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Hello - this is Breakfast,
with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
British package holiday makers
travel to Tunisia for the first time | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
since the 2015 attack. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
UK firms resume flights
to the country amid reassurances | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
that security has improved since 38
people were killed in Sousse nearly | 0:00:20 | 0:00:26 | |
three years ago. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
Good morning, it's Tuesday the 13th
of February. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:52 | |
After days of allegations of sexual
misconduct at Oxfam - | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
the charities' watchdog launches
a formal inquiry into the claims. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
Questions over the helicopter crash
in the Grand Canyon that killed | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
three people - investigators begin
interviewing survivors. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
Today we'll be finding out how much
the cost of living has been going up | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
by when the latest
inflation figures are out. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
I'll be looking at why
prices are rising. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
Good morning - in sport,
a 500 metre dash for glory and gold. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
Team GB's Elise Christie competes
in the women's short track speed | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
skating event later -
but can she claim a first British | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
medal in Pyeongchang? | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
We're discussing the changing faces
of clowns - as we mark the 250th | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
anniversary of the
first ever circus. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:36 | |
I think things have changed a bit.
Matt has the weather. Good morning. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:41 | |
After yesterday's sunshine, much
more cloud around today with some | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
wind and rain and across northern
England and Scotland, some heavy | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
snow as well. Forecast coming up in
the next 15 minutes. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:54 | |
Good morning. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:55 | |
First, our main story. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
British holidaymakers are heading
back to Tunisia this morning, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
more than two years after a terror
attack killed 38 people, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
30 of them Britons
at a beach resort. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
Thomas Cook is the first British
tour company to resume | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
flights to the country. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:09 | |
200 passengers are due
to take off from Birmingham | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
in the next 15 minutes. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:13 | |
Breakfast's John Maguire is there. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
Good morning. We are in fact just
seconds away from the very first | 0:02:15 | 0:02:24 | |
flight black dash back to Tunisia.
Thomas Cook Airlines, the flight | 0:02:24 | 0:02:30 | |
will take off at six five a.m..
Around 220 passengers on board and I | 0:02:30 | 0:02:37 | |
spoke to many of them this morning.
Very interesting to hear what they | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
had to say about returning to a
country that they have missed over | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
the last few years. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
With its idyllic white beaches and
pristine Mediterranean coastline, | 0:02:48 | 0:02:53 | |
Tunisia was a popular holiday
destination for British tourists, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
attracting around 430,000 of them
each year. But then came the attack | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
in June 2015 when a gunman killed 30
Britons and another eight | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
holidaymakers on a beach near
Sousse. So-called Islamic State said | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
it was behind the shooting. Almost
three years on from that deadly | 0:03:10 | 0:03:15 | |
attack, British tour companies are
offering package holidays to the | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
country. This morning, 220
passengers were the first to return, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:27 | |
flying from Birmingham. I'm a bit
nervous because I didn't know we | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
were the first ones and we were
there the last time the terrorist | 0:03:30 | 0:03:34 | |
attack was on so we were staying in
the hotel down the road. We left the | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
country as soon as we knew there was
another flight going, we thought | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
we'd go back out there. I'd still
been travelling while it's been | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
closed. I go to France and Germany
normally. No, I'm not scared at all. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:50 | |
No trouble. Beautiful place,
beautiful. Probably more dangerous | 0:03:50 | 0:03:59 | |
staying in London. British officials
say Tunisia has made huge progress | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
on counterterrorism and security
since the attacks although the | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
Foreign Office advice is that
travellers are vigilant at all times | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
as the country remains in a state of
emergency. When you think about that | 0:04:09 | 0:04:19 | |
number, 430,000 British
holidaymakers before the attacks, it | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
makes you realise just what a big
deal it is to get back there, not | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
only for the travel country --
companies and tourists but primarily | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
for the tourist business, the
industry and Tunisia. We have seen | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
pictures of empty beaches, empty
hotels. People are desperate to see | 0:04:34 | 0:04:38 | |
visitors go back there. The
government has worked extremely hard | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
with international cooperation to
try and improve security on the | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
border with Libya, to make sure that
people feel safe in returning to | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
Tunisia. That flight is due to take
off any second, that first flight. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:56 | |
The second one with Thomas Cook will
go from Manchester just after eight | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
o'clock and other regional airports
will follow in the next couple of | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
weeks and months. TUI will also
begin flying again. The travel | 0:05:03 | 0:05:11 | |
companies, and to many people, a
very, very welcome return to a much | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
loved holiday destination. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
The Charities Watchdog has launched
a legal enquiry into Oxfam, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
amid concerns the charity failed
to disclose all the details | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
of sexual misconduct involving aid
workers in Haiti in 2011. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
John McManus is outside
the Charity Commission this morning. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:36 | |
There are still more questions being
asked as well about what's been | 0:05:36 | 0:05:41 | |
going on. Oxfam now facing is very
serious investigation. A statutory | 0:05:41 | 0:05:48 | |
enquiry by the Charity Commission
behind me into these allegations | 0:05:48 | 0:05:53 | |
were involved in sexual misconduct
will they were delivering aid to fit | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
in 2011 can specifically that they
sorted with prostitutes. -- Haiti. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:05 | |
This will allow the Charity
Commission to demand evidence from | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
Oxfam to suspend trustees of the
charity if necessary and freeze its | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
it if it feels it needs to do that.
It will hit spending in aid | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
programmes around the world. The
commission said that: | 0:06:18 | 0:06:30 | |
we also heard from Oxfam's former
head of global safeguarding Helen | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
Evans who told Channel 4 news that
she had some concerns about aspects | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
of what was going on. A survey of
staff in three countries found one | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
in ten had either witnessed or been
subject to some kind of sexual | 0:06:50 | 0:06:55 | |
assault. She said when she went to
the leaders of the charity, that was | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
not taken seriously enough in her
view. She says she dealt with | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
allegations by adults against young
people working in the charity shops | 0:07:03 | 0:07:07 | |
in Britain. She went to the Charity
Commission about that. The | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
commission said it took her
allegations seriously. So many | 0:07:10 | 0:07:14 | |
questions. Here on Breakfast, we
will be talking to Labour MP Peter | 0:07:14 | 0:07:22 | |
Kyle about the issue facing
charities at 7:10 a.m.. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
American government investigators
have been appointed to examine | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
the Grand Canyon helicopter crash
which killed seven people, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
including three Britons on Sunday. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
Tributes have been paid
to British tourists, | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
Becky Dobson and brothers,
Stuart and Jason Hill. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
The four survivors,
including the pilot, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:40 | |
are being treated in
hospital in Las Vegas. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
Our North America correspondent,
James Cook reports. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:48 | |
Stuart Hill, a car salesman in
Brighton, died celebrating his 30th | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
birthday along with his girlfriend,
Becky Dobson, who has 27th. Stuart's | 0:07:52 | 0:07:58 | |
brother, Jason Hill, a lawyer in
Milton Keynes, also died. He was 32. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
His girlfriend survived. So did
newlyweds John Udall and Ellie | 0:08:03 | 0:08:10 | |
Millwood seen on the left he would
Becky and Stuart. The helicopter, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:18 | |
operated by two affirm Papillon
Airways, crashed on Saturday. Bad | 0:08:18 | 0:08:26 | |
weather meant it was hours before
the three surviving passengers and | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
pilot could be flown to hospital in
Las Vegas. Family and friends have | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
arrived here along with
investigators who are awaiting | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
formal statements. The focus here is
on treating the survivors, not just | 0:08:37 | 0:08:42 | |
to their physical injuries but also
trying to help them with the trauma | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
they have endured. But there are
also questions for the helicopter | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
company and the tour operator about
why three passengers were apparently | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
unable to escape. James Cook, BBC
News, Las Vegas. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:59 | |
A new tool to fight online
terror and jihadi activity | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
is being unveiled by
the Home Secretary during a trip | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
to the US. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:05 | |
It aims to detect content
and remove it instantly. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:11 | |
Funded with more than
£500,000 of government | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
money, the tool draws upon a vast
database of material posted | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
by the so-called Islamic State. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:17 | |
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd
will meet with tech companies | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
to discuss the software
as well as other efforts | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
to tackle extremism. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
The purpose of commissioning it was
to show that the global Internet for | 0:09:24 | 0:09:35 | |
the counterterrorism, there are
tools out there to do it we are | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
asking for. This may be used to
smaller companies. There have been | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
over 400 B platforms that are used
by terrorists so the smaller | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
companies, this could be ideal. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:48 | |
South Africa's ruling party has
made an official demand | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
for President Jacob Zuma to step
down, after a 13-hour meeting | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
with leading figures
from the African National Congress. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
Mr Zuma has been the head
of state since 2009, | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
but his time in office
has been overshadowed | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
by corruption allegations. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:02 | |
It is unclear how he will respond
to the formal request to resign. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:10 | |
BBC News has learned
that the Commonwealth has begun | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
considering who might succeed
the Queen as the head | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
of the organisation. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:16 | |
Member states could choose anyone
as the ceremonial leader, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
as the role is not hereditary. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
The BBC has been told 53 member
states have established a high-level | 0:10:20 | 0:10:26 | |
group of independent
figures to look at the way | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
the Commonwealth is governed. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:30 | |
It will meet for the first
time today in London. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
Portraits of Barack
and Michelle Obama have been | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
unveiled at Washington's National
Gallery, and immediately went viral | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
online, and it wasn't
all complimentary. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:46 | |
While Mr Obama said | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
that his was "pretty sharp",
social media was soon awash | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
with jokes about him
being stuck in a hedgerow. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
He said the portrait of his wife
captured her "hotness", | 0:10:58 | 0:11:03 | |
although many reacted to say it
looks nothing like her. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
It's an honour that the gallery
gives to past presidents, | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
but let's just say that these
were in stark contrast to the more | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
traditional presidential portrait. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
they are, aren't they? Its time they
were brought up-to-date? It's always | 0:11:14 | 0:11:24 | |
interesting seeing portraits because
when you know someone really well, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
it's always interesting seeing a
portrait of them. You don't | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
necessarily agree with the artist.
Is that the official unveiling? Oh, | 0:11:31 | 0:11:41 | |
it's so amazing! It's never really
good getting a port had done. It's a | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
bit like you get them done. The
beachfront and the caricatures. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:51 | |
After the beach, you will would have
got it cheaper as well. Were you | 0:11:51 | 0:11:57 | |
starting? In PyeongChang, again. We
are still glued to our screens. We | 0:11:57 | 0:12:07 | |
have a Brit back. Elise Chrstie
should be starting in the speed | 0:12:07 | 0:12:14 | |
dating after ten o'clock. It is an
exciting event. She will be wanting | 0:12:14 | 0:12:21 | |
to recover from the mistakes made
four years ago in Sochi. A long | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
journey to get back where she is. We
will be talking about that later on. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:37 | |
She's among the favourites
in the 500m. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
The first of three distances
where she's going for a medal | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
in these Games. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:43 | |
Christie will need to win two races
this morning to make the final, | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
which is around noon. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:55 | |
Overnight, the biggest winner was
Kylie Cambridge, in the women's half | 0:12:55 | 0:13:01 | |
pipe. That's despite claiming on
Twitter that she was both hungry and | 0:13:01 | 0:13:08 | |
angry on Twitter. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
The pressure is relieved
a little for Antonio Conte. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
After back to back losses,
his Chelsea side beat West Brom | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
to move back into the Premier
League's top four. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
And England have won the toss and
decided to have a bowl in their | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
match with New Zealand. Joss Butler
leads the side with the captain | 0:13:22 | 0:13:27 | |
injured and out. They started at six
o'clock this morning in Wellington, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
no wickets just yet.
I've been watching a lot of the pipe | 0:13:31 | 0:13:36 | |
and the snowboarders. They say
frontside, I know what that means. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
Backside, I do. It's the front of
the back of the board. What about | 0:13:40 | 0:13:46 | |
nine or 12? I will leave that with
you. There are some fantastic terms | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
as well. Beef carpaccio, that is
one. There is also the McTwist. | 0:13:51 | 0:14:04 | |
Rusty trombone? All I know is I
can't do any of them. It's related | 0:14:04 | 0:14:10 | |
to the amount of rotation. I think
maybe be at his height. I am | 0:14:10 | 0:14:15 | |
probably entirely wrong. He might
know the answer to that, Matt. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:24 | |
probably entirely wrong. He might
know the answer to that, Matt. Maybe | 0:14:24 | 0:14:24 | |
it's to do with the position you
point the board at, nine o'clock, 12 | 0:14:24 | 0:14:31 | |
o'clock, who knows. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
Let's talk weather, after the
glorious start yesterday, a | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
different day today and a few
problems if you're travelling. A | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
mixture of things, wind and rain in
the south, gale force winds for some | 0:14:41 | 0:14:46 | |
and snow and ice could be a feature
especially in Scotland and northern | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
England. We saw some overnight in
Northern Ireland. On the radar, it | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
has been rain, blue is the rain,
white is the snow. On the hills of | 0:14:54 | 0:15:01 | |
Scotland it has been extensive,
lower levels at times, on the hills | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
of northern England and Wales. If
you're travelling across the age | 0:15:05 | 0:15:11 | |
nine, a 82, M8 and M74, you could
see heavy snow and on the hills we | 0:15:11 | 0:15:16 | |
could see ten to 15 centimetres --
A9, A82. Snow confined to the tops | 0:15:16 | 0:15:25 | |
of the hills. Further south
outbreaks pushing east over the next | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
few hours and strong and gusty
winds, the risk of coastal flooding | 0:15:28 | 0:15:33 | |
in southern coastal counties. The
strongest winds by the end of the | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
morning will be in the south-east
corner. Notice the rain, snow and | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
sleet will gradually ease away for
many areas and getting better in the | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
west. A lot more sunshine in the
afternoon and still outbreaks of | 0:15:44 | 0:15:49 | |
rain for eastern parts and a chilly
day by and large, especially when | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
you factor in the wind. The evening
rush-hour will be better than the | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
morning with dry weather around and
temperatures dropping in through the | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
night with clear skies. Of course,
with wet ground in eastern areas, a | 0:16:00 | 0:16:04 | |
risk of ice into tomorrow morning.
In the west the wind will pick up | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
and by the end of the night more
rain spreads back into Northern | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
Ireland, which will turn to snow.
Almost a repeat performance, this | 0:16:11 | 0:16:16 | |
weather system pushing in with
strong winds but tomorrow the | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
difference, a little slice of
yellow, slightly milder air pushing | 0:16:19 | 0:16:24 | |
in through the day. The snow turning
back to rain a bit quicker and the | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
snow in northern England and
Scotland tomorrow will be mainly on | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
the hills, a few spots to lower
levels. Outbreaks of rain and severe | 0:16:31 | 0:16:37 | |
gale force winds pushing across the
country from west to east and only | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
Northern Ireland will brighten up to
the end of the day. Cardiff and | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
Plymouth up to around 10 degrees.
Milder air to finish Wednesday and | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
take us into Wednesday night. Cooler
air pushing back into take us into | 0:16:49 | 0:16:55 | |
Thursday. A touch of frost around
but fairly breezy. Thursday, after | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
today and tomorrow, a much sunnier
day with just a few snow flurries in | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland
and northern England. More through | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
the morning. Back to you both. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
Happy Pancake Day by the way,
everybody! I will show | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
Happy Pancake Day by the way,
everybody! I will show you a perfect | 0:17:15 | 0:17:16 | |
recipe for a new style pancake later
on. It is a Japanese pancake. We | 0:17:16 | 0:17:22 | |
will talk about pancakes. This is
the Mail, lots of different kinds, | 0:17:22 | 0:17:27 | |
this is my kind of pancake, have a
look at that! Stacked with a | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
well-known chocolate spread I would
imagine. Are you sweet or savoury? I | 0:17:32 | 0:17:37 | |
am sweet. I like to finish with a
bit of ice cream with chocolate | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
spread on it. That is the big
pancake finish. Eye and traditional, | 0:17:41 | 0:17:47 | |
more like lemon and sugar. Don't you
like variety in your life -- I am | 0:17:47 | 0:17:52 | |
traditional. I don't mean generally!
The front page of the Mail. Carrying | 0:17:52 | 0:17:58 | |
on with their lead story yesterday
about Oxfam and they're talking | 0:17:58 | 0:18:03 | |
about the scandal widening
dramatically, different claims | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
coming up about the charity. These
are pictures of the people who were | 0:18:05 | 0:18:11 | |
killed in that helicopter crash.
They were apparently on a birthday | 0:18:11 | 0:18:16 | |
adventure and so much in the papers
about what happened and the fact | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
that some people managed to escape
as well from that helicopter crash, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
which sings amazing. The front page
of the Guardian, we had Amy Fuller | 0:18:24 | 0:18:29 | |
live yesterday, this is a picture of
her and the dangerous conditions at | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
the Games ash which seems amazing.
The wind was so strong she was | 0:18:32 | 0:18:37 | |
struggling to control her snowboard.
-- which seems amazing. The half | 0:18:37 | 0:18:42 | |
pipe today, great pictures from
that, Lee's Christie goes initial | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
track speed skating later. The main
story on the Guardian, Oxfam. -- | 0:18:46 | 0:18:53 | |
Lee's Christie. They have the
picture of a survivor running clear | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
from the wreckage in the Grand
Canyon. This is an interesting story | 0:18:57 | 0:19:02 | |
in the papers, how fast you should
eat your food and even if you eat | 0:19:02 | 0:19:07 | |
healthy food, if you eat too fast,
that could affect your weight. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:14 | |
Slowdown because your stomach
doesn't know it is full until 20 | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
minutes after it is. Do you have to
do more chewing? I don't know but | 0:19:17 | 0:19:23 | |
slowdown. 20 minutes? Imagine that.
I am a bit of a wolfer! Totally! An | 0:19:23 | 0:19:30 | |
amazing picture on the front page of
the Metro. This woman walking away | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
from the helicopter crash in the
Grand Canyon and the Daily Mirror | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
has a story about Michael Markle,
secret visit to comfort Grenfell | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
victims alone to comfort victims. --
Meghan Markle. Do you want to go | 0:19:43 | 0:19:57 | |
first on business?
A story based on a conference in | 0:19:57 | 0:20:02 | |
California where the chief marketing
officer for Unilever was there and | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
he made comments about Facebook and
Google. Unilever is a company, you | 0:20:05 | 0:20:10 | |
will know a lot of the brands, they
own things like Dove, Magnum and | 0:20:10 | 0:20:18 | |
Persil. They have said they will
remove their ads from Facebook and | 0:20:18 | 0:20:22 | |
Google if they don't get rid of
content they say creates divisions | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
in society and promotes anger and
hate. This is a conference where he | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
was talking. Unilever is a huge
company. This is a big company. The | 0:20:30 | 0:20:37 | |
likes of Facebook and Google would
lose a lot of money if they pulled | 0:20:37 | 0:20:42 | |
their advertising so they are saying
do something about all the madness | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
that is online at the moment. Holly?
We are all a fan of a nice suit, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:51 | |
it's amazing what a good suit can do
and thinking back to the Olympics... | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
Dan knows all about a nice suit.
Does he? Back off! The skeleton team | 0:20:55 | 0:21:03 | |
in Pyeongchang, the technology
involved and the suits that they | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
were, apparently that will give them
the edge. The suits that have been | 0:21:06 | 0:21:11 | |
created for Team GB's skeleton team
apparently will take a second off | 0:21:11 | 0:21:16 | |
their time. They have been coming
through in the practice runs over | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
the past few days, people have been
giving them looks and comments | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
because bedtimes have been quicker
than previously. Is it extra | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
streamlining? It's about weight
dynamics. Very similar to the suits | 0:21:27 | 0:21:33 | |
worn by the Team GB cyclists --
their times. Fascinating. One second | 0:21:33 | 0:21:40 | |
can make the difference. Lizzy
Yarnold and Laura Denes will be | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
competing later on this week. It's
Laura Dees who got the fastest time | 0:21:43 | 0:21:49 | |
so far so one to look out for. If
you're going to wear one of those | 0:21:49 | 0:21:54 | |
suits them you can't eat one of
these, Japanese pancakes, it is all | 0:21:54 | 0:22:01 | |
about your wobble rather than your
flip. There is a recipe on the BBC | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
food website. It is normal pancake
batter but you whipped the egg | 0:22:05 | 0:22:11 | |
whites to get more height. If you
shake your stack it should wobble | 0:22:11 | 0:22:16 | |
when you go Japanese. -- you whip.
Are you going to try that tonight? I | 0:22:16 | 0:22:23 | |
don't know, but I like this. You can
go all MasterChef on us. What is it | 0:22:23 | 0:22:29 | |
on the top? It could be wall maps.
That's crucial for me, it's not | 0:22:29 | 0:22:34 | |
about the pancakes but the topping
is. I think it is a knob of butter. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
-- Walmarts. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:43 | |
-- Walmarts. farting hell | 0:22:46 | 0:22:46 | |
He ups and downs of life
like a failed relationship, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
the death of a loved one,
or being a victim of crime can | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
all affect how we feel about our
lives and our mental health. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
Now an online experiment
run in conjunction with | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
the BBC
is seeing if it's possible | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
to predict how you would cope
with those big life events. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
Here's our health
correspondent, Dominic Hughes. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
Working with friends,
doing something useful, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:08 | |
all on a sunny winter's day. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
Jane found the stress
of her job as a primary | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
school teacher overwhelming. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:14 | |
Now working as a volunteer
to restore a local park she's found | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
the perfect antidote. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:18 | |
Sometimes I might not have
had a great morning, | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
but I might not have told anyone. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
But for just them being themselves. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
They might have made
me smile or laugh. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:30 | |
And then again I'm back on the right
track and I'm feeling positive. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
It's a mixture of being outside,
doing something great for nature, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
and also the people and the social
side of it as well. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:43 | |
Volunteering is the sort of activity
that ticks lots of boxes when it | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
comes to boosting our mental
well-being, it's an outdoor | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
activity, and on a glorious day
like today what could be | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
better than that? | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
It's physical, social,
and for those researching what makes | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
us happy, this is the sort of thing
that they say can really help. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
Untangling the different factors,
positive and negative, | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
that make up our sense of well-being
or happiness could help prevent | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
mental health problems
from developing. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:15 | |
We are trying to learn more
about what it's like to have | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
depressive thinking styles... | 0:24:21 | 0:24:22 | |
That is the aim of the online survey
being launched today, | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
in particular to explore the links
between how we deal with life's ups | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
and downs and our mental health. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
Being involved in a crime
or losing our job, failing an exam, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
how that would impact
on whether or not we get | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
anxious or depressed. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
And I'm interested in that both
because I think that we might be | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
able to explain a bit more about why
people become anxious and depressed, | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
but also because we can
do something about it. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
Artist Raul Gutierrez knows exactly
how dwelling on past experiences | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
affected the man he is today. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
The bullying he experienced
as a child led to anxiety and panic | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
attacks as an adult. | 0:24:54 | 0:25:00 | |
I didn't have the courage to say
to people I'm struggling. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
With the help of his therapist
he changed the way he thought | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
with dramatic results. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:07 | |
One key thing was think about a good
thing before going to sleep. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
And that changed everything. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:19 | |
Unlocking the secrets of happiness
and how they relate to good mental | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
health could be key in understanding
how to keep us all happy | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
and to identify those at risk
and in need of better help. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
Dominic Hughes, BBC News. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:37 | |
Joining us now is Professor Peter
Kinderman, a psychologist | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
from Liverpool University
who is working on the study. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
good morning. Good morning. We will
have a go later. Lots of information | 0:25:42 | 0:25:48 | |
in what we have just seen but what
are you hoping this information will | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
give you? If we collect data on and
off people then we should be able to | 0:25:51 | 0:25:57 | |
work out some of the pathways from
the experiences we have in our | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
lives, the things that happen to us,
the circumstances in which we live | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
leading to on the one hand
well-being, happiness, feeling | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
miserable, and on the other hand
specific mental health problems, | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
anxiety and depression and so forth
and trying to work out the things | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
that happened to us and the way we
respond to them can affect our | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
mental state. You're thinking that
it may be in some ways predictable? | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
That's the difference this year.
This is in collaboration with | 0:26:26 | 0:26:32 | |
someone at the university of
Manchester and the tomorrow's world | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
team and we want to work with the
BBC, because we have worked with | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
them before, we collect data on
large number of people. Four years | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
ago we were working on this with
just a survey and we couldn't | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
predict people's mood into the
future so this time when people take | 0:26:47 | 0:26:51 | |
part they will get a reminder to
come back six weeks later and we | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
will be able to see whether we can
predict from time one people's | 0:26:55 | 0:27:00 | |
mental health at time two and that
will be a more powerful scientific | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
experiment. Surely if, say, for
example, there is a loss in the | 0:27:04 | 0:27:10 | |
family, your happiness is going to
be affected, is there no way round | 0:27:10 | 0:27:16 | |
that? Everybody gets affected by
negative things but some more than | 0:27:16 | 0:27:21 | |
others. Back in 2013 we found a
combination of negative light | 0:27:21 | 0:27:26 | |
offence and particularly ruminating
about them seemed to be particularly | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
bad for people in the case of
developing anxiety and depression, | 0:27:29 | 0:27:34 | |
possibly because you stay up and it
affects your sleep, you're | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
constantly thinking about the things
that make you anxious but on the | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
other hand people experiencing those
negative events and mentally | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
problems of them and move on were
much less affected by... Even though | 0:27:45 | 0:27:50 | |
they had those bad events. Not only
events but how we think about them | 0:27:50 | 0:27:55 | |
is important. Very interesting,
thank you so much. You will be back | 0:27:55 | 0:28:01 | |
later at 7:20am for people's
questions. The survey takes about 20 | 0:28:01 | 0:28:06 | |
minutes. For more information you
can log onto: | 0:28:06 | 0:28:11 | |
What you need is people to join in?
Lots of people to join in and come | 0:28:11 | 0:28:17 | |
back six weeks later. I will do it.
