this is bbc news, and these are the top stories at 11. rail commuters are facing the biggest rise in rail fares for five years. campaigners say people are struggling to afford the trip to work. it's totally unfair that we get increase in train fares. it's not value for money. simple as that. what you pay for the rail fares doesn't represent what you are getting. iran's supreme leader accuses the country's foreign enemies of stirring up the protests of the past week, in his first comment on the unrest. 13 patas monkeys have died following a fire at woburn safari park in milton keynes. health officials say children should be limited to two low—calorie snacks a day — in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. good morning.

it's the 2nd of january. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. protests have been taking place at around a0 railway stations across the uk, following the biggest increase in fares in five years. average ticket prices have risen by 3.4%, with many season ticket holders now having to pay more than a £100 a year extra. campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways. labour have described the rail franchising system as a "racket" but the government says it's investing more in faster, more reliable trains. here's our transport correspondent, richard westcott. hi, there. can i see your tickets, please? another new year, another fare rise. regulated season tickets go up by 3.6% this year.

it will add just shy of £150 to the price for commuters coming into london on the strike—riddled line from hove in east sussex. nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. and commuters going into birmingham from gloucester must find £140 more this year. many now pay between £3,000 and £5,000 to get to work, with the most pricey tickets in the south of england. the government says it's spending record amounts on improving the network, with more seats being provided on newer trains and more reliable electrified lines. but campaigners argue that ordinary people are being priced off our trains, with the latest figures showing a drop in the number ofjourneys made using a season ticket. i think this fare rise really throws the spotlight on value for money. passengers want to see a more reliable train service, they want to have a better chance of getting a seat and better information during disruption. and the train companies can take some of the sting out of this by offering

direct debit payments for annual season tickets and just helping the passengers pay for this big lump sum. they say that fares have been outstripping wages for years and are calling for a price freeze. richard westcott, bbc news. 0ur correspondent jo black is in milton keynes for us this morning. what are rail passengers there saying about these price rises? good morning from milton keynes. the main thrust of the commuters have already gone to work this morning, but we have been speaking to people still catching the train. it is still quite busy here. it depends who you are and how often you travel. do you make the odd leisure journey to see family? some commuters i have spoken to did and mind the rail enquiries, but there is also a lot of anger out

there about what is happening, because wages continue to stagnate. some people finding this rail enquiries to fares really hard. people worry that they will be forced off the railways, richard westcott was saying it in his piece, some people worry they won't be able to afford rail fares anymore, they might need to get back in the car, onto the congested and polluted roads. this is what commuters have been saying to me in milton keynes today. i use the rail a lot all over the country for myjob. some of the rail stock is well past its sell by date. particularly east midlands trains, cross—country from norwich to liverpool, absolutely horrendous. two coaches to nottingham, packed. no air conditioning, absolutely awful. yes, investment is needed. the only way to produce that is to increase fares. commuters pay the price. it is pretty disgusting. you

are not even guaranteed a seat. i think it is wrong. you pay £50 for a ticket, standing all day and coming back standing, you don't have a seat sometimes. the service is delayed. it is better than trains down to london. when you go south, it gets much more difficult. yeah, more delays, but you pay premium money for something which is really not the best service you could get. that's the thing. i think it depends who you are and how often you use the railways. this is an average of 3.4%, the biggest hike, we are told, in five years. some people are really annoyed about it. the department for transport say, "we are investing in the biggest modernisation of railways since victorian times to improve services for passengers, providing faster and better, more comfortable trains with more seats." they say they keep

their prices under review, and point to big investment projects going on in the rail system, so crossrail, thameslink, the great north rail project. they also point out, for every £1 paid in fares, 97p goes directly back to operating and improving services people use on a daily basis. many thanks indeed for that, jo black. i have been getting rail union reaction to the price rises. mick whelan is general secretary of aslef, the railway union. he gave me his reaction. i think it is quite frightening, we have done a number of studies in the last few years. we now have the term transport poverty in my industry, which is a shame. 23% of your gross income is spent travelling to and from work. in an age where most people can't afford to live where they were, something has to be done. but the government and rail executives saying that there have

