21/02/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

A move on gun control policy

in the United States.

President Trump indicates he's

willing to make a change.

As students prepare to march

in the state capital

after last week's school shooting,

he says he'd support a ban

on devices which turn

rifles into machine-guns.

Good morning, it's

Wednesday 21st February.

Also this morning:

A warning of a humanitarian disaster

in Syria where hundreds of people

have died after days of bombing.

We look at how early onset

dementia could be linked

to regular heavy drinking.

Good morning.

A crucial time of year for the

farmers with animals going back out

into the fields. And high time to

get a grip on the problem of dogs

attacking livestock, according to

some.

Thousands of small firms were

mistreated by RBS in the financial

crisis according to a report

released by MPs. I will speak to one

of the businesses affected by it.

In sport, Great Britain's curlers

have beaten reigning Olympic

champions Canada to reach

the women's semi finals in

Pyeongchang.

And Nick has the weather.

Coldest to start the day in Scotland

and Northern Ireland, with frost and

a few freezing fog patches. More

cloud for England and Wales. Damp

and drizzly in a few spots. Lots of

wine and dry weather to come for the

rest of the week into the weekend,

but it is definitely turning colder.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

President Trump has signed an order

to ban bump-stock devices,

which were used by a gunman

who killed 58 Las Vegas

concert-goers last year.

Mr Trump says legislation that

outlaws equipment which turns

rifles into machine-guns

could be ready "very soon".

David Willis reports.

We don't know where the shoot is!

The scenes are nothing new here, but

last week's high school shooting in

Florida has galvanised the debate on

gun control in America in a way few

here can remember. Students who

survived an attack which killed 17

of their teachers and classmates are

speaking out fluidly and forcefully.

Do not let people try to get under

your skin!

Their youthful voices

resonating where those of long

serving politicians have largely

fallen flat.

We are what's bringing

the change. We are going to keep

talking. We are going to keep

pushing until something is done,

because people are dying and this

can't happen any more.

Reflecting

the national mood of grief and anger

in the wake of last week's shooting,

President Trump, who supports gun

ownership, offered a confession, a

ban on a device used to devastating

effect on the Las Vegas massacre

last year.

I signed a memorandum

directing the attorney general the

proposed regulations to ban all

devices that turned legal weapons

into machine-guns.

Students arriving

for a rally later today in the

Florida state capital Tallahassee

say that's not enough. Some are

heading to Washington at the

invitation of the White House to

press the case for comprehensive gun

reforms with the president himself.

Some here are hailing it's a turning

point in acrimonious debate around

guns, at America has been here so

many times before.

The bombardment of the rebel-held

Eastern Ghouta by the Syrian

government and its allies has

continued for a third day,

prompting the United Nations to warn

of the risk of a second Aleppo.

Reports suggest around 250 people

have died following two

days of attacks.

According to activists,

it is the worst violence

in the Eastern Ghouta area

near Damascus since 2013.

Speaking from the area, one activist

told the BBC this is as bad as it

has ever been.

The bombs are dropping on us like

rain. There's nowhere to hide from

this nightmare in Eastern Ghouta.

We will be speaking to one agency to

find out exactly what happening

there later.

A landmark ruling is being reviewed

by the Supreme Court,

over whether police are accountable

for their failure to investigate

victim's allegations of the black

cab rapist John Worboys.

Scotland Yard is appealing

against a previous decision

that they breached the human rights

of two women whose testimony

they failed to investigate properly.

they failed to investigate properly.

Our legal correspondent

Clive Coleman reports

on what could be a landmark case

for victim's rights.

The two women were sexually

assaulted by John Worboys in 2003

and 2007 but when they reported the

attacks to the police they weren't

believed. As a result of the police

failures, he was able to continue to

attack women until he was brought to

justice in 2009. The High Court and

Court of Appeal ruled the police had

a duty under the Human Rights Act to

investigate serious violence against

women and could be held accountable

in the courts if they failed in that

duty. The women, who both suffered

psychologically, were awarded

£41,000 in total, which they'll keep

in any event. But the net supported

the then Home Secretary Theresa May

appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing

its duty was fulfilled simply by

having practices and procedures to

investigate in-place -- the Met. A

victory for the women would be

police forces could face human

rights actions whenever they fail to

properly investigate serious violent

crime.

Heavy drinking may be a major risk

factor for the early

onset of dementia.

Scientists in France looked

at 57,000 cases of dementia

in people under 65 and found

that a third could have

been caused by alcohol-related

brain damage.

Ben Ando reports.

This was a very large study. It is

obviously a single study and we will

have to look at whether the results

can be generalised elsewhere. But

potentially it has huge importance.

This is potentially a preventable

cause of dementia. So it might have

very big public health implications.

What all the indications for the way

that we look after the health of

people with alcohol use disorders.

The majority of small

and medium-sized companies

are still paying male employees more

than their female colleagues,

according to the latest

government figures.

Companies have six weeks left

to report their gender pay gap.

So far almost 1,000

businesses have responded out

of the 9,000 asked.

Our business and consumer

correspondent correspondent

Nina Warhurst has more.

It is time to answer the question -

what does every man and woman

in your company get paid?

And if you like double

their salaries, what is the figure

in the middle of each sex,

and what is the gap

between those two figures?

474% of companies this figure was

higher for men, if deemed % higher

for women.

for women. -- 15%.

What this data does

not look at is any

difference in salaries between men

and women who were doing the same

job.

But what it does show is that

while there were lots of women lower

paid jobs, women aren't earning

those big salaries in the same

way as men.

At Clydesdale Yorkshire bank,

men earned 37% more than women.

There was literally

four days of meetings,

and there was only one

female in those four days.

There were almost four times

as many women in lower

paid jobs.

It has been lonely at times.

I regularly find myself in positions

where there is not nearly

as many women.

We have set ourselves a target.

So by 2020, we want to make sure

that there is 40% of women

in our most senior roles.

So I think that's quite bold,

and I think everybody

in financial services should be

making those kinds of targets

and progressing towards them.

Six to ago, around 8,000

firms still to report,

and then come the bigger questions:

What exactly do the full

figures tell us?

And what should and can be done?

More than 60 Brexit-supporting

Conservative MPs have written

to the Prime Minister,

setting out what they believe

Britain should achieve

from a deal with Brussels.

