0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello, this is Breakfast, with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Snow, ice and strong winds continue to cause major travel disruption.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13In south-east London, police were called after people
0:00:13 > 0:00:16stuck on trains, started jumping on to the tracks.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Overnight volunteers in Devon helped transport staff and patients
0:00:18 > 0:00:20to hospital through the snow.
0:00:20 > 0:00:28And after the big freeze, flooding hits parts of the south-west.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Good morning, it's Saturday 3 March.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Also this morning:
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Facing up to "some hard facts "- the Prime Minister says neither side
0:00:54 > 0:00:57will get everything they want from Brexit but argues the UK and EU
0:00:57 > 0:01:00are close to a deal on transition.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05How a new kind of camera could help early diagnosis of one of the most
0:01:05 > 0:01:06deadly forms of cancer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09In sport, Britain have their first gold, of the World Indoor
0:01:09 > 0:01:09Championships in Birmingham.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And Katarina Johnson-Thompson has her first world title -
0:01:12 > 0:01:19victory in the pentathlon, and sealed in style.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Didn't even see it!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It might have started in the playground, but wallball
0:01:24 > 0:01:25is all grown up.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I tried my hand at the sport, ahead of the UK championships.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And Chris has the weather.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32And Chris has the weather.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38We are looking at a cold and frosty start, a big risk of ice around this
0:01:38 > 0:01:39morning so
0:01:39 > 0:01:39start, a big risk of ice around this morning so take it easy on the
0:01:39 > 0:01:43roads. There will be more snow to come today across northern areas but
0:01:43 > 0:01:47it will not be as heavy as recent days and it will start to be less
0:01:47 > 0:01:54cold from the south-west through the weekend. More details later.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Good morning.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56First, our main story.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Freezing weather conditions are continuing to cause major travel
0:01:58 > 0:01:59disruption across the UK.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Weather warnings of snow and ice remain in place in large parts
0:02:03 > 0:02:05of the country, although conditions are expected to ease throughout
0:02:05 > 0:02:06the day.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood warnings for England,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12mainly in the south-west and north-east coast areas,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14due to the arrival of Storm Emma.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Last night, police were called to Lewisham in south-east London
0:02:17 > 0:02:19as passengers, who'd been stuck on a train,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21open the doors and climbed onto the tracks.
0:02:21 > 0:02:29Simon Clemison reports.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39The moment some rail passengers dispensed with the train.I will
0:02:39 > 0:02:45pass to you.We have been stuck on the train for 2.5 hours, luckily now
0:02:45 > 0:02:49we can walk down the tracks, as you can see, everyone is getting out
0:02:49 > 0:02:54from the train, we are just the Lewisham station.The operator has
0:02:54 > 0:02:59warned people against having online, and said turning off the power cause
0:02:59 > 0:03:02further delays.Looking forward to getting home and having a cup of
0:03:02 > 0:03:06tea.In Devon which has been hit hard by the snow, hospitals have
0:03:06 > 0:03:10been treating the injured. There have been appeals to the owners of
0:03:10 > 0:03:144x4s to come forward to help ferry patients and staff in an hour. Work
0:03:14 > 0:03:20which has continued overnight at one hospital. But did you know, this...
0:03:20 > 0:03:26We'll also in the forecast. Flood warnings were in place today, both
0:03:26 > 0:03:29here and the south-west coast where the railway has been closed once
0:03:29 > 0:03:33again, and in the north-east. Elsewhere, contacted snow and rain
0:03:33 > 0:03:38which quickly freezes will produce icy conditions that anyone
0:03:38 > 0:03:41travelling in large parts of the UK this morning, with more falls
0:03:41 > 0:03:45expected in Scotland. After snow which has left people spending a
0:03:45 > 0:03:50night in their car, or in a luggage rack of a train, all eyes will be on
0:03:50 > 0:03:54the transport network again today. Heathrow says it hopes to run a near
0:03:54 > 0:03:58full schedule, but many rail services will be disrupted.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Let's find out what the situation is like in the north-east
0:04:01 > 0:04:05of England this morning.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Our reporter Alison Freeman is in Alnwick.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13It is dark where you are, tell us what it is like? I am above and you
0:04:13 > 0:04:18really quiet A1, this believe it or not is their main route from the
0:04:18 > 0:04:22north-east of Scotland, at this time of the morning you would expect to
0:04:22 > 0:04:26see more traffic on the road here. Police are telling people to stay
0:04:26 > 0:04:31away if they can, there are sections of the road that they are clearing,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36and as it is cleared wind is blowing large drifts of snow over and in
0:04:36 > 0:04:40some places yesterday it is down to one carriageway. Motorist is asked
0:04:40 > 0:04:45to find other routes around the A1, and they are getting stuck, and so
0:04:45 > 0:04:49the motor rescue has to come and walk people to safety. Police in
0:04:49 > 0:04:53those restricted areas are trying to take police escorted convoys along,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58to get them back up to Scotland or back down to Alnwick if they can. On
0:04:58 > 0:05:03top of lack we are expecting freezing temperatures, icy
0:05:03 > 0:05:06conditions, and on top of that, in the north-east, we have Flood
0:05:06 > 0:05:11warnings at the moment, they stretch from Sunderland up to windy day,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15those warnings in place across the south-west and Cornwall, parts of
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Devon and parts of Dorset could be at risk as well. One good bit of
0:05:20 > 0:05:27news is that the M6 in two across the Pennines reopened -- and 62. The
0:05:27 > 0:05:31message from the police is, please don't travel unless you absolutely
0:05:31 > 0:05:38have to, to let the emergency services do what they absolutely
0:05:38 > 0:05:44have to do, like transporting patients to hospital.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Chris Fawkes will have a full weather forecast in around ten
0:05:47 > 0:05:48minutes time.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51To the rest of the day's news:
0:05:51 > 0:05:53The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
0:05:53 > 0:05:56the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
0:05:56 > 0:05:58and Remain wings of her own party.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01The speech set out Theresa May's vision of the UK's future trading
0:06:01 > 0:06:03relationship with the EU.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Here's our Political Correspondent's assessment.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Theresa May is a Prime Minister who governs by a big speeches. She is a
0:06:08 > 0:06:11politician who goes off the page rather than an off-the-cuff,
0:06:11 > 0:06:16prepares what is going to say in advance and then read without to the
0:06:16 > 0:06:19assembled audience. She has lots of audience to talk to in that speech
0:06:19 > 0:06:23yesterday, she had to talk to Europe, she had to talk to her own
0:06:23 > 0:06:27party, and the two wings of it with their very different in singsong
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Brexit, and of course to us as voters in the country. Broadly
0:06:30 > 0:06:35speaking it seems to have gone down relatively well at this stage. She
0:06:35 > 0:06:39said that yes, the UK would leave those big structures of the European
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Union, the single market and the customs union, but beyond that she
0:06:44 > 0:06:46wanted as much cooperation as possible. The big question is
0:06:46 > 0:06:51whether Europe will be willing to entertain at in the coming rounds of
0:06:51 > 0:06:55negotiation. As things stand, both wings of their own party, those who
0:06:55 > 0:06:58are sceptical about Russells and those who are more favourable
0:06:58 > 0:07:02towards it, seem to have given it for now a cautious welcome. --
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Brussels.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Two men have been arrested by police investigating an explosion
0:07:06 > 0:07:08in Leicester that killed five people.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11The men, both in their 30s and from East Anglia,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion
0:07:17 > 0:07:19of manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be questioned
0:07:19 > 0:07:20by detectives.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23A new camera has been designed to spot abnormal cells before
0:07:23 > 0:07:28the develop into oesophageal cancer, one of the hardest form
0:07:28 > 0:07:29of the disease to detect.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32The work by doctors and physicists in Cambridge has been paid
0:07:32 > 0:07:34for by public donations to the campaign, "Stand
0:07:34 > 0:07:39up to Cancer".
0:07:39 > 0:07:43The first trials of the camera are about to begin on patients.
0:07:43 > 0:07:50If we could shift the proportion of people diagnosed at an earlier
0:07:50 > 0:07:55stage, even if we could shift to buy as much as 10- 20%, that will start
0:07:55 > 0:07:59to have an impact and maybe we can do better than that. Then we will
0:07:59 > 0:08:03have of course a huge benefit for the individuals concerned in terms
0:08:03 > 0:08:06of reducing the side-effects from the treatment, giving them a better
0:08:06 > 0:08:11prognosis and curing their cancer, but also to society more broadly.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15People who are obese or who smoke should not be refused or delayed
0:08:15 > 0:08:17from having surgery by local health authorities -
0:08:17 > 0:08:19that's according to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The body, which represents 24 medical colleges and health
0:08:22 > 0:08:24faculties, said rationing surgery based on patients' lifestyles
0:08:24 > 0:08:29would "widen inequalities in access to healthcare".
0:08:29 > 0:08:32The body which sets the rules for world football is expected
0:08:32 > 0:08:35to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport
0:08:35 > 0:08:37when it meets in Zurich today.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41The system has been used on a trial basis in several countries including
0:08:41 > 0:08:42some cup matches in England.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44But it has proved controversial, as our sports correspondent,
0:08:44 > 0:08:52Richard Conway reports.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57The days when football got it wrong. Some of the game's greatest
0:08:57 > 0:09:03injustices.Schumacher came out... And the very reason the sport's
0:09:03 > 0:09:07lawmakers must now decide whether to give the go-ahead to video
0:09:07 > 0:09:11technology. A positive vote could see it use it this summer's Russian
0:09:11 > 0:09:15World Cup. If approved referees could call for help on goals,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19penalties, red cards and mistaken identity. A two-year experiment of
0:09:19 > 0:09:24the system is coming to an end and the man who helped devise it knows
0:09:24 > 0:09:29what is at stake.Focus must not eat and maintain minimum interference in
0:09:29 > 0:09:35the flow and emotion of the game, otherwise we will spoil football.At
0:09:35 > 0:09:39critics say that is except the what is happening. This week's FA Cup
0:09:39 > 0:09:43game against Ottoman Russia was part of the trial, but lengthy delays and
0:09:43 > 0:09:49confusion over decisions have led to calls to delay or cancel the plans.
0:09:49 > 0:09:57-- between Tottenham.The holy Grail is the FA Cup, if it is not ready we
0:09:57 > 0:09:59cannot put it into our most prestigious tournament.Fifa insists
0:09:59 > 0:10:05the system works as the video replay trial has shown, those who think
0:10:05 > 0:10:08technology will stop the controversy has another thing coming.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Gary Oldman has told BBC News of his excitement at the prospect
0:10:11 > 0:10:13of landing his first Academy award.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17The 'Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy' star is tipped to win Best Actor
0:10:17 > 0:10:21for his role as Winston Churchill in the film, 'Darkest Hour'.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Speaking at a party ahead of tomorrow's Oscars ceremony
0:10:23 > 0:10:27in Los Angeles he said it was an honour to play the former
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Prime Minister.
0:10:28 > 0:10:35I am feeling, I'm feeling very good about it. Sunday would be, these
0:10:35 > 0:10:39things will be what they will be, but either they call your name or
0:10:39 > 0:10:44they don't. But the ride has been, the Right has been enjoyable, and to
0:10:44 > 0:10:53be recognised for playing Winston Churchill, it is... The prize in
0:10:53 > 0:11:00itself.A lot of people saying he is in with a real chance. I think it
0:11:00 > 0:11:07might be, we will see. Shall we look at the front pages? We have just a
0:11:07 > 0:11:13couple of snow stories. People are coping with the situations vary in.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17One of them,:
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Four days of snow may have brought the UK grinding to a halt
0:11:21 > 0:11:23but on many farms it is business as usual.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26One family near Gisburn in Lancashire have found
0:11:26 > 0:11:30a novel way to help their new-born lambs survive the 'Beast
0:11:30 > 0:11:32from the East' by putting them in their aga.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36We advise you don't try this at home.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39But according to the farmer he pops them in for a quick ten minutes
0:11:39 > 0:11:43to warm them up.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48again, don't try that at home. You can't say that too often, do not do
0:11:48 > 0:11:57that with your pets, do not put them in the aga. You have been sending in
0:11:57 > 0:12:00stories about snow heroes, little things people are doing that make
0:12:00 > 0:12:06what can be a pretty bleak situation a bit it. People who go the extra
0:12:06 > 0:12:10mile to help their local communities over the past few days, people
0:12:10 > 0:12:23perhaps stuck, such as: after being caught in the snow on the 852, Lewis
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Knight proceeded to help people that were stuck behind a jackknifed
0:12:26 > 0:12:30lorry, four hours into the night. Working alongside two police
0:12:30 > 0:12:31officers, a farmer
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Working alongside two police officers, a farmer in their tractor
0:12:34 > 0:12:38and woodchip is, they were able to rescue 40 cars in just one day.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43That's nice. Sometimes they are big things and sometimes they are small
0:12:43 > 0:12:48things. Carrying on at her sister, this is Helen, who cares for the
0:12:48 > 0:12:55elderly in her home, that is in the Pendle area, which was on weather
0:12:55 > 0:12:57alert last night, she headed out for her nightshift,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00alert last night, she headed out for her nightshift, decked out in huge
0:13:00 > 0:13:04boots, you get the idea, look at the picture there. Waterproof rucksack
0:13:04 > 0:13:09filled with hot coffee, hats, scarves and blankets. A very proud
0:13:09 > 0:13:13family member there, and just a little things, people going the
0:13:13 > 0:13:18extra mile, and well-equipped with flasks, something warm, getting out
0:13:18 > 0:13:22there and doing some good. If you want to nominate your snow heroes,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24get in touch.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29A set of commuters took matters in their own hands last night
0:13:29 > 0:13:32after their journey was disrupted by snow and ice.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34They jumped off their stranded train and began
0:13:34 > 0:13:35walking down the tracks.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Southeastern trains said the passengers in Lewisham
0:13:37 > 0:13:39could have been killed and delayed the company
0:13:39 > 0:13:45from resolving the problem.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Good morning to you.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Good morning to you. Can you go through the sequence of events for
0:13:51 > 0:13:56us, when was the first time you realise there was a problem?I am in
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Kent, just south of Maidstone. We realised there was a problem when
0:14:00 > 0:14:05the train stopped for quite a lengthy period. Shortly after we
0:14:05 > 0:14:09were told there was a train in front that had trouble going up a kill --
0:14:09 > 0:14:14up the hill because it could not get...What happened next?We waited
0:14:14 > 0:14:18and we waited. There were some announcements saying they were
0:14:18 > 0:14:22waiting and we didn't have a lot of information. It did not take long
0:14:22 > 0:14:26before, it must have been an hour before the power went, the train
0:14:26 > 0:14:31just went on to emergency lighting. And what do you know about what the
0:14:31 > 0:14:35other passengers on the train in front you'd?Mostly we know what we
0:14:35 > 0:14:42heard on Twitter, that the conduct and -- conductor and driver of the
0:14:42 > 0:14:47train said that we were getting more information than they had. They were
0:14:47 > 0:14:51so close to their destination, and took matters into their own hands
0:14:51 > 0:14:55and a few got off, which I can guess, we were on the train going a
0:14:55 > 0:14:59long distance, we didn't have much opportunity, and getting off
0:14:59 > 0:15:02wouldn't have helped us, but those going short journeys thought they
0:15:02 > 0:15:06could get off and get onto buses and things, and that caused them to turn
0:15:06 > 0:15:10the power off.As you are explaining that we are seeing some of the
0:15:10 > 0:15:13images of people doing exactly as you say, just getting off the train.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18It calls a lot more problems, didn't it, which you then were caught up
0:15:18 > 0:15:24in?Yes. We were in a situation where the lights totally went out on
0:15:24 > 0:15:29our train, when it went on to emergency power. It knocked off the
0:15:29 > 0:15:35heating. We then sat in total dark misfit 2-3 hours while we waited.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Conductors were walking through the train, the passengers knew more than
0:15:39 > 0:15:44he did. It took a very long time and everything was backed up all the way
0:15:44 > 0:15:48into London, no train passed us the whole time we were stopped, nothing
0:15:48 > 0:15:52went in or out.We are watching some of these pictures of people walking
0:15:52 > 0:15:57along and making their way to the platform, officially of course the
0:15:57 > 0:16:01railway company is saying, this is absolutely the wrong thing to do,
0:16:01 > 0:16:05very dangerous, causing ongoing problems, I don't know, what do you
0:16:05 > 0:16:09think when you see those pictures, and you saw it people did?It was
0:16:09 > 0:16:14quite different to the scenario on my train. Everyone on my train was
0:16:14 > 0:16:19calm and nobody got off, I didn't see anyone walking past. At first I
0:16:19 > 0:16:25was quite shocked when I heard people were doing that, I work in
0:16:25 > 0:16:29mental health and the compassion to understand why people did things
0:16:29 > 0:16:34kicks in, and they felt they were so close to their destination so
0:16:34 > 0:16:39walking 100 metres to their station, considering the power was turned
0:16:39 > 0:16:45off. The people on my train still had an hour of their journey, they
0:16:45 > 0:16:49had no chance of getting home if the train didn't run. So they had a
0:16:49 > 0:16:53little bit more resilience of our train. But I can get why people did
0:16:53 > 0:16:56what they did, baby and our, two hours, they could have waited
0:16:56 > 0:17:02longer, -- maybe. But you could see there was a lot of pent up
0:17:02 > 0:17:06frustration that came out, they were probably on a much busier train,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09everyone had a seat on mine.Thank you for sharing your story with us,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13glad you are OK and it is all sorted out this morning.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22So frustrating when you are so close to the platform but at the same
0:17:22 > 0:17:28time, safety. Let's find out how the weather is looking today. Are we
0:17:28 > 0:17:31over the worst of it?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32weather is looking today. Are we over the worst of it? Good morning.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38Thank you. You over the worst of it for sure but today, there a risk of
0:17:38 > 0:17:42ice and a big risk of ice I have to say, also some snow today across
0:17:42 > 0:17:46northern areas bringing the risk of a few more centimetres in places but
0:17:46 > 0:17:50not as heavy and not as disruptive as the weather has been I'm pleased
0:17:50 > 0:17:54to say. We have the cold air flowing in and across much of the country
0:17:54 > 0:17:59but the area is starting to turn a little less cold from the south, the
0:17:59 > 0:18:02process will continue as we hit through the weekend. The main
0:18:02 > 0:18:05boundary between those two and masses is this lump of cloud working
0:18:05 > 0:18:09in across northern England. That is bringing some snow we weather.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Again, the wintry stuff around. He also have freezing rain across
0:18:13 > 0:18:18eastern England, liquid rain that has a temperature below zero and it
0:18:18 > 0:18:22turns the ice as soon as it hits roads you can imagine Brits turning
0:18:22 > 0:18:27to ice rink for a while across eastern England. To take it easy,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31the roads could be dangerous as you are heading outside this morning.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35The snow will continue working north, snow showers the eastern
0:18:35 > 0:18:38areas of Scotland and Antrim and Down but the weather turns cold as
0:18:38 > 0:18:43we see the showers working in, a bit of snow over the Moz and also the
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Brecon Beacons for a while. Cold for many of us with temperatures
0:18:48 > 0:18:51struggled to get a freezing, treading a little less cold in the
0:18:51 > 0:18:56south. Heading through this evening and overnight, the showers continue
0:18:56 > 0:18:59to push northwards across England and Wales. Some could be quite
0:18:59 > 0:19:03heavy. So to come across eastern Scotland, ice will be a major risk
0:19:03 > 0:19:08as we go through the night. Those temperatures dipping below freezing.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Watch out for an icy start of the day for Sunday. Sunday will continue
0:19:13 > 0:19:17the trend of turning slightly less cold from the south but there will
0:19:17 > 0:19:21be more showers around on Saturday, they could be quite heavy and the
0:19:21 > 0:19:26winds picking up around the showers, especially across southern England.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29North, some snow over the high ground, the hills of north-east
0:19:29 > 0:19:33England and eastern Scotland but at lower levels, the wintry mix, rain,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37sleet and perhaps a little bit of smoke to some of those heavy
0:19:37 > 0:19:41showers, temperatures coming up for degrees also in Edinburgh through
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Sunday. Next week, still a risk of snow in the far north of Scotland
0:19:46 > 0:19:50but it will continue to turn less cold and we are looking at some
0:19:50 > 0:19:54styles of rain coming up from the south at times. On the big pressure
0:19:54 > 0:19:58chart you can see the change taking place as we had from Sunday into
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Monday. The weather system will continue to drag up some less cold
0:20:01 > 0:20:04air from southern climes, the better riches will continue to gradually
0:20:04 > 0:20:08rise but generally staying below average for the time of year. We are
0:20:08 > 0:20:13over the worst of it today but ice is a major risk this morning and we
0:20:13 > 0:20:16still have a bit of snow to come across parts
0:20:16 > 0:20:17still have a bit of snow to come across parts of the north and east
0:20:17 > 0:20:24today. Chris, thank you. Yes, we have both ice warnings today.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26We'll bring you the headlines at 6:30.
0:20:26 > 0:20:32Time now for this week's Film Review.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Hello, and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46To take us through this week's releases is Mark Kermode.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48What have you been watching?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49We have Red Sparrow,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52the new film starring Jennifer Lawrence.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54We have A Fantastic Woman, which is Chile's Oscar entry
0:20:54 > 0:20:57for the Foreign Language Film Academy Award.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58And Game Night.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04Is it a game or is it real?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Red Sparrow.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Yes, so Red Sparrow is very interesting.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11It's based on a book by a former CIA operative,
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Jason Matthews.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Jennifer Lawrence is is a Russian ballerina who is violently recruited
0:21:15 > 0:21:18to become a sparrow - an undercover intelligence agent.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21She is taught how to seduce her prey.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24She is sent to Budapest on the trail of an American,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27played by Joel Edgerton, who she meets, and we know she has
0:21:27 > 0:21:35to win his confidence.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38But it seems fairly early on that they both understand
0:21:38 > 0:21:39what the other is.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Here is a clip.
0:21:40 > 0:21:40Dominika.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41You know my name?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42You told me.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44You stole my ID from the pool.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47That would be illegal.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Were you just looking for me?
0:21:49 > 0:21:55I would know where to find you if I was.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I'm curious, did you want me to know you were following me
0:21:58 > 0:22:00or are you just real clumsy?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02You Americans think we are so interested in you.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What made you want to become a translator?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06My mother is ill.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09If I work for the government, the state helps me to care for her.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11My uncle helped me get the job.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Your uncle is a very powerful man.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17In my country, if you do not matter to the men in power,
0:22:17 > 0:22:17you don't matter.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Hey, I would like to see you again.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Why, are we going to become friends?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Is that what you want?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I don't have any.
0:22:25 > 0:22:32There is a Russian restaurant right by the opera, have dinner with me.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33So it is an odd movie.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37On the one hand, it looks like a mainstream glossy thriller.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It is directed by Francis Lawrence, who did some of The Hunger Games
0:22:40 > 0:22:43movies and it has English and American actors speaking
0:22:43 > 0:22:46in Russian accents like that.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51I wasn't sure about that accent!
0:22:51 > 0:22:55But the other side is that it is nastier than you would expect.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It was precut from an 18 to get a 15 certificate,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01and in the very first assignment she has, there is a graphic sexual
0:23:01 > 0:23:04assault when she is sent to the training camp,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06in which she is led by Charlotte Rampling.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It is really quite tough and distressing and oddly explicit,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11and then the violence, the outbreaks of violence
0:23:11 > 0:23:14during the movie are wince-inducing fare.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I imagine that some people who are Jennifer Lawrence fans might
0:23:16 > 0:23:22find it hard to take.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24There is an argument for saying actually,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27it's not glamorising it, it's saying this is really rough
0:23:27 > 0:23:27and nasty stuff.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Then you think, well, Jennifer Lawrence's fans have
0:23:30 > 0:23:30come through Mother!
0:23:30 > 0:23:38She is having a run of peculiar films.
0:23:39 > 0:23:46Absolutely, and she made that strange science fiction movie
0:23:46 > 0:23:47which again divided audiences.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I like the fact she makes bold and often strange choices.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I like the fact she doesn't play it safe.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54She is the centre of the movie.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57It is very changeable tonally, so sometimes it is almost high camp,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59sometimes it is people chewing the scenery,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02and sometimes it is really, you know, nasty - and I mean
0:24:02 > 0:24:05properly nasty, gritty - and I know some people have
0:24:05 > 0:24:06found that intolerable.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07I think it is interesting.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11I think it is nothing like as mainstream as I expected it
0:24:11 > 0:24:14to be, and that is for the better, but it is not for everyone.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I cannot handle violence at all, as you know.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19You are not going to embrace it.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20I'm afraid I'm out.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22It is not going to happen.
0:24:22 > 0:24:22However...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Let me suggest you see A Fantastic Woman, Chile's entry
0:24:25 > 0:24:26for the Foreign language Film Oscar.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29So the story is Daniela Vega, who is brilliant as Marina.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33She is a waitress and aspiring singer who finds herself shut out
0:24:33 > 0:24:36of her own life when her older partner dies and her family -
0:24:36 > 0:24:39the family of her partner - suddenly descend and say "You can't
0:24:39 > 0:24:43come to the funeral, the wake, you cannot stay in the apartment
0:24:43 > 0:24:46you have been living with Orlando in, you need to give back the car".
0:24:46 > 0:24:49The reason they find her threatening, not just
0:24:49 > 0:24:52because she is the other woman with whom Orlando ran off,
0:24:52 > 0:24:53but she is a transgender woman.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56And they consequently think that she is a threat
0:24:56 > 0:24:58to what they call their normal lives.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Throughout the film, she says "My name is Marina",
0:25:00 > 0:25:02but they refuse to call her that.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04One of the sons calls her Maurice.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06At one point, the wife calls her Daniel.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09It is about her defining her own character, finding her own space.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10finding her own space.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13And what is really interesting is that her name is echoed
0:25:13 > 0:25:15visual motifs throughout the film.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It opens with a waterfall, a seascape on the wall
0:25:17 > 0:25:18of the bedroom.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20The film itself goes from being classical romance
0:25:20 > 0:25:24to a social realist drama to a weird Lynchian thriller and at one point,
0:25:24 > 0:25:29it turns into a musical with levitation sequences.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30I thought it was wonderful.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I thought Daniela Vega was wonderful, mesmerising
0:25:32 > 0:25:36in the role.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38You completely understand and care about her character
0:25:38 > 0:25:41and the situation she is in, and I thought
0:25:41 > 0:25:43it was a really good piece of work.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47And I loved it so much, I saw it and I went straight back
0:25:47 > 0:25:49and watched it again a second time
0:25:49 > 0:25:50because I thought there
0:25:50 > 0:25:51was so much in it.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I think you will really like it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54There is a recommendation!
0:25:54 > 0:25:54Fantastic.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56I look forward to that.
0:25:56 > 0:25:56Game Night.
0:25:56 > 0:25:56Yes.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00I have read quite a lot about this film and I still don't understand
0:26:00 > 0:26:01what it is about.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04OK, so it is - basically, here is the best way
0:26:04 > 0:26:06of describing it.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Game Night - so therefore it lifts its rifts from The Game,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13the David Fincher movie, and Date Night.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Hence Game Night.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16There are two characters who are obsessed with games.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20They agree to take part in a murder mystery but when it starts off,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23maybe it is not a game, maybe it is real.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Maybe this loaded gun is not a prop.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Maybe it's real.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27That is the thrill.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30It is a kind of an idea we have seen done before.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34If you think about films like After Hours or Into the Night,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36a normal couple gets sucked into strange underworld crime.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39However, it begins with them having game night with their friends.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Here is a clip.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Come on, Max!
0:26:41 > 0:26:42And go, go, go!
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Oh, easy - the famous actor we met at the airport
0:26:45 > 0:26:46about eight years ago.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Who?
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Only actor we have met at an airport who's famous.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58Bobby Flay?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00He was in front of us at the Sbarro?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03We wondered why he wasn't in the first class lounge.
0:27:03 > 0:27:03Oh, yes, yes...
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Who was that?
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Goddamn it!
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Max, there's is a whole room of people to help you out.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Use us.
0:27:09 > 0:27:09Good point.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11He was the Incredible Hulk!
0:27:11 > 0:27:11Eric Bana.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Other one.
0:27:12 > 0:27:12Um, Mark Ruffalo?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Other one.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Lou Ferrigno!
0:27:14 > 0:27:14Holy...
0:27:14 > 0:27:14Primal Fear!
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Richard Gere never played the Incredible Hulk!
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Time!
0:27:17 > 0:27:23Ed Norton.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Oh!
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Primal Fear!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27That is why those games are so annoying.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29But you laughed all the way through that.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33I have this rule that a comedy can only count as a comedy if it makes
0:27:33 > 0:27:35you laugh more than six times.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38You laughed more than six times in that clip.
0:27:38 > 0:27:38Here's the thing.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43I looked at the trailer and thought it is going to be that movie we have
0:27:43 > 0:27:47seen umpteen versions of but I got away with it because the cast gave
0:27:47 > 0:27:48it their best, the gags are funny.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I do think that gag about Richard Gere, that is good,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54and that standard of gag is kept up
0:27:54 > 0:27:55all the way through.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Even through the set pieces and the very sort
0:27:57 > 0:27:58of contrived set-ups.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01They bump into people they think are playing being criminals
0:28:01 > 0:28:03but they are real criminals, or are they?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06That goes on all the way through the film, but I kept laughing.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09It kept me laughing, and nobody was more surprised
0:28:09 > 0:28:11than I was that that was the case.
0:28:11 > 0:28:11OK.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I am still not 100% sure.
0:28:14 > 0:28:14But anyway, OK.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17A Fantastic Woman is one you will love.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I look forward to that and I am sure about The Shape of Water.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21I love it.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I think it's wonderful.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Yes, I like it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Do you feel as strongly as I do?
0:28:27 > 0:28:31I loved it in a curious way, but I enjoyed every moment.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33It is great it has been nominated.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34It looks wonderful, brilliant score, fantastic performances,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38and I have seen it three times and I will watch it again,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40because it is a lovely fairytale.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42It is Splash meets the Creature From The Black Lagoon,
0:28:42 > 0:28:47and that's an ideal film for me.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Yes, it is best out.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51And should I say see it on a big screen?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Because visually, it is so impressive.
0:28:53 > 0:28:53Yes.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57When it comes out on DVD, I will tell you the opposite.
0:28:57 > 0:28:57I will lie.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00You will have it in the best DVD category.
0:29:00 > 0:29:00Yeah.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03So best DVD for this week is Florida Project.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08It is a shame it wasn't more represented at the awards.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10I mean, everything is coming up.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Willem Dafoe is the only one who has been represented.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14I think it is great.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17It is a humanist, wonderful, modern version of Our Gang
0:29:17 > 0:29:19brilliantly firected from the director of Tangerine.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Such a shame it has fallen into one Supporting Actor nod.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25But that tells you what you need to know about awards -
0:29:25 > 0:29:26they are nonsense.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Wel, thanks!
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Thanks for that thought!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31But it is beautifully made and it is starring some people -
0:29:31 > 0:29:34some of the people in it have not had formal acting training,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37alongside people like Willem Dafoe.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41And that's what - the real genius of it is you get someone
0:29:41 > 0:29:44who is a seasoned professional against
0:29:44 > 0:29:45a first-timer and suddenly, it works.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48There is no sense of having an imbalance between
0:29:48 > 0:29:51the performances because actually, it is because the director does
0:29:51 > 0:29:53a brilliant job of putting everyone right in the space,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57and, you know, the whole film takes place just beyond the boundaries
0:29:57 > 0:30:01of Disney World, so it is like you have been cast out of the magic
0:30:01 > 0:30:03kingdom into this netherworld.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07It has a sort of fairytale feel.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Into people in real American poverty,
0:30:09 > 0:30:10alongside Disney World.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Living in a hotel designed as a resort hotel, but has become
0:30:13 > 0:30:16a hotel for people who are in poverty, who are homeless,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19yet there is such vibrancy, such life, the characters are wonderful.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I thought it was terrific.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I thought it was going to be an awards contender,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25get everything, and that just shows...