been decades of underinvestment. this is money needed to reinvest in the railways, to transform the ra i lwa ys the railways, to transform the railways from the victorian system and infrastructure that we have into and infrastructure that we have into a modern railway system. we have had 20 years of privatisation. they now say it has failed because they haven't invested. it is an interesting take. london bridge was pa rt interesting take. london bridge was part of the thameslink 2000 project, that isn't new money, that is old money. you are saying that is simply not true, that the money from raised fa res not true, that the money from raised fares is going on new investment? not totally, because what managed decline behind the scenes, we have big high profile projects, crossrail, hsz. elsewhere, cuts in budget form management, and maintenance is enormous. it is not true. we are subsidising railways by 3.2 billion a year, where people that take profit out of it, they ta ke that take profit out of it, they take it from the top. do you accept

that the railways need modernising? yes, they need real investment. the yea rs of yes, they need real investment. the years of duplication caused by privatisation between 26 and 32 undertakings at any one time, of enforcing the wheels and steel is causing a massive amount of investment to be wasted. when we have nationalised railways, it was underfunded. the railway was not very good, frankly. they did an awful lot with very little money, which shows it can be done. it shows that the best value for money is in a nationalised industry where everything is under direct control. you want re—nationalisation. frankly, that isn't going to happen under this government anyway. it will happen under the next government, but not this government. if we are going to have investment, we need rail fares if we are going to have investment, we need railfares like if we are going to have investment, we need rail fares like the ones we are seeing today to pay for them? rui? what is it, a 17% drop in season—ticket sales. we are forcing people out of the railway. we get

less turn up and go travel, because u nless less turn up and go travel, because unless you book three months in advance, no one goes on a lovely day to the coast to regenerate local economies or visit granny anymore. lot of rail passengers don't like the fare increases today, they don't like the disruption we get from your trade union, can you say to passengers there will be less disruption in 2018 from the union point of view? i would ask passengers to look at the fact that 85% to 95% of the time, we work with the industry. the changes haven't been given without the fracks ability of my members. it has mostly been about bad face and writing changes to terms and conditions. if they want to turn their eye on anyone, turn it on the government, and normally, those that turn on the agreements we have. the supreme leader of iran — ayatollah ali khamenei —

has said enemies of the country are orchestrating a plot to challenge the regime. more than 20 people have been killed in protests there since thursday. demonstrators, who are angry about living standards, last night attacked police stations as they took to the streets in a number of cities. jon donnison reports. iran has not seen anything like this in almost a decade. the country's leadership under fire in the biggest protests since 2009. people are angry about high unemployment, rising prices and corruption. police stations have been attacked. authorities say one policeman was shot dead on monday in najafabad. three other officers were injured. at least 13 people have been killed since the unrest broke out last thursday. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has called on the iranian authorities to permit debate about what he called the legitimate and important issues raised by protesters. but in recent days, the country's

elected president, hasan rouhani, has sought to downplay the protests and their significance, saying they were instigated by iran's enemies. translation: our victory against the us and the zionist regime are unbearable for our enemies. our success in the region is intolerable for them. they're after revenge and they're trying to provoke people. so far, his words have done little to stem the protest. there have been large counterdemonstrations organised in support of the country's leadership. but as the protests enter a sixth day, the message from many iranians is they want change. john donnison, bbc news. with me is bbc persian service's rana rahimpour. let's analyse what is going on. we have heard from the supreme leader

for the first time since these protests started. and as usual, he blamed the enemies. he said they have united against islamic establishment. they are using money, weapons, intelligent and politics to cause trouble for us... that is the excerpt of what we have received from a weekly meeting, so he didn't feel it was significant enough to have an address to the nation, to ask them to calm down. it was a weekly meeting with a number of families, where it was said that the enemies were behind it. he doesn't seem enemies were behind it. he doesn't seem to take any responsibility, despite the fact that many of the people that have been protesting in the last six days the queues and blame him for many of the problem is that the country is facing right now. how big a threat to the regime do you think these protests are? are they growing all reducing in scale, would you say? it is difficult to say how big it is. the authorities

say how big it is. the authorities say last night's protests were more scattered than previous days. we will only find out later in the day, because they tend to get out in the evening. there are restrictions on social media, so it is difficult to find out what is going on. but are they going to create serious trouble? potentially, yes. reason is that the country is in a very fragile state, there is widespread discontent with what is happening in the country. president trump is in the country. president trump is in the white house. the crown prince of saudi arabia is openly against the islamic republic of iran. there are foreigners, as the president says, that will use any opportunity to get into iran and create instability. potentially, this can be a serious threat. but it depends a lot on how the supreme leader deals with the current situation. and we know that

