23/02/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Alarming new research links mistakes

in patient medication to tens

of thousands of deaths a year.

As many as one in five drugs may be

given out in error across England.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

calls the situation "appalling"

and "totally preventable".

Good morning, it's Friday

the 23rd of February.

Also this morning:

The armed officer whose job

it was to protect the Florida high

school where a gunman shot dead 17

people has resigned after it emerged

he failed to intervene.

Why it's not just what we eat,

but when and how we eat it -

new research reveals how snacking

on certain food and drinks

damages our teeth.

Workers in the UK are doing billions

of pounds worth of free overtime

every year, but why,

and how do we compare

to other countries?

Good morning!

And I'm curling in Perth this

morning on the ice where most

of the British team train.

They will today try to sweep

their way into the gold medal match

at the Winter Olympics,

as Eve Muirhead and her team take

on against Sweden in the semifinals.

And Nick has the weather.

Good morning. It is a cold and

frosty start this morning. High

pressure in control, plenty of dry

weather for the weekend, increasing

sunshine and blue sky but if you

think it is called yet, do have not

seen anything yet! Wait until next

week! Your full forecast is coming

up.

Good morning.

First, our main story -

for every five prescriptions handed

out

in England, an error is made,

and the government's warned these

mistakes could be linked to hundreds

and potentially thousands

of deaths a year.

The Health and Social Care

Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

has described the findings

as "appalling".

He cites the case of a 92-year-old

woman whose vital medication

was stopped after her chart

was inadvertently swapped.

Here's our health editor Hugh Pym.

The report covers mistakes made in

the prescribing, dispensing and

administering of medication in

England. These could involve GPs,

pharmacist, care homes and

hospitals. Researchers are to be one

of the first exercises of its kind.

It found that medication errors

could cause around 1700 per year and

perhaps contribute up to 22,000

deaths. The cost to the NHS could be

around £1.6 billion a year. It does

note that the vast majority of

prescriptions dispensed on the NHS

are safe and mistakes do occur in

all healthcare systems. The health

and social care secretary Jeremy

Hunt said it was a far bigger

problem globally and it has so far

been recognised. Causing appalling

levels of harm and death. Plans to

tackle the problem include

introducing electronic prescribing

systems in hospitals designed to cut

mistakes. The National pharmacy

association said it welcomed the

focus on reducing medication errors

but that a culture of learning

rather than blame was needed.

Hugh Pym, BBC News.

An armed officer who was at

the Florida school where 17 people

were killed has resigned after it

emerged he failed to intervene.

Scott Peterson was facing suspension

after an investigation revealed

he remained outside the building

and did not confront the gunman.

Let's get more from our

North America correspondent,

Peter Bowes.

What is happening in terms of what

has emerged about what this man did?

This has emerged from the sheriff of

the county and he has been looking

at surveillance video and he refers

to this deputy, this police officer,

who was working, he was in uniform,

he was armed, he was on the compass

as the shooting happened and

apparently, he got to the building

where the shooting took place around

90 seconds of the first shots being

fired and then he didn't go inside.

In fact, he stayed outside for about

four minutes, the actual shooting

lasted about six minutes. It is

still something of a mystery as to

why he didn't essentially do his

job. And go in and confront the

shooter and in fact the sheriff was

asked what he would have liked to

have seen, the Deputy do, and is set

to start, to have gone inside, to

have addressed the shooter, and to

have shot him dead. Now, as to why

he didn't do that, the officer has

not spoken to himself yet we don't

know his side of the story but we

know that he was initially suspended

without pay, pending further

investigation, but he actually chose

to resign from his job. Now clearly,

these are some people will put the

whole debate about ones in schools

and perhaps arming of teachers in

the new perspective because here was

someone actually on the campus

trained to use a gun.

Peter, thank

you.

Theresa May is understood to have

agreed with senior ministers

a position on Britain's future

relationship with the EU

during talks at Chequers yesterday.

Downing Street has given few

details, but some of those present

have suggested that everyone

was happy with the outcome.

One told the BBC that "there has

been an outbreak of unity for now".

Number Ten says the Prime Minister

will set out "the way forward" next

week after a discussion

by the full Cabinet.

A fourth British tourist has died

of injuries he suffered

in a helicopter crash

in the Grand Canyon nearly

a fortnight ago.

Jonathan Udall, who was

in his 30s and from

Brighton, was on honeymoon

with his wife, Ellie Milward

when the accident happened.

His family has been

told of his death.

Adina Campbell reports.

Group two and Ellie Milward were on

their honeymoon, she has been left

with critical injuries while her

friends online post, announcing his

death, described him as strong and

brave. The helicopter crashed as it

came into land at Arizona 's promote

quartermaster Canyon. Witnesses say

it spun around twice before hitting

the ground and then bursting into

flames. Police said bad weather

meant it was more than eight hours

before the survivors could be flown

to hospital. Stuart Hill on the left

is picked up here, along with his

brother Jason. Who also died at the

scene. Their parents say the

brothers shared an incredible bond

and would be deeply missed. Jennifer

Bara remains in a critical condition

in hospital in Las Vegas, as does

the pilot Scott Bruce. Experts say

possible causes of the crash include

a faulty tail rotor and gusty winds.

But it may take many months to

determine why the helicopter came

down with such terrible

consequences.

Two people are still being

questioned after a suspected hit

and run in Coventry which killed

two young brothers.

A man in his 50s and a woman

in her 40s were arrested

on suspicion of causing death

by dangerous driving

and drink driving.

A 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead

shortly after the incident,

the death of his 6-year-old brother

was confirmed a couple

of hours later.

The family of the seriously ill boy

Alfie Evans has been given

permission to appeal

against a High Court ruling allowing

doctors to switch

off his life support.

Alfie has an undiagnosed brain

disorder and doctors say there's no

hope of recovery.

On Tuesday, a judge ruled

in favour of his physicians,

but his parents want to take him

to a hospital in Italy

for further treatment.

The way we eat and drink is almost

as much of a factor in tooth erosion

as what we consume,

according to new research.

Scientists at King's College London

found acidic food and drink can wear

teeth down, especially

if people sip or nibble.

Here's more from our health

correspondent Catherine Burns.

