and charlie stayt. president biden insists that his memory is fine, after a report described him as an elderly man with a poor memory. my my memory is fine. take a look at what i have done since i became president. nobody thought i could pass the thing i got past. the families of the three people stabbed to death in nottingham continue their fight forjustice, as they meet key authorities in the city. schools are asked to make adjustments for students because of adjustments for students because of a shortage of adhd medication. the delivery company yodel is looking for a buyer. there are reports it could go into administration. we ll explain the impact. in sport, red cards, yellow cards

are now blue cards. trials will start to bring them into football to send players to the sin bin. snow will be mainly confined to the hills and far north of england. i will have the details here on breakfast. it's friday 9th february. president biden has reacted angrily to suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. he was responding to a long—awaited report, which concluded he shouldn't face any criminal charges for mishandling classified documents during his time as vice president, but questioned his ability to remember several important events. will vernon reports from washington. tonight no criminal charges for president biden. the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling

of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden's mental competency. it described him as a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory. in any future trial, it said, it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of willfulness. last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have raised questions about his fitness for office. at a recent event, he said the current president of france was mitterrand, who died in 1996.

i sat down and i said, "america's back," and mitterrand from germany...| mean from france. donald trump, who is just three years younger than his rival, i'll tell you what — i feel sharper now than i did 20 years ago. i really do. i don't know, it's probably not true. it's probably not true. and i think anybody running for president should take an aptitude or a cognitive test. mr biden will now be hoping allegations of wrongdoing over official documents will come to an end. but questions about his age and fitness for office are more difficult to avoid. will vernon, bbc news, washington. now we have more now we have more on now we have more on bereaved families having meetings today after a high—profile trial. the families of grace o'malley—kumar, barnaby webber and ian coates, who were killed

in nottingham last year, will meet the cps inspectorate and the care quality commission later. it is part of two ongoing reviews into their killer, valdo calocane�*s sentencing to a high security hospital and his contact with mental health services. a warning that this report contains flashing images. killed on their way home last summer after a night out. students grace o'malley—kumar and barnaby webber were attacked by valdo calocane, who then stabbed to death ian coates, a school caretaker. calocane stole his van and used it to hit three pedestrians. the families of those who died have spoken of their loss to bbc breakfast. grace is just frozen as a 19—year—old. her life is just cut short and she's sort of just stopped. our biggest fear was our little girl driving up and down the motorway. we never even ever thought that our own daughter would be

killed in an incident of knife crime. police: stay where you are! this was the moment calocane was caught. last month, he was given an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. that was to the disgust of the families of calocane�*s victims, who insist murder charges should have been pursued. we foolishly trusted in the criminaljustice system. we thought we would have a voice maybe to talk about knife crime, to talk about the lack of proper support for victims�* families and the failings leading up to this. what we didn't expect was to be having to make such a noise. after pressure from the families, the crown prosecution service inspectorate, which examines the work of prosecutors, launched a review of the decisions in the case. today, the families will get an update on that. the cps itself had previously said there was overwhelming evidence calocane was suffering from a serious condition. the families will also meet

the care quality commission. it's looking into the mental health trust that had treated calocane for paranoid schizophrenia. he had been in and out of hospital for several years. the fails from the police, the cps, the health service have resulted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students. the nhs mental health trusts have to be held accountable for their failures, along with the police. the families have already taken their demands forjustice to downing street, although they know nothing can bring back their loved ones. but they have vowed to fight on to try to prevent others going through what they have suffered. and they say only a full public inquiry into what went wrong will do. simon jones, bbc news. sir keir starmer has insisted he had no choice but to ditch labour's £28 billion a year green investment pledge. he claimed the tories' handling of

the economy— he claimed the tories' handling of the economy was _ he claimed the tories' handling of the economy was to _ he claimed the tories' handling of the economy was to blame - he claimed the tories' handling of the economy was to blame and i he claimed the tories' handling ofl the economy was to blame and the party— the economy was to blame and the party would — the economy was to blame and the party would still_ the economy was to blame and the party would still spend _ the economy was to blame and the party would still spend more - the economy was to blame and the party would still spend more than i party would still spend more than the conservatives— party would still spend more than the conservatives on _ party would still spend more than the conservatives on green - party would still spend more than . the conservatives on green projects if it wins_ the conservatives on green projects if it wins the — the conservatives on green projects if it wins the election. _ the 28 billion was announced when in trace rates were low and now they are very high because of the damage to the promise. it means even the interest on the debt is measured in tens of billions. what i am interested in is not the money, the exact sum, but the outcomes, and with... i have always been. my mission is clean power by 2030. we'll be speaking to labour's shadow chancellor rachel reeves at twenty—past seven. votes are being counted in pakistan after yesterday's general election, which saw mobile phone services suspended nationwide. two parties have declared victory — even though a small number of results have been announced. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies joins us now — caroline, what's the latest?

it is interesting that the two parties are claiming victory even though a relatively small number of votes have been declared. yes. though a relatively small number of votes have been declared.— votes have been declared. yes, if ou were votes have been declared. yes, if you were to _ votes have been declared. yes, if you were to go — votes have been declared. yes, if you were to go on _ votes have been declared. yes, if you were to go on to _ votes have been declared. yes, if you were to go on to social- votes have been declared. yes, ifj you were to go on to social media here this morning you would see videos from different candidates all claiming victory with their own videos posted up on the social media site. so far, we have had relatively few official results from pakistan's electoral commission. this is much slower than normally expected here. the polling closed at five o'clock yesterday afternoon and we are now at just after 11 yesterday afternoon and we are now atjust after 11 in the morning. we still have only a handful of official votes declared and we still do not have an overall winner declared, despite the fact both imran khan's party and his opponents, led by the three—time pakistan prime minister previously, both have said they have enough

people to be able to form a government. they are trying to control the narrative. yesterday the internet was cut and this might be a reason why everything is so slow. officials who are counting the votes say the electronic system they had in place to be able to monitor the voting and to be able to accumulate the counts on the votes, it has been slow and they were unable to use it yesterday so we understand a lot of things are done manually, which explains why they are being slow to be counted. explains why they are being slow to be counted-— the us has warned israel that it will not support a military offensive into gaza's southern city of rafah, without due consideration for the refugees there. it comes just days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the military had been told to prepare to enter rafah. more than 1.5 million palestinians now live in the city bordering egypt. vladimir putin has said that russia has no interest

in invading poland and latvia. in an interview with us host tucker carlson, mr putin accused nato of trying to intimidate people with an imaginary russian threat. farmers in italy are complaining about a restriction on imports from outside the european union. prince harry's legal battle against the publisher of the daily mirror continues today at the high court. a judge has already ruled that the duke of sussex�*s phone was hacked — the question now is to what extent. our media and arts correspondent david sillito has this report. when prince harry gave evidence in his case against the mirror, it was the first time in 130 years that a senior royal had appeared on a witness stand. but at the end of last year, a judge ruled that, yes, his phone had been hacked by journalists working for mirror group newspapers. he was awarded £1a0,000 in damages

for the 15 articles that were judged to have been sourced by hacking. that figure, though, could go up. prince harry's legal team has identified another 115 stories it claims were linked to phone hacking. then there's the question of costs. and this isn'tjust about prince harry. the coronation street actor michael lavelle also won damages. and with teams of lawyers fighting it out in high court hearings, the final bill for reach, the company that publishes the mirror, could run into millions. however, for prince harry, who has this week been visiting the uk to see his father after the king's cancer diagnosis, this is just part of a bigger battle against the papers, with cases still ongoing against the publishers of the sun and the daily mail. david sillito, bbc news. queen camilla has said that king charles is doing extremely well under the circumstances following the start of his cancer treatment. speaking at a concert at salisbury cathedral last night, the queen said that the king was very grateful for all the messages

of support he's received. he's doing extremely well under the circumstances and he's very touched by all the letters and messages, you know, all the public has been sending from everywhere. that's very cheering. on yesterday's programme we told you about richard plaud who had spent eight years building a matchstick model of the eiffel tower. 23 feet high. made out of matchsticks. but having built it, it turned out for the record book he used the wrong matchsticks. they said it did not qualify because he used matchsticks given to him by a manufacturer and the rule said only commercially available matchsticks

are allowed but we have good news. however, the guinness world records said they had been "heavy—handed" and went back on their decision, finally handing richard the title for the tallest replica eiffel tower made from matchsticks. i think he was hoping to put it on display at the paris olympics. i think that will happen. heavy handed, the description. you do not want to be heavy—handed with the matchstick tower. ed byrne was on the programme yesterday and he had some views on matchstick models. he said if you stick the matchsticks together it is like putting blocks of wood together. i think it is a time—consuming and skilful process. what about the weather? same thing. very time consuming, skilful process! a dramatic picture. a fine balance

yesterday between seeing heavy rain and snow. starting to flip the balance more in favour of rain today. good morning. there will be snow around while rain will fall in areas where we do not need it because after yesterday flood warnings in much of england. snow more confined to scotland and like yesterday, will be mainly in the hills. the radar chart shows heavy bursts of rain in southern counties now but further north, you can see the white on the chart indicating snow is falling on the tops of the pennines and will continue to do so, southern uplands, the grampians, we could see snow but for many, rain today. we can look at how the day progresses. northern ireland, dampest over the next hours and then largely dry stop a lot of cloud but breaks between downpours in the midlands and the south of england. here some of the showers will be heavy. a strong wind across the

northern half of the country coming from the east which will blow snow thatis from the east which will blow snow that is falling. the wind picking up in the south and south—west later. temperatures today a split. 4—5 across scotland. 13 towards the south—east. tonight, windy in the north of scotland with the snow can find further north. in the south, clear skies and where the wind is lighter in parts of central england, fog into tomorrow morning. maybe some frost in spots. but a cooler night. the weekend, plenty of cloud. still outbreaks of rain. optimistic there should be more sunshine. i like the optimism. a national shortage of drugs for adhd is causing real difficulties for children and young people.

the royal college of psychiatrists is calling for schools to make reasonable adjustments for students who are struggling. while there aren't exact figures on the number of people in the uk who have adhd, it's believed that around 5% of children and between three and 4% of adults have the condition. in september, a national patient safety alert was issued around the shortage of three major adhd medications, and there was also a problem with the supply of a fourth medication. the department of health and social care says an increase in global demand and manufacturing issues are behind the shortages. the charity adhd uk says that around 90% of people with the condition have been affected. fiona lamdin has been speaking to some of them. i can't remember a thing for more than five seconds — then it's out of my mind. no one sees what it's like for a girl to have adhd and be — no one believe in her. she needs the medication. and it's like now i'm running out and i'm scared. izzy!

what? is this your uniform for tomorrow, yeah? yeah. laura is desperate. due to a national shortage of adhd medication, her 12—year—old daughter, izzy, has had to go without her prescription. the school, literally, they couldn't handle her. it was hell. the school ringing me three or four times a day. mum, kidnapping your dog for school. she's missed a lot of school learning. suspended every day. she comes home, she's in tears. she does not sleep. she mixes shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste all together to make potions. she cuts up cloves. she will make herself drinks. she will pour washing up liquid in the drinks. it was only after they reached crisis point, with police and social services getting involved, that izzy was finally given an emergency prescription for 28 days just before christmas. when she's on the medication, it's like sleeping, she's eating with us, she's calmer.

she concentrates, she's at school, she's doing well. how many have you got left? six left. so once these run out, i'm back to square one. laura needs a new prescription, but can't get any answer from the hospital. i ring this three or four times a day. i've left several messages. or it willjust ring, ring, ring and says leave a message. like it's saying now? yeah. and that is what i get all day, every day. meeting new people, confrontation or spending time alone. what do you think it is? in devon, 16—year—old lox was diagnosed with adhd when he was seven. since then, he's been on strong medication. it does feel like there's two different people. one of them is on my meds and one of them isn't on it. the one off it isn't really the person you want to bump into, or is definitely not the first person that you want to have first impressions of me, because,

well, no, he'sjust rude. he'sjust a rude person. he'sjust a mean person. but, this christmas, due to the shortage, he temporarily had to go without his medication. i hate the feeling of being off them because it's something that i know can harm other people and has harmed other people and has upset other people and has pushed friends away and has just ruined friendships. do you trust yourself when you're not on medication? not really, no. the shortage has been driven by an increase in demand, combined with packaging production challenges, according to the main adhd drug manufacturer. the company told us supply issues are likely to remain into april. meanwhile, every month, his mum charlotte has to fight to find his prescription. one day, for last month, i rang 12 pharmacies in one day. you play much football? yeah. this is a really important year because he's got his gcses.

how hard is that for you right now — not being confident that there is a steady supply of medication each month? that's hard for me as a mum to think that he's done so well, for it to get thrown away. i lose sleep. i stress, i cry. it's a frightening, frightening time. we'rejust mimicking. yeah. lox is at a specialist school where nearly half of the students have adhd. children's education is definitely being significantly impacted by the lack of adhd medication. it helps them to manage some of the messages their brains give them, so that they're able to complete tasks and work as well as interact really well with other people. so without the meds, those things are really, really tricky. and for some young people, that means that it's easier to not be at school than it is to be at school. and it's notjust the pupils who are struggling with the shortage. lucy is a teaching assistant who also has adhd.

she hasn't been able to have her medication since december. it feels really hard. it feels like constantly forgetting stuff. it feels like having arguments with my partner. it feels like not being fully there. i had phoned up the gp and told them my symptoms, the extreme tiredness and stuff, and he recommended that i drink caffeine and coffee until i get heart palpitations, which is absolutely — it seems like why would the doctor give you that advice? but that's the severity of the shortage at the moment. i'm a bird! back in london, izzy is hoping a new school will be a new chapter. if she hasn't got that medication, i don't know what i'm going to do. once i run out of these, i'm getting the wild child back and i'm dreading it. the department of health told us they have taken swift action to improve supplies. but since our filming, both izzy and lox have struggled as they've had yet more time without their medication. fiona lamdin, bbc news.

iimagine many i imagine many people can relate to those families who are struggling to get medication and if you are one of them, perhaps you would like to share your experience. get in touch in the usual ways. remember to put your name and where you are from. always good to know where the audience is watching from. let's take a look at today's papers. a conspiracy theorist�*s claim that the manchester arena bombing was faked has been called "absurd and fantastical" by a judge, according to the metro. richard hall is currently being sued by a father and daughter who were injured in the attack. "nation in decay" is the deadline in the mirror this morning. the paper says an average of 119 operations a day are currently being carried out on children with tooth decay. the i is reporting that the post office is investigating claims of a second it scandal. the paper says faults with its capture system may be linked to more wrongful prosecutions

of former sub—postmasters. and the daily star is leading with comments made by veteran broadcaster paul gambaccini during a radio 4 interview. the dj said he once broke up two foxes mating outside his home in south london. why? because of the "shocking" noise. a picture — we all know it's chilly out there but this was the picture in knaresborough in north yorkshire yesterday as the cold snap hit part of the north of england. that is a stunning picture. it looks like an old christmas card picture. it is beautiful.

there are snow warnings in place across england, scotland and ireland today and the met office has warned of disruption to travel. despite the beauty of that picture, take care if you are travelling today. parcel delivery firm yodel says it's in the final stages of talks over options to save the company. if a buyer cannot be found, the courier may enter administration. nick is here with more details. it feels there is a lot of change in the courier delivery sector with names changing all the time and more changes in the next days. yodel is one of the bigger names in the parcel delivery sector. but it's confirmed it's exploring options for a takeover and its been widely reported it could be forced to enter administration. at the moment ? they say deliveries aren't being affected. but let me explain a bit about why this is important. the liverpool—based company employs 10,000 staff, with that increasing to 12,000

at busy times of the year. they handle more than 190 million parcels annually. they've got some pretty big clients too. big retailers with big delivery operations. likejohn lewis, argos and a0.com. as we have covered on breakfast a lot, the courier deliver is highly competitive. yodel has often found itself near the bottom of the customer satisfaction and performance surveys. and analysts say in such a cut—throat sector, companies like this need to be upping their game. our challenges there are lots of people offering the same services and there has been consolidation. some people have bought other businesses and some of the bigger businesses and some of the bigger businesses have made massive investments in the way they delivered to customers. yodel has not kept up with some of those investments are now finding itself

to be a smaller player in the massive parcel market. yodel say they are exploring options to save the business. they told us last night those discussions had been constructive and were in the final stages. they also said deliveries are continuing as usual. at the moment there is no clarity about what will happen next. it feels like more uncertainty in this sector. and the staff who do not know what is going on with jobs and more broadly about which brands will continue and what it will mean the competition. it is something everyone can relate to but the point about staff, not being clear about what is happening, thatis being clear about what is happening, that is the worrying thing. still to come on breakfast. #no # no matter who they follow. could boyzone be the new

face of chorley fc? ronan keating, shane lynch and keith duffy, along with westlife's brian mcfadden are in talks about a possible partnership deal. they'll attend tomorrow's fa trophy tie against solihull moors. we'll speak to the chorley fc chairman at twenty to nine. those lyrics, no matter who they follow. i am not going to sing it. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. a watchdog has warned the the met police is not doing enough to tackle child exploitation, leaving vulnerable young people at risk. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire & rescue services said scotland yard lacked understanding of the "nature and scale of child exploitation" which is a "significant barrier" to the force being able to tackle the problem. i should start by saying

a sincere apology, really, to all those affected by the incidents reported on by the inspectorate in this report. it will be upsetting for anyone who has been affected by these instances of exploitation that the inspectorate have reported on. and my heart goes out to those who have been affected and their families. but we are as you know making great strides in how we move on from this and making sure we ensure all children in the future are safeguarded. transport for london prosecuted nearly 20,000 people for fare evasion last year, an increase ofjust over 50% compared with 2022. tfl said it investigated more than 400 prolific offenders who made over 50,000 journeys. it comes as the fine for fare dodging has gone up to £100. new figures suggest more than half of london's lgbtq venues closed over the past 20 years. data from city hall shows numbers fell from 125 to 50, with many blaming the cost of living crisis and rising rents. among them was the black cap in camden which shut in 2015.

when it was illegal to be gay, this space kind of let as in and protected us. us in and protected us. and there are very few places anywhere in the country that are still standing that did that for us. they've gone. hammersmith bridge will finally reopen next week, but only partly. a temporary lane will be available for those on bikes and e—scooters from next tuesday, due to a pause in repair works. the 137—year—old crossing has been closed to vehicles since cracks appeared in 2019. travel now and this is how the tube is looking at the moment. minor delays on the central and metropolitan lines. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. over the last 2a hours or so we have seen in some places over 25 millimetres of rain. as a result the environment agency has issued several flood alerts in and around london. we have got more rain today in the form of showers, some of those could be quite heavy, it's breezy, we've got a south south—westerly wind. some brighter spells this afternoon.

temperatures are still mild at 13 celsius. overnight tonight, still a few showers moving through but drier by the end of the night with some clearer spells. the wind a bit lighter, could see a little bit of mistiness by dawn. a chillier night than last night with a minimum of four celsius. low pressure is still in charge as we head into saturday and that's going to drive more showers through the morning, perhaps drier, though, through the afternoon tomorrow with some brighter spells, some sunny spells. temperatures still managing to get up to around 12 celsius. the wind a little bit lighter. it is going to stay unsettled as we head towards the end of the weekend and into next week. we have got some showers at times for sunday, the temperatures are still relatively mild. there's lots more on our website including the online sellers upset over rising numbers of parcel mix—ups. that's it, i'm back in around half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with

naga munchetty and charlie stayt. small, independent designers say that the chinese fast—fashion website shein is duplicating their products and selling them at cheaper prices online. the company says it has taken steps to prevent infringement, including by its suppliers and marketplace sellers. our reporter tim muffet has spoken to three individuals who discovered their designs had been copied. this one? what do you think? absolutely love them. it is out of order on small businesses, just ripping people off. this is my livelihood. it's something that i'm really passionate about. it'sjust completely outrageous, really. how do you feel? just like i've been robbed. not exactly five star reviews, but the opinions of three small business owners on their experience with shein, the fast fashion website. it's become an online retail giant. set up in china in 2008, now headquartered in singapore.

the company was valued at around £50 billion last year. this is my mood pin and i have created a rainbow scale and it goes from sad to happy. so this is your design which you put on your website, and next thing you know, it's on shein. exactly, yeah. various versions of it. they have now got it as a necklace and it has just been completely ripped off. when you see your design being sold by an organisation which hasn't paid you, they haven't asked your permission, how did you feel? distraught. you put so much work into it and then you just see someone who has absolutely zero respect for the work or any understanding as to where it's come from. and it's just up there. the worst thing you can hear is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, but it's straight up theft what they're doing, i think. after she complained to shein, angela's designs were removed from its site.

any more topcoat? yeah, maybe. tiffany tremaine is a nail artist based in portsmouth. i had a message from one of my followers, "just so you know, shein has taken one of your sets and they're being used and they're being sold on the website." and then i went on the website, and then i found it being sold for £1.28, a whole set of press—on nails with my design. how did you react when you saw your stuff being sold there? i was very shocked. i put it out to my instagram. really fun colourful set, one of my biggest ones that have gained me loads of new followers, loads of reshares, loads of saves, i'm really proud of. if you don't remember them, then it's fine because shein are selling them for you guys to purchase. took my design, my idea and also used my photo. alice, you're on the shein website, sorry, love. yeah, i've seen this happen to so many artists.

