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0:00:07 > 0:00:10Hello - this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13British package holiday makers travel to Tunisia for the first time

0:00:13 > 0:00:17since the 2015 attack.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20UK firms resume flights to the country amid reassurances

0:00:20 > 0:00:26that security has improved since 38 people were killed in Sousse nearly

0:00:26 > 0:00:28three years ago.

0:00:47 > 0:00:52Good morning, it's Tuesday the 13th of February.

0:00:52 > 0:00:54After days of allegations of sexual misconduct at Oxfam -

0:00:54 > 0:00:57the charities' watchdog launches a formal inquiry into the claims.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Questions over the helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon that killed

0:01:00 > 0:01:02three people - investigators begin interviewing survivors.

0:01:02 > 0:01:06Today we'll be finding out how much the cost of living has been going up

0:01:06 > 0:01:08by when the latest inflation figures are out.

0:01:08 > 0:01:13I'll be looking at why prices are rising.

0:01:13 > 0:01:17Good morning - in sport, a 500 metre dash for glory and gold.

0:01:17 > 0:01:22Team GB's Elise Christie competes in the women's short track speed

0:01:22 > 0:01:25skating event later - but can she claim a first British

0:01:25 > 0:01:27medal in Pyeongchang?

0:01:27 > 0:01:31We're discussing the changing faces of clowns - as we mark the 250th

0:01:31 > 0:01:36anniversary of the first ever circus.

0:01:36 > 0:01:41I think things have changed a bit. Matt has the weather. Good morning.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45After yesterday's sunshine, much more cloud around today with some

0:01:45 > 0:01:49wind and rain and across northern England and Scotland, some heavy

0:01:49 > 0:01:54snow as well. Forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes.

0:01:54 > 0:01:55Good morning.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58First, our main story.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01British holidaymakers are heading back to Tunisia this morning,

0:02:01 > 0:02:04more than two years after a terror attack killed 38 people,

0:02:04 > 0:02:0630 of them Britons at a beach resort.

0:02:06 > 0:02:08Thomas Cook is the first British tour company to resume

0:02:08 > 0:02:09flights to the country.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12200 passengers are due to take off from Birmingham

0:02:12 > 0:02:13in the next 15 minutes.

0:02:13 > 0:02:15Breakfast's John Maguire is there.

0:02:15 > 0:02:24Good morning. We are in fact just seconds away from the very first

0:02:24 > 0:02:30flight black dash back to Tunisia. Thomas Cook Airlines, the flight

0:02:30 > 0:02:37will take off at six five a.m.. Around 220 passengers on board and I

0:02:37 > 0:02:41spoke to many of them this morning. Very interesting to hear what they

0:02:41 > 0:02:45had to say about returning to a country that they have missed over

0:02:45 > 0:02:48the last few years.

0:02:48 > 0:02:53With its idyllic white beaches and pristine Mediterranean coastline,

0:02:53 > 0:02:56Tunisia was a popular holiday destination for British tourists,

0:02:56 > 0:03:01attracting around 430,000 of them each year. But then came the attack

0:03:01 > 0:03:06in June 2015 when a gunman killed 30 Britons and another eight

0:03:06 > 0:03:10holidaymakers on a beach near Sousse. So-called Islamic State said

0:03:10 > 0:03:15it was behind the shooting. Almost three years on from that deadly

0:03:15 > 0:03:19attack, British tour companies are offering package holidays to the

0:03:19 > 0:03:27country. This morning, 220 passengers were the first to return,

0:03:27 > 0:03:30flying from Birmingham.I'm a bit nervous because I didn't know we

0:03:30 > 0:03:34were the first ones and we were there the last time the terrorist

0:03:34 > 0:03:38attack was on so we were staying in the hotel down the road. We left the

0:03:38 > 0:03:42country as soon as we knew there was another flight going, we thought

0:03:42 > 0:03:45we'd go back out there.I'd still been travelling while it's been

0:03:45 > 0:03:50closed. I go to France and Germany normally. No, I'm not scared at all.

0:03:50 > 0:03:59No trouble. Beautiful place, beautiful.Probably more dangerous

0:03:59 > 0:04:03staying in London. British officials say Tunisia has made huge progress

0:04:03 > 0:04:05on counterterrorism and security since the attacks although the

0:04:05 > 0:04:09Foreign Office advice is that travellers are vigilant at all times

0:04:09 > 0:04:19as the country remains in a state of emergency. When you think about that

0:04:19 > 0:04:22number, 430,000 British holidaymakers before the attacks, it

0:04:22 > 0:04:26makes you realise just what a big deal it is to get back there, not

0:04:26 > 0:04:30only for the travel country -- companies and tourists but primarily

0:04:30 > 0:04:34for the tourist business, the industry and Tunisia. We have seen

0:04:34 > 0:04:38pictures of empty beaches, empty hotels. People are desperate to see

0:04:38 > 0:04:43visitors go back there. The government has worked extremely hard

0:04:43 > 0:04:46with international cooperation to try and improve security on the

0:04:46 > 0:04:50border with Libya, to make sure that people feel safe in returning to

0:04:50 > 0:04:56Tunisia. That flight is due to take off any second, that first flight.

0:04:56 > 0:05:00The second one with Thomas Cook will go from Manchester just after eight

0:05:00 > 0:05:03o'clock and other regional airports will follow in the next couple of

0:05:03 > 0:05:11weeks and months. TUI will also begin flying again. The travel

0:05:11 > 0:05:16companies, and to many people, a very, very welcome return to a much

0:05:16 > 0:05:20loved holiday destination.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22The Charities Watchdog has launched a legal enquiry into Oxfam,

0:05:22 > 0:05:25amid concerns the charity failed to disclose all the details

0:05:25 > 0:05:28of sexual misconduct involving aid workers in Haiti in 2011.

0:05:28 > 0:05:36John McManus is outside the Charity Commission this morning.

0:05:36 > 0:05:41There are still more questions being asked as well about what's been

0:05:41 > 0:05:48going on.Oxfam now facing is very serious investigation. A statutory

0:05:48 > 0:05:53enquiry by the Charity Commission behind me into these allegations

0:05:53 > 0:05:59were involved in sexual misconduct will they were delivering aid to fit

0:05:59 > 0:06:05in 2011 can specifically that they sorted with prostitutes. -- Haiti.

0:06:05 > 0:06:09This will allow the Charity Commission to demand evidence from

0:06:09 > 0:06:13Oxfam to suspend trustees of the charity if necessary and freeze its

0:06:13 > 0:06:18it if it feels it needs to do that. It will hit spending in aid

0:06:18 > 0:06:30programmes around the world. The commission said that:

0:06:38 > 0:06:42we also heard from Oxfam's former head of global safeguarding Helen

0:06:42 > 0:06:46Evans who told Channel 4 news that she had some concerns about aspects

0:06:46 > 0:06:50of what was going on. A survey of staff in three countries found one

0:06:50 > 0:06:55in ten had either witnessed or been subject to some kind of sexual

0:06:55 > 0:06:59assault. She said when she went to the leaders of the charity, that was

0:06:59 > 0:07:03not taken seriously enough in her view. She says she dealt with

0:07:03 > 0:07:07allegations by adults against young people working in the charity shops

0:07:07 > 0:07:10in Britain. She went to the Charity Commission about that. The

0:07:10 > 0:07:14commission said it took her allegations seriously.So many

0:07:14 > 0:07:22questions. Here on Breakfast, we will be talking to Labour MP Peter

0:07:22 > 0:07:26Kyle about the issue facing charities at 7:10 a.m..

0:07:26 > 0:07:28American government investigators have been appointed to examine

0:07:28 > 0:07:30the Grand Canyon helicopter crash which killed seven people,

0:07:30 > 0:07:32including three Britons on Sunday.

0:07:32 > 0:07:36Tributes have been paid to British tourists,

0:07:36 > 0:07:39Becky Dobson and brothers, Stuart and Jason Hill.

0:07:39 > 0:07:40The four survivors, including the pilot,

0:07:40 > 0:07:42are being treated in hospital in Las Vegas.

0:07:42 > 0:07:48Our North America correspondent, James Cook reports.

0:07:48 > 0:07:52Stuart Hill, a car salesman in Brighton, died celebrating his 30th

0:07:52 > 0:07:58birthday along with his girlfriend, Becky Dobson, who has 27th. Stuart's

0:07:58 > 0:08:03brother, Jason Hill, a lawyer in Milton Keynes, also died. He was 32.

0:08:03 > 0:08:10His girlfriend survived. So did newlyweds John Udall and Ellie

0:08:10 > 0:08:18Millwood seen on the left he would Becky and Stuart. The helicopter,

0:08:18 > 0:08:26operated by two affirm Papillon Airways, crashed on Saturday. Bad

0:08:26 > 0:08:30weather meant it was hours before the three surviving passengers and

0:08:30 > 0:08:34pilot could be flown to hospital in Las Vegas. Family and friends have

0:08:34 > 0:08:37arrived here along with investigators who are awaiting

0:08:37 > 0:08:42formal statements. The focus here is on treating the survivors, not just

0:08:42 > 0:08:46to their physical injuries but also trying to help them with the trauma

0:08:46 > 0:08:49they have endured. But there are also questions for the helicopter

0:08:49 > 0:08:53company and the tour operator about why three passengers were apparently

0:08:53 > 0:08:59unable to escape. James Cook, BBC News, Las Vegas.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01A new tool to fight online terror and jihadi activity

0:09:01 > 0:09:04is being unveiled by the Home Secretary during a trip

0:09:04 > 0:09:05to the US.

0:09:05 > 0:09:11It aims to detect content and remove it instantly.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13Funded with more than £500,000 of government

0:09:13 > 0:09:16money, the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted

0:09:16 > 0:09:17by the so-called Islamic State.

0:09:17 > 0:09:20The Home Secretary Amber Rudd will meet with tech companies

0:09:20 > 0:09:22to discuss the software as well as other efforts

0:09:22 > 0:09:24to tackle extremism.

0:09:24 > 0:09:35The purpose of commissioning it was to show that the global Internet for

0:09:35 > 0:09:39the counterterrorism, there are tools out there to do it we are

0:09:39 > 0:09:43asking for. This may be used to smaller companies. There have been

0:09:43 > 0:09:47over 400 B platforms that are used by terrorists so the smaller

0:09:47 > 0:09:48companies, this could be ideal.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51South Africa's ruling party has made an official demand

0:09:51 > 0:09:54for President Jacob Zuma to step down, after a 13-hour meeting

0:09:54 > 0:09:56with leading figures from the African National Congress.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59Mr Zuma has been the head of state since 2009,

0:09:59 > 0:10:01but his time in office has been overshadowed

0:10:01 > 0:10:02by corruption allegations.

0:10:02 > 0:10:10It is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12BBC News has learned that the Commonwealth has begun

0:10:12 > 0:10:15considering who might succeed the Queen as the head

0:10:15 > 0:10:16of the organisation.

0:10:16 > 0:10:18Member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader,

0:10:18 > 0:10:20as the role is not hereditary.

0:10:20 > 0:10:26The BBC has been told 53 member states have established a high-level

0:10:26 > 0:10:29group of independent figures to look at the way

0:10:29 > 0:10:30the Commonwealth is governed.

0:10:30 > 0:10:33It will meet for the first time today in London.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have been

0:10:35 > 0:10:38unveiled at Washington's National Gallery, and immediately went viral

0:10:38 > 0:10:46online, and it wasn't all complimentary.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51While Mr Obama said

0:10:51 > 0:10:54that his was "pretty sharp", social media was soon awash

0:10:54 > 0:10:58with jokes about him being stuck in a hedgerow.

0:10:58 > 0:11:03He said the portrait of his wife captured her "hotness",

0:11:03 > 0:11:05although many reacted to say it looks nothing like her.

0:11:05 > 0:11:08It's an honour that the gallery gives to past presidents,

0:11:08 > 0:11:11but let's just say that these were in stark contrast to the more

0:11:11 > 0:11:14traditional presidential portrait.

0:11:14 > 0:11:24they are, aren't they? Its time they were brought up-to-date?It's always

0:11:24 > 0:11:28interesting seeing portraits because when you know someone really well,

0:11:28 > 0:11:31it's always interesting seeing a portrait of them. You don't

0:11:31 > 0:11:41necessarily agree with the artist. Is that the official unveiling?Oh,

0:11:41 > 0:11:45it's so amazing! It's never really good getting a port had done. It's a

0:11:45 > 0:11:51bit like you get them done. The beachfront and the caricatures.

0:11:51 > 0:11:57After the beach, you will would have got it cheaper as well. Were you

0:11:57 > 0:12:07starting? In PyeongChang, again. We are still glued to our screens. We

0:12:07 > 0:12:14have a Brit back. Elise Chrstie should be starting in the speed

0:12:14 > 0:12:21dating after ten o'clock. It is an exciting event. She will be wanting

0:12:21 > 0:12:25to recover from the mistakes made four years ago in Sochi. A long

0:12:25 > 0:12:37journey to get back where she is. We will be talking about that later on.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39She's among the favourites in the 500m.

0:12:39 > 0:12:42The first of three distances where she's going for a medal

0:12:42 > 0:12:43in these Games.

0:12:43 > 0:12:47Christie will need to win two races this morning to make the final,

0:12:47 > 0:12:55which is around noon.

0:12:55 > 0:13:01Overnight, the biggest winner was Kylie Cambridge, in the women's half

0:13:01 > 0:13:08pipe. That's despite claiming on Twitter that she was both hungry and

0:13:08 > 0:13:10angry on Twitter.

0:13:10 > 0:13:13The pressure is relieved a little for Antonio Conte.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16After back to back losses, his Chelsea side beat West Brom

0:13:16 > 0:13:18to move back into the Premier League's top four.

0:13:18 > 0:13:22And England have won the toss and decided to have a bowl in their

0:13:22 > 0:13:27match with New Zealand. Joss Butler leads the side with the captain

0:13:27 > 0:13:31injured and out. They started at six o'clock this morning in Wellington,

0:13:31 > 0:13:36no wickets just yet. I've been watching a lot of the pipe

0:13:36 > 0:13:40and the snowboarders. They say frontside, I know what that means.

0:13:40 > 0:13:46Backside, I do. It's the front of the back of the board. What about

0:13:46 > 0:13:51nine or 12?I will leave that with you. There are some fantastic terms

0:13:51 > 0:14:04as well.Beef carpaccio, that is one. There is also the McTwist.

0:14:04 > 0:14:10Rusty trombone? All I know is I can't do any of them.It's related

0:14:10 > 0:14:15to the amount of rotation.I think maybe be at his height. I am

0:14:15 > 0:14:24probably entirely wrong. He might know the answer to that, Matt.

0:14:24 > 0:14:24probably entirely wrong. He might know the answer to that, Matt.Maybe

0:14:24 > 0:14:31it's to do with the position you point the board at, nine o'clock, 12

0:14:31 > 0:14:32o'clock, who knows.

0:14:35 > 0:14:37Let's talk weather, after the glorious start yesterday, a

0:14:37 > 0:14:41different day today and a few problems if you're travelling. A

0:14:41 > 0:14:46mixture of things, wind and rain in the south, gale force winds for some

0:14:46 > 0:14:50and snow and ice could be a feature especially in Scotland and northern

0:14:50 > 0:14:54England. We saw some overnight in Northern Ireland. On the radar, it

0:14:54 > 0:15:01has been rain, blue is the rain, white is the snow. On the hills of

0:15:01 > 0:15:05Scotland it has been extensive, lower levels at times, on the hills

0:15:05 > 0:15:11of northern England and Wales. If you're travelling across the age

0:15:11 > 0:15:16nine, a 82, M8 and M74, you could see heavy snow and on the hills we

0:15:16 > 0:15:25could see ten to 15 centimetres -- A9, A82. Snow confined to the tops

0:15:25 > 0:15:28of the hills. Further south outbreaks pushing east over the next

0:15:28 > 0:15:33few hours and strong and gusty winds, the risk of coastal flooding

0:15:33 > 0:15:36in southern coastal counties. The strongest winds by the end of the

0:15:36 > 0:15:40morning will be in the south-east corner. Notice the rain, snow and

0:15:40 > 0:15:44sleet will gradually ease away for many areas and getting better in the

0:15:44 > 0:15:49west. A lot more sunshine in the afternoon and still outbreaks of

0:15:49 > 0:15:53rain for eastern parts and a chilly day by and large, especially when

0:15:53 > 0:15:56you factor in the wind. The evening rush-hour will be better than the

0:15:56 > 0:16:00morning with dry weather around and temperatures dropping in through the

0:16:00 > 0:16:04night with clear skies. Of course, with wet ground in eastern areas, a

0:16:04 > 0:16:08risk of ice into tomorrow morning. In the west the wind will pick up

0:16:08 > 0:16:11and by the end of the night more rain spreads back into Northern

0:16:11 > 0:16:16Ireland, which will turn to snow. Almost a repeat performance, this

0:16:16 > 0:16:19weather system pushing in with strong winds but tomorrow the

0:16:19 > 0:16:24difference, a little slice of yellow, slightly milder air pushing

0:16:24 > 0:16:28in through the day. The snow turning back to rain a bit quicker and the

0:16:28 > 0:16:31snow in northern England and Scotland tomorrow will be mainly on

0:16:31 > 0:16:37the hills, a few spots to lower levels. Outbreaks of rain and severe

0:16:37 > 0:16:41gale force winds pushing across the country from west to east and only

0:16:41 > 0:16:44Northern Ireland will brighten up to the end of the day. Cardiff and

0:16:44 > 0:16:49Plymouth up to around 10 degrees. Milder air to finish Wednesday and

0:16:49 > 0:16:55take us into Wednesday night. Cooler air pushing back into take us into

0:16:55 > 0:16:59Thursday. A touch of frost around but fairly breezy. Thursday, after

0:16:59 > 0:17:03today and tomorrow, a much sunnier day with just a few snow flurries in

0:17:03 > 0:17:06parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. More through

0:17:06 > 0:17:11the morning. Back to you both.

0:17:11 > 0:17:15Happy Pancake Day by the way, everybody! I will show

0:17:15 > 0:17:16Happy Pancake Day by the way, everybody! I will show you a perfect

0:17:16 > 0:17:22recipe for a new style pancake later on. It is a Japanese pancake.We

0:17:22 > 0:17:27will talk about pancakes. This is the Mail, lots of different kinds,

0:17:27 > 0:17:32this is my kind of pancake, have a look at that! Stacked with a

0:17:32 > 0:17:37well-known chocolate spread I would imagine.Are you sweet or savoury?I

0:17:37 > 0:17:41am sweet.I like to finish with a bit of ice cream with chocolate

0:17:41 > 0:17:47spread on it. That is the big pancake finish.Eye and traditional,

0:17:47 > 0:17:52more like lemon and sugar.Don't you like variety in your life -- I am

0:17:52 > 0:17:58traditional. I don't mean generally! The front page of the Mail. Carrying

0:17:58 > 0:18:03on with their lead story yesterday about Oxfam and they're talking

0:18:03 > 0:18:05about the scandal widening dramatically, different claims

0:18:05 > 0:18:11coming up about the charity. These are pictures of the people who were

0:18:11 > 0:18:16killed in that helicopter crash. They were apparently on a birthday

0:18:16 > 0:18:20adventure and so much in the papers about what happened and the fact

0:18:20 > 0:18:24that some people managed to escape as well from that helicopter crash,

0:18:24 > 0:18:29which sings amazing.The front page of the Guardian, we had Amy Fuller

0:18:29 > 0:18:32live yesterday, this is a picture of her and the dangerous conditions at

0:18:32 > 0:18:37the Games ash which seems amazing. The wind was so strong she was

0:18:37 > 0:18:42struggling to control her snowboard. -- which seems amazing. The half

0:18:42 > 0:18:46pipe today, great pictures from that, Lee's Christie goes initial

0:18:46 > 0:18:53track speed skating later. The main story on the Guardian, Oxfam. --

0:18:53 > 0:18:57Lee's Christie.They have the picture of a survivor running clear

0:18:57 > 0:19:02from the wreckage in the Grand Canyon. This is an interesting story

0:19:02 > 0:19:07in the papers, how fast you should eat your food and even if you eat

0:19:07 > 0:19:14healthy food, if you eat too fast, that could affect your weight.

0:19:14 > 0:19:17Slowdown because your stomach doesn't know it is full until 20

0:19:17 > 0:19:23minutes after it is.Do you have to do more chewing?I don't know but

0:19:23 > 0:19:30slowdown.20 minutes?Imagine that. I am a bit of a wolfer!Totally!An

0:19:30 > 0:19:35amazing picture on the front page of the Metro. This woman walking away

0:19:35 > 0:19:39from the helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon and the Daily Mirror

0:19:39 > 0:19:43has a story about Michael Markle, secret visit to comfort Grenfell

0:19:43 > 0:19:57victims alone to comfort victims. -- Meghan Markle. Do you want to go

0:19:57 > 0:20:02first on business? A story based on a conference in

0:20:02 > 0:20:05California where the chief marketing officer for Unilever was there and

0:20:05 > 0:20:10he made comments about Facebook and Google. Unilever is a company, you

0:20:10 > 0:20:18will know a lot of the brands, they own things like Dove, Magnum and

0:20:18 > 0:20:22Persil. They have said they will remove their ads from Facebook and

0:20:22 > 0:20:26Google if they don't get rid of content they say creates divisions

0:20:26 > 0:20:30in society and promotes anger and hate. This is a conference where he

0:20:30 > 0:20:37was talking. Unilever is a huge company. This is a big company. The

0:20:37 > 0:20:42likes of Facebook and Google would lose a lot of money if they pulled

0:20:42 > 0:20:44their advertising so they are saying do something about all the madness

0:20:44 > 0:20:51that is online at the moment.Holly? We are all a fan of a nice suit,

0:20:51 > 0:20:55it's amazing what a good suit can do and thinking back to the Olympics...

0:20:55 > 0:21:03Dan knows all about a nice suit. Does he?Back off!The skeleton team

0:21:03 > 0:21:06in Pyeongchang, the technology involved and the suits that they

0:21:06 > 0:21:11were, apparently that will give them the edge. The suits that have been

0:21:11 > 0:21:16created for Team GB's skeleton team apparently will take a second off

0:21:16 > 0:21:20their time. They have been coming through in the practice runs over

0:21:20 > 0:21:24the past few days, people have been giving them looks and comments

0:21:24 > 0:21:27because bedtimes have been quicker than previously.Is it extra

0:21:27 > 0:21:33streamlining?It's about weight dynamics. Very similar to the suits

0:21:33 > 0:21:40worn by the Team GB cyclists -- their times. Fascinating.One second

0:21:40 > 0:21:43can make the difference.Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Denes will be

0:21:43 > 0:21:49competing later on this week. It's Laura Dees who got the fastest time

0:21:49 > 0:21:54so far so one to look out for.If you're going to wear one of those

0:21:54 > 0:22:01suits them you can't eat one of these, Japanese pancakes, it is all

0:22:01 > 0:22:05about your wobble rather than your flip. There is a recipe on the BBC

0:22:05 > 0:22:11food website. It is normal pancake batter but you whipped the egg

0:22:11 > 0:22:16whites to get more height. If you shake your stack it should wobble

0:22:16 > 0:22:23when you go Japanese. -- you whip. Are you going to try that tonight?I

0:22:23 > 0:22:29don't know, but I like this.You can go all MasterChef on us.What is it

0:22:29 > 0:22:34on the top?It could be wall maps. That's crucial for me, it's not

0:22:34 > 0:22:38about the pancakes but the topping is.I think it is a knob of butter.

0:22:38 > 0:22:43-- Walmarts.

0:22:46 > 0:22:46-- Walmarts. farting hell

0:22:46 > 0:22:49He ups and downs of life like a failed relationship,

0:22:49 > 0:22:52the death of a loved one, or being a victim of crime can

0:22:52 > 0:22:56all affect how we feel about our lives and our mental health.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58Now an online experiment run in conjunction with

0:22:58 > 0:23:00the BBC is seeing if it's possible

0:23:00 > 0:23:03to predict how you would cope with those big life events.

