the bosses of water companies will be banned from getting their bonuses, if their firms are found to have polluted rivers and seas with illegal sewage spills. alzheimer s charities warn that tens of thousands of patients may not benefit from two new drug treatments because the nhs is not ready for them. good morning from me and johnson, a kitchen that needs a home. as household bills stay sky—high, some families are scrimping on pet care. we look at the implications. the kansas city chiefs come out on top on the biggest night in american sport. they beat the san francisco 49ers to win the super bowl, as pop star taylor swift arrives in time for the game, to celebrate with boyfriend travis kelce. good morning. today is going to be a day of sunshine and showers, some of

them wintry in scotland. as we head towards the end of the week it is going to turn much milder. all the details later. good morning. it's monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes, with dozens more injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city. our correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. barbara, what more do we know? well, these two hostages have been rescued. they are two older men. fernando simon marmon, 60, and louis harve, 70. an israeli military

spokesman said they came from a kibbutz where there had been captured in the october the 7th attacks. they were found in a residential building in rafah on the second floor. the military said they had been watching it for quite a long time and this operation was a joint operation involving the army as well as the internal security service, and a special police unit. also, fire from ships, planes and helicopters, according to residents. so quite an operation. the army said they breached the building with an explosive, then there was a lot of gunfire, that the air strikes took place as they were extracting their forces. and of course the hostages. bearin forces. and of course the hostages. bear in mind these two men have been in captivity for 128 days but i said to be in good medical condition, which will be a relief for their families, they have been taken to hospital. reports that 20 people were killed in those air strikes overnight. that, despite international warnings against an escalation in the city of rafah. what do we know about

israel's intentions? the prime minister saying that he wanted to launch a ground offensive too? yes. launch a ground offensive too? yes, and when this _ launch a ground offensive too? yes, and when this very _ launch a ground offensive too? 13:3 and when this very intensive bombardment happened overnight of the residents of rafah were panicking because i thought this was the beginning of that ground invasion. but of course it wasn't. that is still being planned. the prime minister has asked the military to come up with a plan for that invasion. he says it is important because the army is coming close to defeating hamas. but its last remaining battalions are in rafah, so it has to go in. there are also a million displaced people seeking shelter. that was the last stop as the israelis were moving through the gaza strip, people were moving to the south. there have been a lot of warnings to international allies are saying this could deepen the international catastrophe, warning against the ground invasion. and the president of the united states, joe biden, had a call with the israeli prime minister yesterday in which he said they should be a call for evacuation, which is what

the israeli prime minister has promised, at least to be credible and executable. barbara plett usher life in jerusalem. sally has the rest of the stories, including possible new fines for the bosses of water firms. thank you. the bosses of water companies found to have polluted rivers and seas with illegal sewage spills are to be banned from receiving bonuses. our political correspondent hannah millerjoins us now, hannah, campaigners have been calling for these measures for some time? they have. the government has said it will look at banning these buses where they are convicted of serious criminal breaches, where there is a prosecution. it is not exactly clear at the moment what a serious criminal breach will be. but it's thought it would be things like sewage at a bathing site, or sewage being released into a conservation area. there will be a consultation

before those exact details are announced, but the environment secretary has said essentially that it is time that the water company bosses don't profit from this kind of behaviour, which we know has been causing real concern in many communities are really quite some time. labour, the liberal democrats, have previously called for similar measures. they are suggesting here that the government is moving in a direction that they have previously suggested that they ought to, kind of copying their policies. the liberal democrats said this announcement is feeble. i think for many people hearing this it will be one of those things where it has taken really some time to get to this point. it's expected that the measures will come into place in the next financial year. so, still some way to go until it actually comes into place. the government has been under pressure to do something for some time. thank you. the men's world marathon

record holder, kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a road accident. he died along with his coach when their car came off the road in western kenya. kiptum set the world record in the chicago marathon last year, with a winning time of two hours and 35 seconds. the body of a woman has been found at a house in shetland after police were called to a disturbance. it happened just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon on the west side of shetland mainland. a man has been arrested, and taken to hospital for treatment. police scotland say they're not looking for anyone else. two people have been charged after an eight—year—old boy was bitten in the head by an xl bully dog. the boy is in a serious but stable condition. the incident happened in bootle, near liverpool. a 49—year—old woman and a 30—year—old man have been charged with having a dog dangerously out of control. four boys aged between 12 and 1a have been arrested on suspicion of raping a young girl in rochdale. officers were called to the newbold

area on saturday evening where a crime scene on kingsway is still in place. our reporter yunus mulla is in rochdale. yunus, what more do we know? an area of land in their corner of a supermarket car park here in the new bold area of rochdale remains sealed off this morning. you can see the police car behind me. that has been here all night. the car park is close to a tram stop on the oldham to rochdale line. that area is at the centre of this police investigation. there is a blue forensic tent in place and there were searches that took place yesterday with sniffer dogs. police say they were called at about 6pm on

saturday evening to investigate an allegation of rape. the victim is a young girl who is being supported by specially trained officers. as part of their inquiries, police have arrested four boys, the youngest aged 12, a 13—year—old boy, and also 214—year—olds. understandably there is a lot of shock and concern. police have carried out house—to—house inquiries and are appealing for any information that people may have, specifically information censoring around saturday afternoon. now of course any other information will be welcome. the police say they take all allegations of a sexual nature and seriously, and once again have said there is support available for anyone who may be affected by this type of incident. thank you. a new campaign aimed at fighting fraud is being launched by the government. it's designed to stop people falling victim to scammers, and offers information about what to do if you are affected. fraud accounts for 40% of all crime

in england and wales, and critics say ministers are doing too little, too late. simonjones reports. one ticket for tonight. message now. final warning. to receive your package confirm your details and pay the fee immediately. a new tv advert with a simple message. if something appears too good to be true, that undoubtedly will be the case. hi,james. your bank account has been compromised. fraud is the most common crime in the uk. in the past, the police, banks and tech firms have all had their own strategies to warn of the dangers. but now the government says it's bringing them together to provide consistent and clear anti—fraud advice. stop, think fraud. chris mesa from sussex saw scammers use his mobile phone account to buy an expensive iphone and run up a huge bill. well, it's despicable, absolutely despicable. how people can get up in the morning and go to work, deciding they're going to steal money from other people,

i don't know. there were three different individuals involved in my particularfraud. it's wicked. according to the home office, fraud accounts for around 40% of all crime in england and wales, with an estimated 3.2 million offences each year. though cases are falling, the cost to society is thought to be £6.8 billion. in scotland, fraud has more than doubled over the past decade, and cases in northern ireland spiked during the pandemic. the government's launched a new website designed to be a one stop shop for information about fraud. it gives details about how to avoid becoming a victim, and also, crucially, what to do if you do get scammed and who you should report it to. among the organisations backing the campaign are bt, google, royal mail, tiktok and meta. the aim, to reduce the effect on victims. it can leave you emotionally drained. you may become untrustworthy of strangers. but unfortunately, people often forget that and theyjust see it as a crime statistic, when actually, we see the aftermath.

the latest advice to be scam savvy — never send money to anyone you don't know or trust, always log onto a website directly rather than clicking on links in an email, and be suspicious. the government's fraud strategy aims to reduce levels of the crime by 10% by the end of this year, compared with 2019. but critics say it's not strong enough to effectively take on the scammers. and labour describes the advertising campaign as too little, too late. simon jones, bbc news. it was 50 years ago today, that one of the most recognisable children's tv characters first appeared on oui’ screens. the most important... the most beautiful... the most magical... saggy old cloth cat in the whole world. we are, of course, talking about bagpuss.

he made his debut on the 12th february 197a. and here is a thing i cannot quite believe. only 13 episodes were ever made, but the show created by peter firmin and oliver postgate has been re—broadcast multiple times and remains as popular as ever. it seemed to be on for my entire childhood. i can't believe i was only watching 13 episodes. loved bagpuss. the time approaching 13 minutes past six. now the weather with carol. a beautiful spring view behind you. good morning. beautiful spring view behind you. good morning-— beautiful spring view behind you. good morning. beautiful spring view behind you. good morninu. ., , �* good morning. good morning. isn't it moreous? good morning. good morning. isn't it gorgeous? look _ good morning. good morning. isn't it gorgeous? look at _ good morning. good morning. isn't it gorgeous? look at these _ good morning. good morning. isn't it gorgeous? look at these crocuses. i gorgeous? look at these crocuses. you may have seen them yourselves, the crocuses and snowdrops well and truly out in some parts of the country. today we are looking at the sunshine and showers. if you are in northern ireland this morning watch out for ice on untreated surfaces. a weather front across shetland is

producing rain. that will move away. another one in scotland and northern indian producing showers. it will fade in northern end in proportion to shetland through the day. later we have another weather front coming in, introducing more showers across parts of western scotland and northern ireland. you may catch the odd one in wales and the south—west. for a lot of us it would be dry in the afternoon with some sunshine. temperatures ranging from six in the north, to ten in the south. this evening and overnight this weather front here continues to push steadily eastwards and southwards. it is now about 350 metres. again, really starting to accumulate. by the end of the nightly cloud will thicken in northern ireland, england and wales, with a few showers ahead of this next system. it will be a cold night. in parts of scotland and northern england temperatures will be very close to freezing, if not just above or below. as we head on into tomorrow, we still have some

snow showers above 350 metres across parts of scotland. you can see all these cloud with some rain coming in across england and wales, eventually getting into northern ireland, and later in the day into southern scotland. temperatures starting to rise in the south. we are looking widely at nine to 11. in the north, six to eight. it is from mid weekly temperatures start to rise a bit further. some of us are seeing 1a or 15 temperatures start to rise a bit further. some of us are seeing 1a or 15 de-rees. 15 degrees. thank you. there are hopes that two new drugs aimed at slowing the progress of alzheimer's could pave the way for the development of future treatments for the disease. the medicines are expected to be licensed within months, but charities are warning that the nhs isn't ready forthem, meaning many patients could lose out. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. dawn is 62 and about to get her first dose of a new alzheimer's drug, donanemab, which is currently only available to people taking part

in clinical trials. we've started, have we? we've started! all right? yay! dawn's memory problems were identified early. she has only mild cognitive impairment. i feel so grateful that i noticed, and that i investigated further, and that i know, because knowledge is power and it could mean that itjust slows it all down. and if it slows it down, then... ..then i'll be able to function as i'd like to and do some of the things i'd still like to do. over the course of 18 month trials, donanemab, and another drug, lecanemab, showed they could slow cognitive decline in patients with early stage alzheimer's, by between a quarter and a third. if you want to try and make that meaningful in terms of what a patient understands in clinic, then i would tell them that that gives you over that 18 month period, about five months

at a higher level of function. for me, that's meaningful, but it's small. i think these drugs do represent a turning point in our research in alzheimer's, but i also think they are just the beginning. one estimate suggests between 50,000 and 280,000 people in england could be eligible for the drugs if they get licensed in the coming months, and are then recommended for use by the nhs. we're worried that tens of thousands of people could miss out on having treatments because the nhs isn't ready to deliver them. we need to have a really clear plan from the nhs about how they're going you to scale up services so that we can identify people who are eligible. nhs england says dementia diagnosis rates are the highest they've been for three years. alzheimer's disease is triggered by the abnormal build up of proteins

in the brain, including one called amyloid. this can happen over 20 years before symptoms emerge. the drugs bind to amyloid and help our immune cells to clear it from the brain. currently, only 2% of alzheimer's patients get either a specialised brain scan, or a lumbar puncture, to confirm they have high levels of amyloid. but everyone getting the drugs would need them. i missed a bit down in there. see, that white bit? david, who's 79, has been on lecanemab for over three years as part of a study. although his alzheimer's is progressing, his wife, cheryl, feels the drug has helped. they're not saying this is a complete cure. no. just giving individuals more time before they can't remember, you know, who their children are.

it's given me longer with david as my husband. so, you know, that's worth all the money in the world. the drugs can cause swelling and bleeding in the brain, so patients like dawn need careful monitoring. but despite their side effects and modest benefits, many scientists believe they represent a defining moment in the fight against alzheimer's. fergus walsh, bbc news. you can see more about the trial in tonight's panorama, that's — alzheimer s: a turning point? on bbc one at 8pm. it's also available on the bbc iplayer. we'll be speaking to fergus and the director of research at alzheimer s research uk later in the programme. do let us know if you have any questions for them. you can send us a message on whatsapp — the number is 0330123 01140,

orjust scan the qr code with your phone's camera and that will automatically start a chat with us. you can still get in touch with us by email, and on twitter as well. let's take a look at some of today's papers. "unhinged" is the metro's banner headline. that's how presidentjoe biden team described comments by donald trump, who said he would encourage russia to invade countries which failed to pay for their membership of the nato alliance. the telegraph also features a story about us politics on its front page, with the former first lady and presidential candidate hillary clinton saying concerns aboutjoe biden�*s age are a legitimate issue. the mirror has an interview with alex batty, the teenager who was abducted six years ago and then found in rural france. he's just turned 18 and has been speaking about his new life back in the uk. and here's a good story

in the times, which reports how two fly—tippers were caught in the act by locals, who blocked them from leaving the scene near solihull, until police arrived and forced the pair to clean up the mess. the build—up to the super bowl was dominated by speculation over whether the pop queen taylor swift would make it from japan to see her boyfriend travis kelce playing for kansas city chiefs. are well, she did — and she seemed to enjoy it. a lot. she brought some famous pals, including the actress blake lively. and even chugged a pint of beer when egged on by the crowd in las vegas. lots more on the super bowl withjohn in a few minutes' time. she was definitely more animated than that. you will see more of taylor any minute now. i don't think anybody will suffer from a lack of

taylor swift today. she won the super bowl, didn't she?! she played in it. and a story now about childhood dreams coming true, in this case for a huge lego fan. this classic red phone box — complete with a working light and ringer — was made by lifelong lego fan john cramp, who is 43 and from leicestershire. he sent it to the danish company, which has now produced it as an official set. as you can imagine, john has been left feeling that everything is awesome. you think you are going to wake up in any minute. it's almost like you have been dreaming. they have been keeping me involved and updated through the process and made me feel like i am a real lego designer, part of the team. i think if i knew when i was 43 that i would be making a lego set and building it at the title, i don't think i would have quite believed it back then. but, yeah, here it is and it has actually

happened. congratulations tojohn with that incredible piece of lego work. 22 minutes past six. good morning. an eyewitness to the killings of barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar in nottingham says he believes valdo calocane committed cold—blooded murder. the 32—year—old fatally stabbed three people injune last year, and has been sentenced to detention in a high—security hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. our midlands correspondent navteonhal has more. what's the emergency? yes, there's been a stabbing on ilkeston road. there's somebody lying in the street. i think they're dead. oh, that was awful. this 999 call was made on the 13th ofjune last year in nottingham, as an eyewitness — from his bedroom window — saw barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar being stabbed to death by valdo calocane. ijust couldn't believe what i was seeing. it was absolutely terrifying

and just horrendous. the eyewitness has asked to remain anonymous. we're calling him richard. he's never spoken to the media before about what he saw that day. the first thing i saw was valdo calocane attacking barnaby, and barnabyjust falling to the floor and was basically motionless. i saw grace come over to the assailant and try and stop him attacking barnaby. the assailant then turned on to grace, plunging the weapon into poor grace. it was just horrific. he just callously, and calmly, just turned around, casually walked off, like nothing had happened. calocane then went on to fatally stabbed school caretaker ian coates, and hit three people with his van.

the 32—year—old, who's been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, has been sentenced to detention in a high security hospital after admitting three counts of manslaughter. thejudge said calocane's mental condition satisfied the criteria, giving rise to the partial defence of diminished responsibility. but the families of his victims believe he should have been tried for murder. obviously, i know you're not a medical professional, and you're not a police officer. but, from what you saw, do you think what you saw was murder? that was murder. yeah _ cold—blooded. he should be in a high security prison, not a hospital. richard's 999 call was issued to the media by nottinghamshire police, but he says they never told him the call was being released. he only learned about it when he heard it on the news. and the first time i heard it i went into panic again. i started shaking. took me back to the day.

i was just flabbergasted that they wouldn't have told me they were going to use it. the force have now apologised to richard. he says he's been having nightmares about the incident. he wishes he'd intervened, even though he says he's been told by police he could have been one of calocane's victims if he had done so. you think afterwards, oh, i could have done this, i could have climbed out, i could have rushed downstairs. but like i say, i wasjust frozen. and that's what's been killing me. the families want to see an inquiry into the various authorities, who they believe failed their loved ones. several reviews have been announced into this case since the sentencing. the crown prosecution service says it's fully engaging with the attorney general�*s review into its actions. richard says he wanted to speak to help the families with their campaign. is there a message or anything you'd like to say to them? ijust wish i could have done something for them to help, so your son and daughter were still here. so sorry. navtaonhal, bbc news, nottingham.