You're in, signed up, love it! | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
Time now to get the news,
travel and weather where you are. | 0:28:20 | 0:31:41 | |
Thursday, temperatures getting a bit
more mild, temperatures back into | 0:31:41 | 0:31:44 | |
double figures and we should at
least get the return of a little bit | 0:31:44 | 0:31:48 | |
of sunshine. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:54 | |
Hello - this is Breakfast
with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
We'll have the headlines in just
a moment and coming up | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
on Breakfast today: | 0:32:00 | 0:32:00 | |
Steph will be looking
at whether the cost of your shopping | 0:32:00 | 0:32:04 | |
is going up or down as new inflation
figures come out later. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
Also this morning, you might
remember the amazing | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
flight of Sasha Dench
as she followed migrating swans | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
from Russia - now she's won
aviation's biggest prize, | 0:32:11 | 0:32:15 | |
she'll be here. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:22 | |
And Celia Imrie is another
of the stars of Finding your Feet - | 0:32:22 | 0:32:26 | |
the new British film
with an A-list cast, | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
she's here after 8.30. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:29 | |
But now a summary of this
morning's main news. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:34 | |
British package holiday companies
have started taking tourists back | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
to Tunisia this morning. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
It's almost three years
since a gunman opened fire | 0:32:40 | 0:32:45 | |
at a beach resort killing 38 people. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
30 British holidaymakers were killed
at the resort in Sousse | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
in June 2015. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:51 | |
Until last summer,
the Foreign Office advised | 0:32:51 | 0:32:53 | |
against travel there due
to the high risk of terrorism. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
Within the last hour,
Thomas Cook operated the first | 0:32:56 | 0:32:58 | |
flight from Birmingham and says
holidaymakers should be reassured: | 0:32:58 | 0:33:06 | |
To look has obviously the
restrictions there. Those | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
restrictions were lifted because of
all the improvements have -- that | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
have been made in Tunisia and in the
results themselves. -- resorts. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:25 | |
The Charity Commission is launching
an investigation into Oxfam | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
following the revelation of a sex
scandal involving it's aid workers | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
in Haiti in 2011. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:31 | |
The watchdog says documents show
Oxfam may not have "fully | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
and frankly disclosed"
all the available information | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
at the time. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:38 | |
A new tool to fight online
terror and jihadi activity | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
is being unveiled by
the Home Secretary during a trip | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
to the US. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:45 | |
It aims to detect content
and remove it instantly. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
Funded with more than
£500,000 of government | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
money, the tool draws upon a vast
database of material posted | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
by the so-called Islamic State. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd
will meet with tech companies | 0:33:55 | 0:34:00 | |
to discuss the software
as well as other efforts | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
to tackle extremism. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:10 | |
Around 100 firefighters
are tackling a blaze | 0:34:17 | 0:34:19 | |
at an industrial estate
in northwest London. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:20 | |
Crews were called to
Long Drive in Northolt late | 0:34:20 | 0:34:23 | |
late last night
where multiple | 0:34:23 | 0:34:24 | |
units were on fire. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:25 | |
Residents have been advised
to keep their windows closed due | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
to thick smoke in the area. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:30 | |
The cause of the fire
is currently not known. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
BBC News has learned
that the Commonwealth has begun | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
considering who might succeed
the Queen as the head | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
of the organisation. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:38 | |
Member states could choose anyone
as the ceremonial leader, | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
as the role isn't hereditary. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
The BBC's been told 53 member states
have established a high-level | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
group of independent
figures to look at the way | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
the Commonwealth is governed. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:48 | |
It'll meet for the first
time today in London. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:53 | |
That is some of the main news
stories. Holly is here and we will | 0:34:53 | 0:34:57 | |
start with a Winter Olympics. One of
the big British hopes. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:07 | |
the big British hopes. Yes, Elise
Christie in a few hours' time will | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
get her speed dating hopes under
way. If you think back four years | 0:35:10 | 0:35:14 | |
ago to Sochi, it was hard to watch.
She was disqualified after she was | 0:35:14 | 0:35:20 | |
blamed for a pilot in the speed
dating event. She has really | 0:35:20 | 0:35:25 | |
struggled since then. Incredible to
see her back competing. Through so | 0:35:25 | 0:35:30 | |
much to get as she received a lot of
abuse on line. She is one of the | 0:35:30 | 0:35:38 | |
best chance is the Britain of a gold
medal. She will resume her bid which | 0:35:38 | 0:35:45 | |
starts at around ten o'clock. She
was disqualified from all three of | 0:35:45 | 0:35:50 | |
her events in Sochi but in
PyeongChang, an Olympic record time. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:58 | |
She goes into the quarterfinals
initially. It was quite appealing, | 0:35:58 | 0:36:05 | |
it was harsh to stand with dashed to
start with, it's tough and it gets | 0:36:05 | 0:36:11 | |
you into the top eight and after
that, anything is a win so it's just | 0:36:11 | 0:36:15 | |
getting the preparation in between
done. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:26 | |
The big performance overnight came
on the snowboard in the half pipe | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
final. Cloete Kim from the USA put
in an extraordinary performance. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:48 | |
These were her thoughts posted just
before that final run, | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
regretting a sandwich
she never finished. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
It was almost 24 hours
after she posted about ice cream | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
during the qualification stage. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:09 | |
And as you're about to see she's not
afraid to let food get in the way | 0:37:09 | 0:37:13 | |
of her interview duties either. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:21 | |
Tested and I just couldn't do it
anyway, it is TMI, I know. I will | 0:37:29 | 0:37:37 | |
transfer all that anger of me having
an empty stomach. Massive | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
congratulations. She is eating ice
cream during the interview. I was | 0:37:41 | 0:37:52 | |
asking you and Dan about what all
these numbers refer to in the half | 0:37:52 | 0:37:56 | |
pipe. Did I see you are right? 20%
right. All acronyms for example. It | 0:37:56 | 0:38:06 | |
goes on and on. It's all about
rotation. Everyone who is ever won a | 0:38:06 | 0:38:15 | |
half pipe medal has mentioned the
word stoked. And TMI is "Too much | 0:38:15 | 0:38:23 | |
information". | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
A husband and wife pairing led
the Olympic Athletes from Russia | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
to their third medal of these Games. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
It's the first overall
to be won in curling. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
They beat Norway in the bronze medal
match to seal third place | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
in the mixed doubles. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:36 | |
The Russian pair got
married in June last year. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
Canada face Switzerland
for gold later this morning. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
And the weather is nowhere
near as bad as yesterday | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
in Pyeongchang but it's still having
an effect on some events. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:47 | |
This was the Russian Pavel
Trikhichev crashing out | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
in the combined alpine skiing event. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:51 | |
The downhill course had to start
lower down the mountain | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
because of the wind. | 0:38:53 | 0:39:01 | |
Mining it's hard to watch, I think
he is OK. I should probably confirm | 0:39:04 | 0:39:08 | |
that. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:08 | |
Chelsea emphatically
ended their losing streak | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
in the Premier League last night,
beating the bottom side West Brom | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
by three goals to nil
at Stamford Bridge. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
The result reduces the pressure
on Chelsea manager | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
Antonio Conte, who had Eden Hazard
to thank for the win. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
The Belgian scored two of the three
goals, Victor Moses got the other. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:24 | |
Conte's side are back
into the top four. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:31 | |
I don't have a problem to give you
this impression. I think that maybe | 0:39:31 | 0:39:41 | |
I don't want this pressure can...
Can wait on the shoulders of my | 0:39:41 | 0:39:48 | |
players because my players must play
with great confidence and don't feel | 0:39:48 | 0:39:53 | |
the pressure of the situation. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
Cricket is underway in Wellington
right now, with England facing | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
New Zealand. | 0:39:58 | 0:39:58 | |
The tourists won the toss
and decided the have a bowl. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
And early on Martin Guptil made it
look like a bad decision | 0:40:01 | 0:40:05 | |
from stand in captain
Jos Buttler, as he picked apart | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
the opening bowlers. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
Some big hitting here but England
have made a breakthrough. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:14 | |
Colin Munro trying to go big too
but he was caught out. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:22 | |
New Zealand currently 60/1 wickets
with eight overs played. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
So if you've been glued
to your screens watching | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
the Winter Olympics,
you're not the only ones - | 0:40:29 | 0:40:31 | |
we've been really enjoying some
of your photos and videos | 0:40:31 | 0:40:34 | |
like this one. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:35 | |
Start them early -
these three have switched over | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
It's not just the kids -
it's the pets. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:45 | |
This cat seems to coming out
the telly while watching the figure | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
skating. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:53 | |
We have had lots of delays during
the Games so far little that time on | 0:40:53 | 0:40:58 | |
their hands, members of the Swiss
retail -- freestyle team have been | 0:40:58 | 0:41:02 | |
amusing themselves with some antics.
Hugh upperbody strength there but I | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
would say, do not try this at home.
At train stations, at airports. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:12 | |
Don't write anywhere. It's quite
impressive. Do not do it. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:20 | |
In the years before the 2015 terror
attacks, Tunisia enjoyed a booming | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
tourism industry, with around half
a million Brits visiting each year. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:27 | |
But just 28,000 made the trip
last year after UK tour | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
operators stopped flights. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:31 | |
In the last hour they've started
again, so can Tunisia's tourism | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
industry bounce back? | 0:41:34 | 0:41:35 | |
Simon Calder is the
Independent's travel editor. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:43 | |
I know you've been never quite some
hours. What have some of those | 0:41:47 | 0:41:53 | |
people on that first flight been
saying. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:59 | |
saying. A sense of cryptic site can
believe that people can go back. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
They started turning up at two this
morning. The flight left half an | 0:42:03 | 0:42:08 | |
hour ago. They were basically
saying, we love Tunisia, we haven't | 0:42:08 | 0:42:12 | |
been or to go there for 2.5 years
and frankly, we are delighted to be | 0:42:12 | 0:42:16 | |
back, despite the terrible tragedy
on the beach in Sousse in June 2015 | 0:42:16 | 0:42:23 | |
in which 30 British holidaymakers
and eight other people died. They | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
say they are not worried by the
Foreign Office warning, that another | 0:42:26 | 0:42:34 | |
terrorist attack is very likely.
They are delighted to be a will to | 0:42:34 | 0:42:39 | |
return to a country which has been
desperately missing British | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
holidaymakers. You mentioned the
Foreign Office warning about another | 0:42:42 | 0:42:47 | |
terrorist attack. How safe is
Tunisia? I would head back there | 0:42:47 | 0:42:55 | |
today very happily. Another flight
from Manchester today and one from | 0:42:55 | 0:42:59 | |
Gatwick tomorrow. There are risks.
Tunisia has a long, leaky frontier | 0:42:59 | 0:43:06 | |
with Libya which is a failed state
with lots of guns and extremism so | 0:43:06 | 0:43:11 | |
that is a huge problem for
authorities to manage but they | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 | |
persuaded the Foreign Office that
actually, they are up to the task of | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
looking after British holidaymakers.
Personally, I'd be more red about | 0:43:18 | 0:43:23 | |
crossing the road because the road
accident rates are terrible in | 0:43:23 | 0:43:27 | |
Tunisia. We are naturally very
concerned that travellers about | 0:43:27 | 0:43:35 | |
terrorism but as a risk, tiny
compared to things such as accidents | 0:43:35 | 0:43:40 | |
in water and road accidents. Talking
about the numbers of British | 0:43:40 | 0:43:46 | |
tourists who used to go and what it
was last year, it is a huge | 0:43:46 | 0:43:51 | |
difference. It's all about free
building a reputation, that tourists | 0:43:51 | 0:43:55 | |
can see it as a country that is safe
and if those numbers return, that is | 0:43:55 | 0:44:00 | |
a huge amount of money into the
Tunisian economy. It's been | 0:44:00 | 0:44:06 | |
absolutely devastating since the
British pulled out. Tens of | 0:44:06 | 0:44:09 | |
thousands of people have lost their
livelihoods, entire resorts have | 0:44:09 | 0:44:13 | |
been like ghost towns and those
other conditions in which possibly | 0:44:13 | 0:44:17 | |
extremism can flourish. It is really
important that tourism is part of | 0:44:17 | 0:44:23 | |
the solution. What the tour
operators are hoping for, just three | 0:44:23 | 0:44:27 | |
flights a week initially, stepping
up to about ten a week a summer. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:33 | |
They will have a calm, enjoyable
return to Tunisia and things can get | 0:44:33 | 0:44:39 | |
back to normal but very much the
sense is, it is open to business, | 0:44:39 | 0:44:43 | |
they are going to look after
holidaymakers and frankly, I can't | 0:44:43 | 0:44:47 | |
wait to go back and take my family.
A ringing endorsement. We will speak | 0:44:47 | 0:44:57 | |
to somebody who was in Sousse on
that day later and acted Birmingham | 0:44:57 | 0:45:00 | |
airport. | 0:45:00 | 0:45:04 | |
What's the weather like here, it's
been very chilly, Matt has all the | 0:45:04 | 0:45:07 | |
details. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
You dreaming of winter sunshine
somewhere else, not a great start to | 0:45:09 | 0:45:14 | |
the day, not unlike yesterday,
frosty in eastern areas but a | 0:45:14 | 0:45:19 | |
combination of things for the
morning rush-hour. Strong winds, | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
heavy rain, especially further
south, snow and ice up north. On the | 0:45:22 | 0:45:27 | |
radar, we have seen the rain in blue
pushing in from the west and the | 0:45:27 | 0:45:31 | |
white is where the snow has been.
Snow in Wales and south-west England | 0:45:31 | 0:45:35 | |
on the tops of the hills, clearing
away from Northern Ireland but it | 0:45:35 | 0:45:40 | |
continues to fall in higher ground
in northern England, maybe lower | 0:45:40 | 0:45:43 | |
levels at times, maybe through the
morning rush hour, causing some | 0:45:43 | 0:45:47 | |
problems on higher roots. Turning
clearer in the next few hours to the | 0:45:47 | 0:45:51 | |
west of Northern Ireland, still
further snow to come on | 0:45:51 | 0:45:55 | |
trans-Pennine routes on the Welsh
hills as well. Outbreaks of rain in | 0:45:55 | 0:45:59 | |
the Midlands and southern England,
working east and strong gusty gale | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
force winds with a small risk of
coastal flooding on the southern | 0:46:02 | 0:46:07 | |
coastal areas as we go through the
next couple of hours. And improving | 0:46:07 | 0:46:11 | |
day for most, we will see the cloud
breaking up in the west, sunshine | 0:46:11 | 0:46:15 | |
comes out. Sleet and of lorries in
western Scotland and the far north | 0:46:15 | 0:46:20 | |
of Northern Ireland later, some
outbreaks to the east of England and | 0:46:20 | 0:46:23 | |
a chilly day, 4-7 for many. -- sleet
and snow Flores. Into the night the | 0:46:23 | 0:46:33 | |
cloud in eastern England will
gradually break up and eastern areas | 0:46:33 | 0:46:36 | |
will see temperatures dropping the
furthest tonight, the risk of frost | 0:46:36 | 0:46:40 | |
anywhere to begin with and where you
have the rain and snow today, highs | 0:46:40 | 0:46:44 | |
to take us into tomorrow morning
ahead of the next weather system | 0:46:44 | 0:46:48 | |
working in -- ice. Another windy day
as the weather front works its way | 0:46:48 | 0:46:55 | |
in. But the difference tomorrow is
we will see a slightly milder set of | 0:46:55 | 0:47:01 | |
conditions. Tomorrow, cold, as the
weather front hits the cold air, | 0:47:01 | 0:47:06 | |
snow falling in the Scottish hills
and the hills of northern England, | 0:47:06 | 0:47:09 | |
not much at lower levels, turning
back to rain as the south-westerly | 0:47:09 | 0:47:12 | |
wind brings milder air. Fairly
cloudy in the east in the afternoon, | 0:47:12 | 0:47:19 | |
occasional rain, sunniest to finish
the day in Northern Ireland, warmest | 0:47:19 | 0:47:23 | |
in the south, ten possible. Into
Thursday those outbreaks of rain | 0:47:23 | 0:47:27 | |
work their way off, a chilly night
into Thursday morning with a bit of | 0:47:27 | 0:47:32 | |
frost around and the breeze should
keep most of the temperatures up but | 0:47:32 | 0:47:35 | |
on Thursday back to sunny spells
bore the majority with a few snow | 0:47:35 | 0:47:40 | |
flurries west of Scotland and
Northern Ireland in particular -- | 0:47:40 | 0:47:42 | |
for the majority. Looks chilly,
thanks very much! | 0:47:42 | 0:47:47 | |
This morning we will find out how
much prices are going up. Steph is | 0:47:47 | 0:47:52 | |
here to look at the inflation
figures. Where are we at the moment? | 0:47:52 | 0:47:59 | |
Inflation is basically a measure of
the rise in the cost of living so | 0:47:59 | 0:48:03 | |
the way that is worked out is the
Office for National Statistics | 0:48:03 | 0:48:09 | |
basically look at several 100 goods
and services that we commonly by and | 0:48:09 | 0:48:14 | |
they create a virtual shopping
basket and they look at what happens | 0:48:14 | 0:48:19 | |
-- purchase. We saw in December CPI,
the main measure of inflation, was | 0:48:19 | 0:48:26 | |
at 3% and what we expect for January
is it to be around that but we can | 0:48:26 | 0:48:33 | |
look at things that can push it to
that level. | 0:48:33 | 0:48:39 | |
Now for a long time food prices
were falling but last year | 0:48:39 | 0:48:43 | |
they started creeping up again. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:44 | |
Mainly because we import a lot
of food and because of the fall | 0:48:44 | 0:48:48 | |
in the value of the pound it's
made it more expensive | 0:48:48 | 0:48:51 | |
to buy from abroad. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:52 | |
Tobacco is another product expected
to have gone up in price, | 0:48:52 | 0:48:55 | |
mainly because of a rise
in government taxes. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:57 | |
Fuel, always a big one, this. | 0:48:57 | 0:48:58 | |
Oil prices were the big story
in business for a long time | 0:48:58 | 0:49:02 | |
because they were so low,
down at around $45 a barrel, | 0:49:02 | 0:49:05 | |
but not anymore. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:06 | |
In January the price of oil had got
up to about $70 a barrel and that | 0:49:06 | 0:49:10 | |
usually means higher
prices at the pumps. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:12 | |
The other element of this is wages. | 0:49:12 | 0:49:20 | |
Very strangely placed,. -- placed.
The price of oil has gone up, it has | 0:49:20 | 0:49:33 | |
nearly doubled since June last year.
We are likely to see inflation | 0:49:33 | 0:49:39 | |
around 3% and well above the 2%
target. Very hard to concentrate | 0:49:39 | 0:49:45 | |
when you have two giggling
presenters. Two children in the | 0:49:45 | 0:49:50 | |
studio. What does it mean for
interest rates? The way monetary | 0:49:50 | 0:49:54 | |
policy works in the UK is they try
to keep inflation at 2% so prices | 0:49:54 | 0:49:58 | |
aren't going up too quickly. The way
they try to control that is using | 0:49:58 | 0:50:03 | |
interest rates and the theory behind
that is if you put up interest rates | 0:50:03 | 0:50:07 | |
then it will mean people have to pay
more for things like mortgages, | 0:50:07 | 0:50:11 | |
loans, which means they don't have
as much spare money to spend in the | 0:50:11 | 0:50:16 | |
shops so if they're not spending as
much in the shops, demand falls and | 0:50:16 | 0:50:19 | |
prices come down. That's the idea of
monetary policy. There's an argument | 0:50:19 | 0:50:24 | |
about whether actually works any
more or not given how much prices in | 0:50:24 | 0:50:29 | |
this country are affected by global
things so we will be talking about | 0:50:29 | 0:50:32 | |
that later. What about wages? The
reason inflation is important is | 0:50:32 | 0:50:39 | |
because for a long time wages
haven't kept up with the cost of | 0:50:39 | 0:50:43 | |
living so that's meant although
people might not be earning less it | 0:50:43 | 0:50:46 | |
has felt so because the cost of
living has gone up so much. What the | 0:50:46 | 0:50:50 | |
Bank of England has said recently is
wages are starting to go up a bit. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:55 | |
I'm sure lots of people at home have
said I haven't seen my wages go up, | 0:50:55 | 0:50:59 | |
they are taking an average here so
we are starting to see wages going | 0:50:59 | 0:51:03 | |
up but it's a long way to catch up
with the cost of living rises | 0:51:03 | 0:51:07 | |
recently. Steph, thanks to much.
Thanks for the basket as well, it | 0:51:07 | 0:51:12 | |
looked like you were siphoning off
some petrol. Bouquet, that makes me | 0:51:12 | 0:51:17 | |
feel so much better! -- OK. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:21 | |
Tightrope walkers,
clowns, trapeze artists, | 0:51:21 | 0:51:22 | |
just some of the acts
we love about the circus! | 0:51:22 | 0:51:25 | |
This year marks 250 years
since the first one opened | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
in London Waterloo,
so our arts correspondent | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
David Sillito is at a Big Top
for us this morning. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:37 | |
They are already in action? | 0:51:37 | 0:51:39 | |
Good morning, through the plush red
velvet curtains the spotlight is | 0:51:39 | 0:51:44 | |
having a moment. We have the
Greatest Showman in cinemas and the | 0:51:44 | 0:51:51 | |
250th anniversary and how little has
changed, the Big Top, the 42 foot | 0:51:51 | 0:51:58 | |
wide circus ring and fantastic
#BackspaceWord. But of course these | 0:51:58 | 0:52:02 | |
days not so many animals, none at
all, and clowns... Yeah. Rather | 0:52:02 | 0:52:07 | |
different look here. Clowns have had
to move with the times. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:14 | |
Once upon a time every circus had
its own troop. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:18 | |
The facepaint, the big shoes,
they were the heart of circus | 0:52:18 | 0:52:21 | |
heritage, but the wigs and grease
paint are in decline. | 0:52:21 | 0:52:24 | |
Maybe it's the clown horror films,
but on this anniversary year | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
there is a big issue for the man
hoping to be World Clown President. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:31 | |
I didn't realise there
was democracy in clowning. | 0:52:31 | 0:52:39 | |
There is quite a lot of democracy
and quite a lot of politics as well. | 0:52:39 | 0:52:43 | |
What are the issues at the moment? | 0:52:43 | 0:52:45 | |
You've already highlighted
the main question we asked, | 0:52:45 | 0:52:47 | |
are people scared of clowns? | 0:52:47 | 0:52:48 | |
It is the big issue. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:49 | |
Even here in the heart of clowndom,
more and more clowns are giving up | 0:52:49 | 0:52:53 | |
on looking like clowns. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:54 | |
If you had seen me back in 1973
when I first started coming here, | 0:52:54 | 0:52:58 | |
then you would have seen
a completely different face. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:01 | |
We don't look like proper clowns. | 0:53:01 | 0:53:07 | |
Children, over the years have got
a little bit wary of clowns. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:15 | |
But there is a fightback against all
this anti-clown prejudice. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:23 | |
I am PC Bibbledy Bob,
or Bibbledy Bob the Clown, | 0:53:23 | 0:53:26 | |
the regional director
for the World Clown Association | 0:53:26 | 0:53:28 | |
for Europe and the whole of Africa. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:30 | |
I thank you. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:31 | |
Yes, there really is
a regional clown director. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:37 | |
You press people, you
like a negative story. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
Positivity does not sell. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:40 | |
So unfortunately we keeping busy,
we keep getting work, | 0:53:40 | 0:53:42 | |
and you are obsessed with the fact
that we might not be getting that | 0:53:42 | 0:53:46 | |
because of silly films. | 0:53:46 | 0:53:49 | |
I stood corrected. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:51 | |
It seems there is still a lot
of clown love out there. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:54 | |
But clown politics? | 0:53:54 | 0:53:55 | |
I had a chat to Elsie. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:57 | |
It is only when it gets to meetings,
it can get quite heated. | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
There are clown meetings? | 0:54:00 | 0:54:01 | |
There's a committee... | 0:54:01 | 0:54:02 | |
I couldn't take it seriously... | 0:54:02 | 0:54:10 | |
So Elsie won't be running
for World Clown President. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:12 | |
But someone has to. | 0:54:12 | 0:54:13 | |
Because when it comes to the future
of clowning there is a lot | 0:54:13 | 0:54:17 | |
to think about. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:25 | |
Well, I have Andrea from Romania.
You can tell the difference, the | 0:54:27 | 0:54:35 | |
only last vestige there is of
clowning is the red nose. Let's have | 0:54:35 | 0:54:39 | |
a cat to the man in charge, Philip
Astley. You have quite a history, | 0:54:39 | 0:54:43 | |
don't you, how many years in charge
here | 0:54:43 | 0:54:54 | |
here -- chat. It goes back almost
100 years. Let's go through the | 0:54:55 | 0:55:00 | |
questions, where your animals? Wild
animals occupied a small part of the | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
circus history, it's moved on and in
the UK out of 35 circuses, more | 0:55:05 | 0:55:10 | |
touring than ever before, probably
two or three use domestic animals. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:16 | |
We are nonanimal completely. You
said there are more than ever | 0:55:16 | 0:55:20 | |
before? Absolutely, the first 15 or
20 years has seen a revival, 35 | 0:55:20 | 0:55:25 | |
touring under big tops throughout
the country. A really exciting time | 0:55:25 | 0:55:30 | |
for British circus. A different form
of circus, there's the Chinese State | 0:55:30 | 0:55:34 | |
Circus and all sorts of different
ones? As circus moved away from the | 0:55:34 | 0:55:39 | |
wild animals, different companies
have found different directions. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:42 | |
Some concentrated on a nationality,
a period in circus, a thrill circus, | 0:55:42 | 0:55:48 | |
but here we have gone down the route
of big West End musical style | 0:55:48 | 0:55:52 | |
circus. Andrea, your clown, where is
the face paint? She is the only | 0:55:52 | 0:55:58 | |
female clown and she is here because
she is very funny, that's why Andrea | 0:55:58 | 0:56:03 | |
is here, but also it's the
international year of the woman so | 0:56:03 | 0:56:06 | |
we've got a female clown. A
pleasure. There it is. | 0:56:06 | 0:56:10 | |
Celebrating 250 years of a British
invention, the circus. It's been | 0:56:10 | 0:56:17 | |
mesmerising as well. Thank you very
much indeed. When was the last time | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
you went to a circus, I went last
summer and it was brilliant. I | 0:56:20 | 0:56:24 | |
haven't been for a while. I love a
good circus! | 0:56:24 | 0:56:32 | |
You're watching
Breakfast from BBC News. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:34 | |
Still to come this morning: | 0:56:34 | 0:56:35 | |
It's
just a few hours till Team GB's | 0:56:35 | 0:56:37 | |
Elise Christie takes
to the ice in the short track. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
BBC Commentator Wilf O'Reilly took
two golds in the sport | 0:56:40 | 0:56:43 | |
back 1988, he'll tell
us what to watch out | 0:56:43 | 0:56:45 | |
for later. | 0:56:45 | 0:56:46 | |
Time now to get the news,
travel and weather where you are. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:48 | |
The annoying thing is they didn't
count as Olympic medals because it | 0:56:48 | 0:56:52 | |
was a demonstration event. Very
annoying. Good luck | 0:56:52 | 1:00:15 | |
more mild, temperatures back
into double figures and we should | 1:00:15 | 1:00:18 | |
at least get the return
of a little bit of sunshine. | 1:00:18 | 1:00:21 | |
I'm back with the latest
from the BBC London newsroom | 1:00:21 | 1:00:24 | |
in half an hour. | 1:00:24 | 1:00:25 | |
Bye for now. | 1:00:25 | 1:00:28 | |
Hello - this is Breakfast
with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. | 1:00:28 | 1:00:31 | |
We'll have the headlines in just
a moment and coming up | 1:00:32 | 1:00:35 | |
on Breakfast today: | 1:00:35 | 1:00:37 | |
Steph will be looking
at whether the cost of your shopping | 1:00:37 | 1:00:40 | |
Good morning it's
Tuesday 13th February | 1:01:02 | 1:01:03 | |
Also this morning | 1:01:03 | 1:01:04 | |
after days of allegations of sexual
misconduct at Oxfam - | 1:01:04 | 1:01:07 | |
the charities' watchdog launches
a formal inquiry into the claims. | 1:01:07 | 1:01:15 | |
Sort of extremist material instantly
has been unveiled by the government. | 1:01:17 | 1:01:22 | |
-- software which can remove
extremist material. | 1:01:22 | 1:01:26 | |
Today we'll be finding out how much
the cost of living has been going up | 1:01:26 | 1:01:30 | |
by when the latest
inflation figures are out. | 1:01:30 | 1:01:32 | |
I'll be looking at why
prices are rising. | 1:01:32 | 1:01:34 | |
Good morning - in sport,
a 500 metre dash for glory and gold. | 1:01:34 | 1:01:38 | |
Team GB's Elise Christie competes
in the women's short track speed | 1:01:38 | 1:01:41 | |
skating event later -
but can she claim a first British | 1:01:41 | 1:01:44 | |
medal in Pyeongchang? | 1:01:44 | 1:01:45 | |
Matt has the weather. Good morning.
