22/02/2018

0:00:04 > 0:00:12Good morning, it's Thursday the 22nd of February.

0:00:13 > 0:00:17Anger at the White House. Donald Trump listens to the stories of

0:00:17 > 0:00:24survivors of school shootings.I turned 18 the day after, woke up to

0:00:24 > 0:00:31the news that my best friend was gone. I don't understand why I could

0:00:31 > 0:00:38still go in a store and buy a weapon of war.The president promises

0:00:38 > 0:00:47change and suggests arming teachers could be the answer.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Good morning, it's Thursday the 22nd of February.

0:01:00 > 0:01:01Also this morning:

0:01:01 > 0:01:03Anti-depressants do work and more of us should be

0:01:03 > 0:01:05taking them according to new scientific research.

0:01:05 > 0:01:13Could the squeeze on pay finally be over and living standards on the up?

0:01:16 > 0:01:20A new report says yes, I'll look at who is set to benefit.

0:01:20 > 0:01:26And I'm in Pendle, home of GB slalom skier Dave Ryding.

0:01:26 > 0:01:32He started on the dry slopes here. They are so proud, he came in the

0:01:32 > 0:01:36top ten, ninth, well done to Dave. Disappointment for the men's curling

0:01:36 > 0:01:43team, they are out must work the way this morning by Switzerland.Theresa

0:01:43 > 0:01:46May, where's the money for Grenfell?

0:01:46 > 0:01:49A strong message from Stormzy as the grime superstar

0:01:49 > 0:01:50wins big at the Brits.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53And Nick has the weather.

0:01:53 > 0:01:57Good morning. A touch of frost, patchy fog around this morning but

0:01:57 > 0:02:02plenty of fine, dry weather to come, not just today, for the rest of the

0:02:02 > 0:02:05week and into the weekend with increasing sunshine by then. The

0:02:05 > 0:02:09main story is the turning colder part of the forecast and how cold it

0:02:09 > 0:02:13will get next week. I've got the full forecast coming up.

0:02:13 > 0:02:14Nick, thank you very much.

0:02:14 > 0:02:14Good morning.

0:02:14 > 0:02:16First, our main story.

0:02:16 > 0:02:17President Trump says he's considering arming teachers

0:02:17 > 0:02:20with guns and tightening background checks on people buying weapons

0:02:20 > 0:02:23after last week's school shootings in Florida which left

0:02:23 > 0:02:2317 people dead.

0:02:23 > 0:02:26Mr Trump was speaking at a meeting at the White House

0:02:26 > 0:02:29where he listened to emotional and angry testimony from survivors

0:02:29 > 0:02:31of gun crime and their families.

0:02:31 > 0:02:36Barbara Plett-Usher reports.

0:02:36 > 0:02:41The people demand a hearing. In Florida telling their lawmakers loud

0:02:41 > 0:02:45and clear, they don't want this mass shooting to drop off the political

0:02:45 > 0:02:50agenda like all the others have. At the White House, President Trump was

0:02:50 > 0:02:54listening to victims of the parkland school attack but also those that

0:02:54 > 0:03:00came before it. Andrew Pollack's 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, was

0:03:00 > 0:03:04killed last week.Doesn't make sense, fix it, should have been one

0:03:04 > 0:03:10school shooting and we should have fixed it. And I'm kissed. It's my

0:03:10 > 0:03:19daughter I'm not going to see again. She's not here, she's not here,

0:03:19 > 0:03:23she's in North Lauderdale at whatever it is, King David Cemetery,

0:03:23 > 0:03:27that's where I go see my kid now.It doesn't make sense to her

0:03:27 > 0:03:34schoolmate, Samuel Zaif either, especially the gunman's access to a

0:03:34 > 0:03:38semiautomatic rifle.I don't understand, I turned 18 the day

0:03:38 > 0:03:46after, woke up to the news that my best friend was gone and I don't

0:03:46 > 0:03:52understand why I could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war.The

0:03:52 > 0:03:56president has responded to calls for tougher gun laws with promises of

0:03:56 > 0:04:01strong background checks, but also more guns.It's called concealed

0:04:01 > 0:04:05carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them. They go for

0:04:05 > 0:04:11special training.There is some support for that argument, but

0:04:11 > 0:04:16students who survived the attack flooded Florida's state legislature

0:04:16 > 0:04:21demanding a ban on assault rifles. Never again!The students aim to

0:04:21 > 0:04:26harness that momentum and turn it into a national campaign. Barbara

0:04:26 > 0:04:36Plett-Usher, BBC News, Tallahassee, Florida.

0:04:36 > 0:04:39The largest study of its kind into the use of anti-depressants has

0:04:39 > 0:04:41found that they ARE effective when treating depression.

0:04:41 > 0:04:44A review of more than 500 trials, published in The Lancet,

0:04:44 > 0:04:46found 21 common anti-depressants were more effective at reducing

0:04:46 > 0:04:48symptoms of acute depression than placebos.

0:04:48 > 0:04:49Andrew Plant reports.

0:04:49 > 0:04:52They're one of the most commonly used drugs in the world

0:04:52 > 0:04:53with millions of prescriptions for antidepressants given

0:04:53 > 0:04:58out every year.

0:04:58 > 0:05:01That's more than one prescription per person. But four years there's

0:05:01 > 0:05:06been debate and doubt over how effective they really are. Now the

0:05:06 > 0:05:10University of Oxford has analysed the data on a huge scale and says

0:05:10 > 0:05:14everyone of the 21 drugs they looked that did help patients to manage

0:05:14 > 0:05:24their depression.We found the most commonly prescribed and

0:05:24 > 0:05:27antidepressants worked for major depression and for people with

0:05:27 > 0:05:31moderate to severe depression, and we also found some of them are more

0:05:31 > 0:05:38effective than others, or better tolerated than others.Many who take

0:05:38 > 0:05:42antidepressants say there is still a stigma attached to using the

0:05:42 > 0:05:46medication.When I first started taking them, the first question

0:05:46 > 0:05:50asked was when are you going to come off them, are you going to take them

0:05:50 > 0:05:54for a short amount of time? It doesn't really work like that. You

0:05:54 > 0:05:59wouldn't say to a diabetic, when are you going to wean yourself off

0:05:59 > 0:06:05insulin, you know? I think people need to realise that the benefits...

0:06:05 > 0:06:09It's an ongoing thing.The study also ranked the drugs according to

0:06:09 > 0:06:16how effective they were, which could help doctors pick the right

0:06:16 > 0:06:20prescriptions for their patients. Andrew Plant, BBC News.

0:06:20 > 0:06:23Theresa May will try to overcome differences among her senior

0:06:23 > 0:06:30ministers on Brexit.

0:06:30 > 0:06:33It's being billed as an 'awayday' at the Prime Minister's country

0:06:33 > 0:06:36residence, Chequers.

0:06:36 > 0:06:41This is an away day with a bit of a difference?It is. The Cabinet big

0:06:41 > 0:06:48hitters will head 40 miles north-west of here at Westminster to

0:06:48 > 0:06:51the rolling Buckinghamshire countryside to the 16th century

0:06:51 > 0:06:56manor house, Chequers, the Prime Minister's country retreat. It is

0:06:56 > 0:07:00Roald Dahl country in that part of Buckinghamshire, the author spent

0:07:00 > 0:07:04much of his life there and the whole Brexit process can feel a bit

0:07:04 > 0:07:09squiggle ink at times, I love those Roald Dahl made up words. Let's talk

0:07:09 > 0:07:14about some of the central characters in the plot today. Firstly and

0:07:14 > 0:07:18centrally we have the Prime Minister, she will be chairing the

0:07:18 > 0:07:21meeting today of these senior ministers, trying to find an

0:07:21 > 0:07:25agreement about what the end state should look like, our relationship

0:07:25 > 0:07:32with the EU. That's once we are out the EU and the transition and

0:07:32 > 0:07:37implementation period is over. Who else will be there? This guy, David

0:07:37 > 0:07:43Davis, the Brexit Secratary, he had a goat in Vienna in a speech talking

0:07:43 > 0:07:47about the future relationship -- had a go. Whenever you look at the

0:07:47 > 0:07:54Cabinet, the country and the parliament, there's different views.

0:07:54 > 0:07:57Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, has recently talked about wanting a

0:07:57 > 0:08:02moderate change with the EU relationship after Brexit and there

0:08:02 > 0:08:06are those who argued for Brexit, you might recognise this chap, Boris

0:08:06 > 0:08:11Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, among others, who say there should

0:08:11 > 0:08:14be able attachment from the EU in the future. They're just the

0:08:14 > 0:08:21negotiations in the Cabinet. Then the negotiations with Brussels get

0:08:21 > 0:08:25under way in earnest. They say they don't want the UK picking and

0:08:25 > 0:08:29choosing the rules and regulations it stays close to or to ditch in the

0:08:29 > 0:08:35future. And to use that phrase we hear a lot of, the clock continues

0:08:35 > 0:08:41to tick, 400 days until Brexit day on the 29th of March next year.OK,

0:08:41 > 0:08:55400 days. Chris, 400 days more of analysis. Thank you very much.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote later today

0:09:03 > 0:09:06on a draft resolution demanding a 30 day month-long ceasefire in Syria

0:09:06 > 0:09:08to allow deliveries of aid and medical evacuations.

0:09:08 > 0:09:10The move comes as international concern grows over

0:09:10 > 0:09:13the Syrian government's intense bombardment of the rebel-held area

0:09:13 > 0:09:14of Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus.

0:09:14 > 0:09:16Reports suggest more than 300 people have been killed

0:09:16 > 0:09:18in the district since Sunday.

0:09:18 > 0:09:21People convicted of domestic abuse offences in England and Wales

0:09:21 > 0:09:23will be more likely to go to prison in future,

0:09:23 > 0:09:24under new sentencing guidelines.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27For the first time, the guidance will say domestic

0:09:27 > 0:09:30offences should be treated more seriously than similar crimes not

0:09:30 > 0:09:31involving partners or family members.

0:09:31 > 0:09:34The new guidance will also extend domestic abuse to threats

0:09:34 > 0:09:40on social media.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43A month of strikes affecting more than 60 UK universities and one

0:09:43 > 0:09:44million students is beginning today.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47Lecturers are walking out over changes to their pensions,

0:09:47 > 0:09:50which they say could leave them up to £10,000 a year worse

0:09:50 > 0:09:52off in retirement.

0:09:52 > 0:09:56Here's our education correspondent Elaine Dunkley.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59Thousands of lectures cancelled across university campuses.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02The strike's in response to plans by vice chancellors to make changes

0:10:02 > 0:10:06to the private pensions of university staff.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09We're going to see people really lose probably in their retirement

0:10:09 > 0:10:13up to 40% of what their pensions were before.

0:10:13 > 0:10:16The University and College Union says lecturers, on average,

0:10:16 > 0:10:18will lose up to £10,000 a year from their pensions.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21As many as 42,000 stuff at 64 universities will be affected.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23Universities UK, which represents vice chancellors,

0:10:23 > 0:10:26says changes to the pension are essential due to a deficit

0:10:26 > 0:10:34of £6 billion.

0:10:34 > 0:10:36If the dispute isn't resolved by the summer,

0:10:36 > 0:10:38exams could be cancelled.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41More than 70,000 students have signed a petition calling for fees

0:10:41 > 0:10:43to be be reimbursed for lost teaching hours.

0:10:43 > 0:10:45It's extremely worrying in terms of the impact

0:10:45 > 0:10:50that it's going to have on students' education.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53But myself and a lot of other students are very clear

0:10:53 > 0:10:55that we unequivocally support our lecturers

0:10:55 > 0:10:57in this dispute.

0:10:57 > 0:11:02It's quite scary to think about how much time we're leaving,

0:11:02 > 0:11:07and especially with how much money we're paying every year,

0:11:07 > 0:11:10I don't know whether we'll get that time back,

0:11:10 > 0:11:12especially with exams coming up and everything.

0:11:12 > 0:11:1514 days of action are planned but it could go on longer.

0:11:15 > 0:11:17A dispute which could have a significant impact

0:11:17 > 0:11:19on the retirement of thousands of lecturers

0:11:19 > 0:11:21on the careers of millions of students.

0:11:21 > 0:11:22Elaine Dunkley, BBC News.

0:11:22 > 0:11:25How much time do you spend on your phone?

0:11:25 > 0:11:28A new survey says we're receiving, on average, at least four times more

0:11:28 > 0:11:31messages or alerts on our mobiles than ten years ago.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34The study by Virgin Mobile says we receive an average of nearly

0:11:34 > 0:11:3634,000 mobile phone messages or alerts a year.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39It means that people's phones beep around 90 times a day

0:11:39 > 0:11:42That's the equivalent of spending 22 days a year

0:11:42 > 0:11:50checking your messages.

0:11:57 > 0:12:08In between the talking is better! Stop the phone. Do you know, when we

0:12:08 > 0:12:11do that and you have the sound effects of the phone and those kinds

0:12:11 > 0:12:15of things, it's quite annoying when you're at home.I just did that

0:12:15 > 0:12:21phase, you note? Hello, Ben.I know that phase very well.Now, now! Good

0:12:21 > 0:12:33morning. It's annoying when it is constant -- why I just did that

0:12:33 > 0:12:39face, you know?

0:12:39 > 0:12:45face, you know? Let's have a look at the front pages of the newspapers.

0:12:45 > 0:12:49Looking at the Brexit plan, this important meeting in Chequers today.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53We will look ahead with interest at the messages that emerge later in

0:12:53 > 0:13:03the day.The Guardian picking up on that. There are concerns among

0:13:03 > 0:13:08Theresa May's cabinet, or about the Cabinet, for some who want an

0:13:08 > 0:13:12extreme Brexit, more closely aligned to the situation we are in at the

0:13:12 > 0:13:17moment with the EU. The picture is our top story: Gun control, Donald

0:13:17 > 0:13:23Trump has had a meeting with some of those affected by gun crime. He met

0:13:23 > 0:13:29with them yesterday. This is another top story here, depression,

0:13:29 > 0:13:32antidepressants do work, some are more effective than others, there's

0:13:32 > 0:13:38been a groundbreaking study on that. That story also on the front page of

0:13:38 > 0:13:42the Times. One of these harrowing images from Syria making a lot of

0:13:42 > 0:13:47the papers, the chaos that is in assuming right now.In case you were

0:13:47 > 0:13:52worried, Lee and Cheryl are fine. On the front page of the Times, doctors

0:13:52 > 0:13:59should prescribe more antidepressants, that is the son's

0:13:59 > 0:14:05take on the latest research -- Liam and Cheryl -- front page of the

0:14:05 > 0:14:10Metro son -- Sun's of Barking

0:14:14 > 0:14:19the best results for Lloyds since the financial crisis.Lloyds now

0:14:19 > 0:14:22back in private ownership after the big taxpayer bailout at the height

0:14:22 > 0:14:26of the financial crisis. We'll get the Barclays results later, keep an

0:14:26 > 0:14:31eye on those. The Bank of England yesterday signalling there could be

0:14:31 > 0:14:35an end to the altar are cheap mortgages we have got used to,

0:14:35 > 0:14:39interest rates at record lows at the moment, the governor of the Bank of

0:14:39 > 0:14:43England suggesting there could be four rises over the course of the

0:14:43 > 0:14:47year, the first one we think could be in about May.Did he actually is

0:14:47 > 0:14:55a four or hint?He said something more than three. -- did he actually

0:14:55 > 0:14:59said four. More than many expected. What the bank is careful about is

0:14:59 > 0:15:03raising them too quickly, if interest rates go up that means it

0:15:03 > 0:15:07is more expensive to borrow, especially mortgages, so we're just

0:15:07 > 0:15:11coming out that squeeze, if you're paying more for your mortgage you

0:15:11 > 0:15:15might feel the squeeze.It's worth pointing out, mortgage rate rises

0:15:15 > 0:15:19can make things difficult for households but even if there were

0:15:19 > 0:15:22four in the space of 12 months, they are still historically low. That

0:15:22 > 0:15:27doesn't change in the space of a short period of time relatively.The

0:15:27 > 0:15:32issue... We should also talk about savers, good news for them finally

0:15:32 > 0:15:36after a decade of record low interest rates, but the issue is the

0:15:36 > 0:15:39fact there's a whole generation of mortgage holders who have never seen

0:15:39 > 0:15:43an interest rate rise. There's a whole range of people who haven't

0:15:43 > 0:15:46seen their payments go up so psychologically it's a big change to

0:15:46 > 0:15:51think about the money you're paying on your mortgage could go up. Do you

0:15:51 > 0:16:00know what a centi billionaire is? 100 billion.Gave the game away a

0:16:00 > 0:16:06bit. Breaking through $100 billion. This is the world's richest people.

