hello. this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. people buying a new car are urged by the transport secretary to think long and hard before choosing a diesel. chris grayling says drivers should consider whether a less polluting vehicle might suit their needs. good morning. it's saturday 25th february. also ahead: former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party has never been further from power in the last 50 years, following the conservative's success in the copeland by—election. president trump steps up his battle with the media, as a number of news organisations are barred from a white house briefing. in sport, an emotional goodbye. it's farewell to leicester for claudio ranieiri, as he tells fans the dream he hoped would last forever has died.

also this morning, we take a trip to the lake district island that inspired the foundation of the national trust. and ben has the weekend weather. good morning. the weather doesn't look particularly inspiring this weekend. a lot of cloud around. some rain at times and it will be fairly blustery. all the details in about 15 minutes. thanks, ben. good morning. motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car. that's the message from the transport secretary chris grayling. he's urging drivers to consider a less—polluting vehicle instead. four in ten cars on britain's roads are diesel. under labour, they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. now they're said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of air pollution. let's get more on this with our correspondent nick quraishi, who's in central london. good morning. chris grayling's word

centermark dramatic shift from what labourdid centermark dramatic shift from what labour did when it was in power. in 2001 gordon brown as chancellor reduced taxes on low sulphur fuel. that led the diesel car registrations to more than double. there are 12 million diesel cars on the roads and with that comes pollution. according to government estimates ten to 30,500 people died in the uk from nitrogen dioxide levels. —— 23,500. department for transport sources say he isn't saying not to buy diesel, just think about alternatives. government says it is committed to reducing harmful emissions and improving air quality and says it will come up with bans later this year is. one of them is a scrappage scheme, so motorists will be paid to get rid of their old

diesels in favour of something less polluting and we know that in london the mayor has announced a toxicity charge, which means from october the most polluting diesels will have to pay £10 per day to enter the city. a move which will no doubt be eagerly watched by other places in the uk. thank you. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said that the party is further from power than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. in an interview in the times newspaper, mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's future under jeremy corbyn, after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. here's our political correspondent chris mason. jeremy corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted. but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party has suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland, as the conservatives triumphed.

enter from new york the man some in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom—monger about his party underjeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had lost support among what he called its "core base". but those loyal to the leader say it is not alljeremy corbyn‘s fault and adds... i would actually like to talk about issues and what it is that makes a difference to people's lives. and what makes a difference to people's lives is having the sort of government that will address the concerns of people, that has solutions. this government does not and we need to make clear that we are the alternative and we have alternative solutions that will work.

if you need to make it clear that... that is the challenge for the bus it can't be laid at the door of one individual. but plenty of other labour mps see what has happened as evidence of what they've always feared withjeremy corbyn, a painful drift towards irrelevance. don't expect them to try to get rid of mr corbyn now, though, because they know what happened when they tried that last time. he won again. let's speak to our political correspondent, matt cole, who's in our london newsroom this morning. another tough day forjeremy corbyn. yes, he could probably do without this voice from the past. not the first time david miliband has been critical ofjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, but certainly the man who was beaten by his own brother in 2010 is probably more concerned about the loss in copland. if labour we re about the loss in copland. if labour were to lose other seats in the same way, by the same swing, in a general election, they could find themselves

below 200 seats. the tory majority could go on for 125, something like that, so clearly david miliband is concerned. he says he thinks labour is in concerned. he says he thinks labour isina concerned. he says he thinks labour is in a worse position than it was in the 1980s and must confront the historic nature of the problems. he isn't the only voice of criticism around. the leader of the unison union says they —— david miliband should take some of the blame himself for the loss in copland. jeremy corbyn says they will keep campaigning and is pointing to the fa ct campaigning and is pointing to the fact that they did hold stoke. thanks very much. several news organisations, including the bbc, have been barred president trump's spokesman said the administration would "push back" against what it sees as false reporting. here's our washington correspondent, laura bicker. president trump has stepped up his battle with the media. a few days ago i called the fake news "the enemy of the people" and they are.

they are the enemy of the people. because they have no sources, theyjust make them up when there are none. he is angry at recent reports claiming his campaign aides had contact with russian intelligence officials. the new york times used anonymous sources for their story. they should not be allowed, he said. they shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody‘s name. let their name we put out there. this latest tirade during a speech to a conservative conference was 15 minutes long and just a few hours later things changed at the white house. this is a usual briefing by the white house secretary. all accredited media can attend. instead, a number of selected media groups were invited into sean spicer‘s office and others were barred, including the bbc. he was asked why. there is a ban on cnn right now

that's a cnn and others have been blocked from media briefings. they not allowed in here right now because you are unhappy with their reporting is? why are they not in here? we added a call and we expanded on it and added some folks to come and cover it. it was my decision to expand it. the president says we will do something about it, in reference to these stories he says are false by the new york times and cnn. what is he talking about? we are going to aggressively push back. we are just not going to sit back and let false narratives, false stories, inaccurate facts get out there. the white house correspondents association says it is protesting strongly and encouraging those who were allowed in to share material. the bbc is also seeking clarification as to why it was barred. police have defended the decision to fire a taser at an unarmed blind man in greater manchester on thursday. officers at levenshulme train station mistook the man's cane for a gun.