The MPs, from the European Research

Group of Tory backbenchers,

insist that Britain should be free

to negotiate trade deals with other

countries, as soon

as it leaves the EU.

Senior ministers will meet tomorrow

to discuss what the government wants

from the final Brexit deal.

The impact of social media

and screen use on young people's

health is to be examined by MPs.

The Science and Technology Committee

will address mounting

concerns that mobile phones,

in particular, are harming children

and young adults.

The awards season is in full swing

and tonight it's the turn

of the music industry to celebrate

with the Brit Awards.

22-year-old Londoner

Dua Lipa leads the way

with five nominations,

while eyes will also be

on Ed Sheeran after his

record breaking year.

Our entertainment correspondent

Colin Paterson reports.

Dua Lipa's five Brits nominations

are the most ever in one year by a

female artist. The 22-year-old

London had a number one with New

Rules and is heading towards 200,000

sales of her debut. At the moment

she is bigger than Beyonce, Taylor

Swift and Rihanna and she has what

all of those huge American artist

has.

She is not workshy, she will

turn up and do the interviews and

promo and she will spend 24 hours

doing a video and extreme focused

pretty for seven.

-- 24 seven. But

the night's biggest award Album of

the Year is expected to go to Ed

Sheeran. Divide was number one for a

third of last year and it will be a

major shock if it did not win.

You

will keep a secret saviour. You will

keep the paraphernalia...

One man

isn't happy about the BRIT Awards is

Liam Gallagher, who is nominated for

best male, but is furious that he

hasn't been asked to perform and

says the Brits have ballooned it and

are too scared to let him onstage.

And unlike at busters were almost

every actress wore black on the red

carpet, at the Brits expect a

variety of outfits. Instead acts are

being asked to wear a a white rose

pin if they want to show solidarity

for anti-harassment movements.

The Queen has attended

London Fashion Week for the first

time in her 66 year reign.

Her Majesty sat in the front row

of a show by an up and coming

designer Richard Quinn,

next to the woman often hailed

as the 'queen of fashion',

Vogue magazine's Anna Wintour.

Do you know what was interesting?

She is wearing sunglasses and the

Queen is fully wrapped up, with

gloves.

I will show you later there are a

few pictures of her on the front

pages and I think it is one of those

things, get her looking miserable.

I am sure she loved it.

There's loads of footage of her

smiling.

Nick will have the weather forecast,

but now we want to talk about the

Winter Olympics.

Is it another morning of curling?

It is! You won't have it tomorrow,

so enjoy it today. Great Britain's

women are through to the semifinals,

beating the reigning champions. It

was a narrow win, but beating Canada

is a big deal. They can have a day

off tomorrow now because they are

through and the men are now trying

to do the same. Canada led for most

of the contest.

Eve Muirhead and co,

who won bronze at the last Games,

took the last end by

two stones to win 6-5.

The men's team are

trying to join them.

They're currently playing

their final group match

against the USA.

There was a great performance

from snowboader Billy Morgan

in the big air event too.

The Brit is in Saturday's final

after taking the final qualification

spot in his heat.

A Lionel Messi goal denied Chelsea

victory against Barcelona

in the last 16 of

the Champions League.

Chelsea had earlier led

through Willian at Stamford Bridge

before Messi's vital away goal.

And England women head coach

Phil Neville has named

Chelsea's Anita Asante in his first

squad for next month's She Believes

Cup.

Asante was one of several players

who'd said they'd been poorly

treated by previous

boss Mark Sampson.

I was going to say, surely there is

a better clip of her than just

missing a goal?

Let's dig something nice out. I will

do my very best.

It wasn't me! We can't blame Nick

for any of the clips he is going to

show us this morning. A

for any of the clips he is going to

show us this morning. A frost to

start the day in Scotland and

Northern Ireland, freezing fog

patches, a lot of cloud in England

and Wales, damp and drizzly but dry

weather generally and where you have

cloud it should gradually brighten

up, not much sunshine but

brightening up a bit. Looking at the

satellite, cloud moving around an

area of high pressure on a

north-easterly breeze, the bulk of

the cloud is filtering in to England

and Wales. A bit damp in a few

spots, parts of the Midlands and

northern England, the chance of

further drizzle. Probably western

fringes of England and Wales seeing

sunny spells, as well as the far

south-east. Fog patches slow to

clear in Northern Ireland, sunny

spells in Scotland. Light winds,

temperatures starting to edge down,

rise of seven to nine. A few spots

yesterday getting into double

figures. Tonight more breaks in the

cloud, more of the land showing up,

cloud free, that will allow

temperatures to drop away more

widely than last night. More of a

widespread frost going into tomorrow

morning, more blue showing the

frost, temperatures at all a few

degrees below freezing. Many will be

clear and sunny to start tomorrow,

there will be some freezing fog.

With very light breezes, they will

be slow to clear. When they do, some

sunny spells, some areas of cloud,

the vast majority having a dry day

tomorrow but the breeze picks up a

bit for Northern Ireland into

western Scotland, enough cloud here

to produce a few light showers and

those temperatures again leaking a

degree or so through the day

tomorrow. This is how Friday is

shaping up, the wind arrows coming

in from the continent, that's an

area where we get dry air coming in,

which means generally cloud free.

After a frosty start, a good deal of

sunshine around on Friday, more

cloud in Northern Ireland and

western Scotland. This is the setup

for the weekend, high pressure in

Scandinavia, the flow of air around

that coming from the east to the UK,

not a One Direction and the breeze

picking up. For the weekend, a lot

of sunshine on Saturday -- warm

direction. This is the forecast for

four locations in the weekend, the

general picture is the same for the

UK, lots of sunshine on Saturday,

goods police spells on Sunday but

the temperatures coming down -- good

sunny spells. A cold wind but you

haven't seen anything yet, still

expecting bitter cold on the way

next week.

Let's look at the papers. Have you

got one?

Let's start on the front

page of the Metro son, a Strictly

Come Dancing exclusive, you may

remember Brendan Cole, one of the

long-running dancers on Strictly

Come Dancing, has not been asked to

return for 2019 -- the Sun. The

reason he's been asked not to come

back is he ignored protocol when

some of the dances visited

Buckingham Palace and he asked the

Duchess to dance for a festive

special. Strictly sources said it

was the last straw. The team at

Strictly saw him as an

uncontrollable.

