good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben boulos and sarah campbell. our headlines today: conservative mp lee anderson refuses to apologise for comments aimed at london mayor sadiq khan that have been described as anti—muslim — he's been suspended from the party. us and uk fighter planes have carried out more air strikes on houthi targets in yemen in response to a surge in attacks on shipping in the red sea. donald trump is one step closer to the republican presidential nomination after a massive win in south carolina. scotland show their calcutta cup class as they win the trophy for a fourth year in a row, beating england at murrayfield in the six nations. good morning. it is a cold and locally foggy start for some of us this sunday morning, but on the

whole, it is a quieter story. write with some sunny spells around. the only exception is done in the far southwest and i will give you all the details on that and more coming up the details on that and more coming up shortly. good morning to you. it's sunday february 24. our main story: the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson, has admitted the prime minister had �*no option�* but to take action over comments he made about the mayor of london. mr anderson has been suspended from the party, but has not apologised for his claims about sadiq khan. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. this man isn'tjust the mp for ashfield in the east midlands, he has a second job as a gb news presenter, and that's where he made his controversial comments. i don't actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they've got control of khan and they've got control of london.

the remarks could raise tensions in london. these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist. we've seen over the last two days confirmation that over the last few months, there's been an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330%. these comments pour fuel on the fire. supporters of lee anderson would say he was simply making a point about pro—palestinian demonstrations, which take place regularly here in london. that explanation clearly didn't cut it with the man in charge of conservative party discipline, only alison didn't apologise, he suspended him from the parliamentary party. in a statement on social media last night, he didn't say sorry but he did say...

when david cameron was prime minister, baroness warsi became the first muslim woman to serve in the cabinet. she said the party had now become too tolerant of divisive language. even before he became a member of parliament, and consistently before then, there has been controversy about comments he has made in the party, and lee anderson should have had his whip withdrawn many months ago. there has been speculation he could join the ranks of reformed uk, the former brexit party, but they say there has been no contact with him. until last month, lee anderson was a deputy chairman of his party. they rose he should never have been appointed. but if his suspension lasts until the general election, he won't even be a conservative candidate. iain watson, bbc news. and has the rest of this morning's main news. you start with further

developments in the middle east. yes, indeed. in yemen in particular. the uk and us have launched another round ofjoint missile strikes against houthi targets in yemen in response to further attacks on cargo ships in the red sea. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says the uk has a duty to protect lives, but the houthis have vowed continued defiance. simonjones reports. take of the uk and us are calling late as necessary and proportionate strikes against her three targets in yemen. —— houthi. fourfighterjets were involved using precision guided bombs and taking out drones said to be used by the houthis reconnaissance and attack missions and shipping. the us hit a further six locations. in the capital of

yemen, smullen will be seen billowing into the night sky. in a joint statement, london and washington said... a week ago, this british ownership was struck by houthi missiles. this cargo vessel delivering humanitarian aid to yemen came under attack. the houthis who control large swathes of yemen have been targeting battles they say are linked to israel in the west in response to the war between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea route typically looks like this. it is one of the busiest in the world, transporting 15% of traded goods

largely from east to west. but because of that with the attacks, many mating shipping firms have diverted around southern africa. it takes ten days longer and hugely increases costs. the houthi spoke with is that what he called the escalation by the uk and us would be confronted with more military operations against hostile targets in the red sea, by the uk is morning it won't hesitate to take further action if it is needed. the defence secretary said it is our duty to protect life at sea and preserve freedom of navigation. but so far, the threat from the houthis has not been neutralised with 45 ships targeted since november. simon jones, bbc news. donald trump has easily defeated nikki haley in the south carolina republican presidential primary. it's his fourth consecutive win where voters choose who they want to be the republican nominee. will vernon reports.

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trum b a bunch! eight despite trading donald trump by a wide — bunch! eight despite trading donald trump by a wide margin, _ bunch! eight despite trading donald trump by a wide margin, nikki - bunch! eight despite trading donaldl trump by a wide margin, nikki haley was defiant, vowing to continue her campaign. was defiant, vowing to continue her cam aiun. . was defiant, vowing to continue her camaiun. . , , ., campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our— campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican _ campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries - voters in our republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative.— who are saying they want an alternative._ i . who are saying they want an l alternative._ i said alternative. applause. i said earlier this _ alternative. applause. i said earlier this week _ alternative. applause. i said earlier this week that - alternative. applause. i said earlier this week that no - alternative. applause. i said i earlier this week that no matter what happens in south carolina, i would continue to run for president. applause . i am a woman of my word. applause she is a great proponent for women and women's rights and it is really important for our generation to support her. she important for our generation to support her-— important for our generation to su ort her. ,, , ., ., _ support her. she will bring normalcy to america and _ support her. she will bring normalcy to america and to _ support her. she will bring normalcy to america and to the _ support her. she will bring normalcy to america and to the world. - support her. she will bring normalcy to america and to the world. to - support her. she will bring normalcy| to america and to the world. to fade here will be — to america and to the world. to fade here will be a _ to america and to the world. to fade here will be a personal _ to america and to the world. to fade here will be a personal set _ to america and to the world. to fade here will be a personal set back- here will be a personal set back for mrs hayley. she was born in south carolina and served two terms as state governor. i have a different style and approach. i have a different style and approach-— i have a different style and approach. i have a different style and a- roach. u, ., i have a different style and auroach. ., , approach. on the campaign trail, she has portrayed — approach. on the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself _ approach. on the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself as _ approach. on the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself as a _ approach. on the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself as a younger, l has portrayed herself as a younger, more stable alternative to both donald trump and joe biden. over a

dozen states will hold their primaries, but with his huge lead in the polls, donald trump's supporters say this race is effectively over. will vernon, bbc news. columbia, south carolina. our correspondent helena humphrey joins us from south carolina. helena, is there now any doubt that donald trump will be the republican party's choice? look, let's put it this way. going into this primary, nikki haley's chances of actually winning appeared to be very slim. now, off the back of her fourth consecutive loss to donald trump, i think it is fair to say that chances of her nomination appear to be essentially razor thin, taking to the stage, she vowed nevertheless to plough on. she said she is a woman of her word and that she is a woman of her word and that she will go on in these races in michigan, supertuesday as she will go on in these races in michigan, super tuesday as well where we will see 16 primary races taking place. mathematically

speaking, there is now the chance at donald trump, if he does well on super tuesday, could essentially have clinched this nomination by march instead, and i think it is there to say that taking a listen to donald trump's victory speech on saturday night, he is ready acting as if he has secure the nomination. he didn't mention nikki haley by name whatsoever. instead, taking aim at president biden, saying that we will go on, we will win this race, saying he would in fact like to have this race in the coming weeks confident that he would win over presidentjoe biden. but what his campaign isn't saying out loud is the fact that donald trump is also facing some for criminal trials, some 91 felony charges here in this country, and the nikki haley campaign will be watching that very closely because they will be thinking that perhaps, just perhaps thatis thinking that perhaps, just perhaps that is the outside chance of securing the nomination despite how slim that chance now looks. i think of the back of his fourth consecutive defeat, and i think it

is important to point out that there is important to point out that there is nothing in the constitution which says that somebody who is a convicted criminal cannot run for the white house. ok. convicted criminal cannot run for the white house.— convicted criminal cannot run for the white house. ok. thank you very much. the white house. ok. thank you very much- helena — the white house. ok. thank you very much. helena humphrey— the white house. ok. thank you very much. helena humphrey there - the white house. ok. thank you very much. helena humphrey there in - the white house. ok. thank you very i much. helena humphrey there in south carolina. the snp says it will push for another commons debate on gaza following the chaotic vote on the conflict earlier this week. there was uproar in the commons when speaker sir lindsay hoyle allowed mps to vote on a labour amendment to the snp's ceasefire motion. it meant the snp motion was not voted on, prompting the party to call for sir lindsay to quit. the rmt union has announced that it will supportjeremy corbyn at the next general election. the former labour leader was suspended from the party after an anti—semitism row four years ago, but rmt leader mick lynch says he'll back mr corbyn should he run as an independent. thousands of people have gathered in kyiv to mark the second anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. president zelensky

issued a rallying cry, vowing that his country will prevail. crowds also gathered across the uk in a show of solidarity. tomorrow, the prime minister is expected to announce how funding from the abandoned hs2 plans — worth billions of pounds — will be shared across regional councils. our business correspondent marc ashdown has been looking at the figures. whether it is repairing roads or refurbishing bus and train stations, the prime minister says he wants residence to have the biggest say of how their area is improved. four months after rishi sunak announced the scrapping of the controversial hsz the scrapping of the controversial hs2 plan, he will set out our billions of pounds of money earmarked for that project will be allocated in the midlands in the north to improve transport links. there is nearly £20 billion worth of funding from the north to share around and what is billed as network north. meanwhile, £9.6 billion in

savings from the midlands leg will help with transport in that region. £6.5 billion which would have been spent on the new approach into london euston will be spread across every other region in england. £1 billion is already allocated to upgrade parts of the rail network in north wales, but campaigners are sceptical and say they want to see more detail. sceptical and say they want to see more detail-— sceptical and say they want to see more detail. ~ ., , . ., , more detail. what we need is clarity about how much _ more detail. what we need is clarity about how much money _ more detail. what we need is clarity about how much money there - more detail. what we need is clarity about how much money there is - about how much money there is actually going to be and how quickly it will be spent because the money thatis it will be spent because the money that is counselled from hs2 was largely going to be spending ten, 15 years time, not next year or thereafter. so as the chancellor has, in his last autumn statement, but the capital project budget for the whole of government. how on earth can we be spending more on transport when there is less money to spend overall?— to spend overall? labour subcommittees - to spend overall? labour subcommittees are - to spend overall? labour subcommittees are sick. to spend overall? labour. subcommittees are sick and to spend overall? labour- subcommittees are sick and tired to spend overall? labour— subcommittees are sick and tired of empty conservative promises and pledged to work with local leaders, mayors and businesses to deliver what are called a credible and

transformative programme of tra nsformative programme of transport transformative programme of transport investment. ministers will also get an update from the transport secretary mark harper on how a new local transport fund will be allocated. as the bruising fallout from hs2 rumbles on, the prime minister is failing this is an historic moment, a first step he saysin historic moment, a first step he says in reinvesting all £36 billion from hs2 to benefit more people in more places, more quickly. mark ashdown, bbc news. the body of russian opposition figure alexei navalny has been returned to his mother his spokeswoman says. mr navalny died earlier this month in an arctic prison where he was serving a three—decade sentence. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. alexei navalny�*s mother had spent a week trying to persuade the authorities to release her son's body so that she can lay him to rest. she's finally succeeded. in a post on social media, a spokesperson for the late opposition leader announced that mr navalny�*s body had been

handed over to his mother, and this regarding the funeral: alexei navalny was vladimir putin's most vocal critic and he became russia's most famous prisoner. in this penal colony beyond the arctic circle, he was serving a 19—year prison sentence on charges widely seen as politically motivated. this is where he died. in a video message earlier today, his widow, yulia, had accused president putin of killing her husband and of holding his body hostage. the kremlin has previously described claims that it was behind mr navalny�*s death "obnoxious and unacceptable". at moscow's main cathedral,

people queued to pay their respects to alexei navalny for, in the orthodox faith, the ninth day after death is a significant moment. outside, there were police checks, officers demanding id from some of those who'd come here. and across town, more flowers. there are no details yet of when or where mr navalny will be laid to rest. the last thing the authorities will want is for his funeral to become a very public display of support for the man who had challenged the kremlin. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. oppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the screen actors guild awards overnight. christopher nolan's movie won best film cast while cillian murphy and robert downeer won individual acting prizes. accepting the top award on behalf of the cast,

sir kenneth branagh said they were all "grateful, "humbled and proud". do you know, one of the best things about awards season is they bring all of those films back and they come back to the cinema because i have a backlog of really good films i haven't seen and they pick up the awards and it's another chance to see them on the big screen. i still have not seen _ see them on the big screen. i still have not seen oppenheimer, - see them on the big screen. i sit ll have not seen oppenheimer, i see them on the big screen. i sit it have not seen oppenheimer, i am ashamed to say, is it worth it? it has taken me the best part of six months to get around to seeing it but very good, very enjoyable, thought—provoking. so but very good, very enjoyable, thought—provoking. 50 it but very good, very en'oyable, thought-provoking. so it needs to be on m list. thought-provoking. so it needs to be on my list. thank _ thought-provoking. so it needs to be on my list. thank you. _ here's louise with the weather. how can you have not seen oppenheimer? i've seen it twice! i have seen barbie, i am halfway there. �* . . . have seen barbie, i am halfway there. �*, , ., ., there. it's brilliant. good morning.

actuall , there. it's brilliant. good morning. actually. it's _ there. it's brilliant. good morning. actually, it's probably _ there. it's brilliant. good morning. actually, it's probably a _ there. it's brilliant. good morning. actually, it's probably a great - there. it's brilliant. good morning. actually, it's probably a great dayl actually, it's probably a great day for watching movies today because it's cold out there. it's frosty, we have some local fog as well. take a look at the temperatures. a colder start for some in comparison to yesterday morning with actually lows of minus seven celsius in braemar and, in fact, of minus seven celsius in braemar and, infact, the of minus seven celsius in braemar and, in fact, the coldest temperatures, lowest, northeast scotland but generally widespread below freezing. look at plymouth, seven degrees. a milder start but a wetter one. yes, the low pressure is already starting to show signs of bringing some rain so certainly more cloud here and outbreaks of rain down to the southwest as we speak. going through the day, the frost and fog will obviously slowly lift. it will be a quiet day for most, bright and bright with some sunny spells and bright with some sunny spells and just a few isolated showers but this area of low pressure will continue to bring rain into south wales, towards the isle of wight by the end of the day and certainly, more cloud into central and southern england in comparison to yesterday.