the 43—year—old man was unhurt and the police have apologised to him. hsbc has promised to review the way it collects information from customers, after the bbc revealed that a number of clients had their accounts closed with little or no warning. some customers say the bank is being over—zealous with the information that it demands from them and how it treats those who struggle to provide it. the bank's been carrying out more stringent checks in recent years to protect against criminality. every parent knows that baby's first outing can be quite a stressful experience. have a look at these images. but this baby polar bear at munich animal park took her first steps in to the outside world in her stride. the baby, who is yet to be named, cautiously checked out the ground, drank water and even tried to bite a melon, to the delight of the viewing public. knocked over slightly by mum, but all well. that's an animal park in

munich. we will of course have all of the sport and we —— the weather coming up sport and we —— the weather coming up later. the battle to take back control of the iraqi city of mosul from so called islamic state has been going on for four months. so far the united nations estimates that 160,000 people have fled their homes, but many more will follow. this week the bbc has been broadcasting reports from quentin sommerville, who's with iraqi troops. here's a look at what he's sent from the front—line. the iraqi army are starting their assault on western those all. they've breached their own defences. —— western mosul. armoured vehicles

are getting ready. they are over that way and they know these men are coming. they are dug in and the assault on western mosul has started. these armoured columns are 110w started. these armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. the attack for the airport is under way. all night long we've heard coalition aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. iraqi forces are encountering every

resista nce iraqi forces are encountering every resistance as the roof into west mosul. —— move into. it ”1 week these .. i252}- betbe‘; “971, w , the of their let's talk to someone who works with oxfa m let's talk to someone who works with oxfam and has been to some of the villages where families have fled. shejoins us now villages where families have fled. she joins us now from villages where families have fled. shejoins us now from erbil. we were just seeing bear from shejoins us now from erbil. we were just seeing bearfrom our reporter that the fighting that's been happening over the past few days... what is it been like for the civilians? as you can see from the report there is quite heavy fighting happening in the villages around the airport and that's where i was yesterday, meeting families who fled from the south of mosul and the

southern villages. they are exhausted and traumatised and even just the sound of gunfire and artillery is really frightening for people. not least they lived under a isis for two years, so they've been through a lot. people said yesterday that they had to sneak out in the night, with very little with them, just what they could carry and made their way towards the front line, waving white flags in the hope that they can reach safety. it sounds terrifying. do they have places to stay? are they being helped? yes, i met with a man who had taken in a0 people into his house. around a50 people into his house. around a50 people had arrived in erbil in the past few days and so are lots of people had ta ken past few days and so are lots of people had taken other people in and we re people had taken other people in and were looking after them while they we re were looking after them while they were waiting to be taken

scfifiles we re were telling that in f— that in the ~ 7— tist in the . few yesterday that in the last few months there's been... supply routes have been cut off the villages and left him struggling to eat and haven't had access to healthcare and clea n haven't had access to healthcare and clean water. so they aren't in a good physical space, so they do really need food, water and blankets and warm clothes because it is really cold here at the moment. as you say that obviously been through an horrific ordeal and under the control of isis for the past few yea rs. control of isis for the past few years. do they have hope that things are getting better? well, i think in the first instance they are pleased to have reached safety and be out of the frontline fighting and to be out of the control of isis. they were telling me now hoping they will soon

be going home, so there is hope that they will be able to go back, rebuild their lives and start again. when we talk about them going home, will their homes still be there? that's going to be tough in itself, the challenge of what happens next. yes, i mean, having seen the other places in the last few months that have been reta ken places in the last few months that have been retaken and people have gone back to... some people's houses are still standing, but even then the fighting has damaged their properties. but some people go back to find their houses have been com pletely to find their houses have been completely destroyed. for you, working there, what's the biggest challenge? at the moment... i guess one of the biggest challenges is knowing how many people we need to respond to, so we are pre— positioning our stocks in places where we believe people will flee to

and supporting families that have already been displaced. a number of people have already been displaced from the mosul offensive and we are placing people in camps, as well as people who are returning to their villages, with water and blankets and food. thank you very much for talking to us. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning... people buying a new car are urged by the transport secretary to think long and hard before choosing a diesel, as the government looks at ways to cut air pollution. the white house has barred several major news organisations from a press briefing being given by president trump's spokesman. the bbc, along with cnn and the new york times were among those excluded. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. thank you very much. good morning.