The front page of

the Metro times, there's the Queen

and Anna Wintour, as we showed you

earlier, at London Fashion Week --

Times.

Times. And charities in crisis with

Oxfam. And the front page of the

Daily Mail, its main story saying a

new financial watchdog is a taxable

under. Looking at the regulator, the

man... Has admitted to using a tax

scheme that helped cut tax bills. He

was made to pay back £140,000 back

to the taxman plus interest. The

Telegraph, the Queen and Anna

Wintour on the front cover, then she

is looking a bit cheerier at London

Fashion Week and the same story

about charity, Save the Children

boss in text scandal. He admitted

sending inappropriate messages to

staff. Ecole insight from Allison

Pearson who said admit it, we are

rubbish at the Winter Olympics --

Ecole inside. Is that about Elise

Christie?

-- Ecole inside. Her agony

from yesterday is all over the

papers -- Ecole.

You can't argue she isn't a fighter,

she has vowed to come back in

Beijing in four years. In the

Guardian, Sean Ingle, who is in

Pyeongchang, has talked about

whether it is bad luck or bad

racing, having re- watched all the

races there is a case to be mad her

all or nothing approach narrows the

margins by two great a margin --

made. -- too. It's on the BBC

website, the three and a half was

watching her yesterday, the mum said

she is a great role model because

learning how to deal with failure is

part we should be learning and

especially children -- three and a

half -year-old.

Is that what Pearson

says?

She said we are rubbish at

Winter sports -- is that what

Allison Pearson says.

It's one of

those things where I suppose her

editor probably asked her to be

horrible about the Winter Olympics.

Steph?

KFC, it's going on still,

still no chicken. Interesting twists

on it, Tower Hamlets police had to

put out a tweet yesterday to warn

people to stop calling them about

the KFC closures. How shocking is

that? People were ringing up to

complain about it. An MP was saying

he had received complaints from

angry customers as well. Still a lot

of that. I'll be talking later about

the latest on it, we will talk to

one of the unions. This is all to do

with their supply chain. I know Sean

was talking about it yesterday, we

have to look more about what's going

on and how they are going to solve

it because there are problems still

today that could continue for some

time.

Do you remember when school

got closed for various reasons?

Snow?

Inset day.

Can you imagine

school being closed because of a

mouse? A school was shot by its head

yesterday because mice had been

spotted. Parents got an e-mail

saying their health and safety

situation needed to be action

immediately.

Mice as opposed to

rats? That's interesting, I'm sure

we had loads of mice. There are mice

here. We could have a day of mag

tomorrow, couldn't we?

The mice

could present. -- day off.

We talk

about fad diets, just opted,

according to new research. The only

way to lose weight consistently is

to avoid processed convenience food

and eat less.

Easier said than done.

Quite logical. You need to go the

French technique, you have a plate

of food, eat half and if you are

still hungry, carry on.

There are

lots of books about the French way

of eating.

There's a call for a dog DNA

database to be established to help

catch animals suspected

of killing livestock.

The National Police Chiefs Council

also wants to be able

to search properties and confiscate

repeat offender dogs

from their owners.

Breakfast's John Maguire

is on a farm in North Wales and has

more detail for us this morning.

Good morning, good morning to

everyone at home. This young bull

calf, less than 24 hours old. He was

born yesterday afternoon. There are

cattle on this farm and a lot of

sheep, it's a traditional Welsh hill

farm with sheep out in the fields.

The situation is there's a serious

problem across the UK, it's a

crucial time of year with many of

the ewes in lamb. If a dog gets in

amongst them and chases them, it

might attack livestock, and you

might find a situation where the

lambs are lost because the ewes get

into distress. It's a huge problem

nationwide but one that now senior

police chiefs are saying it's time

to get a grip on.

He's only 16 but Alfie is already

learning about some of the harsh

realities of farming. Two of his

pedigree sheep were attacked by a

dog. The Harriet family graze their

sheep on the south downs and have

had several incidents.

It's just

that throat wound on a bit concerned

about still. It's very upsetting.

The trauma that the sheep have gone

through. As I say, we're not going

to quite know yet how much this has

impacted but it's not the first

incident we have had. We've had two,

three, four throughout the year.

Only yesterday I went up there and

there were more dogs of the league,

you ask them nicely to put their dog

on the lead, they say my dog isn't

like that, that's all you get and

they won't do it.

This video shows

the dog tracing the ewes before

biting them and days later it

returned to attack against Obika

it's all about taking DNA samples?

Absolutely.

John Carter is a

wildlife and rural officer for

Sussex Police who started using

forensic science to tackle the

problem.

We take the swap out, Rob

that around the bite wound of where

the dogs attacked the sheep, put it

back in the two, fill out the

details, send it to the lab and if

we have a dog we can match it to we

take another swap from the dog and

match the two samples.

Now the most

senior officers has published a

report calling for a DNA database of

dogs. It once a law to force owners

to use the fixed bleeds in livestock

areas and tougher sanctions,

possibly using Crown Courts, not

just magistrates.

We have put

various recommendations that you

would hope the legislations and

politicians would take heed of an

work with us to improve the

situation.

Although police chiefs

argue the current law is inadequate,

it allows farmers to shoot dogs that

are found attacking livestock so

reducing the huge number of

incidents would ease the stress and

suffering not just on farmers but

also on dog owners.

Five rural police forces did

research over the last four years

and found in 92% of cases dogs were

shot. Good morning, Gareth. We've

met you many times before, how much

of a problem is this?

Massive. We

get people leaving their dogs off

the lead and chasing sheep. It is

hard for us. I have had to shoot a

dog myself and it is not a nice

feeling. Taking that dog back to the

owner isn't something I ever wanted

to do. I'm a dog lover. People have

got to take this into their own

hands and respect the countryside

and understand that dogs need to be

on the lead and not running freely

around livestock.

What the police

officers also found is a lot of the

time dogs are escaping from gardens,

sensing isn't good enough, they are

getting out and coming back and even

the owners are realising this.