the authorities in iran are split, really, moderates and hardliners, if you want to call them, does this strengthen the hand of the moderates or reformers? possibly, but it seems that many of the protest as have gone beyond that. they are now chanting against the existence of islamic republic. they say death to the supreme leader. they didn't care about the reformists or conservatives, the game is over. too many of those who are out on the streets, they don't see any change possible under the current establishment in iran. there has been a crackdown on social media by the authorities, do you think that is going to have an effect in weakening the power of the demonstrations? i think it probably has been successful, especially in the sense of the other media, they have very little to report from what is going on. is it going to

com pletely is going on. is it going to completely stop them ? is going on. is it going to completely stop them? no, because revolution happened before the internet. so people can mobilise themselves without the internet. it will be possible, but difficult, yes. rana rahimpour there. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: rail commuters face the biggest rise in fares for five years. campaigners warn that people will be "priced out of work." iran's supreme leader blames the country's "foreign enemies" for protests which have seen nine people killed overnight.the protests in cities across the country are the largest since 2009. and 13 monkeys have died following afire at woburn safari park in milton keynes. andy murray describes his rehab as the moralising. the former world number one has had to pull out of the brisbane international ahead of his first match this week.

phil taylor tip rob cross for a big future in the sport after being beaten by him in the world championship final. taylor's last match before retiring. and manchester united are back up to second in the premier league update to nil 2—0 women. i will be back with more at 11:30. 80 people were stabbed to death in london last year that's a rise of a third compared with 2016. the figures come as police are investigating the murders of four young men in the capital who were stabbed in unrelated incidents during a 24—hour period. the youngest victim is 17 years old. so far, detectives have arrested six people in connection with their inquiries. the mayor of london, sadiq khan has put out a strong message, saying

that if you use a knife, the full force of the law will come down upon you. he says he and his teams are working tirelessly in 2018 to try to stamp out knife crime. in particular, he wants to use community led initiatives to help to clamp down on knife crime is, that m essa 9 es clamp down on knife crime is, that messages in schools, youth groups and volunteers going around the capital, looking for and picking up knives stashed in places by gangs. the metropolitan police have expressed their concern about how younger and younger knife crime victims are getting. as you say, 80 people were stabbed to death last yearin people were stabbed to death last year in the capital. of those, 18 we re year in the capital. of those, 18 were under the age of 18. craig mackey says that there will be an increase in stop and search. it is a very unusual happenstance, we look at trends, an awful lot, across london. the reality is, we saw knife crime starting to rise, we have spoken in the last year about our focus on knife crime. and we have talked a lot

about the work we're doing to try to tackle it. what this does is gives the work more impetus and particularly says to wider local communities, what can we all do to tackle knife crime? as people return to school today and offices to work, it's worth thinking, what can they do, get involved in. from community knife schemes, there is a lot we can do. we can do the work around enforcing the law and we are clear on that, bringing people tojustice, enforcing the law, putting them through the courts, that is our role, but we need others to help us. the culture around knife crime and particularly with younger victims and people carrying knives, we need others to work with us on this, schools, parents, educators, we need people to work with us. there are good plans out there, theyjust require everyone to work together to make it a success. the metropolitan police say that knife crime and clamping down on it is now their number one priority, but they do need the help of

communities to make it happen. 13 monkeys have died following a fire that broke out in the early hours at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the fire took hold in the patas monkey house, and none of the animals could be saved. an investigation is under way into the cause of the fire, and the park remains open. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum ofjust two low—calorie snacks a day, to help safeguard their health. public health england says the snacks should be no more than 100 calories each. the advice is being given after it's emerged primary school children are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit, as our health correspondent, james gallagher, reports. half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year comes from snacks and sugary drinks. kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year. cake, ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, and chocolate.

children eat three times more sugar than official advice, just over half of it comes from snacking between meals. it's one reason more than a quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they turn five. this public health england campaign is warning that snacking has got out of hand and is increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. we're very concerned about snacking. our children have unhealthy diets, they're eating too many calories. they're eating too much sugar, and snacking is part of the problem. we're encouraging parents to be aware of snacking and to try to cut back and replace unhealthy snacks with better snack. so how do parents feel about snacking? i know kids like sweets, and all of the sugar and stuff that you get from shops in mcdonald's and things like that, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and their intake. public health england is advising snacks are limited to just

