26/02/2018

0:00:05 > 0:00:09Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:00:09 > 0:00:12A promise of cheaper energy bills for millions of households.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15New laws will limit how much companies can charge customers

0:00:15 > 0:00:19on expensive energy tariffs.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21The government says 11 million people will benefit

0:00:21 > 0:00:27but there's a warning that it could reduce competition.

0:00:39 > 0:00:42Good morning it's Monday, 26th, February.

0:00:42 > 0:00:43Also this morning.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46Six people are injured after an explosion destroys

0:00:46 > 0:00:48a shop in Leicester.

0:00:48 > 0:00:56Witnesses say it felt like an earthquake.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00I heard a low explosion then felt a tremendous shock through the house,

0:01:00 > 0:01:03it felt like it was going to bring the ceiling down.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06Jeremy Corbyn will set out Labour's new position on Brexit this morning.

0:01:06 > 0:01:09In sport, could this be the first of the three trophies

0:01:09 > 0:01:11for Manchester City this season, as they beat Arsenal

0:01:11 > 0:01:18to lift the League Cup.

0:01:18 > 0:01:23Hello? Are you with us?

0:01:23 > 0:01:25And the coldest weather for years is on its way.

0:01:25 > 0:01:29Carol can tell us more.

0:01:29 > 0:01:33It's going to be cold, especially midweek when you add on the

0:01:33 > 0:01:39wind-chill, for some part of the maximum temperature will feel more

0:01:39 > 0:01:45like -10 or -12, that's half of the issue because we have also got snow

0:01:45 > 0:01:48in the forecast, it will become heavier and more widespread each day

0:01:48 > 0:01:51going through the week.

0:01:51 > 0:01:52Good morning.

0:01:52 > 0:01:53First, our main story.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55Legislation to crack down on expensive energy

0:01:55 > 0:01:56bills is being introduced to Parliament today.

0:01:56 > 0:01:59The government says it will protect 11 million people

0:01:59 > 0:02:02from paying high tariffs.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04But there are concerns it will reduce competition among suppliers.

0:02:04 > 0:02:09Steph has more details.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12The bill is an admission that encouraging consumers to regularly

0:02:12 > 0:02:15switch energy suppliers hasn't been as successful as hoped.

0:02:15 > 0:02:19Around a third of UK households pay default energy

0:02:19 > 0:02:21tariffs, which are usually the most expensive.

0:02:21 > 0:02:25But from next winter, new legislation will allow

0:02:25 > 0:02:27the energy regulator Ofgem to limit how much companies

0:02:27 > 0:02:32can charge customers on standard variable tariffs.

0:02:32 > 0:02:37The price cap will be enforced until at least 2021.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40The government says the Domestic Gas and Electricity Bill will benefit up

0:02:40 > 0:02:44to 11 million people who could make on average annual

0:02:44 > 0:02:48savings of up to £300.

0:02:48 > 0:02:52Energy UK, which represents gas and electricity suppliers,

0:02:52 > 0:02:54said it was vital the cap didn't stifle competition

0:02:54 > 0:03:02in the energy market.

0:03:03 > 0:03:07We have got extremely cold weather on the way so particularly at the

0:03:07 > 0:03:10moment people are thinking about the heating. These are significant

0:03:10 > 0:03:16changes?Yes, they are, the standard variable tariffs is for the default

0:03:16 > 0:03:20for the people" so if you haven't chosen a deal or no Deal is ending,

0:03:20 > 0:03:26you can end up on this tariffs and it is often expensive. 11 million

0:03:26 > 0:03:34households in the UK are on this tariff. We have had caps in the past

0:03:34 > 0:03:38on prepayment meters that have the standard variable rate, there was a

0:03:38 > 0:03:41lot of discussion around that, bringing down costs for people who

0:03:41 > 0:03:46are the poorest in society. On the standard variable rates. That's why

0:03:46 > 0:03:51it was introduced for repayment meters. Recently we were talking

0:03:51 > 0:03:56about that being extended, for people who get the warm home

0:03:56 > 0:03:59discount. So we have seen this cap in the past but what difference this

0:03:59 > 0:04:04would mean is it would be anybody who is on a standard variable

0:04:04 > 0:04:07tariffs. That's what the government is proposing because they say

0:04:07 > 0:04:11switching isn't working. The concern is, it might reduce competition

0:04:11 > 0:04:14because then even if you people would switch and then energy

0:04:14 > 0:04:19companies could not feel the need to be as competitive with prices.When

0:04:19 > 0:04:25would this happen?It's being discussed in a bill which is

0:04:25 > 0:04:28proposed today and then we headed Theresa May says that she would like

0:04:28 > 0:04:33it to come in from next winter but it still needs to go to a few

0:04:33 > 0:04:37hurdles.When he's speaking to the energy Minister? I'm not -- when are

0:04:37 > 0:04:47you speaking to him?I'm not sure! 750 apparently! The voices in my

0:04:47 > 0:04:48head.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51Two people are in a critical condition after an explosion

0:04:51 > 0:04:52destroyed a shop in Leicester.

0:04:52 > 0:04:54Four others were described as "walking wounded."

0:04:54 > 0:04:55Emergency crews have spent the night searching

0:04:55 > 0:04:58through the remains of the building and dozens of nearby homes

0:04:58 > 0:04:59have been evacuated.

0:04:59 > 0:05:01Andy Moore reports.

0:05:01 > 0:05:03The immediate aftermath of an explosion that destroyed

0:05:03 > 0:05:07a shop and a flat above it.

0:05:07 > 0:05:10Local people helped paramedics deal with the casualties.

0:05:10 > 0:05:12Two of them were in a critical condition, four others

0:05:12 > 0:05:16described as walking wounded.

0:05:16 > 0:05:18We heard a low explosion, then felt a tremendous

0:05:18 > 0:05:20shock through the house.

0:05:20 > 0:05:23It felt like it was going to bring the ceiling down.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26I just rang the police, 999, and they asked me

0:05:26 > 0:05:28which service I want and I said, everything you can send.

0:05:28 > 0:05:36Police say they don't know what caused the blast.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38A fierce fire followed the explosion.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40The power supply to a number of neighbouring properties

0:05:40 > 0:05:42was switched off as a precaution.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44The emergency services worked throughout the night to clear debris

0:05:44 > 0:05:47from the site and to make sure there were no more casualties

0:05:47 > 0:05:55hidden in the rubble.

0:05:58 > 0:06:01Quite a dramatic scene. Our correspondent is at the scene this

0:06:01 > 0:06:07morning. They are still working on this, what's going on?In the last

0:06:07 > 0:06:10hour, they have put these big screens up across Hinckley Road,

0:06:10 > 0:06:14there's still thick and acrid smoke coming out of the sight of the

0:06:14 > 0:06:21explosion. The emergency services have been here all night in what the

0:06:21 > 0:06:25Fire Service described as arduous conditions. It's just started

0:06:25 > 0:06:31snowing, to which it had been below zero and they have been searching

0:06:31 > 0:06:33through the rubble with dogs despite the acrid smoke. Local people said

0:06:33 > 0:06:40they heard a loud bang followed by a rumble, sounding like an earthquake

0:06:40 > 0:06:45when the building collapsed like a pancake. It looks like the aftermath

0:06:45 > 0:06:48of a powerful gas explosion. The police say they do not know the

0:06:48 > 0:06:52cause and they look will have to do a full investigation with the Fire

0:06:52 > 0:06:55Service, they have said it did not appear to be terrorist related and

0:06:55 > 0:07:01asking people not to speculate. That appears to be a response to some

0:07:01 > 0:07:06quite unhelpful speculation on social media.Thank you very much,

0:07:06 > 0:07:08the investigation still going on there.

0:07:08 > 0:07:11Jerremy Corbyn will set out Labour's position on Brexit this morning.

0:07:11 > 0:07:13In a speech in Coventry, he'll say the UK should retain

0:07:13 > 0:07:16membership of a customs union with full tariff-free access to EU

0:07:16 > 0:07:19markets for UK businesses.

0:07:19 > 0:07:26Our political correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster.

0:07:26 > 0:07:31Probably very happy to be inside rather than outside today! How big

0:07:31 > 0:07:37shift are we looking at here from Jeremy Corbyn is a Labour Party?

0:07:37 > 0:07:41I do love this cupboard when it's cold outside, I will sit here all

0:07:41 > 0:07:44morning! This is a big shift on Brexit for Labour. When people like

0:07:44 > 0:07:49me are on these programmes blathering on about Brexit, there's

0:07:49 > 0:07:53always stuff we can talk about but we achieve saying anything? Today we

0:07:53 > 0:07:57are because Labour are shifting their policy, there's a big gap

0:07:57 > 0:08:01between what Labour are saying and what government is saying. They are

0:08:01 > 0:08:04they would remain part if they were in government of a customs union

0:08:04 > 0:08:10with the European Union. It close trading relationship, meaning that

0:08:10 > 0:08:14if you're in the customs union, stuff can move around within the

0:08:14 > 0:08:18European Union, stuff you sell to France and Spain, without extra

0:08:18 > 0:08:23taxes being added to it, added tariffs. It doesn't stop you doing

0:08:23 > 0:08:26trade deals around the world which some of those who advocate Brexit

0:08:26 > 0:08:30say is one of the big advantages of pressing ahead with leaving the

0:08:30 > 0:08:37customs union. Why this matters is that the government doesn't have a

0:08:37 > 0:08:40majority in the House of Commons. There's a feeling here that there

0:08:40 > 0:08:44might be a majority in the comments for staying in some sort of customs

0:08:44 > 0:08:50union because some conservatives would quite like it as well so there

0:08:50 > 0:08:53is the potential for Theresa May to be defeated in the Commons down the

0:08:53 > 0:09:03track government policy to be forced into changing. David Davis has an

0:09:03 > 0:09:08article in response saying this is snake oil from Labour, and as far as

0:09:08 > 0:09:11he and the government is concerned, Labour would be thrown away one of

0:09:11 > 0:09:18the principal advantages of leaving the European Union.Thank you very

0:09:18 > 0:09:24much. We'll be talking about that through

0:09:24 > 0:09:25the week.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28Parts of the UK will feel colder than the Arctic Circle this week

0:09:28 > 0:09:30with widespread snow and bitterly cold winds.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32Rail companies in East Anglia have already cancelled some

0:09:32 > 0:09:37services from tonight.

0:09:37 > 0:09:45There is one benefit, we get more from Carol in the programme!

0:09:45 > 0:09:53Snow is on the forecast, already falling in parts of eastern UK.

0:09:53 > 0:09:55The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning

0:09:55 > 0:10:01for disruptive snowfall in parts of the UK this week.

0:10:01 > 0:10:04Part of northern England, round Yorkshire and in the Midlands, and

0:10:04 > 0:10:08another area of cross the south-east. So here we will sleep

0:10:08 > 0:10:18around areas of snow -- here we will see prolonged areas of snow in Kent,

0:10:18 > 0:10:23Essex and Sussex. It will not just be in those areas, will swear we

0:10:23 > 0:10:30will see further snow. Day by day, we will get snow further west and it

0:10:30 > 0:10:35is getting heavier. It is going to be cold, temperatures will be low

0:10:35 > 0:10:41anyway. When you add on the wind-chill, it will feel, by day,

0:10:41 > 0:10:45maximum temperatures with the wind-chill, as low as -10 in some

0:10:45 > 0:10:51parts of the North. Locally, as low as minus 12. Someone like London is

0:10:51 > 0:10:58going to be minus five. That is midweek, Wednesday and Thursday.

0:10:58 > 0:11:03With the wind blowing this slow around, that will leads to travel

0:11:03 > 0:11:09disruption so it check before you head out. We could see some

0:11:09 > 0:11:13blizzards and we will have further weather warnings on Wednesday, and

0:11:13 > 0:11:15Thursday into Friday, there's the potential of heavy snow coming up

0:11:15 > 0:11:20from the south of England with strong winds which could lead to

0:11:20 > 0:11:24some treacherous conditions. There will be a full round-up in ten

0:11:24 > 0:11:27minutes. The message is, keep in touch with the weather forecast this

0:11:27 > 0:11:29week.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31The Syrian government has been accused of using chemical weapons

0:11:31 > 0:11:36in the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38Doctors say several people have suffered symptoms consistent

0:11:38 > 0:11:40with exposure to chlorine gas.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43Fresh air strikes and heavy clashes have been reported in the area

0:11:43 > 0:11:51despite a UN security council resolution calling for a ceasefire.

0:11:51 > 0:11:53An expedition hoping to complete the first successful winter ascent

0:11:53 > 0:11:56of the world's second highest peak, K2, has revealed that one

0:11:56 > 0:11:58of its climbers appears to have struck out for the summit

0:11:58 > 0:12:00alone, without permission.

0:12:00 > 0:12:02A spokesman told the BBC that Denis Urubko's move

0:12:02 > 0:12:06had shocked the team.

0:12:06 > 0:12:09But he said they would still try to support

0:12:09 > 0:12:10the climber.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12K2 is the only peak over eight-thousand-metres yet

0:12:12 > 0:12:18to be climbed in winter.

0:12:18 > 0:12:25That's an extraordinary story. On all sorts of levels. It's an

0:12:25 > 0:12:29extremely dangerous thing to do anyway.We need some more

0:12:29 > 0:12:34information.You can't just have someone going ahead.It's a team

0:12:34 > 0:12:44effort.It is here! Part of the team!Teamwork makes the DreamWorks,

0:12:44 > 0:12:47and is doing the business for Manchester City at the moment. They

0:12:47 > 0:12:55won the League Cup yesterday and this could be some trophies for

0:12:55 > 0:13:03them, they got knocked out of the FA Cup. Aided by Arsenal's inept

0:13:03 > 0:13:06performance which has frustrated Arsenal fans.It was ordered

0:13:06 > 0:13:14one-sided.Was, but Manchester

0:13:14 > 0:13:16one-sided.Was, but Manchester city, Pep Guardiola has come into

0:13:16 > 0:13:22mastermind this. This is not one of the biggest trophies but it is

0:13:22 > 0:13:26stepping stone to bigger things to come. The Champions League and the

0:13:26 > 0:13:30Premier League title looking likely to becoming their way as well. 13

0:13:30 > 0:13:35points clear in the lead.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37They beat Arsenal 3-0 at Wembley, David Silva rounding

0:13:37 > 0:13:38things off in style.

0:13:38 > 0:13:41This a trophy Arsene Wenger has never won, Pep Guardiola adding it

0:13:41 > 0:13:45to his collection in his second season managaing in England.

0:13:45 > 0:13:47You wonder how the more chances Arsene Wenger will get to win this

0:13:47 > 0:13:49trophy.

0:13:49 > 0:13:52Watch out for Jesse Lingarrd linking up with Romelu Lukaku here to score

0:13:52 > 0:13:54United's winner against Chelsea, who drop out of the top four

0:13:54 > 0:13:56after Tottenham beat Crystal Palace.

0:13:56 > 0:13:59The Winter Olympics are over.

0:13:59 > 0:14:02Yesterday's closing ceremony had pyrotechnics, puppets,

0:14:02 > 0:14:05and light shows to mark the end of two weeks of competition,

0:14:05 > 0:14:13GB's best Winter Olympics on record.

0:14:13 > 0:14:15And watch closely, England and Scotland have been asked

0:14:15 > 0:14:19to explain what caused a scuffle in the tunnel before England

0:14:19 > 0:14:27and Scotland's Six Nations match on Saturday.

0:14:28 > 0:14:31Owen Farrell was involved. The organisers of the tournament wants

0:14:31 > 0:14:36to know what happened there. The clerk of minor thing, I'm sure far

0:14:36 > 0:14:41worse goes on on the field. -- it looks like a minor thing.

0:14:41 > 0:14:49Far more importantly, Scotland were brilliant.They were superb.We

0:14:49 > 0:14:55don't want to let that the track from anything else.