0:30:25 > 0:30:27get everything, and that just shows...
0:30:27 > 0:30:31To be fair, you did say that - I wasn't going to remind you.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I am the first to admit I can't predict awards.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Ut there we go, it should have been nominated for more.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Should have been a contender.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Thank you very much, Mark.
0:30:40 > 0:30:40More next week.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Before we go, there are all the film news and reviews from across the BBC
0:30:45 > 0:30:47online - you know the address, I am sure.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51All our previous programmes are on the iPlayer as well.
0:30:51 > 0:30:51That is it for this week.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Enjoy your cinema going.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54See you next time.
0:30:54 > 0:31:01Goodbye.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Hello, this is Breakfast with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC News.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Freezing weather conditions are continuing to cause major travel
0:31:16 > 0:31:17disruption across the UK.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Weather warnings of snow and ice remain in place in large parts
0:31:21 > 0:31:24of the country and the Environment Agency has now issued 15 flood
0:31:24 > 0:31:28warnings, mainly in the south-west and north-east coast areas.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31The police had to be called to south-east London last night
0:31:31 > 0:31:35after passengers on a stranded train in Lewisham decided to jump
0:31:35 > 0:31:43on the tracks and walk to the nearest station.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Earlier we spoke to Brian who was on the train behind that one, he told
0:31:48 > 0:31:52us about the impact it had on his journey.They felt they were so
0:31:52 > 0:31:56close to their destination, there for it was less of an issue then
0:31:56 > 0:31:59walking 100 metres to a station, with the power turned off.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00walking 100 metres to a station, with the power turned off. People on
0:32:00 > 0:32:05my train had a long way left, they had almost an hour of their journey
0:32:05 > 0:32:10to do, they had no chance of getting home if the train didn't run, so you
0:32:10 > 0:32:13know, they had a little more resilience on that train. But I can
0:32:13 > 0:32:18get why people did what they did, maybe an hour, two hours, they could
0:32:18 > 0:32:22have waited longer, but I can see obviously there is a lot of
0:32:22 > 0:32:25frustration that came out, they were probably on a much busier train than
0:32:25 > 0:32:30mine, on mine everyone had a seat so it wasn't so much of a problem.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35Police in Dublin have made several arrests after a police -- a
0:32:35 > 0:32:40supermarket was reportedly looted last night. The one social media
0:32:40 > 0:32:44shows the Lidl store being attacked with a mechanical digger, you can
0:32:44 > 0:32:47see that the mechanical digger knocking into the building itself,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51the German chain described it as a serious incident which took place
0:32:51 > 0:32:54when the store was closed and no staff were present.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
0:32:56 > 0:33:00the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
0:33:00 > 0:33:02and Remain wings of her party.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future trading
0:33:04 > 0:33:07relationship with the EU and called for concesssions on all sides.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10She said she was confident remaining differences over a draft legal
0:33:10 > 0:33:13agreement could be resolved, allowing trade talks to get
0:33:13 > 0:33:14under way.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Two men have been arrested by police investigating an explosion
0:33:16 > 0:33:23in Leicester that killed five people.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25The men, both in their 30s and from East Anglia,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion
0:33:31 > 0:33:34of manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be questioned
0:33:34 > 0:33:34by detectives.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Gary Oldman has told BBC News of his excitement at the prospect
0:33:38 > 0:33:39of landing his first Academy award.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43The 'Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy' star is tipped to win Best Actor
0:33:43 > 0:33:46for his role as Winston Churchill in the film, 'Darkest Hour'.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Speaking at a party ahead of tomorrow's Oscars ceremony
0:33:48 > 0:33:51in Los Angeles he said it was an honour to play the former
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Prime Minister.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57I am feeling, I'm feeling very good about it.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Sunday would be, these things will be what they will be,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06either they call your name or they don't.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09But the ride has been, the ride has been enjoyable,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12and to be recognised for playing Winston
0:34:12 > 0:34:17is...
0:34:17 > 0:34:20It's the prize in itself.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26I think he will win the big prize. It will be great if he did, I was
0:34:26 > 0:34:31trying to think of a clever segue there, he has been in the business
0:34:31 > 0:34:35for a long time, he should have won the award, and your first story is
0:34:35 > 0:34:42about someone who people think could win a big award. Very good. We are
0:34:42 > 0:34:45talking about Katarina Johnson-Thompson, always had
0:34:45 > 0:34:49potential, held back by injury, may be the lack of confidence or
0:34:49 > 0:34:53conviction at the crucial moments but she has put that behind
0:34:53 > 0:34:58her, she has won her first world title. Sheep puts it down to
0:34:58 > 0:35:02relocating from Liverpool to the south of France, -- she puts it
0:35:02 > 0:35:07down. She says she really has missed her sausage dogs. She says she has
0:35:07 > 0:35:17been very lonely without her dogs. Worth it in the end. It has
0:35:17 > 0:35:21certainly paid off her though with her first world title in the Pentax
0:35:21 > 0:35:24won at the world indoor games in Birmingham. She sealed the victory
0:35:24 > 0:35:28with another win, this was in the 800 metres, two and what she said
0:35:28 > 0:35:32has been a wobbly but in the end dominant day as she set a new
0:35:32 > 0:35:36personal best in shotput and came out on top in the long jump as well.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39It came after she suffered this appointment at the world outdoor
0:35:39 > 0:35:44championships last summer.I can't believe it, I have dreamt of this
0:35:44 > 0:35:48for so long and to come here and do it in the home championships, I have
0:35:48 > 0:35:52been so happy to rectify it, and all my family are here today, that this
0:35:52 > 0:35:57not normally happen, I went through a hard year last year, and I just
0:35:57 > 0:36:01wanted my family to see me actually achieve something, so I am so happy
0:36:01 > 0:36:05they got to be hero witness it, and they were here for every event. I
0:36:05 > 0:36:12still can't believe it really.She is only 25, many years left to go,
0:36:12 > 0:36:16and for so long in the shadow really of Jessica Ennis-Hill, but now she
0:36:16 > 0:36:21has emerged and is finally living up to her potential. And now the
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Commonwealth games is just a few weeks away. This is in the Pentax on
0:36:24 > 0:36:33other -- rather than the decathlon, here she is getting her gold medal.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38Her long-time rival was missing from this event but we mustn't take this
0:36:38 > 0:36:42away from her, and Jessica Ennis-Hill's career really took up
0:36:42 > 0:36:49after she won the indoor Championships. There could be more
0:36:49 > 0:36:52to come today, Laura Miller is looking to follow up the bronze she
0:36:52 > 0:37:02won in the 3000 metres, with a 1500 metre. -- Muir. On to the cricket,
0:37:02 > 0:37:13New Zealand are chasing 235 to win, the tourist batsmen struggled in a
0:37:13 > 0:37:16difficult pitch in Wellington, none of the managed to get a 50. The
0:37:16 > 0:37:21captain was in the top scorer with 48 as his side were all out for 234.
0:37:21 > 0:37:28Ben Stokes took a great catch early on to dismiss: growth of 49, and
0:37:28 > 0:37:32just a few moments ago, another wicket for Moeen Ali means that New
0:37:32 > 0:37:39Zealand have now slumped to 97- four, off just over 21 overs. So
0:37:39 > 0:37:43maybe it will be closer than we thought, with England's total of
0:37:43 > 0:37:49235. Great Britain have added another medal on day three of the
0:37:49 > 0:37:53world track championships in the Netherlands. Mark Stewart won bronze
0:37:53 > 0:38:00in the men's points race which is over 160 laps. Australia's camera
0:38:00 > 0:38:04may retain his title with home rider Jan Willem van Schip taking silver.
0:38:04 > 0:38:14Britain now have four medals, one gold to Silvers and the bronze.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17It was a difficult evening for Britain's Elinor Barker
0:38:17 > 0:38:20as she was caught up in this crash during the elimination race
0:38:20 > 0:38:21in the women's omnium.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24She went into the fourth and final event, the points race,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold
0:38:27 > 0:38:31on to it, finishing sixth overall just a nine points off a medal.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Kirsten Vild took gold for the Netherlands.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Middlesbrough are into the Championship play-off places,
0:38:35 > 0:38:36after beating Leeds 3-0.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39It was a hat-trick from striker Patrick Bamford, that pushed Boro,
0:38:39 > 0:38:45into the top 6.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50This game surviving the weather, but three Championship games today
0:38:50 > 0:38:58have already been postponed, so do check before setting off.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Despite the weather all seven of today's Premier League fixtures
0:39:08 > 0:39:09are expected to go ahead.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11The match of the day sees
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Liverpool welcome Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez
0:39:13 > 0:39:13back to Anfield.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16The Spaniard is unbeaten against his former club
0:39:16 > 0:39:18and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is expecting a tough time
0:39:18 > 0:39:20against a man he calls a legend.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24We gave enough presence to him, 2-0 up at the home game with play them,
0:39:24 > 0:39:32and at Newcastle, I think he was a little lucky, so for them, we need
0:39:32 > 0:39:35to be really focused, really concentrating on that game, and
0:39:35 > 0:39:40yeah, it will be interesting again. As it stands at the moment although
0:39:40 > 0:39:44the fixtures in the Scottish cup are due to take base today and tomorrow,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47including premiership leaders Celtic was Mac matched with the
0:39:47 > 0:39:52championship club Granik Morton. There is a lot of work going on
0:39:52 > 0:39:56around the stadium, the pitch is fine, so that is playable for the
0:39:56 > 0:40:04game, so there is a lot of work going on to make it safe and secure.
0:40:04 > 0:40:10We have played a lot of games, so a bit of a breather for a few days
0:40:10 > 0:40:15won't do us any harm. But the guys trained very well, and we are ready
0:40:15 > 0:40:23for the game.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26for the game.Hull F.C. Be Warrington last night, a bit of a
0:40:26 > 0:40:33badtempered affair, both sides had a man sent off. Wigan moved up to
0:40:33 > 0:40:41second with a win over Widnes. I will be telling you what sort of
0:40:41 > 0:40:48sport in what sort of sport you use this. Good catch. It is like a giant
0:40:48 > 0:40:54squash ball. Any clues? It is quite similar to squash, but you don't
0:40:54 > 0:41:03need a racket. Thank you.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07need a racket. Thank you. Not all heroes wear capes, some prefer high
0:41:07 > 0:41:11viz vests. They have been out in force on the streets of Bristol
0:41:11 > 0:41:16keeping people safe in the snow.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21Their mission is to make our streets safer. These are the community snow
0:41:21 > 0:41:27wardens.With get on with it, everyone have spades?I like being a
0:41:27 > 0:41:31part of the community and people appreciate it, when I am out people
0:41:31 > 0:41:36say thank you, and it is nice. Trained by Bristol City Council in
0:41:36 > 0:41:39how to keep themselves safe and how to clear footpaths for their
0:41:39 > 0:41:43neighbours, there has not been a great need for their services in
0:41:43 > 0:41:48recent years. Is this the first time you have used it in anger?This is
0:41:48 > 0:41:55the first time.Why do you do it?If there is no in difficulty moving
0:41:55 > 0:42:03around, the problem is ours, if not someone else's. One that we sold
0:42:03 > 0:42:09ourselves. The community is as important as family. Because in a
0:42:09 > 0:42:13way you always have your community, you may not always have your family.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17As vehicles at slip and slide their way along these streets, most people
0:42:17 > 0:42:21here have opted to travel on foot, so clear pavements are much
0:42:21 > 0:42:28appreciated.If we clear at first it is easiest...But as we struggle to
0:42:28 > 0:42:35cope with whether many of us now rarely see in much of the UK, for
0:42:35 > 0:42:41Graham's daughter Annie, visiting from Ukraine, this is a holiday.I
0:42:41 > 0:42:47do live in Ukraine, so it is about -14 when I left, so yes, it is
0:42:47 > 0:42:51slightly chilly there as well. It is quite funny coming back a few days
0:42:51 > 0:42:57and having this year in the UK. -- having this here.We are only around
0:42:57 > 0:43:02half a mile away from the centre of Bristol, but as you can see, a lot
0:43:02 > 0:43:05of these roads are really still covered in snow. When you think
0:43:05 > 0:43:09about it, it does not matter how good a job is done clearing our
0:43:09 > 0:43:13motorways and clearing out a roads, if you can't get 80 front door than
0:43:13 > 0:43:18what is the point? That is where the community snow wardens come in. As
0:43:18 > 0:43:21much as their efforts are appreciated, floor would make life
0:43:21 > 0:43:26in this city much easier. Until that happens, these volunteers will be
0:43:26 > 0:43:30out in force and thankfully in both senses of the word, there is plenty
0:43:30 > 0:43:37of grit.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41of grit. If we think the weather has been bad here, whether in other
0:43:41 > 0:43:45parts of the world has been worse. How do people cope in countries
0:43:45 > 0:43:49where subzero temperatures are the norm. We can speak to someone from
0:43:49 > 0:43:55Canada, where it is minus nine degrees. It is properly warm inside
0:43:55 > 0:44:00where you are, but what is it like outside?It's pretty bad, even
0:44:00 > 0:44:07though it is just -9, have had -25, it has been snowing to the last 24
0:44:07 > 0:44:12hours, so it is terrible.And extremely cold. Is it one of the
0:44:12 > 0:44:18coldest winters there for you?Yeah, I spoke to someone who has been hit
0:44:18 > 0:44:2240 years and she said she has never seen a worse winter in Canada will
0:44:22 > 0:44:27stop so Lucky me!It looks stunning, we are looking at pictures of what
0:44:27 > 0:44:31it is like where you are now, and over here in the UK in contrast, it
0:44:31 > 0:44:35is all we have been talking about, there has been major disruption on
0:44:35 > 0:44:39the roads, people stranded in their cars, delays to trains, planes being
0:44:39 > 0:44:43cancelled, what is it like they're in terms of, are things carrying on
0:44:43 > 0:44:49as normal?Yeah Canadians are just so nonchalant about this though, is
0:44:49 > 0:44:54still see the kids all bundled up at the bus stop, you still see parents
0:44:54 > 0:44:59with their baby carriage going for a walk, nobody, we have friends who
0:44:59 > 0:45:05goes around when it is -15, said people just go about their day and
0:45:05 > 0:45:09that police is prepared, the city is prepared, the roads are clean, but
0:45:09 > 0:45:13there is obviously still accidents, so people just go on normal life,
0:45:13 > 0:45:20like they are used to.You have lived in the UK and you have lived
0:45:20 > 0:45:26in Canada, how do they both compare for you? In terms of when we get
0:45:26 > 0:45:32severe weather, snow, bad weather. Yeah, people are just so much more
0:45:32 > 0:45:37resilient to the bad weather here, they have issues that they use when
0:45:37 > 0:45:41it is -10, and then they have issues that they use when it is -20 five.
0:45:41 > 0:45:47So they have all their gear as well. In the UK it is quite unpredictable,
0:45:47 > 0:45:50but I think the snow is so predictable here that people are
0:45:50 > 0:45:57just casual about it, and I am absolutely not!But we did know to
0:45:57 > 0:46:02be fair that he was coming here, and in terms of getting around, do
0:46:02 > 0:46:06people sort of stay inside or not travel as much when they get their
0:46:06 > 0:46:06warning?
0:46:13 > 0:46:18They have winter tyres here and snowploughs so the roads are cleaned
0:46:18 > 0:46:24up but on the way to work, on a bad, icy day, you will see a couple of
0:46:24 > 0:46:30accidents but nobody takes, you know, I am still to come across a
0:46:30 > 0:46:34snow day here, I have never seen a snow day here.Wow! What a
0:46:34 > 0:46:41difference. Thank you for speaking to us this morning. Enjoy the snow.
0:46:41 > 0:46:48I want a pair of those -25 shoes! I wonder what they look like. I want a
0:46:48 > 0:46:55pair of those shoes. Chris, what do you think? I don't know if I can get
0:46:55 > 0:46:59my leg up that high but I have my walking boots on this morning. Very
0:46:59 > 0:47:05good. Very good. That is my 02 your shoes conversation.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09good. Very good. That is my 02 your shoes conversation. Some fresh
0:47:09 > 0:47:14snowfall overnight, this is how things are this morning, a top up so
0:47:14 > 0:47:2055 centimetres of snow across southern Wales, the snowiest spot.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23It is near Cardiff. That is why people are struggling to get out and
0:47:23 > 0:47:27about, an enormous volumes of snow. The risk of icy stretches around
0:47:27 > 0:47:31this morning to watch out for, meanwhile in southern part that will
0:47:31 > 0:47:35turn less cold as the weekend goes by. Temperature is still quite a bit
0:47:35 > 0:47:41below average. The state of play, the cold easterly wind still across
0:47:41 > 0:47:45parts of the UK but the milder winds trying to push in from the south,
0:47:45 > 0:47:48they will continue to make inroads across southern areas as we have
0:47:48 > 0:47:52through the weekend boosting the temperature of little bit. A lot of
0:47:52 > 0:47:55cloud around. These were the front is bringing snowy weather at the
0:47:55 > 0:47:58moment across Wales and northern counties of England so fresh
0:47:58 > 0:48:03snowfall is around, snow showers too the eastern Scotland and the parts
0:48:03 > 0:48:06of eastern England and eastern Scotland freezing rain. This is
0:48:06 > 0:48:11dangerous, it is liquid rain that has a temperature below zero and it
0:48:11 > 0:48:17turns the ice as it hits roads. You cannot greet against it either.
0:48:17 > 0:48:22Because the roadster is turning to ice shrinks for a time. -- ice
0:48:22 > 0:48:29rinks. A few more centimetres of snow to come across eastern parts.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33Through Antrim and Down and eastern Scotland, north-east England, but
0:48:33 > 0:48:37the rain showers pushing into the south-west, some snow for the moors
0:48:37 > 0:48:42and the Brecon Beacons. Overnight, temperatures will take a dive so we
0:48:42 > 0:48:46are looking at widespread frost developing and again, the return of
0:48:46 > 0:48:50icy conditions. Showers pushing northwards across Wales in
0:48:50 > 0:48:53south-west England in particular. More snow to come across eastern
0:48:53 > 0:48:57parts of Scotland. It is the ice risk which is the biggest hazard to
0:48:57 > 0:49:02take us into Sunday morning once again. Sunday, cloud around but a
0:49:02 > 0:49:06few bright or sunny spells between the cloud. Showers pushing across
0:49:06 > 0:49:11northern England, eastern Scotland, some snow within the showers
0:49:11 > 0:49:15particularly over the hills whereas lower down, a wintry mix. Further
0:49:15 > 0:49:18south, rain showers will be pushing it through the afternoon as the
0:49:18 > 0:49:24breeze freshens. Temperatures are to nine degrees in London. Next week,
0:49:24 > 0:49:27the risk of some snow across northern areas without cold air
0:49:27 > 0:49:29continuing to hang around but it
0:49:29 > 0:49:29northern areas without cold air continuing to hang around but it
0:49:29 > 0:49:34will turn less cold in the south. Chris, thank you. We will be
0:49:34 > 0:49:39spending quite a bit of time with you today. That is why he is wearing
0:49:39 > 0:49:40sensible shoes.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41We'll bring you the headlines at 7:00.
0:49:41 > 0:49:49But first, it's time for Click.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08This week, 108,000 people landed in Barcelona with one thing
0:50:08 > 0:50:12on their minds - mobiles.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Welcome to the Mobile World Congress.
0:50:15 > 0:50:20The enormous annual expo where we get to hear
0:50:20 > 0:50:22about the latest in phones, tablets and, increasingly,
0:50:22 > 0:50:26anything that moves.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30Smartwatch with built-in projector, anyone?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32And roaming the show floor for us this year,
0:50:32 > 0:50:33Lara Lewington.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Despite talk of how many of the big players are not releasing new phones
0:50:37 > 0:50:42at the show, there are quite a few new phones on display.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44And the cameras were often taking centrestage.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47This is Bothie mode.
0:50:47 > 0:50:51We saw how we might interact with our devices in the future...
0:50:51 > 0:50:56Who needs buttons when you can gesture?
0:50:56 > 0:50:58It works!
0:50:58 > 0:51:00-and the way they might interact with us.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02A phone screen that bends.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04Could a bendy phone be the future?
0:51:04 > 0:51:07But to really get to grips with the latest news here,
0:51:07 > 0:51:12I joined forces with a man who seriously knows his phones.
0:51:12 > 0:51:18HMD, who brought us the Nokia phone brand a few years back,
0:51:18 > 0:51:22are again embracing nostalgia with a 2018 twist with its 8110 4G.
0:51:22 > 0:51:26And no, you do not need to have it in banana yellow.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29Would you feel silly to take that out of your pocket?
0:51:29 > 0:51:30Absolutely in that colour.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33I would need it to be black or any other colour
0:51:33 > 0:51:35except bright yellow.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Its operating system can only run a few apps.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39However, they will include Google Assistant, Google Maps
0:51:39 > 0:51:44and Facebook, although not Twitter nor WhatsApp.
0:51:44 > 0:51:50But with battery life of up to 25 days, albeit on standby,
0:51:50 > 0:51:58and a price tag of 70 quid, it does sound like a decent proposition.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00It is, with 4G, too.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02That is all of the data connectivity you would want
0:52:02 > 0:52:04at a ridiculously low price.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08How nice is it to hold like that, frame the shot and then use
0:52:08 > 0:52:09the centre button to take the it?
0:52:09 > 0:52:13Even here at the big reveal of a phone, it was the camera
0:52:13 > 0:52:16that was very much front and centre.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20For a start, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ shoot better pictures in low
0:52:20 > 0:52:28light, reducing grain by taking a burst of 12 shots at once.
0:52:28 > 0:52:34The larger S9+ actually has two lenses that work together to produce
0:52:34 > 0:52:38photos with a blurred background, in the same way that the iPhone 7
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Plus has done since 2016.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44This, however, is quite new here in the west.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48It is the first phone I have seen that has a mechanical aperture
0:52:48 > 0:52:56which can switch from F2.4 to F1.5 to let in more light.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03Now, last year, we saw a Sony phone which could shoot at 40x slow-mo.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05That's 960 frames per second!
0:53:05 > 0:53:08And, as we predicted then, that feature is now starting
0:53:08 > 0:53:11to migrate into other phones.
0:53:11 > 0:53:19One problem I had with Sony's super-slow mode is that you have
0:53:21 > 0:53:27to be incredibly precise in order to start the recording and capture
0:53:27 > 0:53:28those 0.2 seconds of slow-mo action.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Not so with the S9.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33It waits until it detects motion in a certain part of its viewfinder
0:53:33 > 0:53:35and then it fires the slow-mo mode.
0:53:35 > 0:53:36So...
0:53:36 > 0:53:39That should mean you don't miss those few milliseconds
0:53:39 > 0:53:42of slow-mo magic.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45Hot on the heels of Apple's iPhone animojis, the S9 lets you create
0:53:45 > 0:53:51and send your own emojis.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55Now, they do look a little like you but, quite impressively,
0:53:55 > 0:53:58they will copy your expression using live face tracking.
0:53:58 > 0:54:06Or you can use a pre-set created from your, ahem, likeness.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10Overall, the S9 and S9+ look and feel like their predecessors.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13The same size, they're dust- and water-resistant and they still
0:54:13 > 0:54:15have a headphone socket.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Hurrah!
0:54:17 > 0:54:18But the screen is ever-so-slightly longer.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22They will now accept SD cards of up to 400 gigabytes and they play
0:54:22 > 0:54:30Dolby Atmos sound.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35And where the S8 could be plugged into a special dock to connect
0:54:35 > 0:54:43to a screen, mouse and keyboard, the S9 can become a trackpad.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47And soon, this will also double as a keyboard.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Even with the S9's better tech specs, critics say
0:54:49 > 0:54:56that the improvements are not massive.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59But I do think that the camera and the sharing functions are sure
0:54:59 > 0:55:00to be eye-catchers.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02And of course, no super slow-mo shoot is complete
0:55:02 > 0:55:10without lots and lots of confetti.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18This is possibly one of the more surprising things on the show floor.
0:55:18 > 0:55:26I am currently in a holoportal.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30The set-up consists of four Kinect sensors, five laptops doing
0:55:30 > 0:55:33the grunt work, and once a person has been created
0:55:33 > 0:55:34in holographic form,
0:55:34 > 0:55:37well, they can be seen on this, the Microsoft HoloLens in real-time.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41And I have been to see a family who are really putting this set-up
0:55:41 > 0:55:42to good use.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44So Harrison has something called Duchenne muscular dystrophy,
0:55:44 > 0:55:50which is a fatal genetic muscle-wasting disease.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53It means every single muscle cell in his body is deteriorating over
0:55:53 > 0:55:58is deteriorating over time.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Unfortunately, that means he loses the ability
0:56:01 > 0:56:05and strength to do a lot of things that we take for granted -
0:56:05 > 0:56:07simply walking, giving your parents a hug, things like that,
0:56:07 > 0:56:10they just go in time.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13He has a life expectancy somewhere between 20 and 25.
0:56:13 > 0:56:17Which is when the heart and lungs - which are also muscles -
0:56:17 > 0:56:20that is when they give up and we lose him then.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24Since Harrison came off his feet at the end of last year,
0:56:24 > 0:56:26being able to create stimulating and engaging experiences at home
0:56:26 > 0:56:31have become more important than ever.
0:56:31 > 0:56:38And today, he has a virtual visitor.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42This research prototype is currently being perfected
0:56:42 > 0:56:50at a facility in Ravensbourne.
0:56:51 > 0:56:56Heirisson, how are you?OK!
0:56:56 > 0:56:57I see the holograndpa.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00Are you in charge of cooking tonight?
0:57:00 > 0:57:00Yep.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03Your dad would like a steak that big!
0:57:03 > 0:57:08He is only allowed one this big.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10We've got next Tuesday - Pancake Day.
0:57:10 > 0:57:11What would you have this year?
0:57:11 > 0:57:16Definitely maple syrup.
0:57:16 > 0:57:23There are are both AR and VR versions.
0:57:23 > 0:57:30Eventually, maybe more than one person could be beamed at a time.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34Eventually, 2-way audio and video could be possible and more than one
0:57:34 > 0:57:35person could be transported.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37But right now, it is about getting the basics right.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40While this is not a true hologram, the headset displays holograndpa
0:57:40 > 0:57:43as a 3-dimensional projection, as if he was in the room.
0:57:43 > 0:57:48There was when we tested at a bit of a time lag due to a lack
0:57:48 > 0:57:49of processing power and connection.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53There was, when we tested it, a bit of a time lag due to a lack
0:57:53 > 0:57:55of processing power and connection.
0:57:55 > 0:57:56Arsenal beat Tottenham.
0:57:56 > 0:57:57Never in a million years!
0:57:57 > 0:57:58Is that going to happen.
0:57:58 > 0:58:003-1 to Tottenham, and Harry Kane scores two.
0:58:00 > 0:58:08Yeah!
0:58:08 > 0:58:13Now, after weeks of buildup,
0:58:13 > 0:58:15the Oscars are finally here.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17The 90th Academy Awards are this weekend.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Over the past few weeks, we have been going exclusively
0:58:19 > 0:58:21behind the scenes with some of the nominees
0:58:21 > 0:58:23in the Best Visual Effects category.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26This week is the fourth in our series, otherwise known
0:58:26 > 0:58:30as Episode VIII.
0:58:30 > 0:58:34Of course, I am talking about Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
0:58:34 > 0:58:39Kill it.
0:58:39 > 0:58:44we aim to try to do as much as we can in camera but the reality is
0:58:44 > 0:58:47there always going to big moments with visual effects and other film
0:58:47 > 0:58:51like this it is a Star Wars movie, we ultimately ended up with over
0:58:51 > 0:58:552000 effect shots in the film.You have too much of your father's
0:58:55 > 0:58:59halved in you.
0:58:59 > 0:59:02-- You have too much of your father's heart in you.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05It took almost a year to get to the final look of Snoke.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08We started to paint textures and build the internal controls
0:59:08 > 0:59:10and anatomy of the character.
0:59:10 > 0:59:16And then as the editors, Rian and Bob, were working together,
0:59:16 > 0:59:19they brought together the sequences only using Andy's
0:59:19 > 0:59:24they brought together the sequences only using Andy's reference,
0:59:24 > 0:59:28and he had this incredible, powerful performance,
0:59:28 > 0:59:29a resonate voice.
0:59:29 > 0:59:31Closer, I said...
0:59:31 > 0:59:32Young fool!
0:59:32 > 0:59:35The bombing run was in the original script, was exactly as you saw
0:59:35 > 0:59:41it in the film.
0:59:41 > 0:59:45We did bid how to execute the bombing run
0:59:45 > 0:59:47With a practical pyrotechnics and everything.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50And the scheduling and cost of that was too prohibitive.
0:59:50 > 0:59:53The important thing to me is, when working with a director
0:59:53 > 0:59:57like Rian, is that we can make our CG look like any particular style.
0:59:57 > 0:59:59We can make it look like anything.
0:59:59 > 1:00:03Balsa wood model, a CG ship - we have that control over the way
1:00:03 > 1:00:09we can render things now.
1:00:09 > 1:00:12After a time, Rian became confident in what we could do.
1:00:12 > 1:00:15Actually, it was a liberation.
1:00:15 > 1:00:19We could achieve anything in the explosions and pyrotechnics we
1:00:19 > 1:00:26achieved in the bombing run has pushed us to a new level.
1:00:26 > 1:00:29I think our contribution to film is getting more and more invisible
1:00:29 > 1:00:30in certain cases.
1:00:30 > 1:00:33But when they are not invisible, because you know they cannot be
1:00:33 > 1:00:35real, they are getting more believable.
1:00:35 > 1:00:37Globally, the visual effects techniques are so advanced
1:00:37 > 1:00:41now that it is now important to good story and it is important
1:00:41 > 1:00:44that the story has good ideas and greater challenges that push us
1:00:44 > 1:00:52to create visuals that have never been seen before.
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1:01:30 > 1:01:33Hello this is Breakfast, with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
1:01:33 > 1:01:38Snow, ice and strong winds continue to cause major travel disruption.
1:01:38 > 1:01:42Weather warnings remain in place across much of the UK.
1:01:42 > 1:01:44In south-east London, police were called after people
1:01:44 > 1:01:47stuck on trains started jumping on to the tracks.
1:01:47 > 1:01:49Volunteers in Devon help transport staff and patients to hospital.
1:01:49 > 1:01:52And after the big freeze, flooding hits parts of the south-west.
1:02:12 > 1:02:21Good morning. It is Saturday, March three. Also this morning, facing up
1:02:21 > 1:02:26to hard facts. The Prime Minister says nobody will get everything they
1:02:26 > 1:02:32want from Brexit, but says the UK and EU are close to a deal.
1:02:32 > 1:02:33And as
1:02:33 > 1:02:35Hollywood prepares for the Oscars this weekend, Heather Graham tells
1:02:35 > 1:02:37with disgraced film producer, Harvey Weinstein.
1:02:37 > 1:02:42He had a pile of scrips on his desk and he said, choose one of these
1:02:42 > 1:02:48scripts, you are so talented, you can pick any of them you want. He
1:02:48 > 1:02:52said he and his wife had an arrangement, when he was at County
1:02:52 > 1:02:54could have sex with whoever he wanted.
1:02:54 > 1:02:56In sport England's cricketers
1:02:56 > 1:02:58are fighting back in New Zealand.
1:02:58 > 1:03:01After struggling with the bat, the bowlers are getting on top
1:03:01 > 1:03:03against the Kiwis in the third one day international,
1:03:03 > 1:03:06taking four wickets for the loss of just six runs.
1:03:06 > 1:03:09And Chris has the weather.Good morning. We are looking at a cold
1:03:09 > 1:03:13and frosty start. A big risk of ice around. Take it easy out on the
1:03:13 > 1:03:17roads. There will be more snow coming from northern areas today but
1:03:17 > 1:03:21it will not be as heavy as recently. It will turn less cold from the
1:03:21 > 1:03:24south-west through the weekend. I will have more details later.