7- 10 england in comparison to yesterday. 7— 10 degrees. it should stay dry during daylight hours in the capital but then the weather front pushes steadily eastward. it will bring some rain around the london area, generally along the south coast we could see another 15—25 millimetres, already falling on pretty saturated ground, and it may well be slow to clear from the southeast first thing on monday. it will hold the temperatures up with the cloud about. a cold start once again into scotland. some frost here. early morning rain eases from the kent coast but the most important thing to note is the wind direction coming from the north—easterly and strengthening. a stronger, cooler source, really quite noticeable. a quiet day with a lot of fine, sunny weather around but you need to factor in the strength and direction of the wind, it will really make it feel quite cold out there. your temperatures on your thermometer is a 6-10, temperatures on your thermometer is a 6—10, just like this weekend, but it will perhaps feel colder. in this

ridge of high pressure builds, albeit briefly, into tuesday because the next fund will push in and this time it's coming from scotland and northern ireland. gradually sinks south, more cloud eventually as we go through the on tuesday. drier and brighter behind with a few scattered showers into the northwest and again, eyes of about 8—10. the frontal system, as it sinks steadily south all we can considerably so we're not expecting much in significant rain towards the southeast on wednesday. another brief ridge of high pressure building before another system is waiting in the wings. as we go through wednesday, a quiet day, some sunshine around. this is the next system pushing in from the north and west. top temperatures once again 8—12. west. top temperatures once again 8-12. �* ., . ~ west. top temperatures once again 8-12. 1, . ~ ., west. top temperatures once again 8-12. . ~ ., i. west. top temperatures once again 8-12. ., , west. top temperatures once again 8-12. ., ., , ., ~ 8-12. back to you. louise, thank ou. we 8-12. back to you. louise, thank yon we will _ 8-12. back to you. louise, thank you. we will see _ 8-12. back to you. louise, thank you. we will see you _ 8-12. back to you. louise, thank you. we will see you later. - 8-12. back to you. louise, thank you. we will see you later. it's l you. we will see you later. it's coming up to 21 minutes past six. let's take a look at today's papers. the sunday telegraph leads on bodyguards for mp5.

the paper reports that private security is being used by mps due to heightened tensions over the israel—hamas conflict. "boot out this bigot" is the headline on the front of the sunday mirror, next to a picture of lee anderson. the conservative mp has been suspended by his party following comments about mayor of london sadiq khan. the observer has a story about the safety of keyless entry cars. it says the car industry ignored warnings more than a decade ago that the technology risked a surge in car thefts. an increase in vehicle crime with keyless entry has resulted in record prices for car insurance this year. the mail on sunday is reporting that actor renee zellweger will be returning as bridgetjones for a fourth time. according to the paper, filming begins in london in may. looking forward to that! there is

another film _ looking forward to that! there is another film to _ looking forward to that! there is another film to add _ looking forward to that! there is another film to add to _ looking forward to that! there is another film to add to your- another film to add to your watchlist. i another film to add to your watchlist.— another film to add to your watchlist. ., , ., . watchlist. i am getting so much urief not watchlist. i am getting so much grief not having _ watchlist. i am getting so much grief not having seen _ watchlist. i am getting so much - grief not having seen oppenheimer. i apologise. i will watch it today. you store this story in the mirror. how much would you pay for ed sheeran's socks and pants? the charity shop hopes it will give them a boost. he's donated loads of old stuff, bracelet, baseball caps, old socks, pants and it's for the east anglia childrens' hospices charity. they've already raised nearly £30,000. selling his old stuff on ebay, which is quite remarkable, and going to a good cause. the shop is in beccles in suffolk and opens a much seven and the shop said his donations are definitely going to cause a stir on our first day. think they already have!— cause a stir on our first day. think they already have! yes, i think so. i'm they already have! yes, i think so. i'm honing —

they already have! yes, i think so. i'm honing they're _ they already have! yes, i think so. i'm hoping they're not _ they already have! yes, i think so. i'm hoping they're not the - they already have! yes, i think so. i'm hoping they're not the pants i they already have! yes, i think so. | i'm hoping they're not the pants he has worn every day for the last ten years, that they are box fresh and... �* , ., ., years, that they are box fresh and... �* ., . ., and... be he bought them and changed his mind. a hint— and... be he bought them and changed his mind. a hint of— and... be he bought them and changed his mind. a hint of ed. _ and... be he bought them and changed his mind. a hint of ed. i _ and... be he bought them and changed his mind. a hint of ed. ithink- and... be he bought them and changed his mind. a hint of ed. i think with - his mind. a hint of ed. i think with this, ou his mind. a hint of ed. i think with this. you always — his mind. a hint of ed. i think with this, you always think _ his mind. a hint of ed. i think with this, you always think with - this, you always think with musicians it must be the most demoralising thing when they see their old albums and singles for 50p in a second—hand shop. at least with this it is stuff that he knows will go this it is stuff that he knows will 9° �* this it is stuff that he knows will go — give away his baseball cap. it's a debate that needs to be had. how much would you pay for ed sheeran's underwear. shall be moved to spot? chetan, a big day for rugby and six nations? it was, and real landmark moment for scotland. _ it was, and real landmark moment for scotland, lifting the calcutta cup fourth _ scotland, lifting the calcutta cup fourth time in a row. queen victoria was on _ fourth time in a row. queen victoria was on the — fourth time in a row. queen victoria was on the throne must time it happened _ was on the throne must time it happened in 1896. england we know our happened in1896. england we know our work_ happened in 1896. england we know our work in — happened in 1896. england we know our work in progress at the moment and i_ our work in progress at the moment and i don't — our work in progress at the moment and i don't think they will be particularly thrilled with performance but superstar display from vendor mower. —— can der merwe.

an important _ from vendor mower. —— can der merwe. an important win for ireland, the favourites— an important win for ireland, the favourites to make it back grand slam _ and so, the calcutta cup stays with gregor townsend's side once again. ireland remain the team at the top, though, as they edge closer to becoming the first team to win back—to—back grand slams in the six nations era. starting at murrayfield, andy swiss reports. for scotland, day of ecstasy and history. not since the 18905 had they won four consecutive calcutta cup. right from the start though you could hear their belief. all sing but if scotland had the passion, england had the early and they soon 5urged ahead through george furbank. commentator: and it's furbank! just as last year, though, and to one extraordinary player, a5 duhan van der merwe turned it round in the most remarkable fashion.

if his first try was good, his second was simply extraordinary. just watch this as, from his own half, he left england's player5 floundering and scotland's fans roaring. van der merwe for the corner! remember, van der merwe scored twice at twickenham 12 months ago. here, he went one better as, after the break, he grabbed his hat—trick and the headlines. van der merwe again is in! smiling and scoring a hat—trick! england were beaten and, to murrayfield's delight, a now familiar sight. well, what a breathle55, breathtaking match that was and what a win for scotland. just look what it means to these players. theirfourth calcutta cup in a row, sealed in the most thrilling fashion. the big question remains, though — can anyone beat ireland? against wales in dublin, they weren't quite at their best but they were still far too good.

james lowe with the pick of their first—half tries before tadhg beirne rounded off the win. —— before tadhg beirne rounded off a 31—7 win. tadhg beirne! beirne! three wins out of three for the champions and after last year's grand slam, another just might be beckoning. andy swi55, bbc news. ireland to england to come next in the six nations. some sad news to bring you next — the former england and queens park rangers forward stan bowles has died at the age of 75. he'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease and played more than 560 games in english football, capped five times by england. he made 315 appearances for qpr, scoring 97 goals for the club, and also played for manchester city, bury, crewe, carlisle, nottingham forest, leyton orient and brentford. in a statement on social media, queens park rangers have called bowles: he finished his career at brentford,

who have also paid tribute, 5aying: well, bowles started his career at manchester city, and it's pep guardiola's side who continue to keep pace with the premier league leaders liverpool. they're just one point behind them after beating bournemouth 1—0. phil foden with the goal — another solid performance from him, which delighted the manager. let's show you this, actually. the only goal of the match, a solid performance. arsenal remain very much in the title race, too, after they thrashed newcastle 4—1 to move back within two points of top spot. bukayo saka with arsenal's third — that's 5ix league wins in a row now for mikel arteta's side.

manchester united'5 hopes of finishing in the top four suffered a setback after a 2—1 defeat at home to fulham. alex iwobi with the winner in the 97th minute, ending united'5 four—match winning run in the league. united are now eight points behind aston villa in fourth. they beat nottingham forest 4—2, douglas luiz 5coring twice for the home side. it leaves fore5tju5t four points above the relegation zone. everton are just a point above the bottom three after conceding a 95th minute equaliser at brighton. lewi5 dunk with the goal for the home side, who played the last 20 minutes with ten men. 1—1 it finished. and there was a winning start for new crystal palace manager oliver glasner, who took overfrom roy hodgson. they beat struggling burnley 3—0, chris richards with the first goal of the new era. palace up to 13th, eight points clear of the relegation zone. in the scottish premiership, rangers are five points clear at the top after thrashing hearts 5—0.

celtic can cut that gap back down to two if they beat motherwell this lunchtime. meanwhile, scotland's women started their pinatar cup campaign with a narrow win against philippines. in her first international match 5incejuly last year, martha thoma5 secured the 2—0 win with a double in the first half. scotland will face either finland or slovenia in the final on tuesday. let's talk about cricket. shoaib ba5hir'5 continued brilliance with ball has helped england take a 46—run lead into their second innings on the third day of the fourth test in india. the hosts trailed england by 134 runs at the start of play and dug in before james anderson made the breakthrough in ranchi, his 698th te5t wicket removing kuldeep yadav. but with dhrquurel at the crease, though, runs were added. he 5ma5hed his way to 90. ba5hir took a fifth wicket of the innings before india were bowled out for 307. they'll be happy with that, con5idering where they were at one stage. they're at lunch now before england begin their second innings in a match.

they have to win if they're to force a decider in dharam5ala. next, it's billed as the biggest match in rugby league, and wigan warrior5 can now officially call themselves the best in the world after winning the world club challenge for a record—equalling fifth time. they beat the australian champion5 penrith panthers 16—12 after an extraordinary end to the match at the dw stadium. joe lyn5key was watching. the last play of the match. penrith panthers and attack. this game might have changed if the ball touched the ground. we can looked and hoped for a call of no try. ground. we can looked and hoped for a call of no try-— a call of no try. commentator: the week fans shouting _ a call of no try. commentator: the week fans shouting for _ a call of no try. commentator: the week fans shouting forjoy! - a call of no try. commentator: the week fans shouting forjoy! this - a call of no try. commentator: the week fans shouting forjoy! this was | week fans shouting for 'oy! this was ru . b week fans shouting for 'oy! this was rugby league — week fans shouting for 'oy! this was rugby league at h week fans shouting for 'oy! this was rugby league at its _ week fans shouting forjoy! this was rugby league at its exhilarating - rugby league at its exhilarating best. the end of a match to ground the best team in the world. it meant 5o the best team in the world. it meant so much to wigan warrior5. the best team in the world. it meant so much to wigan warriors. the world club challenges a picture with history, a match made for intensity. the first flareup wa5

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however, that's still eight 5hots off the lead, which is held by america's jake knapp after a third round of 7—under par moved him to the top of the leaderboard. zhang anda is through to the final of snooker�*5 players championship, but only just. he led mark selby 4—0 at one stage but selby fought back to make it 5—5, meaning it went to a deciding 11th frame. zhang came out on top and will face mark allen in the final later today. it is it i5a it is a big day of sport including the league cup final at wembley. 0f the league cup final at wembley. of course chel5ea, liverpool will look ahead to that in the next hour. that was a busy day of sport yesterday and another bu5y one to come. thank you. see you later. now, it's time for unspun world withjohn simp5on. this week, john's looking at vladimir putin's position after the death of his biggest political rival, alexei navalny.

hello and welcome to unspun world. it's exactly two yea r5 since our programme launched, and the anniversary comes at a critical moment in the ukrainian war, which is also exactly two years old. russia's gaining ground, and president putin's only serious political opponent, alexei navalny, is dead. "sudden death syndrome", the prison authorities informed his family. well, there's been a lot of that about where mr putin's enemies are concerned. so, is putin untouchable now? we don't see that much of active support for the regime, that much of active support for the war. so this gives us an understanding that putin maybe is not that confident.

do ukrainians feel they're on the road to defeat? i don't think that we can speak now about the defeat. i'm sitting in kyiv, which is a free capital of ukraine. and is world warjust around the cornerfor all of us? the military commanders are saying that there is an unprecedented threat from russia because of the war in ukraine, and they do not believe that that is the limit of president putin's ambition. his most dangerous political rival, alexei navalny, has died in circumstances which still aren't clear. his forces have captured the strategically important city of avdiivka in the donet5k region of ukraine.

but does all this mean that vladimir putin is now safe and sound and free to do whatever he wants now? i asked olga iv5hina of the bbc russian service. in military terms, it seems at the moment, at least from what we know, russian forces are having an upper hand in a number of directions. but is that really a win, though? russia has lost the best of the best of its troops. according to recent counts, russia has lost at least 45,000 men, probably up to 90,000 men, on the front line, killed only. he's lost his strongest critic, his most powerful critic. and he seems to be doing well in the war. does that mean he's free to do anything he likes now? yes and no, i guess, at the same time. he is a hostage of his own actions now, i guess. and as navalny said, if he's not long alive,

it means the price for his existence was too high for russian authorities to pay. i mean, he already was injail. "what was the trouble of keeping him alive?" many people now ask. two independent candidates critical of war, which almost no—one knew, tried to apply to get registered for the elections. both of them were turned down, despite bringing enough signatures. so it's obvious that the kremlin is not allowing even the hint of opposition, which means they're not that comfortable, probably. we must say that protests continue and more than 3,000 people are currently in prison for openly showing their disagreement with the regime. and now, we don't see that much of active support for the regime, that much of active support for the war, which russia still calls "special military operation". so this gives us understanding that

putin maybe is not that confident. i don't think there's a western government that doesn't believe that navalny was murdered. do you think it would be possible for him to have been killed without putin's foreknowledge and full agreement? regardless of what exactly happened on that particular day, before that, navalny was physically and morally exhausted for years. he was put on a very scarce diet. i mean, russian prison food is horrible by most standards, and he was getting even a reduced portion of that because he was always... 27 times in a row he was put into solitary confinement, which is a very confined space. very low temperatures, especially in the arctic circle. it seems quite possible that the highest officials, at least in the prison service, were aware of the situation.

so just four days after navalny�*s death, the head of the russia's prison service received a promotion. he received another star for his shoulders. and that promotion was signed personally by putin. do you think that putin would actually like to do a peace deal now with ukraine? we definitely see that russian diplomats on a different level are sending obvious signals that they're ready for the peace deal. they're signalling that they're ready to discuss the exact conditions on the peace deal. and those messages are being... we see them being delivered on a number of different levels. whether putin wants it as a short—term solution or a long—term solution is a question to discuss. it's hard to imagine, after everything he has said and done, he would be satisfied with what he's got at the moment. but he has got donbas, he's got the eastern part of ukraine and he's got crimea.

but it's way less than his ambition was at the beginning of 2022. he wanted the whole thing. it's definitely less than he was aspiring to. and now, two years later, with all those lives lost and with how the whole machine has changed, he may seem to be prepared for more. but he needs that time to regroup, to replan. but this is just an assumption. from what we see, definitely, russian officials on different levels are pushing for peace negotiations, and i doubt those messages can be sent without approval from the very top. and the idea that he might attack the baltic states? simultaneously, at least now for the russian economy and for russian machine, war machine, it definitely would be an overload. but who knows? in a few years, you know, russian war machine is recovering, russian specialists are getting more and more training, more and more experience, it seems.

so with all that in mind, and especially bearing in mind that putin honestly believes that he is at war with the west already, so will that be much of a change? doesn't feel like it for him. is russia's capture of avdiivka being seen by people in ukraine itself as a sign of approaching defeat? speaking ukrainian interestingly, when i spoke to zhanna bezpiatchuk, correspondent for the bbc ukrainian service, who's in kyiv, i found that they regarded it as further evidence of the way they'd evolved since breaking away from russia back in 1991. but there was no doubt about the seriousness of the position now. ukraine has to retreat. one of the main reasons for now

is that the ukrainian forces, they really have the shortage ofammunition, including, first of all, artillery shells, as well as many other types of weapons. the russian army outnumbers the ukrainian forces by many, many times. and in this particular case, the ukrainian military said that the disparity between the ukraine and the russian forces was 1:15. both sides need to decide what steps they have to take next. and it's time for ukraine to reconsider, probably, its strategy, its tactics and its general approach to this war. as for avdiivka, this town, i know it very much as a journalist. i travelled there, i did reports from avdiivka. now i feel very sorry for civilians, as i know some families from that area

that have to leave behind all their life, their homes, all their belongings. they understand that maybe they're saying goodbye forever to their home. that's always something that is not reported in the breaking news from the front line. is the war lost now? i don't think that we can speak now about the defeat. i'm sitting in kyiv, which is a free capital of ukraine, which has not been occupied by russian forces, as it was planned, within three days. instead of three days, we have the third year, almost the third year of the resistance. this is now a really critical moment. and i myself as a reporter, for example, travelling to the northeast of ukraine and being very close to the front line, i felt this, i saw this. it's a really critical moment in this war. president biden says that avdiivka fell because the republican party in congress wouldn't give the ukrainians

the money and the weapons. is that the view there? this is about the military aid to ukraine, which is urgently needed to provide the ukrainian army with artillery shells and other types of weapons. many, many different sources from the military that i can rely on, they all unanimously said that in general, they had to fire one shell to five, four or sometimes even bigger number of shells from the russian side. will this defeat increase the divisions — political divisions and in military terms — at the top of government in ukraine? it's the critical moment in the ukrainian politics, too. and an open question whether the solidarity, the unity, one voice actions and one voice positions that we've seen at the beginning of the war,

they still will be possible for ukrainian politicians coming from different factions and different parties. i think we can see, first of all, right now that the rift between the ukrainian opposition and the ruling ukrainian party, the rift is increasing. tell me about the way that ordinary people — yourfriends, the people around you in kyiv and elsewhere — have responded to the news of avdiivka. in the soviet times, the lives of soviet soldiers, they didn't mean a lot to soviet generals because the win, the result on the battlefield was above everything else. and avdiivka, it was a test for ukrainian generals.