0:14:55 > 0:14:58It's really important to keep up with the weather today.

0:15:02 > 0:15:04Yes, especially if you're travelling. There disruptive weather

0:15:04 > 0:15:10on the cards. There is disruptive snow, bitter winds, significant

0:15:10 > 0:15:14wind-chill this week, frost and ice but in between will be some

0:15:14 > 0:15:17sunshine. With each passing day there will be a little bit more snow

0:15:17 > 0:15:21and it will travel closer to the west. Some western extreme views of

0:15:21 > 0:15:27the UK will not see the snow that is a maybe. It's coming from Russia,

0:15:27 > 0:15:32cold air being dragged across Europe, look at the amount of blue

0:15:32 > 0:15:36across the shores. And easterly wind does bring snow and it brings snow

0:15:36 > 0:15:42and cold weather. This morning cold and frosty, temperatures falling and

0:15:42 > 0:15:46part of Gloucestershire to minus five. We have some snow showers. At

0:15:46 > 0:15:50the moment they are in eastern areas, a few flurries in London.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53Towards the West, brighter conditions but today, there will be

0:15:53 > 0:15:58a fair bit of cloud around. Some of the snow showers will just a bit

0:15:58 > 0:16:01further west. Cold day in prospect but not as cold as it will feel

0:16:01 > 0:16:08through this week. This evening and overnight, another cold night in

0:16:08 > 0:16:11prospect. Clear skies. Then we started to watch this area of snow

0:16:11 > 0:16:18coming in from the North Sea. This will be significant. Another cold

0:16:18 > 0:16:22night, watch out for ice on untreated surfaces and some frost

0:16:22 > 0:16:26around. The Met Office has two amber warnings for tomorrow, meaning be

0:16:26 > 0:16:32prepared. Be prepared for some disruption. The areas covering the

0:16:32 > 0:16:36number of Yorkshire, into the Midlands, and the second area is

0:16:36 > 0:16:45down towards the south-east. Kent, part of Essex and Suffolk. Snow

0:16:45 > 0:16:51showers extending into the channel islands. The world significance

0:16:51 > 0:16:54though into the north of inward, the north-east and into the Midlands.

0:16:54 > 0:17:00Into between, drier and brighter weather but if you are travelling,

0:17:00 > 0:17:05we could see some lying snow and for some of us it will be starting to

0:17:05 > 0:17:09accumulate. Temperatures, maximum for some, not even breaking

0:17:09 > 0:17:15freezing. And these indicate what you can expect in towns and cities.

0:17:15 > 0:17:17Overnight, you can see this though clearly on the chart, in the evening

0:17:17 > 0:17:22and overnight, and on Wednesday, another under weather warning from

0:17:22 > 0:17:28the Met Office. For north-east Scotland, eastern Scotland and North

0:17:28 > 0:17:32East England where we will see some more significant snow. Into the

0:17:32 > 0:17:35West, snow showers in between, brighter conditions in between but a

0:17:35 > 0:17:40cold day, and regardless of what it this is how it is going to feel in

0:17:40 > 0:17:45towns and cities against your skin. In parts of the North it could be as

0:17:45 > 0:17:50low as minus 12. These are the values that were looking in terms of

0:17:50 > 0:17:57snowfall. 20 centimetres not to be sneezed at. Then for Thursday into

0:17:57 > 0:18:00Friday, this system coming up from the continent is going to bump into

0:18:00 > 0:18:07this cold air and it looks like it's going to produce a fair bit of snow

0:18:07 > 0:18:11across southern areas, look at the isobars. It's going to be windy.

0:18:11 > 0:18:16Also looking at drifting snow, potential blizzards into Friday and

0:18:16 > 0:18:26it will drift northwards. So lots going on with the weather this week.

0:18:27 > 0:18:32And it is already making the front pages. The Daily Mirror is saying it

0:18:32 > 0:18:36is the week-long freeze. Don't worry, Carol will take us through

0:18:36 > 0:18:41it. They say, beware the beast from the East.

0:18:41 > 0:18:48And on the Daily Mail, Corbyn's Brexit betrayal. He will snub

0:18:48 > 0:18:54millions

0:18:54 > 0:19:01millions of migration. The front page of the Guardian, we are talking

0:19:01 > 0:19:05about Jeremy Corbyn all throughout the programme this morning. He is

0:19:05 > 0:19:09making a speech later about the future. It has been written up in

0:19:09 > 0:19:19lots of different ways. The Daily Telegraph says he is selling snake

0:19:19 > 0:19:23oil over Brexit. That is a quote from David Davis. This is a

0:19:23 > 0:19:28wonderful picture as well of the Winter Olympics. It is just so

0:19:28 > 0:19:38beautiful. I loved it. And another picture in a few papers. Ivanka

0:19:38 > 0:19:43Trump, the daughter of President Trump and the North Korean general

0:19:43 > 0:19:47at the closing ceremony. It is so interesting to see them

0:19:47 > 0:19:52together. Also, embattled universities face

0:19:52 > 0:19:57limits on powers. Watchdog to tackle high pay and equality at

0:19:57 > 0:20:01universities. And in the Financial Times another

0:20:01 > 0:20:07picture. The Olympics end with an North Korean olive branch. A bit of

0:20:07 > 0:20:13hope.I have an interesting story about making money on holiday when

0:20:13 > 0:20:18you leave your car at the airport. Gatwick are looking at a scheme

0:20:18 > 0:20:25where you can park your car for free. Then somebody can hire it and

0:20:25 > 0:20:30you can make a bit of money on your car. You can rent out your car

0:20:30 > 0:20:37whilst you are at the airport.That leads to so many questions.I am

0:20:37 > 0:20:41sure, there will be insurance and things like that.What if you have

0:20:41 > 0:20:49got crisps all over the back seat? It gets cleaned first.You could

0:20:49 > 0:20:54find all sorts of things on the floor.

0:20:54 > 0:20:58I had an entire pack of Pringles scrunched across the back seat. On

0:20:58 > 0:21:06purpose? No, it had been there for ages. I digress. But you have an

0:21:06 > 0:21:10interesting business story. It is also like the well-known bed

0:21:10 > 0:21:15and breakfast company, hiring out bits of your house.The Winter

0:21:15 > 0:21:19Olympics are over and it has been GB's most successful games ever with

0:21:19 > 0:21:23five medals and this is a great picture of Billie Morgan who won the

0:21:23 > 0:21:29fifth medal. We know he has got the talent will stop he was also GB's

0:21:29 > 0:21:36flag carrier in the closing ceremony, which he balanced on his

0:21:36 > 0:21:40chin impressively. He has got the tricks in the air and he has the

0:21:40 > 0:21:48talent with the flag as well. UK sport are talking about the medals,

0:21:48 > 0:21:53five, does it count when the investment has been 20 million. It

0:21:53 > 0:21:56is just about 5 million for a medal. This is the debate people are

0:21:56 > 0:22:05having.Can I give you some news as well. There

0:22:07 > 0:22:11well. There is a potential shortage of raisins. It is to do with fires

0:22:11 > 0:22:19in California. There will be a shortage of currents and raisins.

0:22:19 > 0:22:24Quite frankly, I am happy, I think they are awful.Don't you have them

0:22:24 > 0:22:34on your porridge in the morning? I can eat them clean. You can have

0:22:34 > 0:22:40fudge and chocolate?You put bacon in a barn and tomato sauce and that

0:22:40 > 0:22:46is what is called a bacon buddy. Brown sauce and tomato sauce!

0:22:46 > 0:22:52We talk about the cold a lot. Apparently this week it might hit

0:22:52 > 0:22:58mobile phone networks. It might be so cold that masts don't work

0:22:58 > 0:23:02properly. If you lose a bit of coverage this week, that may well be

0:23:02 > 0:23:08the reason why. Thank you to both of you.

0:23:08 > 0:23:11Most people's pets are like a member of the family, and if you've ever

0:23:11 > 0:23:14had one go missing you know how upsetting it can be.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17So imagine if you then found out it had been brutally killed.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20Over the past two years there have been hundreds of horrific cat deaths

0:23:20 > 0:23:22and police think it could be the work of one person.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24A £10,000 reward is being offered to help

0:23:24 > 0:23:25catch the cat killer.

0:23:25 > 0:23:33Graham Satchell reports.

0:23:34 > 0:23:40This road is basically were the first murder that we are aware of

0:23:40 > 0:23:46happened.We are driving with Tony Jenkins, founder of an animal rescue

0:23:46 > 0:23:52charity. He is taking us to where it all started.The body was left on a

0:23:52 > 0:23:59neighbour's doorstep.How many cases have you now encountered?We are

0:23:59 > 0:24:08over 450 now.450?Yes.It was along this path, an old railway line, that

0:24:08 > 0:24:13the first attack happened over two years ago. Tony has been working

0:24:13 > 0:24:16with the Metropolitan police, investigating each reports of a

0:24:16 > 0:24:20suspicious cat death.He needs to go to court because he is bringing

0:24:20 > 0:24:25horror to people's lives. Most people consider their cat as part of

0:24:25 > 0:24:30the family, it is like losing a child, and it is devastating.The

0:24:30 > 0:24:35attacks began to do half years ago in an area around Croydon in south

0:24:35 > 0:24:41London and since then cats have been killed all around the M25 in Kent,

0:24:41 > 0:24:45Essex, Hertfordshire and further afield, Manchester, Liverpool,

0:24:45 > 0:24:48Sheffield and Portsmouth. All the pets have been attacked in the same

0:24:48 > 0:24:54way. What is so horrifying is not just that so many have been killed,

0:24:54 > 0:24:58but in every case they have been dismembered and the body pies left

0:24:58 > 0:25:06deliberately to be discovered.You could not help but love him, he had

0:25:06 > 0:25:11these massive green eyes. He was just a boy, he would come bowling

0:25:11 > 0:25:17in.He was great. Jane's cat was found mutilated in her neighbour's

0:25:17 > 0:25:23garden.It was devastating, and I think everybody who saw him have

0:25:23 > 0:25:30been scarred. I think you can never erase that out of your memory. I

0:25:30 > 0:25:33cannot get that round my head, why someone would want to be so

0:25:33 > 0:25:40vindictive to any animal and two hurt loving families with their

0:25:40 > 0:25:45pets. I don't understand it.This person, if it is one person, I think

0:25:45 > 0:25:52that is what the police suspect, is displaying psychopathic traits.For

0:25:52 > 0:25:56forensic psychologists there are comfortable echoes of history here.

0:25:56 > 0:25:59Animal cruelty is a recognised starting point for Maud horrific

0:25:59 > 0:26:06crimes.People that start with extreme violence towards animals do

0:26:06 > 0:26:10progress and there is a progression hypothesis that suggests it is like

0:26:10 > 0:26:15a start and they will move on and they will often progress to doing

0:26:15 > 0:26:20sadistic violence towards human beings.The Metropolitan police do

0:26:20 > 0:26:25not know who the cat killer is. There have been no arrests and there

0:26:25 > 0:26:29are no specific suspects. Jane's hope is that there is a breakthrough

0:26:29 > 0:26:37soon before more cats are killed. Graham Satchel, BBC News.

0:26:37 > 0:26:42That is such a grim story. It is such a worry. Hopefully they

0:26:42 > 0:26:44will get to the bottom of that one.

0:26:44 > 0:26:46Hopefully they will get to the bottom of that one.

0:26:46 > 0:26:49It was the Skeleton team which provided most of Team GBs

0:26:49 > 0:26:50medals at the Winter Olympics.

0:26:50 > 0:26:55And John is at the training centre where it was all masterminded.

0:26:55 > 0:27:00The thing is, what is amazing about this is there is no snow or ice

0:27:00 > 0:27:04there. And we don't even have a full track,

0:27:04 > 0:27:09it is starting track. Good John. Maybe we will get some

0:27:09 > 0:27:14snow in the next couple of days. We are at the University of Bath, the

0:27:14 > 0:27:20home of the skeleton team. This is the push start track. Athletes will

0:27:20 > 0:27:26do this thousands of times in their career. They will fire off down the

0:27:26 > 0:27:31track. There is a Flickr down at the end. You go all the way up to the

0:27:31 > 0:27:36top and slide back down again. This is the nerve centre. They have got

0:27:36 > 0:27:41electronics and computers to keep an eye on things. We know from watching

0:27:41 > 0:27:45athletes like Lizzie Yarnold just how important the start is. This is

0:27:45 > 0:27:50what they go on, this is what they take their life in their hands on

0:27:50 > 0:27:55and fire down below circuits around the world. In PyeongChang they are

0:27:55 > 0:27:59on something like this, although this runs on wheels, it is for

0:27:59 > 0:31:21training purposes. I will tell

0:31:21 > 0:31:24Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

0:31:24 > 0:31:26Now though it's back to Dan and Louise.

0:31:26 > 0:31:27Bye for now.

0:31:27 > 0:31:30Hello this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:31:30 > 0:31:33We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

0:31:33 > 0:31:41but also on Breakfast this morning:

0:31:43 > 0:31:46She wins gold again!

0:31:46 > 0:31:49It's been a Winter Olympics to remember, and Team GB is heading

0:31:49 > 0:31:50home with a record medals haul.

0:31:50 > 0:31:52We'll be looking back with one of the stars,

0:31:52 > 0:31:54slopestyler James Woods.

0:31:54 > 0:31:57The Beast from the East is on its way.

0:31:57 > 0:31:58Winter returns with a vengeance this week.

0:31:58 > 0:32:01We'll bring you the latest advice on how to stay safe

0:32:01 > 0:32:04during the big freeze.

0:32:04 > 0:32:06Also this morning, she was the reason a King

0:32:06 > 0:32:07gave up his throne.

0:32:07 > 0:32:10Now a new book about Wallis Simpson suggests she was actually

0:32:10 > 0:32:12in love with someone else.

0:32:12 > 0:32:19We'll speak to biographer Andrew Morton about his revelations.

0:32:19 > 0:32:21Good morning, here's a summary of today's main

0:32:21 > 0:32:26stories from BBC News.

0:32:26 > 0:32:29Legislation to crack down on expensive energy bills is being

0:32:29 > 0:32:33introduced in Parliament today. The government says it will protect 11

0:32:33 > 0:32:37million people from paying high tariffs. With average savings of

0:32:37 > 0:32:40around £300. Other are concerned it will reduce competition among

0:32:40 > 0:32:43suppliers.

0:32:43 > 0:32:47Two people remain in a critical condition after an explosion in

0:32:47 > 0:32:49Leicester. Emergency crews have spent the night searching through

0:32:49 > 0:32:54the remains of a shop in the city centre which was destroyed as a

0:32:54 > 0:32:58result of a blast on Sunday night. Police have said they do not think

0:32:58 > 0:33:03the incident was related to terrorism. We can show you the scene

0:33:03 > 0:33:08live from better this morning, it's still rather dramatic to look at,

0:33:08 > 0:33:11firefighters are still in the area. We expect a press conference in

0:33:11 > 0:33:16around half an hour from the police so we'll will bring you that and we

0:33:16 > 0:33:20speak to a couple of eyewitnesses, one who lives around the corner and

0:33:20 > 0:33:25one Across

0:33:25 > 0:33:28one Across to street, and it is beginning to snow there as well.

0:33:28 > 0:33:29Jeremy Corbyn will outline the Labour party's position

0:33:29 > 0:33:31on Brexit this morning.

0:33:31 > 0:33:33In a speech, he is expected to say the UK should keep

0:33:33 > 0:33:36a customs union with the EU, allowing businesses tariff-free

0:33:36 > 0:33:38access to European markets.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41Theresa May has said the country should leave the customs union

0:33:41 > 0:33:46after Brexit so it can negotiate its own trade deals.

0:33:46 > 0:33:49The Syrian government has been accused of using chemical weapons

0:33:49 > 0:33:51in the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta.