we are going to talk some more about the implications of that later. you're watching breakfast. coming up on the programme... she's one of only two british actors to be nominated for an oscar this year — but could it be third time lucky for carey mulligan? we'll hear from the actor ahead of next month's academy awards. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria cook. london's supersewer — or the thames tideway tunnel as it's officially known — will begin testing in a few months' time. this is the last footage filmed inside — it's now been sealed up. the tunnel is huge —

nearly 16 miles long — and it stretches underneath the thames. it'll eventually connect 3a storm overflow drains and it'll take the sewage to be treated at a works in beckton in east london. so it will clean up the river, it will increase the health. so, at the moment, we suffer from algae bloom due to runoff and sewage discharges, which creates these massive, horrible algae blooms. and you can see a lot of the staining on the river wall with algae. so it will help sort out that. it will also stop some of the deposits that you see on the river terraces at low tide — you often find like wet wipes. the old bailey is set to reopen today following a fire last week. about 1500 people were evacuated from the high—security building after an electrical substation caught fire. london fire brigade said it wasn't being treated as suspicious. an art installation recognising israeli hostages held in gaza has been opened in north london.

relatives of the hostages as well as prominent members of london'sjewish community attended the opening of the lovelock hostage bridge. the installation is made up of 100 padlocks — each inscribed with the names of those taken on october 7th. for more information on the situation in gaza please go to the bbc website. let's take a look at the tube. minor delays on the central line. the overground is part—suspended. there's a partial closure on the piccadilly line. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. overnight temperatures dropped into low single figures. but we have plenty of bright and sunny spells. it's a settled day today — perhaps the only settled day, however, of this week. plenty of winter sunshine, it's dry and temperatures reaching a maximum of around ten celsius. it's a clear start to the evening, so temperatures will fall away. but gradually through the night into tuesday morning, we'll see more cloud edging in from the west.

the minimum temperature between 3—6 celsius. as we head into tuesday, low pressure is in charge. it drives towards us a few fronts and that's going to bring some rain. it's a dry start to tuesday, but the cloud will increase and thicken and then we'll see some outbreaks of rain as we head through tuesday afternoon and into tuesday evening. temperatures tomorrow up to 11 celsius. as that front starts to move through, it introduces the mild airagain. so overnight tuesday into wednesday, the temperature is actually likely to rise. for wednesday itself, it stays unsettled, but temperatures getting up to 1a, 15 on thursday. before we go, it's that time of year again — we're looking for people in our communities that go that extra mile to make life better for others. the make a difference awards are back and if you know someone who you think should be nominated then please do get in touch. all the information�*s on our website. just go to bbc.co.uk/makeadifference. that's all from us for now. we'll be back in half an hour. now back to sally and ben.

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. now, your pet might be part of the family, but owning an animal can come with a cost. vets' bills, food costs and insurance can all take their toll. nina is at an animal hospital in grimsby to find out more. you have the bestjob. you are meeting some furry friends. good morning from the blue cross animal hospital in grimsby. i have been chatting to zebedee. i have not gone close. he is a little bit shy with strangers. he came in with matted fur, a poorly p. —— paw. they say they are seeing an increase in

pets rescinded by owners because of costs. i have some treats in my pocket. why would nobody want to keep you? insuring a pet can be expensive. in 2022, the average cost was £327, which can be stressful for pet owners. around 4 million owners saying they have to make decisions about funding treatment for example cutting down on the cost of their own food bill. and treatment can be expensive. arthritis for a dog over £2000 typically and a cat with diabetes, £1000. what is more, massive regional variations when it comes to paying and neutering a medium male dog can vary from £100 up medium male dog can vary from £100 up to £760 in different parts of the country. big decisions for owners

about whether to insure or pay out the fees or abandon their pets. we spoke to linda who has two cats and a dog but they prove very expensive. this is an example of our bills that we have. and the older cats do you have permanent drugs to take, so it's an ongoing thing, it won't stop. but if i tell you that that tube of ointment is £89.65. and this tiny tube of eye ointment is something like £56, £57 for that. what are you doing? yes. originally, going back years ago, you didn't particularly bother to insure your animals. over the years, we've had rescue animals, as well, and they get poorly and the cost has

just gone way out of kilter. so now i would rather save something else and pay the insurance and know that i can afford to keep them going, basically. a lot of people, during covid, they were out walking, so they bought a dog. but they probably never look into the cost of how much — if that dog gets poorly — what is it actually going to cost them? there are happy endings for psalm rescue animals. this pet was eight weeks old when she was rehoused and now a very happy animal. are you seeing will need from a wide range of families when it comes to pet care? ~ . , ., of families when it comes to pet care? . , ., , care? we are seeing more people relinquishing _ care? we are seeing more people relinquishing care? we are seeing more people relinuuuishin ets care? we are seeing more people relinquishing care? we are seeing more people relinuuuishin ets because care? we are seeing more people relinquishing care? we are seeing more people relinuuuishin ets because the relinquishing pets because they cannot afford them any more. we see

more abandonment. they do not feel like they can come to us and ask for help. like they can come to us and ask for hel. , ., , ~ help. the need is getting worse. we work closely — help. the need is getting worse. we work closely with _ help. the need is getting worse. we work closely with a _ help. the need is getting worse. we work closely with a food _ help. the need is getting worse. we work closely with a food bank - help. the need is getting worse. we work closely with a food bank that l work closely with a food bank that gives out food to people as well as for pets and you said you were surprised by the need there. we have had re orts surprised by the need there. we have had reports from _ surprised by the need there. we have had reports from clients _ surprised by the need there. we have had reports from clients and - surprised by the need there. we have had reports from clients and the - had reports from clients and the community that they have needed that support, being going out with doubt themselves. they go to the food bank to help support the community as well. ~ ., ., to help support the community as well. ~ . ., ., ., to help support the community as well. . ., ., ., , ., , ., well. what a lot of pet owners have told us is it — well. what a lot of pet owners have told us is it is _ well. what a lot of pet owners have told us is it is difficult _ well. what a lot of pet owners have told us is it is difficult to _ well. what a lot of pet owners have told us is it is difficult to know- told us is it is difficult to know how much things will cost. you might take out insurance at up to £300 and because there is a lack of transparency on veterinary websites in terms of how much things cost, they do not necessarily know if they can keep their pet because of the variables. what would you say to those owners? i variables. what would you say to those owners?— variables. what would you say to those owners? . ., ., ,, ., those owners? i recommend taking out

insurance. those owners? i recommend taking out insurance- but — those owners? i recommend taking out insurance. but also _ those owners? i recommend taking out insurance. but also speaking _ those owners? i recommend taking out insurance. but also speaking to - those owners? i recommend taking out insurance. but also speaking to the - insurance. but also speaking to the vet, making sure you ask for an estimate of bills and speak about payment plans because sometimes there are plans available. and reach out to charities and see if they can help. out to charities and see if they can hel _ ~ ., ., , out to charities and see if they can hel. . ,, �* ,, help. martha is shaking. bless her. finall , help. martha is shaking. bless her. finally. you — help. martha is shaking. bless her. finally. you told — help. martha is shaking. bless her. finally, you told me _ help. martha is shaking. bless her. finally, you told me the _ help. martha is shaking. bless her. finally, you told me the most - finally, you told me the most important thing is to keep up with boosters for vaccinations. so you do not get bitten further down the line. ., ., not get bitten further down the line. . ., ., ., ., , line. there are a lot of conditions that can end _ line. there are a lot of conditions that can end up _ line. there are a lot of conditions that can end up much _ line. there are a lot of conditions that can end up much worse - line. there are a lot of conditions that can end up much worse if. line. there are a lot of conditions| that can end up much worse if you leave them with higher bills. and that can be fatal. keeping on top on worm treatment and vaccinations can save money down the line. and less distress for the pact.— distress for the pact. absolutely. thank you- _ distress for the pact. absolutely. thank you. the _ distress for the pact. absolutely. thank you. the competition - distress for the pact. absolutely. thank you. the competition and | thank you. the competition and markets authority are looking at the veterinary industry and say prices have gone up faster than inflation and want to know whether owners are

getting a fair deal. it is such a shame people feel the need to give up shame people feel the need to give up their pets because 94% of owners will tell them there pet will make them feel a lot happier. studio: that is the truth. it is. and we have all fallen in love with martha this morning. a nervous little dog. i am not surprised. 6.30. and all the bright lights and on the telly. she probably has not had her hair done or anything. she was very cute. john is here. it was an incredible night at the super bowl. was it oram was it or am i distracted by taylor swift? you would have to go some to top the bright lights of las vegas on a huge super bowl night. the biggest night in american football.

it was a huge night, always the biggest in american sport. made even bigger by the prescence of taylor swift. the night belonged to the team she was there to support, the kansas city chiefs who beat the san francisco 49ers. 65,000 fans travelled to las vegas' allegiant stadium to see the chiefs clinch the title again. it's been reported this was the most expensive super bowl in history — with the cheapest resale ticket costing 5,000 dollars ? that's just under £4,000. a 20—person box would have set you back £1.11 million, while tv commercials cost about $7 million for a 30—second slot. if you couldn't afford a ticket, the game of course was available on tv. the us tv audience is expected to be more than 100 million — with super bowl fever gripping here, in the uk the audience was expected to be four million. unsurprisingly there's been added interest ever

since pop star taylor swift became a regular fixture at games when she began dating travis kelce. she did make it to the game on time despite performing the night before in tokyo. with all that attention, the super bowl is expected to generate more than $600 million for the las vegas economy, with 330,000 visitors travelling to sin city for the event. nesta mcgregor was watching the action overnight and is in las vegas for us this morning. hejoins us now. he joins us now. a huge night on and he “oins us now. a huge night on and off he joins us now. a huge night on and off the field- — he joins us now. a huge night on and off the field. £650 _ he joins us now. a huge night on and off the field. £650 million _ off the field. £650 million generated _ off the field. £650 million generated to _ off the field. £650 million generated to the - off the field. £650 million generated to the las - off the field. £650 million l generated to the las vegas off the field. £650 million _ generated to the las vegas economy. none of it is mine, mine stayed in my pocket. america's showpiece sporting event again delivered.

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for a nervous watch, usher did his best to lighten the mood. the 45—year—old running through a string of hits in a 15 minute set that featured alicia keys. no team has ever won three super bowl titles in a row but planning for next year can surely wait. after all, this is vegas and this party is unlikely to end anytime soon. super bowl may go down as an absolute classic this year. las vegas nicknamed the city that never sleeps and for some of the players and fans that might be the case but spare a thought for patrick mahomes, who promised to party all night but also promised the family to take them to disneyland at eight o'clock this morning. if the worst comes to

the worst, he could always stand in for sleepy in the seven dwarves. studio: all i can think about is you hanging out with travis kelce in the locker room. i hope you enjoyed it. i hope you enjoyed it. i still have the champagne on me. you need to dry off and perhaps take a shower. the reaction from a huge night in las vegas with the staging of the super bowl. now talking of great storylines, a club hero returns to haunt his former club, in the shape of arsenal's declan rice. and unsurprisingly the scoreline's making headlines this morning. the £100 million signing who switched sides in the summer, he set up two of his side's six goals to record their biggest ever premier league away win in a 6—0 win over west ham, this before scoring a stunning goal of his own as arsenal stay third — trimming the gap to league leaders liverpool to two points. really pleased, the way we performed, the way we played,

the approach that we had right from the beginning. and the team wanted more. they showed a lot of aggression and a lot of quality, as well, in the right moments, because it's not easy to do what they've done against this team. it shows the consistency that we have to hit and we have to demand of ourselves. and today we've done it. and now we are going to have to do it again against burnley. meanwhile, manchester united's hopes of a top four finish remain alive — after late drama against aston villa. the game appeared to be heading for a 1—1 draw at villa park, until scott mctominay scored an 86th minute winner, and that means united stay sixth, but they're nowjust six points off the champions league places. good to see that a good old game of rock, paper scissors is alive and well. being used to decide who's taking the penalty. callum o'hare and haji wright giving it a go, wright won it. luckily for him, he scored it as coventry won 2—1 at millwall,

in the championship and move into the top six. in the scottish premiership, dundee scored a last—minute penalty to come from behind to beat stjohnstone 2—1. whilst in the cup, holders celtic are into the quarterfinals after beating st mirren 2—0. kyogo furuhashi with celtic�*s opener. hearts are also into the last eight after they beat airdrieonians 4—1. after a damaging league defeat last sunday, arsenal women's season has taken another disappointing turn. they've been knocked out of the fa cup — beaten 1—0 by manchester city. laia aleixandri with the goal as city booked their place in the quarter finals. elsewhere, there were also wins for brighton, chelsea, liverpool, manchester united and everton. now it's been a stunning journey, one filled with drama all the way through, but hosts ivory coast have won the africa cup of nations for a third time. they beat nigeria in the final, coming from behind to win 2—1 — sebastian haller scoring the winner in the 81st minute.

he only recovered from having testicular cancer a year ago — now he's the nation's hero. ivory coast only just scraped into the knockout stages — then sacked their manager mid tournament before making their way to the final. what a gripping weekend at the six nations. scotland missing out on victory against france by the finest of margins. england beat wales — just — but it's ireland who top the table after the second round of fixtures after beating italy. they won 36—0 in dublin — the home side scoring three tries before half time. dan sheehan with ireland's second. and ireland would score three more after the restart — with sheehan scoring again. ireland's hopes of becoming the first nation to win back to back grand slam six nations titles is very much alive. we're happy enough. you know, we got what we wanted out of the game. obviously, a bonus point win and keeping them to zero is very pleasing.

you know, some nice tries out there, some nice performances by individuals, etc. it's good they're up and running and, you know, we keep the competition where it should be. but the competition only gets going from here on in. the real show stopping moment was the performance of this guy. # ireland together. # ireland together. # shoulder- # ireland together. # shoulder to- # ireland together. - # shoulder to shoulder. what _ # shoulder to shoulder. what a _ # shoulder to shoulder. what a voice. _ it was eight—year—old stevie mulrooney who stole the headlines — with his pre—match rendition of ireland's call in front of a packed out aviva stadium. didn't get a note wrong — incredible composure. how could they fail after he sang

that? andy farrell saying the team should take something from that. he is eight, he is eight. and a lovely moment when he finished when he was dying to say something. like come on, ireland. he was brilliant. i think we could do with an anthem sung to us at this time every morning. i know the person to do it. here's carol. that would clear out the audience in a flash. today a day of sunshine and showers. a cold start. the risk of ice particularly across northern ireland. and we have a front bringing rain to shetland that will clear. this front will bring heavy showers in western areas in the afternoon. to start we have showers in parts of scotland, northern england, the southeast. in england

they will tend to fade but in scotland they will push up to the northern isles and later, the next weather front comes in northern isles and later, the next weatherfront comes in bringing further showers in western scotland and northern ireland and they will be blustery. we will see snow above about 350 metres in the highlands. a lot of dry weather. you could catch a shower in wales and the south—west but it will be the exception. temperatures are six in the north and ten in the south. overnight, the weather front pushes towards the east and further south. more snow on the hills in the north. the cloud building across england and wales with dampness coming our way as the next system approaches. a cold night, especially where you can see the blue in the chart with temperatures close to freezing and so some frost and ice to watch out for first thing tomorrow. tomorrow this system will bring a change. it

will bring rain but then it will bring mild air. we start with the cloud in parts of england and wales building northwards. we will see rain accompanying the cloud. to the north of it, it is dry and bright and some sunshine around. this is the weather front responsible for the weather front responsible for the cloud and as it moves northwards, taking the rain with it, you you will find we are pulling in milder air across the board, all except the far north of scotland. wednesday is looking cloudy. a weather front is heading wednesday is looking cloudy. a weatherfront is heading northwards with further snow on the hills in scotland. and one front in the south but in between, in lincolnshire, yorkshire, some dry and bright conditions and with high pressure in the far north, here it should be dry and relatively bright. it will be

cooler. 6 degrees in lerwick. widely 11-15. cooler. 6 degrees in lerwick. widely 11—15. towards the latter part of the week, having started on a cold note, it will be wet but also still be pretty mild. thank you. it's nearly two years since russia invaded ukraine, and at that time volunteer fighters rushed to the frontlines, as western aid and weapons poured in. now, the headlines have changed to talk of frozen funding, ammunition shortages and problems recruiting soldiers. but for many people in ukraine, they're still willing to fight for their country. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford reports. these are the patrols many ukrainian men now dread. conscription officers hunting for draft dodgers. ukraine needs a lot more soldiers, but they're not flooding to the front lines any more. so some have to be

caught and cajoled. pavlo lost his arm near bahmut in a mortar attack. but he wanted to go on serving his country. so now he looks for other men who can still fight. translation: there's - a full-scale war, but it's still like people don't care. we need everyone to come together, like they did on the first day. everyone was united then, like brothers. but when i ask about friends who've served with him, pavlo tells me there's almost no one left from his company. translation: everyone's either injured like me, or dead. - when the russians occupied lilia's town, her son was captured and tortured. when sergey escaped, he signed up to fight for ukraine.