and what i observed, my friends, military whom i know, journalists, my relatives, they all felt so proud that the new generation of ukrainian commanders, they put the lives of soldiers and officers over the importance of holding the piece of land up to the very, very end. newsreel: in the pentagon in washington, _ the north atlantic defense committee, composed of the 12 atlantic pact nations, meets for the first time. we've spent the last eight decades thinking of ourselves as living in a post—war world. but will future generations regard us as living in a pre—war world? the british defence secretary, grant shapps, certainly think so.

so, we find ourselves at the dawn of this new era. the berlin wall, a distant memory, and we've come full circle, moving from a post—war to pre—war world. an age of idealism has been replaced by a period of hard—headed realism. and there do seem to be a lot of disturbing parallels with the 19305 at the moment. i asked the bbc defence correspondentjohnny beale for his thoughts. people in defence and military commanders are saying that there is a threat, an unprecedented threat from russia, because of the war in ukraine, and they do not believe that that is the limit of president putin's ambitions. that said, you know, clearly, it is not imminent in the sense they're not expecting a war, you know, tomorrow, and it may not be, in terms of russia actually going into a nato country. but i think the feeling is that president putin does feel

he is at war with nato, in a sense, and he is against the nato alliance. he wants to break it up and he is testing it. and, of course, we've got a man who could well be the american president in just a matter of months, clearly doesn't like nato and seems to be saying that he'd encourage russia to attack countries in nato which don't pay their way. it is a real worry, i think, what donald trump is saying within the nato alliance and there is a realisation that they have all, european countries, got to step up. you know, donald trump had a point when he criticised major countries not spending enough because at the time in 2014, there were only three countries spending 2% of gdp, even though that will be soon 18. and, let's be honest, donald trump isn't the first american president to criticise nato. barack obama did exactly the same thing. obama did. you know, america's been telling europe to step up for a long time. it is appearing to step up.

or parts of europe are at the moment but i do not think that's because of the threats from america. i think it's because of the threats they feel from russia. there is a real sense that, you know, without the guarantee of the article 5, which is an attack on one is an attack on all, that you could call nato's bluff, that nato's resolve is being tested so he may not need to attack a country. he may just want to prove that this view that an attack on one is an attack on all is actually empty rhetoric. that could be enough for him, couldn't it? well, it could, couldn't it? i mean, say donald trump does become president of the us and is much less committed to article 5 and to nato and to europe and so on. europe isn't going to be in any state to stand up to putin's russia, is it? there is a problem for europe

if america does not give it security guarantees. and you can see that in the nuclear umbrella that america provides, it has nuclear weapons stationed across europe in case of a threat from russia, has historically. european countries, yes, they have their own capabilities. yes, they're spending more. but they could never match what the us can offer. so, i think part of the rhetoric we're seeing at the moment, we're hearing politicians talking about moving from a post—war to a pre—war era, you're hearing senior military figures, defence figures, warning that there could be an attack by russia on a nato country. part of that is a sort of wake—up call that the only message that president putin will understand is deterrence. but it does look as though they're, well, certainly on the path to doing that, if not actually in sight of doing it. we look at what's happening in ukraine and the weapons provided by europe versus the weapons

provided by the us — which have now dried up — and the reason ukraine is running out of artillery ammunition is because europe cannot fill the gap that america has left. its industry has been run down to your post—cold war era — everything was run down, stockpiles run down, factories run down — and it's taken them two years of war to actually step in, european governments, and ramp up production. everything you've said, to journalists like us talking in the early '305 - 1933, 1934 - would have said exactly the same kind of thing. that's what worries me a bit — that we seem to be kind of acting as retreads for our predecessors. in the sense of 1939, there were years that were bought before war broke out,

that britain did eventually start preparing for a war before the war broke out, and there may be a bit of time now. but i do feel that military chiefs think that that gap, that window is closing. the democratic republic of congo is a huge, ravishingly beautiful country with an extraordinary range of habitats, peoples, cultures, visual arts and music, and a post—colonial history of habitual instability. i've been there a number of times and each time, i felt myself lucky to get out unharmed. now, the eastern city of goma, which has seen plenty of trouble over the years, is being threatened by a paramilitary group called the m23 — which, to british ears

sounds like a motorway but is, in fact, a small army — encouraged, according to the un, by the congo's small, tough, assertive neighbour, rwanda — though rwanda denies this at all. mayeni jones, the bbc west africa correspondent, told me more. the m23 is a rebel group predominantly active in eastern drc and they're named after march 23, which is a date in 2009 when a peace agreement was signed between the congolese government and this group, which is predominantly made of congolese but ethnically tutsi fighters. and some viewers might remember the 1994 genocide in rwanda where tutsis were targeted. following that horrific episode in the country's history, a lot of hutus moved into eastern drc, and that's kind of what's behind the conflict that we're seeing now. so, m23 argue that they're trying to protect ethnic tutsis — who are in the minority in eastern drc — from violence,

from hutu militias that have moved in in the aftermath of the genocide. they say that tutsis are marginalised. and so, this peace accord in 2009 was meant to be a way for the two sides — the congolese government and m23 — to come together. the agreement was that members of the group would be absorbed into the army, there would be tutsi representation in the congolese government. a decade later, that hadn't happened and so, we saw a resurgence of attacks from m23 in 2022 and that has gradually escalated to the heights that we're seeing now. —— the highs that we're seeing now. i've seen suggestions from the us state department that the rwandan government might be behind the m23. is is that correct, do you think? so, both the us and the un say they have credible evidence that the rwandan government, which is majority ethnic tutsi, is supporting this m23 group.

rwanda says this is just blatant racism, thatjust because both the government and members of m23 are tutsis doesn't mean that they are lying, that they deny having any affiliation with m23. but the un's group of kind of experts has published reports where it shows that it has pictures and evidence of rwandan fighters, members of the rwandan fighters, of the rwandan army fighting alongside m23. and also, many analysts and observers of this conflict have said that the reason m23 has been able to gain so much ground is because of how well—armed they are, how well—financed they are, and they believe that rwanda is the only country in the region that has the resources needed for a group like m23 to prosper. goma seems to kind of be a target for militias in that area, doesn't it? absolutely. it's a very strategic city in a very strategic region. the reason why eastern drc

is so contested is because it has a lot of minerals, you know, cobalt, coltan, all of which are needed in the tech that we use every day on our laptops and on our mobile phones. so, whichever military group or governments control the region stand to make a lot of money. and rwanda's critics have said that, you know, in order to kind of further its agenda to become this real geopolitical superpower in east africa, it needs natural resources, and they say that that's why it's supporting m23. rwanda denies that. some analysts have suggested that perhaps m23 isn't fully trying to capture goma because it wouldn't be able to hold on to it and it would draw a huge amount of international condemnation, but perhaps what they want to do is try and apply pressure on the congolese government to negotiate directly with them. the situation inside goma must be pretty worrying. absolutely. i mean, the problem right now is that m23 is controlling some of the main roads into goma. it's home to 500,000

internally displaced people. there's already, you know, tens of thousand more coming into the city, fleeing the violence elsewhere in the region. the un has today announced that it's going to earmark some money to go to what it's described as underserved, undercovered conflict, so that includes the drc and sudan, but it's the lowest amount of funding that it's had since 2018 because there are so many other conflicts elsewhere in the world. for humanitarian agencies, it's a time when they can't really afford to take care of many more people and so, it risks pushing the humanitarian crisis in that region to extremes that we haven't seen before. mayeni jones speaking from lagos. in public, president putin has never once mentioned alexei navalny�*s name, even though — well, perhaps because navalny was the one serious threat to him. the accusations of corruption on an imperial scale which navalny

made against him, with the help of some amazing television coverage, were the one thing that might have raised serious public anger against mr putin among ordinary russians. when navalny stood for mayor of moscow in 2013, he came second with 27% of the vote — even though the system did everything it could to block him. he was constantly being arrested. i once did a quick interview with him at that time, just before the police dragged him away. and in 2018, he was barred from standing for the presidency. can mr putin get away with it, now that navalny is dead? well — and this must be a precedent he's thought about — joseph stalin forced leon trotsky out of russia in 1929 and had him murdered — famously, with an ice axe — in 1940.

and stalin died in his bed 12 long years later. now, there are just a few big—name putin opponents left in russianjails. among them, vladimir kara—murza, who has british as well as russian citizenship. like navalny, he could've stayed abroad but chose to go back to russia. well, we know now how that ended for alexei navalny. that's it from this second anniversary edition of unspun world. the team and i hope you'll continue to follow us and until we meet again, goodbye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben boulos and sarah campbell. our headlines today. conservative mp lee anderson refuses to apologise for comments aimed at london mayor sadiq khan that have been described as anti—muslim. he's been suspended from the party. us and uk fighter planes have carried out more air strikes on houthi targets in yemen in response to a surge in attacks on shipping in the red sea. donald trump is one step closer to the republican presidential nomination after a massive win in south carolina. scotland show their calcutta cup class as they win the trophy for a fourth year in a row, beating england at murrayfield in the six nations. good morning. it's a cold and locally foggy start for some of us this sunday morning. but on the

whole, it is a quiet story. bright with some sunny spells around. the only exception is down in the far south—west and i will give you all the details on that and more coming up the details on that and more coming up shortly. good morning to you. it's sunday the 25th february. our main story. the former conservative deputy chairman lee anderson has admitted the prime minister had no option but to take action over comments he made about the mayor of london. mr anderson has been suspended from the party but has not apologised for his claims about sadiq khan. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. he's mp for ashfield in east midlands. but lee anderson also has a second job as a gb news presenter. that's where he made his controversial comments. i don't actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they've got control of khan and they've got control of london. sadiq khan said the anderson's remarks could raise tensions in london.

these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist. we've seen over the last two days confirmation that over the last few months there's been an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330%. these comments pour fuel on the fire. supporters of lee anderson would say he was simply criticising sadiq khan for not getting a grip, as he saw it on the pro—palestinian protests that take place regularly in london. but that explanation clearly didn't cut it with the man in charge of conservative party discipline, the chief whip. when lee anderson didn't apologise, he suspended him from the parliamentary party. in a statement on social media last night, lee anderson didn't say sorry, but he did say following a call with the chief whip, i understand the difficult position i have put both he and the prime minister and with regard to my comments. i fully accept that they had no option but to suspend the whip in these circumstances.

under david cameron, baroness farsi became the first muslim woman to serve in the cabinet. she said the party had now become too tolerant of divisive language. even before he became a conservative member of parliament and consistently since then there has been controversy around comments that he has made and the party have been aware of that. lee anderson should have had his whip withdrawn many, many months ago. there's been speculation lee anderson could join the ranks of reform uk, the former brexit party. but its leader richard tice, says there's been no contact with him until last month. lee anderson was a deputy chairman of his party. labour say rishi sunak should never have appointed him, but if his suspension lasts until the general election, he will no longer be eligible to stand as a conservative candidate. ian watson, bbc news. we're nowjoined by our political correspondent georgia roberts. georgia, this story is on a lot of the front pages this morning, but no response as yet from the prime minister?

nothing yet from the prime minister directly in response to the comments but the prime minister is this morning talking about the dangers of division and polarisation in politics. he says britain's democracy shouldn't bend to the threat of violence. he says the explosion of prejudice and anti—semitism since the conflict in gaza began is unacceptable and un—british. this of course comes after months of demonstrations in uk cities on the conflict in gaza, including this weekend, the nature of some of them has been a real cause of concern in downing street and more widely. but it also comes off the back of a week in which we saw a massive row in the house of commons over lindsay hoyle's handling of the vote on gaza to the anger of many mp5, breaking with convention he said because he was concerned about threats to mp5' safety. the prime minister this morning said that sent a danger signal that intimidation of this

kind works but we've also got reports today of mp5 needing taxpayer funded bodyguards to go about their business recently which reflects that this is a very real and growing concern, the threat of violence and extremism in politics, especially as we head towards the next general election. brute especially as we head towards the next general election.— especially as we head towards the next general election. we know this is an issue laura _ next general election. we know this is an issue laura will _ next general election. we know this is an issue laura will be _ next general election. we know this is an issue laura will be talking i next general election. we know this is an issue laura will be talking in i is an issue laura will be talking in a programme at nine o'clock. now the now time for the rest of the news. the uk and us have launched another round ofjoint missile strikes against houthi targets in yemen in response to further attacks on cargo ships in the red sea. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says the uk has a duty to protect lives, but the houthis have vowed continued defiance. simonjones reports. take off for what the uk and us are calling the latest necessary and proportionate strikes against houthi targets in yemen. four raf typhoon fighter jets

were involved using precision guided bombs at two sites to take out drones said to be used by the houthis for reconnaissance and attack missions against shipping. the us hit a further six locations. in the capital of yemen, sanaa, smoke could be seen billowing into the night sky. in a joint statement, london and washington said... these precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the houthis use to threaten global trade, naval vessels and the lives of innocent mariners in one of the world's most critical waterways. a week ago, this british owned ship, the ruby ma, was struck by houthi missiles, forcing the crew to abandon ship. and this us—owned cargo vessel, the sea champion, delivering humanitarian aid to yemen, came under attack. the houthis, who control large swathes of yemen, have been targeting vessels they say

are linked to israel and the west in response to the war between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea route typically looks like this. it's one of the busiest in the world, transporting 15% of traded goods, largely from east to west. but because of the houthi attacks, many major shipping firms have diverted around southern africa. it takes ten days longer and hugely increases costs. a houthi military spokesperson said what he called the escalation by the uk and the us would be confronted with more military operations against hostile targets in the red sea. but the uk is warning it won't hesitate to take further action if it's needed. the defence secretary, grant shapps, said it is our duty to protect lives at sea and preserve freedom of navigation. but so far, the threat

from the houthis has not been neutralised, with 45 ships targeted since november. simon jones, bbc news. donald trump has easily defeated nikki haley in the south carolina republican presidential primary. it's his fourth consecutive win where voters choose who they want to be the republican nominee. will vernon reports. # i'm proud to be an american. another victory, another landslide. donald trump didn't even mention his republican rival tonight. he's already got his sights set on the presidential election in november. we're going to be up here on november 5th and we're going to look atjoe biden and we're going to look him right in the eye. he's destroying our country and we're going to say, "joe, you're fired. "get out. "get out, joe. you're fired." this is yet another resounding win for donald trump, who is steam—rolling towards victory

in this primary contest. here in south carolina, mr trump was looking to bolster his position as the undisputed, unassailable front runner in this race, and that's exactly what he's done. y'all are a rowdy bunch. despite trailing trump by a wide margin, nikki haley was defiant, vowing to continue her campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries who were saying they want an alternative. i said earlier this week that no matter what happens in south carolina, i would continue to run for president. i'm a woman of my word. i think that she's a great proponent for women and women's rights, i and i think that it's really important for our- generation to support her. she'll bring normalcy to america and to the world. defeat here will be a personal

setback for mrs haley. she was born in south carolina and served two terms as state governor. the two most disliked politicians in america — trump and biden. i i have a different style and approach. 0n the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself as the younger, more stable alternative to both donald trump and joe biden. over a dozen states will hold their primaries, but with his huge lead in the polls, donald trump's supporters say this race is effectively over. will vernon, bbc news, columbia, south carolina. our correspondent helena humphrey sent this update from south carolina. well, look, let's put it this way. going into this primary, nikki haley's chances of actually winning appear to be very slim now off the back of her fourth consecutive loss to donald trump. i think it's fair to say that chances of her nomination appear to be essentially razor thin.