Yesterday brought some sunshine to | 1:01:45 | 1:01:48 | |
start the day. Some rain around. If
we are passing northern England and | 1:01:48 | 1:01:51 | |
Scotland, some snow for the morning
commute. I will have all the details | 1:01:51 | 1:01:55 | |
in the next 15 minutes. | 1:01:55 | 1:01:57 | |
Good morning. | 1:01:57 | 1:01:57 | |
First, our main story. | 1:01:57 | 1:01:58 | |
British holidaymakers are heading
back to Tunisia this morning, | 1:01:58 | 1:02:01 | |
more than two years after a terror
attack killed 38 people, | 1:02:01 | 1:02:04 | |
30 of them Britons
at a beach resort. | 1:02:04 | 1:02:06 | |
Thomas Cook is the first British
tour company to resume | 1:02:06 | 1:02:09 | |
flights to the country. | 1:02:09 | 1:02:10 | |
200 passengers are due
to take off from Birmingham | 1:02:10 | 1:02:12 | |
in the next 15 minutes. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:14 | |
Breakfast's John Maguire is there. | 1:02:14 | 1:02:22 | |
I know you have been speaking to
passengers there as well. Good | 1:02:24 | 1:02:28 | |
morning. When you look up at the
departure boards, their | 1:02:28 | 1:02:35 | |
destinations, Istanbul, Frankfurt
and for the first time in almost | 1:02:35 | 1:02:37 | |
three years, Tunisia is back the
departure boards, back as a charter | 1:02:37 | 1:02:43 | |
flight from Birmingham. The
passengers were a mixture of some | 1:02:43 | 1:02:46 | |
who got a real bargain and were keen
to go to some winter sun but others | 1:02:46 | 1:02:50 | |
who had been at the many, many
years, and were very keen to get | 1:02:50 | 1:02:55 | |
back on this morning's flight. | 1:02:55 | 1:02:57 | |
With its idyllic white beaches
and pristine Mediterranean | 1:02:57 | 1:02:59 | |
coastline, Tunisia was a popular
holiday destination for British | 1:02:59 | 1:03:02 | |
tourists, attracting around
430,000 of them each year. | 1:03:02 | 1:03:05 | |
But then came the attack in June
2015 when a gunman killed 30 Britons | 1:03:05 | 1:03:09 | |
and another eight holidaymakers
on a beach near Sousse. | 1:03:09 | 1:03:11 | |
So-called Islamic State said
it was behind the shooting. | 1:03:11 | 1:03:14 | |
Almost three years on from that
deadly attack, British tour | 1:03:14 | 1:03:16 | |
companies are offering package
holidays to the country. | 1:03:16 | 1:03:18 | |
This morning, 220 passengers
were the first to return, | 1:03:18 | 1:03:21 | |
flying from Birmingham. | 1:03:21 | 1:03:22 | |
I'm a bit nervous because I didn't
know we were the first ones | 1:03:22 | 1:03:25 | |
and we were there the last time
the terrorist attack | 1:03:25 | 1:03:33 | |
was on, so we were staying
in a hotel down the road. | 1:03:37 | 1:03:40 | |
We left the country. | 1:03:40 | 1:03:41 | |
As soon as we knew there
was another flight going, | 1:03:41 | 1:03:46 | |
we thought we'd go back out there. | 1:03:46 | 1:03:48 | |
I've still been travelling
while it's been closed. | 1:03:48 | 1:03:50 | |
I go to France and
Germany, normally. | 1:03:50 | 1:03:55 | |
No, I'm not scared at all. | 1:03:55 | 1:03:58 | |
No trouble. | 1:03:58 | 1:04:00 | |
Beautiful place, beautiful. | 1:04:00 | 1:04:03 | |
Probably more dangerous
staying in London. | 1:04:03 | 1:04:05 | |
British officials say Tunisia
has made huge progress | 1:04:05 | 1:04:07 | |
on counterterrorism
and security since the attacks | 1:04:07 | 1:04:11 | |
although the Foreign Office advice
is that travellers are vigilant | 1:04:11 | 1:04:14 | |
at all times as the country remains
in a state of emergency. | 1:04:14 | 1:04:22 | |
A couple of years ago, 430,000 Brits
travel to Tunisia in just one year. | 1:04:26 | 1:04:32 | |
Last year, and that number had gone
down to around 20 4000. People were | 1:04:32 | 1:04:37 | |
still finding their way to the
country, as you've seen. People who | 1:04:37 | 1:04:41 | |
really love going out. The place
itself, the tourism industry has | 1:04:41 | 1:04:46 | |
been absolutely decimated. Aside
from the 38 people killed in the | 1:04:46 | 1:04:49 | |
attack in Sousse in June three
months earlier, 22 died in another | 1:04:49 | 1:04:55 | |
attack at a very popular museum in
Tunisia. Extras in Munich -- | 1:04:55 | 1:05:01 | |
important that not only tour
operators but there is also a flight | 1:05:01 | 1:05:07 | |
leaving from Manchester in around
one hour. Other flights will take | 1:05:07 | 1:05:10 | |
place from airports right across the
UK, putting Tunisia back on the | 1:05:10 | 1:05:16 | |
tourism map. Very important for them
and important for the tourist | 1:05:16 | 1:05:19 | |
companies and those people who just
love to visit that part of the | 1:05:19 | 1:05:23 | |
world. This time of course, safely.
Thank you very much. | 1:05:23 | 1:05:33 | |
The Charity Commission is launching
an investigation into Oxfam | 1:05:33 | 1:05:36 | |
following the revelation of a sex
scandal involving it's aid workers | 1:05:36 | 1:05:38 | |
The watchdog says documents show
Oxfam may not have "fully | 1:05:38 | 1:05:42 | |
and frankly disclosed"
all the available information | 1:05:42 | 1:05:44 | |
at the time. | 1:05:44 | 1:05:51 | |
The president has described those
involved as partaking in a serious | 1:05:52 | 1:05:58 | |
violation of human dignity. | 1:05:58 | 1:06:01 | |
A new tool to fight online
terror and jihadi activity | 1:06:01 | 1:06:04 | |
is being unveiled by
the Home Secretary during a trip | 1:06:04 | 1:06:07 | |
to the US. | 1:06:07 | 1:06:07 | |
It aims to detect content
and remove it instantly. | 1:06:07 | 1:06:10 | |
Funded with more than half a million
pounds of government | 1:06:10 | 1:06:13 | |
money, the tool draws upon a vast
database of material posted | 1:06:13 | 1:06:16 | |
by the so-called Islamic State. | 1:06:16 | 1:06:17 | |
Our tech reporter Dave Lee has more. | 1:06:17 | 1:06:19 | |
Created by an artificial
intelligence company based | 1:06:19 | 1:06:21 | |
in London, and funded with more
than £500,000 of government money, | 1:06:21 | 1:06:24 | |
the tool draws upon a vast database
of material posted online | 1:06:24 | 1:06:27 | |
by the so-called Islamic State. | 1:06:27 | 1:06:28 | |
We have two videos, one
of which is legitimate news content, | 1:06:28 | 1:06:31 | |
the other is propaganda. | 1:06:31 | 1:06:37 | |
To my naked eye, I actually can't
tell the difference between the two. | 1:06:37 | 1:06:42 | |
Fortunately down at the bottom,
this is very low probability | 1:06:42 | 1:06:45 | |
of being terrorist content,
but this one of being much higher. | 1:06:45 | 1:06:52 | |
Using this technique,
the software creators believe | 1:06:52 | 1:06:56 | |
they can spot up to 94%
of IS content posted | 1:06:56 | 1:06:59 | |
online with an accuracy of 99.95%. | 1:06:59 | 1:07:03 | |
Anything the software is unsure
about is flagged for human review. | 1:07:03 | 1:07:06 | |
I've had a demonstration of it,
I know a lot of other people | 1:07:06 | 1:07:11 | |
as well, and it's a very convincing
example of the fact that you can | 1:07:11 | 1:07:14 | |
have the information you need
to make sure this information is not | 1:07:14 | 1:07:20 | |
going online in the first place. | 1:07:20 | 1:07:28 | |
Advocates of an open internet often
push back against this type | 1:07:28 | 1:07:30 | |
of software because it can often
cause content being blocked when it | 1:07:30 | 1:07:34 | |
shouldn't be, false positives. | 1:07:34 | 1:07:35 | |
Yet, an estimated 400 Web services
were used to block propaganda | 1:07:35 | 1:07:39 | |
in 2017, and so it is less
about blocking jihadis online today | 1:07:39 | 1:07:42 | |
and more about predicting
where they might be | 1:07:42 | 1:07:45 | |
on the internet tomorrow. | 1:07:45 | 1:07:52 | |
American government investigators
have been instructed to examine | 1:07:55 | 1:07:57 | |
the Grand Canyon helicopter crash
which killed seven people. | 1:07:57 | 1:08:00 | |
British tourists Becky
Dobson and brothers, | 1:08:00 | 1:08:01 | |
Stuart and Jason Hill
were among those that died. | 1:08:01 | 1:08:04 | |
The four survivors, three other
Britons and the pilot are currently | 1:08:04 | 1:08:07 | |
being treated in
hospital in Las Vegas. | 1:08:07 | 1:08:10 | |
Stuart Hill, a car salesman
in Brighton, died celebrating his | 1:08:10 | 1:08:13 | |
30th birthday along
with his girlfriend, | 1:08:13 | 1:08:14 | |
Becky Dobson, who was 27. | 1:08:14 | 1:08:16 | |
Stuart's brother, Jason Hill,
a lawyer in Milton Keynes, | 1:08:16 | 1:08:18 | |
also died. | 1:08:18 | 1:08:19 | |
He was 32 years old. | 1:08:19 | 1:08:20 | |
His girlfriend,
Jennifer Barham, survived. | 1:08:20 | 1:08:24 | |
So did newlyweds John Udall
and Ellie Milward, seen | 1:08:24 | 1:08:26 | |
here on the left at their wedding
with Becky and Stuart. | 1:08:26 | 1:08:31 | |
The helicopter, a Euro EC130,
operated by tour firm | 1:08:31 | 1:08:34 | |
Papillon Airways, crashed
in the Grand Canyon just before | 1:08:34 | 1:08:38 | |
sunset on Saturday. | 1:08:38 | 1:08:41 | |
Bad weather meant it was nearly nine
hours before the three surviving | 1:08:41 | 1:08:44 | |
passengers and pilot could be flown
to hospital in Las Vegas. | 1:08:44 | 1:08:47 | |
Family and friends have now arrived
here along with investigators | 1:08:47 | 1:08:53 | |
who are waiting to take
formal statements. | 1:08:53 | 1:08:56 | |
The focus here is on treating
the survivors, not just | 1:08:56 | 1:08:59 | |
for their physical injuries but also
trying to help them with the trauma | 1:08:59 | 1:09:02 | |
they have endured. | 1:09:02 | 1:09:03 | |
But there are also questions
for the helicopter company | 1:09:03 | 1:09:06 | |
and the tour operator about why
three passengers were apparently | 1:09:06 | 1:09:08 | |
unable to escape. | 1:09:08 | 1:09:09 | |
James Cook, BBC News, Las Vegas. | 1:09:09 | 1:09:17 | |
South Africa's ruling party has
made an official demand | 1:09:29 | 1:09:31 | |
for President Jacob Zuma to step
down, after a 13-hour meeting | 1:09:31 | 1:09:34 | |
with leading figures
from the African National Congress. | 1:09:34 | 1:09:36 | |
Mr Zuma has been the head
of state since 2009, | 1:09:36 | 1:09:39 | |
but his time in office
has been overshadowed | 1:09:39 | 1:09:41 | |
by corruption allegations. | 1:09:41 | 1:09:42 | |
It is unclear how he will respond
to the formal request to resign. | 1:09:42 | 1:09:46 | |
London City Airport will reopen
later today after a 500kg | 1:09:46 | 1:09:48 | |
Second World War bomb found
there was safely moved. | 1:09:48 | 1:09:51 | |
The device was discovered
at the King George V Dock on Sunday | 1:09:51 | 1:09:54 | |
during planned work
at the east London airport. | 1:09:54 | 1:09:57 | |
All flights were cancelled on Monday
as an exclusion zone was put | 1:09:57 | 1:10:00 | |
in place, closing the airport
and affecting up to 16,000 | 1:10:00 | 1:10:03 | |
passengers and some residents
who were evacuated. | 1:10:03 | 1:10:05 | |
The bomb will be detonated
at a secure location this morning. | 1:10:05 | 1:10:08 | |
BBC News has learned
that the Commonwealth has begun | 1:10:08 | 1:10:11 | |
considering who might succeed
the Queen as the head | 1:10:11 | 1:10:13 | |
of the organisation. | 1:10:13 | 1:10:16 | |
Member states could choose anyone
as the ceremonial leader, | 1:10:16 | 1:10:19 | |
as the role is not hereditary. | 1:10:19 | 1:10:26 | |
The BBC has been told 53 member
states have established a high-level | 1:10:26 | 1:10:29 | |
group of independent
figures to look at the way | 1:10:29 | 1:10:32 | |
the Commonwealth is governed. | 1:10:32 | 1:10:33 | |
It will meet for the first
time today in London. | 1:10:33 | 1:10:36 | |
Portraits of Barack
and Michelle Obama have been | 1:10:36 | 1:10:38 | |
unveiled at Washington's National
Gallery, and immediately went viral | 1:10:38 | 1:10:40 | |
online, and it wasn't
all complimentary. | 1:10:40 | 1:10:42 | |
While Mr Obama said | 1:10:42 | 1:10:48 | |
that his was "pretty sharp",
social media was soon awash | 1:10:48 | 1:10:51 | |
with jokes about him
being stuck in a hedgerow. | 1:10:51 | 1:10:57 | |
He said the portrait of his wife
captured her "hotness", | 1:10:57 | 1:11:02 | |
although many reacted to say it
looks nothing like her. | 1:11:02 | 1:11:05 | |
It's an honour that the gallery
gives to past presidents, | 1:11:05 | 1:11:08 | |
but let's just say that these
were in stark contrast to the more | 1:11:08 | 1:11:11 | |
traditional presidential portrait. | 1:11:11 | 1:11:18 | |
As we've been hearing,
Oxfam is facing further scrutiny | 1:11:18 | 1:11:21 | |
today over an alleged sex scandal
involving its aid workers | 1:11:21 | 1:11:23 | |
in Haiti in 2011. | 1:11:23 | 1:11:30 | |
The Charity Commission has now
opened an inquiry amid concerns | 1:11:30 | 1:11:33 | |
Oxfam might not have "fully
and frankly disclosed" | 1:11:33 | 1:11:35 | |
all information at the time. | 1:11:35 | 1:11:37 | |
Peter Kyle worked as an aid worker
for over a decade before becoming | 1:11:37 | 1:11:40 | |
a Labour MP in 2015. | 1:11:40 | 1:11:42 | |
He joins us now from Brighton. | 1:11:42 | 1:11:48 | |
And given joining us. Let's take you
back personal to your work as an aid | 1:11:48 | 1:11:53 | |
worker. When you are doing that
work, did you have concerns about | 1:11:53 | 1:11:57 | |
some people's behaviour? I never saw
in my time at anything that could be | 1:11:57 | 1:12:04 | |
rumoured to be or known to be
criminal. I certainly never had a | 1:12:04 | 1:12:09 | |
hint that this sort of thing was
going on. But when I was working, I | 1:12:09 | 1:12:13 | |
was a development worker but also an
aid worker in crisis situations and | 1:12:13 | 1:12:18 | |
when you are working in those
situations, it is extremely chaotic. | 1:12:18 | 1:12:24 | |
Very, very lawless. You see an awful
lot of good people who make it to | 1:12:24 | 1:12:29 | |
the front line using their expertise
in a profoundly good weed but you | 1:12:29 | 1:12:33 | |
also see some people who gravitate
towards these very chaotic unstable | 1:12:33 | 1:12:38 | |
situations because unfortunately,
their personalities are | 1:12:38 | 1:12:40 | |
dysfunctional. I saw some people
acting in a way I felt was really | 1:12:40 | 1:12:47 | |
counter to the values that we in the
world of foreign aid hold dear. | 1:12:47 | 1:12:53 | |
Difficult to tackle. You make the --
you make the point that there are so | 1:12:53 | 1:12:58 | |
many who give their time and effort
to do good work. Are you concerned | 1:12:58 | 1:13:03 | |
about the impact these stories have
on conifer example, people who give | 1:13:03 | 1:13:09 | |
donations to these charities? I'm
extremely concerned. This scandal is | 1:13:09 | 1:13:16 | |
growing. What worries me is that
this could consume Oxfam and could | 1:13:16 | 1:13:21 | |
indeed spread to other charities as
well. What we don't need is for an | 1:13:21 | 1:13:26 | |
organisation like Oxfam to implode
because there are many thousands of | 1:13:26 | 1:13:31 | |
people who depend on these
organisations and people have to | 1:13:31 | 1:13:34 | |
realise the vast majority of work
they do and other charities do is | 1:13:34 | 1:13:40 | |
exemplary and its supporting people
who are the most vulnerable people | 1:13:40 | 1:13:44 | |
in the world. There will be hundreds
of aid workers out there who are as | 1:13:44 | 1:13:49 | |
horrified or even more horrified
than everybody else was watching | 1:13:49 | 1:13:52 | |
this because it is their profession
which is being use -- besmirched by | 1:13:52 | 1:13:57 | |
this and they have been profoundly
let down by a few individuals but | 1:13:57 | 1:14:02 | |
also an organisation which put the
needs of the organisation above | 1:14:02 | 1:14:08 | |
those of its beneficiaries. This is
counter to the ethos that drives aid | 1:14:08 | 1:14:12 | |
work. Winnowed the Charity
Commission has opened this statutory | 1:14:12 | 1:14:18 | |
enquiry due to concerned it may not
have disclosed all details. Is this | 1:14:18 | 1:14:23 | |
the right way forward? That are
definitely needs to happen and we | 1:14:23 | 1:14:28 | |
need to make sure the Charity
Commission has the resources to | 1:14:28 | 1:14:33 | |
undertake these kinds of
investigations but they will | 1:14:33 | 1:14:35 | |
undertake a disclosure and a process
enquiry but there is something more | 1:14:35 | 1:14:43 | |
that is happened here. It's been
revealed in the last 14 hours, clear | 1:14:43 | 1:14:47 | |
that senior managers in Oxfam report
it potential abuse, they reported it | 1:14:47 | 1:14:55 | |
to the Chief Executive and didn't
get a response. They reported it | 1:14:55 | 1:14:58 | |
directly to the trustees and didn't
get a response. They went to an MP | 1:14:58 | 1:15:03 | |
who contacted the Secretary of State
and did not get a response. It begs | 1:15:03 | 1:15:07 | |
the question, what the hell do you
have to do to draw attention to this | 1:15:07 | 1:15:11 | |
kind of thing within an organisation
like Oxfam? So we need another | 1:15:11 | 1:15:15 | |
enquiry. | 1:15:15 | 1:15:19 | |
Sorry to interrupt, we | 1:15:19 | 1:15:21 | |
Sorry to interrupt, we need another
enquiry you say, do charities need a | 1:15:21 | 1:15:24 | |
different type of oversight from
what they have had so far? Actually | 1:15:24 | 1:15:28 | |
the oversight that comes from having
an independent board of trustees, | 1:15:28 | 1:15:33 | |
from in-house directors and good
management structures should be | 1:15:33 | 1:15:36 | |
enough. Also the Charity Commission,
we have in the field the United | 1:15:36 | 1:15:40 | |
Nations, but the problem is a global
structure of monitoring aid work | 1:15:40 | 1:15:45 | |
hasn't kept up with how aid work has
developed over the years. | 1:15:45 | 1:15:49 | |
If you're looking in some of these
countries when its humanitarian | 1:15:49 | 1:15:54 | |
catastrophe or a conflict or war
zone, it is lawless, it is very, | 1:15:54 | 1:15:59 | |
very chaotic and unstructured. So we
need to make sure that the use of | 1:15:59 | 1:16:04 | |
perhaps military personnel who are
witnessing things on the ground and | 1:16:04 | 1:16:09 | |
are professionals in their own
right, that they can feed back into | 1:16:09 | 1:16:12 | |
the British government what's
happening and they can also monitor | 1:16:12 | 1:16:15 | |
things. We need a very sophisticated
way of monitoring what's happening | 1:16:15 | 1:16:19 | |
on the front line and after the
crisis has passed we need a really | 1:16:19 | 1:16:23 | |
frank and public evaluation of how
the aid operation happened so we can | 1:16:23 | 1:16:27 | |
all learn from it. You said another
enquiry, briefly really briefly, | 1:16:27 | 1:16:31 | |
what specifically into? We need to
find out what has gone wrong, not | 1:16:31 | 1:16:38 | |
just technically but culturally
within the aid world because this is | 1:16:38 | 1:16:42 | |
a cultural problem. There are very
senior professional people there who | 1:16:42 | 1:16:46 | |
were blowing the whistle on this.
They were sounding alarms but nobody | 1:16:46 | 1:16:51 | |
was listening and nobody was acting,
not just within Oxfam but we now | 1:16:51 | 1:16:55 | |
know outside of Oxfam as well so we
know something has gone wrong in the | 1:16:55 | 1:17:00 | |
culture of perhaps these big aid
agencies where they become so | 1:17:00 | 1:17:04 | |
competitive on the ground that they
become territorial and so scared I | 1:17:04 | 1:17:07 | |
be of losing their funding and
damaging the relationship with their | 1:17:07 | 1:17:10 | |
that when something bad happens
they're not talking about it in an | 1:17:10 | 1:17:15 | |
open hearted and public way, which
is what we expect charities like | 1:17:15 | 1:17:18 | |
this. We need to understand what's
gone wrong culturally within | 1:17:18 | 1:17:22 | |
charities and really act. And this
involves government as well by the | 1:17:22 | 1:17:27 | |
weight. Peter Kyle, good to talk to
you and thanks for your opinions on | 1:17:27 | 1:17:32 | |
BBC Breakfast -- by the way. | 1:17:32 | 1:17:34 | |
You're watching
Breakfast from BBC News. | 1:17:34 | 1:17:37 | |
Let's find out what's going on with
the weather. Grim picture behind | 1:17:37 | 1:17:41 | |
you? | 1:17:41 | 1:17:43 | |
It is, after the sunshine yesterday
a different day for many, lots of | 1:17:43 | 1:17:47 | |
cloud at the moment, strong winds
and heavy rain, especially in the | 1:17:47 | 1:17:51 | |
south but further north, snow and
icy conditions this morning. The | 1:17:51 | 1:17:56 | |
details might cause some problems on
your morning commute. Here's the | 1:17:56 | 1:18:01 | |
area of rain in blue and where we
have seen snow on the Welsh hills. | 1:18:01 | 1:18:06 | |
Mainly on the tops. Some snow to
lower levels in parts of Scotland | 1:18:06 | 1:18:11 | |
and we will see some in northern
England. Strong winds to the east of | 1:18:11 | 1:18:19 | |
Scotland in the rush-hour, 15
centimetres of snow in the higher | 1:18:19 | 1:18:24 | |
ground and maybe some on the Central
Belt. It has cleared in Northern | 1:18:24 | 1:18:28 | |
Ireland but setting in on the tops
of the Pennines, also the Welsh | 1:18:28 | 1:18:31 | |
hills but confined to the tops. Rain
in parts of the West Midlands, | 1:18:31 | 1:18:36 | |
outbreaks heavy at times spreading
to eastern England and strong to | 1:18:36 | 1:18:40 | |
gale force winds touching 50 or 60
mph for a time this morning but an | 1:18:40 | 1:18:45 | |
improving day because the sunshine
will come out in many western areas | 1:18:45 | 1:18:48 | |
this afternoon. A struggle through
eastern England, cloud and rain | 1:18:48 | 1:18:54 | |
towards the end of the afternoon and
a chilly day by and large given this | 1:18:54 | 1:18:59 | |
morning the cloud, the rain and the
snow. Into the night, the cloud we | 1:18:59 | 1:19:04 | |
have in Eastern counties of England
disappear. Clear skies, clear | 1:19:04 | 1:19:08 | |
weather and temperatures will drop.