0:23:03 > 0:23:07Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

0:23:07 > 0:23:08Working with friends, doing something useful,

0:23:08 > 0:23:10all on a sunny winter's day.

0:23:10 > 0:23:13Jane found the stress of her job as a primary

0:23:13 > 0:23:14school teacher overwhelming.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17Now working as a volunteer to restore a local park she's found

0:23:17 > 0:23:18the perfect antidote.

0:23:18 > 0:23:20Sometimes I might not have had a great morning,

0:23:20 > 0:23:22but I might not have told anyone.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24But for just them being themselves.

0:23:24 > 0:23:30They might have made me smile or laugh.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33And then again I'm back on the right track and I'm feeling positive.

0:23:33 > 0:23:36It's a mixture of being outside, doing something great for nature,

0:23:36 > 0:23:43and also the people and the social side of it as well.

0:23:43 > 0:23:46Volunteering is the sort of activity that ticks lots of boxes when it

0:23:46 > 0:23:49comes to boosting our mental well-being, it's an outdoor

0:23:49 > 0:23:52activity, and on a glorious day like today what could be

0:23:52 > 0:23:56better than that?

0:23:56 > 0:23:58It's physical, social, and for those researching what makes

0:23:58 > 0:24:02us happy, this is the sort of thing that they say can really help.

0:24:02 > 0:24:04Untangling the different factors, positive and negative,

0:24:04 > 0:24:07that make up our sense of well-being or happiness could help prevent

0:24:07 > 0:24:15mental health problems from developing.

0:24:18 > 0:24:21We are trying to learn more about what it's like to have

0:24:21 > 0:24:22depressive thinking styles...

0:24:22 > 0:24:25That is the aim of the online survey being launched today,

0:24:25 > 0:24:28in particular to explore the links between how we deal with life's ups

0:24:28 > 0:24:30and downs and our mental health.

0:24:30 > 0:24:33Being involved in a crime or losing our job, failing an exam,

0:24:33 > 0:24:36how that would impact on whether or not we get

0:24:36 > 0:24:37anxious or depressed.

0:24:37 > 0:24:40And I'm interested in that both because I think that we might be

0:24:40 > 0:24:44able to explain a bit more about why people become anxious and depressed,

0:24:44 > 0:24:46but also because we can do something about it.

0:24:46 > 0:24:49Artist Raul Gutierrez knows exactly how dwelling on past experiences

0:24:49 > 0:24:51affected the man he is today.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54The bullying he experienced as a child led to anxiety and panic

0:24:54 > 0:25:00attacks as an adult.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03I didn't have the courage to say to people I'm struggling.

0:25:03 > 0:25:07With the help of his therapist he changed the way he thought

0:25:07 > 0:25:07with dramatic results.

0:25:07 > 0:25:11One key thing was think about a good thing before going to sleep.

0:25:11 > 0:25:19And that changed everything.

0:25:22 > 0:25:25Unlocking the secrets of happiness and how they relate to good mental

0:25:25 > 0:25:29health could be key in understanding how to keep us all happy

0:25:29 > 0:25:32and to identify those at risk and in need of better help.

0:25:32 > 0:25:37Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

0:25:37 > 0:25:39Joining us now is Professor Peter Kinderman, a psychologist

0:25:39 > 0:25:42from Liverpool University who is working on the study.

0:25:42 > 0:25:48good morning.Good morning.We will have a go later. Lots of information

0:25:48 > 0:25:51in what we have just seen but what are you hoping this information will

0:25:51 > 0:25:57give you?If we collect data on and off people then we should be able to

0:25:57 > 0:26:02work out some of the pathways from the experiences we have in our

0:26:02 > 0:26:05lives, the things that happen to us, the circumstances in which we live

0:26:05 > 0:26:10leading to on the one hand well-being, happiness, feeling

0:26:10 > 0:26:14miserable, and on the other hand specific mental health problems,

0:26:14 > 0:26:18anxiety and depression and so forth and trying to work out the things

0:26:18 > 0:26:22that happened to us and the way we respond to them can affect our

0:26:22 > 0:26:26mental state.You're thinking that it may be in some ways predictable?

0:26:26 > 0:26:32That's the difference this year. This is in collaboration with

0:26:32 > 0:26:35someone at the university of Manchester and the tomorrow's world

0:26:35 > 0:26:39team and we want to work with the BBC, because we have worked with

0:26:39 > 0:26:43them before, we collect data on large number of people. Four years

0:26:43 > 0:26:47ago we were working on this with just a survey and we couldn't

0:26:47 > 0:26:51predict people's mood into the future so this time when people take

0:26:51 > 0:26:55part they will get a reminder to come back six weeks later and we

0:26:55 > 0:27:00will be able to see whether we can predict from time one people's

0:27:00 > 0:27:04mental health at time two and that will be a more powerful scientific

0:27:04 > 0:27:10experiment.Surely if, say, for example, there is a loss in the

0:27:10 > 0:27:16family, your happiness is going to be affected, is there no way round

0:27:16 > 0:27:21that?Everybody gets affected by negative things but some more than

0:27:21 > 0:27:26others. Back in 2013 we found a combination of negative light

0:27:26 > 0:27:29offence and particularly ruminating about them seemed to be particularly

0:27:29 > 0:27:34bad for people in the case of developing anxiety and depression,

0:27:34 > 0:27:37possibly because you stay up and it affects your sleep, you're

0:27:37 > 0:27:41constantly thinking about the things that make you anxious but on the

0:27:41 > 0:27:45other hand people experiencing those negative events and mentally

0:27:45 > 0:27:50problems of them and move on were much less affected by... Even though

0:27:50 > 0:27:55they had those bad events. Not only events but how we think about them

0:27:55 > 0:28:01is important.Very interesting, thank you so much. You will be back

0:28:01 > 0:28:06later at 7:20am for people's questions. The survey takes about 20

0:28:06 > 0:28:11minutes. For more information you can log onto:

0:28:11 > 0:28:17What you need is people to join in? Lots of people to join in and come

0:28:17 > 0:28:20back six weeks later.I will do it. You're in, signed up, love it!

0:28:20 > 0:31:41Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

0:31:41 > 0:31:44Thursday, temperatures getting a bit more mild, temperatures back into

0:31:44 > 0:31:48double figures and we should at least get the return of a little bit

0:31:48 > 0:31:54of sunshine.

0:31:54 > 0:31:57Hello - this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

0:31:57 > 0:32:00We'll have the headlines in just a moment and coming up

0:32:00 > 0:32:00on Breakfast today:

0:32:00 > 0:32:04Steph will be looking at whether the cost of your shopping

0:32:04 > 0:32:07is going up or down as new inflation figures come out later.

0:32:07 > 0:32:09Also this morning, you might remember the amazing

0:32:09 > 0:32:11flight of Sasha Dench as she followed migrating swans

0:32:11 > 0:32:15from Russia - now she's won aviation's biggest prize,

0:32:15 > 0:32:22she'll be here.

0:32:22 > 0:32:26And Celia Imrie is another of the stars of Finding your Feet -

0:32:26 > 0:32:28the new British film with an A-list cast,

0:32:28 > 0:32:29she's here after 8.30.

0:32:29 > 0:32:34But now a summary of this morning's main news.

0:32:34 > 0:32:37British package holiday companies have started taking tourists back

0:32:37 > 0:32:40to Tunisia this morning.

0:32:40 > 0:32:45It's almost three years since a gunman opened fire

0:32:45 > 0:32:48at a beach resort killing 38 people.

0:32:48 > 0:32:5030 British holidaymakers were killed at the resort in Sousse

0:32:50 > 0:32:51in June 2015.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53Until last summer, the Foreign Office advised

0:32:53 > 0:32:56against travel there due to the high risk of terrorism.

0:32:56 > 0:32:58Within the last hour, Thomas Cook operated the first

0:32:58 > 0:33:06flight from Birmingham and says holidaymakers should be reassured:

0:33:11 > 0:33:14To look has obviously the restrictions there. Those

0:33:14 > 0:33:18restrictions were lifted because of all the improvements have -- that

0:33:18 > 0:33:25have been made in Tunisia and in the results themselves. -- resorts.

0:33:25 > 0:33:27The Charity Commission is launching an investigation into Oxfam

0:33:27 > 0:33:30following the revelation of a sex scandal involving it's aid workers

0:33:30 > 0:33:31in Haiti in 2011.

0:33:31 > 0:33:34The watchdog says documents show Oxfam may not have "fully

0:33:34 > 0:33:36and frankly disclosed" all the available information

0:33:36 > 0:33:38at the time.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41A new tool to fight online terror and jihadi activity

0:33:41 > 0:33:44is being unveiled by the Home Secretary during a trip

0:33:44 > 0:33:45to the US.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47It aims to detect content and remove it instantly.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49Funded with more than £500,000 of government

0:33:49 > 0:33:52money, the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted

0:33:52 > 0:33:55by the so-called Islamic State.

0:33:55 > 0:34:00The Home Secretary Amber Rudd will meet with tech companies

0:34:00 > 0:34:02to discuss the software as well as other efforts

0:34:02 > 0:34:10to tackle extremism.

0:34:17 > 0:34:19Around 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze

0:34:19 > 0:34:20at an industrial estate in northwest London.

0:34:20 > 0:34:23Crews were called to Long Drive in Northolt late

0:34:23 > 0:34:24late last night where multiple

0:34:24 > 0:34:25units were on fire.

0:34:25 > 0:34:28Residents have been advised to keep their windows closed due

0:34:28 > 0:34:30to thick smoke in the area.

0:34:30 > 0:34:32The cause of the fire is currently not known.

0:34:32 > 0:34:35BBC News has learned that the Commonwealth has begun

0:34:35 > 0:34:37considering who might succeed the Queen as the head

0:34:37 > 0:34:38of the organisation.

0:34:38 > 0:34:40Member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader,

0:34:40 > 0:34:42as the role isn't hereditary.

0:34:42 > 0:34:45The BBC's been told 53 member states have established a high-level

0:34:45 > 0:34:47group of independent figures to look at the way

0:34:47 > 0:34:48the Commonwealth is governed.

0:34:48 > 0:34:53It'll meet for the first time today in London.

0:34:53 > 0:34:57That is some of the main news stories. Holly is here and we will

0:34:57 > 0:35:07start with a Winter Olympics. One of the big British hopes.

0:35:07 > 0:35:10the big British hopes.Yes, Elise Christie in a few hours' time will

0:35:10 > 0:35:14get her speed dating hopes under way. If you think back four years

0:35:14 > 0:35:20ago to Sochi, it was hard to watch. She was disqualified after she was

0:35:20 > 0:35:25blamed for a pilot in the speed dating event. She has really

0:35:25 > 0:35:30struggled since then. Incredible to see her back competing. Through so

0:35:30 > 0:35:38much to get as she received a lot of abuse on line. She is one of the

0:35:38 > 0:35:45best chance is the Britain of a gold medal. She will resume her bid which

0:35:45 > 0:35:50starts at around ten o'clock. She was disqualified from all three of

0:35:50 > 0:35:58her events in Sochi but in PyeongChang, an Olympic record time.

0:35:58 > 0:36:05She goes into the quarterfinals initially.It was quite appealing,

0:36:05 > 0:36:11it was harsh to stand with dashed to start with, it's tough and it gets

0:36:11 > 0:36:15you into the top eight and after that, anything is a win so it's just

0:36:15 > 0:36:26getting the preparation in between done.

0:36:30 > 0:36:34The big performance overnight came on the snowboard in the half pipe

0:36:34 > 0:36:48final. Cloete Kim from the USA put in an extraordinary performance.

0:37:01 > 0:37:03These were her thoughts posted just before that final run,

0:37:03 > 0:37:05regretting a sandwich she never finished.

0:37:05 > 0:37:08It was almost 24 hours after she posted about ice cream

0:37:08 > 0:37:09during the qualification stage.

0:37:09 > 0:37:13And as you're about to see she's not afraid to let food get in the way

0:37:13 > 0:37:21of her interview duties either.

0:37:29 > 0:37:37Tested and I just couldn't do it anyway, it is TMI, I know. I will

0:37:37 > 0:37:41transfer all that anger of me having an empty stomach.Massive

0:37:41 > 0:37:52congratulations.She is eating ice cream during the interview.I was

0:37:52 > 0:37:56asking you and Dan about what all these numbers refer to in the half

0:37:56 > 0:38:06pipe. Did I see you are right? 20% right. All acronyms for example. It

0:38:06 > 0:38:15goes on and on. It's all about rotation.Everyone who is ever won a

0:38:15 > 0:38:23half pipe medal has mentioned the word stoked.And TMI is "Too much

0:38:23 > 0:38:25information".

0:38:25 > 0:38:28A husband and wife pairing led the Olympic Athletes from Russia

0:38:28 > 0:38:30to their third medal of these Games.

0:38:30 > 0:38:32It's the first overall to be won in curling.

0:38:32 > 0:38:35They beat Norway in the bronze medal match to seal third place

0:38:35 > 0:38:36in the mixed doubles.

0:38:36 > 0:38:39The Russian pair got married in June last year.

0:38:39 > 0:38:41Canada face Switzerland for gold later this morning.

0:38:41 > 0:38:44And the weather is nowhere near as bad as yesterday

0:38:44 > 0:38:47in Pyeongchang but it's still having an effect on some events.

0:38:47 > 0:38:49This was the Russian Pavel Trikhichev crashing out

0:38:49 > 0:38:51in the combined alpine skiing event.

0:38:51 > 0:38:53The downhill course had to start lower down the mountain

0:38:53 > 0:39:01because of the wind.

0:39:04 > 0:39:08Mining it's hard to watch, I think he is OK. I should probably confirm

0:39:08 > 0:39:08that.

0:39:08 > 0:39:10Chelsea emphatically ended their losing streak

0:39:10 > 0:39:13in the Premier League last night, beating the bottom side West Brom

0:39:13 > 0:39:15by three goals to nil at Stamford Bridge.

0:39:15 > 0:39:17The result reduces the pressure on Chelsea manager

0:39:17 > 0:39:20Antonio Conte, who had Eden Hazard to thank for the win.

0:39:20 > 0:39:24The Belgian scored two of the three goals, Victor Moses got the other.

0:39:24 > 0:39:31Conte's side are back into the top four.

0:39:31 > 0:39:41I don't have a problem to give you this impression. I think that maybe

0:39:41 > 0:39:48I don't want this pressure can... Can wait on the shoulders of my

0:39:48 > 0:39:53players because my players must play with great confidence and don't feel

0:39:53 > 0:39:55the pressure of the situation.

0:39:55 > 0:39:58Cricket is underway in Wellington right now, with England facing

0:39:58 > 0:39:58New Zealand.

0:39:58 > 0:40:01The tourists won the toss and decided the have a bowl.

0:40:01 > 0:40:05And early on Martin Guptil made it look like a bad decision

0:40:05 > 0:40:07from stand in captain Jos Buttler, as he picked apart

0:40:07 > 0:40:09the opening bowlers.

0:40:09 > 0:40:14Some big hitting here but England have made a breakthrough.

0:40:14 > 0:40:22Colin Munro trying to go big too but he was caught out.

0:40:24 > 0:40:26New Zealand currently 60/1 wickets with eight overs played.

0:40:26 > 0:40:29So if you've been glued to your screens watching

0:40:29 > 0:40:31the Winter Olympics, you're not the only ones -

0:40:31 > 0:40:34we've been really enjoying some of your photos and videos

0:40:34 > 0:40:35like this one.

0:40:35 > 0:40:37Start them early - these three have switched over

0:40:40 > 0:40:45It's not just the kids - it's the pets.

0:40:45 > 0:40:48This cat seems to coming out the telly while watching the figure

0:40:48 > 0:40:53skating.

0:40:53 > 0:40:58We have had lots of delays during the Games so far little that time on

0:40:58 > 0:41:02their hands, members of the Swiss retail -- freestyle team have been

0:41:02 > 0:41:06amusing themselves with some antics. Hugh upperbody strength there but I

0:41:06 > 0:41:12would say, do not try this at home. At train stations, at airports.

0:41:12 > 0:41:20Don't write anywhere.It's quite impressive. Do not do it.

0:41:20 > 0:41:23In the years before the 2015 terror attacks, Tunisia enjoyed a booming

0:41:23 > 0:41:27tourism industry, with around half a million Brits visiting each year.

0:41:27 > 0:41:30But just 28,000 made the trip last year after UK tour

0:41:30 > 0:41:31operators stopped flights.

0:41:31 > 0:41:34In the last hour they've started again, so can Tunisia's tourism

0:41:34 > 0:41:35industry bounce back?

0:41:35 > 0:41:43Simon Calder is the Independent's travel editor.

0:41:47 > 0:41:53I know you've been never quite some hours. What have some of those

0:41:53 > 0:41:59people on that first flight been saying.

0:42:00 > 0:42:03saying.A sense of cryptic site can believe that people can go back.

0:42:03 > 0:42:08They started turning up at two this morning. The flight left half an

0:42:08 > 0:42:12hour ago. They were basically saying, we love Tunisia, we haven't

0:42:12 > 0:42:16been or to go there for 2.5 years and frankly, we are delighted to be

0:42:16 > 0:42:23back, despite the terrible tragedy on the beach in Sousse in June 2015

0:42:23 > 0:42:26in which 30 British holidaymakers and eight other people died. They

0:42:26 > 0:42:34say they are not worried by the Foreign Office warning, that another

0:42:34 > 0:42:39terrorist attack is very likely. They are delighted to be a will to

0:42:39 > 0:42:42return to a country which has been desperately missing British

0:42:42 > 0:42:47holidaymakers.You mentioned the Foreign Office warning about another

0:42:47 > 0:42:55terrorist attack. How safe is Tunisia?I would head back there

0:42:55 > 0:42:59today very happily. Another flight from Manchester today and one from

0:42:59 > 0:43:06Gatwick tomorrow. There are risks. Tunisia has a long, leaky frontier

0:43:06 > 0:43:11with Libya which is a failed state with lots of guns and extremism so

0:43:11 > 0:43:14that is a huge problem for authorities to manage but they

0:43:14 > 0:43:18persuaded the Foreign Office that actually, they are up to the task of

0:43:18 > 0:43:23looking after British holidaymakers. Personally, I'd be more red about

0:43:23 > 0:43:27crossing the road because the road accident rates are terrible in

0:43:27 > 0:43:35Tunisia. We are naturally very concerned that travellers about

0:43:35 > 0:43:40terrorism but as a risk, tiny compared to things such as accidents

0:43:40 > 0:43:46in water and road accidents.Talking about the numbers of British

0:43:46 > 0:43:51tourists who used to go and what it was last year, it is a huge

0:43:51 > 0:43:55difference. It's all about free building a reputation, that tourists

0:43:55 > 0:44:00can see it as a country that is safe and if those numbers return, that is

0:44:00 > 0:44:06a huge amount of money into the Tunisian economy.It's been

0:44:06 > 0:44:09absolutely devastating since the British pulled out. Tens of

0:44:09 > 0:44:13thousands of people have lost their livelihoods, entire resorts have

0:44:13 > 0:44:17been like ghost towns and those other conditions in which possibly

0:44:17 > 0:44:23extremism can flourish. It is really important that tourism is part of

0:44:23 > 0:44:27the solution. What the tour operators are hoping for, just three

0:44:27 > 0:44:33flights a week initially, stepping up to about ten a week a summer.

0:44:33 > 0:44:39They will have a calm, enjoyable return to Tunisia and things can get

0:44:39 > 0:44:43back to normal but very much the sense is, it is open to business,

0:44:43 > 0:44:47they are going to look after holidaymakers and frankly, I can't

0:44:47 > 0:44:57wait to go back and take my family. A ringing endorsement. We will speak

0:44:57 > 0:45:00to somebody who was in Sousse on that day later and acted Birmingham

0:45:00 > 0:45:04airport.

0:45:04 > 0:45:07What's the weather like here, it's been very chilly, Matt has all the

0:45:07 > 0:45:09details.

0:45:09 > 0:45:14You dreaming of winter sunshine somewhere else, not a great start to

0:45:14 > 0:45:19the day, not unlike yesterday, frosty in eastern areas but a

0:45:19 > 0:45:22combination of things for the morning rush-hour. Strong winds,

0:45:22 > 0:45:27heavy rain, especially further south, snow and ice up north. On the

0:45:27 > 0:45:31radar, we have seen the rain in blue pushing in from the west and the

0:45:31 > 0:45:35white is where the snow has been. Snow in Wales and south-west England

0:45:35 > 0:45:40on the tops of the hills, clearing away from Northern Ireland but it

0:45:40 > 0:45:43continues to fall in higher ground in northern England, maybe lower

0:45:43 > 0:45:47levels at times, maybe through the morning rush hour, causing some

0:45:47 > 0:45:51problems on higher roots. Turning clearer in the next few hours to the

0:45:51 > 0:45:55west of Northern Ireland, still further snow to come on

0:45:55 > 0:45:59trans-Pennine routes on the Welsh hills as well. Outbreaks of rain in

0:45:59 > 0:46:02the Midlands and southern England, working east and strong gusty gale

0:46:02 > 0:46:07force winds with a small risk of coastal flooding on the southern

0:46:07 > 0:46:11coastal areas as we go through the next couple of hours. And improving

0:46:11 > 0:46:15day for most, we will see the cloud breaking up in the west, sunshine

0:46:15 > 0:46:20comes out. Sleet and of lorries in western Scotland and the far north

0:46:20 > 0:46:23of Northern Ireland later, some outbreaks to the east of England and

0:46:23 > 0:46:33a chilly day, 4-7 for many. -- sleet and snow Flores. Into the night the

0:46:33 > 0:46:36cloud in eastern England will gradually break up and eastern areas

0:46:36 > 0:46:40will see temperatures dropping the furthest tonight, the risk of frost

0:46:40 > 0:46:44anywhere to begin with and where you have the rain and snow today, highs

0:46:44 > 0:46:48to take us into tomorrow morning ahead of the next weather system

0:46:48 > 0:46:55working in -- ice. Another windy day as the weather front works its way

0:46:55 > 0:47:01in. But the difference tomorrow is we will see a slightly milder set of

0:47:01 > 0:47:06conditions. Tomorrow, cold, as the weather front hits the cold air,

0:47:06 > 0:47:09snow falling in the Scottish hills and the hills of northern England,

0:47:09 > 0:47:12not much at lower levels, turning back to rain as the south-westerly

0:47:12 > 0:47:19wind brings milder air. Fairly cloudy in the east in the afternoon,

0:47:19 > 0:47:23occasional rain, sunniest to finish the day in Northern Ireland, warmest

0:47:23 > 0:47:27in the south, ten possible. Into Thursday those outbreaks of rain

0:47:27 > 0:47:32work their way off, a chilly night into Thursday morning with a bit of

0:47:32 > 0:47:35frost around and the breeze should keep most of the temperatures up but

0:47:35 > 0:47:40on Thursday back to sunny spells bore the majority with a few snow

0:47:40 > 0:47:42flurries west of Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular --

0:47:42 > 0:47:47for the majority.Looks chilly, thanks very much!

0:47:47 > 0:47:52This morning we will find out how much prices are going up. Steph is

0:47:52 > 0:47:59here to look at the inflation figures. Where are we at the moment?

0:47:59 > 0:48:03Inflation is basically a measure of the rise in the cost of living so

0:48:03 > 0:48:09the way that is worked out is the Office for National Statistics

0:48:09 > 0:48:14basically look at several 100 goods and services that we commonly by and

0:48:14 > 0:48:19they create a virtual shopping basket and they look at what happens

0:48:19 > 0:48:26-- purchase. We saw in December CPI, the main measure of inflation, was

0:48:26 > 0:48:33at 3% and what we expect for January is it to be around that but we can

0:48:33 > 0:48:39look at things that can push it to that level.