0:33:51 > 0:33:54Doctors say several people have suffered symptoms consistent

0:33:54 > 0:33:56with exposure to chlorine gas.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59Fresh air strikes and heavy clashes have been reported in the area

0:33:59 > 0:34:05despite a UN security council resolution calling for a ceasefire.

0:34:05 > 0:34:0970% of people born from the early 1980s to the mid '90s,

0:34:09 > 0:34:12the so-called millenials, will be obese or overweight

0:34:12 > 0:34:17by the time they reach 40 according to new research.

0:34:17 > 0:34:18That would make them the most overweight generation

0:34:18 > 0:34:21since records began.

0:34:21 > 0:34:24Cancer Research UK is launching a nationwide campaign to raise

0:34:24 > 0:34:32awareness about the link between obesity and cancer.

0:34:34 > 0:34:40Those are some of the main news stories. The end of the Winter

0:34:40 > 0:34:43Olympics, we can't go to Pyongyang any more.Sorry about that, it was a

0:34:43 > 0:34:50great success. Talking about medals, and the silverware, Manchester City

0:34:50 > 0:34:56I think are going to accumulate a lot of trophies. Pep Guardiola came

0:34:56 > 0:35:01into

0:35:01 > 0:35:03into Manchester City to mastermind a dominant of European football and

0:35:03 > 0:35:10this is a step on that path. They look like they could win the

0:35:10 > 0:35:16Champions League and they are 13 points clear in the Premier League.

0:35:16 > 0:35:18This the first trophy of Pep Guardiola city's career.

0:35:18 > 0:35:22Sergio Aguero, with their opener.

0:35:22 > 0:35:26Before City captain Vincent Kompany scored an emotional second goal -

0:35:26 > 0:35:32he's been out injured for much of the season.

0:35:32 > 0:35:34David Silva added a third.

0:35:34 > 0:35:37Pep pleased to get off the mark after a trophy-less first season

0:35:37 > 0:35:41in English football.

0:35:41 > 0:35:44I am so happy but I am part of Manchester City so every title

0:35:44 > 0:35:48we won or we won in the past, you are part of the group,

0:35:48 > 0:35:51said that is why I am so happy for Manchester City because I cannot

0:35:51 > 0:35:56forget how they took care of me last season when it was not so good

0:35:56 > 0:36:03in terms of results and titles.

0:36:03 > 0:36:05Manchester United have moved back into second place

0:36:05 > 0:36:08in the Premier League after beating Chelsea 2-1.

0:36:08 > 0:36:10United had to come from behind but Jesse Lingard's header earned

0:36:10 > 0:36:14them the three points.

0:36:14 > 0:36:16Chelsea have slipped to fifth and are outside the Champions League

0:36:16 > 0:36:20places with just ten games remaning.

0:36:20 > 0:36:25Antonio Conte admit it could be harder to make the top four.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27Not because it is Chelsea, very special because we beat

0:36:27 > 0:36:31the champions, we beat a fantastic team that is very difficult to beat

0:36:31 > 0:36:33and because these three points are the points that keep us

0:36:33 > 0:36:38in the second position, which is the position

0:36:38 > 0:36:43we are fighting for.

0:36:43 > 0:36:48Harry Kane said he's scoring quicker than expected after notching

0:36:48 > 0:36:50the 150th goal of his club career.

0:36:50 > 0:36:52He's scored 24 this season in the league alone.

0:36:52 > 0:36:55Celtic have restored a nine-point lead at the top

0:36:55 > 0:36:57of the Scottish Premiership after beating Aberdeen

0:36:57 > 0:36:582-0 at Pittodrie.

0:36:58 > 0:37:01Moussa Dembele was involved in both goals, scoring the first before

0:37:01 > 0:37:09setting up Kieran Tierney for their second.

0:37:11 > 0:37:13The chair of UK Sport, Dame Katherine Grainger,

0:37:13 > 0:37:17insists that the British haul of five medals at the

0:37:17 > 0:37:20Winter Olympics does represent a good investment.

0:37:20 > 0:37:22Sports like basketball have questioned whether winter sports

0:37:22 > 0:37:28deserve nearly £30 million in funding when they receive none.

0:37:28 > 0:37:30The Team GB athletes are in the air at the moment as they fly

0:37:30 > 0:37:31back from South Korea.

0:37:31 > 0:37:39They're due to land at Heathrow just after midday.

0:37:40 > 0:37:43There is an amazing reaction from people who see the Olympic games,

0:37:43 > 0:37:47whether they love sport or they don't follow sport. I think it's so

0:37:47 > 0:37:51much more complicated than just, that medal gusts that many million

0:37:51 > 0:37:56or otherwise. The money you see their buys into a huge system of

0:37:56 > 0:38:00sport throughout the country and there is huge benefits from there.

0:38:00 > 0:38:08She will be with us after 730. There is a lot of money spent. Those

0:38:08 > 0:38:14skeletons are 6.5 million.That's a lot of money, but it is the

0:38:14 > 0:38:17technology.It's the sharing of information across sports as well,

0:38:17 > 0:38:25skeleton had a great success but bobsleigh didn't, so is there a more

0:38:25 > 0:38:26effective way of sharing information? It will be interesting

0:38:26 > 0:38:31to hear from her at half past seven.

0:38:31 > 0:38:34Six Nations Rugby have asked England and Scotland to explain the clash

0:38:34 > 0:38:35between team members before their match at

0:38:35 > 0:38:36Murrayfield on Saturday.

0:38:36 > 0:38:38England's Owen Farrell and Scotland's Ryan Wilson appeared

0:38:38 > 0:38:40to clash in the entrance to the tunnel before

0:38:40 > 0:38:45Scotland's victory.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48This is the much that Scotland won, they dominated, beating England.

0:38:48 > 0:38:51Once the respective camps give their reply, Six Nations Rugby

0:38:51 > 0:38:53will decide if any further action is needed.

0:38:53 > 0:38:55Meanwhile in the Women's Tournament, Ireland have moved to third place

0:38:55 > 0:38:57after a 35-12 win over Wales.

0:38:57 > 0:38:59Claire Molloy scored two tries as the Irish pulled

0:38:59 > 0:39:02away in the second half.

0:39:02 > 0:39:05England captain Eoin Morgan hailed the return of Ben Stokes

0:39:05 > 0:39:08to the team, but the all-rounder, playing for the first time

0:39:08 > 0:39:10since being charged with affray, couldn't prevent England losing

0:39:10 > 0:39:11the first one-day international against New Zealand.

0:39:11 > 0:39:14Stokes took two wickets but the Black Caps managed to chase

0:39:14 > 0:39:18down their target in the final over.

0:39:18 > 0:39:24The next game takes place in Tauranga on Wednesday.

0:39:24 > 0:39:27And there was a birdie of a different kind on the PGA tour

0:39:27 > 0:39:28at Palm Beach in Florida.

0:39:28 > 0:39:30This is Tiger Woods.

0:39:30 > 0:39:33He's hit plenty of birdies in his career, a few eagles too.

0:39:33 > 0:39:41Dare say he's never hit a goose.

0:39:43 > 0:39:47No animals were harmed in the making of this film! Probably a little bit

0:39:47 > 0:39:54uncomfortable but he strolls off, he looks fairly happy. Just goes to

0:39:54 > 0:40:02show that he's firing all cylinders! He's playing all very well. Rory

0:40:02 > 0:40:06McIlroy says he has never seen him playing so well when he had around

0:40:06 > 0:40:11with him. If Rory McIlroy says that, and a goose can contest to it! He's

0:40:11 > 0:40:15playing well at the moment.

0:40:15 > 0:40:18We just want to bring you up-to-date with some news from the explosion in

0:40:18 > 0:40:23Leicester, there has been an press conference and we understand that

0:40:23 > 0:40:28four people are confirmed to have died in the explosion. These are the

0:40:28 > 0:40:33pictures that we can see, there is an ongoing investigation at the

0:40:33 > 0:40:38moment.

0:40:38 > 0:40:40moment. Leicestershire Fire And Rescue Services, East Midlands

0:40:40 > 0:40:44Ambulance Service and Leicestershire police all responded to reports of

0:40:44 > 0:40:47this explosion and fire at a building in Hinckley Road at around

0:40:47 > 0:40:52last night. Just to confirm what we've heard from the police this

0:40:52 > 0:40:58morning, they say there are four confirmed fatalities and four people

0:40:58 > 0:41:03remained in hospital. One of those four has serious injuries. A bit of

0:41:03 > 0:41:06a quote from the superintendent Shane O'Neill, he said there were an

0:41:06 > 0:41:12large tub of resources from various agencies in place and they will be

0:41:12 > 0:41:16there throughout the day. We will sort our reporter later on. We will

0:41:16 > 0:41:20also talk to some eyewitnesses who spoke about the enormity of the

0:41:20 > 0:41:26explosion and how they fought it could have been an earthquake. They

0:41:26 > 0:41:30went on to say that once the site is deemed to be safe, a joint

0:41:30 > 0:41:35investigation with the letter further and rescue -- Leicestershire

0:41:35 > 0:41:41Fire And Rescue Services will look around at the circumstances which

0:41:41 > 0:41:44are not being linked to terrorism at this stage. Four people compelled to

0:41:44 > 0:41:54have died last night. -- are confirmed to have died.

0:41:54 > 0:41:56Starbucks is going to start charging an extra 5p

0:41:56 > 0:41:58if you want a takeaway cup.

0:41:58 > 0:41:59Steph's got more on this.

0:41:59 > 0:42:00Morning, Steph.

0:42:00 > 0:42:03Yes, it's the first coffee company to try this and it will come

0:42:03 > 0:42:05in from this morning in 35 stores across London.

0:42:05 > 0:42:08It's all to do with trying to reduce the amount of waste

0:42:08 > 0:42:14we throw away every year.

0:42:14 > 0:42:17In 2015 the government scheme of a 5p charge on plastic bags

0:42:17 > 0:42:24caused an 83% fall in their use.

0:42:24 > 0:42:27We asked people in Manchester whether they would pay an extra 5p

0:42:27 > 0:42:35for a disposable coffee cup.

0:42:35 > 0:42:42I'm addicted to coffee, so, yeah. Definitely.I would pay 10p.I think

0:42:42 > 0:42:46it a good idea. There's too much waste at blue it would be fine, not

0:42:46 > 0:42:50an issue. It's whether people would still recycle those or whether they

0:42:50 > 0:42:53would we use them or whether they would go in the bin again, I don't

0:42:53 > 0:42:57know.I don't think it will make a difference in privately, it might

0:42:57 > 0:43:00make some money off people, it an inconvenience but it's not good to

0:43:00 > 0:43:06change the world, 5p more expensive. I go to buy my own reusable cup

0:43:06 > 0:43:09because that will contribute to this waste to the rabbit and I think

0:43:09 > 0:43:14that's what Starbucks is trying to incentivise people to do.Thinking

0:43:14 > 0:43:18about it, everyone complains about it but they still pay it, so if you

0:43:18 > 0:43:22like copy your pay the 5p I think everybody needs to get behind it,

0:43:22 > 0:43:31the retells and the consumer, I had a bag that I take with me and I have

0:43:31 > 0:43:33a cup that I take with me, there's no difference.

0:43:33 > 0:43:36We can talk now to Simon Redfern from Starbucks, he joins us from one

0:43:36 > 0:43:39of the branches where they're bringing in the charge.

0:43:39 > 0:43:42Why have you gone with charging customers more if they use a

0:43:42 > 0:43:47disposable cup, rather than giving them a discount if they use a

0:43:47 > 0:43:55reusable one?We've had the discount of 25p for about 20 years. What

0:43:55 > 0:44:00we've found is it hasn't really moved the needle in terms of people

0:44:00 > 0:44:04reusing cups in the way that we thought. We have 1.8% of customers

0:44:04 > 0:44:08who use one of these things, and reusable cup, and we want to

0:44:08 > 0:44:13increase the number.When one of your rivals brought in a discount of

0:44:13 > 0:44:2150p, which research suggests would make a difference to consumer

0:44:21 > 0:44:30behaviour, will you do that and much more rivals?We did 50p in 2016 at a

0:44:30 > 0:44:33discount, for three months. And it didn't move the needle. We found

0:44:33 > 0:44:38that we got customers, a few more customers using it, we were about

0:44:38 > 0:44:431.8% of all of our customers, then we dropped it back to 25% and they

0:44:43 > 0:44:47didn't fall away, they kept using the cup. So what we think it is, if

0:44:47 > 0:44:51we can make a psychological change for people, and say actually, we

0:44:51 > 0:44:56really want you to use reusable, you get 25p off, but if you don't, you

0:44:56 > 0:45:03will be charged for it, that might make people charge for reusable.A

0:45:03 > 0:45:07lot of people perhaps don't realise when they get a takeaway cup that it

0:45:07 > 0:45:12is not recyclable. It's because it is difficult to recycle, why can't

0:45:12 > 0:45:19you use cups that are easier to recycle?

0:45:25 > 0:45:32This is the cup and it has a lining that makes it safe and keeps to the

0:45:32 > 0:45:35heat. We have to get a solution to that. We are working on that.

0:45:38 > 0:45:44If you bring your cup to the store, we can recycle it. People are using

0:45:44 > 0:45:50their own cups and we are getting the recycling element right as well.

0:45:50 > 0:45:56It is an 35 stores in London and we throw away 2.5 billion cups every

0:45:56 > 0:46:01year, so is this much of a commitment?This is a big experiment

0:46:01 > 0:46:06for us. We are the first ones we think who have ever done this. We

0:46:06 > 0:46:12are working with a third party called Harvard, and they are doing a

0:46:12 > 0:46:19study into this. They are looking at the way the customers react and the

0:46:19 > 0:46:24way the behaviour change works. We will share that, with any

0:46:24 > 0:46:27competitor, with government, with anyone in Europe, we will share that

0:46:27 > 0:46:30with them and we will take a decision about where it goes from

0:46:30 > 0:46:35there.What will happen to the money you make from it?That all goes

0:46:35 > 0:46:39straight to this NGO, an environmental charity. They have

0:46:39 > 0:46:45worked with us before and a lot of other companies to see if we can get

0:46:45 > 0:46:49more people recycling cups outside stores. They will give all of the

0:46:49 > 0:46:54proceeds to this to run this campaign.Simon Redfern from

0:46:54 > 0:46:59Starbucks on their new charge on their takeaway cuts. Interesting to

0:46:59 > 0:47:08talk about that. And if you need one, you need it this week because

0:47:08 > 0:47:12it is called this morning and it will get colder throughout the week.

0:47:12 > 0:47:17Good morning.

0:47:17 > 0:47:21And that is also not because of the drop in temperature, but also the

0:47:21 > 0:47:28winter chill. This week we will see disruptive snow in the UK. Bitter

0:47:28 > 0:47:33winds accentuate that cold field. There will be frost and eyes and

0:47:33 > 0:47:37also some sunshine. We are dragging in cold air all the way from

0:47:37 > 0:47:43Siberia. You can see how cold it is in Europe generally. This easterly

0:47:43 > 0:47:48wind is coming from a cold direction and it brings snow this week.

0:47:48 > 0:47:52Already we have got snow showers affecting eastern parts of the UK.