Sitting, swilling, and nibbling -

researchers think one in six of us

have habits like this and they are

bad news for your teeth. When it

comes to dentist visit, the main

worries tend to be feeling sore gum

disease but this report says we

should also be thinking about

erosive tooth wear. It is when acid

eats away at the teeth, making

Bencic get shorter.

If you tend to

play with things in your mouth or

you chop fruit up slowly and

Schiphol on them over a few minutes

as opposed to eat in as a whole

fruit, if you do this for years and

he is on a daily basis you can cause

serious damage to your teeth and

that serious damage can mean your

whole mouth needs to be rebuilt.

Treatment takes an average of more

than 20 months at a cost of £4500 on

the NHS and almost 14,000 privately.

Prevention is key. One part of it is

cutting back on ascitic food and

drink. Some of the healthy choices

we make might be good to us several

that they can erode your teeth. This

report mentions adding of lemon lime

to your water, sugar free soft

drink, drinking fruit teas and

snacking on fruit. Take these great

example. If were a to eat 10 or 20

of them in one sitting it would be

one of the better on your teeth. If

you were to eat the same in Mt over

a longer period it would be a

sustained attack. The advice is to

be aware of the overall eating

patterns and to consider snacks that

are less acidic and higher in

Chelsea. -- calcium.

It started out as a project to help

protect some of the world's most

endangered wildlife,

but conservationists at Chester Zoo

got more than they bargained

for when they teamed up

with national park

rangers in Nigeria.

In the course of the research,

they managed to capture some

extraordinary footage

of the country's rare and most

elusive species, as

Helen Briggs reports.

Caught on camera in the road forests

of Nigeria's largest national park,

red river hogs and nocturnal

visitors like the nocturnal cats.

This is home to some of Africa's

most endangered animals

and conservationists

are using hidden cameras

to monitor them.

Then you go through a lot

of camera trap images

and it can be quite

a tedious process.

A leaf blowing in the

wind, or just noises.

You don't see a great deal,

and then you will get something

like a golden cat.

A perfect shot.

Or you'll see a giant pangolin.

You don't know what's in shot,

but there they are in full detail.

Chester Zoo is working

with the local rangers to help

protect the wildlife.

The park is the stronghold

for a rare chimpanzee found only

in Nigeria and

neighbouring Cameroon.

With only a few thousand left

the wild, these images raise hopes

that the great ape can

escape extinction.

Let's take a look at today's papers.

Morning, then. Let's look at the

front pages. If I do the... Good,

the Guardian. Now, Justin Forsyth

has resigned as his role from

UNICEF, the lead story in the

Guardian, in the wake of accusations

of inappropriate behaviour towards

female staff while he was chief

executive of Save the Children. He

said he is not resigning because of

the mistakes made at the charity but

because of mistakes the damage aide

organisation and humanitarian and of

course all of this in light of the

reports of abuse by workers for

Oxfam in recent weeks -- aid. The

picture you are seeing their --

there is oft are Newbould who was

found dead, lying in the home of a

person she was staying with -- Tara

Newbould. This is after a verdict

about her death, 37 injuries and no

murder charge. On the front page of

the Daily Mail, plastic straws band,

a lot of talk about the plastic

straws particularly being a real

issue, Michael Gove says the ban

will happen within months,

environmental damage they say by the

straws specifically in immense. You

remember those blue planet pictures

with the turtle with a straw in its

nose. Horrific. The Times, Oxfam

banned from work in Haiti. A

beautiful photo of an owl. That's in

Dorset. It spends winter around the

South coast before returning north

in the spring to breed. Marvellous.

The front page of the daily mirror,

this is Max, we will meet his mum a

little later on. MPs voting today on

whether to change the law on organ

donation. This is about whether or

not you have to give your consent.

We will look at some of the issues

attached to that but Max Johnson is

one of those who has benefited from

a heart transplant. We will talk to

his mum later on about the torturous

time and the lack of donors. We

often talk about the rise of

celebrity and the power of

celebrities have in terms of someone

might wear a cycling and an item of

clothing can sell out within minutes

but now, celebrities are having

supposedly an impact on the share

price of a company?

This is

fascinating, we know the power of

social media when it comes to

politicians whether President Trump

likes to use it but one of the first

times it has had such a devastating

effect on the company and this is on

the front page of all of the papers,

it is where you get the Kardashians

ages but the four sisters on top of

the pages, but Kylie Jenner tweeted

saying does anyone else not open

Snapchat anymore? Or is it me? This

is so sad. It is in response of a

redesign of Snapchat.

Remind me of

the difference of Instagram and

Snapchat?

Snapchat the picture

disappears, it is a time limit.

Instagram the pictures stay on?

Yes.

There was a huge soaring value of

the company but a suggestion from

someone who has barely 22 million

followers, a simple tweet has

knocked about $1 billion off the

value of the company. It is

stunning.

It is directly

attributable to the comment?

Because

they have been a redesign of the

site and how the website works and

the application, a lot of people say

they do not like the changes to this

is the manifestation of that, the

evidence that if a big user like

Kylie Jenner has decided that she no

longer wants to use it, it could

spell the end of the site but

nonetheless in the same set of

figures to find out that their owner

pay packet last year of £638

million. Even though there has been

a slump in the value of the shares

as a result of the tweet, he still

walked away, Evan Speigel, the third

highest pay-out, 638 million

dollars. Not a bad payday.

This hairstyle is all the rage.

Early 80s.

It is back. The Telegraph

says it is an extreme new trend

featuring closely shaven back and

sides with a messy mop on the top.

Short back and sides with a bit on

the top.

It is a combination of mine

and yours, is it? Mine is a bit

short at the moment.

This one is

permed.

OK. It has been described to

the

the BBC as a curly perm teased with

short back and sides. The story is

that schools are not happy with

them.

You should be a news

journalist with hair like that.

I

have nothing on those fellows.

That's a lot on top. How is your

hair this evening?

Charlie just

needs a bit of wind. It is picking

up.

The weather...

It is

needs a bit of wind. It is picking

up.

The weather...

It is best I

carry

up.

The weather...

It is best I

carry on.

This is what we are

expecting. Before it turns Italy

called next week, this

expecting. Before it turns Italy

called next week, this weekend,

increasing sunshine. It will be

felt, but becomes more of an issue

through the weekend.