0:16:06 > 0:16:11Bill Gates, he is at the top, this man breaking through the barrier of

0:16:11 > 0:16:15being worth more than $100 billion, Jeff Bayes Oss, the founder of

0:16:15 > 0:16:20Amazon. A select club, there's not many in there, five of them at the

0:16:20 > 0:16:26moment.How do you say it, centi billionaire? I don't think it works

0:16:26 > 0:16:31very well.No, I think you're right. It sounds more like an animal than a

0:16:31 > 0:16:35measure of wealth.I don't think they care too much if they're worth

0:16:35 > 0:16:43$100 billion!

0:16:43 > 0:16:46Good morning. Cold air on the way, even

0:16:46 > 0:16:48Good morning. Cold air on the way, even colder than what it is. We will

0:16:48 > 0:16:53look at that in just a moment. The weather is very quiet. Mainly dry

0:16:53 > 0:17:00today. There are just one or two showers around that most of us will

0:17:00 > 0:17:03see large amounts of cloud with occasional sunshine coming through.

0:17:03 > 0:17:07Let's take a look at the big picture. To get these weather fronts

0:17:07 > 0:17:14in the Atlantique, they are not bothering us. It is high pressure

0:17:14 > 0:17:21and mainly settled. Just patchy frost around. Large amounts -- large

0:17:21 > 0:17:28amounts of cloud and bright and sunny spells coming through. You can

0:17:28 > 0:17:35see them here to the east of Northern Ireland. Don't be surprised

0:17:35 > 0:17:42by that. A bit more of breeze in bed with the rest of the UK. As we go

0:17:42 > 0:17:48through tonight, large holes developing. Frost taking hold for

0:17:48 > 0:17:53more of us compare to last night going into tomorrow morning. Not

0:17:53 > 0:18:04many of us here, but you can see where the Blues elsewhere.

0:18:04 > 0:18:08where the Blues elsewhere. Nothing widespread thankfully. A frosty

0:18:08 > 0:18:16start compared with today. A few more wind arrows showing up. The

0:18:16 > 0:18:25wind becoming more of a factor. Temperatures fairly similar. That is

0:18:25 > 0:18:31still with us into the weekend, as is high pressure to the east of us.

0:18:31 > 0:18:41It's an easterly flow. Loads of sunshine around at the weekend. Just

0:18:41 > 0:18:46a bit of patchy cloud, maybe towards Northern Ireland on Saturday. Most

0:18:46 > 0:18:51of us will see plenty of sunshine, overnight frost in the clear skies

0:18:51 > 0:18:56and temperatures continuing to step down as we pump in the blue from the

0:18:56 > 0:19:03east. From Siberia. The colder areas coming in. That's what we expect.

0:19:03 > 0:19:08Even colder weather. An indication of some of our top temperatures.

0:19:08 > 0:19:16London, colder than elsewhere. A bigger dip in temperature. Then, as

0:19:16 > 0:19:24we go deeper into next week, a chance for seeing some snow. The

0:19:24 > 0:19:26cold there is definitely coming.

0:19:31 > 0:19:34In the past few months, the battle against plastic has been

0:19:34 > 0:19:36brought into sharp focus, in part thanks to the television

0:19:36 > 0:19:37series Blue Planet Two.

0:19:37 > 0:19:38series

0:19:38 > 0:19:40Later today, annual waste statistics will be published.

0:19:40 > 0:19:43In recent years Wales has outperformed the rest of the UK

0:19:43 > 0:19:44at recycling household waste.

0:19:44 > 0:19:49We've sent Breakfast's John Maguire to New Quay Bay to find out why.

0:19:49 > 0:19:57Why they so much better in Wales compared to the rest the UK?The

0:19:57 > 0:20:03next few minutes will reveal all. They do well in Wales. The of court

0:20:03 > 0:20:09-- of course is whether it is top-down or bottom-up. We are joined

0:20:09 > 0:20:13by some locals from New Quay. They are going to do a bit of a beach

0:20:13 > 0:20:17clean, tell us about the kind of things they find on the beach. I

0:20:17 > 0:20:22suppose, its partnership really between local authorities,

0:20:22 > 0:20:24government and residents and volunteer groups, charities,

0:20:24 > 0:20:30committee groups, to try to get serious about the problem. I think

0:20:30 > 0:20:35you are right. It seems as if Blue Planet II was a real watershed

0:20:35 > 0:20:43moment. So many have woken up to the problem of plastics in the ocean.

0:20:43 > 0:20:50But this is what we do so well here.

0:20:50 > 0:20:56It's a bin day in Bridgend and on the curbside, a rainfall of refuse.

0:20:56 > 0:21:02Orange bags the cardboard, white paper, Brown for food. There are

0:21:02 > 0:21:07even bags the nappies, purple, and just two blue bags of non-

0:21:07 > 0:21:11recyclables collected every other week. Residents who transgress risk

0:21:11 > 0:21:17being fined but locals here seem happy.Good, yeah. Good for the

0:21:17 > 0:21:21environment and everything, keeps everyone on the toes.I've got a

0:21:21 > 0:21:25child who is eight as well and he finds it because he chucked

0:21:25 > 0:21:28everything in the bin but just getting him used to it.Once you are

0:21:28 > 0:21:33used to it, you are all right? Yeah. Bridgend Council as reaching rates

0:21:33 > 0:21:39other councils dream of, reaching 74%. The recycling level in Wales is

0:21:39 > 0:21:4664% against a UK average of 44%. The pretty coastal village here is

0:21:46 > 0:21:49cutting down on single use plastic and has been awarded the special

0:21:49 > 0:21:55status by the environmental

0:21:57 > 0:21:59status by the environmental campaign group Surfers against sewerage. The

0:21:59 > 0:22:03local shop owner Mike Allen shows me around. They haven't banned

0:22:03 > 0:22:07plastics, they are offering alternatives. Wooden clothes pegs,

0:22:07 > 0:22:11looseleaf tea, and even a toothbrush made from bamboo.Wooden

0:22:11 > 0:22:16toothbrushes. Those are our second biggest seller. They seem to have

0:22:16 > 0:22:22attracted people's attention. We have the plastic with those as well.

0:22:22 > 0:22:28There are around 150 Dolphins living out in Cardigan Bay. The environment

0:22:28 > 0:22:32here is jealously guarded and it was a concern about ocean plastics that

0:22:32 > 0:22:37inspired resident Gail Tudor to rally community support.You look at

0:22:37 > 0:22:40the beautiful beach and you think it is pretty clean but when you start

0:22:40 > 0:22:44going down and see the stock that has washed up, in the seaweed, it's

0:22:44 > 0:22:49not. That is left by holidaymakers and local people, a lot of it is

0:22:49 > 0:22:54washed in.The talk here is that cutting down on waste, especially

0:22:54 > 0:22:58plastic, can spread to the next village, the next county, the next

0:22:58 > 0:23:09country. Plastics are under attack from people power.

0:23:09 > 0:23:14Welcome back to New Quay. I want to talk to Hannah. The Environment

0:23:14 > 0:23:22Minister for Wales, how come Wales is doing so well in leading the way

0:23:22 > 0:23:30to the UK Western Mike we are just over 5% of the recycling and now

0:23:30 > 0:23:37we're up to 64%.It is a record to be proud of. In terms of how we've

0:23:37 > 0:23:45got there, it's a combination of political leadership, but also

0:23:45 > 0:23:51working with local authorities for statutory targets and funding and

0:23:51 > 0:23:54things like waste treatment and collection.Lots of carrot and

0:23:54 > 0:24:02stick. What about businesses and larger organisations? Governments

0:24:02 > 0:24:09and councils themselves.It's one of those things which is the

0:24:09 > 0:24:15responsibility of all of us. We all need to play our part. It's good to

0:24:15 > 0:24:21see, particularly Welsh -based businesses such as Iceland, with

0:24:21 > 0:24:25plastics, but it is also working together and how we go forward and

0:24:25 > 0:24:32how we encourage businesses to be part of that and it's vesting for

0:24:32 > 0:24:36savers and as public consciousness grows, that helps in applying

0:24:36 > 0:24:42pressure on private organisations. Hugo brand. You've been doing a lot

0:24:42 > 0:24:46of work trying to reduce plastic, your main drive and towns and

0:24:46 > 0:24:51communities are getting this plastic free status.The criteria as five

0:24:51 > 0:24:57objectives. Number one is trying to get the local council involved. It

0:24:57 > 0:25:04just means that as an official target. Number two is to get around

0:25:04 > 0:25:08all the businesses, get around into the fish and chips shops, the cafes,

0:25:08 > 0:25:16getting them to change their ways, plastic straws and bottles.Charles,

0:25:16 > 0:25:22just come in very quickly. Some breaking news for you. What can you

0:25:22 > 0:25:27tell us about New Quay this morning? New Quay has officially been

0:25:27 > 0:25:34recognised as a plastic free village community. Well done. We were told

0:25:34 > 0:25:39on Monday but told to keep it quiet for a few days. We can announce it

0:25:39 > 0:25:44today.Breaking news, New Quay has become the latest plastic free

0:25:44 > 0:25:49community along this coastline. A beautiful location. You can see the

0:25:49 > 0:25:54harbour behind me. We will have a bit of a beach clean and see what we

0:25:54 > 0:25:58can find and make the most of this wonderful Cardigan Bay West Welsh

0:25:58 > 0:26:01coastline. You've started the morning off with

0:26:01 > 0:26:05a bang. If you start with breaking news, you need to bring something

0:26:05 > 0:26:13every time we see you. It has to get bigger and bigger. This is the place

0:26:13 > 0:26:16to come for it. It's going to be stunning their later.

0:26:16 > 0:26:22The camera work on that report was free styling. They should be in the

0:26:22 > 0:26:28Winter Olympics.

0:26:28 > 0:26:33At the Winter Olympics, written's Dave Riding has finished well,

0:26:33 > 0:26:38finishing the top ten of men's slalom. Mike is with a bunch of

0:26:38 > 0:26:43people. We have been here all night, the tea

0:26:43 > 0:26:48and copy has kept us going because we watched his first run in the

0:26:48 > 0:26:52men's slalom and his second run, there was great excitement. He was

0:26:52 > 0:26:59leading the way. We are pretty pleased with that because this is

0:26:59 > 0:30:23the legacy. We will

0:30:23 > 0:30:24in half an hour.

0:30:24 > 0:30:27Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

0:30:27 > 0:30:31Now though it's back to Charlie and Naga.

0:30:31 > 0:30:32Hello, this is Breakfast

0:30:32 > 0:30:33with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

0:30:33 > 0:30:37We'll bring you the latest news and sport in just a moment.

0:30:37 > 0:30:43Here's what's still to come this morning:

0:30:43 > 0:30:49Bring tumours in particularly grow very quickly -- brain tumours. And

0:30:49 > 0:30:56they're very hard to spot. However, there is a good reason for hope.

0:30:56 > 0:30:58That was Baroness Jowell, who has a brain tumour,

0:30:58 > 0:31:05talking about the Eliminate Cancer Initiative.

0:31:05 > 0:31:08We'll speak to her daughter and the director of the project

0:31:08 > 0:31:11ahead of a top-level summit on the condition.

0:31:11 > 0:31:12Hardship, secrets and family

0:31:12 > 0:31:14conflict provide the drama in Dark River.

0:31:14 > 0:31:17Two of its stars, Luther's Ruth Wilson and Game of Thrones'

0:31:17 > 0:31:19Mark Stanley, will be on the sofa.

0:31:19 > 0:31:21Living standards are set to start rising again,

0:31:21 > 0:31:22good news for some.

0:31:22 > 0:31:24We'll examine why cuts to benefits could see eight million

0:31:24 > 0:31:28families losing out.

0:31:28 > 0:31:33Here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC News.

0:31:33 > 0:31:35President Trump says he's considering arming teachers

0:31:35 > 0:31:38with guns and tightening background checks on people buying weapons

0:31:38 > 0:31:40after last week's school shootings in Florida which left

0:31:40 > 0:31:4317 people dead.

0:31:43 > 0:31:47Mr Trump was speaking at a meeting when he met survivors of gun crime

0:31:47 > 0:31:50at the White House.

0:31:50 > 0:31:57If you had a teacher with... Who was adept at firearms, they could very

0:31:57 > 0:32:01well end the attack very quickly, and the thing about a suggestion

0:32:01 > 0:32:05like that, and we're going to be looking at it very strongly, and a

0:32:05 > 0:32:09lot of people are going to be opposed to it, but I think a lot of

0:32:09 > 0:32:11it are going to like it.

0:32:11 > 0:32:12But the suggestion

0:32:12 > 0:32:22was met with opposition by some students and families.

0:32:22 > 0:32:26I turned 18 the day after, woke up to the news that my best

0:32:26 > 0:32:27friend was gone.

0:32:27 > 0:32:30I don't understand why I could still go in a store and buy

0:32:30 > 0:32:32a weapon of war.

0:32:32 > 0:32:35A major study into the use of anti-depressants has found

0:32:35 > 0:32:36that they ARE effective when treating depression.

0:32:36 > 0:32:39A review of more than 500 trials, published in the medical

0:32:39 > 0:32:42journal the Lancet, found 21 common anti-depressants were more effective

0:32:42 > 0:32:44at reducing symptoms of acute depression than placebos.

0:32:44 > 0:32:47Researchers say that many more people in the UK could benefit

0:32:47 > 0:32:49from taking the drugs.

0:32:49 > 0:32:52Theresa May will try to overcome differences among her senior

0:32:52 > 0:32:52ministers on Brexit today.

0:32:52 > 0:32:56She will chair a meeting intended to hammer out the cabinet's position

0:32:56 > 0:32:58on future relations with the European Union.

0:32:58 > 0:33:00The discussion at Chequers comes after new disagreements flared

0:33:00 > 0:33:02yesterday among the Conservatives, when the government published

0:33:02 > 0:33:09its strategy for working with Brussels during a transition period.

0:33:09 > 0:33:12The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote later today

0:33:12 > 0:33:15on a draft resolution demanding a 30 day month-long ceasefire in Syria

0:33:15 > 0:33:17to allow deliveries of aid and medical evacuations.

0:33:17 > 0:33:19The move comes as international concern grows over

0:33:19 > 0:33:22the Syrian government's intense bombardment of the rebel-held area

0:33:22 > 0:33:30of Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus.

0:33:34 > 0:33:37Reports suggest more than 300 people have been killed

0:33:37 > 0:33:40in the district since Sunday.

0:33:40 > 0:33:43The UN Secretary General described Eastern Ghouta as hell on earth.

0:33:43 > 0:33:46People convicted of domestic abuse offences in England and Wales

0:33:46 > 0:33:49will be more likely to go to prison in future,

0:33:49 > 0:33:50under new sentencing guidelines.

0:33:50 > 0:33:52For the first time, the guidance will say domestic

0:33:52 > 0:33:55offences should be treated more seriously than similar crimes not

0:33:55 > 0:33:56involving partners or family members.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59The new guidance will also extend domestic abuse to threats

0:33:59 > 0:34:07on social media.

0:34:15 > 0:34:18Three passengers died in the accident earlier this month while

0:34:18 > 0:34:23for more people, including the pilot, were badly injured. A

0:34:23 > 0:34:26preliminary report by accident investigators doesn't say why the

0:34:26 > 0:34:37helicopter crash.

0:34:39 > 0:34:42A month of strikes affecting 64 UK universities and a million

0:34:42 > 0:34:43students begins today.

