hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. parliament gives backing to brexit as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of starting the process to leave the european union. there were just 114 mps against the bill — today the government will outline the full details of its plans. good morning, it's thursday the second of february. also this morning: a ban on night flights at heathrow is proposed by the government, as a public consultation is launched on a new runway. i gave birth to her, i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains. calls for killers to be denied parole if they refuse to reveal where their victims bodies are. facebook‘s profits hit $10 billion last year but they've been ordered

to pay $500 million over claims it used another firm's technology — we'll be live in san francisco. in the premier league, manchester city thrash west ham. brazilian gabriel jesus scored his first goal for the club as they won 4—0. manchester united could only manage a goalless draw with hull city. and carol has the weather. good morning, carol. good morning. today, we are looking at a band of rain moving from west to east. some bright spells, affidavit of cloud but it will be windy wherever you are. ——a fair bit of cloud. we could even have severe gales. more details in13 even have severe gales. more details in 13 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. britain takes the first step towards leaving the european union as parliament vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering brexit. mps voted last night for legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. theresa may will outline her plans for leaving the eu today, as our political correspondent

iain watson reports. the eyes to the right. 498. the process of leaving the european union has now begun. last night, mps backed the principle of triggering article 50. the formal opening of the easy access door. this was welcomed by prominent leave campaigners. what this shows is that we can go into this negotiation with some self—confidence and ambition. but difficult discussions like head. last month, the prime minister talked about her priorities. today, the government will set out its plans for brexit in what is known as the white paper, a document which politicians and the public can pore over. mps will have another opportunity to influence those plans. only one conservative mp, ken

clarke, rebelled against his government last night. others in his party who are worried about leaving the eu's single market haven't ruled out opposing the plan to further down the line. there is a separate debate to be had. i think many of us in parliament and many, many thousands, tens of thousands of people outside, have very firm views on that which i hope the government will give us time to debate. in the short term, it is labour that looks more divided. the official line was to block the result but several of jeremy corbyn's mps voted against the process of leaving the a view. labour leader has already lost three members of his top team and other members of his top team and other members of his top team and other members of the shadow cabinet are considering whether to resign next week. all this before the british government have even begun their negotiations with brussels. let's speak to our political correspondent eleanor garnier, who's in westminster for us this morning. what can we expect from this white paper? it's going to set out the

government's negotiating strategy. its gameplan, if you like. it is a white paper and it is called that because it is a formal policy document. actually, theresa may gave a big speech last month setting out her brexit priorities so they shouldn't be any surprises today. we know she wants to leave the single market. that allows the free movement of goods, services, people and capital. instead, she was to replace it with a deal that skill gives businesses the access they need to trade without barriers and without tariffs. we know she also wa nts to without tariffs. we know she also wants to prioritise controlling migration. actually, after hours of debate last night and the vote, there is a still more debate in the commons to come next week before peers in house of lords get their head turn. in fact, there are thousands of hours of debate to come here. probably years of negotiations for theresa may. perhaps, a decade

of administrators at just and before we finally leave the eu. but, after last night's boat, as ministers have been saying, the moment for turning back has now passed. —— vote. been saying, the moment for turning back has now passed. —— votem will keep you busy. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is being proposed as a 16—week consultation begins today, on plans to build a third runway. the government will set out its detailed proposals for the 22 billion pound expansion, including the planning regulations and other measures which the airport will have to comply with. nick quraishi reports. the debate over the expansion of heathrow has long been volatile. after yea rs of heathrow has long been volatile. after years of debate, the government announced heathrow as their preferred location to build a new runway back in october 20 16. today, they will be launching a 16 week consultation as they make clear what their plans will be. they're likely to include six domestic

airports which will be merely served by heathrow. an additional 260,000 ta keoffs by heathrow. an additional 260,000 takeoffs or by heathrow. an additional 260,000 ta keoffs or landings will by heathrow. an additional 260,000 takeoffs or landings will be permitted each year. support for communities affected by the expansion and a ban on scheduled flights for 6.5 hours overnight to reduce the impact of noise. the transport secretary chris grayling is expected to save the third runway at heathrow will enhance uk's global links ina at heathrow will enhance uk's global links in a post —— post brexit britain. critics are still likely to have concerns. the final vote will be held in parliament later this year or be held in parliament later this yearor in be held in parliament later this year or in 2018 but the runway is not expected to be operational until around 2025. violent protests have led to the lockdown of the university of california, berkeley campus. hundreds of students had gathered to rally against a planned speech by the right—wong breitbart news editor, milo yiannopoulos. our correspondentjames cook has the details. whenever milo yiannopoulos rose,

protests seem to follow. the controversial journalist protests seem to follow. the controversialjournalist has been touring campuses with a polarising message. he praises free—speech, donald trump and attack islam and feminism. here at the university of california berkeley, demonstrators we re california berkeley, demonstrators were divided about whether such views are justified this response. were divided about whether such views are justified this responselj definitely views are justified this response.” definitely think the students went way too far. they crossed the line by vandalising property and putting things on fire and stuff. this is really appropriate for what is going on right now. the speaker, milo yiannopoulos, is unknown racist. he shouldn't be allowed to speak. that isa shouldn't be allowed to speak. that is a rioting protesters threw smoke bombs and fled through the building. many refused to leave the area and the campus was placed on lockdown. couedge the campus was placed on lockdown. colledge republicans said he invited me load your —— milo yiannopoulos

but the talk was cancelled because of the inserts of his —— concerns for his safety. i am not the racist that they claim. they do that to legitimise the violence against you. evenif legitimise the violence against you. even if i were, even if what they said about me was true, this would and the inappropriate response to ideas. berkeley was the cradle of the free—speech movement in the 19605. not the free—speech movement in the 1960s. not tonight. the romanian capital, bucharest, has seen one of its largest ever anti—government protests after a decree was passed that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption. crowds of at least 150,000 people were reported outside government offices late on wednesday. protesters were seen throwing firecrackers and smoke bombs at police who responded with tear gas. the number of incidents of violence and abuse targetting jewish people in the uk has reached a record high, according to a new study.

the community security trust say there were more than 1,300 anti—semitic incidents in 2016, a 36% increase on the previous year. they suggest a perceived rise in racism since the eu referendum could be behind the increase. here's our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir. just six days after the annual holocaust memorial day, these figures reveal britishjew holocaust memorial day, these figures reveal british jew are holocaust memorial day, these figures reveal britishjew are the rise of a staggering number. according to the security trust which collates statistics in corporate and with the police. in the past five years, the number of incidents has doubled from around 600 two this year's record high. racists, including anti—semites, feel emboldened, encourage, at this

moment in time, for a whole range of reasons, to come out with their hatred. they used to keep it underground and now they are coming out. the lid has been lifted off. basically, society as a whole, these people need to be driven back into the holes in the ground from which they come. the prince of wales at speaking at the jewish relief charity's annual dinner, roll —— warned that the resurgence of anti—semitism may indicate the failure of our collective memory. the horrific lessons of the last war is seen to be in increasing danger of being forgotten. —— seemed to be. the home office pledged an additional £30 million to increase security and around jewish schools, colleges, nurseries and synagogues. money well spent in the light of these latest figures. the long—time bbc radio presenter desmond carrington has died at the age of 90. the veteran broadcaster presented his weekly evening show, the music goes around, for 35 years before stepping down

in october last year. he had been battling cancer and alzheimer's disease. the director of bbc radio, bob shennan, described him as a warm, caring and generous man. the number of eu students applying to universities in the uk has fallen by 7% according to the admissions service ucas. the number of uk applicants has also dropped by 5%. nursing is one of the hardest hit disciplines with almost 10,000 fewer people applying — a drop of almost a quarter compared to january of last year. a baby hippo born prematurely at the cincinnati zoo is receiving round the clock care after being born six weeks early. this is fiona and she's the first nile hippo born at the zoo in 75 years. she's had a tough start to life, but is now learning to nurse, walk and of course swim. how cute! she is going to grow a

bit. she won't fit in that paddling pool for much longer. sally's here now with the sport headlines. he looks at the hippo and thinks fiona. that's what you are. talking about manchester city. they have had a bit of a wobble under pep guardiola. we have seen him lose his temper. it is all back on track for the moment but later on the programme, we have someone the moment but later on the programme, we have someone else the moment but later on the programme, we have someone else not looking happy at all. losing their temper. in the premier league manchester city thrashed west ham 4—0 to move level on points with liverpool in fourth place. their new brazilian star gabrieljesus scored his first goal for the club in a comfortable win at the london stadium. elsewhere manchester united drew 0—0 with strugglers hull city. double olympic champion nicola adams wants a world title fight next year. she turned professional injanuary, and her first fight

is set for april. england lost their t20 series against india, adding to the test and one day series defeats. a huge batting collapse saw them lose eight wickets in eight runs. i think theyjust i think they just want to i think theyjust want to come home. england will be without george kruis for saturday's six nations opener against france. he'll see a specialist today after suffering a knee ligament injury in training. england coach eddiejones says he's not ruling him out the tournament yet. you are going to stick with us because we will do the papers in a moment. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. there is quite a lot happening with the weather over the next couple of days, starting with today, this forecast holding true.

this morning, bands or a moving across. they are not necessarily coherent. some will be heavy, some won't be, and a lot of cloud around. the rain is extending into wales and northern england and scotland, with showers for northern ireland. one thing you will notice wherever you are in is that it is a mild start to the day. now, as we go through the day, with the wind arrows on, it will be windy wherever you are, but the strongest winds will be to the west through the irish sea and western scotland. here in exposure western scotland. here in exposure we could even have severe gales, so there will be some large waves whipped up through the afternoon. despite the fact that there is some bring around, it won't be raining all the time. there will be some bright spells developing, at times a lot of cloud and temperatures between nine and 12 degrees, so we are easily into double figures. and then as we had overnight, still quite breezy, so we are not anticipating problems with frost or

low—level fog, then we have another band of rain sweeping in from the west. coming in behind that, once again, showers and temperatures between six and about eight degrees. now, you will have heard a lot about friday, this is not a named storm, it is an area of low pressure which looks like it will head closer to france. if you look at the isobars, where they are tight is where the strong wind will be. now, you can see windy conditions across southern counties of the uk. and what is also going to accompany the wind is the rain. first thing we have rain for south—west england, spreading into south—west england, spreading into south wales, drifting further east with cloud building. further north and east and we have some sunshine. those are the temperatures values. we are looking at eight in the north and 12 in the south. if we look at the wind strength we are anticipating. in the isle of wight,

the english channel, we could have 70 mph. inland, we could see 50 mph. more locally, it will be around 60 mph. they are still strong winds don't misunderstand that, it could ta ke don't misunderstand that, it could take down the branches of trees, for example. it is something to be aware of. as we head into saturday the low pressure area moves north, but again not as windy, so on saturday it looks like it will be wet in the north of the country. further south, something more dry with showers. so, and a lot going on with the weather charlie and steph... and sally as well. yeah, we are all here. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the government is publishing details of it's strategy for brexit today. mps last night voted overwhelmingly

to trigger the process of leaving the eu. violent protests against an ultra—right speaker have led to a university campus in california being put on lockdown. we are going to look at the papers. and ben hasjoined us on the sofa. let's have a look at the papers. the daily mail, celebrating the vote last night in the house of commons. much expected, as everyone is commenting, nonetheless history in the making, parliament giving the official go—ahead to the exit from the eu. interestingly, the word betrayal used, those who voted against, saying that they betrayed the will of the people. interesting picture on the guardian, the labour

mep denouncing nigel farage. that was a live tv broadcast image. pft focuses on comments giving may the green light to trigger the break with the eu. —— the ft. the big questions still remain. we have been talking about it a lot and businessesjust want talking about it a lot and businesses just want clarity, in or out, common market or not, let us know what you are doing and we can deal with it. we have spoken to businesses this week who have said, leave us alone, we will get on with it, just explain what will happen. the problem is that there is no clarity. we are waiting to see. and this story in the times, we reported to the tesco's merger, worth £2.9 billion, the paper is highlighting

