14/02/2018

0:00:06 > 0:00:11Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14A lack of trust among disabled people over how their welfare

0:00:14 > 0:00:16claims are assessed.

0:00:16 > 0:00:18MPs find assessors submitted reports that were riddled with errors

0:00:18 > 0:00:26and regularly missed quality targets.

0:00:35 > 0:00:36Good morning.

0:00:36 > 0:00:39It's Wednesday, the 14th February.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Also this morning:

0:00:41 > 0:00:44Boris Johnson moves to reassure voters who he says are angry

0:00:44 > 0:00:48and alienated because of Brexit in the first of a series of speeches

0:00:48 > 0:00:52on Brexit from senior cabinet members.

0:00:52 > 0:00:57A new times table test is introduced for thousands of eight and nine year

0:00:57 > 0:01:01olds in England's primary schools in a bid to raise numeracy levels.

0:01:01 > 0:01:08Good morning. I am in Liverpool, where the council is selling off

0:01:08 > 0:01:14over 100 empty homes for just £1. Houses like these. I will look at

0:01:14 > 0:01:18whether this is one way we can solve the housing shortage and I will take

0:01:18 > 0:01:20you inside some of the houses.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23And in sport: From the farm to the curling sheet.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25Great Britain's men beat Switzerland in their opening match.

0:01:25 > 0:01:34Team GB won silver four years ago, but this is a new team, all of them

0:01:34 > 0:01:35farmers.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37There's black and then there's one of the blackest substances

0:01:37 > 0:01:38known to man.

0:01:38 > 0:01:40What can vantablack be used for?

0:01:40 > 0:01:44We'll tell you later.

0:01:44 > 0:01:49And we have the dark Lord himself on the weather forecast.We can bring a

0:01:49 > 0:01:54bit of colour to your forecast. Lots of frost and sunshine to begin with,

0:01:54 > 0:01:59but rain and hill snow on the way. All the details in 15 minutes.

0:01:59 > 0:02:00Good morning.

0:02:00 > 0:02:02First, our main story:

0:02:02 > 0:02:06A committee of MPs has said there is a "pervasive lack of trust"

0:02:06 > 0:02:08among disabled people in how their welfare

0:02:08 > 0:02:08claims are assessed.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11The Commons' Work and Pensions committee said reports by private

0:02:11 > 0:02:14contractors were "riddled with errors" and quality targets had

0:02:14 > 0:02:14been "regularly missed".

0:02:14 > 0:02:20Here's our disability news correspondent Nikki Fox.

0:02:20 > 0:02:25Anastasia Ashley is having a good day. But it's not always like this.

0:02:25 > 0:02:30Most days she is unable to get out of the house. The 24-year-old has

0:02:30 > 0:02:35multiple sclerosis. She used to work full-time, but now she struggles to

0:02:35 > 0:02:41get around. She applied for a disability benefit and was assessed

0:02:41 > 0:02:46at home by a healthcare professional from a private company. She says she

0:02:46 > 0:02:49told says she could only walk 20 metres, but when the report came

0:02:49 > 0:02:53back it said she could walk further. She didn't give me a physical

0:02:53 > 0:02:59assessment. I was sat down the entire time. I was very, very cross

0:02:59 > 0:03:04about that.Today's report identifies a culture of mistrust

0:03:04 > 0:03:08around the whole process. It says assessors risk being viewed as at

0:03:08 > 0:03:13best lacking competence and at worst actively deceitful. The committee

0:03:13 > 0:03:18says the government's Loe bar for what is considered acceptable leaves

0:03:18 > 0:03:22rooms for reports to be riddled with obvious omissions.Clearly the

0:03:22 > 0:03:25system needs a major overhaul, but there are some things government

0:03:25 > 0:03:28could do better to improve it. Automatic audio recording of

0:03:28 > 0:03:32assessments for people, why not share the assessment results with

0:03:32 > 0:03:36the claimant at the point of claim a decision?The government says

0:03:36 > 0:03:40assessments work for the majority of people and it is committed to

0:03:40 > 0:03:44improving transparency. What with current contracts up for review and

0:03:44 > 0:03:49targets being consistently missed, the future of the system is unclear.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will address what he calls

0:03:52 > 0:03:54the "grief and alienation" of those who voted to stay

0:03:54 > 0:03:57in the European Union in a speech later today.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00He says that people who voted to leave the EU should

0:04:00 > 0:04:03try to persuade worried remainers to focus on the possible benefits

0:04:03 > 0:04:05of, rather than their fears over, Brexit.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08Our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo, is in Westminster this

0:04:08 > 0:04:15morning.

0:04:15 > 0:04:20What exactly is he expected to say later?We are expecting a very

0:04:20 > 0:04:24conciliatory tone from him later. He wants to reach out to people on both

0:04:24 > 0:04:30sides of the debate, a recognition that there are still divisions. He

0:04:30 > 0:04:33says he understands the anxieties amongst Remainers but he wants to

0:04:33 > 0:04:38convince them that Brexit is about hope and not fear. He also has

0:04:38 > 0:04:42strong words for people he thinks are trying to stop Brexit and wants

0:04:42 > 0:04:46to warn them that they would be a disastrous mistake, but this is a

0:04:46 > 0:04:50first in a series of speeches we will get from senior Cabinet

0:04:50 > 0:04:53ministers over the coming weeks. Number 10 is calling the series of

0:04:53 > 0:04:57speeches the road to Brexit. Theresa May will speak about security this

0:04:57 > 0:05:02weekend and we will hear from the Brexit secretary David Davis about

0:05:02 > 0:05:05business, from the Cabinet office secretary about devolution. This is

0:05:05 > 0:05:11all a plan from Number 10 to reveal more details about what exactly our

0:05:11 > 0:05:15relationship with the EU will look like in the future. Theresa May has

0:05:15 > 0:05:19been under great pressure to reveal that. There is no agreement yet

0:05:19 > 0:05:22among Cabinet ministers on what exactly the future relationship with

0:05:22 > 0:05:26the EU will look like. Cabinet ministers will gather for an away

0:05:26 > 0:05:30day to try and flesh this out, what in the speeches that we are

0:05:30 > 0:05:34expecting to hear, including from Liam Fox, we are going to get more

0:05:34 > 0:05:39detail and they will be very closely watched both here in Westminster and

0:05:39 > 0:05:47Brussels for the exact arrangement that the government wants to see.

0:05:47 > 0:05:51Boris Johnson will also speak about controlling immigration, but quite a

0:05:51 > 0:05:55few MPs say the Home Office doesn't have the resources to deal with any

0:05:55 > 0:05:59changes to the system.This is a warning from the Home Affairs Select

0:05:59 > 0:06:03Committee that there are no preparations in place. Not enough

0:06:03 > 0:06:07preparations in place for a new immigration system post- except and

0:06:07 > 0:06:11no clarity yet on what exactly the government wants it the transition

0:06:11 > 0:06:15period and beyond. Interestingly in these speeches we will hear, the

0:06:15 > 0:06:20Home Secretary Amber Rudd isn't among them. The government has been

0:06:20 > 0:06:25promising a draft policy of future immigration that has been delayed

0:06:25 > 0:06:30and MPs are also criticising that. The Home Office says we are well

0:06:30 > 0:06:34prepared, it is ridiculous to suggest otherwise, but it is clear

0:06:34 > 0:06:39that there is impatience now from all sides for more flesh on the bone

0:06:39 > 0:06:45of Brexit plans.Thank you very much and speak to you later.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48The jury at the trial of the former football coach Barry Bennell,

0:06:48 > 0:06:51who's been found guilty of dozens of sexual offences against boys,

0:06:51 > 0:06:53will continue deliberations on other charges today.

0:06:53 > 0:06:55Yesterday, the jury at Liverpool Crown Court returned

0:06:55 > 0:06:58guilty verdicts on 36 counts and asked for more time

0:06:58 > 0:06:59to consider seven more.

0:06:59 > 0:07:02Bennell, who appeared in court via videolink due to illness,

0:07:02 > 0:07:09declined to give evidence in his defence.

0:07:09 > 0:07:12Film star Minnie Driver has quit as an Oxfam ambassador

0:07:12 > 0:07:15following claims that staff working for the charity in disaster zones

0:07:15 > 0:07:16paid vulnerable local people for sex.

0:07:16 > 0:07:19The actress resigned after 20 years with the aid agency,

0:07:19 > 0:07:21saying in a statement that she was "horrified"

0:07:21 > 0:07:22by the allegations.

0:07:22 > 0:07:25Oxfam said it was "grateful" for Ms Driver's commitment,

0:07:25 > 0:07:27and that it was more determined than ever to learn

0:07:27 > 0:07:30from its mistakes.

0:07:30 > 0:07:33Hundreds of premature babies could avoid brain damage

0:07:33 > 0:07:36if their mothers were all given a cheap drug during labour,

0:07:36 > 0:07:38according to a new report.

0:07:38 > 0:07:41The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says there are huge

0:07:41 > 0:07:43regional disparities in the proportion of mothers given

0:07:43 > 0:07:47magnesium sulphate to reduce the risk of cerebral palsy.

0:07:47 > 0:07:50It claims providing the drug could save the NHS £280 million

0:07:50 > 0:07:55a year.

0:07:55 > 0:07:58The actress Emma Watson has spoken about her shock at realising

0:07:58 > 0:08:01that there was no system in place to help people

0:08:01 > 0:08:03in the film industry who had been sexually harassed.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06She's one of a number of women in the industry who've been

0:08:06 > 0:08:08consulted by the British Film Institute and BAFTA,

0:08:08 > 0:08:11as it announces changes aimed at tackling the problem.

0:08:11 > 0:08:13Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson has been looking

0:08:13 > 0:08:17at the plans.

0:08:17 > 0:08:22This Sunday it is the BAFTA awards and ahead of British film is'

0:08:22 > 0:08:25biggest night of the year, the industry has announced a brand-new

0:08:25 > 0:08:30plan aimed at tackling both sexual harassment and bullying. It is a

0:08:30 > 0:08:34direct response to the Harvey Weinstein allegations.You can talk?

0:08:34 > 0:08:39Of course we can talk!Emma Watson was one of the many actresses asked

0:08:39 > 0:08:44for input.These principles are important because up until recently

0:08:44 > 0:08:49there were no guidelines, there was no protocol for someone who had been

0:08:49 > 0:08:52sexually harassed in the entertainment industry. I know this

0:08:52 > 0:08:56to be a fact because I've asked for principles and asked to see

0:08:56 > 0:09:00guidelines and no one could give them to me.To change this more than

0:09:00 > 0:09:0440 organisations, including after and the British Film Institute,

0:09:04 > 0:09:09worked on a set of eight principles which they want to be used across

0:09:09 > 0:09:12the film, to the video games industries. So what will actually

0:09:12 > 0:09:18change? Every production must employ two people trained to handle any

0:09:18 > 0:09:22accusations of harassment. A dedicated phone line will open in

0:09:22 > 0:09:26April, offering free confidential help. And PFI funding will only be

0:09:26 > 0:09:31given to projects committed to the changes. -- BFI.This isn't about a

0:09:31 > 0:09:38set of commands, it is about a set of principles which everyone has

0:09:38 > 0:09:42willingly and with huge enthusiasm signed up to.At last month's Golden

0:09:42 > 0:09:46Globe awards almost all actresses wore black to show solidarity for

0:09:46 > 0:09:51the times up campaign calling for change. The same is expected at the

0:09:51 > 0:09:56Baftas. Those behind the announcement hope such a stand would

0:09:56 > 0:09:58be needed next year.

0:09:58 > 0:10:02A heart-warming image of a gorilla in the arms of one of her rescuers

0:10:02 > 0:10:05has won the top prize at the Wildlife Photographer

0:10:05 > 0:10:07of the Year awards.

0:10:07 > 0:10:11Chosen by almost 20,000 nature fans, the winning snap

0:10:11 > 0:10:15was taken by Canadian photographer Jo-Anne McArthur.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18Pikin, a lowland gorilla, was being moved to a new home

0:10:18 > 0:10:20by her caretaker in Cameroon.

0:10:20 > 0:10:24It is a beautiful picture.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27Other finalists included this image of a polar bear and her cubs

0:10:27 > 0:10:35emerging from their den.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41This bird is a lilac-breasted roller.

0:10:41 > 0:10:45It doesn't look real!

0:10:45 > 0:10:48Snapped hitching a ride on a zebra in Kenya.

0:10:48 > 0:10:54Have you ever seen a bird like that? I have now!

0:10:54 > 0:10:59This three-toed sloth was hanging around in the Brazilian rainforest.

0:10:59 > 0:11:05Was it Planet Earth II that this loss was in?

0:11:05 > 0:11:07And, finally, here's an underwater image of a humpback whale

0:11:07 > 0:11:10and her calf floating in the waters off Tonga.

0:11:10 > 0:11:13The winning images will be showcased at the Natural History Museum

0:11:13 > 0:11:15in London, until the end of May.

0:11:15 > 0:11:16How are you feeling this morning?

0:11:16 > 0:11:20Are you all right? I feel OK. Those pictures might have warmed the

0:11:20 > 0:11:29heart but perhaps you are in need of a little pick me up.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31Those words translated into Italian mean tiramisu,

0:11:31 > 0:11:39where they've just broken the record for the longest ever coffee

0:11:39 > 0:11:43flavoured desert, 266m in length.

0:11:43 > 0:11:4630 pastry chefs in the town of Villesse baked all day.

0:11:46 > 0:11:50We don't know if all these people who were watching got to sample it

0:11:50 > 0:11:51when they'd finished.

0:11:51 > 0:11:55I really want tiramisu for breakfast.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58I can't bear rich. Anything coffee -based...

0:11:58 > 0:12:05Honestly, it's not up there. You big coffee bully.

0:12:05 > 0:12:11You make this stuff up! I like it picked me up, but I don't

0:12:11 > 0:12:15like the Italian pick me up. I could do tiramisu right under the

0:12:15 > 0:12:20desk right now. A big slab. There isn't any, in case you were

0:12:20 > 0:12:27wondering. Good morning. Are you a coffee found? I love

0:12:27 > 0:12:31coffee, but coffee flavoured things, I'm not a fan.

0:12:31 > 0:12:36I didn't when I was younger, but now I would be the first to grab the

0:12:36 > 0:12:39coffee chocolate. I will bring mine in at Christmas.

0:12:39 > 0:12:44I will happily eat leftovers. I will take all the strawberry ones

0:12:44 > 0:12:48and bring in the coffee ones. Are we curling this morning?

0:12:48 > 0:12:54We are gripped by the curling this morning! The men have done very well

0:12:54 > 0:12:58and they already beat Switzerland later and women are doing very well

0:12:58 > 0:13:00as well. There is something about curling.

0:13:00 > 0:13:05The way they shout at each other, trying to decipher what they are

0:13:05 > 0:13:08actually saying. It is all about tactics. And the

0:13:08 > 0:13:13furious brushing. Earlier we said it is one of those

0:13:13 > 0:13:15sports where you watch AT think, I could do that.

0:13:15 > 0:13:24It's not like the snow jumping. You think that. You think you could give

0:13:24 > 0:13:26it ago and you completely mess it up.

0:13:26 > 0:13:31I would kick the stone. Totally the wrong sport. Good effort

0:13:31 > 0:13:38all the same. As I say, the women have been doing very well and are

0:13:38 > 0:13:41leading the Olympic Athletes from Russia this morning.

0:13:41 > 0:13:52There are lot of Muirheads out there this morning.

0:13:52 > 0:13:55Redemption for American snowboarder Shaun White.

0:13:55 > 0:13:58After a shock defeat in Sochi, the Flying Tomato landed a third

0:13:58 > 0:14:03Olympic halfpipe title, with a mesmerising final run.

0:14:03 > 0:14:05In the Champions League, Manchester City beat Basel

0:14:05 > 0:14:07and Tottenham recovered from a dreadful start to earn

0:14:07 > 0:14:09a draw against Juventus.