Widespread frost developing for a | 1:19:08 | 1:19:11 | |
time and icy conditions given what
we're seeing at the moment. By the | 1:19:11 | 1:19:15 | |
end of the night our next weather
system pushes in. For tomorrow, we | 1:19:15 | 1:19:20 | |
start with sunshine in eastern areas
but this weather system will bring | 1:19:20 | 1:19:24 | |
more wind, rain and snow and also
this time you will notice this slice | 1:19:24 | 1:19:29 | |
of yellow on my chart, milder air
pushing in, which will turn the snow | 1:19:29 | 1:19:34 | |
back to rain quicker. Looks like
tomorrow after a bright start in | 1:19:34 | 1:19:39 | |
eastern areas, cloud will spread
with snow on the Scottish hills and | 1:19:39 | 1:19:43 | |
tops of the Pennines but for most,
outbreaks of rain through the day. | 1:19:43 | 1:19:48 | |
Temperatures up to 11 potentially in
the south-west later and brighter | 1:19:48 | 1:19:53 | |
weather to finish in Northern
Ireland. Tomorrow a much cloudier | 1:19:53 | 1:19:56 | |
day for more of the day than we will
see today's. Into Thursday, some | 1:19:56 | 1:20:00 | |
frost returning as the clear again
but looking like a much better day. | 1:20:00 | 1:20:06 | |
Lots of sunshine for England and
Wales, summed sleet and snow | 1:20:06 | 1:20:10 | |
flurries, further snow in western
Scotland and Northern Ireland and | 1:20:10 | 1:20:13 | |
temperatures still holding up in the
south as we finished Thursday. | 1:20:13 | 1:20:16 | |
That's how we're looking. Looks very
chilly -- some sleet. | 1:20:16 | 1:20:21 | |
A few moments ago we were talking
about the Oxfam story, which is on | 1:20:22 | 1:20:27 | |
the front page of many of the papers
this morning. The Daily Telegraph | 1:20:27 | 1:20:31 | |
talking about this. Rape and abuse
in charity shops overseas ignored. | 1:20:31 | 1:20:37 | |
This is a Ralph Lauren model for New
York fashion week. | 1:20:37 | 1:20:41 | |
The front page of the Guardian,
Windy doesn't even begin to cover it | 1:20:41 | 1:20:46 | |
in Pyeongchang yesterday, Amy Fuller
among the competitors who crashed at | 1:20:46 | 1:20:50 | |
the Winter Olympics yesterday. She
talked on Breakfast saying it | 1:20:50 | 1:20:54 | |
shouldn't have been run, that
competition, yesterday. That is | 1:20:54 | 1:20:58 | |
still rumbling on. Also the Oxfam
story on the front page of the | 1:20:58 | 1:21:03 | |
Guardian.
Have a look at the front page of the | 1:21:03 | 1:21:06 | |
times this morning, Oxfam the main
story but this is on the front page | 1:21:06 | 1:21:10 | |
of some of the papers this morning
-- Times. This is from the Grand | 1:21:10 | 1:21:14 | |
Canyon helicopter crash, which
killed three yesterday, and a | 1:21:14 | 1:21:17 | |
survivor running clear. | 1:21:17 | 1:21:23 | |
survivor running clear. It is
amazing footage. We have a piece of | 1:21:23 | 1:21:28 | |
Dasha from America with details in
here -- from America. That's on the | 1:21:28 | 1:21:34 | |
front page of the metro.
More allegations coming out about | 1:21:34 | 1:21:38 | |
Oxfam from Helen Evans, who worked
there, talking about those a moment | 1:21:38 | 1:21:42 | |
ago and Meghan Markle has visited
the Grenfell Tower site alone to | 1:21:42 | 1:21:46 | |
comfort victims of the fire. When it
comes to pancakes, it is Shrove | 1:21:46 | 1:21:52 | |
Tuesday, do you carefully planned,
pancakes tonight? We had them on | 1:21:52 | 1:21:56 | |
Sunday. What? I know it is two days
early. Do you go classic? I'm moving | 1:21:56 | 1:22:03 | |
onto American pancakes. This is a
next level up. These are Japanese | 1:22:03 | 1:22:09 | |
pancakes, they are all the rage,
there is a recipe on the BBC and one | 1:22:09 | 1:22:15 | |
website. A lot higher than normal
and there's meant to be a bit of a | 1:22:15 | 1:22:19 | |
wobble rather than a flip and you do
it by whipping up the egg whites and | 1:22:19 | 1:22:23 | |
using a ring. You are quite
judgement or about people's poached | 1:22:23 | 1:22:27 | |
eggs. You have been making pancakes
Stoppila Sunzu a look. | 1:22:27 | 1:22:32 | |
People of the pancake. Prepare
yourself. I'm about to flip. One, | 1:22:32 | 1:22:38 | |
two, three, four, five, six... That
is a good pancake. | 1:22:38 | 1:22:43 | |
I'm very impressed. Did you make
that? I was holding the phone with | 1:22:43 | 1:22:48 | |
one hand. Holly has also been making
pancakes. I'm going to give you ten | 1:22:48 | 1:22:53 | |
out of ten for that. Look at the
speed at the end! Let's see | 1:22:53 | 1:22:58 | |
Holly's. How are we judging this? We
are going to go for distance and | 1:22:58 | 1:23:04 | |
style so if I get one of those I'm
going to be happy. Made a bit of a | 1:23:04 | 1:23:10 | |
mess. Is that meant to happen? | 1:23:10 | 1:23:14 | |
I never thought I would say this but
I would prefer to eat the one that | 1:23:14 | 1:23:19 | |
you made. This is a big moment. A
special moment for me. She likes my | 1:23:19 | 1:23:24 | |
pancakes! Do send us your pictures
of your pancake Day pancakes as | 1:23:24 | 1:23:32 | |
well. It's a special day, isn't it?
My kids are very excited about | 1:23:32 | 1:23:36 | |
Pancake Day already. | 1:23:36 | 1:23:39 | |
The ups and downs of life
like a failed relationship, | 1:23:39 | 1:23:42 | |
the death of a loved one,
or being a victim of crime can | 1:23:42 | 1:23:45 | |
all affect how we feel about our
lives and our mental health. | 1:23:45 | 1:23:48 | |
Now an online experiment
run in conjunction with | 1:23:48 | 1:23:51 | |
the BBC
is seeing if it's possible | 1:23:51 | 1:23:52 | |
to predict how you would cope
with those big life events. | 1:23:52 | 1:23:55 | |
Here's our health
correspondent, Dominic Hughes. | 1:23:55 | 1:23:57 | |
Working with friends,
doing something useful, | 1:23:57 | 1:23:59 | |
all on a sunny winter's day. | 1:23:59 | 1:24:00 | |
Jane found the stress
of her job as a primary | 1:24:00 | 1:24:03 | |
school teacher overwhelming. | 1:24:03 | 1:24:04 | |
Now working as a volunteer
to restore a local park she's found | 1:24:04 | 1:24:07 | |
the perfect antidote. | 1:24:07 | 1:24:09 | |
Sometimes I might not have
had a great morning, | 1:24:09 | 1:24:12 | |
but I might not have told anyone. | 1:24:12 | 1:24:13 | |
But for just them being themselves. | 1:24:13 | 1:24:15 | |
They might have made
me smile or laugh. | 1:24:15 | 1:24:17 | |
And then again I'm back on the right
track and I'm feeling positive. | 1:24:17 | 1:24:21 | |
It's a mixture of being outside,
doing something great for nature, | 1:24:21 | 1:24:24 | |
and also the people and the social
side of it as well. | 1:24:24 | 1:24:32 | |
Volunteering is the sort of activity
that ticks lots of boxes when it | 1:24:35 | 1:24:42 | |
comes to boosting our
mental well-being. | 1:24:42 | 1:24:44 | |
It's an outdoor
activity, and on a glorious day | 1:24:44 | 1:24:46 | |
like today what could be
better than that? | 1:24:46 | 1:24:48 | |
It's physical, social,
and for those researching what makes | 1:24:48 | 1:24:51 | |
us happy, this is the sort of thing
that they say can really help. | 1:24:51 | 1:24:59 | |
Untangling the different factors,
positive and negative, | 1:24:59 | 1:25:01 | |
that make up our sense of well-being
or happiness could help prevent | 1:25:01 | 1:25:04 | |
mental health problems
from developing. | 1:25:04 | 1:25:10 | |
We are trying to learn more
about what it's like to have | 1:25:10 | 1:25:13 | |
depressive thinking styles... | 1:25:13 | 1:25:14 | |
That's the aim of the online survey
being launched today, | 1:25:14 | 1:25:16 | |
in particular to explore the links
between how we deal with life's ups | 1:25:16 | 1:25:20 | |
and downs and our mental health. | 1:25:20 | 1:25:22 | |
Being involved in a crime
or losing our job, failing an exam, | 1:25:22 | 1:25:25 | |
how that would impact
on whether or not we get | 1:25:25 | 1:25:28 | |
anxious or depressed. | 1:25:28 | 1:25:28 | |
And I'm interested in that both
because I think that we might be | 1:25:28 | 1:25:32 | |
able to explain a bit more about why
people become anxious and depressed, | 1:25:32 | 1:25:36 | |
but also because we can
do something about it. | 1:25:36 | 1:25:40 | |
Artist Raul Gutierrez Loya knows
exactly how dwelling on past | 1:25:40 | 1:25:44 | |
experiences
affected the man he is today. | 1:25:44 | 1:25:46 | |
The bullying he experienced
as a child led to anxiety and panic | 1:25:46 | 1:25:49 | |
attacks as an adult. | 1:25:49 | 1:25:50 | |
I didn't have the courage to say
to people I'm struggling. | 1:25:50 | 1:25:56 | |
With the help of his therapist
he changed the way he thought | 1:25:56 | 1:25:59 | |
with dramatic results. | 1:25:59 | 1:26:00 | |
One key thing was think about a good
thing before going to sleep, | 1:26:00 | 1:26:04 | |
and that changed everything. | 1:26:04 | 1:26:12 | |
Unlocking the secrets of happiness
and how they relate to good mental | 1:26:18 | 1:26:21 | |
health could be key in understanding
how to keep us all happy | 1:26:21 | 1:26:25 | |
and to identify those at risk
and in need of better help. | 1:26:25 | 1:26:28 | |
Dominic Hughes, BBC News. | 1:26:28 | 1:26:29 | |
Joining us now is Professor Peter
Kingdom, a psychologist from | 1:26:29 | 1:26:33 | |
Liverpool university. We saw you in
that report and what you're trying | 1:26:33 | 1:26:36 | |
to find out is if you can predict
how people will react and help them? | 1:26:36 | 1:26:43 | |
-- Peter Kingdom and. The study is
different because we're asking | 1:26:43 | 1:26:46 | |
people to fill in surveys about
their mental health and well-being | 1:26:46 | 1:26:51 | |
on to time points, we see how the
data now will predict how people | 1:26:51 | 1:26:54 | |
will feel in six weeks, which is a
very powerful scientific way to look | 1:26:54 | 1:26:59 | |
at it. -- two time points. The
information should help | 1:26:59 | 1:27:06 | |
psychologists, therapists, nurses,
psychiatrists, members of the public | 1:27:06 | 1:27:15 | |
help people rebuild when things go
wrong. You say there are external | 1:27:15 | 1:27:21 | |
things that can make a difference
and physical activity is one of | 1:27:21 | 1:27:25 | |
those? The top three for well-being
are something meaningful and | 1:27:25 | 1:27:29 | |
purposeful in your life, not
necessarily a job but doing things | 1:27:29 | 1:27:33 | |
that give your life meaning and
purpose. Having people around you, | 1:27:33 | 1:27:37 | |
being connected, and physically
active. Those are three things that | 1:27:37 | 1:27:41 | |
tend to make people happier rather
than unhappy. You really need help | 1:27:41 | 1:27:45 | |
with this, don't you? On the first
we talk about happiness often on the | 1:27:45 | 1:27:50 | |
programme and I'm sure they're
wanting to be involved. -- on | 1:27:50 | 1:27:55 | |
Breakfast. We want to look at the
relationship between different | 1:27:55 | 1:27:58 | |
variables. Everything people have
ever mentioned a fix our moods. | 1:27:58 | 1:28:02 | |
What's important for scientists is
to look at the relationship between | 1:28:02 | 1:28:06 | |
lots and lots of variables,
unfortunately you need lots of | 1:28:06 | 1:28:09 | |
people to fill in questionnaires to
get the precision in the science. | 1:28:09 | 1:28:13 | |
You're hoping for thousands of
people to watch this and take part | 1:28:13 | 1:28:16 | |
and you'll get so much data you can
analyse? We would like over 100,000 | 1:28:16 | 1:28:22 | |
to take part and then we would have
some reasonable data on those people | 1:28:22 | 1:28:25 | |
who have experienced a few life
events and how happy they are | 1:28:25 | 1:28:29 | |
afterwards. This is probably an
unfair question, can people be happy | 1:28:29 | 1:28:33 | |
people? It's part of what we're
looking at, the way in which you | 1:28:33 | 1:28:37 | |
think is naturally part of your
personality and that gives you a | 1:28:37 | 1:28:40 | |
sense of resilience. I personally
think it's not really a question of | 1:28:40 | 1:28:44 | |
how we're born, I think we learn how
we respond to events, especially in | 1:28:44 | 1:28:48 | |
childhood, the way we are treated as
children and brought up by parents. | 1:28:48 | 1:28:53 | |
It teaches us about the way we react
which might make us more or less | 1:28:53 | 1:28:57 | |
resilient when bad things happen.
It's a bit what therapists do as | 1:28:57 | 1:29:01 | |
well. Resilience is a keyword as
well. Thanks very much. | 1:29:01 | 1:29:06 | |
For more details on the survey and
how to take part... You can log on | 1:29:06 | 1:29:12 | |
to: | 1:29:12 | 1:29:15 | |
You look up the website and it will
take about 15 to 20 minutes. You are | 1:29:15 | 1:29:23 | |
quite happy? I am generally glass
half full. What about you? Talking | 1:29:23 | 1:29:28 | |
about physical activity, you're
always happier after you have done | 1:29:28 | 1:29:32 | |
something physical. You're right, it
lasts about a week, that level of | 1:29:32 | 1:29:37 | |
complete euphoria. There you go.
However it has gone, it doesn't | 1:29:37 | 1:29:42 | |
matter. The reality behind the
science! | 1:29:42 | 1:33:06 | |
I'm back with the latest
from the BBC London newsroom | 1:33:06 | 1:33:09 | |
in half an hour. | 1:33:09 | 1:33:10 | |
Bye for now. | 1:33:10 | 1:33:14 | |
Hello, this is Breakfast
with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. | 1:33:14 | 1:33:17 | |
Here's a summary of this morning's
main stories from BBC News. | 1:33:17 | 1:33:22 | |
British package holiday companies
have started taking tourists back | 1:33:22 | 1:33:25 | |
to Tunisia this morning. | 1:33:25 | 1:33:26 | |
It's almost three years
since a gunman opened fire | 1:33:26 | 1:33:29 | |
at a beach resort killing 38 people. | 1:33:29 | 1:33:32 | |
30 British holidaymakers were killed
at the resort in Sousse | 1:33:32 | 1:33:35 | |
in June 2015. | 1:33:35 | 1:33:35 | |
Until last summer,
the Foreign Office advised | 1:33:35 | 1:33:40 | |
against travel there due
to the high risk of terrorism. | 1:33:40 | 1:33:43 | |
Within the last hour,
Thomas Cook operated the first | 1:33:43 | 1:33:45 | |
flight from Birmingham and says
holidaymakers should be reassured: | 1:33:45 | 1:33:53 | |
We have to look at all of the work
that has been done. Obviously we did | 1:33:55 | 1:34:00 | |
have restrictions they are put in
place by the Foreign Office and | 1:34:00 | 1:34:03 | |
those restrictions were lifted
because of all the improvements that | 1:34:03 | 1:34:06 | |
have been made on safety and
security in Tunisia and in the | 1:34:06 | 1:34:10 | |
resorts themselves. | 1:34:10 | 1:34:15 | |
The Charity Commission is launching
an investigation into Oxfam | 1:34:18 | 1:34:21 | |
following the revelation of a sex
scandal involving it's aid workers | 1:34:21 | 1:34:24 | |
in Haiti in 2011. | 1:34:24 | 1:34:25 | |
The watchdog says documents show
Oxfam may not have "fully | 1:34:25 | 1:34:28 | |
and frankly disclosed"
all the available information | 1:34:28 | 1:34:29 | |
at the time. | 1:34:29 | 1:34:33 | |
We need to find out what has gone
wrong, not just technically but | 1:34:33 | 1:34:39 | |
culturally within the aid world
because this is a cultural problem. | 1:34:39 | 1:34:43 | |
There are people there, very senior
professional people, who are blowing | 1:34:43 | 1:34:47 | |
the whistle on this. There were
sounding alarms that nobody was | 1:34:47 | 1:34:52 | |
listening and nobody was acting, not
just within Oxfam but outside of | 1:34:52 | 1:34:56 | |
Oxfam as well. | 1:34:56 | 1:35:01 | |
A new tool to fight online
terror and jihadi activity | 1:35:01 | 1:35:04 | |
is being unveiled by
the Home Secretary during a trip | 1:35:04 | 1:35:07 | |
to the US. | 1:35:07 | 1:35:07 | |
It aims to detect content
and remove it instantly. | 1:35:07 | 1:35:10 | |
Funded with more than half a million
pounds of government | 1:35:10 | 1:35:13 | |
money, the tool draws upon a vast
database of material posted | 1:35:13 | 1:35:16 | |
by the so-called Islamic State. | 1:35:16 | 1:35:20 | |
Amber Rudd will meet with tech
companies to help tackle extremists. | 1:35:20 | 1:35:26 | |
South Africa's ruling party has
made an official demand | 1:35:26 | 1:35:29 | |
for President Jacob Zuma to step
down, after a 13-hour meeting | 1:35:29 | 1:35:32 | |
with leading figures
from the African National Congress. | 1:35:32 | 1:35:34 | |
Mr Zuma has been the head
of state since 2009, | 1:35:34 | 1:35:37 | |
but his time in office
has been overshadowed | 1:35:37 | 1:35:39 | |
by corruption allegations. | 1:35:39 | 1:35:40 | |
It is unclear how he will respond
to the formal request to resign. | 1:35:40 | 1:35:44 | |
BBC News has learned
that the Commonwealth has begun | 1:35:44 | 1:35:47 | |
considering who might succeed
the Queen as the head | 1:35:47 | 1:35:49 | |
of the organisation. | 1:35:49 | 1:35:50 | |
Member states could choose anyone
as the ceremonial leader, | 1:35:50 | 1:35:53 | |
as the role is not hereditary. | 1:35:53 | 1:35:54 | |
The | 1:35:54 | 1:35:56 | |
The BBC has been told 53 member
states have established a high-level | 1:35:56 | 1:36:00 | |
group of independent
figures to look at the way | 1:36:00 | 1:36:02 | |
the Commonwealth is governed. | 1:36:02 | 1:36:03 | |
It will meet for the first
time today in London. | 1:36:03 | 1:36:11 | |
Coming up on the programme, lots to
talk about and particularly, we are | 1:36:11 | 1:36:15 | |
going to shop. Much more action
coming up this morning. Another | 1:36:15 | 1:36:20 | |
British hopeful on the way. | 1:36:20 | 1:36:27 | |
British hopeful on the way. That is
Elise Christie, isn't it? We were up | 1:36:27 | 1:36:30 | |
watching some half pipe action. Sean
Wight, he is the best in the sport | 1:36:30 | 1:36:34 | |
but a bit of pressure from the
Australian in second place. His run | 1:36:34 | 1:36:40 | |
was as near to perfection as it
could be. I don't even know what it | 1:36:40 | 1:36:45 | |
is, but it looks break -- it looks
great. I would like to fly like | 1:36:45 | 1:36:50 | |
that. You're right, it's like they
are superheroes. | 1:36:50 | 1:36:54 | |
Elise Chrstie - one of Britain's
best chances of a gold medal - | 1:36:54 | 1:36:58 | |
will resume her bid in short track
speed skating's 500 metres | 1:36:58 | 1:37:01 | |
at about 10 o'clock.
| 1:37:01 | 1:37:05 | |
It's quite a comeback. She was
stripped of a silver medal because | 1:37:05 | 1:37:10 | |
she was blamed for a pileup. It was
very difficult for her. She received | 1:37:10 | 1:37:16 | |
a lot of abuse on social media,
believe it or not. It's such a | 1:37:16 | 1:37:22 | |
difficult event. Quite
straightforward in terms of the | 1:37:22 | 1:37:24 | |
rules. This morning, the 500m which
is shorter than what is strength | 1:37:24 | 1:37:30 | |
would normally be that in some ways,
it's more difficult. Exciting to see | 1:37:30 | 1:37:35 | |
how she gets on. | 1:37:35 | 1:37:45 | |
how she gets on. She won her heat in
what was an Olympic record time and | 1:37:52 | 1:37:55 | |
she goes into the quarterfinals with
the semis and finals soon after and | 1:37:55 | 1:37:59 | |
for those of you who are not too
sure how this crazy sport works, we | 1:37:59 | 1:38:03 | |
have broken it down to you. | 1:38:03 | 1:38:06 | |
It was quite a harsh round to start
with, it's going to be tough. You | 1:38:06 | 1:38:13 | |
get in the class and it gets in the
top eight. After that, anything is a | 1:38:13 | 1:38:17 | |
win so it's just getting the
preparation in between done. | 1:38:17 | 1:38:29 | |
Team GB is going for
gold later today. | 1:38:30 | 1:38:33 | |
The current world champion and world
record holder for over 500 metres, | 1:38:33 | 1:38:36 | |
Elise Christie, will take
to the ice for the short track | 1:38:36 | 1:38:39 | |
speed skating finals. | 1:38:39 | 1:38:40 | |
Let's speak to former GB
short track speed skater, | 1:38:40 | 1:38:42 | |
Wilf O'Reilly who joins us
live from Pyeongchang. | 1:38:42 | 1:38:44 | |
Good morning, thank you for joining
us. Thank you very much. Elise | 1:38:44 | 1:38:49 | |
Christie, she is going to be hoping
to put what happened to her in Sochi | 1:38:49 | 1:38:54 | |
behind her. That will be difficult.
She needs to deliver in the 500m. Do | 1:38:54 | 1:38:59 | |
you think she is ready? I certainly
do, I was impressed with her | 1:38:59 | 1:39:06 | |
performance in the Saturday evening
heats. I said that is going to be a | 1:39:06 | 1:39:10 | |
major game-changer physically and
mentally. She had an injury back | 1:39:10 | 1:39:14 | |
early on in the season. She hadn't
had a period of time where she had | 1:39:14 | 1:39:18 | |
no racing whatsoever and Saturday
was really hitting the nail on the | 1:39:18 | 1:39:22 | |
head. She performed and produced.
She will have three races in the | 1:39:22 | 1:39:28 | |
space of two hours. Hopefully a
possible final shortly after that. | 1:39:28 | 1:39:34 | |
Just how difficult and training is
that? Physically, or the | 1:39:34 | 1:39:41 | |
championships she has ever competed
in. | 1:39:41 | 1:39:53 | |
in. She is but just mention the
pressure. | 1:40:08 | 1:40:14 | |
pressure. You must come home with a
medal. | 1:40:16 | 1:40:23 | |
medal. She has matured immensely. I
was watching her. | 1:40:23 | 1:40:32 | |
was watching her. The important
thing to release is to enjoy these | 1:40:32 | 1:40:37 | |
Olympic Games. The Olympic Games
were such a disaster. She needs to | 1:40:37 | 1:40:40 | |
be aware that she is at the Olympic
Games. | 1:40:40 | 1:40:48 | |
Games. We are seeing that she has
worked on it. That is something | 1:40:48 | 1:40:55 | |
isn't it? Absolutely, the 500m, she
is the world record holder. She goes | 1:40:55 | 1:41:02 | |
on the fourth quarterfinal. Ten
minutes longer recovery going into | 1:41:02 | 1:41:06 | |
the semifinals. She has to qualify.
I am fairly confident she will do | 1:41:06 | 1:41:11 | |
that. She will go into the
semi-final and have the | 1:41:11 | 1:41:16 | |
fastest time again, draw the MLA
which is the shortest distance and | 1:41:16 | 1:41:20 | |
then we are into the final and once
you're in the final, I firmly | 1:41:20 | 1:41:24 | |
believe that Elise Christie will
come away this evening with a medal. | 1:41:24 | 1:41:32 | |
The big performance came on the
snowboard. | 1:41:39 | 1:41:45 | |
snowboard. This routine scored her
98 out of 100. | 1:41:51 | 1:41:58 | |
98 out of 100. On the snow, Kim has
also been grabbing the attention on | 1:42:01 | 1:42:04 | |
social media, tweeting about food of
course. | 1:42:04 | 1:42:11 | |
course. These were the thoughts,
regretting a sandwich she never | 1:42:11 | 1:42:15 | |
finished. It is almost 24 hours
after she been posting about ice | 1:42:15 | 1:42:18 | |
cream. As you are about to see, she
is not afraid to let food get in the | 1:42:18 | 1:42:26 | |
way of the interview duties. | 1:42:26 | 1:42:30 | |
You know, I was getting really
'hangry' and not really stoked | 1:42:30 | 1:42:34 | |
because my stomach was rumbling and
it was bad, I thought I should hold | 1:42:34 | 1:42:38 | |
it because I'm going to get drug
tested but I just couldn't do it. | 1:42:38 | 1:42:42 | |
Anyway, it is TNI, I know, but I
transferred all that angered from me | 1:42:42 | 1:42:47 | |
having an empty -- an empty stomach
into the third round and it worked. | 1:42:47 | 1:42:56 | |
I love the fact that she is still
eating in ice cream. I love the fact | 1:42:59 | 1:43:06 | |
that you're talking to Wilf
O'Reilly, he is one of my sporting | 1:43:06 | 1:43:11 | |
heroes. He should be a huge Olympic
name in this country. In the | 1:43:11 | 1:43:17 | |
Lillehammer, he lost his two events,
he was forced to race with a damage | 1:43:17 | 1:43:24 | |
late. I remember crying my eyes out.