0:48:39 > 0:48:43Now for a long time food prices were falling but last year

0:48:43 > 0:48:44they started creeping up again.

0:48:44 > 0:48:48Mainly because we import a lot of food and because of the fall

0:48:48 > 0:48:51in the value of the pound it's made it more expensive

0:48:51 > 0:48:52to buy from abroad.

0:48:52 > 0:48:55Tobacco is another product expected to have gone up in price,

0:48:55 > 0:48:57mainly because of a rise in government taxes.

0:48:57 > 0:48:58Fuel, always a big one, this.

0:48:58 > 0:49:02Oil prices were the big story in business for a long time

0:49:02 > 0:49:05because they were so low, down at around $45 a barrel,

0:49:05 > 0:49:06but not anymore.

0:49:06 > 0:49:10In January the price of oil had got up to about $70 a barrel and that

0:49:10 > 0:49:12usually means higher prices at the pumps.

0:49:12 > 0:49:20The other element of this is wages.

0:49:20 > 0:49:33Very strangely placed,.-- placed. The price of oil has gone up, it has

0:49:33 > 0:49:39nearly doubled since June last year. We are likely to see inflation

0:49:39 > 0:49:45around 3% and well above the 2% target.Very hard to concentrate

0:49:45 > 0:49:50when you have two giggling presenters.Two children in the

0:49:50 > 0:49:54studio. What does it mean for interest rates?The way monetary

0:49:54 > 0:49:58policy works in the UK is they try to keep inflation at 2% so prices

0:49:58 > 0:50:03aren't going up too quickly. The way they try to control that is using

0:50:03 > 0:50:07interest rates and the theory behind that is if you put up interest rates

0:50:07 > 0:50:11then it will mean people have to pay more for things like mortgages,

0:50:11 > 0:50:16loans, which means they don't have as much spare money to spend in the

0:50:16 > 0:50:19shops so if they're not spending as much in the shops, demand falls and

0:50:19 > 0:50:24prices come down. That's the idea of monetary policy. There's an argument

0:50:24 > 0:50:29about whether actually works any more or not given how much prices in

0:50:29 > 0:50:32this country are affected by global things so we will be talking about

0:50:32 > 0:50:39that later.What about wages?The reason inflation is important is

0:50:39 > 0:50:43because for a long time wages haven't kept up with the cost of

0:50:43 > 0:50:46living so that's meant although people might not be earning less it

0:50:46 > 0:50:50has felt so because the cost of living has gone up so much. What the

0:50:50 > 0:50:55Bank of England has said recently is wages are starting to go up a bit.

0:50:55 > 0:50:59I'm sure lots of people at home have said I haven't seen my wages go up,

0:50:59 > 0:51:03they are taking an average here so we are starting to see wages going

0:51:03 > 0:51:07up but it's a long way to catch up with the cost of living rises

0:51:07 > 0:51:12recently.Steph, thanks to much. Thanks for the basket as well, it

0:51:12 > 0:51:17looked like you were siphoning off some petrol.Bouquet, that makes me

0:51:17 > 0:51:21feel so much better! -- OK.

0:51:21 > 0:51:22Tightrope walkers, clowns, trapeze artists,

0:51:22 > 0:51:25just some of the acts we love about the circus!

0:51:25 > 0:51:28This year marks 250 years since the first one opened

0:51:28 > 0:51:30in London Waterloo, so our arts correspondent

0:51:30 > 0:51:37David Sillito is at a Big Top for us this morning.

0:51:37 > 0:51:39They are already in action?

0:51:39 > 0:51:44Good morning, through the plush red velvet curtains the spotlight is

0:51:44 > 0:51:51having a moment. We have the Greatest Showman in cinemas and the

0:51:51 > 0:51:58250th anniversary and how little has changed, the Big Top, the 42 foot

0:51:58 > 0:52:02wide circus ring and fantastic #BackspaceWord. But of course these

0:52:02 > 0:52:07days not so many animals, none at all, and clowns... Yeah. Rather

0:52:07 > 0:52:14different look here. Clowns have had to move with the times.

0:52:14 > 0:52:18Once upon a time every circus had its own troop.

0:52:18 > 0:52:21The facepaint, the big shoes, they were the heart of circus

0:52:21 > 0:52:24heritage, but the wigs and grease paint are in decline.

0:52:24 > 0:52:27Maybe it's the clown horror films, but on this anniversary year

0:52:27 > 0:52:31there is a big issue for the man hoping to be World Clown President.

0:52:31 > 0:52:39I didn't realise there was democracy in clowning.

0:52:39 > 0:52:43There is quite a lot of democracy and quite a lot of politics as well.

0:52:43 > 0:52:45What are the issues at the moment?

0:52:45 > 0:52:47You've already highlighted the main question we asked,

0:52:47 > 0:52:48are people scared of clowns?

0:52:48 > 0:52:49It is the big issue.

0:52:49 > 0:52:53Even here in the heart of clowndom, more and more clowns are giving up

0:52:53 > 0:52:54on looking like clowns.

0:52:54 > 0:52:58If you had seen me back in 1973 when I first started coming here,

0:52:58 > 0:53:01then you would have seen a completely different face.

0:53:01 > 0:53:07We don't look like proper clowns.

0:53:07 > 0:53:15Children, over the years have got a little bit wary of clowns.

0:53:16 > 0:53:23But there is a fightback against all this anti-clown prejudice.

0:53:23 > 0:53:26I am PC Bibbledy Bob, or Bibbledy Bob the Clown,

0:53:26 > 0:53:28the regional director for the World Clown Association

0:53:28 > 0:53:30for Europe and the whole of Africa.

0:53:30 > 0:53:31I thank you.

0:53:31 > 0:53:37Yes, there really is a regional clown director.

0:53:37 > 0:53:39You press people, you like a negative story.

0:53:39 > 0:53:40Positivity does not sell.

0:53:40 > 0:53:42So unfortunately we keeping busy, we keep getting work,

0:53:42 > 0:53:46and you are obsessed with the fact that we might not be getting that

0:53:46 > 0:53:49because of silly films.

0:53:49 > 0:53:51I stood corrected.

0:53:51 > 0:53:54It seems there is still a lot of clown love out there.

0:53:54 > 0:53:55But clown politics?

0:53:55 > 0:53:57I had a chat to Elsie.

0:53:57 > 0:54:00It is only when it gets to meetings, it can get quite heated.

0:54:00 > 0:54:01There are clown meetings?

0:54:01 > 0:54:02There's a committee...

0:54:02 > 0:54:10I couldn't take it seriously...

0:54:10 > 0:54:12So Elsie won't be running for World Clown President.

0:54:12 > 0:54:13But someone has to.

0:54:13 > 0:54:17Because when it comes to the future of clowning there is a lot

0:54:17 > 0:54:25to think about.

0:54:27 > 0:54:35Well, I have Andrea from Romania. You can tell the difference, the

0:54:35 > 0:54:39only last vestige there is of clowning is the red nose. Let's have

0:54:39 > 0:54:43a cat to the man in charge, Philip Astley. You have quite a history,

0:54:43 > 0:54:54don't you, how many years in charge here

0:54:55 > 0:55:00here -- chat.It goes back almost 100 years.Let's go through the

0:55:00 > 0:55:05questions, where your animals?Wild animals occupied a small part of the

0:55:05 > 0:55:10circus history, it's moved on and in the UK out of 35 circuses, more

0:55:10 > 0:55:16touring than ever before, probably two or three use domestic animals.

0:55:16 > 0:55:20We are nonanimal completely.You said there are more than ever

0:55:20 > 0:55:25before?Absolutely, the first 15 or 20 years has seen a revival, 35

0:55:25 > 0:55:30touring under big tops throughout the country. A really exciting time

0:55:30 > 0:55:34for British circus.A different form of circus, there's the Chinese State

0:55:34 > 0:55:39Circus and all sorts of different ones?As circus moved away from the

0:55:39 > 0:55:42wild animals, different companies have found different directions.

0:55:42 > 0:55:48Some concentrated on a nationality, a period in circus, a thrill circus,

0:55:48 > 0:55:52but here we have gone down the route of big West End musical style

0:55:52 > 0:55:58circus.Andrea, your clown, where is the face paint?She is the only

0:55:58 > 0:56:03female clown and she is here because she is very funny, that's why Andrea

0:56:03 > 0:56:06is here, but also it's the international year of the woman so

0:56:06 > 0:56:10we've got a female clown.A pleasure. There it is.

0:56:10 > 0:56:17Celebrating 250 years of a British invention, the circus.It's been

0:56:17 > 0:56:20mesmerising as well. Thank you very much indeed. When was the last time

0:56:20 > 0:56:24you went to a circus, I went last summer and it was brilliant.I

0:56:24 > 0:56:32haven't been for a while.I love a good circus!

0:56:32 > 0:56:34You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:56:34 > 0:56:35Still to come this morning:

0:56:35 > 0:56:37It's just a few hours till Team GB's

0:56:37 > 0:56:40Elise Christie takes to the ice in the short track.

0:56:40 > 0:56:43BBC Commentator Wilf O'Reilly took two golds in the sport

0:56:43 > 0:56:45back 1988, he'll tell us what to watch out

0:56:45 > 0:56:46for later.

0:56:46 > 0:56:48Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

0:56:48 > 0:56:52The annoying thing is they didn't count as Olympic medals because it

0:56:52 > 1:00:15was a demonstration event. Very annoying.Good luck

1:00:15 > 1:00:18more mild, temperatures back into double figures and we should

1:00:18 > 1:00:21at least get the return of a little bit of sunshine.

1:00:21 > 1:00:24I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

1:00:24 > 1:00:25in half an hour.

1:00:25 > 1:00:28Bye for now.

1:00:28 > 1:00:31Hello - this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

1:00:32 > 1:00:35We'll have the headlines in just a moment and coming up

1:00:35 > 1:00:37on Breakfast today:

1:00:37 > 1:00:40Steph will be looking at whether the cost of your shopping

1:01:02 > 1:01:03Good morning it's Tuesday 13th February

1:01:03 > 1:01:04Also this morning

1:01:04 > 1:01:07after days of allegations of sexual misconduct at Oxfam -

1:01:07 > 1:01:15the charities' watchdog launches a formal inquiry into the claims.

1:01:17 > 1:01:22Sort of extremist material instantly has been unveiled by the government.

1:01:22 > 1:01:26-- software which can remove extremist material.

1:01:26 > 1:01:30Today we'll be finding out how much the cost of living has been going up

1:01:30 > 1:01:32by when the latest inflation figures are out.

1:01:32 > 1:01:34I'll be looking at why prices are rising.

1:01:34 > 1:01:38Good morning - in sport, a 500 metre dash for glory and gold.

1:01:38 > 1:01:41Team GB's Elise Christie competes in the women's short track speed

1:01:41 > 1:01:44skating event later - but can she claim a first British

1:01:44 > 1:01:45medal in Pyeongchang?

1:01:45 > 1:01:48Matt has the weather. Good morning. Yesterday brought some sunshine to

1:01:48 > 1:01:51start the day. Some rain around. If we are passing northern England and

1:01:51 > 1:01:55Scotland, some snow for the morning commute. I will have all the details

1:01:55 > 1:01:57in the next 15 minutes.

1:01:57 > 1:01:57Good morning.

1:01:57 > 1:01:58First, our main story.

1:01:58 > 1:02:01British holidaymakers are heading back to Tunisia this morning,

1:02:01 > 1:02:04more than two years after a terror attack killed 38 people,

1:02:04 > 1:02:0630 of them Britons at a beach resort.

1:02:06 > 1:02:09Thomas Cook is the first British tour company to resume

1:02:09 > 1:02:10flights to the country.

1:02:10 > 1:02:12200 passengers are due to take off from Birmingham

1:02:12 > 1:02:14in the next 15 minutes.

1:02:14 > 1:02:22Breakfast's John Maguire is there.

1:02:24 > 1:02:28I know you have been speaking to passengers there as well. Good

1:02:28 > 1:02:35morning.When you look up at the departure boards, their

1:02:35 > 1:02:37destinations, Istanbul, Frankfurt and for the first time in almost

1:02:37 > 1:02:43three years, Tunisia is back the departure boards, back as a charter

1:02:43 > 1:02:46flight from Birmingham. The passengers were a mixture of some

1:02:46 > 1:02:50who got a real bargain and were keen to go to some winter sun but others

1:02:50 > 1:02:55who had been at the many, many years, and were very keen to get

1:02:55 > 1:02:57back on this morning's flight.

1:02:57 > 1:02:59With its idyllic white beaches and pristine Mediterranean

1:02:59 > 1:03:02coastline, Tunisia was a popular holiday destination for British

1:03:02 > 1:03:05tourists, attracting around 430,000 of them each year.

1:03:05 > 1:03:09But then came the attack in June 2015 when a gunman killed 30 Britons

1:03:09 > 1:03:11and another eight holidaymakers on a beach near Sousse.

1:03:11 > 1:03:14So-called Islamic State said it was behind the shooting.

1:03:14 > 1:03:16Almost three years on from that deadly attack, British tour

1:03:16 > 1:03:18companies are offering package holidays to the country.

1:03:18 > 1:03:21This morning, 220 passengers were the first to return,

1:03:21 > 1:03:22flying from Birmingham.

1:03:22 > 1:03:25I'm a bit nervous because I didn't know we were the first ones

1:03:25 > 1:03:33and we were there the last time the terrorist attack

1:03:37 > 1:03:40was on, so we were staying in a hotel down the road.

1:03:40 > 1:03:41We left the country.

1:03:41 > 1:03:46As soon as we knew there was another flight going,

1:03:46 > 1:03:48we thought we'd go back out there.

1:03:48 > 1:03:50I've still been travelling while it's been closed.

1:03:50 > 1:03:55I go to France and Germany, normally.

1:03:55 > 1:03:58No, I'm not scared at all.

1:03:58 > 1:04:00No trouble.

1:04:00 > 1:04:03Beautiful place, beautiful.

1:04:03 > 1:04:05Probably more dangerous staying in London.

1:04:05 > 1:04:07British officials say Tunisia has made huge progress

1:04:07 > 1:04:11on counterterrorism and security since the attacks

1:04:11 > 1:04:14although the Foreign Office advice is that travellers are vigilant

1:04:14 > 1:04:22at all times as the country remains in a state of emergency.

1:04:26 > 1:04:32A couple of years ago, 430,000 Brits travel to Tunisia in just one year.

1:04:32 > 1:04:37Last year, and that number had gone down to around 20 4000. People were

1:04:37 > 1:04:41still finding their way to the country, as you've seen. People who

1:04:41 > 1:04:46really love going out. The place itself, the tourism industry has

1:04:46 > 1:04:49been absolutely decimated. Aside from the 38 people killed in the

1:04:49 > 1:04:55attack in Sousse in June three months earlier, 22 died in another

1:04:55 > 1:05:01attack at a very popular museum in Tunisia. Extras in Munich --

1:05:01 > 1:05:07important that not only tour operators but there is also a flight

1:05:07 > 1:05:10leaving from Manchester in around one hour. Other flights will take

1:05:10 > 1:05:16place from airports right across the UK, putting Tunisia back on the

1:05:16 > 1:05:19tourism map. Very important for them and important for the tourist

1:05:19 > 1:05:23companies and those people who just love to visit that part of the

1:05:23 > 1:05:33world. This time of course, safely. Thank you very much.

1:05:33 > 1:05:36The Charity Commission is launching an investigation into Oxfam

1:05:36 > 1:05:38following the revelation of a sex scandal involving it's aid workers

1:05:38 > 1:05:42The watchdog says documents show Oxfam may not have "fully

1:05:42 > 1:05:44and frankly disclosed" all the available information

1:05:44 > 1:05:51at the time.

1:05:52 > 1:05:58The president has described those involved as partaking in a serious

1:05:58 > 1:06:01violation of human dignity.

1:06:01 > 1:06:04A new tool to fight online terror and jihadi activity

1:06:04 > 1:06:07is being unveiled by the Home Secretary during a trip

1:06:07 > 1:06:07to the US.

1:06:07 > 1:06:10It aims to detect content and remove it instantly.

1:06:10 > 1:06:13Funded with more than half a million pounds of government

1:06:13 > 1:06:16money, the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted

1:06:16 > 1:06:17by the so-called Islamic State.

1:06:17 > 1:06:19Our tech reporter Dave Lee has more.

1:06:19 > 1:06:21Created by an artificial intelligence company based

1:06:21 > 1:06:24in London, and funded with more than £500,000 of government money,

1:06:24 > 1:06:27the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted online

1:06:27 > 1:06:28by the so-called Islamic State.

1:06:28 > 1:06:31We have two videos, one of which is legitimate news content,

1:06:31 > 1:06:37the other is propaganda.

1:06:37 > 1:06:42To my naked eye, I actually can't tell the difference between the two.

1:06:42 > 1:06:45Fortunately down at the bottom, this is very low probability

1:06:45 > 1:06:52of being terrorist content, but this one of being much higher.

1:06:52 > 1:06:56Using this technique, the software creators believe

1:06:56 > 1:06:59they can spot up to 94% of IS content posted

1:06:59 > 1:07:03online with an accuracy of 99.95%.

1:07:03 > 1:07:06Anything the software is unsure about is flagged for human review.

1:07:06 > 1:07:11I've had a demonstration of it, I know a lot of other people

1:07:11 > 1:07:14as well, and it's a very convincing example of the fact that you can

1:07:14 > 1:07:20have the information you need to make sure this information is not

1:07:20 > 1:07:28going online in the first place.

1:07:28 > 1:07:30Advocates of an open internet often push back against this type

1:07:30 > 1:07:34of software because it can often cause content being blocked when it

1:07:34 > 1:07:35shouldn't be, false positives.

1:07:35 > 1:07:39Yet, an estimated 400 Web services were used to block propaganda

1:07:39 > 1:07:42in 2017, and so it is less about blocking jihadis online today

1:07:42 > 1:07:45and more about predicting where they might be

1:07:45 > 1:07:52on the internet tomorrow.

1:07:55 > 1:07:57American government investigators have been instructed to examine

1:07:57 > 1:08:00the Grand Canyon helicopter crash which killed seven people.

1:08:00 > 1:08:01British tourists Becky Dobson and brothers,

1:08:01 > 1:08:04Stuart and Jason Hill were among those that died.

1:08:04 > 1:08:07The four survivors, three other Britons and the pilot are currently

1:08:07 > 1:08:10being treated in hospital in Las Vegas.

1:08:10 > 1:08:13Stuart Hill, a car salesman in Brighton, died celebrating his

1:08:13 > 1:08:1430th birthday along with his girlfriend,

1:08:14 > 1:08:16Becky Dobson, who was 27.

1:08:16 > 1:08:18Stuart's brother, Jason Hill, a lawyer in Milton Keynes,

1:08:18 > 1:08:19also died.

1:08:19 > 1:08:20He was 32 years old.

1:08:20 > 1:08:24His girlfriend, Jennifer Barham, survived.

1:08:24 > 1:08:26So did newlyweds John Udall and Ellie Milward, seen

1:08:26 > 1:08:31here on the left at their wedding with Becky and Stuart.

1:08:31 > 1:08:34The helicopter, a Euro EC130, operated by tour firm

1:08:34 > 1:08:38Papillon Airways, crashed in the Grand Canyon just before

1:08:38 > 1:08:41sunset on Saturday.

1:08:41 > 1:08:44Bad weather meant it was nearly nine hours before the three surviving

1:08:44 > 1:08:47passengers and pilot could be flown to hospital in Las Vegas.

1:08:47 > 1:08:53Family and friends have now arrived here along with investigators

1:08:53 > 1:08:56who are waiting to take formal statements.

1:08:56 > 1:08:59The focus here is on treating the survivors, not just

1:08:59 > 1:09:02for their physical injuries but also trying to help them with the trauma

1:09:02 > 1:09:03they have endured.

1:09:03 > 1:09:06But there are also questions for the helicopter company

1:09:06 > 1:09:08and the tour operator about why three passengers were apparently

1:09:08 > 1:09:09unable to escape.

1:09:09 > 1:09:17James Cook, BBC News, Las Vegas.

1:09:29 > 1:09:31South Africa's ruling party has made an official demand

1:09:31 > 1:09:34for President Jacob Zuma to step down, after a 13-hour meeting

1:09:34 > 1:09:36with leading figures from the African National Congress.

1:09:36 > 1:09:39Mr Zuma has been the head of state since 2009,

1:09:39 > 1:09:41but his time in office has been overshadowed

1:09:41 > 1:09:42by corruption allegations.

1:09:42 > 1:09:46It is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign.

1:09:46 > 1:09:48London City Airport will reopen later today after a 500kg

1:09:48 > 1:09:51Second World War bomb found there was safely moved.

1:09:51 > 1:09:54The device was discovered at the King George V Dock on Sunday

1:09:54 > 1:09:57during planned work at the east London airport.

1:09:57 > 1:10:00All flights were cancelled on Monday as an exclusion zone was put

1:10:00 > 1:10:03in place, closing the airport and affecting up to 16,000

1:10:03 > 1:10:05passengers and some residents who were evacuated.

1:10:05 > 1:10:08The bomb will be detonated at a secure location this morning.

1:10:08 > 1:10:11BBC News has learned that the Commonwealth has begun

1:10:11 > 1:10:13considering who might succeed the Queen as the head

1:10:13 > 1:10:16of the organisation.

1:10:16 > 1:10:19Member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader,

1:10:19 > 1:10:26as the role is not hereditary.

1:10:26 > 1:10:29The BBC has been told 53 member states have established a high-level

1:10:29 > 1:10:32group of independent figures to look at the way

1:10:32 > 1:10:33the Commonwealth is governed.

1:10:33 > 1:10:36It will meet for the first time today in London.

1:10:36 > 1:10:38Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have been

1:10:38 > 1:10:40unveiled at Washington's National Gallery, and immediately went viral

1:10:40 > 1:10:42online, and it wasn't all complimentary.

1:10:42 > 1:10:48While Mr Obama said

1:10:48 > 1:10:51that his was "pretty sharp", social media was soon awash

1:10:51 > 1:10:57with jokes about him being stuck in a hedgerow.

1:10:57 > 1:11:02He said the portrait of his wife captured her "hotness",

1:11:02 > 1:11:05although many reacted to say it looks nothing like her.

1:11:05 > 1:11:08It's an honour that the gallery gives to past presidents,

1:11:08 > 1:11:11but let's just say that these were in stark contrast to the more

1:11:11 > 1:11:18traditional presidential portrait.

1:11:18 > 1:11:21As we've been hearing, Oxfam is facing further scrutiny

1:11:21 > 1:11:23today over an alleged sex scandal involving its aid workers

1:11:23 > 1:11:30in Haiti in 2011.

1:11:30 > 1:11:33The Charity Commission has now opened an inquiry amid concerns

1:11:33 > 1:11:35Oxfam might not have "fully and frankly disclosed"

1:11:35 > 1:11:37all information at the time.

1:11:37 > 1:11:40Peter Kyle worked as an aid worker for over a decade before becoming

1:11:40 > 1:11:42a Labour MP in 2015.

1:11:42 > 1:11:48He joins us now from Brighton.

1:11:48 > 1:11:53And given joining us. Let's take you back personal to your work as an aid

1:11:53 > 1:11:57worker. When you are doing that work, did you have concerns about

1:11:57 > 1:12:04some people's behaviour?I never saw in my time at anything that could be

1:12:04 > 1:12:09rumoured to be or known to be criminal. I certainly never had a

1:12:09 > 1:12:13hint that this sort of thing was going on. But when I was working, I

1:12:13 > 1:12:18was a development worker but also an aid worker in crisis situations and

1:12:18 > 1:12:24when you are working in those situations, it is extremely chaotic.