0:47:52 > 0:47:58During the day some of those will get over towards the West, and some

0:47:58 > 0:48:04of us will see a dusting of snow. Today it is going to be cloudy and

0:48:04 > 0:48:10it will feel cold. These are the maximum temperature in towns and

0:48:10 > 0:48:17city, freezing in the Midlands. Overnight snow showers had down into

0:48:17 > 0:48:21the Channel Islands and more significant snow in North East

0:48:21 > 0:48:26Scotland and England. Once again it will be a cold night and there will

0:48:26 > 0:48:31be a widespread frost. As we head into tomorrow, and tonight as well,

0:48:31 > 0:48:35the Met Office has an amber weather warning. Be prepared for disruption

0:48:35 > 0:48:41because of the snow. The areas this warning covers for Tuesday are in

0:48:41 > 0:48:46parts of North East England, the Midlands, and also in the South East

0:48:46 > 0:48:51corner. That is Tuesday, but the Met Office has an amber weather warning

0:48:51 > 0:48:58out on Wednesday. That is across northern and eastern Scotland and

0:48:58 > 0:49:01North East England. Again the risk of disruption due to the amount of

0:49:01 > 0:49:09snowfall. Back to today and we are looking at the snow coming in,

0:49:09 > 0:49:14sorry, Tuesday. Some of that will be moving across the Midlands toward

0:49:14 > 0:49:17the south West. Further west it will be drier and brighter, but it will

0:49:17 > 0:49:24be a breezy day as well, so some of the snow will be blowing around.

0:49:24 > 0:49:29These temperatures are indicative of towns and cities. Maximum

0:49:29 > 0:49:32temperatures again barely breaking freezing. In the countryside we will

0:49:32 > 0:49:37be lucky if we break freezing. On Wednesday significant snow in the

0:49:37 > 0:49:43north and east of Scotland and North East England and that will be

0:49:43 > 0:49:46pushing eastwards. A significant wind-chill during the course of

0:49:46 > 0:49:52Wednesday. These are the temperatures on your thermometer,

0:49:52 > 0:49:58but as you step out this is how it will feel, much colder. -10 in parts

0:49:58 > 0:50:04of Scotland. I'd then the amount of snowfall that will be settling is

0:50:04 > 0:50:10this, 20 centimetres in the North. The reason there is a disparity is

0:50:10 > 0:50:16because it is coming in in lines. If you are in line with that snow, you

0:50:16 > 0:50:22will see a lot. On Thursday this weather system comes up from the

0:50:22 > 0:50:27south and bumps into the cold air and we are likely to see a period of

0:50:27 > 0:50:32heavy snow heading northwards. The exact timing and position of this

0:50:32 > 0:50:36could change, but the isobars are close together and we could be

0:50:36 > 0:50:40looking at drifting snow and blizzards in parts of the South. For

0:50:40 > 0:50:45Thursday and Friday that will move northwards. A lot going on with the

0:50:45 > 0:50:48weather, if you are travelling, please keep watching the weather

0:50:48 > 0:50:53forecast.

0:50:53 > 0:50:57It looks like it will be a difficult week for Google, but I know you will

0:50:57 > 0:51:03be looking after us.

0:51:03 > 0:51:05be looking after us. As temperatures continue to plummet, the so-called

0:51:05 > 0:51:14beast from the East arrives.

0:51:19 > 0:51:26We would love you to send us a photograph. We will show as many as

0:51:26 > 0:51:29we can this week.

0:51:29 > 0:51:31You can email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk

0:51:31 > 0:51:34or share your thoughts with other viewers on our Facebook page.

0:51:34 > 0:51:36And you can tweet about today's stories using

0:51:36 > 0:51:38the hashtag BBCBreakfast - or follow us for the latest

0:51:38 > 0:51:46from the programme.

0:51:50 > 0:51:55And stay safe, everybody. Can we show you how cold it is by showing

0:51:55 > 0:52:00you John Maguire jumping up and down?

0:52:00 > 0:52:02With the Winter Olympics over in Pyeongchang,

0:52:02 > 0:52:04and British Athletes heading home with a record number of medals,

0:52:04 > 0:52:07you might be feeling inspired to head to a local ice rink,

0:52:07 > 0:52:09or even try your hand at curling.

0:52:09 > 0:52:11But it was the skeleton team which provided GB with most

0:52:11 > 0:52:17of its success at the games.

0:52:17 > 0:52:23And this is where they train. Absolutely, this is the push, start

0:52:23 > 0:52:29track. They screamed down 1.5 kilometres of ice and it looks

0:52:29 > 0:52:34terrifying, but this is where they practice at the University of Bath.

0:52:34 > 0:52:39The sledge is on wheels, on runners, not on ice. It uses gravity to bring

0:52:39 > 0:52:44the athletes back down and they will use this thousands of times during

0:52:44 > 0:52:47their career. Let's talk to some of the team based here at the

0:52:47 > 0:52:55university. You are the performance director.Head of performance.Three

0:52:55 > 0:53:01out of the available six medals is a good return.Amazing. Put that into

0:53:01 > 0:53:07the context of 50 medals available and that is phenomenal. And winning

0:53:07 > 0:53:13three gold medals on the spin is equally amazing.And Shelley got the

0:53:13 > 0:53:18silver before that so you have done well in the progression. What works

0:53:18 > 0:53:23between Britain and skeleton? Why are we doing so well?Something

0:53:23 > 0:53:29unique. We have got a formula that works. This is as close as we get to

0:53:29 > 0:53:33ice in the UK, so we have to look at every single aspect of the programme

0:53:33 > 0:53:38and how we do things. We have got a small team that works really well

0:53:38 > 0:53:42together and we are committed and the athletes were ultra hard behind

0:53:42 > 0:53:47the scenes as well. It is the whole package. The vision, the support of

0:53:47 > 0:53:54UK sport and the national lottery. You are hoping to go to China.What

0:53:54 > 0:53:58was your background? I was a heptathlete. I competed for GB

0:53:58 > 0:54:04Juniors when I was a heptathlete, but I struggled with injuries.What

0:54:04 > 0:54:13do you think of this crazy sport? Well, I got into it through a talent

0:54:13 > 0:54:17ID search.These guys find you as a heptathlete and said, have a go at

0:54:17 > 0:54:25this?Yes, then they took us on ice to see what we thought of it and it

0:54:25 > 0:54:30was a crazy experience. Some people loved it, some people hated it. I

0:54:30 > 0:54:35loved it and here I am now.You are a former sailor which I found

0:54:35 > 0:54:40surprising. What is it about this sport that you enjoy?The

0:54:40 > 0:54:46adrenaline. You don't have a run without it. Starting at the top,

0:54:46 > 0:54:50sprinting as fast as you can, then you have to make sure that your load

0:54:50 > 0:54:53onto the sled is perfect to get the most amount of speed out of the

0:54:53 > 0:54:59push. As you lie there and steered the speed builds and builds and the

0:54:59 > 0:55:03adrenaline bills as well and you get to the end and quite often you are

0:55:03 > 0:55:07shaking because there is so much adrenaline.Where did you watch the

0:55:07 > 0:55:15final last Saturday? Did you get together?Everybody who was not at

0:55:15 > 0:55:23the games, we all watched it together. It was so tense. We were

0:55:23 > 0:55:28screaming, crying, hugging each other.We can see Lizzie's Goldman

0:55:28 > 0:55:35ran. How confident were you?Lizzie is a championship performer so we

0:55:35 > 0:55:40knew what she could achieve. I think we were more anxious because as the

0:55:40 > 0:55:49run was progressing we knew it was good.It was really exciting.We

0:55:49 > 0:55:54look forward to seeing you in China. Can you do me a favour? Do some

0:55:54 > 0:56:01punditry for me. Hold that. They are letting me have a go. This is a

0:56:01 > 0:56:10triple XL helmet. How many times a day would you do this?About 6-8.I

0:56:10 > 0:56:19have had a few goes. Goodbye, mother, if this does not work out

0:56:19 > 0:56:25well.And off he goes. A wonderful load onto the sled. Perfect form as

0:56:25 > 0:56:36he goes down. And then he will go up at the end. And that is the best

0:56:36 > 0:56:41bit, and then you come back down backwards, with no idea of when you

0:56:41 > 0:56:48are going to stop.

0:56:48 > 0:56:51are going to stop.That was a great effort. He needed a bit more heave

0:56:51 > 0:56:56at the start. I am not going to criticise his

0:56:56 > 0:57:03performance in any way. I thought he was excellent. You are next.

0:57:03 > 0:57:07It does look really fun, but you have got to be strong and fast.

0:57:07 > 0:57:12What are you saying? Time to get the news, travel and weather where you

0:57:12 > 0:57:12are.

0:57:12 > 0:57:12news, travel and weather where you news, travel and weather where you

0:57:12 > 1:00:36are.

1:00:36 > 1:00:40I am back in half an hour.

1:00:40 > 1:00:42Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin.

1:00:42 > 1:00:45Police confirm four people have died in an explosion in Leicester.

1:00:45 > 1:00:47A shop was destroyed and fire engulfed the building.

1:00:47 > 1:00:50Witnesses said it felt like an earthquake.

1:01:03 > 1:01:09Good morning, it's Monday 26th February.

1:01:09 > 1:01:13Also this morning, lower energy bills could be on the way.

1:01:13 > 1:01:16New laws will limit how much energy companies can charge customers

1:01:16 > 1:01:19but there are warnings it could stifle competition.

1:01:19 > 1:01:26I'll be speaking to the energy minister just before 8am.

1:01:26 > 1:01:30Jeremy Corbyn will set out Labour's new position on Brexit this morning,

1:01:30 > 1:01:33he wants the UK to stay in the customs union.

1:01:33 > 1:01:34Could this be the first of three

1:01:34 > 1:01:37trophies for Manchester City this season, as they beat Arsenal

1:01:37 > 1:01:38to lift the League Cup.

1:01:38 > 1:01:44And Carol has the weather.

1:01:44 > 1:01:48Good morning. As we go through the week, it will get progressively

1:01:48 > 1:01:53colder day by day and the snow showers will become more significant

1:01:53 > 1:01:57and more widespread day by day as well. The wind chill making it feel

1:01:57 > 1:02:02on Wednesday in some parts of the UK as cold as -10 minus 12. More on

1:02:02 > 1:02:06that in 15 minutes.

1:02:06 > 1:02:10Four people have died after an explosion at a shop in Leicester.

1:02:10 > 1:02:13Emergency crews have spent the night searching through the remains

1:02:13 > 1:02:21of the building and dozens of nearby homes have been evacuated.

1:02:21 > 1:02:27Four others are being treated in hospital. We can go live to the

1:02:27 > 1:02:32scene now. Hopefully you can give us the latest information, what more

1:02:32 > 1:02:39can you tell us? The latest within minutes the last five minutes,

1:02:39 > 1:02:43police and Fire Service have talked about how difficult this rescue have

1:02:43 > 1:02:47been and confirmed the sad news that four people have died here.

1:02:47 > 1:02:52Superintendent Shane O'Neill is from Leicestershire police. Tell us a

1:02:52 > 1:02:55little bit about the operation and what has been happening.We had a

1:02:55 > 1:02:59report last night of an explosion and subsequent fire, shop premises

1:02:59 > 1:03:06and a flat on Hinckley Road. The explosion caused the building to

1:03:06 > 1:03:11collapse and there has been a search and rescue operation has been going

1:03:11 > 1:03:17on, we thank the community for being patient with us. But sadly we have

1:03:17 > 1:03:20to confirm four people died as a result of the explosion.Do we know

1:03:20 > 1:03:27how they are related to the building and who the people were?All I know

1:03:27 > 1:03:31is that is was a shop and it was a flat and buff, it is still a search

1:03:31 > 1:03:37and rescue operation, -- are flat above, we are still looking.The

1:03:37 > 1:03:40Fire Service have talked about the rescue and local people have tried

1:03:40 > 1:03:44to help rescue people in the building, and that such a still

1:03:44 > 1:03:50going on?Yes, I would like to thank everyone who gave us information and

1:03:50 > 1:03:53tried to help but it is a dangerous scene and as soon as we could, we

1:03:53 > 1:03:56relieved those months of the community from helping and got the

1:03:56 > 1:04:00specialist officers in place to do what they did. Thank you to

1:04:00 > 1:04:03everybody.Do you have any ideas what might have caused the

1:04:03 > 1:04:10explosion?I can't say, there will be a joint investigation but the key

1:04:10 > 1:04:17priority at this time is to make the building safe and confirm there is

1:04:17 > 1:04:23no one us we can help.Thank you very much, the Fire Service say they

1:04:23 > 1:04:28are still continuing to search the building despite the smoke coming

1:04:28 > 1:04:30out, and the freezing temperatures. That search is continuing and they

1:04:30 > 1:04:36have not given up hope of finding someone else alive.Thank you for

1:04:36 > 1:04:45the latest. To confirm, four people have been confirmed dead at that

1:04:45 > 1:04:48explosion in the property and four others are still in hospital, and

1:04:48 > 1:04:53one of those has serious injuries. We will bring you the latest on that

1:04:53 > 1:04:55through the morning.

1:04:55 > 1:04:57Legislation to crack down on expensive energy

1:04:57 > 1:04:59bills is being introduced to Parliament today.

1:04:59 > 1:05:01The government says it will protect 11 million people

1:05:01 > 1:05:02from paying high tariffs.

1:05:02 > 1:05:04But there are concerns it will reduce competition among suppliers.

1:05:04 > 1:05:06Steph has more details.

1:05:06 > 1:05:09The bill is an admission that encouraging consumers to regularly

1:05:09 > 1:05:14switch energy suppliers hasn't been as successful as hoped.

1:05:14 > 1:05:17Around a third of UK households pay default energy

1:05:17 > 1:05:20tariffs, which are usually the most expensive.

1:05:20 > 1:05:23But from next winter, new legislation will allow

1:05:23 > 1:05:26the energy regulator Ofgem to limit how much companies

1:05:26 > 1:05:31can charge customers for standard variable tariffs.

1:05:31 > 1:05:34The price cap will be enforced until at least 2021.

1:05:34 > 1:05:38The government says the Domestic Gas and Electricity Bill will benefit up

1:05:38 > 1:05:42to 11 million people who could make on average annual

1:05:42 > 1:05:46savings of up to £300.

1:05:46 > 1:05:49Energy UK, which represents gas and electricity suppliers,

1:05:49 > 1:05:51said it was vital the cap didn't stifle competition

1:05:51 > 1:05:59in the energy market.

1:06:01 > 1:06:03This is particularly relevant to this week because we know there is a

1:06:03 > 1:06:09really big cold snap on the way. It's not going to happen for a while

1:06:09 > 1:06:13but it is significant?Yes, and it something we've seen happen with

1:06:13 > 1:06:18prepayment meters, a cap on the standard variable rate because often

1:06:18 > 1:06:24it is the poorest people in society and are on these rates. What we see

1:06:24 > 1:06:28from this is an extension of it, it's not just about prepayment

1:06:28 > 1:06:31meters or people who use the warm home discounts which of the current

1:06:31 > 1:06:36people who have a cap on the standard friable rate, it will now

1:06:36 > 1:06:41apply to everyone and a standard variable rate. It's some time before

1:06:41 > 1:06:46it will come in. It'll make a big difference to 11 million households

1:06:46 > 1:06:51on this rate, that is the rate that people end up on when the deal comes

1:06:51 > 1:06:56to an end or they do not come to choose a new deal and it is often

1:06:56 > 1:07:00most expensive, the government say we are just not switching. Some

1:07:00 > 1:07:03research was done and more than half the people don't even know that you

1:07:03 > 1:07:10can switch energy supplies. And we talk about it all the time. A lot of

1:07:10 > 1:07:14people, they just think, it won't be much of a muchness, whoever I'm

1:07:14 > 1:07:20with. It's a lot to do with competition. There are concerns it

1:07:20 > 1:07:26could hinder competition because there could be a cap so people will

1:07:26 > 1:07:29not switch so people will think everyone is the same and the energy

1:07:29 > 1:07:32company 's will not have an incentive to try get your custom by

1:07:32 > 1:07:37reducing prices. But on the whole, this is to try and make sure people

1:07:37 > 1:07:42are not paying too much for their energy bills.Interesting timing as

1:07:42 > 1:07:47well. It's so cold this week.

1:07:47 > 1:07:50Parts of the UK will feel colder than the Arctic Circle this week

1:07:50 > 1:07:52with widespread snow and bitterly cold winds.

1:07:52 > 1:07:54Rail companies in East Anglia say their services

1:07:54 > 1:07:55will end early tonight.