He wasn't going to win that he was | 1:43:24 | 1:43:43 | |
forced to go back on the ice. Newitt
inspired to take up some speed | 1:43:43 | 1:43:51 | |
dating? Just a spectator sport. | 1:43:51 | 1:43:59 | |
dating? Just a spectator sport. The
Austrian, Marcel Hirscher, is now | 1:43:59 | 1:44:06 | |
under the big champion. He is one of
most dominant alpine skiers in | 1:44:06 | 1:44:10 | |
history but this, believe it or not,
is the first time he has managed to | 1:44:10 | 1:44:15 | |
win gold at an Olympics. This is
just the first of four medal | 1:44:15 | 1:44:20 | |
attempts. | 1:44:20 | 1:44:25 | |
The Olympic Athletes from Russia
have won their third medal of these | 1:44:25 | 1:44:28 | |
Games, and the first overall
to be won in curling. | 1:44:28 | 1:44:31 | |
They beat Norway in the bronze medal
match to seal third place | 1:44:31 | 1:44:34 | |
in the mixed doubles. | 1:44:34 | 1:44:35 | |
Canada face Switzerland for gold
later this morning. | 1:44:35 | 1:44:37 | |
Cricket is underway in Wellington
right now, with England facing | 1:44:37 | 1:44:40 | |
New Zealand in a T20 international. | 1:44:40 | 1:44:44 | |
The tourists won the toss
and decided to have a bowl. | 1:44:44 | 1:44:47 | |
And early on it looked
like they'd got it wrong. | 1:44:47 | 1:44:49 | |
Martin Guptil picking apart
the opening bowlers with some big | 1:44:49 | 1:44:52 | |
boundaries but England have
made a breakthrough. | 1:44:52 | 1:44:58 | |
Colin Munro trying to go big too
but he was caught out. | 1:44:58 | 1:45:06 | |
All credit to Chris Jordan that
brilliant catch. New Zealand | 1:45:06 | 1:45:10 | |
continued very well indeed. Kane
Williamson made 72 as they posted an | 1:45:10 | 1:45:17 | |
impressive total of 196. | 1:45:17 | 1:45:20 | |
Chelsea emphatically
ended their losing streak | 1:45:20 | 1:45:22 | |
in the Premier League last night,
beating the bottom side West Brom | 1:45:22 | 1:45:25 | |
by three goals to nil
at Stamford Bridge. | 1:45:25 | 1:45:27 | |
The result reduces the pressure
on Chelsea manager | 1:45:27 | 1:45:29 | |
Antonio Conte, who had Eden Hazard
to thank for the win. | 1:45:29 | 1:45:32 | |
The Belgian scored two of the three
goals, Victor Moses got the other. | 1:45:32 | 1:45:36 | |
Conte's side are back
into the top four. | 1:45:36 | 1:45:39 | |
So if you've been glued
to your screens watching | 1:45:39 | 1:45:43 | |
the Winter Olympics,
you're not the only ones - | 1:45:43 | 1:45:45 | |
we've been really enjoying some
of your photos and videos | 1:45:45 | 1:45:48 | |
like this one. | 1:45:48 | 1:45:50 | |
Start them early -
these three have switched over | 1:45:50 | 1:45:55 | |
from Cbeebies. | 1:45:55 | 1:46:03 | |
They love Wilf O'Reilly. Everybody
does. | 1:46:07 | 1:46:09 | |
It's not just the kids -
it's the pets. | 1:46:09 | 1:46:13 | |
And we've had lots of delays
during the games so far - | 1:46:13 | 1:46:16 | |
with all that time to kill members
of the Swiss freestyle team have | 1:46:16 | 1:46:20 | |
been amusing themselves
with some escalator antics. | 1:46:20 | 1:46:22 | |
Pure upper body strength here. | 1:46:22 | 1:46:29 | |
Don't try this at home or anywhere. | 1:46:29 | 1:46:33 | |
Don't try this at home or anywhere. | 1:46:33 | 1:46:34 | |
Or in the airport or in the train
station. Anywhere its Mac don't do | 1:46:34 | 1:46:40 | |
it, just marvel at the professionals
-- anywhere! | 1:46:40 | 1:46:45 | |
Thanks very much, Holly. What time
is Elise Christie? 10:02am. | 1:46:45 | 1:46:51 | |
Quarter-final? Yes. If she makes the
final? Midday. We will be glued to | 1:46:51 | 1:46:59 | |
our screens against big let's catch
up on the weather with Matt. -- we | 1:46:59 | 1:47:04 | |
will be glued to our screens again. | 1:47:04 | 1:47:07 | |
The picture behind me suggests
there's something more wintry around | 1:47:08 | 1:47:12 | |
because this morning we have some
snow especially in parts of Scotland | 1:47:12 | 1:47:16 | |
and northern England, elsewhere a
combination of wind and rain makes | 1:47:16 | 1:47:19 | |
for an unpleasant rush-hour for some
so some travel disruption. Check | 1:47:19 | 1:47:24 | |
your BBC local radio if you're
heading out. Blue is where the rain | 1:47:24 | 1:47:29 | |
fell over the last few hours, white
where the snow is. The snow we have | 1:47:29 | 1:47:33 | |
seen in the likes of the Moors and
the Welsh hills have been on the | 1:47:33 | 1:47:37 | |
tops of the hills, mainly rain. Over
the next hour or the worst of the | 1:47:37 | 1:47:42 | |
conditions getting out of the way in
Scotland, heavy snow in higher | 1:47:42 | 1:47:47 | |
ground, ten to 15 centimetres and
that will impact some of the roots, | 1:47:47 | 1:47:51 | |
the same on the trans-Pennine routes
but in Wales the snow is mainly on | 1:47:51 | 1:47:55 | |
the tops of the hills. Outbreaks of
rain spreading into the likes of the | 1:47:55 | 1:48:00 | |
Midlands, Birmingham and Manchester
over the next few hours. Gale force | 1:48:00 | 1:48:05 | |
wind is in places will lift some
high seas across the south and | 1:48:05 | 1:48:10 | |
south-east -- gale force winds. And
improving day, sunshine out in | 1:48:10 | 1:48:15 | |
Northern Ireland will develop in
western areas through the day -- an | 1:48:15 | 1:48:19 | |
improving day. Cloudy and fairly
rainy. Temperature is not far off | 1:48:19 | 1:48:24 | |
yesterday's values but not as sunny,
feeling that bit cooler -- | 1:48:24 | 1:48:29 | |
temperatures. The cloud in eastern
areas will break up and the | 1:48:29 | 1:48:33 | |
temperatures will drop under this
slot of clear area, a widespread | 1:48:33 | 1:48:37 | |
frost developing and giving the
rain, sleet and snow today we will | 1:48:37 | 1:48:40 | |
sea ice around but into the morning,
the wind picking up ahead of our | 1:48:40 | 1:48:44 | |
next weather system. A deep area of
low pressure to the south of Iceland | 1:48:44 | 1:48:50 | |
pushing our way into cold air but in
amongst this one we have a slice of | 1:48:50 | 1:48:55 | |
milder air pushing into the south
and south-west late on Wednesday. | 1:48:55 | 1:48:58 | |
That helps to turn what falls from
the sky mainly to rain but don't be | 1:48:58 | 1:49:03 | |
alarmed by the sight of snow on the
chance, mainly in higher ground in | 1:49:03 | 1:49:08 | |
northern England and Scotland, rain
in lower levels and rain for much of | 1:49:08 | 1:49:11 | |
England and Wales on and off,
heaviest mid-morning to early | 1:49:11 | 1:49:15 | |
afternoon. Northern Ireland
brightens up later, ten is the high | 1:49:15 | 1:49:20 | |
here and 11 in Plymouth, balmy
compared to the last few days. | 1:49:20 | 1:49:24 | |
Milder air in the south through the
night and into Thursday morning, | 1:49:24 | 1:49:28 | |
outbreaks of rain clearing. Clearer
skies on Thursday, some sunshine | 1:49:28 | 1:49:32 | |
around, the best in the south and
east. Western Scotland and Northern | 1:49:32 | 1:49:36 | |
Ireland still with further snow at
times and temperatures here still in | 1:49:36 | 1:49:40 | |
mid single figures. Getting a bit
colder over the next few days but | 1:49:40 | 1:49:44 | |
after yesterday's sunshine, it may
be Shrove Tuesday but the weather | 1:49:44 | 1:49:49 | |
could be that. | 1:49:49 | 1:49:50 | |
He has been saving that, hasn't he?
-- could be batter. He has been | 1:49:51 | 1:50:00 | |
waiting for that one! Very good! | 1:50:00 | 1:50:03 | |
Later we will find out how much
prices are going up, your lemon and | 1:50:03 | 1:50:08 | |
your flour and your eggs because its
inflation figures? Food is one of | 1:50:08 | 1:50:13 | |
the areas prices have been going up.
Let me give you an explanation. Good | 1:50:13 | 1:50:18 | |
morning. | 1:50:18 | 1:50:18 | |
Inflation is a measure of how much
the cost of living is going up by. | 1:50:18 | 1:50:22 | |
To work it out the Office
for National Statistics create | 1:50:22 | 1:50:25 | |
a virtual shopping basket,
which has 700 of the most common | 1:50:25 | 1:50:28 | |
good and services we buy in it. | 1:50:28 | 1:50:30 | |
The latest figure for inflation
was 3% in December. | 1:50:30 | 1:50:32 | |
This morning we'll get
the January figure. | 1:50:32 | 1:50:34 | |
So what are we expecting? | 1:50:34 | 1:50:35 | |
Now for a long time food prices
were falling but last year | 1:50:35 | 1:50:39 | |
they started creeping up again. | 1:50:39 | 1:50:47 | |
Mainly because we import a lot
of food and because of the fall | 1:50:47 | 1:50:50 | |
in the value of the pound it's
made it more expensive | 1:50:50 | 1:50:53 | |
to buy from abroad. | 1:50:53 | 1:50:57 | |
Tobacco is another product expected
to have gone up in price, | 1:50:57 | 1:51:01 | |
mainly because of a rise
in government taxes. | 1:51:01 | 1:51:02 | |
Fuel, always a big one, this. | 1:51:02 | 1:51:10 | |
Oil prices were the big story
in business for a long time | 1:51:11 | 1:51:14 | |
because they were so low,
down at around $45 a barrel, | 1:51:14 | 1:51:17 | |
but not anymore. | 1:51:17 | 1:51:25 | |
That means inflation is going to be
above the Bank of England 2% target, | 1:51:25 | 1:51:29 | |
which is worrying for them and this
is what the governor had to say | 1:51:29 | 1:51:34 | |
about it. | 1:51:34 | 1:51:34 | |
The prospect of a greater degree of
excess demand and the expectation | 1:51:34 | 1:51:38 | |
inflation would remain above target
over the forecast period have | 1:51:38 | 1:51:42 | |
further diminished the trade-off
that the MPC is required to balance. | 1:51:42 | 1:51:46 | |
The committee judges that where the
economy to evolve broadly in line | 1:51:46 | 1:51:53 | |
with its February inflation report
objections, projections, monetary | 1:51:53 | 1:51:57 | |
policy would need to be tightened
somewhat earlier and to a greater | 1:51:57 | 1:52:01 | |
extent over the forecast period than
it anticipated at the time of the | 1:52:01 | 1:52:04 | |
November report in order to return
inflation sustainably to target. I | 1:52:04 | 1:52:11 | |
am joined by the Economist Vicky
Pryce to make sense of that. What | 1:52:11 | 1:52:16 | |
was he saying? He was saying that
interest rates might rise higher | 1:52:16 | 1:52:23 | |
than forecasts, we thought they
might not rise because all the | 1:52:23 | 1:52:29 | |
economists were expecting a slowdown
but things are picking up. World | 1:52:29 | 1:52:32 | |
expansion is happening and that
means everyone is doing well at the | 1:52:32 | 1:52:37 | |
moment so the UK is benefiting from
that so there's more pressure on the | 1:52:37 | 1:52:42 | |
economy, we have practically full
employment so he is saying if the | 1:52:42 | 1:52:46 | |
trends continue we might need to
raise interest rates this year | 1:52:46 | 1:52:49 | |
earlier than everyone expected.
Explain the theory behind putting up | 1:52:49 | 1:52:53 | |
interest rates and how that's meant
to control inflation. The main way | 1:52:53 | 1:52:57 | |
you do that is by discouraging
people from borrowing, you may | 1:52:57 | 1:53:01 | |
citrus rates can you make it harder
for firms and individuals to do so | 1:53:01 | 1:53:04 | |
-- you make interest | 1:53:04 | 1:53:12 | |
-- you make interest rates and you
make it. There are factors outside | 1:53:13 | 1:53:18 | |
our control, such as the oil price
increase, feeding through to pump | 1:53:18 | 1:53:22 | |
prices, or it comes from actions we
engineer, like raising taxes, | 1:53:22 | 1:53:27 | |
weather on tobacco or the cost of
travelling, fares are going up as | 1:53:27 | 1:53:32 | |
well. -- weather. None of these have
anything much to do with internal | 1:53:32 | 1:53:37 | |
pressures on the economy. Everything
so far has come from the falling | 1:53:37 | 1:53:40 | |
pound and other factors that were
not necessarily influenced by | 1:53:40 | 1:53:45 | |
raising interest rates so one
wonders why one needs to do that. | 1:53:45 | 1:53:49 | |
The real worry is consumers are
going to find another hit to them, | 1:53:49 | 1:53:54 | |
already prices going up and they
can't spend the amount they would | 1:53:54 | 1:53:57 | |
like to in shops, disposable income
falling, you raise interest rates as | 1:53:57 | 1:54:01 | |
well and you increase the suffering.
The Bank of England governor said we | 1:54:01 | 1:54:06 | |
are starting to see wages go up
again but for lots of people out | 1:54:06 | 1:54:10 | |
there they feel in real terms they
haven't got as much money as they | 1:54:10 | 1:54:13 | |
had. Absolutely because inflation is
higher than wage increases but | 1:54:13 | 1:54:17 | |
interestingly with more or less full
employment, as we have right now in | 1:54:17 | 1:54:21 | |
the UK, there are areas where you're
beginning to see skill shortages, | 1:54:21 | 1:54:25 | |
wages going up. Look at the
construction sector, which has been | 1:54:25 | 1:54:30 | |
booming on the housebuilding side,
and loads of other areas too and the | 1:54:30 | 1:54:33 | |
worry is, this is good for some
people getting increases, but for | 1:54:33 | 1:54:39 | |
firms, looking at Brexit and things
in terms of migration trends, it | 1:54:39 | 1:54:43 | |
might be harder to fill the posts
that people want to do for expansion | 1:54:43 | 1:54:47 | |
so what will happen to the economy?
Are they going to be able to afford | 1:54:47 | 1:54:52 | |
to pay higher wages for the workers
given the margins in some areas are | 1:54:52 | 1:54:56 | |
very tight, as we've seen in the
retail sector recently. | 1:54:56 | 1:54:59 | |
Vicky, lovely to have you here to
talk about this. Thank you. | 1:54:59 | 1:55:04 | |
Thank you both very much indeed. | 1:55:04 | 1:55:06 | |
Tightrope walkers,
clowns, trapeze artists, | 1:55:06 | 1:55:07 | |
just some of the acts
we love about the circus! | 1:55:07 | 1:55:10 | |
This year marks 250 years
since the first one opened | 1:55:10 | 1:55:13 | |
in London Waterloo,
so our arts correspondent | 1:55:13 | 1:55:15 | |
David Sillito is at a Big Top
for us this morning. | 1:55:15 | 1:55:22 | |
That is not you, is it?
Good morning. I've been practising, | 1:55:22 | 1:55:29 | |
you can tell, can't you? Sadly
that's not me, we have Douglas, | 1:55:29 | 1:55:34 | |
acrobats, a big top, the whole thing
at 8:30am at Gandeys vas we have | 1:55:34 | 1:55:40 | |
acrobats. Same size of circus and we
have the big top -- we have | 1:55:40 | 1:55:50 | |
acrobats. Traditions but some have
changed. Philip is in charge. Where | 1:55:50 | 1:55:56 | |
are your animals? Gandeys along with
many circuses in the UK don't use | 1:55:56 | 1:56:03 | |
them, circus has moved on and
diversifying, we have gone down the | 1:56:03 | 1:56:06 | |
route of a West End spectacular. We
have modernised it and write the | 1:56:06 | 1:56:11 | |
music for the show. Are there any
left? There are 35 circuses touring, | 1:56:11 | 1:56:16 | |
it's probably the most terrific time
in circus history in the country. | 1:56:16 | 1:56:20 | |
More than ever? Yes, and we're very
proud to be part the renaissance of | 1:56:20 | 1:56:25 | |
circus. One final question, Andrea
has no face paint, what's that | 1:56:25 | 1:56:30 | |
about? Andrea is naturally funny,
she doesn't need a lot of face | 1:56:30 | 1:56:36 | |
paint. You can teach an acrobat, you
can't teach a clown, they are born | 1:56:36 | 1:56:40 | |
funny. Philip, thanks very much.
That's it, 250 years of Gandeys but | 1:56:40 | 1:56:47 | |
before we come | 1:56:47 | 2:00:06 | |
Bye for now. | 2:00:06 | 2:00:06 | |
Hello, this is Breakfast,
with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. | 2:00:15 | 2:00:17 | |
British package holiday makers
travel to Tunisia for the first time | 2:00:17 | 2:00:20 | |
since the 2015 attack. | 2:00:20 | 2:00:21 | |
UK firms resume flights
to the country amid reassurances | 2:00:21 | 2:00:23 | |
that security has improved since 38
people were killed in Sousse | 2:00:23 | 2:00:26 | |
nearly three years ago. | 2:00:26 | 2:00:29 | |
Good morning, it's
Tuesday 13th February. | 2:00:40 | 2:00:47 | |
It has just gone 8am. | 2:00:47 | 2:00:50 | |
Also this morning... | 2:00:50 | 2:00:51 | |
After days of allegations of sexual
misconduct at Oxfam, | 2:00:51 | 2:00:53 | |
the charities' watchdog launches
a formal inquiry into the claims. | 2:00:53 | 2:00:56 | |
Software which can detect and remove
online jihadist content | 2:00:56 | 2:00:58 | |
instantly is unveiled
by the government. | 2:00:58 | 2:01:02 | |
Good morning. | 2:01:02 | 2:01:03 | |
Yes and that comes as one
of the world's biggest companies - | 2:01:03 | 2:01:09 | |
Unilever - has threatened to pull
advertising from social networks | 2:01:09 | 2:01:11 | |
that don't do enough to take
down extremist material. | 2:01:11 | 2:01:14 | |
Good morning - in sport -
a 500 metre dash for glory and gold. | 2:01:14 | 2:01:17 | |
Team GB's Elise Christie competes
in the women's short track | 2:01:17 | 2:01:20 | |
speed skating event later -
but can she claim a first British | 2:01:20 | 2:01:22 | |
medal in Pyeongchang? | 2:01:22 | 2:01:25 | |
The woman who followed
migrating swans from Russia | 2:01:25 | 2:01:27 | |
on a motorised paraglider wins
aviation's biggest prize, | 2:01:27 | 2:01:29 | |
we'll get her reaction. | 2:01:29 | 2:01:35 | |
And Matt has the weather. | 2:01:35 | 2:01:42 | |
Good morning. After sunshine
yesterday, a lot of cloud around | 2:01:42 | 2:01:46 | |
this morning. Some snow as well,
problems on some of the roads in | 2:01:46 | 2:01:51 | |
Scotland and Northern Ireland, I
will have a full forecast in around | 2:01:51 | 2:01:54 | |
15 minutes. | 2:01:54 | 2:01:56 | |
Good morning. | 2:01:56 | 2:01:57 | |
First, our main story. | 2:01:57 | 2:01:58 | |
British holidaymakers are heading
back to Tunisia this morning, | 2:01:58 | 2:02:00 | |
more than two years after a terror
attack killed 38 people, 30 of them | 2:02:00 | 2:02:04 | |
Britons at a beach resort. | 2:02:04 | 2:02:05 | |
Thomas Cook is the first British
tour company to resume | 2:02:05 | 2:02:07 | |
flights to the country. | 2:02:07 | 2:02:08 | |
In the last few hours,
200 passengers departed | 2:02:08 | 2:02:11 | |
for the north African country
from Birmingham Airport. | 2:02:11 | 2:02:13 | |
Breakfast's John Maguire is there... | 2:02:13 | 2:02:21 | |
I know you've been there since the
early hours and spoke to passengers. | 2:02:23 | 2:02:26 | |
Good morning. Good morning. A
mixture of stories from the | 2:02:26 | 2:02:33 | |
passengers, all with one unifying
hope, they were going to travel to | 2:02:33 | 2:02:36 | |
Tunisia and have a wonderful
holiday. Some had booked because it | 2:02:36 | 2:02:41 | |
was extremely cheap, the tour
operators keen to get Thibaut back | 2:02:41 | 2:02:44 | |
to the North African country, others
because they had been there for many | 2:02:44 | 2:02:48 | |
years previously and were desperate
to get back somewhere, some of them | 2:02:48 | 2:02:53 | |
had been travelling during the
travel ban over the last couple of | 2:02:53 | 2:02:57 | |
years. Some of them travelling via
France to make sure they could still | 2:02:57 | 2:03:04 | |
holiday in Tunisia. They are on the
flight, they have been in the air | 2:03:04 | 2:03:08 | |
for a couple of hours, another
flight due to take off from | 2:03:08 | 2:03:12 | |
Manchester. | 2:03:12 | 2:03:18 | |
With it is idyllic white
beaches and pristine | 2:03:18 | 2:03:20 | |
Mediterranean coastline,
Tunisia was a popular holiday | 2:03:20 | 2:03:24 | |
destination for British tourists -
attracted around 430,000 of them | 2:03:24 | 2:03:26 | |
each year. | 2:03:26 | 2:03:27 | |
But then came the attack in June
2015, when a gunman killed | 2:03:27 | 2:03:33 | |
on a beach near Sousse. | 2:03:33 | 2:03:34 | |
So-called Islamic State said
it was behind the shooting. | 2:03:34 | 2:03:36 | |
Almost three years
on from that deadly attack, | 2:03:36 | 2:03:38 | |
and British tour companies are once
again offering package holidays to | 2:03:38 | 2:03:41 | |
the country. | 2:03:41 | 2:03:46 | |
This morning 220 passengers
were the first to return | 2:03:46 | 2:03:48 | |
- flying from Birmingham. | 2:03:48 | 2:03:49 | |
I'm a bit nervous,
because I didn't know we | 2:03:49 | 2:03:51 | |
were the first one and we were out
there the last time when the | 2:03:51 | 2:03:55 | |
terrorist attack was on,
so we were staying in the hotel down | 2:03:55 | 2:03:57 | |
the road, but we love the country,
so as soon | 2:03:57 | 2:04:00 | |
as we knew there was a flight going,
we thought we would be going back | 2:04:00 | 2:04:03 | |
out there. | 2:04:03 | 2:04:05 | |
I have still been travelling
while it's been closed. | 2:04:05 | 2:04:08 | |
I go to France or Germany normally. | 2:04:08 | 2:04:11 | |
Yeah, so, no, I'm not scared at all. | 2:04:11 | 2:04:14 | |
Fine, can't wait.
No trouble. | 2:04:14 | 2:04:17 | |
Beautiful place.
Beautiful. | 2:04:17 | 2:04:19 | |
Probably more dangerous
staying in London | 2:04:19 | 2:04:20 | |
than it is staying out there. | 2:04:20 | 2:04:22 | |
British officials say Tunisia has
made huge progress in counter | 2:04:22 | 2:04:24 | |
terrorism and security
since the attacks, | 2:04:24 | 2:04:26 | |
although the Foreign Office advice
that is travellers are | 2:04:26 | 2:04:28 | |
vigilant at all times as the country
remains in a state of emergency. | 2:04:28 | 2:04:36 | |
In mixture of optimism and stoicism.
The flight should be touching down | 2:04:43 | 2:04:50 | |
in Tunisia in the next few hours.