1:12:24 > 1:12:29Very, very lawless. You see an awful lot of good people who make it to

1:12:29 > 1:12:33the front line using their expertise in a profoundly good weed but you

1:12:33 > 1:12:38also see some people who gravitate towards these very chaotic unstable

1:12:38 > 1:12:40situations because unfortunately, their personalities are

1:12:40 > 1:12:47dysfunctional. I saw some people acting in a way I felt was really

1:12:47 > 1:12:53counter to the values that we in the world of foreign aid hold dear.

1:12:53 > 1:12:58Difficult to tackle.You make the -- you make the point that there are so

1:12:58 > 1:13:03many who give their time and effort to do good work. Are you concerned

1:13:03 > 1:13:09about the impact these stories have on conifer example, people who give

1:13:09 > 1:13:16donations to these charities?I'm extremely concerned. This scandal is

1:13:16 > 1:13:21growing. What worries me is that this could consume Oxfam and could

1:13:21 > 1:13:26indeed spread to other charities as well. What we don't need is for an

1:13:26 > 1:13:31organisation like Oxfam to implode because there are many thousands of

1:13:31 > 1:13:34people who depend on these organisations and people have to

1:13:34 > 1:13:40realise the vast majority of work they do and other charities do is

1:13:40 > 1:13:44exemplary and its supporting people who are the most vulnerable people

1:13:44 > 1:13:49in the world. There will be hundreds of aid workers out there who are as

1:13:49 > 1:13:52horrified or even more horrified than everybody else was watching

1:13:52 > 1:13:57this because it is their profession which is being use -- besmirched by

1:13:57 > 1:14:02this and they have been profoundly let down by a few individuals but

1:14:02 > 1:14:08also an organisation which put the needs of the organisation above

1:14:08 > 1:14:12those of its beneficiaries. This is counter to the ethos that drives aid

1:14:12 > 1:14:18work.Winnowed the Charity Commission has opened this statutory

1:14:18 > 1:14:23enquiry due to concerned it may not have disclosed all details. Is this

1:14:23 > 1:14:28the right way forward?That are definitely needs to happen and we

1:14:28 > 1:14:33need to make sure the Charity Commission has the resources to

1:14:33 > 1:14:35undertake these kinds of investigations but they will

1:14:35 > 1:14:43undertake a disclosure and a process enquiry but there is something more

1:14:43 > 1:14:47that is happened here. It's been revealed in the last 14 hours, clear

1:14:47 > 1:14:55that senior managers in Oxfam report it potential abuse, they reported it

1:14:55 > 1:14:58to the Chief Executive and didn't get a response. They reported it

1:14:58 > 1:15:03directly to the trustees and didn't get a response. They went to an MP

1:15:03 > 1:15:07who contacted the Secretary of State and did not get a response. It begs

1:15:07 > 1:15:11the question, what the hell do you have to do to draw attention to this

1:15:11 > 1:15:15kind of thing within an organisation like Oxfam? So we need another

1:15:15 > 1:15:19enquiry.

1:15:19 > 1:15:21Sorry to interrupt, we

1:15:21 > 1:15:24Sorry to interrupt, we need another enquiry you say, do charities need a

1:15:24 > 1:15:28different type of oversight from what they have had so far?Actually

1:15:28 > 1:15:33the oversight that comes from having an independent board of trustees,

1:15:33 > 1:15:36from in-house directors and good management structures should be

1:15:36 > 1:15:40enough. Also the Charity Commission, we have in the field the United

1:15:40 > 1:15:45Nations, but the problem is a global structure of monitoring aid work

1:15:45 > 1:15:49hasn't kept up with how aid work has developed over the years.

1:15:49 > 1:15:54If you're looking in some of these countries when its humanitarian

1:15:54 > 1:15:59catastrophe or a conflict or war zone, it is lawless, it is very,

1:15:59 > 1:16:04very chaotic and unstructured. So we need to make sure that the use of

1:16:04 > 1:16:09perhaps military personnel who are witnessing things on the ground and

1:16:09 > 1:16:12are professionals in their own right, that they can feed back into

1:16:12 > 1:16:15the British government what's happening and they can also monitor

1:16:15 > 1:16:19things. We need a very sophisticated way of monitoring what's happening

1:16:19 > 1:16:23on the front line and after the crisis has passed we need a really

1:16:23 > 1:16:27frank and public evaluation of how the aid operation happened so we can

1:16:27 > 1:16:31all learn from it.You said another enquiry, briefly really briefly,

1:16:31 > 1:16:38what specifically into?We need to find out what has gone wrong, not

1:16:38 > 1:16:42just technically but culturally within the aid world because this is

1:16:42 > 1:16:46a cultural problem. There are very senior professional people there who

1:16:46 > 1:16:51were blowing the whistle on this. They were sounding alarms but nobody

1:16:51 > 1:16:55was listening and nobody was acting, not just within Oxfam but we now

1:16:55 > 1:17:00know outside of Oxfam as well so we know something has gone wrong in the

1:17:00 > 1:17:04culture of perhaps these big aid agencies where they become so

1:17:04 > 1:17:07competitive on the ground that they become territorial and so scared I

1:17:07 > 1:17:10be of losing their funding and damaging the relationship with their

1:17:10 > 1:17:15that when something bad happens they're not talking about it in an

1:17:15 > 1:17:18open hearted and public way, which is what we expect charities like

1:17:18 > 1:17:22this. We need to understand what's gone wrong culturally within

1:17:22 > 1:17:27charities and really act. And this involves government as well by the

1:17:27 > 1:17:32weight.Peter Kyle, good to talk to you and thanks for your opinions on

1:17:32 > 1:17:34BBC Breakfast -- by the way.

1:17:34 > 1:17:37You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:17:37 > 1:17:41Let's find out what's going on with the weather. Grim picture behind

1:17:41 > 1:17:43you?

1:17:43 > 1:17:47It is, after the sunshine yesterday a different day for many, lots of

1:17:47 > 1:17:51cloud at the moment, strong winds and heavy rain, especially in the

1:17:51 > 1:17:56south but further north, snow and icy conditions this morning. The

1:17:56 > 1:18:01details might cause some problems on your morning commute. Here's the

1:18:01 > 1:18:06area of rain in blue and where we have seen snow on the Welsh hills.

1:18:06 > 1:18:11Mainly on the tops. Some snow to lower levels in parts of Scotland

1:18:11 > 1:18:19and we will see some in northern England. Strong winds to the east of

1:18:19 > 1:18:24Scotland in the rush-hour, 15 centimetres of snow in the higher

1:18:24 > 1:18:28ground and maybe some on the Central Belt. It has cleared in Northern

1:18:28 > 1:18:31Ireland but setting in on the tops of the Pennines, also the Welsh

1:18:31 > 1:18:36hills but confined to the tops. Rain in parts of the West Midlands,

1:18:36 > 1:18:40outbreaks heavy at times spreading to eastern England and strong to

1:18:40 > 1:18:45gale force winds touching 50 or 60 mph for a time this morning but an

1:18:45 > 1:18:48improving day because the sunshine will come out in many western areas

1:18:48 > 1:18:54this afternoon. A struggle through eastern England, cloud and rain

1:18:54 > 1:18:59towards the end of the afternoon and a chilly day by and large given this

1:18:59 > 1:19:04morning the cloud, the rain and the snow. Into the night, the cloud we

1:19:04 > 1:19:08have in Eastern counties of England disappear. Clear skies, clear

1:19:08 > 1:19:11weather and temperatures will drop. Widespread frost developing for a

1:19:11 > 1:19:15time and icy conditions given what we're seeing at the moment. By the

1:19:15 > 1:19:20end of the night our next weather system pushes in. For tomorrow, we

1:19:20 > 1:19:24start with sunshine in eastern areas but this weather system will bring

1:19:24 > 1:19:29more wind, rain and snow and also this time you will notice this slice

1:19:29 > 1:19:34of yellow on my chart, milder air pushing in, which will turn the snow

1:19:34 > 1:19:39back to rain quicker. Looks like tomorrow after a bright start in

1:19:39 > 1:19:43eastern areas, cloud will spread with snow on the Scottish hills and

1:19:43 > 1:19:48tops of the Pennines but for most, outbreaks of rain through the day.

1:19:48 > 1:19:53Temperatures up to 11 potentially in the south-west later and brighter

1:19:53 > 1:19:56weather to finish in Northern Ireland. Tomorrow a much cloudier

1:19:56 > 1:20:00day for more of the day than we will see today's. Into Thursday, some

1:20:00 > 1:20:06frost returning as the clear again but looking like a much better day.

1:20:06 > 1:20:10Lots of sunshine for England and Wales, summed sleet and snow

1:20:10 > 1:20:13flurries, further snow in western Scotland and Northern Ireland and

1:20:13 > 1:20:16temperatures still holding up in the south as we finished Thursday.

1:20:16 > 1:20:21That's how we're looking.Looks very chilly -- some sleet.

1:20:22 > 1:20:27A few moments ago we were talking about the Oxfam story, which is on

1:20:27 > 1:20:31the front page of many of the papers this morning. The Daily Telegraph

1:20:31 > 1:20:37talking about this. Rape and abuse in charity shops overseas ignored.

1:20:37 > 1:20:41This is a Ralph Lauren model for New York fashion week.

1:20:41 > 1:20:46The front page of the Guardian, Windy doesn't even begin to cover it

1:20:46 > 1:20:50in Pyeongchang yesterday, Amy Fuller among the competitors who crashed at

1:20:50 > 1:20:54the Winter Olympics yesterday. She talked on Breakfast saying it

1:20:54 > 1:20:58shouldn't have been run, that competition, yesterday. That is

1:20:58 > 1:21:03still rumbling on. Also the Oxfam story on the front page of the

1:21:03 > 1:21:06Guardian. Have a look at the front page of the

1:21:06 > 1:21:10times this morning, Oxfam the main story but this is on the front page

1:21:10 > 1:21:14of some of the papers this morning -- Times. This is from the Grand

1:21:14 > 1:21:17Canyon helicopter crash, which killed three yesterday, and a

1:21:17 > 1:21:23survivor running clear.

1:21:23 > 1:21:28survivor running clear. It is amazing footage. We have a piece of

1:21:28 > 1:21:34Dasha from America with details in here -- from America. That's on the

1:21:34 > 1:21:38front page of the metro. More allegations coming out about

1:21:38 > 1:21:42Oxfam from Helen Evans, who worked there, talking about those a moment

1:21:42 > 1:21:46ago and Meghan Markle has visited the Grenfell Tower site alone to

1:21:46 > 1:21:52comfort victims of the fire. When it comes to pancakes, it is Shrove

1:21:52 > 1:21:56Tuesday, do you carefully planned, pancakes tonight?We had them on

1:21:56 > 1:22:03Sunday.What?I know it is two days early.Do you go classic?I'm moving

1:22:03 > 1:22:09onto American pancakes.This is a next level up. These are Japanese

1:22:09 > 1:22:15pancakes, they are all the rage, there is a recipe on the BBC and one

1:22:15 > 1:22:19website. A lot higher than normal and there's meant to be a bit of a

1:22:19 > 1:22:23wobble rather than a flip and you do it by whipping up the egg whites and

1:22:23 > 1:22:27using a ring.You are quite judgement or about people's poached

1:22:27 > 1:22:32eggs. You have been making pancakes Stoppila Sunzu a look.

1:22:32 > 1:22:38People of the pancake. Prepare yourself. I'm about to flip. One,

1:22:38 > 1:22:43two, three, four, five, six... That is a good pancake.

1:22:43 > 1:22:48I'm very impressed. Did you make that?I was holding the phone with

1:22:48 > 1:22:53one hand. Holly has also been making pancakes. I'm going to give you ten

1:22:53 > 1:22:58out of ten for that.Look at the speed at the end!Let's see

1:22:58 > 1:23:04Holly's.How are we judging this? We are going to go for distance and

1:23:04 > 1:23:10style so if I get one of those I'm going to be happy. Made a bit of a

1:23:10 > 1:23:14mess. Is that meant to happen?

1:23:14 > 1:23:19I never thought I would say this but I would prefer to eat the one that

1:23:19 > 1:23:24you made.This is a big moment. A special moment for me. She likes my

1:23:24 > 1:23:32pancakes!Do send us your pictures of your pancake Day pancakes as

1:23:32 > 1:23:36well.It's a special day, isn't it? My kids are very excited about

1:23:36 > 1:23:39Pancake Day already.

1:23:39 > 1:23:42The ups and downs of life like a failed relationship,

1:23:42 > 1:23:45the death of a loved one, or being a victim of crime can

1:23:45 > 1:23:48all affect how we feel about our lives and our mental health.

1:23:48 > 1:23:51Now an online experiment run in conjunction with

1:23:51 > 1:23:52the BBC is seeing if it's possible

1:23:52 > 1:23:55to predict how you would cope with those big life events.

1:23:55 > 1:23:57Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

1:23:57 > 1:23:59Working with friends, doing something useful,

1:23:59 > 1:24:00all on a sunny winter's day.

1:24:00 > 1:24:03Jane found the stress of her job as a primary

1:24:03 > 1:24:04school teacher overwhelming.

1:24:04 > 1:24:07Now working as a volunteer to restore a local park she's found

1:24:07 > 1:24:09the perfect antidote.

1:24:09 > 1:24:12Sometimes I might not have had a great morning,

1:24:12 > 1:24:13but I might not have told anyone.

1:24:13 > 1:24:15But for just them being themselves.

1:24:15 > 1:24:17They might have made me smile or laugh.

1:24:17 > 1:24:21And then again I'm back on the right track and I'm feeling positive.

1:24:21 > 1:24:24It's a mixture of being outside, doing something great for nature,

1:24:24 > 1:24:32and also the people and the social side of it as well.

1:24:35 > 1:24:42Volunteering is the sort of activity that ticks lots of boxes when it

1:24:42 > 1:24:44comes to boosting our mental well-being.

1:24:44 > 1:24:46It's an outdoor activity, and on a glorious day

1:24:46 > 1:24:48like today what could be better than that?

1:24:48 > 1:24:51It's physical, social, and for those researching what makes

1:24:51 > 1:24:59us happy, this is the sort of thing that they say can really help.

1:24:59 > 1:25:01Untangling the different factors, positive and negative,

1:25:01 > 1:25:04that make up our sense of well-being or happiness could help prevent

1:25:04 > 1:25:10mental health problems from developing.

1:25:10 > 1:25:13We are trying to learn more about what it's like to have

1:25:13 > 1:25:14depressive thinking styles...

1:25:14 > 1:25:16That's the aim of the online survey being launched today,

1:25:16 > 1:25:20in particular to explore the links between how we deal with life's ups

1:25:20 > 1:25:22and downs and our mental health.

1:25:22 > 1:25:25Being involved in a crime or losing our job, failing an exam,

1:25:25 > 1:25:28how that would impact on whether or not we get

1:25:28 > 1:25:28anxious or depressed.

1:25:28 > 1:25:32And I'm interested in that both because I think that we might be

1:25:32 > 1:25:36able to explain a bit more about why people become anxious and depressed,

1:25:36 > 1:25:40but also because we can do something about it.

1:25:40 > 1:25:44Artist Raul Gutierrez Loya knows exactly how dwelling on past

1:25:44 > 1:25:46experiences affected the man he is today.

1:25:46 > 1:25:49The bullying he experienced as a child led to anxiety and panic

1:25:49 > 1:25:50attacks as an adult.

1:25:50 > 1:25:56I didn't have the courage to say to people I'm struggling.

1:25:56 > 1:25:59With the help of his therapist he changed the way he thought

1:25:59 > 1:26:00with dramatic results.

1:26:00 > 1:26:04One key thing was think about a good thing before going to sleep,

1:26:04 > 1:26:12and that changed everything.

1:26:18 > 1:26:21Unlocking the secrets of happiness and how they relate to good mental

1:26:21 > 1:26:25health could be key in understanding how to keep us all happy

1:26:25 > 1:26:28and to identify those at risk and in need of better help.

1:26:28 > 1:26:29Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

1:26:29 > 1:26:33Joining us now is Professor Peter Kingdom, a psychologist from

1:26:33 > 1:26:36Liverpool university. We saw you in that report and what you're trying

1:26:36 > 1:26:43to find out is if you can predict how people will react and help them?

1:26:43 > 1:26:46-- Peter Kingdom and.The study is different because we're asking

1:26:46 > 1:26:51people to fill in surveys about their mental health and well-being

1:26:51 > 1:26:54on to time points, we see how the data now will predict how people

1:26:54 > 1:26:59will feel in six weeks, which is a very powerful scientific way to look

1:26:59 > 1:27:06at it. -- two time points. The information should help

1:27:06 > 1:27:15psychologists, therapists, nurses, psychiatrists, members of the public

1:27:15 > 1:27:21help people rebuild when things go wrong.You say there are external

1:27:21 > 1:27:25things that can make a difference and physical activity is one of

1:27:25 > 1:27:29those?The top three for well-being are something meaningful and

1:27:29 > 1:27:33purposeful in your life, not necessarily a job but doing things

1:27:33 > 1:27:37that give your life meaning and purpose. Having people around you,

1:27:37 > 1:27:41being connected, and physically active. Those are three things that

1:27:41 > 1:27:45tend to make people happier rather than unhappy.You really need help

1:27:45 > 1:27:50with this, don't you? On the first we talk about happiness often on the

1:27:50 > 1:27:55programme and I'm sure they're wanting to be involved. -- on

1:27:55 > 1:27:58Breakfast.We want to look at the relationship between different

1:27:58 > 1:28:02variables. Everything people have ever mentioned a fix our moods.

1:28:02 > 1:28:06What's important for scientists is to look at the relationship between

1:28:06 > 1:28:09lots and lots of variables, unfortunately you need lots of

1:28:09 > 1:28:13people to fill in questionnaires to get the precision in the science.

1:28:13 > 1:28:16You're hoping for thousands of people to watch this and take part

1:28:16 > 1:28:22and you'll get so much data you can analyse?We would like over 100,000

1:28:22 > 1:28:25to take part and then we would have some reasonable data on those people

1:28:25 > 1:28:29who have experienced a few life events and how happy they are

1:28:29 > 1:28:33afterwards.This is probably an unfair question, can people be happy

1:28:33 > 1:28:37people?It's part of what we're looking at, the way in which you

1:28:37 > 1:28:40think is naturally part of your personality and that gives you a

1:28:40 > 1:28:44sense of resilience. I personally think it's not really a question of

1:28:44 > 1:28:48how we're born, I think we learn how we respond to events, especially in

1:28:48 > 1:28:53childhood, the way we are treated as children and brought up by parents.

1:28:53 > 1:28:57It teaches us about the way we react which might make us more or less

1:28:57 > 1:29:01resilient when bad things happen. It's a bit what therapists do as

1:29:01 > 1:29:06well.Resilience is a keyword as well. Thanks very much.

1:29:06 > 1:29:12For more details on the survey and how to take part... You can log on

1:29:12 > 1:29:15to:

1:29:15 > 1:29:23You look up the website and it will take about 15 to 20 minutes.You are

1:29:23 > 1:29:28quite happy?I am generally glass half full. What about you?Talking

1:29:28 > 1:29:32about physical activity, you're always happier after you have done

1:29:32 > 1:29:37something physical.You're right, it lasts about a week, that level of

1:29:37 > 1:29:42complete euphoria.There you go. However it has gone, it doesn't

1:29:42 > 1:33:06matter.The reality behind the science!

1:33:06 > 1:33:09I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

1:33:09 > 1:33:10in half an hour.

1:33:10 > 1:33:14Bye for now.

1:33:14 > 1:33:17Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:33:17 > 1:33:22Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.

1:33:22 > 1:33:25British package holiday companies have started taking tourists back

1:33:25 > 1:33:26to Tunisia this morning.

1:33:26 > 1:33:29It's almost three years since a gunman opened fire

1:33:29 > 1:33:32at a beach resort killing 38 people.

1:33:32 > 1:33:3530 British holidaymakers were killed at the resort in Sousse

1:33:35 > 1:33:35in June 2015.

1:33:35 > 1:33:40Until last summer, the Foreign Office advised

1:33:40 > 1:33:43against travel there due to the high risk of terrorism.

1:33:43 > 1:33:45Within the last hour, Thomas Cook operated the first

1:33:45 > 1:33:53flight from Birmingham and says holidaymakers should be reassured:

1:33:55 > 1:34:00We have to look at all of the work that has been done. Obviously we did

1:34:00 > 1:34:03have restrictions they are put in place by the Foreign Office and

1:34:03 > 1:34:06those restrictions were lifted because of all the improvements that

1:34:06 > 1:34:10have been made on safety and security in Tunisia and in the

1:34:10 > 1:34:15resorts themselves.

1:34:18 > 1:34:21The Charity Commission is launching an investigation into Oxfam

1:34:21 > 1:34:24following the revelation of a sex scandal involving it's aid workers

1:34:24 > 1:34:25in Haiti in 2011.

1:34:25 > 1:34:28The watchdog says documents show Oxfam may not have "fully

1:34:28 > 1:34:29and frankly disclosed" all the available information

1:34:29 > 1:34:33at the time.

1:34:33 > 1:34:39We need to find out what has gone wrong, not just technically but

1:34:39 > 1:34:43culturally within the aid world because this is a cultural problem.

1:34:43 > 1:34:47There are people there, very senior professional people, who are blowing

1:34:47 > 1:34:52the whistle on this. There were sounding alarms that nobody was

1:34:52 > 1:34:56listening and nobody was acting, not just within Oxfam but outside of

1:34:56 > 1:35:01Oxfam as well.

1:35:01 > 1:35:04A new tool to fight online terror and jihadi activity

1:35:04 > 1:35:07is being unveiled by the Home Secretary during a trip

1:35:07 > 1:35:07to the US.

1:35:07 > 1:35:10It aims to detect content and remove it instantly.

1:35:10 > 1:35:13Funded with more than half a million pounds of government

1:35:13 > 1:35:16money, the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted

1:35:16 > 1:35:20by the so-called Islamic State.

1:35:20 > 1:35:26Amber Rudd will meet with tech companies to help tackle extremists.

1:35:26 > 1:35:29South Africa's ruling party has made an official demand

1:35:29 > 1:35:32for President Jacob Zuma to step down, after a 13-hour meeting

1:35:32 > 1:35:34with leading figures from the African National Congress.

1:35:34 > 1:35:37Mr Zuma has been the head of state since 2009,

1:35:37 > 1:35:39but his time in office has been overshadowed

1:35:39 > 1:35:40by corruption allegations.

1:35:40 > 1:35:44It is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign.

1:35:44 > 1:35:47BBC News has learned that the Commonwealth has begun

1:35:47 > 1:35:49considering who might succeed the Queen as the head

1:35:49 > 1:35:50of the organisation.

1:35:50 > 1:35:53Member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader,

1:35:53 > 1:35:54as the role is not hereditary.

1:35:54 > 1:35:56The

1:35:56 > 1:36:00The BBC has been told 53 member states have established a high-level

1:36:00 > 1:36:02group of independent figures to look at the way

1:36:02 > 1:36:03the Commonwealth is governed.

1:36:03 > 1:36:11It will meet for the first time today in London.

1:36:11 > 1:36:15Coming up on the programme, lots to talk about and particularly, we are

1:36:15 > 1:36:20going to shop.Much more action coming up this morning. Another

1:36:20 > 1:36:27British hopeful on the way.

1:36:27 > 1:36:30British hopeful on the way.That is Elise Christie, isn't it? We were up

1:36:30 > 1:36:34watching some half pipe action. Sean Wight, he is the best in the sport

1:36:34 > 1:36:40but a bit of pressure from the Australian in second place. His run

1:36:40 > 1:36:45was as near to perfection as it could be. I don't even know what it

1:36:45 > 1:36:50is, but it looks break -- it looks great.I would like to fly like

1:36:50 > 1:36:54that.You're right, it's like they are superheroes.