we have left the storm behind us but that does not mean it is plain sailing this weekend. a cloudy start for many of us as seen by our weather watch here in plymouth as well as the cloud, a blustery wind to start the day and we will see some rain at times. not everywhere that for most of us it is a cloudy start. you can see this pipeline of cloud ploughing in across the country. the british isles is underneath, i promise. south—westerly is putting mild area in our direction. south—westerly is putting mild area in ourdirection. nine south—westerly is putting mild area in our direction. nine or 10 degrees at the start of the day across the channel islands. a few splashes of rain and quite breezy out there. across the north of wales in north—west england the rain turned heavily and through the day we will see a lot of rain here. particularly in parts of cumbria could have poor travelling conditions. a windy start, black winged arrows show the wind gusts, gale force gusts likely

for exposed coasts and hills. also to the east of high ground in scotla nd to the east of high ground in scotland in the east of the pennines as well, some very blustery wind. our band of rain will edge its way through the day slowly southwards and eastwards so rain all day long for parts of cumbria and wales. south—east of that just patchy for parts of cumbria and wales. south—east of thatjust patchy rain. it will stay mild with things cooling off by the end of the day. writing up a little bit with some sunshine and a few showers. into this evening and tonight the rain will continue for a time across central and southern, south—easterly areas. some of them damned if you areas. some of them damned if you are out and about. and then dry weather, perhaps even a touch of frost but our west, here we go again. another band of rain sliding in. through tomorrow, yes, more wet weather pushing in through scotland and northern ireland and settling in again over north wales. south—east of that, a fair amount of cloud with brightness if you are lucky. blustery wind in many areas and temperatures are 12 degrees in

london so mild in the south—east at calling off towards the north—west by the end of the day. that brings us by the end of the day. that brings us to monday, a cooler day, a windy day with some blustery showers. some of them heavy with hail and thunder. could be wintry over - ground thankii'v'vf—w: kiééawvsr , ,, thank you fiwws , ,. thank you ,:— we ' " will celebrate the outdoors now. beautiful images behind us here. an island which inspired the foundation of the national trust an island which inspired has been gifted to the conservation charity after more than a century in private hands. sitting in the middle of the lake district, grasmere island was left to the trust by its former owner in her will. dave guest has been for a visit. it is small but beautifully formed. grasmere island lies at the heart of the lake district. wordsworth is said to with picnic here frequently. but back in 1893 the island was put

up but back in 1893 the island was put upfor but back in 1893 the island was put up for sale and the thought of this idyllic spot coming private property outraged a local clergyman. he had a deep passion that everybody needed access to nature and natural beauty. the journey to grasmere island is an idyllic experience in itself. back in 1893 the new owner made a few additions which did not go down too well with the locals. he planted some shrubbery which caused a lot of indignation. a respectful letter was written asking him to reconsider some of these changes. the reply was blunt. if you are your friends felt so blunt. if you are your friends felt so strongly about what happened to the island, you are perfectly competent to turn up to the sale i did and purchase it. that is exactly theissue did and purchase it. that is exactly the issue that the vehicle was concerned about, but it's were being sold off to the highest bidder and they could do whatever they wanted.

absolutely. he was passionate that ordinary people have access to natural beauty in nature. the loss of this island for public use proved the catalyst that inspired him to become a founding father of the national trust. but it is only now that the trust has been able to take control of the island. the last owner has bequeathed it to them. so 110w owner has bequeathed it to them. so now this island belongs to the national trust will be overrun with hundreds of people? national trust will be overrun with hundreds of people ?|j national trust will be overrun with hundreds of people? i don't think so. hundreds of people? i don't think so. while we would never stop people from coming, the physical access to the island is difficult, which makes it refuge for nature. and as a charity, that is important to us. this is quite an oak tree, isn't it? it is wonderful. a veteran oaktree. heaven knows how old it is. this man spent his final years on the shore of grasmere. from here he could view the island that helped him create the island that helped him create

the national trust. now, at last, the national trust. now, at last, the island is part of the portfolio, to be preserved and enjoyed by eve ryo ne to be preserved and enjoyed by everyone for ever. if you're heading out on your weekly food shop today, will you be taking any notice of the study out this week which suggests that eating 10portions of fruit and vegetables a day could help us to live longer? we've long been told that five portions a day can bring significant health benefits, so is doubling your intake really worth it, and is it even realistic? in a moment we'll get some tips from a dietician, but first here's what some of you think. i hardly ever eat one or even two so i would get nowhere near ten. fruit was lovely of growing up, as it is now, for the extra fruit and the extra virgin will cost me a lot.|j

