19/02/2018 Breakfast

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

Theresa May admits students

have serious concerns

about the cost of

going to university.

She's launching a major

review into higher

education in England,

as she admits young people face "one

of the most expensive systems

of university tuition in the world".

Good morning - it's

Monday the 19 February.

Also this morning:

Oxfam bows to public pressure -

publishing an internal report

into alleged abuse by some

of its staff in Haiti.

I have a little trouble

with compliance.

LAUGHTER.

But I want you to know

that I stand in full

solidarity with my sisters

tonight in black.

A sea of black at the Baftas,

as stars line up to show solidarity

against sexism and harassment

in the film industry.

Employers are "in the dark ages"

when it comes to attitudes

to pregnant workers and those

planning to have children.

That's according to research

published this morning by the UK's

human rights commission.

It is a busy day that the Brits at

the Winter Olympics.

And Matt has the weather.

The ice to be found here today. It

is a cost free start to your working

week. It's cloudy and expect some

damp weather. A full forecast coming

up in 15 minutes.

First our main story.

The Prime Minister will admit today

that students and their families

have "serious concerns"

about the cost of university.

Theresa May will launch

an independent review into higher

education finance in England,

saying many courses are not judged

to give value for money.

Universities are free

to charge up to £9,000

a year, depending on the course,

however only a handful charge

less than the maximum.

Graduates in England

now leave university

with average debts

of more than £50,000.

That's because interest

rates on student

loans now stand at 6.1%.

Our political correspondent

Ben Wright is in Westminster.

Ben, what has the reaction been

in Westminster to this review?

Certainly people will want to know

what will happen.

This issue of

rising student debt and our

universities should be funded had

become a huge political issue and

the Tories are in a real tangle

about it. A number of reasons. The

Labour Party has pledged to scrap

tuition fees completely in England

and that has changed the political

debate. The Conservatives are having

to come up with a response to a

policy which has proved

unsurprisingly hugely popular among

students but also parents and

grandparents and Theresa May will

talk about those parents and

grandparents, potential Tory voters

who are concerned about student

debt. That is why this is an issue

the government feel they have to

group now that it's very

complicated. This will look at the

whole system of fees and loans and

work out whether it's currently

penalise in poorer students or not,

whether the fee cap that currently

exists should be lowered further and

how universities might be

compensated if these are reduced.

Complicated, many Tory MPs divided

about how to go about this.

We will

be talking about this throughout the

programme.

We will be speaking to

the Education Secretary Damian Hinds

after 7:30.

Oxfam has made public its internal

report into the sexual misconduct

of some of its staff

in Haiti in 2011.

The report reveals that three

of the men involved threatened

witnesses during the investigation.

It also suggests Oxfam bosses

ignored a recommendation that better

ways should be found to inform other

charities about problem staff.

Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Landale.

In the way of the earthquake in

Haiti in 2010, seven of the Oxfam

staff left because of unacceptable

behaviour. An internal report shows

one was dismissed and three resigned

to using prostitutes on Oxfam

premises. Two more dismissed for

bullying and intimidation, one of

whom are also downloaded

pornography. And another man was

sacked for failing to protect staff.

The report says three of the

suspects -- suspects physically

threatened witnesses during the

investigation. The document makes

various recommendations including

finding better mechanisms for

informing other aid agencies about

so-called problem staff. This is

something Oxfam appears to have

ignored as the charities directory

and Haiti went to work for another

aid organisation in Bangladesh, even

though the charity says he resigned

for using prostitutes. Parts of the

reports are blacked out to protect

identities but Oxfam says it has

given an unredacted copy to

ministers whom senior members of the

charity will meet later today.

A film about a mother seeking

justice for her daughter's murder

scooped five prizes

at the Bafta Film Awards last night.

The theme of justice

and equality for women dominated

the event, with most guests wearing

black to show solidarity

with campaigns against

abuse and harassment.

Our entertainment correspondent

Lizo Mzimba was there.

The start of his report

contains flash photography.

Black dresses on the red carpet. All

part of the ongoing Time's Up

campaign aimed at fair and equal

treatment for women. Somewhat

appropriate then denied's big

winner, Three Billboards Outside

Ebbing, Missouri, focuses on a woman

played by Frances McDormand, who won

Best Actress, looking to justice.

I

have a little trouble with

compliance. But I want you to know

that I stand in full solidarity with

my sisters tonight in black.

Power

to the people. The movie, which won

a total of five factors, captured

onscreen feelings and sentiments

felt by women around the world. Best

Actor went to British star Gary

Oldman to his betrayal of Winston

Churchill in World War Two drama The

Darkest Hour. And Best Director was

won by Guillermo del

won by Guillermo del Toro for The

Shape of Water, starring Sally

Hawkins as a woman in love with a

mysterious water creature. And the

winner of the rising Star award was

Britain's Daniel Kaluuya.

He thanked

the woman in particular. Thank you,

mum. You are the reason I keep going

and this is yours.

The past few

years, the Baftas and the Oscars

have not agreed on Best Picture but

this 2018 or school race is the most

open in years and the boating

starting on the other side of the

Atlantic, many will be saying that

the strong showing of Three

Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

tonight might, just might, give it

the edge at the Academy Awards in

March. We should be talking to

various guests.

Employers are "in the dark ages"

when it comes to attitudes

to pregnant workers and those

planning to have children according

to the Equality and

Human Rights Commission.

They've released new research

today, looking into pregnancy

and maternity discrimination

in the workplace.

Steph joins us now with the results.

They don't survey of 1000 employers.

More than half of employers think

that a woman should disclose in the

recruitment process whether she is

pregnant or not. At the moment, the

current roles as you can be asked

you are pregnant when you're in an

interview but it can't be

discriminated for it.

If you are

pregnant and you are asked and you

don't get the job, you could take

them to an employment tribunal. So

that is why many people don't ask in

interviews. If you look at women who

have had babies and are in work,

they say women who have had more

than one pregnancy, 44% of them,

employers who are asked, say they

are a burden. They can be a burden

on the workplace. They say 32% of

mothers unless engaged when they

come back. They feel that they are

not concentrating perhaps as hard as

people who don't have children. And

there are various other statistics

as well. I am sure there are lots of

working women out there who would be

livid at some of the attitudes in

the survey. That's why the Equality

and Human Rights Commission has said

they were in the Dark Ages with

this. There are lots of women who

are working very hard with children

and think it's wrong that they

discriminate. We will be talking to

some working mums and somebody from

the commission.