0:34:43 > 0:34:45Lecturers are walking out over changes to their pensions,

0:34:45 > 0:34:49which they say could leave them up to ten thousand pounds a year worse

0:34:49 > 0:34:50off in retirement.

0:34:50 > 0:34:53Their employer, Universities UK, says the pension scheme has a six

0:34:53 > 0:34:56billion pound deficit which can't be ignored.

0:34:56 > 0:34:59If you don't have a head for heights look away now.

0:34:59 > 0:35:01Snaking through the mountains of northern China,

0:35:01 > 0:35:03this is the world's longest glass suspension bridge.

0:35:03 > 0:35:06Spanning nearly 500 metres with a vertical drop of more

0:35:06 > 0:35:08than 200 metres, it is supposed to represent a dragon

0:35:08 > 0:35:09flying through the valley.

0:35:09 > 0:35:14It's made up of 1,077 glass panels and is designed to take up to 2-,000

0:35:14 > 0:35:21people at a time.

0:35:26 > 0:35:34Don't worry about the number of people walking along it.

0:35:34 > 0:35:37Some of those images, it appeared to move quite a lot. Especially given

0:35:37 > 0:35:45the numbers of people on it.500 metres! Talking of daring feats, we

0:35:45 > 0:35:46can catch up with the Winter Olympics.

0:35:46 > 0:35:48Dave Ryding is Britain's star Slalom skier.

0:35:48 > 0:35:55He had two runs overnight in Pyeongchang.

0:35:55 > 0:35:59Mike is on a dry slope in Pendle, where Dave honed his skills.

0:35:59 > 0:36:03Good morning.Good morning, when he was six years old, he was told by

0:36:03 > 0:36:08his parents, unless he had a go on the dry slope he wouldn't be able to

0:36:08 > 0:36:11go on holiday and the rest is history. He's transformed the

0:36:11 > 0:36:15landscape when it comes to Brits competing in Alpine skiing. They are

0:36:15 > 0:36:19so proud for him, they wanted to stay up all night during on his runs

0:36:19 > 0:36:24in the warmth of the clubhouse. Most of the kids are on the ski slopes.

0:36:24 > 0:36:28We had two runs, the first one was about 1:30 a.m., great excitement,

0:36:28 > 0:36:33he was doing well enough, then 13, but imagine the atmosphere in there

0:36:33 > 0:36:38when at one point in the second run he was into the gold position after

0:36:38 > 0:36:44a fantastic second run in the slalom, men's slalom, in Korea.

0:36:44 > 0:36:48There were still plenty of others to come, but he still ended up inside

0:36:48 > 0:36:53the top ten in ninth place. This was the reaction to this.

0:36:53 > 0:37:01Dave the rocket Ryding.It's amazing, I've never seen someone

0:37:01 > 0:37:07from Britain do that.It's very motivating knowing it is possible to

0:37:07 > 0:37:11move from the dry slope to the snow. I know a lot of people want to

0:37:11 > 0:37:18follow in his foot steps.Could that be you next?I'd love to, yeah.The

0:37:18 > 0:37:23man who learned to ply his trade on the upturned toothbrushes of the

0:37:23 > 0:37:27Pendle dry slope in Lancashire.It's exciting to see someone who comes

0:37:27 > 0:37:31from a small club to be in a medal position in the Olympics.

0:37:31 > 0:37:35Tremendously exciting, it was great to see him in first place just for

0:37:35 > 0:37:42one run, it was fantastic. What an experience.Dave Ryding skiing for

0:37:42 > 0:37:50gold-medal position in the Olympics. It's his for the moment!

0:37:50 > 0:37:55Now you see why it wasn't hard to stay awake all night, fantastic

0:37:55 > 0:37:59atmosphere. Basingstoke's Laurie Taylor came 26th in his debut

0:37:59 > 0:38:03Olympics.

0:38:03 > 0:38:06Elsewhere in Pyeongchang, Great Britain's curlers are out

0:38:06 > 0:38:06of the Olympics.

0:38:06 > 0:38:09They were swept away by Switzerland in their one-off

0:38:09 > 0:38:11playoff match for a place in the semi-finals.

0:38:11 > 0:38:14It had been an even match until the penultimate end,

0:38:14 > 0:38:15when the Swiss scored five stones!

0:38:15 > 0:38:239-4 the final score.

0:38:23 > 0:38:27We came to our first Olympics and we gave our best shot. We made the

0:38:27 > 0:38:32play-offs. In the end we had a good game today but it wasn't to be

0:38:32 > 0:38:38sadly. A couple of things didn't go our way. A couple of half shots and

0:38:38 > 0:38:42that's all it takes against a team as good as them. There's plenty to

0:38:42 > 0:38:46look forward to going forward, just need to take some time and reflect

0:38:46 > 0:38:50on this experience and what we can take from it.

0:38:50 > 0:38:53Well, you've heard about Dave Ryding this morning, but the man everyone

0:38:53 > 0:38:56was supposed to beat in the slalom was Marcel Hirscher.

0:38:56 > 0:38:59He's been one of the stars of the Games with two golds,

0:38:59 > 0:39:07but lost control and missed a gate in a massive shock!

0:39:07 > 0:39:10And in the first ever Big Air final in the Olympics,

0:39:10 > 0:39:12Austria's Anna Gasser secured gold.

0:39:12 > 0:39:16It's a spectacular event this one, and Gasser had just too much gas

0:39:16 > 0:39:17for her rivals!

0:39:17 > 0:39:20In other sport, there were two big talking points

0:39:20 > 0:39:22from Manchester United's goalless draw away to Sevilla

0:39:22 > 0:39:24in the Champions League last night.

0:39:24 > 0:39:26Record signing Paul Pogba was left on the bench,

0:39:26 > 0:39:30although he did replace the injured Ander Herrera in the first half.

0:39:30 > 0:39:34United's David de Gea made some great saves to keep

0:39:34 > 0:39:37the score at 0-0.

0:39:37 > 0:39:40Victory by any margin in the second leg at Old Trafford will see

0:39:40 > 0:39:46Jose Mourinho's side through to the quarter-finals.

0:39:46 > 0:39:48Castleford Tigers have terminated the contract of Zach Hardaker

0:39:48 > 0:39:51after the player tested positive for Cocaine in the lead up

0:39:51 > 0:39:53to October's Super League Grand Final.

0:39:53 > 0:39:56He was provisionally suspended prior to the defeat to Leeds Rhinos.

0:39:56 > 0:40:04Hardaker only joined the club in June last year.

0:40:08 > 0:40:18It wasn't to be in the end for Dave Ryding, he started as a young kid on

0:40:18 > 0:40:21the dry slopes in Pendle in beautiful Lancashire, but consider

0:40:21 > 0:40:25he is up there in the top ten alongside nations that take

0:40:25 > 0:40:32mountains for granted, they have them for fun in places like Norway

0:40:32 > 0:40:38and Austria. Let's speak to one of his former coaches, how will he be

0:40:38 > 0:40:43feeling? Ninth at the Games.Will be pleased overall because anything can

0:40:43 > 0:40:47happen in the Olympics and to think people like Marcel Hirscher didn't

0:40:47 > 0:40:51finish, he would have liked to have finish a bit higher but ninth is

0:40:51 > 0:40:56brilliant, we're really pleased.In a World Cup event last year he

0:40:56 > 0:41:00managed the podium, second. That was always a possibility at these Games.

0:41:00 > 0:41:05It was, yes, one podium and he was leading the race in Finland, which

0:41:05 > 0:41:09was the first slalom race of the season but unfortunately made a

0:41:09 > 0:41:12mistake on the second running of the bottom. Anything can happen and on

0:41:12 > 0:41:17the day it doesn't always go to form. To finish ninth, we're really

0:41:17 > 0:41:20pleased.Not surprised you're so proud because when you compare how

0:41:20 > 0:41:26he started to those countries where snow is right on their doorstep, how

0:41:26 > 0:41:32much of an achievement is it and what is possible as well?A massive

0:41:32 > 0:41:37achievement, no one expected him to do as well as he has given his

0:41:37 > 0:41:41background, he only started skiing on snow when he was 12. When he was

0:41:41 > 0:41:45second in kids bill, it was a big deal in Austria and they sent a film

0:41:45 > 0:41:49crew to film him because they were so surprised about where he came

0:41:49 > 0:41:53from and they were surprised with the surface he skied on and the fact

0:41:53 > 0:41:57he has made it so far.Let's have a look at some of the skiers going

0:41:57 > 0:42:02down in his footsteps, or ski tracks, they can show us what an

0:42:02 > 0:42:07inspiration he has been. What is the Dave Ryding legacy already?Massive,

0:42:07 > 0:42:12the publicity it has created, not only for racing but skiing as a

0:42:12 > 0:42:17sport. It's encouraged some people to have a go at racing and a lot of

0:42:17 > 0:42:21people really enjoy it. You can have a go whatever age you are but the

0:42:21 > 0:42:25younger skiers have the best chance of doing really well as they get

0:42:25 > 0:42:28older and it encourages people to participate, which is what we want.

0:42:28 > 0:42:34Is it an elitist sport? On a track like this?Not as much as people

0:42:34 > 0:42:39expect because this club is run on a voluntary basis, everyone here, the

0:42:39 > 0:42:43coaches, instructors, committee all work on a voluntary basis so we can

0:42:43 > 0:42:47keep the costs down to make it more accessible for people. Our

0:42:47 > 0:42:52membership is really high as a result.Lindsey, the new performance

0:42:52 > 0:42:55director of British ski and snowboard is, Dan Hunt, used to be

0:42:55 > 0:43:02in charge of cycling, he says he wants skiing to be in charge of the

0:43:02 > 0:43:08next big swing. Is that realistic?I think it is. Snowboarding's

0:43:08 > 0:43:13conference last year had him as the keynote speaker and his message was

0:43:13 > 0:43:18that, he wants to put skiing first and make sure that we make the

0:43:18 > 0:43:22progression we have made. We've got people like Dave, Laurie Taylor,

0:43:22 > 0:43:27some of the girls, Charlie Guest, Alex Tilley, we're doing really

0:43:27 > 0:43:31well. It is possible. Now we have more publicity, there's more funding

0:43:31 > 0:43:36coming in, which is great to take the sport forward.Fantastic,

0:43:36 > 0:43:40Lindsay, thanks for staying up with us. They say if you can ski on this

0:43:40 > 0:43:44then you can ski anywhere and if you think I've been walking funny, I

0:43:44 > 0:43:50have got the boots on, I will get some skis on at 7:30am to try it out

0:43:50 > 0:43:54to see how accessible these slopes are and how Dave Ryding started.

0:43:54 > 0:43:59Very tricky to walk in ski boots normally but I'm sure you will be

0:43:59 > 0:44:03much more elegant on skis later on, Mike.Mike Bushell on skis at a dry

0:44:03 > 0:44:08ski slope, what could go wrong? You're watching Breakfast from BBC

0:44:08 > 0:44:08News.

0:44:08 > 0:44:11The main stories this morning:

0:44:11 > 0:44:14President Trump proposes arming teachers to prevent another mass

0:44:14 > 0:44:16school shooting, after meeting survivors and relatives of those

0:44:16 > 0:44:19killed in Florida last week.

0:44:19 > 0:44:21A major study concludes that anti-depressants are effective,

0:44:21 > 0:44:25and that thousands more people in the UK could benefit from taking

0:44:25 > 0:44:33medication.

0:44:38 > 0:44:43Yes, please. Sorry, thank you. Let's have a look at the weather. Nick is

0:44:43 > 0:44:48going to tell us what is going on in a moment but we thought we would

0:44:48 > 0:44:51show you this gorgeous view a head of the sunrise at Salford Quays

0:44:51 > 0:44:55here. But Nick will tell us what is happening.

0:45:01 > 0:45:06We are going to feel that next week. Just hold off about how chilly it

0:45:06 > 0:45:12feels. You hold all that often reserve those words the next week

0:45:12 > 0:45:15because that is when the proper cold Siberian will be coming towards

0:45:15 > 0:45:20parts of the UK with a chance of snow. A lovely sunrise across parts

0:45:20 > 0:45:27of the UK.

0:45:27 > 0:45:39of the UK. There are a few showers to start the day. Want to

0:45:39 > 0:45:41to start the day. Want to showers, we notice there are weather fronts

0:45:41 > 0:45:50in the Atlantic. Some areas of cloud around, frost here and there.

0:45:50 > 0:45:56Mentioning the odd shower.

0:45:57 > 0:45:59Mentioning the odd shower. The eastern parts of Northern Ireland

0:45:59 > 0:46:07and western areas of Scotland through the day. Fairly light winds.

0:46:07 > 0:46:134- seven degrees but no one as cold as it will be next week. In tonight,

0:46:13 > 0:46:17some areas of cloud around the large breaks in the cloud allowing frost

0:46:17 > 0:46:21to develop more widely than it did last night. More of those into the

0:46:21 > 0:46:27frosty blue tomorrow morning. Notice much of Northern Ireland, the

0:46:27 > 0:46:31western fringes of Scotland staying away from the frost. More breeze

0:46:31 > 0:46:36compare with the rest of the UK. Tomorrow morning, may be the odd fog

0:46:36 > 0:46:45patch. Some sunny spells. More wind arrows showing up as well. The

0:46:45 > 0:46:49breeze is picking up and it's beginning to feel a bit colder in

0:46:49 > 0:46:53that wind with temperatures still at around four, seven degrees. Pretty

0:46:53 > 0:46:57close to where they are going to be at the start of the weekend before

0:46:57 > 0:47:02they trail off even more. High pressure to the east of us. On

0:47:02 > 0:47:09through next week as well. But a lot of sunshine to come on Saturday. We

0:47:09 > 0:47:17are getting rid of a lot of cloud, more on the way of sunshine but more

0:47:17 > 0:47:20in the way of breeze. It will feel colder still because of the wind

0:47:20 > 0:47:26picking up and it's a similar picture into Sunday as well. Pumping

0:47:26 > 0:47:30that much colder error towards us by the end of Sunday and into next

0:47:30 > 0:47:36week. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, temperatures barely above

0:47:36 > 0:47:45freezing. London, two degrees on Monday. It will feel much colder.

0:47:45 > 0:47:51Watching very closely.

0:47:51 > 0:47:57It is very changeable because we were heading into double figures.

0:47:57 > 0:48:06And now I am telling you, you need that big, big coat the next week.

0:48:06 > 0:48:10The start of meteorological spring next week but no sign of it in the

0:48:10 > 0:48:19weather.Very chirpy.We tried to relate what is happening in the

0:48:19 > 0:48:21world of money to household incomes, with Ben.

0:48:21 > 0:48:27And it's all been bad news for a long time. Prices have been going up

0:48:27 > 0:48:31but wages haven't been. Finally that could now be over.

0:48:31 > 0:48:35The last 12 months have been the worst in 25 years for pay.

0:48:35 > 0:48:38Staff haven't had pay rises, despite a rise in prices,

0:48:38 > 0:48:40so that's meant a squeeze on living standards.

0:48:40 > 0:48:43But figures from the think tank, the Resolution Foundation say that

0:48:43 > 0:48:44could finally be changing.

0:48:44 > 0:48:46But it's not good news for everyone.

0:48:46 > 0:48:53With me is Daniel Tomlinson, from the Resolution Foundation.