think the fruit and vegetable is not cheap to get so i don't think anyone can get is fruit and veg and it won't be dear. unita bauwens. ten portions... well, what about, like, meet? not all about vegetables. portions... well, what about, like, meet? not all about vegetableslj meet? not all about vegetables.” don't eat fruit at all. would you believe that? i just don't eat fruit at all. would you believe that? ijust don't. do you not like it? i do enjoy it but... some mixed thoughts there. dietician ursula philpotjoins us now. talking to people there are a variety on views over whether it is attainable. is it realistic? is ten portions... it sounds like a lot. that is what it looks like. it is

doable you need to be prepared to drop itand doable you need to be prepared to drop it and prepare it and think of creative ways to get it into your died in the end of the day. it is doable thing for many people, you know, just aiming for five or anything over five is great. know, just aiming for five or anything overfive is great. you do not need to go to ten. anything over two is what the research says is beneficial. you more benefits at five, eight portions seems to be the maximum benefit. anything is better than nothing. and it is all about variety as well, isn't it? what we know is that the more different colours you have on your plate, the better. and mixing it up. notjust fruits, not just vegetables, better. and mixing it up. notjust fruits, notjust vegetables, a whole mix of things is what you are looking for. again, the study around the ten portions of fruit and vegetable shows that there are particular ones that are more beneficial. the coloured ones, the ones with bright colours, red, orange, yellow, and leafy vegetables, things like spinach and

letters. now, one of the problems here it is that in order for people to access the message and then do something about it, some people are saying that 10,000 too much and it is difficult people think, you know, i cannot do that and that can almost push you to the other direction. that man at the end who said he does not eat fruit at all. there is a danger, isn't there? if you are the anti— too farand danger, isn't there? if you are the anti— too far and it might be better for you, is that pushes people away from eating fruit and veg that is not so good. i agree. we don't want to overwhelm people and make it unrealistic. what i would like to say is that ten is absolutely optimal but go for five day. that is where the health messages been here for a long while and most people are still not getting that. if you could just to five a day you are decreasing your risk of things like c0 1’0 nary decreasing your risk of things like coronary heart disease and stroke. if you go higher again the risks come down more substantially. at the high end you have a 30% reduction

and at the lower message you have a 10%. more is better is the simple message. you can be creative. think about things like pickles, dried fruit, even things like pulses and lentils will count. it is just thinking about how to get them in at every meal and snack, really. the danger is, for example, there is a lot of sugar in fruit, isn't there? potatoes are carbohydrates... we do not count potatoes. but with fruit, again, provided you are not having ten pieces per day, provided it is just three orfour ten pieces per day, provided it is just three or four pieces a day, there is no evidence that that will cause you any problem with blood sugar or detriment or problems. we know the opposite, actually. people who eat a lot of fruit and vegetable are the healthiest. so i would say to people to not be put off buying through because of the sugar content. a few pieces of fruit a day isafar content. a few pieces of fruit a day is a far better snack than many other things out there. it certainly

can be expensive, can't it? especially as it is fresh. absolutely. that is one of the things that puts people off. it is expensive because you are purchasing things chopped up or prepackaged all you have to put a lot of time and effort into chart thing and preparing it yourself. again, it i would say to go for seasonal vegetables. they are cheap. but for frozen and ten. they are just as goodin frozen and ten. they are just as good in terms of nutritional quality. i know you will come back later. how far are you in your five a day so far at this time of the morning? one. i had a banana. ok. we will be back in two hours time to see how far you have gone. we will talk now about words. from "clicktivism" to "squad goals", more than 300 new words have been added to the online version of the oxford dictionary, which focuses on the way the english language is currently used. did you know those words? i know

squad goals. that is aspirations you share with your friends. click to visit, i did not know. many are social media buzzwords, so how many of us really use them? alison freeman went to find out. no. i have never heard of it. no idea. could you hazard a guess? something to do with a laptop? we have got freecycle. is that one of those bikes that kids have? is it the free hire of bicycles? it is where you advertise things that locally for people to come and take away. squad goals. if our training

with your friends? no. do you know what squad goals la? something to do with football? something with the whole team ? with football? something with the whole team? the goals you have with people. with your squad. what you are aiming for. and we already established that stephanie knows a lot more of those words than i do. maybe because i'm younger? it is difficult, you cannot keep up—to—date with all the words. coming up we have the headlines in just a few moments. hello.