100 calories and eaten no more than twice a day. it says fruit and veg are ideal and even malt loaf, fromage frais that's low in sugar and and crumpets are better than anything you will find in the confectionery aisles. james gallagher on the bbc news. let's just take a look at a few examples then of what public health england are calling unhealthy snacks. your average pastry, cake or bun has around 270 calories. a chocolate bar contains around 200 calories. and a packet of crisps contains on average around 190 calories. so what are the alternatives? let's talk to tony gibbons from the friend food club, which runs food focused workshops in the south west for people of all ages in a bid to get people eating better. thanks for being with us. how important do you think it is that children in particular change their eating habits? absolutely important.

but the way to do it isn't by the government telling them what they should and what they shouldn't eat. the big problem is that the people who really need to know don't take any notice of it at all. we obviously need to cut down on the sugary drinks, and sugary sweets and things, we could tax them and take the money for fruit and vegetables. pa rt the money for fruit and vegetables. part of the message from public health england is aimed at parents, trying to tell them, don't let your kids eat unlimited sugary snacks each day. i accept it is about the pa rents, each day. i accept it is about the parents, but the parents should really need to understand this, but they are the ones that don't listen to diktats from the government. they

usually are people that left school early and didn't like being told by teachers. that's your view. tell us. you run this friend food club, which tries to do things a different way. how does it work? we work with low income families in social housing most of the time. we run after—school workshops with families, and we make things like fruit kebabs, many pasties, things which don't have much sugar in. it teaches kids how to make these with their parents. the idea is they can then go back and try it at home. and maybe they fit into their lunch boxes the next day. what is the evidence of how well that works? does that change the eating habits of the kids that you have? it certainly does from the people we

work with. we see a diet change. we see them enjoying fruit and vegetables, making soup with fresh vegeta bles vegetables, making soup with fresh vegetables and things like that. and actually enjoying it. just tell us about what damage you think is being done by unhealthy eating amongst the younger members of our population.|j think younger members of our population.” think the evidence is out there, isn't it, 60% of our primary schoolkids are now obese, is it? the evidence is there. tony gibbons, thank you for being with us. tony gibbons from the friend food club, which runs food focused workshops in the south—west. south korea has proposed high—level talks with pyongyang, a day after north korea's leader, kimjong—un, said he was open to dialogue. at a news conference, the south korean unification minister suggested a meeting

at the border in a week's time. he said the discussions were likely to focus on bringing a north korean delegation to next month's winter olympics in south korea. 0ur correspondent sophie long is in the south korean capital seoul and i asked her if we can expect to see less hostility between the north and south. it mightjust it might just be it mightjust be that, ben, even if it is for a finite period of time. this comes off the back of kim jong—un's new year message in which he said he was open to dialogue with south korea and he was considering sending a delegation to the olympics due to take place in south korea next month. this morning, we had a response from the south korean government and they proposed that talks should take place in the demilitarised zone, a large, fortified zone that separates the countries on tuesday of next week. that will be 9th january, a month before the olympics are due to take place.

president moon of south korea has made many overtures to kim jong—un over the past year inviting him to send a delegation to the olympics, about eight times. he feels that it could be a turning point in deescalating the tensions that have increased on the korean peninsula over the past year as north korea carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test and a missile test it said could reach mainland america. so it does seem, many people here in south korea feel positive. they feel if pyongyang were to send a delegation to the olympics there would be no cause for them to cause any disruptions around that time. but others are more sceptical, saying this could be a canny move by the north korean leader to drive a wedge between seoul and its ally, washington. sophie long reporting from seoul. more than 11,000 homes across the uk have been empty for more than a decade, according to research carried out by the liberal democrats.

the study also suggests very few councils in england and wales have made use of powers that allow local authorities to take over properties that have been empty for more than six months. but the government says the number of empty homes has fallen by a third since 2010 and is now at its lowest level since records began. millions of people are at risk of falling into debt this month as a result of christmas spending. research carried out by the money advice trust suggests one—in—six people across britain will fall behind on payments this month, with many saying they failed to budget properly for extra spending at christmas. those are the latest news stories. let's look at the weather prospects for the first week of 2018. i'm afraid it is a bit of that to start off this year. it is a disappointment, because it looks