0:48:53 > 0:49:01Good morning. Just explain this. Some winners, some losers. Much

0:49:01 > 0:49:04relief for people who might finally start to see that an increase in

0:49:04 > 0:49:09their living standards.On average, if we look at the typical family,

0:49:09 > 0:49:12they are going to be seeing increases in living standards and

0:49:12 > 0:49:15incomes this year and that is because finally, inflation is

0:49:15 > 0:49:23starting to fall, seeing a big fall in the value of the pound. Wage

0:49:23 > 0:49:27rises are slowly, we saw some signs of this yesterday, are slowly coming

0:49:27 > 0:49:32back to that is good for living standards. We will see real earnings

0:49:32 > 0:49:37growth which will transfer to income growth. That's off the back of, like

0:49:37 > 0:49:42you are just saying, the year we've just had. Good news on average.Will

0:49:42 > 0:49:48come onto those in the second but as you touched on, there are so many

0:49:48 > 0:49:56conflicting demands. Potentially interest rates. Is it to say that

0:49:56 > 0:50:03people will categorically feel better off?We have taken all these

0:50:03 > 0:50:09things into account. People are taking this into account when they

0:50:09 > 0:50:15think about taking it into future. Interest rates will be causing

0:50:15 > 0:50:19pressure for families who are paying mortgages. It's going to be bearing

0:50:19 > 0:50:27down on those.What is different about the findings today? Not

0:50:27 > 0:50:31everyone will benefit from this. In previous periods, when living

0:50:31 > 0:50:38standards have gone up, what is that mean?The last time we had a good

0:50:38 > 0:50:46increase in living standards, it was an equally sad.

0:50:46 > 0:50:48an equally sad. Everyone is seeing income growth. What we are seeing

0:50:48 > 0:50:55this time, we are going to have income group. It will be lower than

0:50:55 > 0:50:59what we were used to before the financial crisis but people at the

0:50:59 > 0:51:02bottom are going to be suffering because of the cuts to working age,

0:51:02 > 0:51:07in working support. That was announced in 2015 by George Osborne,

0:51:07 > 0:51:12working up to £14 billion worth of cuts, freezing of working age

0:51:12 > 0:51:20benefits and cuts to Universal Credit. Worth up to. Theresa May

0:51:20 > 0:51:25says the focus is about managing families, people working, trying to

0:51:25 > 0:51:29get fired. These cuts are still coming in now concentrated even

0:51:29 > 0:51:40though earnings growth is spread out.The government says the

0:51:40 > 0:51:45National living wage is important, they have frozen the personal

0:51:45 > 0:51:48allowance, the fuel duty frees, abolishing stamp duty for first home

0:51:48 > 0:51:53buyers.The government is doing some things and we are particularly

0:51:53 > 0:52:01welcoming of the National living wage. A bold move for people on the

0:52:01 > 0:52:04lowest earnings to do better but the difficulty is not necessarily people

0:52:04 > 0:52:09earning the least other families in most support. He might have someone

0:52:09 > 0:52:13earning a little it has a partner earning a lot. Their incomes are

0:52:13 > 0:52:17quite high. What matters is family incomes and support when you need it

0:52:17 > 0:52:27the most. The cuts are concentrated with families with children.It's an

0:52:27 > 0:52:30interesting one of course, to see how much of this comes fruition.

0:52:30 > 0:52:38Good to see you. You are up-to-date, more from me after seven o'clock

0:52:38 > 0:52:45when we have the

0:52:45 > 0:52:49when we have the results from Barclays.

0:52:49 > 0:52:54Last night's Brit Awards belonged to grime superstar

0:52:54 > 0:52:57Stormzy when he scooped Best Male and Album of the Year.

0:52:57 > 0:53:00Dua Lipa took home the Best Female and Breakthrough Artist awards.

0:53:00 > 0:53:03She was also one of the many stars who wore a white rose

0:53:03 > 0:53:06in support of the Time's Up and #MeToo movements

0:53:06 > 0:53:08against sexual harassment and supporting women's rights.

0:53:08 > 0:53:15Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba was there.

0:53:15 > 0:53:21Theresa May, were as the money for Grenfell Tower is to mart a powerful

0:53:21 > 0:53:26political performance from grime star Stormzy.He won Best Mail and

0:53:26 > 0:53:34best album.This was the hardest thing that I've ever worked on

0:53:34 > 0:53:38something like this in my life. Everything I put in this album, I

0:53:38 > 0:53:41didn't have anything left after. You can ask Fraser, we made something

0:53:41 > 0:53:46that I bought was undeniable, I can stand by today. Album of the year, I

0:53:46 > 0:53:53love you guys.Don't pick up the phone, you know he is only calling

0:53:53 > 0:53:59because he is drunk and alone.Two awards for 22-year-old Dua Lipa. She

0:53:59 > 0:54:05won breakthrough artist and paid tribute to many of the women in

0:54:05 > 0:54:09music to influence.I want to thank every single female who has been on

0:54:09 > 0:54:15the stage performing it has given girls like me not just girls in the

0:54:15 > 0:54:21music industry but girls in society a place to be inspired by, to look

0:54:21 > 0:54:25up to enter that have allowed us to dream this big.There was a

0:54:25 > 0:54:34politically charged when is streaked -- street clearly referencing Brexit

0:54:34 > 0:54:40from blur star Damon Albon who is banned Gorillaz won an award.It's

0:54:40 > 0:54:46not just a small little thing but it's a lovely place. What I want to

0:54:46 > 0:54:52say is, don't let it become isolated.I am in human, do what

0:54:52 > 0:54:57type man -- can.Rag and bone man won best single. Ed Sheeran received

0:54:57 > 0:55:02a global success award and there was a special tribute from Liam

0:55:02 > 0:55:10Gallagher commemorating last month's Manchester Arena bombing.

0:55:16 > 0:55:24I enjoyed watching that last night, it was good fun.The grey Whistle

0:55:24 > 0:55:28test. You look at the Brit Awards and how weak and elaborate it is,

0:55:28 > 0:55:36and people who remember, the old Grey Whistle Test which had a

0:55:36 > 0:55:43different vibe to it. The Old Grey Whistle Test was presented by

0:55:43 > 0:55:47whispering Bob Harris and it was the way he presented. Everything was

0:55:47 > 0:55:56very mellow, very chilled. It was a different time in music.

0:55:59 > 0:56:03Welcome to the sparkling addition of The Old Grey Whistle Test.You get a

0:56:03 > 0:56:08sense of it, it was a whole different vibe. The amazing artists

0:56:08 > 0:56:12who appeared on the programme. We are going to be celebrating some of

0:56:12 > 0:56:19the people and talking to Bob Harris about those days.It couldn't have

0:56:19 > 0:56:22been more different. I didn't know it was founded by Sir David

0:56:22 > 0:56:29Attenborough. You learn something new every day. That is coming up,

0:56:29 > 0:59:49loads

0:59:49 > 0:59:51I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

0:59:51 > 0:59:52in half an hour.

0:59:52 > 0:59:55Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

1:00:17 > 1:00:18Good morning, this Breakfast,

1:00:18 > 1:00:20with Charlie Stayt and Nathan Munchetty.

1:00:20 > 1:00:23Anger at the White House.

1:00:23 > 1:00:26President Trump listens to the stories of survivors of school

1:00:26 > 1:00:28shootings.

1:00:28 > 1:00:32I turned 18 the day after, woke up to the news that my best

1:00:32 > 1:00:33friend was gone.

1:00:33 > 1:00:36I don't understand why I could still go in a store and buy

1:00:36 > 1:00:42a weapon of war.

1:00:42 > 1:00:44The president promises change and suggests arming teachers

1:00:44 > 1:00:47could be the answer.

1:01:03 > 1:01:05Good morning, it's Thursday the 22nd of February.

1:01:05 > 1:01:07Also this morning:

1:01:07 > 1:01:10Antidepressants do work and more of us should be taking them

1:01:10 > 1:01:18according to new scientific research.

1:01:19 > 1:01:22Later this morning we find out exactly how much we throw away and

1:01:22 > 1:01:27how much we recycle in the UK. We're here in Wales, which does far better

1:01:27 > 1:01:32than anywhere else in the UK, and where there already are cleaning the

1:01:32 > 1:01:32beach.

1:01:32 > 1:01:35After the collapse of Carillion, the boss of one of its biggest

1:01:35 > 1:01:38rivals, Serco, says things have to change.

1:01:38 > 1:01:41Its results are out shortly, I'll speak to the boss.

1:01:41 > 1:01:49We'll also have updates from British Gas and Barclays too.

1:01:49 > 1:01:54Good morning from Pyeongchang, it's an unlucky day 13 for Great

1:01:54 > 1:01:58Britain's men's curling team at the Winter Olympics. They are out, swept

1:01:58 > 1:02:03away by Switzerland in their play-off earlier this morning.

1:02:03 > 1:02:05And Nick has the weather.

1:02:05 > 1:02:07Good morning.

1:02:07 > 1:02:11High pressure for the next few days but by the weekend, lots of

1:02:11 > 1:02:16sunshine. That's not the whole story, though, turning colder and

1:02:16 > 1:02:19particularly into next week, with the chance of some snow. All the

1:02:19 > 1:02:26forecast coming up.

1:02:26 > 1:02:27See you later, Nick.

1:02:27 > 1:02:28Good morning.

1:02:28 > 1:02:29First, our main story.

1:02:29 > 1:02:31President Trump says he's considering arming teachers

1:02:31 > 1:02:33with guns and tightening background checks on people buying weapons

1:02:33 > 1:02:36after last week's school shootings in Florida which left

1:02:36 > 1:02:3617 people dead.

1:02:36 > 1:02:39Mr Trump was speaking at a meeting at the White House

1:02:39 > 1:02:42where he listened to emotional and angry testimony from survivors

1:02:42 > 1:02:44of gun crime and their families.

1:02:44 > 1:02:45Barbara Plett-Usher reports.

1:02:45 > 1:02:46The people demand a hearing.

1:02:46 > 1:02:50In Florida telling their lawmakers loud and clear, they don't want this

1:02:50 > 1:02:52mass shooting to drop off the political agenda

1:02:52 > 1:02:55like all the others have.

1:02:55 > 1:02:58At the White House, President Trump was listening to victims

1:02:58 > 1:03:02of the Parkland school attack, but also those that came before it.

1:03:02 > 1:03:03Andrew Pollack's 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, was

1:03:03 > 1:03:06killed last week.

1:03:06 > 1:03:09It doesn't make sense, fix it, should have been one school shooting

1:03:09 > 1:03:12and we should have fixed it.

1:03:12 > 1:03:18And I'm kissed.

1:03:18 > 1:03:25Because my daughter I'm not going to see again.

1:03:25 > 1:03:27She's not here, she's not here, she's in North Lauderdale

1:03:27 > 1:03:31at whatever it is, King David Cemetery,

1:03:31 > 1:03:34that's where I go to see my kid now.

1:03:34 > 1:03:37It doesn't make sense to her schoolmate, Samuel Zeif,

1:03:37 > 1:03:39either, especially the gunman's access to a semiautomatic rifle.

1:03:39 > 1:03:42I don't understand, I turned 18 the day after,

1:03:42 > 1:03:45woke up to the news that my best friend was gone and I don't

1:03:45 > 1:03:53understand why I could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war.

1:04:00 > 1:04:03The president has responded to calls for tougher gun laws with promises

1:04:03 > 1:04:07of strong background checks, but also more guns.

1:04:07 > 1:04:09It's called concealed carry, where a teacher

1:04:09 > 1:04:11would have a concealed gun on them.

1:04:11 > 1:04:14They'd go for special training.

1:04:14 > 1:04:19There is some support for that argument, but students who survived

1:04:19 > 1:04:21the attack flooded Florida's state legislature demanding a ban

1:04:21 > 1:04:23on assault rifles.

1:04:23 > 1:04:26ALL:Never again!

1:04:26 > 1:04:29The students aim to harness that momentum and turn it

1:04:29 > 1:04:30into a national campaign.

1:04:30 > 1:04:35Barbara Plett-Usher,

1:04:35 > 1:04:39BBC News.

1:04:39 > 1:04:42The largest study of its kind into the use of anti-depressants has

1:04:42 > 1:04:45found that they are effective when treating depression.

1:04:45 > 1:04:48A review of more than 500 trials, published in The Lancet,

1:04:48 > 1:04:50found 21 common anti-depressants were more effective at reducing

1:04:50 > 1:04:52symptoms of acute depression than placebos.

1:04:52 > 1:04:57Andrew Plant reports.

1:04:57 > 1:05:00Theresa May will try to overcome differences among her senior

1:05:00 > 1:05:01ministers on Brexit.

1:05:01 > 1:05:04It's being billed as an 'awayday' at the Prime Minister's country

1:05:04 > 1:05:11residence, Chequers.

1:05:11 > 1:05:16Chris Mason is there. I'm sure you would love to be a fly on the wall

1:05:16 > 1:05:20at that particular awayday?I certainly would. It would be

1:05:20 > 1:05:24fascinating to be purged there, not least because it's quite a pad, 16th

1:05:24 > 1:05:31century manor house, checkers, in the rolling Buckinghamshire

1:05:31 > 1:05:37countryside, 40 miles north-west of Westminster. and awayday for the

1:05:37 > 1:05:44leading lights of the cabinet trying to / flesh out the Brexit deal -- an

1:05:44 > 1:05:49awayday -- to flesh out. Who are the central characters who will be

1:05:49 > 1:05:53assembling around the table in checkers? Firstly of course the

1:05:53 > 1:05:58Prime Minister, she has to find a sense of agreement amongst her

1:05:58 > 1:06:02ministers -- checkers. We have seen these speeches in the last couple of

1:06:02 > 1:06:08days about Brexit, not least one by David Davis, the Brexit Secratary,

1:06:08 > 1:06:13in Vienna, attempted to map out what the relationship with the EU might

1:06:13 > 1:06:18look like after Brexit. The problem for the Prime Minister is when she

1:06:18 > 1:06:22looks around the table at Chequers, when she looks around the

1:06:22 > 1:06:25Conservative Party and the country, there are different instincts about

1:06:25 > 1:06:29what Brexit should look like, what flavour of Brexit we should go for

1:06:29 > 1:06:34if you like. Around the cabinet table, take Philip Hammond, the

1:06:34 > 1:06:39Chancellor, he has talked recently about having a very modest shift of

1:06:39 > 1:06:43relationship with the EU after Brexit, very modest changes.

1:06:43 > 1:06:47Contrast that with those of a Brexiteer instinct, not least this

1:06:47 > 1:06:52chap, you might recognise him, Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, who

1:06:52 > 1:06:56said the whole point of Brexit is to flex our muscles afterwards and have

1:06:56 > 1:07:00different rules and regulations. The Prime Minister has defined some

1:07:00 > 1:07:04sense of agreement so she can go to Brussels and start the negotiations

1:07:04 > 1:07:08on the long-term relationship as soon as possible. I was just

1:07:08 > 1:07:12checking the diary this morning, Charlie, 400 days to go until

1:07:12 > 1:07:19Brexit, the 29th of March, 2019, Brexit day, just a year left.Thanks

1:07:19 > 1:07:21very much, speak to you later on.

1:07:21 > 1:07:25The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote later today

1:07:25 > 1:07:28on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day month-long ceasefire

1:07:28 > 1:07:29in Syria to allow deliveries of aid

1:07:29 > 1:07:30and medical evacuations.

1:07:30 > 1:07:32The move comes as international concern grows over

1:07:32 > 1:07:35the Syrian government's intense bombardment of the rebel-held area

1:07:35 > 1:07:36of Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus.

1:07:36 > 1:07:39Reports suggest more than 300 people have been killed

1:07:39 > 1:07:47in the district since Sunday.

1:07:47 > 1:07:50The UN Secretary General has described Eastern Ghouta as hell on

1:07:50 > 1:07:50earth.

1:07:50 > 1:07:53People convicted of domestic abuse offences in England and Wales

1:07:53 > 1:07:56will be more likely to go to prison in future,

1:07:56 > 1:07:57under new sentencing guidelines.

1:07:57 > 1:07:59For the first time, the guidance will say domestic

1:07:59 > 1:08:02offences should be treated more seriously than similar crimes not

1:08:02 > 1:08:03involving partners or family members.

1:08:03 > 1:08:06The new guidance will also extend domestic abuse to threats

1:08:06 > 1:08:14on social media.

1:08:14 > 1:08:16A helicopter carrying six British tourists on a flight

1:08:16 > 1:08:19near the Grand Canyon in the United States spun around

1:08:19 > 1:08:21at least twice before crashing and catching fire,

1:08:21 > 1:08:22according to investigators.

1:08:22 > 1:08:25Three passengers died in the accident earlier this month,

1:08:25 > 1:08:27while four more people, including the pilot were badly hurt.