It will be bitterly cold. Some snow

next week. We will get to that in a

moment. This is the big picture. Get

used to this. High pressure to the

north. It is not changing. A flow of

air from the East into the UK. It is

dragging cloud from the North Sea

into England after a frosty start.

-7 in Oxfordshire. A few showers

near the coast. Cloud towards

Northern Ireland. Most places are

dry. Sunny spells. Temperatures at

around 4-6. Feeling more cold in

that breeze. Tonight. Some areas of

cloud. Lengthy clear spells. Dry

overnight. All about the temperature

dipping away. Widespread frost

taking hold. Northern Ireland, just

above freezing. Elsewhere,

especially the countryside, -7 going

into tomorrow morning. Taking us

into the weekend. Increasing amount

of sunshine, as I suggested earlier.

Patchy cloud. Northern Ireland, the

far south-west of England. Most of

us have long sunny spells. Tomorrow,

temperatures are very similar.

Sunday, it will be barely a cloud in

the sky. A gorgeous day if you like

blue skies and sunshine. A crisp day

after a frosty start. Temperatures

nudging down a bit more on Sunday.

Factor in the strengthening breeze

and it will feel below freezing.

Surround next week it will feel like

it is below freezing just about He

UK. -- Throughout the. This is the

visual

visual representation of the breezes

in the UK. Next week, it is even

more cold. Italy cold, especially in

the windBitterly cold.

There will be some disruption

because of the snow. A hard frost.

Icy conditions. Serious winter

weather next week. For the

short-term, just enjoy the sunshine.

It could cause disruption? I know

that yesterday you said we will have

to keep an eye on it. If this is

normal... I mean, we are going into

metre

metre -- meteorological spring.

It

is very unusual for the start of

March. Some temperatures will not

get above freezing in the UK. Widely

across the UK it will be hovering

close to freezing for a top

temperature. Snow showers could be

possible. It could be in minus

double figures during the day.

During the day?

Absolutely.

Absolutely. Bitterly, bitterly cold.

Minus double digits?

With windchill.

Temperatures should be 8-9 degrees.

This is considerably below average.

Snow is coming. Mainly in the east.

Not out of the question it could

fall in the form of showers just

about anywhere.

Thank you. You have

been warned.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

Should every adult in England be

made a potential organ donor?

That's the question MPs will be

considering today when they debate

a bill which could change

the system in England

to so-called "presumed consent."

Wales has already made

a similar decision where,

unless families strongly object,

it's assumed organs will be donated.

unless families strongly object,

it's assumed organs will be donated.

Fiona Lamdin reports.

It has been a year since this family

in south Wales lost their father.

Absolutely devastated. It is just

like someone ripped up my heart.

Scott was found unconscious in his

home. In hospital, a ventilator was

the only thing keeping alive. It was

then doctors asked Juana if he

wanted to donate his organs.

TRANSLATION:

I was quite shocked,

but it was the easiest, yes. I did

not have any hesitation at all.

Even

though her husband had never given

his permission for his organs to be

donated, two years ago, Welsh law

changed, and now presumes organ

concerned.

We recognise there was an

issue for our population. --

consent. The need and demand for

organ transplants was outstripping

the supply.

The latest figures show

that last year, more people in Wales

than anywhere else in the UK

consented to having their organs

donated. The overall consent rate

for Wales is 72%, compared to

England, at 64%, in Scotland, at

60%. But critics argue it has made

very little impact. Before the law

changed, there were 101 deceased

donors in Welsh hospitals compared

to just 104 donors once the law

changed. How has it helped are you?

TRANSLATION:

It brings a lot of

comfort knowing that three families

were able to have their loved ones

for a lot longer than they thought

that they were going to. Umm...

Children who may have lost their

parents. His death was not in vain.

And to me, that means more than

anything.

Scotland has already

announced it is planning to follow

Wales. Today in England, MPs will

debate the bill or the first time, a

bill that government is backing.

bill that government is backing. --

for the first time. Fiona Lamdin,

BBC News.

We'll have more on this after seven

when we'll hear two different

experiences of what it's like

waiting for an organ transplant.

We will speak to Emma whose son

needed a heart transplant. 106 days

before he got one. They thought he

would die. We'll have more on that.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

We are at an ice rink with all the

walk about the Olympics.

They all

know Eve here. This is where the men

and women train. Scotland invented

curling. This is one of 22 rinks

around the country here in Perth.

And this is one of the

And this is one of the sisters of

two of the men who could not make

the finals sadly. She is an

up-and-coming star. She will teach

me how to curl.

me how to curl. More from Perth

later on. Let's see how this stone

gets on. A work in progress. Time to

get the news,

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Now, though, it's back

to the Breakfast sofa.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

It is 6:28 p.m..

-- am.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also

on Breakfast this morning...

He was in crisis?

He was desperate

for half. He never got it. -- help.

Tony Paine was jailed

after a mental health crisis.

On Monday, he took his own life.

His mother tells Breakfast he never

stood a chance in prison.

Also this morning, this is Molly.

She's the first dog

to be nominated for an NHS

Unsung Hero award.

She'll be here just after 8:00.

Owner of a lonely heart.

Owner of a lonely heart.

And after 9:00, it's not

so lonely for rock band

Yes.

Steve Howe and Geoff Downes will be

here

ahead of their 50th

anniversary tour.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

For every five prescriptions handed

out in England and there is made and

the government has been warned these

mistakes could be linked to hundreds

and potentially thousands of deaths

a year.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

calls the situation "appalling"

And he cites the case over

92-year-old woman whose vital

medication was stopped after her

child was inadvertently swapped.

The armed officer whose job

it was to protect the Florida high

school where a gunman shot dead 17

people has resigned after it emerged

he failed to intervene.

Scott Peterson was facing suspension

after an investigation revealed he

remained outside the building and

did not confront the gunman. It

isn't known whether criminal charges

will be brought.

What I saw was a

deputy arrive at the west side

building 12 take up a position and

he never went in.

Was he there when

the shooter was still inside the

building?

Yes, he was.

What should

he have done?

Went in. Addressed the

killer. Killed the killer.

A fourth British tourist has died

of injuries he suffered

in a helicopter crash

in the Grand Canyon nearly

a fortnight ago.