1:36:54 > 1:36:58Elise Chrstie - one of Britain's best chances of a gold medal -

1:36:58 > 1:37:01will resume her bid in short track speed skating's 500 metres

1:37:01 > 1:37:05at about 10 o'clock.

1:37:05 > 1:37:10It's quite a comeback. She was stripped of a silver medal because

1:37:10 > 1:37:16she was blamed for a pileup. It was very difficult for her. She received

1:37:16 > 1:37:22a lot of abuse on social media, believe it or not. It's such a

1:37:22 > 1:37:24difficult event. Quite straightforward in terms of the

1:37:24 > 1:37:30rules. This morning, the 500m which is shorter than what is strength

1:37:30 > 1:37:35would normally be that in some ways, it's more difficult. Exciting to see

1:37:35 > 1:37:45how she gets on.

1:37:52 > 1:37:55how she gets on. She won her heat in what was an Olympic record time and

1:37:55 > 1:37:59she goes into the quarterfinals with the semis and finals soon after and

1:37:59 > 1:38:03for those of you who are not too sure how this crazy sport works, we

1:38:03 > 1:38:06have broken it down to you.

1:38:06 > 1:38:13It was quite a harsh round to start with, it's going to be tough. You

1:38:13 > 1:38:17get in the class and it gets in the top eight. After that, anything is a

1:38:17 > 1:38:29win so it's just getting the preparation in between done.

1:38:30 > 1:38:33Team GB is going for gold later today.

1:38:33 > 1:38:36The current world champion and world record holder for over 500 metres,

1:38:36 > 1:38:39Elise Christie, will take to the ice for the short track

1:38:39 > 1:38:40speed skating finals.

1:38:40 > 1:38:42Let's speak to former GB short track speed skater,

1:38:42 > 1:38:44Wilf O'Reilly who joins us live from Pyeongchang.

1:38:44 > 1:38:49Good morning, thank you for joining us.Thank you very much.Elise

1:38:49 > 1:38:54Christie, she is going to be hoping to put what happened to her in Sochi

1:38:54 > 1:38:59behind her. That will be difficult. She needs to deliver in the 500m. Do

1:38:59 > 1:39:06you think she is ready?I certainly do, I was impressed with her

1:39:06 > 1:39:10performance in the Saturday evening heats. I said that is going to be a

1:39:10 > 1:39:14major game-changer physically and mentally. She had an injury back

1:39:14 > 1:39:18early on in the season. She hadn't had a period of time where she had

1:39:18 > 1:39:22no racing whatsoever and Saturday was really hitting the nail on the

1:39:22 > 1:39:28head. She performed and produced. She will have three races in the

1:39:28 > 1:39:34space of two hours. Hopefully a possible final shortly after that.

1:39:34 > 1:39:41Just how difficult and training is that?Physically, or the

1:39:41 > 1:39:53championships she has ever competed in.

1:40:08 > 1:40:14in. She is but just mention the pressure.

1:40:16 > 1:40:23pressure.You must come home with a medal.

1:40:23 > 1:40:32medal. She has matured immensely. I was watching her.

1:40:32 > 1:40:37was watching her. The important thing to release is to enjoy these

1:40:37 > 1:40:40Olympic Games. The Olympic Games were such a disaster. She needs to

1:40:40 > 1:40:48be aware that she is at the Olympic Games.

1:40:48 > 1:40:55Games. We are seeing that she has worked on it. That is something

1:40:55 > 1:41:02isn't it?Absolutely, the 500m, she is the world record holder. She goes

1:41:02 > 1:41:06on the fourth quarterfinal. Ten minutes longer recovery going into

1:41:06 > 1:41:11the semifinals. She has to qualify. I am fairly confident she will do

1:41:11 > 1:41:16that. She will go into the semi-final and have the

1:41:16 > 1:41:20fastest time again, draw the MLA which is the shortest distance and

1:41:20 > 1:41:24then we are into the final and once you're in the final, I firmly

1:41:24 > 1:41:32believe that Elise Christie will come away this evening with a medal.

1:41:39 > 1:41:45The big performance came on the snowboard.

1:41:51 > 1:41:58snowboard. This routine scored her 98 out of 100.

1:42:01 > 1:42:0498 out of 100. On the snow, Kim has also been grabbing the attention on

1:42:04 > 1:42:11social media, tweeting about food of course.

1:42:11 > 1:42:15course. These were the thoughts, regretting a sandwich she never

1:42:15 > 1:42:18finished. It is almost 24 hours after she been posting about ice

1:42:18 > 1:42:26cream. As you are about to see, she is not afraid to let food get in the

1:42:26 > 1:42:30way of the interview duties.

1:42:30 > 1:42:34You know, I was getting really 'hangry' and not really stoked

1:42:34 > 1:42:38because my stomach was rumbling and it was bad, I thought I should hold

1:42:38 > 1:42:42it because I'm going to get drug tested but I just couldn't do it.

1:42:42 > 1:42:47Anyway, it is TNI, I know, but I transferred all that angered from me

1:42:47 > 1:42:56having an empty -- an empty stomach into the third round and it worked.

1:42:59 > 1:43:06I love the fact that she is still eating in ice cream. I love the fact

1:43:06 > 1:43:11that you're talking to Wilf O'Reilly, he is one of my sporting

1:43:11 > 1:43:17heroes. He should be a huge Olympic name in this country. In the

1:43:17 > 1:43:24Lillehammer, he lost his two events, he was forced to race with a damage

1:43:24 > 1:43:43late. I remember crying my eyes out. He wasn't going to win that he was

1:43:43 > 1:43:51forced to go back on the ice.Newitt inspired to take up some speed

1:43:51 > 1:43:59dating?Just a spectator sport.

1:43:59 > 1:44:06dating?Just a spectator sport.The Austrian, Marcel Hirscher, is now

1:44:06 > 1:44:10under the big champion. He is one of most dominant alpine skiers in

1:44:10 > 1:44:15history but this, believe it or not, is the first time he has managed to

1:44:15 > 1:44:20win gold at an Olympics. This is just the first of four medal

1:44:20 > 1:44:25attempts.

1:44:25 > 1:44:28The Olympic Athletes from Russia have won their third medal of these

1:44:28 > 1:44:31Games, and the first overall to be won in curling.

1:44:31 > 1:44:34They beat Norway in the bronze medal match to seal third place

1:44:34 > 1:44:35in the mixed doubles.

1:44:35 > 1:44:37Canada face Switzerland for gold later this morning.

1:44:37 > 1:44:40Cricket is underway in Wellington right now, with England facing

1:44:40 > 1:44:44New Zealand in a T20 international.

1:44:44 > 1:44:47The tourists won the toss and decided to have a bowl.

1:44:47 > 1:44:49And early on it looked like they'd got it wrong.

1:44:49 > 1:44:52Martin Guptil picking apart the opening bowlers with some big

1:44:52 > 1:44:58boundaries but England have made a breakthrough.

1:44:58 > 1:45:06Colin Munro trying to go big too but he was caught out.

1:45:06 > 1:45:10All credit to Chris Jordan that brilliant catch. New Zealand

1:45:10 > 1:45:17continued very well indeed. Kane Williamson made 72 as they posted an

1:45:17 > 1:45:20impressive total of 196.

1:45:20 > 1:45:22Chelsea emphatically ended their losing streak

1:45:22 > 1:45:25in the Premier League last night, beating the bottom side West Brom

1:45:25 > 1:45:27by three goals to nil at Stamford Bridge.

1:45:27 > 1:45:29The result reduces the pressure on Chelsea manager

1:45:29 > 1:45:32Antonio Conte, who had Eden Hazard to thank for the win.

1:45:32 > 1:45:36The Belgian scored two of the three goals, Victor Moses got the other.

1:45:36 > 1:45:39Conte's side are back into the top four.

1:45:39 > 1:45:43So if you've been glued to your screens watching

1:45:43 > 1:45:45the Winter Olympics, you're not the only ones -

1:45:45 > 1:45:48we've been really enjoying some of your photos and videos

1:45:48 > 1:45:50like this one.

1:45:50 > 1:45:55Start them early - these three have switched over

1:45:55 > 1:46:03from Cbeebies.

1:46:07 > 1:46:09They love Wilf O'Reilly. Everybody does.

1:46:09 > 1:46:13It's not just the kids - it's the pets.

1:46:13 > 1:46:16And we've had lots of delays during the games so far -

1:46:16 > 1:46:20with all that time to kill members of the Swiss freestyle team have

1:46:20 > 1:46:22been amusing themselves with some escalator antics.

1:46:22 > 1:46:29Pure upper body strength here.

1:46:29 > 1:46:33Don't try this at home or anywhere.

1:46:33 > 1:46:34Don't try this at home or anywhere.

1:46:34 > 1:46:40Or in the airport or in the train station.Anywhere its Mac don't do

1:46:40 > 1:46:45it, just marvel at the professionals -- anywhere!

1:46:45 > 1:46:51Thanks very much, Holly. What time is Elise Christie?10:02am.

1:46:51 > 1:46:59Quarter-final?Yes.If she makes the final?Midday.We will be glued to

1:46:59 > 1:47:04our screens against big let's catch up on the weather with Matt. -- we

1:47:04 > 1:47:07will be glued to our screens again.

1:47:08 > 1:47:12The picture behind me suggests there's something more wintry around

1:47:12 > 1:47:16because this morning we have some snow especially in parts of Scotland

1:47:16 > 1:47:19and northern England, elsewhere a combination of wind and rain makes

1:47:19 > 1:47:24for an unpleasant rush-hour for some so some travel disruption. Check

1:47:24 > 1:47:29your BBC local radio if you're heading out. Blue is where the rain

1:47:29 > 1:47:33fell over the last few hours, white where the snow is. The snow we have

1:47:33 > 1:47:37seen in the likes of the Moors and the Welsh hills have been on the

1:47:37 > 1:47:42tops of the hills, mainly rain. Over the next hour or the worst of the

1:47:42 > 1:47:47conditions getting out of the way in Scotland, heavy snow in higher

1:47:47 > 1:47:51ground, ten to 15 centimetres and that will impact some of the roots,

1:47:51 > 1:47:55the same on the trans-Pennine routes but in Wales the snow is mainly on

1:47:55 > 1:48:00the tops of the hills. Outbreaks of rain spreading into the likes of the

1:48:00 > 1:48:05Midlands, Birmingham and Manchester over the next few hours. Gale force

1:48:05 > 1:48:10wind is in places will lift some high seas across the south and

1:48:10 > 1:48:15south-east -- gale force winds. And improving day, sunshine out in

1:48:15 > 1:48:19Northern Ireland will develop in western areas through the day -- an

1:48:19 > 1:48:24improving day. Cloudy and fairly rainy. Temperature is not far off

1:48:24 > 1:48:29yesterday's values but not as sunny, feeling that bit cooler --

1:48:29 > 1:48:33temperatures. The cloud in eastern areas will break up and the

1:48:33 > 1:48:37temperatures will drop under this slot of clear area, a widespread

1:48:37 > 1:48:40frost developing and giving the rain, sleet and snow today we will

1:48:40 > 1:48:44sea ice around but into the morning, the wind picking up ahead of our

1:48:44 > 1:48:50next weather system. A deep area of low pressure to the south of Iceland

1:48:50 > 1:48:55pushing our way into cold air but in amongst this one we have a slice of

1:48:55 > 1:48:58milder air pushing into the south and south-west late on Wednesday.

1:48:58 > 1:49:03That helps to turn what falls from the sky mainly to rain but don't be

1:49:03 > 1:49:08alarmed by the sight of snow on the chance, mainly in higher ground in

1:49:08 > 1:49:11northern England and Scotland, rain in lower levels and rain for much of

1:49:11 > 1:49:15England and Wales on and off, heaviest mid-morning to early

1:49:15 > 1:49:20afternoon. Northern Ireland brightens up later, ten is the high

1:49:20 > 1:49:24here and 11 in Plymouth, balmy compared to the last few days.

1:49:24 > 1:49:28Milder air in the south through the night and into Thursday morning,

1:49:28 > 1:49:32outbreaks of rain clearing. Clearer skies on Thursday, some sunshine

1:49:32 > 1:49:36around, the best in the south and east. Western Scotland and Northern

1:49:36 > 1:49:40Ireland still with further snow at times and temperatures here still in

1:49:40 > 1:49:44mid single figures. Getting a bit colder over the next few days but

1:49:44 > 1:49:49after yesterday's sunshine, it may be Shrove Tuesday but the weather

1:49:49 > 1:49:50could be that.

1:49:51 > 1:50:00He has been saving that, hasn't he? -- could be batter.He has been

1:50:00 > 1:50:03waiting for that one! Very good!

1:50:03 > 1:50:08Later we will find out how much prices are going up, your lemon and

1:50:08 > 1:50:13your flour and your eggs because its inflation figures?Food is one of

1:50:13 > 1:50:18the areas prices have been going up. Let me give you an explanation. Good

1:50:18 > 1:50:18morning.

1:50:18 > 1:50:22Inflation is a measure of how much the cost of living is going up by.

1:50:22 > 1:50:25To work it out the Office for National Statistics create

1:50:25 > 1:50:28a virtual shopping basket, which has 700 of the most common

1:50:28 > 1:50:30good and services we buy in it.

1:50:30 > 1:50:32The latest figure for inflation was 3% in December.

1:50:32 > 1:50:34This morning we'll get the January figure.

1:50:34 > 1:50:35So what are we expecting?

1:50:35 > 1:50:39Now for a long time food prices were falling but last year

1:50:39 > 1:50:47they started creeping up again.

1:50:47 > 1:50:50Mainly because we import a lot of food and because of the fall

1:50:50 > 1:50:53in the value of the pound it's made it more expensive

1:50:53 > 1:50:57to buy from abroad.

1:50:57 > 1:51:01Tobacco is another product expected to have gone up in price,

1:51:01 > 1:51:02mainly because of a rise in government taxes.

1:51:02 > 1:51:10Fuel, always a big one, this.

1:51:11 > 1:51:14Oil prices were the big story in business for a long time

1:51:14 > 1:51:17because they were so low, down at around $45 a barrel,

1:51:17 > 1:51:25but not anymore.

1:51:25 > 1:51:29That means inflation is going to be above the Bank of England 2% target,

1:51:29 > 1:51:34which is worrying for them and this is what the governor had to say

1:51:34 > 1:51:34about it.

1:51:34 > 1:51:38The prospect of a greater degree of excess demand and the expectation

1:51:38 > 1:51:42inflation would remain above target over the forecast period have

1:51:42 > 1:51:46further diminished the trade-off that the MPC is required to balance.

1:51:46 > 1:51:53The committee judges that where the economy to evolve broadly in line

1:51:53 > 1:51:57with its February inflation report objections, projections, monetary

1:51:57 > 1:52:01policy would need to be tightened somewhat earlier and to a greater

1:52:01 > 1:52:04extent over the forecast period than it anticipated at the time of the

1:52:04 > 1:52:11November report in order to return inflation sustainably to target.I

1:52:11 > 1:52:16am joined by the Economist Vicky Pryce to make sense of that. What

1:52:16 > 1:52:23was he saying?He was saying that interest rates might rise higher

1:52:23 > 1:52:29than forecasts, we thought they might not rise because all the

1:52:29 > 1:52:32economists were expecting a slowdown but things are picking up. World

1:52:32 > 1:52:37expansion is happening and that means everyone is doing well at the

1:52:37 > 1:52:42moment so the UK is benefiting from that so there's more pressure on the

1:52:42 > 1:52:46economy, we have practically full employment so he is saying if the

1:52:46 > 1:52:49trends continue we might need to raise interest rates this year

1:52:49 > 1:52:53earlier than everyone expected. Explain the theory behind putting up

1:52:53 > 1:52:57interest rates and how that's meant to control inflation.The main way

1:52:57 > 1:53:01you do that is by discouraging people from borrowing, you may

1:53:01 > 1:53:04citrus rates can you make it harder for firms and individuals to do so

1:53:04 > 1:53:12-- you make interest

1:53:13 > 1:53:18-- you make interest rates and you make it. There are factors outside

1:53:18 > 1:53:22our control, such as the oil price increase, feeding through to pump

1:53:22 > 1:53:27prices, or it comes from actions we engineer, like raising taxes,

1:53:27 > 1:53:32weather on tobacco or the cost of travelling, fares are going up as

1:53:32 > 1:53:37well. -- weather. None of these have anything much to do with internal

1:53:37 > 1:53:40pressures on the economy. Everything so far has come from the falling

1:53:40 > 1:53:45pound and other factors that were not necessarily influenced by

1:53:45 > 1:53:49raising interest rates so one wonders why one needs to do that.

1:53:49 > 1:53:54The real worry is consumers are going to find another hit to them,

1:53:54 > 1:53:57already prices going up and they can't spend the amount they would

1:53:57 > 1:54:01like to in shops, disposable income falling, you raise interest rates as

1:54:01 > 1:54:06well and you increase the suffering. The Bank of England governor said we

1:54:06 > 1:54:10are starting to see wages go up again but for lots of people out

1:54:10 > 1:54:13there they feel in real terms they haven't got as much money as they

1:54:13 > 1:54:17had.Absolutely because inflation is higher than wage increases but

1:54:17 > 1:54:21interestingly with more or less full employment, as we have right now in

1:54:21 > 1:54:25the UK, there are areas where you're beginning to see skill shortages,

1:54:25 > 1:54:30wages going up. Look at the construction sector, which has been

1:54:30 > 1:54:33booming on the housebuilding side, and loads of other areas too and the

1:54:33 > 1:54:39worry is, this is good for some people getting increases, but for

1:54:39 > 1:54:43firms, looking at Brexit and things in terms of migration trends, it

1:54:43 > 1:54:47might be harder to fill the posts that people want to do for expansion

1:54:47 > 1:54:52so what will happen to the economy? Are they going to be able to afford

1:54:52 > 1:54:56to pay higher wages for the workers given the margins in some areas are

1:54:56 > 1:54:59very tight, as we've seen in the retail sector recently.

1:54:59 > 1:55:04Vicky, lovely to have you here to talk about this. Thank you.

1:55:04 > 1:55:06Thank you both very much indeed.

1:55:06 > 1:55:07Tightrope walkers, clowns, trapeze artists,

1:55:07 > 1:55:10just some of the acts we love about the circus!

1:55:10 > 1:55:13This year marks 250 years since the first one opened

1:55:13 > 1:55:15in London Waterloo, so our arts correspondent

1:55:15 > 1:55:22David Sillito is at a Big Top for us this morning.

1:55:22 > 1:55:29That is not you, is it? Good morning.I've been practising,

1:55:29 > 1:55:34you can tell, can't you? Sadly that's not me, we have Douglas,

1:55:34 > 1:55:40acrobats, a big top, the whole thing at 8:30am at Gandeys vas we have

1:55:40 > 1:55:50acrobats. Same size of circus and we have the big top -- we have

1:55:50 > 1:55:56acrobats. Traditions but some have changed. Philip is in charge. Where

1:55:56 > 1:56:03are your animals?Gandeys along with many circuses in the UK don't use

1:56:03 > 1:56:06them, circus has moved on and diversifying, we have gone down the

1:56:06 > 1:56:11route of a West End spectacular. We have modernised it and write the

1:56:11 > 1:56:16music for the show.Are there any left?There are 35 circuses touring,

1:56:16 > 1:56:20it's probably the most terrific time in circus history in the country.

1:56:20 > 1:56:25More than ever?Yes, and we're very proud to be part the renaissance of

1:56:25 > 1:56:30circus.One final question, Andrea has no face paint, what's that

1:56:30 > 1:56:36about?Andrea is naturally funny, she doesn't need a lot of face

1:56:36 > 1:56:40paint. You can teach an acrobat, you can't teach a clown, they are born

1:56:40 > 1:56:47funny.Philip, thanks very much. That's it, 250 years of Gandeys but

1:56:47 > 2:00:06before we come

2:00:06 > 2:00:06Bye for now.

2:00:15 > 2:00:17Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

2:00:17 > 2:00:20British package holiday makers travel to Tunisia for the first time

2:00:20 > 2:00:21since the 2015 attack.

2:00:21 > 2:00:23UK firms resume flights to the country amid reassurances

2:00:23 > 2:00:26that security has improved since 38 people were killed in Sousse

2:00:26 > 2:00:29nearly three years ago.

2:00:40 > 2:00:47Good morning, it's Tuesday 13th February.

2:00:47 > 2:00:50It has just gone 8am.

2:00:50 > 2:00:51Also this morning...

2:00:51 > 2:00:53After days of allegations of sexual misconduct at Oxfam,

2:00:53 > 2:00:56the charities' watchdog launches a formal inquiry into the claims.

2:00:56 > 2:00:58Software which can detect and remove online jihadist content

2:00:58 > 2:01:02instantly is unveiled by the government.

2:01:02 > 2:01:03Good morning.

2:01:03 > 2:01:09Yes and that comes as one of the world's biggest companies -

2:01:09 > 2:01:11Unilever - has threatened to pull advertising from social networks

2:01:11 > 2:01:14that don't do enough to take down extremist material.

2:01:14 > 2:01:17Good morning - in sport - a 500 metre dash for glory and gold.

2:01:17 > 2:01:20Team GB's Elise Christie competes in the women's short track

2:01:20 > 2:01:22speed skating event later - but can she claim a first British

2:01:22 > 2:01:25medal in Pyeongchang?

2:01:25 > 2:01:27The woman who followed migrating swans from Russia

2:01:27 > 2:01:29on a motorised paraglider wins aviation's biggest prize,

2:01:29 > 2:01:35we'll get her reaction.

2:01:35 > 2:01:42And Matt has the weather.

2:01:42 > 2:01:46Good morning. After sunshine yesterday, a lot of cloud around

2:01:46 > 2:01:51this morning. Some snow as well, problems on some of the roads in

2:01:51 > 2:01:54Scotland and Northern Ireland, I will have a full forecast in around

2:01:54 > 2:01:5615 minutes.

2:01:56 > 2:01:57Good morning.

2:01:57 > 2:01:58First, our main story.

2:01:58 > 2:02:00British holidaymakers are heading back to Tunisia this morning,

2:02:00 > 2:02:04more than two years after a terror attack killed 38 people, 30 of them

2:02:04 > 2:02:05Britons at a beach resort.

2:02:05 > 2:02:07Thomas Cook is the first British tour company to resume

2:02:07 > 2:02:08flights to the country.

2:02:08 > 2:02:11In the last few hours, 200 passengers departed

2:02:11 > 2:02:13for the north African country from Birmingham Airport.

2:02:13 > 2:02:21Breakfast's John Maguire is there...

2:02:23 > 2:02:26I know you've been there since the early hours and spoke to passengers.

2:02:26 > 2:02:33Good morning.Good morning. A mixture of stories from the

2:02:33 > 2:02:36passengers, all with one unifying hope, they were going to travel to

2:02:36 > 2:02:41Tunisia and have a wonderful holiday. Some had booked because it

2:02:41 > 2:02:44was extremely cheap, the tour operators keen to get Thibaut back

2:02:44 > 2:02:48to the North African country, others because they had been there for many

2:02:48 > 2:02:53years previously and were desperate to get back somewhere, some of them

2:02:53 > 2:02:57had been travelling during the travel ban over the last couple of

2:02:57 > 2:03:04years. Some of them travelling via France to make sure they could still

2:03:04 > 2:03:08holiday in Tunisia. They are on the flight, they have been in the air

2:03:08 > 2:03:12for a couple of hours, another flight due to take off from

2:03:12 > 2:03:18Manchester.

2:03:18 > 2:03:20With it is idyllic white beaches and pristine

2:03:20 > 2:03:24Mediterranean coastline, Tunisia was a popular holiday

2:03:24 > 2:03:26destination for British tourists - attracted around 430,000 of them

2:03:26 > 2:03:27each year.