taking to the stage, she vowed nevertheless to plow on. she said that she's a woman of her word and that she'll go on in these races in michigan, super tuesday as well, where we'll see 16 primary races taking place. mathematically speaking, there is now the chance that donald trump, if he does well on super tuesday, could essentially have clinched this nomination by march instead. and i think it's fair to say that taking a listen to donald trump's victory speech on saturday night, he's already acting as if he has secured the nomination. he didn't mention nikki haley by name whatsoever, instead taking aim at president biden, saying that we will go on, we will win this race, saying that he would, in fact, like to have this race in the coming weeks, confident that he would win over presidentjoe biden. but what his campaign isn't saying out loud is the fact that donald trump is also facing some four criminal trials, some 91 felony charges here in this country. and the haley campaign will be watching that very closely

because they will be thinking that perhaps, just perhaps that is their outside chance of securing the nomination, despite how slim that chance now looks, i think, off the back of this fourth consecutive defeat. and i think it is important to point out that there is nothing in the us constitution which says that somebody who is a convicted criminal cannot run for the white house. the snp says it will push for another commons debate on gaza following the chaotic vote on the conflict earlier this week. there was uproar in the commons when speaker sir lindsay hoyle allowed mp5 to vote on a labour amendment to the snp's ceasefire motion. it meant the snp motion was not voted on, prompting the party to call for sir lindsay to quit. the rmt union has announced that it will supportjeremy corbyn at the next general election. the former labour leader was suspended from the party after an antisemitism row four years

ago, but rmt leader mick lynch says he'll back mr corbyn, should he run as an independent. thousands of people have gathered in kyiv to mark the second anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. president zelensky issued a rallying cry, vowing that his country will prevail. crowds also gathered across the uk in a show of solidarity. the body of russian opposition figure alexei navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokeswoman says. mr navalny died earlier this month in an arctic prison, where he was serving a three—decade sentence. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. alexei navalny�*s mother had spent a week trying to persuade the authorities to release her son's body so that she can lay him to rest. she's finally succeeded. in a post on social media, a spokesperson for the late opposition leader announced that mr navalny�*s body had been handed over to his mother,

and this regarding the funeral. "we do not know if the authorities will interfere to carry it out as the family wants and as alexei deserves." alexei navalny was vladimir putin's most vocal critic, and he became russia's most famous prisoner. in this penal colony beyond the arctic circle, he was serving a 19—year prison sentence on charges widely seen as politically motivated. this is where he died. in a video message earlier today, his widow, yulia, had accused president putin of killing her husband and of holding his body hostage. the kremlin has previously described claims that it was behind mr navalny�*s death "obnoxious and unacceptable." at moscow's main cathedral, people queued to pay their respects to alexei navalny.

for in the orthodox faith, the ninth day after death is a significant moment. outside, there were police checks, officers demanding id from some of those who'd come here. and across town, more flowers. there are no details yet of when or where mr navalny will be laid to rest. the last thing the authorities will want is for his funeral to become a very public display of support for the man who had challenged the kremlin. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. tomorrow the prime minister is expected to announce how funding from the abandoned hs2 plans — worth billions of pounds — will be shared across regional councils. the prime minister announced in the autumn that the rail link between the midlands and manchester would be scrapped, sparking anger from political leaders and businesses.

mr sunak said the money could fund a range of other projects. oppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the screen actors guild awards overnight. christopher nolan's movie won best film cast, while cillian murphy and robert downeyjunior won individual acting prizes. accepting the top award on behalf of the cast, sir kenneth branagh said they were all "grateful, humbled and proud". not long until the oscars no. you think they would be a pretty safe bet, wouldn't you? yes, that build—up all the other ceremonies which gives you a clue is what's happening but the oscars is the big one. so many different outfits you got to have if you are a hollywood star at this time of year. it's a big problem for them. louise, she always looks gorgeous. good morning.

trying hard. good morning, everybody. talking of gorgeous, absolutely beautiful sunrise this morning. a really eclectic mix of weather stories out there first thing this morning. this is scarborough, north yorkshire with the sunrise reflecting on the clouds, that beautiful orange stripe behind me, but this is kent and we got poor visibility in some areas with some frost and fog around so it is a pretty cold start. lowest values are so far this morning have been in north—east scotland, generally temperatures way below freezing, minus eight celsius. a widespread frost around. look at the difference in plymouth. 7 degrees this morning because there is a cloud and rain which will linger through much of the day as well. so some rain moving its way through cornwall up through devon and south wales and a few scattered showers up to the far north of scotland tending to linger throughout the day but for most of

us not a bad story. the morning fog that will lift. there will be a bit more cloud generally across central and eastern england. further north we are likely to see the best of the sunshine and any showers will be quite isolated. this rain will turn quite isolated. this rain will turn quite heavy through the afternoon. across those channel coasts. top temperatures like yesterday, 6—10. if you get the sunshine it will feel pleasant enough. overnight tonight, the rain will continue to push its way steadily eastwards. another inch falling on pretty saturated ground, so we really don't need that so it's going to be another wet muddy old start across that far south—east coast first thing. wet for the kent coast, cloudy and mild conditions to start our day on monday. a touch of frost still likely in scotland and perhaps northern england. but the most important thing perhaps on monday is the direction and the strength of the wind. a cold north

easterly. a lot of dry weather around. a lot of sunshine at times but you need to factor in the direction and strength of the wind. gusts in excess of 35 miles an hour, perhaps 40 down to the south will make it feel cooler than these temperatures suggest. moving out of monday into tuesday, a brief ridge of high pressure building, quieting things down. fine weather to start the working week with the exception up the working week with the exception up into the north—west. here we will see wet and windy weather arriving so rain into scotland and northern ireland gradually snaking its way out of the borders into northern england and wales. ahead of it, more cloud. relatively dry and temperatures again peaking at 10 celsius. back to you. thanks very much, louise. we will see later in the morning. we're talking this morning about the financial crisis facing many councils in england, as they try to deal with huge gaps between the amount they can raise in tax and the money they must

spend on services. in the last week or so, the government has appointed commissioners to help run nottingham city council after it declared a £23 million shortfall. cheshire east council asked westminster for "exceptional financial support" to plug a gap of more than £17 million. and the local authority in slough has said it's planning to increase council tax bills by 8.5% after raising them by nearly 10% last year, after racking up debt of more than £700 million. but the biggest city to effectively declare bankruptcy is birmingham, which is facing a £300 million deficit over two years, and this week councillors proposed huge cuts to try to claw some money back. that plan includes 600 job losses, a switch to fortnightly bin collections, and a reduction in arts funding, plus a large government loan to be repaid by the sale of land and buildings. reporter rob mayor has been speaking

to people in birmingham. there's one seriously hot topic on the menu for customers at the as cafe in erdington. people are furious and it's not their fault. that's all you hear. it's not ourfault, you know. they've gone out and wasted millions and millions. regular mandy is registered disabled. at the moment, she manages with her husband, who also has health problems. but she's worried cuts to care services in birmingham will mean help won't be there when they need it. if they stop that, i don't know where the money is going to come from. my husband's partially blind, and if we have to pay them money, you know, quite extensive amounts of money, i can see both of us ending up on the streets. ever since birmingham declared itself effectively bankrupt last year, it's been clear there would be cuts on a scale never seen in the city before. people are learning just how much

more tax they'll pay, how their bins won't be collected as often, how there will be fewer services to look after the most vulnerable people. the reaction has been one of anger and a fear for the future as well. we pay our taxes and it's not our fault that it's gone up and we feel like we're getting penalised for it. it'll get better eventually, but it's not good at the moment. not a nice place to live. why should we be penalised for their misdemeanours? i so we're getting less i service over the years. we don't even get bin bags any more. less service. but now we have to pay— for the things that they have done. they're talking about doing the same next year. where do we get the money from? every thursday to empty the rubbish? because if not, it's going to stink. we can have rats running around the block. there's rats running around now. a £760 million equal pay bill and an £80 million overspend

on a dysfunctional it system are key parts of birmingham's financial problems. the labour leadership also claims to have lost £1 billion in government funding since 2010. but political reaction to this budget has been scathing. i feel angry at the way the council have failed the people of birmingham. this labour administration were warned time and again about these issues and they put their head in the sand instead of dealing with them. the people of birmingham elected the councillors in this council house to make tough decisions and to be on top of the detail. and this labour administration have failed to do that. talking about millions taken out of primarily children's services and adult social care, that's really going to hit the most vulnerable in our communities if we're taking a quarter of the potential housing budget. we know the situation that birmingham is already in. that's going to push it even further to the brink. back in erdington, there is one clear message to those in charge. you've got us into this

mess, you get us out. joining us now is abi brown, who's a conservative councillor and deputy chair of the local government association. good morning to you. lots of people will be watching that piece from birmingham and they will be thinking is my council tax going to go up? are my bin collection is going to be reduced? should they be worried? i think the vt you've just shown gives a good feel for the challenges local government of got at the moment. of course i'm not underplaying the challenges in places like birmingham but it's worth saying they are a minority of councils doing this. however, we are all facing challenges moving forward in terms of how we continue to deliver services people most rely on. what services people most rely on. what are the reasons _ services people most rely on. what are the reasons for _ services people most rely on. what are the reasons for those _ are the reasons for those challenges? there are obviously specific things in birmingham and

nottingham, but is it fair to say that across england, most councils are facing financial challenges? i think that's fair comment. residents pay council tax but councils also receive business rates, and also from government, and the money received from government over the last ten years or so has been decreasing, meanwhile we see an increase in the need for those services particular for children and adults. therefore something has to give in the middle. we lobby government to raise awareness of the challenges we face but also to recognise the financial challenges of how we fund those services. what of how we fund those services. what has to give? — of how we fund those services. what has to give? the _ of how we fund those services. what has to give? the services _ of how we fund those services. what has to give? the services of a government? the government say they are given an extra £600 million support package for cancer across england this year, an increase of 7.5% in terms, is that anywhere near enough? 7.5% in terms, is that anywhere near enou~h? ~ ~' ., 7.5% in terms, is that anywhere near enou~h? ~ ~ ., , enough? well, i think we would still sa there enough? well, i think we would still say there is — enough? well, i think we would still say there is a _ enough? well, i think we would still say there is a need _ enough? well, i think we would still say there is a need for— enough? well, i think we would still say there is a need for more - enough? well, i think we would still| say there is a need for more support however we have lobbied consistently

over the years and we are pleased to see the government recognised that this year with an additional uplift of the cash announced a few weeks ago and hopefully that will make a huge amount of difference to a great many councils across the country but nonetheless, longer term there is a challenge in terms of how councils are funded and equally, the rising challenge around particularly vulnerable children and adults within our communities. where are the real pinch _ within our communities. where are the real pinch points? _ within our communities. where are the real pinch points? children i the real pinch points? children services and _ the real pinch points? children services and support _ the real pinch points? children services and support for i the real pinch points? childrenl services and support for adults, vulnerable adults, things we have to do is councils, and everything else really is nice to have which i know is very difficult for councils to explain, and it's difficult for residents to hear because the vast majority of people have experienced those adult services or children's services, but there are increasing numbers accessing their services and the cost of delivering those is also rising at the same time which means everything else hurts. what

rising at the same time which means everything else hurts.— everything else hurts. what is a nice to have _ everything else hurts. what is a nice to have service _ everything else hurts. what is a nice to have service as - everything else hurts. what is a nice to have service as opposed j everything else hurts. what is a i nice to have service as opposed to an essential service customer public toilets, libraries, culture and museums, inward investment, they are funded by less than 50% of most councils budget is now. brute funded by less than 50% of most councils budget is now.— funded by less than 50% of most councils budget is now. we will see an increase — councils budget is now. we will see an increase in _ councils budget is now. we will see an increase in cost _ councils budget is now. we will see an increase in cost for _ councils budget is now. we will see an increase in cost for adults i councils budget is now. we will see an increase in cost for adults and i an increase in cost for adults and children services, 60%—70% of councils to provide those services are spending their cash on adults and children services now. it’s and children services now. it's those nice _ and children services now. it's those nice to _ and children services now. it's those nice to have things which are going to be cut? brute those nice to have things which are going to be cut?— those nice to have things which are going to be cut? we don't have any choice but to _ going to be cut? we don't have any choice but to deliver _ going to be cut? we don't have any choice but to deliver children i going to be cut? we don't have any choice but to deliver children and i choice but to deliver children and aduu choice but to deliver children and adult services. i don't think this is something councils want to do. we believe strongly in providing support in our communities can also providing other things which make our place is special but you know we don't have a choice but to continue to support the elderly and the young. it's a very important duty we have on us and we are doing our best with those two competing needs. ok. with those two competing needs. ok, thank ou with those two competing needs. 0k, thank you very much.

with its tense and sometimes brutal telling of police rookies in belfast, blue lights was one of the most popular new tv dramas last year. well, it's returning to our screens for a second season and there are two more in the pipeline. our reporter ita dungan has the details. do you want to know how i think it's going for the three of you? not very well, to put it mildly. in season one, we met the three rookie officers. set in belfast, blue lights was a police drama for a new generation, one where the troubles were not front and centre. and it went down very well indeed. so well, that season two is nearly ready for our screens, still in belfast, but a different location. so season two is in this part of the city? yeah, we've come east. we filmed over here for most of season two, a bit in the city centre as well. season one was set in the west. yeah, we thought we wanted to see a different side of belfast, you know, equal opportunity. but making something that appeals to people here is one thing.

bringing along audiences from elsewhere is something different. for writer declan lawn it's all about the people. for us, the key here is if you have good characters in a situation that's kind of universal, like everyone started a newjob, everybody has felt out of their depth. and if you concentrate on them, then people will put up with a lot, even if they don't understand the context. it's all about the characters. not limited to season two, the bbc has just commissioned seasons three and four. all very good news. we know now that we're going to be working on this for three, maybe four years, like we know what we're doing. and that's really rare in television drama. you almost never know what you're doing next year. so, yeah, to have that certainty helps us creatively, but it also helps the industry, it helps a lot of individuals. it's just a really positive thing. so prepare for more filming on the streets of belfast

as the rookies continue to learn their trade. that report from ita dungan. and you can watch series one of blue lights now on bbc iplayer ahead of the new series this spring. it is downloaded and on my list to see as well. sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at nine o'clock this morning. it's been a chaotic week in the comments, real concern over the threats and intimidation aimed mp5? that's right, it's been a week of nastiness in westminster, a real concern about intimidation, real concern about intimidation, real concern about intimidation, real concern about whether balance should lie between protecting mp5 and their families and also protecting people's rights to protest. but also there have been claims and accusations of racism, islamophobia, in the conservative party, so this morning we will speak to the deputy prime minister oliver dowden, rishi sunak�*s right—hand man, asking him what's going on in the tory party. i've also been speaking on the

second anniversary of the war in ukraine, the leader of estonia, one of those countries that is a neighbour next to russia, about her fears for how wrong things could go if the west doesn't do more to stand up if the west doesn't do more to stand up to vladimir putin right now. the mayor of manchester andy burnham will join mayor of manchester andy burnham willjoin us on the panel talking about his new book. what does he have to say now is turned into an author too? see you at 9am with plenty more. author too? see you at 9am with plenty more-— author too? see you at 9am with [en more. ., ., ., ~ plenty more. thanks, laura. a really im ortant plenty more. thanks, laura. a really important issue _ plenty more. thanks, laura. a really important issue now. _ around one and a half million people in the uk are affected by the agonising condition endometriosis, but specialist surgery is offering hope. the procedure, which uses a robot, has been running in bristol for the last 14 months, and almost 200 patients have been treated so far. our health correspondent matthew hill has the details. antonia has lost count of the number of operations she's had for a condition she suffered from for 30 years. i was on 180 milligrams

of morphine a day. i was housebound. bedbound. no social life. and no, my lifejust was miserable. endometriosis affects one in ten women and involves tissue becoming inflamed. it can develop anywhere in the body, but most commonly occurs in the lining of the womb. antonia ended up going private eight years ago in london, where her endometriosis was surgically removed using a robot. i came off the morphine came from antidepressants, no painkillers, and i got my life back. according to consultants i've spoken to up until now, getting the surgery, which transformed antonia's life, has been a bit of a postcode lottery. but now southmead hospital has set up this centre specialising in endometriosis, offering women across the southwest treatment. using a robot, the surgeon is able

to penetrate inaccessible areas more precisely. it can give you like greater articulation, makes you access certain areas of the pelvis that you can't access, like easily. with laparoscopic surgery, it gives you better identification of the disease and more precise excision. the new centre is also home to a team of dedicated radiologists, specialist nurses, colorectal and cardiothoracic surgeons and pain specialists. we also are quite unique in that we have really good connections with our team, so it means that we can offer a lot and offer a broader range of treatments. since the robotic surgery started here 14 months ago, around 200 patients have been treated. length of stay have halved to around one day. waiting times have also reduced from two years to one year and complication rates have reduced significantly. i have friends. i have a social life. we go out, i go with my husband. we go away for weekends. i can go for long walks with people, with friends and family.

and i'm standing tall rather than crouched down all the time. and it's just amazing. absolutely amazing. matthew hill, bbc news. it's just incredible, the difference that kind of technology can make to people's everyday lives and giving hope to people affected by it. breakfast is on bbc two until nine o'clock this morning. still to come this morning... we'll be finding out how dogs are being trained to detect parkinson's disease, in the hope people can be diagnosed earlier. really looking forward to meeting peanut the dog. and we'll be joined on the sofa by frank rothwell, the record—breaking rower who's back home after his tra ns—atla ntic challenge. we're on bbc two until nine o'clock this morning, but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one.