i sent them an email saying, you need to take it down. ijust had an automated email back. "we'll get back to you." and then i heard nothing. i think about three weeks went past and i still heard nothing and i thought, i'lljust check the website. and then the listing had been taken down without any message. just this listing is no longer available any more. what's your message to shein? stop stealing people's work. i don't know how you can get away with it. it's bizarre, they obviously don't care. shein has stressed that it's a marketplace where thousands of items are uploaded every day and that it did not design the disputed items. in a statement, it said...

what do we have here? so this is the artwork that was taken, this whole piece of our house was on shein. i sell artwork for children's nurseries mainly, and our best selling print has been screenshotted from my website, and they're now reproducing it and selling it as if it was their own for a fraction of the price. it's kind of a bit of a kick in the teeth to be like, we can just take from you and there's nothing you can do about it. ayesha messaged shein via social media. her best seller was then removed from its website, but other designs of ayesha's then appeared before being taken down after she complained again. my message to shein would be to please consider what you're actually doing. this is my livelihood.

it's something that i'm really passionate about. it's a business that i've started from nothing. be more ethical about it. like, employ young artists who have just come out of uni and are struggling to find work and give them the opportunity to be creative rather than just pinching other people's ideas. ayesha, tiffany and angela all acknowledge that compared to a corporate giant, they are minnows. one—woman businesses without the time or money to embark on legal battles. they're just urging shein to play fair. tim muffett, bbc news. it's 6:36am. let's talk to mike now about the sport. discipline in sport is something we talk about a lot. players behaviour, towards referees, parents behaviour in grassroots football, and it's something that

needs to be tackled. fine football, and it's something that needs to be tackled.— needs to be tackled. one option could be to _ needs to be tackled. one option could be to give _ needs to be tackled. one option could be to give the _ needs to be tackled. one option could be to give the referee - needs to be tackled. one option - could be to give the referee another option, a blue card to go along with a red card which is sending off, and the yellow card which is a booking, two yellow make a read. this would be called the sin bin. it is likely naughty step for ten minutes. it works in rugby and ice hockey. time out. it has been trialled in grassroots football and worked in reducing descent, it has been used to tackle descent, it had a 38% reduction when it was used in one season. —— to tackle dissent. i suppose the point is, if a player does something like kick the ball away and get a second yago card 43, that would a yellow card for dissent, they would be sent off.

maybe this would be something to help them calm down. sin bins could be introduced in professional football if plans by the sport's rule makers get the go—ahead which could see a new card added to the referee's pocket. in the trials, blue cards would give referees the power to send players off to the sin bin for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls. but what does that mean for multiple offenders? well, two blue cards means you're off but for good. as would a blue and yellow card. while new plans are set to be announced for grassroots football later today, football's world governing body fifa, has already called reports of the "so—called" blue card at elite levels, to be "incorrect and premature". there's been a big reaction to the reports. former england international chris sutton said sarcastically, thanks to the rule makers for to the rule

makers for "complicating the game even more" and "prioritising a blue card over the outdated head injury protocol which doesn't put players first." here is what the england manager takes. i would have said the game has worked quite well for a long time and i suppose we always have to modernise with certain things, but i would have to really understand how that was going to work before i could give a really strong view. the draw for the european nations league has taken place in paris with england, wales, scotland and northern ireland all involved. for the first time scotland are in the top tier and they have matches against croatia, portugal and poland to look forward to. england of course were relegated from group a last year, they are in b2 and will play the republic of ireland, greece and finland. wales have iceland, montenegro and turkey. northern ireland will face luxembourg, bulgaria and belarus. tom daley could be on the way to his fifth olympic games,

after winning silver at the world championships alongside partner noah williams. here they are in the ten metre synchronised event in doha. it secures britain a place in the event at the paris olympics and, while that spot is not guaranteed to be daley�*s, it is likely he'll compete at a fifth games at the age ofjust 29. daley had stepped away from the sport after winning gold at the tokyo olympics, before returning in late 2023 and was part of the british quartet that won world gold in the team event on friday. teenage darts sensation luke littler was narrowly beaten in the final by dutchman michael van gerwen in the second round of premier league darts action in berlin. van gerwen won by six legs to five in a close match, so a first win in the premier league will have to wait at least another week for the 17—year—old littler who stormed onto the darts scene during the world championships last month. fellow englishman michael smith leads the table with seven points.

thrills and spills, you will enjoy this one, mike. i thrills and spills, you will en'oy this one, mike.�* this one, mike. i know you are talkin: this one, mike. i know you are talking about _ this one, mike. i know you are talking about a _ this one, mike. i know you are talking about a legend - this one, mike. i know you are talking about a legend from i this one, mike. i know you arel talking about a legend from the this one, mike. i know you are - talking about a legend from the 70s that i remember well. eddie kidd was one of the biggest names in motorcycling during the 1970s and 80s, but in 1996 the stuntman was involved in a crash that almost killed him. that images one of the reasons why everyone was so compelled about what he all dead. in 1996, everyone was so compelled about what he all dead. in1996, he everyone was so compelled about what he all dead. in 1996, he was —— everyone was so compelled with what he did. but then in 1996 he had an accident. it ended his career and left him with a brain injury. his family have since been searching for his memorabilia and found one very important piece in the town of dungannon belonging to record—breaking racer ryan farquhar. stephen watson has the story. among ryan farquhar�*s personal racing collection, something belonging to one of his heroes. ryan acquired eddie kidd's leathers when he swapped a set of his own with a collector.

i'd watched many of his jumps and you know, was always fascinated with eddie and evel knievel. when i was a child i had a, you know, the toy, the evel knievel toy. eddie kidd was a stuntman and a movie star. he doubled forjames bond and once jumped the great wall of china. he was also very generous, giving away most of his memorabilia until his accident. now his family are trying to recover it. ijust think it's, if eddie would like them back, you know, i think it's the right thing to do. it's something i'm really looking forward to. so we helped organise a special delivery to peacehaven outside brighton, where eddie is looked after by his carer, glen. all right, eddie? good to see you, boy. he wants a fist pump. i've got a wee something here you might like. a wee birdie told me you might like these back. i know you gave them to charity, so i think it's only

right that they come back to where they belong. they�* re nae clean. ah, brilliant! you can see, they're quite a bit stained, but you have them back. 1978 is the last time eddie can remember being pictured performing in the leathers. i'm really pleased that i can give something back to such a special person that unfortunately has ended up with the disabilities that he has, but, you know, with the will that he has to live, not many people would be as strong as what he is. eddie, how much does it mean to you to get these leathers back in your possession? i am very happy. but they are dirty!

really emotional, you know, just seeing the expression, the smile on his face when we brought them back, you know, it's a day i'll never forget. it's worth the journey over to bring them back to you, so. that is such a charming story and the laughter it created after all those years to be reunited. really lovel . those years to be reunited. really lovely- that _ those years to be reunited. really lovely. that report _ those years to be reunited. really lovely. that report was _ those years to be reunited. really lovely. that report was from - those years to be reunited. really i lovely. that report was from stephen watson. we lovely. that report was from stephen watson. ~ . , , ., watson. we have been showing you some rather— watson. we have been showing you some rather beautiful— watson. we have been showing you some rather beautiful pictures, - some rather beautiful pictures, do you remember the one from knaresborough, the wintry scene, a dickensian christmas card. when you have got the weather with matt, and you show a weather picture, he is like, what, you are on my territory! he has already raised again.

we have got a beautiful shot in ripon here yesterday, the snow was falling heavily yesterday. the vast majority yesterday it was about the rain and one shot from shropshire tells the tale, rain sodden fields. let's show you how much rain we had, 60 millimetres or two inches of rain in the south of wales. quite widely we saw well over an inch which has caused some flooding issues, there are 70 flood warnings in force across england alone and there is more to come today. there is a bit of a split north to south today, double figures if you are about to step out of the door in central and southern parts, a chilly start in the north, we still have some hill snow in the far north of england but in the grampians and southern uplands we will have some snowfall and that will accumulate, rain around the coast. for england and

wales, lively bursts of rain across the south. a bit more sunshine at times in the south. breezy but the strongest of the wins will be in eastern parts and northern parts of scotland and that will add to the chill, temperatures still had to single figures compared to 13 in the —— mid single figures compared to 13 in the south. hill snow in the far north of scotland blowing around in strong winds, clear skies in the rest of england and wales, and we could sum some mist and fog form in lincolnshire tomorrow morning. a chillier start to the weekend. overall a quite a picture, a weather front in across northern scotland, this is where the persistent rain and hill snow. blustery in the south—west, showers developing in

devon and cornwall and the south—west of wales. the odd shower in other areas of south england. but most have sunshine tomorrow afternoon and temperatures up a little bit at 9-12 afternoon and temperatures up a little bit at 9—12 for the vast majority. sunday, backed a slightly more cloud, more persistent rain for the north—east of scotland and strong winds, more especially across shetland. the morning cloud should break up a little bit, a few showers around widely across england and wales particularly on sunday as well as more than ireland and feeling fresher but overall temperatures around where we expect them to be at this time of year. i around where we expect them to be at this time of year.— this time of year. i know you have a real passion — this time of year. i know you have a real passion for _ this time of year. i know you have a real passion for climate _ this time of year. i know you have a real passion for climate change. - this time of year. i know you have a real passion for climate change. if. real passion for climate change. if i said port loch roy, you would know what i was talking about? i do indeed. it started off as part of a secret world war two mission but now port lockroy, the uk's first base in antarctica,

is celebrating its 80th year. the tiny camp was established in 19114 but has since been central to research into climate change and is home to the world's most remote post office. frances read has been looking back at its history. remote and isolated at the bottom of the world. antarctica is a continent very few get to visit, but across the ice and through its freezing waters, it's here that a little known british world war ii operation came to pass. 80 years ago, in 1943, at the height of the war, britain was concerned. they'd found argentinean flags staking claim to the area, germany was seizing whaling oil from norwegian ships and japan had attacked pearl harbor. britain believed its territory in places like the falkland islands could be next. and so operation tabarin was approved. winston churchill was told that unless we took action, there was a real and immediate danger that that british territory might be taken away from us.

and several ships were ordered to be dispatched in record quick time to carry out the secret operation. industries like whaling were hugely significant and it's really important to grasp that before oil and gas from places like the north sea became routine, we were actually critically dependent on whaling oil forfuel and heating. so these were big strategic economic concerns. they didn't really know where they'd establish bases. maps were poor and the weather was bad. so port lockroy came about by accident simply because it was accessible. as well as being of strategic significance it was also the start of scientific discovery still ongoing eight decades later. it's crucial work for those who choose to undertake it, but it's notjust about documenting our changing world. it's also home to the world's most southerly post office,

which needs to be manned, sending thousands of postcards every year. hello from antarctica! the latest team were picked from thousands to work at port lockroy and have all sorts ofjobs between them, from postmaster to penguin counter. it's three months that we've been here in port lockroy and it's going fantastic. i think we're just absolutely loving it still. it's getting used to everything taking a lot longer. just that adjusting to such a different life is what we were doing, first of all, and i think we've completely got into the swing of things now. it feels really special because it feels like we are walking in the footsteps of the people that have come here before us. and in some ways sometimes we compare our lives to how it was here in the '40s and the '50s. those who set up the first base at port lacroix had the reassuring company of penguins.

and that's something that hasn't changed. we've got now more than 2,000 on the island because we have the adults and all the chicks with us. we've got 771 chicks with us. it's very busy around us. the team will return home soon. now a part of the history of this special place, carrying on 80 years of tradition on the coldest continent on earth. frances read, bbc news. we can have a look at another quite extreme place right now. a state of emergency has been declared in iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes. dramatic footage shows plumes of lava shooting up to 260—feet into the air. it's caused disruption in the reykjanes peninsula with thousands of people having to limit their hot water and electricity. one of iceland's top tourist attractions, the blue lagoon, has also been cut off by lava spewing from the ground.

i look at these pictures and they just do not seem real. they are extraordinary. volcanologist evgenia ilyinskaya from the university of leeds joins us now. good morning to you. good morning. we have asked _ good morning to you. good morning. we have asked you _ good morning to you. good morning. we have asked you to _ good morning to you. good morning. we have asked you to come - good morning to you. good morning. we have asked you to come and - good morning to you. good morning. we have asked you to come and talk| we have asked you to come and talk to us with your expertise head on, but you know iceland so well, you have family there at this moment in time, what do they think? there are 33 active volcano systems, some of them are going off, what are they seeing what are they being told about their country and what is happening there? it’s about their country and what is happening there?— happening there? it's pretty extraordinary _ happening there? it's pretty extraordinary times - happening there? it's pretty extraordinary times to - happening there? it's pretty. extraordinary times to people happening there? it's pretty - extraordinary times to people in iceland. about three quarters of the iceland. about three quarters of the iceland population lives close enough to see it out of their windows, read literally, so there are beautiful pictures coming in from members of the public including my parents you can see it from the window, that's usually how they find out a new eruption has started, they look out of the window. that's quite

mind—boggling for people. it is becoming the new reality for us who live there. because we expect these eruptions will continue for the foreseeable future. i eruptions will continue for the foreseeable future.— eruptions will continue for the foreseeable future. i think what we can see, foreseeable future. i think what we can see. this _ foreseeable future. i think what we can see, this is _ foreseeable future. i think what we can see, this is some _ foreseeable future. i think what we can see, this is some of _ foreseeable future. i think what we can see, this is some of the - can see, this is some of the pre—recorded film of events that have already happened. extraordinary images, what is happening there? that isjust a images, what is happening there? that is just a rip images, what is happening there? that isjust a rip in images, what is happening there? that is just a rip in the earth, is it? that is 'ust a rip in the earth, is it? ., �* , . that is 'ust a rip in the earth, is it? . �*, .,., it? that's correct. it's not a volcano _ it? that's correct. it's not a volcano which _ it? that's correct. it's not a volcano which is _ it? that's correct. it's not a volcano which is a - it? that's correct. it's not a volcano which is a pyramid | it? that's correct. it's not a - volcano which is a pyramid shaped like a kid would draw it, it a crack in the earth which opens up and allows magma to fuse out. it is over pressurised tank filled with magma and it comes out. it’s pressurised tank filled with magma and it comes out.— and it comes out. it's quite hard to net a and it comes out. it's quite hard to get a sense — and it comes out. it's quite hard to get a sense of— and it comes out. it's quite hard to get a sense of scale. _ and it comes out. it's quite hard to get a sense of scale. when - and it comes out. it's quite hard to get a sense of scale. when we - and it comes out. it's quite hard to get a sense of scale. when we see| get a sense of scale. when we see that strip, how big are those cracks in the earth? this that strip, how big are those cracks in the earth?— in the earth? this one that opened u . in the earth? this one that opened no yesterday _ in the earth? this one that opened no yesterday was _ in the earth? this one that opened up yesterday was two _ in the earth? this one that opened up yesterday was two miles - in the earth? this one that opened up yesterday was two miles long, l up yesterday was two miles long, three kilometres. i up yesterday was two miles long, three kilometres.— three kilometres. i didn't know it was that extreme. _ three kilometres. i didn't know it was that extreme. you _ three kilometres. i didn't know it was that extreme. you can - three kilometres. i didn't know it was that extreme. you can help. three kilometres. i didn't know it i was that extreme. you can help us three kilometres. i didn't know it - was that extreme. you can help us at these images coming india live this

morning, it's quite hard to get perspective, —— they are coming inlive, can you see that on the screen? do you know what we're looking at? i5 screen? do you know what we're looking at?— screen? do you know what we're lookin: at? , , . ~' , . looking at? is grindavik. yes, that looks like the _ looking at? is grindavik. yes, that looks like the main _ looking at? is grindavik. yes, that looks like the main crater. - looking at? is grindavik. yes, that looks like the main crater. this . looking at? is grindavik. yes, that looks like the main crater. this is| looks like the main crater. this is live right now?— looks like the main crater. this is live right now?_ yes, i live right now? yes, it is. yes, it's starts _ live right now? yes, it is. yes, it's starts with _ live right now? yes, it is. yes, it's starts with a _ live right now? yes, it is. yes, it's starts with a very - live right now? yes, it is. yes, it's starts with a very long i live right now? yes, it is. yes, i it's starts with a very long cracks, these eruptions but after a few hours, the intensity groups which is good —— it drops which is good but the lava starts coming out of one hole rather than a long crack is good because it means the lover is not travelling across a large area. this may create the lava. what not travelling across a large area. this may create the lava. what sort of hei . ht this may create the lava. what sort of height is — this may create the lava. what sort of height is that, _ this may create the lava. what sort of height is that, can _ this may create the lava. what sort of height is that, can you _ this may create the lava. what sort of height is that, can you give i this may create the lava. what sort of height is that, can you give us i this may create the lava. what sort of height is that, can you give us a | of height is that, can you give us a sense? it of height is that, can you give us a sense? ., , , ., , sense? it would be tens of metres usuall at sense? it would be tens of metres usually at this _ sense? it would be tens of metres usually at this stage, _ sense? it would be tens of metres usually at this stage, hundreds i sense? it would be tens of metres usually at this stage, hundreds to | usually at this stage, hundreds to begin with, it's difficult to imagine, but like big ben or

something. imagine, but like big ben or something-— imagine, but like big ben or somethina. ., , ., something. that sounds... i cannot sa the something. that sounds... i cannot say the word- _ something. that sounds... i cannot say the word. apocalyptic. - something. that sounds... i cannot say the word. apocalyptic. thank i say the word. apocalyptic. thank ou. how say the word. apocalyptic. thank you. how close _ say the word. apocalyptic. thank you. how close can _ say the word. apocalyptic. thank you. how close can you - say the word. apocalyptic. thank you. how close can you get i say the word. apocalyptic. thank you. how close can you get to i say the word. apocalyptic. thank| you. how close can you get to it? what precautions are in place in iceland? we know there is infrastructure at risk, the hot water pipes, there are problems, what precautions are in place for resident? .,, ,., ., resident? the most important thing to rotect resident? the most important thing to protect was _ resident? the most important thing to protect was the _ resident? the most important thing to protect was the power _ resident? the most important thing to protect was the power plant i to protect was the power plant because it provides heating for 30,000 residents who are currently without it. in terms of other hazards, it's not too bad. another one could be that the lava flow goes into the city of grindavik but that isn't the case at the moment luckily. air pollution could be a big problem but at the moment it is blowing out to sea which is good news. ., ., , ., . news. how do you protect the power lant news. how do you protect the power plant against — news. how do you protect the power plant against lava? _ news. how do you protect the power plant against lava? good _ news. how do you protect the power plant against lava? good question, i plant against lava? good question, and that is something _ plant against lava? good question, and that is something they - plant against lava? good question, and that is something they have i plant against lava? good question, i and that is something they have been literally experimenting with in the last few eruptions. piling up dirt

and rocks, essentially creating a man—made hill, not to stop the lava flow which is impossible but to divert them into an area where they would not damage anything. the idea now is that there _ would not damage anything. the idea now is that there is _ would not damage anything. the idea now is that there is a _ would not damage anything. the idea now is that there is a new _ would not damage anything. the idea now is that there is a new era, i now is that there is a new era, isn't there, of volcanic activity. this is something which could happen for decades?— for decades? potentially, yes. it's lookin: for decades? potentially, yes. it's looking quite _ for decades? potentially, yes. it's looking quite likely _ for decades? potentially, yes. it's looking quite likely at _ for decades? potentially, yes. it's looking quite likely at the - for decades? potentially, yes. it's. looking quite likely at the moment. and it could completely change the landscape of iceland? it and it could completely change the landscape of iceland?— landscape of iceland? it would chance landscape of iceland? it would change the — landscape of iceland? it would change the landscape, - landscape of iceland? it would change the landscape, it i landscape of iceland? it would | change the landscape, it would change the landscape, it would change the landscape, it would change the way people have to think about where they build stuff, where they live, how scientists work. fine they live, how scientists work. one last thought. _ they live, how scientists work. one last thought, how _ they live, how scientists work. one last thought, how do we know or how do you know that there is not a major blast possible to happen? you describe what are clearly major moments but ten, 20, 100 metres tall, do we know there is not something much worse? you are referrin: something much worse? you are referring to _ something much worse? you are referring to something _ something much worse? you are referring to something which i something much worse? you are i referring to something which would top international air traffic or something. volcanoes in this part of iceland are just not physically capable of storing magma of the type

that would explode and send an ash cloud over europe. for international communities in terms of aviation, it is all good news.— communities in terms of aviation, it is all good news. understood, thank ou for is all good news. understood, thank you for talking _ is all good news. understood, thank you for talking to _ is all good news. understood, thank you for talking to us, _ is all good news. understood, thank you for talking to us, fascinating, i you for talking to us, fascinating, hope all of your family and parents are safe there. thank you.- hope all of your family and parents are safe there. thank you. thank you very much- — time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. the met police insists it's taking significant steps to improve its record on tackling child exploitation, after a report found its leaving vulnerable children at risk. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services said scotland yard lacked understanding of the "nature and scale of child exploitation". it's given recommendations including better training.