he's now been badly injured, but his mother is afraid he'll recover and go back to the front. sergey says his friends there need him. translation: while he's in hospital, i can sleep calmly- — when he's on the front line, i can't sleep. so i really shouldn't say this. i'm glad he's not there at the front. every ukrainian town now has cemeteries like this, filled with the soldiers honoured by their country as heroes, and mourned deeply by theirfamilies. vladislav was killed by a mine near bahmut. he was 22. ena hasn't put his photo on the grave yet because she can't quite accept her only son has gone. but she's proud of him. translation: i believe my son

died doing the right thing. - when i ask about those who avoid signing up, ena doesn'tjudge them. translation: do you think my son wasn't afraid? - i was afraid, too, when he went. everyone is afraid of dying. but maybe being enslaved by russia is scarier. she calls it a fight to protect ukraine's freedom, but the cost is growing. sarah rainsford, bbc news. we are talking now about someone nominated for best actress at the oscars for a third time. carey mulligan will be hoping that 2024 is her year. she's one of only two british actors to be up for an academy award this year —

for her performance in maestro, a film about the complicated life of the composer leonard bernstein. carey mulligan has been speaking to our culture editor katie razzall. oscar—nominated first for best actress in an education... how old am i? ..then more recently for promising young woman... what's my name? hello, i'm lenny. hello, felicia. ..could it be third time lucky for carey mulligan in maestro? and while she says she doesn't choose roles with awards in mind, she's frank about how much fun it can be. it is really exciting, principally because you get to be in a room with people that you really admire — directors you want to work with, writers you want to work with. i've introduced myself to everyone the last couple of months. i've been like, "hi, jesse armstrong, we've never met, but i'm a big fan of succession." she's a fan, too, of bradley cooper, nominated for acting and writing maestro — which he also directed — about the complicated love story between the conductor and composer leonard bernstein and his wife, the actress felicia montealegre. i've been in some incredible kind of overtly feminist films,

which i've absolutely loved and relished being in — like promising young woman, and she said and suffragette. i have resisted playing the wife to the great man. but what was amazing about this was that they wrote this character, who was so well written, fully fleshed out, complicated, and that in itself is such a feminist statement. i have heard actresses talk in the past about how, actually, it's very depressing to always get the script, which is, you know, "the wife of", "the wife of". is that changing? looking at this year, there are extraordinary roles for women. and i do think progress isn't a straight line, but everything is moving in the right direction. and i see it, definitely, in the writing. so how long do we have to do this for? maestro is up for a best make—up oscar, despite the criticism from some about bradley cooper's prosthetic nose. did it worry you, you know, there was claims it was anti—semitic? you know, bradley's whole focus from the offset was, "how do i make this as real as possible, to people who knew him,

didn't know him, to his kids?" and part of that was the look. so i wasn't worried because i knew that when people saw the film, they would realise that this was, you know... and the family felt like, "yeah, he looks like our dad. that's amazing." your truth makes you brave... preparation for their roles included five days of dream workshops, in which these actors bared their souls. a little bit la woo—woo, or did you think, "this works"? i think there's la woo—woo, but it's also... you know, we're actors — it's all quite woo—woo, anyway. we're dressing up and pretending to be other people. you can't go too far, really. as long as you're nice to people, do whatever it takes. so does maestro have what it takes to woo oscar voters? katie razzall, bbc news. we will know a month from now. march the 10th, the oscars. good luck. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria cook. london's supersewer,

or the thames tideway tunnel as it's officially known, will begin testing in a few months' time. this is the last footage filmed inside. it's now been sealed up. the tunnel is huge — it's nearly 16 miles long and it stretches underneath the thames. it'll eventually connect 3a storm overflow drains and it'll take the sewage to be treated at a works in beckton in east london. so it will clean up the river, it will increase the health. so, at the moment, we suffer from algae bloom due to runoff and sewage discharges, which creates these massive, horrible algae blooms. and you can see a lot of the staining on the river wall with algae. so it will help sort out that. it will also stop some of the deposits that you see on the river terraces at low tide — you often find wet wipes. the old bailey is set to reopen today, following a fire last week. about 1500 people were evacuated from the high—security building after an electrical substation caught fire. london fire brigade said it wasn't being treated as suspicious.

an art installation recognising israeli hostages held in gaza has been opened in north london. relatives of the hostages as well as prominent members of london'sjewish community attended the opening of the lovelock hostage bridge. the installation is made up of 100 padlocks, each inscribed with the names of those taken on october the seventh. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are minor delays on the central line. the overground is part suspended. and there's a partial closure on the piccadilly line. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. overnight temperatures dropped into low single figures. but we have plenty of bright and sunny spells. it's a settled day today — perhaps the only settled day, however, of this week. plenty of winter sunshine, it's dry and temperatures reaching a maximum of around ten celsius. it's a clear start to the evening, so temperatures will fall away.

but gradually through the night into tuesday morning, we'll see more cloud edging in from the west. the minimum temperature between 3—6 celsius. as we head into tuesday, low pressure is in charge. it drives towards us a few fronts and that's going to bring some rain. it's a dry start to tuesday, but the cloud will increase and thicken and then we'll see some outbreaks of rain as we head through tuesday afternoon and into tuesday evening. temperatures tomorrow up to 11 celsius. as that front starts to move through, it introduces the mild airagain. so overnight tuesday into wednesday, the temperature is actually likely to rise. for wednesday itself, it stays unsettled, but temperatures getting up to 1a, 15 on thursday. before we go, it's that time of year again when we're looking for people in our communities that go that extra mile to make life better for others. the make a difference awards are back, and if you know someone who you think should be nominated, then please do get in touch. all the information's on our website — just go to bbc.co.uk/makeadifference.

that's all from us for now. we'll be back in half an hour. but for now, i'll hand you back to sally and ben. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today. israel says two hostages have been rescued in a raid on rafah, after dozens of air strikes on the gazan city. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed. the schools struggling to keep buildings maintained, because of the rising costs of contracts with private firms. you feel like a failure. my sixth year of headship and i'm no furtherforward in resolving the issues that affect the children who come here every day.

good morning from me and martha, a rescue pup who has been happily rehomed. as the cost of living continues to rise, a third of vets are seeing an increase in the number of pets being abandoned. are pet owners getting a fair deal and what are the implications for our fluffy pals? in sport, the kansas city chiefs come out on top of the biggest night of american sport. they beat the san francisco 49ers to win the super bowl. pop star taylor swift arrives in time for the game to celebrate with boyfriend travis kelce. how will you and your lovely pop star girlfriend be celebrating? i’m star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm re star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm pretty sure vegas going to roll out the red _ pretty sure vegas going to roll out the red carpet and i am going to be elvis for— the red carpet and i am going to be elvis for a _ the red carpet and i am going to be elvis for a night.— elvis for a night. good morning, a frosty start _ elvis for a night. good morning, a frosty start for — elvis for a night. good morning, a frosty start for some. _ elvis for a night. good morning, a frosty start for some. the - elvis for a night. good morning, a frosty start for some. the risk - elvis for a night. good morning, a frosty start for some. the risk of. frosty start for some. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. then a day of sunshine and showers. turning milderfrom midweek day of sunshine and showers. turning milder from midweek onwards. good morning.

it's monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes, with dozens more injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city. our correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. good morning. bring us up—to—date on what has happened overnight? molar. what has happened overnight? wow, the israeli military _ what has happened overnight? wow, the israeli military has _ what has happened overnight? r the israeli military has described quite a dramatic rescue operation. two male hostages, fernando marmon, in his 60s, and louis har, who is 70, were being held in a residential building on the second floor in rafah, according to the israeli army. they have been monitoring the place for quite a long time. they moved in last night with special operations, which included the army,

internal security service, and a special police unit. the army says that they breached the building with an explosive device and there was a lot of heavy gunfire as they carried out the rescue operation, and then there were air strikes, quite a lot of air strikes, as they pulled out of air strikes, as they pulled out of the area protecting the hostages. bearin of the area protecting the hostages. bear in mind these two men have been in captivity for 128 days. but they are reported to be in good medical condition. they have been taken to hospital. we will be hearing more about the reunion with their families later on.— about the reunion with their families later on. that is the situation _ families later on. that is the situation with _ families later on. that is the situation with the _ families later on. that is the situation with the hostages. | families later on. that is the i situation with the hostages. we families later on. that is the - situation with the hostages. we know though that 20 people reported to have been killed in the strikes overnight. it is a city where there are 1.5 million people sheltering. there has been international warnings about an offensive. and yet the israeli prime minister says he will, he intends, to push ahead with a ground offensive too? yes. will, he intends, to push ahead with a ground offensive too?— a ground offensive too? yes, that's riuht. a ground offensive too? yes, that's right- during _ a ground offensive too? yes, that's right. during that _ a ground offensive too? yes, that's right. during that intensive - right. during that intensive bombardment last night the residents

of rafah were in a panic because they thought this was the beginning of that ground offensive, which it turned out not to be, but it is something that mr netanyahu has said is in the works. he has asked for a plan from the army as to how they would carry it out. he says it is absolutely necessary because the remaining battalions, as he calls them, of hamas fighters are in the city and need to be defeated to win the war. as you mention, there are more than a million people who have taken refuge there. the un and other aid agencies are warning that the humanitarian catastrophe could really expand because of a ground invasion. so mr netanyahu has said he is preparing an evacuation plan. he has said it will be detailed, although he has not released details, but he is being pressed by international allies to make sure this is a credible and executable plan. barbara, for now, thank you. barbara plett usher live injerusalem. sally is looking at the rest of the years. labour's candidate in

the forthcoming rochdale by—election has apologised for remarks he made about israel during a local meeting. in a secret recording obtained by a newspaper, azhar ali reportedly said the country had allowed hamas' deadly attack to go ahead in october so it could do whatever it wanted in response. our political correspondent hannah millerjoins us now. hannah, what has the response been to the recording? well, the comments that azhar ali made have been widely condemned. the jewish labour movement described them as totally reprehensible. he himself, in his apology, described them as offensive, ignorant and false. we have not had any direct work from keir starmer himself. but we did here yesterday from the party's campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, who said of the comments were completely wrong and don't represent the labour party's view. what i think is interesting though

is where this goes next. labour have no choice but to have azhar ali on the ballot or paper as their candidate. it is simply too late for them to change that. of the conservative party are calling on them to stop campaigning in the by—election and count of not back their candidate quite as much as they might have otherwise done. i don't really get the sense that that is particularly likely to happen, and that is partly because of the presence of george galloway. he is a former labourformer presence of george galloway. he is a former labour former respect mp, and he is standing for the workers party in the by—election. he is taking a very anti—labour, pro—ceasefire in gaza stance. there is a sense, even from some within thejewish community that allowing him to win may be worse than going ahead with voting for azhar ali. in that sense labour are really in a bind over this. it is a really difficult position for them to be in and

certainly not one they would have wanted going into this by—election. thank you. you can find a full list of all candidates running in each of the up—coming by—elections, over on the bbc news website. the bosses of water companies, found to have polluted rivers and seas with illegal sewage spills, are to be banned from receiving bonuses. the plans, announced by the government, follow pressure from campaigners, and calls for similar measures from labour and the liberal democrats. the men's world marathon record holder, kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a road accident. he died along with his coach when their car came off the road in western kenya. kiptum set the world record in the chicago marathon last year, with a winning time of two hours and 35 seconds. two people have been charged after an 8 year old boy was bitten on the head by an xl bully dog. the boy is in a serious but stable condition. the incident happened in bootle, near liverpool. a 49 year old woman and a 30 year

old man have been charged with having a dog dangerously out of control. the body shop is expected to appoint administrators in the coming days, in a move likely to result in store closures and job losses. it's understood that trading over the christmas period and injanuary was not as strong as hoped. four boys aged between 12 and 1a have been arrested on suspicion of raping a young girl in rochdale. our reporter yunus mulla is in the town for us this morning. yunus, what more do we know? an area of land in the corner of the morrisons car park here in the new bold area of rochdale remains sealed off this morning. you can see the police car behind me which has been here all night. as far as the car park itself is concerned, it is at the centre of a police investigation. there is a blue florenzi content. that area was

searched yesterday with sniffer dogs. —— blue forensic tent. officers were called at around 6p on saturday evening to investigate an allegation of rape. we understand a young girl is being supported by police. as part of their inquiries, they have arrested four boys. the youngest, aged 12, a 13—year—old, and two 14—year—old boys. they are in police custody and been questioned over the incident. as you can understand, there is a lot of concern n'soki. police are appealing for witnesses. they have carried out house—to—house inquiries. the area is quite close to a tram stop on the oldham to rochdale line of greater manchester's metrolink. and clearly police want to hear from anybody who may have any information about what may have any information about what may have any information about what may have occurred on saturday afternoon. greater manchester police have also taken this opportunity to

say that anyone who is affected by a sexual offence should contact them. there is support available. thank you. tributes have been paid to the transgender teenager, brianna ghey, at a vigil in warrington, one year on from her murder. hundreds attended the vigil to commemorate brianna, who was stabbed to death in a park by scarletjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe. her mother esther told the crowds her daughter was "an amazing, unique and joyful teenager". i will be forever thankful that i was lucky enough to spend 16 years with her. she taught me so much and gave me so much happiness and love. if there is one piece of advice that if there is one piece of advice that i can give to any parent, it would be to hug your children tout and never step telling them that you love them. a new campaign aimed at fighting fraud is being launched by the government. it's designed to stop people

falling victim to scammers, and offers information about what to do if you are affected. fraud accounts for 40% of all crime in england and wales, and critics say ministers are doing too little, too late. simonjones reports. one ticket for tonight. message now. final warning. to receive your package confirm your details and pay the fee immediately. a new tv advert with a simple message. if something appears too good to be true, that undoubtedly will be the case. hi,james. your bank account has been compromised. fraud is the most common crime in the uk. in the past, the police, banks and tech firms have all had their own strategies to warn of the dangers. but now the government says it's bringing them together to provide consistent and clear anti—fraud advice. stop, think fraud. chris messer from sussex saw scammers use his mobile phone account to buy an expensive iphone and run up a huge bill. well, it's despicable, absolutely despicable. how people can get up in the morning and go to work, deciding they're going to steal money from other people,

i don't know. there were three different individuals involved in my particularfraud. it's wicked. according to the home office, fraud accounts for around 40% of all crime in england and wales, with an estimated 3.2 million offences each year. though cases are falling, the cost to society is thought to be £6.8 billion. in scotland, fraud has more than doubled over the past decade, and cases in northern ireland spiked during the pandemic. the government's launched a new website designed to be a one stop shop for information about fraud. it gives details about how to avoid becoming a victim, and also, crucially, what to do if you do get scammed and who you should report it to. among the organisations backing the campaign are bt, google, royal mail, tiktok and meta. the aim, to reduce the effect on victims. it can leave you emotionally drained. you may become untrustworthy of strangers. but unfortunately, people often

forget that and theyjust see it as a crime statistic, when actually, we see the aftermath. the latest advice to be scam savvy — never send money to anyone you don't know or trust, always log onto a website directly rather than clicking on links in an email, and be suspicious. the government's fraud strategy aims to reduce levels of the crime by 10% by the end of this year, compared with 2019. but critics say it's not strong enough to effectively take on the scammers. and labour describes the advertising campaign as too little, too late. simon jones, bbc news. we are going to look at that in more detail with the security minister in about 15 minutes here on breakfast. we will talk about what you can do to protect yourself if you do fall victim to fraud. that is at half past seven. i know carol will tell us it is definitely winter, but it is looking a lot like spring. good morning. spring. good morninu. _, ., spring.

