08/02/2018 Breakfast

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Sexual harassment and

bullying in Westminster -

one in five workers have experienced

or witnessed it in the past year.

A new code of conduct

and tougher sanctions

are now set to be introduced.

Good morning - it's

Thursday 8 February.

Also this morning:

The Cinderella service -

a warning that there's not enough

social care workers because they're

undervalued and poorly paid.

Talking tough on trade -

bosses from some of Japan's biggest

businesses meet the Prime Minister

and Chancellor later,

to discuss life after Brexit

and what it could mean

for the 10,000 staff

they employ in the UK.

In sport, the waiting is over,

with the first winter olympic action

underway in Korea,

and Britian's golden girl,

from 4 years ago, Lizzy Yarnold,

will carry the Great Britain flag

at tomorrow's Openeing ceremony.

She will be keeping warm, because

this is the scene this afternoon.

-20 degrees, making it one of the

coldest Winter Olympics on record.

And we'll find out how they're

putting the sparkle back

into Blackpool's famous

Tower ballroom.

And Carol has the weather.

This morning, a cold start in the

south-east, temperatures as low as

minus six. Scotland and Northern

Ireland brighter with showers in the

north and west.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The workplace culture at Westminster

is in need of urgent reform.

That's the view of a cross-party

group of MPs who will publish

a review into bullying and sexual

abuse later this morning.

According to a leaked

version of the report,

almost a fifth of people working

in parliament have witnessed

or experienced sexual

harassment in the past year.

A new, independent

complaints procedure

is expected to be recommended

to tackle the problem,

as well as a dedicated hotline

to report incidents.

It's thought the working group -

chaired by the Leader

of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom -

will also call for tougher

sanctions for anyone found

guilty of harassment.

Our political correspondent,

Leila Nathoo, is in Westminster.

Leila, is this report going to be

enough to ease the concerns people

have about the culture

in Westminster?

And you will remember this working

group was formed after the flurry of

allegations referred covering a huge

range of claims in Westminster of

inappropriate behaviour which shone

a light on the working environment

here. It's a close-knit community

where our loyalty is highly valued.

There are often informal

arrangements in place for staff. The

idea behind it was to encourage

people to come forward and be able

to be open about their concerns and

reassure them if they do, there will

be proper sanctions in place. The

parties have promised reform within

their own structures but this is a

wider group covering all

Parliamentary staff. They are going

to publish the findings of the

report later this morning. One in

five Parliamentary pass holders has

witnessed or experienced sexual

harassment in the last year. It's

telling that only 17% of people

responded to the survey, telling you

how reluctant people are to come

forward. A few measures being

proposed. I think a lot of people

would argue that what is needed in

Westminster is a cultural shift, a

significant shift and this is

perhaps only one step along the way.

A lot of people would say, we are

not going to see meaningful change

overnight. It is about a longer term

shift in culture.

Adult social care in England

is a "Cinderella service",

which is undervalued and whose

workers are poorly paid,

according to the public

finance watchdog.

The National Audit Office says

the government is failing

to deal with a shortage

of care workers at a time

when demand is increasing.

Here's more from our

Social Affairs Correspondent

Alison Holt.

IIt's a busy lunchtime

at Northfield's nursing

home in Sheffield, demanding

work for the care staff

looking after residents with a high

level of need and today's report

outlines just how difficult it has

become to find the people needed

to provide this vital care.

Joyce, good afternoon, it's only me.

Sorry to bother you, darling.

Tammy Ardron is the

nursing lead here.

Finding care staff generally

is a problem but she says attracting

nurses has become

a real issue for them.

I don't think it's as attractive

as maybe the NHS where

you've got the salary packages,

enhanced rates of pay and sociable

hours.

And I think it's hard work.

It's busy, it's constant,

you've got to be on the ball

24 hours a day.

The National Audit Office says

whilst working in care can

be rewarding, many

staff feel undervalued.

In 2016-17, more than half

of the work force was paid £7.50 an

hour or less.

In the same year, staff

turnover was nearly 28%

and 6.6% of jobs were vacant.

But, it says, there is no government

strategy for tackling the problems.

Only the Department of Health can

produce a workforce strategy that

speaks to the national picture

about the problems we've found

of low pay, low prestige and high

turnover rates which is reducing

quality of service for people

who are actually receiving care.

In response, the Department

for Health and Social Care

says extra money is being put

in to caring for vulnerable people

and that it will soon publish

a strategy for the health

and care workforce.

Alison Holt, BBC News, Sheffield.

To% of councils were concerned about

financial stability. The biggest

Sharad budgets was to mark the

children's services, housing and

homelessness.

That dashed the

biggest drain on budgets was

children's services, housing and

homelessness.

The father of an American student

will join in to the Opening Ceremony

with American Vice President Mark

Spence. Stephen, it looks very

chilly there. I'm not sure

diplomatic relations will be much

warmer considering the Vice

President's guest.

It has been very

cold but everybody is getting pretty

excited. We've got this traditional

Korean drumming band behind us. You

can see the athletes coming in. And

yet geopolitics is really dominating

here. You've got the US on one side

and North Korea preparing to stage

something of a propaganda showdown

with the US Vice President

threatening -- threatening to

challenge the North Koreans and Kim

Jong-un sending his sister year --

his sister here as well is the North

Korean marching bands and cheer

squads. All of this is going to be

going on with the Winter Olympics in

the background. It will be very

interesting indeed.

I've got to ask,

it could be one of the coldest

Winter Olympics ever. Just how cold

is it? We understand it's been as

low as -25 at some point.

I can tell

you, we've been out reporting and

it's been minus 20. Absolutely

freezing. Still, it's pretty

exciting. People don't seem to mind.

The thrill of the Olympics is

keeping us warm inside, if you like.

Indeed, we can see behind you the

celebrations beginning. Dancing

taking place as well. We will see

much more entertainment and look at

those ski slopes. Ready for all of

the action. It does look pristine.

Japanese investors in Britain -

including major carmakers -

are to meet Theresa May

in Downing Street later.

The motor industry has previously

raised concerns over how

operations could be

affected by Brexit.

Ben is here - what's likely

to be on the agenda?