1:03:24 > 1:03:24Good morning.
1:03:24 > 1:03:25First, our main story.
1:03:25 > 1:03:28Freezing weather conditions are continuing to cause major travel
1:03:28 > 1:03:29disruption across the UK.
1:03:29 > 1:03:32Weather warnings of snow and ice remain in place in large parts
1:03:32 > 1:03:34of the country, although conditions are expected to ease
1:03:34 > 1:03:36throughout the day.
1:03:36 > 1:03:402000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers face
1:03:40 > 1:03:42further disruption.
1:03:42 > 1:03:45Last night, police were called to Lewisham in south-east London
1:03:45 > 1:03:47as passengers, who'd been stuck on a train,
1:03:47 > 1:03:49opened the doors and climbed onto the tracks.
1:03:49 > 1:03:57Simon Clemison reports.
1:03:59 > 1:04:04Let's find out what the situation is like out of air this morning.
1:04:04 > 1:04:08Our reporter, Alison Freeman, is in Alnwick.
1:04:08 > 1:04:12We are hearing conditions are not as bad as they have been, but what are
1:04:12 > 1:04:18conditions like where you are?Well, where I am is just above the A1.
1:04:18 > 1:04:23This is the main route from England to Scotland from the north-east. You
1:04:23 > 1:04:26would expect there to be more traffic than this. It is still
1:04:26 > 1:04:31closed in sections. The problem authorities are facing is that no
1:04:31 > 1:04:35matter how quickly they clear it, gusts of wins are blowing snow
1:04:35 > 1:04:41drifts back onto the road quite quickly. -- gusts of wind. In some
1:04:41 > 1:04:47places it is down to one lane. We were watching snow blowers yesterday
1:04:47 > 1:04:52afternoon trying to get the snow away, and then it's blowing back on.
1:04:52 > 1:04:55So the police are running convoys, they are escorting people through
1:04:55 > 1:05:00those patches. Some motorists are trying to find their own way around,
1:05:00 > 1:05:03which is causing some difficult situations. Mt Rescue have been
1:05:03 > 1:05:10listed to help people who have been stuck back to safety, and also
1:05:10 > 1:05:15getting people to hospital in rural communities. Concerns are now
1:05:15 > 1:05:18turning to black ice, with less snowfall, although it has just
1:05:18 > 1:05:22started snowing again. There are also Flood warnings in place in the
1:05:22 > 1:05:27north-east and the south-east, and also the south-west in parts of
1:05:27 > 1:05:31Devon and Cornwall in Dorset. There has been some good news today, which
1:05:31 > 1:05:37is that the M62 has reopened across the Pennines. The message from the
1:05:37 > 1:05:41emergency services is still that you should not travel unless it is
1:05:41 > 1:05:46absolutely necessary.Now let's find out what the situation is in
1:05:46 > 1:05:51Cardiff. Thomas Morgan joins us. Good morning. What is the picture in
1:05:51 > 1:05:56Wales this morning?Well, it was supposed to start raining this
1:05:56 > 1:06:00morning but I can tell you from walking in this morning that it was
1:06:00 > 1:06:05actually snowing again here in the centre of Cardiff. This road behind
1:06:05 > 1:06:08me, probably one of the better looking roads that I passed on the
1:06:08 > 1:06:12way here. The majority of the side streets and the central suburban
1:06:12 > 1:06:17areas are still covered in snow, not to be passable by most cars.
1:06:17 > 1:06:19Transport was badly affected yesterday across the majority of
1:06:19 > 1:06:23Wales. Train services suspended, Cardiff airport shut down through
1:06:23 > 1:06:28the whole day. There was a suspicion it might open at one stage, but it
1:06:28 > 1:06:32remained shut. Roads, and very big issue for the majority of. The
1:06:32 > 1:06:39emergency services were struggling, police told the public not to call
1:06:39 > 1:06:43unless it was a genuine emergency. The ambulance service put out a plea
1:06:43 > 1:06:48to staff and volunteers, anybody with a 4-wheel-drive to help them
1:06:48 > 1:06:52bring work to help people who needed care the most. A yellow warning
1:06:52 > 1:06:56remains in place in Wales for snow and ice until midday today.Thomas,
1:06:56 > 1:07:02thank you for that report in Cardiff. We will have a full weather
1:07:02 > 1:07:06picture for you with Chris in the next few minutes.
1:07:06 > 1:07:08The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
1:07:08 > 1:07:12the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
1:07:12 > 1:07:14and Remain wings of her own party.
1:07:14 > 1:07:16Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future trading
1:07:16 > 1:07:19relationship with the EU and said all sides would have
1:07:19 > 1:07:20to make concessions.
1:07:20 > 1:07:23Our political correspondent Tom Barton is in the London newsroom.
1:07:23 > 1:07:26Tom, what was Mrs May trying to achieve in her speech,
1:07:26 > 1:07:27and did she succeed?
1:07:27 > 1:07:31What has been the reaction to this speech?Yes, well, from the Prime
1:07:31 > 1:07:35Minister's perspective, yesterday's speech was a big moment. The third
1:07:35 > 1:07:39in three major speech as she has used to set out her Brexit vision.
1:07:39 > 1:07:42She had three main audiences yesterday. First of all, ask, the
1:07:42 > 1:07:48public. Secondly, those EU leaders she is negotiating with. Third, her
1:07:48 > 1:07:52own MPs, who are divided about what Brexit should look like. Her message
1:07:52 > 1:07:56was that she wants a clean break from those big EU institutions, the
1:07:56 > 1:08:03single market and the customs union. But beyond that, she would like is
1:08:03 > 1:08:06closer relationship as possible. There is a big question over whether
1:08:06 > 1:08:11EU leaders will be on board with that idea. At this stage, though, it
1:08:11 > 1:08:16appears to have been a success with her MPs, receiving a positive if
1:08:16 > 1:08:24cautious welcome from both the most pro- Remain and pro- Leave MPs.Tom,
1:08:24 > 1:08:29thank you. We will have moron Brexit and that speech and reaction and
1:08:29 > 1:08:36analysis later on. -- more on that.
1:08:36 > 1:08:39Police are investigating an explosion in Leicester which killed
1:08:39 > 1:08:43five people. Two men are being held on conspiracy to cause an explosion.
1:08:43 > 1:08:47Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of
1:08:47 > 1:08:49manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be questioned by
1:08:49 > 1:08:54detectives. The body which sets the rules for World Cup all is expected
1:08:54 > 1:08:57to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport when
1:08:57 > 1:09:01it meets in Zurich today. The system has been used on a trial basis in
1:09:01 > 1:09:05several countries, including some matches in England. There are
1:09:05 > 1:09:08concerns that it disrupts the flow of the game, while confusing
1:09:08 > 1:09:14officials. People who are obese or smoke should not you refused or
1:09:14 > 1:09:17delayed from having surgery by local health authorities. It is according
1:09:17 > 1:09:23to the academy of medical colleges. The body, which represents 24
1:09:23 > 1:09:26medical colleges and health facilities, says that rationing
1:09:26 > 1:09:28surgery based on patients' lifestyles would widen inequalities
1:09:28 > 1:09:34in access to healthcare. Four days of snow might have walked the UK
1:09:34 > 1:09:39grinding to a halt, but on many farms it is business as usual. --
1:09:39 > 1:09:44brought. This farm in Lancashire has an interesting way to help a newborn
1:09:44 > 1:09:49lamb survive the beast from the east. They've brought him inside and
1:09:49 > 1:09:54put in the Aga. We advise you not to try this at home. According to the
1:09:54 > 1:09:58farmer, he pops him inside the ten minutes to warm them up. There he
1:09:58 > 1:10:04is. I'm not sure about that. I mean...It looks fine.He looks
1:10:04 > 1:10:13happy.We are picking up some of the story is related to the weather now.
1:10:13 > 1:10:15-- stories.
1:10:15 > 1:10:19Getting deliveries from A to B can be a headache even when the weather
1:10:19 > 1:10:22is good, so the snow and ice of the past week have caused
1:10:22 > 1:10:24lots of problems for logistics companies.
1:10:24 > 1:10:26Supermarkets have been particularly affected with drivers grounded
1:10:26 > 1:10:27and shoppers stocking up.
1:10:27 > 1:10:30Bob in Clackmannanshire sent us this shot of empty shelves
1:10:30 > 1:10:31in his local shop.
1:10:31 > 1:10:34This was the scene in Penistone when Peter went to get supplies.
1:10:34 > 1:10:37Libby sent us this image of the empty aisles in Glasgow.
1:10:37 > 1:10:40Christine noticed this empty shelf - however she hopes it was
1:10:40 > 1:10:43because people were buying bird food for animals in the cold weather.
1:10:43 > 1:10:49With us on the the sofa now is Julian Richards,
1:10:49 > 1:10:53who runs a delivery and warehouse firm, while in London we are joined
1:10:53 > 1:11:01by Chris Yardley from the Freight Transport Association.
1:11:03 > 1:11:08What is the picture you have seen emerging over the past few days?The
1:11:08 > 1:11:13roads have been chaos, as you have seen. What we do as an industry, we
1:11:13 > 1:11:17deliver everything to everybody every day. So the knock-on effect of
1:11:17 > 1:11:21that is what we have just seen with the empty shelves, because goods are
1:11:21 > 1:11:25not getting through to supermarkets. With certain conditions, the
1:11:25 > 1:11:28extremes of which we have seen recently, there isn't much you can
1:11:28 > 1:11:33do about that?No. Safety is our main concern, for our own people and
1:11:33 > 1:11:38other people on the roads. So we checked the weather forecasts days
1:11:38 > 1:11:41in advance, especially at this time of year, and we make contingency
1:11:41 > 1:11:46plans not to send certain trucks to certain areas.Chris, thanks for
1:11:46 > 1:11:50joining us. How much of an impact as the weather had Newcomb getting
1:11:50 > 1:11:53deliveries around the UK?It has certainly had a major impact on
1:11:53 > 1:11:57supply chains across the United Kingdom. It might be that the
1:11:57 > 1:12:03effects might be seen in a few days' time, with trains and planes, if the
1:12:03 > 1:12:07vehicles are not moving around they are not going to be in the right
1:12:07 > 1:12:10place to make their deliveries in the next couple of days, so
1:12:10 > 1:12:14actually, the impact might you seen over the next few days. The
1:12:14 > 1:12:17logistics sector is quite robust. It will be up and running in supplying
1:12:17 > 1:12:21the shops and as this is of the country as soon as possible.So even
1:12:21 > 1:12:25though the weather is improve and we might still see those empty shelves
1:12:25 > 1:12:31in the next few days? Because of the knock-on effect?Yeah. For example,
1:12:31 > 1:12:34if you have a delivery of fresh produce which has not come through,
1:12:34 > 1:12:39it might have spoiled. Brad, for example, or bakery products. That
1:12:39 > 1:12:43might have to then be replaced, and the vehicles go back to the
1:12:43 > 1:12:47production plant and are restocked. So there might be a few days of
1:12:47 > 1:12:51empty shelves. But hopefully it will be back up and running as quick as
1:12:51 > 1:12:55possible.We were speaking to somebody in Calgary in Canada
1:12:55 > 1:12:57earlier, and they are experiencing really cold weather but everything
1:12:57 > 1:13:01carries on as normal. Is there anything that could have and done to
1:13:01 > 1:13:08prevent this? We did know the cold weather was on its way.Yes. FTA
1:13:08 > 1:13:11works with central government and the devolved administrations around
1:13:11 > 1:13:16the country on the weather information service. We were putting
1:13:16 > 1:13:21out alerts to our members as soon as we receive them. It must be
1:13:21 > 1:13:25remembered, this is a rare event in the country. This is the first time
1:13:25 > 1:13:29that a red alert has been issued in the central belt of Scotland, on the
1:13:29 > 1:13:32transport route there. This is something we will have to look out
1:13:32 > 1:13:36after the event is over and see if the messages can be finessed and
1:13:36 > 1:13:41better improved for the next time it happens.To what extent, Julian, to
1:13:41 > 1:13:46you think that shoppers are responsible? Because, I mean, I see
1:13:46 > 1:13:50a slight smile on your face there, is it a fact that people are going
1:13:50 > 1:13:53to the shops and buying unnecessarily large quantities of
1:13:53 > 1:13:57things, resulting in the additional? If they had just carried on as
1:13:57 > 1:14:01normal, you think that on the whole, the shops would still have products?
1:14:01 > 1:14:05I don't think we are quite at that stage yet where the public are
1:14:05 > 1:14:08panicking around shopping. I think it continues longer than two or
1:14:08 > 1:14:12three days that would happen, but the empty shelves are just a result
1:14:12 > 1:14:15of the fact that goods are not getting through. We have warehouses
1:14:15 > 1:14:18act up the products we are trying to deliver, which we cannot get
1:14:18 > 1:14:24through. -- backed up with product. You knew this was coming. We all
1:14:24 > 1:14:28knew this was coming. You have to get the right thing in the right
1:14:28 > 1:14:34place at the right time. That is your job. Otherwise it is easy. You
1:14:34 > 1:14:37just send the trucks out and you know when they are going to get
1:14:37 > 1:14:41there. The job comes tricky, and this is why you and your money, is
1:14:41 > 1:14:44when it is difficult. So wide couldn't you arrange it better? --
1:14:44 > 1:14:49why.It is all down to planning. Roads in the UK are bad enough
1:14:49 > 1:14:53without the weather. So we keep and I am the weather, and the warnings
1:14:53 > 1:14:56that the government gives out about essential travel only, to many
1:14:56 > 1:15:02people ignore that. That needs to be adhered to more greatly. Commercial
1:15:02 > 1:15:06vehicles, yes, emergency services, yes, but not people travelling to
1:15:06 > 1:15:10for the fun of it.I am playing Devil's advocate here, a moment ago
1:15:10 > 1:15:13we were seeing you should have got things they're more timely, but some
1:15:13 > 1:15:17people also say some of these big trucks are back on the road to
1:15:17 > 1:15:21quickly, and often we see these big traffic jams caused by a truck, and
1:15:21 > 1:15:25everybody is saying, why was a truck on the road in the snow?Well, that
1:15:25 > 1:15:30is always the case. In regular traffic jams people always blame the
1:15:30 > 1:15:37lorry. But the lorry is there because the customers are demanding
1:15:37 > 1:15:43products and services when they want them. Our members, the freight
1:15:43 > 1:15:47operators, are just serving customer demand. It must be said, a
1:15:47 > 1:15:53commercial driver is a professional person. They do do a lot of training
1:15:53 > 1:15:57for events like this in the bad weather, and I think that was just
1:15:57 > 1:16:03shown by the Scottish bus driver whose training kicked in and saved
1:16:03 > 1:16:07the bus from having a pity potentially dangerous collision with
1:16:07 > 1:16:11that car that we all saw on the TV screens over the last few days.
1:16:11 > 1:16:16Thank you very much.
1:16:21 > 1:16:25That was a remarkable visual footage, wasn't it? If you have not
1:16:25 > 1:16:29seen it, the bus driver swerved to avoid cars. Scary!
1:16:29 > 1:16:32You've been getting in touch in your droves to nominate the Snow
1:16:32 > 1:16:36Heroes who have gone the extra mile to help their local community over
1:16:36 > 1:16:37the past few days.
1:16:37 > 1:16:40Charis in Colne was due to have her father's funeral
1:16:40 > 1:16:41yesterday but the heavy snow meant
1:16:41 > 1:16:44it was difficult to get access for the hearse.
1:16:44 > 1:16:47After appealing for some help, the fire service carried her dad's
1:16:47 > 1:16:50coffin from the house up to where the hearse was waiting.
1:16:50 > 1:16:54She wants to say thank you so much to the Colne Fire and Rescue Service
1:16:54 > 1:16:57and all you beautiful people who helped.
1:16:57 > 1:17:00Alison got in touch with us to say that the day
1:17:00 > 1:17:03after her father's funeral, Charis was out clearing snow
1:17:03 > 1:17:04at the local care home.
1:17:04 > 1:17:10Alison says she is a snow angel in her own right.
1:17:10 > 1:17:15Amazing little stories in amongst these of people doing things that
1:17:15 > 1:17:18they may not otherwise have done. They could be small things, going
1:17:18 > 1:17:24out to help people stranded in their cars, ringing hot drinks, and if you
1:17:24 > 1:17:28have stories of snow heroes where you are, share them with us. But the
1:17:28 > 1:17:34look at the big teacher. --A look at the big picture.
1:17:34 > 1:17:35Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.
1:17:35 > 1:17:37Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.
1:17:37 > 1:17:44The state of play this morning, 55 centimetres of snow across southern
1:17:44 > 1:17:48Wales, St Athan near Cardiff, and no wonder commuters are struggling, it
1:17:48 > 1:17:52has been a severe spell of weather but it is easing off somewhat, a
1:17:52 > 1:17:55little more snow to come across northern areas, a couple more
1:17:55 > 1:17:59centimetres, but nothing like we have seen. It will start to turn
1:17:59 > 1:18:03less cold from the south as the weekend goes by. Still have cold
1:18:03 > 1:18:07easterly wind across the country but slightly less cold air comes up from
1:18:07 > 1:18:10the south and will pushing the southern counties as we go on
1:18:10 > 1:18:15through the course of the day. Looking at the satellite, an area of
1:18:15 > 1:18:18cloud works across northern England, bringing snow and across Wales as
1:18:18 > 1:18:23well so fresh snowfall here are a few more centimetres, and something
1:18:23 > 1:18:26called freezing rain affecting eastern Scotland and parts of
1:18:26 > 1:18:30eastern England, this is really nasty stuff, it is liquid rain that
1:18:30 > 1:18:35has a temperature below zero and it turns the ice as soon as it hit the
1:18:35 > 1:18:38road, and you cannot greet against its as you can imagine, some roads
1:18:38 > 1:18:43will be to the ice rinks, dangerous conditions out and about. -- grit.
1:18:43 > 1:18:47The further risk of snow across northern England in the eastern
1:18:47 > 1:18:50parts of northern Ireland, Antrim and Down thing fresh snow, and
1:18:50 > 1:18:54eastern Scotland as well, further south showers pushing the south-west
1:18:54 > 1:19:01England and southern Wales, some snow for the moors and the Brecon
1:19:01 > 1:19:06Beacons, rain and sleet mixed in the showers. Overnight, in many
1:19:06 > 1:19:08respects, a repeat performance, temperatures dropping pretty rapidly
1:19:08 > 1:19:13so we will be widespread frost, the risk of icy stretches returning,
1:19:13 > 1:19:16showers pushing off across England and Wales, heightening the ice risks
1:19:16 > 1:19:23of these areas. Sunday, watch out, is the very start. Still, cloud
1:19:23 > 1:19:26around but probably a few more breaks in the cloud across parts of
1:19:26 > 1:19:30the south but then we will see further showers coming in and they
1:19:30 > 1:19:33will look to be heavy through Sunday afternoon across southern England
1:19:33 > 1:19:36moving into Wales and the Midlands and showers across eastern Scotland,
1:19:36 > 1:19:40north-east England, still wintry, a mixture of rain and sleet and snow
1:19:40 > 1:19:43down with some further snow in the hills here to take through Sunday,
1:19:43 > 1:19:46still cold across northern areas but the temperatures come up into the
1:19:46 > 1:19:50south eight or nine degrees for Cardiff and London. The trend to
1:19:50 > 1:19:55less cold weather will continue into next week. The thought is setting in
1:19:55 > 1:19:59place but it will be still pretty cold across northern parts, there is
1:19:59 > 1:20:04an ongoing part of some snow -- threat. -- thaw. Further south,
1:20:04 > 1:20:09generally coming up from off the Bay of Biscay, the air will bring the
1:20:09 > 1:20:12temperatures are but some episodes of rain will be mixed in. Cold
1:20:12 > 1:20:17weather to start the day, the risk of snow and ice a round of the
1:20:17 > 1:20:20weather will ease somewhat over the next
1:20:20 > 1:20:20weather will ease somewhat over the next few days. After you. Thank you,
1:20:20 > 1:20:27Chris. 720 now, let's move away from the weather and talk about politics.
1:20:27 > 1:20:29This week, two former porime ministers and an aspiring
1:20:29 > 1:20:31one made speeches on the future of Brexit.
1:20:31 > 1:20:34Yesterday, the sitting PM Theresa May gave her views
1:20:34 > 1:20:36on the subject, making concessions to all sides,
1:20:36 > 1:20:40but did her speech shed any more light on what Brexit actually means?
1:20:40 > 1:20:41Let's get some analysis from political journalists
1:20:41 > 1:20:44and sparring partners Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire,
1:20:44 > 1:20:48who join us now from Westminster.
1:20:48 > 1:20:54They give both were joining us. I mean, what is your reaction to this
1:20:54 > 1:20:59speech? Are we actually any more clear on what Theresa May is
1:20:59 > 1:21:03planning? What Brexit means? Did we learn anything new?I think she
1:21:03 > 1:21:08wants a soft Brexit but she is trying to make the best of a bad job
1:21:08 > 1:21:12at the best of a bad job is still a bad job. She knows Britain will be
1:21:12 > 1:21:18worse off.No she doesn't.It will be lose, lose, as the Europeans have
1:21:18 > 1:21:21said from the beginning, she has admitted it is complex, the
1:21:21 > 1:21:25International trade Secretary Liam Fox is to pretend it was the
1:21:25 > 1:21:29simplest negotiations in the history of the world, that isn't true, and I
1:21:29 > 1:21:33think you can see why public opinion is turning a bit and people are
1:21:33 > 1:21:38getting concerned.Nira.It is not what people are promised. We will be
1:21:38 > 1:21:43poorer and weaker as a country but we are partly out and we will only
1:21:43 > 1:21:46be partly out because she wants to keep a toe in.Kevin Maguire
1:21:46 > 1:21:50couldn't have made that ran to the beginning of this Brexit process
1:21:50 > 1:21:54because he is of the view and will never change his mind, leaving is a
1:21:54 > 1:21:58disaster, I think it is the most reasonable beach, it was dull and
1:21:58 > 1:22:03boring but then again, she is -- speech. It was detailed, strong on
1:22:03 > 1:22:07detail, the response from the Labor leader that there was no detail was
1:22:07 > 1:22:11remarkable considering one week ago he told us we were going to be in a
1:22:11 > 1:22:16customs union but hasn't got a clue which one -- Labor.Andrew. OK. If
1:22:16 > 1:22:21you are telling me there was lots of detail in it, what is the detail?
1:22:21 > 1:22:28What have we learned that is new? Well, she said quite clearly to the
1:22:28 > 1:22:30Brexiteers you cannot have everything you want and likewise to
1:22:30 > 1:22:36the Remainers, we will be signed up to some agencies such as the
1:22:36 > 1:22:40European medicines agency and that we will have to pay for that, and
1:22:40 > 1:22:44she said, she admitted, that by not being in the single market there may
1:22:44 > 1:22:48be some impact. I thought it was so much detail it was almost
1:22:48 > 1:22:54overwhelming.It was the detail of a blank sheet of paper!It was a
1:22:54 > 1:22:59technical speech, lots of technical detail in there.Exactly. But who is
1:22:59 > 1:23:04it for? The parliamentary party because she needs to unite them
1:23:04 > 1:23:08because the Labour Party is being political, they are the official
1:23:08 > 1:23:12opposition, it wasn't aimed at the likes of us and also it was aimed at
1:23:12 > 1:23:15the EU negotiating team. She is going Michelle Michel Barnier, they
1:23:15 > 1:23:19have rather given up on him and his ridiculous demands over what he can
1:23:19 > 1:23:29say about that, -- giving up on. Even the Labor site at the positive
1:23:29 > 1:23:35things, as if Jason across as did Jacobs Rees-Mogg.What about the
1:23:35 > 1:23:39response from Labor because they haven't got that at the giver in
1:23:39 > 1:23:43terms of deciding they are committed to the consensus on keeping the UK
1:23:43 > 1:23:46in the customs union which is exactly what Theresa May said we are
1:23:46 > 1:23:51not going to do.She was to be out of the customs union but she wants
1:23:51 > 1:23:55most of the benefits of being in the union which is why she is very much
1:23:55 > 1:23:58a contortionist at the moment. Labor has been on a torturous journey of
1:23:58 > 1:24:02its own which is why it wasn't until Monday at Jeremy Corbyn committed
1:24:02 > 1:24:06himself to remain in the customs union to avoid turning Kent into a
1:24:06 > 1:24:11lorry park when exporters have to fill in lots of forms and get paid
1:24:11 > 1:24:17in taxes which would jeopardise jobs and austerity.Rubbish.The problem
1:24:17 > 1:24:21with Theresa May's position, she is the women negotiating, Dick and
1:24:21 > 1:24:26criticise Labor have not being more clear earlier and would be justified
1:24:26 > 1:24:30but she is doing the negotiating and if she doesn't know what she is
1:24:30 > 1:24:34asking for precisely, how are you going to get it? The fact that Tory
1:24:34 > 1:24:39boy he has admitted that speech was really at her Cabinet and party, it
1:24:39 > 1:24:42tells you everything about the internal Conservative civil war
1:24:42 > 1:24:48which is actually really influencing where Theresa May it is rather than
1:24:48 > 1:24:51representing Britain. It doesn't matter whether you are the most
1:24:51 > 1:24:56ardent leave or a Europhile, 21 months after the referendum result,
1:24:56 > 1:25:00the year after this process was triggered, the clock is ticking, you
1:25:00 > 1:25:05have to actually get the details in three or four months here because
1:25:05 > 1:25:08we're going to have Brexit in this time next year, March next year, she
1:25:08 > 1:25:13still does not have the deal.Kevin, Andrew, it is Charlie he. Good
1:25:13 > 1:25:21morning.He needs to come down a bit.Lovely to see you in the cold,
1:25:21 > 1:25:26enjoying your banter, may I ask you one thing? You are both died in the
1:25:26 > 1:25:30wool newspapermen. And of the newspapers have Theresa May on the
1:25:30 > 1:25:35front page? Is one of the problem here, this may have been a very
1:25:35 > 1:25:39important speech but to be honest, I mean, how much is anyone listening
1:25:39 > 1:25:44any more?I think, I think, this speech wasn't aimed at us, it was
1:25:44 > 1:25:48aimed at the parliamentary party and the EU and the fact is think most
1:25:48 > 1:25:52people just want the government to get on with it, they are bored with
1:25:52 > 1:25:57that, Brexit is becoming boring, they know we are leaving, why can't
1:25:57 > 1:26:01we go, and that is where we are. It is hardly surprising although it is
1:26:01 > 1:26:05the biggest issue facing the country for a decade, and as I say she does
1:26:05 > 1:26:08not really do dynamic, exciting speeches but what she did was worthy
1:26:08 > 1:26:11and detailed and good on her.As people are talking about the weather
1:26:11 > 1:26:15because it is having an immediate impact on their lives, Brexit is
1:26:15 > 1:26:19hugely important, a lot of people again, whichever side of the
1:26:19 > 1:26:22argument you are on, they wanted to get on with it but the great thing
1:26:22 > 1:26:26about the weather, it has been bad, but it stopped Boris Johnson getting
1:26:26 > 1:26:29back into Britain and we should cheer about.Thank you both for not
1:26:29 > 1:26:36being boring. They give are joining us. The time now is 726.
1:26:36 > 1:26:39If you watch Breakfast regularly, you'll know we been looking
1:26:39 > 1:26:41at the subject of special educational needs and disabilities
1:26:41 > 1:26:43and how it affects individuals and their families.
1:26:43 > 1:26:46Today, we're focussing on children in England who are travelling,
1:26:46 > 1:26:49on average, three times further than those in mainstream
1:26:49 > 1:26:51institutions - in some cases making 40-mile round trips.
1:26:51 > 1:26:54The government says it is committed to cutting distances to "good"
1:26:54 > 1:26:57schools, but the Education Policy Institute says it has
1:26:57 > 1:26:57neglected special schools.
1:26:57 > 1:27:05Tim Muffett reports.
1:27:05 > 1:27:116:30 AM and Nicky is getting ready for the school run.Oscar was
1:27:11 > 1:27:15diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder aged seven. It is now
1:27:15 > 1:27:19suffering from suspect did post-traumatic stress related to
1:27:19 > 1:27:24what happened in his mainstream school.The Oscar, who is 11, now
1:27:24 > 1:27:31has a daily school journey of 47 miles. Each way.On a good run, one
1:27:31 > 1:27:37hour 20. On a bad run, we have taken three hours. Britain is our nearest
1:27:37 > 1:27:42most appropriate school for our child. Families in our situation
1:27:42 > 1:27:47don't get a choice.It is 7.30 in the morning and George is about to
1:27:47 > 1:27:52get in his taxi to go the 11 miles to school.1.5 mile journey to
1:27:52 > 1:27:58school.We asked other families in similar situations to share their
1:27:58 > 1:28:02school run with us.The journey can sometimes take from 1-hour to two
1:28:02 > 1:28:08hours.The school journeys of children with special educational
1:28:08 > 1:28:12needs and disabilities have been analysed for a new report by the
1:28:12 > 1:28:17education policy Institute. Children in special schools travel on average
1:28:17 > 1:28:22almost three times further than pupils in mainstream education. In
1:28:22 > 1:28:27rural areas, one in 10 special needs pupils face a daily round-trip of
1:28:27 > 1:28:33more than 40 miles.Some pupils, we may find that the distances they are
1:28:33 > 1:28:38now having to travel are insurmountable. There is 110,000
1:28:38 > 1:28:41pupils nationally attending special schools that we have debates about
1:28:41 > 1:28:45free schools, about faith schools, around Crummer schools, we have
1:28:45 > 1:28:48ignored the 1000 special schools that are in this country and
1:28:48 > 1:28:53ensuring that people that need to access them are able to.By law,
1:28:53 > 1:28:56councils in England must pay for transport for children who cannot
1:28:56 > 1:28:59walk to school because of their special educational need or
1:28:59 > 1:29:05disability. That may need a milage on balance, a taxi or a minibus.
1:29:05 > 1:29:08Elsewhere in the UK local authorities have more discretion.
1:29:08 > 1:29:13And did they tell you why it was refused?But the disability charity
1:29:13 > 1:29:16contacts as it has seen a huge increase in families seeking help.A
1:29:16 > 1:29:22lot of calls to the contact helpline are actually about local authorities
1:29:22 > 1:29:28not following the law properly. Wrongly refusing free school
1:29:28 > 1:29:30transport for disabled children. They have not been considering their
1:29:30 > 1:29:36child's disability or special needs. The Department of education told us
1:29:36 > 1:29:41that through government funding, local authorities are spending £600
1:29:41 > 1:29:45million on transport for children with special educational needs. Over
1:29:45 > 1:29:49the next three years, an extra £250 million will be available for school
1:29:49 > 1:29:52places and facilities, secretary guidance for local authorities is
1:29:52 > 1:29:58still also under control up for review. Many say there journeys are
1:29:58 > 1:30:01so long there is no point coming home before pickup time.To what I
1:30:01 > 1:30:09do is hang around Pembridge into a pickup time at half past three.The
1:30:09 > 1:30:12local government Association says councils work hard to provide
1:30:12 > 1:30:15suitable school transport for children with special needs. It says
1:30:15 > 1:30:20current government funding does not reflect the demands being placed on
1:30:20 > 1:30:24councils.
1:30:24 > 1:30:32Stay with us, headlines coming up.
1:30:58 > 1:31:01Hello, this is Breakfast with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
1:31:01 > 1:31:04Here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC News.
1:31:04 > 1:31:07Weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place across much
1:31:07 > 1:31:11of the UK - that's despite temperatures being expected
1:31:11 > 1:31:16to gradually rise in many areas.
1:31:16 > 1:31:19The Environment Agency currently has 15 flood warnings in place,
1:31:19 > 1:31:21mainly in the south-west and north-east England.
1:31:21 > 1:31:242,000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers
1:31:24 > 1:31:29face further disruption on the road and rail network.