good morninu. ., ., good morning. good morning. look at the beautiful — good morning. good morning. look at the beautiful snowdrops _ good morning. good morning. look at the beautiful snowdrops behind - good morning. good morning. look at the beautiful snowdrops behind me. i the beautiful snowdrops behind me. we had crocuses earlier. if you are heading out it is a cool start. these are the kind of temperatures that will greet you. -4 in aboyne, three in london, and four in durham. a touch of frost this morning. watch out for ice. particularly in northern ireland. you can see this line of cloud. this is a weak weather front producing showers. this is producing rain in shetland. this is producing rain in shetland. this cloud will bring more showers our way later. a lot of dry weather to start the day. the rain continuing in shetland but moving away. the showers should —— be showers pushing north—east during the day. for northern ireland a few showers as well. having said that, there's a fair of sunshine. currently we have showers in northern ireland, heading down towards the south—east. a lot of them will fade and there will be a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. through the day the next weather front comes in, sunshine. through the day the next weatherfront comes in, bringing blustery showers across western

scotland and northern ireland. you may catch the odd one in wales and the south—west. they will be the exception rather than a row. temperatures, five in lerwick, ten in london. this evening and overnight at the weather front pushes eastwards and southwards. still some wintriness above 350 metres in scotland. then the cloud starts to thicken from the south—west and we see some rain coming in later. it will be another cold night with patchy frost and ice, particularly across parts of scotland and northern england. tomorrow weather front moves further north, taking its rain with it. thank you. you might think that the highest cost for headteachers would be staffing or teaching equipment, but some schools are also spending tens of thousands of pounds a year on contracts with private firms. more than 900 schools in england were built under the private finance initiative, under the deal that private companies would construct the buildings and maintain them for an annual fee. but those charges are going up, as our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports.

boiling water exploding out of a school radiator — flooding classrooms repeatedly until the system was replaced. but the roof at this school is still leaking. this is the 2021 bin. so this has been here now since 2021. three years? with a bladder to capture the water and, when the bladderfails, it will fall into the bin. glyn potts has been at this oldham secondary since it opened in 2012. this is one of the schools built under the private finance initiative. it's locked into contracts for decades — plagued with problems while public money pays off that debt. so when it rains in the school here now, i can sometimes get away with just having buckets on corridors. on other occasions, i'll lose between two, six or eight classrooms, depending on where the leaks

are manifesting themselves across the site. how would you describe or characterise that struggle? no, sorry, i'm getting upset. no, oh, glyn. because it takes a toll? you feel like a failure. my sixth year of headship, and i'm no furtherforward in resolving the issues that affect the children who come here every day. and i have to go to those parents and say i'm doing the very, very best by them, with no impact, no change, no difference. and so even the smallest of wins, like having the heating system replaced — poorly — feels like a step forward. it's an almost daily battle. all the maintenance is out of his control. private companies own and maintain this building in contracts he can't see.

a few days later, we went back. so you were bleeding the radiator? yeah. to fix the heating problem. and it's caused a leak in that classroom, which is now coming through to this floor? yes. i followed the headteacher and filmed on my phone as he dealt with the latest crisis. the hot dinners at middlefield primary in liverpool cost more than at nearby non—pfi schools. the contract also says the playing field grass can't grow higher than 2.5cm before it's cut. all these costs have been rising. this year, we're looking atjust over £100,000 being spent on servicing the pfi contract. as i mentioned, that's 20% of our school budget, almost. so, over the number of years now, we've had to reduce our

front—line staffing levels. you must find all of this deeply frustrating as a headteacher. it really is incredibly frustrating, and particularly to see those prices continue to rise. we're not able to go out to put things out to the market to see if we can secure a better value ourselves. the pfi company at his school said they would renegotiate for longer grass, but the council said the legal costs would outweigh the savings. the pfi investors body said the problem was school funding, not keeping up with rising costs. these contracts do make provision to make sure that schools are getting value for money when it comes to cleaning and catering and everything else. and there are mechanisms in the contract to compare and contrast local market rates for all of those services. so i'm pretty confident that these contracts do reflect good value for money for the taxpayer. 10cm add 2cm. the government told us funding

to support pfi schools would go up by 10% from april. it said local councils could renegotiate these contracts at any time. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. joining us now isjulia harnden, who is a funding specialist at the association of school and college leaders. morning. we could see from that report of the level of stress that some school staff are now under. it seems almost unbearable?- some school staff are now under. it seems almost unbearable? yeah. good morninu. seems almost unbearable? yeah. good morning- thank — seems almost unbearable? yeah. good morning. thank you _ seems almost unbearable? yeah. good morning. thank you for _ seems almost unbearable? yeah. good morning. thank you for inviting - seems almost unbearable? yeah. good morning. thank you for inviting me. - morning. thank you for inviting me. it's really important to understand a little bit about where schools sit in the framework of these contracts. a school is locked into a pfi contract for 25 or 30 years. and a pfi contract entails a significant budgetary commitment for the period of the contract. but that is not

necessarily reflected in changes to school funding over the same period. those these contracts are complex and inflexible. that makes it really hard for schools to manage because i don't really have a voice in the contract. b. don't really have a voice in the contract. �* ., ., , contract. a lot of people watching this will remember _ contract. a lot of people watching this will remember when - contract. a lot of people watching this will remember when these i contract. a lot of people watching i this will remember when these were launched. they were sold as the answer to funding for schools. a private company comes in, runs it apparently efficiently, and will be able to deliver all of these services and take some responsible of the awayfrom central garment. the problem is lack transparency. some of the terms and conditions are really onerous. and they are inflexible when it comes to try to negotiate any changes? thea;r negotiate any changes? they certainly are. _ negotiate any changes? they certainly are. i _ negotiate any changes? they certainly are. ithink- negotiate any changes? they certainly are. i think value i negotiate any changes? they| certainly are. i think value for money is every important point to make. when the national agenda is very driven by efficiency, particularly in the public sector, it seems ridiculous that 10% or more of a school budget is completely

immune to any sort of school level control about making improvements in efficiency, or making savings and increasing value for money. whilst the contract _ increasing value for money. whilst the contract may _ increasing value for money. whilst the contract may be _ increasing value for money. whilst the contract may be ironclad i increasing value for money. whilst the contract may be ironclad in i the contract may be ironclad in terms of what schools have to pay, why is the same not true in terms of the responsibility on these private firms to repair radiators, ceilings, heating systems? it doesn't seem to work both ways. it heating systems? it doesn't seem to work both ways-— work both ways. it doesn't. you would really _ work both ways. it doesn't. you would really hope _ work both ways. it doesn't. you would really hope it _ work both ways. it doesn't. you would really hope it would. i work both ways. it doesn't. you i would really hope it would. there are two sides to a contract. there are two sides to a contract. there are really difficult things to get around. so, for example, ifa are really difficult things to get around. so, for example, if a school wanted to change elements of the contract, so we saw there about the mowing of the grass, and how ridiculous that was, the costs of making changes to the contract are prohibitively expensive, so sometimes that's why change don't get made. if a school wants to change any of the services, or have any work done, or any new equipment that wasn't originally in the

contract, that is going to come at an additional cost and it's going to be expensive. an additional cost and it's going to be expensive-_ an additional cost and it's going to be expensive. because of the timing we know that _ be expensive. because of the timing we know that a _ be expensive. because of the timing we know that a lot _ be expensive. because of the timing we know that a lot of _ be expensive. because of the timing we know that a lot of these - we know that a lot of these contracts are coming to an end at a time when lots of schools need lots of work. what is going to happen then? we of work. what is going to happen then? ~ ., of work. what is going to happen then? ~ . ., , ., ., , of work. what is going to happen then? . ., , ., then? we have really got to be smart about this and _ then? we have really got to be smart about this and not _ then? we have really got to be smart about this and not sleepwalk- then? we have really got to be smart about this and not sleepwalk into i about this and not sleepwalk into the next set of problems, because the next set of problems, because the clock is ticking on quite a lot of these contracts. at the point they come to an end, schools are going to have to make significant changes to the operational contracts like catering, cleaning, grounds etc. we are really concerned that without the right level of support, and access to that level of support, schools could end up carrying the burden of that risk. so it's really important that we get access to support to help them through those contract and years. bud support to help them through those contract and years.— contract and years. and how will it work? does _ contract and years. and how will it work? does it— contract and years. and how will it work? does it mean _ contract and years. and how will it work? does it mean simply - contract and years. and how will it work? does it mean simply that i contract and years. and how will it. work? does it mean simply that the head teacher and the school itself has direct control over the running of the school? so no longer will it

be outsourced to this firm, they are certainly responsible for it themselves? ., ., , , themselves? unfortunately, it is -robabl themselves? unfortunately, it is probably not _ themselves? unfortunately, it is probably not going _ themselves? unfortunately, it is probably not going to _ themselves? unfortunately, it is probably not going to be - themselves? unfortunately, it is probably not going to be as i themselves? unfortunately, it is. probably not going to be as simple as that. one of the difficulties with these contracts is that there are as many differences as there are contracts across the country. schools need to be finding out now what the implications are going to be further —— for them. we have heard there is a balloon payment at the end of the contract. we need to make sure the building is in the condition that it should be at the end of the contract, and all these things take time. and they require appropriate levels of support, so that it doesn't end up just then burning it on their own. the department _ burning it on their own. the department for— burning it on their own. the department for education say they are increasing support for schools in ff! are increasing support for schools in pfi contracts by 10.4% in the coming financial year. ls in ff! contracts by 10.4% in the coming financial year.— coming financial year. is that enough? _ coming financial year. is that enough? well, _ coming financial year. is that enough? well, so, _ coming financial year. is that enough? well, so, the i coming financial year. is that i enough? well, so, the contracts coming financial year. is that - enough? well, so, the contracts are indexed linked to inflation. that is what drives that increase. but what

happens, these annual increases are increasingly a challenge. and if the amount of money that a school is given to cover the additional cost of being a pfi school, if that is not enough, which in some cases it seems that it is not now, the school is going to have to find the shortfall. so there are going to have to fund that shortfall from elsewhere in their already extremely stretched budget. that means difficult decisions about what not to spend elsewhere. it might be staffing, it might be curriculum it might be supporting the specific needs of a set of pupils. they are really difficult decisions and it is getting harder to make decisions that are not going to have a negative impact on teaching and learning. julia, thank you for explaining all of that. it is complicated. a lot for us to think about. thank you for coming in. for us to think about. thank you for cominu in. ., ., for us to think about. thank you for cominu in. . ~ i. you can find out more about this story on bbc radio 4. there will be a special programme tonight at 8pm called the great pfi debt. it's also available on bbc sounds.

we are talking about family pets. but like everything the cost is going up. nina is looking at what he might be able to do to cope with those rising bills. she is in grimsby and making plenty of friends. we are so jealous. good morning. j friends. we are so “ealous. good morninu. ., friends. we are so “ealous. good morninu. . ., , ., morning. i am not putting martha down. morning. i am not putting martha down- sadly. _ morning. i am not putting martha down. sadly, she _ morning. i am not putting martha down. sadly, she has— morning. i am not putting martha down. sadly, she has stopped i morning. i am not putting martha i down. sadly, she has stopped shaking their but she was upset earlier when you implied she hadn't had her hair done. it costs 55 quid. having a pet is very expensive. these blue cross hospital for pets has is very expensive. these blue cross hospitalfor pets has been open since 1959, but it has never been busier. at the moment there is the need for a pet food bank donation drop—off because they need for people who can't afford to very essentials for their pets has been increasing. have a look around here. at the moment of the waiting room is

empty. but it is set to fill it up later because staff here say they are seeing a real increase in need and a shift in demographic. more people, perhaps those who are employed with a decent income, say, look, we can't afford to pay for a decent veterinary care, let alone emergency care. a third of that vets are telling us they are seeing an increasing number of pets being given up which is so sad. we will be talking about why prices are going up talking about why prices are going up so quickly ahead of the rate of inflation, and whether pet owners are getting a fair deal, and what the invocations are for these guys. but first, the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria cook. london's supersewer, or the thames tideway tunnel as it's officially known, will begin testing will begin testing in a few months' time. this is the last footage filmed inside — it's now been sealed up.

the tunnel is huge — it's nearly 16 miles long and it stretches underneath the thames. it'll eventually connect 3a storm overflow drains and it'll take the sewage to be treated at a works in beckton in east london. so it will clean up the river, it will increase the health. so, at the moment, we suffer from algae bloom due to runoff and sewage discharges, which creates these massive, horrible algae blooms. and you can see a lot of the staining on the river wall with algae. so it will help sort out that. it will also stop some of the deposits that you see on the river terraces at low tide — you often find wet wipes. the old bailey is set to reopen today following a fire last week. about 1500 people were evacuated from the high—security building after an electrical substation caught fire. london fire brigade said it wasn't being treated as suspicious. an art installation recognising israeli hostages held in gaza has been opened in north london. relatives of the hostages

as well as prominent members of london'sjewish community attended the opening of the lovelock hostage bridge. the installation is made up of 100 padlocks — each inscribed with the names of those taken on october the 7th. let's take a look at the tubes. minor delays on the central line. the overground is part—suspended. there's a partial closure on the piccadilly line. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. overnight temperatures dropped into low single figures. but we have plenty of bright and sunny spells. it's a settled day today — perhaps the only settled day, however, of this week. plenty of winter sunshine, it's dry and temperatures reaching a maximum of around ten celsius. it's a clear start to the evening, so temperatures will fall away. but gradually through the night into tuesday morning, we'll see more cloud edging in from the west. the minimum temperature between 3—6 celsius. as we head into tuesday,

low pressure is in charge. it drives towards us a few fronts and that's going to bring some rain. it's a dry start to tuesday, but the cloud will increase and thicken and then we'll see some outbreaks of rain as we head through tuesday afternoon and into tuesday evening. temperatures tomorrow up to 11 celsius. as that front starts to move through, it introduces the mild airagain. so overnight tuesday into wednesday, the temperature is actually likely to rise. for wednesday itself, it stays unsettled, but temperatures getting up to 1a, 15 on thursday. before we go, it's that time of year again when we're looking for people in our communities that go that extra mile to make life better for others. the make a difference awards are back and if you know someone who you think should be nominated then please do get in touch. all the information's on our website. that's all from for now. we'll be back in half an hour. now back to sally and ben.

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. fraud is the most commonly experienced crime in the uk. in england and wales alone, there are an estimated 3.2 million cases every year. the government is launching a campaign today to raise awareness about the problem and give advice on what to do if you fall prey to a scam. we're joined now by the security minister, tom tugendhat. good morning. it is not a new crime, why launch this now? it is good morning. it is not a new crime, why launch this now?— why launch this now? it is part of a ackaue why launch this now? it is part of a package of— why launch this now? it is part of a package of operations _ why launch this now? it is part of a package of operations we - why launch this now? it is part of a package of operations we have i why launch this now? it is part of a. package of operations we have been doing all year and this campaign stop, think, fraud, is empowering people to make sure we are more aware of what we can do. are the links we receive honest? the protections we are taking, changing

passwords, using authentication, are theyin passwords, using authentication, are they in place? it is part of a wider campaign. it is part of a campaign we are doing alongside tech companies to block fraudulent messages and alongside police to make sure we pursue criminals. this morning i was on a raid in north—east london where two individuals were arrested along with equipment impounded that they had, the suspicion is, had used to commit acts of fraud. it is true more work we all have to do but the work the city of london police in leading the national fraud effort is city of london police in leading the nationalfraud effort is phenomenal and sits alongside the work we can do to make ourselves a harder target. do to make ourselves a harder taruet. ~ ., .,, do to make ourselves a harder tar.et_ . ., .,, , do to make ourselves a harder taruet. ~ . .,, , ., do to make ourselves a harder tar et, . ., .,, , ., ., do to make ourselves a harder tar.et_ . ., .,, , ., ., , .,, target. what has been done to stop fraudsters? — target. what has been done to stop fraudsters? it _ target. what has been done to stop fraudsters? it is _ target. what has been done to stop fraudsters? it is one _ target. what has been done to stop fraudsters? it is one thing - target. what has been done to stop fraudsters? it is one thing warning | fraudsters? it is one thing warning us what to do if we fall victim and how to spot it but many would say you need to stop it at source and people should not be able to send messages that are the source of a

lot of fraud. messages that are the source of a lot of fraud-— messages that are the source of a lot of fraud. ., ., ,, ., ., ., ,., lot of fraud. you make a good point and that is why _ lot of fraud. you make a good point and that is why we _ lot of fraud. you make a good point and that is why we have _ lot of fraud. you make a good point and that is why we have been i lot of fraud. you make a good point i and that is why we have been working with telecoms companies to limit what can be done to send out fraudulent messages, that we can detect when they are used and companies can prevent them going out. it is worth highlighting that we use the phrase world leading a lot on tv and in government but let's be clear, we are the first country in the world to have an online fraud charter which means the biggest tech companies work with us to fight fraud which is a huge change. in previous years people have said they are not taking responsibility, while they are now. they recognise they have responsibility in fighting fraud and they are playing their part. truths; responsibility in fighting fraud and they are playing their part. why has they are playing their part. why has the problem — they are playing their part. why has the problem got — they are playing their part. why has the problem got so _ they are playing their part. why has the problem got so bad? _ they are playing their part. why has the problem got so bad? labour- they are playing their part. why has| the problem got so bad? labour say there has been an eightfold increase in the level of fraud under