this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. coming up before 8am, we'll get the sport and the weather from ben. first, a summary of this morning's main news. motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car. that's the message from the transport secretary chris grayling. he says people should consider a lower—emission vehicle instead. his comments come as the government looks at ways to tackle air pollution. four in ten cars on britain's roads are diesel. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said that the party is further from power than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. in an interview with the times newspaper, after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives, mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's future underjeremy corbyn.

mr corbyn insists his leadership's not to blame and he won't step down. several news organisations, including the bbc, have asked the white house to explain why their staff were barred president trump's press secretary, sean spicer, told a mostly empty media room that the administration would "push back" against what it sees as false reporting. the president has criticised some of the organisations which were excluded, including cnn and the new york times. iraqi forces have entered western districts of mosul for the first time, as they fight to recapture the city from islamic state militants. west mosul is the last is stronghold in iraq and a number of air strikes have taken place. it's thought that 160,000 people have fled their homes, but many more will follow. i guess one of the biggest challenges is knowing how many people we need to respond to, so we

are preparing and pre— positioning oui’ are preparing and pre— positioning our stocks in cases where we believe people will flee to and we are supporting families that have already been displaced, around 150,000 people have already been displaced from the mosul offensive, and we are supporting people already in camps, as well as people returning to villages. the united nation's new climate chief has admitted that she's worried about the election of president trump, because of his threat to pull the us out of international agreements. patricia espinosa is visiting america this weekend and hopes to raise her concerns with senior officials. but the former mexican diplomat says she's confident the worldwide momentum towards cutting emissions is now unstoppable. police have defended the decision to fire a taser at an unarmed blind man in greater manchester on thursday. officers at levenshulme train station mistook the man's cane for a gun. the a3—year—old man was unhurt and the police have apologised to him. hsbc has promised to review the way it collects information from customers, after the bbc

revealed that a number of clients had their accounts closed with little or no warning. some customers say the bank is being over—zealous with the information it demands from them, and how it treats those who struggle to provide it. the bank's been carrying out more stringent checks in recent years to protect against criminality. most of us have a favourite pizza topping all one we won't eat under any circumstances, but somebody has said they would ban pineapple on pizza if they could! his comments caused a social media storm in iceland. he has since released a statement saying he doesn't have the power to ban pizza toppings and he is glad that that's the case. i'm a no tuna on pizza

person. i'm all for pineapple. a p pa re ntly person. i'm all for pineapple. apparently what he then said, to clarify, was that he does recommend seafood. so the opposite of me. he is offering a recommendation, but it's not becoming law. mike, have you got a favourite? i like them all, but i don't like goafs i like them all, but i don't like goat's cheese. but i think pineapple and seafood are great. pineapple is one of the classics! he isn't going to ban it. i'm outraged at the thought of it! i can sleep tonight. be calm. relief! take a deep breath. you've got the sport? yes, and claudio ranieri is back in the land of pizza, italy, afterfinally leaving leicester. even the likes of jose mourinho wore a t—shirt in a

press c0 nfe re nce jose mourinho wore a t—shirt in a press conference yesterday with his initials, apparently paying homage to the history of the premier league that belongs to claudio ranieri. claudio ranieri says his dream died, when he was sacked nine months after winning the premier league. ranieri was dismissed on thursday with leicester, sitting one point above the relegation zone, after a string of poor performances in the league. the decision to sack the italian hasn't gone down well with lifelong fan and former striker gary lineker. they've probably panicked under circumstances. they get this kind of myth that a new manager comes in and everything is ok again. well, the facts and statistics tell us it actually doesn't make much difference. i think they should be building statues to him, not sacking him. he deserved and bought himself a bit more time than this. i'm not afraid to say that when the news broke i shed a tear. i shed a tearfor him and for football. i shed a tear for the club. leicester aren't back in action until monday night. but they could start that game in the relegation zone if any of hull, crystal palace or sunderland win today.

here's what's happening in the premier league today then. a win for hull over burnley would see them out of the bottom three, while palace and sunderland can capitalise if hull slip up. at the top, chelsea could go 11 points clear with a win over a rejuvenated swansea. paul's doing a greatjob with them and has had great impact with the team. very compact defensively. very dangerous in an offensive situation, in set pieces. we must pay great attention. inverness caley thistle are off the bottom of the scottish premiership, after a late win over rangers last night. greg tansey gave inverness the lead just before half time. rangers then levelled from the penalty spot before caley thistle missed their own penalty with five minutes remaining. but they weren't to be denied. billy mckay with an overhead kick, to snatch all three points. the six nations returns today