0:14:09 > 0:14:12And England all-rounder Ben Stokes is heading to New Zealand to join up

0:14:12 > 0:14:13with the T20 squad.

0:14:13 > 0:14:16He pleaded not guilty to charges of affray at Bristol

0:14:16 > 0:14:21magistrates court yesterday.

0:14:21 > 0:14:25So we will be keeping across the curling this morning. It's going to

0:14:25 > 0:14:28be happening throughout the programme and we are very excited.

0:14:28 > 0:14:31Can I ask you, do you celebrate Valentine's Day?

0:14:31 > 0:14:35I do. Have you left something for your

0:14:35 > 0:14:38other half? I can't tell you that. He'll be

0:14:38 > 0:14:43watching. That's true love, watching it at

0:14:43 > 0:14:47this time. OK. Lots of people are getting in

0:14:47 > 0:14:51contact about how they are marking Valentine's Day. Helen says she is

0:14:51 > 0:15:00meeting her best friends for lunch. I will have to make time for the

0:15:00 > 0:15:04husband later. She has her priorities correct!

0:15:04 > 0:15:09Verity says it was her birthday yesterday. Doesn't celebrate it. He

0:15:09 > 0:15:12spoils me every day, but she bought a packet of love hearts in his

0:15:12 > 0:15:16lunchbox with his sandwiches. Do you celebrate it? May be a

0:15:16 > 0:15:19Chinese takeaway. I don't do anything.

0:15:19 > 0:15:24Nothing at all? Nope. How is your partner about that?

0:15:24 > 0:15:28Absolutely fine. What about birthdays?

0:15:28 > 0:15:33Yes. Christmas? Yes. Chinese New Year, Easter, all

0:15:33 > 0:15:38of that. Not Valentine's Day. David said he

0:15:38 > 0:15:42and his wife don't celebrate it. At his youngest daughter was born on

0:15:42 > 0:15:48the 14th of Edgar in 1997 and it is her 21st birthday today. Happy

0:15:48 > 0:15:52birthday, Joy!

0:15:52 > 0:15:55Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

0:15:55 > 0:16:02A twinkly romantic Sky.A romantic view across the water. This was the

0:16:02 > 0:16:06scene last night in Cumbria, lovely starry skies and those starry skies

0:16:06 > 0:16:09led to a chilly start this morning.

0:16:09 > 0:16:14Temperatures below freezing in many areas, -4 on the outskirts of

0:16:14 > 0:16:18Banbury and even into parts of southern Scotland, -2. Some avoid

0:16:18 > 0:16:24the frost, the blue is at or below freezing. Avoiding it is bang and

0:16:24 > 0:16:29the south-east because of the cloud is today, avoiding it in the west.

0:16:29 > 0:16:35Through the day, in the

0:16:36 > 0:16:38Through the day, in the southern half, outbreaks of rain coming and

0:16:38 > 0:16:43going through the morning, turning as snow for a while in the tops of

0:16:43 > 0:16:46the Welsh hills and into the early afternoon on the tops of the

0:16:46 > 0:16:49Pennines. East Anglia and the south-east largely dry. The northern

0:16:49 > 0:16:54half, outbreaks reading to Northern Ireland, 70 mph gusts developing in

0:16:54 > 0:17:07the Hebrides, some in the Hebrides -- spreading. Some in the east stay

0:17:07 > 0:17:11dry throughout. Across the border a windy day, outbreaks of rain and

0:17:11 > 0:17:16hill snow spreading erratically eased. -- across-the-board. Ten or

0:17:16 > 0:17:2211 by the end of the day -- east. Eastern areas will be chilly. Into

0:17:22 > 0:17:27the night, outbreaks of rain and hill snow and quickly depart into

0:17:27 > 0:17:31the near continent, lingering longest in East Anglia and the far

0:17:31 > 0:17:35south-east allowing clear skies and showers to push in, turning into

0:17:35 > 0:17:38sleet and snow in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In between

0:17:38 > 0:17:42temperatures avoiding a frost but one or two could get close enough

0:17:42 > 0:17:46for icy patches into tomorrow. This is tomorrow morning, low pressure

0:17:46 > 0:17:50towards Iceland, winds coming in from a westerly direction, not as

0:17:50 > 0:17:54strong as they will be today but a blustery bright day for many.

0:17:54 > 0:17:58Sunshine and showers the name of the game, southern and eastern areas, a

0:17:58 > 0:18:03few showers, many staying dry, to the north and west, sleet and snow

0:18:03 > 0:18:06showers, covering the hills in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the far

0:18:06 > 0:18:10north of England. Rain in the south as temperatures get to double

0:18:10 > 0:18:17figures. Friday, another a frosty start as winds fall light, a frosty

0:18:17 > 0:18:22day for England and Wales but cloud in over into western Scotland and

0:18:22 > 0:18:25Northern Ireland later. I'll keep you updated through the morning.

0:18:25 > 0:18:30Back to Naga and Dan.Thanks, Matt, we will see you later.

0:18:30 > 0:18:32Let's take a look at today's papers.

0:18:32 > 0:18:33Let's take a look at today's papers.

0:18:33 > 0:18:37This is one of the stories we were talking about in our headlines, the

0:18:37 > 0:18:40Daily Telegraph has Minnie Driver quitting Oxfam after years of

0:18:40 > 0:18:44working with the charity over the recent allegations of the way the

0:18:44 > 0:18:49money has been used to get prostitutes in Haiti and some of the

0:18:49 > 0:18:55other accusations made against Oxfam. The main story, Boris says EU

0:18:55 > 0:18:59laws intolerable after Grexit, that's what we will talk about with

0:18:59 > 0:19:05our reporter outside Westminster this morning.-- Brexit. Front page

0:19:05 > 0:19:11of the Times, looking at Brexit, Remainers risk a betrayal of Britain

0:19:11 > 0:19:15over Brexit. Boris Johnson today warning those attempting to reverse

0:19:15 > 0:19:22it that their efforts will trigger permanent feelings of betrayal.

0:19:22 > 0:19:26Meghan Markle at Edinburgh castle yesterday said the hen party is

0:19:26 > 0:19:30sorted. And the lead story, Oxfam aid worker had already been

0:19:30 > 0:19:38investigated. Another line with regards to the eight worker at the

0:19:38 > 0:19:43centre of a scandal in Haiti.She wore a £2000 code yesterday. The

0:19:43 > 0:19:50story with Minnie Driver on the Mail. -- aid worker. Former coach

0:19:50 > 0:19:56found guilty of sexually abusing footballers, he will be in court

0:19:56 > 0:20:00later.The back pages have been dominated by two images, we are back

0:20:00 > 0:20:05in Champions League action, last night Harry Kane dominating with the

0:20:05 > 0:20:13glorious fight back.2-0 down? Absolutely.It was a miserable

0:20:13 > 0:20:18start.I walked in after 17 minutes, walked out, came back half an hour

0:20:18 > 0:20:22later to get ready for bed... Against Juventus, who have conceded

0:20:22 > 0:20:28since November last year.A great result for Tottenham. The other

0:20:28 > 0:20:34image dominating the back pages, Elise Christie after crashing out in

0:20:34 > 0:20:39the 5000 metres speedskating. Heartbreaking for her. She has a few

0:20:39 > 0:20:44days to come back and show her metal.It isn't all over for her by

0:20:44 > 0:20:49a longshot shop so we will be an eye on her so this also caught my eye

0:20:49 > 0:20:52this morning. There's lots of way to get your funding together for the

0:20:52 > 0:20:59Olympics -- longshot. This guy in the bobsleigh team did it through

0:20:59 > 0:21:05gameshows, why not? Including the Cuban Deal or no Deal, he won

0:21:05 > 0:21:10£12,000, which has helped to fund some of his equipment, some of which

0:21:10 > 0:21:15is very expensive, so why not?Love that story. One online story I need

0:21:15 > 0:21:20to share, there's a guy who claims to be a time traveller, he's called

0:21:20 > 0:21:25Loe, he is from the year 2030 and there's various predictions he has

0:21:25 > 0:21:30made. Donald Trump will get re-elected -- he's called Neuer. He

0:21:30 > 0:21:36also says that many forms of cancer will be cured by 2030. We are still

0:21:36 > 0:21:40using pennies but technology has developed to the point where you can

0:21:40 > 0:21:51independently run your home. The US president in 2030 will be a figure

0:21:51 > 0:21:55called Ilana Remikee, there will be electric cars, and he is 50 but he

0:21:55 > 0:22:01has used a drug to make him look like a 25-year-old. He was asked to

0:22:01 > 0:22:06take a lie detector test and he passed.Is he minted?I don't know.

0:22:06 > 0:22:10He would be if you could predict the future. Happy Valentine's Day,

0:22:10 > 0:22:18everyone!

0:22:22 > 0:22:26everyone!what is six times seven? 42.I was always good at my six

0:22:26 > 0:22:28times table.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31Reciting times-tables was a feature of school life for many of us

0:22:31 > 0:22:32in years gone by.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Now the Government is set to reintroduce timestables checks

0:22:35 > 0:22:37for thousands of primary school children in England

0:22:37 > 0:22:38from this spring.

0:22:38 > 0:22:39Opponents, including some teaching unions,

0:22:39 > 0:22:40are questioning the educational benefits.

0:22:40 > 0:22:43Our business correspondent Nina Warhurst has been to test

0:22:43 > 0:22:45the maths skills of some people in Manchester.

0:22:45 > 0:22:50My times tables, yeah, or some.Your dad is very confident, Harvey, do

0:22:50 > 0:22:55you think he's going to be up for it?Know.Start with an easy one,

0:22:55 > 0:23:08two times seven.14.Dad, four times six.24.Two times six.12.You're

0:23:08 > 0:23:11confident you know you're times tables, will start with a hard one,

0:23:11 > 0:23:25seven sixes?42.89 is our?72.48 agricultural R?Of...

0:23:32 > 0:23:44Three times five?15.Two times four?Eight.Good girl. Five times

0:23:44 > 0:23:54five is?25.Eight times five?40. Two times eight?16.Four times

0:23:54 > 0:24:01nine?

0:24:01 > 0:24:07nine?36.You're getting too good, well done. Nine times six?54.Ten

0:24:07 > 0:24:17times for?40.My goodness, smashed it, well done.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20We can speak now to the Schools Minister Nick Gibb.

0:24:20 > 0:24:25How were you at school when it came to maths?Fine, but I won't be

0:24:25 > 0:24:29answering any of your times tables questions this morning. This is an

0:24:29 > 0:24:32important initiative to make sure every time leaves primary school

0:24:32 > 0:24:37fluid in their multiplication tables, just as we introduced the

0:24:37 > 0:24:43phonic shift in 2012, that has led to a huge improvement in reading

0:24:43 > 0:24:46standards and this we suspect will lead to a huge increase influence E

0:24:46 > 0:24:50and arithmetic so when they do secondary school they will be better

0:24:50 > 0:24:57equipped to handle secondary school mathematics -- huge increase in

0:24:57 > 0:25:02fluency.What's wrong now, is there evidence they aren't making the

0:25:02 > 0:25:08grade in secondary school?I've been visiting schools since 2005 and I

0:25:08 > 0:25:12have noticed an improvement in the number of children able to do their

0:25:12 > 0:25:15multiple patient tables in primary school. It is being taught, it is

0:25:15 > 0:25:21being taught well, but we want to make sure every single child knows

0:25:21 > 0:25:26their multiplication tables by heart and this check, introduced at the

0:25:26 > 0:25:29end of Year 4, will enable schools to identify those children still

0:25:29 > 0:25:35struggling. The great prize here is every single child leaving primary

0:25:35 > 0:25:38school will know their tables by heart, just as more and more

0:25:38 > 0:25:42children leaving primary school are fluent in reading.To be able to

0:25:42 > 0:25:46identify them at the end of Year 4, are you saying the problem is

0:25:46 > 0:25:50teachers aren't identifying them now, the ones who do have problems

0:25:50 > 0:25:55with times tables?No, they are, but we want a systematic approach right

0:25:55 > 0:25:59through the school system so we can be sure in the years ahead every

0:25:59 > 0:26:03single child is leaving primary school mastering their times tables.

0:26:03 > 0:26:09I've been looking at, for example, a few years ago the E and F grades of

0:26:09 > 0:26:13GCSE papers and it was clear them out those children struggling at the

0:26:13 > 0:26:17age of 16 with GCSE maths, some of their problems stemmed from not

0:26:17 > 0:26:21being able to multiply, for example, and if we can get those basics

0:26:21 > 0:26:25sorted in primary school for every single child, not just most

0:26:25 > 0:26:30children, we will see a huge improvement, particularly those

0:26:30 > 0:26:32children from disadvantaged backgrounds, those children who are

0:26:32 > 0:26:36now struggling in mathematics at secondary school, we can make sure

0:26:36 > 0:26:40every child stars secondary school able to cope with the secondary

0:26:40 > 0:26:46school maths curriculum.-- starts. Can you guarantee this would create

0:26:46 > 0:26:49more stress in the classroom, for children, another layer of testing

0:26:49 > 0:26:53and assessment, but also for teachers?We've been piloting this

0:26:53 > 0:26:57check for the last two years, it's very simple, it takes about five

0:26:57 > 0:27:01minutes, it is onscreen. The feedback from children is that they

0:27:01 > 0:27:04enjoy taking it and it isn't an accountability measure. The results

0:27:04 > 0:27:09won't be published on a school by school basis, it is simply a tool to

0:27:09 > 0:27:14enable schools to identify children still struggling and schools will be

0:27:14 > 0:27:18able to look at their results and compare them to the national figures

0:27:18 > 0:27:22and the local authority figures but we won't publish the figures by

0:27:22 > 0:27:26school. It would be high stakes for the school so it shouldn't add to

0:27:26 > 0:27:37stress or workload for teachers. Hash it won't be high-stakes. Isn't

0:27:37 > 0:27:41Bakar and -- it won't be high-stakes. With Boris Johnson,

0:27:41 > 0:27:45should the cabinet be unified ahead of this speech today? There appears

0:27:45 > 0:27:51to be a lot of backstabbing and mealy words so to speak in terms of

0:27:51 > 0:27:56the last few weeks?What Boris Johnson will be saying in his

0:27:56 > 0:27:59speech, I haven't read the full speech, but what he will be saying

0:27:59 > 0:28:02is we should be optimistic about the future of our country outside

0:28:02 > 0:28:07Europe. The country has differing views on this issue and we now need

0:28:07 > 0:28:11to come together as a country as a whole to look ahead to see the great

0:28:11 > 0:28:15opportunities that being outside the European Union will present in terms

0:28:15 > 0:28:19of global trade and projecting Britain right across the world. That

0:28:19 > 0:28:23is the essence of Boris Johnson's speech today and it's the first of a

0:28:23 > 0:28:27series of speeches by other members of the cabinet that we'll see,

0:28:27 > 0:28:30including the Prime Minister, who will be speaking on this issue on

0:28:30 > 0:28:34Saturday.When you ask for the country to come together as a whole,

0:28:34 > 0:28:38what about the cabinet?The cabinet is united behind determining to get

0:28:38 > 0:28:43for Britain a is excess or outcome of our negotiations with Europe. We

0:28:43 > 0:28:51want to take back control of our laws, borders and money.

0:28:52 > 0:28:54laws, borders and money. -- is a successful outcome. We are united

0:28:54 > 0:28:58behind that and I'm optimistic we will secure a good trading deal with

0:28:58 > 0:29:02the European Union after we leave, which we will do in March 2019. We

0:29:02 > 0:29:05have secured the passage of the EU withdrawal bill in the Commons and

0:29:05 > 0:29:09it's starting its passage in the House of Lords and we have completed

0:29:09 > 0:29:13the first stage of the negotiations with the European Union in terms of

0:29:13 > 0:29:17the negotiations about our terms of exit.Nick Gibb, thanks for joining

0:29:17 > 0:29:22us on Breakfast this morning.My pleasure.