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with ben boulos and sarah campbell. time now for some sport. big day in the rugby yesterday. it was, and perhaps two results we were expecting, ireland were formidable, but ireland won a thing that comes to be, and scotland against england, so scotland should do it, they won four in a row, the first time since 1866. england is a work in progress at the moment. they really showed their teeth and why they are serious contenders. for the first time in almost 130 years scotland have won four successive matches against england, meaning the calcutta cup stays

with gregor townsend's side. they were up against it early on — england led 10—0 at murrayfield — before a masterclass from duhan van der merwe guided scotland to a deserved victory. he scored all three of their tries — becoming the first scottish player to score a calcutta cup hat—trick. 30—21 it finished, with scotland's head coach full of praise afterwards for his star winger. he was great today. i think he just saw the _ he was great today. i think he just saw the opportunities and went for it. saw the opportunities and went for it ill— saw the opportunities and went for it it! be _ saw the opportunities and went for it. i'll be winding him up later to say they— it. i'll be winding him up later to say they were just runnings, but a couple _ say they were just runnings, but a couple of— say they were just runnings, but a couple of them were great, the first try was— couple of them were great, the first try was really special, we didn't have _ try was really special, we didn't have much— try was really special, we didn't have much ball, we were able to have, _ have much ball, we were able to have, very — have much ball, we were able to have, very often in that first 50 minutes, — have, very often in that first 50 minutes, but you're not the defence, there _ minutes, but you're not the defence, there to _ minutes, but you're not the defence, there to support. ireland remain the team to catch though — as they made it 3 wins from 3. they beat wales 31—7 in dublin — james lowe with the pick of their four tries,

as they move a step closer to becoming the first team to win back—to—back grand slams in the six nations era. england are trying to steady themselves as india fightback on the third day of the fourth test in ranchi, a match england have to win if they're to force a series decider. earlier, shoaib ba5hir picked up his maiden five—wicket haul, but dhrquurel here smashed his way to 90 as india passed the 300 mark. a good total given where they were earlier in the innings. all out for 307 giving england a 46 run lead. but ravichandran ashwin took in two, ben duckett there out for 15, and ollie pope gone with the very next ball. crawley and root had steadied things. england are 65 for two after lunch, a lead of 111 runs. the super league champions wigan have won the world club challenge for a record—equalling fifth time — after beating the australian champions penrith panthers. this was a breathless thriller to the end, 16—12 it finished with the warriors running in three tries. but there was late drama — penrith thought they'd scored a try

in the final moments — but it was deemed — no try — heartbreak for the panthers who've now lost all of their four attempts at ruling the world. it was wigan that were left to celebrate a famous win. they were just a group of outstanding lads. i love working with them. i think you can see in the game which is what it means to them. we played penrith on another night, they could beat any team in the world, but they never given, this tonight we wanted it that little bit more. it took a special effort, theyjust wanted it so much. some sad news to bring you next — the former england and queens park rangers forward, stan bowles, has died at the age of 75. he'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, and played more than 560 games in english football, capped five times by england. he made 315 appearances for qpr,

scoring 97 goals for the club and also played for manchester city, bury, crewe, carlisle, nottingham forest, leyton orient and brentford. in a statement on social media, queens park rangers have called bowles "a footballing icon and arguably the greatest to have ever worn our famous blue and white hoops." he finished his career at brentford — who have also paid tribute, saying "one of the finest ever to play in red and white, we mourn the death of stan bowles. a great entertainer and character who put smiles on the faces of all who saw him play." well, bowles started his career at manchester city — and it's pep guardiola's side who continue to keep pace with the premier league leaders liverpool. they're just one point behind them after beating bournemouth 1—0 — phil foden with the goal, another solid performance from him — which delighted the manager. phil is playing the best football

i've ever seen on him, so the quality that he's producing and everything is unbelievable. he is already a top—class player, but everyone makes a contribution, and — really pleased. arsenal remain very much in the title race too — after they thrashed newcastle 4—1 to move back within two points of top spot. bukayo saka with arsenal's third — that's six league wins in a row now for mikel arteta's side. manchester united's hopes of finishing in the top four suffered a setback after a 2—1 defeat at home to fulham — alex iwobi with the winner in the 97th minute, ending united's four match winning run in the league. united are now eight points behind aston villa in 4th. they beat nottingham forest 4—2, douglas luiz scoring twice for the home side. it leaves forestjust four points above the relegation zone. everton are just a point

above the bottom three after conceding a 95th minute equaliser at brighton. lewis dunk with the goal for the home side, who played the last 20 minutes with ten men. 1—1 it finished. and there was a winning start for new crystal palace manager oliver glasner who took over from roy hodgson. they beat struggling burnley 3—0 — chris richards with the first goal of the new era. palace up to 13th, eight points clear of the relegation zone. chelsea and liverpool get a break from the premier league — because this afternoon at wembley, they meet in the final of the carabao cup. just as they did two years ago when liverpool won it on penalties. mauricio pochettino is targeting what would be his first trophy in english football, and some solace from what has been a disappointing season so far whilst forjurgen klopp and liverpool this could be the first trophy of a potential quadruple. nesta mcgregor reports. for more than eight years, jurgen klopp has been liverpool's chief conductor. although his style, attacking,

aggressive, high pressing, has been branded more heavy metal football. yet, for the german, who is no stranger to the wembley stage, this is somewhat of a farewell tour. i will leave the club at the end of the season. and it could be some sendoff. this weekend is one of four trophies the reds are still in contention to win, albeit with an injury hit squad. as long as we have 11, we will go for it. that's all i can promise. ifjurgen klopp has provided liverpool with almost a decade of stability and leadership, the opposite can be said for chelsea. mauricio pochettino is their tenth manager in ten years, and under a new owner they've spent £1 billion on players — yet so far this season the results have been below par. we have 90 minutes to achieve that, and, yes, we are going to fight. i think the team is ready. we are going to be very competitive, and i think this is a chance for us.

well, no club has won this trophy more times than liverpool, nine, but they are facing an injury crisis with a host of players unavailable, including trent alexander—arnold and their influential goalkeeper alisson becker. as for chelsea, well, victory at wembley will guarantee european football next season, and it could provide a much—needed spark that fans will be desperate for. something that was perhaps missing three weeks ago when these two teams met in the premier league, and it was liverpool who came out on top. 4—1 was such a flattering scoreline on chelsea! because it could be five, six, seven. it was an absolute destruction. so, that will play in their mind. but remember, that was at anfield. anfield is a tough place to go, especially for a lot of young players. so, a tale of two managers at different points in their respective journeys with their clubs. a clash of styles, but will it be the reds or blues in full voice after the final whistle?

looking forward to it. three o'clock kick—off at wembley, large coverage on the radio. thank you very much, we'll see later in the morning. here's louise with the weather. good morning all. look at this beautiful sunrise in nottinghamshire. one area of the country that has seen some miserable weather in february. it has been wet, hasn't it? i'm sure this is very, very welcome at the moment. firstly, yes, cold, yes, but the wet weather is sitting down to the south—west, and that is where it is likely to stay for much of the day today. so, that quite story for most of us will continue. there is some fog around us as well, some of it has been dense in places. that will lift, and generally speaking we keep a lot of dry, fine weather. minimal cloud through central wales, through the central midlands and the london area compared to tomorrow, and it

will nudge its way to the isle of wight by the end of the afternoon. compared to the feel of the weather, six to 10 degrees are overall high, as regards leave in the high will drift its way steadily eastwards. we'll see about an inch of rain, which falling on saturated ground is still a concern, so it's to leave in the high will drift its way steadily eastwards. we'll see about an inch of rain, which falling on saturated ground is still a concern, so it's still a miserable night along channel coast. the rain gradually pulling away through the kent coast by dawn tomorrow morning. the winds are they going to swing round to north—easterly. it will be frost—free across much of central and southern areas because of the amount of cloud round, and will keep the skies are north—west england, scotland and maybe northern ireland will have a touch of light frost as well. as you move into monday, the rain clears the way, the strong north—easterly winds will take over, a lot of dry weather for most of us, but you need to factor in the strength of the direction of the wind. down to the south will see a sub in excess of 40 miles an hour.

in terms of the feel of things, in the drier, sunnier moments it will feel, with a little shelter, quite pleasant. highs of 10 celsius. loads to come in the programme, including peanut the dog. i'm fascinated to meet peanut. medical detection dog trained to smell all symptoms of parkinson's. find out exactly how you train a dog to do that. that would be after eight o'clock. ., . . o'clock. peanuts will be in the studio with — o'clock. peanuts will be in the studio with us. _ we'll be back with the headlines at eight. now it's time for click. the six nations rugby union

tournament is well under way, but there's something different this year that you might not even notice. yeah, players are wearing new mouth guards which can detect the impact of knocks and bumps and the data is then used in head injury assessments. it's part of a rule change rolling out across all elite rugby union games — and alasdair keane's been finding out more. it is a tiny, tiny chip in what looks like a normal mouth guard. yes, it is. essentially, what it does is it measures head accelerations. so how much does your head move — forward, backward, rotational? it has a piece of technology in the left—hand side of the mouth guard, what we call the buccal cavity. and it's got some really interesting tech inside, so...

we have now introduced these smart mouth guards into the head injury assessment process. so, essentially, whenever a player sustains an impact or a force or a knock on a field that's above a threshold that's been pre—identified, an alert goes from the smart mouth guard that they're wearing to the matchday doctor that's standing pitchside, and the player then will be removed and entered into the head injury assessment. so this is an addition to the process because, at the moment, there are a variety of criteria that result in a player being removed for a head injury assessment and those are typically observable signs and symptoms — so, like, the player looking a little bit dazed or confused or taking excessively long to get up off the ground. are you expecting more players to be taken off, so there's the fine balance that we have to reach between wanting to flag players for having significant knocks and bringing them off, but we also can't just wrap the game and have an excessive number of players coming off. so we expect, based on where the thresholds are set that we've based from data that we've collected over the last two years, we expect about one alert per match.

you have lots of players spread over a huge area. they're all going to have their mouth guards in, but you're still able to get that data back in real time. yeah, and the system is really simple. so it's a bluetooth—enabled technology. so it works off an i0s device or an android device. so as long as you're within range of the bluetooth, which can be up to 50 metres, 100 metres, depending on the bluetooth frequency within the arena, it will communicate and give you live data. so, again, it will tell you if there's been a big head acceleration or the volume of head accelerations that have happened. what we're seeing with this type of technology, which is common in iphones and all sorts of other electronics, is they're getting smaller and smaller. and we believe that this technology willjust continue to get smaller. the battery technology is becoming smaller as well. whistle blows.

so i'm obviously a fraction of the size of an elite rugby player. i wasn't hitting anywhere near as hard as they do. did it register anything? in the background, it's picking up the tackles, but for our application, it has to hit a certain threshold. and you didn't reach that, which is great. i've got some examples here, though, of what this might look like over the course of a season for a professional athlete, if you want to have a look. yeah, let's do that. you can click on the individual events themselves and you can actually look at where the individual received the impact. so from the mouth guard, it can detect where in the head was hit. the mouth guard's connected, it's on the teeth, which is connected to your mandible, or cranium, sorry, so it can detect where on the...head or on the upper body that the actual impact came from. this comes at a critical time for rugby. scores of former players have launched a legal action against governing bodies over

the long—term impact on their health from playing the game. but it's advancements in technology that make this new monitoring procedure possible, and officials hope that will make the game safer. there are voices from experts and former players who say, actually, the game should be changing. you shouldn'tjust be introducing these mouth guards, you need to stop the big hits from happening. mm—hm. is this enough? that is a hard one because rugby is a contact sport. there will always be an element of contact to it. so what we need to do, in our roles in the player welfare space, is try and make that contact as safe for players as possible. so ultimately, this technology, it will lead to changes to the game and changes to the way players train. but now we need to collect data from players over a period of time to then really understand what the game and training looks like for these players, and we can then make changes. you're going to gather all this data. once you have it, is there actually an appetite, though, to react to it and change the game? absolutely. i would say, without a doubt,

we've had incredibly warm and responsive responses from teams and from players and various coaching staff. i don't think anyone would deny — or, largely, everyone would acknowledge — that the game needs to continually try to make safer, and we need to reduce this impact to players. so absolutely, everybody is on board with it, this is still new technology being used on this scale for the first time. there's going to be continued scrutiny of the data it collects and how that informs the debate on changing the game. it's a very important time of year in hollywood right now — it's the lead—up to the oscars. and the category that we always get really excited about is visual effects. mm—hm.

so let's take a look behind the scenes at one of the frontrunners. right now, artificial intelligence is on everyone's minds. but what might happen if it became way more advanced and intelligent robots became part of our society? would we accept them as real people? the 2023 movie the creator imagines such a future, but one in which — surprise, surprise — things go badly wrong. rapid beeping. if the crew is small enough, it's cheaper to fly anywhere in the world than it is to build a set. when gareth edwards shot his movie, he wanted to save as much money on the traditional elements of movie—making as possible, so more could be spent on the cgi. it was, essentially, trying to get back to all the pros and positive elements of doing a guerrilla film. so gareth took charge of the camera himself, moving around, improvising, hunting for angles and getting off—the—cuff performances from actors, all the while keeping the production team as small as possible. and as gareth would move around

and frame on the actors, if you were to have an overhead view of what was happening, it was like this little snake behind gareth, because whenever he moved, we all shuffled behind him so that he had the freedom tojust have the actors running up and down. and we...just stayed behind him, stay out of the frame. it almost felt like a student film. it was very indie. gareth's background in visual effects also persuaded industrial light & magic to dispense with a lot of the expensive planning that goes into cgi shots. he was confident they could paint in whatever was necessary afterwards. some of the money saved could then be spent creating moments that make the robots seem more human. he appeals t0 child. we went to, like, a real village in the himalayas and we shot real familiesjust existing — an old ladyjust giving her grandson a chocolate bar, whatever — and as i'm filming it, i'm thinking, "oh, my god, if we can make her a robot..." i've never seen that in a film

before, like the idea of something so intimate and beautiful, but with al. and so, like, these were the sort of shots i was trying to find and give to ilm. often, visual effects, because it can be expensive to complete a shot, you really reserve it for those hero moments... and so you wouldn't get some of those throwaway moments that many people have responded to. iwould... i basically didn't tell people towards the end whether they were going to be al or not in the movie, which made the visual effects really difficult because we didn't have tracking markers or anything on anybody. i found that once you tell someone they're a robot, they start behaving like a robot. but while the movie still spent a lot on the creation of the robots themselves and also on the big action sequences, new camera technology helped to speed up the shooting and reduce the crew size even further. we shot the movie on a new camera that came outjust before we started

filming, which was called the sony fx3. and it's kind of the size of a domestic mirrorless camera, and it meantjust working backwards. the camera was small. it meant it could now go on equipment called a gimbal, which stabilises the shot. and then because of the sensitivity of the camera, it meant we didn't need really powerful, crazy, massive lights on big cranes all the time. we could have battery—operated led lights. and so just like you have a boom operator with a microphone, we had what's called a best boy — nancy, her name was — and she had a pole with the light on the end. and so as we're filming a scene, i suddenly want to go round here. normally on a movie, that would take 15 minutes to move all the lights and move all the equipment, i would just move with the camera and she would move with the light. and within, like, five seconds, it was re—lit like another set—up, as it's called. and it was a massively liberating thing that i think helped us basically do it a lot cheaper than a normalfilm. in order to help the digital

artists match their cgi to the action—causing camera, locations are often 3d—scanned using lidar. and even here, the kit used on the creator was really boiled down to the bare essentials. i have a lidar scanning app on my iphone. it allowed me, within five minutes, again, when the team would break and then i would have the space to myself, that i'm able tojust wander around and paint those details in. just pointing the phone around to the walls and ceiling will allow me to create a representation, a 3d representation of that scene. so a top tip — always have a lidar scanner in your pocket. never know when it's going to come in handy. exactly! brother. they found us. we weren't careful enough. i have no doubt at all that when ai turns up, we will treat them as people. i mean, even messing around with chatgpt now, and just out of curiosity, i'm really careful at the end to thank it and apologise if i've offended it because i know it's like...