1:31:29 > 1:31:31Last night, police were called to Lewisham in south-east London
1:31:31 > 1:31:34as passengers, who'd been stuck on a train,
1:31:34 > 1:31:36opened the doors and climbed onto the tracks.
1:31:36 > 1:31:38Earlier on Breakfast we spoke to Brian Tancock,
1:31:38 > 1:31:41who was on the train behind, he told us the impact it had
1:31:41 > 1:31:46on his journey.
1:31:47 > 1:31:50They felt they were so close to their destination, therefore it was
1:31:50 > 1:31:54less of an issue then walking 100 metres to the station, assuming the
1:31:54 > 1:31:59power was turned off. People in my train had a long wait. They still
1:31:59 > 1:32:03had almost an hour of their journeys to do. They had no chance of getting
1:32:03 > 1:32:09home if their train didn't run. If they had a bit more resilience on
1:32:09 > 1:32:13that train... Well, I can get why people did what they did. Maybe they
1:32:13 > 1:32:17could have waited longer. But there was a lot of pent-up frustration.
1:32:17 > 1:32:22They were probably on a much easier trend in mind, everybody had a seat
1:32:22 > 1:32:26on my train. -- much busier train then mine.
1:32:26 > 1:32:29Police in Dublin have made several arrests after a supermarket
1:32:29 > 1:32:31was reportedly looted during a heavy snowstorm last night.
1:32:31 > 1:32:34Footage on social media showed the Lidl store being attacked
1:32:34 > 1:32:35with a mechanical digger.
1:32:35 > 1:32:38The German chain described it as a "very serious incident"
1:32:38 > 1:32:41which took place when the store was closed and no staff
1:32:41 > 1:32:44were present.
1:32:44 > 1:32:46The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
1:32:46 > 1:32:50the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
1:32:50 > 1:32:51and Remain wings of her party.
1:32:51 > 1:32:54Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future trading
1:32:54 > 1:32:57relationship with the EU and called for concesssions on all sides.
1:32:57 > 1:33:00She said she was confident remaining differences over a draft legal
1:33:00 > 1:33:03agreement could be resolved, allowing trade talks to get under
1:33:03 > 1:33:11way.
1:33:11 > 1:33:14Two men have been arrested by police investigating an explosion in
1:33:14 > 1:33:18Leicester that killed five people. The men, both in their 30s and from
1:33:18 > 1:33:22East Anglia, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an
1:33:22 > 1:33:25explosion. Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on
1:33:25 > 1:33:27suspicion of manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be
1:33:27 > 1:33:30questioned by detectives.
1:33:30 > 1:33:40Time for sport. What do you have for us?Well, what an end to the test
1:33:40 > 1:33:44between England and New Zealand. Nobody really gave England a chance,
1:33:44 > 1:33:49they only hit 234 in their innings. It has all changed around thanks to
1:33:49 > 1:33:52some spin. Let me tell you the story.
1:33:52 > 1:33:54So against the odds, England's spinners are looking
1:33:54 > 1:33:57like potential matchwinners in the third one day international
1:33:57 > 1:33:58against New Zealand.
1:33:58 > 1:34:01The Kiwis made a steady start, as they chase that target
1:34:01 > 1:34:02of 235 to win.
1:34:02 > 1:34:05But Ben Stokes took a spectacular catch, off Adil Rashid,
1:34:05 > 1:34:11to start a run of wickets.
1:34:11 > 1:34:14Moeen Ali took two wickets in three balls, New Zealand lost four
1:34:14 > 1:34:15for just six runs.
1:34:15 > 1:34:19Kane Williamson has made a half century but the hosts are 118
1:34:19 > 1:34:22for six off 29 overs.
1:34:22 > 1:34:25Relocating to the south of France, away from her family and sausage
1:34:25 > 1:34:27dogs, has paid off for Katarina Johnson-Thompson,
1:34:27 > 1:34:30who has won her first world title in the pentathlon at the world
1:34:30 > 1:34:35indoor championships in Birmingham.
1:34:35 > 1:34:38She sealed the victory with another win, in the 800 metres,
1:34:38 > 1:34:41to end what she said had been a wobbly -
1:34:41 > 1:34:42but in the end, a dominant day.
1:34:42 > 1:34:46She set a new personal best in the shotput and came out on top
1:34:46 > 1:34:47in the long jump.
1:34:47 > 1:34:50It comes after she suffered disappointment at the world outdoor
1:34:50 > 1:34:55championships in London last summer.
1:34:55 > 1:35:03I cannot believe it. I have dreamt of this for so long. To come here
1:35:03 > 1:35:07and do it, I dreamt of it last summer. All my family are here
1:35:07 > 1:35:12today. I went through a hard year last year towards the end of the
1:35:12 > 1:35:16year. I just wanted my family to see me actually achieve something, so
1:35:16 > 1:35:20I'm so happy they were here to witness it. It is just something
1:35:20 > 1:35:25that I still can't believe, really. Such a brilliant achievement, at
1:35:25 > 1:35:33last. Apparently I have gone posh, in my pronunciation of shotput.It
1:35:33 > 1:35:40is shotput.Is it shotput? Anyway, we should recognise Katarina
1:35:40 > 1:35:46Johnson-Thompson. She has waited so long, she has struggled with injury.
1:35:46 > 1:35:52She has always been in the shadow of Jessica Ennis-Hill.What was that
1:35:52 > 1:35:59event?That was the high jump.
1:35:59 > 1:36:02It's the 5-event pentathlon, not 7-event heptathlon.
1:36:02 > 1:36:07And in a few weeks time she will be going for a Commonwealth games title
1:36:07 > 1:36:10for the first time, on the Gold Coast in Australia. She is
1:36:10 > 1:36:14understandably chuffed. Relocating to France seems to have made the
1:36:14 > 1:36:15difference for her.
1:36:15 > 1:36:18Well, that's Britain's second medal of these championships,
1:36:18 > 1:36:21and there could be more to come today.
1:36:21 > 1:36:24Laura Muir is looking to follow up the bronze she won in the 3,000
1:36:24 > 1:36:27metres with another medal in the 1,500 metres today.
1:36:27 > 1:36:30She qualified for the final in second place in her heat,
1:36:30 > 1:36:31behind Friday's gold medallist, Genzebe Dibaba.
1:36:31 > 1:36:34Great Britain added another medal on day three
1:36:34 > 1:36:36of the World Track Championship in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.
1:36:36 > 1:36:40Mark Stewart won bronze in the men's points race which is over 160 laps.
1:36:40 > 1:36:43Australia's Cameron Meyer retained his title with home rider
1:36:43 > 1:36:46Jan Willem van Schip taking silver.
1:36:46 > 1:36:48Britain now have four medals: one gold, two silvers
1:36:48 > 1:36:55and Stewart's bronze.
1:36:55 > 1:36:57It was a difficult evening for Britain's Elinor Barker
1:36:57 > 1:37:01as she was caught up in this crash during the elimination race
1:37:01 > 1:37:08in the women's omnium.
1:37:08 > 1:37:11She went into the fourth and final event, the points race,
1:37:11 > 1:37:14in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold
1:37:14 > 1:37:17on to it, finishing sixth overall just a nine points off a medal.
1:37:17 > 1:37:19Kirsten Vild took gold for the Netherlands.
1:37:19 > 1:37:21Middlesbrough are into the Championship play-off places,
1:37:21 > 1:37:22after beating Leeds 3-0.
1:37:22 > 1:37:25It was a hat-trick from striker Patrick Bamford that pushed Boro
1:37:25 > 1:37:26into the top 6.
1:37:26 > 1:37:29This game surviving the weather, but three Championship games today
1:37:29 > 1:37:32have already been postponed - so do check before setting off.
1:37:32 > 1:37:36Despite the weather all seven of today's Premier League fixtures
1:37:36 > 1:37:39are expected to go ahead.
1:37:39 > 1:37:42The match of the day sees Liverpool welcome Newcastle United manager
1:37:42 > 1:37:43Rafael Benitez back to Anfield.
1:37:43 > 1:37:45The Spaniard is unbeaten against his former club
1:37:45 > 1:37:48and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is expecting a tough time
1:37:48 > 1:37:56against a man he calls a legend.
1:37:56 > 1:38:05We gave enough presence to him already. In the home game, when we
1:38:05 > 1:38:12played them, I think. And at Newcastle.
1:38:12 > 1:38:16Newcastle. So, we need to be really focused, really concentrating on
1:38:16 > 1:38:18that game. It will be interesting.
1:38:18 > 1:38:21As it stands all fixtures in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals
1:38:21 > 1:38:23are due to take place, today and tomorrow, including
1:38:23 > 1:38:25Premiership leaders Celtic's, match with Championship side
1:38:25 > 1:38:31Greenock Morton.
1:38:31 > 1:38:35Obviously a lot of work has gone on around here. The pitch is fine. It
1:38:35 > 1:38:40is playable for the game. There are lots of works going on around the
1:38:40 > 1:38:44stadium to make it safe and secure for all the supporters tomorrow. We
1:38:44 > 1:38:51have played a lot of games, so a bit of a breather for a few days will
1:38:51 > 1:38:58not do us any harm. The guys trained well this morning.Impressed by the
1:38:58 > 1:39:02shovelling action them at.They are the real heroes, the grounds team.
1:39:02 > 1:39:08Yes, all over the country. Places like Southbend, they will be trying
1:39:08 > 1:39:11to clear the pitch today. Well done to all the ground staff.
1:39:11 > 1:39:13Super League fixtures have been hit by the weather,
1:39:13 > 1:39:15but last night's games went ahead.
1:39:15 > 1:39:17Hull FC got their season back on track by beating
1:39:17 > 1:39:18Warrington 21-12.
1:39:18 > 1:39:22It was a bad tempered affair in which both sides had a man sent
1:39:22 > 1:39:23off, after two red cards.
1:39:23 > 1:39:31Elsewhere Wigan moved up to second, with a 32-12 win over Widnes.
1:39:31 > 1:39:35If you are looking for a new sport to warm you up during the cold
1:39:35 > 1:39:40weather, all you need is a rather bouncy ball. And wall, and your bare
1:39:40 > 1:39:45hands.This is like an oversized squash ball.Yes, a mob bouncy ball
1:39:45 > 1:39:52than a squash all. -- more. This sport is based on a playground game
1:39:52 > 1:39:57but now it has been formalised. Ahead of the UK wall ball
1:39:57 > 1:40:03championships, I went to try it out in west London.
1:40:03 > 1:40:07It is the sport that started in the playground when we were kids, and
1:40:07 > 1:40:11now they want to take it back there again, now that it is officially
1:40:11 > 1:40:16known as wall ball. The beauty is its simplicity. All you need is a
1:40:16 > 1:40:22ball on the wall.Similar to squash, that even easier. All it has to do
1:40:22 > 1:40:27is hit the wall and then land in the court, and the rally carries on
1:40:27 > 1:40:30until somebody misses the ball. This has been going on for hundreds of
1:40:30 > 1:40:34years all over the world. There are 2500 courts in New York. That is
1:40:34 > 1:40:39what we want to see here.It is derived from the game of fives which
1:40:39 > 1:40:44was first played in public school centuries ago. But for fives, you
1:40:44 > 1:40:48need four walls, whereas modern wall ball is no such confines and can be
1:40:48 > 1:40:51played anywhere, making it popular with schoolchildren who are being
1:40:51 > 1:40:54given taster sessions, and people of all abilities and ages.I'm like
1:40:54 > 1:41:01this.Does that feel good?Yes! Really good.It has got me running
1:41:01 > 1:41:06around. Hopefully I get rid of this paunch.The ball is bouncy if you
1:41:06 > 1:41:10hit it really hard and you don't want to hit it with too much power,
1:41:10 > 1:41:15but a little bit of power.It is like paying tennis or squash without
1:41:15 > 1:41:19a racket, you know? You are using your hand. Anybody with arthritis, I
1:41:19 > 1:41:27think it will do them a world of good.
1:41:31 > 1:41:36good.The majority of people, they find this really simple. It is right
1:41:36 > 1:41:39and left co-ordination. When you are thinking about things like stroke
1:41:39 > 1:41:43rehabilitation and things like that, right side and left side is so
1:41:43 > 1:41:46important. For kids in their development, for adults getting
1:41:46 > 1:41:50active, it is simple and safe movements which are very easy to do.
1:41:50 > 1:41:57Which is
1:41:57 > 1:42:00Which is why UK Wall Ball hopes to spread this around to other cities
1:42:00 > 1:42:04in the UK. The British team will compete in the World Cup later this
1:42:04 > 1:42:08year, with the men's team in the top five. At the top level you can wear
1:42:08 > 1:42:12gloves, so I have opted for that. At an international level you do get a
1:42:12 > 1:42:16sense of the power, speed and tactics that you don't get in
1:42:16 > 1:42:20similar games. Didn't even see it! Now, that was a classic tactic in
1:42:20 > 1:42:24this game, call blocking. One of the brothers was just standing in front
1:42:24 > 1:42:28of me, so I didn't see it until it was too late.Unlike squash, all
1:42:28 > 1:42:34sports like that, you can actually be an obstacle on court. So he is
1:42:34 > 1:42:38allowed to be there. The ball can go between his legs, passed in, you've
1:42:38 > 1:42:43got to play it.Whether you are being blocked or not, you can always
1:42:43 > 1:42:47be deceived by the bounce of the ball.
1:42:47 > 1:42:51I think that is what makes it fun, the bouncing ball. See if you can
1:42:51 > 1:42:58move it. What's! Too high.Way too high.The one thing the director
1:42:58 > 1:43:02said to Mike was, do not hit the set.It won't do any damage. It is
1:43:02 > 1:43:07soft, relatively.You are in trouble.I'll go and find it in a
1:43:07 > 1:43:11minute. You get on with the rest of the programme.But the good thing
1:43:11 > 1:43:16about the game is, that is all you need?Yes, similar to fives, all you
1:43:16 > 1:43:20need is a wall on the ball. That is why it is called wall ball.Go find
1:43:20 > 1:43:25your ball.Thanks. A lot of concentration on the weather this
1:43:25 > 1:43:28morning. Chris has the big teacher for us. -- picture.
1:43:31 > 1:43:35Good morning. A fresh top up of snow overnight, not that we needed any
1:43:35 > 1:43:41extra. This is how things stand this morning. 55 centimetres of snow now,
1:43:41 > 1:43:46at St Athan near Cardiff. No wonder people are struggling to get out and
1:43:46 > 1:43:50about. We have a bit more snow to come, especially across northern
1:43:50 > 1:43:52indolence. Eastern counties of Northern Ireland and eastern
1:43:52 > 1:43:57Scotland as well. Elsewhere, in the south, we will start to see things
1:43:57 > 1:44:01turning less cold as the weekend goes by. Cold wind is still with us
1:44:01 > 1:44:05for most of the UK but we will get slightly less cold air drifting into
1:44:05 > 1:44:09southern counties later on today. Now, on the satellite, lots of cloud
1:44:09 > 1:44:12around. That cloud is at its thickest across Wales and northern
1:44:12 > 1:44:15England, where a weather front continues to bring snow. We could
1:44:15 > 1:44:19see a few more centimetres of snow building here for a time. Eastern
1:44:19 > 1:44:22Scotland is also seeing snow. For eastern Scotland and north-east
1:44:22 > 1:44:26England we also have something called freezing rain. This is liquid
1:44:26 > 1:44:30rain which has a temperature below zero, and it freezes on impact. This
1:44:30 > 1:44:34was one of our Weather Watcher pictures sent to us yesterday. It
1:44:34 > 1:44:37looks pretty, doesn't it? But this ice is very dangerous. Nearby to
1:44:37 > 1:44:44wear this picture was taken, there was a ten car pileup on the A38. It
1:44:44 > 1:44:48turns roads into skating rinks. That is what I am worried about this
1:44:48 > 1:44:51morning, we have that kind of weather mixed with snow across
1:44:51 > 1:44:54north-east England and eastern Scotland. So if you are in that part
1:44:54 > 1:44:58of the country take it easy on the roads. Weatherwise, that snow will
1:44:58 > 1:45:02continue in Northern Ireland eastern parts of the UK. Showers affecting
1:45:02 > 1:45:05southern Wales in south-west England. There will be some snow
1:45:05 > 1:45:09involved in that, especially across the moors and the Brecon Beacons.
1:45:09 > 1:45:13But more of a mixture of rain, sleet and maybe a little bit of snow.
1:45:13 > 1:45:17Temperatures still cold for most of us, but less cold in the south.
1:45:17 > 1:45:21London should reach about six degrees this afternoon. Overnight
1:45:21 > 1:45:24tonight, further showers pushing and across England and Wales. Though the
1:45:24 > 1:45:30snow to come. When. As temperatures take a dive, widespread forced --
1:45:30 > 1:45:34frost is forming, and ice will be a hazard as we head into the first
1:45:34 > 1:45:38parts of Sunday. So watch out for icy roads and pavements first thing.
1:45:38 > 1:45:41Obviously still lots of snow on the ground, but that will gradually thaw
1:45:41 > 1:45:45for many of us as we going into the weekend. So the snow pack will
1:45:45 > 1:45:48generally eased down. Further showers across England and Wales.
1:45:48 > 1:45:52Some of those will be quite heavy, especially across southern parts in
1:45:52 > 1:45:56the afternoon. Temperatures rising a bit more, eight or nine degrees for
1:45:56 > 1:46:01London and Cardiff, but still cold in the north. Wintry showers in
1:46:01 > 1:46:04eastern Scotland and north-east England, and snow in the hills. We
1:46:04 > 1:46:08will be trending to less cold weather next week, but it will still
1:46:08 > 1:46:12be cold across Scotland in particular, and there will be a risk
1:46:12 > 1:46:15of further snow at times across northern parts, especially in the
1:46:15 > 1:46:18hills. Further south, this is the beginning of the end. We will see
1:46:18 > 1:46:22things turning a bit less cold. That is how the weather it shaping up. --
1:46:22 > 1:46:24is.
1:46:30 > 1:46:34Staying with the theme of this note we have asked you to send in
1:46:34 > 1:46:38pictures of how it is affecting you. Lots of you are getting in touch,
1:46:38 > 1:46:41send more photos to us
1:46:41 > 1:46:47Lots of you are getting in touch, send more photos to us.
1:46:49 > 1:46:58It has been looking bitterly cold over there. Very slowly from Alison.
1:46:58 > 1:47:05Then, the response on a but for two swans on a frozen lake.
1:47:05 > 1:47:08We'll bring you the latest headlines at 8:00.
1:47:11 > 1:47:14Hello and welcome to Newswatch with me, Samira Ahmed.
1:47:14 > 1:47:19Too much airtime, too much fear and not enough on other big news -
1:47:19 > 1:47:24did the BBC go snowblind over this week's weather?
1:47:24 > 1:47:29And were BBC on-air staff put in danger on endless
1:47:29 > 1:47:34live outside broadcasts?
1:47:34 > 1:47:36One story this week has dominated television news output
1:47:36 > 1:47:44and the Newswatch inbox, too, so we will be focusing
1:47:44 > 1:47:46in this programme on what has
1:47:46 > 1:47:47been widely dubbed as -
1:47:47 > 1:47:50well, let's hear the phrase used by BBC presenters.
1:47:50 > 1:47:53Now, it's been billed as The Beast from the East,
1:47:53 > 1:47:55a freezing weather front sweeping in from Russia this week.
1:47:55 > 1:47:59Are you ready for The Beast from the East?
1:47:59 > 1:48:01Weather blowing in from Russia is set to make parts of the UK
1:48:01 > 1:48:02colder than the Arctic.
1:48:02 > 1:48:06Well, the blast of bitterly cold weather over the last couple of days
1:48:06 > 1:48:07has come from Siberia.
1:48:07 > 1:48:09The Beast from the East, as it's been called.
1:48:09 > 1:48:12But should the BBC have given that nickname further currency?
1:48:12 > 1:48:14No, thought a number of viewers, including Mike.
1:48:14 > 1:48:18The Beast from the East - why have the BBC adopted this
1:48:18 > 1:48:22trashy, tabloid headline for the recent weather?
1:48:22 > 1:48:25Surely the BBC news is above such a ridiculous description?
1:48:25 > 1:48:27More and more, we seem to be lowering journalistic standards
1:48:27 > 1:48:33in order to entertain and maintain viewer figures.
1:48:33 > 1:48:36And Ian tweeted along similar lines:
1:48:45 > 1:48:47And that charge of hysteria was made more widely,
1:48:47 > 1:48:50for instance, by a viewer called Linda:
1:48:59 > 1:49:02And Gill agreed:
1:49:12 > 1:49:15Another issue of concern was the wisdom of sending reporters
1:49:15 > 1:49:19and camera crews out to face the elements around the country.
1:49:19 > 1:49:22The weather today is brutal.
1:49:22 > 1:49:24There's freezing temperatures across pretty much the whole
1:49:24 > 1:49:27of Scotland, and when the wind blows, it feels much
1:49:27 > 1:49:32colder than that.
1:49:32 > 1:49:35It's pretty brutal here at the moment, I have to say.
1:49:35 > 1:49:37We've had blizzard conditions, subzero temperatures,
1:49:37 > 1:49:40winds of around 40mph.
1:49:40 > 1:49:43It's -8 at the moment.
1:49:43 > 1:49:47What this illustrates is how little snow is needed to cause a problem.
1:49:47 > 1:49:51There's hardly any on the surface here, but it has frozen up and got
1:49:51 > 1:49:55slippery and caused chaos on this road this morning.
1:49:55 > 1:49:58Danny Savage, and before him, Lorna Gordon and Ben Brown
1:49:58 > 1:50:01earning their crust there.
1:50:01 > 1:50:04But Danny was one of a number of people to pose this question:
1:50:06 > 1:50:11Why do we continue to humiliate our weather forecasters and reporters
1:50:11 > 1:50:15by subjecting them to outside broadcasts in such terrible weather?
1:50:15 > 1:50:20Recently, during the infamous Beast from the East,
1:50:20 > 1:50:22the reporters were standing outside in all conditions,
1:50:22 > 1:50:26covered in snow.
1:50:26 > 1:50:31Sometimes in treacherous conditions, standing next to the road
1:50:31 > 1:50:33or even in the road, where there
1:50:33 > 1:50:36was traffic trying to pass.
1:50:36 > 1:50:40They quite easily could have been knocked over by cars skidding.
1:50:40 > 1:50:44It makes no sense to me why they have to be out in that sort
1:50:44 > 1:50:47of weather when it's quite easy, like myself here, as you can see,
1:50:47 > 1:50:50you can see the snow behind me, but I'm still indoors,
1:50:50 > 1:50:55reporting this to you.
1:50:55 > 1:50:58Others questioned whether the BBC News' interest in the weather had
1:50:58 > 1:51:03something to do with geography?
1:51:03 > 1:51:06Willie from Carlisle put it like this:
1:51:12 > 1:51:15But the main complaint this week was about the sheer quantity
1:51:15 > 1:51:17coverage of the weather.
1:51:17 > 1:51:21Andrew was one of those who thought the BBC went well over the top.
1:51:21 > 1:51:28It was Samuel Johnson who said, when two Englishmen meet,
1:51:28 > 1:51:31that the first thing they do is talk about the weather.
1:51:31 > 1:51:34But I think we do take it to extremes of the amount
1:51:34 > 1:51:37of coverage we've had in the last couple of days.
1:51:37 > 1:51:39Every ten minutes, with a five-minute warning
1:51:39 > 1:51:40about the apocalyptic snowfall coming up.
1:51:40 > 1:51:47One good thing about this is that it has taken Brexit off of the main
1:51:47 > 1:51:50news for a time.
1:51:50 > 1:51:54Oh, no, I tell a lie - as I look now I can see they're
1:51:54 > 1:51:56talking about Brexit on the TV.
1:51:56 > 1:52:00So you can't have everything in one go.
1:52:00 > 1:52:02So yes, Brexit certainly featured on BBC news this week,
1:52:02 > 1:52:03as did Syria.
1:52:03 > 1:52:06But Paul pointed out that the extensive weather coverage
1:52:06 > 1:52:10meant less time given to that unfolding crisis.
1:52:10 > 1:52:13You may have noticed it's been snowing in the UK.
1:52:13 > 1:52:15There's been a lot about it on the news.
1:52:15 > 1:52:19I've been prompted to contact Newswatch because I watched the BBC
1:52:19 > 1:52:256pm news on Tuesday, I think it was, and we went through the entire show
1:52:25 > 1:52:28without once mentioning the huge, emerging humanitarian disaster
1:52:28 > 1:52:36that is Eastern Ghouta in Syria.
1:52:36 > 1:52:39There was lots of footage of children playing in the snow,
1:52:39 > 1:52:42of reporters standing by motorways with abandoned vehicles and lorries
1:52:42 > 1:52:45trapped in snowdrifts.
1:52:45 > 1:52:48But while children are playing and tobogganing in the UK,
1:52:48 > 1:52:56they are playing in bunkers and underground in Syria.
1:52:57 > 1:53:00Plenty to talk about there with the controller of BBC News
1:53:00 > 1:53:03channels, John, thank you for coming on Newswatch.
1:53:03 > 1:53:05No-one is saying that snow wasn't a big story
1:53:05 > 1:53:09but in the grand scheme of things, there's a strong concern it came
1:53:09 > 1:53:13at the cost of a lot of serious news coverage that should have had more
1:53:13 > 1:53:14prominence on air?
1:53:14 > 1:53:18I think when you look at the scale and severity of the disruption seen
1:53:18 > 1:53:20this week, you can see why we gave the snow story
1:53:20 > 1:53:22the prominence we have.
1:53:22 > 1:53:24In fact, much of that are still ongoing.
1:53:24 > 1:53:31The fact is we have had two red weather warnings from the Met Office
1:53:31 > 1:53:34- red means risk to life - two on the same day in different
1:53:34 > 1:53:38parts of the country, speaks, I think, to the scale of the weather
1:53:38 > 1:53:39disruption that was coming.
1:53:39 > 1:53:41Disruption to public services, to transport services -
1:53:41 > 1:53:44clearly, we have had seen people being stuck on motorways and trains
1:53:44 > 1:53:49overnight and that's in spite
1:53:49 > 1:53:51of all the warnings given.
1:53:51 > 1:53:54So we approached the story saying, we know it's going to disrupt
1:53:54 > 1:53:57peoples lives, we ought to warn of that and report what happens.
1:53:57 > 1:53:59That's what we have done this week.
1:53:59 > 1:54:02In terms reporting what happens, the viewers were saying that public
1:54:02 > 1:54:05interest would have been adequately served with less sheer
1:54:05 > 1:54:06numbers of minutes.
1:54:06 > 1:54:08More than ten minutes at the top of the 6pm,
1:54:08 > 1:54:10three days in row Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
1:54:10 > 1:54:13And one of the viewers there referring to the fact that
1:54:13 > 1:54:16Syria did not get a mention on Tuesday,
1:54:16 > 1:54:16he felt, properly?
1:54:16 > 1:54:20So the other way of looking at the figures is how large
1:54:20 > 1:54:23the viewing figures for the story have been, either on the television
1:54:23 > 1:54:24or digital platforms.
1:54:24 > 1:54:26We know on Thursday night, almost 9 million people
1:54:26 > 1:54:28watched their regional bulletin around England.
1:54:28 > 1:54:31We know the story has been widely read online with traffic up 20%
1:54:31 > 1:54:33on many days.
1:54:33 > 1:54:37Four of the top ten stories on any given day being the snow story.
1:54:37 > 1:54:40We know the viewing figures to the BBC News Channel had been
1:54:40 > 1:54:41consistently high all week.
1:54:41 > 1:54:48Therefore, audience interest in the story is there.
1:54:48 > 1:54:51With regard to other news stories, I could point to a considerable
1:54:51 > 1:54:53coverage of Brexit throughout the week.
1:54:53 > 1:54:55With regards to Syria, Jeremy Bowen spoke about Syria
1:54:55 > 1:54:58on Sunday's 10pm news and the hopes for a ceasefire.
1:54:58 > 1:55:01Eastern Ghouta was the lead story on the Radio 4 bulletins on Tuesday
1:55:01 > 1:55:02morning.
1:55:02 > 1:55:04It continued to feature throughout our coverage throughout
1:55:04 > 1:55:06the week, and Jeremy Bowen is in Damascus now.
1:55:06 > 1:55:09So I think we have managed to balance the snow story
1:55:09 > 1:55:12with all the other major news events that have been going on.
1:55:12 > 1:55:16Another issue that many viewers raised was that BBC News only really
1:55:16 > 1:55:19got interested in giving the snow a lot of coverage when it
1:55:19 > 1:55:20hit the south-east.
1:55:20 > 1:55:21I don't think that's true.
1:55:21 > 1:55:24Actually, we were warning people throughout the weekend this
1:55:24 > 1:55:24event was coming.
1:55:24 > 1:55:27I think it started in the south-east, but we were also
1:55:27 > 1:55:30able to say, on Wednesday night, for example, when there
1:55:30 > 1:55:33was particularly severe disruption in Scotland and northern and eastern
1:55:33 > 1:55:36England, that's where the bulletin coverage began, in those parts
1:55:36 > 1:55:38of the country.
1:55:38 > 1:55:41And it's interesting to note that today, Glasgow has reported
1:55:41 > 1:55:45the snowfall they have had in that part of the world was the worst ever
1:55:45 > 1:55:46at the airport.
1:55:46 > 1:55:49And I think that speaks to the scale of the disruption.
1:55:49 > 1:55:52So the fact that Glasgow was top of the coverage on Wednesday evening
1:55:52 > 1:55:53was appropriate, I think.
1:55:53 > 1:55:57Some viewers felt that, even though there were amber and red
1:55:57 > 1:56:00warnings from the Met Office, that most of the population wasn't
1:56:00 > 1:56:03in any danger at all, and perhaps the BBC over-hyped the fear?
1:56:03 > 1:56:06We have to report the severe weather warnings when they come.
1:56:06 > 1:56:10And when you have two red warnings in the same day,
1:56:10 > 1:56:14I think the last red warning we had for snow was five years ago,
1:56:14 > 1:56:17here we had two on the same day, we have an agreement
1:56:17 > 1:56:20with the Met Office that we will report those things.
1:56:20 > 1:56:23We reported them from the point of view of what the potential
1:56:23 > 1:56:31disruption would be and then from what has actually happened.
1:56:32 > 1:56:35People who have either been trapped in their cars overnight
1:56:35 > 1:56:37or on trains, as we discussed earlier.
1:56:37 > 1:56:39I think what we've done there is report both proportionally
1:56:39 > 1:56:42the potential danger to people and the consequence
1:56:42 > 1:56:42of what's happened.
1:56:42 > 1:56:45The phrase 'The Beast from the East' - too tabloid, overdramatic?
1:56:45 > 1:56:48Well, we didn't coin the phrase Beast from the East.
1:56:48 > 1:56:51Well, we didn't coin the phrase Beast from the East.
1:56:51 > 1:56:53No, but you've used it, a lot.
1:56:53 > 1:56:55We've used it when it seemed appropriate.
1:56:55 > 1:56:58It hasn't tended to be used in our actual weather forecasts,
1:56:58 > 1:56:59from a meteorological standpoint.
1:56:59 > 1:57:04It's helpful in one regard in that it tells people
1:57:04 > 1:57:06It also tells them where it's coming from - i.e.
1:57:06 > 1:57:08it's coming from from Siberia.
1:57:08 > 1:57:12And we were able to tell people that this was not just going to be
1:57:12 > 1:57:15snow or ice, it's going to be the wind and extreme cold.
1:57:15 > 1:57:19I think one of the features of this week has been how cold it has been
1:57:19 > 1:57:22and on our new digital products, our website and app,
1:57:22 > 1:57:25we are able to give people a feels-like feature,
1:57:25 > 1:57:28which tells people what the weather conditions are going to be.
1:57:28 > 1:57:30Was it really necessary or a sensible use of licence-fee
1:57:30 > 1:57:34payers' money to send armies of crews out to do all those lives,
1:57:34 > 1:57:35often in white-out conditions?