1:08:27 > 1:08:30The preliminary report by air accident investigators does not say

1:08:30 > 1:08:34why the helicopter crashed.

1:08:34 > 1:08:37A month of strikes affecting more than 60 UK universities and one

1:08:37 > 1:08:38million students is beginning today.

1:08:38 > 1:08:41Lecturers are walking out over changes to their pensions,

1:08:41 > 1:08:44which they say could leave them up to £10,000 a year worse

1:08:44 > 1:08:45off in retirement.

1:08:45 > 1:08:48Here's our education correspondent Elaine Dunkley.

1:08:48 > 1:08:50Thousands of lectures cancelled across university campuses.

1:08:50 > 1:08:54The strike's in response to plans by vice chancellors to make changes

1:08:54 > 1:09:00to the private pensions of university staff.

1:09:00 > 1:09:03We're going to see people really lose probably in their retirement

1:09:03 > 1:09:08up to 40% of what their pensions were before.

1:09:08 > 1:09:10The University and College Union says lecturers, on average,

1:09:10 > 1:09:13will lose up to £10,000 a year from their pensions.

1:09:13 > 1:09:16As many as 42,000 stuff at 64 universities will be affected.

1:09:16 > 1:09:18Universities UK, which represents vice chancellors,

1:09:18 > 1:09:21says changes to the pension are essential due to a deficit

1:09:21 > 1:09:26of £6 billion.

1:09:26 > 1:09:28If the dispute isn't resolved by the summer,

1:09:28 > 1:09:36exams could be cancelled.

1:09:36 > 1:09:39More than 70,000 students have signed a petition calling for fees

1:09:39 > 1:09:42to be be reimbursed for lost teaching hours.

1:09:42 > 1:09:44It's extremely worrying in terms of the impact

1:09:44 > 1:09:46that it's going to have on students' educations.

1:09:46 > 1:09:49But myself and a lot of other students I know are very clear

1:09:49 > 1:09:51that we unequivocally support our lecturers

1:09:51 > 1:09:52in this dispute.

1:09:52 > 1:09:55It's quite scary to think about how much time we're leaving,

1:09:55 > 1:09:58and especially with how much money we're paying every year,

1:09:58 > 1:10:00I don't know whether we'll get that time back,

1:10:00 > 1:10:02especially with exams coming up and everything.

1:10:02 > 1:10:0514 days of action are planned but it could go on longer.

1:10:05 > 1:10:07A dispute which could have a significant impact

1:10:07 > 1:10:09on the retirement of thousands of lecturers

1:10:09 > 1:10:17on the careers of millions of students.

1:10:19 > 1:10:24Elaine Dunkley, BBC News.

1:10:24 > 1:10:27We will have the weather in a few minutes.

1:10:27 > 1:10:30There were 64 million prescriptions for anti-depressants in England last

1:10:30 > 1:10:33year, more than double the amount a decade ago.

1:10:33 > 1:10:35Despite this, a debate has raged as to whether they work.

1:10:35 > 1:10:39Now the authors of a major study say they do.

1:10:39 > 1:10:47Let's talk about this in more detail with the GP

1:10:48 > 1:10:50Aisha Awan and in our London newsroom,

1:10:50 > 1:10:52Ellen Scott, who has been taking antidepressants for just

1:10:52 > 1:10:53over a year.

1:10:53 > 1:10:58Good morning. Doctor Aisha, this is new research that's been compiled

1:10:58 > 1:11:03together, a great deal of data from previous studies as to whether or

1:11:03 > 1:11:08not antidepressants work. Give us your take someone presumably who is

1:11:08 > 1:11:12prescribing them on a regular basis. It's a really useful study because

1:11:12 > 1:11:16as you said, it's one of the largest studies that's ever happened looking

1:11:16 > 1:11:20at whether they work for acute depression. Depression over an eight

1:11:20 > 1:11:25week period. It's one of the most common things as a GP that I see in

1:11:25 > 1:11:28terms mental health issues on and it's one of those things where you

1:11:28 > 1:11:32want to be able to help a person fairly quickly if they're going

1:11:32 > 1:11:36through mood disturbances. This gives us useful information about

1:11:36 > 1:11:39firstly what patients can tolerate, and secondly which one of the

1:11:39 > 1:11:44medications were prescribing are working the best.It's been

1:11:44 > 1:11:48suggested by some presenting this that it's answering the big

1:11:48 > 1:11:51question, do drugs for antidepression work, as simple as

1:11:51 > 1:11:55that.It's a really useful question that we needed answered. I think it

1:11:55 > 1:12:01will in a way really help doctors when prescribing the medication, but

1:12:01 > 1:12:05also patients when taking it. There are side-effects to every medication

1:12:05 > 1:12:09we prescribe and you don't want people, especially those with mental

1:12:09 > 1:12:13health problems, to say no, we're not going to take something because

1:12:13 > 1:12:17they feel it might not work for them and this gives us the evidence that

1:12:17 > 1:12:20they do work.Before we talk to Allen, who has been on

1:12:20 > 1:12:24antidepressants for years, she will talk to us in a moment, you

1:12:24 > 1:12:29mentioned eight weeks, is that an ideal period for someone to be on

1:12:29 > 1:12:32antidepressants and then come off? This is one of the limitations of

1:12:32 > 1:12:36the study, it looks at a particular group of patients with depression

1:12:36 > 1:12:40and it is just depression. It doesn't look at patients with

1:12:40 > 1:12:44bipolar who might have depression, and a whole lot of other things,

1:12:44 > 1:12:48that all studies we cede ten to be limited so this gives us the best

1:12:48 > 1:12:56information we have currently for antidepressants -- we tend to see

1:12:56 > 1:13:01our limited. We urge patients watching to see their GP before they

1:13:01 > 1:13:07decide whether to take them.Ellen, thanks for talking to us from our

1:13:07 > 1:13:14London newsroom. Why all when were you told that taking antidepressants

1:13:14 > 1:13:18would be beneficial to you -- why all when. What impact has that had

1:13:18 > 1:13:24on your life?I suffered from depression and anxiety for over a

1:13:24 > 1:13:27decade, I was really scared of taking antidepressants because I'd

1:13:27 > 1:13:33heard so much about side-effects or how they would change my brain. Last

1:13:33 > 1:13:38year I kind of hit a real low point and I decided I had to go to my

1:13:38 > 1:13:43doctor, that's when I was prescribed antidepressants and I've been on

1:13:43 > 1:13:48them ever since.What difference as that made to you in terms of day to

1:13:48 > 1:13:52day living, your mood and the way you are dealing with depression?

1:13:52 > 1:13:57It's made a huge difference. Basically it doesn't fix depression,

1:13:57 > 1:14:02but it makes me able to function. I can get up and go to work and

1:14:02 > 1:14:07actually take care of myself, which I wasn't doing before.Doctor Aisha,

1:14:07 > 1:14:11one of the things this report now effectively is recommending is that

1:14:11 > 1:14:15more people should be on antidepressants, clearly only

1:14:15 > 1:14:20according to if it is suitable. Is there a danger the equation is when

1:14:20 > 1:14:24is the other way? Possibly you might have people coming to you and

1:14:24 > 1:14:28saying, I know they work, I know you should be prescribing them to me,

1:14:28 > 1:14:34why not? Could it go in the other direction? Do you see what I mean?

1:14:34 > 1:14:37Absolutely, it's been swinging that way for a while because of the

1:14:37 > 1:14:40pressure is currently on general practice and prescribers at the

1:14:40 > 1:14:45moment. Often it is seen as a quick fix for patients and doctors. But

1:14:45 > 1:14:51it's very important to recognise that alongside medication, talking

1:14:51 > 1:14:53therapies like cognitive behavioural therapy are very important. You

1:14:53 > 1:14:57would need to be assessed. It's not the early treatment available,

1:14:57 > 1:15:00there's lots of different treatments available, and it would be used

1:15:00 > 1:15:04alongside and in conjunction with those treatments.Ellen, let's talk

1:15:04 > 1:15:08to you, you said you've been suffering from depression for nearly

1:15:08 > 1:15:14a decade now and you resisted taking this medication. We were just

1:15:14 > 1:15:18talking there about the swing in terms of now being told they are OK,

1:15:18 > 1:15:22they work, how do you feel in terms of the stigma around taking

1:15:22 > 1:15:26antidepressants as well as just admitting to having depression,

1:15:26 > 1:15:32suffering from mental illness?

1:15:32 > 1:15:36There is still stigma, things have improved even in the last year

1:15:36 > 1:15:36There is still stigma, things have improved even in the last year but

1:15:36 > 1:15:41still, if I met I take antidepressants, I will get messages

1:15:41 > 1:15:46saying, you are taking this evil, terrible, addictive thing, it will

1:15:46 > 1:15:52change who you are. It's not an OK thing to just say, I am on

1:15:52 > 1:15:56antidepressants. There is a lot of shame and stigma around it.Let's

1:15:56 > 1:16:02pick up on that theme. The preconceptions that people have for

1:16:02 > 1:16:05the myths around the taking of antidepressants particularly. Does

1:16:05 > 1:16:10this put an end to it? Will lay people, you often hear one report

1:16:10 > 1:16:15and in six months' time, there is another report. As this put a lid on

1:16:15 > 1:16:22the debate?I think it has put a bit of a lid on the debate because it

1:16:22 > 1:16:30tells you very clearly that they do work. It would be useful in patients

1:16:30 > 1:16:35such as the ones you brought on, she is able to function and work again

1:16:35 > 1:16:40but what it doesn't do is cover up for bad things that are happening in

1:16:40 > 1:16:45life, brief months, financial worries. Often those things are a

1:16:45 > 1:16:48normal part of life. It's important to have that distinction that this

1:16:48 > 1:16:53will help people with depressive illnesses but it can't sort out

1:16:53 > 1:16:58issues in life that can be normal. There has to be a distinction

1:16:58 > 1:17:02between mental health and just having a bad time in life.Ellen,

1:17:02 > 1:17:08what is the diagnosis in terms of what you're told to take, these

1:17:08 > 1:17:14antidepressant tablets, in terms of your recovery.For as long as I feel

1:17:14 > 1:17:22they are working. If I feel I still need them, I can stay on them.Thank

1:17:22 > 1:17:26you for being so straightforward about your situation.

1:17:26 > 1:17:32Here's Nick with a look at this morning's weather.

1:17:33 > 1:17:38All quiet on the weather with high pressure in control. Into the

1:17:38 > 1:17:44weekend, increasing sunshine. Still quite of the cloud around. Limited

1:17:44 > 1:17:48sunny spells. While most places are dry, even a high pressure is close

1:17:48 > 1:17:54by, still one or two showers. We're not looking at the Atlantic per hour

1:17:54 > 1:17:58weather for several days to come. It is from the east hour weather will

1:17:58 > 1:18:03be coming. This is the picture this morning. There are a few showers

1:18:03 > 1:18:10around. Pick a cloud elsewhere. On through the day, through parts of

1:18:10 > 1:18:14Northern Ireland, running to the far western Scotland, don't be surprised

1:18:14 > 1:18:17if you see a little bit of wet weather at times. Quite breezy with

1:18:17 > 1:18:25a southerly wind. Temperatures around four, seven degrees. That'll

1:18:25 > 1:18:30make it a bit colder than that. If you tonight, breaks in the cloud,

1:18:30 > 1:18:37allowing forced to develop and more widely than it did last night. At or

1:18:37 > 1:18:42just below freezing. The exceptions, Northern Ireland. Not really in the

1:18:42 > 1:18:46blue here. More cloud still around and even into tomorrow, you might

1:18:46 > 1:18:51encounter the odd light shower, and that keeps temperatures up, at least

1:18:51 > 1:18:55overnight. Still areas of cloud around and still some sunny spells

1:18:55 > 1:19:00and probably towards mid to late afternoon, increasing amounts of

1:19:00 > 1:19:04sunshine and those temperatures are fairly similar though the breeze is

1:19:04 > 1:19:08starting to pick up across the UK, just making a deal that bit colder

1:19:08 > 1:19:12and that is a story that continues into the weekend. Still high

1:19:12 > 1:19:18pressure to the north-east. Tomorrow, isobars on the chart. An

1:19:18 > 1:19:23indication that the breeze picks up. There will be more sunshine around.

1:19:23 > 1:19:28A similar looking picture here into Sunday as well. The arrows

1:19:28 > 1:19:33indicating the strengthening breeze. Looking at these temperatures, it

1:19:33 > 1:19:37will feel colder because of that wind and you ain't seen nothing yet

1:19:37 > 1:19:42because going into next week, the picture for Sunday, pumping in even

1:19:42 > 1:19:47colder where from Siberia into parts of the UK. Still some uncertainty

1:19:47 > 1:19:54about how cold it will be and how is this? As we transition from February

1:19:54 > 1:20:00to March. Cold, very cold. It looks like southern parts of the UK makes

1:20:00 > 1:20:05-- might have a greater departure from average temperature. A bitter

1:20:05 > 1:20:10wind making it feel even colder. Widespread, sharp frosts and the

1:20:10 > 1:20:14chance of snow as we go through next week. That is something we are

1:20:14 > 1:20:26watching very closely and we will keep you updated. Watch this space.

1:20:26 > 1:20:29We've had results from British Gas and Barclays this morning,

1:20:29 > 1:20:31Ben's got the details.

1:20:31 > 1:20:35The parent

1:20:35 > 1:20:39The parent company of British Gas, we will find out if we need to turn

1:20:39 > 1:20:43the heating on but profits are down for the group. A lot of the pipes

1:20:43 > 1:20:51and the cables. Profits down 17%. It is not necessarily the consumer bits

1:20:51 > 1:20:55that you and me use but the business part of it that is struggling. That

1:20:55 > 1:20:59actually signed up another 77,000 customers. You might remember how

1:20:59 > 1:21:03many they had lost and that's because they put up their prices

1:21:03 > 1:21:08quite a lot. If you look down into the statement, they talk why it is a

1:21:08 > 1:21:12difficult market. A combination of political and read it -- regular

1:21:12 > 1:21:22treat market tension. They talk about price caps. We've also had

1:21:23 > 1:21:27figures from Barclays. They have told us that profits are up 10%.

1:21:27 > 1:21:33Again, the devil is always in the detail. They talk a lot about Brexit

1:21:33 > 1:21:37and what it could mean to them. They talk about an increased risk of UK

1:21:37 > 1:21:45recession. They are keeping an iron that. They also say the ability to

1:21:45 > 1:21:49attract or prevent the departure of staff is also a big issue for them.

1:21:49 > 1:21:54They are worried about immigration and getting the right staff. The

1:21:54 > 1:21:58issue for Barclays as it was with Lloyds, when they are able to draw a

1:21:58 > 1:22:04line under the worst of those sins? Their investment in risky mortgages.

1:22:04 > 1:22:12A criminal investigation going on into whether they raised loans from

1:22:12 > 1:22:16Qatar and the boss was investigating a whistleblower in the company.

1:22:16 > 1:22:22There is a lot for Barclays to content with.

1:22:22 > 1:22:29It was mostly PPI, wasn't it?That try to get back on an even keel

1:22:29 > 1:22:35after the financial crisis. It is at its most profitable, Lloyds, since

1:22:35 > 1:22:39the crisis. Barclays didn't ask for a bailout, it raised money from the

1:22:39 > 1:22:55Gulf.Carillion collapsed but Circa is suffering a difficult market.

1:22:55 > 1:22:59Wales is apparently the best in the UK at recycling household waste.

1:22:59 > 1:23:01John McGuire has been finding out.

1:23:01 > 1:23:04It's bin day in Bridgend and on the curbside,

1:23:04 > 1:23:05a rainbow of refuse.

1:23:05 > 1:23:07Orange bags the cardboard, white for paper, brown for food.

1:23:07 > 1:23:15There are even bags for nappies - purple - and just two blue bags

1:23:15 > 1:23:17of non-recyclables collected every other week.

1:23:17 > 1:23:25Residents who transgress risk being fined but locals

1:23:28 > 1:23:28here seem happy.