And there are clear

laws as well.

Olympics officials say a doping case

involving a Russian curler

at the Winter Games would be

"extremely disappointing"

if proved true.

It's understood the athlete -

reported to be mixed doubles

bronze medallist

Alexander Krushelnitsky -

is currently in Seoul awaiting

the results of a second sample

after allegedly testing positive

for the banned substance meldonium.

Russia was nominally banned

from the PyeongChang games

for state-sponsored doping

in Sochi four years ago.

Former shareholders in the collapsed

construction and services firm

We will have some highlights that

later. It is quite a weekend. I

might have cried a little bit. Sport

plus achievement equals guaranteed

tears. . I did enjoy it.

Former shareholders in the collapsed

construction and services firm

Carillion are calling for its

management to be investigated.

Some investors have told MPs

the company's executives must

have

known - or should have known -

about its cash flow problems well

before it went into

liquidation last month.

Here's our Business

Correspondent Joe lynam.

We've had a set-up where people work

in continued faithfully to work.

There were people on the bridge of

the company -- the company drawling

their mega salaries but the

shareholders taking a close look, as

soon as they had a look and the

smell, they ran for the hills. That

was the real warning sign and none

of the regulators seemed to be aware

of what was happening.

Dramatic footage has emerged showing

two cars trying to ramraid

a high-end watch shop

on a pedestrianised street.

Men wearing balaclavas

then followed up

the botched attempt by trying

in vain to smash the window

of the Rolex shop in Leeds before

speeding off empty handed

as shoppers looked on.

West Yorkshire Police said there've

been a numer of recent ram-raids

on jewellers in the city.

Extraordinary pictures. Trying to

look at what time of day that is.

It

could be midday. There was a clock

that you can never be sure that it

is working.

More than £2 billion worth

of old-style £10 notes

are still in circulation -

with less then a fortnight to go

until UK shops stop accepting them.

Bank of England officials

say the withdrawal

of the old currency is progressing

at about the rate they expected.

The paper notes, with Charles Darwin

on the back, will stop being legal

tender on the 1st of March.

I don't think I have any.

I have one

in the door. I am saving it to

something. --I am saving it for

something. Alligator talk about the

Winter Olympics?

It's been a great

weekend.

A fantastic weekend and a

busy day to day. A lot of focus was

on the action early on. The real

dancing on ice. Penny Coombes and

Nick Markland. Penny Coombes, two

years ago smashed her kneecap in

eight places and was told she would

never skate again but they have made

it through to the finals. A

fantastic morning. Let's look at the

routine that got them through.

Christopher Dean helped choreograph

this. They finished 10th in the top

20 competing tomorrow's free dance

when they have to routines and

medals are decided.

Meanwhile, Rowan Cheshire qualified

for the final of the freestyle

halfpipe skiing, but it was

dissapointment for Aimee Fuller.

Her Olympics are over after crashing

out of the Big Air event.

Elsewhere, there was drama

in the 5th round of the FA Cup

as bottom-of-league-one Rochdale

scored an injury time

equaliser against Tottenham.

The 2-2 draw earns them

a replay at Wembley.

Roger Federer celebrates becoming

world number one again with victory

in the Rotterdam open. The first --

first reached the top spot for ten

years ago.

Is that a cardboard box?

Something on his mantelpiece, I

assume he has a big one. I think

that might be.

Is not going to keep

that in his house, surely?

Maybe in

the loo. And they are up against

Denmark in the round-robin. 2-1 up

to Denmark.

We will talk about

curbing later on.

Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather.

Hugh haven't got a big coat on?

I

haven't, first time in a while I've

been outside and it's not been

frosty -- you. A frost free start UK

wide but as you can see, with the

lights glistening off the floor, it

comes at a price.

Today it is mild but also fairly

cloudy in most areas and some rain,

especially in eastern parts today.

Best of the driest weather will be

in the west. This morning for the

rush-hour we've got extensive cloud,

you can see it pushing in on the

satellite across much of the

country. That's brought bursts of

rain in eastern parts of the UK as

well. Western area is a bit drier,

but if we look in closer detail,

heavy bursts mixed into northern and

eastern Scotland and also northern

England. Where you have the rain,

extensive hill fog, but in Northern

Ireland and a few glimmers of

mourning brightness to the west of

Wales, Devon and Cornwall but in

East Anglia, the south-east and the

Channel Islands can expect rain this

morning to get you into work and

some of that will keep going on and

off all-day. Murky where you have

the rain with the extensive hill fog

around. Through the day used in

areas will hold onto the rain at

times, the odd heavy burst, some of

it like an patchy but in the west...

North-west Scotland will see rain

later on. Temperatures up on what we

have seen of late.

have seen of late. Rain in Northern

Ireland and parts of Scotland, heavy

bursts in eastern Scotland through

the night and it stays damper

through eastern parts of England. As

skies clear to the north and west

later, temperatures dropping, a

touch of frost into tomorrow morning

in parts of western Scotland and

Northern Ireland in particular. Many

northern and western areas will have

a brighter day tomorrow, a bit more

sunshine, still in eastern candies

of England some patchy rain and

Rizal at times.

Rizal at times. Lincolnshire... --

Eastern counties -- drizzle. Where

you have the sunshine the

strengthening sun overhead will make

it feel pleasant. Into Wednesday,

the cloud in parts of East Anglia

and the south-east will drift back

westwards in other southern counties

of England and into south Wales,

could produce rain or drizzle here

to take us into Wednesday but not a

huge amount. Most places will be dry

and always a bit cloudy in the

south, could be some breaks, not a

bad day all day but northern half of

the UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland

and northern England, dry and bright

throughout with sunshine at times

and for the time being we are

sticking with a largely mild theme

but as the wind picks up in southern

areas coming from an easterly

direction into Wednesday,

temperatures are set to drop once

again. A mild start to the week but

a brighter but slightly colder end.

More through the morning. Back to

Dan and Louise.

Thanks, Matt.