tesco possibly having to sell stores, 635. if you can make it out, fleetwood in the north—west, nottingham and reading. premier, long —— and the blue one is tesco, and there are fears they could have issues. tesco is trying to reassure the condition authority. there is an investigation into whether it will harm the market. we will see if they will have to sell 635. talking about my favourite subject, food, in the daily mirror, eddiejones, the six nations this weekend, and he listed his dream dinner party guest. he says as england rugby coach is a breeze. there is no pressure whatsoever. he is so good at it. and he says he would like to have dinner withjurgen klopp

he says he would like to have dinner with jurgen klopp from he says he would like to have dinner withjurgen klopp from liverpool, jose mourinho from manchester united and pep guardiola because he says they really know about pressure. theirjob is so much harder than he is. he thinks they all have different management styles. he would like to find out how they do theirjob. would they get on? jose mourinho looks really grumpy after their game last night. he even mentioned jurgen klopp in his interview. indirectly, he said some managers get away with being really emotional, i don't, orwords managers get away with being really emotional, i don't, or words to those effects at what would the managers give for his results? exactly. and his expertise. he is so excellent, good at bringing in people from other sports and including them in the way that he coaches. i am just going to quickly look at something to do with food. it is making me hungry. it is my favourite subject, pizza, and the guardian have something on how to

make the best pizza and where the best in the world is. you will love this, the perfect pizza isn't round, it is kind of blob shaped and the dough is squishy. really? the top seven in the world are all in italy. 0k. seven in the world are all in italy. ok. so, blob shaped and squishy? do you know how everyone loves it thin and crispy? no longer. it is squishy. what do you call it? undercooked. squishy. it sounds amazing. and a story inside the papers, which is about an app so that apes can meet each other. laughter a zookeeper will show them different pictures. they can decide from the reactions. excellent. they say that smell is important. in this case they just have

say that smell is important. in this case theyjust have to get what they are given. they will see how they react and move left or right. nothing to do with personality, is it, humouror nothing to do with personality, is it, humour or anything, just on looks. we would have no chance. thank you. we will have more on the weather later with carol as well. almost 30 years ago, helen mccourt was murdered at the age of 22. her killer has never said where her body is. tomorrow, helen's law will be considered in parliament. it proposes to deny killers parole if they don't reveal where victims‘ remains are. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been speaking to helen's mother, marie, who has led the campaign. it doesn't get easier. it doesn't get better. you just deal with it better. marie has lived with the pain of losing her daughter for almost 30 years. a pain made sharper by the fact that her body has never

been found. i haven't got helen's remains. that is what i want. i gave birth to her. i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains. give her a resting place. good morning, love. this is all she has two mark her daughter's life, a marble bench in a graveyard, and a co nsta nt, marble bench in a graveyard, and a constant, tortuous thought about where helen might be. you look all the time. all the time. we have friends who would come down and stay for the weekend. we will take them ona for the weekend. we will take them on a walk. we haven't had a look over here. we don't tell the friends. but we take them. and while we are out walking and talking, i am busy looking, what is that little bit, was it there at the time?m busy looking, what is that little bit, was it there at the time? it is like torture? it is, yes. this is why marie is campaigning, with her

mp con again so killers like ian sims, the man who murdered her daughter, will never be released if they refuse to reveal where their victims are. the ministry ofjustice tell us that since 2007 there have been 30 murder convictions without a body. in australia, they are already pushing this through, the idea of no pa role if pushing this through, the idea of no parole if there is nobody. and campaigners here say that it is common sense that we do exactly the same. helen mccourt, keith bennett, michelle pynchon, jane harrison, just some of the victims who have never been found. ian sims, ian brady, martin stafford, kevin dougherty, some of the killers who cruelly prolonged anguish for their victims‘ families. cruelly prolonged anguish for their victims' families. that is torment for the miners, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters of those individuals. i think the law should recognise that and i hope in

the coming weeks and months, working with the government, that we can get this on the statute book. last spring marie was told ian sims was moved to an open prison. he will be considered for parole next year.” am fighting it all the way. i am fighting it on holiday. and i am determined. helen's law receives a second reading in parliament tomorrow. so far it has the backing of more than 340,000 people, people who believe life should mean life for killers to inflict the final agony, preventing a final goodbye. the time is 6:25am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. the durand academy in south london has been rated inadequate by ofsted. it was hailed as a model academy by michael gove when he was education secretary but inspectors highlighted concerns

about weak leadership and governance. at a secondary boarding school it runs in west sussex, the report found an allegation of abuse made by a student against a member of staff wasn‘t reported to the local authority. police have tasered and arrested a man after officers forced their way into a burning building in walthamstow. it‘s alleged the 39—year—old suspect was armed with a knife, and sprayed accelera nt at police when they tried to confront him yesterday. four officers have been treated in hospital for the effects of breathing in smoke. new figures released today have revealed the discrimination people face over mental health problems. almost one in five had lost theirjob as a result of their mental health, according to a survey by time to change, a campaign group who want to change how we talk about the issue. a different approach being tried in the capital has seen parks used as relaxing places for people to meet and talk. the whole idea actually came from

the us, a client went for a walk in central park, and i thought, in london we are blessed, we have the most wide open green spaces of many cities around the world, and i thought, why not utilise it? let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is off to a good start, as you can see. no reported problems on any of those lines there. we‘ve got gas works near brixton station. the a23 brixton road is down to one lane in both directions. and in the city, cornhill is still closed for ongoing works. it‘s causing delays between bank and bishopsgate. let‘s have a check on the weather now with with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday there was plenty of rain around but it also felt very mild and it is the same sort of conditions again today but this time it is also going to be really very windy with a strong southerly wind developing. now it is

a mild start to the morning with nine or 10 degrees, cloud around and rain through the morning rush—hour but a lot of dry weather. and then the main rain band is headed, pushing and from the west, headed into the first part of the afternoon with the odd heavy burst of rain and thenit with the odd heavy burst of rain and then it will clear into the late afternoon, perhaps even a little late brightness, top temperatures ten or 11, quite windy and the wind will strengthen through the overnight period. spots of rain but otherwise mostly dry. it will feel a bit chilly tonight, overnight lows of six or seven. tomorrow we have a met office weather warning for the strength of the wind. it is going to be quite windy through the day but it will be especially strong through the evening rush hour, up to 40 mph. and decent start with sunny spells and then we get the rain on it will cloud over heading into the afternoon, that is when we see the strong wind as we had into the first pa rt strong wind as we had into the first part of the evening. over the course of the weekend some nice weather around, it won‘t be as windy, it should be bright and it will feel a touch chilly. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. it‘s on thursday the second of february. we‘ll have the latest news and sport injust a moment and coming up on breakfast today: what would you do if you found ten pounds and had to spend it on someone else? we‘ll speak to the man behind the project that aims to spread goodwill across cardiff. also this morning, danny baker has been a firm favourite on tv and radio for more than four decades, he‘ll tell us why he‘s swapping the small screen for stand—up as he embarks on his very first tour. we‘ll meet two of the contestants hoping ‘everything changes‘ for them as they audition to join the cast of the take that stage show. all that still to come.

but now a summary of this morning‘s main news. britain has taken its first step towards leaving the european union, after mps voted overwhelmingly in favour of triggering brexit. last night parliament approved legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. theresa may will detail her plans for leaving the eu later, in a government white paper. mps will once again debate the bill parliament next week, when opposition parties will seek to amend the legislation. we‘ll be live in westminster in just a few minutes to find outjust how significant last night‘s vote was — and what‘s next in the brexit process. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is being proposed as a 16—week consultation begins today, on plans to build a third runway. the government will set out its detailed proposals for the 22 billion pound expansion, including the planning regulations and other measures which the airport will have to comply with.

nick quraishi reports. no new runway! the debate over the expansion of heathrow has long been a volatile one. after years of debate, the government announced heathrow as their preferred location to build a new runway back in october 2016. today, they will be launching a 16 week consultation as they make clear what their plans will be. they‘re likely to include six domestic airports which will be newly served by heathrow. an additional 260,000 takeoffs or landings will be permitted each year. support for communities affected by expansion and a ban on scheduled flights for 6.5 hours overnight to reduce the impact of noise. the transport secretary chris grayling is expected to say the third runway at heathrow will enhance uk‘s global links in a post—brexit britain. but critics are still likely to have concerns. the final vote will be held in parliament later this year or in 2018 but the runway is not expected to be operational

until around 2025. nick quraishi, bbc news. violent protests have led to the lockdown of the university of california‘s berkeley campus. hundreds of students had rallied against a planned speech by the right—wing breibart news editor, milo yiannopoulos. some of the protestors clashed with riot police, smashed windows and started a fire. the romanian capital, bucharest, has seen one of its largest ever anti—government protests after a decree was passed that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption. crowds of more than 150,000 people were reported outside government offices late on wednesday. protesters were seen throwing firecrackers and smoke bombs at police who responded with tear gas. the sale of puppies under eight weeks old is to be banned as the government introduces new laws to safeguard the welfare of britain‘s pets.

the reform is one of the biggest to the pet trade in 20 years. plans will require anyone breeding and selling three or more litters of puppies a year to apply for a formal licence. irresponsible breeders who break these rules could face up to six months in prison. the bbc radio presenter desmond carrington has died at the age of 90. the veteran broadcaster presented his weekly evening show, the music goes around, for 35 years before stepping down in october last year. he had been battling cancer and alzheimer‘s disease. the director of bbc radio, bob shennan, described him as a warm, caring and generous man. the wartime singer dame vera lynn — known as the forces sweetheart — will celebrate her 100th birthday next month by releasing a new album. let‘s have a listen. # sailing, i am sailing home again

across the sea. amazing voice, isn't it? it‘s thought the compilation of re—orchestrated versions of her best known songs will make dame vera the first centenarian to have a new record out. eight years ago, she became the oldest living artist to top the uk album charts. still going strong. football fans are used to long journeys that they can get expensive. in a bid to save money, one at newcastle united supporter ended up with 56 separate tickets for his train journey to see his team play oxford in the fa cup. that is mega, isn‘t it? 56. i have seen that is mega, isn‘t it? 56. i have seen ten, maybe. johnny‘s trip took into seven station and saved him £30. all that effort might not have been worth it because his team lost 3-0. 56,

been worth it because his team lost 3—0. 56, though? been worth it because his team lost 3-0. 56, though? it been worth it because his team lost 3—0. 56, though? itjust wonder... it's 3—0. 56, though? itjust wonder... it‘s just unimaginable. i 3—0. 56, though? itjust wonder... it‘sjust unimaginable. i can belly manage with two tickets. —— barely. for even blows my mind. ——4. 30 quid isa for even blows my mind. ——4. 30 quid is a decent amount of money. it is starting to get really interesting at the top of the premier league. there was the chance for the two manchester clubs to make up ground at the top of the table, but only city could manage it. just weeks after thrashing west ham in the fa cup, they did it again. kevin de bruyne and a first goal for the club from gabrieljesus helped them to a 4—0 win. that puts them level on points with fourth placed liverpool. we were lucky the first time around. the second time we went to score and it didn‘t happen. that season, that was a problem. we were clever and

able to do that. manchester united remain sixth after a goalless draw with hull city. they were denied by a string of fine saves. afterwardsjose mourinho had a tetchy exchange from start to finish with the bbc‘s martin fisher. what is your overall impression which‘s performance? we didn‘t score. it is not possible to win. what particularly did you feel the referee should have pulled him up on? if you don't know football, you shouldn‘t have a microphone in your hand. he does grumpy really well, though. something sir alex ferguson could do well. he doesn‘t really care, does he? he doesn‘t care what people think about him. it can be as grumpy as he likes. celtic are 25 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeen 1—0, their record unbeaten run is now 28 games.