It's interesting. They will set up

in the 1980s, these Japanese car

firms. We are talking about Toyota,

Nissan and Honda. They make half the

cars made in the UK. And they are

understandably worried about what

happens next. If there will be

tariffs on any of the cars they are

making. Placing extra tariffs and

customs issues. That is the crux of

what they are trying to get at with

the Prime Minister a little later.

They will also meet with the

Chancellor to find out what will

happen next. They've already told us

they will not disclose any details

of those discussions but they are

understandably worried about whether

there will be a 10% tariff making

those cars more expensive overseas.

You mentioned the boss of Nissan met

with the Prime Minister back in 2016

to get some reassurances and Theresa

May said, we will make sure you are

no worse off. Those negotiations are

ongoing.

ongoing.

You will be keeping a close

eye on it.

More people than ever,

are seeking help for money problems

- short-term borrowing has risen

four times faster than wages.

BBC News has analysed UK

Finance data which shows

there was 37 billion pounds

of unsecured personal

debt last year.

David Rhodes has the details.

There are 9 million people across

Britain that say their debts are a

burden as the cost of living rises

to some, the debts are mounting up.

I was using credit cards to pay for

food shopping two days before payday

and I had £5 left and not much

petrol in the car so it was a case

of using £5 the petrol to get to

work or use the £5 to make up

lunches for my boys to the next two

days.

Mel fed her children but her

£28,000 debt forced to seek help

from a charity.

January was our

busiest month whether they had. We

see people in extreme cases of

anxiety and depression.

He gives

from the UK Finance show households

had outstanding personal bank loans

worth £37 billion last year. That

doesn't include borrowing on credit

cards and payday lending but

personal loans have increased 25% in

the past three years while wages for

typical workers have grown by just

over 6%. Charities warned banks are

beginning to lend irresponsibly but

the body that regulates lending as a

clear message for bankers.

They

shouldn't be lending when someone is

in a difficult situation where that

borrowing would be unaffordable for

them. We will also see -- we will

always see isolated cases where

banks don't follow those rules and

we have to take action.

With

household budgets likely to remain

under pressure, the temptation for

people to borrow is not likely to

disappear any time soon.

The average price of tickets

for concerts at major venues has

risen by nearly 30 per cent

over the last 20 years.

According to data from

the National Arenas Association,

prices have increased much

faster than inflation.

It found that average cost rose

from just over £22 in 1999

to more than £45 in 2016 -

with prices even higher

for bigger artists.

The UK's entry for this year's

Eurovision Song Contest

has been chosen.

Singer SuRie was chosen

after her uptempo ballad "Storm" won

over both a jury and TV viewers

in a telephone vote.

The artist, whose real

name is Susanna Cork,

has performed in the competiton

twice before as a backing singer.

The UK last won the Eurovision

Song Contest in 1997.

The last time UK won Eurovision was

back in 1997.

The crowds are

enjoying it.

It has a catchy hook.

Why did you have to do?

He did do

it. It's a catchy little number. It

will probably see us come 15th,

knowing our luck.

It's our first

glimpse of the menu.

-25, could be

the coldest Winter Olympics ever.

Whistler in Canada, they didn't have

enough snow, remember? They have hot

water bottles and cushions being

handed out. Skis have walked it is

so cold. Cashpoints have frozen so

the athletes can't get money out to

buy their warming cups of tea. We

can get warm by going into the

curling arena. The Winter Olympics

are under way with history being

made as well. The first ever mixed

teams in curling. But Great Britain

are not competing. But it officially

under way.

I thought we were good at

curling.

Individually but not in the

next.

next. The love of the country the

Lizzy Yarnold.

She is really

excited, she says, after being

chosen by team-mates. She won Team

GB's only gold medal in Russia four

years ago.

A night out at Wembley but the FA

Cup dream is over for Wembley. They

play Rochdale in the next round.

England's cricketers have suffered

another defeat at the hands

of Australia - this time in the T20

tri series in Hobart.

They lost by five wickets

in the opening match of the series.

British sprinter Nigel Levine has

been provisionally suspended

for failing a drugs test.

The European indoor gold

medallist hasn't competed

since fracturing his pelvis

in a motorcyle accident over

a year ago.

He's tested positive for the banned

asthma drug clenbuterol.

Both Laura and Jason Kenny

will make their British team

comebacks at the track

cycling World Championships

in the Netherlands later this month

- just six months after the birth

of their son Albie,

and despite Jason briefly retiring

from the sport.

I will have more shivering sports

stories in the papers in a moment.

We can always be grateful when we

are watching the Winter Olympics and

it is winter here, but it is never

like that. It is absolutely barmy,

isn't it, Carol?

like that. It is absolutely barmy,

isn't it, Carol?

Barmy is not the

word I would use to describe it this

morning, but it is not as cold as it

is there. -6 in parts of East

Anglia, Surrey and can't, so once

again the risk of ice on untreated

surfaces and there is some frost as

well. We also have a band of rain

currently pushing south eastwards,

and as a result of all of this,

today will feel less cold, a little

bit milder, that it did yesterday.

This morning, if we look at our

lovely satellite picture, zooming up

towards the UK is this line of

cloud, a weather front pushing

across our shores, and the twinkling

lights are street lights from some

of our towns and cities. The weather

front will continue to move

southwards today, taking its cloud

and rain with it as well, some

drizzle, and later it will

rejuvenate. Kind that we start to

see some cold air coming our way, a

cold front sinking south. Bright

skies in the south-east this

morning, that is why we have the low

temperatures. Through the course of

the day, as the weather from

produces rain and drizzle sinks

southwards, we will see the cloud

ahead of it. The far south-east

hanging on to the sunshine. For

Scotland and Northern Ireland,

brighter skies but a lot of showers

coming in across the north and not

as cold as it was yesterday, but it

will still feel cold if you are

stepping out. Through the evening

and overnight the weather front

rejuvenates and we will see heavy

rain coming in across northern

England, Wales, into the south-west

as it continues to push into the

south-east. Behind that weather

front it will turn colder. Again the

risk of ice on untreated surfaces.

Scattered showers across the west,

but we could see wintry showers

almost anywhere through the course

of the overnight period. Tomorrow

morning we lose that weather front

across the near continent and things

settle down. That sunshine indicated

by the green here, but still we have

some showers in the north and the

west. Temperatures down on what we

are looking at today, around four,

five, six, maybe we will squeeze out

a seven. It the Saturday, another

band of rain with some snow in the

hills, coming in from the west,

pushing steadily south eastwards.