the force in its response to sexual and criminal— the force in its response to sexual and criminal exploitation - the force in its response to sexual and criminal exploitation of - and criminal exploitation of children— and criminal exploitation of children is— and criminal exploitation of children is not— and criminal exploitation of children is not effective. in| children is not effective. particular, we found that children is not effective.“ particular, we found that when officers and staff are investigating offences, they often do not have the right knowledge and skills in order to make sure the lines of inquiry are appropriately completed. in response the met said it has laid out urgent plans to improve so no child is left unsafe. transport for london prosecuted nearly 20,000 people for fare evasion last year, an increase ofjust over 50% compared with 2022. tfl said it investigated more than 400 prolific offenders who made over 50,000 journeys. it comes as the penalty forfare dodging has gone up to £100. new figures suggest more than half of london's lgbtq venues closed over the past 20 years. ata from city hall shows numbers fell from 125 to 50, with many blaming the cost of living crisis and rising rents. among them was the black cap

in camden which shut in 2015. when it was illegal to be gay, this place kind of let us in and protected us. and there are very few places anywhere in the country that are still standing that did that for us. they've gone. hammersmith bridge will finally reopen next week, but only partly. a temporary lane will be available for those on bikes and e—scooters from next tuesday, due to a pause in repair works. the crossing has been closed to vehicles since cracks appeared in 2019. travel now and this is how the tube is looking. minor delays on the central and metropolitan lines. now weather with kate. good morning. over the last 24 hours or so we have seen in some places over 25 millimetres of rain. as a result the environment agency has issued several flood alerts in and around london. we have got more rain today in the form of showers, some of those could be quite heavy, it's breezy, we've got a south south—westerly wind. some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures are still

mild at 13 celsius. overnight tonight, still a few showers moving through but drier by the end of the night with some clearer spells. the wind a bit lighter, could see a little bit of mistiness by dawn. a chillier night than last night with a minimum of four celsius. low pressure is still in charge as we head into saturday and that's going to drive more showers through the morning, perhaps drier, though, through the afternoon tomorrow with some brighter spells, some sunny spells. temperatures still managing to get up to around 12 celsius. the wind a little bit lighter. it is going to stay unsettled as we head towards the end of the weekend and into next week. we have got some showers at times for sunday, the temperatures are still relatively mild. that's it, i'm back in around half an hour. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt.

president biden insists that his memory is fine, after a report described him as an elderly man who struggled to recall key life events. my memory is fine. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. the families of the three people stabbed to death in nottingham continue their fight forjustice, as they meet key authorities in the city. a warning to pet owners about the dangers of alabama rot — 300 dogs have died from the disease since 212. it is the super bowl and in the build—up, we will hearfrom it is the super bowl and in the build—up, we will hear from this it is the super bowl and in the build—up, we will hearfrom this man who is headlining the famous half—time show. usher. find who is headlining the famous half-time show. usher. and still some snow _ half-time show. usher. and still some snow around _ half-time show. usher. and still some snow around but - half-time show. usher. and still some snow around but mainly i half-time show. usher. and still some snow around but mainly in half-time show. usher. and still- some snow around but mainly in the far north of england and the hills

of scotland. a cloudy day with outbreaks of rain. details coming up. it's friday 9th february. our main story. president biden has reacted angrily to suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. he was responding to a long—awaited report, which concluded he shouldn't face any criminal charges for mishandling classified documents during his time as vice president, but questioned his ability to remember several important events. will vernon reports from washington. tonight no criminal charges for president biden. no charges... the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden's mental competency.

it described him as a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory. in any future trial, it said, it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of wilfulness. last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have raised questions about his fitness for office. at a recent event, he said the current president of france was mitterrand, who died in 1996. i sat down and i said, "america's back," and mitterrand from germany...i mean from france. donald trump, who is just three years younger than his rival, has also been accused of being too old for office. i'll tell you what — i feel sharper now

than i did 20 years ago. i really do. i don't know, it's probably not true. it's probably not true. and i think anybody running for president should take an aptitude or a cognitive test. mr biden will now be hoping allegations of wrongdoing over official documents will come to an end. but questions about his age and fitness for office are more difficult to avoid. will vernon, bbc news, washington. this morning, we are hearing the first bits of an interview, effectively the first interview with president putin done by a western journalist. would that be right? and it is fascinating what has emerged if you see it online. a very interesting exchange. between vladimir putin and a us television

host. vladimir putin said that russia has no interest in invading poland and latvia. in an interview with us host tucker carlson, mr putin accused nato of trying to intimidate people with an imaginary russian threat. the us has warned israel that it will not support a military offensive into gaza's southern city of rafah without due consideration for the refugees there. it comes just days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the military had been told to prepare to enter rafah. votes are being counted in pakistan after yesterday's general election, which saw mobile phone services suspended nationwide. two parties have declared victory — even though a small number of results have been announced. prince harry's legal battle against the publisher of the daily mirror continues today at the high court. a judge has already ruled that the duke of sussex's phone was hacked — the question now is to what extent. our media and arts correspondent

david sillito has this report. when prince harry gave evidence in his case against the mirror, it was the first time in 130 years that a senior royal had appeared on a witness stand. but at the end of last year, a judge ruled that, yes, his phone had been hacked by journalists working for mirror group newspapers. he was awarded £140,000 in damages for the 15 articles that were judged to have been sourced by hacking. that figure, though, could go up. prince harry's legal team has identified another 115 stories it claims were linked to phone hacking. then there's the question of costs. and this isn'tjust about prince harry. the coronation street actor michael lavelle also won damages. and with teams of lawyers fighting it out in high court hearings, the final bill for reach, the company that publishes the mirror, could run into millions. however, for prince harry, who has this week been visiting the uk to see his father after the king's cancer diagnosis, this is just part of a bigger battle against the papers,

with cases still ongoing against the publishers of the sun and the daily mail. david sillito, bbc news. queen camilla has said that king charles is "doing extremely well under the circumstances" following the start of his cancer treatment. speaeking at a concert at salisbury cathedral last night, the queen said that the king was very grateful for all the messages of support he's received. he's doing extremely well under the circumstances and he's very touched by all the letters and messages, you know, all the public has been sending from everywhere. that's very cheering. there has been focused on the weather. quite specific areas affected by snow.— affected by snow. yes. a hill feature and _ affected by snow. yes. a hill feature and down _ affected by snow. yes. a hill feature and down to - affected by snow. yes. a hill feature and down to small i feature and down to small temperature differences. some saw a

lot of snow yesterday and others a lot of snow yesterday and others a lot of snow yesterday and others a lot of rain and rain is probably the focus as we go through today. over 70 flood warnings in parts of england and scotland and more rain today. some snow but confined to the hills mainly in scotland and also the northern pennines. if you are going out, this is where we have rain at the moment. heavy bursts across the south—east towards east anglia and also in northern england, south—east scotland and western northern ireland. the white is where we have snow which will continue over the tops of the pennines towards northumberland and county durham. the southern uplands, grampians seeing the snow but at low level, rain. and a strong wind across the northern half of the country. northern ireland will stay cloudy. more heavy showers working across the south. there will be more

breaks in the cloud, particularly in the midlands and south—west with a greater chance of sunshine. a breezy day. especially from the north of england northwards. blowing the snow around on the hills and making it feel colder than temperature suggest. in the south with lighter wind and sunshine, up to 13. tonight, we will see skies clearing widely. a lighter wind and some fog patches could form. more hill snow in scotland, towards the far north. a cold start to the weekend and maybe some frost. but overall, at the weekend cloud, rain will come and go but may be a chance of sunshine. and go but may be a chance of sunshine-— the families of grace o'malley—kumar, barnaby webber and ian coates, who were killed in nottingham last year, will meet the cps inspectorate and

the care quality commission later. it is part of two on—going reviews into their killer valdo calocane's sentencing to a high security hospital and his contact with mental health services. a warning this report from simonjones contains some flashing images. killed on their way home last summer after a night out. students grace o'malley—kumar and barnaby webber were attacked by valdo calocane, who then stabbed to death ian coates, a school caretaker. calocane stole his van and used it to hit three pedestrians. the families of those who died have spoken of their loss to bbc breakfast. grace is just frozen as a 19—year—old. her life is just cut short and she's sort of just stopped. our biggest fear was our little girl driving up and down the motorway. we never even ever thought that our own daughter would be killed in an incident of knife crime. police:

stay where you are! this was the moment calocane was caught. last month, he was given an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. that was to the disgust of the families of calocane's victims, who insist murder charges should have been pursued. we foolishly trusted in the criminaljustice system. we thought we would have a voice maybe to talk about knife crime, to talk about the lack of proper support for victims�* families and the failings leading up to this. what we didn't expect was to be having to make such a noise. after pressure from the families, the crown prosecution service inspectorate, which examines the work of prosecutors, launched a review of the decisions in the case. today, the families will get an update on that. the cps itself had previously said there was overwhelming evidence calocane was suffering from a serious condition. the families will also meet the care quality commission. it's looking into the mental health trust that had treated calocane

for paranoid schizophrenia. he had been in and out of hospital for several years. the fails from the police, the cps, the health service have resulted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students. the nhs mental health trusts have to be held accountable for their failures, along with the police. the families have already taken their demands forjustice to downing street, although they know nothing can bring back their loved ones. but they have vowed to fight on to try to prevent others going through what they have suffered. and they say only a full public inquiry into what went wrong will do. simon jones, bbc news. we're joined now by barnaby�*s mum emma webber and grace's dad dr sa njoy kumar. thank you for your time ahead of what will be very important and no doubt difficult day. doctor, if i can ask you first, what is it you

are hoping will come out of your meetings today? i are hoping will come out of your meetings today?— are hoping will come out of your meetings today? i am really hoping that we aet meetings today? i am really hoping that we get listened _ meetings today? i am really hoping that we get listened to. _ meetings today? i am really hoping that we get listened to. and - meetings today? i am really hoping that we get listened to. and we i meetings today? i am really hoping that we get listened to. and we are j that we get listened to. and we are taken _ that we get listened to. and we are taken seriously with our concerns. it is taken seriously with our concerns. it is because — taken seriously with our concerns. it is because we met with politicians and it is the ministers who have — politicians and it is the ministers who have asked the attorney general to actually— who have asked the attorney general to actually conduct this inquiry. so it is very— to actually conduct this inquiry. so it is very important for us that everything is taken seriously and our concerns are listened to carefully _ our concerns are listened to carefully today.— our concerns are listened to carefully today. can you give a sense, carefully today. can you give a sense. the _ carefully today. can you give a sense, the cqc, _ carefully today. can you give a sense, the cqc, you _ carefully today. can you give a sense, the cqc, you say i carefully today. can you give a sense, the cqc, you say you l carefully today. can you give a i sense, the cqc, you say you want them to listen to concerns. can you give a sense of those primary concerns? ii give a sense of those primary concerns?— give a sense of those primary concerns? ., ~ . ,, ., , ., concerns? if we work backwards from the crime itself, _ concerns? if we work backwards from the crime itself, this _ concerns? if we work backwards from the crime itself, this is _ concerns? if we work backwards from

the crime itself, this is such - concerns? if we work backwards from the crime itself, this is such an i the crime itself, this is such an horrendous _ the crime itself, this is such an horrendous crime, probably the worst in the _ horrendous crime, probably the worst in the country for quite some time. and if— in the country for quite some time. and if you — in the country for quite some time. and if you look chronologically back, — and if you look chronologically back, there are a series of failings _ back, there are a series of failings. this person was detained under— failings. this person was detained under the — failings. this person was detained under the mental health act four times— under the mental health act four times and yet again, there were failures— times and yet again, there were failures where he was not put on the film failures where he was not put on the right medication. i am not sure if there _ right medication. i am not sure if there were — right medication. i am not sure if there were community treatment orders, _ there were community treatment orders, i— there were community treatment orders, i am there were community treatment orders, lam not there were community treatment orders, i am not sure there were community treatment orders, lam not sure if there were community treatment orders, i am not sure if any intramuscular injections were used, because _ intramuscular injections were used, because it _ intramuscular injections were used, because it was well known he was not taking _ because it was well known he was not taking his _ because it was well known he was not taking his medication. there are loads— taking his medication. there are loads of— taking his medication. there are loads of gaps within his treatment and within— loads of gaps within his treatment and within the mental health service where _ and within the mental health service where he _ and within the mental health service where he did not get the right treatment. where he did not get the right treatment-— where he did not get the right treatment. ., ., ., ,, treatment. emma, good morning. thank ou for treatment. emma, good morning. thank you forjoining — treatment. emma, good morning. thank you forjoining us- _ treatment. emma, good morning. thank you forjoining us. you _ treatment. emma, good morning. thank you forjoining us. you will— treatment. emma, good morning. thank you forjoining us. you will be _ you forjoining us. you will be travelling as well to these meetings and you will see the crown prosecution service inspectorate. we know the concerns regarding the mental health and health treatment

of valdo calocane. what do you want to hear in terms of reviewing what the cps has done?— to hear in terms of reviewing what the cps has done? yes. good morning. i think we the cps has done? yes. good morning. i think we feel — the cps has done? yes. good morning. i think we feel listened _ the cps has done? yes. good morning. i think we feel listened to. _ the cps has done? yes. good morning. i think we feel listened to. when i i think we feel listened to. when the reviews and inspections and the things happening were announced we insisted we had to take part, we had to be given the opportunity to properly give our concerns, evidential pieces of information we have to back that up. with regards to the cps, i think i have said bluntly that we felt very rushed and hastened by them. at the end, the plea decision, we felt railroaded. being blunt, they have used the words consulted when they refer both in cord and press statements but thatis in cord and press statements but that is not consultation. maybe they should look that up. what we were given was a faded company. we had a

lot of concerns that were in the most part wholly gnawed. we were given —— a fait accompli. consultation means during the process, to give you an easy timeline, it happened on the 13th of june, the first time we met with the cps and police was with regards to the plea, the 24th of november, at our behest. the pre—trial hearing was the 28th of november. the 24th of november was the first time we were given any indication that there could be a manslaughter acceptance. during that meeting we were told the

decision was going the way of accepting that. we were effectively given the decision on the 24th of november following that short period of time. with two families then working furiously over the weekend, questioning some of the information, the small amount we have been given by them. the fact that the pre—trial hearing was on a tuesday morning, we were given no time. all of the summer we were led to believe by the police team that it was murder, we have got him, he is going down. what i will be studying on the way to london today is the victim is�* code. i need to read may be what else we should have had but certainly a lot earlier. ., , ., ., should have had but certainly a lot earlier. ., ., ., ., ., earlier. you say you have a lot of readin: earlier. you say you have a lot of reading to _ earlier. you say you have a lot of reading to do- — earlier. you say you have a lot of reading to do. i _ earlier. you say you have a lot of reading to do. i wonder - earlier. you say you have a lot of reading to do. i wonder how- earlier. you say you have a lot of reading to do. i wonder how you | earlier. you say you have a lot of- reading to do. i wonder how you have the energy to do this. and the same for all the families affected, with

what you have dealt with with grief and now ploughing energy into forensically looking at this. how have you got the energy to do this? it is a good question. i honestly don't know sometimes. we are much stronger together and the fact we have both families really does help. we are making sure we are not doing this to wenger agree. we have such grave concerns, i don't think i could not do it for barney. i would not forgive myself if i didn't. my instinct is telling me and the fact that the powers that be, government, opposition, have listened so quickly and responded does give us some weight to the argument.— and responded does give us some weight to the argument. doctor, do ou want weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to — weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to pick — weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to pick up _ weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to pick up on _ weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to pick up on that? - weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to pick up on that? i i weight to the argument. doctor, do you want to pick up on that? i thinkj you want to pick up on that? i think you want to pick up on that? i think you may have said in the past or one

of the families has said, there is a certain amount of anger that you feel you now have to go through this part of the process. clearly, you would rather none of this had happened and on top of that, you would rather you were not required now to go through this process with these organisations. this now to go through this process with these organisations.— these organisations. this is exactly as ou these organisations. this is exactly as you say- — these organisations. this is exactly as you say- we _ these organisations. this is exactly as you say- we as _ these organisations. this is exactly as you say. we as a _ these organisations. this is exactly as you say. we as a family - these organisations. this is exactly as you say. we as a family feel i as you say. we as a family feel completely broken and after you have been through something horrendous like this, _ been through something horrendous like this, what you should do, you should _ like this, what you should do, you should have — like this, what you should do, you should have the end result you wanted — should have the end result you wanted. you should be able to draw a line in— wanted. you should be able to draw a line in the _ wanted. you should be able to draw a line in the sand and be able to move on. line in the sand and be able to move on the _ line in the sand and be able to move on the fact — line in the sand and be able to move on. the fact we have to carry on with— on. the fact we have to carry on with our— on. the fact we have to carry on with our fight, it saps energy and makes _ with our fight, it saps energy and makes the — with our fight, it saps energy and makes the grief worse. every time we do something like this, it circles back— do something like this, it circles back to — do something like this, it circles back to the horrible events ofjune the 13th _ back to the horrible events ofjune the 13th it— back to the horrible events ofjune the 13th. it is like pulling a scab

from _ the 13th. it is like pulling a scab from a — the 13th. it is like pulling a scab from a wound every time. every meeting. — from a wound every time. every meeting, everyone we have to challenge. it is absolutely awful and it _ challenge. it is absolutely awful and it is — challenge. it is absolutely awful and it is very tough and it is very tough _ and it is very tough and it is very tough on — and it is very tough and it is very tough on the family and on our son james _ tough on the family and on our son james it— tough on the family and on our son james it is— tough on the family and on our son james. it is tough on our friends, who knew— james. it is tough on our friends, who knew our kids from when they were _ who knew our kids from when they were babies. and who grew up with them _ were babies. and who grew up with them it— were babies. and who grew up with them it is— were babies. and who grew up with them. it is really tough on everyone around _ them. it is really tough on everyone around and — them. it is really tough on everyone around and that is the aspect people do not _ around and that is the aspect people do not see, — around and that is the aspect people do not see, how hard it is for everyone _ do not see, how hard it is for everyone who shared a life with grace — everyone who shared a life with grace. lt— everyone who shared a life with grace. , . , , ., ~ ., grace. it is incredibly hard. i know grace's friends _ grace. it is incredibly hard. i know grace's friends have _ grace. it is incredibly hard. i know grace's friends have been - grace. it is incredibly hard. i know grace's friends have been a i grace. it is incredibly hard. i know. grace's friends have been a comfort in many ways and knowing they are still holding her memory close. and her love of hockey was clear. you have something that perhaps helps with the memories? it have something that perhaps helps with the memories?— with the memories? it certainly does. members _

with the memories? it certainly does. members of _ with the memories? it certainly does. members of the - with the memories? it certainly does. members of the public, l with the memories? it certainly i does. members of the public, her friends, _ does. members of the public, her friends, they do wonderful things. yesterday, — friends, they do wonderful things. yesterday, this hockey stick was delivered — yesterday, this hockey stick was delivered to the house. and itjust says a _ delivered to the house. and itjust says a heartbreaking statement. there _ says a heartbreaking statement. there are — says a heartbreaking statement. there are all these things that people — there are all these things that people do. my wife, grace's mother has been _ people do. my wife, grace's mother has been in — people do. my wife, grace's mother has been in contact with all friends at university and keeps in touch with— at university and keeps in touch with them _ at university and keeps in touch with them. it is heartbreaking that all these _ with them. it is heartbreaking that all these lovely children are continuing with their lives whereas we are _ continuing with their lives whereas we are missing our daughter tremendously but we keep in touch and her— tremendously but we keep in touch and her university friends have been fantastic _ and her university friends have been fantastic. she was part of a team, playing _ fantastic. she was part of a team, playing premiership hockey, at medical— playing premiership hockey, at medical school, things she love doing — medical school, things she love doing it — medical school, things she love doing. it was the best year of her life that — doing. it was the best year of her life that was cruelly ended. doctor, thank you- — life that was cruelly ended. doctor, thank you. emma, _ life that was cruelly ended. doctor, thank you. emma, thank _

life that was cruelly ended. doctor, thank you. emma, thank you i life that was cruelly ended. doctor, thank you. emma, thank you very l thank you. emma, thank you very much, as well. we wish you well with your meetings. it will be a long day and intense. i hope it goes well for you both. and intense. i hope it goes well for ou both. . ., and intense. i hope it goes well for ou both. ., ,, ., ,, and intense. i hope it goes well for ou both. . ,, . ~' and intense. i hope it goes well for ou both. ., ,, ., ,, , you both. thank you. thank you very much. sir keir starmer has blamed the conservatives' handling of the economy for his decision to scrap a £28 billion commitment to green projects, if labour wins the next election. it comes after weeks of mixed messages from labour mps about whether their flagship 'green pledge' would be abandoned. shadow chancellor rachel reeves joins us now. why the u—turn? because the conservatives crash the economy causing huge damage and many watching the tv have had to change their plans over the past year because of higher mortgage rates, higher energy bills, higher tax. and as an opposition party that hopes to

form the next government, we have had to update plans, reflecting higher interest rates and the weak growth and cost—of—living crisis the country has been through. as a result, we have had to bring back some of the investments we hope to make and will not be able to do things as quickly as we wanted but we still have a plan to decarbonise the economy and bring jobs to britain, to insulated homes. and to lower energy bills. that is important but i make no apologies for ensuring our plan is costed, fully funded and able to be delivered within the inheritance we will get. it will be a bleak inheritance after the damage the conservatives have done to the economy. conservatives have done to the economy-— conservatives have done to the econom . ~ . ~ ., conservatives have done to the econom . ~ ., economy. when we look back at your comments in — economy. when we look back at your comments in 2021 _ economy. when we look back at your comments in 2021 when _ economy. when we look back at your comments in 2021 when the - economy. when we look back at your comments in 2021 when the pledge l economy. when we look back at your i comments in 2021 when the pledge was made, i think people understand things change but we look at the words you used and i can read them back. as chancellor you said, in the