after the two week recovery break and it really is crunch time for scotland and wales, because lose today and their title hopes could be over. both teams are currently locked on five points after one win and one defeat. to look ahead, let's talk to former scotland captain andy nichol, who joins us live from edinburgh. it has been ten years since scotland last beat wales, but could this be the day after that fantastic win against ireland? it has been a long time coming and in that time there have been some fantastic games of by have been some fantastic games of rugby and! have been some fantastic games of rugby and i expect that to happen again this afternoon. this is a better scotla nd again this afternoon. this is a better scotland site then there has beenin better scotland site then there has been in ten years, so there are high hopes that they can finally finished that losing streak against wales. can scotland cope without the five key players, including of course the captain? it is a big loss, because he isn't just captain? it is a big loss, because he isn'tjust the captain, he is the

goal kicker and leader. it is a good opportunity for the young scrum—half who has done really well for glasgow this year. the goalkicking is being taken over. this year. the goalkicking is being ta ken over. so this year. the goalkicking is being taken over. so is the captaincy. there are other changes in the front i’ow. there are other changes in the front row. john hardy has been brought in for a bit more physicality in the back row. so the changes, it proves is , a {is of strength is a {is of strength and 3! w", a {is of strength and 3! w", a g; ,jsength and ee 7", a g; .js “will! and a 5 will be id this heb—i tested this afternoon. what have you made of wales? if you think about it, apart from poor clearance they could have won their opening games. they were outstanding against england and really raised their game. they always raise their game in the six nations. it was full of intensity and passion. the challenge for them is to replicate that away from home, here it is afternoon. they are quality side. real test match animals. they step up two

weeks ago and they will have to do that again this afternoon. it is charlie here. steph wasjust that again this afternoon. it is charlie here. steph was just saying to me, i hope you don't mind me saying, you don't normally follow the rugby... correct. forthose saying, you don't normally follow the rugby... correct. for those who don't normally follow the rugby, set the scene. give us the passion of that moment. scotland against wales. you are trying to draw people into the occasion. it is an amazing occasion, an amazing atmosphere. it is not just occasion, an amazing atmosphere. it is notjust the 80 minutes of rugby, the whole weekend. edinburgh is full of welsh fans who come up from wednesday to friday and go to the same pub every two years when they are peer and it captures the whole city. it is a brilliant occasion and the atmosphere will be rocking right through the afternoon. the tension and passion will be there. when the players come out from the tunnel the noise is huge and then the whistle

goes and we will have 80 minutes of fantastic rock the, hopefully. that's me sold. thank you! —— fantastic rugby. and so much is riding on this one because of the situation in the standings at the moment. come 4:30pm this afternoon, whichever side has lost, there will be disappointed as they will be out of the championship. but the converse is true as well. whoever wins is right in the championship and if it is scotland, obviously i hope it is, they can go to twickenham in two weeks with some confidence. thank you, andy. in the women's tournament, scotland won their first six nations game in six years, with a 15—1a win over wales. it's the first time they have beaten the welsh in 30 meetings and they had to do it the hard way, coming back from 1a—0 down. sarah law with the vital penalty, to seal the victory by a point. that was at the the broadwood stadium, just north of glasgow. and this lunchtime sees the first

transatlantic sports team take to the field. toronto wolfpack will compete in domestic english rugby league, starting today. they are in yorkshire to face siddal in the challenge cup. wolfpack will compete in the third tier of the sport this season and their aim is to become a super league side inside five years. you can watch their first game on the bbc sport website at 1pm. it was a busy night in super league last night, with five games. warrington were hoping for another win after their victory over the brisbane broncos in the world club series, but they were left red faced by castleford, whose man of the match, zak hardaker, gave them the lead. and they never looked back after the 30—22 win. castleford are now top of the table. elsewhere, world champions wigan avoided a similar slump after their world club series success. they were 1a points down at one stage in the second half against widnes, but wigan won 28—26 in the end. leeds also left it late to beat salford, and there were also wins for huddersfield and leigh centurions.

the promoted side are back in the super league. they've got to win the ball as well. britain's mark cavendish has retained the overall lead, after the second stage of the tour of abu dhabi. australian caleb ewan thought he'd won the stage and raised his arms a little early in celebration, before realising he'd been pipped at the line by germany's marcel kittel. cavendish came in third, to keep hold of the overall leader's red jersey. that's a lesson in life, isn't it? lizzie yarnold lies fourth going into today's two heats of the skeleton world championship meeting in germany. olympic champion yarnold has had an indifferent season, since returning after a year out. she failed to improve on fourth place in her second run yesterday before the heat was cancelled, due to heavy snow. germany's jaqueline loelling leads. the third heat gets underway later this morning. it's live on the bbc sport website and red button. finally, if you have always thought the sport of parkour,

