25:062:25:08

Helen Pankhurst, great granddaughter

of Emmeline Pankhurst

2:25:082:25:10

a founding member of

the

2:25:102:25:11

suffragette movement.

2:25:112:25:15

What has been clear this morning is

how the campaign to get women the

2:25:152:25:20

votes, and other men over 21, the

votes, it was women and men, so many

2:25:202:25:29

standing together.

Lots of messages about people saying

2:25:292:25:32

it has really made them think about

who has inspired them in their life.

2:25:322:25:36

Debbie says it is her mum, she

worked throughout her life until

2:25:362:25:40

retirement with severe arthritis,

she had four children, myself the

2:25:402:25:44

eldest almost 57 years ago, yet she

has always found a way to work in

2:25:442:25:49

order to supplement her father's

wage but to still be at home and

2:25:492:25:53

meet them at the school gate. It

means the jobs were paid less and

2:25:532:25:57

had lower status, but her mum was

extremely bright and did a brilliant

2:25:572:26:01

job of bringing them up.

The point we are making, this is 100

2:26:012:26:06

years since the first woman got the

votes, not all women got the votes

2:26:062:26:09

them.

Selina talked a little bit earlier

2:26:092:26:12

and mentioned head teacher at Saint

Luke's secondary school. She was a

2:26:122:26:18

force for change and inspired me, I

am a teacher and hope to be as

2:26:182:26:22

effective at encouraging others as

she was.

2:26:222:26:24

I will never forget her. We talked

about how different it is what MPs

2:26:242:26:28

in Parliament and how much that has

changed over the years, how they are

2:26:282:26:33

treated and all the rest.

We will speak to Amber Rudd later.

2:26:332:26:36

Lots of men have got into edge about

women who have inspired them. Steve

2:26:362:26:41

says the woman who

2:26:412:26:46

says the woman who inspires me and

always has done is my amazing like

2:26:512:26:53

-- my amazing wife. She works hard,

cares for us and put others first

2:26:532:26:56

and never complains. She sounds

amazing!

2:26:562:26:57

Never complains! Send in more of

your messages on anything, or if you

2:26:572:27:00

have any suffragette mementos.

We will have more from the People's

2:27:002:27:04

Museum later after the news, travel

and weather

2:27:042:30:28

Bye for now.

2:30:282:30:31

Hello, this is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Louise Minchin.

2:30:342:30:41

Now let's get more on our main story

this morning.

2:30:412:30:44

The Conservative MP and leading

Remain campaigner, Anna Soubry,

2:30:462:30:48

has called on Theresa May to "sling

out" what she called "hard

2:30:482:30:51

Brexiteers" in the party.

out" what she called "hard

2:30:512:30:52

We can speak now to the Home

Secretary, Amber Rudd.

2:30:522:30:54

She's also minister for women

and equalities, and on this 100th

2:30:542:30:57

anniversary of the first women

getting the vote, she joins us

2:30:572:31:05

from inside the Houses

of Commons Chamber this morning.

2:31:052:31:08

I will come to the anniversary in a

few moments. If we could talk about

2:31:082:31:12

Anna Soubry first Iguider Theresa

May asking her to sling out these

2:31:122:31:18

Brexiteers, is she right?

This is

the debate you expect when tempers

2:31:182:31:21

run high and people have strong

views on either side. Anna Soubry is

2:31:212:31:24

putting out her views in a

characteristically robust way and we

2:31:242:31:27

will see what the Prime Minister's

response is Bettison is a prize to

2:31:272:31:32

meet people have strong views on

what is such an important part of

2:31:322:31:35

this country's future, working out

how we leave the European Union, and

2:31:352:31:39

people have strongly held different

views.

It stands like, because she's

2:31:392:31:44

not alone in speaking out, people

from either side are speaking out,

2:31:442:31:48

party in disarray.

I do think that

Watkin acknowledge is this is the

2:31:482:31:55

biggest policy change since 1945.

There are different ways of

2:31:552:31:58

delivering on Brexit, and not

surprisingly people feel very

2:31:582:32:01

strongly, they are trying to make

their views heard and we need to go

2:32:012:32:05

through that process.

You don't

think the Brexiteers should be slung

2:32:052:32:11

out that specifically?

Of course I

don't. Nevertheless, I think it is

2:32:112:32:14

fine we have a robust debate about,

and we know what sort of future we

2:32:142:32:19

want to have and I think that's the

really important thing when we think

2:32:192:32:24

about leaving her EU, not about

looking backwards, but thinking

2:32:242:32:27

about the country we want to have in

the future and there are differing

2:32:272:32:30

views on that.

As the Prime Minister

got the party under control?

Yes,

2:32:302:32:34

the Prime Minister has got the party

in the control, there are lots of

2:32:342:32:38

different views but we are all

committed to supporting her going

2:32:382:32:41

forward in these challenging times.

We know that there are crucial

2:32:412:32:46

ministerial meetings taking place

this week to talk about and thrash

2:32:462:32:50

out the Government's agreed position

on the EU negotiations. Will you

2:32:502:32:55

have that position by Friday?

As you

rightly say there are two very

2:32:552:32:59

important sets of meetings taking

place this week and we have to make

2:32:592:33:03

sure we consider all of the evidence

and look at what sort of country we

2:33:032:33:06

want to have in the future as we

leave the European Union. I think

2:33:062:33:09

it's right that the gives a strong

sense of direction in what we are

2:33:092:33:14

trying to achieve and I think we

have done that but I don't think we

2:33:142:33:17

should be giving running commentary

on these meetings as they take place

2:33:172:33:20

so we won't be publishing documents

following that. But what we will do

2:33:202:33:24

is continue to give the clear sense

of direction. I know there is lots

2:33:242:33:28

of interest in these meetings and

rightly so. But I will not be drawn

2:33:282:33:32

into discussing them. We have had a

situation where there has been some

2:33:322:33:35

leaking before the and I won't be

doing that.