second placed rangers were beaten 4—1 at hearts. the sides were level at half time but jamie walker scored twice in the second half. england‘s miserable tour of india ended in shambolic fashion as they lost their t20 series comfortably. the home side hit 203, including this huge shot that actually went out of the stadium. england began well in reply but lost their last eight wickets for eight runs — they finished 127 all out. it means they leave india having lost the test, one day and t20 series. very disappointing. for maybe 60% of the game we were competitive. right in amongst it. we fell away terribly towards the end. committed a cardinalsin of towards the end. committed a cardinal sin of losing two players in one over. it allowed india to build a little bit of pressure. we went up to it at all. —— we were not. england will be without george kruis for saturday‘s rugby union

six nations opener against france. he‘ll see a specialist today after suffering a knee ligament injury in training on tuesday. england coach eddiejones says he‘s not ruling him out the entire tournament just yet. two—time olympic champion nicola adams says she‘s aiming for a world title fight in 2018. she makes her professional debut this year. she turned pro last month and herfirst fight is in april in manchester before a bout in her home city of leeds in may. she says winning a world title next year is "realistic". we‘ll end by returning to last night‘s premier league action and what turned out to be a very special night for stoke‘s peter crouch. what do you do when you are peter crouch and you get your 100th goal? he is rolling back the years. he scored his 100th premier league goal in his sides 1—1

draw with everton. you of course roll back the years and celebrate by doing the robot. congratulations to him. he was famous for doing it in the 2006 world cup. that‘s when he brought it to our attention. i‘m not doing it. that is more like voguing, isn‘t it? last night, mps took the first major step on the parliamentary journey towards brexit. they voted by an overwhelming majority to approve the european union bill, which will kick—start the process of britain leaving the eu. 498 members of parliament backed the government and voted in favour of the legislation, which was supported by the labour leadership, but opposed by the snp, plaid cymru and the liberal democrats. but 47 labour mps rebelled and opposed the bill. just one tory voted against the government — the former chancellor ken clarke. today, prime minister theresa may will publish a white paper on her brexit policy — fleshing out her plans for leaving the eu. starting next week, the bill will continue through parliament, and should be approved by the queen in early march.

that will be just in time for the pm‘s visit to brussels, where she could formally tell other european leaders that she‘s ready to trigger article 50. let‘s speak to our political correspondent eleanor garnier, who‘s in westminster for us. what‘s been the reaction to the vote in westminster? in some ways, the real significance of last night‘s bob, and it is a significant thing. the clock is ticking. —— vote. there is a swift process of results that will come into play. there is now no turning back. that is what ministers have been saying and lots of people, lots of politicians, from both sides of the debate have been saying that last night was historic. that is

also because it is so significant that so many mps voted for something they didn‘t believe in. many politicians had voted to stay inside, to remain in the european union, yet their constituents voted to leave. last night, we saw lots of politicians voted —— voting for the triggering of article 50, even though their constituents, because their constituents wanted them to. this is quite unusual in this representative democracy that we have here in westminster. it is not often we see that thing happening. now, as you point out, the clock is ticking and there isn‘t much time between now and theresa may‘s self—imposed deadline of triggering a divorce talks —— the start of them before the end of march. we have more debates in the house of commons next week. that will be a real detailed discussion with lots of amendments put down by lots of political parties that want to try and steer the direction that the

government takes us, out of the european union. after that, it will then go to the house of lords where peers will have their turn at the prevailing consensus is that peers have accepted the referendum result and it will be very difficult indeed for them to go against the will of the people. just talk us through the publication of the white paper today. just explained that for people because theresa may have given some details, not enough for many people, already. what will be in this document? the white paper is really a formal policy document. it sets out the government‘s strategy if you like. its gameplan. we will get that later today. last month, theresa may gave a big speech setting out her brexit priorities. i think we should not expect too many surprises today because what will be

in the white paper will be based on that big speech. we know, for example, that she wants to leave the single market. that allows for the free movement of goods, services, capital and people. instead, she was to replace it with a deal that will mean businesses can still trade without those barriers and tariffs. we also know she wants to prioritise controlling migration and she also wa nts to controlling migration and she also wants to make sure there is no hard border between the united kingdom and the republic of that is what we expect to night before the vote and we are going to have we had hours of debate last night before the vote and we are going to have thousands of debate to come and perhaps years of debate to come and perhaps years of negotiations for theresa may. thank you are a parent this morning, surely you will know how daunted in if you are a parent this morning, surely you will know how daunted in is children go to whose children

have now, these parents whose children have down syndrome, had created a photo album. it is this boy‘s first year at school in cornwall. children paint and play games as you might expect, but they are also learning a type of sign language. it is to help communicate with noah, who has down syndrome. language. it is to help communicate with noah, who has down syndromem is amazing how the children have this understanding that he is slightly different to them, at that in treating differently. if anything, they are understanding and they want to help noah. they all wa nt to they want to help noah. they all want to be friends with him. he is very popular. in common with 6500 children who have started school, noah received a book as part of a pack. he is one of the children featured and his mum devised the idea. this group have children with down‘s syndrome. 750 are born each yearin down‘s syndrome. 750 are born each year in the uk and this book is

given to those parents. the second book is designed for all children starting primary. it is the next big step in the adventure of having a child, you know, how is it going to be, what will it look like. getting ready for the whole different change in routine, so it seemed like a good place to start for the chapter. very much devised and written at the kitchen table the book paid for by fundraising is now spreading across the uk and around the world. fundraising is now spreading across the uk and around the worldm gives us goose pimples to know this book is going out to little hands it was made for. that is fantastic. when the pack goes home with that child and they opened the book with a grown—up and they say, why is that child wearing hearing aids and why is it sitting in a chair? they might say, he needs it so that he can hear. that is what it is about. the opportunity for a child to ask the question, received the answer and

move on. this is one that angie has made for all children going to school. angie and had a meeting with the actor and writer sally phillips and her son ollie. last year sally made a documentary looking at a prenatal test some think might eradicate the condition. she is endorsing the book and believes it makes a difference. yes, because we are afraid of things we don‘t know or recognise. we all are. so i think making little kids with down‘s syndrome familiar and unthreatening to other children is a great thing. there is nothing better than a joyful child with down‘s syndrome, to dispel fear at art school for typically developing children. there is news of an order from rotherham. the shipment now. for 4000 books. back home and had‘s main aim is to beat his sisters at snap. for his

mum and the other volunteers and their ambition is to help every child, with down‘s or not to take the crucial steps into the brave new world. it isa it is a good idea. you‘re watching breakfast. the main stories this morning: the government is publishing details of it‘s strategy for brexit today. mps last night voted overwhelmingly to trigger the process of leaving the eu. violent protests against an ultra—right speaker have led to a university campus in california being put on lockdown. facebook announced big profits overnight, driven one remarkable fact. yes, amazing figures overnight. 16% of people on earth use facebook every day. it shows the scale and size of the

network. despite predictions of a slowdown, the world‘s biggest social network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. late on wednesday, it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. by the end of last year over 1.86 billion people around the world were logging on at least once a month. that‘s an annual rise of 17%. advertisers love it. last year, they spent almost £23 billion placing ads on facebook — a jump of 57% on 2015. that made facebook profits of well over £8 billion — a huge jump of 177%. facebook is one of the biggest advertising businesses on earth. dave lee is the bbc‘s north america technology reporter and he‘s in san francisco for us this morning. it is nice to see you. thank you for

staying up so late for us. talk us through the figures. they have beaten many expectations. there is lots of happy faces here. it is the middle of the night here. you can see behind me the famous facebook "like" symbol. you have missed them but people have been coming to take selfies, like it is some kind of social media maka. that was the existing hatred you —— mecca. they have built another huge complex here. mark zuckerberg works over there. he will be pleased. those earnings exceeded all expectations. this is a company which each quarter investors say, we want more, and they say, ok, we have done even better than that. huge growth,

attributed to mobile advertising on facebook. 80% of advertising revenue comes from mobile. that is something they are very pleased with. now they will try to look at increasing it further, showing more ads on videos, more on the news feed and growing around the world. 1.8 6 billion people use it every month, that is what they said at the end of last year. that would suggest at some point more than 2 billion people will be on facebook. yes, huge ambition in growth, and when it comes to advertising, making more money. the figures somewhat overshadowed by a big fine of £500 million. i will get you to explain it, it is using technology they didn‘t own? it, it is using technology they didn't own? yes, one of the big hopes for them for the next ten yea rs hopes for them for the next ten years is virtual reality. a couple of years ago they bought a company called oculus vr, and they make the oculus rift headset, which has

proven popular. the lawsuit which was brought against them, and mark zuckerberg tested in this case, they said in the early stages of making the headset that they essentially borrowed software at the beginning to make it work and they unfairly, and legally took the source code and useditin and legally took the source code and used it in the product. now, the jury used it in the product. now, the jury agreed it happened, the company did want to billion dollars in damages, instead they managed to get $500 million in damages. it was a big amount, though a drop in the ocean for facebook, given how much they are making. more of an embarrassment for them. facebook will appeal. and a word on the controversy related to the presidential election and the brexit campaign in the uk. criticism of fa ke campaign in the uk. criticism of fake news and the idea of an echo chamber where we only see what we wa nt to chamber where we only see what we want to see. we are only seeing our own views. what are facebook doing about it? facebook like to downplay it. they say of all the things

shared on facebook, fake news is a small part of it. they are introducing tools to help people understand whether something has been verified or not. it is nice to see you, thank you. and we should say it is his birthday as well. we have made him stay up through the night in san francisco. happy birthday and thank you very much. more after seven a.m.. he is still smiling. he is loving life. and happy birthday. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. there is quite a lot happening over the next couple of days, starting with today. this forecast holds true. windy with rain at times. this morning, we have bands of rain moving across. they are not necessarily coherent. some of them will be heavy and there is a lot of cloud around. that will extend into wales, northern england,

scotla nd extend into wales, northern england, scotland and we have showers across northern ireland. one thing you will notice is it is an mild start to the day. as we go through the day the wind arrows on, so it will be windy, but the strongest winds will be to the west. through the irish sea and western scotland. in exposure, we could have severe gales. there will be large waves whipped up through the afternoon. despite the fact of the afternoon. despite the fact of the rain, it won‘t be raining all the rain, it won‘t be raining all the time. there will be some bright spells developing, quite a lot of cloud and temperatures between nine and 12 degrees, so we are easily into double figures. and then through the evening and overnight, still quite breezy, so we don‘t anticipate frost or fog, then we have more rain in from the west, coming in behind it once again with showers and temperatures between six and eight degrees. you will have heard a lot about friday. this is

not a named storm. it is low pressure which is looking like heading closer to france. if you look at the isobars, where they are tightest is where the strongest wind will be. we could see some windy conditions across southern counties of the uk. and what will accompany the wind is rain. first thing in the morning, rain in south—west england, moving into south wales, drifting further east with cloud building. moving away further north and east and we have sunshine. and those are the temperatures values. eight in the temperatures values. eight in the north and 12 in the south. if we look at the wind strength we are anticipating. with exposure around the isle of wight, through the english channel, we could have 70 mph. inland, 50 mph, but locally about 60 mph. that is still strong wind, don‘t misunderstand it, it

could take down branches of trees, for example, so be aware of it. and as we head into saturday, low pressure m oves as we head into saturday, low pressure moves north, the tight squeeze is to the east, but not as windy, so on saturday it looks like it will be wet in the north of the country, further south something dry with showers. thank you very much. and lots of people have been getting in touch, because we are doing a story about matt, who is putting £10 notes around cardiff with instructions to spend the £10 on doing something nice for someone else. we are asking what you might be doing. ali has said she would buy the warmest piece of clothing she could find and give it to someone without a home. yes, there is a theme to this. sue says she would go toa theme to this. sue says she would go to a cafe on a pay for some food and give it to a homeless person to eat. lots of people say they buy food to ta ke to lots of people say they buy food to

take to the food bank as well. they would buy wool and make a hat for the homeless. kim says she would give it to a local dog rescue centre. we are going to talk to matt later about why he is doing this. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. the controversial durand academy in south london has been rated inadequate by ofsted. it was hailed as a model academy by michael gove when he was education secretary but inspectors highlighted concerns about weak leadership and governance. at a secondary boarding school it runs in west sussex, the report found an allegation of abuse made by a student against a member of staff wasn‘t reported to the local authority. police have tasered and arrested a man after officers forced their way into a burning building in walthamstow. it‘s alleged the 39—year—old suspect was armed with a knife, and sprayed accelera nt at police when they tried to confront him yesterday.