1:57:35 > 1:57:37I'm not sure it was armies.
1:57:37 > 1:57:40We worked very closely with our colleagues around
1:57:40 > 1:57:43the nations of the UK and around the English regions to make sure
1:57:43 > 1:57:44those deployments are proportional.
1:57:44 > 1:57:47Actually, there's been an awful lot to report on.
1:57:47 > 1:57:50We've sent people out where we think there's a story to cover.
1:57:50 > 1:57:53Actually, some of those people have been in traffic jams themselves,
1:57:53 > 1:57:55they are perfectly well-equipped and trained,
1:57:55 > 1:57:58they are with colleagues who can make sure they are safe.
1:57:58 > 1:57:59We take their safety extremely seriously,
1:57:59 > 1:58:03so I think some of the work those people have done has been pretty
1:58:03 > 1:58:05hardy, pretty plucky and very impressive.
1:58:05 > 1:58:07On safety, a lot of viewers complained in particular
1:58:07 > 1:58:12about Sian Lloyd being made to stand what looked quite precariously close
1:58:12 > 1:58:15to speeding lorries, and it might even have been possible
1:58:15 > 1:58:18she was standing in the road - there were abandoned cars
1:58:18 > 1:58:20behind her, it was hard to tell.
1:58:20 > 1:58:22People are concerned that perhaps staff are being put
1:58:22 > 1:58:23in danger unnecessarily?
1:58:23 > 1:58:26I'd like to reassure people that is not the case.
1:58:26 > 1:58:27We take their safety extremely seriously.
1:58:27 > 1:58:31As I say, from the point of view of how well they are equipped,
1:58:31 > 1:58:32so they're suitably warm.
1:58:32 > 1:58:36But also they have colleagues with them to make sure they are safe
1:58:36 > 1:58:37at all times.
1:58:37 > 1:58:40They are also highly trained and we have very strict protocols
1:58:40 > 1:58:43around that, so I hope I can reassure people on that one.
1:58:43 > 1:58:45Thank you so much.
1:58:45 > 1:58:47Thank you for all your comments this week.
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1:59:02 > 1:59:03That's all from us.
1:59:03 > 1:59:06We'll be back to hear your views on BBC news
1:59:06 > 1:59:07coverage again next week.
1:59:07 > 1:59:07Goodbye.
1:59:49 > 1:59:52Hello this is Breakfast, with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
1:59:52 > 1:59:54Weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place
1:59:54 > 1:59:57across much of the UK, causing further disruption.
1:59:57 > 2:00:01Thousands of homes are still without power and 15 flood
2:00:01 > 2:00:03warnings are in place - as temperatures are
2:00:03 > 2:00:06gradually expected to rise.
2:00:06 > 2:00:10In south-east London, police were called after people
2:00:10 > 2:00:18stuck on trains, started jumping on to the tracks.
2:00:20 > 2:00:24And the rail line Dawlish has just closed due to flooding because of
2:00:24 > 2:00:33high tides.
2:00:33 > 2:00:39Good morning it's Saturday 3rd March.
2:00:39 > 2:00:44Also this morning:
2:00:44 > 2:00:45Facing up to "some hard facts"
2:00:45 > 2:00:48the Prime Minister says neither side will get everything they want
2:00:48 > 2:00:52from Brexit but argues the UK and EU are close to a deal on transition.
2:00:52 > 2:00:54The remote colony of penguins - discovered
2:00:54 > 2:00:55thanks to their droppings.
2:00:55 > 2:01:00In sport
2:01:00 > 2:01:07It is going to the wire for England and New Zealand. The Kiwis are
2:01:07 > 2:01:08fighting back.
2:01:08 > 2:01:13And we'll have the weather.
2:01:13 > 2:01:18It is looking like a cold and frosty start, a big risk of ice, take it
2:01:18 > 2:01:21easy on the road. There will be more snow to come across northern areas
2:01:21 > 2:01:25but will not be as heavy as in recent days and will start to turn
2:01:25 > 2:01:28less cold from the south-west through the weekend.
2:01:28 > 2:01:30Good morning.
2:01:30 > 2:01:35First, our main story.
2:01:35 > 2:01:37Weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place
2:01:37 > 2:01:39across much of the UK - that's despite temperatures
2:01:39 > 2:01:41being expected to gradually rise in many areas.
2:01:41 > 2:01:432,000 homes are without power and motorists
2:01:43 > 2:01:45and rail passengers face further disruption on the road
2:01:45 > 2:01:45and rail network.
2:01:51 > 2:01:55In the last few minutes the rail line and Dawlish has been closed
2:01:55 > 2:01:58again due to flooding because of high tides.
2:01:58 > 2:02:00Last night, police were called to Lewisham in south-east
2:02:00 > 2:02:02London as passengers, who'd been stuck on a train,
2:02:02 > 2:02:05opened the doors and climbed onto the tracks, as Simon Clemison
2:02:05 > 2:02:09reports.
2:02:09 > 2:02:12After the big freeze, the big four. Temperatures in Wales could reach as
2:02:12 > 2:02:16high as seven in some parts. But problems for the public transport
2:02:16 > 2:02:22sector continue after what has been a difficult night. The moment some
2:02:22 > 2:02:26rail passengers dispensed with the train.
2:02:26 > 2:02:30We have been stuck on the train for 2.5 hours, luckily now we can
2:02:30 > 2:02:38walk down the tracks, as you can see, everyone is getting
2:02:39 > 2:02:47out from the train, we are just outside Lewisham station.
2:02:51 > 2:02:54The operator has warned people against walking on the line,
2:02:54 > 2:02:56and said turning off the power cause further delays.
2:02:56 > 2:03:01Looking forward to getting home and having a cup of tea.
2:03:01 > 2:03:02Flood warnings were in place today, both
2:03:02 > 2:03:05here and the south-west coast where the railway has been closed
2:03:05 > 2:03:13once again, and in the north-east.
2:03:17 > 2:03:19In Devon, hospitals have been treating the injured. There have
2:03:19 > 2:03:25been appeals to owners of four by four vehicles to help patients and
2:03:25 > 2:03:32staff. Workers continued overnight at one hospital.
2:03:40 > 2:03:43We could not have coped without the four by four drivers, you guys have
2:03:43 > 2:03:48been amazing.All eyes will be on the transport network again this
2:03:48 > 2:03:53morning. Heathrow is to run an almost full schedule but many rail
2:03:53 > 2:03:56services will be disrupted.
2:03:56 > 2:03:58Let's find out what the situation is like in
2:03:58 > 2:04:01the North East of England this morning - our reporter,
2:04:01 > 2:04:02Alison Freeman is in Alnwick.
2:04:02 > 2:04:06Behind you Alice and I can see a few vehicles on the road. What is the
2:04:06 > 2:04:13situation?Yes, this is still very deserted when you consider that this
2:04:13 > 2:04:16is the main route from the north-east of England up to
2:04:16 > 2:04:21Scotland, and it really isn't fully open yet. That's because the head
2:04:21 > 2:04:25more northerly on the A1 we still have problems. The road has been
2:04:25 > 2:04:29cleared, and larger snowdrifts are being blown across from the fields
2:04:29 > 2:04:34back to the road, and in some places only one carriageway is open. To
2:04:34 > 2:04:39combat that the police are escorting convoys of traffic to get the most
2:04:39 > 2:04:42important people where they need to go. The other problem they are
2:04:42 > 2:04:48facing is that people are trying to bypass the A1 altogether, and on
2:04:48 > 2:04:51country roads, and when they do that they are getting stuck. Mountain
2:04:51 > 2:04:54rescue have been out and about rescuing people who have got into
2:04:54 > 2:04:59trouble. But with less now expected today people's concerns are turning
2:04:59 > 2:05:03to ice on the road. We've seen some vehicles slipping around, and as
2:05:03 > 2:05:09well as the eyes we are thinking about flood warnings. On the
2:05:09 > 2:05:12north-east coast flood warnings in place from Sunderland to Whitley Bay
2:05:12 > 2:05:15because of spring tides and strong winds, we know it is affecting the
2:05:15 > 2:05:20south-west of England as well. But some good news for motorists, the
2:05:20 > 2:05:25M62 reopen slightly earlier this morning, but again the message from
2:05:25 > 2:05:28emergency services is pleased to travel unless you have to. They
2:05:28 > 2:05:31don't want to be trying to help stranded people when they could be
2:05:31 > 2:05:34doing other work instead.
2:05:34 > 2:05:37Our reporter, Tomos Morgan is in Cardiff -
2:05:37 > 2:05:45what's the situation this morning?
2:05:50 > 2:05:53The snow has finished falling here this morning but the wind has picked
2:05:53 > 2:05:59up. It is bitterly cold in this area of Cardiff. Behind me the train
2:05:59 > 2:06:02station, no trains running there yesterday. The majority of routes
2:06:02 > 2:06:09across rails were suspended yesterday. The airport was closed.
2:06:09 > 2:06:13This road is typical of some of the main roads through suburban areas of
2:06:13 > 2:06:19Cardiff, across the high streets. Some areas of roads are completely
2:06:19 > 2:06:24covered in snow, we have seen hardly any vehicles passes, and one that
2:06:24 > 2:06:27did not start coming out of a residential road just around the
2:06:27 > 2:06:31corner. South Wales Fire Service have said they have had a number of
2:06:31 > 2:06:35calls from people saying we had frozen water pipes or burst pipes
2:06:35 > 2:06:38because of the cold weather, and the emergency services as we just heard
2:06:38 > 2:06:45have also been affected. This morning I saw one woman in her
2:06:45 > 2:06:51scrubs one comeback not out after a 12 hour shift. Our weather warning
2:06:51 > 2:06:57still in place until 11 o'clock four eyes.
2:06:58 > 2:07:04As we're hearing today, snow is not necessarily as much of a problem
2:07:04 > 2:07:07today, the issue is winds, eyes and flooding in some places.
2:07:07 > 2:07:09Chris Fawkes will have a full weather forecast
2:07:09 > 2:07:10in around 10 minutes time.
2:07:10 > 2:07:12The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
2:07:12 > 2:07:15the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
2:07:15 > 2:07:19and Remain wings of her own party.
2:07:19 > 2:07:22Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future
2:07:22 > 2:07:25trading relationship with the EU and said all sides would have
2:07:25 > 2:07:27to make concessions.
2:07:27 > 2:07:28Our political correspondent Tom Barton
2:07:28 > 2:07:36is in the London newsroom.
2:07:36 > 2:07:40Quite an achievement to have people from both sides seem relatively
2:07:40 > 2:07:47positive things, but in reality, what progress was made?
2:07:47 > 2:07:53This was a big moment from the Prime Minister's perspective. Laying out
2:07:53 > 2:07:56provision of the future of Britain's relationship with the EE you. Our
2:07:56 > 2:08:02message was that she wants Britain to make a clean break with those big
2:08:02 > 2:08:05EU institutions, the single market and the customs union, but beyond
2:08:05 > 2:08:12that she once the relationship to be as close as possible. There is a big
2:08:12 > 2:08:15question over how well that message will go down with EU leaders. They
2:08:15 > 2:08:21were part of her audience. But she was busy trying to unite her party.
2:08:21 > 2:08:27And at this stage that seems to have been as excess. A positive and
2:08:27 > 2:08:34cautious welcome from both sides. The outspoken Brexiteers Jacob Rees
2:08:34 > 2:08:38Mogg welcome the speech saying that some will have concerns but saying
2:08:38 > 2:08:42that now is not the time to nit-pick. The remaining campaigner
2:08:42 > 2:08:46Anna Soubry describe this week as a step forward but warned that
2:08:46 > 2:08:53negotiations would be extremely competitive.Tom, thank you.
2:08:53 > 2:08:55Two men have been arrested by police investigating
2:08:55 > 2:09:00an explosion in Leicester that killed five people.
2:09:00 > 2:09:03The men, both in their 30s, and from East Anglia,
2:09:03 > 2:09:05are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion.
2:09:05 > 2:09:08Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion
2:09:08 > 2:09:12of manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be
2:09:12 > 2:09:13questioned by detectives. and continue to be
2:09:13 > 2:09:15The body which sets the rules for world football is expected
2:09:15 > 2:09:18to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport
2:09:18 > 2:09:20when it meets in Zurich today.
2:09:20 > 2:09:22The system has been used on a trial basis in several
2:09:22 > 2:09:24countries, including some cup matches in England.
2:09:24 > 2:09:27But there are concerns that it disrupts the flow of a game
2:09:27 > 2:09:32while confusing officials.
2:09:32 > 2:09:36Gary Oban has told BBC news about his excitement at the prospect of
2:09:36 > 2:09:41landing his first Academy Awards. He is tipped to win best actor for his
2:09:41 > 2:09:48role as Winston Churchill in the film Darkest Hour. Speaking ahead of
2:09:48 > 2:09:51the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles he said it was an honour to play the
2:09:51 > 2:09:56former minister.
2:09:56 > 2:09:59I am feeling, I'm feeling very good about it.
2:09:59 > 2:10:06Sunday would be, these things will be what they will be,
2:10:06 > 2:10:09They either they call your name or they don't.
2:10:09 > 2:10:11But the ride has been, the ride has been enjoyable,
2:10:11 > 2:10:13and to be recognised for playing Winston
2:10:13 > 2:10:14Churchill, it is...
2:10:14 > 2:10:22The prize in itself.
2:10:23 > 2:10:26I think is in with a very good chance of winning that one.
2:10:26 > 2:10:30Not all heroes wear capes - some prefer the altogether more
2:10:30 > 2:10:30modest high-vis vest.
2:10:30 > 2:10:33They have been out in force in the streets of Bristol keeping
2:10:33 > 2:10:35people safe in the snow as Breakfast's John Maguire
2:10:35 > 2:10:43has been finding out.
2:10:44 > 2:10:48Their mission is to make our streets safer. These are the community snow
2:10:48 > 2:10:58workings. -- snow wardens.I like being part of the community and it's
2:10:58 > 2:11:02something people appreciate. People say thank you, and it is just nice.
2:11:02 > 2:11:05Trained by Bristol City Council and how to keep themselves safe and had
2:11:05 > 2:11:08a clear food fast for their neighbours, there has not been a
2:11:08 > 2:11:12great need for their services in recent years. This is the first time
2:11:12 > 2:11:19you have used it?The first serious time, yes.Why do you do it?We live
2:11:19 > 2:11:23in a hilly area in Bristol, if there is snow, the problem is ours, it is
2:11:23 > 2:11:31not somebody else's problem. We have to try and solve ourselves.
2:11:33 > 2:11:34to try and solve ourselves. I think communities are as important as
2:11:34 > 2:11:38families really. You have always got your community, you might not always
2:11:38 > 2:11:42have your family.As vehicles slip and slide their way along the
2:11:42 > 2:11:47streets, most people here have opted to travel on foot. So clear
2:11:47 > 2:11:53pavements are much appreciated.
2:11:53 > 2:11:56pavements are much appreciated. But as we struggle to cope with whether
2:11:56 > 2:12:01many of us now rarely see in much of the UK...That is why Darfur for a
2:12:01 > 2:12:06pram...
2:12:06 > 2:12:09pram...Programme's. Visiting from the Ukraine, this is a Bosman's on
2:12:09 > 2:12:14the day.I do indeed live in the Ukraine, it was -41 left. Slightly
2:12:14 > 2:12:18chilly over there as well. It is funny coming back for a few days and
2:12:18 > 2:12:24having this year in the UK.
2:12:25 > 2:12:28having this year in the UK.We are only half a mile away from the
2:12:28 > 2:12:30centre of Bristol, but as you can see lots of these roads are still
2:12:30 > 2:12:35covered in snow. When you think about it, it doesn't matter how good
2:12:35 > 2:12:39a job is done clearing motorways and A roads. If you can't even get out
2:12:39 > 2:12:43your front door, what is the point? And that is where these wardens
2:12:43 > 2:12:49comment. As much as their efforts are appreciated, a soul would make
2:12:49 > 2:12:52life much easier. But until that happens, these volunteers will be
2:12:52 > 2:12:57out in force and thankfully, in both senses of the word, there is plenty
2:12:57 > 2:13:07of grit.
2:13:11 > 2:13:12The armed forces have been lending a hand,
2:13:12 > 2:13:14helping NHS staff and patients get to hospitals.
2:13:14 > 2:13:16Let's speak to Lieutenant Colonel Dave Nicholson,
2:13:16 > 2:13:18who has been assisting people in North Devon.
2:13:18 > 2:13:22Can you tell us what happened from the moment you got the phone call?
2:13:22 > 2:13:28Certainly. We are based here in North Devon, I'm in charge of the
2:13:28 > 2:13:33logistics regiment, and we were activated in support of local
2:13:33 > 2:13:38authorities. We have sent two teams down to Exeter, consisting of
2:13:38 > 2:13:48military vehicles, four by four vehicles, alongside civilian four by
2:13:48 > 2:13:52fours that we have. In order to support the local authority,
2:13:52 > 2:13:57primarily the NHS, in moving critical clinicians, midwives,
2:13:57 > 2:14:03doctors and consultants, around
2:14:03 > 2:14:04doctors and consultants, around the community, ensuring that critical
2:14:04 > 2:14:10medical support is delivered. And in addition to that we are moving
2:14:10 > 2:14:15patients from those rural areas back to hospitals. It has been a busy 24
2:14:15 > 2:14:20hours but we're very pleased to support local community.Getting
2:14:20 > 2:14:24people to and from shifts, moving patients around, and your team is
2:14:24 > 2:14:28Arctic trained, so they are used to these conditions. Well used to them.
2:14:28 > 2:14:32Other public are not necessarily used to seeing you having a presence
2:14:32 > 2:14:37on the streets. What has the reaction been?The reaction has been
2:14:37 > 2:14:42excellent. It is certainly great for us to be able to write support back
2:14:42 > 2:14:47to the local communities. Royal Marine commandos and colleagues in
2:14:47 > 2:14:51the army commando filled routinely operate, we have teams out there at
2:14:51 > 2:15:01the moment in temperatures much colder than this, between - 18 and -
2:15:01 > 2:15:0525 routinely, and we have equipment to operate in those conditions.
2:15:05 > 2:15:08People are very well trained in snow and ice training, and we routinely
2:15:08 > 2:15:15train in those conditions in northern Norway, and on the roads of
2:15:15 > 2:15:19Norway, and therefore this is good Royal Marine conditions and we're
2:15:19 > 2:15:24used to it. But I understand it is not for the civilian population. The
2:15:24 > 2:15:29teams on the ground have found that the reaction from the local ablation
2:15:29 > 2:15:33has been extremely positive. And we are very pleased to get back and
2:15:33 > 2:15:41provide some positive feedback on the training provided, the extra
2:15:41 > 2:15:47training we get from the taxpayer. And not just for you are, but Armed
2:15:47 > 2:15:50Forces have been drafted in all over the country, sometimes to help
2:15:50 > 2:15:54people stranded on motorways and roads. We're looking at people
2:15:54 > 2:15:58helped out in Edinburgh. Have you ever been involved in something like
2:15:58 > 2:16:03this before in the UK, this type of emergency, caused by severe weather
2:16:03 > 2:16:11and snow and ice?It is not routinely done in reaction to snow
2:16:11 > 2:16:17and ice, but we have had this sort of response to the local authorities
2:16:17 > 2:16:19and requests from local authorities in the past. You may the flooding
2:16:19 > 2:16:24that occurred particularly at the Somerset Levels several years ago,
2:16:24 > 2:16:29but also food and mouth ten years ago when the military was called in
2:16:29 > 2:16:33to support local authorities to sort out these problems. It is something
2:16:33 > 2:16:38we are extremely pleased to be a will to do, feedback to the local
2:16:38 > 2:16:42community, and the teams enjoy doing it.Thank you first begin to us this
2:16:42 > 2:16:47morning, doing vital work helping to support people across the UK, in
2:16:47 > 2:16:53your case in Devon.
2:16:53 > 2:16:55Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.
2:16:55 > 2:16:56Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.
2:16:56 > 2:17:00Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.
2:17:00 > 2:17:04Chris, how many troops as it take to push a large truck? Look at that.
2:17:04 > 2:17:08That is one way to get a truck on the move or either way, dogma what
2:17:08 > 2:17:17the circumstances are.What isn't side at?Houser looking for the rest
2:17:17 > 2:17:19of us today.
2:17:19 > 2:17:22side at?Houser looking for the rest of us today.
2:17:22 > 2:17:26It looks like the strongest man competition. What a great job. As
2:17:26 > 2:17:30far as the weather goes, we have had fresh snowfall, not that we needed
2:17:30 > 2:17:34any more, and the State of play is that we now have 55 centimetres on
2:17:34 > 2:17:38the ground near Cardiff. No wonder communities are still struggling in
2:17:38 > 2:17:44all this extreme weather. But it will ease somewhat through the
2:17:44 > 2:17:48course of the weekend with temperatures gradually creeping up.
2:17:48 > 2:17:52We still have a bit more still to come across parts of Scotland,
2:17:52 > 2:17:56Northern Ireland and northern England. The cold air is still in
2:17:56 > 2:17:59place but eventually things will get less cold from the south as we go
2:17:59 > 2:18:03through the weekend. But we have got more snowfall and further problems
2:18:03 > 2:18:09to come today. The satellite picture shows extensive cloud cover, and the
2:18:09 > 2:18:13thickest is this part working across Wales and Northern Ireland at the
2:18:13 > 2:18:17moment. That is a weather front bringing the risk of snow. Snow is
2:18:17 > 2:18:21pushing northwards, snow showers for Scotland. For eastern Scotland and
2:18:21 > 2:18:25part of eastern England we also have freezing rain. This is liquid rain
2:18:25 > 2:18:30that has a temperature below zero and it freezes on impact. This is
2:18:30 > 2:18:34what happened in Devon yesterday, this is the ice that builds up as a
2:18:34 > 2:18:38result of freezing rain. And nearby, at the same sort of time as this
2:18:38 > 2:18:44photograph came in, we had a ten car pile-up on the A30 eight. It can be
2:18:44 > 2:18:46incredibly dangerous, turning roads into ice rings, and we have that
2:18:46 > 2:18:50risk this morning across eastern Scotland and North East England. If
2:18:50 > 2:18:54you're heading onto the roads bear in mind we could have incredibly
2:18:54 > 2:18:57dangerous conditions, black eyes and dangerous slippery conditions on the
2:18:57 > 2:19:01pavements as well. A few more centimetres of snow to come across
2:19:01 > 2:19:05northern areas. Showers mainly confined to south-west England as we
2:19:05 > 2:19:10go through the day. Wales will become dry as the showers move away
2:19:10 > 2:19:14over the next few hours. Turning a little less cold in the South.
2:19:14 > 2:19:19Overnight will be cold again with temperatures dipping below freezing.
2:19:19 > 2:19:24Further showers pushing northwards. And again a widespread ice risk into
2:19:24 > 2:19:30Sunday. Sunday will see further showers driving away northwards.
2:19:30 > 2:19:34Watch out for icy conditions first thing. Snow across eastern Scotland,
2:19:34 > 2:19:39and through the day hill snow is likely across north-east England and
2:19:39 > 2:19:43eastern Scotland. Morally wintry mix with rain, sleet and snow at low
2:19:43 > 2:19:48levels. Further south, showers will fall as rain through the afternoon
2:19:48 > 2:19:53as temperatures pushed up to nine Celsius in London. The trend for
2:19:53 > 2:20:00less cold weather will continue into next week as well.
2:20:00 > 2:20:01less cold weather will continue into next week as well.
2:20:01 > 2:20:04Cancer of the oesophagus might not be one of the best known
2:20:04 > 2:20:10cancers but it's one of the most deadly.
2:20:10 > 2:20:12Last year, it was responsible for nearly 8,000 deaths
2:20:12 > 2:20:15because it is very hard to spot in time for a cure.
2:20:15 > 2:20:17Paid for by public donations to "stand up to cancer",
2:20:17 > 2:20:20doctors and physicists in Cambridge have joined forces to develop
2:20:20 > 2:20:23a new type of camera that could pick out abnormal cells before
2:20:23 > 2:20:24they develop into cancer.
2:20:24 > 2:20:25Ahead of the first trials on patients,
2:20:25 > 2:20:27our Science Correspondent, Richard Westcott has been
2:20:27 > 2:20:30to see how it works.
2:20:30 > 2:20:38Right now this is how you find one of Britain's deadliest cancers.
2:20:38 > 2:20:40of Britain's deadliest cancers. A soft goal cancer kills 21 people a
2:20:40 > 2:20:46day because it is so difficult to spot. Using a camera with a normal
2:20:46 > 2:20:52white light on the end, the doctor is looking at the dark red patch. It
2:20:52 > 2:20:56is a condition that is not dangerous in itself, but can contain cells
2:20:56 > 2:21:06that turn cancerous, if you can find them.Early cancer appears as
2:21:06 > 2:21:09Redmond. Because we're looking at the contrast between red and red,
2:21:09 > 2:21:16this might be very difficult to appreciate., is a problem, but also
2:21:16 > 2:21:19a solution. These physicists already use different coloured lasers to
2:21:19 > 2:21:24study electrons. Now they are adapting the technique to look for
2:21:24 > 2:21:29early signs of disease. The current camera looks down the throat using
2:21:29 > 2:21:33white light, and that makes it quite hard to spot the cancer. The new
2:21:33 > 2:21:37camera is going to look using different coloured lights, and to
2:21:37 > 2:21:43get the right colour, it should make the potentially cancerous cells low.
2:21:43 > 2:21:48What happens is the tissue becomes cancerous is we get a change in the
2:21:48 > 2:21:50chemical composition, and different chemicals are different colours,
2:21:50 > 2:21:54meaning that if we look at the cancer with a technique that allows
2:21:54 > 2:21:57us to capture information from all the different colours of light that
2:21:57 > 2:22:00are being reflected, we can get a fuller picture of the disease
2:22:00 > 2:22:06presents.And this is how it might look. The idea has come from a
2:22:06 > 2:22:12cancer research programme where scientists, engineers and medic is
2:22:12 > 2:22:17joining forces to find cancer early. Most of our patients present late,
2:22:17 > 2:22:22and for cancer of the oesophagus as an example, two thirds of our
2:22:22 > 2:22:26patients present with a cancer that is already spreading to the lymph
2:22:26 > 2:22:30glands, and after that it can go to distant organs like the liver. If we
2:22:30 > 2:22:35treat cancer at that point at which it is still within the tissue of the
2:22:35 > 2:22:38software gives itself and has not spread anywhere, we can remove it
2:22:38 > 2:22:45all and curate.That is is that what happened to Jackie. The court heard
2:22:45 > 2:22:50Aziz in time, and she is fine.I knew there is something wrong.
2:22:50 > 2:22:58Debuchy not have heartburn for 20 odd years, actually it was 30 years.
2:22:58 > 2:23:01Yes, you have to be diagnosed early, because when you are diagnosed early
2:23:01 > 2:23:08you can do something about it.They will start trials of the new camera
2:23:08 > 2:23:11on patients in the next few weeks. If successful it could also be used
2:23:11 > 2:23:18to spot other cancers before they become fatal.
2:23:18 > 2:23:20You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.
2:23:20 > 2:23:28Time now for a look at the newspapers.
2:23:29 > 2:23:31Professor of entrepreneurship, Vikas Shah,
2:23:31 > 2:23:39is here to tell us what's caught his eye.
2:23:41 > 2:23:44The first story was fascinating. It is about Silicon Valley Ilia Mares
2:23:44 > 2:23:50who are taking extreme stress. Up in order to reduce stress levels. They
2:23:50 > 2:23:57are working with experts to go and do Arctic claims and ice swimming
2:23:57 > 2:24:01and these things, because their 40s, it would put our bodies through
2:24:01 > 2:24:09stress, it helps us with stress. These are people who work in things
2:24:09 > 2:24:15to do with technology, and slightly unreal things, if you like, so what
2:24:15 > 2:24:21they want is a big dose of reality? What you often find is with people
2:24:21 > 2:24:25at that point in their career, their day jobs are so intense and so
2:24:25 > 2:24:29all-consuming that they need their lives outside business to also have
2:24:29 > 2:24:34those same qualities, so imagine you are doing 18 hour days building a
2:24:34 > 2:24:39multi-billion dollar business, and then you go home. It is, what now?
2:24:39 > 2:24:41That's why these people are following extreme activities to keep
2:24:41 > 2:24:45up that level through their lives. They describe it as the idea that
2:24:45 > 2:24:50you target self-imposed modules of daily misery to prepare themselves
2:24:50 > 2:24:56for their daily lives. My theory on this is that partly it is bragging
2:24:56 > 2:25:00rights. I wonder about breast, that's nothing, I went up... But
2:25:00 > 2:25:05also, do you not think people who are in powerful positions, actually
2:25:05 > 2:25:08be to really ordinary things? Because that would make them
2:25:08 > 2:25:13understand people better.The problem is, exactly as you said,
2:25:13 > 2:25:18when your peer group is living that Instagram lifestyle of, "I have just
2:25:18 > 2:25:24claimed this" or whatever it might be, that becomes the measure by
2:25:24 > 2:25:28which evaluate yourself against.And also Silicon Valley is very male
2:25:28 > 2:25:38dominated.100%. And this is the caricature of that hyper alpha,
2:25:38 > 2:25:44masculine world.This story is focusing on London, cold on the
2:25:44 > 2:25:51loan, one man's struggle in freezing London.To contrast the story of
2:25:51 > 2:25:54people doing at Austin to be for enjoyment, this is the very real
2:25:54 > 2:25:58situation where charities estimate that in the UK 8000 people are
2:25:58 > 2:26:02sleeping rough at any one time, with a similar amount of hidden homeless.
2:26:02 > 2:26:05And this story focused on a gentleman who has been living rough
2:26:05 > 2:26:09on and off for 32 years. And the talked about how with his health
2:26:09 > 2:26:12challenges the only time he gets respite from living on the streets
2:26:12 > 2:26:15is when he is in hospital receiving treatment, then he is back out to
2:26:15 > 2:26:21areas. And the challenge we have sometimes is that these topics come
2:26:21 > 2:26:25into the forefront of our minds at Christmas when the weather is bad,
2:26:25 > 2:26:29but for the rest of the year, these charities simply aren't getting the
2:26:29 > 2:26:33support they need to really help people into accommodation, and to
2:26:33 > 2:26:40get back into life.In terms of money raising, the trick is to make
2:26:40 > 2:26:43sure the attention is drawn to them at specific times, to make sure that
2:26:43 > 2:26:49injuries.And we find that working with charities during periods of
2:26:49 > 2:26:53cold weather, Christmas, those times of the year, they are oversubscribed
2:26:53 > 2:26:57with volunteers and supplies, and that the struggle for the rest of
2:26:57 > 2:27:02the year when they are still just as needed.Time for one more story.
2:27:02 > 2:27:08Let's go with Mark arm and, because this scared me. He received his OBE,
2:27:08 > 2:27:12and I thought, this is very nice, very well-deserved, then a reason
2:27:12 > 2:27:16what happened, and the reason it scared me is that I will be in his
2:27:16 > 2:27:20shoes next Thursday, and I didn't realise at the time that you have to
2:27:20 > 2:27:24speak to the Royal as well as getting the medal pinned on. And so
2:27:24 > 2:27:26I have been getting these thoughts, what on earth will I talk to them
2:27:26 > 2:27:37about? !What have you been awarded? And MBE, not quite as high as Marc
2:27:37 > 2:27:42Almond. What I didn't realise at the time, the whole ceremonial process
2:27:42 > 2:27:45of talking to them and having a conversation about your work,
2:27:45 > 2:27:48actually nerve-racking. The first time I have felt that since
2:27:48 > 2:27:54graduation.By all accounts in that situation the Royals are very good
2:27:54 > 2:27:58at putting people at their ease and showing interest in what you do. And
2:27:58 > 2:28:01I dare say the nature of your work, entrepreneurship, they will be
2:28:01 > 2:28:07interested.Absolutely. But it just makes you realise, even for
2:28:07 > 2:28:10celebrities like Marc Almond, there will always be certain situations
2:28:10 > 2:28:15that make you feel very uncomfortable, albeit in a good way
2:28:15 > 2:28:17and reading that article suddenly you get those butterflies in your
2:28:17 > 2:28:23stomach. It's just a wonderful thing and I know sometimes people get a
2:28:23 > 2:28:25bit iffy about the honours system, but I think actually recognising
2:28:25 > 2:28:32people from charities is wonderful. Not to name drop, but I did spend
2:28:32 > 2:28:35some time with Prince William this week and he is very relaxed. I'm
2:28:35 > 2:28:39sure the conversation will be fine. It is not a bad thing to be nervous
2:28:39 > 2:28:44sometimes. That is a healthy thing, isn't it?I think it is Imada think
2:28:44 > 2:28:51anyone who denies that is release Kerry. -- it is scary. I forget to
2:28:51 > 2:28:55join top of your game, and it is good emotion to feel.Don't
2:28:55 > 2:29:02overthink it. We will see when an hour four more from the papers.