1:23:28 > 1:23:29Good, yeah.

1:23:29 > 1:23:31Good for the environment and everything, keeps everyone

1:23:31 > 1:23:32on the toes.

1:23:32 > 1:23:33Very good, yeah.

1:23:33 > 1:23:37I've got a child that's eight as well and he finds it quite odd

1:23:37 > 1:23:39'cause he automatically chucks everything in the bin but just

1:23:39 > 1:23:41getting him used to it.

1:23:41 > 1:23:43Once you're used to it, you're all right?

1:23:43 > 1:23:44Yeah, it's fine then, yeah.

1:23:44 > 1:23:48Bridgend Council is achieving rates other parts of the UK can only dream

1:23:48 > 1:23:49of, reaching 74%.

1:23:49 > 1:23:52Bridgend Council is achieving rates other parts of the UK dream

1:23:52 > 1:23:52of, reaching 74%.

1:23:52 > 1:23:56The recycling level in Wales is 64% against a UK average of 44%.

1:23:56 > 1:23:58The pretty coastal village of Aberporth is cutting down

1:23:58 > 1:24:01on single-use plastic and has been awarded a special status

1:24:01 > 1:24:05by the environmental campaign group Surfers Against Sewage.

1:24:05 > 1:24:08At the local shop, the owner Mike Allen shows me around.

1:24:08 > 1:24:09Milk bottles, glass milk bottles...

1:24:09 > 1:24:12They haven't banned plastics, they are offering alternatives -

1:24:12 > 1:24:20wooden clothes pegs, looseleaf tea, and even a toothbrush

1:24:20 > 1:24:21made from bamboo.

1:24:21 > 1:24:21Wooden toothbrushes.

1:24:21 > 1:24:27Those are probably our second biggest seller

1:24:27 > 1:24:28after the glass bottles.

1:24:28 > 1:24:30They seem to have attracted people's attention.

1:24:30 > 1:24:33We have the option of the plastic then with those as well.

1:24:33 > 1:24:36There are around 150 dolphins living out in Cardigan Bay.

1:24:36 > 1:24:39The environment here is jealously guarded and it was a concern

1:24:39 > 1:24:41about ocean plastics that inspired resident Gail Tudor

1:24:41 > 1:24:48to rally community support.

1:24:48 > 1:24:50You look at the beautiful beach and you think,

1:24:50 > 1:24:53yeah, it looks pretty clean but when you start going down

1:24:53 > 1:24:57and see the stuff that's washed up, and plastic bags washed up

1:24:57 > 1:25:00in the seaweed, it's not all stuff left by holidaymakers or local

1:25:00 > 1:25:02people here, a lot of it is washed in.

1:25:02 > 1:25:05But it still needs to come out of the sea.

1:25:05 > 1:25:07The talk here is that cutting down on waste,

1:25:07 > 1:25:10especially plastic, can spread to the next village,

1:25:10 > 1:25:11the next county, the next country.

1:25:11 > 1:25:18Plastics are under attack from people power.

1:25:18 > 1:25:23You saw those lovely pictures of Wales and it is just as stunning now

1:25:23 > 1:25:27in New Quay Bay. We were selling just -- showing just as the sun was

1:25:27 > 1:25:31coming up and people are really committed. Committed to making sure

1:25:31 > 1:25:39that there are environment is free of plastic and litter.

1:25:39 > 1:25:42of plastic and litter.You can see people take it really, really

1:25:42 > 1:25:49seriously. Certainly in cycling -- recycling terms. This talk to the

1:25:49 > 1:25:56Environment Minister. What is next? Asked residents do our part. How are

1:25:56 > 1:26:00you going to do the carrot and stick approach to get other people to join

1:26:00 > 1:26:06in, for businesses to cut down on the amount of packaging?We are

1:26:06 > 1:26:11proud to lead the UK in Wales and we want to become a world leader. It

1:26:11 > 1:26:14will work in partnership, grassroots, the government,

1:26:14 > 1:26:20businesses and other organisations and as we are here in beautiful New

1:26:20 > 1:26:28Quay and in Wales, it is the Year of the Sea and that will bring together

1:26:28 > 1:26:32stakeholders, tackling marine litter and plastic waste, working together

1:26:32 > 1:26:35and all of us accepting we have a responsibility, whether it's an

1:26:35 > 1:26:39individual or a business or government.It's important to get

1:26:39 > 1:26:44people on board.

1:26:44 > 1:26:55They did a big one on Tuesday. We have Charles and also she go from

1:26:55 > 1:27:00Surfers Against sewerage. We are talking about the plastic free

1:27:00 > 1:27:05status and we know that Aberporth has it.New Quay has just been

1:27:05 > 1:27:11afforded plastic free status.What is it mean? Going around your local

1:27:11 > 1:27:17cafes and making them change from single use plastic.It's something

1:27:17 > 1:27:24people are very concerned about. You did a big beach clean you told me on

1:27:24 > 1:27:30Tuesday. What sort of things are you finding this morning?We are from

1:27:30 > 1:27:34the wildlife trust of West Wales and we found a lot of metal and plastic

1:27:34 > 1:27:38and bottle caps. We did a beach clean on Tuesday, be picked up a lot

1:27:38 > 1:27:42of fishing gear and rope, still a lot that is getting washed up at

1:27:42 > 1:27:47this time of year. We don't want to interrupt you from your vital work.

1:27:47 > 1:27:51We will be back and find out a bit war about what's been happening

1:27:51 > 1:27:55locally and nationally and what lessons can be for the rest of the

1:27:55 > 1:31:15UK.

1:31:15 > 1:31:18I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

1:31:18 > 1:31:19in half an hour.

1:31:19 > 1:31:22Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

1:31:22 > 1:31:23Now though it's back to Charlie and Naga.

1:31:23 > 1:31:25Hello, this is Breakfast

1:31:25 > 1:31:31with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

1:31:31 > 1:31:34Here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC News.

1:31:34 > 1:31:36President Trump says he's considering arming teachers

1:31:36 > 1:31:39with guns after last week's school shootings in Florida which left

1:31:39 > 1:31:3917 people dead.

1:31:39 > 1:31:43Mr Trump floated the proposal when he met survivors

1:31:43 > 1:31:46of gun crime at the White House and promised to tighten background

1:31:46 > 1:31:49checks on those buying weapons with a very strong emphasis

1:31:49 > 1:31:55on mental health.

1:31:55 > 1:31:58A major study into the use of antidepressants has found

1:31:58 > 1:32:00that they are effective when treating depression.

1:32:00 > 1:32:06A review of more than 500 trials, published in the medical

1:32:06 > 1:32:08journal, the Lancet, found 21 common antidepressants

1:32:08 > 1:32:10were more effective at reducing symptoms of acute

1:32:10 > 1:32:11depression than placebos.

1:32:11 > 1:32:14Researchers say that many more people in the UK could benefit

1:32:14 > 1:32:15from taking the drugs.

1:32:15 > 1:32:18Theresa May will try to overcome differences among her senior

1:32:18 > 1:32:19ministers on Brexit today.

1:32:19 > 1:32:23She will chair a meeting intended to hammer out the cabinet's position

1:32:23 > 1:32:24on future relations with the European Union.

1:32:24 > 1:32:27The discussion at Chequers comes after new disagreements flared

1:32:27 > 1:32:29yesterday among the Conservatives, when the government published

1:32:29 > 1:32:36its strategy for working with Brussels during a transition period.

1:32:36 > 1:32:40The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote later today

1:32:40 > 1:32:43on a draft resolution demanding

1:32:43 > 1:32:46a 30-day month-long ceasefire in Syria to allow deliveries of aid

1:32:46 > 1:32:47and medical evacuations.

1:32:47 > 1:32:49The move comes as international concern grows over

1:32:49 > 1:32:52the Syrian government's intense bombardment of the rebel-held area

1:32:52 > 1:32:53of Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus.

1:32:53 > 1:32:56Reports suggest more than 300 people have been killed

1:32:56 > 1:32:57in the district since Sunday.

1:32:57 > 1:33:05The UN Secretary General described Eastern Ghouta as hell on earth.

1:33:12 > 1:33:15A month of strikes affecting 64 UK universities and a million

1:33:15 > 1:33:15students begins today.

1:33:15 > 1:33:18Lecturers are walking out over changes to their pensions,

1:33:18 > 1:33:21which they say could leave them up to £10,000 a year worse

1:33:21 > 1:33:22off in retirement.

1:33:22 > 1:33:25Their employer, Universities UK, says the pension scheme has a £6

1:33:25 > 1:33:31billion deficit which can't be ignored.

1:33:31 > 1:33:34If you don't have a head for heights look away now.

1:33:34 > 1:33:36Snaking through the mountains of northern China,

1:33:36 > 1:33:44this is the world's longest glass suspension bridge.

1:33:47 > 1:33:50Spanning nearly 500 metres with a vertical drop of more

1:33:50 > 1:33:53than 200 metres, it is supposed to represent a dragon

1:33:53 > 1:33:56flying through the valley.

1:33:56 > 1:34:00It's made up of 1,077 glass panels and is designed to take up to 2,000

1:34:00 > 1:34:06people at a time.

1:34:06 > 1:34:12The thing... I don't particularly have a fear of heights but the thing

1:34:12 > 1:34:16about that is the number of people, being on the bridge with so many

1:34:16 > 1:34:20others, if you wanted to get off quickly, you can't, there's too many

1:34:20 > 1:34:25people either side of you. That's the only thing that occurs to me.

1:34:25 > 1:34:32Looks amazing.Looks stunning, would fancy a go if I was lucky enough to

1:34:32 > 1:34:36get there.Mick will have the weather in about 12 minutes.--

1:34:36 > 1:34:40Nick.

1:34:40 > 1:34:42Now, let's catch up on the Winter Olympics.

1:34:42 > 1:34:45Dave Ryding is Britain's star Slalom skier.

1:34:45 > 1:34:49Mike is on a dry slope in Pendle, where he honed his skills.

1:34:49 > 1:34:54It wasn't even on the snow? That's incredible, thinking what you can

1:34:54 > 1:34:59achieve when you start on the brushes like this on a ski slope

1:34:59 > 1:35:03when he was 12, his parents challenged him to have a go so that

1:35:03 > 1:35:08he could go on their ski holiday. My friends are been here all night,

1:35:08 > 1:35:11most of the parents in the clubhouse watching Dave on the TV, the

1:35:11 > 1:35:15youngsters going up and down the slope, it is floodlit here. You

1:35:15 > 1:35:19think of what they can achieve after what Dave Ryding did, against

1:35:19 > 1:35:23countries that takes no for granted in Norway, Austria, Switzerland,

1:35:23 > 1:35:32he's been standing on the same piste as them, and doing really well. He

1:35:32 > 1:35:37was 13th at 1:30am but imagine the atmosphere at around 4:30am when we

1:35:37 > 1:35:43were all watching and he went for his second run and for a time being

1:35:43 > 1:35:47he was in the gold position. The excitement was incredible.

1:35:47 > 1:35:50Unfortunately there were plenty of other skiers to come but he

1:35:50 > 1:35:54crucially ended up inside the top ten, finishing these Olympics in

1:35:54 > 1:35:54ninth place.

1:35:54 > 1:35:56Dave 'The Rocket' Ryding.

1:35:56 > 1:36:02It's amazing, I've never seen someone from Britain do that.

1:36:02 > 1:36:05It's very motivating knowing it is possible to move from the dry

1:36:05 > 1:36:06slope to the snow.

1:36:06 > 1:36:10I know a lot of people want to follow in his foot steps.

1:36:10 > 1:36:11Could that be you next?

1:36:11 > 1:36:15I'd love to, yeah.

1:36:15 > 1:36:21COMMENTATOR:The man who learned to ply his trade on the upturned

1:36:21 > 1:36:23toothbrushes of the Pendle dry slope in Lancashire.

1:36:23 > 1:36:27It's exciting to see someone who comes from a small club to be

1:36:27 > 1:36:30in a medal position in the Olympics.

1:36:30 > 1:36:34Tremendously exciting, it was great to see him in first

1:36:34 > 1:36:36place just for one run, it was fantastic.

1:36:36 > 1:36:37What an experience.

1:36:37 > 1:36:39COMMENTATOR:Dave Ryding skiing for gold-medal position

1:36:39 > 1:36:40in the Olympics.

1:36:40 > 1:36:48It's his for the moment!

1:36:53 > 1:37:01Maici are still recovering I think. A great night. -- my ears. Taylor on

1:37:01 > 1:37:06his debut Olympics came 26th. There's no snow here in Lancashire,

1:37:06 > 1:37:10overlooking the hills, we matched for atmosphere what's going on in

1:37:10 > 1:37:16Pyeongchang and we can find our very own Kat.Hi, Kat. Hi, Mike. It's

1:37:16 > 1:37:21been snowing here, it was chucking it down for the slalom run for the

1:37:21 > 1:37:25women's combined, I'll bring you up to date on that in a minute. After

1:37:25 > 1:37:29the great ninth place for Dave Ryding, disappointment for Britain's

1:37:29 > 1:37:33men's curlers in Pyeongchang because they needed to beat Switzerland in

1:37:33 > 1:37:40their play-off to make it to the semifinals.

1:37:41 > 1:37:43It had been an even match until the penultimate end,

1:37:43 > 1:37:48when the Swiss scored five stones!

1:37:48 > 1:37:50They will be returning home without a medal.

1:37:50 > 1:37:53We came to our first Olympics and we gave our best shot.

1:37:53 > 1:37:54We made the play-offs.

1:37:54 > 1:37:56In the end we had a good game

1:37:56 > 1:37:58today but it wasn't to be sadly.

1:37:58 > 1:38:00A couple of things didn't go our way.

1:38:00 > 1:38:04A couple of half shots and that's all it takes against a team

1:38:04 > 1:38:05as good as them.

1:38:05 > 1:38:07There's plenty to look forward to going forward,

1:38:07 > 1:38:09just need to take some time and reflect

1:38:09 > 1:38:17on this experience and what we can take from it.

1:38:20 > 1:38:26Some other headlines.

1:38:31 > 1:38:34Vonn racing in the combined event, and is well ahead

1:38:34 > 1:38:35after the downhill.

1:38:35 > 1:38:38But her lead will likely be threatened in the slalom.

1:38:38 > 1:38:39Can she hold on for gold??

1:38:39 > 1:38:42And in the first ever Big Air final in the Olympics,

1:38:42 > 1:38:44Austria's Anna Gasser secured gold.

1:38:44 > 1:38:47It's a spectacular event this one, and Gasser had just too much gas

1:38:47 > 1:38:55for her rivals!

1:38:58 > 1:39:02She said the competition shouldn't have gone ahead but she came back

1:39:02 > 1:39:06and won gold. She's the Winter Olympic champion.

1:39:06 > 1:39:10In the last few minutes the USA have won the women's ice hockey by

1:39:10 > 1:39:15beating Canada on a penalty shootout. Dramatic celebrations,

1:39:15 > 1:39:19absolute heartbreak for the Canadians, but the USA are the

1:39:19 > 1:39:22Olympic women's ice hockey champions.

1:39:22 > 1:39:27Mike, I know you have been talking a lot about Dave Ryding, that top-10

1:39:27 > 1:39:31finish for him, brilliant achievement at an Olympic Games.

1:39:31 > 1:39:35I've got a couple of other top-10 finishes for Great Britain standing

1:39:35 > 1:39:42next to me, Misha McNeill and Mika more, our bobsled riders, who

1:39:42 > 1:39:47finished a fantastic eight yesterday. Are you still on a high?

1:39:47 > 1:39:51We were buzzing last night, absolutely, this morning we had the

1:39:51 > 1:39:55chance to read the messages and it brings the emotions back. We are so

1:39:55 > 1:40:01happy with our result. We felt like we really showed what we could do.