event of you becoming chancellor, i will not shirk responsibility to future generations. you went on to say no dither, no delay. labour will meet the challenge head—on. i will be a responsible chancellor, i will be a responsible chancellor, i will be britain's first green chancellor. what you have just said is things change. but it begs the question why and make that pledge, which was a pledge, which felt like it was set in cement and would not change, why make it if you are prepared to turn back on it? i make it if you are prepared to turn back on it?— make it if you are prepared to turn back on it? . ., , , ., ., back on it? i am absolutely going to be the first green _ back on it? i am absolutely going to be the first green chancellor. i back on it? i am absolutely going to be the first green chancellor. you i be the first green chancellor. you are less of _ be the first green chancellor. you are less of a _ be the first green chancellor. you are less of a green _ be the first green chancellor. you are less of a green chancellor, you cannot have it both ways. it is an enormous change from where you work. it cannot be the same. i will not make apologies for making sure plans are consistent with the fiscal rules

i have set out, that they are responsible and achievable. the truth is that no one foresaw the damage the conservatives would do with the mini—budget which crash the economy, sent interest rates soaring and people will have experienced that with their mortgages. an incoming government will experience it with higher interest rates on government debt. we have adjusted plans but they are still ambitious plans. ii i plans but they are still ambitious lans. ._ plans but they are still ambitious lans. ., , ., plans. if i may, the truth is that fewer households _ plans. if i may, the truth is that fewer households will _ plans. if i may, the truth is that fewer households will have i fewer households will have insulation. i fewer households will have insulation.— fewer households will have insulation. . ., , ., insulation. i am not denying that. i am not denying — insulation. i am not denying that. i am not denying the _ insulation. i am not denying that. i am not denying the plans - insulation. i am not denying that. i am not denying the plans have i insulation. i am not denying that. i am not denying the plans have had insulation. i am not denying that. i. am not denying the plans have had to change. is am not denying the plans have had to chance. , .. , am not denying the plans have had to chance. , ., , , change. is it the case fewer houses will have insulation _ change. is it the case fewer houses will have insulation because - change. is it the case fewer houses will have insulation because of- change. is it the case fewer houses will have insulation because of the | will have insulation because of the announcement yesterday? it is absolutely _ announcement yesterday? it is absolutely true _ announcement yesterday? it is absolutely true for _ announcement yesterday? it 3 absolutely true for the reasons i set out. the conservatives caused huge damage to the economy and we cannot carry on regardless and say it has no effect on what an incoming labour government would do. i would

make sure our plans are responsible and achievable and affordable because the conservatives have played fast and loose with public finances and as a result they played fast and loose with family finances. the conservatives were willing to do that and i never will. i am the conservatives were willing to do that and i never will.— that and i never will. i am less interested _ that and i never will. i am less interested in _ that and i never will. i am less interested in talking _ that and i never will. i am less interested in talking about i that and i never will. i am less interested in talking about the j interested in talking about the conservatives than about you. you are talking as shadow chancellor. why should anyone believe the things you say about your plans when you are prepared, if the circumstances require it, to do other things? i require it, to do otherthings? i think when i have been shadow chancellor people have heard loud and clear that fiscal responsibility, economic responsibility, economic responsibility are the most important thing is for me because it is essential the public finances are managed well. when economic

circumstances change, plans have to change. we know that as families. when the money coming in is not as much as what it was, we have to adjust our plans. it is true for governments. i will always ensure our plans can be delivered and are affordable within the inheritance the labour government will get. ii the labour government will get. if we can do yes and no. you have made this change and change to this plan. does it mean in principle you have your guidelines for your spending set up? has it been finalised? there is a suggestion that you within the labour party, because you possibly thought they would be an election in may, basically know what you will spend and when. is may, basically know what you will spend and when.— may, basically know what you will spend and when. is that true? there will be another _ spend and when. is that true? there will be another budget _ spend and when. is that true? there will be another budget before i spend and when. is that true? there will be another budget before the i will be another budget before the general election, on march the 6th. we will get updated projections from the office for budget responsibility and treasury. we will not know the

state of public finances until that point. state of public finances until that oint. . , state of public finances until that oint. ., , . ., , state of public finances until that oint. . , ,, state of public finances until that oint. . , point. that is confusing because you made the decision _ point. that is confusing because you made the decision about _ point. that is confusing because you made the decision about the - point. that is confusing because you made the decision about the 28 i made the decision about the 28 billion without knowing the full endgame. brute billion without knowing the full enduame. ~ ~ ., ., billion without knowing the full enduame. ~ ~' ., ., ., , endgame. we know for example the government — endgame. we know for example the government are _ endgame. we know for example the government are spending _ endgame. we know for example the government are spending £70 i endgame. we know for example the | government are spending £70 billion more now than they were just over two years ago on debt interest. we know the public finances have deteriorated significantly since i first made that commitment to be britain's first green chancellor. we still have ambitious plans around hydrogen, carbon capture, offshore wind. but they have to be delivered within the fiscal inheritance a labour government will have. ok. labour government will have. ok, let's try to — labour government will have. ok, let's try to get _ labour government will have. ok, let's try to get to _ labour government will have. ok, let's try to get to some basics you might be able to confirm. someone who is on a low income, average income currently, as it stands, will they be paying more or less tax with

you as chancellor? i they be paying more or less tax with you as chancellor?— you as chancellor? i would like taxes on working _ you as chancellor? i would like taxes on working people i you as chancellor? i would like taxes on working people to - you as chancellor? i would like taxes on working people to be | you as chancellor? i would like - taxes on working people to be lower but i am not making promises i cannot explain where the money is going to come from. for cannot explain where the money is going to come from.— going to come from. for example, there are previous _ going to come from. for example, there are previous pledges - going to come from. for example, there are previous pledges in - there are previous pledges in connection with things going into common ownership like rail, energy, water. do you know what you will do about that?— about that? yes, charlie. we have said when the _ about that? yes, charlie. we have said when the franchises - about that? yes, charlie. we have said when the franchises for - about that? yes, charlie. we have said when the franchises for rail. said when the franchises for rail operators come up, we will bring them into public ownership. there is not the money available and it would not the money available and it would not be good news of public money to nationalise other parts of the economy but rail, when franchises come up they will return to public ownership. come up they will return to public ownership-— ownership. when with the first ha--en? ownership. when with the first happen? there _ ownership. when with the first happen? there is _ ownership. when with the first happen? there is a _ ownership. when with the first happen? there is a range. - ownership. when with the first l happen? there is a range. some already are _ happen? there is a range. some already are in — happen? there is a range. some already are in public _ happen? there is a range. some already are in public hands. - happen? there is a range. somel already are in public hands. when the franchises come up they will return to public ownership and that

is a commitment we have made on a number of occasions. aha, is a commitment we have made on a number of occasions.— number of occasions. a final thought- _ number of occasions. a final thought. and _ number of occasions. a final thought. and it _ number of occasions. a final thought. and it is _ number of occasions. a final thought. and it is important| number of occasions. a final i thought. and it is important to people. if it becomes so that sir keir starmer is prime minister and you chancellor, we need to know about your relationship. there is a suggestion that behind—the—scenes it is not all comfortable between you in relation to this decision. flan in relation to this decision. can ou rive in relation to this decision. can you give an _ in relation to this decision. can you give an insight? we work together every single day and putting together these plans around the green prosperity plan to invest injob the green prosperity plan to invest in job search and industries, we and our teams have worked tirelessly to make sure the plans add up and are deliverable. that is true on all policy areas. i am lucky i have a strong relationship with keir starmer and that will be so important if we do have the privilege of forming the next government, to work closely on plans and we do that every day and that is

the attitude and spirit we will take into government. we the attitude and spirit we will take into government.— the attitude and spirit we will take into government. we appreciate your time. into government. we appreciate your time- thank — into government. we appreciate your time. thank you. _ time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. a watchdog has warned the met police is not doing enough to tackle child exploitation, leaving vulnerable young people at risk. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire & rescue services said scotland yard lacked understanding of the "nature and scale of child exploitation". it's given recommendations including better training. i should start by saying a sincere apology, really, to all those affected by the incidents reported on by the inspectorate in this report. it will be upsetting for anyone who has been affected by these instances of exploitation that the inspectorate have reported on. and my heart goes out to those who have been affected and their families. but we are as you know making great strides in how we move on from this and making sure we ensure all children in the future

are safeguarded. transport for london prosecuted nearly 20,000 people for fare evasion last year, an increase ofjust over 50% compared with 2022. tfl said it investigated more than 400 prolific offenders who made over 50,000 journeys. it comes as the fine for fare dodging has gone up to £100. new figures suggest more than half of london's lgbtq venues closed over the past 20 years. data from city hall shows numbers fell from 125 to 50, with many blaming the cost of living crisis and rising rents. among them was the black cap in camden which shut in 2015. when it was illegal to be gay, this place kind of let us in and protected us. and there are very few places anywhere in the country that are still standing that did that for us. they've gone. hammersmith bridge will finally reopen next week, but only partly. a temporary lane will be

available for those on bikes and e—scooters from next tuesday, due to a pause in repair works. the 57—year—old crossing has been closed to vehicles since cracks appeared in 2019. travel now and this is how the tube is looking at the moment. minor delays on the central and metropolitan lines. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. over the last 2a hours or so we have seen in some places over 25 millimetres of rain. as a result the environment agency has issued several flood alerts in and around london. we have got more rain today in the form of showers, some of those could be quite heavy, it's breezy, we've got a south south—westerly wind. some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures are still mild at 13 celsius. overnight tonight, still a few showers moving through but drier by the end of the night with some clearer spells. the wind a bit lighter, could see a little bit of mistiness by dawn. a chillier night than last night with a minimum of four celsius. low pressure is still in charge as we head into saturday and that's going to drive more showers through the morning,

perhaps drier, though, through the afternoon tomorrow with some brighter spells, some sunny spells. temperatures still managing to get up to around 12 celsius. the wind a little bit lighter. it is going to stay unsettled as we head towards the end of the weekend and into next week. we have got some showers at times for sunday, the temperatures are still relatively mild. there's lots more on our website including the online sellers upset over rising numbers of parcel mix—ups. that's it, i'm back in around half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. more than 300 dogs have died in the uk since 2012 from an ailment called alabama rot which damages blood vessels and kidneys. not much is known about the disease including what causes it, but now a group of vets in hampshire have published a study following years of research.

our correspondent duncan kennedy is in winchester and can tell us more. he in winchester and can tell us more. is with some fr morning, he is with some friends. good morning, explain what is happening? good morning. you join us at a vet clinicjust outside good morning. you join us at a vet clinic just outside winchester good morning. you join us at a vet clinicjust outside winchester and we are with ralph and his owner joshua was a vet, and the owner. we will be talking tojosh on a minute about this horrible disease called alabama rot. luckily ralph has avoided it but hundreds of other dogs have not been able to avoid it. we have been to meet one owner who lost her beloved pet. betsy by name, bouncy by character. the golden coloured pet who was the beating heart of family life. she was just a lovely, lovely dog. a two—year—old cocker spaniel who had bundles of energy. hannah povey from hampshire

was devastated by the loss of betsy. so much that even before we began talking, the memories overwhelmed her. i knew this was going to... sorry. can you get me a tissue? sorry. it was last november that hannah took betsy for a walk in a country area near her home, a place they'd been to many times. so this was her normal standard walk, as we do every time, really. and then just that one day seemed to be the disaster. that disaster was alabama rot, a mysterious disease that dogs like betsy can pick up and which can lead to kidney failure. and then sunday evening, we got the call to say that's it. so we went over sunday evening and said our goodbyes. sorry...

she'd gone from a happy, lively puppy to not here any more. it was so quick. alabama rot was first identified in the united states in the 1980s, but this new map shows the vast spread of where the dogs have died here in britain. the total number has now passed 300 since records began in 2012, and the disease has been responsible for ten deaths so far this year. this team of vets in hampshire have become the world's leading experts in monitoring this perplexing disease. what exactly is causing alabama rot? we simply don't know yet. work is ongoing all the time and we are continuing to research. we have many theories as to what could be going on. for example, a bacteria or a toxin potentially in the environment that these dogs are exposed to that then leaves the disease developing. the initial symptoms of alabama rot can be seen in skin

lesions on the feet, legs, chest and abdomen, usually followed by problems with the kidneys. some cases of alabama rot seem to be associated with woodland areas, especially between november and may, when it's wettest. owners are asked to check the feet of their dogs after walks looking for those lesions. hannah still has bertie, who was not a replacement for betsy but is a comfort. losing betsy to alabama rot brought a heartache not unlike the daunting pain of grief. she was such a massive part of my life, of all our lives. and to lose her so young and in such a tragic way was really, really tough. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

poor old betsy, just two years old, you can see the devastation alabama rot brings to people like anna. we are with josh rot brings to people like anna. we are withjosh and ralph. it is a pretty devastating disease. at the moment we have spikes going on, ten cases at the end of last year, ten so far this year, what you think is happening? we so far this year, what you think is happening?— so far this year, what you think is hauenina? ~ ., ., , , happening? we know that the diseases associated with _ happening? we know that the diseases associated with decreasing _ happening? we know that the diseases associated with decreasing rainfall, - associated with decreasing rainfall, an in the autumn. autumn. it might be that this very wet and warm in november has led to a surge in cases. ~ ., ., ,': z: z: november has led to a surge in cases. a, ., ,': z: z: ,, ., cases. more than 300, we pass that in the last ten _ cases. more than 300, we pass that in the last ten years, _ cases. more than 300, we pass that in the last ten years, how— in the last ten years, how frustrating is it that we simply do not know what is causing alabama rot? ~ ., ., . ., not know what is causing alabama rot? . . ., _, ,':'f~ not know what is causing alabama rot? ~ ., ., ,':'f~ , rot? we have now confirmed 318 cases in the uk and — rot? we have now confirmed 318 cases in the uk and i — rot? we have now confirmed 318 cases in the uk and i suspect _ rot? we have now confirmed 318 cases in the uk and i suspect this _ rot? we have now confirmed 318 cases in the uk and i suspect this is - rot? we have now confirmed 318 cases in the uk and i suspect this is an - in the uk and i suspect this is an underestimate. we think it's very important for everyone to be aware of the sides. the research is ongoing. hf of the sides. the research is ongoing-— of the sides. the research is onauoin. , ., ., ~ ongoing. if they go walking in wet countryside _ ongoing. if they go walking in wet countryside or— ongoing. if they go walking in wet countryside or woodland -

ongoing. if they go walking in wet countryside or woodland which - ongoing. if they go walking in wet i countryside or woodland which could be a suspect area, what should people do? hf be a suspect area, what should people do?— be a suspect area, what should --eole do? . ~ , people do? if walking in the woods, articularl people do? if walking in the woods, particularly between _ people do? if walking in the woods, particularly between november - people do? if walking in the woods, particularly between november and | particularly between november and may, it seems a reasonable precaution anywhere that has a lot of mud on it to wash that, particularly the lower legs where we might see the signs early, the belly, in between the pores. we don't know if that will prevent the disease but it seems reasonable to reduce transmission. it an disease but it seems reasonable to reduce transmission.— reduce transmission. if an owner sots a reduce transmission. if an owner spots a lesion — reduce transmission. if an owner spots a lesion or _ reduce transmission. if an owner spots a lesion or a _ reduce transmission. if an owner spots a lesion or a cut, - reduce transmission. if an owner spots a lesion or a cut, not - spots a lesion or a cut, not necessarily panic mode? it’s spots a lesion or a cut, not necessarily panic mode? it's very im ortant necessarily panic mode? it's very important not — necessarily panic mode? it's very important not to _ necessarily panic mode? it's very important not to panic. _ necessarily panic mode? it's very important not to panic. many - necessarily panic mode? it's very i important not to panic. many other things could cause a skin problems on your dog but if you do see an unexplained lesion especially if your dog is unwell, go to your local vet who can assess it and go through the process which will properly involve a series of blood tests. if the vets have any doubts, they can call us here so we can give them advice about the disease. [30 call us here so we can give them advice about the disease. do you think it is underreported, - advice about the disease. do you think it is underreported, maybe | advice about the disease. do you - think it is underreported, maybe not all vets know what to look for or

not aware of it? we all vets know what to look for or not aware of it?— not aware of it? we think it's important — not aware of it? we think it's important that _ not aware of it? we think it's important that awareness - not aware of it? we think it's - important that awareness continues to increase for the public and vets. we offer a lot of teaching, if anyone is in doubt they can come in and listen to us and our website goes over a lot of features to look out for so hopefully more people will become aware of this serious disease. �* , ., , will become aware of this serious disease. �* , ., ., , disease. but people have to be realistic, this _ disease. but people have to be realistic, this is _ disease. but people have to be realistic, this is a _ disease. but people have to be realistic, this is a very - disease. but people have to be realistic, this is a very serious l realistic, this is a very serious disease? ~ , ,., , realistic, this is a very serious disease?— realistic, this is a very serious disease? ~ , ., ., , disease? absolutely, the mortality rate is around _ disease? absolutely, the mortality rate is around 9096 _ disease? absolutely, the mortality rate is around 9096 unfortunately. | disease? absolutely, the mortality l rate is around 9096 unfortunately. at rate is around 90% unfortunately. at least10% rate is around 90% unfortunately. at least 10% of rate is around 90% unfortunately. at least10% of dogs which could survive the disease, if we can recognise it and get appropriate therapy into them which will be all about protecting their kidneys. many dogs will get skin lesions which will not kidney failure and they seem to do much better, it's the one with kidney problems we have to watch. �* , ., with kidney problems we have to watch. �* i. .,, ., watch. are you hopeful about research producing _ watch. are you hopeful about| research producing something watch. are you hopeful about - research producing something which will tell us what alabama rot is and may be a treatment, briefly? it rare may be a treatment, briefly? if we can find a cause _ may be a treatment, briefly? if we can find a cause that _ may be a treatment, briefly? if we can find a cause that could - may be a treatment, briefly? it we: can find a cause that could help may be a treatment, briefly? if we: can find a cause that could help us find a drug that could treat them. thank you very much. there are

around 12 million dogs in the united kingdom and alabama rot is a very rare disease but the advice is if you are unsure, go to websites like this one here or contact your vet who will have some if not all of the answers about alabama rot. thank you very much. and the camera can go back to alfie, can't it? what a lovely, composed, calm, beautiful dog. a lovely, composed, calm, beautiful do. :, , , , ., ., , dog. one of the best behaved dogs we have had on breakfast! _ dog. one of the best behaved dogs we have had on breakfast! thank - dog. one of the best behaved dogs we have had on breakfast! thank you - have had on breakfast! thank you very much. _ have had on breakfast! thank you very much, duncan. _ have had on breakfast! thank you very much, duncan. lots- have had on breakfast! thank you very much, duncan. lots of- have had on breakfast! thank you| very much, duncan. lots of people will be thinking, my dog is never like that at the net! very well behaved. he like that at the net! very well behaved. :, , like that at the net! very well behaved. ., , :, :, , :, like that at the net! very well behaved. :, :, , :, , , behaved. he has got lots of strokes, that helped- — that helped. music spends a lot of —— there is a lot of music in sport, you have the choirs in wales, opera singers, and

not so much as the super bowl. it's the half—time show. usher is the start of this show. you the half-time show. usher is the start of this show.— start of this show. you say that. one of the _ start of this show. you say that. one of the stars. _ start of this show. you say that. one of the stars. kansas - start of this show. you say that. one of the stars. kansas chiefs, ta lor one of the stars. kansas chiefs, taylor swift? — one of the stars. kansas chiefs, taylor swift? out _ one of the stars. kansas chiefs, taylor swift? out the _ one of the stars. kansas chiefs, taylor swift? out the san - one of the stars. kansas chiefs, i taylor swift? out the san francisco 49ers! the countdown to super bowl 58 really starts to build today, and while the pinnacle of the american football season draws in millions of viewers around the world as the defending champions kansas city chiefs take on the san francisco 49ers, many will be tuning in for the famous half—time show. the likes of prince, beyonce and madonna have all headlined, and this year it is the turn of r&b artist usher. nesta mcgregor is in las vegas for us. when it comes to the marriage between sport and entertainment, the super bowl stands alone. this giant room inside the mandalay bay hotel has just witnessed the press conference of usher, the headline act for the half—time show this year. he's following in the footsteps of some legends. we're talking sir paul mccartney,

prince, madonna, beyonce, just to name a few. # when i told her, i say, yeah. usher, who's a5, has the same problem as lots of people who came before him. trying to squeeze their career into just 13 minutes. you know, there's been these fantasy lists that have been going out and people trying to figure out what song i'm going to perform first, middle, last, who's going to come on the stage with me. what i did is i was very mindful of my past, celebrating my present, which is here in las vegas, and thinking about where we're headed in the future. this is just really a testament of dedication. i don't have this moment by myself, all of my fans that i bring with me, each and every person that had anything to do with the music, the creativity, everybody is a part of this celebratory moment. now, it's probably fair to say usher is by no means at the peak of his career, and the choice to book him for the half—time show was somewhat controversial. i think in america, you immediately took at the catalogue,

you immediately think about all of the music that he has and the incredible amount of hits that he has. and so while some may have thought maybe there was an out of left field choice in choosing him, you immediately remember he's got what it takes to make it happen and make it happen well, right? so we think he has such a wide appeal that you still hear him in bars and clubs, but also it's something that your parents might get down to. he seems composed. he seems to be at ease. i've seen people look a bit nervous, but not usher. you think he's got this in the bag? you would be hard pressed to find a moment where usher is nervous or anything less than the coolest cat in the room. you saw him with the leather trench coat! you ain't seen that since morpheus on matrix! you know what i'm saying? like, the man knows what he's doing. now, usher did hint at bringing out a few special guests, and throughout his career, he's collaborated with hundreds of people. so we have to wait and see. he's the ultimate showman. a big part of his set is he comes out on roller skates and start dancing so we'll have to wait for that.