1:07:55 > 1:07:58C2C and Greater Anglia have also cancelled a number of services

1:07:58 > 1:08:00on Tuesday and Wednesday.

1:08:00 > 1:08:02They urge customers to check before travelling.

1:08:02 > 1:08:09Carol will have more details on the weather shortly.

1:08:10 > 1:08:16Well worth paying attention to her because she has details through the

1:08:16 > 1:08:21next few days, there is some snow and even blizzards coming on

1:08:21 > 1:08:22Wednesday and Thursday.

1:08:22 > 1:08:24The Syrian government has been accused of using chemical weapons

1:08:24 > 1:08:26in the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta.

1:08:26 > 1:08:28Doctors say several people have suffered symptoms consistent

1:08:28 > 1:08:30with exposure to chlorine gas.

1:08:30 > 1:08:33Fresh air strikes and heavy clashes have been reported in the area

1:08:33 > 1:08:41despite a UN security council resolution calling for a ceasefire.

1:08:46 > 1:08:50The Nigerian force says it has deployed additional aircraft to

1:08:50 > 1:08:55search for more than 100 missing schoolgirls. Suspected Boca

1:08:55 > 1:09:01militants --

1:09:01 > 1:09:04militants -- militants kidnapped the girls last week.

1:09:04 > 1:09:0770% of people born from the early 1980s to the mid '90s,

1:09:07 > 1:09:09the so-called millenials, will be obese or overweight

1:09:09 > 1:09:12by the time they reach 40 according to new research.

1:09:12 > 1:09:14That would make them the most overweight generation

1:09:14 > 1:09:15since records began.

1:09:15 > 1:09:17Cancer Research UK is launching a nationwide campaign to raise

1:09:17 > 1:09:23awareness about the link between obesity and cancer.

1:09:23 > 1:09:25Put yourself in this position, how would you react?

1:09:25 > 1:09:28An expedition hoping to complete the first successful winter ascent

1:09:28 > 1:09:30of the world's second highest peak, K2, has revealed that one

1:09:30 > 1:09:33of its climbers appears to have struck out for the summit

1:09:33 > 1:09:34alone, without permission.

1:09:34 > 1:09:37A spokesman told the BBC that Denis Urubko's move

1:09:37 > 1:09:40had shocked the team.

1:09:40 > 1:09:47But he said they would still try to support the climber.

1:09:47 > 1:09:53K2 is the only peak over 8000m yet to be climbed in winter.

1:09:53 > 1:09:59It does seem quite an extraordinary...He's gone rogue. I

1:09:59 > 1:10:03think I would be a bit miffed.If you are in the team, you're all

1:10:03 > 1:10:06going to go, but we don't know all the details.If it's been so

1:10:06 > 1:10:09carefully planned as you imagine it would be, it's never been done

1:10:09 > 1:10:13before and he breaks off and goes on his own, I would be a little

1:10:13 > 1:10:18annoyed.I think we would like to talk to him when he gets back.We

1:10:18 > 1:10:24will put in about! I nearly said BBC Brexit then! Thank

1:10:24 > 1:10:28you for joining us on BBC Breakfast.

1:10:28 > 1:10:29As Brexit negotiations between the Government

1:10:29 > 1:10:31and the European Union have progressed, attention has remained

1:10:31 > 1:10:34largely on Theresa May and how her position could be

1:10:34 > 1:10:35influenced by forces within her own party.

1:10:35 > 1:10:38But today focus turns to the Labour party's stance as leader

1:10:38 > 1:10:40Jeremy Corbyn prepares to deliver a major speech on Brexit,

1:10:40 > 1:10:43in which he's expected to say the party would stay

1:10:43 > 1:10:44in the customs union.

1:10:44 > 1:10:46The shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner joins

1:10:46 > 1:10:49us from Westminster.

1:10:49 > 1:10:54The speech is later but could you spell out in detail exactly what you

1:10:54 > 1:11:02mean, is it to the customs union, is it a customs union, what is it?The

1:11:02 > 1:11:05customs union is a function of the European treaties, and therefore

1:11:05 > 1:11:12when the leave the European Union, the treaty is no longer apply. What

1:11:12 > 1:11:18we would be doing is creating a new, a customs union, that would be with

1:11:18 > 1:11:24input from the both the UK and the EU with respect to quotas and

1:11:24 > 1:11:28tariffs that we apply to third-party countries and it would mean that

1:11:28 > 1:11:32there were no tariffs and quotas for goods that were transferred between

1:11:32 > 1:11:37ourselves, the EU and the UK.So you would have to do renegotiate this

1:11:37 > 1:11:43special customs union, would you? Yes, it's just a customs union, but

1:11:43 > 1:11:47we can't stay in the customs union which is a function of this

1:11:47 > 1:11:52treaties. We don't want the sort of customs union agreement that Turkey

1:11:52 > 1:11:58has the EU, negotiating that when it was about to join the EU many years

1:11:58 > 1:12:04ago, that no longer seems feasible. That is an asymmetric treaty which

1:12:04 > 1:12:10means that the European Union and up negotiating for Turkey, and Turkey

1:12:10 > 1:12:13has to liberalise its markets to third-party countries but has no

1:12:13 > 1:12:17right of access into those countries in return. We would not want that.

1:12:17 > 1:12:22So what are you saying, so you would have similar to Turkey but the

1:12:22 > 1:12:29exception would have be that we can strike our ideals?Out saying that

1:12:29 > 1:12:35he would come to an agreement the European Union where both day and we

1:12:35 > 1:12:39adopted -- both they and we adopted the same tariffs for third party

1:12:39 > 1:12:42countries and we had no tariffs for goods transferring between

1:12:42 > 1:12:49ourselves.Can I put to you, and you will be familiar because these are

1:12:49 > 1:12:54your words, in July 2017, you said, as a transitional phase, a customs

1:12:54 > 1:12:58union agreement might be thought to have some merit however as an end

1:12:58 > 1:13:03point it is deeply and attractive, it would preclude us from making our

1:13:03 > 1:13:05own independent -- deeply unattractive, it would preclude us

1:13:05 > 1:13:09from making our own independent trade agreements?You have to read

1:13:09 > 1:13:17the paragraph before that and the paragraph after that, I have, go on.

1:13:18 > 1:13:26-- I was referring to a Turkish style model, not a new

1:13:26 > 1:13:27-- I was referring to a Turkish style model, not a customs union

1:13:27 > 1:13:27with the EU.

1:13:29 > 1:13:34The problem with the Turkish model is that asymmetry. We don't want the

1:13:34 > 1:13:37European Union to be able to negotiate a deal with America,

1:13:37 > 1:13:45perhaps, on our behalf, that was beneficial to countries in the EU

1:13:45 > 1:13:48but not beneficial to us, in terms of liberalising our markets to some

1:13:48 > 1:13:53of the things that we do not want from America. It's very simple, we

1:13:53 > 1:13:57don't want to be taking the rules from Europe, we want to be

1:13:57 > 1:14:00co-creating those rules in terms of the third-party arrangements that we

1:14:00 > 1:14:05have with other countries.Let's go to the paragraph afterwards, you

1:14:05 > 1:14:11said, 52% who voted to leave the EU would consider it a con if it was

1:14:11 > 1:14:14out of Europe but still subservient to its laws and institutions. So how

1:14:14 > 1:14:20do we...That's precisely the point I just made, isn't it? That we don't

1:14:20 > 1:14:26want that.That we ask you a question, thank you. How do we get

1:14:26 > 1:14:33to this point, the devil is in the detail? Where we can procreate?What

1:14:33 > 1:14:38he would do is... This happens in many customs unions across the

1:14:38 > 1:14:47world. -- where we can co-create. There are many customs unions across

1:14:47 > 1:14:52world, they have a forum where they decide on the mandate they would

1:14:52 > 1:14:57have negotiating trade agreements are third-party countries, and it

1:14:57 > 1:15:02goes off and negotiate a half of all that parties.How much of that is

1:15:02 > 1:15:08trying to defeat the government, how much of this is that?I would

1:15:08 > 1:15:10welcome defeating the government, let's

1:15:10 > 1:15:14welcome defeating the government, but it's not about -- let's be clear

1:15:14 > 1:15:21but it's not about that. It's about trying to get the best outcome for

1:15:21 > 1:15:24Britain. We respect the referendum result and we going to leave the

1:15:24 > 1:15:28European Union, that is the same. But in our manifesto, we said that

1:15:28 > 1:15:32we recognised that there are benefits from the single market, and

1:15:32 > 1:15:37if it's from having been part of the European Union customs union, and we

1:15:37 > 1:15:41wanted to retain those benefits. This is a way in which we can retain

1:15:41 > 1:15:46some of the benefits that we have had over the past 40 years whilst

1:15:46 > 1:15:50still leaving the European Union, not being subject to its rules and

1:15:50 > 1:15:58not being paid rules take, that is why we have Jeremy Su'a date setting

1:15:58 > 1:16:02up the way in which we would negotiate for Britain in the best --

1:16:02 > 1:16:05Jeremy today setting out the way in which we would negotiate, a

1:16:05 > 1:16:11different sort of Brexit than the one from the Tories are saying.More

1:16:11 > 1:16:14than 80 single members of your -- senior members of your party saying

1:16:14 > 1:16:18the UK should stay the single market, is that going to the next

1:16:18 > 1:16:24set from Labour?The point that he made a that you quoted me on is

1:16:24 > 1:16:29relevant. That is about not being subservient to the rules made by

1:16:29 > 1:16:36others. The trouble with the single market, there's many benefits from

1:16:36 > 1:16:39the single market, economic benefits, and we want access into

1:16:39 > 1:16:44the single market and as much as the benefits as we can possibly get but

1:16:44 > 1:16:54what we do not want to be subject to the rules from Europe that the

1:16:54 > 1:16:58European single market would impose upon us, and if we work to do it in

1:16:58 > 1:17:01the way that some of my college less jesting, that would mean that we

1:17:01 > 1:17:06were actually -- colleagues were suggesting, that would mean that we

1:17:06 > 1:17:09were subject to the rules but no longer around the table when the

1:17:09 > 1:17:14rules were committed. When we were a member of the EU, we were around the

1:17:14 > 1:17:18table, we influenced the creation of the rules, it's very different when

1:17:18 > 1:17:22you would say we would just take the rules from Europe and abide by them

1:17:22 > 1:17:27no matter what without having a say. That I think is a red line.Thank

1:17:27 > 1:17:32you to your time.

1:17:36 > 1:17:42You need to pay attention to carol this week. If you are up and out

1:17:42 > 1:17:45from under the duvet, it is going to get cold. It looks beautiful in the

1:17:45 > 1:17:50picture, but it will really be to lead this week.

1:17:50 > 1:17:53picture, but it will really be to lead this week.

1:17:53 > 1:17:59Good morning. We are looking at some disruptive snow this week. Each day

1:17:59 > 1:18:04it will become more widespread and heavier. Bitter winds and a cold

1:18:04 > 1:18:09deal with frost and ice, but there will be some sunshine as well. All

1:18:09 > 1:18:16this weather is coming from Siberia and you can see how cold it is

1:18:16 > 1:18:22generally across Europe. An easterly wind is heading across our shores.

1:18:22 > 1:18:26It will bring snow with it. Already we have snow showers in eastern

1:18:26 > 1:18:32areas. They will be on and off during the course of the day. One

1:18:32 > 1:18:37odd two of them make it over to the west. Generally the West will be

1:18:37 > 1:18:43drier. We will see a bit of sunshine, but there is cloud across

1:18:43 > 1:18:46the country generally. These are the maximum temperatures, some places

1:18:46 > 1:18:52not even breaking freezing. Overnight snow showers come in

1:18:52 > 1:18:57across East Anglia, Kent, and down towards the Channel Islands. We will

1:18:57 > 1:19:02also have some snow in the North east of the UK as well. Widespread

1:19:02 > 1:19:07frost tonight, cold weather risk of ice. The Met Office has issued an

1:19:07 > 1:19:14amber prepared warning, due to the snow. It starts tonight and it will

1:19:14 > 1:19:18run through some of tomorrow as well. We have got two areas

1:19:18 > 1:19:23affected. The first is Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and into the Midlands

1:19:23 > 1:19:28and the second is in parts of the south-east. These are the areas

1:19:28 > 1:19:32where we could see disruption because of the snow. We also have

1:19:32 > 1:19:39another amber weather warning, be prepared, for Wednesday and that is

1:19:39 > 1:19:44for northern Scotland and eastern England. If you are travelling, take

1:19:44 > 1:19:48extra care. This is not the only part of the UK that will see snow on

1:19:48 > 1:19:55Wednesday. If we start once again on Tuesday we have got snow coming in

1:19:55 > 1:19:58across northern England, eastern Scotland, heading down towards

1:19:58 > 1:20:03Wales, and the second line comes in across the far south-east. In

1:20:03 > 1:20:08between there will be sunshine, but it will also feel cold. Temperatures

1:20:08 > 1:20:14struggling to break freezing across some parts of the UK. Roughly the

1:20:14 > 1:20:22temperatures from freezing to up to one odd two. On Wednesday all that

1:20:22 > 1:20:26snow means we have a second amber weather warning for the North of

1:20:26 > 1:20:31Scotland the north-east of England. Some of the snow gets over towards

1:20:31 > 1:20:36the West. In between there will be brighter skies, but it will also be

1:20:36 > 1:20:41windy. These are the temperature values you should see on your

1:20:41 > 1:20:44thermometer, but adding on the wind-chill means it will feel much

1:20:44 > 1:20:53colder than that. We are not done with this inclement weather yet.

1:20:53 > 1:20:57These are the snow levels that we will be looking at settling as we

1:20:57 > 1:21:04had through Wednesday afternoon. More snow on the cards as well

1:21:04 > 1:21:09because as this system comes up from the south, it will be windy and

1:21:09 > 1:21:13there will be drifting snow and possibly blizzards. By the time we

1:21:13 > 1:21:16get into Friday it will all be moving northwards.

1:21:21 > 1:21:28What a week for Greg James doing his Sport Relief challenge. He is

1:21:28 > 1:21:33climbing Snowdon today. At least it will be OK today.

1:21:33 > 1:21:39Support him if you can. Let's have a look at the front pages.

1:21:39 > 1:21:45The beast from the East makes the front page of the Daily Mirror.

1:21:45 > 1:21:50In The Times, pictures from the closing ceremony of the Winter

1:21:50 > 1:21:57Olympics. That is Ivanka Trump and the North Korean general at the

1:21:57 > 1:22:03closing ceremony. Main story, embattled universities face limits

1:22:03 > 1:22:07on powers. They will be forced to act on high pay, grade inflation and

1:22:07 > 1:22:12support for disadvantaged students. Another picture on the front page of

1:22:12 > 1:22:19the Financial Times. It is interesting, North Korea and South

1:22:19 > 1:22:22Korea, there is a thawing of relations around the Winter

1:22:22 > 1:22:29Olympics. On the Telegraph they are talking about what Jeremy Corbyn

1:22:29 > 1:22:34will say about Brexit. This is a quote they have taken from David

1:22:34 > 1:22:37Davis. And then a lovely picture of the colour of the closing Winter

1:22:37 > 1:22:43Olympic games. Quite a few people talking about the

1:22:43 > 1:22:48hot cross bun crisis. There are no more races. Yes, there

1:22:48 > 1:22:53are raisins in the world, but because of a global shortage caused

1:22:53 > 1:22:57by amongst other things the flooding and the fires in California,

1:22:57 > 1:23:04everything has gone up. A 40% rise in raising costs. You might not get

1:23:04 > 1:23:11many hot cross buns and if you do, they may be more expensive.

1:23:11 > 1:23:14Most people's pets are like a member of the family, and if you've ever

1:23:14 > 1:23:17had one go missing you know how upsetting it can be.