four officers have been treated in hospital for the effects of breathing in smoke. almost one in five people say they‘ve lost theirjob as a result of their mental health and more than half have lost touch with a loved one, according to new research. the study by the campaign group, time to change, aims to highlight the discrimination many still face. here in london, local parks are being used to provide a relaxing place for people to talk about mental health. the whole idea actually came from the us, because a psychotherapist took his client for a walk in central park, and i thought, in london we are blessed, we have the most wide open green spaces of many, many cities around the world, and i thought, why not utilise it? let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is off to a good start, as you can see. no reported problems on any

of those lines there. let‘s take a look at the blackwall tunnel. that northbound traffic on the southern approach slow from blackwall lane. in limehouse, we‘ve got queues westbound on the a13 commercial road from the west india dock road towards the rotherhithe tunnel. and in the city, cornhill is still closed for ongoing works, it‘s causing delays between bank and bishopsgate let‘s have a check on the weather now with with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday there was plenty of rain around, but it also felt very mild. and it‘s the same sort of conditions again today, but this time it‘s also going to be really very windy, with a strong southerly wind developing. now, it‘s a mild start to the morning, nine or 10 degrees, lots of cloud around and a few dribs and drabs of rain around through the morning rush—hour, but a lot of dry weather. and then the main rain band is headed in, pushing in from the west, headed into the morning, through to the first part of the afternoon, with the odd heavy burst of rain. then it will clear as we head into the late afternoon. perhaps even a little late brightness too. top temperatures, 10—11. quite windy, and the wind will strengthen through the overnight period too.

a few spots of rain but otherwise mostly dry. it will feel a bit chilly tonight, overnight lows of six or seven. now, tomorrow, we have a met office weather warning for the strength of the wind. it‘s going to be quite windy through the day, but it will be especially strong through the evening rush hour, perhaps gusting as high as up to 40 mph. and then a decent start with sunny spells. then we get the rain. it will start to cloud over, heading into the afternoon. that‘s when we see the strong wind as we head into the first part of the evening. over the course of the weekend, some nicer weather around, it won‘t be as windy, it should be bright and it will feel a touch chillier. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. across it has taken off in bangladesh, america and across the uk. hello, this is breakfast,

with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. parliament gives backing to brexit as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of starting the process to leave the european union. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. there were just 114 mps against the bill — today the government will outline the full details of its plans. good morning, it‘s thursday the second of february. also this morning: a ban on night flights at heathrow is proposed by the government, as a public consultation

is launched on a new runway. calls for killers to be denied parole if they refuse to reveal where their victims bodies are. i gave birth to her, i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains. oil has nearly doubled in the last 12 months. what does that oil has nearly doubled in the last 12 months. what does for the prices we pay at the pumps? i will of the ceo of shell. in the premier league, manchester city thrash west ham. brazilian gabriel jesus scored his first goal for the club as they won 4—0. manchester united could only manage a goalless draw with hull city. extracted dna from a banana

extracted dna from a banana once! and carol has the weather. . today, some rain crossing us. some bright spells. wherever you are, it will be windy, especially in today, some rain crossing us. some bright spells. wherever you are, it will be windy, especially in where you could see some severe gales. i will have more details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. parliament takes the first step towards leaving the european union as parliament vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering brexit. last night, mps approved legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. theresa may will outline her plans for leaving the eu today, as our political correspondent iain watson reports. the ayes to the right, 498. seven months after the referendum and the process of leaving the european union has now begun. last night, mps backed the principle of triggering article 50 — the formal opening of the eu exit door.

this was welcomed by prominent leave campaigners. what this shows is that we can go into this negotiation with some self—confidence and ambition. but difficult discussions lie head. last month, the prime minister talked about her priorities. today, the government will set out its plans for brexit in what is known as a white paper, a document which politicians and the public can pore over. next week, mps will have another opportunity to influence those plans. only one conservative mp, veteran former chancellor ken clarke, rebelled against his government last night. others in his party who are worried about leaving the eu‘s single market haven‘t ruled out opposing the plans further down the line. there is a separate debate to be had. i think many of us in parliament and many, many thousands, tens of thousands of people outside, have very firm views on that which i hope the government will give us time to debate. in the short term, it is labour that looks more divided. the official line was not to block the referendum result but 47 ofjeremy corbyn‘s mps defied him and voted against the process of leaving the eu.

the labour leader has already lost three members of his top team and two other pro—eu mps in his shadow cabinet of leaving the eu. are considering whether to resign next week. all this before the british government has even begun their negotiations with brussels. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. let‘s speak to our political correspondent eleanor garnier, who‘s in westminster for us this morning. what can we expect from this white paper? voted on some voted on some behind you and last night was one of in the building behind you and last night was one of it was a both side of the. many mps on both side of the debate an historic there is no

turning many saying there is no turning many saying there is no turning back. it is going to set out its it is going to set out its setting out her theresa may gave a speech last month setting out her priorities. they need to trade without barriers and tariffs. we know she also wants to prioritise controlling migration. after the vote last night, we still got some detailed scrutiny next week in the house of commons they need to trade without barriers and tariffs. we know she also wants to prioritise controlling migration. after the vote last night, we still got some detailed scrutiny next week in the house of commons before it turns into the house of lords. we still have thousands of hours of debate, yea rs of have thousands of hours of debate, years of negotiations, four to

reason we still have thousands of hours of debate, years of negotiations, for theresa may. perhaps a decade of adjustment but as ministers say, marked the moment of no a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is being proposed as a 16—week consultation begins today, on plans to build a third runway. the government will set out its detailed proposals for the 22 billion pound expansion, including the planning regulations and other measures which the airport will have to comply with. nick quraishi reports. no new runway! the debate over the expansion of heathrow has long been a volatile one. after years of debate, the government announced heathrow as their preferred location to build a new runway back in october 2016. today, they will be launching a 16 week consultation as they make clear what their plans will be. they‘re likely to include six domestic airports which will be newly served by heathrow. an additional 260,000 takeoffs or landings will be

permitted each year. support for communities affected by expansion and a ban on scheduled flights for 6.5 hours overnight to reduce the impact of noise. the transport secretary chris grayling is expected to say the third runway at heathrow will enhance uk‘s global links in a post—brexit britain. but critics are still likely to have concerns. the final vote will be held in parliament later this year or in 2018 but the runway is not expected to be operational until around 2025. violent protests have led to the lockdown of the university of california, berkeley campus. hundreds of students had gathered to rally against a planned speech by the right—wong breitbart news editor, milo yiannopoulos. our correspondent james cook reports. wherever milo yiannopoulos goes, protests seem to follow.

the controversial journalist has been touring campuses with a polarising message. he praises free—speech, donald trump and attack islam and feminism. here at the university of california berkeley, demonstrators were divided about whether such views are justified this response. i definitely think the students went way too far. they crossed the line by vandalising property and putting things on fire and stuff. this is really appropriate for what is going on right now. the speaker, milo yiannopoulos, is unknown racist. he shouldn't be allowed to speak. that is a rioting protesters threw smoke bombs and fled through the building. —— flares at the. many refused to leave the area and the campus was placed on lockdown. college republicans said they invited

milo yiannopoulos but the talk was cancelled because of the concerns for his safety. i am not the racist that they claim. they do that to legitimise the violence against you. even if i were, even if what they said about me was true, this would and the inappropriate response to ideas. berkeley was the cradle of the free—speech movement in the 1960s. not tonight. the romanian capital, bucharest, has seen one of its largest ever anti—government protests after a decree was passed that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption. crowds of at least 150,000 people were reported outside government offices late on wednesday. protesters were seen throwing firecrackers and smoke bombs at police who responded with tear gas. the sale of puppies under eight weeks old is to be banned

as the government introduces new laws to safeguard the welfare of britain‘s pets. the reform is one of the biggest to the pet trade in 20 years. plans will require anyone breeding and selling three or more litters of puppies a year to apply for a formal licence. irresponsible breeders who break these rules could face up to six months in prison. the number of incidents of violence and abuse targetting jewish people in the uk has reached a record high, according to a new study. the community security trust say there were more than 1,300 anti—semitic incidents in 2016, a 36% increase on the previous year. they suggest a perceived rise in racism since the eu referendum could be behind the increase. the number of eu students applying to universities in the uk has fallen by 7% according to the admissions service ucas. the number of uk applicants has also dropped by 5%. nursing is one of the hardest hit disciplines with almost 10,000 fewer people applying —

a drop of almost a quarter compared to january of last year. these figures give us an early indication of how many graduates go to university in the autumn. a 7% drop in applications may be explained by uncertainty, following the decision to leave the eu. the number of uk students applying has also fallen by 5%. one of the biggest falls in applications has been for nursing courses in england. until this year, trainee nurses were eligible for an nhs grant, to cover fees and living costs. now, like other undergraduates, they will have to ta ke other undergraduates, they will have to take out alone. the number of nursing a ticket in england has fallen by 23% since 2016. according to ucas figures, there were 43,800 applicants in england compared to 33,810 in this year. that means that 9990 fewer people will study nursing competitor last year. the chief

executive of ucas said the overall fall could lead to a fall in applicants later in the year. a baby hippo born prematurely at the cincinnati zoo is receiving round the clock care after being born six weeks early. this is fiona and she‘s the first nile hippo born at the zoo in 75 years. she‘s had a tough start to life, but is now learning to nurse, walk and of course swim. a good hit both fact. despite the fa ct a good hit both fact. despite the fact they might look a bit chubby, they could easily outrun a human so... they could easily outrun a human so... you know, they would be after you. now i am warned. the hippo‘s name is fiona because of the movie shrek. all the weather and sport coming up.

on monday, six people, including two former hbos bankers, were found guilty of bribery and fraud that cost the bank‘s business customers and shareholders hundreds of millions of pounds. a court had heard that lynden scourfield, a manager with hbos in reading was bribed with exotic foreign holidays, cash in brown envelopes and otherfavours in exchange for him agreeing inappropriate loans to businesses. scourfield was convicted after pleading guilty at a trial last year. the other five will be sentenced today. what is most extraordinary is that the fraud was discovered, not by the bank or the police, but by two customers, paul and nikki turner. they join us now from their home in cambridge. thank you forjoining us. this is a really complicated and long story. it essentially started for you back in 2003 when you approached hbos for a loan. can you explain

what happened ? hbos for a loan. can you explain what happened? march 2007 when we we re what happened? march 2007 when we were told the bank manager was on sick leave and his replacement was abrupt, to say the least. so then what happened ? abrupt, to say the least. so then what happened? from thereon in... we we nt what happened? from thereon in... we went to see lynden scourfield. we knew there was something we'd going on. we had a can top —— consultancy firm in ourcompany. on. we had a can top —— consultancy firm in our company. we were beginning to take off and doing well and then in march 2007, lynden scourfield was gone and then this strange man had said we was dealing with the rank's money and not one more pound. they shut us down. they shut down lots of businesses after lynden scourfield left. we had to work out what went on. three years of investigation. we found out

through finding other victims and documents. what we discovered in the six weeks was a pretty mind blowing, to be honest. we reported it to the board of the bank and in the beginning of september 2000 and seven. their response was to try and evict us from here. betweenjanuary 2007 and august, we had 22 is itching hearings. we consented to not being evicted. —— eviction. suspects were arrested, the bank asked us to agree to indefinite suspension and we thought, yes! of course. a hard decision to make. that was hard for us because we were trying to uncover what was going on and unravelling this massive fraud in the bank's reaction is well, if we as victim, they went be able to

do their investigation. can you just explain to me... sorry to interrupt. can you just explain, you are essentially losing loads of money. how much money did you actually lose from this and is there any hope of getting it back? i don‘t know about the hope of getting it back, i am sure we will have a good future whatever happens after these people are sent down. it is not really a financial thing. how do you replace 13 years of your life? ten of them when the bank knew full well what we were saying was the truth? but they decided they didn‘t want it exposed, for whatever reasons, and continued to cover it up. and when lloyds took over, they carried on digging. as i said on radio 4, it is time to stop digging and admit that this was a massive fraud and cover—up and compensate

all the victims. the money is not the important thing. the important thing is getting everybody‘s lives back. for ten years we have not had that. so many other victims are the same. it is notjust us, it is your children. nearly all the victims we know art people with children. you cannot take ten years out of people's lives and have stressed parents. it has been a nightmare scenario for many of the victims. the bank, they do not even call us clients, we have learnt in court that we are just called connections. just to depersonalise it even more. you talk about, obviously, your lives being hit terribly hard by this. can you explain what it has been like over the last ten years? well, fortunately for the team here this morning, it is nine degrees, according to carol. but actually we do not have any central heating or running hot water, and we haven‘t had that for 11 years. we only have

an aga that runs on oil, and eternally heats the kitchen. it is very bracing when you get up here at seven o‘clock in the morning. very bracing when you get up here at seven o'clock in the morning. you look very cheerful. it has been very tough. well, because if we had been, well, the reason this has all happened is in part due to breakfast tv, because i reported it by email in 2008 and a bbc producer started researching it, and did actually produce the first report in 2009 about it. realistically, we have learnt to live with this. ten years isa learnt to live with this. ten years is a long time. 13 years since the fraud was perpetrated. this is a time when we would be happy, because the trial has happened and they have been found guilty and we have been vindicated, and we can start now, trying, i send all the other victims, to get our lives back. dutch mac asked and all be. —— asked

and all the other victims. it is not about the money, it is just about getting our lives back so that we don‘t constantly have to feel stressed that something else nasty is going to happen. it has been going on for too long. if it is not going on for too long. if it is not going to be resolved we will carry on and expose even more of this dreadful stuff, because there is a lot more to expos. thank you so much for talking to us today about it. we have to rush off to suffolk. very good. enjoy your day. just on that point, we mentioned the bank, and what the bank have said, it is the role of police to investigate criminal conduct and we have assisted the police fully since they launched their investigation in 2010. it‘s 7:19 and you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. a mild start to the day, as we havejust good morning. a mild start to the day, as we have just been good morning. a mild start to the day, as we havejust been hearing.