0:29:22 > 0:29:26Steph is house hunting in Liverpool for us this morning.

0:29:26 > 0:29:31Good morning and good morning, everybody. I'm in way the tree in

0:29:31 > 0:29:35Liverpool where there are around 120 empty homes around here that have

0:29:35 > 0:29:39been derelict, a lot of them for more than a decade so what the

0:29:39 > 0:29:42councils have been doing, because they can't refurbish them

0:29:42 > 0:29:46themselves, they have been selling them off to families for £1 each.

0:29:46 > 0:29:51You can buy one of these homes... There are some rules, you have to be

0:29:51 > 0:29:55a first-time buyer and live or work in Liverpool, you have to be able to

0:29:55 > 0:29:59do it up with your own cash and do that within the first year or they

0:29:59 > 0:30:04will take it off you and you can't sell it for at least five years.

0:30:04 > 0:30:07This is Mel's wonderful house she has done up over the last several

0:30:07 > 0:30:11months or so, we will look inside and we will be chatting to Mel

0:30:11 > 0:30:17later. She's done a wonderful job, it looks gorgeous. This is Mel and

0:30:17 > 0:30:22her daughter, Rosie. Give us a wave! Rosie is a bit shy. I will be

0:30:22 > 0:33:46talking to them later but first let's get the news, travel

0:33:46 > 0:33:52I will be back in half an hour.

0:33:52 > 0:33:56Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59We'll bring you all the news and sport in a moment.

0:33:59 > 0:34:01But also on Breakfast this morning:

0:34:01 > 0:34:06Can you still recite your times tables?

0:34:06 > 0:34:09It was a feature of school life for most of us,

0:34:09 > 0:34:13now primary schools in England are set to re-introduce testing.

0:34:13 > 0:34:17Countdown's Rachel Riley will be here to tell us why she thinks it's

0:34:17 > 0:34:20so important If you think black is black, think again.

0:34:20 > 0:34:23We're going to show you the blackest substance on earth!

0:34:23 > 0:34:25It's been described as looking like "a window peering

0:34:25 > 0:34:30into the depths of outer space".

0:34:30 > 0:34:32From women who drill through frozen seas to gather food,

0:34:32 > 0:34:35to villagers who scale sheer cliff faces to get to church.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38We take a look at the extreme communities risking their lives

0:34:38 > 0:34:45on a daily basis, just to get by.

0:34:45 > 0:34:48Here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC News.

0:34:48 > 0:34:52A committee of MPs has said there is a "pervasive lack of trust"

0:34:52 > 0:34:54among disabled people in how their welfare

0:34:54 > 0:34:55claims are assessed.

0:34:55 > 0:34:58The Commons' Work and Pensions committee said reports by private

0:34:58 > 0:35:02contractors were "riddled with errors".

0:35:02 > 0:35:04It recommends ministers take the service back "in house"

0:35:04 > 0:35:06when contracts end with private firms.

0:35:06 > 0:35:08The government says the majority of claimants are happy

0:35:08 > 0:35:11with their overall experience.

0:35:11 > 0:35:14The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he wants to reassure those

0:35:14 > 0:35:19who feel angry and alienated because of the Brexit vote.

0:35:19 > 0:35:22In a speech later today he will suggest that supporters

0:35:22 > 0:35:25of Brexit try to persuade worried remain voters that leaving

0:35:25 > 0:35:28the European Union is a cause for "hope, not fear".

0:35:28 > 0:35:30His is the first of a number of cabinet speeches

0:35:30 > 0:35:34expected this week.

0:35:34 > 0:35:38MPs have criticised the Home Office for seriously underestimating,

0:35:38 > 0:35:40what they described as the "immense bureaucratic challenge"

0:35:40 > 0:35:41posed by Brexit.

0:35:41 > 0:35:46In a report published today, the House of Commons home affairs

0:35:46 > 0:35:49committee hits out at the Government for long delays in publishing

0:35:49 > 0:35:51a post-Brexit immigration white paper.

0:35:51 > 0:35:57The government has said it's considering various options

0:35:57 > 0:36:00and will set out its initial plans "as and when they are ready".

0:36:00 > 0:36:04The jury at the trial of the former football coach Barry Bennell,

0:36:04 > 0:36:07who's been found guilty of dozens of sexual offences against boys,

0:36:07 > 0:36:09will continue deliberations on other charges today.

0:36:09 > 0:36:11Yesterday, the jury at Liverpool Crown Court returned

0:36:11 > 0:36:13guilty verdicts on 36 counts and asked for more time

0:36:13 > 0:36:16to consider seven more.

0:36:16 > 0:36:18Bennell, who appeared in court via videolink due to illness,

0:36:18 > 0:36:25declined to give evidence in his defence.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27The actress Emma Watson has spoken of her shock,

0:36:27 > 0:36:31at realising that there was no system in place to help people

0:36:31 > 0:36:33in the film industry who had been sexually harassed.

0:36:33 > 0:36:36She's one of a number of women who've been consulted

0:36:36 > 0:36:39by the British Film Institute and BAFTA, as it announces changes

0:36:39 > 0:36:40aimed at tackling the problem.

0:36:40 > 0:36:43Now BFI funding will only be given to projects committed

0:36:43 > 0:36:46to the proposals.

0:36:46 > 0:36:48Valentine's Day is traditionally marked with gestures

0:36:48 > 0:36:53of love and affection.

0:36:53 > 0:36:58And with that in mind, on the most romantic day of the year

0:36:58 > 0:37:04pairs of Gentoo penguins at the National Sea Life Centre

0:37:04 > 0:37:08in Birmingham have been treated to a serenade.

0:37:08 > 0:37:10This is a violinist from the Royal Birmingham

0:37:10 > 0:37:12Conservatoire.

0:37:12 > 0:37:15I think they are enjoying it, aren't they?

0:37:15 > 0:37:19They aren't attacking him, or walking.

0:37:19 > 0:37:25They want more! There are roses on the shelf. Yeah.

0:37:25 > 0:37:30A beautiful thing. That's how you charm one of those

0:37:30 > 0:37:40penguins. It's like the Pied Piper!

0:37:40 > 0:37:45We are talking curling. I was more concerned that the

0:37:45 > 0:37:49penguins would have a more romantic day than me.

0:37:49 > 0:37:52It's not all about you! How it's the curling?

0:37:52 > 0:37:56The men's curling is going very well. Eating Switzerland in their

0:37:56 > 0:38:01first heat. These are examples of the stones they will be using in

0:38:01 > 0:38:06Pyeongchang. -- beating. They are impressive looking. How

0:38:06 > 0:38:15heavy are they? Only 470 pounds each, the one used

0:38:15 > 0:38:20in Pyongyang. Bargain! I did a piece on curling

0:38:20 > 0:38:23sometime ago and I was told they were £1000 each.

0:38:23 > 0:38:26But they do last you 50 years, so that's all right.

0:38:26 > 0:38:32They are an investment. They've been doing OK for them in so

0:38:32 > 0:38:33far.

0:38:33 > 0:38:37The men's team is a completely new line-up to the one that took

0:38:37 > 0:38:38silver four years ago and they've already

0:38:38 > 0:38:39provided nerve-shredding entertainment.

0:38:39 > 0:38:42Their match against Switzerland swung to and fro, and they were tied

0:38:42 > 0:38:45at 5-5, so it went to an extra end.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48And GB skip Kyle Smith landed the stone bang on target.

0:38:48 > 0:38:55They'll play defending champions Canada at 11 o'clock.

0:38:55 > 0:38:57These are live pictures from the women's opening match

0:38:57 > 0:39:00against the Olympic Athletes from Russia.

0:39:00 > 0:39:02Great Britain leading 5-1, so heading for victory.

0:39:02 > 0:39:04There's live coverage on BBC Two and catch-up programmes

0:39:04 > 0:39:11throughout the day.

0:39:11 > 0:39:14Now, are you familiar with the Flying Tomato.

0:39:14 > 0:39:15He's otherwise known as Shaun White.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18The American has become a three time Olympic champion

0:39:18 > 0:39:19after a dramatic halfpipe final.

0:39:19 > 0:39:22He was in second place going into the final run

0:39:22 > 0:39:25and he produced some outstanding twists and turns and huge air

0:39:25 > 0:39:30to take gold.

0:39:30 > 0:39:37It is very impressive. I had to look up exactly why he is called the Red

0:39:37 > 0:39:43Tomato and it is of course because of his red hair! The women's slalem

0:39:43 > 0:39:50will now take place on Friday. Moving away from Pyeongchang.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52The Champions League returned last night

0:39:52 > 0:39:54and Tottenham produced a brilliant fightback against Juventus,

0:39:54 > 0:40:00who were last season's beaten finalists.

0:40:00 > 0:40:03Spurs were 2-0 down inside ten minutes but Harry Kane

0:40:03 > 0:40:07and Christian Erikkson earned them a draw, to take into the second leg

0:40:07 > 0:40:08at Wembley next month.

0:40:08 > 0:40:14Pep Guardiola said their midfielder was extraordinary after his side

0:40:14 > 0:40:19took a giant step towards the quarter-finals. He scored twice in a

0:40:19 > 0:40:304-0 win at these all. -- Basel.

0:40:30 > 0:40:324-0 win at these all. -- Basel. Ben Stokes will be of New Zealand today

0:40:32 > 0:40:35to join up with England team, who are currently struggling in the

0:40:35 > 0:40:42Twenty20 Tri-Series.

0:40:42 > 0:40:46That's after he entered a plea of not guilty to charges of affray

0:40:46 > 0:40:47at Bristol magistrates court yesterday.

0:40:47 > 0:40:51His case was adjourned to the local Crown Court on March 12th but he's

0:40:51 > 0:40:54not required to appear in person, meaning he's available for the rest

0:40:54 > 0:40:56of England's winter tour.

0:40:56 > 0:40:58And finally, the British teams may have only

0:40:58 > 0:40:59started their Olympic campaign, but this

0:40:59 > 0:41:02morning, but curling fever has already taken hold it seems!

0:41:02 > 0:41:03Take a look at this.

0:41:03 > 0:41:06Maybe it's a new way to start the house work.

0:41:06 > 0:41:10That's some technique. We need the volume up on this.

0:41:10 > 0:41:17Clean harder! It's absolutely brilliant. In four years, I want to

0:41:17 > 0:41:24see them in four years. Brilliant. It is impressive!

0:41:24 > 0:41:26We can give it ago and later. We've

0:41:26 > 0:41:26It is impressive! We can give it ago and later. We've

0:41:26 > 0:41:33got the stones. Thanks very much. We will have to weather shortly.

0:41:33 > 0:41:36Film star Minnie Driver has quit as an Oxfam ambassador

0:41:36 > 0:41:39following claims that staff working for the charity in disaster zones

0:41:39 > 0:41:41paid vulnerable local people for sex.

0:41:41 > 0:41:44The actress resigned after 20 years with the aid agency,

0:41:44 > 0:41:46saying in a statement that she was "horrified"

0:41:46 > 0:41:47by the scandal.

0:41:47 > 0:41:55Let's speak to our correspondent Tom Burridge.

0:41:55 > 0:41:59This will be a big blow. The front page of many papers, Minnie drier

0:41:59 > 0:42:03saying she doesn't want to be involved with Oxfam any more.She is

0:42:03 > 0:42:08best known for her role in the film Good Will Hunting and she has been

0:42:08 > 0:42:15an ambassador of Oxfam for 20 years. She says she was devastated by the

0:42:15 > 0:42:19response of Oxfam. Some people claimed Oxfam tried to cover up the

0:42:19 > 0:42:22scandal and she said she was horrified that senior members of

0:42:22 > 0:42:31Oxfam staff reportedly held parties with prostitutes in the wake of the

0:42:31 > 0:42:35earthquake in Haiti in 2010. She said it was a series of abhorrent

0:42:35 > 0:42:39mistakes. She says she still wants to do some charity work abroad,

0:42:39 > 0:42:42helping people in place of a calf cut in the developing world, but not

0:42:42 > 0:42:50with Oxfam.Also some reports in the Sun about allegations against

0:42:50 > 0:42:53International Rescue Committee is. What more can you tell us about

0:42:53 > 0:42:57that? It is a huge charity, headquarter based in New York. The

0:42:57 > 0:43:04head is David Miliband. What has emerged overnight and into this

0:43:04 > 0:43:06morning is that the Department for International Development, the part

0:43:06 > 0:43:09of our government which basically distributes money to charities to

0:43:09 > 0:43:15help people abroad, withheld millions of pounds of funding from

0:43:15 > 0:43:22the IRC relating to a programme which the IRC was running in the

0:43:22 > 0:43:26Democratic Republic of Congo. It did so reportedly because of allegations

0:43:26 > 0:43:31of fraud and sexual misconduct. The charity has told us that there were

0:43:31 > 0:43:34three allegations of sexual exploitation within and other

0:43:34 > 0:43:40organisation. I've asked the charity to clarify what it means by that,

0:43:40 > 0:43:44what was this other organisation and what was its relationship to the

0:43:44 > 0:43:48programme that the IRC was running. It has yet to do so. The

0:43:48 > 0:43:51International Rescue Committee says that when the allegations came to

0:43:51 > 0:43:57light in 2016, it fully investigated them and kept the international...

0:43:57 > 0:44:00The Department for International Development fully informed. There is

0:44:00 > 0:44:03no suggestion that this is a scandal anything like the scale of the

0:44:03 > 0:44:09scandal in boiling Oxfam at the moment, but it shows that an extra

0:44:09 > 0:44:13ray of light is being shone onto the charity sector and especially work

0:44:13 > 0:44:20abroad at any possible misdemeanours in the past.Thank you very much.

0:44:20 > 0:44:23Let's find out what's happening with the weather. That doesn't look

0:44:23 > 0:44:23pretty!

0:44:23 > 0:44:25the weather. That doesn't look pretty!

0:44:25 > 0:44:31Yes, let's get back. That's even prettier. Clear skies last night

0:44:31 > 0:44:37across parts of the UK. That made for a lovely scene in Cumbria. But

0:44:37 > 0:44:41with those clear skies overhead it has meant temperatures have tumbled.

0:44:41 > 0:44:45A widespread frost. Temperatures drop as low as -4 in the outskirts

0:44:45 > 0:44:53of Banbury. The coldest air in Scotland shown by the blue colours,

0:44:53 > 0:44:56avoiding the Anglia and the south-east with the clout from

0:44:56 > 0:45:02yesterday still lingering anger cloud keeping temperatures up. Rain

0:45:02 > 0:45:06through the day will bring a change from the south. Sunshine through

0:45:06 > 0:45:10much of the morning in the east, the cloud from the west brings outbreaks

0:45:10 > 0:45:15of rain with hill snow turning heavier in the Pennines and the Peak

0:45:15 > 0:45:19District and a covering of snow before it turns back to rain.

0:45:19 > 0:45:25Wettest conditions around the coast and a windy day, widespread gales,

0:45:25 > 0:45:30winds could touch 70 mph in the Western Isles but in the north,

0:45:30 > 0:45:33early occasional rain in Northern Ireland will clear to sunny spells

0:45:33 > 0:45:37but turning cloudy with snow and rain in Scotland. Ten centimetres in

0:45:37 > 0:45:42the snow here and there but at lower levels, turning back to rain as

0:45:42 > 0:45:47temperatures lift. Windy across the board, severe gales for some but

0:45:47 > 0:45:52temperatures lifting, still a chilly day in eastern parts. Through the

0:45:52 > 0:45:56night the rain and hill snow will clear east, lingering longest in

0:45:56 > 0:46:00East Anglia and the south-east so into Thursday clear skies

0:46:00 > 0:46:04developing, sleet and snow showers in Scotland, Northern Ireland and

0:46:04 > 0:46:08northern parts of England. Just about avoiding the frost but some

0:46:08 > 0:46:12could have icy patches in the morning. This is the chart for

0:46:12 > 0:46:16tomorrow morning, low pressure in Iceland, our weather fronts push

0:46:16 > 0:46:21east from today so we are back in familiar territory with sunshine and

0:46:21 > 0:46:25scattered wintry showers. Rain, sleet and hill snow in Scotland and

0:46:25 > 0:46:29Northern Ireland and rain and hail in England and Wales but central and

0:46:29 > 0:46:33eastern areas will be dry through Thursday with good sunny spells.