another thing to look out for, it's not very often that the artist who performs the half—time show is overshadowed by another artist in the stand. but if taylor swift arrives in time to see her boyfriend, travis kelce of the kansas city chiefs, that could be the case. nestor mcgregor, bbc news, las vegas. such a big event this weekend. always. good morning, max. this is what lots of people were expecting yesterday —— good morning, matt. you are bringing optimism, though, now. less snow. it looked great, didn't it? but it caused them problems. but the problem is now that a lot of what fell yesterday will start to melt. this is the outskirts of sheffield yesterday, but already in oxfordshire big puddles on the ground this morning, a lot of rain

fell yesterday, and the snow melts could cause some issues. we saw as much as two inches of rain wales but well over an inch, half a month of rainfall, in quite a few spots. coupled with the snowfall melting, we could see flooding. there are 70 snow alert —— flood alerts in england. temperatures are creeping up england. temperatures are creeping up and spreading north, still chilly across scotland with some snow of the hills. but lower—level sites, lots of rain to come and strong to gale force easterly winds. winds later in the south, away from the far south—east but heavy showers to come on and off through the day. that could be quite lively. the better chance of seeing a bit of sunshine at times. lighter winds around the midlands and eastern england, strong wind in the north,

and it will field a sticky chilly out there. any snow on the mountains will be blowing around. —— it will feel distinctly chilly. some cloud tonight for the north of england and scotland but clearer spells in the rest of england, we could use a mist and fog in lincolnshire. could be a touch of frost in places. low pressure in the south—west into the weekend, the weather front in the north, quieter conditions in between. scotland has outbreaks of rain, snow in the hills but northern ireland and south scotland, one or two showers in devon a call and south—west wales as well as east anglia and the south—east, many will get away with a dry day and a bit more sunshine around. with winds light away from the south—west it should feel pleasant. ten or 11

degrees so above where we would normally be at this time of year. chance of a touch of frost through saturday night but sunday has more cloud, persistent rain across the north—east of scotland and strong to gale force wind, windy across the south but a few sunny outbreaks, greater chance of a shower or two in northern ireland and wales. temperatures down a little bit. still above where we should be at this point in the year, next week half term for a fair few of you, still low pressure close by to the north and west and weather fronts will get close in the south so longer spells of rain in the forecast. but there is a greater chance of sunshine and temperatures holding fairly steady. if you have any half term plans you should be able to get out and do something. thank you, see you later.

they've sold more than 22 million records, had 1a top five singles and now steps will see their biggest hits performed on stage like never before. here and now the musical, co—produced by the band, will take to a theatre in birmingham later this year. steps willjoin us on the sofa next but first let's hear some of the classics that will appear in the show. he could not resist! # tragedy when the feelings gone and you can't go on it's tragedy # when the morning cries and you don't know why # it's hard to bear # with no one to love you, you're going nowhere. # my boot scooting baby is driving me crazy # my obsession from a western, my dance floor date # my rodeo romeo, cowboy god from head to toe want to make you mine, better get in line, five, six, seven, eight. # i am a deeper shade of blue # and there's nothing i can do # you're

so far, far away. # here and now # i want to be the one for you steps a re steps are with us now chatting constantly even though they were told not to. constantly even though they were told not to-_ constantly even though they were told not to.- you _ constantly even though they were told not to.- you are - constantly even though they were told not to.- you are the - constantly even though they were told not to. sorry! you are the main culrit. told not to. sorry! you are the main culprit- he — told not to. sorry! you are the main culprit. he naughty. _ told not to. sorry! you are the main culprit. he naughty. many - told not to. sorry! you are the main| culprit. he naughty. many apologies told not to. sorry! you are the main. culprit. he naughty. many apologies. it was a spokesperson? _ culprit. he naughty. many apologies. it was a spokesperson? we - culprit. he naughty. many apologies. it was a spokesperson? we share - culprit. he naughty. many apologies. it was a spokesperson? we share it | it was a spokesperson? we share it around. if it was a spokesperson? we share it around- if you _ it was a spokesperson? we share it around. if you see _ it was a spokesperson? we share it around. if you see the _ it was a spokesperson? we share it around. if you see the musical, - it was a spokesperson? we share it| around. if you see the musical, what are ou around. if you see the musical, what are you going _ around. if you see the musical, what are you going to _ around. if you see the musical, what are you going to see? _ around. if you see the musical, what are you going to see? you _ around. if you see the musical, what are you going to see? you are - around. if you see the musical, what are you going to see? you are going| are you going to see? you are going to see a musical— are you going to see? you are going to see a musical about _ are you going to see? you are going to see a musical about love - are you going to see? you are going to see a musical about love and - to see a musical about love and friendship. _ to see a musical about love and friendship, about four friends embarking on a summer of love, and it is set_ embarking on a summer of love, and it is setto— embarking on a summer of love, and it is set to all — embarking on a summer of love, and it is set to all our music. just embarking on a summer of love, and it is set to all our music.— it is set to all our music. just to be clear. _ it is set to all our music. just to be clear. you — it is set to all our music. just to be clear, you five _ it is set to all our music. just to be clear, you five are _ it is set to all our music. just to be clear, you five are not - it is set to all our music. just to be clear, you five are not in - it is set to all our music. just to be clear, you five are not in thej be clear, you five are not in the show. ~ :, be clear, you five are not in the show. ~ . :, ., �* , :, show. we are not in it and it's not about us. — show. we are not in it and it's not about us. it's _ show. we are not in it and it's not about us, it's not _ show. we are not in it and it's not about us, it's not our _ show. we are not in it and it's not about us, it's not our story, - show. we are not in it and it's not about us, it's not our story, it's i show. we are not in it and it's not about us, it's not our story, it's a | about us, it's not our story, it's a completely— about us, it's not our story, it's a completely stand—alone story, it's 'ust completely stand—alone story, it's just our— completely stand—alone story, it's just our music tying it together.

it's no _ just our music tying it together. it's no wedding, it is not set on a greek island. it's no wedding, it is not set on a greek island-— it's no wedding, it is not set on a greek island. what are you alluding to! that could _ greek island. what are you alluding to! that could be _ greek island. what are you alluding to! that could be a _ greek island. what are you alluding to! that could be a really _ greek island. what are you alluding to! that could be a really big - greek island. what are you alluding to! that could be a really big hit. i to! that could be a really big hit. the complete opposite of that. we sat in a room yesterday with actors with a run through with the whole tech team, and our creative team, and it's super exciting.— and it's super exciting. when were ou and it's super exciting. when were you pitched _ and it's super exciting. when were you pitched the — and it's super exciting. when were you pitched the story, _ and it's super exciting. when were you pitched the story, lisa? - and it's super exciting. when were you pitched the story, lisa? it's i you pitched the story, lisa? it's something _ you pitched the story, lisa? it's something we were working on for ten years _ something we were working on for ten years so _ something we were working on for ten ears, , :, something we were working on for ten ears, y:, ., years. so you have written the sto ? it years. so you have written the story? it has _ years. so you have written the story? it has been _ years. so you have written the story? it has been our- years. so you have written the story? it has been our idea - years. so you have written the story? it has been our idea to| years. so you have written the - story? it has been our idea to have our own musical, _ story? it has been our idea to have our own musical, and _ story? it has been our idea to have our own musical, and it's _ story? it has been our idea to have our own musical, and it's taken - our own musical, and it's taken quite _ our own musical, and it's taken quite a — our own musical, and it's taken quite a few— our own musical, and it's taken quite a few years for us to find the right— quite a few years for us to find the right team — quite a few years for us to find the right team so it has been a dream dream— right team so it has been a dream dream of— right team so it has been a dream dream of ours so very many years so now we _ dream of ours so very many years so now we have — dream of ours so very many years so now we have got award winning writers — now we have got award winning writers on — now we have got award winning writers on board, lovely choreographers so it was about having — choreographers so it was about having the right people. we all did a brainstorm and we had lots of input _ a brainstorm and we had lots of inut. ,, . , a brainstorm and we had lots of inut, ,, ., , , a brainstorm and we had lots of inut. ,, . , , ,, ., input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener- _ input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener. and _ input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener. and we _ input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener. and we think - input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener. and we think it - input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener. and we think it is - input. sean is the brighter, sean kitchener. and we think it is the | kitchener. and we think it is the ri . ht kitchener. and we think it is the right story _ kitchener. and we think it is the right story for — kitchener. and we think it is the right story for our _ kitchener. and we think it is the right story for our music. -

kitchener. and we think it is the right story for our music. for. kitchener. and we think it is the l right story for our music. for this current climate as well. we feel like we know our fans pretty well and so we wanted to deliver a story which was relatable to them. being in the room yesterday was amazing because the cast that were reading the script for us were telling us how much they loved it and we all laughed together, we had a few tears together during the storyline. and i think we were really overwhelmed and happy and proud of how it has come together. happy and proud of how it has come touether. :, happy and proud of how it has come touether. . , :, , happy and proud of how it has come touether. :, , :, , . together. have you yet heard them sin . in: together. have you yet heard them singing your _ together. have you yet heard them singing your songs? _ together. have you yet heard them singing your songs? not _ together. have you yet heard them singing your songs? not yet. - together. have you yet heard them singing your songs? not yet. it - together. have you yet heard them | singing your songs? not yet. it was a bit weird because _ singing your songs? not yet. it was a bit weird because they _ singing your songs? not yet. it was a bit weird because they were - a bit weird because they were reading — a bit weird because they were reading the _ a bit weird because they were reading the script _ a bit weird because they were reading the script and - a bit weird because they were reading the script and we - a bit weird because they were reading the script and we saw a bit weird because they were - reading the script and we saw these characters _ reading the script and we saw these characters coming _ reading the script and we saw these characters coming to _ reading the script and we saw these characters coming to life _ reading the script and we saw these characters coming to life off - reading the script and we saw these characters coming to life off of - reading the script and we saw these characters coming to life off of the i characters coming to life off of the pa-e characters coming to life off of the page and _ characters coming to life off of the page and then _ characters coming to life off of the page and then they— characters coming to life off of the page and then theyjust _ characters coming to life off of the page and then theyjust play - characters coming to life off of the page and then theyjust play one l characters coming to life off of the | page and then theyjust play one of our tracks! — page and then theyjust play one of ourtracks! 50— page and then theyjust play one of our tracks! so it— page and then theyjust play one of our tracks! so it was _ page and then theyjust play one of our tracks! so it was us— page and then theyjust play one of our tracks! so it was us singing! . our tracks! so it was us singing! but we — our tracks! so it was us singing! but we were _ our tracks! so it was us singing! but we were all— our tracks! so it was us singing! but we were all singing - our tracks! so it was us singing! but we were all singing along. i but we were all singing along. people — but we were all singing along. pepple who— but we were all singing along. people who you _ but we were all singing along. people who you were - but we were all singing along. people who you were not - but we were all singing along. | people who you were not think but we were all singing along. - people who you were not think were steps fans who knew all the words. we have got a very creative team who are talented _ we have got a very creative team who are talented and _ we have got a very creative team who are talented and they _ we have got a very creative team who are talented and they turned - we have got a very creative team who are talented and they turned down - are talented and they turned down 'obs are talented and they turned down jobs to— are talented and they turned down jobs to take — are talented and they turned down jobs to take this _ are talented and they turned down jobs to take this job _ are talented and they turned down jobs to take this job which - are talented and they turned down jobs to take this job which is - are talented and they turned down jobs to take this job which is a - jobs to take this job which is a huge — jobs to take this job which is a huge compliment. _ jobs to take this job which is a huge compliment.— jobs to take this job which is a huge compliment. jobs to take this job which is a hue comliment. , . :,,, huge compliment. fingers crossed it works! dance _

huge compliment. fingers crossed it works! dance moves. _ huge compliment. fingers crossed it works! dance moves. steps, - huge compliment. fingers crossed it works! dance moves. steps, we - huge compliment. fingers crossed it| works! dance moves. steps, we have always got you to do the dance moves. they always get you to do it. every time we come on, charlie, you neverjoin in. every time we come on, charlie, you neverioin in— neverjoin in. your stage is here. ma be a neverjoin in. your stage is here. maybe a bit _ neverjoin in. your stage is here. maybe a bit of — neverjoin in. your stage is here. maybe a bit of tragedy. - neverjoin in. your stage is here. maybe a bit of tragedy. some . neverjoin in. your stage is here. . maybe a bit of tragedy. some things are best left — maybe a bit of tragedy. some things are best left to _ maybe a bit of tragedy. some things are best left to the _ maybe a bit of tragedy. some things are best left to the imagination. - are best left to the imagination. best forgotten. moving on. why are you all wearing blue? hate best forgotten. moving on. why are you all wearing blue?— you all wearing blue? we do like to colour coordinate. _ you all wearing blue? we do like to colour coordinate. and _ you all wearing blue? we do like to colour coordinate. and we - you all wearing blue? we do like to colour coordinate. and we always l colour coordinate. and we always wear red hair _ colour coordinate. and we always wear red hair and _ colour coordinate. and we always wear red hair and blend - colour coordinate. and we always wear red hair and blend into - colour coordinate. and we always wear red hair and blend into the i wear red hair and blend into the centre — wear red hair and blend into the centre -- — wear red hair and blend into the centre. —— blend into the couch. we centre. -- blend into the couch. we knew that centre. —— blend into the couch. knew that you centre. —— blend into the couch. we knew that you would be in your blue suit! so _ knew that you would be in your blue suit! :, , ., ., knew that you would be in your blue suit! :, , ., :, :, knew that you would be in your blue suit! :, :, :, ., :, suit! so does a memo go around yesterday? _ suit! so does a memo go around yesterday? how _ suit! so does a memo go around yesterday? how does _ suit! so does a memo go around yesterday? how does it - suit! so does a memo go around yesterday? how does it work? . suit! so does a memo go around yesterday? how does it work? itj suit! so does a memo go around l yesterday? how does it work? it is carefully calculated. _ yesterday? how does it work? it is carefully calculated. it _ yesterday? how does it work? it is carefully calculated. it is _ yesterday? how does it work? it is carefully calculated. it is a - yesterday? how does it work? it is carefully calculated. it is a big - carefully calculated. it is a big machine- _ carefully calculated. it is a big machine. we _ carefully calculated. it is a big machine. we are _ carefully calculated. it is a big machine. we are launching i carefully calculated. it is a big | machine. we are launching the tickets today _ machine. we are launching the tickets today on _ machine. we are launching the tickets today on general - machine. we are launching the tickets today on general sale. | tickets today on general sale. 8:30am _ tickets today on general sale. 8:30am. ~ :, tickets today on general sale. 8:30am. ~ . , ., tickets today on general sale. 8:30am. . , ., ., ., 8:30am. we have 'ust had amazing news that for— 8:30am. we have 'ust had amazing news that for the _ 8:30am. we have just had amazing news that for the theatre, - 8:30am. we have just had amazing news that for the theatre, it - 8:30am. we have just had amazing news that for the theatre, it has .

news that for the theatre, it has had the — news that for the theatre, it has had the biggest _ news that for the theatre, it has had the biggest ever— news that for the theatre, it has had the biggest ever presale - news that for the theatre, it has had the biggest ever presale forj news that for the theatre, it has i had the biggest ever presale for a musical— had the biggest ever presale for a musical in— had the biggest ever presale for a musical in history. _ had the biggest ever presale for a musical in history.— musical in history. here it is! in the world! _ musical in history. here it is! in the world! we _ musical in history. here it is! in the world! we will _ musical in history. here it is! in the world! we will take - musical in history. here it is! in the world! we will take that - musical in history. here it is! in| the world! we will take that with musical in history. here it is! in i the world! we will take that with a inch of the world! we will take that with a pinch of salt- _ the world! we will take that with a pinch of salt. it's _ the world! we will take that with a pinch of salt. it's true! _ the world! we will take that with a pinch of salt. it's true! it - the world! we will take that with a pinch of salt. it's true! it is - the world! we will take that with a pinch of salt. it's true! it is on i pinch of salt. it's true! it is on the 9th of— pinch of salt. it's true! it is on the 9th of november- pinch of salt. it's true! it is on the 9th of november and i pinch of salt. it's true! it is on| the 9th of november and then pinch of salt. it's true! it is on i the 9th of november and then we pinch of salt. it's true! it is on - the 9th of november and then we have a gala evening on the 19th. hoop the 9th of november and then we have a gala evening on the 19th.— a gala evening on the 19th. how much ofthe a gala evening on the 19th. how much of the choreography _ a gala evening on the 19th. how much of the choreography have _ a gala evening on the 19th. how much of the choreography have you - a gala evening on the 19th. how much of the choreography have you been i of the choreography have you been involved in? that's what i was alluding to. hate involved in? that's what i was alluding to-— involved in? that's what i was alluding to. we have an olivier award-winning _ alluding to. we have an olivier award-winning choreographer| alluding to. we have an olivier i award-winning choreographer who it award—winning choreographer who it is really— award—winning choreographer who it is really exciting to have him on board, — is really exciting to have him on board, we — is really exciting to have him on board, we had a lovely dinner the other— board, we had a lovely dinner the other day— board, we had a lovely dinner the other day and we asked him about the vision, _ other day and we asked him about the vision, and _ other day and we asked him about the vision, and he said he would do a nod to _ vision, and he said he would do a nod to our— vision, and he said he would do a nod to our infamous iconic moves but we are _ nod to our infamous iconic moves but we are excited to see what he will create _ we are excited to see what he will create this — we are excited to see what he will create. this is a new project for us, we — create. this is a new project for us, we are _ create. this is a new project for us, we are very excited, we have already— us, we are very excited, we have already always dreamt of it. it�*s already always dreamt of it. it's not a concert, _ already always dreamt of it. it�*s not a concert, it's a story about something else. we can't help but

add in a nod to our signature moves. when we were sitting around the table yesterday, everyone was suddenly like... the shoulders are going! we suddenly like... the shoulders are anoin! ~ :, suddenly like... the shoulders are hoini: :, , suddenly like... the shoulders are hoin! : ., , ., ~' :, suddenly like... the shoulders are hoini: :, , :, suddenly like... the shoulders are going! we would break into song and the would going! we would break into song and they would suddenly _ going! we would break into song and they would suddenly all _ going! we would break into song and they would suddenly all be _ going! we would break into song and they would suddenly all be going, i they would suddenly all be going, little movement— they would suddenly all be going, little movement happening. - they would suddenly all be going, little movement happening. oateri they would suddenly all be going, little movement happening. over the ears, the little movement happening. over the years. the idea _ little movement happening. over the years, the idea of _ little movement happening. over the years, the idea of a _ little movement happening. over the years, the idea of a bad _ little movement happening. over the years, the idea of a bad? _ little movement happening. over the years, the idea of a bad? music i years, the idea of a bad? music being turned into a musical without them in it, there are quite of a few of those around. maybe you have been in them. :, ., :, ., in them. you are nodding in a sage wa . i in them. you are nodding in a sage way- i have — in them. you are nodding in a sage way. i have seen _ in them. you are nodding in a sage way. i have seen a _ in them. you are nodding in a sage way. i have seen a few, _ in them. you are nodding in a sage way. i have seen a few, take i in them. you are nodding in a sage way. i have seen a few, take that i way. i have seen a few, take that have done _ way. i have seen a few, take that have done it. _ way. i have seen a few, take that have done it, mamma _ way. i have seen a few, take that have done it, mamma mia, i way. i have seen a few, take that i have done it, mamma mia, abbott. tina turner— have done it, mamma mia, abbott. tina turner as well.— tina turner as well. juliet's as well. tina turner as well. juliet's as well- and _ tina turner as well. juliet's as well. and hopefully _ tina turner as well. juliet's as well. and hopefully ours i tina turner as well. juliet's as well. and hopefully ours will i tina turner as well. juliet's as i well. and hopefully ours will stand up. | well. and hopefully ours will stand u -. ~' ' ~ well. and hopefully ours will stand u . _ ~ ' . , up. i think the difference with us and may be _ up. i think the difference with us and may be some _ up. i think the difference with us and may be some of _ up. i think the difference with us and may be some of our - up. i think the difference with us and may be some of our peers i up. i think the difference with us l and may be some of our peers and contemporaries _ and may be some of our peers and contemporaries at _ and may be some of our peers and contemporaries at the _ and may be some of our peers and contemporaries at the same - and may be some of our peers and contemporaries at the same time, | and may be some of our peers and - contemporaries at the same time, our songs, _ contemporaries at the same time, our songs, i_ contemporaries at the same time, our songs, i think— contemporaries at the same time, our songs, i think a — contemporaries at the same time, our songs, i think a lot— contemporaries at the same time, our songs, i think a lot of— contemporaries at the same time, our songs, i think a lot of people - songs, i think a lot of people thought— songs, i think a lot of people thought it _ songs, i think a lot of people thought it was _ songs, i think a lot of people thought it was very— songs, i think a lot of people i thought it was very throwaway songs, i think a lot of people - thought it was very throwaway pop, but if _ thought it was very throwaway pop, but if you _ thought it was very throwaway pop, but if you realty— thought it was very throwaway pop, but if you really listen _ thought it was very throwaway pop, but if you really listen to _