Lots

of people work shifts so they might

go off in the morning or in the

evening and leave little rover in

the garden, he might jump over the

fence and if there are sheep around,

it's natural for the dog to herd,

chase or kill, you can't blame the

dog. It's the responsibility of the

owner to make sure the dog is safe.

They could come home not knowing

anything has happened and the dog

could be sitting in the garden and

it could have killed five or six

sheep in that afternoon. They have

to take that responsibility.

Gareth,

thanks very much. We will see much

more of Gareth later and some

fantastic views because this is a

wonderful part of the world on the

North Wales coast, some incredible

vistas here. One last point, one of

the biggest incidents the police

forces found over the last four

years found one case where £20,000

worth of damage was done on one

farm. That's a big impact on a

farmer's livelihood.

Certainly is.

Thanks very much. An interesting

point from the farmer, I talk to a

friend yesterday who had a rescue

dog, had no idea of the history of

the dog, went out and about and

found the dog was vicious when it

came to other animals even though it

was lovely with children and other

people. It's difficult for dog

owners as well to know what the

personalities are like until they

have let them off the leash. Nobody

wants to see that.

We will get some news, travel and

weather wherever you're watching

this

That's all from me for now.

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 Naga Munchetty.

We'll bring you the latest news

and sport in just a moment.

Coming up this morning: It's

the fast food chain that

claims its chicken is "finger

lickin' good", but KFC customers

can't get their hands on the goods

because of a shortage

of the main ingredient.

We'll speak to the union that warned

the Colonel that switching suppliers

would cause chaos.

Creating an atmosphere of dignity

at a difficult time.

We'll look at how special

'compassion' symbols in hospitals

are encouraging staff and visitors

to be more respectful to patients

and families facing the final

days of their lives.

Nicknamed 'The King of Bling'

by the tabloids for his lavish

lifestyle, we'll be joined

on the sofa by the former England

international Kieron Dyer,

who'll talk to us about his

searingly honest autobiography.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

President Trump has signed an order

to ban bump-stock devices,

which were used by a gunman

who killed 58 Las Vegas

concert-goers last year.

Mr Trump says legislation that

outlaws equipment which turns

rifles into machine-guns

could be ready "very soon".

It comes after many students will

march in Tallahassee after 17

students were killed last week.

Just a few moments ago I signed a

memorandum directing the attorney

general the proposed regulations to

ban all devices that turn legal

weapons into. I expect that these

critical regulations will be

finalised very soon.

The bombardment of the rebel-held

Eastern Ghouta by the Syrian

government and its allies has

continued for a third day,

prompting the United Nations to warn

of the risk of a second Aleppo.

Reports suggest around 250 people

have died following two

days of attacks.

According to activists,

it's the worst violence in the area

near Damascus since 2013.

Speaking from one area,

one activist told the BBC this

is as bad as it's been.

Heavy drinking may be a major risk

factor for the early

onset of dementia.

Scientists in France looked

at 57,000 cases of dementia

in people under 65 and found

that a third could have

been caused by alcohol-related

brain damage.

Ben Ando reports.

Doctors already know heavy drinking

can lead to problems in the brain,

but this study focused on links

specifically to early onset

dementia, that means affecting

people younger than 65. Researchers

analysed the medical records of more

than 30 million people in France,

who spent time in hospital during

2008 and 2013. They published the

results in the Lancet health

journal. In that nationwide group

they found 1 million people with

dementia and of these 57,000 were

under 65. Among those people, heavy

drinking was linked to 39% or nearly

one in four cases. For this study

heavy drinking was defined as a

daily intake of more than four units

of alcohol for women and six for

men, that's the equivalent of three

pints of the year. Previous research

has suggested that drinking small

amounts, particularly of red wine,

can have a positive effect.

Those

studies really focus on modest

levels of alcohol intake, perhaps

one or two units a day, and perhaps

that has lulled people into a false

sense of security and perhaps we

haven't seen the other side of the

curb, where people have high levels

of alcohol consumption which can be

harmful to the brain in a variety of

ways. -- other side of the curve.

The Alzheimer's Society says it is

aware of the risks of heavy drinking

and its advice remains the same, try

to drink no more than 14 units of

alcohol were weak.

The High Court is looking at whether

police failed to investigate John

Worboys properly. Scotland Yard is

appealing against a previous

decision that they breached the

human rights of two women whose

destiny they failed to investigate

properly. The Metropolitan police

says it had procedures and practices

in place. If the ruling is upheld

this could be a land

nutcase for victims apostasy rights.

Liberal Democrat peer has resigned

from his role because of allegations

of sexual harassment. Lord Lester

will be investigated by the House of

Lords commission. He has denied the

allegations which have been

described as historical and he says

he will contest them vigorously.

More than 60 Brexit supporting

Conservative MPs have written to the

Prime Minister, setting out what

they believe written should achieve

from the deal with Brussels. MPs

insist that Britain should be free

to negotiate trade deals with other

countries as soon as it leaves the

EU. Senior ministers will meet

tomorrow to discuss what the

government wants from the final

Brexit deal.

The awards season in full swing.

Tonight it's the turn of the music

industry's BRIT Awards,

with the great and the good

of the pop world hoping

to bag a trophy.

Dua Lipa is leading the way

with the highest number

of nominations ever given

to a female artist in one year.

Seven in total.

The 22-year-old had a number one

with New Rules and is heading

towards 200,000 sales of her debut.

You will hear a full preview of the

BRIT Awards later. And one thing you

mention is that Liam Gallagher is a

bit annoyed because he hasn't been

asked to perform.

I did an interview with him two

years ago and we have to have a

pre-recorded and the editing

required...

Was a substantial?

Halfway through I said, if you want

all of this to get out, you have to

reduce your swearing little bit

because it is really hard to edit in

between.

He told me to go somewhere. In the

nicest possible way... I'm sure.

I will tell you who is going nowhere

at the moment, the women's curling

team!

They are doing well? Into the

semifinals.

And what about the men?

We are trying to join them. I'm just

having a look. We will dip into live

pictures.

I'm getting ahead of myself! It's

fine. What they beat the reigning

champions, the Olympic champions,

Canada, the quite a big deal. They

had to come from behind, so quite a

dramatic match, but they are into

the semifinals. Canada led for most

of the contest.

Eve Muirhead and co were behind

going into the final end but pulled

it out of the bag to win 6-5.