Jonathan Udall, who was

in his 30s and from

Brighton, was on honeymoon

with his wife, Ellie Milward.

She and another British woman,

as well as the helicopter's pilot,

remain in a critical

condition in hospital.

Theresa May is understood to have

agreed with senior ministers

a position on Britain's future

relationship with the EU

during talks at Chequers yesterday.

Downing Street has given few

details, but some of those present

have suggested that everyone

was happy with the outcome.

One told the BBC that "there has

been an outbreak of unity for now".

Number Ten says the Prime Minister

will set out "the way forward" next

week after a discussion

by the full Cabinet.

Two people are still being

questioned after a suspected hit

and run in Coventry which killed

two young brothers.

A man in his 50s and a woman

in her 40s were arrested

on suspicion of causing death

by dangerous driving

and drink driving.

A 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead

shortly after the incident,

the death of his 6-year-old brother

was confirmed a couple

of hours later.

The family of the seriously ill boy

Alfie Evans has been given

permission to appeal

against a High Court ruling allowing

doctors to switch

off his life support.

Alfie has an undiagnosed brain

disorder and doctors say there's no

hope of recovery.

On Tuesday, a judge ruled

in favour of his physicians,

but his parents want to take him

to a hospital in Italy

for further treatment.

The way we eat and drink is almost

as much of a factor when it comes to

tooth erosion as what we consume.

This is according to new research.

It was found acidic food and drink

and where teeth down, especially if

people snack continually over the

day. It is because if you eat whole

fruit in wonder it is one acid

attack on your teeth but if you eat

segments over the day, it is a

sustained attack. Those are the main

stories.

Britain's women curlers

are in action in the semi-finals

at the Winter Olympics today.

For details on that and the rest

of this morning's sport,

Mike is at a curling

training centre in Perth.

This looks like a good one. This

looks good, Mike. Good morning. Come

on! Come on! Some great rushing to

try to get this red stone towards

the house in the middle, it isn't

quite going to carry but as you can

see at the moment in this particular

end, well done! The red is in the

house so the Redwood score one point

there. But that is why it is called

Bowling on the ice or chess on the

eyes and it is such an exciting day

because here in Perth they know the

British team, they are friends and

family of the team, this is the Eve

Muirhead and the men's team mostly

train, Perth, one of 22 cooling

centres around the UK, they will be

cheering on the Brits today at 11

o'clock to try to get into the gold

medal match. They are in the

semifinals. If they can get in, they

will be guaranteed Britain's fifth

medal at the Winter games and it

would be history making,

record-breaking, the best ever

Olympics. Having knocked out the

defending champions Canada a few

days ago, this time they take on

Sweden in the semifinal and if Eve

Muirhead and her team can win, they

will be going the gold on Sunday.

We had a really close game against

Sweden, we beat them in the European

final and we always have close games

when it comes to play-off games.

It

is a new part of the competition and

we will go away and regroup and try

to come out as strong as we can.

In the women's ski cross overnight,

Britain's Emily Sarsfield got

through her first heat on final's

day, thanks in part to that big

crash for one of her opponents.

But sadly, she was knocked

out in the next race.

Still, a great achievement

from Emily, given she's had no

funding and worked three jobs just

to compete at an Olympics.

To eventually get here after kind of

like a set of multiple knee

surgeries and whatever else it might

be and working three jobs in the

summer and stuff but it is huge to

be stood there on the landing today

and the big thing for me was to have

fun and ski Cross is such a cool

sport, I wanted to put it on the map

and I hope I have a little bit.

And there was a brilliant final

in the ski cross as Canada

continued their dominance

of the event.

First and second place for them -

Kelsey Serwa and Brittany Phelan

with gold and silver.

15-year-old Alina Zagitova won

Olympic athletes from Russia's first

gold medal in the women's

single figure skating.

Her compatriot Evgenia Medvedeva

thought she'd beaten her

and was left in tears

as she fell just short.

As you know, we like to make sure

you're across everything that's

going on in Pyeongchang.

This is rather lovely.

Well, Team GB snowboarder

Billy Morgan's daily commute

from the Olympic Village

to the slopes is pretty impressive.

Here he is on a scooter

making his way from his apartment

to the athletes' bus.

Impressive stuff -

so much so that his fellow

snowboarder

Jamie Nicholls decided to film

and edit it so we could all marvel

at Billy's skills.

He goes in the final of the big air

at one o'clock UK time tomorrow.

With balance like that,

he's sure to win gold!

Football briefly, oh dear, salty's

European dream is over I'm afraid,

they crashed out of the Europe

league last night after a 3-1

aggregate defeat against St

Petersburg. And Henriquesside had

led 1-0 in the first leg but

conceded three goals in a

disappointing performance at home.

Arsenal survived a real scare.

Leading 3-0 from the first leg

against Ostersunds FK of Sweden,

they conceded two goals

in the first half.

But to the relief of the Emirates'

crowd, Sead Kolasniac finally

secured the 4-2 win on aggregate,

and they're now through to the last

16.

Now, back to the curling in Perth

and let's see how it is done because

this is a rising star the Great

Britain, merely Smith said. But for

Billie Smedts. Her brother is in the

team. I was trying to concentrate on

the sport but I was advised --

admiring your skills. Can you show

me how you should send the stone on

its way using the back foot as your

anchor, the sliding 40s forward and

watch this. Poetry in motion,

curling in motion. It cannot go

beyond the blue line and there goes

the stone, releasing it just before

the blue line, and you get a bit of

curl, you hope to get it around at

the end towards the house. Happy

with that one? It is talk to you.

How was that? Fine.

How much

practices that take? Quite a lot.

Let's talk about your brothers, we

felt them because they were beaten

by the ridiculous Switzerland stone

scored five. How are they feeling?

I

have spoken to them a bit, they are

gutted but happy that they have had

a good time out there.

They have

enjoyed themselves. Scotland have

really helped Britain windmills over

the years in curling since it was

reintroduced in 1998 so what are the

chances of Eve Muirhead's side

today? Are lost to Sweden in the

round robin but seems to the big

occasion I feel.

The girls have a

good chance if they go out there and

give it their all, that is all you

can ask for. I think they will be

fine, if you give a good game should

have a really good chance of a medal

and a good team.

What has done the

curling in Scotland with 22 centres

indeed de Darrou now. How much are

they an inspiration for the likes of

you?