conservative rule, rising from 440,000 offences in 2012, now it is worth £220 billion. how is it got so bad? ., , worth £220 billion. how is it got so bad? . , , ., ., ., bad? the reality is we have all gone online. i bad? the reality is we have all gone online- i do — bad? the reality is we have all gone online- i do a _ bad? the reality is we have all gone online. i do a lot— bad? the reality is we have all gone online. i do a lot of shopping - online. i do a lot of shopping online. i do a lot of shopping online and charging around doing a lot of things, life is busy and we do more online. that is why fraud is so prevalent. that is why we are targeting this and have set up the national fraud squad and the national fraud squad and the nationalfraud intelligence unit, national fraud intelligence unit, and nationalfraud intelligence unit, and this is coming together with fraud down 13% because of the work we have done in blocking fraud alongside the companies, in pursuing fraudsters that the city of london have led on but other police forces have led on but other police forces have been brilliant at helping with, and now we hope it will come down further as we help people empower themselves to realise what is going on and stop, think fraud. let’s

themselves to realise what is going on and stop, think fraud.— on and stop, think fraud. let's talk about the situation _ on and stop, think fraud. let's talk about the situation in _ on and stop, think fraud. let's talk about the situation in the - on and stop, think fraud. let's talk about the situation in the south i on and stop, think fraud. let's talk about the situation in the south of| about the situation in the south of gaza. air strikes overnight there are reports to hostages are released but many people killed in a densely packed area with people sheltering there from moving elsewhere in gaza. the israeli prime minister vows to push ahead still with a ground invasion. are you worried at this stage about the fate of those civilians caught up in rafah? l stage about the fate of those civilians caught up in rafah? i have been worried _ civilians caught up in rafah? i have been worried many _ civilians caught up in rafah? i have been worried many months - civilians caught up in rafah? i have been worried many months about i civilians caught up in rafah? j 1115 been worried many months about the fate of palestinian civilians caught up fate of palestinian civilians caught up in gaza. it is horrific to see an entire population effectively held captive by hamas notjust in the past months but many years, and to see the human suffering is utterly depressing. see the human suffering is utterly depressing-— depressing. there have been international _ depressing. there have been international warnings - depressing. there have been international warnings israel| depressing. there have been i international warnings israel should not push ahead unless we can

safeguard those civilians in rafah. and yet the israeli prime minister vows to press on. the warnings are not being needed? you vows to press on. the warnings are not being needed?— not being needed? you are right there has been _ not being needed? you are right there has been pressure - not being needed? you are right there has been pressure calling | not being needed? you are right i there has been pressure calling for ceasefires, a peaceful solution to what has been going on in gaza, and thatis what has been going on in gaza, and that is why the foreign secretary has been in the region and in turkey, egypt, many countries talking to people who could have an influence on circumstances there and the american president has spoken to the american president has spoken to the prime minister of israel. apparently president biden was on the phone to the israeli prime minister yesterday and this is something we are working on to make sure it is resolved as quickly and peacefully as possible. there are still i think i am right in saying about 100 hostages held since the 7th of october, civilians captured by hamas. on that terrible day of violence which was the biggest pogrom against due wars in

generations and left hundreds of families grieving and —— against jewish people in generations. we simply cannot have this level of violence going in either direction. thank you. have you been up all night watching american football, john? i didn't. john? ididn't. i john? i didn't. i thought it was better to tell the story with my eyes open. what a show. that is what they do at the super bowl and that will be the lasting image. kansas city chiefs coming out on top of san francisco 49ers. the other talking point was taylor swift, would she make it, she had a performance in tokyo, would she be there? she did. and she has

the money to afford a box because 20 people together in a box was going to cost you £1.4 million. she was not in economy from tokyo? i would not have thought so. it was great. a huge spectacle and massive moment for kansas city chiefs to win it. she made it. celebrating on the field. the chiefs won back to back super bowls. the champagne was flowing, that is travis kelce, the boyfriend of pop star taylor swift, who did make it to vegas for the game. the chiefs clinching this in overtime to down the 49ers and with that champagne flowing, getting a bit of a soaking in there, was nesta mcgregor who caught up with the man of the moment in the locker room after the game.

you have to pay my dry cleaning bill. isaid you have to pay my dry cleaning bill. i said who is going to pay my dry cleaning bill? you bill. i said who is going to pay my dry cleaning bill?— bill. i said who is going to pay my dry cleaning bill? you can put it on m tab, dry cleaning bill? you can put it on my tab. baby. _ dry cleaning bill? you can put it on my tab. baby. i've _ dry cleaning bill? you can put it on my tab, baby, i've got _ dry cleaning bill? you can put it on my tab, baby, i've got you. - congratulations, man. does this one feel any different? it does, man. it feels ten times better, man. adversity. what this team went through, the naysayers. but on top of that, man, just how much fun we have coming in the building. you can see how we're enjoying this one right now, how much fun we have with each other. patrick mahomes, are you ever nervous when he's on your team? never. never a doubt in my mind, baby. every single time we go out there on that field, i know no matter how much time is left, no matter how much we're down, we've always got an advantage. and a final question — how will you and your lovely pop star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm pretty sure vegas is going to roll out the red carpet. i'm going to be elvis for a night. and if he is not footing the bill for the dry—cleaning, i suppose we should this morning. the champagne might have been flowing for arsenal

yesterday with the size of their win over west ham. 6—0. they will keep it on ice and save it should they go on and win the premier league. amidst a premier league title race where there's little margin for error came a big margin of victory for arsenal. inspired by declan rice, signed from west ham last summer, it was his corner that saw william saliba head in the first of arsenal's six against their london neighbours. west ham's goalkeeper alphonse areola then brought down bukayo saka and the england forward's penalty saw him bring up 50 goals in an arsenal shirt. the home side haven't won a premier league game since winning away at arsenal in december and, after gabriel had met rice's crossm after gabriel had met rice's cross, leandro trossard bent in a fourth and any hope of a repeat was lost. it had west ham's fans heading home before half—time. those who remained saw arsenal unrelenting as west ham fell to their biggest home loss in more than 60 years. saka's second made it 5—0,

and rice scored in spectacular style to compound the home fans' misery. rice's celebration was muted in respect of his old club, but his goal capped off arsenal's biggest margin of victory in an away league match since 1935. they look unlikely to be walking away quickly from their fight to win a first premier league title in two decades. adam cottier, bbc news. manchester united's hopes of a top four finish remain alive after late drama against aston villa. the game appeared to be heading for a 1—1 draw at villa park — until scott mctominay scored an 86th minute winner, and that means united stay 6th — but they're nowjust six points off the champions league places. in the scottish premiership, dundee scored a last—minute penalty to come from behind to beat stjohnstone 2—1. whilst in the cup, holders celtic are into the quarterfinals — after beating st mirren 2—0 — kyogo furuhashi with celtic�*s opener.

hearts are also into the last eight after they beat airdrieonians 4—1. it's been a stunning journey, one filled with drama all the way through, but hosts ivory coast have won the africa cup of nations for a third time. they beat nigeria in the final, coming from behind to win 2—1 — sebastian haller scoring the winner in the 81st minute. he only recovered from having testicular cancer a year ago — now he's the nation's hero. ivory coast only just scraped into the knockout stages — then sacked their manager mid tournament — before making their way to the final. what a gripping weekend it was in the six nations. scotland missing out on victory against france by the finest of margins, england beat wales — just — but it's ireland who top the table after the second round of fixtures — after easing past italy. they won 36—0 in dublin — the home side scoring three tries before half time —

dan sheehan with ireland's second. with sheehan scoring again. ireland's hopes of becoming the first nation to win back to back grand slam six nations titles — is very much alive. how do you pick a winner this year? it has been so thrilling so far. ireland look amazing. they look good and played brilliant stuff yesterday. all morning carol has brought pictures of glorious spring like flowers. even though it is cold, she is giving me optimism there are brighter days ahead. good morning. it is lovely. a beautiful start for many but cold. watch out for ice especially in northern ireland. we are expecting showers. we have some already and more to come today and also into

tomorrow and from the middle of the week, it does turn wet but mild. the ground is saturated already. this will exacerbate the risk of flooding in some areas. you can see the blue on the chart. replace tomorrow to friday by the mild yellow, indicating the temperature is on the up. today we have a weather front bringing showers. this clearing shetland. and another not far away. low pressure driving the weather. dry conditions, some sunshine around. starting with showers in parts of northern england and towards the east, which will fade as they drift eastwards but we will have more showers in western scotland and northern ireland. some snow in the highlands. temperatures 6-10 snow in the highlands. temperatures 6—10 north to south. overnight, the weather front moves south and take

showers with it. further accumulations of snow above 350 metres. some clear skies but the cloud builds. it will herald the arrival of the next weather front which will mean another cold night. some temperatures below freezing. so again the risk of frost and ice. temperatures for— six in the south. through the course of tuesday and into wednesday, a weather front coming from the south—west continues to push northwards and behind this, we start to bring milder conditions. a cold start to the day on tuesday. some bright skies, showers. cloud building across england and wales and eventually into northern ireland and eventually into northern ireland and southern scotland. but here are the first signs of mild air. 11 and

12 but in the north 6—9. the first signs of mild air. 11 and 12 but in the north 6—9 . through the latter part of the week, you can see the weather front continues to push northwards. connected to low pressure. we have another area of low pressure in the south. we have cloud and rain in the north. and also the southern half. but in the middle, lincolnshire, yorkshire, north midlands, seeing sunshine and high pressure clinging on in the far north. that means we are looking at colder weather here. but a high up to 15. thank you. cases of measles are at a "disproportionately high rate" across the west midlands and continuing to rise. that's according to the uk health security agency. across england, there have been 465 confirmed cases of measles since first october. that's compared to nine cases in wales, two in scotland and none in northern ireland. and if we look closer

at england, 71% of these were in the west midlands. measles usually starts with cold—like symptoms, including a high temperature, cough, and sneezing. a few days later the measles rash appears, starting on the face before spreading across the body. for many schools, it's half—term — including in the west midlands — where a series of pop—up mmr vaccine clinics are being run. emma thomas has been to one. you write with your right hand, don't you? so we're going to go with your left arm. blake is starting his half—term holiday with a visit to this pop—up measles vaccination clinic in west bromwich. and then we just lift the sleeve up. we had a text through saying that he hadn't actually had his top—up — you know, his preschool booster. so we thought we'd bring him along today. i think we'd missed it because of covid, hadn't we? yeah. and how did you feel today getting yourjab done, blake? confident. |

confident? itjust itjust hurt- for like half a second. half a second of pain, but that booster gives blake immunity from measles for life. good girl, wow. which nhs england data suggests more than 3.4 million children currently don't have. of all the confirmed cases in england since october, 71% have been recorded here in the west midlands, which is why nhs resources are being invested in pop—up clinics like this. these are essential. i mean, we've been trying for many years to get the vaccination rates up. there's still a lot of fake news around mmr and the debunked link to autism, but we're still finding the effects of that in the community. and then the covid — again, there was a lot of false news and information around vaccine through covid. so it is a challenge. we have seen the rates drop in certain places, which is why it's essential to have more approachable clinics like this

popping up where people can come and have the vaccine at short notice. two thirds of confirmed measles cases recorded since october are among under—tens. while the vaccination drive this half—term is targeted at primary school pupils, adults can drop in, too. we're more than happy to vaccinate any person who is under—vaccinated or where we don't know their vaccination status. we always say that it's better to have a vaccine if we haven't got that history, but definitely under—12s, because most of our cases in sandwell especially are for under—12s. chris didn't know he wasn't immunised against measles as a child until this outbreak triggered him to check his medical records. i've got henry and i've got a ten—month—old at home. she can't be vaccinated at the moment because she's two. and it was a random conversation. we found that i'd never been vaccinated as a child. we always said we wanted the kids vaccinated for everything, so might as will get it.

joanne works in a school. she didn't receive the measles vaccine as a child, so wants it now. especially since covid, i've picked up lots of viruses and i'm currentlyjust getting over a viral. so it can be quite anxious, especially working in a big school that's full form entry. you want to make sure that you're fully vaccine protected. forschools, measles is a serious concern — both for health and for education. if you were to be unvaccinated and in contact with a positive case of measles, the guidance would be that you would isolate for 21 days, meaning that there could be cohorts of children that then come out of education for periods of time. aren't you brave? that's why godwin is here — to get protected. that's it. and you can pop your sleeve down. they are actually doing a good job. for them to have contacted us for him to come and get it, i'm really happy to have him come

here to come and get it. and a verdict from godwin? it hurt a bit, but it was ok. emma thomas, bbc news. we're joined by professor calum semple, professor of child health and outbreak medicine at the university of liverpool. good morning. we saw the pop—up centres, vaccine centres. remind us why the vaccine is so important and how efficient is it at stopping the virus? . , ., how efficient is it at stopping the virus? . , . ,., . virus? the centres are important because they _ virus? the centres are important because they bring _ virus? the centres are important because they bring the _ virus? the centres are important because they bring the vaccine i virus? the centres are important| because they bring the vaccine to communities that need it. the second doseis communities that need it. the second dose is important because it is about 97% effective if you have two doses and you need that high level of coverage to protect kids and stop outbreaks. l of coverage to protect kids and stop outbreaks. ., , of coverage to protect kids and stop outbreaks. . , ., ., , outbreaks. i am sure there are lots of factors but _ outbreaks. i am sure there are lots of factors but why _ outbreaks. i am sure there are lots of factors but why has _ outbreaks. i am sure there are lots of factors but why has there - outbreaks. i am sure there are lots of factors but why has there been l outbreaks. i am sure there are lotsj of factors but why has there been a tail off in some situations with people only having one days? the first dose is _ people only having one days? tue: first dose isjust people only having one days? tte: first dose is just after people only having one days? t'te: first dose is just after the people only having one days? tte: first dose is just after the first birthday. the second is three years and four months. by that time, a lot of mothers are back in work and have

to take a day off to get the vaccine. �* ., , ., vaccine. and therefore there is a dancer vaccine. and therefore there is a danger that _ vaccine. and therefore there is a danger that without _ vaccine. and therefore there is a danger that without the - vaccine. and therefore there is a danger that without the second i vaccine. and therefore there is a i danger that without the second dose, if people cannot take the child to the second dose, its effectiveness is lower? ., , ~ the second dose, its effectiveness is lower? . , . ., is lower? that is right. we have seen a steady — is lower? that is right. we have seen a steady drop _ is lower? that is right. we have seen a steady drop off - is lower? that is right. we have seen a steady drop off since i is lower? that is right. we have. seen a steady drop off since 2015 and rates have been slipping down gradually. and in parts of manchester and salford now, liverpool sefton, pockets of london, rates are less than 70%. and now we are seeing outbreaks in the west midlands and london. i hate to say it but it is a matter of time before we see outbreaks in manchester and liverpool areas. talk we see outbreaks in manchester and liverpool areas.— liverpool areas. talk to us about the west midlands _ liverpool areas. talk to us about the west midlands outbreak. i liverpool areas. talk to us about | the west midlands outbreak. why articularl the west midlands outbreak. igg�*ty particularly there? again, the west midlands outbreak. "t1: particularly there? again, reduced coverage and you have the chance of the virus coming into the community and that could come in through a

number of routes. it is bad luck it has hit them. it has given the manchester and liverpool health time to put things in place such as p°p�*up to put things in place such as pop—up clinics and deliverable, i spoke to matt ashton at the weekend, they have a community champions programme and will work with schools, faith and community leaders to promote the vaccine and explain how safe it is and dispel myths then setting up pop—up clinics in the areas that really need it and encouraging people to see the gp. how quickly can it take effect? tt how quickly can it take effect? tit is remarkably quick. the vaccine works so well you can give it to people post exposure so if you get the vaccine within three days of exposure, you can use the vaccine as a sort of community therapy in the event of outbreak. it is a good vaccine, very safe. i think the message we need to get across,

measles is a horrendously horrible disease. about one in five kids that catch it go into hospital and between one in a thousand and 5000 will get nk for lighters and die. what do parents need to do? icheck what do parents need to do? check the red book- _ what do parents need to do? check the red book. what _ what do parents need to do? check the red book. what if _ what do parents need to do? check the red book. what if they - what do parents need to do? check the red book. what if they cannot l the red book. what if they cannot find it? call— the red book. what if they cannot find it? call the _ the red book. what if they cannot find it? call the gp. _ the red book. what if they cannot find it? call the gp. they - the red book. what if they cannot find it? call the gp. they are i find it? call the gp. they are always willing to give another dose of mmr. it is never too late, even for teenagers. of mmr. it is never too late, even forteenagers— for teenagers. practical advice. thank you- _ a lego superfan is living his childhood dream after designing a new kit for the company. john cramp from leicestershire beat thousands of other lego fans with his winning idea — a red london phone box — which is now being manufactured and sold by the danish company. alex thorp has more.