Steph

has joined us to look at some of the

papers. Let's look at the Guardian,

loads of pictures from the Baftas,

Gemma Arterton, quite a few of the

guests took

guests took various activists from

years gone by and Gemma Arterton,

who starred in made in Dagenham,

took along two of the Dagenham girls

who stood against Ford management in

the late 1960s to bring in the equal

pay act of 1970. The main story on

the left-hand side, warning to

universities of a high cost of

tuition fees. The front page of the

Metro Nehra, they have a picture

here, a grieving family revealing

their daughter's Hart saved the

10-year-old Blake Johnson. The

father said he knew it's what she

would have wanted. -- heart. An

emotional thing to do. The front

page of the Metro mail, Labour MPs

being paid up to £10,000 to meet

Eastern Bloc agents during the Cold

War -- Mail. Questions about

whether... Why Kate was wearing

green but she did it with a nod to

Bafta and the equality protest, the

black belt, lots of people asking

that. On the front page of the Metro

expressed as well as a story about

pensions. On the front page of the

Metro son as well and some people

saying it is strange people are

campaigning about women's rights and

their questioning whether a woman

has a right to wear a dress of a

certain colour. Lots of debate

whizzing around the papers! Times

says savers lose millions to

retirement fraudsters. Margot Robbie

at the Baftas. She wore black to

show solidarity of, for victims of

harassment. -- solidarity for. What

have you got, Steph?

This is

interesting, Sir Phillip Craven has

a huge retail empire, owns the likes

of Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss

Selfridge, he's in the business

pages this morning because he is in

talks to sell his stake in the

Arcadia group to Chinese investors.

There's a fair bit of analysis going

on in the background to say he needs

to think about how pensioners will

be protected in the sale of Arcadia

because like lots of companies,

Arcadia has a fair pensions deficit.

You will remember the carry on with

BHS, lots of people lost out because

of that, now MPs are thinking ahead

of what they can make sure happens

to insure that pensioners don't lose

out if he does sell his stake to the

Chinese. Quite an interesting one

from the retail world.

Action from

the Winter Olympics all over the

papers. One of the main stories was

the curling, complete hogwash is the

headline in the Daily Mirror, where

is VAR when you needed? A picture of

Eve Muirhead, the GB skip, who was

penalised for apparently still

holding onto the stone. They have a

hog line, there's a light on the

stone...

It is computer-generated,

isn't it?

Telling's equivalent of a

no-ball, if it is green, you're

fine, she has said she has never

done this before but apparently it

was still touching the stone. She

said we have got to move on but she

tweeted a picture where she believes

she wasn't touching the stone. She

was delivering the final ball, final

stone, so a really dramatic moment.

She says she has to move on but it

will be difficult.

And Lizzy

Yarnold, she was on Breakfast

yesterday, an incredible weekend.

The most successful... Britain's

greatest ever Winter Olympian and

she said she would rather be missing

than be a celebrity, and she says

after Pyeongchang she would like to

visit lots of schools, that's her

priorities. She said she visited

hundreds after Sochi.

And she said

she's going to go on holiday as

well.

So glad! Look at this, a

grieving lioness in one of the

papers this morning. Having a little

spring in their step because it has

adopted a baby antelope. This is in

Namibia, her cubs were killed by a

rival male lion and she filled the

gap in her life by looking after the

baby antelope and she has been

protecting it from other lions who

think, nice bit of lunch.

This

probably isn't going to end well?

It

probably won't but for the moment it

is a lovely tale! And talking about

food, did you know... This is

interesting. Apparently if you are

carrying a bit of extra timber, then

it is good for you, long life milk.

Yes! If you want to live to your 90s

put on weight and have a table every

day.

A couple of glasses of wine or

beer every night while adding a

couple of extra pounds could be the

secret to living into your nineties.

I'm not making this up. A professor

from the University of California

looked at 1700 people and she said

modest drinking and carrying extra

pounds is connected with longer

life.

What is modest drinking?

One

or two glasses a night, Steph.

I was

doing so well!

I will have the

drinks!

Best news ever I thought!

Do

you want to take that away?

I'm

going to frame it!

See you later on,

thank you.

Basketball is one of Britain's most

popular team sports at a grassroots

level but its governing body says

the elite game is facing

an imminent funding crisis.

Sports leaders say Team GB

may have to withdraw

from international competitions

because they could run out of money

by the end of March.

Holly Hamilton has

been finding out more.

Played by over 300,000 people every

week, it's the second most popular

team sport among 11-15 -year-olds in

the UK. And with more than half from

black, Asian and minority ethnic

backgrounds, basketball is also one

of the most diverse and most

inclusive.

You just need a ball and a hoop

really to play it. I fund accessible

sport, it's something you can teach

yourself.

It's something you don't

normally think in social life you

communicate with or have any

association with but basketball is

just a common interest.

Can't get

enough of basketball, Lovett, part

of me, my life, who I am.

While

there's plenty of support and

investment for those who play at

grassroots level, in the elite level

it's a totally different ball game.

Four years ago UK sport withdrew its

financial support for British

basketball, a decision based on the

team's lack of Olympic success. Now

the organisation is facing the very

real prospect that the cash could be

about to run out.

It inconceivable

no one has made a step at the moment

to enable us to function at least at

a level that we could be

competitive.

If no one stepped up

and nothing happens what's the

future for British basketball?

At

senior level we would have to

withdraw from competitions.

And that

would be devastating for both senior

teams, the women, currently 21 in

the world, are joint top of a

European Championship qualifying

group and withdrawal could see them

suspended for two years.

We want to

play on the world stage but we want

to inspire the children to play as

well, the young players to play and

if there's nothing for them to come

in after that then what's the point?

Funding does put a restriction on

young players. My parents found it

difficult in terms of paying to play

for your country, paying to travel,

paying for Kit. It does make it very

difficult, especially when you can't

fully afford it.

When it comes to

investment in sport in Britain, this

is what matters. UK sport has a no

compromise strategy of basing

funding on Olympic medals. And while

that means sports like basketball

miss out, it's a policy that's

proven to be hugely successful.

The

result is we have is we stretch it

as far as we possibly can to cover

as many athletes and sports as we

possibly can, but inevitably we run

out at a particular point.