they're going to be our new overlords at some point. thankfully, because i made this film, though, i'm going to be let off the hook. so when you're all rounded up, they're going to be like, "leave him. he gets us." lara: and that's it for the short version of the programme. i full length show can be found on iplayer. thanks very much for watching, we'll see you soon. bye! good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben boulos and sarah campbell. our headlines today.

conservative mp lee anderson refuses to apologise for comments aimed at london mayor sadiq khan that have been described as anti—muslim — he's been suspended from the party. us and uk fighter planes have carried out more air strikes on houthi targets in yemen in response to a surge in attacks on shipping in the red sea. donald trump is one step closer to the republican presidential nomination after a massive win in south carolina. and we'll speak to frank rothwell — the oldest man ever to row solo across the atlantic — not once, but twice. scotland show their calcutta cup class as they win the trophy for a fourth year in a row, beating england at murrayfield in the six nations. good morning. a cold and locally foggy start for sun this sunday morning. 0n the whole, it is a quiet

story. bright with sunny spells. the only exception is in the far south—west and i will give you the details and more coming up shortly. it's sunday, the 25th february. our main story. the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson, has admitted the prime minister had no option but to take action over comments he made about the mayor of london. mr anderson has been suspended from the party, but has not apologised for his claims about sadiq khan. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. he's the mp for ashfield in east midlands. but lee anderson also has a second job as a gb news presenter. that's where he made his controversial comments. i don't actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they've got control of khan and they've got control of london. sadiq khan said lee anderson's remarks could raise tensions in london. these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic,

are anti—muslim and are racist. we've seen over the last two days confirmation that over the last few months there's been an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330%. these comments pour fuel on the fire. supporters of lee anderson would say he was simply criticising sadiq khan for not getting a grip, as he saw it, on the pro—palestinian protests that take place regularly in london. but that explanation clearly didn't cut it with the man in charge of conservative party discipline, the chief whip. when lee anderson didn't apologise, he suspended him from the parliamentary party. in a statement on social media last night, lee anderson didn't say sorry, but he did say, following a call with the chief whip, "i understand the difficult position i have put both he and the prime minister and with regard to my comments. i fully accept that they had no option but to suspend the whip in these circumstances. " under david cameron, baroness farsi became the first muslim woman to serve

in the cabinet. she said the party had now become too tolerant of divisive language. even before he became a conservative member of parliament and consistently since then there has been controversy around comments that he has made and the party have been aware of that. lee anderson should have had his whip withdrawn many, many months ago. there's been speculation lee anderson could join the ranks of reform uk, the former brexit party. but its leader, richard tice, says there's been no contact with him. until last month, lee anderson was a deputy chairman of his party. labour say rishi sunak should never have appointed him. but if his suspension lasts until the general election, he will no longer be eligible to stand as a conservative candidate. iain watson, bbc news. we're joined by our political correspondent georgia roberts. no apology from mr anderson and as yet no direct response from the prime minister.— yet no direct response from the prime minister. nothing from the

prime minister. nothing from the prime minister _ prime minister. nothing from the prime minister yet _ prime minister. nothing from the prime minister yet on _ prime minister. nothing from the prime minister yet on the - prime minister. nothing from the i prime minister yet on the anderson's comments but the prime minister saying a few words this morning about dangers in division and polarisation in politics after a fractious week in westminster, the prime minister talking about how democracy should not bend to the threat of violence. he said the explosion of prejudice and anti—semitism since the conflict in gaza began is as unacceptable as it is not british. this comes after protests in london and months of protests in london and months of protests across the uk about the conflict in gaza, the nature of some of which has been a cause for concern in downing street and more widely. it comes after a week in which the safety of mp5 themselves has been put in the spotlight and we have seen this week in the commons, a row after speaker lindsay hoyle allowed, the way he handled the vote on gaza in the commons, breaking with convention, and he said he did so because of concerns about threats

mp5 faced in constituencies, many facing protests, and saying some coming under threats. the prime minister saying that sent a dangerous signal that intimidation of this kind works. also reports today of mp5 needing taxpayer funded bodyguards as they go about their business in constituencies because of rising threats. clearly there is concern over violence and extremism in uk politics, particularly as we head to the general election. thanks. important issues we know laura kuenssberg will talk about on her programme at nine o'clock. now the rest of the news. plenty happening this morning. the uk and us have launched another round ofjoint missile strikes against houthi targets in yemen in response to further attacks on cargo ships in the red sea. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says the uk has a duty to protect lives, but the houthis have vowed continued defiance.

simonjones reports. take off for what the uk and us are calling the latest necessary and proportionate strikes against houthi targets in yemen. four raf typhoon fighter jets were involved using precision—guided bombs at two sites to take out drones said to be used by the houthis for reconnaissance and attack missions against shipping. the us hit a further six locations. in the capital of yemen, sanaa, smoke could be seen billowing into the night sky. in a joint statement, london and washington said... a week ago, this british—owned ship,

the rubymar, was struck by houthi missiles, forcing the crew to abandon ship. and this us—owned cargo vessel, the sea champion, delivering humanitarian aid to yemen, came under attack. the houthis, who control large swathes of yemen, have been targeting vessels they say are linked to israel and the west in response to the war between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea route typically looks like this. it's one of the busiest in the world, transporting 15% of traded goods, largely from east to west. but because of the houthi attacks, many major shipping firms have diverted around southern africa. it takes ten days longer and hugely increases costs. a houthi military spokesperson said what he called the escalation

by the uk and us would be confronted with more military operations against hostile targets in the red sea. but the uk is warning it won't hesitate to take further action if it's needed. the defence secretary, grant shapps, said... "it is our duty to protect lives at sea and preserve freedom of navigation. but, so far, the threat from the houthis has not been neutralised, with 45 ships targeted since november. simon jones, bbc news. donald trump has easily defeated nikki haley in the south carolina republican presidential primary. it's his fourth consecutive win where voters choose who they want to be the republican nominee. will vernon reports. # i'm proud to be an american. another victory, another landslide. donald trump didn't even mention his republican rival tonight. he's already got his sights set on the presidential election in november.

we're going to be up here on november 5th and we're going to look atjoe biden and we're going to look him right in the eye. he's destroying our country and we're going to say, "joe, you're fired, get out. get out, joe. you're fired." this is yet another resounding win for donald trump, who is steamrolling towards victory in this primary contest. here in south carolina, mr trump was looking to bolster his position as the undisputed, unassailable front runner in this race, and that's exactly what he's done. y'all are a rowdy bunch. despite trailing trump by a wide margin, nikki haley was defiant, vowing to continue her campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries who were saying they want an alternative. i said earlier this week that no matter what happens in south carolina, i would continue

to run for president. i'm a woman of my word. i think that she's a great proponent for women and women's rights, i and i think that it's really important for our- generation to support her. she'll bring normalcy to america and to the world. defeat here will be a personal setback for mrs haley. she was born in south carolina and served two terms as state governor. the two most disliked politicians in america — trump and biden. i i have a different style and approach. 0n the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself as the younger, more stable alternative to both donald trump and joe biden. over a dozen states will hold their primaries, but with his huge lead in the polls, donald trump's supporters say this race is effectively over. will vernon, bbc news, columbia, south carolina. our correspondent helena humphrey sent this update from south carolina.

well, look, let's put it this way. going into this primary, nikki haley's chances of actually winning appear to be very slim. now, off the back of her fourth consecutive loss to donald trump, i think it's fair to say that chances of her nomination appear to be essentially razor thin. taking to the stage, she vowed nevertheless to plough on. she said that she's a woman of her word and that she'll go on in these races in michigan, super tuesday as well, where we'll see 16 primary races taking place. mathematically speaking, there is now the chance that donald trump, if he does well on super tuesday, could essentially have clinched this nomination by march instead. and i think it's fair to say that taking a listen to donald trump's victory speech on saturday night, he's already acting as if he has secured the nomination. he didn't mention nikki haley by name whatsoever, instead taking aim at president biden, saying that we will go on, we will win this race,

saying that he would, in fact, like to have this race in the coming weeks, confident that he would win over presidentjoe biden. but what his campaign isn't saying out loud is the fact that donald trump is also facing some four criminal trials, some 91 felony charges here in this country. and the haley campaign will be watching that very closely because they will be thinking that, perhaps, just perhaps, that is their outside chance of securing the nomination, despite how slim that chance now looks, i think, off the back of this fourth consecutive defeat. and i think it is important to point out that there is nothing in the us constitution which says that somebody who is a convicted criminal cannot run for the white house. the snp says it will push for another commons debate on gaza following the chaotic vote on the conflict earlier this week. there was uproar in the commons when speaker sir lindsay hoyle allowed mp5 to vote on a labour amendment to the snp's ceasefire motion.

it meant the snp motion was not voted on, prompting the party to call for sir lindsay to quit. the rmt union has announced that it will supportjeremy corbyn at the next general election. the former labour leader was suspended from the party after an anti—semitism row four years ago, but rmt leader mick lynch says he'll back mr corbyn, if he runs as an independent. the body of russian opposition figure alexei navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokeswoman says. mr navalny died earlier this month in an arctic prison, where he was serving a three—decade sentence. tomorrow, the prime minister is expected to announce how funding from the abandoned hs2 plans worth billions of pounds will be shared across regional councils. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has been looking at the figures. whether it's repairing roads or refurbishing bus and train stations, the prime minister says he wants

residents to have the biggest say over how their area is improved. four months after rishi sunak announced the scrapping of the controversial hs2 plan, he'll set out how billions of pounds of money earmarked for that project will be allocated in the midlands and the north to improve transport links. there's nearly £20 billion—worth of funding from the cancelled northern leg of hs2 to share around in what's being billed as network north. meanwhile, £9.6 billion in savings from the midlands leg will help boost transport in that region. £6.5 billion, which would have been spent on the new approach into london euston, will be spread across every other region in england. £1 billion has already been allocated to upgrade parts of the rail network in north wales, but campaigners are sceptical and say they want to see more detail. what we need is clarity about how much money there's actually going to be and how quickly it can

be spent, because the money that's being cancelled from hs2 was largely going to be spent in ten, 15 years' time, not next year or the year after. and so, as the chancellor has, in his last autumn statement, cut the capital project budget for the whole of government, how on earth can we be spending more on transport when there's going be less money to spend overall? labour said communities are sick and tired of empty conservative promises, and pledged to work with local leaders, mayors and businesses to deliver what it called a "credible and transformative programme of transport investment". ministers will also get an update from the transport secretary, mark harper, on how a new local transport fund will be allocated. as the bruising fallout from hs2 rumbles on, the prime minister is hailing this as an historic moment, a first step, he says, in reinvesting all £36 billion marc ashdown, bbc news.

oppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the screen actors guild awards overnight. christopher nolan's movie won best film cast, while cillian murphy and robert downeyjunior won individual acting prizes. accepting the top award on behalf of the cast, sir kenneth branagh said they were all grateful, humbled and proud. and it is the oscars coming up. that time of the year where every weekend there is a different award ceremony. a new red carpet rolled out, new outfits to enjoy. should they not spread it out over the year? i guess. then they would miss out on the holidays and palatial mansions where their second homes are. here's louise with the weather. it is strange out there with lots of different weather types. it is cold.

lowest temperatures in aberdeenshire -8. lowest temperatures in aberdeenshire —8. widespread frost again across the country with the exception of plymouth, 7 degrees here. we have had fog around and also have glorious sunshine. look at this. we have to enjoy that because it has been wet recently. and this is why it is marred across plymouth because there is cloud and rain moving in. no weather watcher has sent anything in. you are probably having a lion because it is miserable in the south—west at the moment. the rain will pivot further east along the dorset coastline and more cloud generally in central and southern england. but the rest keep sunny spells. many showers will be fairly isolated with a high of 6—10. the rain moves across the channel overnight. slowly easing away from the kent coast. an inch of rainfall

is likely before it clears. here it means temperatures will stay above freezing first thing tomorrow but further north, we will potentially see another frost. further north, we will potentially see anotherfrost. drying, a lot of sunshine once the rain uses a wave. the wind direction plays its part tomorrow. a north—easterly wind gusts in excess in central and southern england, 30—40 mph which will make it feel colder than temperatures suggest. but looking at 6-10 temperatures suggest. but looking at 6—10 on the thermometer where it should be towards the end of february. northwest, southeast divide. dry with more cloud in the south—east. wet and windy weather on tuesday moving south—east, brightening up behind with showers. temperatures similar. the front has to clear away during tuesday night and into wednesday and it will do so and into wednesday and it will do so and it will weaken. behind it high

pressure building on wednesday, a promising debut for more rain arrives from the west. no two days the same. showers. not a bad start, showers and longer spells of rain towards the end of the week. a woman is taking legal action against drugs firm astrazeneca after her husband died following a covid—19 vaccine. kam miller's husband neil died in may 2021 after his first jab. she'sjoined around 80 families seeking compensation. astrazeneca said it would not comment on the ongoing legal action but patient safety was its highest priority. helen mccarthy has the story. neil miller was 50 years old when he had his first covid vaccine in march 2021. he was the first in the family to have it. he rang me. he said, "i'm going for my vaccine, book yours in." despite being an extremely

active man, neilfell ill. two weeks after the vaccination, he said, "my head is hurting like it's never heard before." isaid, "well, go and rest." and he went straight to bed when he came home. neil would go in and out of hospital over the next two months until, on the 1st of may, he died, suddenly, at home. he went for a shower. i hear this big thud. i knew it was neil. i tried to open the bathroom door. he fell in front of the bathroom door. it was just too shocking for words. neil's death certificate certifies that he died from a rare reaction to the covid vaccine. you know, we've never had issue with it. that's why we went and had these ones. so, no, we're not anti—vaccine, but we do feel, now, if there is anything like this — and it is so hurriedly brought about — ask questions. kam has joined with more than 80 families who are seeking compensation from astrazeneca. we are bringing a case on behalf

of a group of people who were significantly injured, or their loved ones in cases where they died, as a result of a very specific complication of the astrazeneca vaccine, which is called vitt or blood clots. astrazeneca manufactured the oxford vaccine on a not—for—profit basis and the vaccine is credited with saving millions of lives worldwide. the company told us it doesn't comment on ongoing litigation and gave us this statement. the astrazeneca oxford vaccine has continuously been shown to have an acceptable safety profile, and regulators around the world consistently state that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects. by 2022, the uk government had stopped ordering astrazeneca vaccine. the department of health and social care told us...