The Gatwick flights will take off | 2:04:50 | 2:04:56 | |
tomorrow, there will be flights
throughout the summer, weekly | 2:04:56 | 2:04:58 | |
flights, throughout any airports
across the UK, Glasgow, Newcastle, | 2:04:58 | 2:05:03 | |
Bristol. To come on-board. Thomas
going first. Another big travel | 2:05:03 | 2:05:10 | |
operator travelling back to Tunisia
later in the summer. Others hide | 2:05:10 | 2:05:16 | |
430,000 British holiday-makers went
to Tunisia, that number fell to | 2:05:16 | 2:05:21 | |
around 24,000 travel experts believe
it will take time to recover but | 2:05:21 | 2:05:23 | |
there has been a lot of work going
on behind-the-scenes assistance to | 2:05:23 | 2:05:31 | |
insure the Libyan border is as
secure as possible but to ensure | 2:05:31 | 2:05:35 | |
there is heightened security around
the resorts. We have seen pictures | 2:05:35 | 2:05:39 | |
over the years of empty hotels and
deserted beaches, it's really | 2:05:39 | 2:05:45 | |
important tourism dollar, the
tourism pound for that part of the | 2:05:45 | 2:05:48 | |
Mediterranean, the bill will be
very, very glad to see those flights | 2:05:48 | 2:05:51 | |
arriving. Today and over the next
couple of days and over the summer | 2:05:51 | 2:05:54 | |
with everyone hoping they have a
happy and safe holiday. John | 2:05:54 | 2:05:59 | |
Maguire, thank you. | 2:05:59 | 2:06:03 | |
The charities watchdog has launched
a legal enquiry into Oxfam, | 2:06:03 | 2:06:06 | |
amid concerns the charity failed
to disclose all the details | 2:06:06 | 2:06:08 | |
of sexual misconduct involving
aid workers in Haiti, | 2:06:08 | 2:06:10 | |
back in 2011. | 2:06:10 | 2:06:11 | |
John McManus is outside
the Charity Commission this morning. | 2:06:11 | 2:06:19 | |
Good morning. They are going to
strike this inquiry but what else | 2:06:19 | 2:06:23 | |
has been going on? This statutory
inquiry by the charities commission | 2:06:23 | 2:06:27 | |
Berry aborted, it means the
commission can demand Oxfam given | 2:06:27 | 2:06:31 | |
evidence about what is said to have
happened in Haiti, the allegations | 2:06:31 | 2:06:37 | |
of aid workers paying for
prostitutes, it means they can | 2:06:37 | 2:06:41 | |
suspend trustees if they wish and
they can seize the make -- they can | 2:06:41 | 2:06:45 | |
freeze the charities bank account if
they wish to. Very serious. The | 2:06:45 | 2:06:51 | |
charities commission in a statement
said Oxfam may not have fully and | 2:06:51 | 2:06:55 | |
Frankie... -- bully and frankly. | 2:06:55 | 2:07:00 | |
They encourage the public and public
donors to give money, as a former | 2:07:11 | 2:07:16 | |
aid worker and Labour MP told this
programme. This scandal is growing | 2:07:16 | 2:07:21 | |
and growing, it's not going away and
what worries me is that this could | 2:07:21 | 2:07:25 | |
consume Oxfam and could indeed
spread to other charities as well. | 2:07:25 | 2:07:29 | |
What we don't need is for an
organisation like Oxfam to implode. | 2:07:29 | 2:07:36 | |
Yesterday we heard from Helen Evans,
a former employee of Oxfam who said | 2:07:36 | 2:07:41 | |
she raised concerns with both her
bosses in the charity and the | 2:07:41 | 2:07:46 | |
Charity Commission in 2015. She said
she did not get a good enough | 2:07:46 | 2:07:49 | |
response from either, the Charity
Commission says it took concerns | 2:07:49 | 2:07:53 | |
very seriously, much more to say on
this, I think. Thank you very much. | 2:07:53 | 2:07:59 | |
A new tool to fight
online terror and jihadi | 2:07:59 | 2:08:02 | |
activity is being unveiled
by the Home Secretary | 2:08:02 | 2:08:03 | |
during a trip to the US. | 2:08:03 | 2:08:06 | |
It aims to detect content
and remove it instantly. | 2:08:06 | 2:08:07 | |
It comes as one of the world's
biggest companies has | 2:08:07 | 2:08:09 | |
threatened to pull advertising
from social networks that don't do | 2:08:09 | 2:08:12 | |
enough to remove extremist material. | 2:08:12 | 2:08:13 | |
Steph's here to tell us more. | 2:08:13 | 2:08:19 | |
This is Unilever and this is an
interesting story because it could | 2:08:19 | 2:08:22 | |
have an impact. Two bits of news
around the same area that could make | 2:08:22 | 2:08:28 | |
a difference to what we see and
don't see an social media, on the | 2:08:28 | 2:08:32 | |
sites that we use. Looking at this
government to add is being unveiled | 2:08:32 | 2:08:36 | |
today, this has been created by an
artificial intelligence company, | 2:08:36 | 2:08:41 | |
they have created some software
which can analyse hours and hours of | 2:08:41 | 2:08:44 | |
content and work out which in it is
extremist and then automatically get | 2:08:44 | 2:08:49 | |
rid of it. So the idea being that
they are saying it can, out of all | 2:08:49 | 2:08:55 | |
the content of it can't work out and
is capable of detecting 94% of IIS | 2:08:55 | 2:09:03 | |
online activity with an accuracy of
99 point 95%. The Home Secretary | 2:09:03 | 2:09:10 | |
saying she's not going to rule out
forcing companies to use the | 2:09:10 | 2:09:13 | |
software in order to get good of the
extremist material. This is what she | 2:09:13 | 2:09:16 | |
had to say. | 2:09:16 | 2:09:19 | |
The purpose of commissioning
this tech was to show | 2:09:19 | 2:09:22 | |
that these tools are out
there and that they can work. | 2:09:22 | 2:09:30 | |
We've seen about 400 new platforms
online used by terrorists | 2:09:32 | 2:09:38 | |
in the last year and we thing
for the small companies havikg this | 2:09:38 | 2:09:41 | |
kind of technology could be ideal. | 2:09:41 | 2:09:47 | |
I mention Unilever because they are
talking about advertising. Yes, they | 2:09:47 | 2:09:55 | |
are responsible for brands such as
those, links, I could go on. They | 2:09:55 | 2:10:01 | |
spent six pointed billion pounds on
advertising Buster, they are a big | 2:10:01 | 2:10:08 | |
layer, their chief marketing officer
said they are threatening to pull | 2:10:08 | 2:10:12 | |
advertising from online platforms
like Facebook and Google if they | 2:10:12 | 2:10:15 | |
don't do more to remove extremist
material, they want their customers | 2:10:15 | 2:10:20 | |
to trust what they see online,
especially when the products are | 2:10:20 | 2:10:26 | |
being advertised near it. Brand
association. They want that | 2:10:26 | 2:10:30 | |
crackdown and that will put the fear
into companies because that is an | 2:10:30 | 2:10:33 | |
awful lot of money they could lose
if a company like bat pulled out and | 2:10:33 | 2:10:38 | |
who else might follow? Interesting
things going on. Thank you so much. | 2:10:38 | 2:10:45 | |
American government investigators
have been instructed to examine the | 2:10:45 | 2:10:50 | |
grand canyon. Becky Dobson and
brothers Stuart and Jason Hill died | 2:10:50 | 2:10:59 | |
in the crash. A number of others are
being treated in a hospital in Las | 2:10:59 | 2:11:04 | |
Vegas. It said they had to read a
number of hours before being rescued | 2:11:04 | 2:11:08 | |
from the crash site. -- they had to
wait a number of hours. | 2:11:08 | 2:11:13 | |
South Africa's ruling party has
made an official demand | 2:11:13 | 2:11:15 | |
for President Jacob Zuma to step
down, after a 13-hour meeting | 2:11:15 | 2:11:18 | |
with leading figures
from the African National Congress. | 2:11:18 | 2:11:20 | |
Mr Zuma has been the head
of state since 2009, | 2:11:20 | 2:11:22 | |
but his time in office has been
overshadowed by | 2:11:22 | 2:11:24 | |
corruption allegations. | 2:11:24 | 2:11:25 | |
It is unclear how he will respond
to the formal request to resign. | 2:11:25 | 2:11:28 | |
BBC News has learned
that the Commonwealth has begun | 2:11:28 | 2:11:31 | |
considering who might succeed
the Queen as the head | 2:11:31 | 2:11:34 | |
of the organisation.? | 2:11:34 | 2:11:35 | |
Member states could choose anyone | 2:11:35 | 2:11:36 | |
as the ceremonial leader,
as the role is not hereditary. | 2:11:36 | 2:11:38 | |
The BBC has been told 53 member
states have established a high level | 2:11:38 | 2:11:41 | |
group of independent figures to look
at the way the Commonwealth | 2:11:41 | 2:11:44 | |
is governed. | 2:11:44 | 2:11:45 | |
It will meet for the first
time today in London. | 2:11:45 | 2:11:48 | |
It's 11 minutes past eight. | 2:11:58 | 2:12:00 | |
As we've been hearing,
package holidays | 2:12:00 | 2:12:02 | |
to Tunisia from the UK have
resumed this morning. | 2:12:02 | 2:12:04 | |
They've been suspended for almost 3
years after a terror attack that | 2:12:04 | 2:12:07 | |
killed 30 British people
who were on holiday there. | 2:12:07 | 2:12:09 | |
A travel ban was in place
until July last year, | 2:12:09 | 2:12:12 | |
and the foreign office
is still warning | 2:12:12 | 2:12:13 | |
of potential attacks. | 2:12:13 | 2:12:14 | |
Our Security Correspondent Frank
Gardner has been looking at how | 2:12:14 | 2:12:17 | |
Tunisians hope to reassure
travellers it's safe. | 2:12:17 | 2:12:25 | |
Tunisia is getting training from
Royal Navy instructors and hotel | 2:12:26 | 2:12:31 | |
staff have been trained. Four key
airports aviation experts have | 2:12:31 | 2:12:35 | |
installed screening so I asked the
British Ambassador how safe is it | 2:12:35 | 2:12:41 | |
now? No country is 100% safe as we
saw with the attacks in London and | 2:12:41 | 2:12:46 | |
Manchester last year but it is safer
here than it was in 2015 because the | 2:12:46 | 2:12:50 | |
Tunisian capability has improved. In
the resort town of work Thomas Cook | 2:12:50 | 2:12:58 | |
is taking the first returning
British tourists I asked the hotel | 2:12:58 | 2:13:02 | |
manager what precautions he is
taking. We have around 60 cameras | 2:13:02 | 2:13:07 | |
around the hotel. The exterior
cameras are all monitored by 24 | 2:13:07 | 2:13:16 | |
hours person behind the screens. You
can see changes have been made. | 2:13:16 | 2:13:20 | |
We're joined now by Olivia Leathley, | 2:13:20 | 2:13:22 | |
who was in that hotel in Tunisia
when the gunman attacked. | 2:13:22 | 2:13:30 | |
Thank you for coming back to talk to
us, you have talked to us quite a | 2:13:30 | 2:13:35 | |
lot, I am sure people will remember.
Tourists are going back. What do you | 2:13:35 | 2:13:39 | |
think? Good on them, I think. The
main reason I wanted to come and | 2:13:39 | 2:13:45 | |
speak today was on behalf of the
staff and all the workers at the | 2:13:45 | 2:13:49 | |
hotels, they have families, they
need to support them, it's not just | 2:13:49 | 2:13:53 | |
the people who have lost people that
it has devastated, its families over | 2:13:53 | 2:13:58 | |
there as well. Their lives have been
ruined and it must have been | 2:13:58 | 2:14:03 | |
incredibly difficult for them for
the past couple of years to try and | 2:14:03 | 2:14:08 | |
survive and even earn a living and
it's not their fault. And you know, | 2:14:08 | 2:14:15 | |
they were forming human shields in
front of people they didn't even | 2:14:15 | 2:14:19 | |
know and they are such wonderful,
open, kind-hearted people and we | 2:14:19 | 2:14:24 | |
could not have been better looked
after and more people should | 2:14:24 | 2:14:29 | |
experience that, so I'm glad people
are going back. You spoken in the | 2:14:29 | 2:14:33 | |
past about how you still think about
what happened and which way you | 2:14:33 | 2:14:36 | |
could have gone out at the hotel and
help things could have happened | 2:14:36 | 2:14:40 | |
differently but that would not stop
you from going back to Tunisia, you | 2:14:40 | 2:14:42 | |
think? Definitely not. I | 2:14:42 | 2:14:51 | |
think? Definitely not. I mean, in
today's civil unrest, we have had a | 2:14:51 | 2:14:54 | |
terror attack in Manchester, my
city. And you don't see people | 2:14:54 | 2:14:58 | |
running off to Canada, we come
together, we are British, we support | 2:14:58 | 2:15:03 | |
each other and we carry on and there
are a lot of people in the hotel | 2:15:03 | 2:15:08 | |
resort who were Brits and thought
salt this, I am staying. They have | 2:15:08 | 2:15:12 | |
earned that holiday and they wanted
to stay there and I thought good on | 2:15:12 | 2:15:17 | |
you, fantastic, we should not stop
this small group of evil people | 2:15:17 | 2:15:22 | |
stopping us from living our lives
and they should not make us feel | 2:15:22 | 2:15:25 | |
afraid because then they went. It's
three years now and we talked to you | 2:15:25 | 2:15:30 | |
very soon after you came back, I did
things that still, memories you | 2:15:30 | 2:15:35 | |
still have, things that still affect
you? Not really. The first year was | 2:15:35 | 2:15:39 | |
hard and I can't even imagine what
it's still like for the families, | 2:15:39 | 2:15:45 | |
and friends that have lost people.
It must still be incredibly raw. The | 2:15:45 | 2:15:50 | |
only thing that still bothers me a
little as fireworks. White. But I | 2:15:50 | 2:15:54 | |
think that's more a case,
psychological thing, but other than | 2:15:54 | 2:15:59 | |
that, we are good. Me and my
boyfriend are good. | 2:15:59 | 2:16:07 | |
Looking at that first flight leaving
this morning, you'd think it is a | 2:16:07 | 2:16:11 | |
good thing, particularly for the
people of Tunisia? Yes. It's a | 2:16:11 | 2:16:16 | |
beautiful country. Good on people
for going. And you will go back when | 2:16:16 | 2:16:21 | |
you can? Definitely, they deserve
it, definitely. Thank you so much. | 2:16:21 | 2:16:26 | |
Take care.
Let's find out what the weather was | 2:16:26 | 2:16:31 | |
like in this country at the moment.
I would imagine, with the picture | 2:16:31 | 2:16:35 | |
behind you, you have some grim news
coming. | 2:16:35 | 2:16:37 | |
behind you, you have some grim news
coming. | 2:16:37 | 2:16:38 | |
Not great. We have some sun around
in Scotland and northern England -- | 2:16:41 | 2:16:47 | |
snow around. The combination of rain
and wind. It doesn't make for a | 2:16:47 | 2:16:51 | |
great start but things do get better
for much of the country. Rain has | 2:16:51 | 2:16:57 | |
been falling from the sky here. As
has snow. It has been the heaviest | 2:16:57 | 2:17:03 | |
over Scotland. | 2:17:03 | 2:17:08 | |
over Scotland. Over the next few
hours the snow will ease from the | 2:17:08 | 2:17:12 | |
West, over the hills, a dusting is
possible through the central belt. | 2:17:12 | 2:17:16 | |
But it's improving for the West.
Already seen that in Northern | 2:17:16 | 2:17:20 | |
Ireland. Could be some snow over the
tops of the Pennines and the Welsh | 2:17:20 | 2:17:23 | |
hills. Heavy burst of rain pushing
across southern England at the | 2:17:23 | 2:17:27 | |
moment. There might be a few flakes
of snow mixed in with the rain over | 2:17:27 | 2:17:34 | |
the Chilterns. But primarily rain.
Strong winds over the southern | 2:17:34 | 2:17:38 | |
coast. That will whip up rough seas.
But brighter skies will be pushing | 2:17:38 | 2:17:43 | |
in from western areas in the
afternoon. Lots of sunshine. Eastern | 2:17:43 | 2:17:46 | |
County stay with the cloud,
occasional rain. Across the board | 2:17:46 | 2:17:50 | |
another cool day, two bridges
between four and 7 degrees at best | 2:17:50 | 2:17:55 | |
where you have the sunshine, but
with the cloud it won't feel as nice | 2:17:55 | 2:17:59 | |
as yesterday. -- across-the-board,
another cool day, temperatures | 2:17:59 | 2:18:06 | |
between four and 7 degrees.
Wednesday, temperatures dropping | 2:18:06 | 2:18:10 | |
below freezing. Then the next
weather system works in and on the | 2:18:10 | 2:18:14 | |
top of that there could be some
snow. Packed isobars around the | 2:18:14 | 2:18:18 | |
weather fronts. Another windy day.
Severe winds in parts, particularly | 2:18:18 | 2:18:23 | |
over the hills, coasts, particularly
in the south and west. But this mild | 2:18:23 | 2:18:29 | |
air will push in. The child may look
alarming. But the snow will be | 2:18:29 | 2:18:34 | |
primarily over the tops of the hills
of northern England and Scotland. | 2:18:34 | 2:18:37 | |
Rain to lower levels. Northern
Ireland brightens up later. When the | 2:18:37 | 2:18:43 | |
sun comes out, it'll be barmy at 10
degrees. Still a bit on the chilly | 2:18:43 | 2:18:48 | |
side for the north and East.
Wednesday night into Thursday | 2:18:48 | 2:18:53 | |
morning, the rain gradually clears
off towards the near continent. | 2:18:53 | 2:18:55 | |
There could be some frost and ice
around. But a pleasant enough | 2:18:55 | 2:19:02 | |
morning on Thursday, Dreyfuss
southern and eastern parts by the | 2:19:02 | 2:19:04 | |
afternoon, and still some snow
giving further accumulations for the | 2:19:04 | 2:19:09 | |
West of Scotland, the hills of
Northern Ireland, and a couple of | 2:19:09 | 2:19:12 | |
flurries from northern England and
Wales, as well. -- dry for southern | 2:19:12 | 2:19:18 | |
and eastern parts by the afternoon.
Tell us your jokes for pancake Day. | 2:19:18 | 2:19:24 | |
I've been trying to think of more,
but you have had it. | 2:19:24 | 2:19:28 | |
Mine is much batter.
You have half an hour. | 2:19:28 | 2:19:33 | |
Shrove Tuesday is an important day
for some people. Have you heard | 2:19:37 | 2:19:44 | |
about the British Heart Foundation
trying to get people to give up | 2:19:44 | 2:19:50 | |
chocolate for health purposes. Lots
of people will be giving it up for | 2:19:50 | 2:19:54 | |
Lent.
Are you going to do it? | 2:19:54 | 2:19:58 | |
I am considering it. But I do have a
drawer full of chocolate. Most | 2:19:58 | 2:20:03 | |
people talking about pancakes. I was
flipping one earlier, I'm not | 2:20:03 | 2:20:07 | |
allowed in their pancake club but
too many flips, no filling, and they | 2:20:07 | 2:20:11 | |
thought the colour was uneven,
that's pretty harsh. | 2:20:11 | 2:20:13 | |
But fair.
What about this for a filling? The | 2:20:13 | 2:20:18 | |
best pancake you ever try is a
Marmite one. | 2:20:18 | 2:20:22 | |
Really? I'm a bit distracted by the
fact you have a drawer of chocolate | 2:20:22 | 2:20:27 | |
in your house. If there was such a
thing it would not last in my house. | 2:20:27 | 2:20:31 | |
It is high up on the children have
no access. | 2:20:31 | 2:20:34 | |
But I would know it was there. I
hope you are enjoying Shrove | 2:20:34 | 2:20:39 | |
Tuesday. I was pretty impressed by
your efforts. Let's take a look. | 2:20:39 | 2:20:43 | |
People of the pancake, repair
yourself, I'm about to flip. One, | 2:20:43 | 2:20:50 | |
two, three, four, five, six... I
should point out that I was holding | 2:20:50 | 2:20:57 | |
the phone in the other hand.
You don't have to point out | 2:20:57 | 2:21:01 | |
anything, it was really good. Let's
take a look at Holly's effort. | 2:21:01 | 2:21:07 | |
How are we judging this? In the ski
jump it is all about distance and | 2:21:07 | 2:21:10 | |
style. If I get one of those I will
be happy. Ready? Oh! Yeah! It made a | 2:21:10 | 2:21:17 | |
bit of a mess.
Lorenzo, who is an expert, has | 2:21:17 | 2:21:23 | |
feedback he says you did not wait
for air bubbles on the top. The | 2:21:23 | 2:21:28 | |
battle was on set and possibly a
little bit thick. | 2:21:28 | 2:21:32 | |
Poor Holly. Have a lovely day,
everybody. You are watching | 2:21:32 | 2:21:38 | |
Breakfast. | 2:21:38 | 2:21:40 | |
It was a dangerous and adrenaline
fuelled flight that | 2:21:40 | 2:21:42 | |
saw Sasha Dench become known
as 'the human swan'. | 2:21:42 | 2:21:44 | |
In 2016, we followed
the conservationist as she flew | 2:21:44 | 2:21:46 | |
over 4,000 miles,
following the migration | 2:21:46 | 2:21:48 | |
of Bewick's swans from Russia
to Gloucestershire. | 2:21:48 | 2:21:54 | |
Her mission was to find out
why swan numbers have | 2:21:54 | 2:21:57 | |
declined so dramatically -
whilst flying behind | 2:21:57 | 2:21:58 | |
in a paraglider. | 2:21:58 | 2:21:59 | |
Now she's been awarded one
of the most prestigious | 2:21:59 | 2:22:02 | |
awards in aviation,
to celebrate her | 2:22:02 | 2:22:03 | |
pioneering innovation. | 2:22:03 | 2:22:05 | |
You might recognise some
of the previous winners. | 2:22:05 | 2:22:11 | |
Take a look. | 2:22:11 | 2:22:17 | |
I'm delighted to say that Sasha is
here. It hasn't really sunk in that | 2:22:57 | 2:23:11 | |
of won it. When they said I had won
the Britannia, I didn't think it was | 2:23:11 | 2:23:20 | |
that one. Not a lot of women have
won it. Not for a long time. And | 2:23:20 | 2:23:26 | |
nobody has won it in a paraglider,
normally it is people in proper | 2:23:26 | 2:23:29 | |
aircraft. We followed you on your
flight. Remind us, though, for | 2:23:29 | 2:23:34 | |
people who haven't, remind us where
you started, where you went, and | 2:23:34 | 2:23:37 | |
some of the amazing thing is that
you saw on the way. How long have | 2:23:37 | 2:23:41 | |
you got! Up in Russia where people
are nomadic reindeer breeders, | 2:23:41 | 2:23:46 | |
through the Baltic and all the way
back to the UK. I remember it so | 2:23:46 | 2:23:52 | |
well. We used to see you so much
here. Such an extraordinary journey | 2:23:52 | 2:23:58 | |
to undertake. Why did you want to do
it? What was the most amazing thing | 2:23:58 | 2:24:01 | |
he found out doing it? The most
inspiring thing is the number of | 2:24:01 | 2:24:05 | |
people who put up their hand and
said, yes, we are happy to try and | 2:24:05 | 2:24:09 | |
help. That was an exciting thing. I
had a theory that when I land, it | 2:24:09 | 2:24:17 | |
was kind of pathetic, I didn't look
like a superhero, flying in that, | 2:24:17 | 2:24:22 | |
and it was freezing cold so I
probably had snot on my face. I | 2:24:22 | 2:24:29 | |
landed on people's reaction was, how
can I help? I hoped that would apply | 2:24:29 | 2:24:33 | |
to the swans and it seems to have
worked. We now have a lot of people | 2:24:33 | 2:24:39 | |
on the flyweight doing things. Next
month I am going back up to the | 2:24:39 | 2:24:43 | |
Artic. | 2:24:43 | 2:24:48 | |
Artic. Lots of work going on. What
are you trying to stop, catching and | 2:24:48 | 2:24:54 | |
shooting? There is some shooting in
the tundra. But there also is in | 2:24:54 | 2:24:59 | |
Germany and other countries. We are
working with partners along the | 2:24:59 | 2:25:02 | |
flyweight. But it looks like we are
having an impact. It's exciting. | 2:25:02 | 2:25:05 | |
Something as mad as doing this
across all of these countries is | 2:25:05 | 2:25:13 | |
working. I imagine lots of people
are interested in what you found. | 2:25:13 | 2:25:17 | |
And the science behind the trip, as
well. There were lots of researchers | 2:25:17 | 2:25:22 | |
behind it all. I had them end of a
satellite phone when I had a | 2:25:22 | 2:25:26 | |
question. We found a new areas in
Russia just following the swans and | 2:25:26 | 2:25:30 | |
seeing where they stopped. I could
fly over them and see that swans | 2:25:30 | 2:25:33 | |
were using this particular area. Now
we know there is area to look at. | 2:25:33 | 2:25:38 | |
The key thing, but in Britain, what
you notice from the air is the | 2:25:38 | 2:25:44 | |
difference between the number of
weapons that you get on the other | 2:25:44 | 2:25:47 | |
side of the flyover and here. There
-- the loss of weapons in this | 2:25:47 | 2:25:53 | |
country is an issue and possibly the
topic of my next expedition. It | 2:25:53 | 2:25:59 | |
must've been extraordinary flying
alongside those incredible birds. | 2:25:59 | 2:26:03 | |
Did they recognise you? Did they
accept you were with them? What was | 2:26:03 | 2:26:07 | |
it like? When I was in the air,
certainly in the northern remote | 2:26:07 | 2:26:15 | |
areas I was ignored by them. They
could just fly. They flew nearly, | 2:26:15 | 2:26:20 | |
around me, the lonely, but not
close. And I wasn't trying to fly | 2:26:20 | 2:26:25 | |
close to them. Up there, in remote
areas, they ignored you. But as you | 2:26:25 | 2:26:31 | |
get across more developed part of
the worlds, they learned that people | 2:26:31 | 2:26:34 | |
can be dangerous. The more people
they are, the more nervous they are, | 2:26:34 | 2:26:39 | |
which is interesting. You mentioned
your next project would be about the | 2:26:39 | 2:26:43 | |
wetlands. Would you tell us what
that involves? Nothing is confirmed | 2:26:43 | 2:26:47 | |
as of yet. But basically what we
would like to do is a tour around | 2:26:47 | 2:26:52 | |
the whole of the UK. Look at where
weapons have gone. We've lost 90% in | 2:26:52 | 2:26:57 | |
the last 400 years. -- wetlands have
gone. It is rivers that have been | 2:26:57 | 2:27:04 | |
turned into canals. It is great that
you can see swans in certain areas, | 2:27:04 | 2:27:11 | |
but it isn't natural, it is in the
way it should be, there should be | 2:27:11 | 2:27:14 | |
more around the country. I want to
fly around the UK and talk to | 2:27:14 | 2:27:19 | |
everybody and look at where they
have gone and could we put them | 2:27:19 | 2:27:24 | |
back, some of them, at least. So
good to meet you properly. Thank you | 2:27:24 | 2:27:27 | |
so much. Time to get the news,
travel, and | 2:27:27 | 2:27:31 | |
so much. Time to get the news,
travel, and weather | 2:27:31 | 2:30:53 | |
Watch out for that rain if you are
heading out. | 2:30:53 | 2:30:56 | |
Hello, this is Breakfast
with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. | 2:30:59 | 2:31:04 | |
The latest news... British package
holiday companies have started | 2:31:04 | 2:31:10 | |
taking tourists back to committee
this morning. It's almost three | 2:31:10 | 2:31:14 | |
years since a gunman opened fire
killing 38 people. 30 British | 2:31:14 | 2:31:19 | |
holiday-makers were killed at the
resort in June when to 15. Until | 2:31:19 | 2:31:23 | |
last summer, the Foreign Office
advised against travel due to the | 2:31:23 | 2:31:26 | |
high risk of terrorism. In the last
few hours, Thomas Cook operated the | 2:31:26 | 2:31:30 | |
first flight from Birmingham and say
that holiday-makers should be | 2:31:30 | 2:31:32 | |
reassured. | 2:31:32 | 2:31:34 | |
I think we have to look
at all the work that's been done. | 2:31:34 | 2:31:37 | |
Obviously we did have
restrictions there, put in place | 2:31:37 | 2:31:39 | |
by the Foreign Office. | 2:31:39 | 2:31:42 | |
Those restrictions were lifted
because of all of the improvements | 2:31:42 | 2:31:44 | |
that have been made on safety
and security in Tunisia | 2:31:44 | 2:31:46 | |
and in the resorts themselves. | 2:31:46 | 2:31:50 | |
The Charity Commission is launching
an investigation into Oxfam | 2:31:50 | 2:31:52 | |
following the revelation of a sex
scandal involving its aid | 2:31:53 | 2:31:56 | |
workers in Haiti in 2011. | 2:31:56 | 2:31:57 | |
The watchdog says documents show
Oxfam may not have "fully | 2:31:57 | 2:31:59 | |
and frankly disclosed"
all the available | 2:31:59 | 2:32:01 | |
information at the time. | 2:32:01 | 2:32:04 | |
A new tool to fight online terror
and jihadi activity is being | 2:32:04 | 2:32:07 | |
unveiled by the Home Secretary
during a trip to the US. | 2:32:07 | 2:32:09 | |
It aims to detect content
and remove it instantly. | 2:32:09 | 2:32:11 | |
Funded with more than £500,000
of Government money, | 2:32:11 | 2:32:13 | |
the tool draws upon a vast database
of material posted by | 2:32:13 | 2:32:16 | |
the so-called Islamic State. | 2:32:16 | 2:32:20 | |
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd
will meet with tech companies | 2:32:20 | 2:32:23 | |
to discuss the software -
as well as other efforts | 2:32:23 | 2:32:25 | |
to tackle extremism. | 2:32:25 | 2:32:33 | |
American investigators have been
instructed to examine the Grand | 2:32:35 | 2:32:37 | |
Canyon helicopter crash that killed
seven people. Becky Dobson, her | 2:32:37 | 2:32:43 | |
brother Stuart and Jason Hill were
among those who died. The survivors | 2:32:43 | 2:32:48 | |
and the pilot are currently being
treated in hospital in Las Vegas. It | 2:32:48 | 2:32:50 | |
said they had to wait eight hours
before they could be rescued from | 2:32:50 | 2:32:53 | |
the site. | 2:32:53 | 2:32:55 | |
South Africa's ruling party has
made an official demand | 2:32:55 | 2:32:57 | |
for President Jacob Zuma to step
down, after a 13-hour meeting | 2:32:57 | 2:33:01 | |
with leading figures
from the African National Congress. | 2:33:01 | 2:33:03 | |
Mr Zuma has been the head
of state since 2009, | 2:33:03 | 2:33:05 | |
but his time in office has been
overshadowed by | 2:33:05 | 2:33:07 | |
corruption allegations. | 2:33:07 | 2:33:08 | |
It is unclear how he will respond
to the formal request to resign. | 2:33:08 | 2:33:11 | |
BBC News has learned
that the Commonwealth has begun | 2:33:12 | 2:33:14 | |
considering who might succeed
the Queen as the head | 2:33:14 | 2:33:17 | |
of the organisation. | 2:33:17 | 2:33:18 | |
Member states could choose anyone
as the ceremonial leader, | 2:33:18 | 2:33:20 | |
as the role is not hereditary. | 2:33:20 | 2:33:24 | |
The BBC has been told 53 member
states have established a high level | 2:33:24 | 2:33:27 | |
group of independent figures to look
at the way the Commonwealth | 2:33:27 | 2:33:30 | |
is governed. | 2:33:30 | 2:33:31 | |
It will meet for the first
time today in London. | 2:33:31 | 2:33:37 | |
That brings you up to date. | 2:33:37 | 2:33:42 | |
Matt will have the weather
in about ten minutes' | 2:33:42 | 2:33:44 | |
time but also coming up
on Breakfast this morning... | 2:33:44 | 2:33:47 | |
Yesterday we spoke to Joanna Lumley
about the new British | 2:33:47 | 2:33:50 | |
comedy Finding Your Feet,
in a few moments another | 2:33:50 | 2:33:55 | |
of its stars Celia
Imrie will be here. | 2:33:55 | 2:33:59 | |
It is your turn to have a wonderful
life. | 2:33:59 | 2:34:02 | |
Farewell messages left | 2:34:02 | 2:34:04 | |
by people approaching
the end of their lives, | 2:34:04 | 2:34:08 | |
we'll meet the families who took
part in an emotional | 2:34:08 | 2:34:11 | |
new documentary. | 2:34:11 | 2:34:13 | |
And star of Mr Selfridge
and The Missing Frances O'Connor | 2:34:13 | 2:34:17 | |
is the Queen of Troy in the BBC's
major new Saturday night drama, | 2:34:17 | 2:34:20 | |
she's here after 9. | 2:34:20 | 2:34:27 | |
Following us on BBC One this
morning, the Winter Olympics. We | 2:34:27 | 2:34:31 | |
have a sneak preview of what is to
come. | 2:34:31 | 2:34:35 | |
We have been glued to it. Much more
action still to come. | 2:34:35 | 2:34:41 | |
One of Team GB's best chances
for gold, Elise Christie, | 2:34:41 | 2:34:44 | |
is in action in Pyeongchang today. | 2:34:44 | 2:34:49 | |
If you watch one event, this has to
be it. She will be coming back from | 2:34:49 | 2:34:53 | |
what happened to her four years ago
in Sochi. It was just heartbreaking | 2:34:53 | 2:34:57 | |
to watch that, wasn't it, whenever
she was disqualified in her events | 2:34:57 | 2:35:01 | |
because of a crash that she was
blamed for, she will be hoping to | 2:35:01 | 2:35:05 | |
make up for that. It will not be
easy to do. There will be a | 2:35:05 | 2:35:08 | |
challenge. She's one of the best
chances and will be in action later. | 2:35:08 | 2:35:13 | |
The current world champion
and world record holder | 2:35:13 | 2:35:17 | |
for over 500 metres will take to the | 2:35:17 | 2:35:19 | |
ice for the short track
speed skating finals. | 2:35:19 | 2:35:22 | |
Christie is hoping for her first
Olympic medal after she left Sochi | 2:35:22 | 2:35:24 | |
empty handed in 2014. | 2:35:24 | 2:35:25 | |
We can now speak to former GB short
track speed skater, Sarah Lindsay. | 2:35:25 | 2:35:29 | |
Good morning. Thank you for joining
us. The pressure that she must be | 2:35:29 | 2:35:34 | |
feeling right now, you can relate to
this. How intense will that be for | 2:35:34 | 2:35:37 | |
her? Well, obviously she is a huge
medal hope and she is the world | 2:35:37 | 2:35:43 | |
record-holder. She is world
champion. Anything can happen in our | 2:35:43 | 2:35:48 | |
sport. It is a very, very difficult
one to predict. On paper, she should | 2:35:48 | 2:35:53 | |
go flying through and do very well
in the finals. But race by race, one | 2:35:53 | 2:36:00 | |
at a time. She did so well in the
heats, she broke a record, it only | 2:36:00 | 2:36:05 | |
lasted for a few minutes but that
must be reassuring? It was a very | 2:36:05 | 2:36:09 | |
fast time anyway. There were two
skaters that skated quick, everybody | 2:36:09 | 2:36:14 | |
else was half a second behind in all
of the other races. She is skating | 2:36:14 | 2:36:20 | |
really fast and looked very positive
and happy with how she was skating. | 2:36:20 | 2:36:23 | |
Some of the commentary yesterday,
saying that she has matured a lot, | 2:36:23 | 2:36:30 | |
some of the decisions she made, the
mistakes she made back then, she | 2:36:30 | 2:36:35 | |
would not make now? Yes, she has
come a long way. She has been the | 2:36:35 | 2:36:40 | |
best in the world for a while. She
is used to go into cabbage of events | 2:36:40 | 2:36:44 | |
with pressure on her and having to
perform under those conditions, | 2:36:44 | 2:36:49 | |
dashed into Championship events, and
having to perform with pressure, she | 2:36:49 | 2:36:53 | |
was fast enough and good enough to
win medals, but she had not been in | 2:36:53 | 2:36:56 | |
that position before were you are
going into finals, having to perform | 2:36:56 | 2:37:02 | |
and go for gold. She is much more
experienced. This is your sport, | 2:37:02 | 2:37:07 | |
fantastic, fast, furious, we have
seen some of the falls. The most | 2:37:07 | 2:37:13 | |
important things, speed and
accuracy? In the 500 metres, the | 2:37:13 | 2:37:16 | |
most important thing, for a -- for
here especially, is that she gets | 2:37:16 | 2:37:25 | |
out of trouble. The start is really
important. People behind you, second | 2:37:25 | 2:37:31 | |
and third, they will be fighting for
that second place. One and two | 2:37:31 | 2:37:36 | |
qualify for the next round. You want
to be in front and let everybody be | 2:37:36 | 2:37:39 | |
battling for second place behind
you. Then you almost don't even get | 2:37:39 | 2:37:43 | |
challenged for the first spot. How
difficult is it to pass somebody? At | 2:37:43 | 2:37:48 | |
top speed, very hard, you have to
have considerably more speed to | 2:37:48 | 2:37:51 | |
overtake somebody and get Pasolini.