Let's talk about the 100

2:33:352:33:41

year anniversary when the first

women got the vote. You are the Home

2:33:412:33:46

Secretary, very much part of this

Parliament, what is it like for you

2:33:462:33:49

as a female MP these days?

Well,

it's absolutely remarkable to be a

2:33:492:33:54

member of Parliament here and on

this suffrage 100 year anniversary

2:33:542:33:59

it so important to remember the

incredible hard work and violence

2:33:592:34:03

that the suffragettes went through

to give us this vote and once we got

2:34:032:34:09

the vote we were able to get more

women MPs and once we did we were

2:34:092:34:13

able to get people like the

intergovernment. You have asked me

2:34:132:34:17

what it's like, it's an enormous

privilege, extraordinary

2:34:172:34:21

opportunity, I hope, to do the right

thing for me constituents and for

2:34:212:34:24

the country. In terms of

specifically being a woman, the

2:34:242:34:28

difference that women make is that

we make women's lives very much a

2:34:282:34:32

centre of policy-making. I think it

is difficult to do that when you

2:34:322:34:36

don't have enough women to say,

"What are we going to do so honour

2:34:362:34:42

-based violence?" What are we going

to do about stopping female genital

2:34:422:34:45

mutilation and ending the gender pay

gap? All of these things are brought

2:34:452:34:49

to the table by women which is why

it's important to have us

2:34:492:34:53

participating.

Does more need to be

done to encourage other women to be

2:34:532:34:57

part of that to be MPs?

I definitely

do, not just MPs but councillors,

2:34:572:35:06

getting involved in politics locally

and nationally. We really need women

2:35:092:35:11

to participate and what the Prime

Minister has been highlighting today

2:35:112:35:13

is something that puts off women,

the level of abuse that we get, a

2:35:132:35:16

recent report into public life

clearly identified that it is women

2:35:162:35:18

particularly who are receiving a

huge amount of abuse. That needs to

2:35:182:35:23

stop. Their stuff we can do as

government and have proposed changes

2:35:232:35:25

that we will implement but

culturally we have to say, stop,

2:35:252:35:31

it's not acceptable, it's not enough

to say that because this person is a

2:35:312:35:34

politician they should expect to be

abused and expect to be shouted at.

2:35:342:35:38

That is a bad thing and we must not

let it happen because not only is it

2:35:382:35:42

bad for democracy with the MPs in

place here but it's also bad for

2:35:422:35:46

women thinking about entering

politics, and I know that because in

2:35:462:35:50

my constituency women came up to me

and say, I'm thinking about it but I

2:35:502:35:54

don't think I can bear it, I don't

think I can take the hate. How can

2:35:542:35:58

we have a system where people are

put off because of the level of

2:35:582:36:01

abuse? We need to call it out now.

One last question, lots of people

2:36:012:36:06

are talking about this today, do you

think the suffragettes should be

2:36:062:36:10

pardoned?

I've seen this story and I

completely understand instinctively

2:36:102:36:13

white people propose that. It's

quite difficult to implement because

2:36:132:36:17

of the type of crimes committed at

the time, but I'm going to hopefully

2:36:172:36:21

look at the type of proposals that

have been made. I know we have done

2:36:212:36:25

this before such as with Alan Turing

and I completely understand where it

2:36:252:36:28

is coming from and I will look at

it.

Will you do that in the near

2:36:282:36:32

future?

I don't want to give false

hope here, where it is difficult to

2:36:322:36:36

implement because of the types of

crimes committed, but if there are

2:36:362:36:40

individual proposals I can look at I

will certainly do that.

Amber Rudd,

2:36:402:36:44

interesting talking to you, Home

Secretary and Minister for women and

2:36:442:36:49

equality is, thank you for your time

this morning.

2:36:492:36:50

Now the other news this morning.

2:36:502:36:55

Share prices in Britain's top 100

companies have fallen this morning

2:36:552:36:57

in response to sharps drops

in the United States and Asia.

2:36:572:37:00

The FTSE 100 opened 230 points down

in the last half-hour.

2:37:002:37:05

It has fallen to the lowest level

since late 2016.

2:37:052:37:09

In New York, the Dow Jones,

which is made up of some

2:37:092:37:14

of America's biggest businesses,

closed down more than 1100

2:37:142:37:17

points, the biggest

one-day fall in history.

2:37:172:37:19

The Nikkei Index in Japan ended

the day nearly 5% down.

2:37:192:37:22

It's over fears of rising inflation

and possible interest

2:37:222:37:24

rate rises in America.

2:37:242:37:25

Relatives of the victims of the 1982

IRA Hyde Park bombing have been

2:37:252:37:30

granted legal aid for a civil action

against a suspect.

2:37:302:37:33

A case against the convicted IRA

member, John Downey,

2:37:332:37:35

collapsed at the Old Bailey

four years ago.

2:37:352:37:41

He had a so-called on-the-run letter

telling him he was no longer

2:37:412:37:44

a wanted man and would

not be prosecuted.

2:37:442:37:46

Public Health England says it wants

e-cigarettes to be prescribed

2:37:462:37:49

on the NHS within the next two

to three years because they're

2:37:492:37:52

an effective way to help smokers

quit.

2:37:522:37:54

The agency has reviewed the latest

evidence and says vaping poses only

2:37:542:37:57

a small fraction of the risk

of smoking tobacco.

2:37:572:37:59

It's calling for the UK's drug

regulator to help manufacturers

2:37:592:38:02

get their products approved.

2:38:022:38:10

The British-born actor John Mahoney,

who played one of TV's most

2:38:102:38:13

popular on-screen dads,

has died in Chicago aged 77.

2:38:132:38:16

He was famous for his role

as Martin Crane in the US sitcom

2:38:162:38:19

Frasier, playing a grumpy,

down-to-earth retired policeman

2:38:192:38:22

who outwitted his two pretentious

sons Frasier and Niles.

2:38:222:38:24

The role earned him two Emmy and two

Golden Globe nominations.

2:38:242:38:32

It is 8:38am, this is Breakfast.