Staying largely dry for much of

Saturday in the south-east before

the rain arrives, and behind it once

again we are back to some brighter

skies and sunshine. Something we are

keeping a very close eye on at the

moment is the potential for a deep

area of low pressure to form

Saturday night into Sunday, ringing

significant snow across parts of

Scotland. This is what we think will

happen on Sunday itself, though. A

lot of dry weather around, a lot of

showers coming into the west, they

are likely to be wintry, we could

have the odd rumble of thunder mixed

in as well and did will be cold.

Especially in the north. We are

looking at four and five has become

further south, seven or eight. Not

quite as cold, but again there is no

heat wave on the horizon just yet.

Thank you very much.

heat wave on the horizon just yet.

Thank you very much. And everyone is

back on the sofa for a look at the

papers. Let's have a look at some of

the front pages for you. Sorry, they

are all over here.

Holding the

papers!

The Daily Mail looking at

the issues around council tax,

saying that people will be facing

punishing council tax rises coming

up in April. And someone has a

picture of Donald Trump caught in a

slightly unfortunate moment.

You

couldn't not point that out, could

you?

No.

The Times's lead story,

Britain's richest county is facing a

£100 million cash crisis as councils

struggled to close cash deficits.

Many councils actually raising

council tax come April. And on the

front page, John Worboys, the black

cab rapist, who was taken yesterday

to the High Court, as two of his

victims are campaigning to keep him

in jail. And I don't know if you

have seen much about this, this idea

that George Soros, the man who broke

the Bank of England, is behind a

secret plot to thwart wrecks it. The

notion is there will be a campaign

launched shortly promoting the idea

that Brexit is bad, and reigniting

the campaign, backed by some pretty

high profile and wealthy

individuals.

I don't know if that

will be much of a surprise, as

business has been very vocal that

they think business is bad news.

There are some important names,

James Dyson among them, who think

that leaving would be great news,

but for George Soros, again, pretty

divisive figure. Nonetheless, a lot

of visitors will save, as we will

hear a little later today, we need

some clarity. Tell us what is

happening and we will deal with it.

And the Guardian has picked up on

some of the numbers knocking around

yesterday.

It is suggested that

these are government figures MPs

have seen, the cost of whether we

stay in the customs union and the

single market and what it could mean

the economic growth. London actually

fear is the best out of all of this,

but places like the north-east of

England and the West Midlands, and

particularly relevant today given

what we are hearing about carmakers

speaking to Downing Street, they

make most of the cars there but they

would fear the worst if these

assessments come to fruition.

And

you are taking a look at these

temperatures dominating the papers

in their coverage ahead of the

Winter Olympics.

And actually a

dilemma for the British stars

competing in the first few days, as

Team GB say stay away from the

opening ceremony because it will be

so cold.

To protect the airways, et

cetera.

And we will have pictures of

Caty at 6:30 a.m., as she has done

something to her wrist so it is all

strapped up.

I very much doubt she

will be wearing that outfit!

But she

will be competing as it doesn't

affect the sport itself. Lizzie

Yarnold will be at the Winter

Olympics Opening Ceremony and will

carry the flag with one hand, and

one arm, so she can keep the other

arm warmth and switchover. That is a

dilemma when you have one hand

exposed.

And in all of those events

they stand around a lot.

And that is

what happened when I joined the

Bobsleigh World Cup in Germany,

there is so much standing around all

day long. That is one of the hardest

things I found about it, actually.

And that medal contenders. I suppose

about 80% of Britain's medal chances

rest on the shoulders of the women,

whether it is Eve Muirhead in the

curling, Lizzie Yarnold on her

skeleton bob, or Elise Christie who

featured this week. And for the man,

a historic Olympics for the curling

team and the skiing. And it is

under.

And Torvill and Dean are

going to be joining us later on this

morning.

Do you remember the year?

82?

84. We had John Curry in 1986,

and then Torvill and Dean.

In the early hours of 14 June last

year, flames took hold

of Grenfell Tower in West London.

More than 200 firefighters

battled through the night,

many risking their own lives to try

and rescue residents trapped inside.

Now, nine of those firefighters

are preparing to run

the London Marathon to raise money

for children affected

by the tragedy.

Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

to see how they are getting

on with their training.

Less than a mile from Grenfell

Tower, North Kensington fire station

hums with the sound of training.

Have you run a marathon before?

I

have never run a marathon before, I

have always been quite sporty, but

this is a whole new ball game to

myself.

Watch manager Michael Dowden

one of nine firefighters here

running the London Marathon in

April.

It is really important for us

to run this as a team, to try and

help us deal with events we

witnessed on the night of the

Grenfell Tower fire.

71 people died

at Grenfell Tower. Firefighters were

inside the blazing building four

hour after hour. In the end, they

helped 65 people to escape.

We were

the first on scene that night, but

my main memories are just disbelief,

really. It is like nothing I have

ever seen, even in the movies,

really.

The tragedy that was

witnessed at night by myself and my

colleagues was unbelievable. It was

on an unprecedented scale.

I don't

think I will ever fully get over

what has happened. It will always be

there in the back of your mind. It

is never going to go away, really.

It's almost like you have had 40

years of trauma in one night. So for

a human being to process that is

really, really difficult.

The

firefighters are hoping to raise

money for a local charity called

Kids on the Green.

Kids shouldn't

ever be exposed to that violence.

They were, they have lost people,

they have lost their homes, so if we

can do something to further help

those children of Grenfell, and

particularly the children on the

green, then this is a fantastic

platform that allows us to do that.

We filmed Kids on the Green when it

opened last summer. A place for

children to play, the draw, to talk

if they wanted to, to escape the

horror on their doorstep. Through

the winter the charity has moved to

a site indoors, but they are still

helping kids to be kids.

The old

Swan woke up at about 5:45am in the

morning.

Gabby and her husband live

opposite Grenfell Tower with their

four children.

Kids on the Green has

become part of our lives. We don't

talk about what happens, and we

don't talk about the five very often

but having a place where people have

gone through the same thing and

understand what has gone on without

having to speak about it has been

really helpful for all of us.

There

is a huge admiration for the fire

service here.

I have felt nothing

but gratitude towards the

firefighters, and their bravery,

their coverage, the fact that they

want to do more now on top of what

they have already done it over

Welling -- their courage.