1:23:17 > 1:23:19So imagine if you then found out it had been brutally killed.

1:23:19 > 1:23:23Over the past two years there have been hundreds of horrific cat deaths

1:23:23 > 1:23:27and police think it could be the work of one person.

1:23:27 > 1:23:28A £10,000 reward is being offered to help

1:23:28 > 1:23:30catch the cat killer.

1:23:30 > 1:23:35Graham Satchell reports.

1:23:35 > 1:23:40This road is basically where the first murder

1:23:40 > 1:23:43that we are aware of happened.

1:23:43 > 1:23:46We are driving with Tony Jenkins, founder of an animal rescue charity.

1:23:46 > 1:23:51He is taking us to where it all started.

1:23:51 > 1:23:54The body was left on a neighbour's doorstep.

1:23:54 > 1:23:58How many cases have you now encountered?

1:23:58 > 1:24:00We are over 450 now.

1:24:00 > 1:24:02450?

1:24:02 > 1:24:04Yes.

1:24:04 > 1:24:08It was along this path, an old railway line,

1:24:08 > 1:24:11that the first attack happened over two years ago.

1:24:11 > 1:24:13Tony has been working with the Metropolitan police,

1:24:13 > 1:24:21investigating each report of a suspicious cat death.

1:24:28 > 1:24:30He needs to be caught because he is bringing

1:24:30 > 1:24:31horror to people's lives.

1:24:31 > 1:24:34Most people consider their cat as part of the family,

1:24:34 > 1:24:36it is like losing a child, and it is devastating.

1:24:36 > 1:24:39The attacks began two-and-a-half years ago in an area around Croydon

1:24:39 > 1:24:41in south London and since then cats have been killed all around

1:24:41 > 1:24:44the M25 in Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire and further afield,

1:24:44 > 1:24:45Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Portsmouth.

1:24:45 > 1:24:50All the pets have been attacked in the same way.

1:24:50 > 1:24:55What is so horrifying is not just that so many have been killed,

1:24:55 > 1:24:58but in every case they have been dismembered and the body parts left

1:24:58 > 1:25:04deliberately to be discovered.

1:25:04 > 1:25:07You could not help but love him, he had these massive green eyes.

1:25:07 > 1:25:11He was just a boy, he would come bowling in.

1:25:11 > 1:25:19He was great.

1:25:21 > 1:25:27Jayne's cat Taz was found mutilated in her neighbour's garden.

1:25:27 > 1:25:29It was devastating, horrific, and I think everybody

1:25:29 > 1:25:31who saw him has been scarred.

1:25:31 > 1:25:33I think you can never erase that out of your memory.

1:25:33 > 1:25:37I cannot get that round my head, why someone would want to be

1:25:37 > 1:25:39so vindictive to any animal and to hurt loving

1:25:39 > 1:25:42families with their pets.

1:25:42 > 1:25:45I don't understand it.

1:25:45 > 1:25:48This person, if it is one person, I think that is

1:25:48 > 1:25:51what the police suspect, is displaying psychopathic traits.

1:25:51 > 1:25:55For forensic psychologist Coral Dando there are uncomfortable

1:25:55 > 1:25:58echoes of history here.

1:25:58 > 1:26:00Animal cruelty is a recognised starting point for

1:26:00 > 1:26:03more horrific crimes.

1:26:03 > 1:26:06People that start with extreme violence towards animals do progress

1:26:06 > 1:26:09and there is a progression hypothesis that suggests

1:26:09 > 1:26:13it is like a start and they will move on and they will often progress

1:26:13 > 1:26:20to doing sadistic violence towards human beings.

1:26:20 > 1:26:23The Metropolitan police do not know who the cat killer is.

1:26:23 > 1:26:27There have been no arrests and there are no specific suspects.

1:26:27 > 1:26:31Jayne's hope is that there is a breakthrough soon before

1:26:31 > 1:26:34more cats are killed.

1:26:34 > 1:26:42Graham Satchel, BBC News.

1:26:42 > 1:26:49It is a worrying story. It is, I know there are a lot of cat owners

1:26:49 > 1:26:53who watch this programme. It is a bit like a public service. Time to

1:26:53 > 1:30:12get the news, travel and weather get the news, travel and weather

1:30:12 > 1:30:18Now though it's back to Dan and Louise.

1:30:18 > 1:30:24Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:30:24 > 1:30:27Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.

1:30:27 > 1:30:30Police have confirmed this morning that four people have

1:30:30 > 1:30:33died after an explosion at a shop in Leicester.

1:30:33 > 1:30:35Emergency crews have spent the night searching through the remains

1:30:35 > 1:30:39of the building and dozens of nearby homes have been evacuated.

1:30:39 > 1:30:44Four others are being treated in hospital.

1:30:44 > 1:30:49Within the last hour the police gave this update on the explosion.

1:30:49 > 1:30:52My colleagues from the Fire Service are keen to make sure we rescue

1:30:52 > 1:30:55as many people as we can do, unfortunately at this moment in time

1:30:55 > 1:30:58we have confirmed four people have died in the fire and explosion,

1:30:58 > 1:31:01and there are four still being treated in hospital for injuries.

1:31:01 > 1:31:03Do you believe there are still people trapped inside?

1:31:03 > 1:31:05It's still a search and rescue operation,

1:31:05 > 1:31:06I wouldn't want to say that.

1:31:06 > 1:31:09It's important to try and find as many people as possible.

1:31:09 > 1:31:11You mentioned there are people who are still missing outstanding?

1:31:11 > 1:31:14At this moment in time, from the information we have,

1:31:14 > 1:31:17we can't confirm the whereabouts of everybody so if anyone has family

1:31:17 > 1:31:19members or if anyone is concerned about anyone,

1:31:19 > 1:31:23please contact Leicestershire police on 101 and they can get

1:31:23 > 1:31:30through to the right place so we can take their details.

1:31:30 > 1:31:34That of the superintendent at the scene. John Alexander, a BBC

1:31:34 > 1:31:41journalist, lives nearby and had explosion, can you tell us what you

1:31:41 > 1:31:47heard and saw at 7pm last night?I was sitting in the house which, if

1:31:47 > 1:31:51you can see the fire engine, the Green building behind me, I live on

1:31:51 > 1:31:58that street. There was a noise that sounded like had lit the pilot light

1:31:58 > 1:32:04of a house sized boiler, there was a big push and a release of pressure,

1:32:04 > 1:32:08and that was followed by a shock to the building, it felt like a tremor

1:32:08 > 1:32:14or an earthquake. My initial thought was that my boiler was exploding all

1:32:14 > 1:32:17the roof had came down, I ran outside to be met by all my

1:32:17 > 1:32:20neighbours who seemed to think the same thing. I run around the corner

1:32:20 > 1:32:25and the building had been blown out across all four lanes of traffic.

1:32:25 > 1:32:30There was already a lot of activity, somebody was clearly trying to

1:32:30 > 1:32:35extract somebody from under the rubble of the building, and shortly

1:32:35 > 1:32:41after that, we all asked to our houses.I can see pictures now of

1:32:41 > 1:32:45just after the explosion, lots of car windows blown out, it was busy

1:32:45 > 1:32:52quite a hefty blast. You said your initial reaction was to think that

1:32:52 > 1:32:56it was something like an earthquake tremor but the shop was opened at

1:32:56 > 1:33:04the time, is that right?I believe so, I think the shop is open until

1:33:04 > 1:33:0810pm. Most of the shop spiders are convenience stores or take away so

1:33:08 > 1:33:14most are open until late in the evening, particularly on a weekend.

1:33:14 > 1:33:20What is the seem like they're? -- what is the seem like now? We know

1:33:20 > 1:33:25that sadly for people have died, there are others in hospital, have

1:33:25 > 1:33:29they given an indication how long it will take to clear the scene?Not to

1:33:29 > 1:33:35me, I spent a little bit of time trying to find out whether we could

1:33:35 > 1:33:38get back into warehouses. I was told that nobody really knows anything,

1:33:38 > 1:33:43they were not prepared to tell us what the cause of the explosion was.

1:33:43 > 1:33:50I spoke to Leicestershire police at 4:30am, to see when we could get

1:33:50 > 1:33:57back in the house, we they said that we could now come back, the power is

1:33:57 > 1:34:05restored and I have checked on my neighbours, we can go home but when

1:34:05 > 1:34:11there is going to be cleared debris, I don't know, there is still a fire

1:34:11 > 1:34:15burning there.There is snow at the scene there. That's the very latest

1:34:15 > 1:34:20we have from Leicester. We can confirm that that explosion took

1:34:20 > 1:34:26place at 7pm in a shop in Leicester, four people known to have died, a

1:34:26 > 1:34:31number of others, four in hospital and one of those is seriously ill.

1:34:31 > 1:34:34If we get any more detail we will bring it to you.

1:34:34 > 1:34:35Legislation to crack down on expensive energy

1:34:35 > 1:34:37bills is being introduced in Parliament today.

1:34:37 > 1:34:40The government says it will protect 11 million people from paying high

1:34:40 > 1:34:44tariffs with average savings of around £300.

1:34:44 > 1:34:49But there are concerns it will reduce competition among suppliers.

1:34:49 > 1:34:51Jeremy Corbyn will outline the Labour party's position

1:34:51 > 1:34:53on Brexit this morning.

1:34:53 > 1:34:56In a speech, he is expected to say the UK should keep

1:34:56 > 1:35:00a customs union with the EU, allowing businesses tariff-free

1:35:00 > 1:35:03access to European markets.

1:35:03 > 1:35:05Theresa May has said the country should leave the customs union

1:35:05 > 1:35:10after Brexit so it can negotiate its own trade deals.

1:35:10 > 1:35:12Within the past hour, Labour's Shadow International Trade

1:35:12 > 1:35:20Secretary Barry Gardiner explained Labour's new position.

1:35:23 > 1:35:25What we don't want is for the European Union, let's say, to be

1:35:25 > 1:35:32able to negotiate a deal with America, perhaps, on our behalf.

1:35:32 > 1:35:37That was beneficial to countries in the EU but not beneficial to us, in

1:35:37 > 1:35:40times of liberalising our markets to some of the things that we don't

1:35:40 > 1:35:46want from America. It's very simple, we don't want to be taking the rules

1:35:46 > 1:35:50from Europe, we want to be co-creating those rules, in terms of

1:35:50 > 1:35:53the third-party arrangements that we have with other countries.

1:35:53 > 1:35:56Parts of the UK will feel colder than the Arctic Circle this week

1:35:56 > 1:35:58with widespread snow and bitterly cold winds.

1:35:58 > 1:36:00Rail companies in East Anglia say their services

1:36:00 > 1:36:01will end early tonight.

1:36:01 > 1:36:04C2C and Greater Anglia have also cancelled a number of services

1:36:04 > 1:36:07on Tuesday and Wednesday.

1:36:07 > 1:36:10They urge customers to check before travelling.

1:36:10 > 1:36:17Carol will have more details on the weather shortly.

1:36:17 > 1:36:18The Syrian government has been accused of using chemical weapons

1:36:25 > 1:36:2770% of people born from the early 1980s to the mid '90s,

1:36:27 > 1:36:29the so-called millenials, will be obese or overweight

1:36:29 > 1:36:32by the time they reach 40 according to new research.

1:36:32 > 1:36:34That would make them the most overweight generation

1:36:34 > 1:36:35since records began.

1:36:35 > 1:36:37Cancer Research UK is launching a nationwide campaign to raise

1:36:37 > 1:36:45awareness about the link between obesity and cancer.

1:36:47 > 1:36:50You are up-to-date with the latest news. We know it's going to be

1:36:50 > 1:36:55called, we will have details shortly.

1:36:55 > 1:36:58They say winning becomes a habit and Manchester City are becoming very

1:36:58 > 1:37:07good at it, they are on course to win three trophies. They beat

1:37:07 > 1:37:11Arsenal in the League Cup, fair to say Arsenal helped them, they were

1:37:11 > 1:37:15average yesterday. That is why Pep Guardiola came in, to win

1:37:15 > 1:37:18silverware. We know the investment that the club has had, they have

1:37:18 > 1:37:22been playing very well in the Champions League, so that could be

1:37:22 > 1:37:27another piece of silverware. And the Premier League title likely, they

1:37:27 > 1:37:32are 13 points clear. This could be the first of money. -- first of

1:37:32 > 1:37:36many.

1:37:36 > 1:37:38This the first trophy of Pep Guardiola city's career.

1:37:38 > 1:37:39Sergio Aguero, with their opener.

1:37:39 > 1:37:42Before City captain Vincent Kompany scored an emotional second goal -

1:37:42 > 1:37:44he's been out injured for much of the season.

1:37:44 > 1:37:49David Silva added a third.

1:37:49 > 1:37:51Pep pleased to get off the mark after a trophy-less first season

1:37:51 > 1:37:59in English football.

1:37:59 > 1:38:01Manchester United have moved back into second place

1:38:01 > 1:38:03in the Premier League after beating Chelsea 2-1.

1:38:03 > 1:38:05United had to come from behind but Jesse Lingard's header earned

1:38:05 > 1:38:11them the three points.

1:38:11 > 1:38:13Guess who has scored again?

1:38:13 > 1:38:15Harry Kane leaving it late as Tottenham beat Crystal palace.

1:38:15 > 1:38:18His 11th goal in ten games, 24 this season.

1:38:18 > 1:38:23He is the Premier league's top scorer.

1:38:23 > 1:38:25Celtic have restored a nine-point lead at the top

1:38:25 > 1:38:27of the Scottish Premiership after beating Aberdeen

1:38:27 > 1:38:282-0 at Pittodrie.

1:38:28 > 1:38:33Moussa Dembele was involved in both goals, scoring the first before

1:38:33 > 1:38:41setting up Kieran Tierney for their second.

1:38:41 > 1:38:44Six Nations Rugby have asked England and Scotland to explain the clash

1:38:44 > 1:38:46between team members before their match at

1:38:46 > 1:38:47Murrayfield on Saturday.

1:38:47 > 1:38:49England's Owen Farrell and Scotland's Ryan Wilson appeared

1:38:49 > 1:38:51to clash in the entrance to the tunnel before

1:38:51 > 1:38:57Scotland's victory.

1:38:57 > 1:39:00Once the respective camps give their reply, Six Nations Rugby

1:39:00 > 1:39:04will decide if any further action is needed.

1:39:04 > 1:39:07This is the match that Scotland won, they dominated, beating England.

1:39:07 > 1:39:10Meanwhile in the Women's Tournament, Ireland have moved to third place

1:39:10 > 1:39:11after a 35-12 win over Wales.

1:39:11 > 1:39:13Claire Molloy scored two tries as the Irish pulled

1:39:13 > 1:39:21away in the second half.

1:39:25 > 1:39:27It's been a record breaking Winter Olympics for team GB.

1:39:27 > 1:39:30In a moment we'll be speaking to the head of UK Sport,

1:39:30 > 1:39:32Katherine Grainger, and freestyle skier James Woods, who narrowly

1:39:32 > 1:39:34missed out on a medal.

1:39:34 > 1:39:37But first, David Ornstein looks back at look at some of the highlights.

1:39:37 > 1:39:40In plummeting temperatures and gusting winds, the games began.

1:39:40 > 1:39:43Only here it was so cold and blustery that events

1:39:43 > 1:39:48were disrupted, athletes blown off course.

1:39:48 > 1:39:50For Great Britain, hopes were high.

1:39:50 > 1:39:53And though initially podium places proved hard to come by,

1:39:53 > 1:39:55Dom Parsons broke the seal.

1:39:55 > 1:39:59Before three medals followed on a glorious super Saturday

1:39:59 > 1:40:02including gold for Lizzy Yarnold, the first Briton to

1:40:02 > 1:40:07defend an Olympic title.

1:40:07 > 1:40:11Not everything went to plan.

1:40:11 > 1:40:13Notably for Elise Christie.