Thank you for joining us.

2:38:412:38:47

Later, we'll be discussing how women

are represented today,

2:38:472:38:49

in politics and the workplace.

2:38:492:38:50

It is 100 years since the first

women in the UK were able to vote,

2:38:502:38:54

not all women.

2:38:542:38:56

Steph is with our guests

just outside our studio.

2:38:562:38:59

Good morning and welcome to our

themed green room this morning where

2:38:592:39:02

we have some women, fabulous women

from lots of different parts of

2:39:022:39:07

society because we are talking, of

course, that what has changed in the

2:39:072:39:11

world of work and life generally for

women over the last 100 years since

2:39:112:39:16

some of them first got the right to

vote. Let me tell you who we have

2:39:162:39:20

here, Jane Green, politics

professor, Tessa Dunlop, historian,

2:39:202:39:25

Akeela Ahmed, and equalities

campaigner, Joy Parkinson, a woman

2:39:252:39:28

who runs a cosmetics company, Anne

Marie Imafidon, who campaigns for

2:39:282:39:32

getting more girls into technology

and Pennybacker who is a disability

2:39:322:39:38

is campaigner. We will cover the

world of politics and how it has

2:39:382:39:40

changed and how the world of work

has changed for women. I will get

2:39:402:39:45

them ready and get them in the

studio as soon as we can.

2:39:452:39:52

studio as soon as we can. Now we are

going to talk about the sport again.

2:39:532:39:56

I will keep you company, I will do

what I can. She's not too far away.

2:39:562:40:01

Speaking of not being too happy,

look at that poor man's face.

2:40:012:40:06

Another terrible result for Chelsea

last night and Antonio Conte,

2:40:062:40:10

thrashed 4-1 by Watford on the back

of another defeat last week as well.

2:40:102:40:14

The fans are not happy but now

neither is he. Imagine if we went to

2:40:142:40:20

work looking at that.

I can imagine!

2:40:202:40:23

Maybe it's time for a change of

career.

2:40:232:40:25

I might look like that at 4am!

Pressure is mounting on Antonio

2:40:252:40:31

Conte. Not the best result last

night. It is their second defeat on

2:40:312:40:37

the bounce by a 3-goal margin. Much

of the action came in the final

2:40:372:40:41

minutes last night. Eden Hazard

brought them level in the final ten

2:40:412:40:44

minutes, but what a response from

Watford who hammered home three

2:40:442:40:48

goals in just seven minutes.

Speaking after the game Antonio

2:40:482:40:52

Conte was rather insistent that he

is definitely, definitely not

2:40:522:40:54

worried.

2:40:542:40:59

I'm not worried, I'm not

worried about my job.

2:41:002:41:06

I work every day and give 120%.

2:41:062:41:11

If this is enough, it's OK,

otherwise the club can make

2:41:112:41:13

a different decision

but I'm not worried.

2:41:132:41:21

Every day, every day,

every press conference,

2:41:222:41:24

press conference, you ask me,

you worried about your job?

2:41:242:41:27

No, I'm not worried.

2:41:272:41:28

Do you ever feel somebody might be

protesting a bit too much?

2:41:282:41:31

Definitely not!

But you can imagine, it's been going

2:41:312:41:36

on for weeks now, this back and

forth, but ultimately you feel a bit

2:41:362:41:40

as if he doesn't want to be there.

They get the constant questions,

2:41:402:41:43

don't they? What are you going to

answer? I don't know what you are

2:41:432:41:48

going to say.

It's difficult to take on that

2:41:482:41:51

question. Thinking back to last

year, Chelsea were flying high,

2:41:512:41:53

winners of the Premier League last

season. But when you think that the

2:41:532:41:59

last five managers in charge of

Premier League winning clubs didn't

2:41:592:42:01

make it beyond the next season.

It is a harsh reality.

2:42:012:42:06

It is a poisoned chalice.

Maybe we have to get used to it,

2:42:062:42:13

maybe Pep Guardiola needs to get

worried. Matas not get ahead of

2:42:132:42:17

ourselves. -- let's not get ahead of

ourselves.

2:42:172:42:23

Some Six Nations news now -

and a blow for England

2:42:232:42:25

after Ben Youngs was injured last

weekend, Richard Wigglesworth has

2:42:252:42:28

been called up ahead of Saturday's

match with Wales.

2:42:282:42:30

Youngs sufferd a knee ligament

injury during the game

2:42:302:42:32

against italy which rules him out

of the entire tournament now.

2:42:322:42:35

Wigglesworth will now provide

cover for Danny Care,

2:42:352:42:37

who came on for Youngs in Rome.

2:42:372:42:38

She was one of the heroes of Team

GB's Olympic gold medal winning

2:42:382:42:42

hockey team in Rio and now

Maddie Hinch has been named

2:42:422:42:44

the world's best female goalkeeper

for a second time.

2:42:442:42:48

Last year, the England

and Great Britain goalie helped

2:42:482:42:51

England win bronze medals at both

the EuroHockey Championships

2:42:512:42:54

and World League semifinal.

2:42:542:43:02

She was given the pretigious

awardlast night at the

2:43:022:43:04

International Hocket

Federation stars awards in Berlin,

2:43:042:43:05

afterwards she tweeted to say

it was a truly incredible honour.

2:43:052:43:08

So we know it's the end

of Grid Girls - step

2:43:082:43:11

up the Grid Kids.

2:43:112:43:13

F1's owners announced they won't be

using female models before

2:43:132:43:17

races as it was at odds

with modern-day societal norms.

2:43:172:43:20

So instead -

2:43:202:43:21

they'll select children

who are already in the junior

2:43:212:43:24

categories of motor racing -

and we can expect to see them

2:43:242:43:26

from the opening race

of the new season next month.

2:43:262:43:31

I think that is incredible.

Change is afoot.

2:43:312:43:36

That brings us nicely into the rest

of the programme.