It will be the first time that

Canada's women weren't win a medal.

The men are going for a win in the

semifinals as well. They are playing

in the semifinals against the US and

after five ends the Americans lead

5-4.

And there was great news

for Billy Morgan overnight in "big

air" - pretty obvious why it's

called that when you look at this.

The Briton is in Saturday's final

after taking the final qualification

spot in his heat.

Jamie Nicholls and Rowan Coultas

missed out though.

But Lindsey Vonn, the most

successful female downhill skier

in history, couldn't take the gold

in what looks like her final Olympic

Games.

The American earned bronze,

with Italy's Sofia Goggia

taking top spot.

Elise Christie's hopes of a medal

at the 2018 Winter Olympics are over

after she was disqualified in her

1,000m short track heat yesterday.

She's had an awful games

with crashes, injury and then

that disqualification yesterday.

The 27-year-old appeared to be

in pain at times because of an ankle

injury sustained in a crash

in the 1500 metres on Saturday.

I worked so hard to come back from

this injury. I think 1000 people

wouldn't have skated with my ankle

the way it was. I could barely bend

my knee. It's just... The only thing

I can say is I promise Britain I

will fight back from this and I will

come back for Beijing. And hopefully

I can do Britain proud then.

It was a case of so near but so far

for Chelsea in the Champions League,

with Lionel Messi denying them

a great win at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea had the better of the

chances and eventually took the lead

through Willian.

But the Spanish giants came

on strong and Messi capitalised

on a Chelsea error to make it 1-1

and give Barcelona an important away

goal going into the second leg.

One mistake. Art as you know very

well against these types of players,

Lionel Messi and Louis Suarez, if

you make a mistake you pay.

England women head coach

Phil Neville has named

Chelsea's Anita Asante in his first

squad for next month's

SheBelieves Cup

in the United States.

Asante, who was last called up

in 2015, was one of several players

who said they were poorly treated

by previous boss Mark Sampson.

Injured skipper Steph Houghton has

also been named in the squad.

And, finally, lots of you have been

posting videos of yourselves giving

curling a go at home,

but you can always go

a little further.

Here's someone that has

taken their obsession with the Games

to a new level.

Personal trainer Frank has recreated

almost every Winter Olympic sport

in his gym and certainly deserves

a gold medal for his efforts.

Can you name them?

That was short track speed skating.

A bit of boarding and a bit of

curling.

Gold, silver or bronze for him?

No place on the podium, I'm afraid.

He has probably built a podium!

See you later.

Don't forget, Nick will have the

weather in about five minutes.

Social media and smart

phones go hand in hand,

as 95% of 15-year-olds in the UK use

digital platforms before

or after school,

that's according to

the Education Policy Institute.

Norman Lamb is the chair

of the Science and Technology

Committee, he joins us

now from Westminster.

Thank you for your time this

morning. Good morning. An enquiry.

Surely we know that if 95% of

children are using social media

sites, shouldn't it be time to take

action rather than look into what

needs to be done in order to take

action?

One of the good things about

this committee is we look at the

evidence and we do have some

evidence but there are also some

gaps and I think what's clear is

we've all gone through a revolution

over the last 15 years. Our lives

have changed dramatically.

Children's lives have changed,

compared to what earlier generations

went through in terms of the

intensity of use of mobile phones,

smart phones, social media. We need

to understand what the effects of

that are, positive and negative,

because it's important not just

think of this as a problem. And of

course for many young people they

are now getting access to help with

mental health problems, for example,

online. Nearly 80% of children and

young people contact ChildLine

online. So there are beneficial

effects as well is harmful effect

is, but we need to understand all of

this and I think we need to make

sure that the government is doing

all it should be doing and indeed

all the companies, the Facebooks of

this world, up protecting children.

You mentioned there are positives,

but let's focus for a moment on the

negatives. You mentioned Facebook.

There is a policy of allowing those

of the aged 13 and above to go

online, but there are doubts about

how effectively this is policed.

Whose fault is it if there is a

child who was adopted to social

media he doesn't know the limits, or

is exposed to attention, sexual

predatory attention, that they

shouldn't have to be exposed to

predatory attention, that they

shouldn't have to be exposed to?

You

have highlighted one of the issues

we will be looking at. It was found

that over one third, about 37%, of

15 new roles are extreme in users,

in other words using... Been online

for more than six hours a day, and

associated with that are mental

health problems, increased risk of

harm, the whole issue of grooming.

So the question then is what more

could companies like Facebook be

doing to protect children? What

should government be doing in terms

of setting the regulatory framework?

These are the kinds of things we

will be looking at and incidentally

we are very keen to hear from young

people, as well as the experts, in

understanding exactly what's going

on over there.

You are father of

two.

You've been doing your

research!

We have been known to do

it! Children slightly older than

teenage age, what you know how

difficult it can be to communicate

your concerns effectively to a child

who thinks they know best and that

you don't understand their world.

This is what happening a lot of the

time when parents try to police or

at least understand what they are

seeing on social media and

understand the different world they

are in.

I totally agree, lots of families,

including ours, have struggled with

this, knowing where to set

boundaries. Remember also that

parents aren't always perfect in

terms of their use of social media

and indeed their use of smart

phones. Sometimes you see people

walking down the street, the parent

on the smart phone with two small

children by their side not really

concentrating much on the children.

There's issues for all of us here.

It's a fascinating area. As I say,

the world has changed completely in

the space of not much more than a

decade. The idea that this

revolution has happened without it

having an effect, potentially

positive and negative, is fanciful,

so let's try and understand it

better.

Norman Lamb, chair of the

science and technology committee,

thanks for your time.

Thanks very

much.

Let us know what you think of

that.

You can find us on social media if

you want to know about that.

Here's Nick with a look

at this morning's weather.

Some gorgeous blue skies over

London, is that what London is

seeing this morning?

Will be a few brighter spells for

the rest of the UK as well, -- there

will be. Lots of fine and dry

weather to come, not just today but

for the rest of the week into the

weekend. Turning colder but next

week is where in the proper cold air

comes in, a gradual step down each

day in terms of the temperatures.