The 500 metres, there is no room for | 2:37:51 | 2:37:55 | |
mistakes. In the longer distances,
if you make a mistake, you have to | 2:37:55 | 2:38:04 | |
slow down, you have more time to
make up the difference. On 500 | 2:38:04 | 2:38:07 | |
metres, there is no second chance.
That is really interesting, a lot of | 2:38:07 | 2:38:14 | |
people were asking me, the fact that
Elise is the favourite for the 500 | 2:38:14 | 2:38:19 | |
metres, if there is a favourite in
the longer distances, the second | 2:38:19 | 2:38:22 | |
favourite in the 500 metres, but you
have explained why that is, it is | 2:38:22 | 2:38:26 | |
more difficult in a shorter
distance? It is fun, it is | 2:38:26 | 2:38:30 | |
aggressive and over very quickly.
Like I said, Elise is the fastest | 2:38:30 | 2:38:35 | |
girl, she does have some moves, she
can overtake. Fingers crossed, she | 2:38:35 | 2:38:39 | |
will get a good draw because of The
Times yesterday, she should stay out | 2:38:39 | 2:38:45 | |
of trouble and flow through the
rounds. Use a top speed, what is top | 2:38:45 | 2:38:50 | |
speed? 35 mph. Eye watering! On one
foot going around the corner. The | 2:38:50 | 2:39:00 | |
blades are only one millimetre
thick, very thin. You are crazy, you | 2:39:00 | 2:39:05 | |
lot! It is the same for all winter
sport. I've said it, you are all | 2:39:05 | 2:39:11 | |
bonkers! We have so much more to
talk about. | 2:39:11 | 2:39:19 | |
The big performance | 2:39:20 | 2:39:21 | |
came on the snowboard
in the women's halfpipe final. | 2:39:21 | 2:39:23 | |
The USA's Chloe Kim put
in an extraordinary final run | 2:39:23 | 2:39:25 | |
to put the gloss on a gold
she'd already won. | 2:39:25 | 2:39:28 | |
This routine scored her 98 out
of 100 with the judges. | 2:39:28 | 2:39:30 | |
She's just 17 years
old and a hometown favourite too | 2:39:30 | 2:39:33 | |
in Pyeongchang - her family
heritage is South Korean. | 2:39:33 | 2:39:35 | |
And as well as on the snow
Kim's also been grabbing | 2:39:35 | 2:39:37 | |
the attention on social media,
tweeting about food | 2:39:37 | 2:39:39 | |
during her competition. | 2:39:39 | 2:39:46 | |
At long last, the Austrian Marcel
Hirscher is an Olympic champion | 2:39:46 | 2:39:53 | |
and he won a gold medal
in the combined event, which is | 2:39:53 | 2:39:55 | |
a mix of downhill and slalom. | 2:39:55 | 2:39:57 | |
He is one of the most dominant
alpine skiiers in history, but this | 2:39:57 | 2:40:00 | |
is the first time he's won gold
at an Olympics. | 2:40:00 | 2:40:03 | |
And there might be more to come too,
this is just the first | 2:40:03 | 2:40:06 | |
of four medal attempts. | 2:40:06 | 2:40:07 | |
A husband and wife pairing sealed | 2:40:07 | 2:40:08 | |
a third medal at these Games for
the Olympic Athletes from Russia. | 2:40:08 | 2:40:12 | |
It's the first medal to be won
in curling at Pyeongchang. | 2:40:12 | 2:40:14 | |
They beat Norway in the bronze medal
match to seal third place | 2:40:14 | 2:40:17 | |
in the mixed doubles. | 2:40:17 | 2:40:18 | |
Canada face Switzerland
for gold later this morning. | 2:40:18 | 2:40:24 | |
England's T20 cricketers will have
to score more than they have so far | 2:40:24 | 2:40:27 | |
this winter if they are to beat
New Zealand in Wellington. | 2:40:27 | 2:40:30 | |
The tourists won the toss
and decided to have a bowl. | 2:40:30 | 2:40:33 | |
And early on it looked
like they'd got it wrong. | 2:40:33 | 2:40:36 | |
Martin Guptil picking
apart the opening bowlers | 2:40:36 | 2:40:37 | |
with some big boundaries. | 2:40:37 | 2:40:44 | |
He passed his half-century. Adil
Rashid slowed progress. | 2:40:44 | 2:40:59 | |
Rashid slowed progress. England's
response has started well. Alex | 2:40:59 | 2:41:01 | |
Hales with some big shots as he made
47. England are now 104-3 in the | 2:41:01 | 2:41:06 | |
12th over. | 2:41:06 | 2:41:08 | |
Chelsea emphatically
ended their losing streak | 2:41:08 | 2:41:09 | |
in the Premier League last night,
beating the bottom side West Brom | 2:41:09 | 2:41:12 | |
3-0 at Stamford Bridge. | 2:41:12 | 2:41:13 | |
The result reduces the pressure
on Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, | 2:41:13 | 2:41:15 | |
who had Eden Hazard to thank
for the win. | 2:41:15 | 2:41:21 | |
The Belgian scored two of the three
goals, Victor Moses got the other. | 2:41:21 | 2:41:24 | |
Conte's side are back
into the top four. | 2:41:24 | 2:41:30 | |
Plenty more action to come, just
over an hour until Elise Christie | 2:41:35 | 2:41:38 | |
hits the ice. 35 mph! If I do that
on my bicycle, I'm terrified. | 2:41:38 | 2:41:47 | |
Amazing. | 2:41:47 | 2:41:52 | |
Yesterday we heard from Bafta
host Joanna Lumley, | 2:41:52 | 2:41:54 | |
as she shared her excitement
about her role in the new British | 2:41:54 | 2:41:57 | |
film Finding Your Feet. | 2:41:57 | 2:41:58 | |
Celia Imrie stars alongside her,
adding to the roll call of top | 2:41:58 | 2:42:01 | |
British actors in the movie. | 2:42:01 | 2:42:02 | |
We'll speak to Celia
in a moment, but first let's | 2:42:02 | 2:42:05 | |
have a look at the film. | 2:42:05 | 2:42:08 | |
Elizabeth, it's Sandra. | 2:42:18 | 2:42:21 | |
Sandra? | 2:42:21 | 2:42:23 | |
What a lovely surp-... | 2:42:23 | 2:42:24 | |
What are you doing here? | 2:42:24 | 2:42:26 | |
Mike's been having an affair with
Pamela Harper, so I've left him. | 2:42:26 | 2:42:29 | |
I tried calling your
landline, but apparently | 2:42:29 | 2:42:31 | |
you changed your number. | 2:42:31 | 2:42:32 | |
Years ago. | 2:42:32 | 2:42:33 | |
You might have let me know. | 2:42:33 | 2:42:34 | |
I expect it's been
cut off anyway, now. | 2:42:34 | 2:42:36 | |
Perhaps you've buried it. | 2:42:36 | 2:42:38 | |
I can only imagine what
everyone's saying back home. | 2:42:41 | 2:42:44 | |
Good morning. How lovely to see you.
We saw a clip, set that up for us? | 2:42:48 | 2:42:54 | |
That is my sister, played
brilliantly, used to living in a | 2:42:54 | 2:43:00 | |
huge, great mansion. She catches her
husband kissing her best friend at a | 2:43:00 | 2:43:06 | |
party. So, she has to take refuge. I
think she probably doesn't have any | 2:43:06 | 2:43:10 | |
other friends. She takes refuge with
her older sister, me, who lives in a | 2:43:10 | 2:43:16 | |
council flat. Sublime to the
ridiculous. We have not seen each | 2:43:16 | 2:43:21 | |
other for ten years. Is it fair to
say that the older sister is a | 2:43:21 | 2:43:25 | |
little bit naughty? Yes, absolutely.
It is a wonderful film. Her world | 2:43:25 | 2:43:31 | |
has collapsed, really. But I am mad
about going to dancing classes. | 2:43:31 | 2:43:38 | |
Well, not really a class, but just
the joy of dancing, and I try to | 2:43:38 | 2:43:42 | |
persuade her to come. She doesn't
want to go, but then eventually all | 2:43:42 | 2:43:45 | |
is well. It works out? People who
have followed your career will know | 2:43:45 | 2:43:50 | |
you have worked with Imelda on a
number of occasions. When you get | 2:43:50 | 2:43:57 | |
back and do something like this, is
it like old friends? We were the Kit | 2:43:57 | 2:44:02 | |
Kat girls in cabaret, rather a long
time ago, but that doesn't matter! | 2:44:02 | 2:44:10 | |
And then we did a play together in
London. What is clever is that we | 2:44:10 | 2:44:14 | |
are familiar with each other. It is
a real bonus to the film. We don't | 2:44:14 | 2:44:20 | |
have to play being... You already
know each other? So it is a very | 2:44:20 | 2:44:27 | |
clever thing, with Timothy Spall,
who I had been married to in the | 2:44:27 | 2:44:30 | |
past come on film... I like the way
you added that at the end, on film! | 2:44:30 | 2:44:37 | |
We all know each other from past
lives. It is a very clever thing. We | 2:44:37 | 2:44:42 | |
don't have to get to know each
other, we are just there. You have | 2:44:42 | 2:44:48 | |
been writing yourself, a novel? My
third novel, called Sailor Wade. It | 2:44:48 | 2:44:54 | |
is set on a great big liner. Like
finding your feet, there are two | 2:44:54 | 2:44:59 | |
heroines, which is unusual. To have
two people leading. They don't know | 2:44:59 | 2:45:05 | |
each other at all. They find
themselves on the same big ship. And | 2:45:05 | 2:45:09 | |
then they come together at the end,
when a murder has been discovered | 2:45:09 | 2:45:13 | |
and everything gets very, very
overexcited at the end. Because I | 2:45:13 | 2:45:19 | |
often travel to America... I wanted
to know, have you been on these kind | 2:45:19 | 2:45:23 | |
of things? Yes, I travel on the QM2,
which I think is going to become | 2:45:23 | 2:45:30 | |
more and more popular because of the
hell of airports, I am sure I will | 2:45:30 | 2:45:35 | |
get taken off the air, but people
have a horrible time in airports. | 2:45:35 | 2:45:39 | |
Actually, going on these ships, you
feel like a film star. It is the | 2:45:39 | 2:45:44 | |
most glamorous thing to do. You
arrive fresh and ready to go. | 2:45:44 | 2:45:51 | |
I love that you say you feel like a
film star, you are one! In terms of | 2:45:51 | 2:45:56 | |
writing the book, how do you do it?
Do you have to discipline yourself | 2:45:56 | 2:46:00 | |
not to take other work or do you fit
it in in between? I try to fit it | 2:46:00 | 2:46:05 | |
in, but I have the most wonderful
place to write. I write in Nice, | 2:46:05 | 2:46:09 | |
looking onto the ocean. I love the
sea. My other two books were set in | 2:46:09 | 2:46:14 | |
Nice. So, that's a great
inspiration. I'm not terribly | 2:46:14 | 2:46:20 | |
disciplined. I try to do it in the
morning, then I go out for | 2:46:20 | 2:46:25 | |
adventures around the beautiful
places of Nice. And I try to put | 2:46:25 | 2:46:28 | |
them into the story as well. Because
Frances, as you know, adores food. | 2:46:28 | 2:46:35 | |
And so I go to all that sort of
festivals of mushrooms and garlic | 2:46:35 | 2:46:39 | |
and everything. You take your
inspiration from that. Exactly. When | 2:46:39 | 2:46:44 | |
you are writing it, do you think in
your head, oh, if | 2:46:44 | 2:46:53 | |
your head, oh, if it was going to be
a phone, these people... Oh, | 2:46:53 | 2:46:54 | |
absolutely! I write a path for
myself in every single book. And I | 2:46:54 | 2:46:57 | |
write hoping that it will be a film
one day, why not? -- I write a path | 2:46:57 | 2:47:01 | |
for myself. The dialogue is my
favourite bit right, it's like | 2:47:01 | 2:47:05 | |
writing a script. I suppose the
industry has changed a lot. Joanna | 2:47:05 | 2:47:11 | |
Lumley was talking yesterday about
the Me Too campaign. Have you felt a | 2:47:11 | 2:47:14 | |
difference in the industry that you
are working in? Well, I find it very | 2:47:14 | 2:47:19 | |
distressing and disturbing. But I do
think that we can't pretend it | 2:47:19 | 2:47:24 | |
hasn't happened, this enormous
discovery. But we must now move | 2:47:24 | 2:47:27 | |
forward and be positive. And I think
things will never be the same, | 2:47:27 | 2:47:33 | |
that's probably a good thing. But we
must now go forward and be positive | 2:47:33 | 2:47:38 | |
and not stay where we are all have
the pendulum swing too far the other | 2:47:38 | 2:47:42 | |
weight. I'm interested in you
talking about female pretenders. | 2:47:42 | 2:47:46 | |
Would you like to see more female
protagonists in lead roles, as you | 2:47:46 | 2:47:51 | |
were saying before? Oh, yes. In
Finding Your Feet, we have two. But | 2:47:51 | 2:47:57 | |
I think, again, I think things are
changing, actually. Of course I'm | 2:47:57 | 2:48:02 | |
greedy and I want to be in
everything! Why not?! But I think | 2:48:02 | 2:48:09 | |
things are changing, and I think
people realise that women like to | 2:48:09 | 2:48:13 | |
see women on film. And we don't have
to be 17 any more, which is rather a | 2:48:13 | 2:48:17 | |
bonus, since I'm not! I would not
have suggested that to you! It's | 2:48:17 | 2:48:24 | |
really lovely to meet you, thank you
very much. Thanks for having me. | 2:48:24 | 2:48:27 | |
Finding Your Feet is out in cimenas
in a week on Friday. | 2:48:27 | 2:48:32 | |
Celia's novel is called Sail Away.
It is out on the 27th. | 2:48:32 | 2:48:40 | |
Here's Matt with a look
at this morning's weather. | 2:48:40 | 2:48:43 | |
The picture says it all! | 2:48:43 | 2:48:45 | |
The picture says it all! Good
morning. It certainly does, but only | 2:48:45 | 2:48:50 | |
for the short term, it is getting
better. The next few hours we have | 2:48:50 | 2:48:55 | |
strong winds and heavy rain over
southern areas, snow and icy | 2:48:55 | 2:48:58 | |
conditions over parts of Scotland
and northern England over the next | 2:48:58 | 2:49:01 | |
couple of hours may cause issues on
the roads. The radar charts from | 2:49:01 | 2:49:05 | |
this morning, you can see the blue
colours on the charts, some weight | 2:49:05 | 2:49:09 | |
and snow on the hills of Wales and
the Moors. At the top of the | 2:49:09 | 2:49:14 | |
Pennines becoming Warwick Spencer.
And too. Things are improving from | 2:49:14 | 2:49:26 | |
the West. Northern Ireland seeing
sunshine developing, although a few | 2:49:26 | 2:49:28 | |
more wintry flurries or on the way.
Across the hills of the Grampians, a | 2:49:28 | 2:49:31 | |
good few centimetres of snow to
fall. Down to lower levels around | 2:49:31 | 2:49:33 | |
Greater Manchester, Merseyside,
heavy rain through the North | 2:49:33 | 2:49:35 | |
Midlands as well. And heavy rain
across southern counties of England | 2:49:35 | 2:49:38 | |
and maybe a few flakes of wet snow
but nothing significant further | 2:49:38 | 2:49:43 | |
south. Strong winds pushing rough
seas in across the coast, but the | 2:49:43 | 2:49:47 | |
brightest guys are pushing in from
the West, one or two showers will be | 2:49:47 | 2:49:52 | |
here and that's all the brighter
skies. Cloudy with occasional rain | 2:49:52 | 2:49:56 | |
in the Eastern counties of England
even through the afternoon. | 2:49:56 | 2:50:00 | |
Temperature is not far off might
yesterday's values, but not as much | 2:50:00 | 2:50:04 | |
sunshine so it might not feel quite
as pleasant. Through tonight and | 2:50:04 | 2:50:09 | |
into tomorrow, the cloud across the
south and east will break up, a slot | 2:50:09 | 2:50:13 | |
of clearer weather, temperatures
will drop, frost and is around into | 2:50:13 | 2:50:17 | |
Wednesday morning. The next weather
system pushing in, strong winds with | 2:50:17 | 2:50:22 | |
that, largely rain, but there will
be snow of times across the tops of | 2:50:22 | 2:50:27 | |
the hills on Scotland and northern
England from mid-morning. Mainly on | 2:50:27 | 2:50:30 | |
the tops of their holes. Reynet
through tomorrow. As skies | 2:50:30 | 2:50:35 | |
brightened up into the West,
temperatures could lift back up into | 2:50:35 | 2:50:39 | |
double figures. I know my jokes have
fallen a bit flat today, but that is | 2:50:39 | 2:50:47 | |
my last forecast creped upon us!
STUDIO: | 2:50:47 | 2:50:54 | |
my last forecast creped upon us!