Basketball in particular is a long

way off even qualifying to be at the

Olympic Games, let alone having

medal potential.

But there's a new generation still

hoping to some day represent their

country and that will need funding

fast. The financial crisis goes now

to Westminster with politicians due

to debate the issue tomorrow. And

with £1 million desperately needed

to pay for eight teams for just one

year, the ball will be in their

court. Holly Hamilton, BBC News.

A big issue for basketball, loads of

basketball fans will contact us this

morning because it's about keeping

it going and making the next

generation feel they can get into

it. The Winter Olympics, lots of

people will be trying to get into

that now, don't you think?

It is so

inspiring? If you're trying to bring

the next generation through, Lizzy

Yarnold and Laura Deas winning in

the Skelton, a great track record,

but we haven't got wonderful

skeleton track in the country, we

have a star track but if you want to

progress you have to go elsewhere.

It's, coming up on Breakfast:

What is going on?

It was the critical flop

that found its voice

with the fans, we sent our

reporter to sing along

to The Greatest Showman.

You would be able to sing because

you haven't seen the film but you

already know the songs.

My children

wants to go and see it, my wife

wants to see it again and we have

listened to the soundtrack on repeat

in our house.

We will

temperature is going to start to

feel quite cold.

That's it from us.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello - this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

It's Monday 19th February.

We'll have the latest news

and sport in just a moment

but coming up later

in the programme:

Could the cost of university

tuition be set to fall?

We speak to former Labour Education

Minister Lord Adonis

about government plans

for a 'sweeping review' of higher

education.

We'll round up last night's BAFTAs,

where Three Billboards,

The Shape of Water and Darkest Hour

all picked up multiple awards -

but it was equality and social

activism that dominated

the talk on the red carpet.

# When a man loves a woman.

# He can't keep his

mind on nothing else.

And three decades after his voice

first graced UK airwaves,

Michael Bolton joins us

as he prepares to tour his greatest

hits.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News:

The Prime Minister will admit today

that students and their families

have "serious concerns"

about the cost of university.

Theresa May is set to launch

a year-long independent

review into higher education finance

in England, saying many courses

are not judged to give

value for money.

The review will consider

changing the level of fees,

cutting loan interest rates and

reintroducing maintenance grants.

Oxfam has revealed the charity

workers physically threatened

witnesses in an investigation into

sexual misconduct in Haiti. It

suggests that Oxfam bosses ignored a

recommendation that better ways

should be found to inform other

charities about problems staff.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing

Missouri, a film about a mother

seeking justice for her daughter's

murder, was the big winner

at the Bafta awards last night.

It won five prizes including

best film and best

actress for Frances McDormand.

The theme of justice and equality

for women dominated the event,

with most guests wearing black

to show solidarity with campaigns

against abuse and harassment,

although McDormand admitted

that she chose to

break the dress code.

I have a little trouble

with compliance.

LAUGHTER.

But I want you to know

that I stand in full

solidarity with my sisters

tonight in black.

Six in 10 employers believe that

a woman should have to disclose

whether she is pregnant

during the recruitment process,

according to a new report

by the Equality and Human Rights

Commission.

The survey of a thousand

businesses found widespread

pregnancy and maternity

discrimination, including more

than 40% of employers believing

that women who have had

more than one pregnancy

while in the same job are a burden

on their team.

Olympics officials say a doping case

involving a Russian curler

at the Winter Games would be

"extremely disappointing"

if proved true.

It's understood the athlete -

reported to be mixed doubles

bronze medallist

Alexander Krushelnitsky -

is currently in Seoul awaiting

the results of a second sample

after allegedly testing positive

for the banned substance meldonium.

Russia was nominally banned

from the Pyeongchang games

for state-sponsored doping

in Sochi four years ago.

Former shareholders in the collapsed

construction and services firm

Carillion are calling for its

management to be investigated.

Some investors have told MPs

the company's executives must have

known - or should have known -

about its cash flow problems well

before it went into

liquidation last month.

We've had a set-up where people work

and continued faithfully to work.

There were people on the bridge

of the company drawling their mega

salaries but those shareholders

taking a close look,

as soon as they had

a look and a smell,

they ran for the hills.

That was the real warning sign

and none of the regulators seemed

to be aware of what was happening.

Dramatic footage has emerged showing

two cars trying to ramraid

a high-end watch shop

on a pedestrianised street in Leeds.

Men wearing balaclavas

then followed up

the botched attempt by trying

in vain to smash the window

of the Rolex shop in Leeds before

speeding off empty handed

as shoppers looked on.

West Yorkshire Police said there've

been a numer of recent ram-raids

on jewellers in the city.

It is known for its spectacular

illuminations but something else has

been lighting up the sky in

Blackpool. A mesmerising murmuration

of starlings took over the town,

taking on wonderful shapes. Rising

from the water, and the birds gather

to keep safe and warm. It's thought

the pocket come together to exchange

information about feeding sites.

They are mesmerising, aren't they?

I

can imagine the twitch is out in

force for that, won't they?

The beautiful game turned ugly last

night. But this match between

Vitoria and Bahia had to be broken

up after a brawl broke out. It

started with a provocative dance in

front of the home crowd by one of

the players from Bahia. It ended

with a total of ten red cards.

Nobody is mixing it around. It means

they were to players on the pitch to

finish the match so it had to be

abandoned. Goodness me.

Ten red

cards!

Absolutely staggering.

You

wouldn't even think you would have

that many red cards in your pocket.

You use the same one.

Here is your

card, here is your card. Of course,

what an idiot! At least I said it.

Good morning. Day ten in

PyeongChang, a busy day to the

Brits. No medal events, really.

We'll start with a busy few hours

for British competitors

at the Winter Olympics

in Pyeongchang, where the pair

of Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland

are through to the final

of the ice dancing.

It's a remarkable

achievement for them,

especially for Coomes, who,

less than two years ago was told

she may never skate again

after shattering her knee

in an horrific accident.

This is the routine that got them

there.

Christopher Dean helped

choreograph it. Penny and Nick

finished 10th. The top 20 competing

tomorrow's free dance when the

medals are decided.