They have been a massive

inspiration, they are really strong,

everyone admires them, watches them,

and it makes them want to play they

have had a big impact on the sport.

It is one of those sports with the

new Fiat come around, every four

years, we all want to do it whether

in the kitchen using a cake tin, it

is ridiculous, but in England there

is only one brink, there is one in

Wales, and in Scotland 22. Do we

need more drinks. Can you show me, a

complete novice, how to deliver the

perfect stone? You have to get it

into the house at the end, what

would be your technique was to block

off the red.

You need to put your

right foot in the FAQ if you are

right-handed.

So take the... Group

of?

It is the sliding bits that is

the most. You have to lift your hips

a little bit. Then kind of pull

yourself back to the momentum is

with you and push out with the

stone, stone first.

I am way short

of the blue line but I will send it

down. The hardest thing is judging

whether it has enough power, doesn't

it? That may not be long enough. I

am sure Eve Muirhead's team will do

a cave. Actually, if you look at the

end it is not done too badly

although it is off the end. Too much

power, you see! Too much porridge!

Let's hope these's team will do

better. Thank you, we will look

forward to a more curling a little

later on. Keep practising.

The meeting at Chequers is over,

and the talk coming out

of the Brexit subcommittee

is that there is broad agreement

on the UK's future relationship

with the European Union.

So what does that mean exactly?

Well the details won't be revealed

publicly until next week

but Kathryn Simpson is an associate

professor of politics

from Manchester Metropolitan

University and is here to tell us

what we might expect.

We will interview Jeremy Hunt in

about one hour. He was not part of

the meeting, at this away day at

Chequers. Who was there and why were

the ones they're there and the ones

who weren't there not?

This comes

back on the confidence that the May

has had since the Munich Security

conference speech last Saturday and

it was the very much kinder focus a

clear vision and mandate and vision

really for Brexit so the focus has

been on the three Brexit ministers,

David Davis, Liam Fox and Boris

Johnson, but also trying to reunite

the Cabinet which has been so

discussed openly about how divided

they are.

Reading between the lines

then, the once there were the

troublemakers she had had problems

with?

You could put it that way in

some respects but really what it is

is the focus was very much on Brexit

and actually having the main kind of

organisations and departments there

who are dealing with Brexit to

actually have a clear vision on

doubling forward ahead of next

week's speech that the Prime

Minister will give on her vision for

Brexit.

One of the significance is

going to Chequers is it's a place in

theory they can have conversations

slightly out of the spotlight. They

don't have the shots of ministers

walking in and out of Downing Street

and people shouting questions at

them. It is slightly removed

possibly a different kind of talk

and we look at words coming out,

apparently, senior figures

describing it to the BBC as an

outbreak of unity for now.

Really

what Theresa May wants to bring is

showing leadership on the back of

kind of one of the best speeches she

has perhaps given in the last

Saturday, in her Munich Security

conference, but she wants to unite

the cabinet and we are looking on

the door of a gear until we leave

the European Union at March 2019 and

we have had mixed messages over the

last couple of months and we really

do need now to see the unity in

government among the main Brexit

departments and also really what the

vision is coming forward.

The phrase

an outbreak of unity for now, I take

that as quite threatening.

Sinister,

really.

We will give her a little

bit of leeway for now. For now.

There is constant debate about how

disunited the cabinet is and whether

we will have a general election in

the next couple of months but I

think Theresa May is wanting to get

on with the job as she often says

and also really trying to move

forward with Brexit negotiations as

we move into phase two and we are

trying to underpin some of the key

issues, trade, security operations.

The pattern of what has happened

thus far, previously we had stayed

of unity and then when you get

individual ministers, Jeremy Hunt is

one of them, individually they are

asked in some detail about what they

think and once you get past the

cliches of Brexit means Brexit, we

have been clear, things always do

start looking a little different,

don't they?

They have, so far, and I

think it was one of the issues and

one of the reasons perhaps why we

had the cheque is away day was

because to get away and get people

on message and stick to the message

going away into phase two. --

Chequers. One of the most difficult

part of negotiations actually. We

knew in December we had a dig blip

around the Irish border which has

been in some respects revolved but

as we try really to get to grips

with what the future relationship

with the EU is going to look like,

that kind of Winnie to have a real

clear message.

Thank you very much.

It is coming up to quarter to seven.

Very cold, but blue skies.

Very cold, but blue skies.

It will

become very cold. A cold wind this

weekend.

Dry and sunny weather to

come. Next week it will be more

cold. Significant windchill. Some

will get some snow. More on that

soon. The setup today. Cold wind

coming from the east not the

Atlantic. It is fairly settled. Some

areas of cloud. Clear spells to be

widespread frost. -7 in Oxfordshire.

A few showers near coastal counties.

Cloud around Northern Ireland and

western Scotland alike yesterday.

Breezy. Most places will be dry.

Broken cloud. Sunny spells. Tonight,

patchy cloud here and there. Lengthy

spells allowing temperatures to fall

away. Widespread and hard frost to

come tonight and into the weekend.

Northern Ireland, enough cloud and

breeze to keep temperatures above

freezing for many of us here.

Saturday, most waking up to a frosty

and sunny start. Patchy cloud in

Northern Ireland and the south-west

of England, north-east Scotland.

Lengthy sunny spells elsewhere. A

dry day to be similar temperatures.

3-6 degrees. --A dry day.

Strengthening. Barely a cloud in the

sky on Sunday. Wrap up and have a

walk and it will be a glorious day.

Temperatures are nudging down a bit

on Sunday. Factoring in the wind,

feeling closer to or below freezing

on Sunday. That is a trend

continuing into next week. Below

freezing throughout next week. What

about this for a chart? Some people

are calling this the "beast from the

east." Cold air from Siberia into

the UK. By Wednesday, temperatures

will be freezing. Colder than that

with the windchill. The increasing

chance of seeing some snow,

initially in the east of the UK.

Possible just about anywhere through

the week. More detail about that

later. Hard frost overnight. -5, -6.

With snow cover, it could be even

more cold. We have escaped a lot of

the prolonged cold that winter can

offer, but it looks like throughout

next week, it is looking very cold

across the UK. Keep watching for

more details about all of that.

Thanks very much, Nick! See you

later!