1:40:01 > 1:40:06We're looking forward to what's in the future.Yes, because it could be

1:40:06 > 1:40:09brilliant, particularly in four years, so young with so much promise

1:40:09 > 1:40:14but it almost wasn't to be because just five months before the Games

1:40:14 > 1:40:18you had your funding pulled and you had to put your own backing together

1:40:18 > 1:40:22thanks to the generosity of the British public. Crowd funding got

1:40:22 > 1:40:28you here, tell us about that?We lost our funding in September, which

1:40:28 > 1:40:32was devastating at the time, but we are both sportswomen, very

1:40:32 > 1:40:37determined, and we set up a crowd funding page and we asked the

1:40:37 > 1:40:40British public and we asked the public to spread the word and get

1:40:40 > 1:40:45behind us, which they did in six days. We raised all we needed so we

1:40:45 > 1:40:50were able to go on season, put in hard training, stay in perfect

1:40:50 > 1:40:54accommodation and make sure we were able to compete at the Olympics.How

1:40:54 > 1:40:58did you feel when the funding was taken away? There was general outcry

1:40:58 > 1:41:02in the UK that the women were being left out but the men were being

1:41:02 > 1:41:06supported, nobody really heard from you about how you felt at the time

1:41:06 > 1:41:11so what was your reaction?Obviously it was absolutely devastating, every

1:41:11 > 1:41:15athlete wants to get to the Olympic Games, that's your dream, to

1:41:15 > 1:41:19represent your country, and we wanted to represent women in

1:41:19 > 1:41:24Bobsleigh so it was devastating. I haven't felt heartbreak like that.

1:41:24 > 1:41:30But we did have to just do something about it. It did hurt a bit more, it

1:41:30 > 1:41:34wasn't our fault, we met the qualifying standard, we were junior

1:41:34 > 1:41:40world can be. It was someone else's mistake. We didn't want to sit on

1:41:40 > 1:41:44this so than dwell on it, we asked for help.Coming into this was there

1:41:44 > 1:41:49an element of you wanting to show what you're all about, not only to

1:41:49 > 1:41:55sake to the people who took away your funding you didn't deserve that

1:41:55 > 1:42:00but as a responsibility to the UK public who got you here?-- said. We

1:42:00 > 1:42:04didn't feel pressured to do that but we wanted to do justice to the

1:42:04 > 1:42:09people that got behind us -- say. Our main aim to come to the

1:42:09 > 1:42:14Olympics, it is our first Olympics, we wanted to enjoy it and make sure

1:42:14 > 1:42:19when we go next we are pushing for the medal.Beijing in four years?

1:42:19 > 1:42:25Absolutely. We have for years to build as a team, get me consistent

1:42:25 > 1:42:29with my driving so we can get faster and stronger. Four years is awesome,

1:42:29 > 1:42:34we will be back and pushing for the medals.Four years is plenty, we

1:42:34 > 1:42:39will be expecting you on the podium. Eighth place is brilliant for now.

1:42:39 > 1:42:46Go in and get a tea. Mike, back to you in Pendle on the ski slopes. I'm

1:42:46 > 1:42:50afraid it's pretty chilly here, might be quite wintry where you are

1:42:50 > 1:42:56too?I think it is, we think about one degree at the moment but much

1:42:56 > 1:43:00colder overnight. I'm delighted to say, you may have Dave Ryding, here

1:43:00 > 1:43:05I'm joined by his sister, also a ski coach. You must be pretty pleased, I

1:43:05 > 1:43:14understand you have heard from

1:43:14 > 1:43:15understand you have heard from him, not spoken, what his reaction to

1:43:15 > 1:43:19finishing ninth?We haven't heard from him but he sent a photo to the

1:43:19 > 1:43:23family this morning and he seemed pretty happy so he is doing well.

1:43:23 > 1:43:26How will he feel?He will be ecstatic, top-10 inulin pics is

1:43:26 > 1:43:29phenomenal, not a medal like he wanted but top-10 is amazing.Put it

1:43:29 > 1:43:34into context, he started on the brushes, compare the two countries

1:43:34 > 1:43:40with mountains in the backyard -- top-10 in the Olympics. Someone said

1:43:40 > 1:43:45he can't do this, he's English!It's phenomenal, for someone to come from

1:43:45 > 1:43:49a dry ski slope about 100 and is long to compete on the world circuit

1:43:49 > 1:43:53and gain medals on the world circuit, you can't even begin to

1:43:53 > 1:43:58think about it. Its phenomenal.What will be the legacy? We see the

1:43:58 > 1:44:02youngsters going down behind you, they are inspired by him, I'm

1:44:02 > 1:44:07inspired to give it a go, what will be the legacy?He's an excellent

1:44:07 > 1:44:11role model for the youngsters. He's really going to bring on the sports.

1:44:11 > 1:44:16You can see it coming through now, there's 300 people racing at being

1:44:16 > 1:44:19race Championships last week. That's from under 16 through two under

1:44:19 > 1:44:24nine. Then the adults on top. It's already filtering through, which is

1:44:24 > 1:44:29awesome.I know you been itching for me to have a go on this, can you

1:44:29 > 1:44:34talk me down? You're the coach! They say if you can ski on this, you can

1:44:34 > 1:44:39ski on anything.Clipping into your skis is what you have to do first.

1:44:39 > 1:44:45It is slightly harder, isn't it? Yes, it is slightly harder.On the

1:44:45 > 1:44:50slope that Dave Ryding started on. Here we go.He nearly had a wobble

1:44:50 > 1:44:56there. I said this was the easiest bit. He is doing quite well down

1:44:56 > 1:45:02here. Whether he gets through this area here, he has to have fast feet.

1:45:02 > 1:45:07He is good, we will make a racer out of him yet! And he's crossed the

1:45:07 > 1:45:13line, he has done it!Joe, thank you very much for your commentary there

1:45:13 > 1:45:18-- Jo. We are quietly impressed. Back with Mike later as he makes his

1:45:18 > 1:45:23way back to the top. I think we need more speed on the next run.He

1:45:23 > 1:45:28stayed upright, that's the best achievement of all, fabulous. Kat

1:45:28 > 1:45:32said it was chilly in Pyongyang, one degree in Pendle, what about the

1:45:32 > 1:45:40rest of the country, Nick? -- Pyeongchang.

1:45:40 > 1:45:45There are some fog patches the parts of England are not very inspiring

1:45:45 > 1:45:50pictures. It's beautiful countryside but it is rather cloudy in

1:45:50 > 1:45:55Cambridgeshire. Quite a bit of cloud across the UK. Sunshine fairly hard

1:45:55 > 1:45:59to come by. This high pressure in control, dominating the weather. It

1:45:59 > 1:46:03is quite whether the several days to come in by the weekend, there will

1:46:03 > 1:46:10be increasing sunshine around the often cloudy today, some breaks in

1:46:10 > 1:46:16the cloud to see some sunshine. The chance that picking up a shower.

1:46:16 > 1:46:21Showing up on the map here the eastern parts of Northern Ireland.

1:46:21 > 1:46:27Don't be surprised if you catch a few showers. Seven degrees in

1:46:27 > 1:46:37Belfast. Most of this 4- seven degrees. Easterly here, it suddenly

1:46:37 > 1:46:45reads the West of Scotland. It means temperatures here are not going to

1:46:45 > 1:46:49fall as low as they will in UK. If you thought it was chilly this

1:46:49 > 1:46:54morning, it will be colder tomorrow morning. Away from Northern Ireland

1:46:54 > 1:46:59and western Scotland which may still have the odd light shower around.

1:46:59 > 1:47:05Generally more breezy across the UK tomorrow. Still mainly drive that

1:47:05 > 1:47:11properly seeing more sunshine around during the afternoon. But as the

1:47:11 > 1:47:16breeze picks up, it will start to feel a bit colder. It is high

1:47:16 > 1:47:25pressure to the north-east of us. That is a chilly direction price.

1:47:25 > 1:47:31But actually, there is loads of sunshine to come. If you are a fan

1:47:31 > 1:47:37of that,, their mind, the wind arrows again, it be an increasingly

1:47:37 > 1:47:44chilly breeze. And then it gets much, much colder going into next

1:47:44 > 1:47:49week as we start to draw the air from Siberia into parts of the UK so

1:47:49 > 1:47:54temperatures drop further and for much of next week, temperatures will

1:47:54 > 1:48:00be barely above freezing so cold to very cold next week. Widespread and

1:48:00 > 1:48:05quite sharp and the complication comes with a chance of snow as we go

1:48:05 > 1:48:11into next week particularly, but not exclusively to parts of the UK. Keep

1:48:11 > 1:48:13watching for updates.

1:48:17 > 1:48:20We've had results from Serco - the outsourcing company -

1:48:20 > 1:48:22one of Carillion's biggest rivals this morning.

1:48:22 > 1:48:29Bens is speaking to the boss.

1:48:29 > 1:48:31Both these firms deal with outsourcing -

1:48:31 > 1:48:33the running and maintenance of services for government.

1:48:33 > 1:48:35But since the collapse of Carillion - other,

1:48:35 > 1:48:37similar firms are being watched pretty closely.

1:48:37 > 1:48:39Serco is one of the biggest.

1:48:39 > 1:48:43It's just said profits fell 29% in what its boss calls a difficult

1:48:43 > 1:48:46market - he's also warned of a long and bumpy road ahead

1:48:46 > 1:48:54for investors.

1:48:54 > 1:48:57Half of Serco's UK business comes from government and that includes

1:48:57 > 1:49:00a whole range of things.

1:49:00 > 1:49:02It runs five prisons for the Ministry of Justice.

1:49:02 > 1:49:10And it has contracts with NHS hospitals to

1:49:14 > 1:49:14provide support services.

1:49:14 > 1:49:16But it also does more unusual work.

1:49:16 > 1:49:22(ANI) It maintains the radar at the UK's nuclear missile early

1:49:22 > 1:49:25-- It maintains the radar at the UK's nuclear missile early

1:49:25 > 1:49:27warning system in North Yorkshire.

1:49:27 > 1:49:29And they even have the contract to keep London's

1:49:29 > 1:49:30bike hire scheme going.

1:49:30 > 1:49:32So how's it all going?

1:49:32 > 1:49:34Serco's boss is Rupert Soames - he joins me now.

1:49:34 > 1:49:38Good morning to you. I'm just looking to the statement, there is a

1:49:38 > 1:49:42lot to get through. All is not right in the market for government

1:49:42 > 1:49:46services. Given the collapse of Carillion, many would agree with

1:49:46 > 1:49:52you.I think the market has become a bit imbalanced in many respects. We

1:49:52 > 1:49:59had our period of accounting carnage about three or four years ago, and

1:49:59 > 1:50:02were one of the first outsourcing companies to get into financial

1:50:02 > 1:50:11difficulty. We have no pension deficit and our results are at the

1:50:11 > 1:50:17Top End of the expectations. We were pretty content with where we

1:50:17 > 1:50:25performed in 2017. We are a rich country and our citizens deserve and

1:50:25 > 1:50:32should want to have world-class public services. And how we organise

1:50:32 > 1:50:40that market is something of considerable importance and needs a

1:50:40 > 1:50:44grown-up conversation. What we are proposing today is that we need to

1:50:44 > 1:50:48have an intelligent, grown-up conversation between government and

1:50:48 > 1:50:52suppliers. The key to it is transparency. There should be open

1:50:52 > 1:50:58book accounting between government and suppliers but also and most

1:50:58 > 1:51:01importantly, that there should be the opportunity, the suppliers

1:51:01 > 1:51:08should be required and governments should be required, to put key

1:51:08 > 1:51:12operational performance indicators, to publish them, so the taxpayers

1:51:12 > 1:51:15and service users can see exactly how good or bad the service being

1:51:15 > 1:51:25delivered is.A lot of people will question the role of private

1:51:25 > 1:51:28companies and government services and they are pointing to the fact

1:51:28 > 1:51:33that in many cases, outsourcing firms will bid low, artificially

1:51:33 > 1:51:37low, when the contract and then go back to government in hand and say,

1:51:37 > 1:51:42I need more money.Nobody is blameless in this. Remember, there

1:51:42 > 1:51:50are 1.2 million people working for private companies and charities

1:51:50 > 1:51:54supplying public services. This is not a small sector. Providing

1:51:54 > 1:51:59services the government is difficult and complex and just as there are

1:51:59 > 1:52:02newspaper headlines every day or every week about something that's

1:52:02 > 1:52:05gone wrong in some form of government provision, the more you

1:52:05 > 1:52:11have private companies involved in that and clearly, people are going

1:52:11 > 1:52:15to turn a rise to that. It correct and natural and the main point is,

1:52:15 > 1:52:23we have a mixed economy. We don't want to have a situation where the

1:52:23 > 1:52:26only people who can deliver government services are civil

1:52:26 > 1:52:32servants to get their pay slips from HM government. We need to have a

1:52:32 > 1:52:38mixed economy of state and private companies and charities delivering

1:52:38 > 1:52:42public services. We need to rethink the basis on which it is done.You

1:52:42 > 1:52:49talk about the government being a monopoly buyer. It is interesting,

1:52:49 > 1:52:54looking through your figures, before Carillion collapsed, you agree to

1:52:54 > 1:52:59pay £48 million for a contract. Carillion collapsed and many went

1:52:59 > 1:53:05back and said, we will only pay you 30 million. That's not fair, is it?

1:53:05 > 1:53:13I think it is. That is between us and the official receiver. It

1:53:13 > 1:53:18becomes very difficult and much more complicated in receivership. We are

1:53:18 > 1:53:24currently working with the official receiver. Everybody's priority is to

1:53:24 > 1:53:29keep services going. It's not just one contract, it is a series of

1:53:29 > 1:53:33contracts for hospitals. Those services need to be kept going. The

1:53:33 > 1:53:39government has done a good job of maintaining these services. But in

1:53:39 > 1:53:43the aftermath of Carillion, we need to get these contracts sorted out

1:53:43 > 1:53:48and sorted out fast.It's an interesting issue. One we will talk

1:53:48 > 1:53:59about more. Profits foresaw that -- for Serco is reset, down 29%. I will

1:53:59 > 1:54:02also have the results for Barclays and British Gas just after eight

1:54:02 > 1:54:05o'clock. It's a busy morning in terms of

1:54:05 > 1:54:06results.

1:54:06 > 1:54:08Last night's Brit Awards belonged to grime superstar

1:54:08 > 1:54:11Stormzy when he scooped Best Male and Album of the Year.

1:54:11 > 1:54:14Dua Lipa took home the Best Female and Breakthrough Artist awards.

1:54:14 > 1:54:17She was also one of the many stars who wore a white rose

1:54:17 > 1:54:20in support of the Time's Up and #MeToo movements

1:54:20 > 1:54:22against sexual harassment and supporting women's rights.

1:54:22 > 1:54:27Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba was there.

1:54:27 > 1:54:29# Theresa May, where's the money for Grenfell?

1:54:29 > 1:54:31# Well, you fool me, just forgot about Grenfell.

1:54:31 > 1:54:34A powerful political performance from grime star Stormzy.

1:54:34 > 1:54:40He won Best Male and Best Album for Gang Signs & Prayer.

1:54:40 > 1:54:43Gang Signs & Prayer, this was the hardest thing that I've

1:54:43 > 1:54:45ever worked on something like this in my life.

1:54:45 > 1:54:49Everything I put in that album, I didn't have anything left after.

1:54:49 > 1:54:52You can ask Fraser, we went in there, we made something

1:54:52 > 1:54:55that I thought was undeniable, I can stand by it today.

1:54:55 > 1:54:58Gang Signs & Prayer, album of the year, I love you guys.

1:54:58 > 1:55:00Thank you so much, man, thank you.

1:55:00 > 1:55:02# One, don't pick up the phone.

1:55:02 > 1:55:05# You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone.

1:55:05 > 1:55:07# Two, don't let him in...

1:55:07 > 1:55:09Two awards for 22-year-old Dua Lipa.

1:55:09 > 1:55:11She won Breakthrough Artist and Best Female.

1:55:11 > 1:55:16She paid tribute to the many women in music who'd influenced her.

1:55:16 > 1:55:20I want to thank every single female who has been on the stage performing

1:55:20 > 1:55:23who has given girls like me, not just girls in the music industry

1:55:23 > 1:55:26but girls in society, a place to be inspired by,

1:55:26 > 1:55:34to look up to, and that have allowed us to dream this big.