serious side effects are rare, but they are real for the miller family, who say they'll continue to battle until they havejustice for neil. helen mccarthy, bbc news. we've known for a long time that dogs have a better sense of smell than us and this can be very useful. researchers in the us have been training dogs to detect parkinson's disease, in the hope people can be diagnosed earlier. the pads for parkinson's programme in washington carried out a study with 23 pet dogs of 16 different breeds. after lots of training and experiments, it was found the dogs could detect the smells linked to parkinson's disease with nearly 90% accuracy. this approach could benefit people here in the uk, where over 150,000 people are currently living with parkinson's disease.

we can talk more about with sophie aziz, who is head of research at the charity medical detection dogs. she's joined by parkinson's detection dog peanut. a very warm welcome. good morning. hello, peanut. very well behaved. tell us about peanut. i find it incredible dogs can be used to smell diseases. explain the process. peanut has been working with the charity since 2016 as a detection dog and is one of many dogs we have that are trained to fight human disease. peanut�*s work focuses on how we can get an earlier diagnosis. this is running through clinical trials with collaborators at manchester and edinburgh university. what is fantastic is if we have the

opportunity to find an early diagnosis for parkinson's, it can help so many people.— help so many people. what is it about parkinson's _ help so many people. what is it about parkinson's that - help so many people. what is it about parkinson's that allows i help so many people. what is it about parkinson's that allows it| help so many people. what is it i about parkinson's that allows it to be detected by dogs? it obviously has a distinct smell but it must be faint. ., . . has a distinct smell but it must be faint. ., , , , ., . faint. there has been research particularly — faint. there has been research particularly from _ faint. there has been research particularly from colleagues i faint. there has been research particularly from colleagues at manchester university looking at the oily secretion sebum. we find it contains biomarkers the dog can detect and tell us whether the person does or does not have parkinson's.— person does or does not have parkinson's. ~ ., , ., , , parkinson's. what degrees are best at detecting — parkinson's. what degrees are best at detecting that _ parkinson's. what degrees are best at detecting that scent. _ parkinson's. what degrees are best at detecting that scent. peanut i parkinson's. what degrees are best at detecting that scent. peanut is i parkinson's. what degrees are best at detecting that scent. peanut is a | at detecting that scent. peanut is a labrador cross _ at detecting that scent. peanut is a labrador cross golden _ at detecting that scent. peanut is a labrador cross golden retriever i at detecting that scent. peanut is a labrador cross golden retriever but any dog can do this. we work with a lot of labradors, spaniels, working cocker spaniel is. we have also had pointers, even terriers. the great thing about the project is that it

has demonstrated other breeds can do this out of the kennel environment. peanut is well trained, looking at the correct camera. we could take a leaf out of his book. in terms of training for detection, how do you go about doing it? it is training for detection, how do you go about doing it?— go about doing it? it is a game. that is what _ go about doing it? it is a game. that is what is _ go about doing it? it is a game. that is what is brilliant - go about doing it? it is a game. that is what is brilliant about i that is what is brilliant about this. forthe that is what is brilliant about this. for the dogs, that is what is brilliant about this. forthe dogs, it that is what is brilliant about this. for the dogs, it is a game. we collect samples from hundreds to do bio detection work. some have parkinson's and some do not. it is training a discrimination game. how long it takes depends on the study and how many samples are available but between six months and a year and then we go to double blind testing, where we challenge dogs to tell us what they think of how a sample smells.— tell us what they think of how a sample smells. medical detection do . s is a sample smells. medical detection dogs is a fantastic _ sample smells. medical detection dogs is a fantastic organisation i sample smells. medical detection. dogs is a fantastic organisation and celebrating a 15 year anniversary

and you had a special visit this week. ~ ~ . ., week. we did. we were lucky enough to be invited — week. we did. we were lucky enough to be invited to _ week. we did. we were lucky enough to be invited to clarence _ week. we did. we were lucky enough to be invited to clarence house i week. we did. we were lucky enough to be invited to clarence house to i to be invited to clarence house to meet the queen to celebrate the 50th anniversary, which is an incredible honour. we demonstrated the dogs and most recent project looking for urinary tract infections in the elderly, a project we hope will be beneficial for people. what elderly, a project we hope will be beneficial for people.— beneficial for people. what is the advanta . e beneficial for people. what is the advantage when _ beneficial for people. what is the advantage when it _ beneficial for people. what is the advantage when it comes - beneficial for people. what is the advantage when it comes to i advantage when it comes to parkinson's of using a medical detection dog? picking up signs of potential onset earlier? that detection dog? picking up signs of potential onset earlier?— potential onset earlier? at this sta . e the potential onset earlier? at this stage the use _ potential onset earlier? at this stage the use of _ potential onset earlier? at this stage the use of the _ potential onset earlier? at this stage the use of the dogs i potential onset earlier? at this stage the use of the dogs is i potential onset earlier? at this stage the use of the dogs is to| potential onset earlier? at this i stage the use of the dogs is to help and inform us about how parkinson's smells and what information they can tell us about it. as the paper rightfully said, scaling up using dogs explicitly defined parkinson's maybe is a realistic option, but what it will do is help to inform us

of the science behind odours and possibly help us to develop machine learning and artificial intelligence systems that will help with an early diagnosis. he systems that will help with an early diaunosis. ~ ., , ., ., systems that will help with an early diaunosis. ~' ., , ., ., , diagnosis. he knows one of his friends is _ diagnosis. he knows one of his friends is on _ diagnosis. he knows one of his friends is on the _ diagnosis. he knows one of his friends is on the telly! - friends is on the telly! as soon as he appeared, straight to his feet thinking what is going on? peanut is eight years old. how long does the training take? how many do you have doing this? igrgiith does the training take? how many do you have doing this?— you have doing this? with the parkinson's _ you have doing this? with the parkinson's dogs, _ you have doing this? with the parkinson's dogs, we - you have doing this? with the parkinson's dogs, we have i you have doing this? with the i parkinson's dogs, we have three in training. this is so we can get into the detail and the dogs work with specialist trainers to learn the odour. peanut has worked on parkinson's since 2016. on and off mostly due to the pandemic and other projects. we hope to go for a few more years and while peanut is healthy to keep working he will do

so. .,. healthy to keep working he will do so, ., . ., , ., healthy to keep working he will do so. ., , ., ., . so. each dog is trained to detect one condition _ so. each dog is trained to detect one condition or— so. each dog is trained to detect one condition or can _ so. each dog is trained to detect one condition or can they - so. each dog is trained to detect one condition or can they be i so. each dog is trained to detect| one condition or can they be used so. each dog is trained to detect - one condition or can they be used to detect multiple?— one condition or can they be used to detect multiple? dogs can remember uuite a detect multiple? dogs can remember quite a number— detect multiple? dogs can remember quite a number of _ detect multiple? dogs can remember quite a number of different _ detect multiple? dogs can remember quite a number of different odours. i quite a number of different odours. we tend to only train for one disease at a time and mostly so we know when we give the dog a biological sample to sniff, they can tell us when we know what they are alerting us otherwise the picture can be confusing. what are the rewards? we use positive reward based training which mean they work for either a treat, food reward, or a ball. that is what they do it for and they love it and enjoy coming into the training room. all dogs live with foster families. in the morning it is like the school run. they turn up at the school gates and come in and are ready to work. it has been a pleasure having you on the sofa. peanut, what a star. he

deserves a treat. brilliant work. on bbc one at nine o'clock this morning, it's 'sunday with laura kuenssberg'. let's find out what she's got in store. over on bbc one at 9, a busy one for you today after a busy and brutal week in westminster. there's been all sorts of nastiness in the house of commons, claims of intimidation and bullying, pressure and protest. how can we get that balance right? i'll be speaking to the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, the prime minister's right hand man, and asking, of course, about lee anderson, the now former tory mp booted out yesterday with accusations of racism. i've also been speaking to the leader of estonia, a prime minister who leads a country that's a close neighbour of russia. we'll hear of her fears for what more could go wrong if the war in ukraine continues and putin isn't stopped. i'll see you for that and much more at 9:00.

io—years—ago, hollie gazzard was murdered by her ex—boyfriend while wokring at a hairdressing salon in gloucester. since her death, herfamily has raised more than £2 million through a trust which works to tackle domestic violence and coercive control. steve knibbs been to see the legacy hollie�*s left behind. we feel that the length of sentence handed down today means we finally have received justice for hollie. hollie, we will always love you. thank you. ten years ago, hollie gazzard's former boyfriend asher maslin was jailed for her murder. he was jealous, controlling and obsessed. he killed her at the hairdresser�*s where she worked in the center of gloucester. the violent attack witnessed by passers by, including children. it shook the city to its core. hollie was well known. i worked with people who she had been the hairdresser to, whose kids had gone to school with her and itjust really affected a lot of people.

in the face of such tragedy, hollie�*s family were resolute in their determination to keep her memory alive. that came through the holly gazzard trust, a charity that tackles domestic abuse, violence and stalking. i could either sit back and and wallow in what happened or i can come out fighting and, actually, can we do something positive, prevent the hollie�*s of the future, prevent parents going through what we go through? for ten years, the trust has worked in schools and businesses, opening up sometimes difficult conversations, but focusing on healthy relationships and, without doubt, nick says, has changed lives. our personal safety app — 500,000 downloads now. so that's potentially 500,000 people we're helping to keep safe. we've trained over 15,000 people and we're working in so many schools, you know, we're getting that message out there and helping people stay safe. if we canjust have more people attuned to the fact that these things go on and that we can then intervene at an early stage,

then that will most definitely save lives. and notjust save lives. people live in fear and misery. if we can reduce that in any way, then that can only be a good thing. earlier this week, hollie was remembered at a special service in gloucester cathedral, not for what happened to her, but as the bright, vibrant young woman she was, whose legacy will continue to grow through the work of the trust in her name — a legacy that has helped her family to heal too. i think it's helped me grieve. it's helped me have a focus on life going forward in a positive way because you can get very down when you do have such a traumatic event. so i think it's helped me reshape the way i look at life and the way i do things. of course, the feedback that you get keeps you going. stephen gibbs, bbc news. it is incredible that the family have been able to do so much

positive work after the terrible event, ten years ago now. let's now checkin event, ten years ago now. let's now check in with the world of sport. i suppose the focus was on rugby yesterday. yes, and a brilliant win for scotland. it is four calcutta cup is in a row. queen victoria was the last —— was on the throne the last time that happened. england are a work in progress, uncredited jamie george playing just a week after the death of his mother, but too many mistakes for england. two and phantom of really made a difference, it was a superstar performance. gregor townsend keeping hold of back—up. ireland remain the team at the top, though, as they edge closer to becoming

the first team to win back to back grand slams in the six nations era. starting at murrayfield, andy swiss reports. for scotland, a day of ecstasy and history. not since the 1890s had they won four consecutive calcutta cups. right from the very start, though, you could hear their belief. # those days are past now #. but if scotland had the passion, england had the early poise and they soon surged ahead through george furbank. just as last year, though, enter one extraordinary player, as duhan van der merwe turned it round in the most remarkable fashion. if his first try was good, his second was simply extraordinary. just watch this, as from his own half, he left england's players floundering and scotland's fans roaring. commentator: duhan van der merwe for the corner! - remember, van der merwe scored twice at twickenham 12 months ago. here he went,one better, as after the break he grabbed his hat—trick and the headlines. commentator: duhan van der merwe again who is in! - smiling and scoring a hat—trick!

england were beaten and, to murrayfield's delight, a now familiar sight. well, what a breathless, breathtaking match that was and what a win for scotland. just look what it means to these players. their fourth calcutta cup in a row, sealed in the most thrilling fashion. the big question remains, though, can anyone beat ireland? against wales in dublin they weren't quite at their best, but they were still far too good. james lowe with the pick of their first—half tries, before tadhg beirne rounded off a 31—7 win. three wins out of three for the champions. and after last year's grand slam, anotherjust might be beckoning. andy swift, bbc news. next to more twists and turns

in the fourth test in india, where england are up against it in their second innings on day three — this, a match england have to win if they�* re to force a series decider. earlier, shoaib bashir picked up his maiden five—wicket haul, but dhrquurel here smashed his way to 90 as india passed the 300 mark, all out for 307 giving england a 46—run lead. but ravichandran ashwin took two in two, ben duckett out for 15. and ollie pope gone with this very next ball for a golden duck. no second innings masterclass from joe root — ashwin's third victim — out for ii. zak crawley hit a half—century but was ultimately dismissed by kuldeep yadav. jonny bairstow and ben stokes are trying to steady things, england are 120—4 — that's a lead of 166 runs. next, it's billed as the biggest match in rugby league and wigan warriors can now officially call themselves the best in the world after winning the world club challenge for a record—equalling fifth time. they beat the australian champions penrith panthers 16—12 after an extraordianary end to the match at the dw stadium. joe lynskey was watching:

the last play of the match. penrith panthers in attack. this game might have changed if the ball touched the ground. wigan looked and hoped for a call of no try. this was rugby league its exhilarating best — the end of a match to crown the best team in the world. it meant so much to wigan warriors. the world club challenge is a fixture with history, a match made for intensity. the first flare—up was inside 30 seconds. but when the tries came, they lit up this match. wigan rushed down the flank and crafted a sequence. it would end in the hands of kruise leeming. commentator: what a try from wigan! breathtaking rugby, wigan exhaled. penrith are australia's champions, one of the best teams in nrl history. they barged their way

to a half—time lead, but wigan, on home soil, were representing super league. jake wardle got the ball and wriggled up to the line. the referee ruled the ball was in for a try. the warriors in front, now they'd face down an onslaught. jai field's tackle was as good as a score. the tension went on to the final attack. the last tackle of the game and the ball is over the line! but is it down on the floor? when the screen said no try, wigan we're world champions. they're just a group of outstanding lads. i love working with them. they never give in. and i think you can see in that game just what it means to them. the fact is we play penrith on another night, they can beat any team in the world and they never give in. butjust tonight, we wanted it that bit more. it's the fifth time the warriors have won this prize. that equals a record. this was a victory notjust for wigan but for super league.

joe lynskey, bbc news. some sad news to bring you next — the former england and queens park rangers forward stan bowles has died at the age of 75. he'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. he played more than 560 games in english football, capped five times by england. he made 315 appearances for qpr, scoring 97 goals for the club and also played for manchester city, bury, crewe, carlisle, nottingham forest, leyton orient and brentford. well, bowles started his career at manchester city and it's pep guardiola's side who continue to keep pace with the premier league leaders liverpool. they're just one point behind them after beating bournemouth i—0 — phil foden with the goal, another solid performance from him, which delighted his manager. arsenal remain very much in the title race too after they thrashed newcastle 4—1 to move back within two points of top spot. bukayo saka with arsenal's third.

that's six league wins in a row now for mikel arteta's side. manchester united's hopes of finishing in the top four suffered a setback after a 2—1 defeat at home to fulham. alex iwobi with the winner in the 97th minute, ending united's four—match winning run in the league. united are now eight points behind aston villa in fourth. they beat nottingham forest 14—2, douglas luiz scoring twice for the home side. it leaves forestjust four points above the relegation zone. everton are just a point above the bottom three after conceding a 95th minute equaliser at brighton. lewis dunk with the goal for the home side, who played the last 20 minutes with ten men. i—i it finished. there was a winning start for new crystal palace manager oliver glasner who took over from roy hodgson. they beat struggling burnley 3—0 — chris richards with the first goal of the new era. palace up to 13th, eight points clear of the relegation zone.