The

firefighters are running not just to

raise money. They say it is also

helping them come to terms with the

terrible events of last summer.

Running a marathon is a real chance

for us all to get together and do

something really productive for the

Grenfell community. So we can help

people, and we can heal ourselves as

the same time, as a team. -- at the

same time.

And we wish them well. They are

probably training as we speak,

aren't they?

Absolutely, and it just

shows that showing that community

will stay strong is important to

people. Well done to them.

will be further outbreaks of rain

into the weekend.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

We'll bring you all the latest

news and sport in a moment,

but also

on Breakfast this morning.

Described in one newspaper this

week as a "secretive,

18th century boys' club,

which should have no place in public

life", we'll hear from

the Freemasons who say "enough

is enough" when it comes to negative

comments about their members.

We'll meet the Grenfell Tower

firefighters running

the London Marathon to raise money

for children affected

by the tragedy.

Their gold-winning performance

was purple perfection

at the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984,

but can Team GB emulate

their success over the coming

weeks in Pyeongchang?

We'll be joined by Torvill

and Dean after 8:30.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

Nearly a fifth of people working in

Parliament have seen or experienced

sexual harassment according to a

report due out this morning.

A cross-party group of MPs chaired

by Andrea Leadsom is expected to

recommend a new code of conduct, a

complaints procedure and tougher

sanctions for inappropriate

behaviour, the review set up last

year after several harassment claims

against MPs and staff.

95% of councils in England are

planning to raise taxes. A survey

found 80% were concerned about

financial stability. The biggest

pressure on budgets was to mind the

children's services and adult social

care and housing and homelessness.

Adult social care in England

is a "Cinderella service"

that is undervalued,

with workers poorly paid,

according to the public

finance watchdog.

The National Audit Office,

has strongly criticised

the Department of Health

and Social Care for failing to deal

with a shortage of staff at a time

when demand is increasing.

The government says extra money

is being put into social care

and it's preparing a strategy,

which will be published

by the summer.

More people than ever,

are seeking help for money problems.

A new analysis by BBC News shows

short-term borrowing has risen

four times faster than wages over

the last three years.

Data from UK finance,

which covers 10 of the UK's biggest

banks and building societies,

also revealed households had

£37 billion of unsecured

personal loans last year.

The average price of tickets

for concerts at major venues has

risen by nearly 30%

over the last 20 years.

According to data from

the National Arenas Association,

prices have increased much

faster than inflation.

It found that average cost rose

from just over £22 in 1999

to more than £45 in 2016 -

with prices even higher

for bigger artists.

Studio 54 and the Ministry of Sound

have nothing on this...

It's an Airbus A310 called Zero G

and it's usually the testing

ground for astronauts.

But for one night only,

it became the most exclusive -

and unusual -

nightclub in the world.

Dozens of people got the chance

to get high and take off

for a whole new experience.

For 90 minutes it wasn't just

the tunes that spun as revellers

danced - or at least

they tried to dance -

and floated about.

It was so crazy, just floating

upside down, doing flips. It was

just insane.

You weren't there, were

you?

It was up in the air.

But

where? I don't know where it went

up.

One of them had a New Zealand

flag, anyway.

It looked like fun but

very exclusive.

Is there a reason

you are clutching your phone?

I have

been tweeting my friends at the Team

GB Olympics. It makes a change. The

women's bobsled team, I was asking

about the cold, but they are made of

hard stuff. It is only minus three

degrees so they don't mind. But the

wind chill means you need to wear

100 layers. Mika Moore says it is

nothing they are not used to. Having

been in Lake Placid, you get used to

it. Nice of them to tweet me back.

Have we got the live shot of the

mountains?

They are saying it has

the potential to be the coldest

Olympic Games ever. Skis have

walked. They are trying to protect

against frostbite. Cashpoints have

frozen. It is nine hours ahead. And

it is already under way. Mixed

curling the first time ever that

Britain not involved. Let's get a

live update.

Record low temperatures

at the moment. I wonder how our man

Andy Swiss is coping?

Has it

affected preparations? As you say,

it has been pretty freezing over the

last few days, temperatures down

below minus 20. The good news for

the organisers is that it is getting

milder. The temperature around about

freezing but even so, organisers say

the 40,000 fans arriving for the

Opening Ceremony on Friday will be

given special heated cushions and

blankets. That Opening Ceremony gets

under way at 11 o'clock in the

morning your time. Team GB have

announced that Lizzy Yarnold who won

gold in 2014 will carry the British

flag. Team GB are aiming for between

four and ten medals. Their best

games ever if they do. The lease

Christie, probably Britain's best

chance of a gold medal. The Opening

Ceremony is not until tomorrow. Some

events are under way. The early

round of the mixed curling.

ADB

Eagle could have made a comeback. I

don't know if you've seen the

pictures of the North Korean

cheerleaders arriving in our finest

outfits. The Koreans competing under

one flag.

That's right. Clearly that

will be a huge moment at the Opening

Ceremony tomorrow night when North

Korea and South Korea parade

together under that unity. As far as

the British team is concerned, on

the snow, on the ice, big hopes of

gold medals from Christie, what a

story that would be. She competed in

2014, crashed out -- crashed out of

all three events, received death

threats, considered quitting. A real

chance of gold. Lizzy Yarnold, she

struggled for form a little bit.

Also, keep an eye outfought

19-year-old Izzy Atkins, the

youngest member of the British team.

A real chance in the skiing. I think

that shows the unpredictability of

winter sport. Hopeful they can hit

that target.

Fantastic. That's what

makes its low exciting.

makes its low exciting. She will

still compete in the snowboard. All

the action from Pyeongchang. From

1030 tomorrow morning. Via the red

button.

The FA Cup shows you no mercy. At

Wembley, a huge day out.

Tottenham saw off League Two Newport

County, beating them 2-0

in their FA Cup fourth

round replay at Wembley.

Newport held out for almost half

an hour last night before

falling behind to a

Dan Butler own goal.

Just a few minutes

later Spurs had their second;

Erik Lamela with his first FA

Cup goal.

Tottenham's reward is a fifth

round trip to Rochdale.

It is warming up thank goodness, as

we heard. Minus three degrees.

Barmy.

-- balmy.