It's definitely a different feeling

going into Tom -- condition. Yes, I

have competition pressure but I'm

just excited to go out there again

and so happy and painful to be here

and I was skating around when they

were reading at the previous scores

an artist smiled to myself because

after everything I've been through,

I made it and that's the most

important thing.

There was success too

for Rowan Cheshire in

the freestyle skiing halfpipe.

She missed out on the games four

years ago because of injury

but finished ninth to progress

to the next round.

But it was a morning of frustration

for Britain's Aimee Fuller

in snowboarding's Big Air event.

Her Olympics are over after she fell

on both her qualifying runs

including this big crash

in her second attempt.

The beams her Olympic dreams, but

this year at least, are over.

Thankfully she was OK but she has

treated these pictures of the

bruising to her face.

How painful to

that look? Yes, you did take one to

the grille, Amy.

Lots more action coming up

later this morning including

the final of the men's

two-man bobsleigh.

But right now on the ice,

Great Britain's men are taking

on Denmark in curling.

After five ends, it is for- two to

Denmark. This is Team GB's seventh

match. A defeat today put them on

the verge of elimination.

The FA Cup is the competition

where shocks can and will happen,

and yesterday was no different.

League One Rochdale held

Premier League Tottenham Hotspur

to a 2-2 draw and have

bagged themselves

a replay at Wembley.

That thanks to this injury time

equaliser from Steve Davies.

Spurs did take the lead

through a Harry Kane penalty,

but the joy belonged to Rochdale

and their big day out at Wembley.

When you having gone 1-0 up in the

first half, we almost let the bomb,

if you like. We knew what was going

to come in the second half and I

thought the players, they responded

superbly and the Reds could have

gone down but they didn't after the

penalty and I feel as though we got

a deserved equaliser.

Rangers are up to second

in the Scottish Premiership on goal

difference after an eight-goal

thriller at Hamilton.

Josh Windass scored a hatrick

in the 5-3 win which moves

them above Aberdeen.

They are nine points behind Celtic

who drew nil-nil with St Johnstone.

Did they have any red cards?

Do we

know? Brazil used them all up. I'm

teasing myself so that you don't

have to do it.

I was not going to

say anything. Here is matched with

the weather. We are in front of

Broadcasting House -- Broadcasting

House in London. An indication,

there is a bit of a damp start. We

are starting your Monday morning

frost free. Let's take a look at

what we have got in store. It's a

cloudy start, a mild start and it

comes at a price. Rain and drizzle

around. Becoming confined to eastern

areas at a time. You can see the

cloud is streaming across much of

the country overnight. That is where

we start the day in

the country overnight. That is where

we start the day in a pretty damp

and to some soggy note. Not only

have you got rain and drizzle

around, the odd heavy burst but it's

pretty misty and foggy over the

hills. That would be the case across

many parts of northern England and

eastern England as well. Some of the

dampest conditions in a moment in

northern England but light and

patchy rain. It does mean some parts

of western England and Western

Wales, also Northern Ireland. A

little bit of morning sunshine. We

will see a bit more developed. It

stays damp across many parts of

eastern Scotland and eastern

England. Later on, west of Northern

Ireland in far west Scotland, the

rain could arrive into the evening

rush-hour. Single figures across

eastern counties of England. Any

sunshine breaking through the crowd

at times during the day. We will see

a spell of rain briefly but is

heavier bursts in eastern Scotland.

Damp, cloudy, misty and murky. As

sky is clear in the West, some in

western Scotland and Northern

Ireland, a bit of frost. Northern

Ireland, western parts of England

and Wales, still saying -- still

staying fairly cloudy. Temperatures

through the rest of the country, not

faring too badly but this time of

year. Tuesday night and Wednesday,

greater chance of frost but the

cloud crossed the south-east will

drift into southern counties of

England and the south of Wales set

of those in the south-west, a cloudy

day to come on Wednesday. Most will

be dry. The cloud will break at

times. But the press of the sunshine

per northern England and Northern

Ireland and given the fact the sun

is strengthening day by day, we have

the sunshine overhead and with

temperatures like that, it should

feel quite pleasant but don't give

up your guide for winter, Dan and

Louise, because there are signs that

things could turn much colder

towards the end of the week and more

especially to the start of next

week. We'll keep you updated but

back to you both.

It has been one of the most

contentious political issues

of the last two decades, finding

the balance between increasing

university funding and limiting

the impact on students

and the taxpayer has proved

difficult for successive

governments.

Today, the Prime Minister

will launch yet another review

of the system.

Labour's Lord Adonis was responsible

for the introduction of tuition fees

in 1998 and joins us

from our London newsroom.

in 1998 and joins us

from our London newsroom.

Good

from our London newsroom.

Good morning

from our London newsroom.

Good morning to

from our London newsroom.

Good morning to you,

from our London newsroom.

Good morning to you, thank

from our London newsroom.

Good morning to you, thank you

from our London newsroom.

Good morning to you, thank you very

from our London newsroom.

Good morning to you, thank you very

much for joining us. Do you regret

to have been partly responsible for

where we are now?

I think the

decision to introduce a part payment

by students for university education

was the correct one, it allowed us

to expand places significantly so it

was socially equitable and it

allowed us to give a better deal to

universities where staff were being

grossly underpaid. The big problem

was the decision in 2010 with the

Conservative and Liberal Democrat

coalition two travel tuition fees

overnight, they were £3000 before,

there wasn't great controversy about

that and they broke the cross-party

consensus overnight by trebling the

fees -- to treble. They lost the

support of students, they were

broadly happy with the deal before

2010 because it was a good deal,

after 2010 when the fees went up to

£9,000... £9,000 is more than the

cost of a lot of the courses offered

by universities and at that point it

was unsustainable. To make it worse

what they then also did was slap a

6.1% real rate of interest on the

student debt. Before the system we

set up allowed students not to pay

the real rate of interest, so

essentially what's happened is a set

of changes which took what was I

think a very justified system of

students making a contribution to

the cost of their university

education into what was essentially

and is now a cash cow by the

government to get money from

students, which is widely seen as

unfair.

What happens now, are you

saying it should go back to a system

that you had envisaged in the first

place? Does the whole thing need to

be looked at again?