thought it was very throwaway pop, but if you really listen to the - but if you really listen to the tyrics — but if you really listen to the tyrics of _ but if you really listen to the lyrics of our— but if you really listen to the lyrics of our songs, - but if you really listen to the lyrics of our songs, there - but if you really listen to the lyrics of our songs, there isi lyrics of our songs, there is generally— lyrics of our songs, there is generally a _ lyrics of our songs, there is generally a story. - lyrics of our songs, there is generally a story. and - lyrics of our songs, there is generally a story. and it's. lyrics of our songs, there is} generally a story. and it's a narrative _ generally a story. and it's a narrative that— generally a story. and it's a narrative that fits _ generally a story. and it's a narrative that fits really - generally a story. and it's ai narrative that fits really well generally a story. and it's a - narrative that fits really well into a musicat — narrative that fits really well into a musicat lt— narrative that fits really well into a musical. ., , narrative that fits really well into a musical. . , , a musical. it was interesting because i — a musical. it was interesting because i was _ a musical. it was interesting because i was thinking - a musical. it was interesting| because i was thinking about a musical. it was interesting - because i was thinking about the lyrics of some of the songs, you will have your own interpretation of them, and their meanings they have for you at certain times in your life, things that were happening in your life. when you hear them now, do you feel like, you are not quite getting it? do you feel like, you are not quite caettin it? , , ., ., getting it? interestingly, one of the sonus getting it? interestingly, one of the songs they _ getting it? interestingly, one of the songs they played - getting it? interestingly, one of the songs they played in - getting it? interestingly, one of the songs they played in the - getting it? interestingly, one of- the songs they played in the second act, it's completely twisted the meaning for me that we have always sung it with and i was like, i am never going to see that song in the same light again. it will be really interesting for the fans to come and watch and interpreted in that sort of way. watch and interpreted in that sort of wa . �* , ., , , of way. but rest assured there will be a megamix _ of way. but rest assured there will be a megamix at _ of way. but rest assured there will be a megamix at the _ of way. but rest assured there will be a megamix at the end. - of way. but rest assured there will. be a megamix at the end. everybody sinuain and be a megamix at the end. everybody singing and dancing. _ be a megamix at the end. everybody singing and dancing. had _ be a megamix at the end. everybody singing and dancing. had the - singing and dancing. had the obligatory — singing and dancing. had the obligatory megamix. - singing and dancing. had the obligatory megamix. how . singing and dancing. had the | obligatory megamix. how are singing and dancing. had the - obligatory megamix. how are you singing and dancing. had the _ obligatory megamix. how are you when it comes to joining _ obligatory megamix. how are you when it comes to joining in? _ obligatory megamix. how are you when it comes to joining in? dressing - obligatory megamix. how are you when it comes to joining in? dressing up? - it comes to 'oining in? dressing up? you don't it comes to joining in? dressing up? you don't like _ it comes to joining in? dressing up? you don't like dressing _ it comes to joining in? dressing up? you don't like dressing up. - it comes to joining in? dressing up? you don't like dressing up. will - you don't like dressing up. will --eole you don't like dressing up. will people be _ you don't like dressing up. it people be encouraged to dress up? i

wasn't talking about that. i was talking about singing in the theatre. the audience. some people in the audience they get upset. {jut in the audience they get upset. our fans need no _ in the audience they get upset. our fans need no encouragement. they titeratiy— fans need no encouragement. they literally copy our videos. it is fans need no encouragement. they literally copy our videos.— literally copy our videos. it is the etiquette. _ literally copy our videos. it is the etiquette. do _ literally copy our videos. it is the etiquette, do you _ literally copy our videos. it is the etiquette, do you want _ literally copy our videos. it is the etiquette, do you want someone | etiquette, do you want someone screaming away in your ear instead of hearing the person on stage? it depends on the moment. i went to watch saturday night fever, and tragedy is performed there, but it's a very different heart—wrenching moment. and the audience are going like this during our dance moves and i was watching it, i sunk into my seat. i think with our musical, you will know what is going on with the storyline and you will know whether to stand up and dance or not. i to stand up and dance or not. i think ours is not so difficult to interpret! _ think ours is not so difficult to interpret! and also the lovely thing about— interpret! and also the lovely thing about the _ interpret! and also the lovely thing about the show as well, it's very

light—hearted in moments and you know— light—hearted in moments and you know which some might be coming next because _ know which some might be coming next because you _ know which some might be coming next because you feel the storyline, is going _ because you feel the storyline, is going to — because you feel the storyline, is going to be this one?— because you feel the storyline, is going to be this one? thank you for brinuain a going to be this one? thank you for bringing a lot _ going to be this one? thank you for bringing a lot of _ going to be this one? thank you for bringing a lot of blue. _ going to be this one? thank you for bringing a lot of blue. we _ going to be this one? thank you for bringing a lot of blue. we are - going to be this one? thank you for bringing a lot of blue. we are doing that thing about bands getting involved with football clubs. boyzone are getting involved with chorley fc. boyzone are getting involved with chorle fc. ~ , ., ,, chorley fc. might there be a steps? we are in blue. _ chorley fc. might there be a steps? we are in blue, if— chorley fc. might there be a steps? we are in blue, if you _ chorley fc. might there be a steps? we are in blue, if you want - chorley fc. might there be a steps? we are in blue, if you want to - chorley fc. might there be a steps? we are in blue, if you want to help | we are in blue, if you want to help everton, _ we are in blue, if you want to help everton, i— we are in blue, if you want to help everton, i would we are in blue, if you want to help everton, iwould knit we are in blue, if you want to help everton, i would knit up for that. i have everton, i would knit up for that. have no everton, i would knit up for that. i have no interest in doing that whatsoever _ have no interest in doing that whatsoever.— have no interest in doing that whatsoever. . , ., . ., whatsoever. that is that commercial deal out of the _ whatsoever. that is that commercial deal out of the way! _ whatsoever. that is that commercial deal out of the way! we _ whatsoever. that is that commercial deal out of the way! we were - whatsoever. that is that commercial deal out of the way! we were just i deal out of the way! we were just trying to help! you bring lovely energy every time you can say thank you. energy every time you can say thank ou. ., ~' energy every time you can say thank ou. ., ~ , ., energy every time you can say thank ou. ., ~ ,, here energy every time you can say thank you-_ here and _ energy every time you can say thank you._ here and now- energy every time you can say thank you._ here and now now, you. thank you! here and now now, tickets on sale! _ you. thank you! here and now now, tickets on sale! read _ you. thank you! here and now now, tickets on sale! read this _ you. thank you! here and now now, tickets on sale! read this bit - you. thank you! here and now now, tickets on sale! read this bit as - tickets on sale! read this bit as well. here and now — the steps musical is on at the alexandra theatre in birmingham from 9th november. i will do this bit. time now to get the news,

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good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. president biden insists that his memory is fine, after a report described him as an elderly man who struggled to recall key life events. my memory is fine. take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. the families of the three people stabbed to death in nottingham continue their fight forjustice, as they meet key authorities in the city. schools are asked to make adjustments for students because of a shortage

of adhd medication. and 80 years in antarctica. a milestone for the uk's first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. in sport. red cards, yellow cards are now blue cards, a plan to send players to the sin bin. and any snow today limited to the hills of scotland and far north of england. many will have rain and we could see flooding issues. all the details later. it's friday 9th february. president biden has reacted angrily to suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. he was responding to a long—awaited report, which concluded he shouldn't face criminal charges for mishandling classified documents during his time as vice president, but questioned his ability to remember several important events. will vernon reports from washington. tonight no criminal charges

for president biden. no criminal charges. the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden's mental competency. it described him as a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory. in any future trial, it said, it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of wilfulness. last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on.

butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have raised questions about his fitness for office. at a recent event, he said the current president of france was mitterrand, who died in 1996. i sat down and i said, "america's back," and mitterrand from germany...i mean from france. donald trump, who is just three years younger than his rival, has also been accused of being too old for office. i'll tell you what — i feel sharper now than i did 20 years ago. i really do. i don't know, it's probably not true. it's probably not true. and i think anybody running for president should take an aptitude or a cognitive test. mr biden will now be hoping allegations of wrongdoing over official documents will come to an end. but questions about his age and fitness for office are more difficult to avoid. will vernon, bbc news, washington.

you are now picking up on what is effectively the aftermath of a high—profile trial that left bereaved families with many questions. indeed, who we spoke to this morning. the families of grace o'malley—kumar, barnaby webber and ian coates, who were killed in nottingham last year, will meet the cps inspectorate and the care quality commission later. it is part of two ongoing reviews into their killer valdo calocane's sentencing to a high security hospital and his contact with mental health services. a warning this report from simonjones contains some flashing images. killed on their way home last summer after a night out. students grace o'malley—kumar and barnaby webber were attacked by valdo calocane, who then stabbed to death ian coates, a school caretaker. calocane stole his van and used it to hit three pedestrians. the families of those who died have spoken of their loss to bbc breakfast.

grace is just frozen as a i9—year—old. her life is just cut short and she's sort of just stopped. our biggest fear was our little girl driving up and down the motorway. we never even ever thought that our own daughter would be killed in an incident of knife crime. police: stay where you are! this was the moment calocane was caught. last month, he was given an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. that was to the disgust of the families of calocane's victims, who insist murder charges should have been pursued. we foolishly trusted in the criminaljustice system. we thought we would have a voice maybe to talk about knife crime, to talk about the lack of proper support for victims�* families and the failings leading up to this. what we didn't expect was to be having to make such a noise.

after pressure from the families, the crown prosecution service inspectorate, which examines the work of prosecutors, launched a review of the decisions in the case. today, the families will get an update on that. the cps itself had previously said there was overwhelming evidence calocane was suffering from a serious condition. the families will also meet the care quality commission. it's looking into the mental health trust that had treated calocane for paranoid schizophrenia. he had been in and out of hospital for several years. the failures from the police, the cps, the health service have resulted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students. the nhs mental health trusts have to be held accountable for their failures, along with the police. the families have already taken their demands forjustice to downing street, although they know nothing can bring back their loved ones. but they have vowed to fight on to try to prevent others going through what they have suffered. and they say only a full public inquiry into what went wrong will do.

simon jones, bbc news. shadow chancellor rachel reeves has defended labour's decision to ditch a £28 billion a year green investment pledge, if labour wins the next election. speaking in the last half hour, she said they were given no choice because of the conservatives' handling of the economy. i will always make sure our plans are responsible, achievable and affordable because the conservatives played fast and loose with public finances and as a result played fast and loose with the public�*s finances. vladimir putin said that russia has no interest in invading poland and latvia. in an interview with us host tucker carlson, mr putin accused nato of trying

to intimidate people with an imaginary russian threat. the united states has warned israel that it will not support a military offensive into gaza's southern city of rafah without due consideration for the refugees there. it comes just days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the military had been told to prepare to enter rafah. votes are being counted in pakistan after yesterday's general election, which saw mobile phone services suspended nationwide. two parties of two former ministers have declared victory — even though a small number of results have been announced. prince harry's legal battle against the publisher of the daily mirror continues today at the high court. our reporter charlie rose joins us now from the high court. there have been rulings on this. quite a few stages in this process. good morning. quite a few stages in this process. good morning-— quite a few stages in this process. good morning. quite a few stages in this process. good morninu. ,., ., ., ., ._ good morning. good morning. today we are unlikely to — good morning. good morning. today we

are unlikely to be _ good morning. good morning. today we are unlikely to be hearing _ good morning. good morning. today we are unlikely to be hearing from - are unlikely to be hearing from prince harry himself. he is probably tucked up in bed 5000 miles away in california after visiting his dad here on what is likely to be a big day in prince harry's battle with mirror group newspapers. last december he won 15 r 33 sample claims against mirror group newspapers, accusing them of unlawful information gathering, including hacking his phones. prince harry reckons that is the beginning and is making many more claims and today we will find out if those claims will go to trial or whether there will be a settlement. a number of these articles involve stories about his relationship many years ago with chelsy davy. last year a judge said unlawful information gathering was widespread at mirror group newspapers and many senior executives knew all about it, including the former editor piers

morgan. piers morgan denies strenuously any involvement in all of this. ., a state of emergency has been declared in iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key water pipes. it is the third such eruption in the area since december, pumping lava up to 260 feet into the air. thousands of people have been urged to limit their hot water and electricity use. we were speaking to an expired earlier. it is hard to get a sense of dimensions, saying some of the splits in the earth are up to two miles long. also 260 feet up in the air, imagine a spurt as tall as big ben. it is 13 minutes past eight. i could not do it. you see it turning and you think

you have to be accurate. how precise can you be? we knew there would be snow yesterday. more rain? more rain toda . snow yesterday. more rain? more rain today. temperatures _ snow yesterday. more rain? more rain today. temperatures up. _ snow yesterday. more rain? more rain today. temperatures up. yesterday i today. temperatures up. yesterday difficult. maybe you felt cheated you did not see much snow. this is from cumbria, noticed the snow line. crucial to whether you saw snow or not. if you didn't use or a lot of rain. there is more rain to come today. this was cumbria yesterday. i think we will see rain rather than snow today but snow in the north pennines and hills of northern scotland. at the moment rain is falling. take something waterproof because you will need it at some point. working through east anglia, the west of northern ireland which is easing. it is a mixture of rain and hill snow is easing. it is a mixture of rain and hillsnow in

is easing. it is a mixture of rain and hill snow in the far north of england. there will be rain around lower—level sites in eastern scotland but into the southern uplands and you could see snow and that will be blowing around. some strong winds will be with you today. away from it, the strongest winds in the southern coast of england. heavy rain at times. brighter between. northern ireland, fairly cloudy. some drizzle but a drier day than yesterday. the strongest wind from the borders of scotland northwards coming from the east making it feel colder than the temperature suggests. i3 colder than the temperature suggests. 13 in brighter spells towards the south. tonight, snow in the far north of scotland on the hills. rain less abundant. clear skies could lead to fog which means the weekend will start a little bit colder. and this weekends in cloud, but sunny spells.

then i will not complain. a national shortage of drugs for adhd is causing real difficulties for children and young people. the royal college of psychiatrists is calling for schools to make reasonable adjustments for students who are struggling. while there aren't exact figures on the number of people in the uk who have adhd — it's believed that around 5% of children and between 3% and li% of adults have the condition. in september, a national patient safety alert was issued around the shortage of three major adhd medications, and there was also a problem with the supply of a fourth medication. the department of health and social care says an increase in global demand and manufacturing issues are behind the shortages. the charity adhd uk says that around 90% of people with the condition have been affected. fiona lamdin has been speaking to some of them. i can't remember a thing for more than five seconds — then it's out of my mind. no one sees what it's like for a girl to have adhd and be — no one believe in her.

she needs the medication. and it's like now i'm running out and i'm scared. izzy! what? is this your uniform for tomorrow, yeah? yeah. laura is desperate. due to a national shortage of adhd medication, her i2—year—old daughter, izzy, has had to go without her prescription. the school, literally, they couldn't handle her. it was hell. the school ringing me three or four times a day. mum, i'm kidnapping your dog for school. she's missed a lot of school learning. suspended every day. she comes home, she's in tears. she does not sleep. she mixes shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste all together to make potions. she cuts up cloves. she will make herself drinks. she will pour washing up liquid in the drinks. it was only after they reached crisis point, with police and social services getting involved, that izzy was finally given an emergency prescription for 28

days just before christmas. when she's on the medication, it's like sleeping, she's eating with us, she's calmer. she concentrates, she's at school, she's doing well. how many have you got left? six left. so once these run out, i'm back to square one. laura needs a new prescription, but can't get any answer from the hospital. i ring this three or four times a day. i've left several messages. or it willjust ring, ring, ring and says leave a message. like it's doing now? yeah. and that is what i get all day, every day. meeting new people, confrontation or spending time alone. what do you think it is? in devon, 16—year—old lox was diagnosed with adhd when he was seven. since then, he's been on strong medication. it does feel like there's two different people. one of them is on my meds and one of them isn't on it. the one off it isn't really

the person you want to bump into, or is definitely not the first person that you want to have first impressions of me, because, well, no, he'sjust rude. he'sjust a rude person. he'sjust a mean person. but, this christmas, due to the shortage, lox temporarily had to go without his medication. i hate the feeling of being off them because it's something that i know can harm other people and has harmed other people and has upset other people and has pushed friends away and has just ruined friendships. do you trust yourself when you're not on medication? not really, no. the shortage has been driven by an increase in demand, combined with packaging production challenges, according to the main adhd drug manufacturer. the company told us supply issues are likely to remain into april. meanwhile, every month, his mum charlotte has to fight to find his prescription. one day, for last month, i rang 12 pharmacies in one day. you play much football?

yeah. this is a really important year because he's got his gcses. how hard is that for you right now — not being confident that there is a steady supply of medication each month? that's hard for me as a mum to think that he's done so well, for it to get thrown away. i lose sleep. i stress, i cry. it's a frightening, frightening time. yeah. lox is at a specialist school where nearly half of the students have adhd. children's education is definitely being significantly impacted by the lack of adhd medication. it helps them to manage some of the messages their brains give them, so that they're able to complete tasks and work as well as interact really well with other people. so without the meds, those things are really, really tricky. and for some young people, that means that it's easier to not be at school than it is to be at school. and it's notjust the pupils who are struggling with the shortage.

lucy is a teaching assistant who also has adhd. she hasn't been able to have her medication since december. it feels really hard. it feels like constantly forgetting stuff. it feels like having arguments with my partner. it feels like not being fully there. i had phoned up the gp and told them my symptoms, the extreme tiredness and stuff, and he recommended that i drink caffeine and coffee until i get heart palpitations, which is absolutely — it seems like why would the doctor give you that advice? but that's the severity of the shortage at the moment. i'm a bird! back in london, izzy is hoping a new school will be a new chapter. if she hasn't got that medication, i don't know what i'm going to do. once i run out of these, i'm getting the wild child back and i'm dreading it. the department of health told us they have taken swift action to improve supplies. but since our filming, both izzy and lox have struggled as they've had yet more time

without their medication. fiona lamdin, bbc news. we're joined now by teacher jamie gilbert and by lisa, whose son zach has adhd. good morning. you have been working with children with adhd for 16 years. i think, with children with adhd for 16 years. ithink, lisa, it would be useful... a lot of people are going i don't get what adhd is, it seems a broadbrush term and i do not understand how it affects people. you have a ten—year—old son. you tell a great story about every day when he wakes up and who emerges. every single day there will be adhd that wakes up in the morning. he is

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that is simply because there is too much information and experiences happening in his little brain. you know all of— happening in his little brain. you know all of this _ happening in his little brain. you know all of this first hand. in your school, if you have a class in front of you, some of them right now do not have their medication? that is correct. what does it mean practically? it correct. what does it mean practically?— correct. what does it mean racticall ? , . ., ,, ,, practically? it is a massive issue. we t practically? it is a massive issue. wet to practically? it is a massive issue. we try to adapt _ practically? it is a massive issue. we try to adapt our _ practically? it is a massive issue. we try to adapt our practice i practically? it is a massive issue. we try to adapt our practice to i practically? it is a massive issue. | we try to adapt our practice to suit the needs— we try to adapt our practice to suit the needs the best we can and put safety— the needs the best we can and put safety plans in place. we have to have _ safety plans in place. we have to have dialogue with parents when behaviour— have dialogue with parents when behaviour is not manageable. we have had to _ behaviour is not manageable. we have had to adapt and do breaks in the classroom — had to adapt and do breaks in the classroom and in my class i have things— classroom and in my class i have things you — classroom and in my class i have things you would not typically have. access _ things you would not typically have. access to _ things you would not typically have. access to many trampolines for e>

of the impact of not having medication. ., ., ., medication. you are notified in advance? _ medication. you are notified in advance? parents _ medication. you are notified in advance? parents are - medication. you are notified in advance? parents are on i medication. you are notified in advance? parents are on this l medication. you are notified in i advance? parents are on this search for medication which they may or may not... you will know in advance some of the children will come in and they will say to you we are in despair. can we bring our child in any way? despair. can we bring our child in an wa ? , ., despair. can we bring our child in an wa? , despair. can we bring our child in an wa? _. despair. can we bring our child in anwa? , any way? yes a safety plan will be around that _ any way? yes a safety plan will be around that child _ any way? yes a safety plan will be around that child and _ any way? yes a safety plan will be around that child and we - any way? yes a safety plan will be around that child and we have i any way? yes a safety plan will be around that child and we have a i around that child and we have a designated member of staff who provides— designated member of staff who provides the link between home and schoot~ _ provides the link between home and school. there is constant dialogue and we _ school. there is constant dialogue and we know straightaway if the child _ and we know straightaway if the child does not have medication and we know— child does not have medication and we know which children do not have medication — we know which children do not have medication-— we know which children do not have medication. ., ., , . medication. how many children in the classroom are — medication. how many children in the classroom are without _ medication. how many children in the classroom are without medication? i medication. how many children in the l classroom are without medication? we are fortunate that we still have access — are fortunate that we still have access and we medicate a lot of children— access and we medicate a lot of children in— access and we medicate a lot of children in school. you access and we medicate a lot of children in school.— access and we medicate a lot of children in school. you are able to net the children in school. you are able to get the medicine? _ children in school. you are able to get the medicine? the _ children in school. you are able to get the medicine? the parents i children in school. you are able to i get the medicine? the parents have been. get the medicine? the parents have been- similar— get the medicine? the parents have been. similar cases _ get the medicine? the parents have been. similar cases of— get the medicine? the parents have been. similar cases of ringing i been. similar cases of ringing around — been. similar cases of ringing around 30—40 chemists to get the medication. there are case studies where _ medication. there are case studies where children are completely

without — where children are completely without medication. we are prepared for the _ without medication. we are prepared for the worst, what would happen if the full— for the worst, what would happen if the full class was not medicated, because — the full class was not medicated, because that would present issues. peopte _ because that would present issues. people watching this morning, a lot of sympathy. that is not a lot of help. what do you know about the answer to this and how this can be resolved? ! answer to this and how this can be resolved? ., �* ,, ., ., , . resolved? i don't know anything. we are not resolved? i don't know anything. we are rrot getting _ resolved? i don't know anything. we are rrot getting any _ resolved? i don't know anything. we are not getting any communication l are not getting any communication from the nhs, local authorities. i have had to seek that information. it would come as a shock if you are not prepared to do that research. normally you would be prescribed by your gp. when you go to the gp and they give you a prescription, they are saying good luck with that? hat are saying good luck with that? not reall are saying good luck with that? tint really saying anything. you are left to go and search for it to yourself. and that is phoning pharmacies? yes. and that is phoning pharmacies? yes.