for the next few days it will turn windier than it has been, and there will be rain at times. some of that will be rain at times. some of that will be rain at times. some of that will be heavy. today we have bans of rain moving from west to east. most are not heavy, but there will be the odd heavy burst as we go through the day. there is quite a bit of crowd around and as we had further north the scenario is the same. cloudy with some rain. showers in northern ireland and rain extending across parts of northern scotland, where it is also very party. wherever you are, including the highlands, it is not as cold as it was yesterday. as i mentioned, windy wherever you are, but the strongest winds today are going to be out towards the west. in the expose parts of the west and up to the irish sea, western scotland, we will see gusts and severe gales which will whip up large waves. turning drierfulsome of which will whip up large waves. turning drier fulsome of this afternoon with some brightness, but most of us will remain in double figures. through this evening and overnight there will be lots of cloud around. we will still have some more rain as well. lots of rain

piling into the west and the rain will be a feature of the weather as we go through tonight. as a result we go through tonight. as a result we will not have any low—level fog problems and it is going to be a relatively mild night. but you can see what is waiting in the winds. that is coming in our direction tomorrow. this is still not a name storm. if it were to be named it would be called doris, but it is not yet. it is an area of low pressure coming our way. we are more certain of the track then we have been. it looks like the strongest winds will be across the southern counties of england. we also have rain piling in with the system and moving steadily northwards. but you can see a header that two east anglia, northern england, northern ireland and scotland, it is going to be dry for you, and there will also be some sunshine. if we focus now on where the strongest winds are likely to be, they are likely to be in the south. so with that exposure, seeing gusts up to 70 miles an hour in the channel islands. more likely to be 60 miles an hour across the south coast, and inland likely to be about

50 miles an hour. still gusts of winds to be reckoned with. back to the rain on the course of friday evening, it continues to push northwards, getting across northern ireland, where it is likely to be quite heavy. they could be surface flooding issues with that rain. the other thing, overnight friday into saturday, is that across counties antrim and down, we are looking at slow down to about 200 metres. —— snow. there goes the low pressure, heading across our shores through saturday, taking the rain with it. after a dry day on friday, saturday will be wet across the northern half of the country. there will likely be quite a bit of dry weather around with some sunshine, and you can see the rain is well in the south—east. as we head into sunday it remains fairly unsettled. dry spells, some sunshine, some rain, and a few showers to boot. i notice you didn‘t say are names that time, in case you got wrong again. i am playing it safe on our!

ben has the main business stories. good morning. troubled german banking giant deutsche bank has reported a net loss of 1.4 billion euros for 2016 as it struggles with the impact of mammoth fines, lower revenues and restructuring costs. the fourth quarter alone saw a loss of 1.9 billion euros, affected largely by $7.2 billion the bank agreed to pay in fines and compensation in the us over its involvement in the mortgage—backed securities crisis of 2008. so lots of problems there. better news for the world‘s biggest social network. it keeps getting bigger, more profitable and more powerful. overnight facebook reported figures much better than many were expecting. by the end of last year over1.8 6 expecting. by the end of last year over 1.8 6 billion people around the world were logging on at least once a month. advertisers also spent

nearly £23 billion putting their adverts on the site. all of that meant that fits for facebook came in at well over eight million pounds. —— profits. a phenomenal amount of money. tesco could be forced to send hundreds of stores before the proposed merged with booker, which owns longus and budgens, and the regulator worries that could mean too many stores owned by the same firm in the same place. it is especially worried about reding, nottingham, fleetwood, swansea and croydon. those are the areas where there are too many of those stores in one place. we havejust heard from shower, the oil giant, which has reported an 8% fall in its profits. we will be speaking to the chief executive and about 25 minutes. you can join chief executive and about 25 minutes. you canjoin me to that. almost 30 years ago, helen mccourt was murdered at the age of 22. her killer has never revealed where her body is. tomorrow, helen‘s law will be considered in parliament. it proposes to deny killers parole if they don‘t reveal where victims‘ remains are. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been

speaking to helen‘s mother marie who has led the campaign. it doesn‘t yet easier, it doesn‘t get better. you just deal with it better. mary mccourt has lived with the pain of losing her daughterfor almost 30 years, a pain made sharper by the fact that her body has never been found. it is not her grave if i haven‘t got helen‘s remains. that is what i want. i gave birth to her. i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains. get her a resting place. good morning, love. this is all she has two mark her daughter‘s life. a marble bench in the graveyard, and the constant torturous thoughts about where helen might be. you look, all the time. we

have friends who will come down, say the weekend, and we will take them ona the weekend, and we will take them on a walk, thinking that we haven‘t looked over that area yet. we do not tell our friends that, but we take them, and while we are out walking and chatting, i am busy looking. that little brook, was that there at the time? it is like torture, isn't it? it is, yes. this is why mary is campaigning with hermp, it? it is, yes. this is why mary is campaigning with her mp, connor given, so that killers like ian simms, the man who murdered her daughter, will never be released if they refuse to reveal where their victims are. the ministry ofjustice tell us that since 2007 there have been 30 murder convictions without a body. in australia they are already pushing this through, the idea of no pa role if pushing this through, the idea of no parole if there is nobody. and campaigners say it is common sense that we do exactly the same. helen

mccourt, keith and it, michelle genscher, jane harrison. just some of the victims who have never been found. ian simms, ian brady, martin stafford, kevin doedee. some of the killers who have cruelly prolonged the anguish for their victims‘ families. that is time for the mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters of those individuals. i think they should all recognise that, and in the coming weeks and months, working with the government, i hope we can get this on the statute book. last spring mary was told that ian simms had been moved told that ian simms had been moved to an open prison. he will be considered for parole next year.” am fighting that all the way. i am fighting it when i‘m on holiday. and iam fighting it when i‘m on holiday. and i am determined. helen's law receives a second reading in parliament tomorrow. so far it has the backing of more than 340,000 people, people who believe life should mean life for killers who

inflict the final agony by preventing a final goodbye. you‘re watching breakfast. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. the controversial durand academy in south london has been rated "inadequate" by ofsted. it was hailed as a model academy by michael gove when he was education secretary but inspectors highlighted concerns about weak leadership and governance. at a secondary boarding school it runs in west sussex, the report found an allegation of abuse made by a student against a member of staff wasn‘t reported to the local authority. durand hasn‘t commented on the report. police have tasered and arrested a man after officers forced their way into a burning building in walthamstow. it‘s alleged the 39—year—old suspect was armed with a knife, and sprayed accelera nt at police when they tried to confront him yesterday. four officers have been treated in hospital for the effects of breathing in smoke.

almost one in five people say they‘ve lost theirjob as a result of their mental health and more than half have lost touch with a loved one, according to new research. the study by the campaign group, time to change, aims to highlight the discrimination many still face. here in london, local parks are being used to provide a relaxing place for people to talk about mental health. the whole idea actually came from the us, because a psychotherapist took his client for a walk in central park, and i thought, in london we are blessed, we have the most wide open green spaces of many, many cities around the world, and i thought, why not utilise it? the outgoing bishop of london has said st paul‘s cathedral learned lessons from the anti—capitalist occupy protest, which was controversially removed from the steps of the church five years ago. the tube is running well so far, as you can see.

no reported problems on any of those lines there. over in south—east london we‘ve got westbound delays on the a206 trafalgar road, from blackwall lane towards greenwich. the new kent road is also slow westbound from the a2 old kent road at the bricklayers arms. and in the city, cornhill is still closed for ongoing works. it‘s causing delays between bank and bishopsgate. hello, good morning. yesterday there was plenty of rain around, but it also felt very mild. and it‘s the same sort of conditions again today, but this time it‘s also going to be really very windy, with a strong southerly wind developing. now, it‘s a mild start to the morning, nine or 10 degrees, lots of cloud around and a few dribs and drabs of rain around through the morning rush—hour, but a lot of dry weather. and then the main rain band is headed in, pushing in from the west, headed into the morning, through to the first part of the afternoon, with the odd heavy burst of rain. then it will clear as we head into the late afternoon. perhaps even a little late brightness too. top temperatures, 10—11. quite windy, and the wind will strengthen through the overnight period too. a few spots of rain but otherwise mostly dry. it will feel a bit chilly tonight,

overnight lows of six or seven. now, tomorrow, we have a met office weather warning for the strength of the wind. it‘s going to be quite windy through the day, but it will be especially strong through the evening rush hour, perhaps gusting as high as up to 40 mph. and then a decent start with sunny spells. then we get the rain. it will start to cloud over, heading into the afternoon. that‘s when we see the strong wind as we head into the first part of the evening. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. britain has taken its first step towards leaving the european union, after mps voted overwhelmingly in favour of triggering brexit. last night parliament approved legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. theresa may will detail her plans for leaving the eu later, in a government white paper. mps will once again debate the bill parliament next week, when opposition parties will seek to amend the legislation. a ban on scheduled night flights

at heathrow is being proposed as a sixteen—week consultation begins today, on plans to build a third runway. the government will set out its detailed proposals for the 22 billion pound expansion including the planning regulations and other measures which the airport will have to comply with. violent protests have led to the lockdown of the university of california‘s berkeley campus. hundreds of students had rallied against a planned speech by the right—wing breibart news editor, milo yiannopoulos. some of the protestors clashed with riot police, smashed windows and started a fire. distro in prime minister has refused to confirm whether donald trump cut short a phone call in a disagreement

about refugees —— the australian prime minister. malcolm turnbull said that he had spoken candidly and frankly to the president. officials said the conversation was shorter than expected. the romanian capital, bucharest, has seen one of its largest ever anti—government protests after a decree was passed that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption. crowds of more than 150,000 people were reported outside government offices late on wednesday. protesters were seen throwing firecrackers and smoke bombs at police who responded with tear gas. the number of incidents of violence and abuse targetting jewish people in the uk has reached a record high, according to a new study. the community security trust say there were more than 1,300 anti—semitic incidents in 2016, a 36% increase on the previous year. they suggest a perceived rise in racism since the eu referendum could be behind the increase. the sale of puppies under eight weeks old is to be banned as the government introduces new laws to safeguard the welfare of britain‘s pets.

the reform is one of the biggest to the pet trade in 20 years. plans will require anyone breeding and selling three or more litters of puppies a year to apply for a formal licence. irresponsible breeders who break these rules could face up to six months in prison. the bbc radio presenter desmond carrington has died at the age of 90. the veteran broadcaster presented his weekly evening show, the music goes around, for 35 years before stepping down in october last year. he had been battling cancer and alzheimer‘s disease. the director of bbc radio, bob shennan, described him as a warm, caring and generous man. the wartime singer dame vera lynn — known as the forces sweetheart — will celebrate her 100th birthday next month by releasing a new album. let‘s have a listen. # sailing, i am sailing home again across the sea. it‘s thought the compilation

of re—orchestrated versions of her best known songs will make dame vera the first centenarian to have a new record out. eight years ago, she became the oldest living artist to top the uk album charts. still going strong. a remarkable achievement. football fans are used to long journeys, but they can get expensive. in a bid to save money one newcastle united supporter ended up with 56 separate tickets for his trainjourney to see his team play oxford in the fa cup. could you imagine the train conductor thain, right, can could you imagine the train conductorthain, right, can! could you imagine the train conductor thain, right, can i see your tickets? they would be there for half an hour. —— if they said.