it fills me with pride. it is one thing in my life, one of the biggest achievements.— achievements. ever since he was small, achievements. ever since he was small. john _ achievements. ever since he was small, john has _ achievements. ever since he was small, john has loved _ achievements. ever since he was small, john has loved playing i achievements. ever since he was i small, john has loved playing with lego. now aged 43, he is living his childhood dream after winning a competition to design a new kit, a red london phone box. t competition to design a new kit, a red london phone box.— competition to design a new kit, a red london phone box. i was so happy with how the — red london phone box. i was so happy with how the finished _ red london phone box. i was so happy with how the finished model— red london phone box. i was so happy with how the finished model has i with how the finished model has turned out. it is as close as possible to a scale model of the real thing. possible to a scale model of the realthing. on possible to a scale model of the real thing. on the roof is a button you press that activates a light inside. ., ., , , you press that activates a light inside. ., , , inside. for the last six years, he has dreams _ inside. for the last six years, he has dreams up _ inside. for the last six years, he has dreams up concepts - inside. for the last six years, he has dreams up concepts for i inside. for the last six years, he has dreams up concepts for new| has dreams up concepts for new models and submitted them to lego ideas, a scheme run by the danish company that gives fans a chance to design a new kit. having come close in previous years with his plans for a lego post office and police station, he finally received the call he hoped for after beating thousands of entrants in the public

vote. t thousands of entrants in the public vote. ., , ., thousands of entrants in the public vote. . , . ., r' thousands of entrants in the public vote. ., ., ,, ., ., ., vote. i was at work and got an e-mail saying _ vote. i was at work and got an e-mail saying we _ vote. i was at work and got an e-mail saying we are - vote. i was at work and got an e-mail saying we are pleased | vote. i was at work and got an i e-mail saying we are pleased to tell e—mail saying we are pleased to tell you we will go ahead with it. you think you are going to wake up in a minute. it was like you had been dreaming. they have been keeping me involved and updated through the process and made me feel like i am a real lego designer, part of the team. they allowed me to include personal references and easter eggs in it. on the front of the sign we have a fictitious postcode. s c1. and that is the initials of my daughter sophie. inside, there is a postcode with my son's initials. and a posterfor an event postcode with my son's initials. and a poster for an event on postcode with my son's initials. and a posterfor an event on friday postcode with my son's initials. and a poster for an event on friday and the date is my wedding anniversary. it has references that will not mean anything to anyone except me. it is anything to anyone except me. it is a personal touch. as a child, if i

knew at 403! would make my own lego set and building it at the table, i do not think i would have believed it back then. but here it is and it has happened. laughter. admit it, you are jealous. you want one? i want one, i want to make it. but to design it is incredible. do you want the phone box or something bespoke? world landmarks are cool. with lego used to build it and knock it apart and start again but now everything is so complicated, you build it and leave it there. because they do collect dust. you want something you can put away or rebuild it into something else. well done tojohn with that fabulous telephone box. it is pretty cool. time to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i“m victoria cook. london“s supersewer, or the thames tideway tunnel as it's officially known, will begin testing in a few months“ time. this is the last footage filmed inside. it's now been sealed up. the 16—mile tunnel will connect 34 storm overflow drains, and it'll take the sewage to be treated at a works in beckton in east london. the old bailey is set to reopen today, following a fire last week. about 1500 people were evacuated from the high—security building after an electrical substation caught fire. london fire brigade said it wasn't being treated as suspicious. let's take a look at the tubes now. most of the lines are running well this morning.

looking at the weather for today, there's going to be bright and sunny spells for most of the day. there might be an odd patch of cloud drifting by in the afternoon, but it'll be a dry day. top temperature of ten degrees. now, before we go, wejust want to remind you that nominations are open for our make a difference awards. if you know someone who makes a difference in their community — and should be nominated — then please do get in touch through our website. that's all from us for now — we'll be back in half an hour. but for now, i'll hand you back to sally and ben good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today. israel says two hostages have been rescued in a raid on rafah, after a night of air strikes on the gazan city. dozens of people are reported

to have been killed. alzheimer s charities warn that tens of thousands of patients may not benefit from two new drug treatments because the nhs is not ready for them. speaking exclusively for the first time, an eyewitness to last year's fatal stabbings in nottingham says he still has nightmares about what he saw. it was murder. yeah, cold—blooded. he should be in a high security prison, not a hospital. good morning from me and zebedee, a cat keen to find a home. a third of vets tell us they are seeing more families giving up their pets because they can't afford them. are pet owners getting a fair deal, and one of the implications for our little pals? on the biggest night in american sport

the kansas city chiefs win the super bowl beating the san francisco 49ers. pop star taylor swift arrives in time to support boyfriend travis kelce and they plan to party. how will you and your lovely pop star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm pretty sure vegas going to roll out the red carpet and i am going to be elvis for a night. good morning. it is a cold and for some a frosty start to the day with some a frosty start to the day with some ice around. but essentially it is a day of sunshine and showers, most in the north and west. details later. good morning. it's monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. dozens of people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope with the number of injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city.

our international editor jeremy bowen is injerusalem. jeremy, just explain what has happened overnight? lots of developments despite of those international warnings from right around the world that the israeli prime minister must be very careful to protect the civilian life. explain what we now has happened so far overnight?— far overnight? rafah is right at the bottom of the _ far overnight? rafah is right at the bottom of the gaza _ far overnight? rafah is right at the bottom of the gaza strip, - far overnight? rafah is right at the bottom of the gaza strip, the i bottom of the gaza strip, the southern end, right on the border with egypt. there are approximately 1.4 million people sheltering there. about five times the usual population. they included, it appears, two of the israeli hostages. the israelis say they had known about this for quite some time and been planning this operation. a special forces and been planning this operation. a specialforces unit took and been planning this operation. a special forces unit took the two men out and took them away in a helicopter under cover of what clearly was a mass of bombardment.

—— massive. dozens were killed. one figure via the palestinian red crescent is around 60 palestinians dead, but quite likely more than that because of people under the rubble. yesterday the israeli prime minister spoke tojoe biden in washington. by long distance phone. and biden said, do not do military operations in rafah until you can safeguard the people. yes. operations in rafah untilyou can safeguard the people.— operations in rafah untilyou can safeguard the people. yes, and we know that rafah _ safeguard the people. yes, and we know that rafah is _ safeguard the people. yes, and we know that rafah is where _ safeguard the people. yes, and we know that rafah is where many, i safeguard the people. yes, and we i know that rafah is where many, many hundreds of thousands of people have fled to. i think the latest estimates suggesting more than a million people sheltering there, seeking safety. you have been speaking to some of them that have made their way from elsewhere in gaza, and now rafah itself at the centre of these air strikes? excuse me. yes, indeed. _ centre of these air strikes? excuse me. yes, indeed. it— centre of these air strikes? excuse me. yes, indeed. it is—

centre of these air strikes? excuse me. yes, indeed. it is a _ centre of these air strikes? excuse me. yes, indeed. it is a desperate| me. yes, indeed. it is a desperate situation there. israel will be delighted it has got two of the hostages out. that is very important for netanyahu, who says getting the hostages back is not about negotiation, it is not about doing deals, it is not about letting hamas prisoners out ofjail, it“s deals, it is not about letting hamas prisoners out ofjail, it's about force, strength, that's how israel does it. so he will take place as a vindication of that particular policy. but the bigger picture in the medium to longer term, the issue is what happens next. he has said there is going to be a full on military operation to go after hamas in rafah. and somehow, israel says, they will make a plan so moan —— 1.5 million palestinians can be taken somewhere safe.— somewhere safe. rafah at the southern point _ somewhere safe. rafah at the southern point of _ somewhere safe. rafah at the southern point of gaza, i somewhere safe. rafah at the southern point of gaza, it i somewhere safe. rafah at the southern point of gaza, it is l somewhere safe. rafah at the | southern point of gaza, it is on somewhere safe. rafah at the - southern point of gaza, it is on the border with egypt. some describing it as mr netanyahu pass last chance to eliminate hamas. he has stated thatis to eliminate hamas. he has stated that is the aim of the israeli army operation, to eradicate hamas. and

rafah really now the focus of it. just over the weekend we talked about tunnels found under facilities there. it really is in some respects there. it really is in some respects the last chance to eliminate hamas? well, the thing is, what the israelis have found is that when they deal with an area, sometimes hamas pops up in that area. there are questions being raised by israelis in israel, as well as by their observers, about whether the very ambitious war aims that mr netanyahu set out, which is destroying hamas, wiping them off the face of the earth as the phrase was, and having a great big vengeance against what happened on the 7th of october, and getting back the 7th of october, and getting back the hostages, and changing the whole equation in the middle east. question. is any of that actually possible or deliverable, not least because the americans, the most important backer of israel, are clearly losing patience with a number of palestinians who the

israelis have now killed. jeremy, always good to get your assessment of what is going on. that isjeremy bowen with the very latest from jerusalem. sally is looking at the other main stories. labour's candidate in the forthcoming rochdale by—election has apologised for remarks he made about israel during a local meeting. in a secret recording obtained by a newspaper, azhar ali reportedly said the country had allowed hamas' deadly attack to go ahead in october so it could do whatever it wanted in response. our political correspondent hannah millerjoins us now. what more has been said now this recording has been made public? these were comments made at a community meeting. it is not clear at the moment whether or not there were any other labour members actually there at the time, but the reaction has really been quite strong from all across the board. the board of british, the board of

deputies of british dues described the comments is disgraceful and unforgivable. azhar ali himself has said of the words were offensive, ignorant and false. we have had no word from keir starmer himself. but yesterday labour's national campaign coordinator pat mcfadden said the words were completely wrong and don't represent the view of the labour party. i think the question here really is what happens next? it's too late for the labour party to take azhar are ali's name off the ballot paper. he will be their candidate in the election. they have no choice. but the conservative party are calling on them to stop campaigning. at the moment that doesn't seem particularly likely, but the jewish labour movement have said that as a result of all of this, they won't be going out knocking on doors. and there is a

sense of whether it might affect the wider campaign. there is also a question for keir starmer in terms of where this goes now, whether it affects notjust of where this goes now, whether it affects not just the of where this goes now, whether it affects notjust the outcome of this by—election, but also the wider perception of the labour party in terms of all the work that he has been doing as leader to try to convince british jews been doing as leader to try to convince britishjews that been doing as leader to try to convince british jews that the been doing as leader to try to convince britishjews that the party is not anti—semitic. thank you. you can find a full list of all candidates running in each of the up—coming by—elections, over on the bbc news website. the men's world marathon record holder, kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a road accident. he died along with his coach when their car came off the road in western kenya. kiptum set the world record in the chicago marathon last year with a winning time of two hours and 35 seconds. four boys aged between 12 and 14 have been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to police in rochdale. officers were called to reports of a rape in the newbold area on saturday evening. greater manchester police say a crime scene on kingsway is still in place and the young female victim is being supported. the boys remain in custody.

the body shop, is expected to appoint administrators in the coming day, in a move likely to result in store closures and job losses. it's understood that trading over the christmas period and injanuary was not as strong as hoped. a new campaign aimed at fighting fraud is being launched by the government. it's designed to stop people falling victim to scammers, and offers information about what to do if you are affected. fraud accounts for 40% of all crime in england and wales, and critics say ministers are doing too little, too late. simonjones reports. one ticket for tonight. message now. final warning. to receive your package confirm your details and pay the fee immediately. a new tv advert with a simple message. if something appears too good to be true, that undoubtedly will be the case. hi,james. your bank account has been compromised.

fraud is the most common crime in the uk. in the past, the police, banks and tech firms have all had their own strategies to warn of the dangers. but now the government says it's bringing them together to provide consistent and clear anti—fraud advice. stop, think fraud. chris messer from sussex saw scammers use his mobile phone account to buy an expensive iphone and run up a huge bill. well, it's despicable, absolutely despicable. how people can get up in the morning and go to work, deciding they're going to steal money from other people, i don't know. there were three different individuals involved in my particularfraud. it's wicked. hey according to the home office, fraud accounts for around 40% of all crime in england and wales, with an estimated 3.2 million offences each year. though cases are falling, the cost to society is thought to be £6.8 billion. in scotland, fraud has more than doubled over the past decade, and cases in northern ireland spiked during the pandemic. the government's launched a new website designed to be a

one stop shop for information about fraud. it gives details about how to avoid becoming a victim, and also, crucially, what to do if you do get scammed and who you should report it to. among the organisations backing the campaign are bt, google, royal mail, tiktok and meta. the aim, to reduce the effect on victims. it can leave you emotionally drained. you may become untrustworthy of strangers. but unfortunately, people often forget that and theyjust see it as a crime statistic, when actually, we see the aftermath. the latest advice to be scam savvy — never send money to anyone you don't know or trust, always log onto a website directly rather than clicking on links in an email, and be suspicious. the government's fraud strategy aims to reduce levels of the crime by 10% by the end of this year, compared with 2019. but critics say it's not strong enough to effectively take on the scammers. and labour describes the advertising campaign as too little, too late. simon jones, bbc news.

it was 50 years ago today, that one of the most recognisable children's tv characters first appeared on our screens. the most important... ..the most beautiful... ..the most magical... ..saggy old cloth cat in the whole world. we are, of course, talking about bagpuss. he made his debut on the 12th february 197a. only 13 episodes were ever made, but the show created by peter firmin and oliver postgate, has been re—broadcast multiple times and remains as popular as ever. i thought there were way more than that. i seem to have watched it constantly for years. maybe i was just watching the same 13 over and over again. it remains as popular as ever.

incredible. happy birthday to baghuz. let's talk to carol. she has the weather for the week ahead. starting with that beautiful rainbow. good morning. it is a beautiful rainbow. today's forecast is one of sunshine and showers. that is after a cold start with some frost. and also some patchy ice as well. a few showers dotted across parts of northern england, heading towards the east. they were clear. the —— we have these showers pushing towards the northern else. the rain and settling clearing. a lot of dry weather across scotland, northern ireland, bara weather across scotland, northern ireland, bar a few showers in the west, and a lot of dry weather too across a lot of england and wales. as we go through the course of the day what you will find is there will be gusty winds. snow falling down to about 350 metres.

you may catch the odd shower in wales and the south—west. most won't. most will have a dry and sunny day. a nippy one. six to 10 degrees. temperatures lower than they have been. round about where they have been. round about where they should be at this time of the year. as we head into this evening and overnight, whetherfront pushes south and east. there will be further snow showers above 350 metres, again accumulating. we will start to see a cloud over from the south—west. another nippy night with a touch of frost across parts of scotland and northern ireland. this is where we will start off with a lot of dry weather and a few showers. and after a dry start in northern england the cloud will build and for northern ireland, northern england, much of the midlands coming to the south—west and wales, we are looking at some rain. but for northern scotland, some sunshine. temperatures are slowly starting to rise on the south. it is going to get milder from the middle of the week. carol, thank you. there are hopes that two

new drugs aimed at slowing the progress of alzheimer's could pave the way for the development of future treatments for the disease. the medicines are expected to be licensed within months, but charities are warning that the nhs isn't ready forthem, meaning many patients could lose out. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. dawn is 62 and about to get her first dose of a new alzheimer's drug, donanemab, which is currently only available to people taking part in clinical trials. we've started, have we? we've started! all right? yay! dawn's memory problems were identified early. she has only mild cognitive impairment. i feel so grateful that i noticed, and that i investigated further, and that i know, because knowledge is power and it could mean that itjust slows it all down. and if it slows it down, then...