and ou and that is phoning pharmacies? yes. and you can — and that is phoning pharmacies? yes. and you can use _ and that is phoning pharmacies? yes. and you can use a _ and that is phoning pharmacies? is; and you can use a website link and that is phoning pharmacies? ties and you can use a website link and try to find it through that link. the impact on you, it is an enormous burden. zach is the primary concern, but that is a huge burden. it is but that is a huge burden. it is art of but that is a huge burden. it is part of being _ but that is a huge burden. it is part of being the _ but that is a huge burden. tt 3 part of being the mother of a send a child. you need to do what you can say they get through the day. thea;t say they get through the day. they were 'ust say they get through the day. they were just talking _ say they get through the day. they were just talking about... we have heard from the manufacturers, there is a shortage and there has been an increase in adhd diagnosis and demand for treatment. now the royal couege demand for treatment. now the royal college ask schools to make reasonable adjustments. now i see both your faces. reasonable adjustments. now i see both yourfaces. it reasonable adjustments. now i see both your faces. it is almost like the shift of responsibility. horst both your faces. it is almost like the shift of responsibility. how do ou feel? the shift of responsibility. how do you feel? there _ the shift of responsibility. how do you feel? there needs _ the shift of responsibility. how do you feel? there needs to - the shift of responsibility. how do you feel? there needs to be i the shift of responsibility. how do i you feel? there needs to be more clarity— you feel? there needs to be more clarity on — you feel? there needs to be more clarity on what that looks like in the classroom. i do movement and dance _ the classroom. i do movement and dance with — the classroom. i do movement and dance with the children. you the classroom. i do movement and dance with the children.— dance with the children. you would have been doing _

dance with the children. you would have been doing that _ dance with the children. you would have been doing that anyway? i dance with the children. you would i have been doing that anyway? there has not have been doing that anyway? there has rrot been — have been doing that anyway? there has not been guidance _ have been doing that anyway? there has not been guidance on _ have been doing that anyway? there has not been guidance on what to do. we are _ has not been guidance on what to do. we are just _ has not been guidance on what to do. we are just using our knowledge and understanding of adhd to do what is best for— understanding of adhd to do what is best for the child. we understanding of adhd to do what is best for the child.— best for the child. we are on a learnin: best for the child. we are on a learning curve. _ best for the child. we are on a learning curve. you _ best for the child. we are on a learning curve. you have i best for the child. we are on a i learning curve. you have illustrated very well the problems. lisa, thank you. how does zach feel about seeing his picture on the telly? i don't know. you will find out and he gets home from school. and jamie good luck with your work. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store let's see who is in the chair. chairs. coming up. gadget—grabbers and luggage—lifters. we're talking about the rise in thefts on uk trains. our own consumer champ matt allwright has been a victim

recently and wants to stop it happening to you. criminals took {2.1 million worth of belongings in one year, latest figures show. i'll tell you how my suitcase was stolen in broad daylight, and explain why to plan toilet trips between stops. we're also investigating the communities cut off by high—street bank closures, leaving customers miles away from their nearest branch. total time it took their own back was almost _ total time it took their own back was almost four— total time it took their own back was almost four hours. - total time it took their own back was almost four hours. it - total time it took their own back was almost four hours. it is i was almost four hours. it is incredibly— was almost four hours. it is incredibly frustrating - was almost four hours. it is incredibly frustrating and i was almost four hours. it is i incredibly frustrating and time wasting — we find out what's happened to the banking hubs we were promised and why mobile banking vans could be the answer. plus, the number of children receiving emergency mental health care in england has gone up 50% in three years. dr ranj shares why talking whilst in the car or playing a game could help kids open up. and they've been dubbed the superfood of the future — cook briony may williams shows us

the magic of mushrooms. yes, fungi are low in fat, high in fibre and protein, and contain loads of nutrients. i'll show you how to serve them with pancakes, in a pie, and even a ketchup. and it's notjust superfoods, we've also got a superhero. former rugby and nfl player turned gladiator apollo will tell us what to expect from the rest of the series. see you at 9:30. that is a decent bicep. not bad. see you later. studio: sure you don't want to compare? studio: sure you don't want to com are? ., studio: sure you don't want to compare?— studio: sure you don't want to comare? ., ., ., compare? no, i am good. i am fine for now. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. the met police insists it's taking steps to improve how it

tackles child exploitation, after a report found it's leaving vulnerable children at risk. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary said scotland yard lacked understanding of the "nature and scale of child exploitation". it's given recommendations including better training. the force in its response to sexual and criminal exploitation of children is not effective. in particular we have found that when officers and staff are investigating offences, they often don't have the right knowledge and skills in order to make sure that the lines of inquiry are all appropriately completed. in response the met said it has "laid out urgent plans to improve" so no child is left unsafe. transport for london prosecuted nearly 20,000 people for fare evasion last year, an increase ofjust over 50% compared with 2022. tfl said it investigated more

than 400 prolific offenders who made over 50,000 journeys. it comes as the penalty for fare dodging has gone up to £100. new figures suggest more than half of london's lgbtq venues closed over the past 20 years. data from city hall shows numbers fell from 125 to 50, with many blaming the cost of living crisis and rising rents. among them was the black cap in camden. when it was illegal to be gay, this place kind of let us in and protected us. and there are very few places anywhere in the country that are still standing that did that for us. they've gone. hammersmith bridge will finally reopen next week, but only partly. a temporary lane will be available for those on bikes and e—scooters from tuesday. the crossing has been closed to vehicles since cracks appeared in 2019. let's get a check on the travel now. on the underground, minor delays on the central and metropolitan lines.

on chiltern railways there are delays of up to 30 minutes between marylebone and harrow on the hill due to signal issues. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. over the last 24 hours or so we have seen in some places over 25 millimetres of rain. as a result the environment agency has issued several flood alerts in and around london. we have got more rain today in the form of showers, some of those could be quite heavy, it's breezy, we've got a south south—westerly wind. some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures are still mild at 13 celsius. overnight tonight, still a few showers moving through but drier by the end of the night with some clearer spells. the wind a bit lighter, could see a little bit of mistiness by dawn. a chillier night than last night with a minimum of four celsius. low pressure is still in charge as we head into saturday and that's going to drive more showers through the morning, perhaps drier, though, through the afternoon tomorrow with some brighter spells, some sunny spells. temperatures still managing to get up to around 12 celsius. the wind a little bit lighter.

it is going to stay unsettled as we head towards the end of the weekend and into next week. we have got some showers at times for sunday, the temperatures are still relatively mild. that's it, i'm back in around half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. small, independent designers say that the chinese fast—fashion website shein is duplicating their products and selling them at cheaper prices online. the company says it has taken steps to protect intellectual property and has asked its suppliers and marketplace sellers to do the same. our reporter tim muffet has spoken to three individuals who discovered their designs had been copied. this one? what do you think? absolutely love them. it is out of order on small businesses, just ripping people off. this is my livelihood. it's something that i'm really passionate about. it'sjust completely outrageous, really.

how do you feel? just like i've been robbed. not exactly five star reviews, but the opinions of three small business owners on their experience with shein, the fast fashion website. it's become an online retail giant. set up in china in 2008, now headquartered in singapore. the company was valued at around £50 billion last year. this is my mood pin and i have created a rainbow scale and it goes from sad to happy. so this is your design which you put on your website, and next thing you know, it's on shein. exactly, yeah. various versions of it. they have now got it as a necklace and it has just been completely ripped off. when you see your design being sold by an organisation which hasn't paid you, they haven't asked your permission, how did you feel? distraught. you put so much work into it

and then you just see someone who has absolutely zero respect for the work or any understanding as to where it's come from. and it's just up there. the worst thing you can hear is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, but it's straight up theft what they're doing, i think. after she complained to shein, angela's designs were removed from its site. any more topcoat? yeah, maybe. tiffany tremaine is a nail artist based in portsmouth. i had a message from one of my followers, "just so you know, shein has taken one of your sets and they're being used and they're being sold on the website." and then i went on the website, and then i found it being sold for £1.28, a whole set of press—on nails with my design. how did you react when you saw your stuff being sold there? i was very shocked. i put it out to my instagram. really fun colourful set,

one of my biggest ones that have gained me loads of new followers, loads of reshares, loads of saves, i'm really proud of. if you don't remember them, then it's fine because shein are selling them for you guys to purchase. for £1.28! took my design, my idea and also used my photo. alice, you're on the shein website, sorry, love. yeah, i've seen this happen to so many artists. i sent them an email saying, you need to take it down. ijust had an automated email back. "we'll get back to you." and then i heard nothing. i think about three weeks went past and i still heard nothing and i thought, i'lljust check the website. and then the listing had been taken down without any message. just this listing is no longer available any more. what's your message to shein? stop stealing people's work. i don't know how you can get away with it. it's bizarre, they obviously don't care. shein has stressed that it's a marketplace where thousands of items are uploaded every day and that it did not design the disputed items. in a statement, it said...

what do we have here? so this is the artwork that was taken, this whole piece of our house was on shein. i sell artwork for children's nurseries mainly, and our best selling print has been screenshotted from my website, and they're now reproducing it and selling it as if it was their own for a fraction of the price. it's kind of a bit of a kick in the teeth to be like, we can just

take from you and there's nothing you can do about it. ayesha messaged shein via social media. her best seller was then removed from its website, but other designs of ayesha's then appeared before being taken down after she complained again. my message to shein would be to please consider what you're actually doing. this is my livelihood. it's something that i'm really passionate about. it's a business that i've started from nothing. be more ethical about it. like, employ young artists who have just come out of uni and are struggling to find work and give them the opportunity to be creative rather than just pinching other people's ideas. ayesha, tiffany and angela all acknowledge that compared to a corporate giant, they are minnows. one—woman businesses without the time or money to embark on legal battles. they're just urging shein to play fair. tim muffett, bbc news.

innovations are always welcome in sport, people check things and see what works and what doesn't work so the blue card? the what works and what doesn't work so the blue card?— the blue card? the idea of a blue card for a — the blue card? the idea of a blue card for a sin _ the blue card? the idea of a blue card for a sin bin, _ the blue card? the idea of a blue card for a sin bin, a _ the blue card? the idea of a blue card for a sin bin, a naughty i the blue card? the idea of a blue card for a sin bin, a naughty stepi card for a sin bin, a naughty step if you like, could this be the vision of the future? it has been trialled in grassroot football trying to combat dissent, players going and coming down. so trying to combat dissent, players going and coming down. 50 it trying to combat dissent, players going and coming down.- trying to combat dissent, players going and coming down. so if he does that? it is ten — going and coming down. so if he does that? it is ten minutes _ going and coming down. so if he does that? it is ten minutes in _ going and coming down. so if he does that? it is ten minutes in the - going and coming down. so if he does that? it is ten minutes in the sin i that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin. that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin- they _ that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin- they are — that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin. they are going _ that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin. they are going to _ that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin. they are going to try - that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin. they are going to try it i that? it is ten minutes in the sin bin. they are going to try it out | bin. they are going to try it out further up the football ladder, certainly not the premier league or anything at the moment but expand it from being from dissent to cynical fouls as well. from being from dissent to cynical fouls as well-— fouls as well. they want to trial it lower down. _ fouls as well. they want to trial it lower down, arguably, _ fouls as well. they want to trial it lower down, arguably, it's - fouls as well. they want to trial it lower down, arguably, it's up i fouls as well. they want to trial it i lower down, arguably, it's up above where it is needed. because the lower leagues and grassroots follow

the rules. sin bins could be introduced in professional football if plans by the sport's rule makers get the go—ahead which could see a new card added to the referee's pocket. in the trials, blue cards would give referees the power to send players off to the sin bin for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls. but what does that mean for multiple offenders? well, two blue cards means you're off but for good. as would a blue and yellow card. while new plans are set to be announced for grassroots football later today, football's world governing body fifa, has already called reports of the "so—called" blue card at elite levels, to be "incorrect and premature". there's been a big reaction to the reports. former england international chris sutton said sarcastically, thanks to the rule makers for "complicating the game even more" and "prioritising a blue card over the outdated head injury protocol which doesn't put players first." here is what the england manager takes. i would have said the game has

worked quite well for a long time and i suppose we always have to modernise with certain things, but i would have to really understand how that was going to work before i could give a really strong view. love me for a season! a duet we maybe didn't expect from boyzone and chorley football club but one we might be getting following talks between both sides over whether the irish group could become the face of the magpies. club chairmanjamie vermiglio is here to tell us all. good morning, jamie. this is quite bizarre, how did it come about? irate bizarre, how did it come about? we have bizarre, how did it come about? 7 have got some new owners in pre—season, they are friendly with boyzone and in particular shane, and they had a company or some work together six years ago in the motor trade. and shane came to watch a

game in november, liked it, spoke to him, he was very interested to find out about our community engagement and things we were doing the children and the things outside of the football pitch and i think you just loved it. he has probably gone home, met the others and decided to come back and get involved. so where are we with proceedings? _ come back and get involved. so where are we with proceedings? there i come back and get involved. so where are we with proceedings? there havel are we with proceedings? there have been a few meetings _ are we with proceedings? there have been a few meetings in _ are we with proceedings? there have been a few meetings in place - are we with proceedings? there have been a few meetings in place that i i been a few meetings in place that i have not been privy to, i have met shane, the owners have met them. we are up to the point of announcement which was a couple of days ago. and on saturday they are coming to the game to watch, to get a feel about what it is like at non—league football club, it's totally different to premier league teams. and then hopefully it will gather more momentum from there. announce what? what is — more momentum from there. announce what? what is the _ more momentum from there. announce what? what is the deal? _ more momentum from there. announce what? what is the deal? so, _ what? what is the deal? so, ultimately. _ what? what is the deal? so, ultimately, at _ what? what is the deal? so, ultimately, at this _ what? what is the deal? ’in ultimately, at this moment in what? what is the deal? sn ultimately, at this moment in time, they are coming down to get involved, sit around the table and see... ~ ., ., , ., 4. see... what does that look like? there is an _ see... what does that look like? there is an an _

see... what does that look like? there is an an idea _ see... what does that look like? there is an an idea that - see... what does that look like? there is an an idea that they i see... what does that look like? there is an an idea that they are | there is an an idea that they are going to perform. t there is an an idea that they are going to perform-— there is an an idea that they are going to perform. i don't think that is true, going to perform. i don't think that is true. they _ going to perform. i don't think that is true, they made _ going to perform. i don't think that is true, they made that _ going to perform. i don't think that is true, they made that clear i is true, they made that clear yesterday. when you run a football club, it's notjust about the team, for chorley football club another non—league football clubs, they exist week to week hand to mouth unless you get good investors and good people you who can bring more people into the football club to watch the games. it's about the engagement, the community, getting them involved, we average 800 to 900 at the moment with our fans. something like this if they came down to the game regularly, they have got business acumen as well, they have set up a variety of different businesses. you have a board level that exists around a football club so lots of different ideas to push things on. so the truth is, i don't know exactlyjust yet but we are speaking to the owners and they are excited about what it might be. x�*t�*ou owners and they are excited about what it might be.— what it might be. you get an idea with the reaction, _ what it might be. you get an idea with the reaction, my _

what it might be. you get an idea with the reaction, my phone i what it might be. you get an idea with the reaction, my phone was| with the reaction, my phone was buzzing yesterday with people asking, is this happening? it’s asking, is this happening? it's bizarre. asking, is this happening? it's bizarre- it _ asking, is this happening? it�*s bizarre. it has been a crazy 24 bizarre. it has been a crazy 2a hours. i was at a primary school in warrington yesterday and at the beginning of the talent show i announce it to the kids and the kids were looking at me thinking, who is boyzone? the teachers were like, are they going to come into school? it has been a crazy whirlwind. it compares to the fa cup run that we had when there was publicity around the club so it can only be a good thing for us. l the club so it can only be a good thing for ve— the club so it can only be a good thing for u— the club so it can only be a good thing for us. i know that when you had an fa — thing for us. i know that when you had an fa cup _ thing for us. i know that when you had an fa cup run _ thing for us. i know that when you had an fa cup run the _ thing for us. i know that when you had an fa cup run the video - thing for us. i know that when you had an fa cup run the video went| had an fa cup run the video went viral of you and the players are singing and adele song. it was someone like you. you will have to replace the victory song with a boyzone song. replace the victory song with a boyzone song-— replace the victory song with a boyzone song. replace the victory song with a bo zone sonu. ., , . , . boyzone song. that is what they are talkin: boyzone song. that is what they are talking about _ boyzone song. that is what they are talking about at _ boyzone song. that is what they are talking about at the _ boyzone song. that is what they are talking about at the moment, - boyzone song. that is what they are talking about at the moment, will. boyzone song. that is what they are | talking about at the moment, will we have to sing a different song? i don't know if you could pull it away from adele. share don't know if you could pull it away from adele-— don't know if you could pull it away from adele. are you well-versed in bo zone from adele. are you well-versed in

boyzone music? _ from adele. are you well-versed in boyzone music? i— from adele. are you well-versed in boyzone music? i am _ from adele. are you well-versed in boyzone music? i am not. - from adele. are you well-versed in boyzone music? i am not. my - from adele. are you well-versed in boyzone music? i am not. my wife| from adele. are you well-versed in i boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing — boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing a — boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing a bit _ boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing a bit to _ boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing a bit to me _ boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing a bit to me and _ boyzone music? i am not. my wife has been singing a bit to me and her- been singing a bit to me and her favourite has been no matter what. are any of them skilled footballers? there was one who was in one direction — there was one who was in one direction who was? i there was one who was in one direction who was?— there was one who was in one direction who was? i think brian mcfadden plays _ direction who was? i think brian mcfadden plays in _ direction who was? i think brian mcfadden plays in celebrity - direction who was? i think brian - mcfadden plays in celebrity matches? i don't know if they are any good that idon't know if they are any good that they— i don't know if they are any good that they would _ i don't know if they are any good that they would have _ i don't know if they are any good that they would have to - i don't know if they are any good that they would have to go - i don't know if they are any good that they would have to go on i i don't know if they are any good i that they would have to go on trial first of— that they would have to go on trial first of all! — that they would have to go on trial first of all! [— that they would have to go on trial first of all! ~ ., , that they would have to go on trial first of all! ,, . , first of all! i think that is part ofthe first of all! i think that is part of the deal. _ first of all! i think that is part of the deal, they _ first of all! i think that is part of the deal, they might - first of all! i think that is part of the deal, they might be i first of all! i think that is part - of the deal, they might be angling to get a couple of games. you never know, it to get a couple of games. you never know. it is — to get a couple of games. you never know. it is a — to get a couple of games. you never know, it is a good _ to get a couple of games. you never know, it is a good standard - to get a couple of games. you never know, it is a good standard football| know, it is a good standard football to play at. share know, it is a good standard football to -la at. �* ., ~ ~ know, it is a good standard football to -la at. . . ,, ,, ., to play at. are we talking like a wrexham story _ to play at. are we talking like a wrexham story or— to play at. are we talking like a wrexham story or is _ to play at. are we talking like a wrexham story or is it - to play at. are we talking like a wrexham story or is it more . to play at. are we talking like a| wrexham story or is it more the profile? in wrexham story or is it more the rofile? , ,.,, ., ., , profile? in my position, i have been affiliated with _ profile? in my position, i have been affiliated with the _ profile? in my position, i have been affiliated with the club _ profile? in my position, i have been affiliated with the club at _ profile? in my position, i have been affiliated with the club at over - profile? in my position, i have been affiliated with the club at over 20 i affiliated with the club at over 20 years and it has been hand to mouth at times. i don't know but when you watch those documentaries and the excitement and the buzz that it has brought, and that has genuinely included the community, it has totally changed the shape of wrexham, that area. if that could potentially happen to chorley, even