Some cloud around to start the day,

especially England and Wales, clear

skies in Scotland with frost, patchy

fog in Northern Ireland and here's

the cloud from the north-east into

England and Wales, Western Candice

of England and Wales seeing sunshine

today, maybe into Kent, the slight

chance of a shower and then thicker

cloud at times in the Midlands and

northern England, maybe a bit of

drizzle, that's how we start.

Northern Ireland, a few fog patches,

some slow to clear, sunny spells in

Scotland, a few fog patches as well

but lots of fine dry weather on the

way with temperatures rooted into

single figures. Around 6-9, only

getting lower. A steady slow process

until the real cold air arrives into

next week. Overnight a lot of the

cloud we've had will tend to clear,

allowing more clear skies. You can

see the land, that's where it's

indicating it will be clear, more

widespread frost tonight going into

tomorrow morning. Temperatures at or

a few degrees below freezing. Again

fog patches around here and there

into tomorrow that could be slow to

clear, barely a breath of wind for

most, tomorrow, the breeze, see the

arrows, picks up a bit for Northern

Ireland into western Scotland, some

cloud may be producing a light

shower, elsewhere, variable cloud,

sunny spells on a mainly dry day but

where you see eight or nine today,

tomorrow the temperatures come down

a further degree. Looking at Friday,

the air coming in from the

north-east more from the east

south-east location where we would

expect dry air coming in, less

cloud, more sunshine. A bit breezy

to the south and west of the UK,

most places are dry and again single

figure temperatures. I want to show

you the setup for the weekend, high

pressure from Scandinavia, the flow

of air around that well into next

week which comes in from the

easterly direction, a cold

direction, and the breeze picks up a

bit more as well. Lot of sunshine

this weekend but the thing to

notice, four locations here, but for

the whole of the country,

temperatures going down, the breeze

picking up, feeling colder but again

the proper cold air is next week.

Yes, but the sunshine is there so it

makes it all better.

Lots of blue

sky days weekend.

As soon as I hear

the word son I go all disease.

She

likes a bit of sunny weather.

I do

-- all busy. -- Wisniewski.

Thousands of small firms were

mistreated by Royal Bank Scotland

during the financial crisis,

that's according to a report

released by MPs.

Steph's been looking

at what happened.

I need to take you back about ten or

15 years to when this began. The

height of the financial crisis.

Lots of businesses

were struggling to pay

back their debts.

Royal Bank of Scotland

set up a unit called

the Global Restructuring Group,

so when one of their business

customers was struggling they would

be put through to this unit.

It was supposed to be an expert

service that could save a business,

but a report by the financial

regulator found that this unit

actually harmed a lot

of the businesses it was supposed

to help, with made-up fees,

high interest rates

and taking over

property in some cases.

Royal Bank of Scotland

said it was deeply sorry

for its treatment of

businesses in the GRG.

At its peak the unit was handling

around 16,000 businesses.

One of them was small

business owner Andi Gibbs.

Good morning to you, Andi. Tell us

about your business, it was an

architecture firm?

It was. I had

started a community festival in

Norwich and wanted after six years

to have a permanent base to create

creative industries, working

together and expanding their skills

base and sharing. Part of my

business was that accommodation, an

architectural practice which was

award-winning, plus a construction

company.

You went to Royal Bank of

Scotland to borrow money? Do more to

the project, it wasn't because you

were struggling, you went to expand?

Yes, we were in the final stages of

a four or five year building

project. We had a waiting list for

tenants to come into the property

because of its notoriety. This was

increased funding NatWest and they

suggested that my three accounts

should go to Royal Bank of Scotland.

You got the loan from Royal Bank of

Scotland and then what happened,

when did the trouble start?

The

easiest thing is to use an analogy.

If you can imagine that Royal Bank

of Scotland are a kind of swamp of

quicksand, Royal Bank of Scotland

offered the loan but structured onto

it and interest rate hedging product

which effectively was something they

sold to me which was a loss-making

product -- an interest rate. Because

the interest rates were going

down... Starting to go down that

effectively built in what was a

credit line that was unknown to me

and many customers. For a loan of

£1.3 million, there was a credit

line unknown of £1.5 million.

This

push you into financial difficulty

and that's when Royal Bank of

Scotland moved you into this GI G --

push you.

What pushed many

businesses was simply we were

complaining of what this interest

rate hedging product was doing --

pushed you -- GRG.

What happened?

You ended up losing the business?

Yes.

Yes. We transferred to GRG and we

had a situation where there was over

bullying, stopping direct payments,

stopping my professional insurance,

taking my lifeline away from

providing for my family. In the end

they fire sold the whole property,

or properties, 11 in total in

Norwich and destroyed the project.

That obviously hit you really hard?

It was. Out of it I had three major

operations, six hours, broken

marriage and a breakdown.

And OK

now?

-- and you're OK now? Am I? I

have a successful architecture

practice in Norwich. We will be OK

when we get justice, and that's what

we're fighting for. They had a

company called West Register where

they would try to offer you more

money, which I turned down with a

15% stake. When they said they

couldn't afford 1.3 million, they

offered £1.71 million as a loan.

There's hidden and sharing of assets

to basically pull the guillotine

down on the business.

You're part of

this group trying to fight it?

SMP

Alliance and whistleblowers are all

working together.

Good luck with

that. Thanks for your time, Andi, a

personal story so thanks for telling

the about it. In response Royal Bank

of Scotland have said they saw no

evidence... The report done by the

FCA saw no evidence of inappropriate

transfer to GRG and all companies

transferred were in financial

difficulty. They had the bank worked

with Andi to help him find a way to

meet his repayment obligations.

That's it from me for now on this.

Amazing how this hits home, a good

example. Thank you very much to both

of you.

For all of us on Breakfast the term

lie-in sounds like bliss,

but now a team of university sleep

experts are testing whether a later

school start time could benefit

pupils and their performance.

Research already suggests

that teenagers don't

get enough sleep.

And on BBC Two tonight,

Trust Me I'm a Doctor

will look at why teenagers'

bodyclocks are programmed to stay up

later than everyone else's.

Let's take a look.

Let's talk to Guy Holloway,

headmaster of Hampton Court House

School and David Ray,

a Professor of medicine

and endocrinology at

the University of Manchester.

Good morning to you. Guy, let's

start with you, what are you doing,

what time do the pupils turn up,

when do they go home and what

benefits have you seen?