..then i'll be able to function as i'd like to and do some of the things i'd still like to do. over the course of 18 month trials, donanemab, and another drug, lecanemab, showed they could slow cognitive decline in patients with early stage alzheimer's, by between a quarter and a third. if you want to try and make that meaningful in terms of what a patient understands in clinic, then i would tell them that that gives you over that 18 month period, about five months at a higher level of function. for me, that's meaningful, but it's small. i think these drugs do represent a turning point in our research in alzheimer's, but i also think they are just the beginning. one estimate suggests between 50,000 and 280,000 people in england could be eligible for the drugs if they get licensed in the coming months, and are then recommended for use by the nhs. we're worried that tens of thousands of people could miss out on having treatments because the nhs isn't ready to deliver them. we need to have a really clear plan from the nhs about how they're going

to scale up services so that we can identify people who are eligible. nhs england says dementia diagnosis rates are the highest they've been for three years. alzheimer's disease is triggered by the abnormal build up of proteins in the brain, including one called amyloid. this can happen over 20 years before symptoms emerge. the drugs bind to amyloid and help our immune cells to clear it from the brain. currently, only 2% of alzheimer's patients get either a specialised brain scan, or a lumbar puncture, to confirm they have high levels of amyloid. but everyone getting the drugs would need them. i missed a bit down in there.

see, that white bit? david, who's 79, has been on lecanemab for over three years as part of a study. although his alzheimer's is progressing, his wife, cheryl, feels the drug has helped. they're not saying this is a complete cure. no. just giving individuals more time before they can't remember, you know, who their children are. it's given me longer with david as my husband. so, you know, that's worth all the money in the world. the drugs can cause swelling and bleeding in the brain, so patients like dawn need careful monitoring. but despite their side effects and modest benefits, many scientists believe they represent a defining moment in the fight against alzheimer's. fergus walsh, bbc news.

fergusjoins us now in the studio alongside dr susan kohlhaas from alzheimers uk. morning to both of you. for this, incredible to see that report and to see people being affected at such a young age. i know this is something that lots of people watching this morning will be fascinated by. is there hope on the horizon? there reall is there hope on the horizon? there really is hepe- — there hope on the horizon? there really is hope. after _ there hope on the horizon? there really is hope. after decades - there hope on the horizon? there really is hope. after decades of l really is hope. after decades of failed trials we now have two drugs. they are not a cure. they have only modest benefits. they come with side effects. they have to be given by infusion every two to four weeks. there are lots of hurdles but they are a start. they are the first drugs to tackle the underlying mechanism, the build—up of one of these rogue proteins in the brain, and show you can actually slow down alzheimer's. there will be more, and better, drugs on the horizon. there are something like 28 drugs going through late stage trials. so

really, this is a time of hope for alzheimer's. really, this is a time of hope for alzheimer's-_ really, this is a time of hope for alzheimer's-— really, this is a time of hope for alzheimer's. ,, �*, ., , alzheimer's. susan, it's easy to use that phrase. — alzheimer's. susan, it's easy to use that phrase, game _ alzheimer's. susan, it's easy to use that phrase, game changer, - alzheimer's. susan, it's easy to use that phrase, game changer, isn't i alzheimer's. susan, it's easy to use| that phrase, game changer, isn't it? but as fergus says, this could pave the way to something else and that is the important part here, isn't it? , , , is the important part here, isn't it? y , , , it? exactly. this is the first generation _ it? exactly. this is the first generation of _ it? exactly. this is the first generation of treatments l it? exactly. this is the first | generation of treatments we it? exactly. this is the first - generation of treatments we have seen _ generation of treatments we have seen they— generation of treatments we have seen. they still need to go through a few— seen. they still need to go through a few different hurdles. but in other— a few different hurdles. but in other disease areas the first generations of treatments have had modest _ generations of treatments have had modest benefits, they have had side effects. _ modest benefits, they have had side effects, but they did pave the way for future — effects, but they did pave the way for future treatments. that is our hape. _ for future treatments. that is our hope. at — for future treatments. that is our hope, at alzheimer's research uk. at hope, at alzheimer's research uk. m the hope, at alzheimer's research uk. the moment hope, at alzheimer's research uk. git the moment when somebody is diagnosed what are your options? you have very little options in terms of slowing _ have very little options in terms of slowing down the disease that is happening underneath. so there are things— happening underneath. so there are things you _ happening underneath. so there are things you can do to manage the symptoms. there are things you can do to— symptoms. there are things you can do to plan— symptoms. there are things you can do to plan for the future. but there are very— do to plan for the future. but there are very few— do to plan for the future. but there are very few options. so this provides— are very few options. so this provides real hope. i think the

concern — provides real hope. i think the concern we have is that at the moment— concern we have is that at the moment of the nhs is not ready to deliver_ moment of the nhs is not ready to deliver these treatments and we need to start _ deliver these treatments and we need to start planning for that.— to start planning for that. fergus, what does that _ to start planning for that. fergus, what does that mean, _ to start planning for that. fergus, what does that mean, that - to start planning for that. fergus, what does that mean, that the . to start planning for that. fergus, i what does that mean, that the nhs to start planning for that. fergus, - what does that mean, that the nhs is not ready? what does that mean, that the nhs is not read ? ,., , , what does that mean, that the nhs is not read ? , , ., ~ not ready? ok, so these drugs work b clearin: not ready? ok, so these drugs work by clearing a — not ready? ok, so these drugs work by clearing a rogue _ not ready? ok, so these drugs work by clearing a rogue protein - not ready? ok, so these drugs work by clearing a rogue protein from - not ready? ok, so these drugs work by clearing a rogue protein from thej by clearing a rogue protein from the brain called amyloid. to get on the trials, to get access to them, every single patient will need to have either a specialist brain scan, called a pet scan, or a spinal lumbar puncture to show the presence of this protein. at the moment, because it's not standard practice, only 2% of alzheimer's patients get one of these gold standard tests. those scanners are used for patients with other conditions, so we would need to really expand that. the nhs point out that dementia diagnosis rates are at the highest they have been for three years. the nhs in england has set up a dedicated team

to look at accelerating new drug treatments as they come on stream. they will need to be licensed and then approved on a cost benefit analysis before nhs patients could get them. is analysis before nhs patients could aet them. , ., , ., ., get them. is there a situation where, get them. is there a situation where. for — get them. is there a situation where, for treatments - get them. is there a situation where, for treatments like i get them. is there a situation i where, for treatments like this, get them. is there a situation - where, for treatments like this, an infusion which does target of this particular problem, this particular protein, is there ever a situation, generations from now, where at the age of 50 people are just given it? that is the absolute hope. alzheimer's research uk and the alzheimer's research uk and the alzheimer's society are funding a trial of blood tests. maybe you want to say about that? l trial of blood tests. maybe you want to say about that?— to say about that? i think that is a lona wa to say about that? i think that is a long way off. _ to say about that? i think that is a long way off. if — to say about that? i think that is a long way off, if we _ to say about that? i think that is a long way off, if we are _ to say about that? i think that is a long way off, if we are honest, . to say about that? i think that is a | long way off, if we are honest, but what _ long way off, if we are honest, but what we _ long way off, if we are honest, but what we are — long way off, if we are honest, but what we are doing is funding some work— what we are doing is funding some work funded by the people's postcode lottery, _ work funded by the people's postcode lottery, actually, that will test blood — lottery, actually, that will test blood tests to see if they can detect — blood tests to see if they can detect proteins like amyloid in the blood _ detect proteins like amyloid in the blood. with people who have really early stage symptoms. this would provide _ early stage symptoms. this would provide us — early stage symptoms. this would provide us hope of a scalable,

cost—effective test we could then roll out _ cost—effective test we could then roll out to — cost—effective test we could then roll out to people who are coming forward _ roll out to people who are coming forward with concerns about their memory — forward with concerns about their memo . ~ ., forward with concerns about their memo . ~ . ., , ., memory. what timetable are we lookin: memory. what timetable are we looking at? _ memory. what timetable are we looking at? what _ memory. what timetable are we looking at? what sort _ memory. what timetable are we looking at? what sort of- memory. what timetable are we - looking at? what sort of timeframe? probably around five years for these blood tests to be ready, and then you could have some kind of triage system whereby maybe, in the long term, we could have people in their 50s being given one of these tests. and if they have a high level of these proteins, they can go for further investigations. but really, it is a really exciting time in alzheimer's for this terrible condition. the biggest killer, dementia, in the uk. so to have new drugs, they are not perfect, far from it, but to have them, it really is the start. and scientists have told me it is a defining moment. in told me it is a defining moment. in the meantime is there anything that people watching at home can do in terms of their lives doubt you slightly protect themselves? there

are loads of _ slightly protect themselves? there are loads of things _ slightly protect themselves? there are loads of things that _ slightly protect themselves? there are loads of things that people - slightly protect themselves? there are loads of things that people can do in _ are loads of things that people can do in the _ are loads of things that people can do in the here and now to help protect— do in the here and now to help protect themselves. there are 12 different. — protect themselves. there are 12 different, what we call modifiable risk factors, things you can do yourself— risk factors, things you can do yourself to— risk factors, things you can do yourself to help prevent or reduce the risk— yourself to help prevent or reduce the risk of— yourself to help prevent or reduce the risk of dementia. those are things— the risk of dementia. those are things that are pretty common sense. eating _ things that are pretty common sense. eating a _ things that are pretty common sense. eating a healthy, balanced diet. getting — eating a healthy, balanced diet. getting plenty of physical activity. looking _ getting plenty of physical activity. looking after your heart health is one of— looking after your heart health is one of the — looking after your heart health is one of the major things that people can do _ one of the major things that people can do. that will reduce help the risk of— can do. that will reduce help the risk of dementia. so what we say at all simon's — risk of dementia. so what we say at all simon's research uk is what is good _ all simon's research uk is what is good for— all simon's research uk is what is good for your heart is good for your brain _ good for your heart is good for your brain -- _ good for your heart is good for your brain. —— alzheimer's research uk. you can— brain. —— alzheimer's research uk. you can find — brain. —— alzheimer's research uk. you can find more information on our website _ you can find more information on our website it— you can find more information on our website. , ., ,. ., you can find more information on our website. , . ,. ., ~ . website. it is fascinating. much more in the _ website. it is fascinating. much more in the panorama - website. it is fascinating. much i more in the panorama programme website. it is fascinating. much - more in the panorama programme you have been working on tonight? eight o'clock. available on the iplayer. thank you. interesting to hear those life changes we should all be paying attention to, what is good for your heart is what is good for your brain, i like that. morning live follows breakfast

on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store. coming up, we're exposing what's really in your food. from artificial thickeners to indigestible fibre, dr xand's been to investigate the shocking truth. ultra—processed products are being sold on shelves as health foods. i'll show how companies get away with it by making my own probiotic yoghurt, and show how to check also today, one in five adults are labelled as having a bad credit score and it's costing them thousands. iona's got advice to improve yours today. i'll explain why neglecting your credit rating could stop you getting a mortgage, car, and even a phone, and how registering to vote could boost your score in seconds. and, she didn't score the £95,000 prize on the traitors, but mollie pearce definitely won over the nation. we'll hear why she's on a mission to banish the stigma around stomas and how naming hers, sid, helped her

embrace her new body. plus, escape to the country's sonali shah is telling us what really happened when she tried to find our very own janette manrara and husband aljaz their dream home, as she gives us the behind the scenes gossip from the latest series. see you at 9:30. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria cook. london's supersewer, or the thames tideway tunnel as it's officially known, will begin testing will begin testing in a few months' time. this is the last footage filmed inside — it's now been sealed up. the tunnel is huge — nearly 16 miles long and stretching underneath the thames. it'll eventually connect 3a storm overflow drains and it'll take

the sewage to be treated at a works in beckton in east london. so it will clean up the river, it will increase the health. so, at the moment, we suffer from algae bloom due to runoff and sewage discharges, which creates these massive, horrible algae blooms. and you can see a lot of the staining on the river wall with algae. so it will help sort out that. it will also stop some of the deposits that you see on the river terraces at low tide — you often find wet wipes. the old bailey is set to reopen today following a fire last week. about 1500 people were evacuated from the high—security building after an electrical substation caught fire. london fire brigade said it wasn't being treated as suspicious. an art installation recognising israeli hostages held in gaza has been opened in north london. relatives of the hostages as well as prominent members of london'sjewish community attended the opening of the lovelock hostage bridge. the installation is made up of 100 padlocks — each inscribed with the names of those taken on october the 7th.

let's take a look at the tubes. most lines running well. minor delays on the central. the overground is part suspended. a partial closure on the piccadilly line. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. overnight temperatures dropped into low single figures. but we have plenty of bright and sunny spells. it's a settled day today — perhaps the only settled day, however, of this week. plenty of winter sunshine, it's dry and temperatures reaching a maximum of around ten celsius. it's a clear start to the evening, so temperatures will fall away. but gradually through the night into tuesday morning, we'll see more cloud edging in from the west. the minimum temperature between 3—6 celsius. as we head into tuesday, low pressure is in charge. it drives towards us a few fronts and that's going to bring some rain. it's a dry start to tuesday, but the cloud will increase and thicken and then we'll see some outbreaks of rain as we head through tuesday afternoon and into tuesday evening.

temperatures tomorrow up to 11 celsius. as that front starts to move through, it introduces the mild airagain. so overnight tuesday into wednesday, the temperature is actually likely to rise. for wednesday itself, it stays unsettled, but temperatures getting up to 1a, 15 on thursday. before we go, it's that time of year again when we're looking for people in our communities that go that extra mile to make life better for others. the make a difference awards are back. if you know someone who you think should be nominated then please do get in touch. all the information's on our website. that's all for now. there's more on all these stories on our website and the app. we'll be back in half an hour. back to sally and ben. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson.

an eyewitness to the killings of barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar in nottingham says he believes valdo calocane committed cold—blooded murder. the 32—year—old fatally stabbed three people injune last year, and has been sentenced to detention in a high—security hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. midlands correspondent navteonhal has more. what's the emergency? yes, there's been a stabbing on ilkeston road. there's somebody lying in the street. i think they're dead. oh, that was awful. this 999 call was made on the 13th ofjune last year in nottingham, as an eyewitness — from his bedroom window — saw barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar being stabbed to death by valdo calocane. ijust couldn't believe what i was seeing. it was absolutely terrifying and just horrendous. the eyewitness has asked to remain anonymous. we're calling him richard.

he's never spoken to the media before about what he saw that day. the first thing i saw was valdo calocane attacking barnaby, and barnabyjust falling to the floor and was basically motionless. i saw grace come over to the assailant and try and stop him attacking barnaby. the assailant then turned on to grace, plunging the weapon into poor grace. it was just horrific. he just callously, and calmly, just turned around, casually walked off, like nothing had happened. calocane then went on to fatally stab school caretaker ian coates, and hit three people with his van. the 32—year—old, who's been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, has been sentenced to detention in a high security

hospital after admitting three counts of manslaughter. thejudge said calocane's mental condition satisfied the criteria, giving rise to the partial defence of diminished responsibility. but the families of his victims believe he should have been tried for murder. obviously, i know you're not a medical professional, and you're not a police officer. but, from what you saw, do you think what you saw was murder? that was murder. yeah. cold—blooded. he should be in a high—security prison, not a hospital. richard's 999 call was issued to the media by nottinghamshire police, but he says they never told him the call was being released. he only learned about it when he heard it on the news. and the first time i heard it i went into panic again. i started shaking. it took me back to the day. i was just flabbergasted that they wouldn't have told me they were going to use it. the force have now

apologised to richard. he says he's been having nightmares about the incident. he wishes he'd intervened, even though he says he's been told by police he could have been one of calocane's victims if he had done so. you think afterwards, oh, i could have done this, i could have climbed out, i could have rushed downstairs. but like i say, i wasjust frozen. and that's what's been killing me. the families want to see an inquiry into the various authorities, who they believe failed their loved ones. several reviews have been announced into this case since the sentencing. the crown prosecution service says it's fully engaging with the attorney general�*s review into its actions. richard says he wanted to speak to help the families with their campaign. is there a message or anything you'd like to say to them? ijust wish i could have done something for them to help, so your son and daughter were still here. so sorry. navtaonhal, bbc news, nottingham.