Foods like the ones behind us

contribute to a balanced diet,

but new research suggests

they could also play a role

in the spread of breast cancer.

Scientists say that's

because they contain an amino acid

called asparagine, which is found

in certain meats, dairy products

and vegetables -

including asparagus.

So could a change of diet

help to slow the spread

of the disease?

Let's speak to Justine Alford

from Cancer Research UK.

There is a big sort of cloud of

caution over this story, isn't

there? Tell us what the evidence so

far is about what we are eating and

what effect it might have.

So far,

this research of our Cambridge

Institute has been carried out in

the lab in Petrie dishes and on mice

with press cancer so onto approached

about how we think about the

potential applications of this

research. Whether this is true but

people, hopefully this could lead to

new ways in the future that could

help us understand breast cancer

better and potentially maybe stop

the disease from spreading in the

future.

Talk us through the foods we

are talking about and what the

evidence is showing.

A molecule

called asparagine was looked at, an

amino acid in certain foods, but

what they found was this particular

amino acid could be helping breast

cancer spell -- cells spread to

other parts of the body and there is

some evidence they bound from

previous research which could back

this up in people. It is too early

to say it what they found in mice is

happening in people.

What foods

other than asparagus are related to

this?

Asparagine is found in

poultry, dairy and soy and some

seafoods as well but we really do

want to express caution because it

is too early to say whether eating

asparagus will affect a person's

outcomes. If they have breast

cancer. This research was carried

out in the lab.

Telling people don't

eat this because your cancer could

spread more quickly.

What we hope is

the more scientists learn about this

potential interaction between breast

cancer cells and asparagine, this

could lead to new ways to

potentially augment or complement

our current strategies which are

already used to treat breast cancer.

What the scientists are thinking is

that maybe in the future, they could

develop a kind of tab breast cancer

patients in a controlled setting.

Are there foods already proven to

have a direct link to some of the

issues you are talking about?

There

are currently no evidence that any

diet or particular foods can help

treat cancer. We do know certain

foods are linked with an increase

risk of developing cancer such as

red and processed meats.

How easy is

it to correlate what happens in the

laboratory? This has been taking

place in mice. Can we say that there

is a link? Have you extrapolate so

much?

That is the beauty of

research, this will open up new

doors into finding out more about

the disease but at the moment, it is

too early to say what happens in

mice will happen in people. Taking

tumour samples from patients and

studying people have got the

disease.

Thank you very much.

It's time to talk to Carol to look

at the weather. For once, maybe the

next two weeks, I shall promise not

to moan about it being cold because

I will look at Pyeongchang and feel

grateful.

I will look at Pyeongchang and feel

grateful.

It has been so cold that, hasn't it?

More like -25 with the wind chill.

Talking of the Olympics, Friday and

Saturday, it won't be as cold that

turns cold again into Sunday and

Monday. It

Monday. It is -6.2 in the aisle of

Portland, in just over five degrees.

Many of us today, it is a cold start

to the day to some. We have also got

some rain. Again, you can see the

street lights there. We have got all

this cloud across us.

this cloud across us. Behind this

weather front, we started pulling

cold air. A lot of cloud and

drizzle. The exception is across the

south-east of England. The

temperature has fallen to -5.8 in

parts of Cambridgeshire. As the

weather front seeks out, the cloud

will build. The brightest guys

across the of Scotland.

Temperature-wise, not as cold as it

was yesterday. Nonetheless, we are

looking at no heatwave. The weather

front reinvigorates across parts of

England and south-west Wales.

Pushing towards the south-east. This

is a cold front. We've also got

wintry showers. Especially into the

north and west but we could see it

anywhere and like this morning,

there is the risk of ice on

untreated surfaces. Tomorrow we

watch this band of rain. Still

wintry showers. We can see wintry

showers falling across parts of the

Midlands. Temperature-wise, going

back down. Up to five degrees in the

north, up to seven degrees further

south. As we head on into Saturday,

a lot of dry weather in the south

and east but this next weather front

coming in, bringing way -- rain at

low levels. As that clears to the

south, some brighter skies.

Temperatures in double figures by

then it is to push over to the east,

its still cold.

then it is to push over to the east,

its still cold. When is it going to

be warm again? In summer. It's

winter. I don't like it. I promise I

wouldn't moan. I can do at the two

and a half minutes she knows her

stuff, though. She is a genius.

Cheeky thing.

Cheeky thing. A lot of attention of

what is happening in the future.

Ben is looking at

what we can expect.

Yes, it is super Thursday

at the Bank of England,

where we get both a decision

on interest rates and a forecast

for the economy over the next year.

And it is a balancing act -

keeping the economy growing,

but not letting it overheat.

So how are we doing?

The UK economy grew

by about 1.8% last year.

That was better than

the bank's own forecasts.

But inflation, that measures how

quickly prices are rising,

is at 3%.

That is well above the 2% target.

So the Bank could raise interest

rates to encourage us to save more

rather than spend, and that

would help ease inflation.

And it will be watched very closely.

Earlier this week, speculation

interest rates might go up in the US

sparked some of the biggest falls

on global stock markets

since the financial crisis.

That saw £50 billion wiped off

the value of some of the UK's

biggest companies on Tuesday.

It has since been put back on to a

certain degree, but nonetheless

windfalls showing how volatile they

can be. I am speaking to Fidelity

International's director. The bank

will tell us how they will respond

to the economy through interest

rates but it really is about not

doing too much too soon, to keep the

economy growing.

The economy is

picking up very slowly, and the UK

is lagging the world economy. So

Mark Carney really has to walk a

tightrope between encouraging the

economy to continue growing and

people to continue spending, because

of course when interest rates go up

people get nervous about spending,

and that puts a strain on the

economy.

We already know our incomes

are pretty squeezed, because wages

are not keeping up with inflation,

for example. An interest rate rise

would mean our credit cards and

mortgages get more expensive, so we

would have even less money in our

pocket. And that is a worry, isn't

it?

It is a worry, we know they have

high levels of mortgage debt and

personal debt in many homes, but of

course there is a flipside to this.

The fact we have had these record

low interest rates for so long has

been really hard on savers. People

have been prudent with their money,

and it is affecting retirees, people

relying on a fixed income to affect

their cost of living. So there are

always winners and losers.

So that

as interest rates, we will also get

forecast for economic growth. People

are sceptical about these forecasts,

because given so much uncertainty in

the UK and the world economy, how

accurate can these forecasts ever

be?