2:03:27 > 2:03:33But then came the attack in June 2015, when a gunman killed

2:03:33 > 2:03:34on a beach near Sousse.

2:03:34 > 2:03:36So-called Islamic State said it was behind the shooting.

2:03:36 > 2:03:38Almost three years on from that deadly attack,

2:03:38 > 2:03:41and British tour companies are once again offering package holidays to

2:03:41 > 2:03:46the country.

2:03:46 > 2:03:48This morning 220 passengers were the first to return

2:03:48 > 2:03:49- flying from Birmingham.

2:03:49 > 2:03:51I'm a bit nervous, because I didn't know we

2:03:51 > 2:03:55were the first one and we were out there the last time when the

2:03:55 > 2:03:57terrorist attack was on, so we were staying in the hotel down

2:03:57 > 2:04:00the road, but we love the country, so as soon

2:04:00 > 2:04:03as we knew there was a flight going, we thought we would be going back

2:04:03 > 2:04:05out there.

2:04:05 > 2:04:08I have still been travelling while it's been closed.

2:04:08 > 2:04:11I go to France or Germany normally.

2:04:11 > 2:04:14Yeah, so, no, I'm not scared at all.

2:04:14 > 2:04:17Fine, can't wait. No trouble.

2:04:17 > 2:04:19Beautiful place. Beautiful.

2:04:19 > 2:04:20Probably more dangerous staying in London

2:04:20 > 2:04:22than it is staying out there.

2:04:22 > 2:04:24British officials say Tunisia has made huge progress in counter

2:04:24 > 2:04:26terrorism and security since the attacks,

2:04:26 > 2:04:28although the Foreign Office advice that is travellers are

2:04:28 > 2:04:36vigilant at all times as the country remains in a state of emergency.

2:04:43 > 2:04:50In mixture of optimism and stoicism. The flight should be touching down

2:04:50 > 2:04:56in Tunisia in the next few hours. The Gatwick flights will take off

2:04:56 > 2:04:58tomorrow, there will be flights throughout the summer, weekly

2:04:58 > 2:05:03flights, throughout any airports across the UK, Glasgow, Newcastle,

2:05:03 > 2:05:10Bristol. To come on-board. Thomas going first. Another big travel

2:05:10 > 2:05:16operator travelling back to Tunisia later in the summer. Others hide

2:05:16 > 2:05:21430,000 British holiday-makers went to Tunisia, that number fell to

2:05:21 > 2:05:23around 24,000 travel experts believe it will take time to recover but

2:05:23 > 2:05:31there has been a lot of work going on behind-the-scenes assistance to

2:05:31 > 2:05:35insure the Libyan border is as secure as possible but to ensure

2:05:35 > 2:05:39there is heightened security around the resorts. We have seen pictures

2:05:39 > 2:05:45over the years of empty hotels and deserted beaches, it's really

2:05:45 > 2:05:48important tourism dollar, the tourism pound for that part of the

2:05:48 > 2:05:51Mediterranean, the bill will be very, very glad to see those flights

2:05:51 > 2:05:54arriving. Today and over the next couple of days and over the summer

2:05:54 > 2:05:59with everyone hoping they have a happy and safe holiday.John

2:05:59 > 2:06:03Maguire, thank you.

2:06:03 > 2:06:06The charities watchdog has launched a legal enquiry into Oxfam,

2:06:06 > 2:06:08amid concerns the charity failed to disclose all the details

2:06:08 > 2:06:10of sexual misconduct involving aid workers in Haiti,

2:06:10 > 2:06:11back in 2011.

2:06:11 > 2:06:19John McManus is outside the Charity Commission this morning.

2:06:19 > 2:06:23Good morning. They are going to strike this inquiry but what else

2:06:23 > 2:06:27has been going on?This statutory inquiry by the charities commission

2:06:27 > 2:06:31Berry aborted, it means the commission can demand Oxfam given

2:06:31 > 2:06:37evidence about what is said to have happened in Haiti, the allegations

2:06:37 > 2:06:41of aid workers paying for prostitutes, it means they can

2:06:41 > 2:06:45suspend trustees if they wish and they can seize the make -- they can

2:06:45 > 2:06:51freeze the charities bank account if they wish to. Very serious. The

2:06:51 > 2:06:55charities commission in a statement said Oxfam may not have fully and

2:06:55 > 2:07:00Frankie... -- bully and frankly.

2:07:11 > 2:07:16They encourage the public and public donors to give money, as a former

2:07:16 > 2:07:21aid worker and Labour MP told this programme.This scandal is growing

2:07:21 > 2:07:25and growing, it's not going away and what worries me is that this could

2:07:25 > 2:07:29consume Oxfam and could indeed spread to other charities as well.

2:07:29 > 2:07:36What we don't need is for an organisation like Oxfam to implode.

2:07:36 > 2:07:41Yesterday we heard from Helen Evans, a former employee of Oxfam who said

2:07:41 > 2:07:46she raised concerns with both her bosses in the charity and the

2:07:46 > 2:07:49Charity Commission in 2015. She said she did not get a good enough

2:07:49 > 2:07:53response from either, the Charity Commission says it took concerns

2:07:53 > 2:07:59very seriously, much more to say on this, I think.Thank you very much.

2:07:59 > 2:08:02A new tool to fight online terror and jihadi

2:08:02 > 2:08:03activity is being unveiled by the Home Secretary

2:08:03 > 2:08:06during a trip to the US.

2:08:06 > 2:08:07It aims to detect content and remove it instantly.

2:08:07 > 2:08:09It comes as one of the world's biggest companies has

2:08:09 > 2:08:12threatened to pull advertising from social networks that don't do

2:08:12 > 2:08:13enough to remove extremist material.

2:08:13 > 2:08:19Steph's here to tell us more.

2:08:19 > 2:08:22This is Unilever and this is an interesting story because it could

2:08:22 > 2:08:28have an impact.Two bits of news around the same area that could make

2:08:28 > 2:08:32a difference to what we see and don't see an social media, on the

2:08:32 > 2:08:36sites that we use. Looking at this government to add is being unveiled

2:08:36 > 2:08:41today, this has been created by an artificial intelligence company,

2:08:41 > 2:08:44they have created some software which can analyse hours and hours of

2:08:44 > 2:08:49content and work out which in it is extremist and then automatically get

2:08:49 > 2:08:55rid of it. So the idea being that they are saying it can, out of all

2:08:55 > 2:09:03the content of it can't work out and is capable of detecting 94% of IIS

2:09:03 > 2:09:10online activity with an accuracy of 99 point 95%. The Home Secretary

2:09:10 > 2:09:13saying she's not going to rule out forcing companies to use the

2:09:13 > 2:09:16software in order to get good of the extremist material. This is what she

2:09:16 > 2:09:19had to say.

2:09:19 > 2:09:22The purpose of commissioning this tech was to show

2:09:22 > 2:09:30that these tools are out there and that they can work.

2:09:32 > 2:09:38We've seen about 400 new platforms online used by terrorists

2:09:38 > 2:09:41in the last year and we thing for the small companies havikg this

2:09:41 > 2:09:47kind of technology could be ideal.

2:09:47 > 2:09:55I mention Unilever because they are talking about advertising.Yes, they

2:09:55 > 2:10:01are responsible for brands such as those, links, I could go on. They

2:10:01 > 2:10:08spent six pointed billion pounds on advertising Buster, they are a big

2:10:08 > 2:10:12layer, their chief marketing officer said they are threatening to pull

2:10:12 > 2:10:15advertising from online platforms like Facebook and Google if they

2:10:15 > 2:10:20don't do more to remove extremist material, they want their customers

2:10:20 > 2:10:26to trust what they see online, especially when the products are

2:10:26 > 2:10:30being advertised near it. Brand association. They want that

2:10:30 > 2:10:33crackdown and that will put the fear into companies because that is an

2:10:33 > 2:10:38awful lot of money they could lose if a company like bat pulled out and

2:10:38 > 2:10:45who else might follow?Interesting things going on. Thank you so much.

2:10:45 > 2:10:50American government investigators have been instructed to examine the

2:10:50 > 2:10:59grand canyon. Becky Dobson and brothers Stuart and Jason Hill died

2:10:59 > 2:11:04in the crash. A number of others are being treated in a hospital in Las

2:11:04 > 2:11:08Vegas. It said they had to read a number of hours before being rescued

2:11:08 > 2:11:13from the crash site. -- they had to wait a number of hours.

2:11:13 > 2:11:15South Africa's ruling party has made an official demand

2:11:15 > 2:11:18for President Jacob Zuma to step down, after a 13-hour meeting

2:11:18 > 2:11:20with leading figures from the African National Congress.

2:11:20 > 2:11:22Mr Zuma has been the head of state since 2009,

2:11:22 > 2:11:24but his time in office has been overshadowed by

2:11:24 > 2:11:25corruption allegations.

2:11:25 > 2:11:28It is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign.

2:11:28 > 2:11:31BBC News has learned that the Commonwealth has begun

2:11:31 > 2:11:34considering who might succeed the Queen as the head

2:11:34 > 2:11:35of the organisation.?

2:11:35 > 2:11:36Member states could choose anyone

2:11:36 > 2:11:38as the ceremonial leader, as the role is not hereditary.

2:11:38 > 2:11:41The BBC has been told 53 member states have established a high level

2:11:41 > 2:11:44group of independent figures to look at the way the Commonwealth

2:11:44 > 2:11:45is governed.

2:11:45 > 2:11:48It will meet for the first time today in London.

2:11:58 > 2:12:00It's 11 minutes past eight.

2:12:00 > 2:12:02As we've been hearing, package holidays

2:12:02 > 2:12:04to Tunisia from the UK have resumed this morning.

2:12:04 > 2:12:07They've been suspended for almost 3 years after a terror attack that

2:12:07 > 2:12:09killed 30 British people who were on holiday there.

2:12:09 > 2:12:12A travel ban was in place until July last year,

2:12:12 > 2:12:13and the foreign office is still warning

2:12:13 > 2:12:14of potential attacks.

2:12:14 > 2:12:17Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner has been looking at how

2:12:17 > 2:12:25Tunisians hope to reassure travellers it's safe.

2:12:26 > 2:12:31Tunisia is getting training from Royal Navy instructors and hotel

2:12:31 > 2:12:35staff have been trained. Four key airports aviation experts have

2:12:35 > 2:12:41installed screening so I asked the British Ambassador how safe is it

2:12:41 > 2:12:46now?No country is 100% safe as we saw with the attacks in London and

2:12:46 > 2:12:50Manchester last year but it is safer here than it was in 2015 because the

2:12:50 > 2:12:58Tunisian capability has improved.In the resort town of work Thomas Cook

2:12:58 > 2:13:02is taking the first returning British tourists I asked the hotel

2:13:02 > 2:13:07manager what precautions he is taking.We have around 60 cameras

2:13:07 > 2:13:16around the hotel. The exterior cameras are all monitored by 24

2:13:16 > 2:13:20hours person behind the screens.You can see changes have been made.

2:13:20 > 2:13:22We're joined now by Olivia Leathley,

2:13:22 > 2:13:30who was in that hotel in Tunisia when the gunman attacked.

2:13:30 > 2:13:35Thank you for coming back to talk to us, you have talked to us quite a

2:13:35 > 2:13:39lot, I am sure people will remember. Tourists are going back.What do you

2:13:39 > 2:13:45think? Good on them, I think. The main reason I wanted to come and

2:13:45 > 2:13:49speak today was on behalf of the staff and all the workers at the

2:13:49 > 2:13:53hotels, they have families, they need to support them, it's not just

2:13:53 > 2:13:58the people who have lost people that it has devastated, its families over

2:13:58 > 2:14:03there as well. Their lives have been ruined and it must have been

2:14:03 > 2:14:08incredibly difficult for them for the past couple of years to try and

2:14:08 > 2:14:15survive and even earn a living and it's not their fault. And you know,

2:14:15 > 2:14:19they were forming human shields in front of people they didn't even

2:14:19 > 2:14:24know and they are such wonderful, open, kind-hearted people and we

2:14:24 > 2:14:29could not have been better looked after and more people should

2:14:29 > 2:14:33experience that, so I'm glad people are going back.You spoken in the

2:14:33 > 2:14:36past about how you still think about what happened and which way you

2:14:36 > 2:14:40could have gone out at the hotel and help things could have happened

2:14:40 > 2:14:42differently but that would not stop you from going back to Tunisia, you

2:14:42 > 2:14:51think?Definitely not. I

2:14:51 > 2:14:54think?Definitely not. I mean, in today's civil unrest, we have had a

2:14:54 > 2:14:58terror attack in Manchester, my city. And you don't see people

2:14:58 > 2:15:03running off to Canada, we come together, we are British, we support

2:15:03 > 2:15:08each other and we carry on and there are a lot of people in the hotel

2:15:08 > 2:15:12resort who were Brits and thought salt this, I am staying. They have

2:15:12 > 2:15:17earned that holiday and they wanted to stay there and I thought good on

2:15:17 > 2:15:22you, fantastic, we should not stop this small group of evil people

2:15:22 > 2:15:25stopping us from living our lives and they should not make us feel

2:15:25 > 2:15:30afraid because then they went.It's three years now and we talked to you

2:15:30 > 2:15:35very soon after you came back, I did things that still, memories you

2:15:35 > 2:15:39still have, things that still affect you?Not really. The first year was

2:15:39 > 2:15:45hard and I can't even imagine what it's still like for the families,

2:15:45 > 2:15:50and friends that have lost people. It must still be incredibly raw. The

2:15:50 > 2:15:54only thing that still bothers me a little as fireworks. White. But I

2:15:54 > 2:15:59think that's more a case, psychological thing, but other than

2:15:59 > 2:16:07that, we are good. Me and my boyfriend are good.

2:16:07 > 2:16:11Looking at that first flight leaving this morning, you'd think it is a

2:16:11 > 2:16:16good thing, particularly for the people of Tunisia?Yes. It's a

2:16:16 > 2:16:21beautiful country. Good on people for going.And you will go back when

2:16:21 > 2:16:26you can?Definitely, they deserve it, definitely.Thank you so much.

2:16:26 > 2:16:31Take care. Let's find out what the weather was

2:16:31 > 2:16:35like in this country at the moment. I would imagine, with the picture

2:16:35 > 2:16:37behind you, you have some grim news coming.

2:16:37 > 2:16:38behind you, you have some grim news coming.

2:16:41 > 2:16:47Not great. We have some sun around in Scotland and northern England --

2:16:47 > 2:16:51snow around. The combination of rain and wind. It doesn't make for a

2:16:51 > 2:16:57great start but things do get better for much of the country. Rain has

2:16:57 > 2:17:03been falling from the sky here. As has snow. It has been the heaviest

2:17:03 > 2:17:08over Scotland.

2:17:08 > 2:17:12over Scotland. Over the next few hours the snow will ease from the

2:17:12 > 2:17:16West, over the hills, a dusting is possible through the central belt.

2:17:16 > 2:17:20But it's improving for the West. Already seen that in Northern

2:17:20 > 2:17:23Ireland. Could be some snow over the tops of the Pennines and the Welsh

2:17:23 > 2:17:27hills. Heavy burst of rain pushing across southern England at the

2:17:27 > 2:17:34moment. There might be a few flakes of snow mixed in with the rain over

2:17:34 > 2:17:38the Chilterns. But primarily rain. Strong winds over the southern

2:17:38 > 2:17:43coast. That will whip up rough seas. But brighter skies will be pushing

2:17:43 > 2:17:46in from western areas in the afternoon. Lots of sunshine. Eastern

2:17:46 > 2:17:50County stay with the cloud, occasional rain. Across the board

2:17:50 > 2:17:55another cool day, two bridges between four and 7 degrees at best

2:17:55 > 2:17:59where you have the sunshine, but with the cloud it won't feel as nice

2:17:59 > 2:18:06as yesterday. -- across-the-board, another cool day, temperatures

2:18:06 > 2:18:10between four and 7 degrees. Wednesday, temperatures dropping

2:18:10 > 2:18:14below freezing. Then the next weather system works in and on the

2:18:14 > 2:18:18top of that there could be some snow. Packed isobars around the

2:18:18 > 2:18:23weather fronts. Another windy day. Severe winds in parts, particularly

2:18:23 > 2:18:29over the hills, coasts, particularly in the south and west. But this mild

2:18:29 > 2:18:34air will push in. The child may look alarming. But the snow will be

2:18:34 > 2:18:37primarily over the tops of the hills of northern England and Scotland.

2:18:37 > 2:18:43Rain to lower levels. Northern Ireland brightens up later. When the

2:18:43 > 2:18:48sun comes out, it'll be barmy at 10 degrees. Still a bit on the chilly

2:18:48 > 2:18:53side for the north and East. Wednesday night into Thursday

2:18:53 > 2:18:55morning, the rain gradually clears off towards the near continent.

2:18:55 > 2:19:02There could be some frost and ice around. But a pleasant enough

2:19:02 > 2:19:04morning on Thursday, Dreyfuss southern and eastern parts by the

2:19:04 > 2:19:09afternoon, and still some snow giving further accumulations for the

2:19:09 > 2:19:12West of Scotland, the hills of Northern Ireland, and a couple of

2:19:12 > 2:19:18flurries from northern England and Wales, as well. -- dry for southern

2:19:18 > 2:19:24and eastern parts by the afternoon. Tell us your jokes for pancake Day.

2:19:24 > 2:19:28I've been trying to think of more, but you have had it.

2:19:28 > 2:19:33Mine is much batter. You have half an hour.

2:19:37 > 2:19:44Shrove Tuesday is an important day for some people. Have you heard

2:19:44 > 2:19:50about the British Heart Foundation trying to get people to give up

2:19:50 > 2:19:54chocolate for health purposes. Lots of people will be giving it up for

2:19:54 > 2:19:58Lent. Are you going to do it?

2:19:58 > 2:20:03I am considering it. But I do have a drawer full of chocolate. Most

2:20:03 > 2:20:07people talking about pancakes. I was flipping one earlier, I'm not

2:20:07 > 2:20:11allowed in their pancake club but too many flips, no filling, and they

2:20:11 > 2:20:13thought the colour was uneven, that's pretty harsh.

2:20:13 > 2:20:18But fair. What about this for a filling? The

2:20:18 > 2:20:22best pancake you ever try is a Marmite one.

2:20:22 > 2:20:27Really? I'm a bit distracted by the fact you have a drawer of chocolate

2:20:27 > 2:20:31in your house. If there was such a thing it would not last in my house.

2:20:31 > 2:20:34It is high up on the children have no access.

2:20:34 > 2:20:39But I would know it was there. I hope you are enjoying Shrove

2:20:39 > 2:20:43Tuesday. I was pretty impressed by your efforts. Let's take a look.

2:20:43 > 2:20:50People of the pancake, repair yourself, I'm about to flip. One,

2:20:50 > 2:20:57two, three, four, five, six... I should point out that I was holding

2:20:57 > 2:21:01the phone in the other hand. You don't have to point out

2:21:01 > 2:21:07anything, it was really good. Let's take a look at Holly's effort.

2:21:07 > 2:21:10How are we judging this? In the ski jump it is all about distance and

2:21:10 > 2:21:17style. If I get one of those I will be happy. Ready? Oh! Yeah! It made a

2:21:17 > 2:21:23bit of a mess. Lorenzo, who is an expert, has

2:21:23 > 2:21:28feedback he says you did not wait for air bubbles on the top. The

2:21:28 > 2:21:32battle was on set and possibly a little bit thick.

2:21:32 > 2:21:38Poor Holly. Have a lovely day, everybody. You are watching

2:21:38 > 2:21:40Breakfast.

2:21:40 > 2:21:42It was a dangerous and adrenaline fuelled flight that

2:21:42 > 2:21:44saw Sasha Dench become known as 'the human swan'.

2:21:44 > 2:21:46In 2016, we followed the conservationist as she flew

2:21:46 > 2:21:48over 4,000 miles, following the migration

2:21:48 > 2:21:54of Bewick's swans from Russia to Gloucestershire.

2:21:54 > 2:21:57Her mission was to find out why swan numbers have

2:21:57 > 2:21:58declined so dramatically - whilst flying behind

2:21:58 > 2:21:59in a paraglider.

2:21:59 > 2:22:02Now she's been awarded one of the most prestigious

2:22:02 > 2:22:03awards in aviation, to celebrate her

2:22:03 > 2:22:05pioneering innovation.

2:22:05 > 2:22:11You might recognise some of the previous winners.

2:22:11 > 2:22:17Take a look.

2:22:57 > 2:23:11I'm delighted to say that Sasha is here.It hasn't really sunk in that

2:23:11 > 2:23:20of won it. When they said I had won the Britannia, I didn't think it was

2:23:20 > 2:23:26that one.Not a lot of women have won it.Not for a long time. And

2:23:26 > 2:23:29nobody has won it in a paraglider, normally it is people in proper

2:23:29 > 2:23:34aircraft.We followed you on your flight. Remind us, though, for

2:23:34 > 2:23:37people who haven't, remind us where you started, where you went, and

2:23:37 > 2:23:41some of the amazing thing is that you saw on the way.How long have

2:23:41 > 2:23:46you got! Up in Russia where people are nomadic reindeer breeders,

2:23:46 > 2:23:52through the Baltic and all the way back to the UK.I remember it so

2:23:52 > 2:23:58well. We used to see you so much here. Such an extraordinary journey

2:23:58 > 2:24:01to undertake. Why did you want to do it? What was the most amazing thing

2:24:01 > 2:24:05he found out doing it?The most inspiring thing is the number of

2:24:05 > 2:24:09people who put up their hand and said, yes, we are happy to try and

2:24:09 > 2:24:17help. That was an exciting thing. I had a theory that when I land, it

2:24:17 > 2:24:22was kind of pathetic, I didn't look like a superhero, flying in that,

2:24:22 > 2:24:29and it was freezing cold so I probably had snot on my face. I

2:24:29 > 2:24:33landed on people's reaction was, how can I help? I hoped that would apply

2:24:33 > 2:24:39to the swans and it seems to have worked. We now have a lot of people

2:24:39 > 2:24:43on the flyweight doing things. Next month I am going back up to the

2:24:43 > 2:24:48Artic.

2:24:48 > 2:24:54Artic. Lots of work going on.What are you trying to stop, catching and

2:24:54 > 2:24:59shooting?There is some shooting in the tundra. But there also is in

2:24:59 > 2:25:02Germany and other countries. We are working with partners along the

2:25:02 > 2:25:05flyweight. But it looks like we are having an impact. It's exciting.

2:25:05 > 2:25:13Something as mad as doing this across all of these countries is

2:25:13 > 2:25:17working.I imagine lots of people are interested in what you found.

2:25:17 > 2:25:22And the science behind the trip, as well.There were lots of researchers

2:25:22 > 2:25:26behind it all. I had them end of a satellite phone when I had a

2:25:26 > 2:25:30question. We found a new areas in Russia just following the swans and

2:25:30 > 2:25:33seeing where they stopped. I could fly over them and see that swans

2:25:33 > 2:25:38were using this particular area. Now we know there is area to look at.

2:25:38 > 2:25:44The key thing, but in Britain, what you notice from the air is the

2:25:44 > 2:25:47difference between the number of weapons that you get on the other

2:25:47 > 2:25:53side of the flyover and here. There -- the loss of weapons in this

2:25:53 > 2:25:59country is an issue and possibly the topic of my next expedition.It

2:25:59 > 2:26:03must've been extraordinary flying alongside those incredible birds.