2:43:362:43:39

Yes, it does, good work. 8:43am,

good morning, you are watching

2:43:392:43:45

Breakfast. The fight for equality in

the workplace continues today from

2:43:452:43:49

anywhere in.

2:43:492:43:54

Despite gaining equality

at the ballot box.

2:43:542:43:56

We've been speaking to four

generations of the same family

2:43:562:43:58

who told us how their expectations

and aspirations have been shaped

2:43:582:44:01

by changes in society.

2:44:012:44:02

My name is Bell,

I'm seven years old.

2:44:022:44:04

My mummy is Charlotte and she is 30.

2:44:042:44:11

My nanny is Sam and she is 48.

2:44:112:44:16

My great nanny is

Joan and she is 79.

2:44:162:44:22

When I left school,

there were a boy jobs and go jobs.

2:44:222:44:28

When I left school,

there were boy jobs and girl jobs.

2:44:282:44:31

The girls cook, they type,

they go as secretaries,

2:44:312:44:33

nobody really gave us any guidance.

2:44:332:44:35

As a young woman, I entered

the police force and day one,

2:44:352:44:38

walking into the police station

the Sergeant raised his eyebrows

2:44:382:44:46

and said, "Young and female, you've

got your work cut out

2:44:522:44:54

in front of you, here".

2:44:542:44:55

Shocking, severely

shocking, but it was true.

2:44:552:44:58

Charlotte was six weeks

old when I went back to work

2:44:582:45:04

and I really felt that I was missing

out on her growing up.

2:45:042:45:07

I wanted to be there for her.

2:45:072:45:08

Unfortunately, like most families,

we needed the income coming in.

2:45:082:45:11

Now that I've got a job in education

as a lead practitioner,

2:45:112:45:14

the fact that I'm a woman

has no influence.

2:45:142:45:16

Having paid maternity leave

and having flexible hours means

2:45:162:45:18

that, as a woman in the workplace,

I can achieve.

2:45:182:45:20

And it means that I can

be successful and do

2:45:202:45:23

the same job as a man.

2:45:232:45:25

When I leave school,

I would like to be a teacher,

2:45:252:45:28

because I love children.

2:45:282:45:30

My friend Peppa, she would

like to a ballerina.

2:45:302:45:35

My other friend is Isabel

and she would like to

2:45:352:45:37

be a police officer.

2:45:372:45:40

Are there any jobs that boys do

that girls can't do?

2:45:402:45:46

No.

2:45:462:45:51

Girls, cheers to us.

2:45:512:45:58

I opened my own

business as a florist.

2:45:582:46:02

When I was in my 50s.

2:46:022:46:04

When my mother was that sort

of age, nobody wanted

2:46:042:46:07

to employ married women.

2:46:072:46:08

But this has changed, now.

2:46:082:46:09

I've got a great circle

of friends and 30 years ago,

2:46:092:46:11

we wouldn't have been able to do

the jobs that we do today.

2:46:112:46:15

We've got barristers, accountants,

a woman who works for an engineering

2:46:152:46:17

who works for an engineering

company, building tanks.

2:46:172:46:19

We are strong, powerful women.

2:46:192:46:21

Entering my 50s,

this is now my time.

2:46:212:46:23

My children have grown up and now

it's time to look out for myself.

2:46:232:46:28

Cheers!

2:46:282:46:30

It surprises me how quickly

things have changed.

2:46:302:46:33

You know, girls are not girls

or boys any more, they are people.

2:46:332:46:36

I would like to see how

far they will go on.

2:46:362:46:44

Unfortunately, I probably won't be

here to see how Bell

2:46:442:46:46

develops and goes on,

but you never know.

2:46:462:46:48

You never know.

2:46:482:46:56

Wonderful to hear from all the

different generations and

2:46:562:46:59

perspective on life. We will talk

about work in a general sense.

2:46:592:47:04

Joining us now is activist

and writer, Penny Pepper,

2:47:042:47:06

and business women Anne Marie

Imafidon and Joy Parkinson.

2:47:062:47:09

She employs 45 people in cosmetics

firm. Good morning. The reason we

2:47:092:47:16

are talking about this, 100 years

since the first woman got the vote

2:47:162:47:20

but some people say there is still

work to be done in many areas.

2:47:202:47:23

Penny, what would your thoughts be?

For disabled women, by and large we

2:47:232:47:28

are still an afterthought. We are

very much a secondary issue, even in

2:47:282:47:34

government, actually.

2:47:342:47:36

I believe there is a statistic

that... Of the disabled population,

2:47:382:47:43

most... There's a higher number of

women.

2:47:432:47:46

And disabled women that are in

employment are paid 22% less than

2:47:482:47:52

people who are not disabled and

women. You can see on that scale.

2:47:522:47:57

Speaking personally, I've had

tremendous barriers to work. Partly

2:47:572:48:04

because work can be so inflexible,

which I think a lot of women have

2:48:042:48:07

experienced.

2:48:072:48:09

I've now been self-employed for nine

years. I'm trying to own that pride,

2:48:122:48:16

that I've managed that. Even in

terms... I'm a writer, author, poet,

2:48:162:48:22

even in terms of being... Society

being open to that experience has

2:48:222:48:29

been difficult. So it's taken me a

long time to get to that point. And

2:48:292:48:34

we are still fighting to have our

stories heard. We are getting there.

2:48:342:48:39

Which is really important comments

about the changes and progress that

2:48:392:48:43

can be made. You run a company, you

are employing people, do you see

2:48:432:48:48

things changing? Is it getting

easier?

My experience in work,

2:48:482:48:51

there's been a huge amount of

flexibility, both when I worked for

2:48:512:48:57

McVities and also even more working

at Faith in Nature. I am a man but I

2:48:572:49:06

work I have three children, 11, 12

and 13 -- I am a woman but I work.

2:49:062:49:11

At different times in my career, I

have gone down to working three,

2:49:112:49:13

four days a -- per week. I have done

project roles rather than management

2:49:132:49:19

roles and I have been given a

massive amount of flexibility. I

2:49:192:49:23

have a number of friends and

colleagues of mine have had that.