0:46:33 > 0:46:36Temperatures holding up reasonably well in the sunshine. Cold night to

0:46:36 > 0:46:40take us into Friday morning, widespread frost in England and

0:46:40 > 0:46:44Wales after lighter winds, clearer skies through the night. Not a bad

0:46:44 > 0:46:49day on Friday in England and Wales for the half term, but for Scotland

0:46:49 > 0:46:53and Northern Ireland, cloud in over, rain in Northern Ireland and the

0:46:53 > 0:47:02rain turning to snow in the hills in Scotland once again -- cloud in

0:47:02 > 0:47:03over.

0:47:05 > 0:47:07You're watching Breakfast.

0:47:07 > 0:47:09House prices are rising by just over 5% a year,

0:47:09 > 0:47:12with the average UK home now costing more than £220,000,

0:47:12 > 0:47:13according to the latest figures.

0:47:13 > 0:47:16Despite the Government's promise to build a million new homes

0:47:16 > 0:47:19by 2020, there are still more than 200,000 properties

0:47:19 > 0:47:20across England and Wales lying empty.

0:47:20 > 0:47:23So in Liverpool they're trying an unusual approach to tackling

0:47:23 > 0:47:24the housing crisis.

0:47:24 > 0:47:32Steph has gone to take a look.

0:47:33 > 0:47:39Good morning.Good morning, good morning, everyone, I'm in Wavertree

0:47:39 > 0:47:44in Liverpool and you can see around me there are eight fair few derelict

0:47:44 > 0:47:49homes here and a lot of these houses have been so for around a decade --

0:47:49 > 0:47:53a fair few. The council want to do something and they haven't got the

0:47:53 > 0:47:57money to refurbish so what they've been doing is getting families in

0:47:57 > 0:48:02the area to buy them for £1 each with the view that they will then do

0:48:02 > 0:48:06them up themselves. The rules for it are you have to live and work in

0:48:06 > 0:48:10Liverpool, you have to be a first-time buyer, you have to do it

0:48:10 > 0:48:14up yourself with your own cash and if you don't do that in the first

0:48:14 > 0:48:18year they will take the house. You have to not sell it for five years

0:48:18 > 0:48:22or so. This has been happening for some time, now they have been slowly

0:48:22 > 0:48:25selling them, they've allocated around 100 homes in the area already

0:48:25 > 0:48:29to families. Let's go inside and meet Ilana Remikee, she's done a

0:48:29 > 0:48:39cracking job with this house. This is Mel and Rob's house --

0:48:39 > 0:48:42is Mel and Rob's house -- Melmeet Mel. We have Kieron from the

0:48:42 > 0:48:46national Housing Federation. This looks gorgeous, tell us about the

0:48:46 > 0:48:52effort that's calling?It's been about seven months of non-stop

0:48:52 > 0:48:58decorating and ripping walls down -- efforts -- effort that's gone in.

0:48:58 > 0:49:03What was it like when you bought it? It was a shell, you could see the

0:49:03 > 0:49:10sky from where we are, the rain was pouring down. It was awful.What

0:49:10 > 0:49:14made you do it?Obviously you bought it for £1 but you've had to spend

0:49:14 > 0:49:18money on it, it isn't like you walked into it and it was like this?

0:49:18 > 0:49:23There's not many other way is that you could be mortgage free. It's a

0:49:23 > 0:49:26really good opportunity. It's hard to get on the property ladder now

0:49:26 > 0:49:30unless you save a deposit and we thought we would rather use our

0:49:30 > 0:49:34deposit to do something like this than to be tied to a mortgage we'd

0:49:34 > 0:49:37struggle with for the rest of our lives.Could you have afforded to

0:49:37 > 0:49:42buy a house?We could have got a mortgage in all honesty but we would

0:49:42 > 0:49:45have struggled every month and I think we would have been stressed

0:49:45 > 0:49:48out trying to make the payments, it wouldn't have been easy at all with

0:49:48 > 0:49:52three kids.Given where you are, obviously there's still a lot of

0:49:52 > 0:49:56work to be done. I know you got a neighbour doing theirs up, what does

0:49:56 > 0:50:00it feel like being in the community because there's still a lot to do?

0:50:00 > 0:50:04It's exciting, every time you see a shutter getting open and you see

0:50:04 > 0:50:07work starting you get excited because you feel the community is

0:50:07 > 0:50:12coming together and we're building our own community really.Rosie, you

0:50:12 > 0:50:16like your new house?Yes.She is making me jealous with her

0:50:16 > 0:50:20breakfast, it looks lovely. We have Kieron from the national Housing

0:50:20 > 0:50:24Federation. Tell us about the scheme, what are your thoughts, is

0:50:24 > 0:50:29this a way of solving the housing shortage?This is a great example

0:50:29 > 0:50:32and Liverpool City Council need to be commended but it's only a small

0:50:32 > 0:50:36piece of the puzzle. Looking at the north-west of England there's 40,000

0:50:36 > 0:50:39empty homes and we are saying Housing associations can work with

0:50:39 > 0:50:44local authorities to solve the problem. We know regeneration isn't

0:50:44 > 0:50:52just about renovating property, it's about providing the community,

0:50:52 > 0:50:55transport and economic infrastructure around it to ensure

0:50:55 > 0:50:59people can live and thrive in their communities.It's not cheap to do up

0:50:59 > 0:51:04areas where there is a lot of derelict houses, and as Mel was

0:51:04 > 0:51:09describing, in a right state? Exactly. The work Mel and the other

0:51:09 > 0:51:13residents have done is vital. It shows money needs to be put into

0:51:13 > 0:51:19these areas to ensure they can come up and help the real communities and

0:51:19 > 0:51:22we're saying housing associations are a willing partner for local

0:51:22 > 0:51:27authorities to ensure that happens. Interesting. Thanks, Mel, for

0:51:27 > 0:51:31letting us in. You're part of a Channel 4 show tonight? You've been

0:51:31 > 0:51:36doing a whole documentary, that will be on at 9pm. That's called

0:51:36 > 0:51:42Britain's Cheapest Street. You will see some of the shots of Mel and her

0:51:42 > 0:51:47partner, Rob, doing it up.We've got a question about the Palop shock

0:51:47 > 0:51:53with jam on top, that has made me hungry.Legendary. We were saying,

0:51:53 > 0:52:00has Rosie found a new way to eat one of these? I think she has.Can't

0:52:00 > 0:52:02argue with it.

0:52:02 > 0:52:07Look at this.

0:52:07 > 0:52:14We haven't gone off air, we have gone to black. That's how black this

0:52:14 > 0:52:21new material is.

0:52:21 > 0:52:27new material is. There's a bit of depth to it, you can see that. It's

0:52:27 > 0:52:33a crinkly piece of foil. If you saw it crinkly... If you turned it round

0:52:33 > 0:52:39you would see the crinkles on the other side. That is so black...

0:52:39 > 0:52:45There's a percentage somewhere, 99.96%. That's how much light it

0:52:45 > 0:52:48absorbs.The only thing darker is a black hole.

0:52:48 > 0:52:51It's been used on an amazing new building which has just opened

0:52:51 > 0:52:53at the winter Olympics in South Korea.

0:52:53 > 0:52:56Designed by a British architect using materials created by British

0:52:56 > 0:52:59scientists, the structure absorbs 99% of the light that hits it.

0:52:59 > 0:53:04I tell you what, we can compare this... I'm going to move this

0:53:04 > 0:53:09towards Dan's suit jacket. Almost makes you look great, doesn't it?

0:53:09 > 0:53:14Look how dark it is. -- grey.

0:53:14 > 0:53:16Breakfast's Graham Satchell reports.

0:53:16 > 0:53:24It's the blackest building on earth. This pavilion outside the Olympic

0:53:24 > 0:53:31stadium in South Korea is coated with aim mid reel called VBX2. It

0:53:31 > 0:53:37absorbs 98% of the light.-- with a material. Wanted people to be

0:53:37 > 0:53:41awestruck and starstruck by this building, and to see it and stop in

0:53:41 > 0:53:49their tracks.The pavilion is the brainchild of British architect Asif

0:53:49 > 0:53:56Khan.You feel drawn into it, you want to plummet into its blackness.

0:53:56 > 0:54:00Asif has peppered the building with small lights to look like stars.As

0:54:00 > 0:54:05you walk around the building, you get the effect of power laps so it

0:54:05 > 0:54:11appears the stars are moving against each other, as though you were

0:54:11 > 0:54:18diving through the universe.This laboratory in southern England is

0:54:18 > 0:54:23where

0:54:25 > 0:54:27where VBX2 and Vantablack were created.

0:54:27 > 0:54:31It might look like paint but Vantablack is made billions of

0:54:31 > 0:54:37microscopic carbon nano tubes. It absorbs 99.96% of the light. The

0:54:37 > 0:54:41only thing darker would be a black hole?The only thing darker in the

0:54:41 > 0:54:48universe is a black hole.A back hole that we know of that this time.

0:54:48 > 0:54:53It's so black it changes the dimension Haliti of an object. It

0:54:53 > 0:54:57makes things look flat. -- dimensions.You're seeing the lack

0:54:57 > 0:55:01of photons being reflected back to your eyes and so your eyes are no

0:55:01 > 0:55:05longer able to make sense of what you're seeing so therefore you see

0:55:05 > 0:55:09it as a void or a very black area that you can't make shape or sense

0:55:09 > 0:55:15from. Looking at black nothingness like

0:55:15 > 0:55:19this is a rather odd sort of experience. It is slightly

0:55:19 > 0:55:23vertiginous, like you're standing on the edge of an abyss looking into a

0:55:23 > 0:55:30void. It's exciting and unsettling at the same time.

0:55:35 > 0:55:38Vantablack is used in space exploration, in cameras and

0:55:38 > 0:55:42telescopes to reduce the amount of flair from the sun. It gives

0:55:42 > 0:55:47astronomers a clear view of distant stars and planets but using this

0:55:47 > 0:55:51nanotechnology has only just started.The possibilities of

0:55:51 > 0:55:58designing materials are kind of quite limitless. I imagine coating

0:55:58 > 0:56:01materials with nano materials, imagine vehicles that slip in and

0:56:01 > 0:56:04out of visibility, that's the sort of world that we're talking about

0:56:04 > 0:56:12here.So a stunning building using technology that has the potential to

0:56:12 > 0:56:15revolutionise photography, space exploration, architecture, design.

0:56:15 > 0:56:19Graham Satchell, BBC News.

0:56:19 > 0:56:24I feel like I need to go to that building.And have your mind warped.

0:56:24 > 0:56:29It would feel like it would be a complete mind warp.You know when

0:56:29 > 0:56:34you go to the toilet in the middle of the night and then you turn the

0:56:34 > 0:56:38light on and for the moment after you switch it off, it is super black

0:56:38 > 0:56:43and then your eyes get used to it.I was worried, Dan, but I will give

0:56:43 > 0:56:48you that one.I'll be honest, I was slightly worried myself!I tell you

0:56:48 > 0:56:52what, you get to that age when you got to go in the night!

0:56:52 > 1:00:12Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

1:00:12 > 1:00:14Vanessa is talking about cycle theft on

1:00:14 > 1:00:16Vanessa is talking about cycle theft on BBC Radio London because a bike

1:00:16 > 1:00:19is stolen in London every 90 seconds.

1:00:19 > 1:00:22Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

1:00:22 > 1:00:25A lack of trust among disabled people over how their welfare

1:00:25 > 1:00:26claims are decided.

1:00:26 > 1:00:28MPs find assessors submitted reports that were riddled

1:00:28 > 1:00:36with errors and regularly missed quality targets.

1:00:44 > 1:00:46Good morning, it's Wednesday 14th February.

1:00:46 > 1:00:49Also this morning:

1:00:49 > 1:00:52Boris Johnson moves to reassure voters who he says are angry

1:00:52 > 1:00:55and alienated because of Brexit in the first of a series of speeches

1:00:55 > 1:00:59from senior cabinet members.

1:00:59 > 1:01:03A new times table test is introduced for thousands of eight and nine year

1:01:03 > 1:01:09olds in England's primary schools in a bid to raise numeracy levels.

1:01:09 > 1:01:14Good morning.

1:01:14 > 1:01:18In Liverpool the council has been selling off derelict homes for £1

1:01:18 > 1:01:23each. These are some of the ones which have been renovated already as

1:01:23 > 1:01:27planned to try and make sure we get rid of the derelict homes in the

1:01:27 > 1:01:31area. It could help the housing shortage. We will have a look in

1:01:31 > 1:01:34some of the houses later.

1:01:34 > 1:01:39Good morning from a much warmer but rather windy Pyeongchang. Get ready

1:01:39 > 1:01:44to go mad for curling again because both the men and women from Great

1:01:44 > 1:01:48Britain begin their push for the medals. The women are in action at

1:01:48 > 1:01:51the moment and I will keep you updated through the morning.

1:01:51 > 1:01:54Mad for curling, will be be mad for the weather?

1:01:54 > 1:01:59I don't know how much love you will have for a Valentine's Day later.

1:01:59 > 1:02:02After a frosty and sunny start there's rain and hill snow on the

1:02:02 > 1:02:05way. The full forecast in 15 minutes.

1:02:05 > 1:02:05Good morning.

1:02:05 > 1:02:06First, our main story:

1:02:06 > 1:02:10A committee of MPs has said there is a "pervasive lack of trust"

1:02:10 > 1:02:12among disabled people in how their welfare

1:02:12 > 1:02:12claims are assessed.

1:02:12 > 1:02:15The Commons' Work and Pensions committee said reports by private

1:02:15 > 1:02:18contractors were "riddled with errors" and quality targets had

1:02:18 > 1:02:18been "regularly missed".

1:02:18 > 1:02:26Here's our disability news correspondent Nikki Fox.

1:02:26 > 1:02:28Anastasia is having a good day.

1:02:28 > 1:02:30But it's not always like this.

1:02:30 > 1:02:35Most days she is unable to get out of the house.

1:02:35 > 1:02:37The 24-year-old has multiple sclerosis.

1:02:37 > 1:02:42She used to work full-time, but now she struggles to get around.

1:02:42 > 1:02:45She applied for a disability benefit and was assessed

1:02:45 > 1:02:52at home by a healthcare professional from a private company.

1:02:52 > 1:02:56Anastasia says she told the assessor she could only walk 20 metres,

1:02:56 > 1:02:59but when the report came back it said she could walk further.

1:02:59 > 1:03:01She didn't give me a physical assessment.

1:03:01 > 1:03:03I was sat down the entire time.

1:03:03 > 1:03:05I was very, very cross about that.

1:03:05 > 1:03:07Today's report identifies a culture of mistrust around

1:03:07 > 1:03:10the whole process.

1:03:10 > 1:03:15It says assessors risk being viewed as, at best,

1:03:15 > 1:03:18lacking in competence and, at worst, actively deceitful.

1:03:18 > 1:03:23The committee says the government's low bar for what is considered

1:03:23 > 1:03:26acceptable leaves room for assessment reports to be riddled

1:03:26 > 1:03:28with obvious errors and omissions.

1:03:28 > 1:03:34Clearly the system needs a major overhaul, but there are some things

1:03:34 > 1:03:37the government could do relatively quickly to improve it.

1:03:37 > 1:03:38Automatic audio recording of assessments for people.