2:26:03 > 2:26:07Did they recognise you? Did they accept you were with them? What was

2:26:07 > 2:26:15it like?When I was in the air, certainly in the northern remote

2:26:15 > 2:26:20areas I was ignored by them. They could just fly. They flew nearly,

2:26:20 > 2:26:25around me, the lonely, but not close. And I wasn't trying to fly

2:26:25 > 2:26:31close to them. Up there, in remote areas, they ignored you. But as you

2:26:31 > 2:26:34get across more developed part of the worlds, they learned that people

2:26:34 > 2:26:39can be dangerous. The more people they are, the more nervous they are,

2:26:39 > 2:26:43which is interesting.You mentioned your next project would be about the

2:26:43 > 2:26:47wetlands. Would you tell us what that involves?Nothing is confirmed

2:26:47 > 2:26:52as of yet. But basically what we would like to do is a tour around

2:26:52 > 2:26:57the whole of the UK. Look at where weapons have gone. We've lost 90% in

2:26:57 > 2:27:04the last 400 years. -- wetlands have gone. It is rivers that have been

2:27:04 > 2:27:11turned into canals. It is great that you can see swans in certain areas,

2:27:11 > 2:27:14but it isn't natural, it is in the way it should be, there should be

2:27:14 > 2:27:19more around the country. I want to fly around the UK and talk to

2:27:19 > 2:27:24everybody and look at where they have gone and could we put them

2:27:24 > 2:27:27back, some of them, at least.So good to meet you properly. Thank you

2:27:27 > 2:27:31so much. Time to get the news, travel, and

2:27:31 > 2:30:53so much. Time to get the news, travel, and weather

2:30:53 > 2:30:56Watch out for that rain if you are heading out.

2:30:59 > 2:31:04Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

2:31:04 > 2:31:10The latest news... British package holiday companies have started

2:31:10 > 2:31:14taking tourists back to committee this morning. It's almost three

2:31:14 > 2:31:19years since a gunman opened fire killing 38 people. 30 British

2:31:19 > 2:31:23holiday-makers were killed at the resort in June when to 15. Until

2:31:23 > 2:31:26last summer, the Foreign Office advised against travel due to the

2:31:26 > 2:31:30high risk of terrorism. In the last few hours, Thomas Cook operated the

2:31:30 > 2:31:32first flight from Birmingham and say that holiday-makers should be

2:31:32 > 2:31:34reassured.

2:31:34 > 2:31:37I think we have to look at all the work that's been done.

2:31:37 > 2:31:39Obviously we did have restrictions there, put in place

2:31:39 > 2:31:42by the Foreign Office.

2:31:42 > 2:31:44Those restrictions were lifted because of all of the improvements

2:31:44 > 2:31:46that have been made on safety and security in Tunisia

2:31:46 > 2:31:50and in the resorts themselves.

2:31:50 > 2:31:52The Charity Commission is launching an investigation into Oxfam

2:31:53 > 2:31:56following the revelation of a sex scandal involving its aid

2:31:56 > 2:31:57workers in Haiti in 2011.

2:31:57 > 2:31:59The watchdog says documents show Oxfam may not have "fully

2:31:59 > 2:32:01and frankly disclosed" all the available

2:32:01 > 2:32:04information at the time.

2:32:04 > 2:32:07A new tool to fight online terror and jihadi activity is being

2:32:07 > 2:32:09unveiled by the Home Secretary during a trip to the US.

2:32:09 > 2:32:11It aims to detect content and remove it instantly.

2:32:11 > 2:32:13Funded with more than £500,000 of Government money,

2:32:13 > 2:32:16the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted by

2:32:16 > 2:32:20the so-called Islamic State.

2:32:20 > 2:32:23The Home Secretary Amber Rudd will meet with tech companies

2:32:23 > 2:32:25to discuss the software - as well as other efforts

2:32:25 > 2:32:33to tackle extremism.

2:32:35 > 2:32:37American investigators have been instructed to examine the Grand

2:32:37 > 2:32:43Canyon helicopter crash that killed seven people. Becky Dobson, her

2:32:43 > 2:32:48brother Stuart and Jason Hill were among those who died. The survivors

2:32:48 > 2:32:50and the pilot are currently being treated in hospital in Las Vegas. It

2:32:50 > 2:32:53said they had to wait eight hours before they could be rescued from

2:32:53 > 2:32:55the site.

2:32:55 > 2:32:57South Africa's ruling party has made an official demand

2:32:57 > 2:33:01for President Jacob Zuma to step down, after a 13-hour meeting

2:33:01 > 2:33:03with leading figures from the African National Congress.

2:33:03 > 2:33:05Mr Zuma has been the head of state since 2009,

2:33:05 > 2:33:07but his time in office has been overshadowed by

2:33:07 > 2:33:08corruption allegations.

2:33:08 > 2:33:11It is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign.

2:33:12 > 2:33:14BBC News has learned that the Commonwealth has begun

2:33:14 > 2:33:17considering who might succeed the Queen as the head

2:33:17 > 2:33:18of the organisation.

2:33:18 > 2:33:20Member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader,

2:33:20 > 2:33:24as the role is not hereditary.

2:33:24 > 2:33:27The BBC has been told 53 member states have established a high level

2:33:27 > 2:33:30group of independent figures to look at the way the Commonwealth

2:33:30 > 2:33:31is governed.

2:33:31 > 2:33:37It will meet for the first time today in London.

2:33:37 > 2:33:42That brings you up to date.

2:33:42 > 2:33:44Matt will have the weather in about ten minutes'

2:33:44 > 2:33:47time but also coming up on Breakfast this morning...

2:33:47 > 2:33:50Yesterday we spoke to Joanna Lumley about the new British

2:33:50 > 2:33:55comedy Finding Your Feet, in a few moments another

2:33:55 > 2:33:59of its stars Celia Imrie will be here.

2:33:59 > 2:34:02It is your turn to have a wonderful life.

2:34:02 > 2:34:04Farewell messages left

2:34:04 > 2:34:08by people approaching the end of their lives,

2:34:08 > 2:34:11we'll meet the families who took part in an emotional

2:34:11 > 2:34:13new documentary.

2:34:13 > 2:34:17And star of Mr Selfridge and The Missing Frances O'Connor

2:34:17 > 2:34:20is the Queen of Troy in the BBC's major new Saturday night drama,

2:34:20 > 2:34:27she's here after 9.

2:34:27 > 2:34:31Following us on BBC One this morning, the Winter Olympics. We

2:34:31 > 2:34:35have a sneak preview of what is to come.

2:34:35 > 2:34:41We have been glued to it. Much more action still to come.

2:34:41 > 2:34:44One of Team GB's best chances for gold, Elise Christie,

2:34:44 > 2:34:49is in action in Pyeongchang today.

2:34:49 > 2:34:53If you watch one event, this has to be it. She will be coming back from

2:34:53 > 2:34:57what happened to her four years ago in Sochi. It was just heartbreaking

2:34:57 > 2:35:01to watch that, wasn't it, whenever she was disqualified in her events

2:35:01 > 2:35:05because of a crash that she was blamed for, she will be hoping to

2:35:05 > 2:35:08make up for that. It will not be easy to do. There will be a

2:35:08 > 2:35:13challenge. She's one of the best chances and will be in action later.

2:35:13 > 2:35:17The current world champion and world record holder

2:35:17 > 2:35:19for over 500 metres will take to the

2:35:19 > 2:35:22ice for the short track speed skating finals.

2:35:22 > 2:35:24Christie is hoping for her first Olympic medal after she left Sochi

2:35:24 > 2:35:25empty handed in 2014.

2:35:25 > 2:35:29We can now speak to former GB short track speed skater, Sarah Lindsay.

2:35:29 > 2:35:34Good morning. Thank you for joining us. The pressure that she must be

2:35:34 > 2:35:37feeling right now, you can relate to this. How intense will that be for

2:35:37 > 2:35:43her?Well, obviously she is a huge medal hope and she is the world

2:35:43 > 2:35:48record-holder. She is world champion. Anything can happen in our

2:35:48 > 2:35:53sport. It is a very, very difficult one to predict. On paper, she should

2:35:53 > 2:36:00go flying through and do very well in the finals. But race by race, one

2:36:00 > 2:36:05at a time.She did so well in the heats, she broke a record, it only

2:36:05 > 2:36:09lasted for a few minutes but that must be reassuring?It was a very

2:36:09 > 2:36:14fast time anyway. There were two skaters that skated quick, everybody

2:36:14 > 2:36:20else was half a second behind in all of the other races. She is skating

2:36:20 > 2:36:23really fast and looked very positive and happy with how she was skating.

2:36:23 > 2:36:30Some of the commentary yesterday, saying that she has matured a lot,

2:36:30 > 2:36:35some of the decisions she made, the mistakes she made back then, she

2:36:35 > 2:36:40would not make now?Yes, she has come a long way. She has been the

2:36:40 > 2:36:44best in the world for a while. She is used to go into cabbage of events

2:36:44 > 2:36:49with pressure on her and having to perform under those conditions,

2:36:49 > 2:36:53dashed into Championship events, and having to perform with pressure, she

2:36:53 > 2:36:56was fast enough and good enough to win medals, but she had not been in

2:36:56 > 2:37:02that position before were you are going into finals, having to perform

2:37:02 > 2:37:07and go for gold. She is much more experienced.This is your sport,

2:37:07 > 2:37:13fantastic, fast, furious, we have seen some of the falls. The most

2:37:13 > 2:37:16important things, speed and accuracy?In the 500 metres, the

2:37:16 > 2:37:25most important thing, for a -- for here especially, is that she gets

2:37:25 > 2:37:31out of trouble. The start is really important. People behind you, second

2:37:31 > 2:37:36and third, they will be fighting for that second place. One and two

2:37:36 > 2:37:39qualify for the next round. You want to be in front and let everybody be

2:37:39 > 2:37:43battling for second place behind you. Then you almost don't even get

2:37:43 > 2:37:48challenged for the first spot.How difficult is it to pass somebody?At

2:37:48 > 2:37:51top speed, very hard, you have to have considerably more speed to

2:37:51 > 2:37:55overtake somebody and get Pasolini. The 500 metres, there is no room for

2:37:55 > 2:38:04mistakes. In the longer distances, if you make a mistake, you have to

2:38:04 > 2:38:07slow down, you have more time to make up the difference. On 500

2:38:07 > 2:38:14metres, there is no second chance. That is really interesting, a lot of

2:38:14 > 2:38:19people were asking me, the fact that Elise is the favourite for the 500

2:38:19 > 2:38:22metres, if there is a favourite in the longer distances, the second

2:38:22 > 2:38:26favourite in the 500 metres, but you have explained why that is, it is

2:38:26 > 2:38:30more difficult in a shorter distance?It is fun, it is

2:38:30 > 2:38:35aggressive and over very quickly. Like I said, Elise is the fastest

2:38:35 > 2:38:39girl, she does have some moves, she can overtake. Fingers crossed, she

2:38:39 > 2:38:45will get a good draw because of The Times yesterday, she should stay out

2:38:45 > 2:38:50of trouble and flow through the rounds.Use a top speed, what is top

2:38:50 > 2:39:00speed?35 mph.Eye watering!On one foot going around the corner. The

2:39:00 > 2:39:05blades are only one millimetre thick, very thin.You are crazy, you

2:39:05 > 2:39:11lot!It is the same for all winter sport.I've said it, you are all

2:39:11 > 2:39:19bonkers! We have so much more to talk about.

2:39:20 > 2:39:21The big performance

2:39:21 > 2:39:23came on the snowboard in the women's halfpipe final.

2:39:23 > 2:39:25The USA's Chloe Kim put in an extraordinary final run

2:39:25 > 2:39:28to put the gloss on a gold she'd already won.

2:39:28 > 2:39:30This routine scored her 98 out of 100 with the judges.

2:39:30 > 2:39:33She's just 17 years old and a hometown favourite too

2:39:33 > 2:39:35in Pyeongchang - her family heritage is South Korean.

2:39:35 > 2:39:37And as well as on the snow Kim's also been grabbing

2:39:37 > 2:39:39the attention on social media, tweeting about food

2:39:39 > 2:39:46during her competition.

2:39:46 > 2:39:53At long last, the Austrian Marcel Hirscher is an Olympic champion

2:39:53 > 2:39:55and he won a gold medal in the combined event, which is

2:39:55 > 2:39:57a mix of downhill and slalom.

2:39:57 > 2:40:00He is one of the most dominant alpine skiiers in history, but this

2:40:00 > 2:40:03is the first time he's won gold at an Olympics.

2:40:03 > 2:40:06And there might be more to come too, this is just the first

2:40:06 > 2:40:07of four medal attempts.

2:40:07 > 2:40:08A husband and wife pairing sealed

2:40:08 > 2:40:12a third medal at these Games for the Olympic Athletes from Russia.

2:40:12 > 2:40:14It's the first medal to be won in curling at Pyeongchang.

2:40:14 > 2:40:17They beat Norway in the bronze medal match to seal third place

2:40:17 > 2:40:18in the mixed doubles.

2:40:18 > 2:40:24Canada face Switzerland for gold later this morning.

2:40:24 > 2:40:27England's T20 cricketers will have to score more than they have so far

2:40:27 > 2:40:30this winter if they are to beat New Zealand in Wellington.

2:40:30 > 2:40:33The tourists won the toss and decided to have a bowl.

2:40:33 > 2:40:36And early on it looked like they'd got it wrong.

2:40:36 > 2:40:37Martin Guptil picking apart the opening bowlers

2:40:37 > 2:40:44with some big boundaries.

2:40:44 > 2:40:59He passed his half-century. Adil Rashid slowed progress.

2:40:59 > 2:41:01Rashid slowed progress. England's response has started well. Alex

2:41:01 > 2:41:06Hales with some big shots as he made 47. England are now 104-3 in the

2:41:06 > 2:41:0812th over.

2:41:08 > 2:41:09Chelsea emphatically ended their losing streak

2:41:09 > 2:41:12in the Premier League last night, beating the bottom side West Brom

2:41:12 > 2:41:133-0 at Stamford Bridge.

2:41:13 > 2:41:15The result reduces the pressure on Chelsea manager Antonio Conte,

2:41:15 > 2:41:21who had Eden Hazard to thank for the win.

2:41:21 > 2:41:24The Belgian scored two of the three goals, Victor Moses got the other.

2:41:24 > 2:41:30Conte's side are back into the top four.

2:41:35 > 2:41:38Plenty more action to come, just over an hour until Elise Christie

2:41:38 > 2:41:47hits the ice.35 mph!If I do that on my bicycle, I'm terrified.

2:41:47 > 2:41:52Amazing.

2:41:52 > 2:41:54Yesterday we heard from Bafta host Joanna Lumley,

2:41:54 > 2:41:57as she shared her excitement about her role in the new British

2:41:57 > 2:41:58film Finding Your Feet.

2:41:58 > 2:42:01Celia Imrie stars alongside her, adding to the roll call of top

2:42:01 > 2:42:02British actors in the movie.

2:42:02 > 2:42:05We'll speak to Celia in a moment, but first let's

2:42:05 > 2:42:08have a look at the film.

2:42:18 > 2:42:21Elizabeth, it's Sandra.

2:42:21 > 2:42:23Sandra?

2:42:23 > 2:42:24What a lovely surp-...

2:42:24 > 2:42:26What are you doing here?

2:42:26 > 2:42:29Mike's been having an affair with Pamela Harper, so I've left him.

2:42:29 > 2:42:31I tried calling your landline, but apparently

2:42:31 > 2:42:32you changed your number.

2:42:32 > 2:42:33Years ago.

2:42:33 > 2:42:34You might have let me know.

2:42:34 > 2:42:36I expect it's been cut off anyway, now.

2:42:36 > 2:42:38Perhaps you've buried it.

2:42:41 > 2:42:44I can only imagine what everyone's saying back home.

2:42:48 > 2:42:54Good morning. How lovely to see you. We saw a clip, set that up for us?

2:42:54 > 2:43:00That is my sister, played brilliantly, used to living in a

2:43:00 > 2:43:06huge, great mansion. She catches her husband kissing her best friend at a

2:43:06 > 2:43:10party. So, she has to take refuge. I think she probably doesn't have any

2:43:10 > 2:43:16other friends. She takes refuge with her older sister, me, who lives in a

2:43:16 > 2:43:21council flat. Sublime to the ridiculous. We have not seen each

2:43:21 > 2:43:25other for ten years.Is it fair to say that the older sister is a

2:43:25 > 2:43:31little bit naughty?Yes, absolutely. It is a wonderful film. Her world

2:43:31 > 2:43:38has collapsed, really. But I am mad about going to dancing classes.

2:43:38 > 2:43:42Well, not really a class, but just the joy of dancing, and I try to

2:43:42 > 2:43:45persuade her to come. She doesn't want to go, but then eventually all

2:43:45 > 2:43:50is well.It works out? People who have followed your career will know

2:43:50 > 2:43:57you have worked with Imelda on a number of occasions. When you get

2:43:57 > 2:44:02back and do something like this, is it like old friends?We were the Kit

2:44:02 > 2:44:10Kat girls in cabaret, rather a long time ago, but that doesn't matter!

2:44:10 > 2:44:14And then we did a play together in London. What is clever is that we

2:44:14 > 2:44:20are familiar with each other. It is a real bonus to the film. We don't

2:44:20 > 2:44:27have to play being...You already know each other?So it is a very

2:44:27 > 2:44:30clever thing, with Timothy Spall, who I had been married to in the

2:44:30 > 2:44:37past come on film...I like the way you added that at the end, on film!

2:44:37 > 2:44:42We all know each other from past lives. It is a very clever thing. We

2:44:42 > 2:44:48don't have to get to know each other, we are just there.You have

2:44:48 > 2:44:54been writing yourself, a novel?My third novel, called Sailor Wade. It

2:44:54 > 2:44:59is set on a great big liner. Like finding your feet, there are two

2:44:59 > 2:45:05heroines, which is unusual. To have two people leading. They don't know

2:45:05 > 2:45:09each other at all. They find themselves on the same big ship. And

2:45:09 > 2:45:13then they come together at the end, when a murder has been discovered

2:45:13 > 2:45:19and everything gets very, very overexcited at the end. Because I

2:45:19 > 2:45:23often travel to America...I wanted to know, have you been on these kind

2:45:23 > 2:45:30of things?Yes, I travel on the QM2, which I think is going to become

2:45:30 > 2:45:35more and more popular because of the hell of airports, I am sure I will

2:45:35 > 2:45:39get taken off the air, but people have a horrible time in airports.

2:45:39 > 2:45:44Actually, going on these ships, you feel like a film star. It is the

2:45:44 > 2:45:51most glamorous thing to do. You arrive fresh and ready to go.

2:45:51 > 2:45:56I love that you say you feel like a film star, you are one! In terms of

2:45:56 > 2:46:00writing the book, how do you do it? Do you have to discipline yourself

2:46:00 > 2:46:05not to take other work or do you fit it in in between?I try to fit it

2:46:05 > 2:46:09in, but I have the most wonderful place to write. I write in Nice,

2:46:09 > 2:46:14looking onto the ocean. I love the sea. My other two books were set in

2:46:14 > 2:46:20Nice. So, that's a great inspiration. I'm not terribly

2:46:20 > 2:46:25disciplined. I try to do it in the morning, then I go out for

2:46:25 > 2:46:28adventures around the beautiful places of Nice. And I try to put

2:46:28 > 2:46:35them into the story as well. Because Frances, as you know, adores food.

2:46:35 > 2:46:39And so I go to all that sort of festivals of mushrooms and garlic

2:46:39 > 2:46:44and everything.You take your inspiration from that.Exactly.When

2:46:44 > 2:46:53you are writing it, do you think in your head, oh, if

2:46:53 > 2:46:54your head, oh, if it was going to be a phone, these people...Oh,

2:46:54 > 2:46:57absolutely! I write a path for myself in every single book. And I

2:46:57 > 2:47:01write hoping that it will be a film one day, why not? -- I write a path

2:47:01 > 2:47:05for myself. The dialogue is my favourite bit right, it's like

2:47:05 > 2:47:11writing a script.I suppose the industry has changed a lot. Joanna

2:47:11 > 2:47:14Lumley was talking yesterday about the Me Too campaign. Have you felt a

2:47:14 > 2:47:19difference in the industry that you are working in?Well, I find it very

2:47:19 > 2:47:24distressing and disturbing. But I do think that we can't pretend it

2:47:24 > 2:47:27hasn't happened, this enormous discovery. But we must now move

2:47:27 > 2:47:33forward and be positive. And I think things will never be the same,

2:47:33 > 2:47:38that's probably a good thing. But we must now go forward and be positive

2:47:38 > 2:47:42and not stay where we are all have the pendulum swing too far the other

2:47:42 > 2:47:46weight.I'm interested in you talking about female pretenders.

2:47:46 > 2:47:51Would you like to see more female protagonists in lead roles, as you

2:47:51 > 2:47:57were saying before?Oh, yes. In Finding Your Feet, we have two. But

2:47:57 > 2:48:02I think, again, I think things are changing, actually. Of course I'm

2:48:02 > 2:48:09greedy and I want to be in everything!Why not?!But I think

2:48:09 > 2:48:13things are changing, and I think people realise that women like to

2:48:13 > 2:48:17see women on film. And we don't have to be 17 any more, which is rather a

2:48:17 > 2:48:24bonus, since I'm not!I would not have suggested that to you! It's

2:48:24 > 2:48:27really lovely to meet you, thank you very much.Thanks for having me.

2:48:27 > 2:48:32Finding Your Feet is out in cimenas in a week on Friday.

2:48:32 > 2:48:40Celia's novel is called Sail Away. It is out on the 27th.

2:48:40 > 2:48:43Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

2:48:43 > 2:48:45The picture says it all!

2:48:45 > 2:48:50The picture says it all! Good morning. It certainly does, but only

2:48:50 > 2:48:55for the short term, it is getting better. The next few hours we have

2:48:55 > 2:48:58strong winds and heavy rain over southern areas, snow and icy

2:48:58 > 2:49:01conditions over parts of Scotland and northern England over the next

2:49:01 > 2:49:05couple of hours may cause issues on the roads. The radar charts from

2:49:05 > 2:49:09this morning, you can see the blue colours on the charts, some weight

2:49:09 > 2:49:14and snow on the hills of Wales and the Moors. At the top of the

2:49:14 > 2:49:26Pennines becoming Warwick Spencer. And too. Things are improving from

2:49:26 > 2:49:28the West. Northern Ireland seeing sunshine developing, although a few

2:49:28 > 2:49:31more wintry flurries or on the way. Across the hills of the Grampians, a

2:49:31 > 2:49:33good few centimetres of snow to fall. Down to lower levels around

2:49:33 > 2:49:35Greater Manchester, Merseyside, heavy rain through the North

2:49:35 > 2:49:38Midlands as well. And heavy rain across southern counties of England

2:49:38 > 2:49:43and maybe a few flakes of wet snow but nothing significant further

2:49:43 > 2:49:47south. Strong winds pushing rough seas in across the coast, but the

2:49:47 > 2:49:52brightest guys are pushing in from the West, one or two showers will be

2:49:52 > 2:49:56here and that's all the brighter skies. Cloudy with occasional rain

2:49:56 > 2:50:00in the Eastern counties of England even through the afternoon.

2:50:00 > 2:50:04Temperature is not far off might yesterday's values, but not as much

2:50:04 > 2:50:09sunshine so it might not feel quite as pleasant. Through tonight and

2:50:09 > 2:50:13into tomorrow, the cloud across the south and east will break up, a slot

2:50:13 > 2:50:17of clearer weather, temperatures will drop, frost and is around into

2:50:17 > 2:50:22Wednesday morning. The next weather system pushing in, strong winds with

2:50:22 > 2:50:27that, largely rain, but there will be snow of times across the tops of

2:50:27 > 2:50:30the hills on Scotland and northern England from mid-morning. Mainly on

2:50:30 > 2:50:35the tops of their holes. Reynet through tomorrow. As skies

2:50:35 > 2:50:39brightened up into the West, temperatures could lift back up into

2:50:39 > 2:50:47double figures. I know my jokes have fallen a bit flat today, but that is

2:50:47 > 2:50:54my last forecast creped upon us! STUDIO:

2:50:54 > 2:50:57my last forecast creped upon us! STUDIO: It was my fault! I brought

2:50:57 > 2:51:00it upon myself!