2:49:232:49:27

Amazing how many women mention

flexibility as the thing that is the

2:49:272:49:30

barrier that is what needs to

change. What are your thoughts? Is

2:49:302:49:35

flexibility something you think that

is important?

It is very important.

2:49:352:49:39

It's important for everyone, not

just for women.

Yeah.

For everyone

2:49:392:49:44

to be able to have that work- life

balance, which we are not the best

2:49:442:49:49

at in the UK. Coming from a

technology background, I am really

2:49:492:49:54

proud of how technology has

empowered people to be able to work

2:49:542:49:57

more flexibly and work from

different places and work at

2:49:572:50:01

distance. Even more so, the

opportunities you have in these new

2:50:012:50:05

industries. That had grown as much

as possible with that flexibility

2:50:052:50:08

built in.

One of your things is to

really encourage girls particularly.

2:50:082:50:12

Your qualifications, you speak five

languages fluently?

I do. I did.

You

2:50:122:50:18

are one of Oxford University's

youngest graduate and receive your

2:50:182:50:22

masters degree at the age of 20,

passed A-level computing at 11. You

2:50:222:50:27

are beyond super qualified. Have you

found barriers that you have two

2:50:272:50:31

struggle against? -- had to struggle

against.

Even with those barriers,

2:50:312:50:37

you could disconnect against me for

being young, black, woman from East

2:50:372:50:43

London, loving Nando's. The barriers

are an extra thing I have to work

2:50:432:50:49

through. Whether that someone

doubting my technical ability to

2:50:492:50:53

solve whatever problem is at hand or

my experience because I'm a little

2:50:532:50:57

bit younger. For me, it's their loss

rather than mine. That's how I go

2:50:572:51:02

into that scenario. If you don't

want to value me in this situation,

2:51:022:51:05

I will go somewhere else where I

will be valued and celebrated rather

2:51:052:51:09

than just tolerated.

In your

business, what do you do to make

2:51:092:51:13

sure women are supported. I was

talking to Mary Porteous and she was

2:51:132:51:17

saying that she realised she was too

masculine in her business and she

2:51:172:51:22

had to tell herself, hang on, I am

doing what I hate. I need to make

2:51:222:51:25

sure we really support women in

business, have you ever felt that?

I

2:51:252:51:30

talk a lot about my home life and my

children and my dog at work.

2:51:302:51:35

Demonstrating that you are human...

It's difficult juggling it. Talking

2:51:352:51:39

about the challenges of not missing

an assembly, but therefore if I

2:51:392:51:43

leave work early, sometimes I can go

to sports day. I will do my e-mail

2:51:432:51:47

at 11pm last night. To be open about

the fact that it isn't easy and you

2:51:472:51:51

are juggling it, that the team can,

sort of, empathise with that and

2:51:512:51:56

also, people want support themselves

to be more flexible, to give that.

2:51:562:52:02

Penny, one of the things Ann-Marie

said, I was struck by it, celebrated

2:52:022:52:07

rather than tolerated. Do you think

all of us, including everyone who is

2:52:072:52:12

watching, mail and e-mail, that is a

really clear message. -- male and

2:52:122:52:16

female.

Absolutely. We need to own

that ourselves, feel comfortable

2:52:162:52:22

with celebrating. And allow the,

sort of common human family, the

2:52:222:52:27

experience, to broaden.

2:52:272:52:31

I keep banging on about it, really.

But we need more stories told.

2:52:312:52:36

That's what I feel.

More role

models?

Yeah, role models. I have to

2:52:362:52:43

mention my lovely friend lives car,

in Silent witness.

I was watching

2:52:432:52:46

last night.

I was privileged to

write about her in that role. -- my

2:52:462:52:51

friend Liz Carr. I hope it was a

watershed moment last week. We need

2:52:512:52:57

more stories that represent and

celebrate the whole of who we are.

2:52:572:53:00

All women support all women.

That's

one of the reasons I went to bed

2:53:002:53:04

late last night, I was watching her

on Silent Witness.

She is lovely.

2:53:042:53:12

Thank you for joining us,

interesting discussion, we could

2:53:122:53:15

carry on but we will stop briefly

will

2:53:152:53:21

it is the House of Commons. Where

are you now?

2:53:232:53:28

I'm still inside the House of

Commons chamber. Good morning to

2:53:302:53:32

everyone. I have a lovely guest,

Melanie Unwin, you look at some of

2:53:322:53:39

the art work you know a lot about

the ladies gallery which used to be

2:53:392:53:44

in here, why is it a separate ladies

gallery and tell us about it?

Good

2:53:442:53:49

question. The ladies gallery was

here because ladies were not allowed

2:53:492:53:53

in the public gallery. The public

was men. The public gallery has the

2:53:532:53:58

best view, looks at the speaker but

the ladies were placed up here. This

2:53:582:54:04

is a post-war chamber that in the

Victorian chamber it was even higher

2:54:042:54:07

up. Imagine where that stone screen

is but even higher, no glass in the

2:54:072:54:13

windows but Nick grills, decorative

and they were made of brass. Not to

2:54:132:54:17

stop the ladies falling out but so

the men down here couldn't see them

2:54:172:54:20

because they might be distracted.

And they protested up there quite a

2:54:202:54:24

bit.

They did. Women came here all

the way through the 1850s when the

2:54:242:54:29

building open to listen because they

wanted to know what was going on.

2:54:292:54:32

This chamber was changing their

lives but they didn't have the vote.

2:54:322:54:36

As the campaign for women's suffrage

picked up they started to be the

2:54:362:54:39

site of protest. We have these

amazing occasions when women start

2:54:392:54:43

shouting through the grills,

dropping things into the chamber. On

2:54:432:54:47

one occasion, chaining themselves to

the grills.

2:54:472:54:54

the grills. Those days, there were

no bolt clippers, the grill had to

2:54:542:54:57

be taken out with the women still

attached to it, marched off to

2:54:572:54:59

another room and they were sawn off.