UK workers are doing billions

of pounds of unpaid overtime.

Ben's looking at why.

You would think that if you stayed

back, you would be paid more!

Yes, morning, everyone.

£31 billion.

That's how much free overtime

employers are getting out of us each

That's how much free overtime

employers are getting out of us each

year, according to a

new study by the TUC.

It's worked out that in effect,

the average person has been working

for free so far this

year, up until today.

According to the TUC's analysis

of official data we did two billion

hours of unpaid work in 2017.

If we'd been paid for it,

that would equate to £6,265

per person each year.

And we can see who is doing what.

The figures show company chief

executives are doing the least

unpaid overtime, with around 25%

of them working extra for free.

If we jump to the second highest,

that's general managers,

those working in finance,

marketing, sales, PR

and HR, for example.

45% of all managers

do unpaid overtime.

And finally, the highest,

we have heard about the pressures

faced by teachers, figures show

a staggering 53% of all teachers

and educational professionals

are working overtime and not

being paid for it.

So, do we need to look again at our

working culture?

I'm joined now by Professor

Cary Cooper, an expert

in workplace health.

It is nice to see you. Good morning.

Good morning.

It is a fascinating

subject. Are we working for free?

Are you surprised?

It has been going

on a long time, starting before the

recession in the Thatcher era. Fewer

people doing more work and feeling

less secure. It is the culture of

the organisations have created, the

long-hours culture. They feel it

means productive. Many studies show

if you work long hours consistently,

you get ill. This is important.

People are turning up to work... You

come early and stay late and send

e-mails that night and that is a

problem. The work day, when you

measure long hours, people do not

take into account the mobile phone

and what you do at night, on

weekends. It is work and we are not

getting paid for it. It is not just

a health issue, Ben, it is a

productivity issues.

productivity issues. France and

Germany have less hours. Germany has

35. But they have better

productivity.

Who is to blame?

Managers? You have to be at your

desk, stay until 830. Do people

think that they have to stay and

they will look great?

It is both.

Everyone thinks that long hours are

productive. It is not. They just

feel insecure. They think that if

they show face time, come early,

come even if they have the flu. They

think that they will not be made

redundant later on and they will

look highly committed. It is a

mixture of both. But experiments in

Sweden, they did it in Goethenberg.

30 hours against 40 hours. They were

more productive and had less

sickness days at 30 hours. We have

an

an issue of hours in terms of using

more flexible hours. More and more

people giving a service -based

economy want to work in a flexible

manner.

Say you go into work and

work really productively for four

hours and go home. Your boss

wouldn't like it.

They are not

looking at the bottom line, they are

looking at face time. That is not

healthy for the economy. Most people

want service. It could affect

productivity. Many managers want

face time,

face time, they want people there to

manage them there. We have to change

that attitude with managers.

It is

nice to see you. Many people are

talking. Kate says you should be

able to go off early if you have

something. It is about people

bending over backwards to be

indispensable.

Thank you.

The Brecon Beacons in South Wales

offers some of the most stunning

views in the UK, so it's perhaps not

surprising visitor numbers have

doubled over the past five years.

It is very cold this morning, of

course!

However, all those extra footsteps

have been having quite an impact

on the pathways that

criss-cross the mountain range.

Now The National Trust needs

volunteers to help with repairs.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is there for us.

People are worried about the

pathways.

It encompasses 500 square

miles. At their heart is the

mountain range which you can see. It

is incredibly cold. This pathway

leads to the

leads to the highest peak. You can

see some work going on into the

downsides of the huge popularity.

The number of visitors has rocketed

coming to see these views. There is

a consequence.

With each step, the views get

better.

It is just a beautiful

place.

The path, more war and

eroded. -- worn. Pen Y Fan in the

Brecon Beacons in South Wales. At

880 metres above sea level, it is

the highest mountain in southern

Britain. But the path to the top has

become a victim of its own success.

In the last five years it has

doubled, in upwards of 350,000

visitors now just on this one path

each year.

Rob Reith helped create

this partly in 1986.

The height of

this path 30 years ago would have

been a waste. They have worn it out

like motorway.

So, Rob and his team

of volunteers are carrying out a

huge repair job.

We are trying to

build up the path. There was a gully

beginning to start and water would

follow the gully, making it deeper

and wider. So we are feeling it in.

-- filling. A lot of people coming

here are not experienced walkers. We

do not want them to get lost.

It is

not just footsteps that are the

problem, but rain and snow.

We

encourage them to bring water so

that it will run down the side of

the mountain rather than on the

paths. It is very rewarding.

Get to

the top and it is easy to see why so

many people want to walk this route.

The views are incredible. You can

see all the way across mid Wales and

parts of Gloucestershire, Somerset,

and Devon. This spring, a helicopter

will airlift tons of gravel high

rocky mountain City Hall path can be

improved.

improved. -- higher up the mountain

so the whole path can be.

We have 70

kilometres to look after and we have

done just over 15 kilometres.

Yeah,

some of the team are here this

morning. Joe, tell me, what will

happen if this work is not done?

You

risk erosion. So many people walk up

each year and it has a big impact.

It is fantastic to have them come

here. We have support for this work

so it is critical we do it.

Carry

on. If you want to volunteer, go to

the National Trust website and

register their peak and not just

turn up. But you will be welcome. --

there. There are many sites across

Northern Ireland and Wales.

Volunteers are always very, very

welcome to be a lot of hard work to

be done. You can see why people come

here. -- welcome.

Get warm and have

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London Newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Alarming new research links mistakes

in patient medication to tens

of thousands of deaths every year.

As many as one in five drugs may be

given out in error across England.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

calls the situation "appalling"

and "totally preventable".

Good morning, it's Friday

the 23rd of February.

Also this morning:

The armed officer who was at

the Florida high school where 17

were shot dead has resigned

for failing to intervene.

His sheriff said it

was a failure of duty.

Wembley in law enforcement arise at

an active shooter, we go in and

address the target. That is what

should have been done.

A fourth British tourist has died

following the helicopter crash

in the Grand Canyon.

Jonathan Udall was on honeymoon.

His wife remains in

a critical condition.

Why it's not just what we eat,

but when and how we eat it -

how snacking on certain food

and drinks damages our teeth.

The owner of British Airways has

results out this morning.