That is the key question, and

the other key thing coming out is

the quarterly inflation report. That

is the health check on the state of

the UK economy. As you know, what

happened in stock market this week

and the US was the risk of inflation

coming back into the system which

made markets nervous.

And it was

strange, because it was good news

that made markets fall. Just explain

that.

The key thing to remember is

that the stock market and the

economy are two different beasts,

they don't always move in lockstep.

People's pay packets were increasing

and if you own more, the reasoning

is that you will spend more. Then

prices go up and that introduces

inflation back into the system.

Central banks use interest rates to

keep inflation in check and the

worry was that interest rates in the

US at least would increase quicker

than people expected. Of course we

have been used to record low

interest rates for more than ten

years now, since the financial

crisis, and how will people react to

that?

Yes or no, rates going up

today?

No.

More from me after seven

a.m..

Blackpool Tower Ballroom is swapping

sparkle and sequins for dusters

and mops, as the iconic venue

undergoes a spring clean.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is there for us this morning.

Where are you, enjoying some music I

imagine?

That's right, you can see

John giving us a warts on the

Wurlitzer at the amazing Blackpool

Tower Ballroom, one of the most

famous dance venues not just in the

UK but in the world -- waltz. You

will be familiar if you are a fan of

Strictly Come Dancing, and it is

looking more splendid than normal,

as it undergoes its biggest clean-up

in 50 years. Take a look at the

opulent surroundings, the lights,

the gold, all that needs cleaning.

And a couple of bits of lighting,

you might be able to make out the

chandelier as well. They pose a

challenge. I have been found finding

out how they do it.

It is a routine rarely attempted.

Involving lifts, fancy footwork, and

plenty of twist and turns. -- twists

and turns.

We are lowering and

cleaning the two main chandeliers in

the ballroom. Modern techniques is

all using electric winches, and you

just press a button. The ballroom

opened in 1894, and they had to

winch it all the way down.

It is

Blackpool Tower Ballroom's biggest

clean-up for more than 50 years.

This chandelier has over 1000

individual crystals, and weighs half

a ton.

They are over 124 years old,

so it is just really, really, really

delicate.

You are holding a little

bit of history, argued, your hands?

Yes, it is really important that you

keep hold of it. As we undo them, we

then take these little screws apart.

You just have to give it a good wipe

around, making sure that all the

dust has gone.

In total, there are

16 chandeliers in this ballroom, and

32 Alchemy lights. That means over

500 individual light fittings and

bulbs, which need testing and

cleaning.

cleaning.

For me, there is only one

ballroom in the UK and in the world.

Sometimes when you are in here, you

know, on your own, it is just

breathtaking.

At no clean-up can

compare to what happened in 1956,

when a fire badly

when a fire badly damaged the Tower

Ballroom. Dennis lived and worked

nearby.

The fire was underneath this

flaw here. And the girders were just

twisted, with the heat. It was all

blackened, and a lot of damaged.

Dennis was part of the team which

brought the ballroom back to life.

They used 27 carat gold leaf. This

was one of the original sheets.

You

put this on with your thumb, worked

again, and then it was burnished.

The gold is everywhere, the

ceilings, and all the letters is

gold. You put your name in.

So

somewhere out there says Dennis?

It

does, hidden away. I watch Strictly,

and you sit at home watching it, and

you think I handle that.

It has

taken three weeks, but the

chandeliers are clean, light is

looking good. Blackpool Tower

Ballroom, back to its best.

Back to its best it most certainly

is, and the ballroom is actually

open most days for people to come

along and do a bit of dancing. I

will talk to some of the dancers.

What is it like to dance in this

amazing space?

Beautiful.

And it is

one of the most impressive dance

floors in the world.

It is great.

You carry on, I don't want to

interop beautiful dancing here. What

is it like to dance on this, one of

the world's most famous dance

floors?

Fabulous.

Absolutely

fabulous. Wonderful atmosphere,

great place to be. The best

dancefloor in the country.

And the

way the lights and everything, it is

looking so pristine. I won't take it

personally, they are in the dancing

zone. I can tell that. This

dancefloor, it is sprung. They can

actually lock it, because they also

have cheerleading competitions here,

and if you a cheerleader, a sprung

dancefloor isn't necessarily what

you want. So an amazing space, an

amazing chance to stand here. They

must dancers who have danced here,

you'll Turnbull, Chris Hollins, Ed

Balls, I am adding my name to that

list. It is quite a feeling.

Have

you tried jumping on that floor?

That is how you can really tell how

effective the springiness is.

Yes,

it is really incredible power

actually you can really feel the

effect of the sprung dancefloor.

Some dancers were saying you can

dance for several hours and your

feet don't hurt, because it really

has the effect of supporting you,

and making your whole dancing

experience that much better. Even

just to be in this environment, to

see the lights, the organ, and in

such good condition, is really

rather special.

It is a rather

magnificent daubing. We will be

speaking to you later. --

magnificent buildings. We will try

and get him to dance during the

break. We have 2.5 hours, we will

make it happen.

Yom mischief is

coming through

make it happen.

Yom mischief is

coming through

There'll be further outbreaks

of rain over the course

of the weekend.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

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gas

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Stayt.

Sexual harassment and

bullying in Westminster -

one in five workers have experienced

or witnessed it in the past year.

A new code of conduct

and tougher sanctions

are now set to be introduced.

Good morning - it's

Thursday 8 February.

Also this morning:

The Cinderella service -

a warning that there's not enough

social care workers because they're

undervalued and poorly paid.

Talking tough on trade -

bosses from some of Japan's biggest

businesses meet the Prime Minister

and Chancellor later,

to discuss life after Brexit

and what it could mean

for the 10,000 staff

they employ in the UK.

In sport, the waiting is over,

with the first Winter Olympic action

underway in Korea, and Britian's

golden girl, from 4 years ago,

Lizzy Yarnold, will carry

the Great Britain flag at tomorrow's

Openeing ceremony.

the athletes are going to be feeling

the cold. This is the scene in

Pyeongchang, where temperatures have

been as low as -25 degrees. It could

become one of the coldest Winter

Olympics on record.

And we'll find out how they're

putting the sparkle back

into Blackpool's famous

Tower ballroom.

And Carol has the weather.