Well, the

government is clearly the -- clearly

kicking the whole thing into touch,

they are setting up a review that

will put it into the long grass for

months. But what should happen, my

view has always been clear, the

system set up with cross-party

support in 2004, 2005 with a

contribution of £3000 a year by

students repaid after graduation

through the tax system with low real

rate of interest was the right

system.

Do you think they shouldn't

be scrapped, they should be taken

back to £3000?

I would like them to

be kept at £3000. You have to

understand, because the government

has increased them to £9,250 with a

6% interest rate, what's happened is

the Labour Party has moved against

any fees at all, which was

inevitable with the way politics

works. I don't know frankly whether

that will be sustainable to have a

much more modest fee. I would like

to see, being a rationalist when it

comes to public policy, a new

cross-party consensus on bringing

fees back down to £3000, getting rid

of the interest rate of 6% and

agreeing that we will stick with

that system for the next generation,

not constantly changing but maybe

it's gone beyond that and the only

thing that can be sustainable is

scrapping the fees.

What about the

impact on poorer students? The

government are saying younger people

from poorer backgrounds has

increased since 2009, but what about

poorer students, what would help

them the most?

It's true, because

the fees and student loans are

repaid after graduation, there's no

reason why any student should be

dissuaded from going to university.

I say to any prospective students or

students listening to this, if they

get decent A-levels and have a good

course then they should absolutely

go to university. The question isn't

so much putting off different

groups, the question is whether it

is fair and with students graduating

with 50 or £60,000 worth of debt,

and a 6.1% interest rate, which

means they might have to pay back

£100,000, and they have to get their

lives sorted out, start buying

houses and setting up families, it's

basically not fair. What began as a

sensible system of part contribution

by students to the cost of

universities has become a Treasury

cash cow, with the vice chancellors

milking the system for everything

they can get because for them this

is just a licence to print money.

This has to stop and we need a new

settlement.

We will be speaking

shortly at 7:40am two Damian Hinds,

Education Secretary, to get his

views. Lord Laird onus, former

education minister, thanks for your

time -- to. -- Lord Laird onus.

Thanks for your comments as well. We

will have time to look at them

later. Keep them coming in.

Steph is talking about a lack of

properties coming onto the market

meaning in some areas of the UK

homes are being snapped up in fewer

than three weeks.

There are big

regional differences so let me give

you a flavour of this research.

Rightmove has looked at where homes

are being snapped up most quickly.

On the average it takes 72 days

to sell a property in the UK

but it varies regionally.

Livingston in West

Lothian comes out top

with homes selling

after just 17 days.

Other hotspots

are Rugby and Nuneaton

in Warwickshire

and Wellingborough

in Northamptonshire,

where property sales

take on average 21 days.

So what's going on?

Robert Reed is an estate agent.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I'm not

surprised to hear there's regional

differences in the property market,

it's been that way for ever, but

what's the difference? Why is it

such a big difference in terms of

how long it takes to sell something?

The UK has a kind of patchwork quilt

of regional variations, as you

rightly say, but why is it? Normally

it is factors on the ground,

emerging areas could be spillover,

other areas could be close by where

people have been priced out of the

area. They want to purchase still

buy with -- close by with the

amenities and transport links so

suddenly you get an unpopular area

becoming the emerging one. It can be

spillover. It can be localised

factors like employment which can

affect that. The popularity of

schools can change an area

completely if a certain catchment

area is what people want so normally

it comes down to things that make a

difference on the day-to-day basis

that affects people, also

affordability, wages, salaries and

the ability to buy in certain areas.

What's happening with the housing

market overall, our prices still

going up?

The market is pretty

stable at the moment -- are the

prices. Not moving significantly in

either direction. Our finding from

the report this morning is that the

south-west is slightly less well

performing than the rest of the

country. That's different to

previously when we've talked about

this, so a slight correction. While

asking prices are generally up, the

average is less than previous years

so that says the market is pretty

steady, prices not particularly

flying up, a bit more price

sensitivity. Still pretty decent and

reasonable, nowhere near the

difficult crises we've had in the

past but there is no significant

shift in terms of the asking prices

and selling prices.

There was a time

when sellers were holding back a bit

in terms of putting their property

on the market, what's happening in

that sense now?

What you're finding

in these areas where sales are going

very quickly, there's not enough

stock in the market so people get to

an area and think this works for me,

I like it, I'm not sure what the

market is doing, I will stay put.

That means buyers are looking saying

they want to buy but there is

nothing available so when it comes

on it goes extremely quickly. In

general terms the big issues like

general elections and Brexit

reverend is mean people think twice

about moving. Those who don't have

to remove hold still but there's

always people who have to move

through life circumstances and they

have to keep going regardless of the

political context and economic

context. Again there's areas where

there is a lot of supply but in

other areas there is a shortage,

which is driving up the time in

which the houses sell.

Is it getting

better for first-time buyers?

There

was a move in the budget on the

stamp duty. The big issue for

first-time buyers is the

availability. . I think the big

thing I would like to see more of

when we see these developments up

and down the country, lots of

4-bedroom detached houses, that's

great but it doesn't solve the

first-time buyer problem. If you

spoke to estate agents nationwide

what they would want more of his

2-bedroom terraces, starter homes.

That is a longer-term issue. -- is.

They need first-time buy a home on

the agenda so there's more support

but the big issue is applied --

buyer home. -- is supplied.

but the big issue is applied --

buyer home. -- is supplied. Thanks

but the big issue is applied --

buyer home. -- is supplied. Thanks

very much. -- supplied.

-- supply.

Defying the reviewers who called it

boring and forgettable,

the Greatest Showman has gone

from critical flop to cult classic

in record time.

The Hugh Jackman circus musical

continues to dominate

the box office thanks

to the popularity of

the film's soundtrack.

Now, its dedicated fans

will have an excuse for a repeat

viewing with the release

of a singalong version.

Fiona Lamdin reports.

The Greatest Showman claims to have

the world singing. Now, after seven

weeks in the cinemas, this is the

first time the audience can

officially join in.

I love the music, I love the, sort

of, I love the story, I love how

it's such a spectacle, all the

colours and costumes. It's

brilliant.

With gone, like, four

times.

We were doing it on the train

on the way here, we had our

headphones on the way here listening

to it.

Give me a little go here now.