I'm up a curling centre in the

Olympic Park at the Pyeongchang

Olympics where Eve Muirhead and that

curling team again there quest for a

medal in the semifinals later on

this morning. More at 730.

And Nick has the weather.

With high pressure in control, lots

of dry and increasingly sunny

weather over the next few days. A

frosty start this morning but you

are -- if you think it is cold now,

wait until next week. Winter is

about to roll back into life.

-- roar back.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

For every five prescriptions

handed out in England,

an error is made, and

the government's been warned these

mistakes could be linked to hundreds

and potentially thousands

of deaths a year.

The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has

described the findings

as "appalling".

He cites the case of a 92-year-old

woman whose vital medication

was stopped after her chart

was inadvertently swapped.

Our health editor Hugh

Pym has the details.

The report covers mistakes

made in the prescribing,

dispensing and administering

of medication in England.

These could involve GPs,

pharmacists, care homes

and hospitals.

The research is one of the first

exercises of its kind.

It found that medication errors

could cause around 1,700 deaths

per year and perhaps contribute

to up to 22,000 deaths.

The cost to the NHS could be around

£1.6 billion a year.

It does note that the vast majority

of prescriptions dispensed

on the NHS are safe and mistakes do

occur in all healthcare systems.

The Health and Social Care Secretary

Jeremy Hunt said it was a far bigger

problem globally than has

so far been recognised,

causing appalling levels

of harm and death.

Plans to tackle the problem include

introducing electronic prescribing

systems in hospitals

designed to cut mistakes.

The National Pharmacy Association

said it welcomed the focus

on reducing medication errors,

but that a culture of learning,

rather than blame, was needed.

Hugh Pym, BBC News.

An armed officer who was at

the Florida school where 17 people

were killed has resigned after it

emerged he failed to intervene.

Scott Peterson was facing suspension

after an investigation revealed

he remained outside the building

and did not confront the gunman.

Earlier we spoke to Peter Bowes.

This has emerged from the sheriff

of Broward County, and he has been

looking at surveillance video

and he refers to this deputy,

this police officer,

who was working, he was in uniform,

he was armed, he was on the compass

as the shooting happened

-- he was armed, he was

on the campus as the shooting

happened and apparently,

he got to the building

where the shooting

took place around 90 seconds

of the first shots being fired

and then, he didn't go inside.

In fact, he stayed outside

for about four minutes -

the actual shooting

lasted about six minutes.

It is still something of a mystery

as to why he didn't essentially

do his job and go in and confront

the shooter and in fact,

seen the deputy do,

and he said just that -

to have gone inside,

to have addressed the shooter,

and to have shot him dead.

Now, as to why he didn't do that,

the officer has not spoken

to himself yet so we don't

know his side of the story

but we know that he was initially

suspended without pay pending

further investigation,

but he actually chose to resign

from his job.

Now, clearly, there are some people

will put the whole debate about guns

in schools and perhaps the arming

of teachers in a new perspective

because here was someone actually

on the campus trained to use a gun.

Peter, thank you.

It is five minutes past seven.

RBS has just released

their latest results.

Ben has the details.

Really significant news this morning

because this is the first profit

from the bank in about 10 years

since it was bailed out at the

height of the financial crisis, the

first pre-tax full-year profit for

the bank reported profits of £2.2

billion, compared to a loss of £4

billion this time last year and it

has been such a difficult slog for

RBS since the financial crisis, you

may remember in 2008 they racked up

massive losses of £24 billion, the

biggest corporate loss in UK

history. So they have been trying to

put things right since and it has

taken them a long time, they have

been struggling and faced all kinds

of problems, payments, claims of

getting into risky mortgages in the

United States, all sorts of legal

issues but they are finally out, I

have been speaking to them this

morning and they told me it is a

symbolic moment and I've put in the

past behind them. There is not yet

dividends if are an investor, you

won't get a dividend but the

timeline is creeping closer. They

are keen to point out they are no

longer a bad bank, you'll remember

that phrase to describe a lot of the

banks of the height of the GFC so

they have been cutting costs and

trying to keep it on an even keel

but the big question is whether the

government can sell the stake that

we as taxpayers own in the bank, we

are still owned 21% of it, but they

are keen to stop selling it back to

private hands but of course they may

end up doing that at a loss,

remember, the government bought

shares at 500 and 2p just over £5,

are currently trading at £2 78 so if

they did sell, they would sell at a

loss.

Of nearly 50%. It is

interesting with Lloyds, Snapchat we

were talking about that. The power

of celebrity perhaps it comes to

Snapchat's share price.

This is

fascinating. Snapchat is a social

network site where you can send

pictures and the pictures disappear,

popular with young people and

celebrities and so much so we have

had a tweet overnight from one of

the Kardashian family, you will see

it there, so this is the tweet

alone, 56,000 retweets, that was

enough to knock $1 billion off the

value of Snapchat. Because there has

been a lot of changes to how the

site works, people do not like it,

so suggesting someone so influential

in social media circles will stop

using it is enough to what the money

off.

She has been attributed solely

the knocking this off the share

price?

Yes, a lot of users don't

like it so someone with a lot of

influence suggesting she is no

longer using it means it could

affect other people to do the same

and it has been an to knock $1

billion of its value.

The Power!

The fourth British tourist has died

of injuries from a crash in the

Grand Canyon. The man was on his

honeymoon at the time that the crash

happened.

Jon Udall and Ellie Milward

were on their honeymoon.

She has now been left

with critical injuries,

while her friends' online post,

announcing Mr Udall's death,

described him as strong and brave.

The Eurocopter EC130 crashed as it

came into land in Arizona's remote

Quartermaster Canyon.

Witnesses say it spun around twice

before hitting the ground and then

bursting into flames.

Police say bad weather meant

it was more than eight hours before

the survivors could be

flown to hospital.

Stuart Hill, on the left,

is pictured here along

with his brother Jason,

who also died at the scene.

Their parents say the brothers

shared an incredible bond

and would be deeply missed.

Jennifer Barham remains

in a critical condition in hospital

in Las Vegas, as does

the pilot, Scott Booth.

Experts say possible causes

of the crash include a faulty tail

rotor and gusty winds.

But it may take many months

to determine why the helicopter came

down with such

terrible consequences.