This morning, a cold

start in the south-east,

temperatures as low as minus six.

Bright for England and Wales.

Scotland and Northern Ireland

cloudier with showers

in the north and west.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The workplace culture at Westminster

is in need of urgent reform.

That's the view of a cross-party

group of MPs who will publish

a review into bullying and sexual

abuse later this morning.

According to a leaked

version of the report,

almost a fifth of people working

in parliament have witnessed

or experienced sexual

harassment in the past year.

A new, independent

complaints procedure

is expected to be recommended

to tackle the problem,

as well as a dedicated hotline

to report incidents.

It's thought the working group -

chaired by the Leader

of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom -

will also call for tougher

sanctions for anyone found

guilty of harassment.

Our political correspondent,

Leila Nathoo, is in Westminster.

Leila, is this report going to be

enough to ease the concerns people

have about the culture

in Westminster?

I think that's a pretty stark figure

for anyone listening to that. You

have to remember also the context

and was -- in which this working

group that commissioned the survey.

We had a flurry of claims here in

Westminster towards the end of last

year where people were making

allegations. Very serious claims.

That is really what sort of

highlights it. A very close-knit

community. Loyalty is highly valued

among colleagues. There are often

very informal arrangements. There

was a sense that there needs to be

more openness here and this working

group were trying to encourage

people to come forward with their

concerns and reassure them that if

anybody was found guilty of

misconduct, they would be properly

punished. This survey revealed one

in five people working in

Parliament, have experienced

harassment themselves. Only 17% of

people responded to that survey in

the first place. It shows how

reluctant people are to come

forward. They will be publishing

their recommendations for new

complaints procedures, a separate

bullying and harassment complaints

helpline. What people will be

watching is the sanctions are

working group proposes and whether

they will be tough enough, to

reassure complainants, potential

victims who want to come forward,

that people will be properly

punished.

Thank you very much.

The vast majority of local councils

in England plan to raise council

tax in April.

It means the average bill

will go up by £40 as local

authorities try

and raise more money.

Andy Moore is in our

London newsroom.

Andy, what is the reason

behind this rise?

Talk is through what they are

saying.

This is an annual report on

the state of local government

finances. Councils say the demands

on their services are going up all

the time. The amount they get from

central government is growing down.

95% of councils say they intend to

put up council tax. That is the

highest figure since analysis was

started in 2012. 93% of them say

they will put up their charges.

Despite putting up those charges,

80% of councils say they fear that

their financial stability. What does

that mean your council tax bill? The

is 6%, the maximum it can go up. If

you are a council taxpayer, you pay

around £1600. Your bill could go up

by £100. Around half the councils

are putting up bills by 2.5, 3%.

Jonathan Carr West, the Chief

Executive of the local government

information unit, says councils are

on the edge. The government, for its

part, says local councils would see

an increase in their resources over

the next two years.

Adult social care in England

is a "Cinderella service",

which is undervalued and whose

workers are poorly paid,

according to the public

finance watchdog.

The National Audit Office says

the government is failing

to deal with a shortage

of care workers at a time

when demand is increasing.

Here's more from our

Social Affairs Correspondent

Alison Holt.

It's a busy lunchtime

at Northfield's nursing home

in Sheffield, demanding work

for the care staff looking

after residents with a high level

of need and today's report outlines

just how difficult it has become

to find the people needed to provide

this vital care.

Joyce, good afternoon, it's only me.

Sorry to bother you, darling.

Tammy Ardron is the

nursing lead here.

Finding care staff generally

is a problem but she says attracting

nurses has become

a real issue for them.

I don't think it's as attractive

as maybe the NHS where you've got

the salary packages,

enhanced rates of pay

and sociable hours.

And I think it's hard work.

It's busy, it's constant,

you've got to be on the ball 24

hours a day.

The National Audit Office says

whilst working in care can be

rewarding, many staff

feel undervalued.

In 2016-17, more than half

of the workforce was paid £7.50

an hour or less.

In the same year, staff turnover

was nearly 28% and 6.6%

of jobs were vacant.

But, it says, there is no government

strategy for tackling the problems.

Only the Department of Health can

produce a workforce strategy that

speaks to the national picture

about the problems we've found

of low pay, low prestige and high

turnover rates which is reducing

quality of service for people

who are actually receiving care.

In response, the Department

for Health and Social Care says

extra money is being put

in to caring for vulnerable people

and that it will soon publish

a strategy for the health

and care workforce.

Alison Holt, BBC News, Sheffield.

More people than ever,

are seeking help for money problems

- short-term borrowing has risen

four times faster than wages.

BBC News has analysed UK

Finance data which shows

there was £37 billion

of unsecured personal

debt last year.

The average price of tickets

for concerts at major venues has

risen by nearly 30%

over the last 20 years.

According to data from

the National Arenas Association,

prices have increased much

faster than inflation.

It found that average cost rose

from just over £22 in 1999

to more than £45 in 2016 -

with prices even higher

for bigger artists.

A rather unusual musical event has

begun in Frankfurt. A group of DJs

and their fans went

up for a ride in zero gravity.

Studio 54 and the Ministry of Sound

have nothing on this -

an Airbus A310 called Zero-G.

Dozens of people from around

the world given the chance to get

high, very high, and not

an illegal substance in sight,

taking off for a whole

new experience.

MUSIC PLAYS.

# We hit turbulence...

Usually the testing ground

for astronauts, Zero-G instead

became the most exclusive

and unusual nightclub in the world.

A heavy beat, but the

lightest of party-goers.

For 90 minutes they danced,

or at least they they try to dance,

they floated, they spun.

What goes up must come down,

but this was one high-altitude rave,

that blew people's minds.

It was insane.

It was so crazy.

Just floating upside down, and then

Steve Aoki was doing flips down...

It was just insane.

It was like all your

emotions at max level.

And it was hilarious.

I'm super-thankful.

Now, I just want to do it again,

and again and again.

For everyone involved,

this was a unique gig,

unlikely to be repeated.

They say music can lift the soul.

This went a lot further than that.

Tim Allman, BBC News.

We will give you an update from

Pyeongchang soon. Stephen MacDonald

is there. It could be the coldest

Winter Olympics ever. Lots of people

preparing as well. They've been

given warm cushions to sit on.