2:29:02 > 2:29:08Stay with us. The headlines are coming up.
2:30:07 > 2:30:09Hello, this is Breakfast with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
2:30:09 > 2:30:12Coming up before 9am, Chris will bring you the weather -
2:30:12 > 2:30:20that's in 15 minutes time.
2:30:21 > 2:30:23But first, at 8.30, a summary of this
2:30:23 > 2:30:24morning's main news.
2:30:24 > 2:30:26Weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place
2:30:26 > 2:30:28across much of the UK - that's despite temperatures
2:30:28 > 2:30:30being expected to gradually rise in many areas.
2:30:30 > 2:30:322,000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers
2:30:32 > 2:30:33face further disruption.
2:30:33 > 2:30:36In the last half an hour, the rail line at Dawlish
2:30:36 > 2:30:38has been closed again, due to flooding
2:30:38 > 2:30:39caused by high tides.
2:30:39 > 2:30:43Network Rail say it is currently unsafe to go on the site.
2:30:43 > 2:30:46The National Farmers Union says dairy farms are having to throw away
2:30:46 > 2:30:48milk because tankers are unable to collect it.
2:30:48 > 2:30:51Let's speak to Mark Wareham from Somerset who has had to pour
2:30:51 > 2:30:57away around 8,000 litres so far.
2:30:58 > 2:31:05Good morning, Mark. It's a slightly fuzzy picture of you but hopefully
2:31:05 > 2:31:10you can hear me OK. Tell us what it has been like for you over the past
2:31:10 > 2:31:13few days.Very challenging. Obviously extreme weather
2:31:13 > 2:31:21conditions. It just makes life very difficult.How does it work in
2:31:21 > 2:31:25practice, Mark? Because normally the tankers come to pick up the milk.
2:31:25 > 2:31:31What is happening? OK, normally our milk is collected every evening at
2:31:31 > 2:31:36around 7:30pm. The tanker arrives, takes away the milk and that is a
2:31:36 > 2:31:43daily occurrence.How has it worked in relation to what has been extreme
2:31:43 > 2:31:47weather? Presumably they haven't been able to get to you?No, we had
2:31:47 > 2:31:54a phone call Thursday night to save the tanker wouldn't get to our
2:31:54 > 2:31:58advantage in the milk so it was down to us to dispose of the milk
2:31:58 > 2:32:01accordingly due to not having a capacity to store any more than 5000
2:32:01 > 2:32:07litres, so we had to tip away two days worth of milk.And that was
2:32:07 > 2:32:11unavoidable, was it? Nothing else you can do in those circumstances.
2:32:11 > 2:32:15No, we just don't have the capacity to store anything more than 5000
2:32:15 > 2:32:23litres on-farm.OK, so
2:32:24 > 2:32:26litres on-farm.OK, so looking forward now, are the tankers able to
2:32:26 > 2:32:29get to you now?We had a phone call last night from the dairy to say
2:32:29 > 2:32:31that providing we get no more snow today, they should be with us
2:32:31 > 2:32:35tonight to collect our milk tonight. Well presumably that will be quite
2:32:35 > 2:32:43freely for you.Yes, it will. It has been very challenging.Thank you
2:32:43 > 2:32:47very much for joining us. As Mark was saying, the weather conditions
2:32:47 > 2:32:53pretty grim and he was outdoors, so just some of the issues being thrown
2:32:53 > 2:32:56up by the weather conditions. A full weather forecast with Chris coming
2:32:56 > 2:32:57up for you later on.
2:32:57 > 2:32:59The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
2:32:59 > 2:33:02the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
2:33:02 > 2:33:03and Remain wings of her party.
2:33:03 > 2:33:06Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future
2:33:06 > 2:33:08trading relationship with the EU and called for concesssions
2:33:08 > 2:33:13on all sides.
2:33:13 > 2:33:15She said she was confident remaining differences over a draft legal
2:33:15 > 2:33:17agreement could be resolved, allowing trade talks
2:33:17 > 2:33:18to get under way.
2:33:18 > 2:33:20Two men have been arrested by police investigating
2:33:20 > 2:33:22an explosion in Leicester that killed five people.
2:33:22 > 2:33:24The men, both in their 30s and from East Anglia,
2:33:24 > 2:33:27are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion.
2:33:27 > 2:33:30Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion
2:33:30 > 2:33:31of manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be
2:33:31 > 2:33:35questioned by detectives.
2:33:35 > 2:33:37The body which sets the rules for world football is expected
2:33:37 > 2:33:40to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport
2:33:40 > 2:33:42when it meets in Zurich today.
2:33:42 > 2:33:46The system has been used on a trial basis in several
2:33:46 > 2:33:49countries including some cup matches in England.
2:33:49 > 2:33:52But there are concerns that it disrupts the flow of a game
2:33:52 > 2:33:58and confuses officials.
2:33:58 > 2:34:04Mike is here now with this board. What do you think about the video
2:34:04 > 2:34:08assistant referee thing?It was a farce the other night. There have
2:34:08 > 2:34:11been costly decisions in the past which have been clearly wrong, so it
2:34:11 > 2:34:16should help with that. The other night was a farce of teething
2:34:16 > 2:34:20problems, but I think it's a personal thing. It has worked in
2:34:20 > 2:34:25other sports for a long time.
2:34:25 > 2:34:27It's going right to the wire as England and New Zealand,
2:34:27 > 2:34:35try to take the lead in the one day series.
2:34:35 > 2:34:40England need two more wickets, New Zealand needed ten more runs last
2:34:40 > 2:34:45time I looked.
2:34:47 > 2:34:55The Kiwis made a steady start, as they chase
2:34:57 > 2:34:58that target of 235 to win.
2:34:58 > 2:35:01But Ben Stokes took a spectacular catch, off Adil Rashid,
2:35:01 > 2:35:02to start a run of wickets.
2:35:02 > 2:35:04Moeen Ali took two wickets in three balls -
2:35:04 > 2:35:06New Zealand lost four for just six runs.
2:35:06 > 2:35:08But Captain Kane Williamson kept things steady and got
2:35:08 > 2:35:09into the nineties.
2:35:09 > 2:35:12Then a key moment, Williamson gave a catching chance to Chris Woakes
2:35:12 > 2:35:16who could only get a finger on it but the ball went on to the stumps
2:35:16 > 2:35:18and ran out the other batsman, Mitchell Santner.
2:35:18 > 2:35:25So, 220 548 now, so tenderly good for the -- ten needed off of the
2:35:25 > 2:35:33last over. My eyes are playing up there. I thought we had another five
2:35:33 > 2:35:39runs. Can you keep an eye on it while I go and hair.
2:35:39 > 2:35:44I'll keep an eye on it.
2:35:44 > 2:35:50Now after years of disappointment, Katarina Johnson-Thompson,
2:35:50 > 2:35:53has finally won her first world title in pentathlon at the world
2:35:53 > 2:35:58indoor championships in Birmingham.
2:35:58 > 2:36:05She's now 25 and last year relocated to the south of France
2:36:05 > 2:36:08and its done the trick - victory in the 800 metres, to end
2:36:08 > 2:36:11what she said had been a wobbly, but in the end, a dominant
2:36:11 > 2:36:15day she set a new personal best, in the shot putt and came out
2:36:15 > 2:36:16on top in the long jump.
2:36:16 > 2:36:18It comes after she suffered disappointment, at the world outdoor
2:36:18 > 2:36:20championships in London last summer.
2:36:20 > 2:36:23I can't believe it. To come here and do this, it is something I dreamt of
2:36:23 > 2:36:27last summer, so it's amazing to come here and do this. I went through a
2:36:27 > 2:36:33hard year last year at the and of the wanted my family to see me
2:36:33 > 2:36:35achieve something. It's just something that I still can't
2:36:35 > 2:36:37believe, really.
2:36:37 > 2:36:39Well that's Britain's second medal of these championships,
2:36:39 > 2:36:43and there could be more to come today.
2:36:43 > 2:36:46Laura Muir is looking to follow up the bronze she won
2:36:46 > 2:36:48in the 3000 metres with another medal in the 1500 today.
2:36:48 > 2:36:51She qualified for the final in second place in her heat,
2:36:51 > 2:36:55behind Friday's gold medallist, Genzebe Dibaba.
2:36:55 > 2:37:02I haven't had a chance to celebrate. I have been trying to prepare for
2:37:02 > 2:37:06today and the 1500 tomorrow. But I am so delighted to have a medal in
2:37:06 > 2:37:07my pocket already.
2:37:07 > 2:37:09Great Britain added another medal on day three
2:37:09 > 2:37:12of the World Track Championship in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.
2:37:12 > 2:37:14Mark Stewart won bronze in the men's points race,
2:37:14 > 2:37:16which is over 160 laps.
2:37:16 > 2:37:19Australia's Cameron Meyer retained his title with home rider
2:37:19 > 2:37:22Jan Willem van Schip taking silver.
2:37:22 > 2:37:24Britain now have four medals - one gold, two silvers
2:37:24 > 2:37:28and Stewart's bronze.
2:37:28 > 2:37:30It was a difficult evening for Britain's Elinor Barker
2:37:30 > 2:37:33as she was caught up in this crash, during the elimination race,
2:37:33 > 2:37:35in the women's omnium.
2:37:35 > 2:37:38She went into this final event, which was, the points race,
2:37:38 > 2:37:40in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold
2:37:40 > 2:37:42on to it, finishing sixth overall.
2:37:42 > 2:37:47Kirsten Vild took gold for the Netherlands.
2:37:47 > 2:37:49Super League fixtures have been hit by the weather,
2:37:49 > 2:37:52but last night's games went ahead.
2:37:52 > 2:37:56Hull FC got their season back on track by beating Warrington 21-12.
2:37:56 > 2:38:00It was a bad tempered affair in which both
2:38:00 > 2:38:04sides had a man sent off, after two red cards.
2:38:04 > 2:38:07Elsewhere Wigan moved up to second, with a 32-16 win over Widnes.
2:38:07 > 2:38:09Middlesbrough are into the Championship play-off places,
2:38:09 > 2:38:11after beating Leeds 3-0.
2:38:11 > 2:38:13It was a hat-trick from striker Patrick Bamford
2:38:13 > 2:38:16that pushed Boro into the top six.
2:38:16 > 2:38:20This game surviving the weather, but three Championship games today,
2:38:20 > 2:38:28have already been postponed, so do check before setting off.
2:38:30 > 2:38:34And of course, watch football focus at lunchtime foreign updatable
2:38:34 > 2:38:44postponements. What a magnificent plug.
2:38:44 > 2:38:46And as if by magic, you have a world indoor champion,
2:38:46 > 2:38:49doing Premier League predictions.
2:38:49 > 2:38:53Yes, Katarina Johnson-Thompson is doing them. It was brilliant to see
2:38:53 > 2:39:04her win a medal. It is with only three matches in one league, two in
2:39:04 > 2:39:09another, lots of postponed matches, but we have Virgil van Dyke on the
2:39:09 > 2:39:12programme talking about settling in at Liverpool. He has been speaking
2:39:12 > 2:39:16about what it means to play at Liverpool.Everyday here is tough.
2:39:16 > 2:39:22We worked very hard, we run a lot and a big difference of what been
2:39:22 > 2:39:32used to, so I need to step up my game. I think now it is getting
2:39:32 > 2:39:36better every day and I'm used to everything has well, the way we
2:39:36 > 2:39:40play, the intensity of our game, because that is a lot higher than I
2:39:40 > 2:39:45was used to.So they take on Newcastle this weekend and like
2:39:45 > 2:39:49everyone else, they are chasing Manchester City. They have Leroy
2:39:49 > 2:39:56Sammy on this week and was man of the match against Arsenal this week
2:39:56 > 2:40:00and Arsenal are now closer to west Bromwich the bottom of the table
2:40:00 > 2:40:06than they are the Manchester City at the top, so we will be speaking to
2:40:06 > 2:40:10Martin Keown about where Arsenal go from here. I've got a nice picture
2:40:10 > 2:40:16of Phil Neville as well after the Englishwomen beat France for the
2:40:16 > 2:40:23first time in 44 years. And Tony Mowbray let his players train inside
2:40:23 > 2:40:28this week it has been so cold. We have Ryan Mason on the programme,
2:40:28 > 2:40:35debut for him. He retired earlier this year after fracturing his skull
2:40:35 > 2:40:39at 26. He will be on along with Danny Murphy and Martin Thiam.
2:40:39 > 2:40:47Google widget falling for used fantastic, a power hour.
2:40:51 > 2:40:53fantastic, a power hour.-- fantastic, it will be a power hour.
2:40:53 > 2:40:58And I can tell you that England have wrapped up a victory against New
2:40:58 > 2:41:04Zealand.Is that why you were paying no attention to me?I feel it made
2:41:04 > 2:41:10sense.Every now and then I looked across the sea of Mike was paying
2:41:10 > 2:41:16attention, and he was like that... At least he had a decent excuse this
2:41:16 > 2:41:21time.
2:41:22 > 2:41:26time. Dan, you like your squash, don't you? Let me party this ball.
2:41:26 > 2:41:29Oh, almost.
2:41:29 > 2:41:32Now if you're looking for a new sport to warm you up
2:41:32 > 2:41:35during the cold weather, then all you'll need is a ball,
2:41:35 > 2:41:36a wall and your bare hands.
2:41:36 > 2:41:39It's the sport that is based on a playground game,
2:41:39 > 2:41:41but it's now been formalised and ahead of the UK championships,
2:41:41 > 2:41:47I went to try wallball in west London.
2:41:50 > 2:41:54It's the sport that started in the playground when we were kids and now
2:41:54 > 2:41:57they are trying to take it back there again now that it's officially
2:41:57 > 2:42:00known as wallball, because the beauty is its simplicity. All you
2:42:00 > 2:42:07need is a ball and a wall.Similar to squash but even easier because
2:42:07 > 2:42:13all it's got to do is hit the wall and land in the court and a rally
2:42:13 > 2:42:16continues until somebody misses the ball. It has been going on for
2:42:16 > 2:42:20hundreds of years all over the wall. In New York, there are hundreds of
2:42:20 > 2:42:25courts free to use everyday.That's what we want to do here. It has
2:42:25 > 2:42:29derived from the game fives which was derived from public schools
2:42:29 > 2:42:38centuries ago but in size you need more walls. This means it was more
2:42:38 > 2:42:42difficult to play but this can be played anywhere by people of any age
2:42:42 > 2:42:50and ability.You go like this and go plan.It feels really good. It has
2:42:50 > 2:42:54got me running around. Hopefully I will lose my porch.The ball is
2:42:54 > 2:42:58bouncy if you hit it too hard. You don't want to hit it with too much
2:42:58 > 2:43:02power but a little bit of power. It's like playing tennis or squash
2:43:02 > 2:43:08but without a racket, just your hand. So anyone could try it and I
2:43:08 > 2:43:17think it would do them the world of good.
2:43:17 > 2:43:23good.The majority of people, this is really simple for them. Right,
2:43:23 > 2:43:27left coordination. If you are thinking about stroke
2:43:27 > 2:43:31rehabilitation, the Right left side is so important. For kids
2:43:31 > 2:43:34development and adults getting active, they are simple, safe
2:43:34 > 2:43:41movements which are very easy to do. Which is why UK wallball hope to
2:43:41 > 2:43:44spread this to other cities around the UK and the British team will
2:43:44 > 2:43:49compete in the World Cup in the US later this year. The men's team R&B
2:43:49 > 2:43:53top five. At a top-level, like when you play with the great British
2:43:53 > 2:43:57squad, you can wear gloves, so I have opted for that. At
2:43:57 > 2:44:05international level, you get a insight into the speed and power and
2:44:05 > 2:44:09also tactics that you don't see at other levels. I didn't even see it.
2:44:09 > 2:44:13That was a tactical blocking where he was standing in front so I didn't
2:44:13 > 2:44:17see it until it was too late.Unlike squash and other sports, you can be
2:44:17 > 2:44:22an obstacle on court. He is allowed to be there. The baulk are going
2:44:22 > 2:44:27between his legs and you have to play it.Whether you are being
2:44:27 > 2:44:34blocked or not, you can was be deceived by the bounce. -- you can
2:44:34 > 2:44:38always be deceived by the bounce. So it definitely gives you a good run
2:44:38 > 2:44:41around and you can see where it is good exercise especially for those
2:44:41 > 2:44:45may be with joint problems in the way you move around.
2:44:45 > 2:44:48And a minimal amount of kit required.
2:44:48 > 2:44:51And fuss. Easy to pick up.
2:44:51 > 2:44:53Bank account holders conned into transferring money
2:44:53 > 2:44:55to fraudsters could be compensated under new rules.
2:44:55 > 2:44:57£100 million was lost in so-called 'push payment scams'
2:44:57 > 2:45:00in the first six months of last year but banks say it's not
2:45:00 > 2:45:03their fault and in some cases are reluctant to reimburse.
2:45:03 > 2:45:05Let's find out more now with Paul Lewis from
2:45:05 > 2:45:07Radio Four's Money Box programme.
2:45:07 > 2:45:14Good morning to you, Paul. Is this good news then it sounds like for
2:45:14 > 2:45:18people who were getting scammed? Well, it's potentially good news. We
2:45:18 > 2:45:21need to see the details but the payment Systems regulator seems very
2:45:21 > 2:45:25determined that banks are going to have to accept more responsibility
2:45:25 > 2:45:29for these scams. They are very clever. They are done by very clever
2:45:29 > 2:45:33professional con men and women. They bring you up, they tell you that
2:45:33 > 2:45:38your bank account is at risk and you've -- and they are from your
2:45:38 > 2:45:42bank or broadband provider or whoever and they persuade you to
2:45:42 > 2:45:46give a little bit of information and that eventually enables them to take
2:45:46 > 2:45:50money out of your bank account. Because you have taken part in it
2:45:50 > 2:45:53though the bank says you were partly responsible, even though these were
2:45:53 > 2:45:58clever crooks who fall due. But that should change with this new code of
2:45:58 > 2:46:02practice.What would you have to do then? If you think you have been
2:46:02 > 2:46:07scammed, what are the steps after that?The new thing is, when this
2:46:07 > 2:46:11begins in six months' time, the banks will have to show they took
2:46:11 > 2:46:15every possible step to make sure this couldn't happen. At the moment,
2:46:15 > 2:46:18there are many thieves who are allowed to open bank accounts
2:46:18 > 2:46:21because the checks aren't strong enough. Then the money is moved to
2:46:21 > 2:46:26that account and moved abroad. The banks aren't quick enough, they
2:46:26 > 2:46:29don't cooperate well enough to stop it happening. If the banks cannot
2:46:29 > 2:46:33show they have done all they could, then they will have to compensate.
2:46:33 > 2:46:37Of course individuals have to take care and my rule is very simple. If
2:46:37 > 2:46:40somebody brings you out of the blue about your bank account, but the
2:46:40 > 2:46:46phone down because the chances are 99 times out of 100, it is a thief
2:46:46 > 2:46:50doing that. But not everyone does that and once you start engaging
2:46:50 > 2:46:55with the clever script they have two con you into giving them little bit
2:46:55 > 2:46:58of apparently innocent information, they will drain your money away.It
2:46:58 > 2:47:02is easy for us to say we would never fall for a scam like that, but
2:47:02 > 2:47:07especially when they are targeting vulnerable people, it is even
2:47:07 > 2:47:11harder, so for them, this is really important.It is, that's true.
2:47:11 > 2:47:15Though I have to say many of the people we have dealt with, a man we
2:47:15 > 2:47:21had on a few weeks ago, he had £3 million taken out of his business
2:47:21 > 2:47:26bank account and he wasn't a vulnerable man. He was a
2:47:26 > 2:47:31businessman. So they are not necessarily vulnerable people. They
2:47:31 > 2:47:35are often busy people are not expecting it. They think, it must be
2:47:35 > 2:47:40right because it is coming from the bank or BT or the broadband provider
2:47:40 > 2:47:44or whomever. These are good at coming you into it and people
2:47:44 > 2:47:50shouldn't be ashamed if it has happened to them and I know many
2:47:50 > 2:47:53people listening for thinking it would never happen to them but I
2:47:53 > 2:47:57have heard the tapes, trust me, these people are very, very
2:47:57 > 2:48:01convincing. If you hear a call like that, put the phone down. It could
2:48:01 > 2:48:09save you a lot of money.Very good advice. Thank you very much, Paul.
2:48:09 > 2:48:14Let's show you a glimpse of what it is looking like around the country.
2:48:14 > 2:48:20This is Alec in Northumberland.
2:48:20 > 2:48:25This is Alec in Northumberland. The road looks free of traffic there. We
2:48:25 > 2:48:28are being told this morning that the police are sometimes leading a
2:48:28 > 2:48:35convoy, essentially, so a group of vehicles are going together, but
2:48:35 > 2:48:41essentially very little movement on the roads and very hard hit by the
2:48:41 > 2:48:45weather. Worries about flooding now in the south as well.
2:48:45 > 2:48:49It looks eerily quiet, doesn't it? Let's get a full picture of what is
2:48:49 > 2:48:53happening with the weather across the UK? It looks lovely behind you,
2:48:53 > 2:48:54too.
2:48:54 > 2:48:57It looks lovely behind you, too.
2:48:59 > 2:49:04Yes, it is a beautiful picture, isn't it. We have seen some fresh
2:49:04 > 2:49:08snowfall in the south of Wales. Saint Athan is near to Cardiff and
2:49:08 > 2:49:12that is why commuters are struggling still to get out and about. There
2:49:12 > 2:49:17was a lot of snow still on the ground. There is the risk of a bit
2:49:17 > 2:49:25more snow to
2:49:25 > 2:49:29more snow to come but nothing like we have seen the last few days. This
2:49:29 > 2:49:34slightly less cold air is drifting up from the south. That will bring a
2:49:34 > 2:49:38change to the south of England as we go through this afternoon. A lot of
2:49:38 > 2:49:40cloud around and a weather front tripping its way northwards,
2:49:40 > 2:49:47bringing a band of snow across northern
2:49:47 > 2:49:50northern England and it's not just snow. We are seeing something called
2:49:50 > 2:49:54freezing rain. Liquid ring with a temperature below zero. As soon as
2:49:54 > 2:49:59it touches a surface, it freezes immediately. These pictures were
2:49:59 > 2:50:04sent from Devon yesterday. That is also a picture of freezing rain.
2:50:04 > 2:50:09Nearby where these pictures were sent to us, there was a ten car
2:50:09 > 2:50:13pile-up on the a 38, so that is what I'm talking about. Black ice, very
2:50:13 > 2:50:17dangerous conditions out on the road. We have some of this freezing
2:50:17 > 2:50:20rain across Scotland and parts of northern England at the moment. So
2:50:20 > 2:50:24watch out on the roads and pavements. Things could get nasty. A
2:50:24 > 2:50:29bit more snow to come across northern areas. Should be dry once
2:50:29 > 2:50:33we get rid of the early morning rain in the South. They are arriving a
2:50:33 > 2:50:37bit quicker than scheduled, and turning wet on the Isle of Wight for
2:50:37 > 2:50:43a time this morning. Overnight tonight, we will see those showers
2:50:43 > 2:50:47continue to drift northwards across England and Wales, and with
2:50:47 > 2:50:54temperatures taking a dive once again, there will be icy patches
2:50:54 > 2:50:59again with icy stretches taking us into Sunday morning. Sunday is a day
2:50:59 > 2:51:01of bright baths and showers, probably a little bit more sunshine
2:51:01 > 2:51:08breaking through the clouds, with the odd heavy shower at times but
2:51:08 > 2:51:15turning milder across the southern half of the country. Up to 9
2:51:15 > 2:51:20degrees. Further north, a bit of snow and sleet mixed together with
2:51:20 > 2:51:25the rain, and saying quite cold there. That really is the theme for
2:51:25 > 2:51:29the weather of the next few days. The thaw slowly setting in place.
2:51:29 > 2:51:34The worst of the weather behind us. Still cold in northern areas. We are
2:51:34 > 2:51:38likely to see some further episodes of snow and particularly across the
2:51:38 > 2:51:41high ground in Scotland. But for most of us, the severe weather
2:51:41 > 2:51:45conditions are easing. That is how the weekend is shaping up.
2:51:50 > 2:51:58Chris, thank you very much. Tomorrow night, the film industry will
2:51:58 > 2:52:06celebrate the Oscars. The downfall of Harvey Wallenstein
2:52:06 > 2:52:14exposed -- the downfall of Harvey Wednesday exposed a culture of
2:52:14 > 2:52:20sexual harassment.
2:52:20 > 2:52:32He is not here and yet he is everywhere.
2:52:32 > 2:52:44everywhere. Harvey Weinstein's image is everywhere.
2:52:44 > 2:52:47is everywhere. Harvey Weinstein has denied allegations of
2:52:47 > 2:52:50non-transsexual sex and that he blacklisted women who spurned his
2:52:50 > 2:52:54advances. The actress Heather Graham has made a film inspired by her own
2:52:54 > 2:52:59experiences of sexism in Hollywood. Let's just go and have sex in my
2:52:59 > 2:53:09office.No.And she has her own Harvey Weinstein story.He called me
2:53:09 > 2:53:18into his office and he had a whole pile of scripts and
2:53:18 > 2:53:21pile of scripts and said I should choose a script, I was a good
2:53:21 > 2:53:25actress and I could choose anything he wanted to work with me. Then he
2:53:25 > 2:53:28said, my wife and I have an arrangement I can have sex with
2:53:28 > 2:53:36anyone I want out of the town. Long story short, I didn't and I never
2:53:36 > 2:53:46worked with him.These women meet once a month to discuss the
2:53:46 > 2:53:51situation. They all work in film. And they are right to be cautious
2:53:51 > 2:53:57because the figures speak for themselves. Of the 100 most popular
2:53:57 > 2:54:02films here last year, only eight were directed by women. Greta Gur
2:54:02 > 2:54:10wig might be up for best picture Oscar with her coming-of-age film
2:54:10 > 2:54:14ladybird, but she is only the fifth woman in the academy's 90 year
2:54:14 > 2:54:19history to be nominated in the category and for her work on the
2:54:19 > 2:54:22drama blood bound, Rachel Morrison is the first woman ever to be
2:54:22 > 2:54:26nominated for Best cinematography. A former Oscar winner is under no
2:54:26 > 2:54:32illusion that change will be swift. When I first started work on film,
2:54:32 > 2:54:39it was 99.9% male. Now it's 75% male. We still have a long way to
2:54:39 > 2:54:45go.Meet two women determined to make a difference. They formed a
2:54:45 > 2:54:49company committed to producing more diverse films with more women behind
2:54:49 > 2:54:53and in front of the camera.The majority of the audience is female
2:54:53 > 2:54:59and the majority of material is male oriented and that distance just does
2:54:59 > 2:55:07not make sense.The whole movement towards including more voices and
2:55:07 > 2:55:11more diverse storytelling, it just also makes business sense.Different
2:55:11 > 2:55:16perspectives, different angles. They may be the way ahead for Hollywood.
2:55:16 > 2:55:22Rebecca Jones, BBC News, Los Angeles.
2:55:24 > 2:55:29Angeles. We are going to take you to a complete change of atmosphere now.
2:55:29 > 2:55:32It was a breath-taking find: a huge colony of penguins thriving
2:55:32 > 2:55:34in the ice-capped beauty of one of the the world's
2:55:34 > 2:55:35great wildernesses.
2:55:35 > 2:55:37But the roots of the discovery were
2:55:37 > 2:55:38rather less poetic.
2:55:38 > 2:55:39A huge cluster of Penguin droppings.
2:55:39 > 2:55:45Will Batchelor explains.
2:55:45 > 2:55:49Where there is muck, there's brass. Or in this case, one and a half
2:55:49 > 2:56:00million penguins. A huge colony of Adelie penguins was undiscovered
2:56:00 > 2:56:05until huge patches of their guano or Penguin droppings showed up on
2:56:05 > 2:56:09satellites in space. The birds live in the north of Antarctica, an area
2:56:09 > 2:56:13with very little human activity, which scientists believe has helped
2:56:13 > 2:56:17them to thrive. They say penguins thrive better in undisturbed
2:56:17 > 2:56:21environment and that these islands should become a marine protected
2:56:21 > 2:56:28area. Will Batchelor, BBC News. Let's find out a little bit more.
2:56:28 > 2:56:34Tom Hart
2:56:36 > 2:56:39Tom Hart is a penguinologist, and that is the real thing. Tell us more
2:56:39 > 2:56:43about this discovery.The important thing is that there are a lot of
2:56:43 > 2:56:47penguins there and as we go back through time in older satellite
2:56:47 > 2:56:52imagery, we actually find that it's relatively stable over at least 40
2:56:52 > 2:56:56to 50 years. That's the significance of it. It's interesting because in
2:56:56 > 2:57:03places we never looked before, but in terms of the environment and the
2:57:03 > 2:57:07climate are relatively stable, they are doing well, so it contrasts with
2:57:07 > 2:57:10what we are seeing elsewhere. So I think that's the importance of it.
2:57:10 > 2:57:14Not only is it a great find and it's quite exciting for us, but it
2:57:14 > 2:57:19actually shines a light on a contrast of what is going on
2:57:19 > 2:57:23elsewhere.So, Tom, now we know they are there and the discovery has been
2:57:23 > 2:57:29made, what do we do?There is discussion of a marine protected
2:57:29 > 2:57:34area there and this comes in time to inform that. I would like to see the
2:57:34 > 2:57:38protection. I don't think they are that threatens their yet but this
2:57:38 > 2:57:43would be pre-emptive. It would seem silly not to given there is already
2:57:43 > 2:57:48discussion over protection in that region.Can I ask you, Tom, about
2:57:48 > 2:57:51some of the detail around the discovery? You are able to put a
2:57:51 > 2:57:56number on how many there are. How do you possibly know how many penguins
2:57:56 > 2:58:05there are? How is that counting process done?The original discovery
2:58:05 > 2:58:08was made by satellite imagery. Colleagues in the US went through
2:58:08 > 2:58:11satellite imagery. We had an idea that there might be colony is fair
2:58:11 > 2:58:17because the environment fitted Adelie penguins but they found that
2:58:17 > 2:58:23fire satellite and quantified it in the region of roughly 300,000 pairs
2:58:23 > 2:58:27or 600,000 penguins but because it's from space, that's not very
2:58:27 > 2:58:31accurate. So we went there, but beats on the ground, we've blew
2:58:31 > 2:58:38drones over them, we counted by hand, so we are confident because we
2:58:38 > 2:58:41counted everyone. There is still over there but we counted every
2:58:41 > 2:58:45Penguin we could see.It is stating the obvious, Tom, but how do you
2:58:45 > 2:58:51know one Penguin from another?Well, that is where the drones come in.