or free running, is just for the young and daring, think again. it's now involving groups of over 60 year olds and later on breakfast see what happened when ijoined some free runners, including an 88—year—old enjoying a new lease of life, thanks to the sport of free running. and no harm done? no, it has improved their balance and spatial awareness. they say they haven't had any awareness. they say they haven't had a ny falls awareness. they say they haven't had any falls since they've been doing it. what about you? i enjoyed the togetherness of it. and i haven't had any falls, today at least. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: people buying a new car are urged by the transport secretary to think long and hard before choosing a diesel, as the government looks at ways to cut air pollution. the white house has barred several major news organisations from a press briefing being given by president trump's spokesman. the bbc, along with cnn and the new york times,

were among those excluded. i think we should have a look at the weekend weather forecast. it has been quite a week, and it seems to have calmed down and beat. we won't see anything like storm doris this weekend. but don't let that make you think it is plain sailing, because there's still quite a lot going on. this picture painted the scene beautifully. this is one forfrom our the scene beautifully. this is one for from our weather watcher in derbyshire. a pretty strong breeze. blustery. not as strong as the wind was during storm doris, but still a blustery south—westerly wind and with that we have this cloud pushing in across the country. that will bring outbreaks of rain at times. let's ta ke bring outbreaks of rain at times. let's take a closer look. 9am,

through the channel islands and towards the south coast of england, pretty cloudy for many and some glimmers of brightness in kent and sussex. some patchy rain here and there. the rain will be turning heavier through the morning in wales and north—west england, across cumbria, we will see a lot of rain, which will give poor travelling conditions. a soggy start for northern ireland and scotland. the black arrows are the wind gusts. easily gale force in exposed spots and the beast of high ground in scotla nd and the beast of high ground in scotland and east the pennines. —— east. through the day the rain will eventually clear from northern ireland and scotland. just a few showers. the rain continues for parts of north—west england and down into wales. getting into the south—west. patchy rain further south—west. patchy rain further south and east, where it will remain mild. cooling of the in northern ireland and scotland. overnight if you are out and about it will be down, with patchy rain. dry for a

tiny northern ireland and scotland, but then here we go again. wet weather sliding in by the end of the night and that means tomorrow in many ways it's a repeat performance. a fairly blustery day, close to the weather front, which is a fairly blustery day, close to the weatherfront, which is sinking erratically southwards and eastwards. the rain hanging on for quite awhile in northern ireland certainly scotland. the rain in the north—west england and again into parts of wales. not as much rain in the south—east, where it will be pretty mild. cooler and fresher by the end of the day in the north—west. quite blustery showers as well. broadcast. we'll be back with the headlines at eight o'clock. now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch. on this week's programme is bbc news doing deals with celebrities? she gets to talk about her new song, they got to ask about the divorce. it was a very difficult time and...

and we are a family. and we will always be a family. but first as storm doris battered many parts of the uk on thursday it could mean only one thing for bbc reporters. you know what is coming next. here is alison freeman. we saw you a little earlier unable to stand up. it does not look any better now. it isn't. actually we have just watched this storm unfold through the morning as the wind has become more and more powerful. it is so strong at the moment i cannot look into it and this foam that is being blown from the sea is more like being in a big blizzard. but was that piece of broadcasting on location necessary, wise or safe? some people thought not. i am sure the bbc will say we do not

put our reporters into danger. not everyone, however, may be as responsible. i use that term lightly. they may think oh, let's go and film at the seafront. and they get blown over and hurt even worse — hurt or killed and will the bbc take responsibility? there is no need to have that woman standing in that position, encouraging others to think it is ok because it isn't. newspeak is radio one's news service targeting 16 to 29—year—olds, stories on ordinary members of the public doing something on social media that quickly get picked up and printed widely. this week it is a story about a 20—year—old american student called nick who graded and critiqued a break—up letter from an ex—girlfriend — he posted it on social media where it went viral. newsbeat republished his tweet showing the letter. a number of people complained about the invasion of a young

woman's privacy, including somebody who said it was aiding the online harassment of a young person. and the bbc had published it purely for entertainment. well, we asked newsbeat for a response and this is what they told us: now, on sunday night the news at ten reported as one of its headline stories on a new film about cambodia's khmer rouge regime in 1970s, which is being released later this year on netflix.