jonny heywood‘s trip took him to seven stations and saved him £30. all that effort might not have been worth it though, as his team lost 3—0. i would lose half of them. sally‘s here now with news of a good night for manchester city? a great night for manchester city. in the premier league, there was the chance for the two manchester clubs to make up ground at the top of the table, but only city could manage it. just weeks after thrashing west ham in the fa cup, they did it again. kevin de bruyne and a first goal for the club from gabrieljesus helped them to a 4—0 win. that puts them level on points with fourth placed liverpool. the start of the game was so equal that we were lucky the first time around we scored. the second time we score, that didn‘t happen. that season, that was our problem. we were clever and able to do that. manchester united remain sixth after a goalless draw with hull city.

they were denied by a string of fine saves. afterwardsjose mourinho had a tetchy exchange from start to finish with the bbc‘s martin fisher. jose, what‘s your overall impression of tonight‘s performance? we didn‘t score. don‘t score, it‘s not possible to win. that goal keeper was in marvellous form when you did get through. yeah. what particularly did you feel the referee should have pulled them up on? if you don‘t know football, you shouldn‘t be with a microphone in your hand. a bit of me would love to be asking those questions. celtic are 25 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeen 1—0, their record unbeaten run is now 28 games. second placed rangers were beaten 4—1 at hearts. the sides were level at half time but jamie walker scored twice in the second half. england‘s miserable tour of india ended in shambolic fashion as they lost their t20

series comfortably. the home side hit 203, including this huge shot that actually went out of the stadium. england began well in reply but lost their last eight wickets for eight runs — they finished 127 all out. it means they leave india having lost the test, one day and t20 series. very disappointing. for maybe 60% of the game we were competitive and right in amongst it. we fell away terribly towards the end. committed a cardinal sin of losing two in players in one over. it allowed india to build a little bit of pressure. we weren‘t up to it at all. they have not had a good time, have they? england will be without george kruis for saturday‘s rugby union six nations opener against france. he‘ll see a specialist today after suffering a knee ligament injury in training on tuesday. england coach eddiejones says he‘s

not ruling him out the entire tournament just yet. just in case, you never know. two—time olympic champion nicola adams says she‘s aiming for a world title fight in 2018. she makes her professional debut this year. she turned pro last month and herfirst fight is in april in manchester before a bout in her home city of leeds in may. she says winning a world title next year is "realistic". we‘ll end by returning to last night‘s premier league action and what turned out to be a very special night for stoke‘s peter crouch. what do you do when you are peter crouch and you get your 100th goal? he is rolling back the years. he scored his 100th premier league goal in his sides 1—1 draw with everton. and what do you do if you‘re peter crouch to mark such a landmark occasion. you of course roll back the years and celebrate by doing the robot. congratulations to him. he is very tall. he is six foot

seven. it‘s like he‘sjust he is very tall. he is six foot seven. it‘s like he‘s just putting his arm on little children. no, he is just his arm on little children. no, he isjust very, very his arm on little children. no, he is just very, very tall. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the government was published it strategy for brexit later after mps voted overwhelmingly last may to trigger the process of leaving the eu. violent protests against a right wing speaker have led to a university campus in california being put on lockdown. carroll said the weather will be u nsettled. carroll said the weather will be unsettled. let‘s see if it has got any better in the last half an hour. if anything, we are looking at windy conditions and rain. it is a mild start. if you are just stepping out, you will notice it. what we have todayis you will notice it. what we have today is a band of rain and moving

steadily towards the east but very windy conditions, particularly with exposure towards the west. we are looking at possible severe gales. again, with exposure. across the irish sea, heading up towards the west of scotland as well. by the afternoon, there will still be rain around that it will be dry this afternoon and we will see one or two bright spells. temperatures 11— 12. northern ireland, also brightening up. don‘t forget, it will be very windy with some large waves crashing on the shore. we have some bright spells and sunshine across scotland but very windy in the west. as we head into the evening and overnight, it will still be windy. we have more rain coming in from the west, with some showers. look at this combination. it would be a cold night and we won‘t have any problems with fog at lower levels but see this here, this is what is coming our way tomorrow. still an area of low pressure. it has no name. if you

look at a squeeze of ice above, it is heading into france. —— isobars. we will still be affected in the senseit we will still be affected in the sense it will still be windy and it will bring rain in our direction. we start off with the rain. it comes in from the south—west and pushers and north eastwards through day. further east and north you are, the dry and brighter it will be and you will be wondering what all the commotion is about. if you are in the south, it will be a different story altogether. if we focused first of all on the wind strength. we are looking at gust of wind across the channel islands. the isle of wight, for example, with exposure, at 70 mph. more generally across southern counties of england, it will be a roundabout 60 mph. move inland and it is 60 mph. that is still a force to be recognised —— reckoned with. if you get to 70, that could bring down branches of trees and so on. meanwhile, the rain continues to bad northwards and we could see a lot of rain across northern ireland. that

may lead to some surface water flooding issues. something to be a whereof. overnight friday and into saturday, down to about 200 metres, we could see some snow. as we headed through the rest of friday and into saturday, there goes that low pressure, moving steadily northwards after a dry day on friday and it will be wet across the north of the country. whereas in the south, it will be mostly dry with some sunshine but we do have something coming up from france which is likely to bring some rain into the south—eastern corner. in between both of these, not a bad day. we will have sunshine, temperatures between about seven and nine. then has got some important figures now for us. this is about shell, the oil giant company. oil giant shell has reported an 8% fall in full year profits to £2.7 billion. ben‘s chatting to the boss. shell, or to give it it‘s full name — royal dutch shell — is the world‘s biggest private oil company with operations all over the world. but it‘s been a tough business to be in lately.

oil prices slumped to $30 a barrel a year ago, down from more than $100. but they‘ve since recovered a little and they‘re around $56 dollars today. so what does that mean for the firms that extract oil from the ground and refine the petrol we buy at the pumps. ben van beurden is the chief executive of royal dutch shell and we can talk to him now. good morning, mr van good morning, mrvan beurden. let‘s talk about these figures. it has been a tough time for oil firms lately, talking about how you cope with a lower oil price and continue to make profit. you have sold more than half of your operations in the north sea? why? i think you are right. it has been a tough year. but ifi right. it has been a tough year. but if i look at the year, altogether it has been a good yearfor if i look at the year, altogether it has been a good year for shell if i look at the year, altogether it has been a good yearfor shell and if i look at the year, altogether it has been a good year for shell and a strong ending. if you look at the

fourth quarter we made $9.2 billion cash. if you look at the assessments, we are picking up the pace there as well. altogether, the last quarter, for a second quarter ina row, last quarter, for a second quarter in a row, we have been able to cover our cash difference for a net cash rate going on. we have even be able to reduce our debt by $4.5 billion. how have you been able to do that? you talk about all the things that are working well, that you had to sell off a lotjust are working well, that you had to sell off a lot just to are working well, that you had to sell off a lotjust to balance the books. that is part of the programme. there are a number of leaders we have to pull in an environment like this and selling is an important aspect of that as well. it helps us, but it is not the only lever. we have been about $5 billion behind us in terms of deals. we have announced another $5 billion of divestments in the last few days, and we are pretty close to announcing another $5 billion. so thatis announcing another $5 billion. so that is $15 billion of regress in

what we said would be a $30 billion divestments programme. that is important in terms of cash balance, but that is not the main reason we do it. the main reason is we want to streamline our portfolio, make it simpler, make it high quality. that is also one of the reasons why we have been divest ourselves of mature assets like those in the north sea. we have touched on the lower oil price, which has sparked by falling demand from places like china. let‘s talk about exit. that has led to a slump in the value of the pound. that means that things like oil costs more. the oil price is set in dollars, and in the end, therefore, the dollar price with a weaker pound will work its way through. there is mind that the bulk of the price is not the oil price as such. it is actually taxes and other levies. talk us through what we might

expect. we have heard from lots of retailers and big businesses lately, talking about how prices might go up for clothing by up to 5%. what will we see from petrol? i take your point, that a lot of what we pay at the pump is tax and other things. point, that a lot of what we pay at the pump is tax and other thingsm is hard to predict. that if you see that oil prices are going to strengthen, certainly in terms of pounds, it is fair enough to issue that some of that fact will filter through. at the same time, of course, this is a competitive business, and therefore, i think that from a competitive perspective the most people will still see the best possible price they can see from companies like us. another big geopolitical issue, the presidency of donald trump. he is confident of his commitment to fossil fuels, to oil and coal and gas. that is great news for you, isn‘t it? oil and coal and gas. that is great news for you, isn't it? i think it isa news for you, isn't it? i think it is a little bit early to see how thatis is a little bit early to see how that is going to play out. i think president trumper, being the businessman that he is, is going to have a lot of focus on a business

friendly agenda. i think president trumper has also said that he believes that every aspect of the energy system has a role to play. oiland gas is energy system has a role to play. oil and gas is part of that, as well as renewables, i would imagine. oil and gas is part of that, as well as renewables, iwould imagine. i think that is a welcome development. of course, we believe that the energy transition that we are witnessing is unstoppable. we want to be part of that energy transition. we want to have a portfolio that is resilient in a world where we are hopefully less than two celsius in terms of warming up. and we think that we can thrive in that world as well, it irrespective of what happens in the united states. —— as well, irrespective. you talked about divestments. it is notjust selling things off, i am looking at your investment here as well. your new projects are not necessarily in the uk. you have sold off much of the north sea and you are investing elsewhere. why is that, and does brexit enter into that thinking of when you put your money?”

brexit enter into that thinking of when you put your money? i wouldn't say this has anything to do with brexit. we optimise our investment portfolio globally. indeed, we invest roughly 25 billion us dollars this year, and a significant part of that will be in the north sea. if you look forward to the next few yea rs, you look forward to the next few yea rs , we you look forward to the next few years, we expect, just in the north sea, to expect about —— to invest about $700 million per year. very good to talk to you, benjamin van beurden. the chief executive of royal dutch shell. an interesting time for the industry given the big fall in the price of oil, down from about $110 per barreljust a couple of years ago, it is now about $50. it shows just how volatile the oil market can be and what it means for things like petrol and what we pay for that at the pump. more for me after eight o‘clock. for that at the pump. more for me after eight o'clock. i have a question for you. you remember what you are like when you were five yea rs you are like when you were five years old? i had a basin cut, big blonde hair. we are a confident kid?

so so. i got by. i'm sure it made you who you are today. there is a reason we are talking about this. there is a programme, the secret life of five—year—olds, which looks into how children behave when they do not realise they are being filmed, and the kind of gender stereotypes that come up. they give them lots of different tasks to deal with. yes, they are trying to work out from observing and talking to five —year—olds when gender stereotypes kick in. we‘ll be talking in a moment with the clinical psychologist involved in the programme, but first let‘s look at one of the tasks that the boys we re at one of the tasks that the boys were asked to perform. i‘m quite interested to see how much you know about girls and the way that girls act. girls act like this! hello, i‘m pretty! that girls act. girls act like this! hello, i'm pretty! iwant that girls act. girls act like this! hello, i'm pretty! i want you to pose like you are a girl. go! vago like this. —— they go like this.