better. ~ ., ., , , potentially happen to chorley, even better. . . , ., better. what was the first you heard of this? i know _ better. what was the first you heard of this? i know you _ better. what was the first you heard of this? i know you said _ better. what was the first you heard of this? i know you said it _ better. what was the first you heard of this? i know you said it came - better. what was the first you heard of this? i know you said it came to l of this? i know you said it came to the owners, but were you on the phone to someone and they said, boyzone, and you were like, what? its, boyzone, and you were like, what? couple of months ago we had a football leadership meeting that the owners said, to let you know, shane is coming to the game, he is interested to find out a bit about it. it has been trickling over the last couple of months. it wasn't until tuesday night, we beat gloucester city at home, and in the bar afterwards, we got together around the table and they said it would be released.— around the table and they said it would be released. what is so great about charley _ would be released. what is so great about chorley fc? _ would be released. what is so great about chorley fc? you _ would be released. what is so great about chorley fc? you have - would be released. what is so great about chorley fc? you have been i about chorley fc? you have been there for 20 years. so many people talk about grassroots community, and what it means to the community, what is so great about chorley? it’s what it means to the community, what is so great about chorley?_ is so great about chorley? it's such an authentic _ is so great about chorley? it's such an authentic club _ is so great about chorley? it's such an authentic club and _ is so great about chorley? it's such an authentic club and it's _ is so great about chorley? it's such an authentic club and it's such i is so great about chorley? it's such an authentic club and it's such a i an authentic club and it's such a community spirit. its words when you say like this but when you come down and you see it, you're so close to the athletes, the atmosphere, you can't do that in the premier league

match. we smell the food when you come in, it's all volunteers, there's not a lot of money in non—league football but there are just great people pulling in the same direction. a lot can be said for other non—league clubs. you same direction. a lot can be said for other non-league clubs. you are a very good — for other non-league clubs. you are a very good advert _ for other non-league clubs. you are a very good advert for _ for other non-league clubs. you are a very good advert for it, _ for other non-league clubs. you are a very good advert for it, you i for other non-league clubs. you are a very good advert for it, you are i a very good advert for it, you are selling it well! you get the sense of it. i selling it well! you get the sense of it. ., ., _ selling it well! you get the sense of it. ., ., ., selling it well! you get the sense ofit. ., ., , , of it. i want to say that penguins have nothing _ of it. i want to say that penguins have nothing to _ of it. i want to say that penguins have nothing to do _ of it. i want to say that penguins have nothing to do with - of it. i want to say that penguins have nothing to do with chorley. j of it. i want to say that penguins l have nothing to do with chorley. i don't _ have nothing to do with chorley. i don't know — have nothing to do with chorley. i don't know if you saw, we had some technical— don't know if you saw, we had some technical problems. we had some penguins — technical problems. we had some penguins. we are going to talk about antarctica _ penguins. we are going to talk about antarctica in a minute but there are no penguins — antarctica in a minute but there are no penguins in your lease.- antarctica in a minute but there are no penguins in your lease. there are lots of penguins _ no penguins in your lease. there are lots of penguins in _ no penguins in your lease. there are lots of penguins in our _ no penguins in your lease. there are lots of penguins in our school, i no penguins in your lease. there are lots of penguins in our school, not i lots of penguins in our school, not real once, but teddy bears, another story! real once, but teddy bears, another sto ! ~ ., ., real once, but teddy bears, another sto !~ ., ., real once, but teddy bears, another sto !~ . “ real once, but teddy bears, another sto '~ ., story! what do you think about the blue card? not _ story! what do you think about the blue card? not a _ story! what do you think about the blue card? not a fan. _ story! what do you think about the blue card? not a fan. players i blue card? not a fan. players -la in: blue card? not a fan. players playing and — blue card? not a fan. players playing and going _ blue card? not a fan. players playing and going of - blue card? not a fan. players playing and going of the i blue card? not a fan. playersj playing and going of the pitch blue card? not a fan. players i playing and going of the pitch for ten or 15 minutes, potentially injury worries, it's too complicated.- injury worries, it's too complicated. injury worries, it's too comlicated. ., ,, injury worries, it's too comlicated. ., complicated. good luck, thank you for sellini complicated. good luck, thank you for selling at _ complicated. good luck, thank you for selling at chorley. _ complicated. good luck, thank you for selling at chorley. keep - complicated. good luck, thank you for selling at chorley. keep us i for selling at chorley. keep us posted. good luck, thank you. ——

selling us chorley. it started off as part of a secret world war two mission and now port lockroy, the uk's first base in antarctica, is celebrating its 80th year. hence the penguins! the tiny camp was established in 191m but has since been central to research into climate change and is home to the world's most remote post office. 0ur reporter frances read has been looking back at its history. remote and isolated at the bottom of the world. antarctica is a continent very few get to visit, but across the ice and through its freezing waters, it's here that a little known british world war ii operation came to pass 80 years ago. in 1943, at the height of the war, britain was concerned. they'd found argentinean flags staking claim to the area, germany was seizing whaling oil from norwegian ships and japan had attacked pearl harbor. britain believed its territory in places like the falkland islands could be next.

and so operation tabarin was approved. winston churchill was told that unless we took action, there was a real and immediate danger that that british territory might be taken away from us. and several ships were ordered to be dispatched in record quick time to carry out the secret operation. industries like whaling were hugely significant and it's really important to grasp that before oil and gas from places like the north sea became routine, we were actually critically dependent on whaling oil forfuel and heating. so these were big strategic economic concerns. they didn't really know where they'd establish bases. maps were poor and the weather was bad. so port lockroy came about by accident simply because it was accessible. as well as being of strategic significance it was also the start of scientific discovery still ongoing eight decades later. it's crucial work for those

who choose to undertake it, but it's notjust about documenting our changing world. it's also home to the world's most southerly post office, which needs to be manned, sending thousands of postcards every year. hello from antarctica! the latest team were picked from thousands to work at port lockroy and have all sorts ofjobs between them, from postmaster to penguin counter. it's three months that we've been here in port lockroy and it's going fantastic. i think we're just absolutely loving it still. it's getting used to everything taking a lot longer. just that adjusting to such a different life is what we were doing, first of all, and i think we've completely got into the swing of things now. it feels really special because it feels like we are walking in the footsteps of the people that have come here before us. and in some ways sometimes we compare our lives to how it was here in the '405

and the '505. those who set up the first base at port lockroy had the reassuring company of penguins. and that's something that hasn't changed. we've got now more than 2,000 on the island because we have the adults and all the chicks with us. we've got 771 chicks with us. it's very busy around us. the team will return home soon. now a part of the history of this special place, carrying on 80 years of tradition on the coldest continent on earth. frances read, bbc news. we'rejoined now by camilla nichol, chief executive of the uk antarctic heritage trust, and natalie corbett, who spent four months living in port lockroy. so you know what it's like. i do, es! we so you know what it's like. i do, yes! we see _ so you know what it's like. i do, yes! we see those _ so you know what it's like. i do, yes! we see those pictures, i so you know what it's like. i do, j yes! we see those pictures, just yes! we see those pictures, 'ust from a distance, i yes! we see those pictures, 'ust from a distance, it i yes! we see those pictures, 'ust from a distance, it is i yes! we see those pictures, 'ust from a distance, it is a i yes! we see those pictures, 'ust from a distance, it is a very i from a distance, it is a very beautiful place, the sun is shining,

what about the darkest days, the hardest days? we what about the darkest days, the hardest days?— hardest days? we did have some issues with _ hardest days? we did have some issues with weather _ hardest days? we did have some issues with weather when - hardest days? we did have some issues with weather when we i hardest days? we did have some l issues with weather when we were there. ~ ., ., , ., ., issues with weather when we were there-— we i issues with weather when we were there. ~ ., ., , ., ., we had issues with weather when we were there. ~ ., ., , ., . we had a there. what does that mean? we had a coule of there. what does that mean? we had a couple of big — there. what does that mean? we had a couple of big storms, _ there. what does that mean? we had a couple of big storms, we _ there. what does that mean? we had a couple of big storms, we also - there. what does that mean? we had a couple of big storms, we also had i there. what does that mean? we had a couple of big storms, we also had a i couple of big storms, we also had a lot of snowfall very early on in the season but it's all part and parcel. a storm here is not like a storm there. ., ., ' :: :: a storm here is not like a storm there. ., ., ' i: i: ., there. no, we had 100 not wind, the satellite of the _ there. no, we had 100 not wind, the satellite of the race _ there. no, we had 100 not wind, the satellite of the race so _ there. no, we had 100 not wind, the satellite of the race so we _ there. no, we had 100 not wind, the satellite of the race so we didn't i satellite of the race so we didn't have any comms for a couple of days which was fun. —— the satellite fell off of the roof so we didn't have any comms. 50 off of the roof so we didn't have any comms-— off of the roof so we didn't have any comms. so you 'ust can't do anything? * any comms. so you 'ust can't do anything? no. _ any comms. so you 'ust can't do anything? no. you _ any comms. so you just can't do anything? no, youjust - any comms. so you just can't do anything? no, youjust have i any comms. so you just can't do anything? no, you just have to l any comms. so you just can't do i anything? no, you just have to stay anything? no, you 'ust have to stay in and wait _ anything? no, you 'ust have to stay in and wait it _ anything? no, you 'ust have to stay in and wait it out. i anything? no, you just have to stay in and wait it out. is _ anything? no, you just have to stay in and wait it out. is it _ anything? no, you just have to stay in and wait it out. is it like - anything? no, you just have to stay in and wait it out. is it like a - in and wait it out. is it like a white out? _ in and wait it out. is it like a white out? you _ in and wait it out. is it like a white out? you can - in and wait it out. is it like a white out? you can see i in and wait it out. is it like a white out? you can see thatj in and wait it out. is it like a i white out? you can see that you in and wait it out. is it like a - white out? you can see that you just white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want white out? you can see that you 'ust dont want to — white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want to be i white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want to be out i white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want to be out in i white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want to be out in it i white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want to be out in it for i white out? you can see that you 'ust don't want to be out in it for too i don't want to be out in it for too long. don't want to be out in it for too lont. �* ., don't want to be out in it for too [on _ r ., ., don't want to be out in it for too lont. . . ., ., ., long. and what are doing out there? we were running _ long. and what are doing out there? we were running the _ long. and what are doing out there? we were running the base, - long. and what are doing out there? i we were running the base, welcoming visitors to the museum each day, we were running the post office so sending 90,000 postcards out over the course of the season, and we were counting the penguins. and i was running the shop there which

helps to raise money for the charity. helps to raise money for the chari . . ., ., , ., m charity. who went to the shop? we had u- to charity. who went to the shop? we had up to two _ charity. who went to the shop? we had up to two cruise _ charity. who went to the shop? we had up to two cruise ships - charity. who went to the shop? we had up to two cruise ships per i charity. who went to the shop? we had up to two cruise ships per day. | had up to two cruise ships per day. so we would have expedition visitors coming onto the island to learn about the history, send a postcard and buy some souvenirs. how many enuuins and buy some souvenirs. how many penguins are _ and buy some souvenirs. how many penguins are there? _ and buy some souvenirs. how many penguins are there? just _ and buy some souvenirs. how many penguins are there? just over- and buy some souvenirs. how many| penguins are there? just over 1000? about 1000, _ penguins are there? just over 1000? about 1000, yes- — penguins are there? just over 1000? about 1000, yes. how— penguins are there? just over 1000? about 1000, yes. how do _ penguins are there? just over 1000? about 1000, yes. how do you - penguins are there? just over 1000? about 1000, yes. how do you countl about 1000, yes. how do you count enuuins? about 1000, yes. how do you count penguins? how _ about 1000, yes. how do you count penguins? how do _ about 1000, yes. how do you count penguins? how do you _ about 1000, yes. how do you count penguins? how do you know - about 1000, yes. how do you count penguins? how do you know you . penguins? how do you know you haven't counted the second one twice? . , ' ~ , haven't counted the second one twice? . , m , v twice? that is the difficulty. it's literally you _ twice? that is the difficulty. it's literally you are _ twice? that is the difficulty. it's literally you are out _ twice? that is the difficulty. it's literally you are out with - twice? that is the difficulty. it's literally you are out with an - literally you are out with an notepad and a pencil. —— counted the same one twice? and you are just counting the penguins! infer? same one twice? and you are 'ust counting the penguins! very simple. generic accounting. _ counting the penguins! very simple. generic accounting. yes. _ counting the penguins! very simple. generic accounting. yes. you - counting the penguins! very simple. generic accounting. yes. you have l generic accounting. yes. you have been art generic accounting. yes. you have been part of _ generic accounting. 19:3 you have been part of preserving port lockroy, it mean to you? well, it was the very _ lockroy, it mean to you? well, it was the very first _ lockroy, it mean to you? well, it was the very first british - was the very first british scientific station in antarctica so it was_ scientific station in antarctica so it was the — scientific station in antarctica so it was the first winter station, the first time — it was the first winter station, the first time we had british people

year—round 26 —— 24 seven, 365, in antarctice — year—round 26 —— 24 seven, 365, in antarctice it— year—round 26 —— 24 seven, 365, in antarctica. it was a geopolitical statement but also starting a scientific programme. so all of the news _ scientific programme. so all of the news we _ scientific programme. so all of the news we get from glaciers breaking into the _ news we get from glaciers breaking into the sea or new penguin, colonies. _ into the sea or new penguin, colonies, that is all from port lockrox _ colonies, that is all from port lockro . :, colonies, that is all from port lockro. :, :, colonies, that is all from port lockro . :, :, colonies, that is all from port lockro. :, ,, , lockroy. so how do you assess people who no lockroy. so how do you assess people who go there? — lockroy. so how do you assess people who go there? has _ lockroy. so how do you assess people who go there? has to _ lockroy. so how do you assess people who go there? has to be _ lockroy. so how do you assess people who go there? has to be the - lockroy. so how do you assess people who go there? has to be the right - who go there? has to be the right attitude. it who go there? has to be the right attitude. , :, :, , , �* attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? you want _ attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? you want people _ attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? you want people who _ attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? you want people who can - attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? you want people who can cope | attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? i you want people who can cope in attitude. it is rigorous, isn't it? - you want people who can cope in the environment — you want people who can cope in the environment where it is cold and you don't _ environment where it is cold and you don't have _ environment where it is cold and you don't have any communications, very many. _ don't have any communications, very many. it's— don't have any communications, very many, it's very basic living, no flashing — many, it's very basic living, no flashing toilet. you have got to enjoy— flashing toilet. you have got to enjoy meeting people who are visiting — enjoy meeting people who are visiting on the ships, you have got to he _ visiting on the ships, you have got to be aware — visiting on the ships, you have got to be aware of working in the heritage _ to be aware of working in the heritage environment and how that awareness, and an affinity for wildlife — awareness, and an affinity for wildlife and knowing how to count penguins, — wildlife and knowing how to count penguins, exactly! the recruitment

is really— penguins, exactly! the recruitment is really rigorous. it's a two—day application _ is really rigorous. it's a two—day application in an outdoor centre and then a _ application in an outdoor centre and then a fortnight training in cambridge. then a fortnight training in cambridge-— then a fortnight training in cambridae. : , :, cambridge. are you still looking for teams? yes. _ cambridge. are you still looking for teams? yes, every _ cambridge. are you still looking for teams? yes, every year. _ cambridge. are you still looking for teams? yes, every year. we - cambridge. are you still looking forj teams? yes, every year. we recruit each year. _ teams? yes, every year. we recruit each year. we — teams? yes, every year. we recruit each year, we have _ teams? yes, every year. we recruit each year, we have a _ teams? yes, every year. we recruit each year, we have a team - teams? yes, every year. we recruit each year, we have a team out - teams? yes, every year. we recruit| each year, we have a team out there you have _ each year, we have a team out there you have spoken to and we are about to start _ you have spoken to and we are about to start recruiting for next year. so how — to start recruiting for next year. so how did _ to start recruiting for next year. so how did it change your life? you may not want to, you might say, yes, i did it, iwish i may not want to, you might say, yes, i did it, i wish i hadn't. may not want to, you might say, yes, i did it, iwish i hadn't. you might say, and it changed my life because. i think it has given me such a great appreciation of the world around us. we were there for five months with no internet, we were very much cut off from society, but that in a way was so freeing. so just coming back and remembering to put down my phone sometimes, go outside and appreciate nature and all of the tiny things that come with that, i think that has been really life changing for me. . has been really life changing for me. :, , ., me. 0k, and then there is the other side of it, some _ me. 0k, and then there is the other side of it, some people _ me. 0k, and then there is the other side of it, some people might - me. 0k, and then there is the other side of it, some people might be . side of it, some people might be thinking, you are in a very remote

place with people you didn't know before, who might have mannerisms or opinions orjust... that you don't necessarily like that over a period of time might grow a bit, you are locked in, did any of that happen or are you all too polite?— are you all too polite? well, i think the _ are you all too polite? well, i think the selection _ are you all too polite? well, i think the selection process i are you all too polite? well, i think the selection process is| are you all too polite? well, i i think the selection process is so rigorous, we are picked as individuals but also as a team. but ou individuals but also as a team. but you cannot — individuals but also as a team. but you cannot know until you are there, can you? you cannot know until you are there, can ou? :, .., �* you cannot know until you are there, can ou? :, �* ~ :, you cannot know until you are there, can ou? :, ~ :, :,, , can you? you can't know for sure but honestl , can you? you can't know for sure but honestly, everybody _ can you? you can't know for sure but honestly, everybody always - can you? you can't know for sure but honestly, everybody always says, - can you? you can't know for sure but| honestly, everybody always says, you must have had an argument. we didn't have a single arguments, i promise you. i have a single arguments, i promise ou. , , , :, , have a single arguments, i promise ou. , , �* , have a single arguments, i promise ou. , �*, ., , have a single arguments, i promise you. i suppose it's five months, you know it's going _ you. i suppose it's five months, you know it's going to _ you. i suppose it's five months, you know it's going to finish. _ you. i suppose it's five months, you know it's going to finish. yes, - you. i suppose it's five months, you know it's going to finish. yes, and l know it's going to finish. yes, and ou're in know it's going to finish. yes, and you're in the _ know it's going to finish. yes, and you're in the most _ know it's going to finish. yes, and you're in the most incredible - know it's going to finish. yes, and | you're in the most incredible place on the planet. so all of life is worries that seem very insignificant when you are there. haifa worries that seem very insignificant when you are there.— when you are there. how many applications — when you are there. how many applications do _ when you are there. how many applications do you _ when you are there. how many applications do you get? - when you are there. how many applications do you get? we i when you are there. how many - applications do you get? we peaked at about 6001 _ applications do you get? we peaked at about 6001 year _ applications do you get? we peaked at about 6001 year but _ applications do you get? we peaked at about 6001 year but it's - applications do you get? we peaked at about 6001 year but it's usually i at about 6001 year but it's usually several _ at about 6001 year but it's usually several hundred. we whittle it down

to about _ several hundred. we whittle it down to about 20 and then we bring 20 to the outdoor— to about 20 and then we bring 20 to the outdoor centre, and then we get down _ the outdoor centre, and then we get down to— the outdoor centre, and then we get down to four or five that we send down _ down to four or five that we send down and — down to four or five that we send down and then we have some reserves as welt _ down and then we have some reserves as well. :, :, ., , , as well. you would have seen my face when ou as well. you would have seen my face when you said. _ as well. you would have seen my face when you said, no _ as well. you would have seen my face when you said, no flushing _ as well. you would have seen my face when you said, no flushing toilet. - when you said, no flushing toilet. so pitch it! the accommodation is fine? b. so pitch it! the accommodation is fine? , ~' :, , so pitch it! the accommodation is fine? , ~' :,, h so pitch it! the accommodation is fine? , ~ :,, :, fine? a bunkhouse, it's comfortable, ou have fine? a bunkhouse, it's comfortable, you have everything _ fine? a bunkhouse, it's comfortable, you have everything you _ fine? a bunkhouse, it's comfortable, you have everything you need - fine? a bunkhouse, it's comfortable, you have everything you need but. fine? a bunkhouse, it's comfortable, | you have everything you need but you 'ust you have everything you need but you just dont— you have everything you need but you just don't have wi—fi and internet and is _ just don't have wi—fi and internet and is basic— just don't have wi—fi and internet and is basic living. we have a very small— and is basic living. we have a very small environmental footprint so flushing — small environmental footprint so flushing toilet and oil generators are not— flushing toilet and oil generators are not a — flushing toilet and oil generators are not a thing. it is very small, compact — are not a thing. it is very small, compact living, we have to think about— compact living, we have to think about every ounce of waste that we generate _ about every ounce of waste that we generate. it all has to come out. we operate _ generate. it all has to come out. we operate under the antarctic environmental protocol treaty, it is super— environmental protocol treaty, it is super important. i environmental protocol treaty, it is super important-— super important. i think if i was in that environment _ super important. i think if i was in that environment and _ super important. i think if i was in that environment and someone i super important. i think if i was in i that environment and someone was humming quite a lot, that would get to me after an aisle. it is quietly humming to themselves, that would bother me. . :, ,

humming to themselves, that would bother me. _, , :, bother me. there were couple of weeks, somebody _ bother me. there were couple of weeks, somebody started i bother me. there were couple of i weeks, somebody started humming the tune to funky town and its spread and every so often someone would just hum it! and we would go, no! it's back! it went on an art. —— it went on and on. it's back! it went on an art. -- it went on and on.— it's back! it went on an art. -- it went on and on. you have 'ust done that for everyone i went on and on. you have just done that for everyone watching! - went on and on. you have just done that for everyone watching! thank l that for everyone watching! thank you. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59. live from london, this is bbc news. early results in the pakistan election show a close battle — with at least two parties claiming victory.

election results have been slow to come in and officials say because of the internet i dig it yesterday. who is the front runner? prince harry s phone—hacking legal battle against the publishers of the daily mirror continues today at the high court in london. us presidentjoe biden rejects suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. my my memory is fine. take a look at what i have done since i became president. no one thought i could pass any of the things that i have got past. and 80 years in antarctica. a milestone for the uk's first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. hello and welcome. in pakistan, the parties ofjailed former leader imran khan and the three—time prime minister nawaz sharif have both claimed victory in the election as early results trickle in.