1:03:38 > 1:03:41Why not share the assessment results with the claimant

1:03:41 > 1:03:43at the point of claimant decision?

1:03:43 > 1:03:46The government says assessments work for the majority of people and it's

1:03:46 > 1:03:47committed to improving transparency.

1:03:47 > 1:03:49But with current contracts up for review and targets

1:03:49 > 1:03:56being consistently missed, the future of the system is unclear.

1:03:56 > 1:03:59The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will address what he calls

1:03:59 > 1:04:02the "grief and alienation" of those who voted to stay

1:04:02 > 1:04:04in the European Union in a speech later today.

1:04:04 > 1:04:07He says that people who voted to leave the EU should

1:04:07 > 1:04:10try to persuade worried remainers to focus on the possible benefits

1:04:10 > 1:04:14of, rather than their fears over, Brexit.

1:04:14 > 1:04:16Our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo, is in Westminster this

1:04:16 > 1:04:20morning.

1:04:20 > 1:04:28Good morning. What are we expect in from Boris Johnson today?We are

1:04:28 > 1:04:32expecting him to really give the Barry Conser you treat time,

1:04:32 > 1:04:38reaching out to both sides of the debate -- conciliatory. Recognising

1:04:38 > 1:04:42there are still divisions between people in terms of the merits and

1:04:42 > 1:04:47perils of Raqqa. He want to reassure people who voted to remain who are

1:04:47 > 1:04:55still anxious that it is about hope and not fear, but he will have a

1:04:55 > 1:04:59straw -- stark warning for those who want to stop it and he will say that

1:04:59 > 1:05:04will be a dangerous mistake. This is the first in a series of speeches

1:05:04 > 1:05:08the government is calling the road to Brexit. Boris Johnson will be the

1:05:08 > 1:05:11first Cabinet minister to give his speech today. We will hear from

1:05:11 > 1:05:16Theresa May on her speech on security at the weekend and then

1:05:16 > 1:05:21there will be speeches by Liam Fox, David Davis the Brexit secretary and

1:05:21 > 1:05:25the Cabinet office minister who will speak about devolution. So there

1:05:25 > 1:05:28will be a series of speeches at Number 10 and it is promising they

1:05:28 > 1:05:33will set out more detail on the government's approach to Brexit. The

1:05:33 > 1:05:37reason there has been under pressure to set out what she wants from

1:05:37 > 1:05:40Britain's future relationship with the EU. There is no secret that

1:05:40 > 1:05:44there are divisions at the highest level of government. There will be

1:05:44 > 1:05:48an away day to try to thrash out differences, to come to settle on a

1:05:48 > 1:05:52final position. But Downing Street is promising that at the end we will

1:05:52 > 1:05:56have an idea of the precise nature of what the government actually

1:05:56 > 1:06:00wants from Britain's departure from the EU.Should also talk about the

1:06:00 > 1:06:03impact all of this will have government resources, in terms of

1:06:03 > 1:06:08offices. The Home Office will come under more pressure I suppose when

1:06:08 > 1:06:13it comes to how Immigration will pan out?Yes. There is a warning today

1:06:13 > 1:06:19from MPs in the Commons home Select Committee, which says it is already

1:06:19 > 1:06:24too stretched, let alone making plans for wrecks at macro later.

1:06:24 > 1:06:27They haven't properly laid out for plans for the immigration policy and

1:06:27 > 1:06:31they say that is causing anxiety for EU citizens. The Home Office as

1:06:31 > 1:06:35preparations are under way and it is ridiculous to use suggest otherwise,

1:06:35 > 1:06:42what I think of the -- it's a sign of the inpatients to set out the

1:06:42 > 1:06:44Brexit plans.Thank you.

1:06:44 > 1:06:47The jury at the trial of the former football coach Barry Bennell,

1:06:47 > 1:06:50who's been found guilty of dozens of sexual offences against boys,

1:06:50 > 1:06:52will continue deliberations on other charges today.

1:06:52 > 1:06:54Yesterday, the jury at Liverpool Crown Court returned

1:06:54 > 1:06:57guilty verdicts on 36 counts and asked for more time

1:06:57 > 1:06:58to consider seven more.

1:06:58 > 1:07:01Bennell, who appeared in court via videolink due to illness,

1:07:01 > 1:07:04declined to give evidence in his defence.

1:07:04 > 1:07:09Our reporter Andy Gill is outside Liverpool Crown Court this morning,

1:07:09 > 1:07:17remind us of the background to the case?

1:07:17 > 1:07:23Well, Barry Bennell is a football coach who worked for a number of

1:07:23 > 1:07:30clubs, Manchester City, who has been accused as the prosecution has put

1:07:30 > 1:07:34it of child molestation on an industrial scale. The jury today

1:07:34 > 1:07:38have seven more verdicts to reach, including four charges against and

1:07:38 > 1:07:4511th complainant. Yesterday 36 guilty verdicts against ten men,

1:07:45 > 1:07:48some of those complainants were in tears in court as the verdicts were

1:07:48 > 1:07:51announced. Barry Bennell was watching on CCTV from prison. He has

1:07:51 > 1:07:59been too unwell to attend court. The jury gave those 36 verdicts and at

1:07:59 > 1:08:03the start of the proceedings he pleaded guilty to seven offences of

1:08:03 > 1:08:09child molestation. The crowns they at home he had arcade games, a pool

1:08:09 > 1:08:14table, exotic pets, where he invited young men to stay overnight and

1:08:14 > 1:08:18where he molested them. He said in one police interview the jury heard

1:08:18 > 1:08:24that he wanted the young men to like him. He agreed he was manipulative,

1:08:24 > 1:08:28but said that he wasn't evil. He said that some of his accusers were

1:08:28 > 1:08:32jumping on a bandwagon. Barry Bennell is now looking at a fourth

1:08:32 > 1:08:37jail term for child tax offences. The jury will resume their

1:08:37 > 1:08:41deliberations here at Liverpool Crown Court at 10:15am.Thank you

1:08:41 > 1:08:46very much for the latest on that story.

1:08:46 > 1:08:50Minnie Driver has quit as an Oxfam ambassador following claims that

1:08:50 > 1:08:55staff working for the charity in disaster zones paid vulnerable local

1:08:55 > 1:08:59people for sex. She resigned after 20 years with the aid agency, saying

1:08:59 > 1:09:02that she was horrified by the allegations. Oxfam said he was

1:09:02 > 1:09:07grateful for her commitment and that he was more determined than ever to

1:09:07 > 1:09:08learn from its mistakes.

1:09:08 > 1:09:10Thousands of eight and nine-year-olds are to be formally

1:09:10 > 1:09:15assessed on their times tables at primary schools in England.

1:09:15 > 1:09:18The tests will be trialled at nearly 300 schools this spring,

1:09:18 > 1:09:20before becoming mandatory in 2020.

1:09:20 > 1:09:23Unions say they won't tell teachers and parents anything about children

1:09:23 > 1:09:25that they don't already know but ministers say the tests

1:09:25 > 1:09:30will identify those pupils who need extra support.

1:09:30 > 1:09:37This is an important initiative, to ensure that every child leaves

1:09:37 > 1:09:42primary school fluent in their multiplication tables, just as the

1:09:42 > 1:09:45phonic table we introduced in 2012. That has led to a huge improvement

1:09:45 > 1:09:49in reading standards and we expect this will lead to a huge improvement

1:09:49 > 1:09:53in children's fluency in arithmetics, so when they start

1:09:53 > 1:09:57secondary school they will be far better equipped to handle the

1:09:57 > 1:09:58challenges of secondary school mathematics.

1:09:58 > 1:10:00Hundreds of premature babies could avoid brain damage

1:10:00 > 1:10:03if their mothers were all given a cheap drug during labour,

1:10:03 > 1:10:07according to a new report.

1:10:07 > 1:10:10The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says there are huge

1:10:10 > 1:10:12regional disparities in the proportion of mothers given

1:10:12 > 1:10:17magnesium sulphate to reduce the risk of cerebral palsy.

1:10:17 > 1:10:20It claims providing the drug could save the NHS £280 million

1:10:20 > 1:10:22a year.

1:10:22 > 1:10:25The actress Emma Watson has spoken about her shock at realising

1:10:25 > 1:10:28that there was no system in place to help people

1:10:28 > 1:10:31in the film industry who had been sexually harassed.

1:10:31 > 1:10:34She's one of a number of women in the industry who've been

1:10:34 > 1:10:39consulted by the British Film Institute and BAFTA,

1:10:39 > 1:10:41as it announces changes aimed at tackling the problem.

1:10:41 > 1:10:44Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson has been looking

1:10:44 > 1:10:47at the plans.

1:10:47 > 1:10:50This Sunday it's the BAFTA awards and ahead of British film's

1:10:50 > 1:10:52biggest night of the year, the industry has announced

1:10:52 > 1:10:54a brand-new plan aimed at tackling both sexual

1:10:54 > 1:10:57harassment and bullying.

1:10:57 > 1:11:01It's a direct response to the Harvey Weinstein allegations.

1:11:01 > 1:11:02Hello!

1:11:02 > 1:11:03You can talk?

1:11:03 > 1:11:07Of course we can talk!

1:11:07 > 1:11:10Emma Watson was one of the many actresses asked for her input.

1:11:10 > 1:11:13These principles are important because up until recently

1:11:13 > 1:11:17there were no guidelines, there was no protocol for someone

1:11:17 > 1:11:20that had been sexually harassed in the entertainment industry.

1:11:20 > 1:11:23I know this to be a fact because I've asked for principles

1:11:23 > 1:11:27and I've asked to see guidelines and no one could give them to me.

1:11:27 > 1:11:29To change this, more than 40 organisations,

1:11:29 > 1:11:32including BAFTA and the British Film Institute,

1:11:32 > 1:11:38worked on a set of eight principles which they want to be used

1:11:38 > 1:11:40across the film, television and video games industries.

1:11:40 > 1:11:41So what will actually change?

1:11:41 > 1:11:44Every production must employ two people trained to handle any

1:11:44 > 1:11:45accusations of harassment.

1:11:45 > 1:11:48A dedicated phone line will open in April, offering free confidential

1:11:48 > 1:11:49help.

1:11:49 > 1:11:51And BFI funding will only be given to projects committed

1:11:51 > 1:11:55to the changes.

1:11:55 > 1:12:02This isn't about a set of commands, it's about a set of principles

1:12:02 > 1:12:04which everyone has willingly and with huge enthusiasm

1:12:04 > 1:12:08signed up to.

1:12:08 > 1:12:12At last month's Golden Globe awards, almost all actresses wore black

1:12:12 > 1:12:15to show solidarity for the Times Up campaign, calling for change.

1:12:15 > 1:12:23The same is expected at the Baftas.

1:12:23 > 1:12:26Those behind today's announcement hope such a stand won't be

1:12:26 > 1:12:30needed next year.

1:12:30 > 1:12:34It's that time of the morning where I think we need a little bit of

1:12:34 > 1:12:37love. Apparently it's the day it for it.

1:12:37 > 1:12:41Here's a heart-warming image of a gorilla in the arms of one

1:12:41 > 1:12:42of her rescuers.

1:12:42 > 1:12:44This won the top prize at the Wildlife Photographer

1:12:44 > 1:12:45of the Year awards.

1:12:45 > 1:12:48Chosen by almost 20,000 nature fans, the winning snap

1:12:48 > 1:12:55was taken by Canadian photographer Jo-Anne McArthur.

1:12:55 > 1:12:58Pikin, a lowland gorilla, was being moved to a new home

1:12:58 > 1:12:59by her caretaker in Cameroon.

1:12:59 > 1:13:03Other finalists included this image of a polar bear and her cubs

1:13:03 > 1:13:04emerging from their den.

1:13:04 > 1:13:07Very nice.

1:13:07 > 1:13:12This is a lilac-breasted roller.

1:13:12 > 1:13:16It's hitching a ride on a zebra, taken in Kenya.

1:13:16 > 1:13:21That bird doesn't look real! It does have a magical tone to it.

1:13:21 > 1:13:24This three-toed sloth was hanging around in the Brazilian rainforest.

1:13:24 > 1:13:27And, finally, here's an underwater image of a humpback whale

1:13:27 > 1:13:29and her calf floating in the waters off Tonga.

1:13:29 > 1:13:32The winning images will be showcased at the Natural History Museum

1:13:32 > 1:13:40in London, until the end of May.

1:13:40 > 1:13:43The way welfare claims for disabled people are assessed is coming

1:13:43 > 1:13:48in for criticism this morning.

1:13:48 > 1:13:51Claimants were asked for their views by the Work and Pensions Committee,

1:13:51 > 1:13:54and it found what it calls a "pervasive lack of trust".

1:13:54 > 1:13:57It recommends ministers take the service back in house

1:13:57 > 1:13:58when contracts end with private firms.

1:13:58 > 1:14:01The government says the majority of claimants are happy

1:14:01 > 1:14:03with their overall experience.

1:14:03 > 1:14:06Joining us now is Rob Holland from the charity Mencap which works

1:14:06 > 1:14:09with people with learning disabilities.

1:14:09 > 1:14:13Thanks very much for talking with us. What has been happening in terms

1:14:13 > 1:14:19of the way they've been assessed that is coming under scrutiny?

1:14:19 > 1:14:23We know working together with the disability benefits Consortium that

1:14:23 > 1:14:27many disabled people have a really difficult to awful experience when

1:14:27 > 1:14:33it comes to being assessed for benefits so we carried out a survey

1:14:33 > 1:14:37of 3000 disabled people and half told us the assessment report didn't

1:14:37 > 1:14:40accurately reflect the answers they gave during their assessment.These

1:14:40 > 1:14:49assessments are being done by who? They're being done by private

1:14:49 > 1:14:55contractors, a source Maximus and Capital and there being conducted by

1:14:55 > 1:15:04health officials -- Assos Maximus and Capital. But they might not know

1:15:04 > 1:15:09anything about your condition. We have the case of an assessor asking

1:15:09 > 1:15:13someone, when did you catch Down's syndrome? When might you recover

1:15:13 > 1:15:18from an incurable disease? The assessor might not know anything

1:15:18 > 1:15:21about your disability.That was recorded by the person being

1:15:21 > 1:15:23assessed obviously. There's questions about accuracy and

1:15:23 > 1:15:28I was reading some of the examples, one person saying they were in bed

1:15:28 > 1:15:31through the assessment and the assessor was in a chair and when

1:15:31 > 1:15:35they saw the assessment it said the person was able to get out of the

1:15:35 > 1:15:39chair and aided and they never sat in the chair during the assessment.