Adina Campbell, BBC News.

Two people are still being

questioned after a suspected

hit and run in Coventry

which killed two young brothers.

A man in his 50s and a woman

in her 40s were arrested

on suspicion of causing death

by dangerous driving

and drink driving.

A 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead

shortly after the incident.

The death of his 6-year-old brother

was confirmed a couple

of hours later.

The family of the seriously ill boy

Alfie Evans has been given

permission to appeal

against a High Court ruling allowing

doctors to switch

off his life-support.

Alfie has an undiagnosed brain

disorder and doctors say there's no

hope of recovery.

On Tuesday, a judge ruled

in favour of his physicians,

but his parents want to take him

to a hospital in Italy

for further treatment.

The way we eat and drink is almost

as much of a factor in tooth erosion

as what we consume,

according to new research.

Scientists at King's College London

found acidic food and drink can wear

teeth down, especially

if people snack continually.

Here's more from our health

correspondent, Catherine Burns.

-- those are the main stories.

Should every adult in England be

made a potential organ donor?

That's the question MPs will be

considering today when they debate

a bill which could change

the system in England

to so-called 'presumed consent'.

Wales has already made

a similar decision where,

unless families strongly object,

it's assumed organs will be donated.

Scotland is introducing similar

rules, while Northern Ireland

is keeping the current system.

Fiona Lamdin reports.

It has been a year since this family

in South Wales lost their father.

TRANSLATION:

Absolutely devastated.

Absolutely devastated.

It is just like someone

ripped up my heart.

Scott Duckworth was found

unconscious in his home.

In hospital, a ventilator

was the only thing keeping alive.

-- In hospital, a ventilator was

the only thing keeping him alive.

It was then doctors asked Joanna

if he wanted to donate his organs.

I was quite shocked,

but it was the easiest, yes.

I did not have any

hesitation at all.

Even though Joanna's husband had

never given his permission

for his organs

to be donated, two years ago,

Welsh law changed, and now

presumes organ consent.

So we recognised that there

was an issue for our population,

that the need and the demand

for organs and organ transplants

was outstripping the supply.

The latest figures show that last

year, more people in Wales

than anywhere else in the UK

consented to having their organs

donated.

The overall consent rate for Wales

is 72%, compared to England

at 64%, and Scotland, at 60%.

But critics argue it has

made very little impact.

Before the law changed,

there were 101 deceased donors

in Welsh hospitals, compared to just

104 donors once the law changed.

How has it helped are you?

-- How has it helped you?

It brings a lot of comfort,

knowing that three

families were able to

have their loved ones for a lot

longer than they thought

that they were going to.

Children who may have

lost their parents.

His death was not in vain.

And to me, that means

more than anything.

Scotland has already announced

it is planning to follow Wales.

Today in England, MPs will debate

the bill for the first time,

a bill that government is backing.

Fiona Lamdin, BBC News.

Listening to that story with us,

Jim Lynskey, who is waiting

for a heart transplant,

and Emma Johnson, who has been

campaigning to get the organ

donation rules changed to an opt-out

system after her son needed

a heart transplant.

very good morning to you. Jim,

welcomed by the way. I know you are

a little nervous in this situation

but tell us a little bit, first of

all people see that you are awaiting

a heart transplant and have various

paraphernalia with you.

Explain your

situation. This is a left ventricle

assisted device it is quite a rare

sort of heart pump it is keeping me

alive until I can receive a donor

heart.

It is something you where all

of the time keeping your heart

going?

Overnight as well, there is

no getting away from it

unfortunately but it is the sort of

state that the organ donation system

is in at the moment. Three people

are thought to be dying per day. I

am thankful I can live with this and

not be that unfortunate.

What are

you living with? From the age of 80

had succession of cardiac arrest?

I

had to at age eight and a further

one at 17. And then I got no money

which unfortunately attacked my

heart.

Because you had, was at viral

meningitis?

Yes, I got it with my

twin sister when I was born, Grace

Kellaway Arms guard but

unfortunately this has happened now.

I have to remain positive and

hopefully with this opt out system

coming into place today, fingers

crossed.

How long have you been waiting?

I

have been waiting three years, which

doesn't sound like ages, but for

someone so

someone so young with the blood

types I have, my height, etc, it is

unusual I have not been able to

access a heart.

Do you know what,

three years

three years sounds like ages to me.

Not

three years sounds like ages to me.

Not even in a funny way. 22. A

seventh of your life. What have you

been told in terms of how long you

will have to wait? It is awful, you

have to wait for someone to die.

It

is difficult. It is a fragile

subject to promote. I try to promote

it with a social media account I

have called saveninelives. It is not

which scheme are we

which scheme are we operating, can

we opt out, etc, it is about talk

about it with your loved ones. Could

it be a soft opt-out system?

Families can reject consent, which

is frustrating for patients like

myself. It is not

myself. It is not whether you are or

are not an organ donor, it is have

you had that conversation.

Tell us

about your son, Max, Emma. You had a

long wait for Max for a donor. Tell

us about how this opt in or consent

process could have benefited.

He

went on the urgent heart transplant

list mid January of last year after

he was diagnosed with violated

cardiomyopathy with his heart

becoming too big, unable to pump

blood properly. -- dialated. He also

had the same type of mechanical pump

he is describing. It

he is describing. It acted as a

bridge to transplant to try to keep

him relatively safe under the

circumstances until an organ donor

could be found. So we went on the

list in mid-January and then we...

The wait had begun and we waited and

we waited and we prayed and we

hoped. And finally we got the call

on the second of August that a donor

had been found. Umm, so, it was a

long time to wait because Max was in

a very precarious situation. He was

up and down between the

high-intensity units, the intensive

care unit, so the hardest thing

about waiting for an organ was not

knowing where or if one would come

in time. So I believe that if the

law can change to an opt-out, that

it will almost act as a catalyst for

a change of culture just as Jim

said. I hope it raises awareness so

more people talk about what their

wishes would be should the worst

happened to a loved one.

Yes, Emma,

can you share a few things? We saw a

lovely picture of Max. And people

will be asking how is he now? The

other thing people will be curious

about is your relationship and what

people can tell us about the donor.

It is a good news story in some way.

People have had a bereavement and do

something extraordinary.

We found

out who our donor family were in