Our students

have exactly the same amount of

tuition as they would if they were

starting at a traditional early

time. Our lessons start at 1pm and

they work until 7pm.

They turn up at

what time?

Well, many of the

students will turn up mid-morning,

but the actual heavy duty work, the

A-level studies, begin at 1pm.

Teachers have said what in terms of

how they're responding, how well the

students are learning and how easy

if it is at all to teach them?

The

feedback has been extraordinary. In

fact our staff talk about a golden

period, the period between 4pm and

7pm where it's reported that is

where the best concentration and the

best learning takes place. The fact

is we are in society accustomed to

what we are used to. Why is it that

up and down the country primary

school children come happily into

school and suddenly... I see it all

the time on the way to work, you see

teenagers making their way to the

bus stop and frankly they are

walking like zombies. It looks like

a scene from Shaun of the Dead, but

we've become accustomed to it and we

accept that as normal. There's

something profoundly wrong about

asking our teenagers to get up early

in the morning. They can do it, just

as we can up early to catch a 6am

flight, but the fact is it's

unnatural. The neuroscientific

community is doing this country's

teenagers a great service by

suggesting that what we are doing is

supported by the research.

A

passionate defence of teenagers

getting up later, lots of people

getting in contact with the

programme as well, talking about the

fact they recognise this in their

own teenagers. Is it backed by

research?

Yes, absolutely. Chromo

type refers to whether someone is

more of a morning person or an

evening person and we all recognise

and remember ourselves that during

teenage years we all shift very much

later. Boys even later than girls

during teenage years and for the

rest of our lives we get earlier and

earlier and earlier. The problem

with that is even telling teenagers

that they should go to bed at 10pm

to get up at 7am, if they can't get

to sleep at 10pm, they are lying in

bed, they are restless and trying to

get them up early in the morning is

very hard.

And he makes a point that

many are making, wouldn't teens go

to sleep later knowing they get a

lie in in the morning, therefore

negating the effect of a later start

to a school day?

That's interesting.

There's a lot of theoretical

research suggesting this late chromo

type in teenage years is a real

phenomenon. It's not something easy

to fight against. Real-life

experiments like starting school

later is what we need to see in real

life if this really helps.

Time is

tight but when would you see the

benefits of this, how quickly could

you see positive change?

Very

quickly, very quickly. Within a day

or two, it is as quick as that.

Essentially the practical issue

would be if teenagers get used to

starting school and starting work at

1pm, then the potential is they will

go to sleep at 2am or 3am and then

they will be out of phase with the

rest of their family and if exams

when they come around in the summer

start at 9am then it will be like

trying to do an exam in the middle

of the night so there are practical

knock-on effects.

David, good to

talk to you and Guy Holloway, thank

you very much as well. We will be

hearing from Guy later.

Trust Me I'm a Doctor

is on BBC Two tonight at 8:30pm.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

That's all from me for now.

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 Naga Munchetty.

A move on gun control policy

in the United States.

President Trump indicates he's

willing to make a change.

As students prepare to march

in the state capital

after last week's school shooting,

he says he'd support a ban

on devices which turn

rifles into machine-guns.

Good morning, it's

Wednesday 21st February.

Also this morning:

Warnings of a humanitarian disaster

in Syria where hundreds of people

have died after days of bombing.

We look at how early onset

dementia could be linked

to regular heavy drinking.

Good morning.

We are in north Wales, 1000 feet

above the Menai Straits. This is a

crucial

above the Menai Straits. This is a

crucial time of year for British

livestock farmers, especially for

sheep farmers and now senior police

officers say it is time to get a

grip on the problem of dog attacks

on livestock.

KFC says many of its restaurants

could be closed for the rest of the

week as the chain enters another day

of supply problems. We will speak to

a worker's union just before eight

a.m..

And in the sport here

in Pyeongchang, there was great news

for Britain's curlers overnight.

And can the men join

the women in the semi-finals?

I'll bring you the latest

on all that and everything else,

in half an hour.

And Nick has the weather.

Good morning. Frosty in Scotland and

parts of Northern Ireland. Sunny

spells to come for England and

Wales. We have the forecast for the

rest of the week into the weekend as

it turns cold.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

President Trump has suggested

he could be willing to make some

changes on gun control laws,

following the school shooting

in Florida last week.

He has signed an order to ban

bump-stock devices which turn

rifles into machine-guns.

They were used by a gunman

who killed 58 Las Vegas

last year.

Mr Trump says legislation

could be ready "very soon".

Our North America correspondent

David Willis reports.

We don't know where the shooter is!

The scenes are nothing new here,

but last week's high school shooting

in Florida has galvanised the debate

on gun control in America in a way

few here can remember.

Students who survived

an attack which killed 17

of their teachers and classmates are

speaking out fluidly and forcefully.

Do not let people try

to get under your skin!

Their youthful voices

resonating where those of long

serving politicians have

largely fallen flat.

We are what's bringing the change.

We're going to keep talking.

We're going to keep pushing

until something is done,

because people are dying and this

can't happen any more.

Reflecting the national

mood of grief and anger

in the wake of last week's shooting,

President Trump, who supports gun

ownership, offered a concession -

a ban on bump-stock devices,

used to devastating effect

in the Las Vegas massacre

last year.

I signed a memorandum directing

the attorney general to proposed

regulations to ban all

devices that turn legal

weapons into machine-guns.

Students arriving for a rally later

today in the Florida state capital

Tallahassee say that's not enough.

Some are heading to Washington

at the invitation of the White House

to press the case for

comprehensive gun reforms

with the President himself.

Some here are hailing

it a turning point

in the acrimonious debate

about guns, but America has been

here so many times before.

And we'll be speaking to one

of the pupils from the Florida

school where 17 people were killed

last week as he prepares to march

in Tallahassee later today.

That's at 7:10am.

The bombardment of the rebel-held

Eastern Ghouta by the Syrian

government and its allies has

continued for a third day,

prompting the United Nations to warn

of the risk of a second Aleppo.

Reports suggest around 250 people

have died following two

days of attacks.

According to activists,

it is the worst violence in the area

near Damascus since 2013.

Speaking from the area,

one activist told the BBC this

is as bad as it's been.

The mortars are dropping

on us like rain.

There is nowhere to hide from this

nightmare in Eastern Ghouta.