1:40:13 > 1:40:15Christie goes down before they reach the very first corner.

1:40:15 > 1:40:16From near misses to underachievement.

1:40:16 > 1:40:19Injuries, disqualifications, disbelief.

1:40:19 > 1:40:22But in the end, it was a record-breaking games for Team GB,

1:40:22 > 1:40:26fuelled by unprecedented levels of investment, itself

1:40:26 > 1:40:27a source of much debate.

1:40:27 > 1:40:31The target of five medals was met so is Britain becoming

1:40:31 > 1:40:37a winter sports nation?

1:40:37 > 1:40:44Katherine and James join us now.

1:40:44 > 1:40:52I guess, let's look at it, five medals, that is the best ever for

1:40:52 > 1:40:58Team GB at the Winter Olympics, that is the success?It was. It was the

1:40:58 > 1:41:01ambitious target, we set it to see if we could achieve five, it would

1:41:01 > 1:41:05be the greatest Winter games we have had. We got some fantastic

1:41:05 > 1:41:08performances which did not quite made the podium but were still

1:41:08 > 1:41:12inspirational. So everyone is very proud of where we are.You narrowly

1:41:12 > 1:41:19missed out on a podium place, didn't you?Yes, it was close. I have been

1:41:19 > 1:41:27saying, when you make any sort of mistakes, in a game of perfection,

1:41:27 > 1:41:31judges judge mistakes against other mistakes. That final was off the

1:41:31 > 1:41:35charts, everyone was gunning for the top spot, myself included. So pretty

1:41:35 > 1:41:41much everyone, I could have come 12th.It just didn't quite work out

1:41:41 > 1:41:47on the last run.It's the best on that counts and each one had one

1:41:47 > 1:41:53tiny little thing that wasn't exactly as I'd planned to do it.

1:41:53 > 1:41:56It's so obvious to the trained eye, when you do something that isn't

1:41:56 > 1:42:03exactly what you want. I'm a massive believer that what I do and what the

1:42:03 > 1:42:10crew do is an art. It's agonising to judge that anyway.It's not just an

1:42:10 > 1:42:17art, it looks such fun. It's amazing to watch. Is it?It's a good time, I

1:42:17 > 1:42:20wouldn't spend my time doing something I don't like!A lot of

1:42:20 > 1:42:23them said, perhaps it's a British thing, it's the most successful

1:42:23 > 1:42:27games but we like to look at it through a critical eye, is it worth

1:42:27 > 1:42:34all the money that you have spent on it? People talking about that

1:42:34 > 1:42:39skeleton suits alone were £6.5 million, how do you defend the

1:42:39 > 1:42:43spending of all that money on Winter games?I said this before, think

1:42:43 > 1:42:47it's good that we have the debate, it is a huge amount of public money.

1:42:47 > 1:42:55The national lottery that allows all of these athletes to complete, so we

1:42:55 > 1:43:02have two C if the money is invested wisely and in the right places but I

1:43:02 > 1:43:06don't want the focus on the money to take away from the athletes and

1:43:06 > 1:43:09their amazing performances, that is what should have been showcased by

1:43:09 > 1:43:13the games. We have met our target and now we will look forward and say

1:43:13 > 1:43:17in four years, where do we want the targets to be and where the money

1:43:17 > 1:43:21should be invested? The research and innovation that puts us as a

1:43:21 > 1:43:24successful nation is extensive but that's where we choose to spend

1:43:24 > 1:43:29money.Is there enough of that money shared? You talk about research, is

1:43:29 > 1:43:32shared across sports enough?It is to a degree, there's a huge

1:43:32 > 1:43:36connection between the different sports side order of the British

1:43:36 > 1:43:43Paralympic and Olympic sports, it's quite small nation logistically so

1:43:43 > 1:43:45there's a lot of meetings between all of the performance directors in

1:43:45 > 1:43:52different sports. The skeleton suits, for instance, are used by the

1:43:52 > 1:43:57cycling team and vice versa, and there could be more crossover going

1:43:57 > 1:44:01forward.Is it unfair when we talk about medals in monetary terms? We

1:44:01 > 1:44:05ignore the fact that we talk about inspiring the next generation of

1:44:05 > 1:44:07athletes, for yourself, you were brought up in Sheffield, you don't

1:44:07 > 1:44:13have mountains on your doorstep. I suppose when you're out there

1:44:13 > 1:44:16competing, you are essentially inspiring the next generation to

1:44:16 > 1:44:21come through, thinking they can do that.Absolutely, that's the thing.

1:44:21 > 1:44:27Bigger than even sport, it's what what we're here to do, inspire the

1:44:27 > 1:44:32next generation, everything that we do. My personal opinion is that

1:44:32 > 1:44:37getting kids off the sofa and outside is the best thing.Many

1:44:37 > 1:44:42would agree with you on that and are not strong to be critical, just try

1:44:42 > 1:44:47to put in the position, where at the start track today for the skeleton,

1:44:47 > 1:44:52there's no full track and yet we have had medals, there is nowhere

1:44:52 > 1:44:56for Billy Morgan to practice big air, where are you training? I know

1:44:56 > 1:45:06you start on a dry ski slope in Sheffield, which is no longer there.

1:45:06 > 1:45:11No longer there... Were in the right place to be doing this! Sheffield

1:45:11 > 1:45:17ski village for me, kid from Sheffield, no idea what ski was, I

1:45:17 > 1:45:25was down the local skate park, and it was the same for Billy, and I'm

1:45:25 > 1:45:29sure for the skeleton guys. If there is a facility, we will use it. It

1:45:29 > 1:45:34will be utilised. The thing that attracted me to all this was the

1:45:34 > 1:45:40culture. Action sports, free sport culture, from my side. Any sporting

1:45:40 > 1:45:45culture, it's a new place for you to be recognised, a new peer group. It

1:45:45 > 1:45:49just develops those aspirations and goals. I think sport is a fantastic

1:45:49 > 1:45:57way of building people.Thank you both.

1:46:00 > 1:46:04You are you doing any doping in schools?Are you doing a tour? I

1:46:04 > 1:46:09don't know. I want to go skiing again.I am wrapping it up now.

1:46:09 > 1:46:14Talking about inspirational, Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee will

1:46:14 > 1:46:23be here in an hour's time talking about the Commonwealth Games.

1:46:26 > 1:46:28about the Commonwealth Games. Whilst he does that, it is really cold

1:46:28 > 1:46:38here. Good morning, Carol, what is going on?

1:46:38 > 1:46:40here. Good morning, Carol, what is going on?

1:46:40 > 1:46:45The forecast for this week is interesting. We will have disruptive

1:46:45 > 1:46:51snow and each day we will see more snow and it will become disrupted

1:46:51 > 1:46:55and wider. There will be bitter winds with frost and ice, but

1:46:55 > 1:46:59equally there will be some sunshine as well. This cold air is coming all

1:46:59 > 1:47:09the way from Siberia. Look at the blue all over Europe. The direction

1:47:09 > 1:47:14of the wind brings snow at this time of the year. Some of those showers

1:47:14 > 1:47:19will drift further west through the day. Generally it will be a cloudy

1:47:19 > 1:47:22day and any brightness will be in the West. By the end of the day

1:47:22 > 1:47:30there will be a dusting of snow in some areas. It is cold, some of us

1:47:30 > 1:47:34will not break freezing as we go through the day. This evening and

1:47:34 > 1:47:40overnight a line of snow showers come in across the North East and

1:47:40 > 1:47:45the south-east and eastern Scotland and north-east England. It will be

1:47:45 > 1:47:51cold and there will be frost around and of ice. The Met Office has a

1:47:51 > 1:47:56couple of amber weather warnings out. They are be prepared warning

1:47:56 > 1:48:01is, leading to disruption because of the snow. They start in the middle

1:48:01 > 1:48:04of the night and continued through tomorrow. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire

1:48:04 > 1:48:11into the Midlands are affected and another area will be in the

1:48:11 > 1:48:16south-east. That is tomorrow, Tuesday. The Met Office also has an

1:48:16 > 1:48:21amber weather warning out for Wednesday, again for significant

1:48:21 > 1:48:25snowfall in northern and eastern Scotland and north-east England.

1:48:25 > 1:48:29Although these areas cover the amber weather warning there will still be

1:48:29 > 1:48:35snow affecting other parts of the UK. That is where it is likely to be

1:48:35 > 1:48:40most disruptive. Tuesday will have snow coming in from the overnight

1:48:40 > 1:48:45period in North East England, heading towards the Midlands and

1:48:45 > 1:48:50Wales. Sunny spells behind it. A line of showers coming in across the

1:48:50 > 1:48:55south-east towards the Channel Islands. In between there will be

1:48:55 > 1:49:00brighter skies, but it will feel cold. It will be a breezy day once

1:49:00 > 1:49:05again with temperatures struggling to break freezing. As we move from

1:49:05 > 1:49:08Tuesday into Wednesday we have our second weather warning, the amber

1:49:08 > 1:49:17one. We continue with the snowfall and then on Wednesday the areas

1:49:17 > 1:49:22covered are North East Scotland and north-east England. Through the day

1:49:22 > 1:49:27this significant snowfall will drift towards the West. It will be a windy

1:49:27 > 1:49:32day and these temperatures are what you can expect on the thermometer.

1:49:32 > 1:49:37Add on the wind-chill and it will feel much colder than that. Maybe

1:49:37 > 1:49:43even as low as minus 12. By Wednesday this is the kind of totals

1:49:43 > 1:49:54that will be greeting us in terms of lying snow. Talking of the South, on

1:49:54 > 1:49:58Thursday this array of weather front comes our way and it will bump into

1:49:58 > 1:50:03the cold air in Southern counties of England and Wales introducing some

1:50:03 > 1:50:09snow again. It could be heavy. The snow will drift, it will be windy

1:50:09 > 1:50:15and cold and there is a potential for blizzards. But it is still a way

1:50:15 > 1:50:20off and the timings and positioning of this could well change. But we

1:50:20 > 1:50:23are expecting some disruptive snow as we go through the week.

1:50:30 > 1:50:33I know he will give us more details.

1:50:33 > 1:50:35I know he will give us more details.

1:50:35 > 1:50:37As the temperatures plummet and the so called "Beast

1:50:37 > 1:50:40from the East" arrives, we'd love to know how the weather

1:50:40 > 1:50:48is affecting things where you live.

1:50:51 > 1:50:58We are going to draw a picture over the next few days. It took a few

1:50:58 > 1:50:59meetings to come up with that!

1:50:59 > 1:51:06It took a few meetings to come up with that!

1:51:06 > 1:51:08If you find yourself surrounded by snow drifts or wearing three

1:51:08 > 1:51:11jumpers to keep to warm, we'd love you to send us a photo.

1:51:11 > 1:51:14We'll show as many as we can during our Break-frost

1:51:14 > 1:51:15coverage this week!

1:51:15 > 1:51:17You can email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk,

1:51:17 > 1:51:25contact us via our facebook page or tweet us @bbcbreakfast.

1:51:32 > 1:51:38You know how to get intact. I have noticed they have turned the

1:51:38 > 1:51:42heating on in here as well, so it must be really cold!

1:51:42 > 1:51:46must be really cold!

1:51:46 > 1:51:53The government has this morning announced a cap on energy bills.

1:51:53 > 1:51:56It is designed to help the 11 million households who pay the

1:51:56 > 1:52:04standard tariff.

1:52:04 > 1:52:07standard tariff. It is that the deal you end up on if you do not choose a

1:52:07 > 1:52:12cheaper deal and this is the most expensive way to pay for your and

1:52:12 > 1:52:15electricity and the government wants to put a cap on that rate for all

1:52:15 > 1:52:15suppliers.

1:52:15 > 1:52:16suppliers.

1:52:16 > 1:52:19We can talk now to Claire Perry, she's a minister at the department

1:52:19 > 1:52:21for business, energy and industrial strategy.

1:52:21 > 1:52:26Can you explain how this will help people. This cap will not bring

1:52:26 > 1:52:31bills down. In fact, it will not stop bills going up. How will it

1:52:31 > 1:52:38help?What we found is there are about 11 million people on standard

1:52:38 > 1:52:43variable defaults tariffs. You say on it often if you are the most

1:52:43 > 1:52:47loyal customer. Report a couple of years ago said those customers are

1:52:47 > 1:52:54overpaying by about £1.4 billion in total. Whilst the energy market is

1:52:54 > 1:53:00opening for lots of people, there are over 60 companies, some people

1:53:00 > 1:53:04switch a lot, those more loyal customers who are often older, with

1:53:04 > 1:53:09glowing, like young renters, they are not switching and we do not

1:53:09 > 1:53:15think it is fair they should be overpaying for their energy. We are

1:53:15 > 1:53:19bringing in a bill today which we are keen to get in place by this

1:53:19 > 1:53:24upcoming winter to make sure that Ofgem, the regulator, has the power

1:53:24 > 1:53:29to cap those tariffs in absolute terms. You are right because we

1:53:29 > 1:53:34cannot say that bills cannot go up because sometimes wholesale prices

1:53:34 > 1:53:39go up, the price of oil changes, and when caps have been tried before

1:53:39 > 1:53:42where you did not allow for that, you ended up with a bankrupt

1:53:42 > 1:53:48industry. But we did introduce a tariff cap for customers on

1:53:48 > 1:53:53prepayment meters and low-income is. Now about 5 million people are

1:53:53 > 1:53:57protected and people on those tariffs are paying substantially

1:53:57 > 1:54:00less for their energy than they would have done without the cap, so

1:54:00 > 1:54:04we do think people will save money. It is important the market works for

1:54:04 > 1:54:10everybody.You mention the cap on prepayment meters, but that recently

1:54:10 > 1:54:15went up by about 5% which is more than inflation, so it is still a big

1:54:15 > 1:54:21pressure.It went up by just over 3%, but compared to people who were

1:54:21 > 1:54:27not on a cap, their bills went up by about 8%. Those people on the cap

1:54:27 > 1:54:32are better off by about £120 a year. We do think people save money on

1:54:32 > 1:54:39these caps. We also think customers should not be penalised for loyalty.

1:54:39 > 1:54:43Switching is great, you may do it, but people who do not want to switch

1:54:43 > 1:54:48or who do not know about switching should feel they are being fairly

1:54:48 > 1:54:51treated. Right now there are millions of customers who are

1:54:51 > 1:54:56overpaying and we want to make sure this cap is in place, but it is set

1:54:56 > 1:55:03at the right level so customers can still switch and there is invested

1:55:03 > 1:55:07in the industry.What is to stop companies creating a new tariff

1:55:07 > 1:55:10which is not called standard variable rate, but which leaves them

1:55:10 > 1:55:17worse off and is not cap?It would be a defaults tariffs and it is

1:55:17 > 1:55:22capped and we are clear that if companies try and do this, Ofgem

1:55:22 > 1:55:27will have the powers to stop it. Frankly, we have seen important

1:55:27 > 1:55:31changes in this industry over the last few years. Households will be

1:55:31 > 1:55:37offered a smart meter by 2020. We have got more energy suppliers. I

1:55:37 > 1:55:41would be surprised if the big six energy companies spent a lot of time

1:55:41 > 1:55:45trying to work out how to gain the tariff, rather than trying to work

1:55:45 > 1:55:52out how to get the best value for their customers.You mentioned smart

1:55:52 > 1:55:55meters. We covered it on Watchdog because there has been a lot of

1:55:55 > 1:55:59problems because of the roll-out of them. Are you concerned about this

1:55:59 > 1:56:03because of the safety values?I am concerned with anything to do about

1:56:03 > 1:56:11safety in the home. The smart meter programme is accelerating. Customers

1:56:11 > 1:56:15to install them do save money because you track your energy bills

1:56:15 > 1:56:19better and it will make switching easier. When we have the first

1:56:19 > 1:56:26generation upgraded, which will happen automatically, and the second

1:56:26 > 1:56:28generation installed, that information can be shared between

1:56:28 > 1:56:34suppliers. No more scrabbling around outside. It is an important part of

1:56:34 > 1:56:40making sure the energy market is competitive, transparent and open

1:56:40 > 1:56:45and offers the best deals. For too long customers have been overpaying

1:56:45 > 1:56:49for their loyalty and it has to stop.Claire Perry, the energy

1:56:49 > 2:00:17minister. Let's get the news, travel and weather where you are. We

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2:00:20 > 2:00:23Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

2:00:23 > 2:00:27Police confirm four people have died in an explosion in Leicester.