She well, I won't.

This is the

greatest show!

Inside there's even a

bearded lady to get the vocal cords

warmed up. It's a familiar formula.

The lyrics pop up on screen so

there's really no excuse not to join

in.

in. Since its release the film has

delivered seven straight weeks at

the box office, and the soundtrack

has been number one in the album

charts for the last six weeks. But

despite these impressive figures,

when it was released, critics

weren't convinced.

Let's make no

mistake, this is not a good film. I

mean, there is a good film to be

made about PT Barnum, this is not

it. It is just a bunch of syrupy

ballad is. It's like drowning in a

vat of Disney light. Saying that, if

you should be forced to go and see

this film again against your will,

think the singalong version is the

most horrible because there's a lot

of energy in the room and you can't

help but to tap occasionally.

Which

we managed to catch on camera.

we managed to catch on camera.

This

time you could just clap, scream and

no one mattered. It was good, wasn't

it?

Yeah.

I'm shaking, I had

goosebumps and I feel like I was

watching the actors actually

performing it in front of us, which

was really exciting, so I loved it.

Love it or hate it, there can be

little doubt this is an experience

that seems to have left this

audience feeling on top of the

world.

Fiona Lamdin, BBC News.

You can't help yourself! There's

nothing like a good singalong, is

there?

Have you ever been to one?

I

haven't but I'm going to.

I have

done The Sound of Music.

It is

proved, who cares what the critics

say, just enjoy it! -- proof.

Now, though, it's back

to Dan and Louise.

Bye for now.

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise

Minchin.

Theresa May admits young people

in England face "one

of the most expensive systems

of university tuition in the world".

The Prime Minister

launches a major review

into the cost of

going to university.

Also this morning:

Oxfam reveals that 3 of the men

accused of sexual misconduct

in Haiti physically threatened

witnesses during a 2011

investigation.

A sea of black at the Baftas,

as stars line up to show solidarity

against sexism and harassment

in the film industry.

I have a little trouble

with compliance.

LAUGHTER.

But I want you to know

that I stand in full

solidarity with my sisters

tonight in black.

Employers are "in the dark ages"

when it comes to attitudes

towards women who have

or want children -

that's according to new research.

I'll be looking at why.

Good morning. She was told she would

never skate again but rape but Great

Britain's Penny Cooms has been back

on the ice with Nick Buckland. That

would have a great performance with

the ice dancing. I will be back with

a full round-up from PyeongChang at

730.

And Matt has the weather. No ice to

be found in the UK, a frost free

start to Monday but it does come at

a price. Plenty of outbreaks of

rain, especially in the east.

First our main story.

The Prime Minister will admit today

that students and their families

have "serious concerns"

about the cost of university.

Theresa May will launch

an independent review into higher

education finance in England,

saying many courses are not judged

to give value for money.

Universities are free

to charge up to just over

£9,000 a year,

depending on the course,

however only a handful charge

less than the maximum.

Graduates in England

now leave university

with average debts

of more than £50,000.

That's because interest

rates on student

loans now stand at 6.1%.

Our political correspondent

Ben Wright is in Westminster.

Ben, what has the reaction been

in Westminster to this review?

It's something that successive

governments have struggled to find a

balance with, this issue?

Finding

the balance between what the stage

be paying on what students should be

paying. A real dilemma that

governments have grappled with. This

has become hot politics, I think,

since Labour announced they would

scrap tuition fees and that helped

win the young voters and students

and is Theresa May says, it's an

issue causing real concern to

parents and grandparents as well.

Theresa May will say the current

system has produced a competitive

market.

market. Andrew Adonis was on

Breakfast earlier on and he

explained why he thinks the current

system has become a cash cow to the

Treasury and needs to change.

The

Labour Party has moved against any

fees at all which is inevitable in

the way politics works so don't know

if it will be sustainable to have a

much more modest fee which is what I

would like to see, being a

rationalist, when it comes to public

policy, a new cross-party consensus

on bringing fees backed down to

£3000, getting rid of the 6%

interest rate and agreeing we will

stick with that system.

It could be

the government decides to some

courses at some universities. There

is also pressure from within the

Tory party to bring back maintenance

grants. Politically, I think the

difficulty for the government is

trying to come up with a solution

that addresses the concerns of

people and doesn't look like a pale

imitation of what Labour are

proposing.

We will be speaking to

the Education Secretary Damian Hinds

just before 8:00.

Oxfam has revealed that charity

workers physically threatened

witnesses during an investigation

into sexual misconduct

in Haiti in 2011.

The report inlcudes

accusations of bullying,

intimidation of staff

and use of prostitutes,

as well as suggesting that Oxfam

bosses ignored a recommendation that

better ways should be found

to inform other charities

about problem staff.

Our diplomatic correspondent

James Lansdale reports.

In the wake of the earthquake

in Haiti in 2010, seven of the Oxfam

staff sent there to help

left because as a result

of their unacceptable behaviour.

An internal report published today

shows one was dismissed and three

resigned for using prostitutes

on Oxfam premises.

Two more were dismissed

for bullying and intimidation,

one of whom also

downloaded pornography.

And another man was sacked

for failing to protect staff.

The report says three suspects

physically threatened witnesses

during the investigation.

The 11-page document makes various

recommendations including finding

better mechanisms for informing

other aid agencies about

so-called problem staff.

This is something Oxfam

appears to have ignored

as Roland Van Hauwermeiren,

the charity's directory in Haiti,

went to work for another aid

organisation in Bangladesh,

even though the charity says

he resigned for using prostitutes.

Parts of the reports are blacked out

to hide people's identities

but Oxfam says it has given

an unredacted copy to Haitian

ministers whom senior

members from the charity

will meet later today.

James Landale, BBC News.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing

Missouri, a film about a mother

seeking justice for her daughter's

murder, was the big winner

at the Bafta awards last night.

It won five prizes including

best film and best

actress for Frances McDormand.

The theme of justice and equality

for women dominated the event,

with most guests wearing black

to show solidarity with campaigns

against abuse and harassment,

although McDormand admitted

that she chose to

break the dress code.

I have a little trouble

with compliance.

LAUGHTER.

But I want you to know

that I stand in full

solidarity with my sisters

tonight in black.