1:55:34 > 1:55:37There was a politically charged winner's speech

1:55:37 > 1:55:41clearly referencing Brexit from Blur star Damon Albarn whose band

1:55:41 > 1:55:45Gorillaz won Best British Group.

1:55:45 > 1:55:52This country is, believe it or not, quite a small little thing, right?

1:55:52 > 1:55:55But it's full of...it's a lovely place.

1:55:55 > 1:55:59What I want to say is, don't let it become isolated.

1:55:59 > 1:56:02# I'm only human, I do what I can.

1:56:02 > 1:56:05Rag'n'Bone Man won Best Single for his hit Human.

1:56:05 > 1:56:09Ed Sheeran received the Global Success award.

1:56:09 > 1:56:11And there was a special tribute from Liam Gallagher commemorating

1:56:11 > 1:56:18last month's Manchester Arena bombing.

1:56:18 > 1:56:21# Maybe I don't really wanna know how your garden grows...

1:56:21 > 1:56:29Lizo Mzimba, BBC News.

1:56:29 > 2:00:43I enjoyed that last night, it was good fun. The time is 756.

2:00:46 > 2:00:47Good morning.

2:00:47 > 2:00:49It's Thursday, 22nd February.

2:00:49 > 2:00:52Also this morning,

2:00:52 > 2:00:55anti-depressants do work and more of us should be

2:00:55 > 2:01:03taking them according to new scientific research.

2:01:08 > 2:01:13Later we find about recycling rates, and here in Wales, it leads the UK

2:01:13 > 2:01:18with very high rates. They'll even out this morning, beach cleaning.

2:01:18 > 2:01:26The boss of Serco says the system for running private contracts for

2:01:26 > 2:01:29the government is broken. After the collapse of brilliant, we see what

2:01:29 > 2:01:37it means for the future of how services are run.It is unlucky day

2:01:37 > 2:01:4113 for the British men's curling team who are out, swept aside by

2:01:41 > 2:01:45Switzerland in their play-off match in their play-off match earlier.

2:01:45 > 2:01:49Moron that at 830 when I will be speaking to what is the most unlucky

2:01:49 > 2:01:56Team GB athlete at the Olympics -- more on that.Nick has the weather

2:01:56 > 2:02:00and hopefully it is not as cold as over there.Not quite, but wait

2:02:00 > 2:02:04until next week with quiet, settled weather with high pressure in

2:02:04 > 2:02:08control but that same area of high pressure will pump colder air

2:02:08 > 2:02:12towards the UK next week with a chance of snow. Keep watching for

2:02:12 > 2:02:15all of the details.

2:02:15 > 2:02:16Good morning.

2:02:16 > 2:02:17First, our main story.

2:02:17 > 2:02:19President Trump says he's considering arming teachers

2:02:19 > 2:02:21with guns, and tightening background checks on people buying weapons,

2:02:21 > 2:02:23after last week's school shootings in Florida which left

2:02:23 > 2:02:2817 people dead.

2:02:28 > 2:02:30Mr Trump was speaking at a meeting at the White House

2:02:30 > 2:02:33where he listened to emotional and angry testimony from survivors

2:02:33 > 2:02:34of gun crime and their families.

2:02:34 > 2:02:36Barbara Plett-Usher reports.

2:02:36 > 2:02:39The people demand a hearing.

2:02:39 > 2:02:42In Florida telling their lawmakers loud and clear, they don't want this

2:02:42 > 2:02:44mass shooting to drop off the political agenda

2:02:44 > 2:02:46like all the others have.

2:02:46 > 2:02:50At the White House, President Trump was listening to victims

2:02:50 > 2:02:55of the Parkland school attack, but also those that came before it.

2:02:55 > 2:02:56Andrew Pollack's 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, was

2:02:56 > 2:02:59killed last week.

2:02:59 > 2:03:02It doesn't make sense, fix it, should have been one school shooting

2:03:02 > 2:03:08and we should have fixed it.

2:03:08 > 2:03:10And I'm kissed.

2:03:10 > 2:03:13Because my daughter I'm not going to see again.

2:03:13 > 2:03:18She's not here, she's not here, she's in North Lauderdale

2:03:18 > 2:03:21at whatever it is, King David Cemetery,

2:03:21 > 2:03:24that's where I go to see my kid now.

2:03:24 > 2:03:27It doesn't make sense to her schoolmate, Samuel Zeif,

2:03:27 > 2:03:33either, especially the gunman's access to a semiautomatic rifle.

2:03:33 > 2:03:36I don't understand, I turned 18 the day after,

2:03:36 > 2:03:43woke up to the news that my best friend was gone and I don't

2:03:43 > 2:03:51understand why I could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war.

2:03:51 > 2:03:54The president has responded to calls for tougher gun laws with promises

2:03:54 > 2:03:58of strong background checks, but also more guns.

2:03:58 > 2:04:00It's called concealed carry, where a teacher

2:04:00 > 2:04:04would have a concealed gun on them.

2:04:04 > 2:04:07They'd go for special training.

2:04:07 > 2:04:10There is some support for that argument, but students who survived

2:04:10 > 2:04:12the attack flooded Florida's state legislature demanding a ban

2:04:12 > 2:04:15on assault rifles.

2:04:15 > 2:04:18ALL: Never again!

2:04:18 > 2:04:20The students aim to harness that momentum and turn it

2:04:20 > 2:04:21into a national campaign.

2:04:21 > 2:04:25Barbara Plett-Usher, BBC News.

2:04:25 > 2:04:29A major study into the use of anti-depressants has found

2:04:29 > 2:04:31that they are effective when treating depression.

2:04:31 > 2:04:35A review of more than 500 trials, published

2:04:35 > 2:04:37in the medical journal, the Lancet, found 21 common anti-depressants

2:04:37 > 2:04:39were more effective at reducing symptoms of acute

2:04:39 > 2:04:41depression than placebos.

2:04:41 > 2:04:44Researchers say that many more people in the UK could benefit

2:04:44 > 2:04:47from taking the drugs.

2:04:47 > 2:04:50The Prime Minister will try to iron out some of the differences

2:04:50 > 2:04:52between her senior ministers on Brexit at a special

2:04:52 > 2:04:55meeting later.

2:04:55 > 2:04:58It's being billed as an 'awayday' at the Prime

2:04:58 > 2:04:59Minister's country residence, Chequers.

2:04:59 > 2:05:03Let's get some details from our political correspondent Chris Mason.

2:05:03 > 2:05:07Chris, what's on the agenda?

2:05:07 > 2:05:13It is an away day, a team-building exercise, could we say?It's kind of

2:05:13 > 2:05:17like that. I don't know if they will be throwing beanbags at each other

2:05:17 > 2:05:21or climbing ropes to try and bond that they have plenty to talk about.

2:05:21 > 2:05:25They head off from here at Westminster, about 40 miles

2:05:25 > 2:05:33north-west of fear to Checkers in the Buckinghamshire countryside.

2:05:33 > 2:05:35Nestled in rolling Buckinghamshire, its Roald Dahl country.

2:05:35 > 2:05:37He spent a big chunk of his life just

2:05:37 > 2:05:38down the road.

2:05:38 > 2:05:41And yes Brexit machinations can feel a bit biffsquiggling at times can't

2:05:41 > 2:05:43it, so here's what you need to know today.

2:05:43 > 2:05:51Here's the central character, Theresa May.

2:05:51 > 2:05:54She's getting her ministers together to work out what the government

2:05:54 > 2:05:56wants our long term relationship with the EU after

2:05:56 > 2:06:03Brexit to look like.

2:06:03 > 2:06:04David Davis, the Brexit secretary, had a go

2:06:04 > 2:06:15at setting that out the other day in a speech.

2:06:16 > 2:06:19There are differences around the Cabinet and the country around their

2:06:19 > 2:06:22instincts.

2:06:22 > 2:06:24The Chancellor Philip Hammond said recently he wanted

2:06:24 > 2:06:32"very modest" changes to how things work now.

2:06:33 > 2:06:35But Brexit enthusiasts,

2:06:35 > 2:06:40like this chap you might just recognise, Boris Johnson,

2:06:40 > 2:06:43want a cleaner break from Brussels.

2:06:43 > 2:06:47That the whole point is to emphasise differences and strike out on our

2:06:47 > 2:06:55own. Suppose it's time to let our companions toddle off in the

2:06:55 > 2:06:58direction of the Buckinghamshire countryside and it does take a while

2:06:58 > 2:07:05to get there central London. It is now 400 days to go until Brexit day,

2:07:05 > 2:07:12the 29th of March, 2019, so not a lot of time left and a lot of

2:07:12 > 2:07:16talking to come.There is the idea that there are 400 days to go, does

2:07:16 > 2:07:24that make you happy or sad?It keeps me busy. That is undeniable.A

2:07:24 > 2:07:27diplomatic answer from Chris Mason. Good to see you.

2:07:27 > 2:07:31The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote later today

2:07:31 > 2:07:34on a draft resolution demanding a 30- day-long ceasefire in Syria

2:07:34 > 2:07:36to allow deliveries of aid and medical evacuations.

2:07:36 > 2:07:38The move comes as international concern grows over

2:07:38 > 2:07:40the Syrian government's intense bombardment of the rebel-held area

2:07:40 > 2:07:44of Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus.

2:07:44 > 2:07:46Reports suggest more than 300 people have been killed

2:07:46 > 2:07:50in the district since Sunday.

2:07:50 > 2:07:52The UN Secretary-General has described Eastern Ghouta

2:07:52 > 2:07:54as "hell on earth".

2:07:54 > 2:07:57People convicted of domestic abuse offences in England and Wales

2:07:57 > 2:08:00will be more likely to go to prison in future, under new

2:08:00 > 2:08:01sentencing guidelines.

2:08:01 > 2:08:04For the first time, the guidance will say domestic

2:08:04 > 2:08:06offences should be treated more seriously than similar

2:08:06 > 2:08:10crimes not involving partners or family members.

2:08:10 > 2:08:12The new guidance will also extend domestic abuse

2:08:12 > 2:08:16to threats on social media.

2:08:16 > 2:08:18A helicopter carrying six British tourists on a flight

2:08:18 > 2:08:21near the Grand Canyon in the United States spun around

2:08:21 > 2:08:23at least twice before crashing and catching fire,

2:08:23 > 2:08:25according to investigators.

2:08:25 > 2:08:27Three passengers died in the accident earlier this month,

2:08:27 > 2:08:30while four more people, including the pilot were badly hurt.

2:08:30 > 2:08:32The preliminary report by air accident investigators does not say

2:08:32 > 2:08:40why the helicopter crashed.

2:08:42 > 2:08:47One month of strikes affecting 64 universities and 1 million students

2:08:47 > 2:08:50begins today. Lectures are walking out over changes to pensions which

2:08:50 > 2:08:54they say could leave them up to £10,000 a year worse off in

2:08:54 > 2:09:01retirement. Their employer, universities UK says the pension

2:09:01 > 2:09:07scheme has a £6 billion deficit which cannot be ignored. Those are

2:09:07 > 2:09:12the main stories this morning and we have the sport coming later on, and

2:09:12 > 2:09:14also a full weather forecasting a few minutes.

2:09:14 > 2:09:16"A reason for hope" - that's how Baroness Jowell,

2:09:16 > 2:09:18who has a high-grade brain tumour, describes the Eliminate Cancer

2:09:18 > 2:09:21Initiative, she and members of the organisation will attend

2:09:21 > 2:09:23a summit on the condition later today.

2:09:23 > 2:09:25It's an opportunity for medics to ask for more funding

2:09:25 > 2:09:32to bring UK cancer treatments in line with other countries.

2:09:32 > 2:09:35We'll speak to the Director of the initiative and Tessa's

2:09:35 > 2:09:37daughter in a moment, but first here's what Tessa

2:09:37 > 2:09:42had to say in the House of Lords last month.

2:09:42 > 2:09:48Diagnosis in cancer is too slow. Brain tumours particularly grow very

2:09:48 > 2:09:58quickly. And they are very hard to spot. However, there is a good

2:09:58 > 2:10:06reason for hope. And it is called the Eliminate Cancer Initiative. In

2:10:06 > 2:10:13the end, what gives a life meaning? It is not only how it is lived, but

2:10:13 > 2:10:21how it draws to a close. I hope that this debate will give hope to other

2:10:21 > 2:10:31cancer patients, like me, so that we can live well together with cancer,

2:10:31 > 2:10:40not just dying of it. All of us, for longer. Thank you.

2:10:50 > 2:10:51Doctor Ronald DePinho from Eliminate Cancer Initiative

2:10:51 > 2:10:57and Tessa's daughter Jess Mills, join us now from Westminster.

2:10:57 > 2:11:01Thank you for your time, and Jess, just hearing from your mother, it

2:11:01 > 2:11:06was very emotional, that moment in the House of Commons. Bring us

2:11:06 > 2:11:09up-to-date on a personal note. How is she and how things looking

2:11:09 > 2:11:16forward?She is as magnificent as ever. She is, as we all are, a

2:11:16 > 2:11:23staunch optimist. She is fighting this tooth and nail and its a case

2:11:23 > 2:11:26that she is determined to take the lessons we have learned and tried to

2:11:26 > 2:11:31create a huge benefit for hundreds and thousands of other people living

2:11:31 > 2:11:38with cancer diagnosis.This is very much the initiative that today's

2:11:38 > 2:11:41event is all about. What is the point of what you're trying to

2:11:41 > 2:11:48achieve today?Today is a great day of hope for cancer patients. We have

2:11:48 > 2:11:52knowledge and technology that can make an enormous impact on the

2:11:52 > 2:11:57cancer problem, and what we are doing is calling on government,

2:11:57 > 2:12:01academic institutions, funders, patience, industry, to come together

2:12:01 > 2:12:05to harness the potential of that knowledge and technology to make an

2:12:05 > 2:12:11impact as quickly as possible. Breaking that down a bid for us,

2:12:11 > 2:12:17because, straightaway the issue of funding being answered -- a bit. How

2:12:17 > 2:12:23crucial is the element of money for people who are suffering now?

2:12:23 > 2:12:26Certainly funding is critically important and we need to enable the

2:12:26 > 2:12:32conversion of ideas into new drugs and diagnostics. That is clearly

2:12:32 > 2:12:36important, but equally important is collaboration. We have to break down

2:12:36 > 2:12:42silos and bring groups together so we can enable the collective

2:12:42 > 2:12:46capabilities of industry, academia, government and others to create a

2:12:46 > 2:12:52movement that can enable us to make cancer history.With the benefit of

2:12:52 > 2:12:56your expertise, in layman 's terms, are there initiatives and things

2:12:56 > 2:12:59that could be done now to help people that are not being done

2:12:59 > 2:13:06because money is not available? Well, cancer in general, its

2:13:06 > 2:13:09greatest vulnerability is knowledge so the critical area is in the area

2:13:09 > 2:13:14of prevention. Up to 50% of cancers can be prevented, so increasing

2:13:14 > 2:13:17services for prevention and the knowledge of the public in areas of

2:13:17 > 2:13:23prevention is critically important. Also, at the same time, we need more

2:13:23 > 2:13:28activity in the area of clinical trials, not just clinical trials

2:13:28 > 2:13:31that test one compound versus another but new, innovative medical

2:13:31 > 2:13:36trials that allow us to utilise molecular information to be able to

2:13:36 > 2:13:40apply the right drug to the right patient. These are all areas of

2:13:40 > 2:13:44opportunity and they require funding and they require collaboration and

2:13:44 > 2:13:53coordination.Jess, can you tell us, as your mum talked about where she

2:13:53 > 2:13:57was getting her treatment, the NHS here, but also the other avenues she

2:13:57 > 2:14:01explored, as anybody would do when they are suffering from this kind of

2:14:01 > 2:14:08condition. Tell us more about that. It's an indescribably devastating

2:14:08 > 2:14:15thing when someone at the centre of your universe gets diagnosed with a

2:14:15 > 2:14:22very complex form of cancer like this and as a family we just went to