2:00:27 > 2:00:29A shop was destroyed, and fire engulfed the building.

2:00:29 > 2:00:30Some people caught up in the explosion

2:00:30 > 2:00:38may still be unaccounted for.

2:00:38 > 2:00:42We still think this is a rescue phase of the operation, so we are

2:00:42 > 2:00:46now working to get into different areas of the building using shoring

2:00:46 > 2:00:49techniques to see if we can locate anyone who may be alive in the

2:00:49 > 2:00:54building.

2:00:59 > 2:01:07Good morning, it is Monday 26th February.

2:01:08 > 2:01:10Also this morning, lower energy bills could be on the way.

2:01:10 > 2:01:13New laws will limit how much energy companies can charge customers,

2:01:13 > 2:01:15but there are warnings it could stiffle competition.

2:01:15 > 2:01:18I'll have more in a moment.

2:01:18 > 2:01:20Jeremy Corbyn will set out Labour's new position

2:01:20 > 2:01:21on Brexit this morning.

2:01:21 > 2:01:24He wants the UK to stay in a customs union.

2:01:24 > 2:01:26Could this be the first of three trophies

2:01:26 > 2:01:27for Manchester City this season?

2:01:27 > 2:01:35They beat Arsenal to lift the League Cup.

2:01:37 > 2:01:41Good morning, a cold start to the day, snow showers across eastern

2:01:41 > 2:01:45Scotland and eastern England, on and off through the day, some getting

2:01:45 > 2:01:48toward the west, but the West generally will be gyre and brighter.

2:01:48 > 2:01:54From tonight, more significant snow and also a significant wind-chill. I

2:01:54 > 2:01:55will have more in 15 minutes.

2:01:55 > 2:01:56Good morning.

2:01:56 > 2:01:59Police have confirmed that four people have died after an explosion

2:01:59 > 2:02:01at a shop in Leicester last night.

2:02:01 > 2:02:03Emergency crews have spent the night searching through the remains

2:02:03 > 2:02:06of the building and dozens of nearby homes have been evacuated.

2:02:06 > 2:02:14Four others are being treated in hospital.

2:02:16 > 2:02:21Within the last hour, the police gave this update on the explosion.

2:02:21 > 2:02:24My colleagues from the Fire Service have been keen to make sure we

2:02:24 > 2:02:29rescue as many people as can. At this moment in time, we have

2:02:29 > 2:02:32confirmed four people have died in the fire and explosion, four are

2:02:32 > 2:02:36being treated in hospital.Do you believe people are still trapped

2:02:36 > 2:02:41inside?It is still a search and rescue operation, I wouldn't want to

2:02:41 > 2:02:46say.You mentioned people are still missing or outstanding.From the

2:02:46 > 2:02:49information we have, we cannot confirm the whereabouts of

2:02:49 > 2:02:54everybody, so if anyone has family members, can they please contact us

2:02:54 > 2:02:57on 101 to get through to the right place to take their details?

2:02:57 > 2:03:02Our reporter Jeremy Ball is at the scene in Leicester.

2:03:02 > 2:03:08Give us an idea, we understand an investigation will start, they are

2:03:08 > 2:03:12still working there.Yeah, and it all started around seven o'clock

2:03:12 > 2:03:16last night, when this huge explosion happened, you can probably still see

2:03:16 > 2:03:20smoke rising behind me here, but people who live here told me they

2:03:20 > 2:03:23heard a big bang, a rumble that sounded like an earthquake as the

2:03:23 > 2:03:28building collapsed like a pancake. Now, the building itself was a

2:03:28 > 2:03:34Polish convenience store on the ground floor, with a two storey flat

2:03:34 > 2:03:38above it, and the Fire Service have spent the night with dogs searching

2:03:38 > 2:03:40through the rubble in the desperate hope they can find some body else

2:03:40 > 2:03:45who might still be alive.We have seen the pictures, it looks

2:03:45 > 2:03:48extremely dramatic, what happened. There will be a lot to investigate,

2:03:48 > 2:03:55to find out why this happened.Well, we don't know yet. It does look like

2:03:55 > 2:03:59the scene of a powerful gas explosion. What the police and Fire

2:03:59 > 2:04:03Service are saying is that they won't know until they have had a

2:04:03 > 2:04:05chance to properly investigate this, and that won't happen until they

2:04:05 > 2:04:09finish the search and rescue phase here. What police have said is that

2:04:09 > 2:04:13they are not treating this as terrorism, and now ask people not to

2:04:13 > 2:04:16spec elite. They have said that anyone who has concerns about

2:04:16 > 2:04:24missing family members should get in touch with them. The Fire Service

2:04:24 > 2:04:27says the search will continue despite the horrific conditions, sub

2:04:27 > 2:04:30zero last night, and they are still hoping that somebody could be

2:04:30 > 2:04:35trapped under the rubble.Jeremy, thank you very much, as you can see,

2:04:35 > 2:04:39the work going on, and I know they will be busy, but we hope to speak

2:04:39 > 2:04:42to the Fire Service in about ten minutes.

2:04:42 > 2:04:44Legislation to crack down on expensive energy

2:04:44 > 2:04:45bills is being introduced to Parliament today.

2:04:45 > 2:04:48The Government says it will protect 11 million people

2:04:48 > 2:04:49from paying high tariffs.

2:04:49 > 2:04:51But there are concerns it will reduce competition among suppliers.

2:04:51 > 2:04:57Steph is here with more details.

2:04:57 > 2:05:01Interesting, we know there is a big cold snap on the way, but none of

2:05:01 > 2:05:05this would happen quickly, would it? No, this is a plan to bring it in

2:05:05 > 2:05:10for next winter, a cap on what we call the standard variable rate, the

2:05:10 > 2:05:13tariff which a lot of people will end up on when the deal comes to an

2:05:13 > 2:05:19end. In lots of cases, the majority of households who are on this deal,

2:05:19 > 2:05:24more than 11 million, about a third of households in the UK, a lot of

2:05:24 > 2:05:29them are elderly people, people from poorer backgrounds, and so it is,

2:05:29 > 2:05:33and on low incomes, so it is the Government's attempt to stop energy

2:05:33 > 2:05:36companies from constantly putting up their bills even higher. So the idea

2:05:36 > 2:05:41would be to have a cap on all standard variable tariffs, but I was

2:05:41 > 2:05:44talking to the Energy Minister about this earlier, looking at the fact

2:05:44 > 2:05:48that it doesn't mean they will never go up and never come down, but it

2:05:48 > 2:05:51just means the energy companies won't be able to put it up by

2:05:51 > 2:05:54whatever they want, and she explained about the fact that bills

2:05:54 > 2:06:00would still go up.We can't say that bills can't go up, because sometimes

2:06:00 > 2:06:06wholesale prices will go up, and when caps have been tried before,

2:06:06 > 2:06:11when you didn't allow for that, you ended up with a bankrupt industry,

2:06:11 > 2:06:16which nobody wants. We did introduce a tariff cap for customers on

2:06:16 > 2:06:19prepayment meters, or on low incomes. About 5 million people are

2:06:19 > 2:06:23protected, and we have seen that people on those tariffs are paying

2:06:23 > 2:06:25substantially less for their energy than they would have done without

2:06:25 > 2:06:30the cap. So we do think people will save money, and we think it is

2:06:30 > 2:06:35important that this market works for everybody.You can hear her talking

2:06:35 > 2:06:40about the fact that there could be a saving of £60 a year, but if you

2:06:40 > 2:06:43actually switch, you could save £300 a year, and that is the reason why

2:06:43 > 2:06:47they are doing this, because lots of us do not switch. Some research says

2:06:47 > 2:06:51that more than half of us don't even know you can switch energy supply,

2:06:51 > 2:06:55so that is where the real saving could come from, because a lot of

2:06:55 > 2:06:59people don't, that is why they want to bring in this cap. Though my car

2:06:59 > 2:07:03for people still don't switch. Despite the fact that I have said it

2:07:03 > 2:07:154 million times! It is understandable, it is hard work.

2:07:15 > 2:07:19Jeremy Corbyn will outline the Labour Party's position on Brexit

2:07:19 > 2:07:22this morning, he is expected to say the UK should keep a customs union

2:07:22 > 2:07:26with the EU. Theresa May has said the country should leave the customs

2:07:26 > 2:07:32union after Brexit so it can negotiate its own trade deals.

2:07:32 > 2:07:35Earlier on Breakfast, Labour's shadow International Trade

2:07:35 > 2:07:40Secretary, Barry Gardiner, explained Labour's position.We don't want the

2:07:40 > 2:07:43European Union to be able to negotiate a deal with America

2:07:43 > 2:07:50perhaps on our behalf that was beneficial to countries in the EU

2:07:50 > 2:07:54but not beneficial to us in terms of liberalising our markets to some of

2:07:54 > 2:07:58the things we don't want from America. And so it is very simple,

2:07:58 > 2:08:03we don't want to be taking the rules from Europe, we want to become

2:08:03 > 2:08:07creating those rules in terms of the third-party arrangements that we

2:08:07 > 2:08:13have with those countries. --Chris Mason is in Westminster. He was on

2:08:13 > 2:08:17for five or six minutes, Louise asked several questions, trying to

2:08:17 > 2:08:21get him to explain the Labour position. Is it any clearer after

2:08:21 > 2:08:26listening to that?

2:08:26 > 2:08:30Marginally, I think, possibly! The challenge here, for people like me

2:08:30 > 2:08:33reporting on Brexit and indeed for politicians trying to explain their

2:08:33 > 2:08:38positions is that there is lot of blather, isn't there, about Brexit,

2:08:38 > 2:08:42it is always easy to talk about Brexit, but it doesn't necessarily

2:08:42 > 2:08:46mean that people are saying very much. Labour, when we get this

2:08:46 > 2:08:52speech from Jeremy Corbyn, it will be a significant change in their

2:08:52 > 2:08:56position, but when you are trying to explain these difficult concepts, it

2:08:56 > 2:09:00can be tricky to understand. So what are Labour saying? They are talking

2:09:00 > 2:09:03about the customs union, it is one of these terms that gets bandied

2:09:03 > 2:09:08about. It means that people who are members of it can sell things to

2:09:08 > 2:09:11each other without extra tariffs being added on. But it also means

2:09:11 > 2:09:15that stuff that is bought into the customs union as the same tax or

2:09:15 > 2:09:20tariff added to it, and that means if you are part of it, you can't go

2:09:20 > 2:09:25off on strike trade deals on your own, and that is seen as a big

2:09:25 > 2:09:28advantage of leaving the customs union. Labour's I commend is that

2:09:28 > 2:09:33they want to be in a customs union, not the same one that we are at the

2:09:33 > 2:09:36moment, and they make the adamant that it will help trade with big

2:09:36 > 2:09:42trading partners. -- make the argument. And it will also solve the

2:09:42 > 2:09:46issue of the Northern Ireland border, they say. But it is all

2:09:46 > 2:09:49tricky? Do you sometimes listen to interviews, whether with reporters

2:09:49 > 2:09:53politicians, and at the end think I am not the wiser? I'm afraid you do

2:09:53 > 2:09:58with Brexit, and there is plenty more to come.You are the man to

2:09:58 > 2:10:02know, your podcast tries to undertake it most weeks, but it is a

2:10:02 > 2:10:05tough subject sometimes to get your noggin around, particularly when you

2:10:05 > 2:10:09ask all the questions! But there don't seem to be many clear answers

2:10:09 > 2:10:12coming back. We will continue to ask!

2:10:12 > 2:10:14The Syrian government has been accused of using chemical weapons

2:10:14 > 2:10:16in the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta.

2:10:16 > 2:10:19Doctors say several people have suffered symptoms consistent

2:10:19 > 2:10:22with exposure to chlorine gas.

2:10:22 > 2:10:27Fresh air strikes and heavy clashes have been reported in the area

2:10:27 > 2:10:34despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire.

2:10:34 > 2:10:36The Nigerian air force says it has deployed additional aircraft to

2:10:36 > 2:10:40search for more than 100 missing schoolgirls. Suspected Boko Haram

2:10:40 > 2:10:45militants abducted the girls from a school in the north-east of the

2:10:45 > 2:10:52country last week.

2:10:52 > 2:10:5970% of people who call them consider themselves millennials will be

2:10:59 > 2:11:04obese, according to new research. Cancer Research UK is launching a

2:11:04 > 2:11:09nationwide campaign to raise awareness about the link between

2:11:09 > 2:11:15obesity and cancer. An expedition hoping to complete the first winter

2:11:15 > 2:11:18ascent of K2 is revealed, this incredible story, one of the

2:11:18 > 2:11:22climbers launched a solo attempt at the summit without asking anyone

2:11:22 > 2:11:26else. Yes, a spokesman told the BBC that

2:11:26 > 2:11:31Denis Urubko's move had shocked the team but they did say they were

2:11:31 > 2:11:36still trying to support the claim. K2 is the only peak of 8000 metres

2:11:36 > 2:11:41yet to be climbed during the winter months, and it does sound like

2:11:41 > 2:11:45something, you know, extraordinary. You are there in your team, one of

2:11:45 > 2:11:48you just goes, right, I am going on my own.

2:11:48 > 2:11:52And then you have to support them for safety reasons. We will get more

2:11:52 > 2:11:55information about that. We will maybe speak to them when

2:11:55 > 2:11:57they get back.

2:11:57 > 2:12:00Britain is braced for days of freezing temperatures and snow

2:12:00 > 2:12:02as the Met Office issues a severe weather warning.

2:12:02 > 2:12:06Bitterly cold winds reaching the UK from Russia will leave some areas

2:12:06 > 2:12:07with bone-chilling daytime temperatures of minus two,

2:12:07 > 2:12:13feeling even colder when you factor in the wind chill.

2:12:13 > 2:12:18The story dominates the front pages of the papers this morning.

2:12:18 > 2:12:20The Express warns snow chaos will "cripple" Britain,

2:12:20 > 2:12:23causing disruption to travel, power and mobile phone signals.

2:12:23 > 2:12:26The Mirror reports that the icy temperatures and snow will be

2:12:26 > 2:12:31"historic", and the Metro focuses on disruption to rail services.

2:12:31 > 2:12:35The paper reports three rail companies have already announced

2:12:35 > 2:12:38reduced services and cancellations on some routes this week.

2:12:38 > 2:12:40We're joined now from our London newsroom by Tom Waite

2:12:40 > 2:12:43from Public Health England.

2:12:43 > 2:12:47Thank you very much for your time on this one this morning. Just outline

2:12:47 > 2:12:51for us, lots of people watching at the moment, what is the biggest risk

2:12:51 > 2:12:56to public danger when the temperature is as cold as it will be

2:12:56 > 2:13:01this week?Well, thank you. We know that cold temperatures indoors and

2:13:01 > 2:13:05outdoors can affect our bodies in all sorts of ways, not just the

2:13:05 > 2:13:08coughs and colds that we're used to getting in a normal winter. When it

2:13:08 > 2:13:13is really very cold, there is an increased risk of heart attack,

2:13:13 > 2:13:18strokes, chest infections, so is important we take care to stay warm

2:13:18 > 2:13:22and well.Of the best way to prepare the home, you'll soften the family

2:13:22 > 2:13:29at times like this?There are things we can do to prepare. -- yourself