We should also mention that Gary

Oldman won Best Actor for Darkest

Hour and best make up making him to

look Winston Churchill.

He said he

was in the chair for four hours.

That is dedication.

Employers are "in the dark ages"

when it comes to attitudes

to pregnant workers and those

planning to have children according

to the Equality and

Human Rights Commission.

They've released new research today,

looking into pregnancy

and maternity discrimination

in the workplace.

Steph joins us now with the results.

This is a survey of over 1000

employers, too it is pretty senior

people in private sector

organisations. They have asked them

about how they feel whether they

want to have children in the future

and what they can and can't ask them

in job interviews and what they are

like when they had children and came

back to work some of the key

statistics is that more than half of

employers say that women should stay

in the interview whether they are

pregnant or not. At the moment, it

is fine for an employer to ask

somebody in an interview about

pregnant but if they discriminate

against them because they are

pregnant, they can take them to an

employment tribunal. Say a pregnant

lady mentions or gets ask and says,

I'm pregnant and afterwards, she

doesn't get the job, and she can

probably do that. Don't ask, don't

go near discrimination. But when you

look at why they have a problem with

women having babies or being

pregnant, it's because of the

attitude of the women when they are

in work afterwards so according to

the survey, they said about 44% of

women who have had more than one

pregnancy is -- more than one

pregnancy are a burden on the

company and some said that mothers

were less engaged. I am sure there

will be lots of women out there who

are raging hearing this, working

mums who say they are not a burden

at all. This is why the Equality and

Human Rights Commission have looked

into this because they say it is

completely wrong to discriminate

against women who have or want to

have children. We will be talking to

them later about how this fits them.

How can these employers have these

attitudes and not discriminate? We

will be talking to a well working

--a working mum as well.

Anybody who

wants to get in touch as well, you

can tweet us or email us.

can tweet us or email us. Have a

look at these pictures of an

attempted ram raid on a street in

Leeds. Men wearing balaclavas. This

was a botched attempt to

unsuccessfully smash the shop's

windows and they speeded up

empty-handed. Westport -- West

Yorkshire police said responded to a

number of ram raids in recent weeks.

Driving back and forth into the

Windows before speeding off down the

road.

Breaking diplomatic sock news!

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau's on an official

visit to India, but it's his socks

that have caught the attention

of the media.

He chose to wear these

Star Wars-themed novelty pair

on a visit to the Taj Mahal.

It's not the first time

the Canadian Prime Minister's

worn novelty socks.

These have the Chewbacca

design on them.

He wore these to the

Global Business Forum.

And these are some very fetching

duck themed ones that he wore to

Davos.

I have got to think about --

I've got a thing about cool socks. I

was once turned down because of my

socks. I wore red Sox to my PGCE

interview and I was told I was not

serious enough. I think socks are

very important.

Is he pushing the

edges?

If I had worn a normal pair

of socks, I probably wouldn't be

here.

That would be a terrible

shame.

Thank goodness for the red

pair of socks.

It was more about the black dresses

than the red carpet at last night's

Bafta Film Awards.

Nearly all of the guests

at the ceremony in London wore black

to show their support

for campaigns to stamp out sexism

and discrimination in the movie

industry and beyond.

In a moment we'll speak to two

campaigners about what,

if any, difference this

activism will make.

First, let's hear what some

of the stars had to say.

A century ago, the suffragettes laid

the groundwork for the kind of

dogged resistance and powerful

protest that is carried forward

today with the Time's Up movement

and with it, the determination to

eradicate the inequality and abuse

of women the world over.

We finished

this film about a year ago. It's the

story of a woman taking on the

establishment and the status quo. It

seems more timely now than we ever

could have imagined them.

Lily and I

would just like to thank you all for

standing up the justice and equality

tonight.

Yes, and now... And now

back to business.

As Martin said, I

have a little trouble with

compliance.

compliance. But I want you to know

that I stand in full solidarity with

my sisters tonight in black.

my sisters tonight in black.

That's

a little bit of talk about what was

going on at the BAFTA awards.

Some of the clebrities invited

equality campaigners as their guests

last night, and we're

joined now by two of them.

Laura Bates founded

the Everyday Sexism project

and Marai Larasi works

to tackle violence

against women and girls from black

and ethnic minority backgrounds.

They join us now from London.

Thank you both so much for joining

us. First EU, Marai. We said you

would be a guest at the BAFTA

awards, what would you have said?

I

would have thought you lost your

mind. It wasn't on my list of things

that I would be doing for 2018 but

it's been absolutely amazing in

terms of amplifying the issue for

us. Violence against women and

girls. And justice more broadly.

Amazing.

Laura, would you think this

would happen to you?

I think I

probably would been terrified and I

was but the person is so kindly took

me, the first time I was a on a red

carpet, I almost fell backwards

because it was so overwhelming. In a

way, that was what this is about.

Women standing in solidarity with

women in all different jobs in all

walks of life saying we will see

you, we will lift each other up and

not stand for abuse.

Laura, he

founded the Everyday Sexism project.

Has there been a change recently in

attitudes?

There has been a very

marked and important change in the

conversation because we've seen so

many courageous survivor speaking

out about their experiences. What we

need to seize the rest of the world

is stepping up, saving you have

named the problem and shown us what

it is. We need to fix it. That picks

needs to be systemic and structural.

It needs to be organisations,

government not just saying to women

who have spoken out about the

problem, what are you going to do

differently? This is not up to women

to fix.

And Marai, he went to the

Golden Globes with Emma Watson. What

would make a difference from your

point of view? Let's talk about film

and TV.

There's a whole set of things to

think about, one, who is working in

the industry where people are

placed? What this means in terms of

representation. The kind of content

were producing as well, I think

there's something about thinking

about what we're putting out there,

the issue is happening behind the

scenes. We've seen the industry here

look at improving standards, and

that's absolutely welcome, but we

need to make sure there is

accountability built in so that it's

not just something that doesn't have

teeth. We really need teeth around

this. Media has such huge influence

over what we do, so again to

reiterate, let's think about who's

doing what in our industry and also

kind of the content we're producing.

Can we have diverse women on our

screens and not always have black

women in particular roles? Let's

think about how all women are

presented. Let's think about those