And presumably arrested?

Absolutely,

2:54:592:55:04

arrested and charged.

When were

women allowed into the public

2:55:042:55:08

gallery? Interestingly, one year

before 1918. 1917 it was obvious

2:55:082:55:12

women were going to get the road for

the first time. The Parliamentary

2:55:122:55:17

authorities decided to let them into

the public gallery in 1917. Thank

2:55:172:55:21

you. We could talk to you all

morning but we have run out of time.

2:55:212:55:25

Thank you.

It is nice and toasty

inside Hibberd outside a different

2:55:252:55:30

story, a hard frost this morning and

we've also got some snow in the

2:55:302:55:33

forecast. Looking at the south-east

of England first of all, a lot of

2:55:332:55:38

dry weather

2:55:382:55:39

of England first of all, a lot of

dry weather around, some bright

2:55:392:55:40

spells but quite a bit of cloud

which certainly has been thick

2:55:402:55:43

enough through this morning for some

wintry showers. It will continue to

2:55:432:55:46

be so as we go through the day.

Further north, wintry showers coming

2:55:462:55:51

out of the cloud but Northern

England and also central and

2:55:512:55:55

southern Scotland, we have a weather

front. That is producing some snow.

2:55:552:56:00

Not about Madeira skies for the

north and west of Scotland and

2:56:002:56:03

Northern Ireland, we're looking at

snow showers -- it is further north,

2:56:032:56:07

clearer skies. Irish Sea and into

Wales, the other end about a weather

2:56:072:56:14

front producing some snow. Some

getting in across North Devon, North

2:56:142:56:18

Cornwall, North Somerset in the

morning but drifting east through

2:56:182:56:21

the Midlands, the Southern counties.

Quite a bit of cloud, brighter

2:56:212:56:24

breaks but the cloud will reduce

some wintry showers. Over the day,

2:56:242:56:30

the weather front across northern

England and Wales sinks south and

2:56:302:56:34

turning patchy in nature. Any

precipitation out of this weather

2:56:342:56:38

front in and will still fall as

snow. Ahead, the cloud will build

2:56:382:56:42

and behind its sunshine but a lot of

wintry showers, a mixture of rain,

2:56:422:56:47

sleet, hail and loss thunder and

lightning. It will feel cold

2:56:472:56:52

everywhere. This evening, the

weather front rejuvenates across

2:56:522:56:55

East Anglia and the south-east of

England, with more snow showers.

2:56:552:56:59

Moving south, clearer skies behind

it means it will be bitterly cold.

2:56:592:57:02

Severe frost and some wintry showers

in the north and west. Tomorrow

2:57:022:57:08

morning, it will be particularly

cold, the risk of ice on untreated

2:57:082:57:12

surfaces. We will have those wintry

showers across the south-east. A

2:57:122:57:17

bridge of high-pressure balls across

us and the weather will settle down.

2:57:172:57:20

Northwest, a band of rain preceded

by transient hill snow and at lower

2:57:202:57:26

levels first thing. It will move

south east

2:57:262:57:29

levels first thing. It will move

south east. Another cold day in

2:57:292:57:31

prospect which ever way you look at

it. Thursday, that same weather

2:57:312:57:36

front pushes south across England

and Wales. Beginning but still

2:57:362:57:39

bringing a lot of cloud, drizzle and

damp weather with it generally.

2:57:392:57:44

Behind it, brighter skies. Still

showers, some of which will be

2:57:442:57:47

wintry across the north west. As we

look at the outlook, it will remain

2:57:472:57:52

unsettled. Wet and windy at times.

Cold and some will still see wintry

2:57:522:57:56

showers.

2:57:562:57:59

It has been

2:57:592:58:00

It has been fabulous being here this

morning, so interesting.

2:58:002:58:03

Fantastic, thank you for giving us a

touch of history. As well as the

2:58:062:58:11

weather. It is good to go on a tour

of Parliament whenever you can, it

2:58:112:58:15

is fascinating. A good show for us

there. Almost 9am.

2:58:152:58:20

The right to vote in 1918

was followed a year later

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by the election of Nancy Astor,

who became the first

2:58:222:58:25

female MP to take her seat

in the House of Commons.

2:58:252:58:27

100 years on, and women account

for just under a third

2:58:272:58:30

of all members of parliament.

2:58:302:58:35

We spoke to two of them already

today.

2:58:352:58:38

We've shown a group of students

around the birthplace

2:58:382:58:40

of the Suffragette movement,

the Pankhurst Centre in Manchester,

2:58:402:58:42

to find out why equality

is so important to them.

2:58:422:58:45

We are able to walk out of the house

in whatever we want to wear.

2:58:492:58:53

We are able to walk out

of the house and go

2:58:532:58:56

and get ourselves a job.

2:58:562:58:57

We can go anywhere we

like and do whatever we

2:58:572:59:00

want because we are independent.

2:59:002:59:06

The main idea of the

vote is to give an

2:59:072:59:10

individual the right to speak up

for what they think is right.

2:59:102:59:16

I think it's important

for us to vote this

2:59:162:59:20

I think it's important

for us to vote as well

2:59:202:59:23

to have our say.

2:59:232:59:24

I think that's really

important that we get

2:59:242:59:26

different views, multicultural

views, gender views, definitely

2:59:262:59:29

females, definitely need

to have their views put forward in

2:59:292:59:32

Parliament.

2:59:322:59:33

I don't think there are enough women

in politics and I do

2:59:332:59:36

think that is something that

should be addressed.

2:59:362:59:39

I think some young people just

are lazy and can't be

2:59:392:59:42

bothered to vote.

2:59:422:59:45

When I vote for the first

time I'll feel empowered

2:59:452:59:47

because I feel like I've

finally have a say.

2:59:472:59:55

Really interesting to see how

important voting is for them.

2:59:562:59:59

With us now is Jane Green,

from the British Election Survey,

2:59:593:00:02

the author and historian

Tessa Dunlop and Akeela Ahmed,

3:00:023:00:04

the founder of She Speaks We Hear.