1:15:39 > 1:15:43Things like that I would imagine leave no confidence in the system --

1:15:43 > 1:15:47unaided.Disabled people say they have very little confidence and

1:15:47 > 1:15:51trust in the system and that of course is borne out in the number of

1:15:51 > 1:15:55people that go on to challenge the assessment decision and when they do

1:15:55 > 1:16:00get to appeal stage actually more often than not they are likely to

1:16:00 > 1:16:03see the decision overturned in the disabled person's favour. That tells

1:16:03 > 1:16:09you really the assessment is not accurate as it is.What happens then

1:16:09 > 1:16:16when you have Capita, the one delivering... One of the bodies

1:16:16 > 1:16:19delivering these assessors, it says all our qualified healthcare

1:16:19 > 1:16:23professionals are fully trained and are dedicated to delivering a

1:16:23 > 1:16:26professional and empathetic assessment for all claimants. It

1:16:26 > 1:16:30doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong. Where's the link

1:16:30 > 1:16:34missing in terms of educating these bodies and making sure these

1:16:34 > 1:16:39assessments are done properly and thoroughly?Half of the people we

1:16:39 > 1:16:42surveyed said the assessor didn't understand their disability or

1:16:42 > 1:16:46health conditions so there's clearly a need for better training.Does

1:16:46 > 1:16:51Mencap talk to the likes of Capita to offer training and offer insight

1:16:51 > 1:16:58into what's being missed?We do try to advise those assessors on how

1:16:58 > 1:17:03they can make their processes more accessible for disabled people. That

1:17:03 > 1:17:09is certainly the case. But it's also not just about the assessor but also

1:17:09 > 1:17:17how they bring in specialist evidence as well, so that might be a

1:17:17 > 1:17:22specialist medical professional for example, or it might be family,

1:17:22 > 1:17:25friends, support workers, employers, who can also provide that evidence

1:17:25 > 1:17:31so you can build up the full picture about how their ability affects them

1:17:31 > 1:17:35on a day-to-day basis.Better qualified assessors I would imagine

1:17:35 > 1:17:39are more expensive, so is there a fear that if you pay for that back

1:17:39 > 1:17:47could take away the money there is available for benefits?At the

1:17:47 > 1:17:50moment the government is spending millions of pounds administering the

1:17:50 > 1:17:54appeals process, it spent £100 million over the last two years

1:17:54 > 1:17:58fighting against disabled people in the tribunal is challenging these

1:17:58 > 1:18:02things. We think that money would be better spent upfront to make sure

1:18:02 > 1:18:05you get the assessment right first time and disabled people don't have

1:18:05 > 1:18:10to challenge it.Rob, thanks for talking to us. Rob Holland from

1:18:10 > 1:18:12Mencap. Let us know what you think about

1:18:12 > 1:18:13that.

1:18:13 > 1:18:21The headlines. That is the headline. That pervasive amount of lack of

1:18:21 > 1:18:27trust with disabled people over how their welfare claims are assessed

1:18:27 > 1:18:30according to a collection of MPs.

1:18:30 > 1:18:35The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says supporters of Brexit must

1:18:35 > 1:18:37reach out to people who are angry

1:18:37 > 1:18:39and despairing about leaving the EU

1:18:39 > 1:18:43Naga has been saying today in your house you don't do Valentine's Day

1:18:43 > 1:18:46because there is love every day of the year.They're genuinely is, I

1:18:46 > 1:18:53don't need a day to tell my partner I love him.-- there. And you don't

1:18:53 > 1:18:56need the commercialisation?No. Isn't there a proper reason for it,

1:18:56 > 1:19:03Saint Valentine, he protected people, a priest or member of the

1:19:03 > 1:19:07community, people wanted to be married but it was against the law.

1:19:07 > 1:19:11I like the historical aspect.Lots of people getting in contact about

1:19:11 > 1:19:15how they're celebrating, Dan says I'm going to work for hours in the

1:19:15 > 1:19:19freezing cold with eight Pot Noodles.Is that you?No, not me.

1:19:19 > 1:19:25Ash a -- of

1:19:25 > 1:19:32Hannah says she is getting a Subway sandwiches.This is my favourite.

1:19:32 > 1:19:38Leezer said in bed watching BBC Breakfast. -- Lisa.

1:19:38 > 1:19:41Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

1:19:42 > 1:19:48Good morning. Chilly start. Lovely sunny start. Look at Lincolnshire a

1:19:48 > 1:19:49short while ago

1:19:49 > 1:19:50sunny start. Look at Lincolnshire a short while ago but where you have

1:19:50 > 1:19:54the clear skies, temperatures are at or below freezing and we saw them

1:19:54 > 1:19:59drop in the last hour to around -4 in a few spots. This is the general

1:19:59 > 1:20:02theme where they are at the moment, in parts of England and Scotland,

1:20:02 > 1:20:05the blue colours show where temperatures are below freezing, if

1:20:05 > 1:20:10you don't have blue hue avoid the frost. In eastern England because of

1:20:10 > 1:20:16the cloud from yesterday -- blue you avoid. While we have sunshine

1:20:16 > 1:20:20through much of the morning, central and eastern areas cloud in over.

1:20:20 > 1:20:24Outbreaks of rain coming and going in south-west England and Wales --

1:20:24 > 1:20:31cloud in. Acting house styled of course it is said

1:20:31 > 1:20:37the coast. 60 mph gusts are possible. Rain coming and going in

1:20:37 > 1:20:45Northern Ireland. More snow over the hills, ten centimetres in places.

1:20:45 > 1:20:50Rain and sleet to lower levels later on as temperatures rise but we could

1:20:50 > 1:20:56see severe gale for, 60 or 70 mph gusts in the west and a windy day

1:20:56 > 1:21:00across the board. Chilly in the east but in the west, sunshine in

1:21:00 > 1:21:05Belfast, maybe in Plymouth, ten or 11 possible. The mildest day of the

1:21:05 > 1:21:09week so far for some. The mild weather sweeps out of the way as the

1:21:09 > 1:21:12rain goes to the near continent into tomorrow morning. Chillier

1:21:12 > 1:21:16conditions on its way back in with snow flurries to western Scotland

1:21:16 > 1:21:19and Northern Ireland and a few showers in the west. Clear skies

1:21:19 > 1:21:24around to start Thursday, low pressure to the north but the winds

1:21:24 > 1:21:27coming in from the west instead of the south and not as strong as

1:21:27 > 1:21:31today. Brighter for many on Thursday with good sunny spells, the best of

1:21:31 > 1:21:35which to the south and east, more showers to the north and west, a

1:21:35 > 1:21:38mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow and a few centimetres possible

1:21:38 > 1:21:44in Scotland. Something less chilly holding on across the south. On

1:21:44 > 1:21:48Friday morning a frosty start across the south of the clear skies, but

1:21:48 > 1:21:51further north, the cloud will gather without breaks of rain and hill snow

1:21:51 > 1:21:55again, the best weather on Friday will be in England and Wales with

1:21:55 > 1:21:59sunshine at times. Before I go, let's give you a bit of romance,

1:21:59 > 1:22:05Valentine's Day summary. Sunrise is red, the sky will turn grey, after

1:22:05 > 1:22:11the a frosty start, rain and snow on the way. Who say I can't do romance?

1:22:11 > 1:22:16That's not romantic.I didn't do it very well, did I?Do it again with

1:22:16 > 1:22:20some love.How can you say that when you don't like Valentine's Day and

1:22:20 > 1:22:28you said when we were listening... Someone hit a nerve.Your husband

1:22:28 > 1:22:33doesn't like pancakes.Do you want to know why?He is a coeliac so he

1:22:33 > 1:22:38has gluten problems. Thanks, Matt, excellent weather.I'm in the middle

1:22:38 > 1:22:42of something so shall I slink off? Very serious issue.

1:22:44 > 1:22:47Yesterday we were live at Birmingham airport as flights from British

1:22:47 > 1:22:50holiday companies took off for Tunisia for the first time

1:22:50 > 1:22:52since a terror attack nearly three years ago.

1:22:52 > 1:22:5438 people were killed when a gunman opened fire

1:22:54 > 1:22:56on the beach at Sousse in June, 2015.

1:22:56 > 1:22:59Afterwards, the UK government advised British citizens not

1:22:59 > 1:23:00to visit the country.

1:23:00 > 1:23:02That advice changed last summer and yesterday the first

1:23:02 > 1:23:03direct holiday flights arrived.

1:23:03 > 1:23:06Our reporter, Emily Unia, was onboard and we can now speak

1:23:06 > 1:23:07to her live from Tunisia.

1:23:07 > 1:23:08to her live from Tunisia.

1:23:08 > 1:23:12We can talk to her live from Tunisia. Emily, good to see you.

1:23:12 > 1:23:16What was the mood like on the flight, must have been trepidations

1:23:16 > 1:23:23for the holidaymakers? Yeah. Some of them were quite

1:23:23 > 1:23:27anxious. I think a few didn't realise they were on the first

1:23:27 > 1:23:29flight back but others were genuinely really excited and

1:23:29 > 1:23:33enthusiastic. They were year-on-year visitors to Tunisia and they were

1:23:33 > 1:23:37quite disappointed they weren't able to come during the travel ban, but

1:23:37 > 1:23:40they understood the reasons following the shootings. Actually

1:23:40 > 1:23:43yesterday there was a mood of celebration and that carried on

1:23:43 > 1:23:47right on through to our arrival at the airport. They handed out

1:23:47 > 1:23:51flowers, there was music and dancing, lots of drinks and cakes

1:23:51 > 1:23:55and a real sense of delight that the Brits were back. Visitor numbers are

1:23:55 > 1:24:00still low and the beach behind me is empty, the hotel I'm in is very

1:24:00 > 1:24:04quiet. It is the low season, the feeling is as the summer approaches

1:24:04 > 1:24:08things will pick up and the first plane load of Brits coming back this

1:24:08 > 1:24:10week is seen as a good sign.

1:24:12 > 1:24:15This time last year government advised barred all but essential

1:24:15 > 1:24:23travel to Tunisia. But now package tourists are turning.

1:24:23 > 1:24:27This couple are visiting Tunisia for the first time. There on honeymoon

1:24:27 > 1:24:31and the shootings on the beach in 2015 haven't put them off.

1:24:31 > 1:24:35I think they'll have stepped security up so I think will be

1:24:35 > 1:24:38perfectly safe, there's no reason for people to be worried. We're just

1:24:38 > 1:24:42really excited to get out there and see what it's like. You can't live

1:24:42 > 1:24:45in fear otherwise you'd never do anything.

1:24:45 > 1:24:50The return of British visitors is welcome news for Tunisians who are

1:24:50 > 1:24:56working to put on a good show for their guests. -- who were keen.

1:24:56 > 1:25:01Since 2015, the tourist economy has suffered. There was a 90% drop in

1:25:01 > 1:25:06the number of British visitors in the first four months of 2016.

1:25:06 > 1:25:11Bookings were cancelled, hotels closed and beaches lay empty. But

1:25:11 > 1:25:14now security has improved a lot. Most hotels have arches like this

1:25:14 > 1:25:19one, they've got scanners inside and there is a much more visible police

1:25:19 > 1:25:23presence all around the resorts. For businesses dependent on tourism,

1:25:23 > 1:25:27the lifting of the travel ban and the return of package holidaymakers

1:25:27 > 1:25:32is building expectations of economic revival.It's looking great, it's a

1:25:32 > 1:25:35start because all the big tour operators are coming back.

1:25:35 > 1:25:42Rescheduling all the flights and the promotion will take some time. We

1:25:42 > 1:25:46have very good forecasts for the summer. It should be a great year,

1:25:46 > 1:25:51but not perfect. I think it's a start.

1:25:51 > 1:25:55The hope now is one of the most popular destinations for British

1:25:55 > 1:26:01tourists will return to the top spot.

1:26:01 > 1:26:05And the mood among the business owners here really is one of

1:26:05 > 1:26:09cautious optimism because they've still got a long way to go. Visitor

1:26:09 > 1:26:13numbers really dropped off a cliff edge at the start of 2016 following

1:26:13 > 1:26:17those shootings and although they have visitors from Algeria, lots

1:26:17 > 1:26:20more from Russia and other European countries, it really was the Brits

1:26:20 > 1:26:24they were hoping to see return. The fact you've now got these direct

1:26:24 > 1:26:28flights coming back and later on in the summer they believe they will be

1:26:28 > 1:26:32starting to Sousse as well, there's a feeling among the business owners

1:26:32 > 1:26:37here that perhaps some good news is just around the corner.We certainly

1:26:37 > 1:26:44wish everyone well. Word Emily, thanks very much. -- Emily, thanks

1:26:44 > 1:26:46very much.

1:26:46 > 1:30:07Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

1:30:07 > 1:30:09is stolen in London every 90 seconds.

1:30:09 > 1:30:12I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

1:30:12 > 1:30:13in half an hour.

1:30:13 > 1:30:14Hello.

1:30:14 > 1:30:17This is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

1:30:17 > 1:30:21A committee of MPs has said there is a "pervasive lack of trust"

1:30:21 > 1:30:22among disabled people in how their welfare

1:30:22 > 1:30:28claims are assessed.

1:30:28 > 1:30:31The Commons' Work and Pensions committee said reports by private

1:30:31 > 1:30:36contractors were "riddled with errors".

1:30:36 > 1:30:38It recommends ministers take the service back "in house"

1:30:38 > 1:30:40when contracts end with private firms.

1:30:40 > 1:30:42The government says the majority of claimants are happy

1:30:42 > 1:30:44with their overall experience.

1:30:44 > 1:30:46The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he wants to reassure those

1:30:46 > 1:30:50who feel angry and alienated because of the Brexit vote.

1:30:50 > 1:30:53In a speech later today he will suggest that supporters

1:30:53 > 1:30:59of Brexit try to persuade worried remain voters that leaving

1:30:59 > 1:31:02the European Union is a cause for "hope, not fear".

1:31:02 > 1:31:05His is the first of a number of cabinet speeches

1:31:05 > 1:31:06expected this week.

1:31:06 > 1:31:08MPs have criticised the Home Office for seriously underestimating,

1:31:08 > 1:31:10what they described as the "immense bureaucratic challenge"

1:31:10 > 1:31:16posed by Brexit.

1:31:16 > 1:31:19In a report published today, the House of Commons home affairs

1:31:19 > 1:31:22committee hits out at the Government for long delays in publishing

1:31:22 > 1:31:23a post-Brexit immigration white paper.

1:31:23 > 1:31:25The government has said it's considering various options

1:31:25 > 1:31:29and will set out its initial plans "as and when they are ready".

1:31:29 > 1:31:32The jury at the trial of the former football coach Barry Bennell,

1:31:32 > 1:31:35who's been found guilty of dozens of sexual offences against boys,

1:31:35 > 1:31:37will continue deliberations on other charges today.

1:31:37 > 1:31:39Yesterday, the jury at Liverpool Crown Court returned

1:31:39 > 1:31:42guilty verdicts on 36 counts and asked for more time

1:31:42 > 1:31:48to consider seven more.

1:31:48 > 1:31:51Bennell, who appeared in court via videolink due to illness,

1:31:51 > 1:31:53declined to give evidence in his defence.

1:31:53 > 1:31:55Film star Minnie Driver has quit as an Oxfam ambassador

1:31:55 > 1:31:58following claims that staff working for the charity in disaster zones

1:31:58 > 1:32:03paid vulnerable local people for sex.

1:32:03 > 1:32:05The actress resigned after 20 years with the aid agency,

1:32:05 > 1:32:08saying in a statement that she was "horrified"

1:32:08 > 1:32:15by the allegations.

1:32:15 > 1:32:18Oxfam said it was "grateful" for Ms Driver's commitment,

1:32:18 > 1:32:20and that it was more determined than ever to learn

1:32:20 > 1:32:21from its mistakes.

1:32:21 > 1:32:24Thousands of eight and nine year olds are to be formally assessed

1:32:24 > 1:32:27on their times tables at primary schools in England.

1:32:27 > 1:32:30The tests will be trialed at nearly 300 schools this spring,

1:32:30 > 1:32:31before becoming mandatory in 2020.

1:32:31 > 1:32:34Unions claim they won't tell teachers and parents anything

1:32:34 > 1:32:36about children that they don't already know, but ministers say

1:32:36 > 1:32:39the tests will identify those pupils who need extra support.

1:32:39 > 1:32:42The actress Emma Watson has spoken of her shock,

1:32:42 > 1:32:45at realising that there was no system in place to help people

1:32:45 > 1:32:47in the film industry who had been sexually harassed.

1:32:47 > 1:32:50She's one of a number of women who've been consulted

1:32:50 > 1:32:53by the British Film Institute and BAFTA, as it announces changes

1:32:53 > 1:32:55aimed at tackling the problem.

1:32:55 > 1:32:57Now BFI funding will only be given to projects committed

1:32:57 > 1:33:03to the proposals.

1:33:03 > 1:33:07How i.e. Filling this morning? Feeling good!