I

would like that here every day. Jane

Torvill and Christopher Dean will be

here on the server with us. And we

will be looking ahead to the various

Winter Olympic Games.

Stephen is in

Pyeongchang now. This is the view

from up above. You can seal the

preparations, whether games will

taking place. The warmest paste --

the warmest place to be apparently

is whether curling will be

happening. It's positively balmy

air. He is enjoying the brisk air.

Give us an idea of what the

atmosphere is like?

Loving it. It's

pretty cold, I have to say. I think

it is the wind chill that makes it

warming up to the Opening Ceremony

tomorrow. They are talking about -1

or something like that. People are

out, wandering around, getting

excited about the Games starting,

and yet we have this big

geopolitical fight going on in the

background. At this level, athletes

turning up, then we have US Vice

President Mike Pence against the

sister of Kim Jong-un, looking for

the propaganda other hand, if you

like, and looking fur Winter

Olympics as the stage to do it.

That

is talk about Mike Pence. He is

visiting with the father of a man,

who was released from North Korea

and subsequently died.

That's right.

People will have followed the case

of Otto Warmbier, a tourist who was

controversially picked up in North

Korea and held there the quite some

time. He returned to the United

States and subsequently died. He is

returning with Mike Pence to remind

people how cool the North Korean

regime is. But in South Korea, some

people think it is a bit rude of the

Trump administration to be coming

along and spoiling the party.

Because for a lot of people, they

have no illusions about North Korea

and its nuclear weapons programme,

they were just hoping that threat

least a few weeks, there will be

less talk of attacking and sabre

rattling. And just a different mood,

some dialogue. The North Koreans

have said under no circumstances

will they be meeting the US

delegation but there is a good

charge --a good chance that the

sister of Kim Jong-un -- Kim Jong-un

could sit down with the South Korean

president.

At the end of it, we get

excited about big sporting events,

don't we? And every Olympic Games,

summer or winter, they want to be

bigger and better than the last one

so they are setting the stage this

time Brit to be a spectacular event.

Absolutely, you know, this place has

been totally transformed. It is all

ready and despite the fact we are

all freezing. It is the Winter

Olympics, you can't expect it to be

warm after all. And people are

really thrilled that it is about to

kick off here. This is an area which

doesn't have a very big population,

so imagine there is an influx of

athletes from around the world, they

will want to sample the local

culture and the local cuisine, the

beautiful mountains, and I think the

venues are top-notch. So I think the

sport as well, which is, after all,

what it is all about, is going to be

of an amazing standard.

We will get

more from Andy Swiss a little later

on, about the sporting side. And we

leave with that wide shot of the

mountains. It is a good point, it is

the Winter Olympics and we should

expect it to be cold. That sounds

like Carol, when she says it is

winter so we should just accept it

is cold. It is completely

unreasonable, as far as I am

concerned.

It is going to be cold,

unreasonable, as far as I am

concerned.

It is going to be cold,

and it will be for a while yet. Cold

one in the south-east, temperatures

falling two -6 in some parts of East

Anglia and down towards Dorset as

well. There is some ice around and

some frost. For the rest of the UK,

not as cold as it was yesterday.

That is because we have more cloud

and some of us are seeing some rain

and also some drizzle. That will

move south eastwards as we go

through the course of the day. On

the satellite picture you can see

that quite nicely. A fair bit of

cloud across England and Wales, away

from the south-east, and then more

cloud coming in. This is a cold

front, so as it south, we will see

later in the day cold air following

on behind. Ahead of it we have some

sunshine to start the day of the

south-east, under clear skies, which

is why temperatures have fallen so

low. It means through the day as a

weather front pushes into the

south-east the cloud will build.

Here is the cloud and rain. This

rain down towards the south-west and

Wales isn't particularly heavy. We

could see the odd heavy burst from

it and for Scotland and Northern

Ireland some brighter skies. The

brightest will be across the

north-east. Some sunshine and a few

showers, but quite a few showers in

the north and west.

Temperature-wise, not quite as cold

as yesterday but if you are standing

outside for any length of time it

will feel cold. As we have on

through the evening and overnight

period, this band of rain

rejuvenates, and it will turn

heavier as it pushes through

south-west England, in through the

Midlands, the Wash, and down into

the south-east. Behind it, you will

remember it is a cold front. Some

clear skies, the temperatures

dropping, and some wintry showers

especially in the north and west.

Really, the night you could see some

wintry showers almost anywhere.

Tomorrow we start once again with

the risk of ice on untreated

surfaces. We say goodbye to the

weather front as

weather front as it pushes off into

the near continent and then not a

bad day for many. There will be some

sunshine, but we persist with the

wintry showers in the north and

west. We could see some around the

Midlands and into the south-east as

well. But they are showers, so not

all of us will see them. As we move

from Friday into Saturday, a lot of

dry weather to start the day in the

south-east and the Midlands, with

some sunshine. As our next weather

front comes in, it will introduce a

lot of cloud and some hill snow.

Behind it you will find clear skies

once again, so behind it. Ahead of

it, we are back into double figures.

I am stopping the charts here

because there is the potential at

the moment for an area of low

pressure to develop overnight

Saturday into Sunday. If this

happens, it could well produce some

significant snowfall across parts of

Scotland, which could be disruptive.

The jury is out on this one at the

moment, it may not happen, so keep

in touch with the weather forecast.

The reason for that is that it

hasn't yet developed. We need to see

the whites of its highs. By the time

we get to Sunday, dry weather, a

fair bit of sunshine, and a cold and

windy day. Snow showers in the north

and west of the UK, but because the

winds will be quite strong, at times

we will see some of those showers

get over towards the East as well.

Looking at those temperatures, you

will be thrilled, Naga. Four 27 or

eight. -- 4-7.

In the early hours of 14 June last

year, flames took hold

of Grenfell Tower in West London.

71 people died as a

result of the blaze.

More than 200 firefighters

battled through the night,

many risking their own lives to try

to rescue residents trapped inside.

Now, nine of those firefighters

are preparing to run

the London Marathon to raise money

for children affected

by the tragedy.

Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

to see how they are getting

on with their training.

Less than a mile from

Grenfell Tower, North Kensington

fire station hums with

the sound of training.

Have you run a marathon before?

I've never run a marathon before.

I've always been quite sporty,

but rugby's always been my sport.

But this is a whole

new ball game for myself.