3:00:043:00:07

The equality campaign group. Thank

you for joining us. We are going to

3:00:073:00:12

look a little bit about voting. From

your point of view, is it really

3:00:123:00:18

important that women, who now have

the vote, go and use it?

It is so

3:00:183:00:23

important women go out and use their

vote. In the last election in 2017

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week saw more young women than ever

before coming out and voting and

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actually they have been credited

with the kind of shock results that

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we saw with the 2017 election. It's

really important that ethnic

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minority women, young women and

women of faith all come out as well

3:00:403:00:43

because when women come out and vote

and they campaign we see that their

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voices are heard and they make a

difference.

Jane, you've done a lot

3:00:483:00:51

of research on this, haven't you?

What difference does it make when

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women vote?

Obviously not all women

are the same and not all men are the

3:00:563:01:00

same but if you look historically

the British election survey has been

3:01:003:01:04

going since 1964, historically women

are more likely to vote Conservative

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and that has been changed over time.

There are key differences emerging

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in particular elections and also

women of different generations.

3:01:113:01:15

Different only to men of different

generations too. If you look below

3:01:153:01:19

the surface and you can see

systematic differences by looking at

3:01:193:01:23

generations between the genders.

You're beginning to see a shift, are

3:01:233:01:27

you? If there are any patterns, are

you beginning to see a shift?

What

3:01:273:01:32

was important at the last election

was the collapse of Ukip and Ukip

3:01:323:01:36

support was drawn from more men and

older men on average than women and

3:01:363:01:40

younger women. As the collapse of

Ukip happened a lot of those older

3:01:403:01:43

men went to the Conservative Party

and that made the Conservatives'

3:01:433:01:47

vote more mail and older and as

Akeela said more women are likely to

3:01:473:01:54

vote for the Labour Party, that is a

trend we have seen increasing over

3:01:543:01:58

time, women and young women in

particular tend to have attitudes

3:01:583:02:01

against austerity and want to see

redistribution and hold more liberal

3:02:013:02:05

views, so in that particular

election when the choice was more

3:02:053:02:08

clear that was a very important part

of White was that Labor saw support

3:02:083:02:12

among generations and young women --

part of why Labour saw support among

3:02:123:02:24

young women.

Some women were allowed

to vote but not all women. Some

3:02:243:02:30

women who were alive then who you've

been speaking to have told you how

3:02:303:02:35

their lives have changed. To be in

the book you have to be born in 1918

3:02:353:02:39

or before and my oldest who is 103

said we are all fully compos mentis.

3:02:393:02:46

I suppose that's the precondition

for being in the book for her.

3:02:463:02:49

Picking up on what you said, it is

absolute duty to vote, she cannot

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emphasise it enough, she is one of

the few women left alive who voted

3:02:553:03:00

in the 1935 election and has voted

in 21 elections and folded up inside

3:03:003:03:04

her body is so much history, an

extra ordinary journey had

3:03:043:03:07

generation has been on for the last

100 years. But it is worth

3:03:073:03:12

remembering that one of the reasons

why only some women were allowed the

3:03:123:03:15

vote in 1918 was because men had no

idea how we were going to vote and

3:03:153:03:21

women outnumbered men. We had lost a

slew, the flower of our male youth

3:03:213:03:27

had died in mainland Europe, so

women outnumbered men and we were

3:03:273:03:32

scary and had to be held back to

some extent and it was another ten

3:03:323:03:35

years before women had equal

enfranchisement Whitman and it's

3:03:353:03:39

worth holding on to that.

Looking

forward... Not the next 100 years

3:03:393:03:44

but the next few years and decades,

many people would say there is still

3:03:443:03:49

work to be done. What would you like

to be looking at, Akeela?

More

3:03:493:03:55

representation of women in

Parliament is great but we need

3:03:553:03:58

better representation of not only

women but ethnic minority women

3:03:583:04:00

across all of our sectors in media,

boardrooms, and also in politics as

3:04:003:04:09

well and at the local level. I've

seen many more young Asian women

3:04:093:04:14

standing to become councillors and

that is fantastic because they are

3:04:143:04:18

getting their voices heard, and they

are campaigning on issues that

3:04:183:04:22

affect them. Austerity affects

ethnic minority women more than it

3:04:223:04:24

does other women. So do cutbacks in

education and cutbacks in health,

3:04:243:04:31

they all affect ethnic minority

women more than women generally,

3:04:313:04:34

although it affects women generally.

It is really important to see better

3:04:343:04:37

representation in all of these areas

and that women are out there

3:04:373:04:41

campaigning on these issues that

affect them.

How do you get more

3:04:413:04:45

people from diverse backgrounds

interested in actually going into

3:04:453:04:48

politics? That is the other battle,

isn't it?

I think sometimes we

3:04:483:04:52

forget about the contribution that

has been made, so 100 years ago we

3:04:523:04:59

had Asian suffragettes at the front

of the suffragette movement but we

3:04:593:05:04

don't hear about them and we don't

learn about them in schools and

3:05:043:05:06

history lessons. If people from

ethnic minority backgrounds know

3:05:063:05:10

about this kind of activism then

they can relate to it and know that

3:05:103:05:14

there is a point for us to take part

because our voices will be heard and

3:05:143:05:18

we can make a difference.

Tessa, I

want your perspective because you've

3:05:183:05:21

been speaking to these women who are

all in their hundreds.

The youngest

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is 100 this year.

What is their

perspective looking at how we have

3:05:263:05:30

life now?

Quickly coming on to that

and then on to your question, Joyce,

3:05:303:05:36

who is an honorary fellow at

Cambridge University, always reminds

3:05:363:05:40

me that we cannot take progress for

granted, that is one thing that

3:05:403:05:45

women have to hold on to. It is so

new and precious and so incomplete.