1:33:07 > 1:33:13Do you need a pick me up? Always need a pick me up. Did you

1:33:13 > 1:33:18know that

1:33:20 > 1:33:24know that in Italian pick me up translates as tiramisu? 30 chefs

1:33:24 > 1:33:34baked all day to produce this large tiramisu. We aren't yet sure if

1:33:34 > 1:33:40everyone standing alongside the giant tiramisu got to sample it.

1:33:40 > 1:33:46I need tiramisu this morning. I and very anti- tiramisu.

1:33:46 > 1:33:48You don't like food with coffee in it.

1:33:48 > 1:33:51It is on the list of the worst deserts available.

1:33:51 > 1:33:58Is there a long list? I used to be very anti- trifle, but I am

1:33:58 > 1:34:00bordering on welcoming it into my life.

1:34:00 > 1:34:03I am with you on trifle, but tiramisu!

1:34:03 > 1:34:09Shambolic. Good morning. Have we curled?

1:34:09 > 1:34:14We are still going strong! The Russians made a bit of a comeback,

1:34:14 > 1:34:20but we are still looking pretty good. After the men's result we get

1:34:20 > 1:34:25Switzerland as well. It turns out we are all right at curling. People

1:34:25 > 1:34:29have been glued to their screens. A lot of people trying to get involved

1:34:29 > 1:34:34with equipment around their house. It is a very impressive sport. I

1:34:34 > 1:34:39think when you are watching it from home it's not like snowboarding or

1:34:39 > 1:34:43the freestyle where you watch and think, I will just watch it on the

1:34:43 > 1:34:48TV. There is something about the curling where you think, I could

1:34:48 > 1:34:52give that a go. I don't think I could do all of

1:34:52 > 1:34:56those aerial acrobatics. But I can see how you would get there. The

1:34:56 > 1:35:01patients. You need so much discipline and patients with

1:35:01 > 1:35:05curling. I feel like I couldn't break my neck

1:35:05 > 1:35:10doing it. That's about the only thing. The patients, as you say.

1:35:10 > 1:35:15It's all about tactics. You think it's just a case of drawing a large

1:35:15 > 1:35:20rock on some smooth surface, but it's not. You have to think about

1:35:20 > 1:35:23where it's going to end up, where the oppositions will leave their

1:35:23 > 1:35:28stones. It is fascinating to watch. And we will speak to a gold medal

1:35:28 > 1:35:34winning curler a few years ago later, talking us through the

1:35:34 > 1:35:40skills. Absolutely. And it is something that

1:35:40 > 1:35:45takes a lot of skills. There a completely new lineup with the men,

1:35:45 > 1:35:49from the one that took silver four years ago. They've already provided

1:35:49 > 1:35:53nerve shredding entertainment. Their match against Switzerland swung to

1:35:53 > 1:36:00and fro this morning and they were tied at 5-5. Kyle Smith landed the

1:36:00 > 1:36:04stone bang on target and they will play the defending champions Canada

1:36:04 > 1:36:08at 11 o'clock.

1:36:08 > 1:36:14Are you familiar with the flying tomato, Sean White? He has become a

1:36:14 > 1:36:19three-time Olympic champion after a dramatic halfpipe final. He was in

1:36:19 > 1:36:22second place going into the final run and he produced some outstanding

1:36:22 > 1:36:27twists and turns and huge air to take gold. It really is an

1:36:27 > 1:36:29incredible result.

1:36:29 > 1:36:31Yet another skiing event had to be cancelled

1:36:31 > 1:36:33because of the high winds though.

1:36:33 > 1:36:36The women's slalom should have featured Britain's Alex Tilley

1:36:36 > 1:36:41and Charlie Guest but it will now take place on Friday.

1:36:41 > 1:36:43Moving away from Pyeongchang now.

1:36:43 > 1:36:45The Champions League returned last night

1:36:45 > 1:36:47and Tottenham produced a brilliant fightback against Juventus,

1:36:47 > 1:36:50who were last season's beaten finalists.

1:36:50 > 1:36:53Spurs were 2-0 down inside ten minutes but Harry Kane

1:36:53 > 1:36:56and Christian Erikkson earned them a draw, to take into the second leg

1:36:56 > 1:37:04at Wembley next month.

1:37:08 > 1:37:11Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said midfielder Ilkay Goondogan

1:37:11 > 1:37:13was "extraordinary", after his side took a giant step

1:37:13 > 1:37:14towards the quarter-finals.

1:37:14 > 1:37:17He scored twice in a 4-0 win at Basel.

1:37:17 > 1:37:23It was a good performance. We are in the Champions League. We were able

1:37:23 > 1:37:28to go to the quarter-finals, OK, we did better from last season and

1:37:28 > 1:37:32that's the first step and after that we will see. If we go to the

1:37:32 > 1:37:36quarter-finals, Hal we arrive in a moment.

1:37:36 > 1:37:42Let's get more from Pyeongchang now. I would say it is looking warmer

1:37:42 > 1:37:46than last time I spoke to you, but it's really not. Give us the latest

1:37:46 > 1:37:53from Pyeongchang.It really is. No hat today! That's a real difference.

1:37:53 > 1:37:58But the wind is casting behind the mountains. As you said earlier it is

1:37:58 > 1:38:01causing chaos again with the schedule. Luckily for Great

1:38:01 > 1:38:05Britain's curl is the curling takes place inside, so the wind not a

1:38:05 > 1:38:10problem for them. Great Britain's women got their push for a medal

1:38:10 > 1:38:14under way. They've won bronze in Sochi and they are the reigning

1:38:14 > 1:38:18European champions and it was a really good start to the Olympics.

1:38:18 > 1:38:21They are against the Olympic Athletes from Russia. They were

1:38:21 > 1:38:25completely dominant from the beginning. They won it can- three

1:38:25 > 1:38:29and were shaking hands after just seven ends. That means that Eve

1:38:29 > 1:38:36Muirhead and her gang go through and they have done a magnificent first

1:38:36 > 1:38:41performance, looking to add to their first medal. The men play again

1:38:41 > 1:38:47later and they will be playing the defending champions Canada later in

1:38:47 > 1:38:51the afternoon, so we will keep you up-to-date with that. A lot of the

1:38:51 > 1:38:56talk amongst Team GB and Team GB fans in South Korea has been about

1:38:56 > 1:39:02Elise Christie, because of course she was going for three gold medals.

1:39:02 > 1:39:07She is a three-time world champion, that it was heartbreak for her last

1:39:07 > 1:39:12night. She crashed out of the final in the 500 metres and you can see

1:39:12 > 1:39:17from the stands that there was complete heartbreak on her face.

1:39:17 > 1:39:23Let's hear what she had to say after that final.The beginning in the

1:39:23 > 1:39:27sport it wasn't cool to really want to win and you see these guys now,

1:39:27 > 1:39:31they want to win and they are hungry and motivated and even in the

1:39:31 > 1:39:35qualifying of the finals. I'm really proud to come out on top and

1:39:35 > 1:39:39thankful to those guys because they pushed me to get to this point, to

1:39:39 > 1:39:44be able to do this kind of runs. That's obviously not Elise Christie,

1:39:44 > 1:39:49that is in fact the legendary Sean White, who won his third Olympic

1:39:49 > 1:39:53title in the men's halfpipe. Absolutely lead it down in the final

1:39:53 > 1:39:59run. He came fourth in Sochi and is once again on the top of the tree

1:39:59 > 1:40:04and he will not be letting go of that Olympic title any time soon.

1:40:04 > 1:40:08Brilliant stuff from Sean White. The rest of the sport on a mountain,

1:40:08 > 1:40:12especially the women's slalom, has had to be postponed because of the

1:40:12 > 1:40:17wind. It is much warmer, a little bit of sun peeking through, but it

1:40:17 > 1:40:25has been incredibly windy. Alex Tilley and Charlie Guest will have

1:40:25 > 1:40:28to wait until Friday to get their Olympic campaign is under way.Thank

1:40:28 > 1:40:35you. I must say I do miss the hat! It has just been amazing. The

1:40:35 > 1:40:40weather is causing problems, but still some great results so far and

1:40:40 > 1:40:47it has been a pleasure to watch. I do miss the hat! Thank you. The

1:40:47 > 1:40:55Winter Olympics follows us at 9:15am on BBC One this morning.

1:40:55 > 1:40:57Britain is described as the "loneliness capital

1:40:57 > 1:41:01of Europe", so many of us are likely to be affected by it at some point

1:41:01 > 1:41:02in our lives.

1:41:02 > 1:41:05A new BBC Radio 4 survey aims to explore the nation's attitudes

1:41:05 > 1:41:07and personal experiences of loneliness.

1:41:07 > 1:41:10We'll meet two of the people behind the project in a moment,

1:41:10 > 1:41:14but before we speak to them, let's find out a little bit more.

1:41:14 > 1:41:18At some point in our lives it's likely that you or I will feel

1:41:18 > 1:41:21lonely. It's not the same as being the which can be fine, or even

1:41:21 > 1:41:25relieved to get away from other people. It's that feeling of having

1:41:25 > 1:41:29no one you can really talk to. No one who really understands you. We

1:41:29 > 1:41:34can be surrounded by friends but still feel lonely and it hurts.

1:41:34 > 1:41:38Chronic loneliness is bad for our health too. It can increase your

1:41:38 > 1:41:42risk of heart disease and stroke by almost a third and social isolation

1:41:42 > 1:41:47might make us more susceptible to everyday illnesses too, including

1:41:47 > 1:41:50information on the body and reducing our ability to fight in action.

1:41:50 > 1:41:53BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond and Professor Pamela Qualter

1:41:53 > 1:41:58from the University of Manchester join us now.

1:41:58 > 1:42:03Lovely to see you both this morning. Why did you decide to look into this

1:42:03 > 1:42:07issue?Loneliness is such a huge, important topic and it will affect

1:42:07 > 1:42:11all of us at some point in our lives. Often it is temporary and

1:42:11 > 1:42:16that Sirte but he really matters when it is chronic. -- and that's

1:42:16 > 1:42:20OK. People often think it is older people and that causes a lot of

1:42:20 > 1:42:26misery, but it is all sorts of ages. Adolescence, maybe new parents at

1:42:26 > 1:42:30home, at all sorts of ages people can feel lonely and you can feel

1:42:30 > 1:42:34lonely even when you are surrounded by other people. So you can feel

1:42:34 > 1:42:40lonely in a marriage or lonely with other family. One of the things we

1:42:40 > 1:42:44could find out through the survey that researchers haven't been able

1:42:44 > 1:42:49to find out already, because we have the opportunity to do it.You helped

1:42:49 > 1:42:54design the survey. The questions need to be put in such a way where

1:42:54 > 1:42:57people can feel free enough to answer but not feel bad about

1:42:57 > 1:43:02themselves.Absolutely. We've designed the survey so people can be

1:43:02 > 1:43:06as honest with us as they want to be.It's hard to admit you are

1:43:06 > 1:43:09lonely.Yeah and we tap into the stigma around loneliness. What we

1:43:09 > 1:43:15find is people don't necessarily want to talk about it, they don't

1:43:15 > 1:43:19talk to their friends if they ardently. So we've got a number of

1:43:19 > 1:43:24tasks that tap into that.Give us some examples.The idea that you

1:43:24 > 1:43:31might be... Gosh... Can you think of something?We have tasks where

1:43:31 > 1:43:35people have to identify different facial expressions. We look and see

1:43:35 > 1:43:41what they think about those, whether one bit of the survey influences how

1:43:41 > 1:43:45they and the and there are questions about friendship and trust. It

1:43:45 > 1:43:49really made me think about what I look for in a friend and whether you

1:43:49 > 1:43:55can trust your neighbours and your community.We talk a lot about it

1:43:55 > 1:43:58and I suppose in the same way that mental health becomes a far more

1:43:58 > 1:44:04accessible topic, loneliness is as well.I think we've got a lot of

1:44:04 > 1:44:09charities that do great work, talking especially about older

1:44:09 > 1:44:14people, something we forget is that it is at its peak in adolescence as

1:44:14 > 1:44:18well. We are the two points in time where we see those peaks in

1:44:18 > 1:44:21loneliness. What we don't know is much about the timing in between.

1:44:21 > 1:44:28The other points in older adolescent and the survey taps into that.It's

1:44:28 > 1:44:30interesting you talk about adolescence, because they are

1:44:30 > 1:44:35probably the people least likely to be alone, as in they are at school

1:44:35 > 1:44:39or social groups, what emotionally most likely are understandably

1:44:39 > 1:44:44likely to feel alone, if that makes sense. Because they are going

1:44:44 > 1:44:47through so many different experiences.They are trying to find

1:44:47 > 1:44:52their own identity, they are moving away from the family as a source of

1:44:52 > 1:44:56support to find their peer group as the source of support and in that

1:44:56 > 1:45:00they are trying to work out who they are in the world. With the really

1:45:00 > 1:45:04difficult time. You got all of those things going on. You are going to

1:45:04 > 1:45:08feel some level of loneliness and that's why we this peak.You can't

1:45:08 > 1:45:12decide what you want on the television, but what would you like

1:45:12 > 1:45:16to see come out of the survey?One of the things we are looking at is

1:45:16 > 1:45:20we want to know why is it that everyone isn't lonely? In certain

1:45:20 > 1:45:24situations some people feel lonely and others don't. What is it that

1:45:24 > 1:45:28prevents some people from being lonely? We have to get some answers

1:45:28 > 1:45:34to that. And what other solutions some have found? There are solutions

1:45:34 > 1:45:38that people have found and we want people to fill it in, whether or not

1:45:38 > 1:45:43they are feeling lonely. Anyone over the age of 16 can fill it in because

1:45:43 > 1:45:46then we can really work out what's going on.We spoke about happiness

1:45:46 > 1:45:50yesterday and there was a doctor running back survey in line with the

1:45:50 > 1:45:53BBC and they were saying things like exercise can make a big difference

1:45:53 > 1:45:58and how you deal with wings... Bad stuff happens on everyone's life,

1:45:58 > 1:46:01but it has you deal with those things which can make a big

1:46:01 > 1:46:07difference.Is it the same with loneliness? Exactly the same. There

1:46:07 > 1:46:11will be a whole host of different solutions. Some will be exercise,

1:46:11 > 1:46:15some will be destruction with work or with other social relationships.

1:46:15 > 1:46:19And it is about tapping into that in the survey. We want to know what

1:46:19 > 1:46:24those solutions are.Thank you very much.

1:46:24 > 1:46:28If you want to find out more about the loneliness experiment, you can

1:46:28 > 1:46:35take part, go to the Radio 4 website. You just have to be 16 or

1:46:35 > 1:46:39over.If you missed that we will put it on our social media later so you

1:46:39 > 1:46:43can follow a direct link and hopefully get involved. Thanks for

1:46:43 > 1:46:44coming in.

1:46:44 > 1:46:47Let's talk to Matt and find out what's happening with the weather

1:46:47 > 1:46:54this morning. That is a glorious sky.Happy Valentine's Day!A wonky

1:46:54 > 1:47:02heart cloud, isn't it? Allowed yeah, almost.

1:47:02 > 1:47:08almost.-- a wonky heart-shaped cloud, isn't it? Yeah, almost.