cameron norrie�*s reign as rio open champion is over. he's been beaten in the semifinals by argentina's mariano navone in straight sets. it's a remarkable story for navone who got into the main draw as a qualifier and only won his first atp tour match in the opening round. he'll now play his fellow countryman sebastian baez in today's final. england's bronte law is celebrating after winning the lella meryem cup in morocco and say last year's struggles and working with her mental coach has made her stronger. she carded a final—round 64 to snatch victory on the final day by three shots — and win her third ladies european tour title. great brtain's matt weston and tabby stoeker have won silver in the mixed team event at the skeleton world championships in winterberg in germany. this is a new discipline which will enter the winter olympic games programme for the first time in 2026. the times from the female and male sliders are added together to decide the overall placements. weston had finished second in his individual event earlier in the week

while stoeker was fourth. now, though, celebrating skeleton success together. a great moment for them stop just a reminder that it is the league cup final, chelsea against liverpool at wembley, liverpool chasing a potential quadruple. it kicks off at three o'clock with coverage on bbc radio 5 live. 15 years ago, gregg stevenson became a double amputee following a blast injury sustained whilst on patrol in afghanistan. now aged 39, he's a world and european champion for the gb para—rowing team and he's heading to the paralympics later this year. logan lawson went to meet him. 15 years ago, greg stevenson's life changed forever. i was in afghanistan in 2009. i was out there with 2a engineer commando and i stepped on an ied on a routine foot patrol.

after losing both of his legs and receiving life—saving treatment, the former royal engineer had to learn to love himself again. i became very isolated and i think that's where i first began to have mental health challenges. it took me a while to work out what are the positive habits, you know, and that's how i became fascinated about mental health. after learning to walk with his prosthetics, greg has since achieved so much, from working at the limb centre in lancashire, gaining a master's degree in psychology and becoming a qualified mental health practitioner, he's taken the positives from every situation. i'd hate anybody to think it's been an easy road because you know, i've made plenty of mistakes and ups and downs. you know, even my rowing, there's been trying to do it, there's been failing to do it, there's been... so yeah, to sit here now, i think it's really easy sometimes to come across like you're really righteous and i'm just keen that i don't. having just missed out on the gb squad for the 2016 paralympics in rio, greg decided to put

down his oars. that was until he received a call from two—time paralympic champion lauren rowles. when i got the opportunity it was quite exciting because i thought, ok, i'm not at peak fitness, but i'm not too far off, you know, i'm 80%. perhaps not 100%, you know... yeah, that was the initialfeeling — i could achieve this. as soon as i thought that, i thought, oh no, i've got bitten! commentator: they cross the line. it's goal to great britain! it's gold to great britain! after becoming european champion, the success didn't stop there, as just four months later the 39—year—old was crowned world champion in serbia. i suppose it was just such a nice reward, notjust for me, but for everybody who's been a part of this journey — my family, my poor wife who puts up with these ambitions. if i had told you in 2016 that you'd he sat here today as european champion, world champion and favourite going into the paralympics, what would you tell me? i think i'd laugh.

i think i would! i think i would. and i say, "that sounds really cool", and i'm not sure i would believe it. now, a national lottery—funded athlete, what would it mean to come away with gold at this summer's paris paralympics? it would just be unbelievable. i think it would just finish this story so well in terms of the adversity and difficulties i have experienced in those early days on my rehab, but also i think it was such a celebration for myself personally, but also the wider network of people who support me. here's louise with the weather. good morning. ithink good morning. i think i finished breakfast yesterday with the picture

from aberdeen but that is where the weather is. it is glorious there this morning, but it is bitterly cold. temperatures fell to minus eight degrees. spare a thought for this poor old horse who has his raincoat on. it is raining heavily in cornwall and it is likely to continue to be a pretty grey and wet day. this has been the story of the last few hours, that rain is gathering pace, pushing into parts of pembrokeshire and weaving its way across devon and into somerset. gradually we will start to see some wet weather here and that will bring more cloud into central and southern england in comparison to yesterday. elsewhere, the frost and fog was lifting. any showers will be isolated mostly to the far north—west of scotland and temperatures will peak at similar values to yesterday. in the sunnier moments that will be a pleasant enough. the rain will turn quite heavy and continue to push its way

steadily south and east, stan south of the m4 corridor, but lingering first thing tomorrow morning across the kent coast. at least with a cloud around here temperatures shall hold above freezing tomorrow morning, but we keep those clear skies further north and west. here we could say frost. monday will be a quiet day with a lot of sunshine. we need to factor in the wind direction and strength. gusts in excess of 30-40 and strength. gusts in excess of 30—1i0 miles an hour in central and southern england, and it will feel cold. despite the temperatures being pretty similar. i change to come on tuesday. wet and windy weather pitching out of scotland and northern ireland into north—west england and where is, gradually bringing cloud across central and southern england. behind it brighter, a few scattered showers. again the temperature is just getting into double figures. by the time different aces away from the

south—east of little we can substantially, so not that much in the way of rain. a little ridge of high pressure builds for wednesday before another frontal system moves in. the outlook is pretty messy, no two days the same. there will be drier weather. two days the same. there will be drierweather. for two days the same. there will be drier weather. for england in the world that is likely to be wednesday, then some rain arrives before sunshine for the weekend. further north, a wet start for the middle part of the week but i might brighten up later. temperatures staying where they should be for the month of february. muncaster castle in cumbria has a long and rich history. but one of its most facscinating stories is only just coming to light. at the outbreak of world war two, the tate gallery in london used the castle as a storeroom for its greatest treasures. ian haslam reports.

muncaster castle has survived in its tranquil setting for centuries. and because of muncaster castle, many priceless works of art might have survived this. newsreel: german bombers rain, fire and high explosive bombs - in their most savage attack on london. the blitz of 1940—41 caused devastation across the capital, including to the tate gallery. so it's a good job many of its valuable contents had been moved to cumbria. it was a big—scale thing. if you think that 700 to 800 of the nation's greatest pictures were stored here in addition to the castle itself, it kind of does add a very big amount to what must have been a high insurance bill from the point of view of guarding it and looking after it. it was kept secret and no one, not even people in this part of the world — maybe a few local people cottoned on to what was happening. this week, the story of that was retold in one of the rooms in which the paintings were stored. well, the most famous painting, i'm pretty certain, looking at the list now, would be van gogh's sunflowers.

but there were other van goghs here, as well. there were an enormous number of turners. the tate collection has an enormous number of turners. and there were constables and there were the great works by the pre—raphaelites like rossetti and millais and so on. and they survived the war because they were brought here. you're walking through the three rooms now that housed the collection of 600 to 800 pictures from the tate elsewhere that were here in the war. peter frost—pennington's wife's family have lived at the castle for more than 800 years. at the start of the war, sirjohn ramsden was the man in charge and happy to take art over evacuees. he was overjoyed because it would protect us from the threatened hordes of small children. fascinating that now we we love having small children here and enjoying this place. but sirjohn obviously didn't want loads of kids running around the place. many places like muncaster were requisitioned for war effort, and to get the tate gallery here, he must have been cock—a—hoop. but concern of coming under attack grew when barrow was bombed in i9lii. the barrow blitz is probably

the most sort of frightening moment that the tate men had in relation to the possibility that if barrow was being bombed, then this area was not quite as safe as they had perhaps hoped. when the war ended, all was finally able to be revealed. newspapers picked up on it very quickly, particularly because muncaster was the sort of furthest place from london where anything was stored. they interviewed some of the people that had been here for five or six years — londoners who suddenly found themselves in the middle of the countryside. was it all worth it, do you think? it has to be worth it. had any of the pictures remained in london, you know, the chances are they would have been very badly damaged. muncaster castle played a very significant part in the second world war in a way that we all enjoy now, because we can go to the tate collection and then see the paintings, which were, for six years, sitting on the in the crates in this very room. ian haslam, bbc news.

on breakfast we've been following the story of frank rothwell, who broke his own world record to become the oldest man to row the atlantic. this weekend, he was given a hero's welcome when he returned to a packed house at oldham athletic, where he's club chairman. let's remind ourselves of his journey. there are few challenges you can do in the world which are world class. but this is a real challenge. i'm 73 years old. i'll be the oldest person to have rowed any ocean ever when i complete this. it's a bit more windy than we've had it before. we'll make 25 knots today.

you've done it, frank, well done! and frank rothwell is here now. firstly, congratulations on doing it, not once, but twice! what made you haven't done that once made you think, i'm going to go through this again? think, i'm going to go through this auain? �* .., , think, i'm going to go through this aaain?�* , ., again? because i can do. in life, if ou can again? because i can do. in life, if you can do — again? because i can do. in life, if you can do something, _ again? because i can do. in life, if you can do something, you - again? because i can do. in life, if you can do something, you shouldj again? because i can do. in life, if. you can do something, you should do it now, don't delay because later on

you might not be able to do it. at my age, would i be able to do it in another two or three years? possibly not. we another two or three years? possibly not- we may — another two or three years? possibly not. we may well _ another two or three years? possibly not. we may well be _ another two or three years? possibly not. we may well be sitting - another two or three years? possibly not. we may well be sitting in - another two or three years? possibly not. we may well be sitting in his . not. we may well be sitting in his two and three —— two or three years and saying you have done it again! i don't think so! it was only a week ago in antigua finishing that. physically, it must be hugely demanding. it physically, it must be hugely demanding-— physically, it must be hugely demandinu. , . , ., physically, it must be hugely demandin. , ., , ., ., , physically, it must be hugely demandin.. , ., , ., ., , , ., demanding. it is as demanding as you make it. demanding. it is as demanding as you make it- you — demanding. it is as demanding as you make it. you row— demanding. it is as demanding as you make it. you row at _ demanding. it is as demanding as you make it. you row at the _ demanding. it is as demanding as you make it. you row at the paste - demanding. it is as demanding as you make it. you row at the paste you - make it. you row at the paste you can row out all day for 12 hours, then go to sleep and do it again tomorrow. you haven't got your roof flat out or you will burn out, you do it at the page you're able to do. what are you thinking about when you're on your own? it is a long time on your own, what are you thinking about, how do you keep your mind ticking over? tn; thinking about, how do you keep your mind ticking over?— mind ticking over? try to think about nice _ mind ticking over? try to think about nice things, _ mind ticking over? try to think about nice things, think - mind ticking over? try to think about nice things, think about| mind ticking over? try to think- about nice things, think about home, my wife, i have been married for 53

years to judy. my wife, i have been married for 53 years tojudy. i think about holidays we would like to do, that kind of thing. holidays we would like to do, that kind of thing-— holidays we would like to do, that kind of thing. your aim was to get back for valentine's _ kind of thing. your aim was to get back for valentine's day, - kind of thing. your aim was to get back for valentine's day, debris . kind of thing. your aim was to get i back for valentine's day, debris the 14th. you missed it by a day! i'm a failure! as reasons go, i've been rowing the atlantic to raise money for a good cause, i mean, they don't come better than that! thea;a for a good cause, i mean, they don't come better than that!— come better than that! they don't. judith forgive _ come better than that! they don't. judith forgive me _ come better than that! they don't. judith forgive me for— come better than that! they don't. judith forgive me for not _ come better than that! they don't. judith forgive me for not making . judith forgive me for not making valentine's day. the judith forgive me for not making valentine's day.— judith forgive me for not making valentine's da . ., ., ., ., , valentine's day. the amount of money ou have valentine's day. the amount of money you have raised. _ valentine's day. the amount of money you have raised, and _ valentine's day. the amount of money you have raised, and tell— valentine's day. the amount of money you have raised, and tell us— valentine's day. the amount of money you have raised, and tell us that - you have raised, and tell us that because you have chosen to support. the main purpose of this adventure, this challenge was just to raise funds and awareness for alzheimer's research uk. at the moment, the biggest killer in the uk is dementia. to put it into some

perspective, since 20 macro, i know two people who died of 20 macro. five of my friends and relations have died from dementia in that time. how much did we spend on sorting 20 macro out? dementia has to be sorted. we all go to the gym, we eat food to try to extend our lives, but what is the point of extending your life if if there is likelihood at getting dementia at the end of it. we need to find a cure for dementia and that is what alzheimer's research are doing. they are going for a cure, that is their motto. ., ., ., , ., , ., ., motto. you have raised a phenomenal amounts of money _ motto. you have raised a phenomenal amounts of money around _ motto. you have raised a phenomenal amounts of money around the - motto. you have raised a phenomenal amounts of money around the way, i motto. you have raised a phenomenal| amounts of money around the way, 1.3 million. you was the oldest person to row the atlantic, then you did it again. to row the atlantic, then you did it aaain. �* ., ., , , ., again. i'm not the oldest person to row any ocean _ again. i'm not the oldest person to row any ocean so _ again. i'm not the oldest person to row any ocean so low. _

again. i'm not the oldest person to row any ocean so low. any - again. i'm not the oldest person to row any ocean so low. any ocean. | again. i'm not the oldest person to . row any ocean so low. any ocean. and ou aot row any ocean so low. any ocean. and ou not a row any ocean so low. any ocean. and you got a hero? _ row any ocean so low. any ocean. and you got a hero? well, _ row any ocean so low. any ocean. and you got a hero? well, told _ row any ocean so low. any ocean. and you got a hero? well, told the - you got a hero? well, told the matter to yesterday.— you got a hero? well, told the matter to yesterday. yes, wasn't that special? — matter to yesterday. yes, wasn't that special? i _ matter to yesterday. yes, wasn't that special? i am _ matter to yesterday. yes, wasn't that special? i am the _ matter to yesterday. yes, wasn't that special? i am the chairman. | matter to yesterday. yes, wasn't . that special? i am the chairman. we had 11,000 people for a national league game, that is phenomenal. he had a nice message from the wrexham lot, didn't you? had a nice message from the wrexham lot. didn't you?— lot, didn't you? ryan reynolds and rob, the lot, didn't you? ryan reynolds and rob. they both _ lot, didn't you? ryan reynolds and rob, they both made _ lot, didn't you? ryan reynolds and rob, they both made a _ lot, didn't you? ryan reynolds and rob, they both made a generous i rob, they both made a generous donation to the charity to the just giving page. they have given it real credibility. you giving page. they have given it real credibili . ., ., ., . credibility. you have had so much su ort. credibility. you have had so much support- it _ credibility. you have had so much support- it is _ credibility. you have had so much support- it is a — credibility. you have had so much support. it is a phenomenal- support. it is a phenomenal achievement, not once, but twice. i have to ask, what is next? hat achievement, not once, but twice. i have to ask, what is next?— have to ask, what is next? not that aaain! the have to ask, what is next? not that again! the first _ have to ask, what is next? not that again! the first time, _ have to ask, what is next? not that again! the first time, the _ have to ask, what is next? not that again! the first time, the level - have to ask, what is next? not that again! the first time, the level of i again! the first time, the level of difficulty was probably six out of ten. this time it was 8.5. the sea temperature was much warmer. the

trade wind is something you bank solo rowers. if you have four or five rowers you can row through the winter because there are powerful enough, and the boat is going 2a hours a day, you can do that as a solo raw. the trade winds were not as strong as in previous years and the currents were all over the place.— all over the place. frank, it is a phenomenal— all over the place. frank, it is a phenomenal achievement. - all over the place. frank, it is a i phenomenal achievement. thank all over the place. frank, it is a - phenomenal achievement. thank you for coming here and telling us all about it. i! for coming here and telling us all about it. . , , ., .. for coming here and telling us all about it. . , , ., ~ ., about it. if anybody would like to donate, about it. if anybody would like to donate. iust _ about it. if anybody would like to donate, just giving, _ about it. if anybody would like to donate, just giving, frank - about it. if anybody would like to i donate, just giving, frank rothwell and we would love to see any donations and i would like to thank everyone who has already donated.

£1.5 million in both routes. wonderful. thank you for coming in. that is all from ask for this morning. thank you for your company. we are back tomorrow at 6am. an ugly moment. a conservative booted out, chaos in the commons,

and conflict abroad. anger... where on earth is the speaker of the house of commons? how do we bring him to that seat? ..and apology. i regret how it has ended up. the speaker, accused of caving in to intimidation outside the commons, to change what happens within. there was no saying sorry from mp lee anderson. formerly public chums with the prime minister, now booted out of the tories for offensive comments about the london mayor, sadiq khan. but the chaos in a democracy presents an uncomfortable clash with the dangers in the middle east wholesale destruction in gaza, and hostages still being held. while two long years of war in ukraine show no sign of coming to an end. so we have one big question this morning — how do our politicians keep a lid on tensions at home

while handling conflicts abroad?