jo early, from the charity support after murder and manslaughterjoins us now to speak about the impact violent attacks have on victims and witnesses. good morning. quite clearly, the focus at times like this is on the victims of horrendous attacks. but we get a sense there about the effect it has on witnesses. is there enough support for people like that? let's face it, this is not some movie or crime drama, this is something richard has witnessed in real life, he has witnessed violent deaths and that should not be underestimated. it can be traumatising. we know witnesses often go on to develop post—traumatic stress disorder. we know support should be offered as soon as possible. ptsd is a

treatable condition, but we do know support is vital and it should be offered early on. i do not know what has happened here with the support, whether it has been offered or not, but most police forces are aware of the agencies out there who can support victims and witnesses of crime, including us, as well at the charity. crime, including us, as well at the chari . ~ ., ., ., crime, including us, as well at the chari .~ ., ., ., ., ~ charity. we do not need to talk about the _ charity. we do not need to talk about the specific _ charity. we do not need to talk about the specific case, - charity. we do not need to talk about the specific case, but i charity. we do not need to talk. about the specific case, but what charity. we do not need to talk- about the specific case, but what is normal procedure for someone who reports a crime. normal procedure for someone who reports a crime-— reports a crime. what care can be offered? most — reports a crime. what care can be offered? most of— reports a crime. what care can be offered? most of the _ reports a crime. what care can be offered? most of the time, i reports a crime. what care can be offered? most of the time, police j offered? most of the time, police will refer a person, including a witness, to the support agency. that is in place. i don't know what has happened here. but those needs should be picked up by police forces. ~ ~' ., ., should be picked up by police forces. ~ ~ ., ., .,

forces. we know from what he said that his 999 _ forces. we know from what he said that his 999 hole _ forces. we know from what he said that his 999 hole was _ forces. we know from what he said that his 999 hole was released i forces. we know from what he said that his 999 hole was released by. that his 999 hole was released by the police and played in court without his knowledge. haifa without his knowledge. how concerning _ without his knowledge. how concerning is _ without his knowledge. how concerning is that? - without his knowledge. how concerning is that? it i without his knowledge. how concerning is that? it is i without his knowledge. ting-n concerning is that? it is very concerning is that? it is very concerning because as richard said, if he were told, he could have been prepared. and received support around that. can you imagine being in his shoes and listening to his own voice in the media, his own 999 call, that could traumatise him back today one to the event, and it makes relive it. i can understand how horrific it is for him.— relive it. i can understand how horrific it is for him. there is a lot of anger — horrific it is for him. there is a lot of anger the _ horrific it is for him. there is a lot of anger the perpetrator i horrific it is for him. there is a i lot of anger the perpetrator here was not tried for murder. there is an ongoing inquiry into how the case was handled. we have heard lately about phrases such as victim impact statements, being able to read it in court and remind people the impact

it has had those caught up in awful crimes like this. do you think there is enough consideration when it comes to sentencing? the impact on the victims but everybody else caught up in these crimes, whether it is assessed properly and taken into account?— into account? sentencing is one art. let into account? sentencing is one part- let me — into account? sentencing is one part- let me put— into account? sentencing is one part. let me put it _ into account? sentencing is one part. let me put it into - part. let me put it into perspective. the criminaljustice process is set up for getting justice, often centred on the perpetrator or offender. there is little part of the criminaljustice process that focuses on and centres on victims, witnesses, bereaved families. it is 2024 and we need to get this right. we have a victim is bill going through parliament and hopefully that will redress some of this but i do not think it is going far enough. we worked with baroness casey ten years ago and we had input into her review of the needs of

families bereaved by homicide and she has supported us and repeated aspects of the review ten years later. we republished it last year and launched it in the commons and the comparison was clear. although we have come some way in helping supporting victims and families, it is not enough. one reason it is not enough, if i can quote you this, the cost of a murder in england and wales according to the home office is 3.2 million from start to finish. 0.3% of that cost is earmarked for support for bereaved families. i do not think there are enough government resources here. families feel secondary to the criminal justice process when they should really be at the centre of it and anyone who works with a dramatically bereaved person should be thinking any decision making, any actions,

any decision making, any actions, any part of their role, what impact is it having on a bereaved family, evenif is it having on a bereaved family, even if they cannot change the decision, at least inform the family. decision, at least inform the famil . . ., decision, at least inform the famil. . ., ,, family. chief executive of support after murder _ family. chief executive of support after murder and _ family. chief executive of support after murder and manslaughter, l family. chief executive of support i after murder and manslaughter, thank you. john is here. it was an incredible night at the super bowl. the taylor swift super bowl. for a team sport, a lot of focus on two people and we will see why and hear from one of them. two people and we will see why and hearfrom one of them. a huge night, the biggest night in american sport. called the taylor swift super bowl this year, belonging to the team she was there to support. 65,000 travel to las vegas to see them clinch the title again beating san francisco

49ers, arguably the most expensive super bowl in history. the cheapest resale ticket was $5,000, just under £4000. a 20 person box would have been £1.4 million. tv commercials cost about $7 billion for a 32nd slot. the audience expected to have been 100 million and hear the audience expected to be around four million. there has been added interest ever since pop star taylor swift became a fixture at games when she began dating travis kelce. she made it to vegas despite performing the night before in tokyo. and with all that extra attention, the event is expected to generate more than $600 million for the las vegas economy with 330,000 visitors travelling there for the event. and soaking it

up, including the stray champagne, was our reporter. the kansas city chiefs back—to—back champions. the first time it has been achieved for almost 20 years. does this one feel any different? it does, it feels ten times better, man. adversity, what the team went through, the naysayers. but on top of that, man, just how much fun we have coming in the building. you can see how we are enjoying this one right now. how will you and your lovely pop star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm sure vegas will roll out the red carpet — i will be elvis for the night. i will be elvis for a night. the champagne is flowing — my glasses are proof. the kansas city chiefs — back—to—back nfl champions. the day started with both sets of fans convinced it would be their team lifting a trophy at the end. some travelled across state lines, others a bit further — leeds to be precise. i was 40 this week.

super bowl was always on the cards and wejust made it happen. we flew out wednesday and here we are. is it genuinely your is team orjust to ruin his birthday? we are patriots fans. that's the funniest thing. we just chose teams on the day, nd got the jerseys and came to the game. most came to see the game. but the fact taylor swift might be there may have persuaded some. taylor swift celebrating with her nran _ and the pop star was in the stands to watch a nervy back—and—forth encounter. two touchdowns from the 49ers. the kansas chiefs with one of their own and their kicker making up the extra points.. 19—all at full—time, the chiefs eventually winning 25—22 in overtime. jackpot kansas city! if the game itself made for a nervous watch, then r&b singer usher did his best to lighten the mood. the 45—year—old half—time show performer running through a string

of hits in a 15—minute set that featured alicia keys and will.i.am. no team has ever won three super bowl titles in a row, but planning for next year can surely wait. after all, this is vegas and this party is unlikely to end any time soon. they know how to lay on an event and great pictures from the super bowl. talking of great storylines, a club hero returns to haunt his former club, in the shape of arsenal's declan rice. and unsurprisingly the scoreline's making headlines this morning. 6-0 6—0 they beat west ham. rice set up two of his side's six goals to record their biggest ever premier league away win in a six nil win over west ham. this before scoring a stunning goal

of his own as arsenal stay 3rd trimming the gap to league leaders liverpool to 2 points. really pleased, the way we performed, the way we played, the approach that we had right from the beginning. and the team wanted more. they showed a lot of aggression and a lot of quality, as well, in the right moments, because it's not easy to do what they've done against this team. it shows the consistency that we have to hit and we have to demand of ourselves. and today we've done it. and now we are going to have to do it again against burnley. manchester united's hopes of a top four finish remain alive after late drama against aston villa. the game appeared to be heading for a 1—1 draw at villa park until scott mctominay scored an 86th minute winner, and that means united stay sixth, but they're nowjust six points off the champions league places. in the scottish premiership, dundee scored a last minute penalty to come from behind to beat stjohnstone 2—1. whilst in the cup, holders celtic are into the quarter finals after beating st mirren 2—0 — kyogo furuhashi with celtic�*s opener.

hearts are also into the last eight after they beat airdrieonians 4—1. for arsenal women, the season has taken another disappointing turn. knocked out of the fa cup after they were beaten 1—0 by manchester city, as city booked their place in the quarterfinals. elsewhere, there were also wins for brighton, chelsea, liverpool, manchester united and everton. now it's been a stunning journey, one filled with drama all the way through, but hosts ivory coast have won the africa cup of nations for a third time. sebastian haller scoring the winner in the 81st minute. he only recovered from having testicular cancer a year ago — now he's the nation's hero. ivory coast only just scraped into the knockout stages, then sacked their manager mid tournament. with the olympics fast approaching this summer — there's been some good news for adam peaty.

he marked his world championship comeback by qualifying fastest for the men's 100m breaststroke final in doha. that takes place later today. disappointment for gb�*s men in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. theyjust missed out on a medal — finishing fourth behind winners china, italy and the usa. what did you make of the six nations action? scotland missing out on victory against france and england beat wales — just. but it's ireland who top the table after the second round of fixtures — after easing past italy. they won 36—0 in dublin — the home side scoring three tries before half—time. dan sheehan with ireland's second. ireland would score three more after the restart with sheehan scoring again. ireland's hopes of becoming the first nation to win back to back grand slam six nations titles is very much alive. we had to show you this again, an eye—catching moment before ireland's game. # ireland together.

# standing tall. # shoulder to shoulder. that voice! unbelievable. this was eight—year—old stevie mulrooney stole the headlines with his pre—match rendition of ireland's call in front of a packed out aviva stadium. he did not look nervous. as cool as you like. andy farrell's reaction is brilliant. how could they fail after that? if you close your eyes, you would not have thought he was eight years old. a voice beyond his years. i think he was so calm, cool, collected. probably the most calm in the stadium. and in front of that crowd. and i liked his finish with the microphone. i love it. here's carol. she has been showing us beautiful

images this morning of springlike weather. i know you will shout at me. absolutely not, you are right. we have had crocuses and snowdrops and daffodils are coming out. but if you are heading out, it is a cold start. in lossiemouth it is minus one degree and freezing in exeter. but in north—west wales, plus five. we have a weather front taking rain from the northern isles. the second is coming in later and it will bring heavy showers. currently, we have showers in parts of scotland and england. many will fade. showers in scotland pushing to the north—east. as the weather front comes in it introduces more showers and some will be heavy and blustery. you might see a flash of lightning. above 350 metres, snow. this afternoon a chance of a shower across wales and the south—west but

thatis across wales and the south—west but that is the exception rather than the rule. there will be dry weather and sunshine. temperatures lower than yesterday. 6—10. that is what we would expect at this time of year. overnight, showers go southwards and eastwards and the snow level drops to around 200 metres. by the end of the night, we see cloud build in the south—west with rain. under clear skies, see cloud build in the south—west with rain. under clearskies, a see cloud build in the south—west with rain. under clear skies, a cold night in parts of scotland and northern england with some frost and the risk of ice. if you are standing outside first—in, 4—6 will feel warm. tomorrow, this is the weather front pushing in and moving northwards and eastwards. behind it we will see mild air. we start the day with showers in the north and west. some of them wintry in the

hills in scotland. a bright start in england and northern ireland but then the cloud will build and we will see rain. note how behind the rain, temperatures will rise to 11-12. on the rain, temperatures will rise to 11—12. on the other side, still in fresh conditions. 6—9. into wednesday, the weather front moves northwards. we have another coming in that will sweep across the south. we are pulling in mild airfrom far south across most areas except the north of scotland. wednesday will be cloudy. two weather fronts, north of scotland. wednesday will be cloudy. two weatherfronts, the north of scotland. wednesday will be cloudy. two weather fronts, the one in the north producing rain and hill snow and the one in the south producing rain but drier interludes in between. and ahead in the cold air, we have high pressure clinging on. here it will be colder but as we come further south, 13—14, possibly

even 15 which is above average for the time of year. even 15 which is above average for the time of year. thank even 15 which is above average for the time of ear. . g , t, even 15 which is above average for the time of ear. . g , t, the time of year. thank you. i reckon it _ the time of year. thank you. i reckon it is — the time of year. thank you. i reckon it is good _ the time of year. thank you. i reckon it is good dog - the time of year. thank you. i reckon it is good dog walking | reckon it is good dog walking weather. you are either a cat or dog person. i know nina is a cat person. until today. person. i know nina is a cat person. untiltoday. because person. i know nina is a cat person. until today. because she is at an animal hospital in grimsby to find out how pets can be costing us more than usual at the moment. do you know what? we were discussing cats versus dogs and one can be both and i am not saying that because i had an epiphany with martha. we were going to show a waiting room with other dogs but martha has insisted no other dogs are allowed in the waiting room. can you explain yourself? no explanation. how are

things in the green room? you wanted specific dog treats. fine, she has settled down. i will hand her back to louise because she has been ever so good. she has been shaking but she has got used to the limelight. you have given us the boost we need. we are at the grimsby pet hospital. the blue cross which has been open since 1959 with hundreds of animals coming through each year, some of them strays, and they have seen an increase in pets abandoned by the owner because of increased costs. we can speak to amy. when people call, what do they say to you? hate can speak to amy. when people call, what do they say to you?— can speak to amy. when people call, what do they say to you? we have had an increase in — what do they say to you? we have had an increase in people _ what do they say to you? we have had an increase in people calling _ what do they say to you? we have had an increase in people calling up. i an increase in people calling up. they have attended private vets and had estimated costs they cannot afford. they called to see if they are eligible to see if we can help. one in two at home have a pet and

find it problematic, many households, to pay for them. ensuring a pet is not cheap with the average premium £327. that is stressful for owners. four million say they have to make sacrifices in other areas including food bills to fund their vetting repayments. treatment can be expensive. our —— arthritis treatment for a dog over 2000, and a cat with diabetes, over £1000. what is interesting is regional variations. castrating a medium sized dog in one part of the country, neutering is £100 and ended different part of the country, £760. pet owners say part of the reason they wonder if they can keep their dog is because costs are not always obvious. we spoke to linda who has two cats and a dog but like many

owners she finds costs problematic. this is an example of our bills that we have. and the older cats do you have permanent drugs to take, so it's an ongoing thing, it won't stop. but if i tell you that that tube of ointment is £89.65. and this tiny tube of eye ointment is something like £56, £57 for that. what are you doing? yes. originally, going back years ago, you didn't particularly bother to insure your animals. over the years, we've had rescue animals, as well, and they get poorly and the cost has just gone way out of kilter. so now i would rather save something else and pay the insurance and know that i can afford to keep them going, basically. a lot of people, during covid,

they were out walking, so they bought a dog. but they probably never look into the cost of how much — if that dog gets poorly — what is it actually thank you, linda. that is resonating with many people at home watching. come and meet margo. we have to be gentle with her because she is very poorly. she has renalfailure and needs round—the—clock support which again is expensive. it costs to look after pets. susie works for a veterinary comparison site. is there anything thatjustifies the big hikes in prices?— anything thatjustifies the big hikes in prices? practices vary a

lot. it is rarely _ hikes in prices? practices vary a lot. it is rarely a _ hikes in prices? practices vary a lot. it is rarely a case _ hikes in prices? practices vary a lot. it is rarely a case of - hikes in prices? practices vary a lot. it is rarely a case of good . lot. it is rarely a case of good vets and bad vets. they are highly regulated and they are qualified people and so veterinary nurses, it takes at least five years to study to be a vet and facilities in practices are sophisticated and expensive. they do vary so in some practices you will have ct scanners, mri, with staff with extra qualifications, whereas others are more focused on providing affordable care. ~ ., more focused on providing affordable care. ~ . , ., more focused on providing affordable care. ~ ., , ., more focused on providing affordable care. . , ., ., , care. what should we look for? every owner and every _ care. what should we look for? every owner and every pet _ care. what should we look for? every owner and every pet is _ care. what should we look for? every owner and every pet is different. i owner and every pet is different. you might want a basic package or some animals with complex needs. there are different things to take into consideration. we help owners compare vets and we have over 130,000 reviews on vets based on things like respect for animal, friendliness. and whether the

practice is accredited by the royal college, how the out—of—hours services provided. we recently added prices so you can look at different prices. prices so you can look at different rices. ., , ., ., ~ , prices. the competition and markets authority who _ prices. the competition and markets authority who regulate _ prices. the competition and markets authority who regulate are _ prices. the competition and markets authority who regulate are looking i authority who regulate are looking at vets and the fact prices have gone up ahead of inflation but as susie says, there is a lot to take into account in that things have become more expensive. they say here before you decide not to treat your pet or take out insurance, speak to your local vet because there are payment plans to make it avoidable. thank you for your e—mails. jan told us her dog, she took to the vet for paperwork and injections and the appointment was 20 minutes but cost £500. judy said her dog was dehydrated and spent the night of at

her vet and it was £800. another needed surgery and needed drops twice a day and the vet was charging £68 for a bottle and she went to the pharmacy and it was £3 50 per bottle. that is something the cma are looking at, whether pet owners are looking at, whether pet owners are getting a fair deal and the advice is to talk to someone so you know the prices you are dealing with and get a treatment plan. a big thank you to the blue cross and beautiful martha and johnson and zebedee and margot, who has been so gentle with us this morning. and riley the labrador who did not get on because martha was having a diva moment. sad to think some people cannot afford to have their pets any more. 95% of owners like me and you sally will say their pets bring them happiness every day. studio: absolutely. i love the

cages. that one says please give me extra tlc. the message for us all. but that outside the studio this morning! you're watching bbc breakfast. the latest headlines are coming up injust a moment. live from london. this is bbc news. the israeli military says it has rescued two hostages held by hamas during its raids in rafah. this follows the israeli strikes that have killed dozens of palestinians in the gazan southern city of rafah.

the second and third party with most seats in pakistan's general election have agreed to work together to form a government. in the uk, two new drugs to slow the progress of alzheimers could be licensed within months, though charities warn the nhs may not be prepared for it. and the kansas city chiefs win the super bowl, after beating the san francisco 49ers by 3 points. hello, i'm lauren taylor. the israeli military says it has rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas during a raid in the gaza strip. the release of the hostages was announced shortly after israel carried out an intense aerial bombardment of rafah. residents told the bbc there had been about 50 air strikes in the early hours of monday. dozens of palestinians are reported to have been killed. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope with the number of injured. helicopters and boats were also involved in the attack.

the two israeli hostages, fernando marman and louis har,