1:47:08 > 1:47:12Red skies overhead, you know what that means, lovely shot of the

1:47:12 > 1:47:17morning in west Yorkshire, in Marston in particular, similar for

1:47:17 > 1:47:20many but a chilly start, clear skies overnight with temperatures in parts

1:47:20 > 1:47:26of the east and south of Scotland still below freezing. Looking at the

1:47:26 > 1:47:31temperatures for the past few hours, blue is where the frost was. The

1:47:31 > 1:47:35greens on the far eased of England, cloud still lingering from last

1:47:35 > 1:47:43night, and this cloud spreading in. For the south, cloud, outbreaks

1:47:43 > 1:47:48developing -- far east. Not a wet day but hill snow around and for

1:47:48 > 1:47:52late morning we will see a covering of snow in the Pennines and the Lake

1:47:52 > 1:47:56District and the fells before it turns to rain later but some parts

1:47:56 > 1:48:00of the east of England staying dry, you might get away with it in the

1:48:00 > 1:48:04West Midlands. Outbreaks for the next few hours in Northern Ireland,

1:48:04 > 1:48:09windy across-the-board, severe gales in the west of Scotland and severe

1:48:09 > 1:48:14snowfall, up to ten centimetres in the Grampians, sigh of Highlands and

1:48:14 > 1:48:19Southern Uplands and a mixture of sleet and snow at lower levels later

1:48:19 > 1:48:30as temperatures rise. 60-7 the mph gusts of in some areas. Through the

1:48:30 > 1:48:35night the milder air almost goes away with this area of cloud and

1:48:35 > 1:48:38rain to the near continent, clear skies in the morning. The breeze

1:48:38 > 1:48:41should keep the frost and be but more showers into Thursday, they

1:48:41 > 1:48:48will be wintry in Scotland and Northern Ireland -- the breeze

1:48:48 > 1:48:53should keep the frost at bay. Brighter skies on Thursday. More of

1:48:53 > 1:48:58you will see the sunshine. The best of which will be in the south and

1:48:58 > 1:49:00east of England and eastern Scotland. Showers in the north and

1:49:00 > 1:49:06west, sleet and snow in Scotland and Northern Ireland, rain, hail and

1:49:06 > 1:49:14sleet in western England and Wales. A cold night on Friday morning. A

1:49:14 > 1:49:18fine day for much of England and Wales, good sunny spells before

1:49:18 > 1:49:22cloud thickens in the west later. After a bright start in Scotland and

1:49:22 > 1:49:26Northern Ireland more rain and hill snow on its way. More in half an

1:49:26 > 1:49:30hour.See you then, Matt.

1:49:30 > 1:49:34Let's talk house prices, they are arriving by just over 5% a year with

1:49:34 > 1:49:39the average UK house now costing £220,000 according to the latest

1:49:39 > 1:49:43house price figures. This is despite a government promised to build 1

1:49:43 > 1:49:47million new homes by 2020. There are still more than 200,000 properties

1:49:47 > 1:49:52across England and Wales empty. In Liverpool they're trying a rather

1:49:52 > 1:49:56unusual approach to tackling the crisis and Steph is checking it out

1:49:56 > 1:50:01this morning. You're being nosy, you're in and out of people's houses

1:50:01 > 1:50:06bothering them this morning!I'm not bothering them, they love having me

1:50:06 > 1:50:11here I'm sure! Good morning, everyone. I'm in Wavertree in

1:50:11 > 1:50:15Liverpool and here as you can see there's quite a few derelict houses.

1:50:15 > 1:50:21There's about 120 that Liverpool City Council have decided they will

1:50:21 > 1:50:25sell off for £1 so over the last couple of years they've been selling

1:50:25 > 1:50:30off some already, you can start to see some that have been done up. If

1:50:30 > 1:50:34you want one of these £1 houses you have to live or work in Liverpool

1:50:34 > 1:50:39already. You have to be a first-time buyer. You can't sell the house for

1:50:39 > 1:50:43five years and you have to do it up with your own money. If you don't

1:50:43 > 1:50:47get it done in a year, or at least get some way to getting it done,

1:50:47 > 1:50:51they can take the house back off you so it's all about trying to

1:50:51 > 1:50:55regenerate and use those derelict houses. We're going to have a pop in

1:50:55 > 1:50:59here to Mel and Rob's house, she's done a cracking job, I have to say.

1:50:59 > 1:51:04I love going in people's houses but they do know I'm here! She has done

1:51:04 > 1:51:08it all up and she's one of the people who's been working on this

1:51:08 > 1:51:11poor about seven months and she's here with her kids, Rosie and Lola,

1:51:11 > 1:51:16and we have Kieron from the National Housing Federation -- or about. Mel,

1:51:16 > 1:51:20tell me about this, what was the house like when you got it, what did

1:51:20 > 1:51:26you do when you got it?-- for about. It was a shell, we got it in

1:51:26 > 1:51:31April, it had a hole in the roof, you could stand here and see the

1:51:31 > 1:51:35sky, it was damp and in a really bad way.Looking at it now, how much

1:51:35 > 1:51:40effort has it taken?A lot, non-stop for about seven months, being here

1:51:40 > 1:51:44everyday working on it all day long to get it how it is now.Obviously

1:51:44 > 1:51:50getting this house for £1 has meant you're able to get a house, you

1:51:50 > 1:51:54don't have a mortgage, but you've probably had to spend a fair bit on

1:51:54 > 1:52:00it?I think we've spent around £40,000, maybe a bit more.£40,000?

1:52:00 > 1:52:05Yeah, £40,000.For you is this the best way to get a house, would you

1:52:05 > 1:52:09have been able to get one otherwise? Probably with our savings we would

1:52:09 > 1:52:12have got a mortgage but we would have struggled every month paying a

1:52:12 > 1:52:16mortgage with one income and three kids, it would have been really

1:52:16 > 1:52:20hard.Your house looks absolutely gorgeous but obviously it's still in

1:52:20 > 1:52:24a street where there are still derelict houses, does that worry

1:52:24 > 1:52:27you?I'm really excited because I think everyday use the new houses

1:52:27 > 1:52:33getting started. Work is going on. I think give it another year and it

1:52:33 > 1:52:37will be completely transformed.This is a wonderful home for you and your

1:52:37 > 1:52:42kids. Let me bring Kieron in from the national housing association.

1:52:42 > 1:52:46We've seen other schemes like this in Stoke, how much do they help the

1:52:46 > 1:52:50housing shortage problem?They add to the puzzle, they're part of that

1:52:50 > 1:52:55jigsaw, but if you look at Liverpool, it's a problem that is

1:52:55 > 1:52:59pretty big. Looking at empty homes in the north-west of England,

1:52:59 > 1:53:04there's 40,000. Liverpool City Council and the residents are

1:53:04 > 1:53:07working here on that, but housing associations can add with that and

1:53:07 > 1:53:11work with local community groups and local authorities to build desirable

1:53:11 > 1:53:15areas and regenerate them.Could we see more projects like this?

1:53:15 > 1:53:23Definitely. We need to come up with ways of regenerating and using...

1:53:23 > 1:53:27Also we need to build and we need to work hand in hand to solve the

1:53:27 > 1:53:30housing crisis.Interesting, thanks for your time this morning. You're

1:53:30 > 1:53:35going to be on television tonight, Mel, because you're part of the

1:53:35 > 1:53:41Channel 4 documentary, Britain's Cheapest Street on at 9pm on Channel

1:53:41 > 1:53:454. You can see the scene of you walking in the house and the

1:53:45 > 1:53:49problems you had when you first came in.Thanks, Steph, I see those

1:53:49 > 1:53:55croissants are going down as well?I know. Rosie is really munching them

1:53:55 > 1:53:59down!Nothing wrong with that. Good old Rosie!

1:53:59 > 1:54:03Look at this.

1:54:03 > 1:54:08It's a piece of crinkly tin foil but on the other side it's black.

1:54:08 > 1:54:10It is so black, the crinkles have disappeared.

1:54:10 > 1:54:13The only other thing that is blacker than this material,

1:54:13 > 1:54:15in the whole universe, is a black hole.

1:54:15 > 1:54:20Shall we show you why this is so extraordinary? This is a piece of

1:54:20 > 1:54:25foil. This black is painted onto a piece of foil. You can see how

1:54:25 > 1:54:29crinkly it is and you would imagine if you turned it around you would

1:54:29 > 1:54:35see it is crinkly but look at that, it looks flat, it is absorbing so

1:54:35 > 1:54:42much light, 99%.More than 99%.If this was out of this plastic case,

1:54:42 > 1:54:48if you shone a torch into this you wouldn't see the light.The reason

1:54:48 > 1:54:53why it is in there is it is more expensive than gold. It is called

1:54:53 > 1:54:58banter black and a version of this has been designed, used to design a

1:54:58 > 1:54:59building in South Korea.

1:54:59 > 1:55:02Designed by a British architect, using materials created by British

1:55:02 > 1:55:05scientists and the structure absorbs 99% of the light that hits it.

1:55:05 > 1:55:06Breakfast's Graham Satchell reports.

1:55:06 > 1:55:13It's the blackest building on earth.

1:55:13 > 1:55:16This pavilion outside the Olympic stadium in South Korea is coated

1:55:16 > 1:55:22with a materia called VBX2.

1:55:22 > 1:55:24It absorbs 98% of the light.

1:55:24 > 1:55:27I wanted people to be literally awestruck and starstruck by this

1:55:27 > 1:55:30building, and to see it and stop in their tracks.

1:55:30 > 1:55:32The pavilion is the brainchild of British architect Asif Khan.

1:55:32 > 1:55:35You feel drawn into it, you want to plummet

1:55:35 > 1:55:43into its blackness.

1:55:44 > 1:55:52Asif has peppered the building with small lights to look like stars.

1:55:53 > 1:55:56As you walk around the building, you get the effect of parallax,

1:55:56 > 1:55:59so it appears the stars are moving against each other,

1:55:59 > 1:56:01as though you were diving through the universe.

1:56:01 > 1:56:09This laboratory in southern England is where VBX2

1:56:12 > 1:56:13and Vantablack were created.

1:56:13 > 1:56:16It might look like paint but Vantablack is made billions

1:56:16 > 1:56:18of microscopic carbon nano tubes.

1:56:18 > 1:56:26It absorbs 99.965% of light.

1:56:28 > 1:56:31The only thing darker would be a black hole.

1:56:31 > 1:56:34The only thing darker in the universe is a black hole?

1:56:34 > 1:56:37Is a black hole that we know of that this time.

1:56:37 > 1:56:40It's so black it changes the dimensionality of an object.

1:56:40 > 1:56:47It makes things look flat.

1:56:47 > 1:56:50You're seeing the lack of photons being reflected back to your eyes,

1:56:50 > 1:56:54and so your eyes are no longer able to make sense of what you're seeing

1:56:54 > 1:56:59so therefore you see it as a void or a very black area that you can't

1:56:59 > 1:57:00make shape or sense from.

1:57:00 > 1:57:03Looking at black nothingness like this is a rather odd

1:57:03 > 1:57:10sort of experience.

1:57:10 > 1:57:13It's slightly vertiginous, like you're standing on the edge

1:57:13 > 1:57:15of an abyss looking into a void.

1:57:15 > 1:57:17It's exciting and unsettling at the same time.

1:57:17 > 1:57:19Vantablack is used in space exploration, in cameras

1:57:19 > 1:57:27and telescopes to reduce the amount of flair from the sun.

1:57:32 > 1:57:35It gives astronomers a clear view of distant stars and planets

1:57:35 > 1:57:40but using this nanotechnology has only just started.

1:57:40 > 1:57:42The possibilities of designing materials are,

1:57:42 > 1:57:43kind of, quite limitless.

1:57:43 > 1:57:45I imagine coating materials with nano materials,

1:57:45 > 1:57:47imagine vehicles that slip in and out of visibility,

1:57:47 > 1:57:55that's the sort of world that we're talking about here.

1:57:56 > 1:57:58So a stunning building using technology that has

1:57:58 > 1:58:00the potential to revolutionise photography, space exploration,

1:58:00 > 1:58:01architecture, design.

1:58:01 > 1:58:09Graham Satchell, BBC News.

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2:01:44 > 2:01:47I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

2:01:47 > 2:01:50in half an hour.

2:01:50 > 2:01:52Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

2:01:52 > 2:01:55A lack of trust among disabled people over how their welfare

2:01:55 > 2:01:56claims are decided.

2:01:56 > 2:01:58MPs find assessors submitted reports that were riddled

2:01:58 > 2:02:06with errors and regularly missed quality targets.

2:02:14 > 2:02:15Good morning.

2:02:15 > 2:02:17It's Wednesday the 14th of February.

2:02:17 > 2:02:18Also this morning:

2:02:18 > 2:02:20Boris Johnson moves to reassure voters who he says are angry

2:02:20 > 2:02:23and alienated because of Brexit in the first of a series of speeches

2:02:23 > 2:02:31from senior cabinet members.

2:02:35 > 2:02:38A new times table test is introduced for thousands of eight

2:02:38 > 2:02:40and nine-year-olds in England's primary schools in a bid

2:02:40 > 2:02:44to raise numeracy levels.

2:02:44 > 2:02:47Good morning from Liverpool, where the council is selling of houses for

2:02:47 > 2:02:53a pound. These empty houses have been bought up from families who

2:02:53 > 2:02:56want to renovate them into brand-new homes. I will be taking you inside

2:02:56 > 2:02:57some of them.

2:02:59 > 2:03:07Good morning from a comparatively balmy all bait. Both Team GB's men

2:03:07 > 2:03:15and women have got off to a winning start this morning. -- balmy

2:03:15 > 2:03:17Pyeongchang.

2:03:17 > 2:03:21And Matt has the weather.

2:03:21 > 2:03:25After a brighter frosty start, strong winds, rain, and hill snow on

2:03:25 > 2:03:28the way. Your forecast is coming up in the next 15 minutes. See you

2:03:28 > 2:03:32then. See you then, Matt.

2:03:32 > 2:03:34First, our main story.

2:03:34 > 2:03:37A committee of MPs has said there is a "pervasive lack of trust"

2:03:37 > 2:03:39among disabled people when it comes to how their welfare

2:03:39 > 2:03:40claims are assessed.

2:03:40 > 2:03:42The Commons' Work and Pensions committee said reports by private

2:03:42 > 2:03:45contractors were "riddled with errors" and quality targets had

2:03:45 > 2:03:46been "regularly missed".

2:03:46 > 2:03:51Here's our Disability News Correspondent, Nikki Fox.

2:03:51 > 2:03:53Anastasia is having a good day.

2:03:53 > 2:03:54But it's not always like this.

2:03:54 > 2:03:57Most days she is unable to get out of the house.

2:03:57 > 2:03:59The 24-year-old has multiple sclerosis.

2:03:59 > 2:04:05She used to work full-time, but now she struggles to get around.

2:04:05 > 2:04:07She applied for a disability benefit and was assessed at home

2:04:07 > 2:04:10by a health care professional from a private company.

2:04:10 > 2:04:15Anastasia says she told the assessor she could only walk 20 metres,

2:04:15 > 2:04:17but when the report came back it said she could walk further.

2:04:17 > 2:04:19She didn't give me a physical assessment.

2:04:19 > 2:04:21I was sat down the entire time.

2:04:21 > 2:04:27I was very, very cross about that.

2:04:27 > 2:04:28Today's report identifies a culture of mistrust

2:04:28 > 2:04:32around the whole process.

2:04:32 > 2:04:34It says assessors risk being viewed as, at best,

2:04:34 > 2:04:39lacking in competence and, at worst, actively deceitful.

2:04:39 > 2:04:42The committee says the government's low bar for what is considered

2:04:42 > 2:04:44acceptable leaves room for assessment reports to be riddled

2:04:44 > 2:04:49with obvious errors and omissions.

2:04:49 > 2:04:52Clearly the system needs a major overhaul, but there are some things

2:04:52 > 2:04:54the government could do relatively quickly to improve it.

2:04:54 > 2:04:56Automatic audio recording of assessments for people.

2:04:56 > 2:04:59Why not share the assessment results with the claimant at the point

2:04:59 > 2:05:02of claimant decision?

2:05:02 > 2:05:05The government says assessments work for the majority of people and it's

2:05:05 > 2:05:06committed to improving transparency.

2:05:06 > 2:05:10But with current contracts up for review and targets

2:05:10 > 2:05:17being consistently missed, the future of the system is unclear.

2:05:17 > 2:05:19The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, will address

2:05:19 > 2:05:21what he calls the 'grief and alienation' of those who voted

2:05:21 > 2:05:25to Stay in the European Union in a speech later today.

2:05:25 > 2:05:29He says that people who voted to leave the EU should