2:51:00 > 2:51:01Tightrope walkers, clowns, trapeze artists -

2:51:01 > 2:51:04just some of the acts we love about the circus!

2:51:04 > 2:51:06This year marks 250 years since the first one opened

2:51:06 > 2:51:07in London Waterloo.

2:51:07 > 2:51:09Our Arts Correspondent David Sillito is at a Big Top

2:51:09 > 2:51:15for us this morning.

2:51:15 > 2:51:21Good morning, where are you? Reveal yourself!Oh, the red velvet

2:51:21 > 2:51:25curtains were too much of an invitation! We are in Aintree and

2:51:25 > 2:51:31Gandhi's sites. Nothing really has changed in 250 years. We have the

2:51:31 > 2:51:35juggler, we have Manuel, our Acrobat. And of course, we have

2:51:35 > 2:51:41Andrea, our clown. You notice the only thing we have of traditional

2:51:41 > 2:51:46clowning left is of course the comedy and a little red nose. There

2:51:46 > 2:51:51are no animals, either. A lot has stayed the same, and a lot has

2:51:51 > 2:51:54changed. Especially, the clowns have had to move with the times.

2:51:54 > 2:51:56Once upon a time, every circus had its own troupe.

2:51:56 > 2:51:58VOICEOVER:As always, the clowns bring down the house.

2:51:58 > 2:52:01The face paint, the big shoes, they were the heart

2:52:01 > 2:52:02of circus heritage.

2:52:02 > 2:52:04But the wigs and greasepaint are in decline.

2:52:04 > 2:52:08Maybe it's the clown horror films, but on this anniversary year,

2:52:08 > 2:52:15there is a big issue for the man hoping to be World Crown President.

2:52:15 > 2:52:18I didn't realise there was democracy in clowning.

2:52:18 > 2:52:20There's quite a lot of democracy.

2:52:20 > 2:52:22Quite a lot of politics, as well.

2:52:22 > 2:52:24What are the issues at the moment?

2:52:24 > 2:52:26You've already highlighted the main questions what we ask,

2:52:26 > 2:52:29are people scared of clowns?

2:52:29 > 2:52:32It is the big issue.

2:52:32 > 2:52:35Even here at the heart of clowndom, more and more clowns are giving up

2:52:35 > 2:52:38on looking like clowns.

2:52:38 > 2:52:41I mean, if you'd have seen me back in 1973 when I first

2:52:41 > 2:52:43started coming here, then you'd have seen

2:52:43 > 2:52:46a completely different face.

2:52:46 > 2:52:52You don't look like proper clowns!

2:52:52 > 2:52:54GASPS

2:52:54 > 2:52:55I don't know, we're leaving!

2:52:55 > 2:52:58Children, over the years, have got a little bit wary of clowns.

2:52:58 > 2:53:02But there is a fightback against all of this anti-clown prejudice.

2:53:02 > 2:53:06I am PC Bibbledy Bobby, or Bibbledy Bob the Clown.

2:53:06 > 2:53:09I am the a Regional Director for the World Clown Association

2:53:09 > 2:53:11for Europe and the whole of Africa, I thank you.

2:53:11 > 2:53:15Yes, there really is a Regional Clown Director.

2:53:15 > 2:53:17You press people, you like a negative story.

2:53:17 > 2:53:19Positivity doesn't sell.

2:53:19 > 2:53:22So unfortunately we are keeping busy, we keep getting work,

2:53:22 > 2:53:25and you're obsessed with the fact we might not be getting work

2:53:25 > 2:53:27because of silly films.

2:53:27 > 2:53:29I stood corrected.

2:53:29 > 2:53:32There is, it seems, still a lot of clown love out there.

2:53:32 > 2:53:37But clown politics?

2:53:37 > 2:53:38I had a chat to Elsie.

2:53:38 > 2:53:42It's only when it gets to meetings that it can get quite heated!

2:53:42 > 2:53:44There are clown meetings?!

2:53:44 > 2:53:45There's a committee...

2:53:45 > 2:53:51I couldn't take it seriously!

2:53:51 > 2:53:55So, Elsie won't be running for World Clown President.

2:53:55 > 2:53:57But someone has to.

2:53:57 > 2:53:59Because when it comes to the future of clowning,

2:53:59 > 2:54:02there is a lot to think about.

2:54:11 > 2:54:15Well we have Roger East here, and Manuel, it's all going on here at

2:54:15 > 2:54:24the Big Top. And we have Andrea the cloud as well. -- we have Rogerio.

2:54:24 > 2:54:30Where is Andrea's face paint gone these days was below the circus has

2:54:30 > 2:54:36changed and clowns have change. Andreawas naturally born funny, she

2:54:36 > 2:54:40doesn't need garish make-up. You can teach an acrobat, you can't teach

2:54:40 > 2:54:44somebody to be funny.Are there still the same number of circuses

2:54:44 > 2:54:53around when you started off?We have 35 circuses under the Big Top, it's

2:54:53 > 2:54:58increased in number, the circus is prolific, it is a vibrant time for

2:54:58 > 2:55:03British circus.Where are your animals?We don't use animals any

2:55:03 > 2:55:09more, and out of the 35 circuses touring, maybe three or four years

2:55:09 > 2:55:14domestic animals. -- use domestic animals. There are no wild animals

2:55:14 > 2:55:19used in circuses in the UK.These are very old-fashioned acts. How do

2:55:19 > 2:55:24you make them relevant for an audience who have iPods or whatever?

2:55:24 > 2:55:28Traditional circus acts have a timeless quality. We moved them on

2:55:28 > 2:55:32by having specially written music for them, we present them in a style

2:55:32 > 2:55:37more akin to West End musicals, big production numbers. It's just the

2:55:37 > 2:55:42evolution of circus.Blood Gandhi, thank you very much. There it is for

2:55:42 > 2:55:46you, live from the Big Top, I haven't said that before in my

2:55:46 > 2:55:53broadcasting career! Rogerio, Manuel, live from the lip Gandhi's

2:55:53 > 2:56:00circus!The strength, it's just incredible! He's just so strong,

2:56:00 > 2:56:06it's been mesmerising. I couldn't take my eyes it's incredible.

2:56:06 > 2:56:08Celebrating life after death is the focus of a new Sky

2:56:08 > 2:56:11documentary this week, which aims to help people coming to

2:56:11 > 2:56:14terms with the loss of a loved one. When Ian Edmunds was diagnosed

2:56:14 > 2:56:16with a terminal illness, he began to arrange gifts,

2:56:16 > 2:56:18surprises and video messages for the people he loved, which

2:56:18 > 2:56:22were delivered after he'd gone. The programme, My Wonderful Life,

2:56:22 > 2:56:25features three others in the same situation.

2:56:25 > 2:56:26We'll meet Ian's family in a moment.

2:56:26 > 2:56:29But first, let's have a look.

2:56:31 > 2:56:32VOICEOVER: In 2016, four people facing death did

2:56:32 > 2:56:35something extraordinary.

2:56:35 > 2:56:36Even though I'm not there with you...

2:56:36 > 2:56:38I want you to know...

2:56:38 > 2:56:39I'm so proud of you.

2:56:39 > 2:56:40You're worth your weight in gold.

2:56:40 > 2:56:44They used the precious time they had left to plan a series of amazing

2:56:44 > 2:56:45messages and surprises.

2:56:45 > 2:56:47Designed to inspire...

2:56:47 > 2:56:49No way!

2:56:49 > 2:56:50Thank...

2:56:50 > 2:56:52You were a great role model to my boys.

2:56:52 > 2:56:53Really?

2:56:53 > 2:56:54Comfort...

2:56:54 > 2:56:57I know how much you loved us, but you need to go

2:56:57 > 2:56:58forward with your life.

2:56:58 > 2:57:01And delight their loved ones after they had gone.

2:57:01 > 2:57:03If you show that you're more than a friend...

2:57:03 > 2:57:05You spread happiness, and that's your gift, really.

2:57:05 > 2:57:06You seriously do make such a difference.

2:57:06 > 2:57:09I'm going to be watching over you, so be careful!

2:57:09 > 2:57:12Their final wish was to create a lasting legacy by sharing

2:57:12 > 2:57:17what they have learned about life.

2:57:17 > 2:57:18And about death.

2:57:18 > 2:57:19It's my last goodbye.

2:57:19 > 2:57:20Hold your head up high.

2:57:20 > 2:57:22I love you all to bits.

2:57:22 > 2:57:28It's your turn to have a wonderful life.

2:57:28 > 2:57:30Wow.

2:57:30 > 2:57:32We're joined now by Ian's brother, Neil, his cousin Gary,

2:57:32 > 2:57:37and Tony Bonser from the chairty Dying Matters.

2:57:37 > 2:57:43Thank you so much for coming in, guys, and talking to us about this.

2:57:43 > 2:57:46Neil, it's a tough watch for someone who is not related to Ian and the

2:57:46 > 2:57:50other people in that film. How did you find the whole filming process?

2:57:50 > 2:57:54Did it help you with the grieving process?I think it helps, because

2:57:54 > 2:57:58it was helping Ian, it gave him a focus, it gave him something that,

2:57:58 > 2:58:02you know, you really concentrated on. He wanted to leave a bit of a

2:58:02 > 2:58:07legacy

2:58:07 > 2:58:09legacy and get across the message that life for everyone is terminal.

2:58:09 > 2:58:13And you've just got to make the most of every day you've got left. And,

2:58:13 > 2:58:17you know, we all embraced it very positively. Because that's what he

2:58:17 > 2:58:21wanted us to do, and that was a gift we could give to him as well.And

2:58:21 > 2:58:27what he'd done, he left some surprises for you all, Gary, hadn't

2:58:27 > 2:58:30you? And really touching ones as well, she had really thought about

2:58:30 > 2:58:36everybody. Tell us what he did for you wasMe and him went to our first

2:58:36 > 2:58:41gig together in Wolverhampton to watch Slade, we were huge fans. He

2:58:41 > 2:58:47had arranged for me to go to Wolverhampton Civic to relive that.

2:58:47 > 2:58:51Memories are really important to Ian, especially towards the end of

2:58:51 > 2:58:55his life. That gig for us was something special. We were two young

2:58:55 > 2:59:00lads. I went to Wolverhampton Civic, they got me up on stage playing, and

2:59:00 > 2:59:06noddy Holder was there! It was something that I'll never, ever

2:59:06 > 2:59:16forget.An incredible treat. And you went to watch West Bromwich Albion.

2:59:16 > 2:59:20I went to the ground and had a day out, that is where we spent our

2:59:20 > 2:59:23formative years. My dad used to take us there as kids. We had happy

2:59:23 > 2:59:29times, and some not so happy times there! But it was a bond that we had

2:59:29 > 2:59:36between us, the club. It was an obsession for us. It still is, for

2:59:36 > 2:59:42me. It was a really nice surprise, a nice day out. His message, hearing

2:59:42 > 2:59:49that, I got a bit emotional, but it is to be expected. I haven't

2:59:49 > 2:59:55actually seen him for a year, and then he's on the screen, telling you

2:59:55 > 3:00:02all of these things from the grave. In terms of processing that, does

3:00:02 > 3:00:09that stay with you or was that something specific to that time, a

3:00:09 > 3:00:12memory of going to be football with your brother? Is it something you

3:00:12 > 3:00:16still think about all the time?I still think about it all the time.

3:00:16 > 3:00:20One thing that got to me after he died was the fact he was not there

3:00:20 > 3:00:25to talk about the game to any more. After a game, you talk about what

3:00:25 > 3:00:32went right, what went wrong. Usually what went wrong! It was a long chat.

3:00:32 > 3:00:36We played one game just after he died, and I suddenly realised, he is

3:00:36 > 3:00:42not there any more, we can't have that conversation.I just wanted to

3:00:42 > 3:00:49pick up some of the things you were saying, Tony, from Dying Matters,

3:00:49 > 3:00:54this is somebody who obviously had time to really think about his

3:00:54 > 3:00:56legacy, the message is that he wanted to leave. You think it is

3:00:56 > 3:01:03important to talk about this type of thing. There is a reticence?There

3:01:03 > 3:01:07is, people feel somehow as if it might bring death closer, or maybe

3:01:07 > 3:01:11it is just not the sort of thing we talk about in polite society. But it

3:01:11 > 3:01:17is so important. I am full of admiration for this family, and for

3:01:17 > 3:01:20Ian, starting the process, and the rest of the family getting involved.

3:01:20 > 3:01:25I am sure from what I have heard from them and seen, it gave him

3:01:25 > 3:01:28focus on purpose at the end of his life. I also have a feeling for the

3:01:28 > 3:01:34rest of the family, they have now got some good memories. I know,

3:01:34 > 3:01:38because my son died nine years ago, almost to the day, I know that there

3:01:38 > 3:01:41are bad times where you miss people awfully. There are also those times

3:01:41 > 3:01:46when you think, that was good, our relationship actually got better

3:01:46 > 3:01:52because of what happened. So, Dying Matters, one of the briefs is to

3:01:52 > 3:01:55persuade people it is OK to talk, it is good to talk about things. You

3:01:55 > 3:01:59can take some control of the end of your life, you can do things like

3:01:59 > 3:02:03making your will, setting up lasting powers of attorney. That is really

3:02:03 > 3:02:08important.

3:02:09 > 3:02:14important. More than that, and this is what Ian showed, it is about

3:02:14 > 3:02:20improving relationships, increasing the bond so that you know much more

3:02:20 > 3:02:24about people. And when death finally happens, as it will, to all of us at

3:02:24 > 3:02:28some stage, there is that memory left behind of a relationship

3:02:28 > 3:02:33developed, may be repaired, but made easier.Gary, has it made you... I

3:02:33 > 3:02:37know we have talked about this subject, it might sound like a

3:02:37 > 3:02:40morbid question, has it made you think about how you might prepare

3:02:40 > 3:02:44for your own death?Part of the process was that very important

3:02:44 > 3:02:50question. How has Ian's death impacted on you personally, and your

3:02:50 > 3:02:57own view of your mortality? It is not something that we give a lot of

3:02:57 > 3:03:01thought to in our daily lives. But it is certainly something that has

3:03:01 > 3:03:08brought it into sharp focus for me. Ian's message was that it is your

3:03:08 > 3:03:13time now, squeeze every second out of it, every minute, every hour of

3:03:13 > 3:03:20every day, don't let life pass you by, live your life. That is what I

3:03:20 > 3:03:26should have taken away from that. So, people that want to have this

3:03:26 > 3:03:30kind of conversation, is there any easy way to do it?I don't think

3:03:30 > 3:03:35there is an easy way. It is just being sensitive to when somebody

3:03:35 > 3:03:39wants to talk. In the last couple of weeks of his life, Neal started

3:03:39 > 3:03:44saying, dad, can we chat? We would talk about all sorts of things,

3:03:44 > 3:03:48football, sorry, Liverpool, that is who I support, Neal supported

3:03:48 > 3:03:51Manchester. Books, all sorts of things. In between, he would say, do

3:03:51 > 3:03:55you believe in life after death? We got into a different topic. It is

3:03:55 > 3:03:59just being open and accepting and knowing when it is right for that

3:03:59 > 3:04:03person to go wherever they want to go, giving the control to go there.

3:04:03 > 3:04:10Lovely to talk to you all. A really interesting programme. I thought I

3:04:10 > 3:04:12would feel uncomfortable watching it, but it was a celebration of the

3:04:12 > 3:04:14end of life.

3:04:14 > 3:04:18My Wonderful Life is on Thursday at 9pm on Sky One.

3:04:18 > 3:04:20In a moment, we'll be speaking to Frances O'Connor,

3:04:20 > 3:04:24who plays Helen of Troy in BBC One's big new Saturday night drama.

3:04:24 > 3:04:26But first a last, brief look at the headlines

3:04:26 > 3:04:27where you are this morning.

3:06:11 > 3:06:12It's one of the oldest stories in history.

3:06:12 > 3:06:14A tale of passion, violence and destruction -

3:06:14 > 3:06:17the legend of Troy.

3:06:22 > 3:06:25You're not going to get the job doing the voice-over, sorry!

3:06:25 > 3:06:29It's now the focus of a new BBC One drama starring Frances O'Connor,

3:06:29 > 3:06:31who you'll recognise from The Missing and Mr Selfridge.

3:06:31 > 3:06:32We'll speak to her in a moment.

3:06:32 > 3:06:36But first, let's see a clip from Troy: Fall of a City.

3:06:36 > 3:06:38TROY!

3:06:38 > 3:06:39Where are they?

3:06:39 > 3:06:42They're resting from the journey, they're coming to see me later.

3:06:43 > 3:06:46Is it what I think?

3:06:47 > 3:06:50Tell them.

3:06:50 > 3:06:53He stole her away in a chest.

3:06:53 > 3:06:56We had no idea she was inside until we set sail.

3:06:56 > 3:06:58I tried to persuade him to return her.

3:06:58 > 3:06:59He threatened to throw me in the sea.

3:06:59 > 3:07:01He claims to love her.

3:07:01 > 3:07:03How could you not notice what was going on?

3:07:03 > 3:07:05I apologise, my lady.

3:07:05 > 3:07:08I should have foreseen that while the King of Sparta

3:07:08 > 3:07:10was burying his dead father, your new son would try

3:07:10 > 3:07:11to sleep with his wife.

3:07:11 > 3:07:14Don't you use that tone with us!

3:07:14 > 3:07:17We put him in your charge.

3:07:18 > 3:07:20By now, Menelaus will know they've eloped.

3:07:20 > 3:07:23He'll have told his brother.

3:07:23 > 3:07:27Agamemnon needs no excuse for a fight.

3:07:27 > 3:07:32She must be sent back before they do something foolish.

3:07:32 > 3:07:35Agamemnon will have rallied all the kings of Greece.

3:07:35 > 3:07:37We can't waste any time.

3:07:37 > 3:07:40We send a message that we regret the discourtesy, return Helen,

3:07:40 > 3:07:41and send gifts of our own.

3:07:41 > 3:07:42Why should I bow to him?

3:07:42 > 3:07:45We made the city prosperous through sweat and blood.

3:07:45 > 3:07:47This city bows to no one.

3:07:47 > 3:07:52And will continue to do so.

3:07:52 > 3:07:56Your pride can afford to take one hit if it's to save the city

3:07:56 > 3:07:59from any future harm.

3:07:59 > 3:08:03Frances O'Connor joins us now.

3:08:03 > 3:08:10The queen of Troy is here! What a great title.It is full of drama and

3:08:10 > 3:08:15intrigue.

3:08:16 > 3:08:21intrigue.It seems like a Game of Thrones style epic TV?Yes, but at

3:08:21 > 3:08:27the centre of it is a great human drama. It was a lot of fun to do.

3:08:27 > 3:08:36Have you read a lot of this, before hand?I studied the Iliad at

3:08:36 > 3:08:45university. They were the first to storytellers, the Greeks. Just great

3:08:45 > 3:08:50stories.It was filmed in Cape Town? So this was done in South Africa.

3:08:50 > 3:08:56You have a young family as well. How do you balance all of that? Were you

3:08:56 > 3:09:00travelling back and forth?The producers would very kind, I got to

3:09:00 > 3:09:06shoot a block and then go home and be a mum. It worked out pretty well.

3:09:06 > 3:09:13It is epic in scale. Just give us an idea what it was like filming it?We

3:09:13 > 3:09:17shot in some really beautiful locations. A lot of the time on

3:09:17 > 3:09:25there were hundreds of extras, doing big set pieces. There were amazing

3:09:25 > 3:09:32battles in it. It is very epic. Probably one of the biggest things

3:09:32 > 3:09:36that the BBC have done.I know you have worked on so many things that

3:09:36 > 3:09:41people have seen on television in recent years, and we will talk about

3:09:41 > 3:09:46that later on. When you do a programme like this, because the

3:09:46 > 3:09:51outfits, the set design, does it feel grand and special?The outfits,

3:09:51 > 3:09:56as you can see, they are so beautiful, the detail is amazing.

3:09:56 > 3:10:02When you get it all on, you feel quite queenly. The crew were great,

3:10:02 > 3:10:08they would shout as you are going to set, make way for the Queen! By the

3:10:08 > 3:10:16time you got to set, you felt good. She is a strong female lead as well?

3:10:16 > 3:10:21Yes I think all of the female characters in this are very strong.

3:10:21 > 3:10:25That is from the Greek legends, they did write strong female characters.

3:10:25 > 3:10:31As soon as I knew you were coming on, I felt we had to talk about The

3:10:31 > 3:10:35Missing. I was one of the millions of people obsessed with it. It was

3:10:35 > 3:10:39you and James Nesbitt, your son disappears and the programme

3:10:39 > 3:10:43follows... The breakdown in your relationship, then your husband's

3:10:43 > 3:10:47continued search for your son. That was one of the programmes...I just

3:10:47 > 3:10:55wanted to go, what happened at the end?People are now obsessed with

3:10:55 > 3:10:58talk about conversations, the day afterwards, people were stopping you

3:10:58 > 3:11:01in the street and saying, what happened to this boy, what is

3:11:01 > 3:11:06happening next? It was a real conversation starter?I think the

3:11:06 > 3:11:10writing in the show was just so good, the way it was constructed. A

3:11:10 > 3:11:13lot of it was up to the audience to try to piece it together. I think

3:11:13 > 3:11:20that is what people really loved about it. Also, if you have a kid,

3:11:20 > 3:11:25it is the nightmare you never want to think about. That is at the heart

3:11:25 > 3:11:29of it.Absolutely. When you saw the script, did you realise it was going

3:11:29 > 3:11:38to be that kind of gripping?It was a great read. I got two of them and

3:11:38 > 3:11:43I called my agent, saying, I need more, I need to know what happens! I

3:11:43 > 3:11:48think we knew we were making something special.The ending, I

3:11:48 > 3:11:51have not have this conversation with you...I am still annoyed about the

3:11:51 > 3:11:58ending!People were annoyed there was no closure. I think what the

3:11:58 > 3:12:01writers were trying to do is say that if you do have a missing child,

3:12:01 > 3:12:06there is no closure. They were putting you in the position of what

3:12:06 > 3:12:10the parents would be feeling.That ending, this is years ago that we

3:12:10 > 3:12:16watched this, there are endings like that which still stay with you, but

3:12:16 > 3:12:20not always.I think it was brave of the writers to write and ending like

3:12:20 > 3:12:25that. It was a little bit controversial.What else have you

3:12:25 > 3:12:29got lined up? You are obviously incredibly busy?I am doing a film

3:12:29 > 3:12:37with Guy Pearce towards the end of the year. I just shot a pilot.You

3:12:37 > 3:12:47are in Mr Selfridge, is it true that you

3:12:48 > 3:12:51you turned something down for Downton Abbey?Yes, I have taken

3:12:51 > 3:12:55things other people turned down, that is the life of an actor. If I

3:12:55 > 3:13:00did that, I would not have been available to do the Missing. It is

3:13:00 > 3:13:05always swings and roundabouts.You can't have regrets, one door closes

3:13:05 > 3:13:10and another one opens?I am very happy with my career. I have others

3:13:10 > 3:13:15I could tell you about as well, that's nothing!What a shame we have

3:13:15 > 3:13:19run out of time. Thank you very much indeed.

3:13:19 > 3:13:25Troy: Fall of a City is on Saturday night, BBC One at 9:10pm.

3:13:25 > 3:13:27Make way for the Queen, everybody!

3:13:27 > 3:13:28That's it from us today.

3:13:28 > 3:13:30I'll be back with Naga tomorrow from 6am.

3:13:30 > 3:13:32Stay here on BBC One - Clare Balding presents

3:13:32 > 3:13:34coverage of Elise Christie in the speedskating

3:13:34 > 3:13:35from the Winter Olympics.

3:13:35 > 3:13:38Bye for now.