walk like you are a girl. when i say 90, walk like you are a girl. when i say go, run like you are a girl. boys are stronger than girls. girls can be strong. it is because they have to ta ke be strong. it is because they have to take lessons. brilliant to watch. dr elizabeth kilbey is a consultant clinical psychologist and joins us now. you are on the show, one of the people in the background watching them. it is so fascinating, isn‘t it? they do not realise they are being filmed, and how they behave is so being filmed, and how they behave is so interesting, because it tells you lots about how boys and girls think about each other. absolutely. that is the magic of the show. in my day—to—dayjob, is the magic of the show. in my day—to—day job, when i is the magic of the show. in my day—to—dayjob, when i am observing children, i day—to—dayjob, when i am observing children, lam day—to—dayjob, when i am observing children, i am always in the room. that affects what happens. i never get the opportunity to be a fly on the wall, to watch them without them knowing. what are you setting out to

discover more about? you can tell from the questions that you ask, one question was to pose or behave like a girl. so you are prompting them to illustrate what? what are you trying to do? we are interested in how children behave. we have spent a lot of time on the show watching them interact together. we have always had them as mixed groups. we know that ina had them as mixed groups. we know that in a group there is a big difference in personalities, the way that children play with different types of toys. but when you put them in single sex groups, just the boys with the boys and the girls with the girls, what do they start to say about each other? yes, let's look at this clip about the boys talking about the difference between boys and girls. we will have a look at that in a minute. it is very observational, what you are doing. people will have opinions on this themselves, but do you, with the expertise... (inaudible). bore

no witch way that the velvet is going to go, but every day over something new and fascinating. on that fundamental question, when do gender stereotypes kick in, do you have conclusions? when i watched the four —year—olds, i begin to understand how they know who they are in relation to the other children. they are very open. they play with what they like, they play with who they want. it is about getting a sense of who you are. when you get to five years old, you start to have an understanding of how you are different from the next person. you begin to understand your difference in gender. i am a girl, ura boy. that is so key to what we are watching. let's take a look at that could buy just are watching. let's take a look at that could buyjust mentioned. what can girls do that noise cannot do? they can wear dresses. boys can't. yes they can! we do this a

lock in this house, so you might need to be added to a bit brave. wear lipstick. boys can't. make sure i don't get any make—up in my hair, because this wasjust i don't get any make—up in my hair, because this was just done about a week ago. my brother was lipstick for school. i don't care what you think about me. while the rest of the girls powder their noses, alice has again found something else to play with. dinosaurs! we saw a little clip of either, she is one of my favourites. she is brilliant, she goes against everything you think about. out on the grass, either is teaching jude some karate moves to shake up his idea about what little girls are really made of. why can‘t girls be scientists? because they make silly potions. i got the dna from a banana

once. go! it is really interesting, isn‘t it? where do you think that comes from? where does either‘s strength and the fact that she knows herself so well come from, compared to the other kids? as scientists we know that there is so much about our personality and character, how we are born and what we bring to the world. what we have been able to watch on the secret life of five—year—olds is the fact that the group environment has on each other. there is an amazing clip of the boys acting as if they are girls, and chewed does a clear portrayal of a girl, and he seems to think, that is what i‘m supposed to do. it was that moment i understood that group effect is huge for five —year—olds. there is one of my favourite clips from an old series where there is a little girl totally unaware of anybody watching her, and she walks past a telephone and pretends it rings, and picks it up and says, richard, will you stop calling, you are not the father! and i thought,

where is that coming from?m are not the father! and i thought, where is that coming from? it is so amazing. when we watch these children we hear so much of ourselves. i think before we have really thought about the effect that adults have on children, and identity development and their ideas about gender, what i have heard from this show is that we might be missing a trick by seeing they affect each other and how much joy and pleasure they get from making each other laugh, because there is so each other laugh, because there is so much humour in the show. part of this playing to a stereotype is making your group different from the other group to get a bit of a laugh. you are going to come back and talk to us again later. reply watching andl to us again later. reply watching and i am sure they will want to share their anecdotes and stories. we will talk to you later this morning. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today‘s stories using the hashtag #bbcbrea kfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. either and chewed will be with us as well, so they will be very interesting sumit. —— eva and jude. good morning from bbc london news.

i‘m sonja jessup. the controversial durand academy in south london has been rated "inadequate" by ofsted. it was hailed as a model academy by michael gove when he was education secretary but inspectors highlighted concerns about weak leadership and governance. at a secondary boarding school it runs in west sussex, the report found an allegation of abuse made by a student against a member of staff wasn‘t reported to the local authority. durand hasn‘t commented on the report. police have tasered and arrested a man after officers forced their way into a burning building in walthamstow. it‘s alleged the 39—year—old suspect was armed with a knife, and sprayed accelera nt at police when they tried to confront him yesterday. four officers have been treated in hospital for the effects of breathing in smoke. almost one in five people say they‘ve lost theirjob as a result of their mental health and more than half have lost touch with a loved one, according to new research. the study by the campaign group, time to change, aims to highlight the discrimination many still face.

here in london, local parks are being used to provide a relaxing place for people to talk about mental health. the whole idea actually came from the us, because a psychotherapist took his client for a walk in central park, and i thought, in london we are blessed, we have the most wide open green spaces of many, many cities around the world, and i thought, why not utilise it? let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is running well so far, as you can see. no reported problems on any of those lines there. there has been accident on the m4 with westbound delays. from junction to towards brentford. it is also showing everything down on the 84 to four between crawford and hayes. traffic on the m25 is slow anticlockwise from junction 21 for the m1 towardsjunction 18. let‘s have a check on the weather now with with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday there was plenty of rain around, but it also felt very mild. and it‘s the same sort of conditions again today, but this time it‘s also

going to be really very windy, with a strong southerly wind developing. now, it‘s a mild start to the morning, nine or 10 degrees, lots of cloud around and a few dribs and drabs of rain around through the morning rush—hour, but a lot of dry weather. and then the main rain band is headed in, pushing in from the west, headed into the morning, through to the first part of the afternoon, with the odd heavy burst of rain. then it will clear as we head into the late afternoon. perhaps even a little late brightness too. top temperatures, 10—11. quite windy, and the wind will strengthen through the overnight period too. a few spots of rain but otherwise mostly dry. it will feel a bit chilly tonight, overnight lows of six or seven. now, tomorrow, we have a met office weather warning for the strength of the wind. it‘s going to be quite windy through the day, but it will be especially strong through the evening rush hour, perhaps gusting as high as up to 40 mph. and then a decent start with sunny spells. then we get the rain. it will start to cloud over,

heading into the afternoon. that‘s when we see the strong wind as we head into the first part of the evening. over the course of the weekend, some nicer weather around, it won‘t be as windy, it should be bright and it will feel hello. this is breakfast with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. parliament gives backing to brexit as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of starting the process to leave the european union. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. there were 114 mps against the bill. today the government will outline the full details of its plans. good morning. it‘s thursday the 2nd of february. also this morning: a ban on night flights at heathrow is proposed by the government as a public consultation is launched for a new runway.

a sharp rise in profits, but a costly court case for facebook — we‘ll get the latest from san francisco. good morning. the boss of shell tells me on this programme that the price of fuel could rise after the fall of the pound following brexit. in the premier league, manchester city thrash west ham. brazilian gabriel jesus scored his first goal for the club as they won 4—0. manchester united could only manage a goalless draw with hull city. why can‘t girls be scientists? because they make silly potions.” extracted the dna from a banana once! that told him!. we‘ll see how the differences between boys and girls are explored in the secret life of five—year—olds. and carol has the weather. today is going to be wet and windy, the strongest winds with exposure in

the strongest winds with exposure in the west, but some of us will see a little bit of sunshine, and i will tell you where in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. parliament takes the first step towards britain leaving the european union as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering brexit. last night they approved legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. theresa may will outline her plans for leaving the eu today, as our political correspondent iain watson reports. the ayes to the right, 498. seven months after the referendum and the process of leaving the european union has now begun. last night, mps backed the principle of triggering article 50 — the formal opening of the eu exit door. this was welcomed by prominent leave campaigners. what this shows is that we can go into this negotiation with some self—confidence and ambition. but difficult discussions lie head. last month, the prime minister talked about her priorities.

today, the government will set out its plans for brexit in what is known as a white paper, a document which politicians and the public can pore over. next week, mps will have an opportunity to influence those plans. only one conservative mp, veteran former chancellor ken clarke, rebelled against his government last night. others in his party who are worried about leaving the eu‘s single market haven‘t ruled out opposing the plans further down the line. there is a separate debate to be had. i think many of us in parliament and many, many thousands, tens of thousands of people outside, have very firm views on that which i hope the government will give us time to debate. in the short term, it is labour that looks more divided. the official line was not to block the referendum result, but 47 ofjeremy corbyn‘s mps defied him and voted against the process of leaving the eu. the labour leader has already lost three members of his top team and two other pro—eu mps

in his shadow cabinet are considering whether to resign next week. all this before the british government has even begun their negotiations with brussels. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. let‘s speak to our political correspondent eleanor garnier, who‘s in westminster for us this morning. what can we expect from this white paper? it essentially means there is no turning back? that's right, it was a critical moment last night, and mps on both sides of the debate saying it was an historic moment. we had the vote last night, and we will get the vote last night, and we will get the white paper today, the formal policy document that will set out the government was mike negotiating strategy. it is like the government‘s game plan. there shouldn‘t be too many surprises in it. we know she wants to leave the single market, which allows the free movement of goods, services, capital

and people, and she wants to replace it with a new deal with the eu that will still give businesses the access they need to trade without barriers and tariffs. we also know she wants to prioritise getting control of migration. there will still be more scrutiny next week in the house of commons, then it will be over to the house of lords appears to have their say, and then it will be up to theresa may to trigger article 50, the formal start of the negotiations. even after that, i think we will have thousands of hours of debate left in parliament, decades of administrative unravelling as we leave the eu, and theresa may has yea rs of leave the eu, and theresa may has years of negotiations to go. so yesterday marked that moment of no return, but there is plenty more work to do. allen, thank you very much. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is being proposed as a sixteen—week consultation begins today, on plans to build a third runway.

the government will set out its detailed proposals for the £22 billion expansion, including the planning regulations and other measures which the airport will have to comply with. nick quraishi reports. no new runway! the debate over the expansion of heathrow has long been a volatile one. after years of debate, the government announced heathrow as their preferred location to build a new runway back in october 2016. today, they will be launching a 16—week consultation as they make clear what their plans will be. they‘re likely to include six domestic airports which will be newly served by heathrow. an additional 260,000 take—offs or landings will be permitted each year. support for communities affected by expansion and a ban on scheduled flights for 6.5 hours overnight to reduce the impact of noise. the transport secretary chris grayling is expected to say the third runway at heathrow will enhance uk‘s global links in a post—brexit britain.

but critics are still likely to have concerns. the final vote will be held in parliament later this year or in 2018, but the runway is not expected to be operational until around 2025. nick quraishi, bbc news. violent protests have led to the lockdown of the university of california‘s berkeley campus. hundreds of students had gathered to rally against a planned speech by the right—wing breibart news editor, milo yiannopoulos. some of the protesters clashed with riot police and started fires. facebook reported a sharp rise in profits last year, but they have been fined using another company‘s technology. these are impressive figures, but the company has had some problems recently? yes, those

earnings really beat all expectations. in the last year, they made $10.2 billion, around £8 billion. that is up 177% from last year, and they have done it by increasing the amount of money they make from mobile advertisers, the adverts you see on the act. but they we re adverts you see on the act. but they were adjudged to have unlawfully used some software early on in the development of the virtual reality headsets, so they have to pay $500 million in damages, small change to then maybe but it has been an embarrassing episode. they are going to appeal the decision, because they feel all the credit for that virtual reality technology should go to facebook. so, a topsy—turvy day the

mark zuckerberg, but they are still riding high. thank you very much indeed. the church of england has admitted that allegations of historical physical abuse made against a former friend of the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, should have been reported years earlier. the archbishop says although he worked with the barrister, john smythe, a former leader at iwerne holiday camp, he was not part of his inner circle of friends. boys were allegedly physically abused at summer camps run by mr smythe in the late 19705. the sale of puppies under eight weeks old is to be banned as the government introduces new laws to safeguard the welfare of britain‘s pets. the reform is one of the biggest to the pet trade in 20 years. plans will require anyone breeding and selling three or more litters of puppies a year to apply for a formal licence. people who break these rules could face up to six months in prison. the number of students from the european union applying to study at universities in the uk has fallen by 7%, according to the admissions service ucas. there‘s also been a drop

in applications from uk students, with nursing being hit particularly badly. almost 10,000 fewer people have applied to study nursing. that is a drop of almost a quarter compared to january last year. the time now is ten past eight. all the weather and the sport coming up for you later on. almost 30 years ago, helen was murdered, and a new law is suggested that prisoners can be denied parole if they will not reveal where the remains are. it doesn‘t get easier, tt doesn‘t get better, you just deal with it better.