3:05:453:05:49

Trump is in the White House, for

goodness' sake, there is no room for

3:05:493:05:52

complacency. Populism may Trump

gender and race at the moment. Joyce

3:05:523:05:59

has really reminded me of that, and

a lot of the women have, you know,

3:05:593:06:04

really helped me in terms of getting

a perspective on things. I was born,

3:06:043:06:08

and I presume probably all of us

were born in the brave 70s and 80s,

3:06:083:06:13

when we were told as young women,

hey, you can do what you want, have

3:06:133:06:16

you what you want and the world is

your oyster. A lot of us were,

3:06:163:06:20

actually. That enticement is a bit

of a false friend and the women have

3:06:203:06:24

helped me realise that no, you can't

have everything, they grew up

3:06:243:06:29

knowing that they were effectively

second-class citizens, all of them

3:06:293:06:32

Barjuan born before this vote was

passed but we can still try. And

3:06:323:06:36

it's that balance, you can't have

everything -- all of them were born.

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Don't worry about what you can't

have but it shouldn't stop ambition.

3:06:413:06:45

It's a very difficult balancing act

but it's one that I think we've got

3:06:453:06:49

to keep going forward with and

encourage everyone, men and women,

3:06:493:06:53

to be feminists.

On that note, thank

you all very much indeed, Tessa Jon

3:06:533:06:57

LaPook, Jane Green and Akeela Ahmed,

thank you for speaking to us --

3:06:573:07:05

Tessa Dunlop. We could have gone on

forever. We will be looking at the

3:07:053:07:11

100 year anniversary of

3:07:113:08:48

That's all from the Breakfast team.

3:08:483:08:50

Enjoy the rest of your

morning - bye-bye.

3:08:503:08:58

Welcome back everyone. You might

have noticed that we have been

3:08:583:09:01

reflecting on the centenary of

women, some women being given the

3:09:013:09:05

right to vote and what gender

equality means in 2018.

3:09:053:09:09

Yes and we have had lots of messages

from people about it so thank you

3:09:093:09:12

for getting in touch. Breakfast will

be back tomorrow morning from 6am.

3:09:123:09:19

And while that's

all from us in the studio today,

3:09:193:09:24

We will be back.

3:09:243:09:27

We'll spend the last few

3:09:273:09:28

minutes of the programme

at the People's History Museum

3:09:283:09:30

in Manchester where Jayne's been

throughout the morning.

3:09:303:09:34

She is joined by the descendants of

one of the key figures in the

3:09:343:09:37

suffragette movement, good morning.

You don't get to say this very

3:09:373:09:43

often, I have a red sofa full of

Pankhursts, welcome. Your

3:09:433:09:53

grandmother was Emmeline Pankhurst,

Lucy, it is quite convoluted, isn't

3:09:533:09:56

it?

It is but there is a connection.

We will park it is for now.

3:09:563:10:01

You are commemorating what is a

really special day, a key milestone,

3:10:013:10:06

not the whole victory, was it? But a

partial victory. Where do you think

3:10:063:10:10

we are today, Helen, in this fight

for equality?

So, I've just written

3:10:103:10:15

a book called Deeds Not Words and

analysed and talked to a lot of

3:10:153:10:22

women about different parts of their

lives, looking at politics,

3:10:223:10:26

economics, looking at women at home,

culturally, and in every single area

3:10:263:10:31

we can say a lot has changed, 100

years is a long time, mind you, but

3:10:313:10:35

the one area pulling is back in

every other aspect I looked at it

3:10:353:10:39

was violence against women, the fear

of it, misogyny, different forms,

3:10:393:10:44

traditional and modern.

Modern

forms, what you are talking about,

3:10:443:10:48

social media.

Twitter and the growth

of pornography and sexualisation of

3:10:483:10:52

women in all spaces.

It has really

concerned you and you have a young

3:10:523:10:55

daughter as well.

She is 22.

22,

this does concern you?

It does.

We

3:10:553:11:03

are here as well to talk about

something special, you guys have

3:11:033:11:06

been involved with, which is to

write in honour of today the

3:11:063:11:11

Pankhurst and then, you are a

composer, tell us about it.

I am,

3:11:113:11:16

yes, so the Pankhurst Anthem is a

piece of music in two parts, so

3:11:163:11:22

Helen has been working on the text,

so in your own words you have

3:11:223:11:27

distilled Emmeline Pankhurst's

words, so we have used Emmeline

3:11:273:11:31

Pankhurst's words to set it to music

to echo her own sentiments, so the

3:11:313:11:37

first part of the peace is called

Echoes Of Emmeline. And the second

3:11:373:11:46

part we hope everyone will want to

join in with and it is more

3:11:463:11:49

uplifting.

This is going to be

available today on the BBC Three

3:11:493:11:56

website, special commission for BBC

Three, people can download it and

3:11:563:11:59

learn the words, people can join in,

this is what you are hoping for, and

3:11:593:12:04

the key message of this song is

what, Helen?

Still the struggle goes

3:12:043:12:09

on, I think there are beautiful

words, for example the sisterhood of

3:12:093:12:13

sacrifice, which turns into the

sisterhood of strength.

That is what

3:12:133:12:16

we are celebrating.

Yes, it is what

we are celebrating today.

Over to

3:12:163:12:21

Eliza Carthy who will perform this,

the Pankhurst Anthem.

3:12:213:12:30

# I hear the sound of feet

# Perpetually beating

3:12:313:12:41

# The pounding of our hearts as we

march on through the streets, a

3:12:413:12:44

sisterhood of sacrifice is made

along the way

3:12:443:12:49

# And now we stand

3:12:493:12:56

# And now we stand today

# If we win this hardest of fights

3:12:563:12:59

to be sure

# The future will be made easy for

3:12:593:13:06

women

# All over the world

3:13:063:13:09

# To win the fight

# When the time comes

3:13:093:13:17

# I hear the sound of feet

perpetually

3:13:173:13:28

perpetually beating

# The pounding of our hearts as we

3:13:293:13:31

march on through the streets

# A sisterhood of sacrifice is made

3:13:313:13:36

along the way

# Now we stand today. #

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