it might not sound like obvious mainstream news material but its inclusion in the bulletin may have had something to do with the identity of its direct, angelina jolie. what happened to its people was not properly understood. and notjust for the world but for the people of the country, i felt that i wanted them to be able to reflect on it. and its past but it has been difficult to keep the spotlight off her own personal life. we know that an incident occurred which lead to your separation, we also know that you haven't said anything about this. would you like to say something? only that, i don't want to say very much about that. except to say it was a very difficult time, and we are a family. that interview also ran

the following day on breakfast and on news channel, featured on the news website, and as part of a documentary shown on bbc world news. the driving force behind it was jamie angus, the deputy director of the bbc world service. hejoins us now. first, can you tell us how did you get that angelina jolie interview? yes, of course, we decided that it would be editorially interesting and important to take the advantage of being able to go to cambodia and make a feature about the film. and it's good that you explained that this is part of a longer documentary, because one of the important things to bear in mind about this piece is that we are going to be producing a 23 minute documentary, which will run on the bbc world news channel and on the news channel here in the uk and indeed on a radio documentary. so what we did was gather quite a lot of material and we cut down

some of it, broadcast ahead of time. so that the audiences who watch those main bulletins on bbc one would see the news piece if they didn't see the longer documentary. just to be clear, getting that interview with angelina jolie, were their deals or conditions? no, there weren't, we had done some work with her last year, i think she trusts the bbc to deal with the material in the film sensitively and proportionately. we were able to agree with her that we would go and get some access to the film and its premiere which we felt would be of value to the audiences and would be of interest to the audiences and what we have seen from the statistics and the viewing figures and the online figures have confirmed that. what did you object to about this item? mainly because it is not news. it is as simple as that. this actually was a shameless piece of hollywood pr. it consisted of puff about the film, it was a long film of pol pot

which is a0 or 50 years old, and then the most ludicrous so—called exclusive interview, which reminded me of a levitation scene from absolutely fabulous in which he said absolutely nothing. but this was trailed across the bbc, endlessly. it was headlined, it was the second or third most important in the world according to the running order of the bbc news. frankly, you could hardly have made more fuss if it was the second coming. a lot of people would say that it would not have been done without her celebrity at all? i think her involvement in the film is certainly part of the news story. certainly films have been made about the genocide but one of the important things about this film is that her involvement meant that a major international personality was investing the time and the effort to make a cambodian language film with cambodian actors, and for the first time the whole machinery of the cambodian government, including the king, who attended the premiere was very

publicly being associated with it and we felt because we don't get to go to cambodia very often, that actually that told us something editorially interesting about how the country's coming to terms with what has happened in the past. of course her presence was part of the story. but the bbc always makes material across a wide range of subject areas. mark? i think what people ought to see is authoritative and well—informed views. angelina jolie may well be that, but we can all see from america, the problem with pandering in the way that you did with some of the most it's equally as questioning i have seen since the 1950s to celebrities. and celebrity views are worth no more than yours or mine frankly. what did you make of the fact that the headline of the story was about the marriage breakdown? she didn't say anything about it, did she?

by the way, that is none of our business. we do know, and only a fool would think otherwise, that as and when she makes her announcement about that, it will be done through the hollywood pr machine and anyone who thinks she's going to answer a question on the bbc about that is a fool. people watching say that if this was about the film crews and the khmer rouge, why was the headline on news at ten about her marriage? if you look at how we presented the material right across the bbc you will see clearly that we presented the story in the context of the film. but in terms of the news at ten, what people were watching? but if you look at the package, you have got a 3.5 minute piece, of which the as seconds is what happened in her family. we understand that people have a broad range of interest about this story and ways of getting into this story and we think we have presented this material responsibly and i'm very sorry that mike is not happy with it, but i would encourage him to watch the long for material that we produced as part of this

trip because when you have seen that it is part of a fairer basis ofjudging the totality. you are emphasising that, the bbc sold the whole exclusive on the fact that you have got this celebrity angle, on angelina jolie and her marriage break—up and the comment on it — however little that was. that's what seems very odd to viewers like mike. i don't think that is fair, if you look right across the bbc news website, and the international channels and throughout its coverage, i think that we have been very clear about headlining the film, the issues about cambodia and the unusual access. the unusual parts of the cambodian story. i think we have handled it responsibly but we are not going to cover up the fact that there was some interest for the public in what she had to say about this enormous international news stories. are you satisfied with what you have heard? no, and the fact of the matter is that people don't have the time and inclination to watch all of the material —

the fact of the matter was that it was headlined across the bbc as an exclusive interview about her marriage breakdown. as if anybody was interested in that, people are clearly, but she said absolutely nothing about it, and frankly i thought it was a fiasco. we will have to leave it there, thank you very much. finally, steve hewlett died on monday, he was an occasional presenter and very welcome guest on this programme. he had a long and varied programme with production and executive roles on the bbc and channel a and itv, he was editor of panorama at the time of its famous interview with princess diana in 1995 and later he became a sought—after media commentator both on camera and in print and he presented radio a's media show from its launch in 2008. over the past few months, he described the experience of having cancer in a moving series of radio interviews. steve will be much missed by family, friends and colleagues

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