marie harcourt has lived with the pain of losing her daughter for almost 30 years. a pain made sharper by the fact that her body has never been found. i haven‘t got helen‘s remains. that‘s what i want. i gave birth to her. i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains, give her a resting place. good morning, love. this is all she has to mark her daughter‘s life — a marble bench in a graveyard, and a constant, tortuous thought about where helen might be. you look all the time. all the time. we have friends who would come down and stay for the weekend. we will take them on a walk. "we haven‘t had a look over here." we don‘t tell the friends. but we take them. and while we are out walking and chatting, i‘m busy looking, "what is that little brook, was it there at the time?" it‘s like torture? it is, yes.

this is why marie is campaigning with her mp conor mcginn, so killers like ian sims, the man who murdered her daughter, will never be released if they refuse to reveal where their victims are. the ministry ofjustice tell us that since 2007 there have been 30 murder convictions without a body. in australia, they are already pushing this through, the idea of no parole if there is no body. and campaigners here say that it‘s common sense that we do exactly the same. helen mccourt, keith bennett, michelle pynchon, jane harrison, just some of the victims who‘ve never been found. ian sims, ian brady, martin stafford, kevin dougherty, some of the killers who cruelly prolonged anguish for their victims‘ families. that's torment for the mother, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters of those individuals. i think the law should recognise that and i hope in the coming weeks and months, working with the government, that we can get this on the statute book. last spring, marie was told ian sims

was moved to an open prison. he will be considered for parole next year. i‘m fighting it all the way. i‘m fighting it on holiday. and i am determined. helen‘s law receives a second reading in parliament tomorrow. so far it has the backing of more than 340,000 people, people who believe life should mean life for killers to inflict the final agony, preventing a final goodbye. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to 14 minutes past eight. the main stories this morning: the government will publish its strategy for brexit later today after m ps its strategy for brexit later today after mps voted overwhelmingly last night to trigger the process of leaving the eu. violent protest against a right—wing speaker have led to a university campus in

california being put on lockdown. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. there is a lot to get in. first of all, this beautiful weather watchers picture. but for the next few days, it will be windy with rain at times. this morning it is windy wherever you are, we are looking at gales, especially in the west and especially with exposure. if there is a lot of exposure through the irish sea, it could even have severe gales, and that will whip up some large waves. through this morning and into this afternoon, we will have some rain, but if anything it will be a little drier and brighter. it is mild already and will continue to be mild through the day. some bright spells, a little bit of sunshine, and across

scotla nd a little bit of sunshine, and across scotland and northern england, again afair bit scotland and northern england, again a fair bit of cloud at times, some splashes of rain but equally a little bit of brightness. through the evening and overnight, we lose the evening and overnight, we lose the first band of rain which is replaced by a second one coming in from the west. it will be a windy night, and behind the second band of rain, further showers. with all this going on, a fairly mild night in progress, and we won‘t have any problems with low—lying fog. tomorrow, this area of low pressure coming our way. we are more confident of its track now, and if you look at the squeeze on the isobars, they are close together across the bay of biscay and parts of france, so this is where we expect the strongest winds to be. but it will still be windy across southern counties of england and the channel islands, and it will bring some rain. the rain is coming in from the south—west, and it will continue to push north—east through the course of the day. ahead of this, a beautiful day in prospect, not much wind and a fair bit of

sunshine. a few showers out towards the west. but the wind will be a feature of the weather. tomorrow‘s temperatures, up to 11 celsius. if we ta ke temperatures, up to 11 celsius. if we take a look at the wind speeds, with exposure across the isle of wight, the needles, the channel islands, we could have gusts up to 60 or 70 bars per hour. along southern coastal counties, gusts of up southern coastal counties, gusts of up to 60 mph. and these will still pack a punch, particularly the higher gusts, they could do damage to trees, tiles, that kind of thing. this band of rain continues to move northwards, and it will take a good swipe at northern ireland, where we could see substantial rainfall totals building. tomorrow morning or tonight if you are out, you will find that there might be some surface water flooding. but the other thing tonight is a cross cou nty other thing tonight is a cross county antrim and county down, there could be some snow. the snow could

reach down as far as 200 metres. so, lots going on with the weather!. if you‘re a mum or dad watching this morning, you‘ll know all too well just how daunting those first days at school can be. now a group of cornish parents whose children have down‘s syndrome have created a photo book to help notjust their children cope with their first days at school — but all pupils. it tries to explain why children with down‘s might learn differently to them. breakfast‘s john maguire has been finding out more. now, shall we finish? it‘s noah‘s first year at school in cornwall. children paint and play games as you might expect, but they are also learning a type of sign language. it is to help communicate with noah, who has down‘s syndrome. it is amazing how the children have this understanding that he is slightly different to them, but they don‘t

treat him differently. if anything, they are understanding and they want to help noah. they all want to be friends with him. he is very popular. in common with 6,500 children who have started school, noah received a book as part of a starter pack. he is one of the children featured and his mum devised the idea. this group all have children with down‘s syndrome. 750 are born each year in the uk and this book is given to those parents. their second book is designed for all children starting primary. it is the next big step in the adventure of having a child, you know, how is it going to be, what will school look like. getting ready for the whole different change in routine, so it seemed like a good place to start for our next chapter. very much devised and written at the kitchen table, the book, paid

for by fundraising, is now spreading across the uk and around the world. it gives us goose pimples to know this book is going out to the little hands it was made for. that is fantastic. when the pack goes home with that child and they open the book with a grown—up and they say, why is that child wearing hearing aids and why is that child sitting in a chair? they might say, he needs it so that he can hear. that is what it is about. the opportunity for a child to ask the question, receive the answer and move on. this is one that angie has made for all children going to school. angie and ted are meeting with the actor and writer sally phillips and her son ollie. last year, sally made a documentary looking at a new prenatal test some think might eradicate the condition. she is endorsing the book and believes it makes a difference. yes, because we are afraid of things we don‘t know or recognise. we all are. so i think making little kids with down‘s syndrome familiar and unthreatening to other children

is a great thing. there is nothing better than a joyful child with down‘s syndrome to dispel fear about school for typically developing children. there is news of an orderfrom rotherham. we've got a shipment now. for 4,000 books. back home, his main aim is to beat his sisters at snap. for his mum and the other volunteers, their ambition is to help every child, with down‘s or not, to take the crucial steps into the brave new world. ben‘s been speaking to the boss of shell this morning. yes, and all oil firms yes, and all oilfirms have struggled of late because of that

fall in the price of oil and what they can charge for it at petrol stations. good morning. oil giant shell has reported an 8% fall in full year profits to £2.7bn. the firm has been hit by a slump in the price of oil from more than $100 a barrel to around $50. the firm has also been cutting costs and selling off parts of the business to balance the books. the boss of shell told me on this programme that prices might have to rise at the pump as a result of the weak pound after the brexit vote and says that donald trump‘s policies on fossil fuels are a welcome development. the world‘s biggest social network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. overnight, facebook reported figures much better than many were expecting. by the end of last year, over 1.86 billion people around the world were logging on at least once a month. advertisers spent almost £23 billion placing ads on the site and its profits came in at well over £8 billion. and tesco could be forced to sell 635 stores

before the proposed £4bn merger with booker. booker owns londis and budgens, and regulators are worried that the tie—up could mean too many stores owned by the same firm in one place. reading, nottingham, fleetwood, swansea and croydon are the areas of most concern for the authorities. so some of them may have to close. i am off! they say that money doesn‘t grow on trees, but later today it will be turning up in envelopes all around cardiff. it‘s the idea of a man on a mission of goodwill. matt callanan has hidden £10 notes all over the city. for those who find them, there‘s a condition — they have to use the money to do a good deed for someone else. matt joins us now. we have had loads of messages from

people with ideas of what they would do with this tenor. tell us why you are doing it? firstly, happy groundhog day to you both! am a film—maker and director. occasionally, i get to do some good things. i have been up volcanoes, filming bans on top of igloos in lapland through to filming in richard branson‘s lapland through to filming in richard bra nson‘s house. lapland through to filming in richard branson‘s house. i was in george clooney‘s house, filming a documentary on social causes, and he just happened to be showing his friend around who was my all—time hero, bill murray. and ijust thought, that is an amazing, cool thing to happen. on my way home, i thought, i wonder if this luck could continue. so i bought a lottery scratchcard for the first time, thought i would win a quarter of £1 million. actually won 20 quid. and

on the way home, i thought, i should do something with this £20. a couple of weeks later, i saw my local big issue seller down in cardiff bay, stefa no issue seller down in cardiff bay, stefano from romania. he had a big smile on his face all the time. occasionally, i buy him lunch. and i remembered i had this winning £20 note in my wallet and i thought, i have got to step up and do something big with it. so i went over to stefa no big with it. so i went over to stefano and said, put your magazines away and come with me. took him into the supermarket, gave him a basket and said, let‘s fill it up. this is on me. so we went around all the aisles and filled it up with food and food and essentials, some of the kind of things we all take for granted. matt, sorry to interrupt. so you basically did this brilliant deed for him because you have had good luck that day. what has that changed that into handing out a load

of tenors, and how can people find them? now i am of tenors, and how can people find them? now! am doing of tenors, and how can people find them? now i am doing 403 good deeds to leave a legacy for my one—year—old boy and carry on the good work my dad taught me to do. one of these good deeds is hiding 20 temp and those around cardiff, with a view to encouraging other people to do good deeds — 20 £10 notes. i wa nt to to do good deeds — 20 £10 notes. i want to get across to people that they can also do good deeds for free and use their skills and talents as and use their skills and talents as a positive force. one of the best good deeds i have done forfree, i was over in austin, texas, and i helped feed 301 homeless people with a warm meal. that was just through a couple of hours donating my time. so through this, hiding the tenners

around cardiff, i just through this, hiding the tenners around cardiff, ijust want through this, hiding the tenners around cardiff, i just want to encourage people to see what a positive impact they can have with no money or withjust positive impact they can have with no money or with just a bit of money. should be a good adventure. clearly, you‘ re money. should be a good adventure. clearly, you‘re a lovely bloke, very generous of you. when people find these envelopes, how do they go about finding them? were theyjust pass them on the street? is it a case of luck? there are obviously instructions inside over what they could do with the money, is that how it works? yes, i am hiding them around and they will all be associated with some major charities and causes that i believe in. there is whizz kids, the children‘s charity for wheelchair users. so we will be hiding, or putting a wheelchair with envelope in a prominent location around the city. with the big issue, we are hiding one of these envelopes which has a

£10 note in with a big issue seller. and inside is a set of ideas that they could potentially do with that £10. we are asking people to feedback. thank you so much. sorry we can‘t talk more. we have had loads of william messages about what people would do with it, so it will be great to see how it continues. thank you for your time. matt callaghan has been putting £10 note around cardiff for people to do something good with. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. the weather is looking pretty unsettled over the next few days, and we will see a windy spell with outbreaks of rain and sunshine infairly with outbreaks of rain and sunshine in fairly short supply. through today, the strongest of the winds will be around western parts where

we could see gales or even severe gales. outbreaks of rain working their way west to east across much of the country, and temperatures for most of us 10—12dc, feeling cooler under the outbreaks of rain. this evening and overnight, rain slowly clearing away from the east, and then we see further showers pushing into western parts of the country. it is windy tonight which means it should state frost free. temperatures are around seven celsius from most of us. we start friday on a mostly dry note, but we will see pressure working in from the south—west. that could well bring stormy weather across parts of the country later on in the day. the quietest parts will be central and north eastern areas, and we see that rain working in quickly through friday, pushing its way north eastwards, and some strong winds circulating around that area of low pressure. temperatures up to 10

degrees, a little bit cooler than today. if we have a look at this low pressure system, it could well produce winds of up to 70 mph, especially round exposed southern coast, and even inland, we could see gusts up to 50 mph. enough to cause damage and disruption, particularly power cuts and disruption to travel. during saturday, another area of low pressure, best of the drier and quite weather towards the north and west. hello, everybody. this is business live from bbc news with aaron heslehurst and sally bundock. shareholders don‘tjust like, they love the latest numbers from facebook. the world‘s biggest social network and now one of the biggest advertising businesses on the planet. live from london, that‘s our top story on thursday february the second. well on the way to two billion friends.

facebook gets more popular, more profitable and more powerful than ever before. but for how long? also in the programme: what does president trump make of this news? china and mexico teaming up to make cars south of the wall.