2:58:51 > 2:58:54When you are taking snapshots, you have a snapshot composite of the
2:58:54 > 2:59:00whole colony. A Penguin cannot be into different places at the same
2:59:00 > 2:59:06time. That is the only way that I can tell the difference them.And
2:59:06 > 2:59:10clearly we have an affection for penguins, don't we? There is a
2:59:10 > 2:59:13particular affection with penguins and I think I am right in saying
2:59:13 > 2:59:16what we being taught how to walk in the Snow by mimicking penguins
2:59:16 > 2:59:20because of the bad weather recently? Yes, and I think that's very
2:59:20 > 2:59:27practical. They do have claws on their feet but they walk slowly and
2:59:27 > 2:59:32steadily and that's quite a good way to walk in the snow. It's a little
2:59:32 > 2:59:37bit more how we walked when we were down in Antarctica.Tom, lovely to
2:59:37 > 2:59:42speak to you this morning. Thank you very much indeed for your time.
2:59:42 > 2:59:45Have you been walking around like a penguin?
2:59:45 > 2:59:49To a degree. I haven't been comparing myself directly, but
2:59:49 > 2:59:57similar probably. Stay with us. Headlines are coming up.
3:00:21 > 3:00:24Hello this is Breakfast, with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.
3:00:24 > 3:00:28Weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place
3:00:28 > 3:00:36across much of the UK, causing further disruption.
3:00:36 > 3:00:42This is the thing in Northumberland were the A1 has just reopened.
3:00:42 > 3:00:48Motorists are still being warned to take care. And there is an amber
3:00:48 > 3:00:53weather warning still in place in Wales. The scenes were filmed in
3:00:53 > 3:00:56Dawlish with a rail line has been closed for a second time in 24
3:00:56 > 3:01:06hours.
3:01:09 > 3:01:11Good morning it's Saturday 3rd March.
3:01:11 > 3:01:13Also this morning:
3:01:13 > 3:01:17Facing up to "some hard facts" -
3:01:17 > 3:01:20the Prime Minister says neither side will get everything they want
3:01:20 > 3:01:22from Brexit, but argues the UK and EU are close
3:01:22 > 3:01:24to a deal on transition.
3:01:24 > 3:01:26The children with special education needs forced to travel more
3:01:26 > 3:01:28than 40 miles to school.
3:01:28 > 3:01:32In sport:
3:01:32 > 3:01:37England have beaten New Zealand in the third ODI. The Kiwi captain
3:01:37 > 3:01:41could not cap his century with winning runs, so England now lead
3:01:41 > 3:01:46the series 2-1.
3:01:51 > 3:01:55the series 2-1. We'll be looking at some of the problems facing people
3:01:55 > 3:01:58who have children with learning disabilities and some of the
3:01:58 > 3:02:03logistical problems they have to face. And Chris will give us a full
3:02:03 > 3:02:08update on the weather. We are looking at a cold and frosty start
3:02:08 > 3:02:13with a big risk of ice around, so take it easy on the roads. More snow
3:02:13 > 3:02:16to come today across northern areas but not as heavy as in recent days
3:02:16 > 3:02:20and it will start to turn less cold from the south-west through the
3:02:20 > 3:02:23weekend. More details later.
3:02:23 > 3:02:24Good morning.
3:02:24 > 3:02:26First, our main story.
3:02:26 > 3:02:28Weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place
3:02:28 > 3:02:31across much of the UK - that's despite temperatures
3:02:31 > 3:02:34being expected to gradually rise in many areas.
3:02:34 > 3:02:372,000 homes are without power and motorists
3:02:37 > 3:02:39and rail passengers face further disruption on the road
3:02:39 > 3:02:42and rail network.
3:02:42 > 3:02:45In the last hour the rail line at Dawlish has been closed
3:02:45 > 3:02:47again due to flooding because of high tides.
3:02:47 > 3:02:50Network rail say it is currently unsafe to go on the site
3:02:50 > 3:02:51as Simon Clemison now reports.
3:02:51 > 3:02:53After the big freeze, the big thaw.
3:02:53 > 3:02:57Temperatures in Wales could reach as high as seven in some parts.
3:02:57 > 3:02:58But problems for the public transport
3:02:58 > 3:03:04sector continue after what has been a difficult night.
3:03:04 > 3:03:05The moment some rail passengers dispensed with the
3:03:05 > 3:03:12train.
3:03:13 > 3:03:17Just been stuck on the train for two and a half hours. Luckily we can now
3:03:17 > 3:03:23walk down the tracks. As you can see everyone is getting out. The train
3:03:23 > 3:03:27was the illusion station.The operator has warned people against
3:03:27 > 3:03:33walking onto the line and said it cost further delays.Looking forward
3:03:33 > 3:03:37to getting home and having a nice cup of tea.But did you know that
3:03:37 > 3:03:41this was also in the forecast? There are 15 flood warnings in place
3:03:41 > 3:03:45today, many in the south-west coast, where the railway is still being
3:03:45 > 3:03:49buffeted by the waves this morning. Met Office continues to warn of snow
3:03:49 > 3:03:54in much of Scotland and ice in many areas of England, Wales and Northern
3:03:54 > 3:03:57Ireland, nicking for tricky conditions on untreated roads.
3:03:57 > 3:04:01In Devon, hospitals have been treating the injured.
3:04:01 > 3:04:05There have been appeals to owners of four by
3:04:05 > 3:04:10four vehicles to help patients and staff.
3:04:10 > 3:04:15Work has continued overnight at one hospital.
3:04:15 > 3:04:20I have been coordinating a lot of the four by four transport over the
3:04:20 > 3:04:22last few days. I want to send a massive thank you to all the
3:04:22 > 3:04:25volunteers we have had. We could not have coped without you guys, you
3:04:25 > 3:04:30have been amazing.All eyes will be on the transport network again
3:04:30 > 3:04:35today. Heathrow hopes to run the nearly full schedule, but many rail
3:04:35 > 3:04:39services remain disrupted.
3:04:39 > 3:04:41Let's find out what the situation is like in
3:04:41 > 3:04:43the North East of England this morning - our reporter,
3:04:43 > 3:04:47Alison Freeman is in Alnwick.
3:04:47 > 3:04:53It looks like the road behind you has reopened?That's right, we found
3:04:53 > 3:04:57out in the past 20 minutes that the A1 is now open. When you bear in
3:04:57 > 3:05:01mind this is the main route in the north-east of England to Scotland,
3:05:01 > 3:05:06it still is very quiet indeed. It would be busy with lorries normally
3:05:06 > 3:05:10this time on a Saturday morning. The problem they have been facing is
3:05:10 > 3:05:14that as fast as they were clearing the road, despite it not snowing as
3:05:14 > 3:05:17much, snow was being blown in from surrounding fields, and at some
3:05:17 > 3:05:20point they could only get one carriageway open for short spaces of
3:05:20 > 3:05:27time. But this has now reopened. The other problems interfacing is people
3:05:27 > 3:05:31avoiding the A1, driving off country lanes and getting stuck in the snow.
3:05:31 > 3:05:34Modern rescue have been rescuing people, bringing them back to
3:05:34 > 3:05:39safety. So a bit of good news for people this morning, but we are
3:05:39 > 3:05:43still being warned to take care on the roads. It is freezing here,
3:05:43 > 3:05:47there is ice on the roads, we have seen people skidding about. There
3:05:47 > 3:05:51are also concerns of flooding on the coast. There are flood warnings in
3:05:51 > 3:05:55place from Sunderland up to Whitley Bay, and that is to do with spring
3:05:55 > 3:06:03tides and strong winds. Good news for people in the A1, the A66
3:06:03 > 3:06:09staying closed, so people are still being warned to take care.
3:06:09 > 3:06:11Our reporter, Tomos Morgan is in Cardiff -
3:06:11 > 3:06:17what's the situation this morning?
3:06:17 > 3:06:21There have been a few vehicles passing by you there, but not many.
3:06:21 > 3:06:28Not many at all. This main road through the high street of Llandaff
3:06:28 > 3:06:33North in the centre of Cardiff seems to be getting better. Just to the
3:06:33 > 3:06:38right of me there, the residential road, and that's what many of the
3:06:38 > 3:06:44roads in Cardiff are still like, when I was working here this morning
3:06:44 > 3:06:48many are impassable just like this one. That has been the case in the
3:06:48 > 3:06:52past few days here, Wales has come to a standstill as transport has
3:06:52 > 3:06:58been affected heavily by these wintry conditions. The real service
3:06:58 > 3:07:01suspended in the majority of circumstances are across Wales
3:07:01 > 3:07:07yesterday, Cardiff airport closed as well. And the road affected as well.
3:07:07 > 3:07:11We hear reports that around 400 homes in North Wales are without
3:07:11 > 3:07:16power at the moment, ScottishPower are doing their best to help those
3:07:16 > 3:07:22that have been affected. And South Wales Fire Service are saying there
3:07:22 > 3:07:27are many burst pipes from the cold weather. The weather warning remains
3:07:27 > 3:07:32in place, risk of ice across the whole of Wales, and that will remain
3:07:32 > 3:07:41in place until 11 o'clock this morning.
3:07:41 > 3:07:45Thanks Thomas, and a full weather forecast coming up shortly.
3:07:45 > 3:07:47The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
3:07:47 > 3:07:50the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
3:07:50 > 3:07:51and Remain wings of her own party.
3:07:51 > 3:07:54Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future
3:07:54 > 3:07:56trading relationship with the EU and said all sides would have
3:07:56 > 3:07:57to make concessions.
3:07:57 > 3:07:59Our political correspondent Tom Barton
3:07:59 > 3:08:06is in the London newsroom.
3:08:07 > 3:08:08Broadly speaking would we say she is giving people
3:08:08 > 3:08:15happy?
3:08:15 > 3:08:19Yesterday was a big moment, the third of three major speeches,
3:08:19 > 3:08:23setting out her vision for Britain's relationship with Europe. That
3:08:23 > 3:08:28vision was a clean break with the institutions of the customs union
3:08:28 > 3:08:31and the single market, but beyond that the closest possible
3:08:31 > 3:08:34relationship with the EU in the future. It is not yet clear whether
3:08:34 > 3:08:41EU leaders will get on board with that vision, but her party certainly
3:08:41 > 3:08:49at this early stage giving a pretty positive response,
3:08:49 > 3:08:51positive response, both the pro-remain and prove leave MPs
3:08:51 > 3:08:59giving a cautious welcome to the speech. It has certainly... The
3:08:59 > 3:09:02Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been talking about this, saying that
3:09:02 > 3:09:06he did not think yesterday morning that the Prime Minister would be
3:09:06 > 3:09:09able to deliver a speech with some substantial content that received
3:09:09 > 3:09:15such a positive welcome from both sides of the Brexit divide.
3:09:15 > 3:09:18Two men have been arrested by police investigating
3:09:18 > 3:09:20an explosion in Leicester that killed five people.
3:09:20 > 3:09:23The men, both in their 30s, and from East Anglia,
3:09:23 > 3:09:27are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion.
3:09:27 > 3:09:32Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion
3:09:32 > 3:09:34of manslaughter on Wednesday, and continue to be
3:09:34 > 3:09:35questioned by detectives.
3:09:35 > 3:09:38The body which sets the rules for world football is expected
3:09:38 > 3:09:41to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport
3:09:41 > 3:09:45when it meets in Zurich today.
3:09:45 > 3:09:49The system has been used on a trial basis in several
3:09:49 > 3:09:52countries, including some cup matches in England.
3:09:52 > 3:09:58But there are concerns that it disrupts the flow of a game
3:09:58 > 3:10:04while confusing some officials.
3:10:04 > 3:10:06People who are obese or who smoke should not be refused
3:10:06 > 3:10:09or delayed from having surgery by local health authorities -
3:10:09 > 3:10:11that's according to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
3:10:11 > 3:10:13The body, which represents 24 medical colleges and health
3:10:13 > 3:10:15faculties, said rationing surgery based on patients' lifestyles
3:10:15 > 3:10:23would "widen inequalities in access to healthcare".
3:10:24 > 3:10:27Gary Allman has talked of his excitement at the possibility of
3:10:27 > 3:10:31landing his first Academy Awards. He is tipped to win best actor prize
3:10:31 > 3:10:36role as Winston Churchill in the film Darkest Hour. Speaking ahead of
3:10:36 > 3:10:39the Oscars ceremony in LA, he said it was an honour to play the former
3:10:39 > 3:10:40Prime Minister.
3:10:40 > 3:10:44I am feeling, I'm feeling very good about it.
3:10:44 > 3:10:50Sunday will be, these things will be what they will be,
3:10:50 > 3:10:55either they call your name or they don't.
3:10:55 > 3:10:57But the ride has been enjoyable,
3:10:57 > 3:11:00and to be recognised for playing Winston
3:11:00 > 3:11:02is...
3:11:02 > 3:11:10The prize in itself.
3:11:12 > 3:11:15That is goodbye to a main story, that is weather conditions still
3:11:15 > 3:11:19causing a lot of problems. We can show you the live camera here from
3:11:19 > 3:11:26Dawlish. You're probably aware that sometimes the realigned and there
3:11:26 > 3:11:31was closed because of flooding, that is the issue this morning because of
3:11:31 > 3:11:35very high tide flooding the railway line, dramatic images, those. It
3:11:35 > 3:11:38does happen periodically, but we know that snow and ice elsewhere,
3:11:38 > 3:11:44freezing rain, one of the things predicted today, but in amongst that
3:11:44 > 3:11:47these high tides causing some problems in the south-west and in
3:11:47 > 3:11:55the North of England. Network Rail said they are retesting the line to
3:11:55 > 3:11:59see when it can reopen, but looking at those pictures don't think it
3:11:59 > 3:12:01will be any time soon.
3:12:01 > 3:12:03Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent, has
3:12:03 > 3:12:05been tracking trains, planes and automobiles
3:12:05 > 3:12:08and is in our London newsroom this morning.
3:12:08 > 3:12:12It's been a difficult period for transport, and this is the unusual
3:12:12 > 3:12:19part, it is all over the UK.It certainly is. And if I can bring you
3:12:19 > 3:12:22some Dawlish news, Network Rail West have just tweeted a picture of a
3:12:22 > 3:12:25route proofing train that has just run through Dawlish. It does not
3:12:25 > 3:12:31look too bad, and indeed there is a train waiting at platform six in
3:12:31 > 3:12:35Exeter, it hopes heading off soon to Torquay via that route, and
3:12:35 > 3:12:40hopefully great Western services will be put back together. Dawlish
3:12:40 > 3:12:45is a station that was closed for two months because of storm damage
3:12:45 > 3:12:48previously, and there have been lots of calls for the route across the
3:12:48 > 3:12:51centre of Devon to be reopened so that Cornwall and Devon don't get
3:12:51 > 3:12:55caught off again. Huge problems on the railways elsewhere, nothing
3:12:55 > 3:13:00running in Dorset as far as I can see. Arriva trains says do not
3:13:00 > 3:13:03travel anywhere in the southern part of the country if you can avoid it.
3:13:03 > 3:13:08The line from Worcester to Oxford is close, Greater Anglia, all the usual
3:13:08 > 3:13:13brand Swainston shrugged it, Skegness cut-off for five days by
3:13:13 > 3:13:17rail, would you believe. Trans-Pennine trains are not
3:13:17 > 3:13:22running, that is the trains across the Pennines, and still no sign of
3:13:22 > 3:13:27trains running between England and Scotland. The West Coast and East
3:13:27 > 3:13:32Coast lines have been cut for days. In Scotland, ScotRail has its best
3:13:32 > 3:13:36day for several days, but still hundreds of cancellations if you are
3:13:36 > 3:13:41travelling anywhere in the UK by rail do check in advance.Just as
3:13:41 > 3:13:46you say that, there are pictures of Dawlish, we did see a train passing
3:13:46 > 3:13:52through, despite the conditions, so it's right what you're saying. While
3:13:52 > 3:13:54people are struggling with the problems on their doorstep in terms
3:13:54 > 3:14:00of snow and whatever, what about airports?Let's go from north to
3:14:00 > 3:14:03south this time. Scottish airports still having problems, Edinburgh,
3:14:03 > 3:14:09the busiest in Scotland, has lots of cancellations today, was cool also
3:14:09 > 3:14:14having a few problems, most of those residual, and flights to double in
3:14:14 > 3:14:20which only opened this morning after about 36 hours of closure, and there
3:14:20 > 3:14:24are still thousands of people stranded on the rocks I'd of the
3:14:24 > 3:14:29Irish Sea, trying to get back. Elsewhere it is most of the southern
3:14:29 > 3:14:32half, Birmingham has been having huge problems, lots of
3:14:32 > 3:14:36cancellations. A flight in the early hours came in from Barbados, that
3:14:36 > 3:14:42was diverted Manchester. Manchester itself, the outbound flight to go
3:14:42 > 3:14:49was cancelled. Lots of people enjoying extra holidays in India.
3:14:49 > 3:14:53And a lot of cancellations on easyJet. Not as many as yesterday
3:14:53 > 3:14:58where they cancelled over 300 flights to and from the UK. 66
3:14:58 > 3:15:02cancelled today, about half of those from Bristol. Cardiff airport
3:15:02 > 3:15:06closed, Exeter closed all day, Southampton looking dodgy as well.
3:15:06 > 3:15:13Elsewhere, if you delay is only a few hours then count yourself lucky.
3:15:13 > 3:15:17And you've probably seen those pictures of train passengers who got
3:15:17 > 3:15:20very frustrated, they were so close to the station, the cupboard doors
3:15:20 > 3:15:26open, climbed onto the rail lines. People understand that frustration,
3:15:26 > 3:15:32but you must be so careful. Unspeakably dangerous. Part of the
3:15:32 > 3:15:34problems we have seen in the south-east of England have been to
3:15:34 > 3:15:40do with the third rail, this rather Victorian system powers the trains,
3:15:40 > 3:15:42but the third rail is full of high-voltage electricity, and nobody
3:15:42 > 3:15:47should ever stray onto the lines unless they have been told to do so
3:15:47 > 3:15:55by a member of Network Rail or the train crew. Just unbelievably risky,
3:15:55 > 3:15:58and as we saw, the first thing that has to happen is that the power is
3:15:58 > 3:16:03switched off completely, which means utter disarray for hours. And we saw
3:16:03 > 3:16:07miserable scenes at all the big London commuter stations last night
3:16:07 > 3:16:12anyway, and South Western Railway out of Waterloo, the busiest station
3:16:12 > 3:16:15in Waterloo, closing down early to avoid the scenes we saw overnight in
3:16:15 > 3:16:18the early hours of yesterday morning with trains stranded and people
3:16:18 > 3:16:22having to sleep in the luggage rack. Talking of overnight sleepers, we
3:16:22 > 3:16:26have not seen those on the Caledonian sleeper lines from
3:16:26 > 3:16:30Scotland to London for a few days. They might be back tomorrow night.
3:16:30 > 3:16:37Thanks, Simon, travel editor of the Independent. That averages are
3:16:37 > 3:16:40creeping up, but still lots of disruption. That's fine that exact
3:16:40 > 3:16:43what's happening with Chris.
3:16:43 > 3:16:47disruption. That's fine that exact what's happening with Chris.
3:16:47 > 3:16:50Yes, over the worst, but the still could be problems around today as
3:16:50 > 3:16:53I'll explain. Further snowfall topping up what has been an
3:16:53 > 3:16:59incredible fall of snow.
3:17:00 > 3:17:04incredible fall of snow. Communities in Wales particularly really
3:17:04 > 3:17:07struggling to get out and about with all that snow. More snow to come
3:17:07 > 3:17:11across northern areas but the risk of less cold air and milder
3:17:11 > 3:17:16conditions coming up from the south. Cold air comes in from the new
3:17:16 > 3:17:20continent, but we have less cold air creeping towards Southern counties
3:17:20 > 3:17:26of England. The satellite pictures show most areas having a cloudy
3:17:26 > 3:17:29start, and this weather front continues to bring a bit of snow.
3:17:29 > 3:17:33Not particularly heavy but pushing northwards, getting into Scotland
3:17:33 > 3:17:38with showers across eastern Scotland. For eastern Scotland and
3:17:38 > 3:17:41north-east England, as well as the snow we have freezing rain right
3:17:41 > 3:17:43now, which is liquid rain with a temperature below zero, it freezes
3:17:43 > 3:17:53as soon as it hits the surface. Just down the road from where these
3:17:53 > 3:17:59photos were taken we had a ten car multi-vehicle pile-up on the A38 and
3:17:59 > 3:18:04problems in the M20. Likely to have been caused by freezing rain. We
3:18:04 > 3:18:11have freezing rain right now across eastern Scotland. It will turn
3:18:11 > 3:18:14roadster black eyes and pigment slippery as well. Tricky to be
3:18:14 > 3:18:19heading out this morning. We have snow showers working at Northern
3:18:19 > 3:18:24areas. Wales should have a dry afternoon. The showers working into
3:18:24 > 3:18:26Southern England, getting into Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
3:18:26 > 3:18:32before long but probably falling as rain.
3:18:32 > 3:18:35rain. Overnight, some showers pushing north. Snow over the tops of
3:18:35 > 3:18:38the peaks and Pennines. Further snow showers for parts of eastern
3:18:38 > 3:18:43Scotland. White bread is crossed developing. -- widespread frost
3:18:43 > 3:18:50developing. A slippery start to the day. On Sunday temperatures will
3:18:50 > 3:18:54creep up further across the UK as a whole but will turn relatively mild
3:18:54 > 3:18:58compared with recent days in the south. I bricks of rain push-up
3:18:58 > 3:19:02across Wales and England. The winds will pick up as well. The
3:19:02 > 3:19:07temperatures will boost to around 8-9 across southern parts through
3:19:07 > 3:19:10Sunday, further north that are still quite chilly and there will be
3:19:10 > 3:19:14wintry showers around. More snow to come on the hills of eastern
3:19:14 > 3:19:19Scotland and north-east England. So we're not completely done with this
3:19:19 > 3:19:23wintry spell of weather. It stays cold next week across the north of
3:19:23 > 3:19:27the UK weather is the ongoing threat of further snow. But it will mainly
3:19:27 > 3:19:31be confined to the hills. Elsewhere it turns less cold with rain showers
3:19:31 > 3:19:39at times. So yes, we are over the worst, but because of the snow on
3:19:39 > 3:19:41the ground and more wintry weather around today, articulate with the
3:19:41 > 3:19:46risk of ice, we could still have further problems over the coming
3:19:46 > 3:19:51hours.
3:19:56 > 3:20:00You'll know that we've been looking at special educational needs and how
3:20:00 > 3:20:06it affects individuals and their families. Today we focus on families
3:20:06 > 3:20:10unable to travelling on average three times further than children in
3:20:10 > 3:20:13other institutions, in some places making 30 mile round trips. The
3:20:13 > 3:20:19government says it is committed, but education institute said it has
3:20:19 > 3:20:25neglected special skills.
3:20:25 > 3:20:316:30am, and Nikki is getting ready for the school run.He was diagnosed
3:20:31 > 3:20:33with autism spectrum disorder at age seven and is now suffering from
3:20:33 > 3:20:38suspected of dramatic stress related to what happened in his mainstream
3:20:38 > 3:20:44school.Oscar, who is 11, has a daily school journey of 47 miles
3:20:44 > 3:20:50each way.On a good run it as one hour and 20 minutes, on a bad run we
3:20:50 > 3:20:58have taken three hours. It is our nearest most appropriate school for
3:20:58 > 3:21:04our child. Families in a situation don't get a choice.It is 7:30am and
3:21:04 > 3:21:12George is about to get in his taxi to go the 11 miles to school.We
3:21:12 > 3:21:14asked other families in similar situations to share their school run
3:21:14 > 3:21:22with us.The journey can sometimes take from one hour to two hours.The
3:21:22 > 3:21:25school journeys of children with special educational needs and
3:21:25 > 3:21:29disabilities have been analysed for a new report by the education policy
3:21:29 > 3:21:34Institute. Children in special schools travel on average almost
3:21:34 > 3:21:38three times further than pupils in mainstream education. In rural areas
3:21:38 > 3:21:44one in ten special needs pupil faces a daily round-trip of more than 40
3:21:44 > 3:21:49miles.For some pupils we may find that
3:21:49 > 3:21:50miles.For some pupils we may find that the distances they have to
3:21:50 > 3:21:55travel are insurmountable. There are thousands of pupils nationally
3:21:55 > 3:21:58attending special schools. We have debates around Free Schools, faith
3:21:58 > 3:22:02schools, grammar schools, and we have ignored the 1000 special
3:22:02 > 3:22:06schools that are in this country and ensuring that pupils opted to access
3:22:06 > 3:22:11them are able to.Bilawal, councils in England must pay for transport
3:22:11 > 3:22:14for children who cannot walk to school because of their special
3:22:14 > 3:22:20educational need or disability that might mean in mileage allowance,
3:22:20 > 3:22:22taxi or minibus. Elsewhere in the UK local authorities have more
3:22:22 > 3:22:30discretion.Did they tell you why it was refused?But the disability
3:22:30 > 3:22:33charity Contact has said it has seen a huge increase in family seeking
3:22:33 > 3:22:38help.A lot of calls to the contact helpline are about local authorities
3:22:38 > 3:22:45not following the law properly. Refusing free school transport for
3:22:45 > 3:22:48disabled children. They have not been considering the trial's
3:22:48 > 3:22:53disability or special need.The Department for Education told us
3:22:53 > 3:22:57that through government funding local authorities are spending £600
3:22:57 > 3:23:00million on transport for children with special educational needs. Over
3:23:00 > 3:23:05the next three years an extra 215 million will be available for school
3:23:05 > 3:23:08places and facilities. Statutory guidance for local authorities is
3:23:08 > 3:23:14also under review. Many parents say their journeys are so long there's
3:23:14 > 3:23:19no point in coming home before pick-up time.Now what I will do is
3:23:19 > 3:23:26hang around Cambridge until pick-up time at quarter past three.The
3:23:26 > 3:23:28local government Association says councils work hard to provide
3:23:28 > 3:23:32suitable school transport for children with special needs, but it
3:23:32 > 3:23:36says current government funding does not reflect the demand being placed
3:23:36 > 3:23:42on councils.
3:23:42 > 3:23:48You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.
3:23:48 > 3:23:51We'll just having a conversation about your coffee stash their full
3:23:51 > 3:23:52stop anyway.
3:23:52 > 3:23:57Time now for a look at the newspapers.
3:23:57 > 3:23:58Professor of entrepreneurship, Vikas Shah,
3:23:58 > 3:24:06is here to tell us what's caught his eye.
3:24:09 > 3:24:14The first story is about lock chain and Bitcoin. The Bank of England are
3:24:14 > 3:24:18stepping in and saying, we will try to get to grips with this and figure
3:24:18 > 3:24:25out how to regulate it, and it is interesting because ultimately
3:24:25 > 3:24:30blockchan, which is the technology that these things are based on, it
3:24:30 > 3:24:32is really revolutionary, and it could really change finance and
3:24:32 > 3:24:37banking underwriting for the better. But currencies like Bitcoin and
3:24:37 > 3:24:41these things are still so new, and the growth has been so unprecedented
3:24:41 > 3:24:47that government and financial crime agency is just now what to do.And
3:24:47 > 3:24:53people don't know what blockchain is. It is basically a ledger.Yes,
3:24:53 > 3:24:57think of it is a big digital accounting book. But imagine every
3:24:57 > 3:25:00accountant had the same book that updated instantly, and you cannot
3:25:00 > 3:25:04fool that, because of one of those books is wrong, they destroyed
3:25:04 > 3:25:08because it cannot be right.You have a decent understanding of these
3:25:08 > 3:25:14things. Would you buy Bitcoin?I have a few full stop I have some
3:25:14 > 3:25:20investment in crypto currency.For me it is just curious and fun. It's
3:25:20 > 3:25:25an expensive way to be curious. The price of a Bitcoin now is a lot.It
3:25:25 > 3:25:28is now, don't forget when these things first came out they were
3:25:28 > 3:25:32fractions of a fraction of a penny, and the price goes up and down quite
3:25:32 > 3:25:38significantly, even during a typical day. You may be up $10,000 and down
3:25:38 > 3:25:43$20,000 in the space of a few hours. They are something that needs
3:25:43 > 3:25:46regulation to protect investors and protect people who want to use.When
3:25:46 > 3:25:53Marconi says that the coin attracts. Mac I think that is a dangerous
3:25:53 > 3:25:57phrase to use.People said the same thing about people who invested in
3:25:57 > 3:25:59Facebook and things like that. We don't know what the real situation
3:25:59 > 3:26:08is.From Bitcoin to selfies.Yes. This is both interesting and
3:26:08 > 3:26:12frightening, the story, a testament are times, there are trends now in
3:26:12 > 3:26:15different parts of the world, the story focuses on China, people are
3:26:15 > 3:26:19spending tens of thousands of dollars of their own money on
3:26:19 > 3:26:23plastic surgery specifically to look good on selfies. And we have
3:26:23 > 3:26:30multi-billion dollars of business is making selfie editing apps. Most
3:26:30 > 3:26:35people, the average time it took to edit a selfie before posting it? 40
3:26:35 > 3:26:40minutes. And now people are making millions of dollars of income in
3:26:40 > 3:26:44their own right just posting selfies product is. It is depressing and
3:26:44 > 3:26:48challenging, and I think you really awful reflection on the negative
3:26:48 > 3:26:52side of social media.Who has that much time? 40 minutes to edit one
3:26:52 > 3:27:01picture? But we all want to was Mike Reed beanpole faced about it? When
3:27:01 > 3:27:06was the last time you took a selfie? I don't often, to be honest, but if
3:27:06 > 3:27:14you do that, you want to look nice. None of us are immune.I think it is
3:27:14 > 3:27:17natural that everyone of us wants to look good and feel good, and social
3:27:17 > 3:27:21media gives you that instant engagement with an audience, you
3:27:21 > 3:27:24post a selfie and a lot of people like it, and it is like a drug, the
3:27:24 > 3:27:27psychologists show that it is actually the same response people
3:27:27 > 3:27:33get from a drug is the response from social media, and that is why it can
3:27:33 > 3:27:38become addictive and become a bit toxic when it stops being just a
3:27:38 > 3:27:45nice empowering thing, to becoming an obsession.One more story? And
3:27:45 > 3:27:53expensive Mylan and Einstein.I've is then used the violin as a means
3:27:53 > 3:27:56to get his mathematical theories. The reason I picked this, summary
3:27:56 > 3:28:00people meet at the top of their game, they are Renaissance thinkers,
3:28:00 > 3:28:03they have so many interests outside their field, and the always
3:28:03 > 3:28:05attribute those interests to being where they get their great ideas
3:28:05 > 3:28:12from. It is the science of serendipity, as they say.Wouldn't
3:28:12 > 3:28:19have time to do that of selfies were around back then.
3:28:19 > 3:28:20This is Breakfast.
3:28:20 > 3:28:22We're on BBC One until ten o'clock this morning,
3:28:22 > 3:28:24when Matt Tebbutt takes over in the Saturday kitchen.
3:28:24 > 3:28:27Matt - what's on the menu today?
3:28:27 > 3:28:32Our special guest today is a very funny comedian, the voice of Love
3:28:32 > 3:28:42Island. Ian, welcome along.Thanks for having me, very excited.
3:28:42 > 3:28:45for having me, very excited.You are great comedian, we are very cited.
3:28:45 > 3:28:51That's what it says on the autocue. Food heaven and hell, what your
3:28:51 > 3:28:56heavenly ingredient?Pastor, I could eat for breakfast. I love carbs. To
3:28:56 > 3:29:01make it a bit posh, frozen seafood in there. Scallops, prawns.