A landmark ruling is being reviewed

by the Supreme Court

over whether police are accountable

for their failure to investigate

victim's allegations of the black

cab rapist John Worboys.

Scotland Yard is appealing

against a previous decision

that they breached the human rights

of two women whose testimony

they failed to investigate properly.

The Metropolitan Police as it has

practices and procedures in place.

If the ruling is upheld this could

be a landmark case for victims

rights.

The family of a missing 29-year-old

man have travelled to Israel to take

part in a press conference

later this morning, in the hope

of raising awareness

of his disappearance.

Oliver McAfee from County Down

in Northern Ireland,

was last seen three months ago,

while cycling near Mitzpe Ramon.

Our Middle East correspondent

Tom Bateman joins us

from our Jerusalem newsroom.

What is happening? I understand some

of the gentleman's belongings have

been found?

That's right. Police

have said they found a number of

items belonging to Oliver McAfee. He

was cycling through Europe and had

made a nearly 9000 mile journey

before coming to northern Israel. He

was cycling on a trail and stop in

Jerusalem and he then disappeared in

the desert in the south of Israel.

As you say, police say they found

items and they also say they found

piles of stones and words written on

pieces of paper from the Bible. His

family have travelled here and going

to hold a press conference at the

British embassy in Tel Aviv this

morning. They say they want to

revitalise this investigation. A

want to revitalise the search. But

they have said that given that 90

days or so have passed since any

confirmed sighting of Oliver McAfee,

the lack of a breakthrough is taking

its toll.

Thanks for the moment.

Heavy drinking may be a major risk

factor for the early

onset of dementia.

Scientists in France looked

at 57,000 cases of dementia

in people under 65 and found

that a third could have

been caused by alcohol-related

brain damage.

Ben Ando reports.

Doctors already know heavy drinking

can lead to problems in the brain,

but this study focused on links

specifically to early onset

dementia, that means affecting

people younger than 65.

Researchers analysed the medical

records of more than 30 million

people in France,

who'd spent time in hospital

during 2008 and 2013.

They published the results

in the Lancet health journal.

In that nationwide group they found

1 million people with dementia

and of these 57,000 were under 65.

Among those people, heavy drinking

was linked to 39% or nearly

one in four cases.

For this study, heavy drinking

was defined as a daily intake

of more than four units of alcohol

for women

and six for men,

that's the equivalent

of three pints of beer.

Previous research has

suggested that drinking small

amounts, particularly of red wine,

can have a positive effect.

Those studies really focus on very

modest levels of alcohol intake,

perhaps one or two units a day,

and perhaps that has lulled us

into a false sense of security

and perhaps we haven't seen

the other side of the curve,

where people have higher levels

of alcohol consumption that can be

harmful to the brain

in a variety of ways.

The Alzheimer's Society says it's

aware of the risks of heavy

drinking and its advice remains

the same for everyone -

try to drink no more than 14 units

of alcohol per week.

More than 60 Brexit-supporting

Conservative MPs have written

to the Prime Minister,

setting out what they believe

Britain should achieve

from a deal with Brussels.

The MPs, from the European Research

Group of Tory backbenchers,

insist that Britain should be free

to negotiate trade deals with other

countries, as soon

as it leaves the EU.

Senior ministers will meet tomorrow

to discuss what the government wants

from the final Brexit deal.

The awards season is in full swing

and tonight it's the turn

of the music industry to celebrate

with the BRIT Awards.

22-year-old Londoner

Dua Lipa leads the way

with five nominations,

while eyes will also be

on Ed Sheeran after his

record breaking year.

Our entertainment correspondent

Colin Paterson reports.

Dua Lipa's five BRIT nominations

are the most ever in one year

by a female artist.

The 22-year-old Londoner had

a number one with New Rules

and is heading towards 200,000

sales of her debut.

At the moment she is bigger

than Beyonce, Taylor

Swift, Rihanna and she has

what all of those huge

American artists has.

She's not workshy, she'll turn up

and do the interviews and promos

and she'll spend 24 hours doing

the video, and extreme focus 24/7.

However, the night's biggest award,

Album of the Year, is expected to go

to Ed Sheeran's Divide.

It was number one for a third

of last year and it would be a major

shock if he did not win.

# You will keep the secrets in ya

# You've been keeping

paraphernalia...#

One man who's not

happy about the BRITs

is Liam Gallagher, who is nominated

for Best Male, but is furious

that he hasn't been asked to perform

and says the Brits have "ballooned

it" and are too scared

to let him onstage.

And unlike at the Baftas,

where almost every actress wore

black on the red carpet,

at the BRITs expect

a variety of coloured outfits.

Instead, acts are asked

to wear a white rose pin

if they want to show solidarity

for anti-harassment movements.

Nick will have the weather forecast

later and of course the sport as

well.

Dozens of students and parents

from the Florida high school

where 17 teenagers and staff members

were killed last week will march

in the state capital Tallahassee

later, as part of a campaign

to make schools safer.

President Trump has signed an order

to ban bump-stock devices,

which enable rifles to shoot

hundreds of rounds a minute.

Lewis Mizen is a student

at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High

School, the scene of

last week's shooting.

He joins us live from Tallahassee.

Thank you so much for coming on the

programme again. Many of our viewers

would have seen and heard you

speaking to us over the weekend. I

suppose most importantly of all, how

are you nearly one week on?

I know

Kate. Getting through it day by day.

-- I'm OK. What's happened over the

last few days has been a great

distraction. I've been with my

friends, dealing with interviews and

planning this Tallahassee trip. It's

been a really good distraction for

me and obviously earlier today, it

doesn't feel like earlier today, it

is two o'clock, at earlier yesterday

morning I was at a friend's funeral.

So obviously that was tough. But I

was surrounded by my friends, family

and the community and we are getting

through a day by day.

You say you

have been to a friend's funeral. Is

there a feeling at the moment that

you need to channel this energy that

you have for change

you need to channel this energy that

you have for change? Is that why

there's such a pace about the way

you are going about your business

the moment?

Absolutely. We all know

how the new cycle works and we will

only stay in it for a week or so is

we want to get as much done as we

can while the focus is still on

what's happened, e-commerce if we

take our time to grieve -- because

if we take our time to grieve