STUDIO: It was my fault! I brought | 2:50:54 | 2:50:57 | |
it upon myself! | 2:50:57 | 2:51:00 | |
Tightrope walkers,
clowns, trapeze artists - | 2:51:00 | 2:51:01 | |
just some of the acts we love
about the circus! | 2:51:01 | 2:51:04 | |
This year marks 250 years
since the first one opened | 2:51:04 | 2:51:06 | |
in London Waterloo. | 2:51:06 | 2:51:07 | |
Our Arts Correspondent David
Sillito is at a Big Top | 2:51:07 | 2:51:09 | |
for us this morning. | 2:51:09 | 2:51:15 | |
Good morning, where are you? Reveal
yourself! Oh, the red velvet | 2:51:15 | 2:51:21 | |
curtains were too much of an
invitation! We are in Aintree and | 2:51:21 | 2:51:25 | |
Gandhi's sites. Nothing really has
changed in 250 years. We have the | 2:51:25 | 2:51:31 | |
juggler, we have Manuel, our
Acrobat. And of course, we have | 2:51:31 | 2:51:35 | |
Andrea, our clown. You notice the
only thing we have of traditional | 2:51:35 | 2:51:41 | |
clowning left is of course the
comedy and a little red nose. There | 2:51:41 | 2:51:46 | |
are no animals, either. A lot has
stayed the same, and a lot has | 2:51:46 | 2:51:51 | |
changed. Especially, the clowns have
had to move with the times. | 2:51:51 | 2:51:54 | |
Once upon a time, every
circus had its own troupe. | 2:51:54 | 2:51:56 | |
VOICEOVER: As always,
the clowns bring down the house. | 2:51:56 | 2:51:58 | |
The face paint, the big shoes,
they were the heart | 2:51:58 | 2:52:01 | |
of circus heritage. | 2:52:01 | 2:52:02 | |
But the wigs and greasepaint
are in decline. | 2:52:02 | 2:52:04 | |
Maybe it's the clown horror films,
but on this anniversary year, | 2:52:04 | 2:52:08 | |
there is a big issue for the man
hoping to be World Crown President. | 2:52:08 | 2:52:15 | |
I didn't realise there
was democracy in clowning. | 2:52:15 | 2:52:18 | |
There's quite a lot of democracy. | 2:52:18 | 2:52:20 | |
Quite a lot of politics, as well. | 2:52:20 | 2:52:22 | |
What are the issues at the moment? | 2:52:22 | 2:52:24 | |
You've already highlighted the main
questions what we ask, | 2:52:24 | 2:52:26 | |
are people scared of clowns? | 2:52:26 | 2:52:29 | |
It is the big issue. | 2:52:29 | 2:52:32 | |
Even here at the heart of clowndom,
more and more clowns are giving up | 2:52:32 | 2:52:35 | |
on looking like clowns. | 2:52:35 | 2:52:38 | |
I mean, if you'd have seen me back
in 1973 when I first | 2:52:38 | 2:52:41 | |
started coming here,
then you'd have seen | 2:52:41 | 2:52:43 | |
a completely different face. | 2:52:43 | 2:52:46 | |
You don't look like proper clowns! | 2:52:46 | 2:52:52 | |
GASPS | 2:52:52 | 2:52:54 | |
I don't know, we're leaving! | 2:52:54 | 2:52:55 | |
Children, over the years, have got
a little bit wary of clowns. | 2:52:55 | 2:52:58 | |
But there is a fightback against all
of this anti-clown prejudice. | 2:52:58 | 2:53:02 | |
I am PC Bibbledy Bobby,
or Bibbledy Bob the Clown. | 2:53:02 | 2:53:06 | |
I am the a Regional Director
for the World Clown Association | 2:53:06 | 2:53:09 | |
for Europe and the whole of Africa,
I thank you. | 2:53:09 | 2:53:11 | |
Yes, there really is
a Regional Clown Director. | 2:53:11 | 2:53:15 | |
You press people, you
like a negative story. | 2:53:15 | 2:53:17 | |
Positivity doesn't sell. | 2:53:17 | 2:53:19 | |
So unfortunately we are keeping
busy, we keep getting work, | 2:53:19 | 2:53:22 | |
and you're obsessed with the fact
we might not be getting work | 2:53:22 | 2:53:25 | |
because of silly films. | 2:53:25 | 2:53:27 | |
I stood corrected. | 2:53:27 | 2:53:29 | |
There is, it seems, still a lot
of clown love out there. | 2:53:29 | 2:53:32 | |
But clown politics? | 2:53:32 | 2:53:37 | |
I had a chat to Elsie. | 2:53:37 | 2:53:38 | |
It's only when it gets to meetings
that it can get quite heated! | 2:53:38 | 2:53:42 | |
There are clown meetings?! | 2:53:42 | 2:53:44 | |
There's a committee... | 2:53:44 | 2:53:45 | |
I couldn't take it seriously! | 2:53:45 | 2:53:51 | |
So, Elsie won't be running
for World Clown President. | 2:53:51 | 2:53:55 | |
But someone has to. | 2:53:55 | 2:53:57 | |
Because when it comes
to the future of clowning, | 2:53:57 | 2:53:59 | |
there is a lot to think about. | 2:53:59 | 2:54:02 | |
Well we have Roger East here, and
Manuel, it's all going on here at | 2:54:11 | 2:54:15 | |
the Big Top. And we have Andrea the
cloud as well. -- we have Rogerio. | 2:54:15 | 2:54:24 | |
Where is Andrea's face paint gone
these days was below the circus has | 2:54:24 | 2:54:30 | |
changed and clowns have change.
Andrea was naturally born funny, she | 2:54:30 | 2:54:36 | |
doesn't need garish make-up. You can
teach an acrobat, you can't teach | 2:54:36 | 2:54:40 | |
somebody to be funny. Are there
still the same number of circuses | 2:54:40 | 2:54:44 | |
around when you started off? We have
35 circuses under the Big Top, it's | 2:54:44 | 2:54:53 | |
increased in number, the circus is
prolific, it is a vibrant time for | 2:54:53 | 2:54:58 | |
British circus. Where are your
animals? We don't use animals any | 2:54:58 | 2:55:03 | |
more, and out of the 35 circuses
touring, maybe three or four years | 2:55:03 | 2:55:09 | |
domestic animals. -- use domestic
animals. There are no wild animals | 2:55:09 | 2:55:14 | |
used in circuses in the UK. These
are very old-fashioned acts. How do | 2:55:14 | 2:55:19 | |
you make them relevant for an
audience who have iPods or whatever? | 2:55:19 | 2:55:24 | |
Traditional circus acts have a
timeless quality. We moved them on | 2:55:24 | 2:55:28 | |
by having specially written music
for them, we present them in a style | 2:55:28 | 2:55:32 | |
more akin to West End musicals, big
production numbers. It's just the | 2:55:32 | 2:55:37 | |
evolution of circus. Blood Gandhi,
thank you very much. There it is for | 2:55:37 | 2:55:42 | |
you, live from the Big Top, I
haven't said that before in my | 2:55:42 | 2:55:46 | |
broadcasting career! Rogerio,
Manuel, live from the lip Gandhi's | 2:55:46 | 2:55:53 | |
circus! The strength, it's just
incredible! He's just so strong, | 2:55:53 | 2:56:00 | |
it's been mesmerising. I couldn't
take my eyes it's incredible. | 2:56:00 | 2:56:06 | |
Celebrating life after death
is the focus of a new Sky | 2:56:06 | 2:56:08 | |
documentary this week,
which aims to help people coming to | 2:56:08 | 2:56:11 | |
terms with the loss of a loved one.
When Ian Edmunds was diagnosed | 2:56:11 | 2:56:14 | |
with a terminal illness,
he began to arrange gifts, | 2:56:14 | 2:56:16 | |
surprises and video messages
for the people he loved, which | 2:56:16 | 2:56:18 | |
were delivered after he'd gone.
The programme, My Wonderful Life, | 2:56:18 | 2:56:22 | |
features three others
in the same situation. | 2:56:22 | 2:56:25 | |
We'll meet Ian's family in a moment. | 2:56:25 | 2:56:26 | |
But first, let's have a look. | 2:56:26 | 2:56:29 | |
VOICEOVER: In 2016, four
people facing death did | 2:56:31 | 2:56:32 | |
something extraordinary. | 2:56:32 | 2:56:35 | |
Even though I'm not
there with you... | 2:56:35 | 2:56:36 | |
I want you to know... | 2:56:36 | 2:56:38 | |
I'm so proud of you. | 2:56:38 | 2:56:39 | |
You're worth your weight in gold. | 2:56:39 | 2:56:40 | |
They used the precious time they had
left to plan a series of amazing | 2:56:40 | 2:56:44 | |
messages and surprises. | 2:56:44 | 2:56:45 | |
Designed to inspire... | 2:56:45 | 2:56:47 | |
No way! | 2:56:47 | 2:56:49 | |
Thank... | 2:56:49 | 2:56:50 | |
You were a great role
model to my boys. | 2:56:50 | 2:56:52 | |
Really? | 2:56:52 | 2:56:53 | |
Comfort... | 2:56:53 | 2:56:54 | |
I know how much you loved
us, but you need to go | 2:56:54 | 2:56:57 | |
forward with your life. | 2:56:57 | 2:56:58 | |
And delight their loved ones
after they had gone. | 2:56:58 | 2:57:01 | |
If you show that you're
more than a friend... | 2:57:01 | 2:57:03 | |
You spread happiness,
and that's your gift, really. | 2:57:03 | 2:57:05 | |
You seriously do make
such a difference. | 2:57:05 | 2:57:06 | |
I'm going to be watching
over you, so be careful! | 2:57:06 | 2:57:09 | |
Their final wish was to create
a lasting legacy by sharing | 2:57:09 | 2:57:12 | |
what they have learned about life. | 2:57:12 | 2:57:17 | |
And about death. | 2:57:17 | 2:57:18 | |
It's my last goodbye. | 2:57:18 | 2:57:19 | |
Hold your head up high. | 2:57:19 | 2:57:20 | |
I love you all to bits. | 2:57:20 | 2:57:22 | |
It's your turn to
have a wonderful life. | 2:57:22 | 2:57:28 | |
Wow. | 2:57:28 | 2:57:30 | |
We're joined now by Ian's brother,
Neil, his cousin Gary, | 2:57:30 | 2:57:32 | |
and Tony Bonser from the chairty
Dying Matters. | 2:57:32 | 2:57:37 | |
Thank you so much for coming in,
guys, and talking to us about this. | 2:57:37 | 2:57:43 | |
Neil, it's a tough watch for someone
who is not related to Ian and the | 2:57:43 | 2:57:46 | |
other people in that film. How did
you find the whole filming process? | 2:57:46 | 2:57:50 | |
Did it help you with the grieving
process? I think it helps, because | 2:57:50 | 2:57:54 | |
it was helping Ian, it gave him a
focus, it gave him something that, | 2:57:54 | 2:57:58 | |
you know, you really concentrated
on. He wanted to leave a bit of a | 2:57:58 | 2:58:02 | |
legacy | 2:58:02 | 2:58:07 | |
legacy and get across the message
that life for everyone is terminal. | 2:58:07 | 2:58:09 | |
And you've just got to make the most
of every day you've got left. And, | 2:58:09 | 2:58:13 | |
you know, we all embraced it very
positively. Because that's what he | 2:58:13 | 2:58:17 | |
wanted us to do, and that was a gift
we could give to him as well. And | 2:58:17 | 2:58:21 | |
what he'd done, he left some
surprises for you all, Gary, hadn't | 2:58:21 | 2:58:27 | |
you? And really touching ones as
well, she had really thought about | 2:58:27 | 2:58:30 | |
everybody. Tell us what he did for
you was Me and him went to our first | 2:58:30 | 2:58:36 | |
gig together in Wolverhampton to
watch Slade, we were huge fans. He | 2:58:36 | 2:58:41 | |
had arranged for me to go to
Wolverhampton Civic to relive that. | 2:58:41 | 2:58:47 | |
Memories are really important to
Ian, especially towards the end of | 2:58:47 | 2:58:51 | |
his life. That gig for us was
something special. We were two young | 2:58:51 | 2:58:55 | |
lads. I went to Wolverhampton Civic,
they got me up on stage playing, and | 2:58:55 | 2:59:00 | |
noddy Holder was there! It was
something that I'll never, ever | 2:59:00 | 2:59:06 | |
forget. An incredible treat. And you
went to watch West Bromwich Albion. | 2:59:06 | 2:59:16 | |
I went to the ground and had a day
out, that is where we spent our | 2:59:16 | 2:59:20 | |
formative years. My dad used to take
us there as kids. We had happy | 2:59:20 | 2:59:23 | |
times, and some not so happy times
there! But it was a bond that we had | 2:59:23 | 2:59:29 | |
between us, the club. It was an
obsession for us. It still is, for | 2:59:29 | 2:59:36 | |
me. It was a really nice surprise, a
nice day out. His message, hearing | 2:59:36 | 2:59:42 | |
that, I got a bit emotional, but it
is to be expected. I haven't | 2:59:42 | 2:59:49 | |
actually seen him for a year, and
then he's on the screen, telling you | 2:59:49 | 2:59:55 | |
all of these things from the grave.
In terms of processing that, does | 2:59:55 | 3:00:02 | |
that stay with you or was that
something specific to that time, a | 3:00:02 | 3:00:09 | |
memory of going to be football with
your brother? Is it something you | 3:00:09 | 3:00:12 | |
still think about all the time? I
still think about it all the time. | 3:00:12 | 3:00:16 | |
One thing that got to me after he
died was the fact he was not there | 3:00:16 | 3:00:20 | |
to talk about the game to any more.
After a game, you talk about what | 3:00:20 | 3:00:25 | |
went right, what went wrong. Usually
what went wrong! It was a long chat. | 3:00:25 | 3:00:32 | |
We played one game just after he
died, and I suddenly realised, he is | 3:00:32 | 3:00:36 | |
not there any more, we can't have
that conversation. I just wanted to | 3:00:36 | 3:00:42 | |
pick up some of the things you were
saying, Tony, from Dying Matters, | 3:00:42 | 3:00:49 | |
this is somebody who obviously had
time to really think about his | 3:00:49 | 3:00:54 | |
legacy, the message is that he
wanted to leave. You think it is | 3:00:54 | 3:00:56 | |
important to talk about this type of
thing. There is a reticence? There | 3:00:56 | 3:01:03 | |
is, people feel somehow as if it
might bring death closer, or maybe | 3:01:03 | 3:01:07 | |
it is just not the sort of thing we
talk about in polite society. But it | 3:01:07 | 3:01:11 | |
is so important. I am full of
admiration for this family, and for | 3:01:11 | 3:01:17 | |
Ian, starting the process, and the
rest of the family getting involved. | 3:01:17 | 3:01:20 | |
I am sure from what I have heard
from them and seen, it gave him | 3:01:20 | 3:01:25 | |
focus on purpose at the end of his
life. I also have a feeling for the | 3:01:25 | 3:01:28 | |
rest of the family, they have now
got some good memories. I know, | 3:01:28 | 3:01:34 | |
because my son died nine years ago,
almost to the day, I know that there | 3:01:34 | 3:01:38 | |
are bad times where you miss people
awfully. There are also those times | 3:01:38 | 3:01:41 | |
when you think, that was good, our
relationship actually got better | 3:01:41 | 3:01:46 | |
because of what happened. So, Dying
Matters, one of the briefs is to | 3:01:46 | 3:01:52 | |
persuade people it is OK to talk, it
is good to talk about things. You | 3:01:52 | 3:01:55 | |
can take some control of the end of
your life, you can do things like | 3:01:55 | 3:01:59 | |
making your will, setting up lasting
powers of attorney. That is really | 3:01:59 | 3:02:03 | |
important. | 3:02:03 | 3:02:08 | |
important. More than that, and this
is what Ian showed, it is about | 3:02:09 | 3:02:14 | |
improving relationships, increasing
the bond so that you know much more | 3:02:14 | 3:02:20 | |
about people. And when death finally
happens, as it will, to all of us at | 3:02:20 | 3:02:24 | |
some stage, there is that memory
left behind of a relationship | 3:02:24 | 3:02:28 | |
developed, may be repaired, but made
easier. Gary, has it made you... I | 3:02:28 | 3:02:33 | |
know we have talked about this
subject, it might sound like a | 3:02:33 | 3:02:37 | |
morbid question, has it made you
think about how you might prepare | 3:02:37 | 3:02:40 | |
for your own death? Part of the
process was that very important | 3:02:40 | 3:02:44 | |
question. How has Ian's death
impacted on you personally, and your | 3:02:44 | 3:02:50 | |
own view of your mortality? It is
not something that we give a lot of | 3:02:50 | 3:02:57 | |
thought to in our daily lives. But
it is certainly something that has | 3:02:57 | 3:03:01 | |
brought it into sharp focus for me.
Ian's message was that it is your | 3:03:01 | 3:03:08 | |
time now, squeeze every second out
of it, every minute, every hour of | 3:03:08 | 3:03:13 | |
every day, don't let life pass you
by, live your life. That is what I | 3:03:13 | 3:03:20 | |
should have taken away from that.
So, people that want to have this | 3:03:20 | 3:03:26 | |
kind of conversation, is there any
easy way to do it? I don't think | 3:03:26 | 3:03:30 | |
there is an easy way. It is just
being sensitive to when somebody | 3:03:30 | 3:03:35 | |
wants to talk. In the last couple of
weeks of his life, Neal started | 3:03:35 | 3:03:39 | |
saying, dad, can we chat? We would
talk about all sorts of things, | 3:03:39 | 3:03:44 | |
football, sorry, Liverpool, that is
who I support, Neal supported | 3:03:44 | 3:03:48 | |
Manchester. Books, all sorts of
things. In between, he would say, do | 3:03:48 | 3:03:51 | |
you believe in life after death? We
got into a different topic. It is | 3:03:51 | 3:03:55 | |
just being open and accepting and
knowing when it is right for that | 3:03:55 | 3:03:59 | |
person to go wherever they want to
go, giving the control to go there. | 3:03:59 | 3:04:03 | |
Lovely to talk to you all. A really
interesting programme. I thought I | 3:04:03 | 3:04:10 | |
would feel uncomfortable watching
it, but it was a celebration of the | 3:04:10 | 3:04:12 | |
end of life. | 3:04:12 | 3:04:14 | |
My Wonderful Life is
on Thursday at 9pm on Sky One. | 3:04:14 | 3:04:18 | |
In a moment, we'll be speaking
to Frances O'Connor, | 3:04:18 | 3:04:20 | |
who plays Helen of Troy in BBC One's
big new Saturday night drama. | 3:04:20 | 3:04:24 | |
But first a last, brief
look at the headlines | 3:04:24 | 3:04:26 | |
where you are this morning. | 3:04:26 | 3:04:27 | |
It's one of the oldest
stories in history. | 3:06:11 | 3:06:12 | |
A tale of passion,
violence and destruction - | 3:06:12 | 3:06:14 | |
the legend of Troy. | 3:06:14 | 3:06:17 | |
You're not going to get the job
doing the voice-over, sorry! | 3:06:22 | 3:06:25 | |
It's now the focus of a new BBC One
drama starring Frances O'Connor, | 3:06:25 | 3:06:29 | |
who you'll recognise
from The Missing and Mr Selfridge. | 3:06:29 | 3:06:31 | |
We'll speak to her in a moment. | 3:06:31 | 3:06:32 | |
But first, let's see a clip
from Troy: Fall of a City. | 3:06:32 | 3:06:36 | |
TROY! | 3:06:36 | 3:06:38 | |
Where are they? | 3:06:38 | 3:06:39 | |
They're resting from the journey,
they're coming to see me later. | 3:06:39 | 3:06:42 | |
Is it what I think? | 3:06:43 | 3:06:46 | |
Tell them. | 3:06:47 | 3:06:50 | |
He stole her away in a chest. | 3:06:50 | 3:06:53 | |
We had no idea she was
inside until we set sail. | 3:06:53 | 3:06:56 | |
I tried to persuade
him to return her. | 3:06:56 | 3:06:58 | |
He threatened to
throw me in the sea. | 3:06:58 | 3:06:59 | |
He claims to love her. | 3:06:59 | 3:07:01 | |
How could you not notice
what was going on? | 3:07:01 | 3:07:03 | |
I apologise, my lady. | 3:07:03 | 3:07:05 | |
I should have foreseen that
while the King of Sparta | 3:07:05 | 3:07:08 | |
was burying his dead father,
your new son would try | 3:07:08 | 3:07:10 | |
to sleep with his wife. | 3:07:10 | 3:07:11 | |
Don't you use that tone with us! | 3:07:11 | 3:07:14 | |
We put him in your charge. | 3:07:14 | 3:07:17 | |
By now, Menelaus will
know they've eloped. | 3:07:18 | 3:07:20 | |
He'll have told his brother. | 3:07:20 | 3:07:23 | |
Agamemnon needs no
excuse for a fight. | 3:07:23 | 3:07:27 | |
She must be sent back before
they do something foolish. | 3:07:27 | 3:07:32 | |
Agamemnon will have rallied
all the kings of Greece. | 3:07:32 | 3:07:35 | |
We can't waste any time. | 3:07:35 | 3:07:37 | |
We send a message that we regret
the discourtesy, return Helen, | 3:07:37 | 3:07:40 | |
and send gifts of our own. | 3:07:40 | 3:07:41 | |
Why should I bow to him? | 3:07:41 | 3:07:42 | |
We made the city prosperous
through sweat and blood. | 3:07:42 | 3:07:45 | |
This city bows to no one. | 3:07:45 | 3:07:47 | |
And will continue to do so. | 3:07:47 | 3:07:52 | |
Your pride can afford to take one
hit if it's to save the city | 3:07:52 | 3:07:56 | |
from any future harm. | 3:07:56 | 3:07:59 | |
Frances O'Connor joins us now. | 3:07:59 | 3:08:03 | |
The queen of Troy is here! What a
great title. It is full of drama and | 3:08:03 | 3:08:10 | |
intrigue. | 3:08:10 | 3:08:15 | |
intrigue. It seems like a Game of
Thrones style epic TV? Yes, but at | 3:08:16 | 3:08:21 | |
the centre of it is a great human
drama. It was a lot of fun to do. | 3:08:21 | 3:08:27 | |
Have you read a lot of this, before
hand? I studied the Iliad at | 3:08:27 | 3:08:36 | |
university. They were the first to
storytellers, the Greeks. Just great | 3:08:36 | 3:08:45 | |
stories. It was filmed in Cape Town?
So this was done in South Africa. | 3:08:45 | 3:08:50 | |
You have a young family as well. How
do you balance all of that? Were you | 3:08:50 | 3:08:56 | |
travelling back and forth? The
producers would very kind, I got to | 3:08:56 | 3:09:00 | |
shoot a block and then go home and
be a mum. It worked out pretty well. | 3:09:00 | 3:09:06 | |
It is epic in scale. Just give us an
idea what it was like filming it? We | 3:09:06 | 3:09:13 | |
shot in some really beautiful
locations. A lot of the time on | 3:09:13 | 3:09:17 | |
there were hundreds of extras, doing
big set pieces. There were amazing | 3:09:17 | 3:09:25 | |
battles in it. It is very epic.
Probably one of the biggest things | 3:09:25 | 3:09:32 | |
that the BBC have done. I know you
have worked on so many things that | 3:09:32 | 3:09:36 | |
people have seen on television in
recent years, and we will talk about | 3:09:36 | 3:09:41 | |
that later on. When you do a
programme like this, because the | 3:09:41 | 3:09:46 | |
outfits, the set design, does it
feel grand and special? The outfits, | 3:09:46 | 3:09:51 | |
as you can see, they are so
beautiful, the detail is amazing. | 3:09:51 | 3:09:56 | |
When you get it all on, you feel
quite queenly. The crew were great, | 3:09:56 | 3:10:02 | |
they would shout as you are going to
set, make way for the Queen! By the | 3:10:02 | 3:10:08 | |
time you got to set, you felt good.
She is a strong female lead as well? | 3:10:08 | 3:10:16 | |
Yes I think all of the female
characters in this are very strong. | 3:10:16 | 3:10:21 | |
That is from the Greek legends, they
did write strong female characters. | 3:10:21 | 3:10:25 | |
As soon as I knew you were coming
on, I felt we had to talk about The | 3:10:25 | 3:10:31 | |
Missing. I was one of the millions
of people obsessed with it. It was | 3:10:31 | 3:10:35 | |
you and James Nesbitt, your son
disappears and the programme | 3:10:35 | 3:10:39 | |
follows... The breakdown in your
relationship, then your husband's | 3:10:39 | 3:10:43 | |
continued search for your son. That
was one of the programmes... I just | 3:10:43 | 3:10:47 | |
wanted to go, what happened at the
end? People are now obsessed with | 3:10:47 | 3:10:55 | |
talk about conversations, the day
afterwards, people were stopping you | 3:10:55 | 3:10:58 | |
in the street and saying, what
happened to this boy, what is | 3:10:58 | 3:11:01 | |
happening next? It was a real
conversation starter? I think the | 3:11:01 | 3:11:06 | |
writing in the show was just so
good, the way it was constructed. A | 3:11:06 | 3:11:10 | |
lot of it was up to the audience to
try to piece it together. I think | 3:11:10 | 3:11:13 | |
that is what people really loved
about it. Also, if you have a kid, | 3:11:13 | 3:11:20 | |
it is the nightmare you never want
to think about. That is at the heart | 3:11:20 | 3:11:25 | |
of it. Absolutely. When you saw the
script, did you realise it was going | 3:11:25 | 3:11:29 | |
to be that kind of gripping? It was
a great read. I got two of them and | 3:11:29 | 3:11:38 | |
I called my agent, saying, I need
more, I need to know what happens! I | 3:11:38 | 3:11:43 | |
think we knew we were making
something special. The ending, I | 3:11:43 | 3:11:48 | |
have not have this conversation with
you... I am still annoyed about the | 3:11:48 | 3:11:51 | |
ending! People were annoyed there
was no closure. I think what the | 3:11:51 | 3:11:58 | |
writers were trying to do is say
that if you do have a missing child, | 3:11:58 | 3:12:01 | |
there is no closure. They were
putting you in the position of what | 3:12:01 | 3:12:06 | |
the parents would be feeling. That
ending, this is years ago that we | 3:12:06 | 3:12:10 | |
watched this, there are endings like
that which still stay with you, but | 3:12:10 | 3:12:16 | |
not always. I think it was brave of
the writers to write and ending like | 3:12:16 | 3:12:20 | |
that. It was a little bit
controversial. What else have you | 3:12:20 | 3:12:25 | |
got lined up? You are obviously
incredibly busy? I am doing a film | 3:12:25 | 3:12:29 | |
with Guy Pearce towards the end of
the year. I just shot a pilot. You | 3:12:29 | 3:12:37 | |
are in Mr Selfridge, is it true that
you | 3:12:37 | 3:12:47 | |
you turned something down for
Downton Abbey? Yes, I have taken | 3:12:48 | 3:12:51 | |
things other people turned down,
that is the life of an actor. If I | 3:12:51 | 3:12:55 | |
did that, I would not have been
available to do the Missing. It is | 3:12:55 | 3:13:00 | |
always swings and roundabouts. You
can't have regrets, one door closes | 3:13:00 | 3:13:05 | |
and another one opens? I am very
happy with my career. I have others | 3:13:05 | 3:13:10 | |
I could tell you about as well,
that's nothing! What a shame we have | 3:13:10 | 3:13:15 | |
run out of time. Thank you very much
indeed. | 3:13:15 | 3:13:19 | |
Troy: Fall of a City is on Saturday
night, BBC One at 9:10pm. | 3:13:19 | 3:13:25 | |
Make way for the Queen, everybody! | 3:13:25 | 3:13:27 | |
That's it from us today. | 3:13:27 | 3:13:28 | |
I'll be back with Naga
tomorrow from 6am. | 3:13:28 | 3:13:30 | |
Stay here on BBC One -
Clare Balding presents | 3:13:30 | 3:13:32 | |
coverage of Elise Christie
in the speedskating | 3:13:32 | 3:13:34 | |
from the Winter Olympics. | 3:13:34 | 3:13:35 | |
Bye for now. | 3:13:35 | 3:13:38 |