3:29:01 > 3:29:14Magazines. -- langoustine is.And your hellish ingredient?I don't
3:29:14 > 3:29:21hate the taste of anything, it is texture from me. Pork. Wobbly port,
3:29:21 > 3:29:27Slipper report, chewy pork. And mushrooms. Which is just mauled,
3:29:27 > 3:29:35isn't it? It is literally mauled. And we have two great chefs with us
3:29:35 > 3:29:42today. What's on the menu?One dish is Larder with Angeli sours and the
3:29:42 > 3:29:51other is squid with tomato and chorizo salad.And Greg?Today we're
3:29:51 > 3:29:57going to do Cornish turbot with source kernel the, turnips cooking
3:29:57 > 3:30:05broccoli and wild garlic.Ollie is in charge of the drinks, and you
3:30:05 > 3:30:09guys at home are in charge of what dish Ian will get, go to the website
3:30:09 > 3:30:15for details. We will see you at ten o'clock.
3:30:15 > 3:30:18Stay with us, headlines coming up.
3:30:49 > 3:30:53Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Tina Daheley.
3:30:53 > 3:30:58At 9.30, a summary of this morning's main news.
3:30:58 > 3:31:00Weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place
3:31:00 > 3:31:03across much of the UK - that's despite temperatures
3:31:03 > 3:31:06being expected to gradually rise in many areas.
3:31:06 > 3:31:092,000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers
3:31:09 > 3:31:17face further disruption.
3:31:20 > 3:31:27In the last few minutes, the rail line at Dawlish
3:31:27 > 3:31:35has been cleared for use.
3:31:35 > 3:31:41It had been closed due to flooding caused by high tides.
3:31:41 > 3:31:43The Prime Minister's speech on Britain leaving
3:31:43 > 3:31:46the European Union has been given a cautious welcome by both the Leave
3:31:46 > 3:31:48and Remain wings of her party.
3:31:48 > 3:31:50Theresa May set out her vision of the UK's future
3:31:50 > 3:31:52trading relationship with the EU and called for concessions
3:31:52 > 3:31:53on all sides.
3:31:53 > 3:31:56She said she was confident remaining differences over a draft legal
3:31:56 > 3:31:58agreement could be resolved, allowing trade talks
3:31:58 > 3:31:59to get under way.
3:31:59 > 3:32:01Two men have been arrested by police investigating
3:32:01 > 3:32:02an explosion in Leicester that killed five people.
3:32:02 > 3:32:05The men, both in their 30s and from East Anglia,
3:32:05 > 3:32:08are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion.
3:32:08 > 3:32:10Three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion
3:32:10 > 3:32:12of manslaughter on Wednesday and continue to be
3:32:12 > 3:32:13questioned by detectives.
3:32:13 > 3:32:16The body which sets the rules for world football is expected
3:32:16 > 3:32:18to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport
3:32:18 > 3:32:20when it meets in Zurich today.
3:32:20 > 3:32:23The system, VAR, has been used on a trial basis in several
3:32:23 > 3:32:24countries including some cup matches in England.
3:32:24 > 3:32:27But there are concerns that it disrupts the flow of a game
3:32:27 > 3:32:30and confuses officials.
3:32:30 > 3:32:35And those are the main stories this morning. Let's pick up on some of
3:32:35 > 3:32:37these snow issues now.
3:32:37 > 3:32:39Four days of snow may have brought the UK grinding
3:32:39 > 3:32:42to a halt but on many farms, it is business as usual.
3:32:42 > 3:32:48One family near Gisburn in Lancashire have
3:32:48 > 3:32:51found an interesting way to help their newborn lambs survive
3:32:51 > 3:32:53the Beast from the East - by putting them in their aga.
3:32:53 > 3:32:55We advise you don't try this at home.
3:32:55 > 3:32:58According to the farmer, he pops them in for a quick ten
3:32:58 > 3:33:02minutes to warm them up.
3:33:02 > 3:33:07It makes perfect sense and it works. Practical.
3:33:07 > 3:33:11Cute pictures of the day. I could look at that although. A little lamb
3:33:11 > 3:33:17in the oven there. But it will be released.
3:33:17 > 3:33:20That was a very big sigh you gave just then.
3:33:20 > 3:33:26It was very cute, wasn't it? Also, I am exhausted after watching the
3:33:26 > 3:33:30cricket. It all came down to the last ball and England won, so they
3:33:30 > 3:33:40are too one up in the match with -- they are 2-1-mac up in the series
3:33:40 > 3:33:44with two to play.
3:33:44 > 3:33:47The Kiwis made a steady start, as they chase that target of 235
3:33:47 > 3:33:49to win in this third match.
3:33:49 > 3:33:51But Ben Stokes took a brilliant catch off Adil Rashid
3:33:51 > 3:33:53to start a run of wickets.
3:33:53 > 3:33:55Moeen Ali took two wickets in three balls -
3:33:55 > 3:33:57New Zealand lost four for just six runs.
3:33:57 > 3:33:59But Captain Kane Williamson kept things steady.
3:33:59 > 3:34:02Then a key moment, Williamson gave a catching chance to Chris Woakes,
3:34:02 > 3:34:05who could only get a finger on it but the ball, went on to the stumps
3:34:05 > 3:34:07and ran out the other bastman Mitchell Santner.
3:34:07 > 3:34:10Williamson finished 112 not out, but couldn't cap his century
3:34:10 > 3:34:12with the winning runs.
3:34:12 > 3:34:15He wasn't able to get a six off the last ball,
3:34:15 > 3:34:20giving England victory by four runs and a 2-1
3:34:20 > 3:34:25lead in the series.
3:34:25 > 3:34:27Now after years of disappointment, Katarina Johnson-Thompson
3:34:27 > 3:34:30has finally won her first world title in pentathlon at the world
3:34:30 > 3:34:32indoor championships in Birmingham.
3:34:32 > 3:34:36She's now 25 and last year, relocated to the south of France
3:34:36 > 3:34:40and it's done the trick - victory in the 800 metres to end
3:34:40 > 3:34:44what she said had been a wobbly, but in the end, a dominant day.
3:34:44 > 3:34:47She set a new personal best in the shot putt and came out
3:34:47 > 3:34:50on top in the long jump.
3:34:50 > 3:34:52It comes after she suffered disappointment at the world outdoor
3:34:52 > 3:34:58championships in London last summer.
3:34:58 > 3:35:04I can't believe it. I've dreamt of this for so long and to come here
3:35:04 > 3:35:08and do it at home, it's something I dreamt of doing last summer, and I'm
3:35:08 > 3:35:11so happy I got to rectify it. All of my family are here today about
3:35:11 > 3:35:15something that doesn't normally happen. I had a hard year last year
3:35:15 > 3:35:19to the end of the year and I wanted my family to see me achieve
3:35:19 > 3:35:24something. So I'm so happy they were here to witness it morning and
3:35:24 > 3:35:27afternoon. It's just great. I still can't believe it, really.
3:35:27 > 3:35:29Well that's Britain's second medal of these championships,
3:35:29 > 3:35:31and there could be more to come today.
3:35:31 > 3:35:33Laura Muir is looking to follow up the bronze she won
3:35:33 > 3:35:36in the 3000 metres with another medal in the 1500 today.
3:35:36 > 3:35:39She qualified for the final in second place in her heat,
3:35:39 > 3:35:41behind Friday's gold medallist, Genzebe Dibaba.
3:35:41 > 3:35:46Great Britain added another medal on day three
3:35:46 > 3:35:48of the World Track Championship in the Netherlands.
3:35:48 > 3:35:50Mark Stewart won bronze in the men's points race,
3:35:50 > 3:35:52which is over 160 laps.
3:35:52 > 3:35:55Australia's Cameron Meyer retained his title with home rider
3:35:55 > 3:35:58Jan Willem van Schip taking silver.
3:35:58 > 3:36:00Britain now have four medals - one gold, two silvers
3:36:00 > 3:36:03and Stewart's bronze.
3:36:03 > 3:36:05It was a difficult evening for Britain's Elinor Barker
3:36:05 > 3:36:08as she was caught up in this crash, during the elimination race,
3:36:08 > 3:36:10in the women's omnium.
3:36:10 > 3:36:16She went into this final event, which was, the points race,
3:36:16 > 3:36:18in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold
3:36:18 > 3:36:20on to it, finishing sixth overall.
3:36:20 > 3:36:26Kirsten Vild took gold for the Netherlands.
3:36:26 > 3:36:28Super League fixtures have been hit by the weather,
3:36:28 > 3:36:31but last night's games went ahead.
3:36:31 > 3:36:34Hull FC got their season back on track by beating Warrington 21-12.
3:36:34 > 3:36:37It was a bad tempered affair in which both
3:36:37 > 3:36:43sides had a man sent off, after two red cards.
3:36:43 > 3:36:51Elsewhere, Wigan moved up to second, with a 32-16 win over Widnes.
3:36:51 > 3:36:54In the football, Wolves against Reding is the latest match to be
3:36:54 > 3:36:57called off today. Many matches are postponed, so do check the website
3:36:57 > 3:37:02before setting out.I'll bet leads wish their game at Middlesbrough had
3:37:02 > 3:37:04been called off.
3:37:04 > 3:37:06Middlesbrough are into the Championship play-off places,
3:37:06 > 3:37:07after beating Leeds 3-0.
3:37:07 > 3:37:08It was a hat-trick from striker Patrick Bamford
3:37:08 > 3:37:16that pushed Boro into the top six.
3:37:16 > 3:37:17Despite the weather, all the Scottish Cup quarter-finals
3:37:17 > 3:37:20and all seven Premier League fixtures are expected to go ahead.
3:37:20 > 3:37:24The match of the day sees Liverpool welcome
3:37:24 > 3:37:26Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez back to Anfield.
3:37:26 > 3:37:34The Spaniard is unbeaten against his former club.
3:37:35 > 3:37:38Now if you're looking for a new sport to warm you up
3:37:38 > 3:37:41during the cold weather, then all you'll need is a ball,
3:37:41 > 3:37:42a wall and your bare hands.
3:37:42 > 3:37:45It's the sport that is based on a playground game,
3:37:45 > 3:37:48but it's now been formalised and ahead of the UK championships,
3:37:48 > 3:37:56I went to try wallball in west London.
3:38:06 > 3:38:09It's the sport that started in the playground when we were kids
3:38:09 > 3:38:13and now they are trying to take it back there again now that
3:38:13 > 3:38:14it's officially known as wallball, because the beauty
3:38:14 > 3:38:15is its simplicity.
3:38:15 > 3:38:17All you need is a ball and a wall.
3:38:17 > 3:38:21Similar to squash but even easier because all it's got to do is hit
3:38:21 > 3:38:24the wall and land in the court and the rally continues
3:38:24 > 3:38:30until somebody misses the ball.
3:38:30 > 3:38:36It has been going on for hundreds of years all over the world.
3:38:36 > 3:38:38In New York, there are 2500 courts free to use everyday.
3:38:38 > 3:38:40That's what we want to do here.
3:38:40 > 3:38:48It has derived from the game fives which was derived from public
3:38:48 > 3:38:50schools centuries ago but in fives you need four walls.
3:38:50 > 3:38:54This means it was more difficult to play but this can be played
3:38:54 > 3:38:58anywhere by people of any age and ability.
3:38:58 > 3:39:00You go like this and go wham.
3:39:00 > 3:39:01It feels really good.
3:39:01 > 3:39:06It has got me running around.
3:39:06 > 3:39:08Hopefully I will lose my paunch.
3:39:08 > 3:39:10The ball is bouncy if you hit it too hard.
3:39:10 > 3:39:12You don't want to hit it with too much power
3:39:12 > 3:39:14but a little bit of power.
3:39:14 > 3:39:16It's like playing tennis or squash but without
3:39:16 > 3:39:24a racket, just your hand.
3:39:25 > 3:39:29So anyone with arthritis, I think it would do them the world of good.
3:39:29 > 3:39:31The majority of people, this is really simple for them.
3:39:31 > 3:39:39Right, left coordination.
3:39:40 > 3:39:42If you are thinking about stroke rehabilitation, the right-left
3:39:42 > 3:39:43side is so important.
3:39:43 > 3:39:46For kids development and adults getting active, they are simple,
3:39:46 > 3:39:53safe movements which are very easy to do.
3:39:53 > 3:39:56Which is why UK wallball now hope to spread this to other cities
3:39:56 > 3:39:59around the UK and the British team will compete in the World Cup
3:39:59 > 3:40:01in the US later this year.
3:40:01 > 3:40:03The men's team are now in the top five.
3:40:03 > 3:40:06At a top-level, like when you play with the great British squad,
3:40:06 > 3:40:08you can wear gloves, so I have opted for that.
3:40:08 > 3:40:11At international level, you get a insight into the speed
3:40:11 > 3:40:14and power and also tactics that you don't see at other levels.
3:40:14 > 3:40:21I didn't even see it.
3:40:21 > 3:40:23That was a tactic called blocking where he was standing
3:40:23 > 3:40:26in front so I didn't see it until it was too late.
3:40:26 > 3:40:31Unlike squash and other sports, you can be an obstacle on court.
3:40:31 > 3:40:34He is allowed to be there.
3:40:40 > 3:40:43The ball can go in between his legs and you have to play it.
3:40:43 > 3:40:46Whether you are being blocked or not, you can was be
3:40:46 > 3:40:48deceived by the bounce.
3:40:48 > 3:40:52-- you can always be deceived by the bounce.
3:40:52 > 3:40:55The clothing company Gap has been praised on social media
3:40:55 > 3:40:58for posting a candid photograph of a model breastfeeding her son
3:40:58 > 3:40:59on its Instagram account.
3:40:59 > 3:41:04Followers have thanked the chain for 'normalising' the practice.
3:41:04 > 3:41:12If I am looking a little bit distracted, it is
3:41:12 > 3:41:15distracted, it is because Nova is here and she apparently throwing
3:41:15 > 3:41:18crayons on the floor. Her mum is here as well. We will introduce
3:41:18 > 3:41:20everyone in a moment.
3:41:20 > 3:41:23Breastfeeding rates in the UK are among the lowest in the world,
3:41:23 > 3:41:25so could those kind of images encourage more
3:41:25 > 3:41:26women to give it a go?
3:41:26 > 3:41:28Michelle Beacock is a senior lecturer in Midwifery
3:41:28 > 3:41:30at John Moore University and Aimee Wood is breastfeeding her
3:41:30 > 3:41:3215-month-old daughter, Nova.
3:41:32 > 3:41:33They join us now.
3:41:33 > 3:41:36Nova is busy at the moment. Amy, you went public, if you like, with
3:41:36 > 3:41:40breast-feeding. You posted images of yourself breast-feeding. Why did you
3:41:40 > 3:41:44do that and what kind of an impact did it have?At first, I was posting
3:41:44 > 3:41:50them because I was breast-feeding pretty much constantly because she
3:41:50 > 3:41:55had reflux, so that was her way of reflux. I still wanted to post
3:41:55 > 3:41:57pictures of my daughter. I was posting pictures of breast-feeding
3:41:57 > 3:42:04because I didn't see a problem with that. After receiving hate online, I
3:42:04 > 3:42:08started posting for awareness that people do this.These are the sort
3:42:08 > 3:42:11of pictures you posted online. When you say you started receiving hate,
3:42:11 > 3:42:16what kind of things would people sent to you?The main thing that I
3:42:16 > 3:42:20got was a man who started saying that my daughter would be bullied
3:42:20 > 3:42:24when she was older for these images and started saying some disgusting
3:42:24 > 3:42:29things that I really wouldn't want to say now.No, don't, but we should
3:42:29 > 3:42:35also say that with the example
3:42:35 > 3:42:37also say that with the example of the Gap story we were talking about,
3:42:37 > 3:42:41that got a lot of positive response with people using the hash tag
3:42:41 > 3:42:46normalise breast-feeding, that is what we are looking at now, but why
3:42:46 > 3:42:50do you think it gets such a big reaction on both sides, both
3:42:50 > 3:42:53positive and negative?I think breast-feeding is a very emotive
3:42:53 > 3:42:56subject for people in British society. It's very fraught in
3:42:56 > 3:43:00British society because it is not very common which is a shame because
3:43:00 > 3:43:05breast-feeding is a lovely way to feed your baby. I think a lot of
3:43:05 > 3:43:08women face challenges with breast-feeding and that's why it is
3:43:08 > 3:43:13so emotive. I think when it is emotive, strong reactions happen to
3:43:13 > 3:43:16pictures like that, which are just lovely pictures. A lovely picture of
3:43:16 > 3:43:22a mum and a baby. We are just not used to seeing it.So you think it
3:43:22 > 3:43:25is a good thing, pictures like that being used in the media to normalise
3:43:25 > 3:43:31breast-feeding?Yes, absolutely because we are so to seeing it. The
3:43:31 > 3:43:36stats in this country for breast-feeding at six months
3:43:36 > 3:43:43compared to Norway, Norway is 71% and the UK is 41%.But what would
3:43:43 > 3:43:48you say to women who feel they are being pressured into it and that
3:43:48 > 3:43:54they are failing somehow if they try and fail at some point. -- if they
3:43:54 > 3:44:01try and Ben are having to stop at some point.We know that most women
3:44:01 > 3:44:05who stop breast-feeding don't want to stop breast-feeding but there are
3:44:05 > 3:44:09different social, cultural and political barriers in their way. The
3:44:09 > 3:44:13Royal College of midwives talks about 3000 shortage of midwives. If
3:44:13 > 3:44:17we had those midwives are they helping people, perhaps women
3:44:17 > 3:44:22wouldn't stop breast-feeding.But some people physically can't?Some
3:44:22 > 3:44:26people physically can't but if you compare the rates of British society
3:44:26 > 3:44:30to Norway, British women are not so different to Norwegian women, we are
3:44:30 > 3:44:34not built differently, but the rates are very different which shows it as
3:44:34 > 3:44:40a political and cultural issue.Do you think, Amy, you get a sense that
3:44:40 > 3:44:46things are changing?I think maybe slowly. When I looked at the Gap
3:44:46 > 3:44:50campaign, I expected to see at least a few comments that were sort of on
3:44:50 > 3:44:54the other side, a bit negative, but I didn't see anything that was
3:44:54 > 3:45:00against the pictures of her feeding. I have seen a lot of comments
3:45:00 > 3:45:03supporting that kind of thing, whereas I have seen in the past that
3:45:03 > 3:45:06it is wrong to post those pictures. A lot of people have said to me that
3:45:06 > 3:45:10they have not breast-fed because they were scared to do it in public
3:45:10 > 3:45:15or scared of people seeing them do it. I think slowly, maybe, people
3:45:15 > 3:45:19are starting to get there with being able to accept it, but like you say
3:45:19 > 3:45:24with these pictures being online, I think it does help. If we are seeing
3:45:24 > 3:45:28it more and more every day, especially with big campaigns like
3:45:28 > 3:45:32Gap, I think people will start to see it as more normal and if it was
3:45:32 > 3:45:35an everyday thing that you saw every day, it would be seen as normal,
3:45:35 > 3:45:40whereas it is not something you see everyday.So it is not necessarily
3:45:40 > 3:45:45how long you breast-feed four, H comes into it as well?Yes, because
3:45:45 > 3:45:51the woman on the Gap campaign is feeding a 20-month-old, a toddler,
3:45:51 > 3:45:54and the World Health Organisation recommends breast-feeding up to two
3:45:54 > 3:45:58years although further, but in our country we have the lowest rates of
3:45:58 > 3:46:02breast-feeding. Nova is 15 months and we have carried on. I never
3:46:02 > 3:46:08expected to get this far with Nova. I don't know any other months
3:46:08 > 3:46:15personally that have breast-fed even up until a year.The problem is that
3:46:15 > 3:46:24the stats are kept to capture those breast-feeding and those who are
3:46:24 > 3:46:32breast-feeding long term are not always as strong as Amy to want to
3:46:32 > 3:46:38tell people.I know what people will want to see. They will want to see
3:46:38 > 3:46:42the picture. Know that and I have been very busy. It was a combined
3:46:42 > 3:46:51effort. We did it together, Nova. Yes? It was all my work entirely.
3:46:51 > 3:46:56Lovely to see you. Thank you. The time now is 946A. You
3:46:56 > 3:47:00are watching breakfast BBC News.
3:47:00 > 3:47:01The main stories this morning.
3:47:01 > 3:47:04Snow, ice and strong winds continue to cause major travel disruption,
3:47:04 > 3:47:07with flood warnings issued in parts of the south west and north east.
3:47:07 > 3:47:10A day after The Prime Minister set out her hopes for Brexit
3:47:10 > 3:47:13in a major speech - EU officials say it lacked details.
3:47:20 > 3:47:25Lots to talk about with the weather. Chris, what can you tell us. What is
3:47:25 > 3:47:26in store
3:47:26 > 3:47:27Chris, what can you tell us. What is in store for the rest of the day and
3:47:27 > 3:47:30beyond? Well, further problems to come today
3:47:30 > 3:47:34for some of us but gradually the weather is getting a little bit less
3:47:34 > 3:47:40bad. That said, we have seen more snow overnight. There are now 55
3:47:40 > 3:47:43centimetres of snow on the ground at Saint Athan near Cardiff in South
3:47:43 > 3:47:47Wales. That is why many people still haven't really been able to venture
3:47:47 > 3:47:53out very far, because of this extreme weather and extreme snow.
3:47:53 > 3:47:57Things will get slightly less bad, if you like, as we go on through the
3:47:57 > 3:48:00weekend. Although there was a little bit of snow around today,
3:48:00 > 3:48:04particularly in the north-east, it won't be anywhere near as bad as it
3:48:04 > 3:48:09has been and as most of the country still struggles with the easterly
3:48:09 > 3:48:12winds, further south, we will see the slightly warmer air is dredged
3:48:12 > 3:48:17up from the Bay of Biscay. A lot of cloud around today and it is its
3:48:17 > 3:48:20thickest across parts of Wales, northern England and Northern
3:48:20 > 3:48:25Ireland where we have a weather front. This line of snow you can see
3:48:25 > 3:48:28working its way northwards. Plenty of snow showers also affecting used
3:48:28 > 3:48:33in Scotland. But it's not just snow. Across eastern Scotland, eastern
3:48:33 > 3:48:37England, we are also seeing frozen rain this morning, which is liquid
3:48:37 > 3:48:43rain that has a temperature below freezing which means when it hits
3:48:43 > 3:48:46any surface that literally turns to ice. That is what happened yesterday
3:48:46 > 3:48:49in Devon and near to where those pictures were sent to us from, there
3:48:49 > 3:48:54was a ten car pile-up on the 838. It's that dangerous with those kinds
3:48:54 > 3:49:01of conditions. Watch out for black eyes. It could be quite widespread
3:49:01 > 3:49:04across east Scotland, north-east England, dangerous conditions on the
3:49:04 > 3:49:09roads and pavements as well. Elsewhere, we have showers affecting
3:49:09 > 3:49:13South west England. They will come in more quickly than expected across
3:49:13 > 3:49:20Hampshire and may be spreading to Sussex as well. Turning left cold
3:49:20 > 3:49:25slowly in the south. Overnight tonight, though showers will
3:49:25 > 3:49:28continue to drift northwards so we are looking at the risk of further
3:49:28 > 3:49:32snowfall across the peaks and the Pennines, with further snow showers
3:49:32 > 3:49:35across eastern Scotland. A widespread frost and again that
3:49:35 > 3:49:39means we are looking at icy conditions to take us on into
3:49:39 > 3:49:43Sunday. Ice again causing problems first thing tomorrow and tomorrow,
3:49:43 > 3:49:49with low pressure, we look at further showers moving in across
3:49:49 > 3:49:54England. Most of them are blue, as you can see, so looking at rain
3:49:54 > 3:49:59showers rather than anything wintry in the South. For northern and
3:49:59 > 3:50:03eastern Scotland, there will be more snide particularly in the hills,
3:50:03 > 3:50:09lower down, rain or sleet as the weather begins to turn a little bit
3:50:09 > 3:50:13less cold. That trend is said to continue into next week. Still quite
3:50:13 > 3:50:17cold across Scotland in particular and it is here where there is the
3:50:17 > 3:50:21risk of further snow in the week ahead, particularly across the
3:50:21 > 3:50:23hills. Elsewhere in the United Kingdom, temperatures will be
3:50:23 > 3:50:30creeping up day by day, but we are looking at bands of rain. Combined
3:50:30 > 3:50:34with snowmelt, that could cause problems in its own right. The
3:50:34 > 3:50:37weather is going to slowly improving the coming days, but particularly
3:50:37 > 3:50:41across eastern Scotland and North east England, with a combination of
3:50:41 > 3:50:45freezing snow and rain bringing the risk of widespread ice over the next
3:50:45 > 3:50:52few days. -- next few hours.
3:50:52 > 3:50:55risk of widespread ice over the next few days. -- next few hours.
3:50:55 > 3:50:59Chris, we have talked a lot about the weather the last few days. The
3:50:59 > 3:51:03snow on those minus side roads is not going to go away in a hurry now,
3:51:03 > 3:51:08is it? It will take a few days? No, and one thing we have seen is
3:51:08 > 3:51:14because it was snow that was relatively dry when it came in, it
3:51:14 > 3:51:20came down in Needles really, so it is blowing down a bit more. Even if
3:51:20 > 3:51:24we are not seeing snowfall today where you live, if there is a lot on
3:51:24 > 3:51:28the ground and it is still quite windy, that snow still has the
3:51:28 > 3:51:31potential to drift which could in itself cause further problems even
3:51:31 > 3:51:35as the weather is improving. So, yes, we are likely to see that the
3:51:35 > 3:51:40problems but the main focus needs to be on the risk of ice across eastern
3:51:40 > 3:51:42Scotland and north-east England over the coming hours.
3:51:42 > 3:51:46Chris, thanks very much. It is not over yet.
3:51:46 > 3:51:49For most of us, singing in front of a 100 people
3:51:49 > 3:51:51would be nerve wracking, especially if one of them happened
3:51:51 > 3:51:54to be a former Spice Girl who was judging your performance.
3:51:54 > 3:51:56All Together Now, sees 'wannabe' singers trying to get
3:51:56 > 3:51:59as many of the judges on their feet and singing along.
3:51:59 > 3:52:02In a moment, we'll speak to three of the contestants who have made it
3:52:02 > 3:52:04through to tonight's final, but first, let's take a look
3:52:04 > 3:52:08at their performances.
3:52:08 > 3:52:13Hi, I'm James from Derby. I'm Michael from Hartlepool. I'm really
3:52:13 > 3:52:22nervous.My name is Rachel from Portsmouth.Oh, hello Alexa Scimeca
3:52:22 > 3:52:27Knierim -- oh, hello!
3:52:37 > 3:52:48# O, left a good job in the city # I never lost a minutes sleep...
3:52:48 > 3:52:57# Because we are ordinary people... #
3:52:57 > 3:53:04He's got 100!
3:53:09 > 3:53:11Well, that was impressive.
3:53:11 > 3:53:19Michael Rice, Rachael Hawnt and James Thompson join us now.
3:53:19 > 3:53:24How nerve-racking is that? It's not having to impress a few judges.It's
3:53:24 > 3:53:30100 people. That's right, some of these other shows, there are a few
3:53:30 > 3:53:33people to impress, three or four, but there are 100 people sitting
3:53:33 > 3:53:38there.When you walk out, they are quite literally towering over you.
3:53:38 > 3:53:44You're like, OK.Presumably you will have different levels of experience
3:53:44 > 3:53:50of what you have done before. Michael, tell people about yourself.
3:53:50 > 3:53:54I'm Michael, I used to work at McDonald's before the show. I just
3:53:54 > 3:53:58busked on the weekends before the show, and then I applied for the
3:53:58 > 3:54:04show.I feel like you are doing an addition right now.
3:54:04 > 3:54:07What is your name and where are you from?
3:54:07 > 3:54:13You had obviously some quite a bit. I was on the X factor when I was 16.
3:54:13 > 3:54:18That is where it all started, it gave me a confidence boost.What
3:54:18 > 3:54:22does it mean, James, to have gotten this far? Did you expect to get this
3:54:22 > 3:54:28far?I did not expect it at all. I mean, to get through to the final
3:54:28 > 3:54:34was one thing, but getting 100, that was what got me. I really wasn't
3:54:34 > 3:54:39expecting that. You see so many people get up, go up, pour their
3:54:39 > 3:54:43hearts out on stage and they just miss it. To have all those people
3:54:43 > 3:54:47say we love your voice, we love your talent, it's very humbling.We
3:54:47 > 3:54:51talked about the nerves a few moments ago, but in this show,
3:54:51 > 3:54:55Rachael, you are singing and you are aware of the reaction as it is going
3:54:55 > 3:55:00through.I think for myself, I tried to focus on not worrying about what
3:55:00 > 3:55:03they were doing. It was about going out there, doing my thing, not
3:55:03 > 3:55:09worrying about whether they like it, go out there and just sing.But to
3:55:09 > 3:55:13explain the format, you can see their reactions?You can just about
3:55:13 > 3:55:16see them but you can hear their reactions. And then of course when
3:55:16 > 3:55:20they pressed the buzzer, you see their reaction.Tell us about your
3:55:20 > 3:55:29experience?Icing full-time, a bit of corporate work, a lot of session
3:55:29 > 3:55:35work, that kind of thing. Nothing like this.Has it had an impact on
3:55:35 > 3:55:44your life? Do people recognise you? I'm not that famous yet!Yet, James.
3:55:44 > 3:55:50Yes, yet.
3:55:50 > 3:55:54Yes, yet. No, people find out who you are, which is great. If
3:55:54 > 3:55:57anything, I have made my mum and dad very proud.I am just trying to get
3:55:57 > 3:56:04a sense of you. Your style, even your speaking voice, it's very smoky
3:56:04 > 3:56:10kind of sound.I grew up singing in church. Church is an amazing
3:56:10 > 3:56:15training ground that's where alerted to sing, where I learned to play
3:56:15 > 3:56:20drums and learned to speak well. I have a gospel background but I grew
3:56:20 > 3:56:27up listening to R&B, soul, Motown. How important is perhaps? You are
3:56:27 > 3:56:38wearing it...I kind of like the hat. I needed in another colour.
3:56:38 > 3:56:44That was you covering John legend. Amazing.It's a brilliant song. I'm
3:56:44 > 3:56:48honoured to sing it.These singing competitions have been around for
3:56:48 > 3:56:52awhile. People are talking about how relevant they are. Were you worried
3:56:52 > 3:56:56about taking part in a competition like this? I know this is a new one.
3:56:56 > 3:57:05I think the idea of the show is new. It's fun, it's not too serious. The
3:57:05 > 3:57:09other shows can come across as a bit scary, as in you are being super
3:57:09 > 3:57:13judged, but this was more about having fun, having a good time and
3:57:13 > 3:57:18not worrying too much about being judged.And the people that are
3:57:18 > 3:57:24judging you, it is such a range, isn't it? And Jerry Horner, have you
3:57:24 > 3:57:37met her?Yes, you. She is lovely. Michael, talk to us a little bit,
3:57:37 > 3:57:43you talked about the X factor before you auditioned there. How did that
3:57:43 > 3:57:51go?I was 16, still at school and I got the boot camp. I thought this
3:57:51 > 3:57:54was it, I was going to do it, it didn't work out that I have been
3:57:54 > 3:58:02busking ever since.How old are you now?I am 20.So you are still very
3:58:02 > 3:58:07young. How did the nerves work just before? Are you supportive of each
3:58:07 > 3:58:13other?Yes, because we are all in a room beforehand.Everyone is talking
3:58:13 > 3:58:21and chatting and everyone is just so supportive. If anyone is nervous,
3:58:21 > 3:58:27they support you.How where his nerves shown? Does he go quiet?He
3:58:27 > 3:58:33does go quiet and in my heat, I was probably really anti-social. I was
3:58:33 > 3:58:39going over my song again and again, with a strict plan of where I was
3:58:39 > 3:58:44going to go up and down. To tell a story in 90 seconds is difficult.
3:58:44 > 3:58:48Everyone has their own way of doing it. Thank you so much. It's a big
3:58:48 > 3:58:54day today. All Together Now is on tonight at 7pm and you can see this
3:58:54 > 3:58:59lot on it. That is it from us this morning. Breakfast back tomorrow
3:58:59 > 3:59:03from 6am. I will be back here tomorrow with
3:59:03 > 3:59:05Roger. Bye-bye.