like that in eastern parts of the british isles before the cloud, wind and rain already in the west eventually has worked eastwards. but it is on the move. it will clear parts of england and wales, sticking in the northern part of wales, 12 degrees today. but i urge you to make the most of the dry weather, because overnight, you have heard about eleanor, the gusts of wind is, 70-80 about eleanor, the gusts of wind is, 70—80 mph, down through dumfries and galloway, into the borders, across cumbria and lancashire as well, maybe down towards the north of wales and midlands, 50—60 mph as the weather front whips through. the system whips out into the north sea to leave behind a day of sunny spells and blustery showers. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. rail passengers have been hit with the biggest increase in fares in five years. from today average ticket prices will be 3—point prices

will be 3.4% more expensive — with many annual season tickets rising by more than a hundred pounds. iran's supreme leader has accused the country's foreign enemies of stirring up anti—government protests over the past week, in his first comment on the unrest. nine people are reported to have died in fresh clashes overnight. at least 13 patas monkeys have died at woburn safari park in bedfordshire after fire broke out in a jungle enclosure in the park. an investigation is under way into the cause of the blaze. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum of just two low—calorie snacks a day. public health england says snacks shouldn't exceed 100 calories each — in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. let us get the sports news now. here isjessica. good morning. rehab for a long—term hip injury

"demoralising" after pulling out of the brisbane international ahead of his first match this week. the former world number one hasn't played competitively sincejuly, and admits he's considering having surgery. here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. this instagram post gives us an insight into how he is feeling and how traumatised he has been, this inability to do what he loves most, which is to compete against the other best players in the world on a tennis court. the frustration for murray is that the advice he was given seems to have been very much that rehab is his best option and he would always work incredibly hard at making sure he has done everything in his power to recover as quickly as possible but once he has put that to the test against some other of the top players in the world here in brisbane, he has realised everyone the best part of six months rest has not got his hip to where it needs to be, therefore even though he is still does not want to go down this

ruth he is saying he —— route he is saying he may have to consider surgery which would probably mean three months out before he starts to make his return, if he did go down that route it would be the summer at the earliest before we saw him back ona the earliest before we saw him back on a tennis court. meanwhile, kyle edmund is safely through to the second round of the brisbane international. the british number two came from a set down, to beat canadian teenager denis shopavalov. johanna konta is in the closing stages of her second round match in brisbane. she lost the first set against aila tomlajanovic, but stormed back to take the second. in the third and deciding set. she is leading five games to four. very tight match that one. keepup to date. 16—time darts world champion phil taylor has says rob cross has a big future in the sport, after losing to him in the final of the pdc world championships last night. it was taylor's last match before he retired, but cross, who was working as an electrician this time last year, looked unfazed by the momentous occassion.

and went 3—0 ahead with this 153 checkout. and there was no let—up from cross, he took the title by 7—2. cross only made his pro debut in february last year. as the pressure increases on stoke city manager mark hughes, its business as usual with huhges preparing the team for their fa cup match on saturday. stoke lost 1—0 at home to newcastle yesterday. ayoze perez got the winner in the second half. stoke drop to 16th, two points above the relegation zone, having won only two of their last 12 games. you up to date. the key is everybody sticks together. it is no good feeling sorry for ourselves and looking to blame people. i think we need to ta ke blame people. i think we need to take it onboard, take responsibility for what we are doing here and don't be cowed by it. get on with it. are you confident you can do it and quickly? who else is going to do it? in terms of the knowledge of this group, the time i have been here, then, iam best group, the time i have been here, then, i am best placed to do that. so we just need to be allowed to get

on with ourjob, that is what we will do, get back together and we go again. will do, get back together and we go again. australia fast bowler mitchell starc is confident of playing in the final ashes test, which starts on wednesday evening. starc is the leading wicket—taker in the series, but missed the fourth test with a bruised heel. meanwhile england opener marc stoneman says that drawn last test has given the team the boost they need ahead, of the final match in the series. it has given us confidence going forward. the work we have done earlier in the series has eventually come through, to a certain degree. but ultimately, we want to win a game of cricket. the big thing for us is we have been able to win the couple of key moments and hold off the pressure when they have had big partnerships or a couple of wickets. i think a ten—wicket win in brisbane probably shows... it was a bit closer than that, same in adelaide.

i think 3—0 is probably a fairscore. update on the en tennis. johanna konta has won her second round match at the brisbane international. she took the third and final game, set i should say 6—4, so she is now through to the third round. that is all the sport for no. more in the next hour. the biggest increase in railfares in five years has come into force — prompting protests at several stations as many commuters return to work after the christmas break. in some cases, travellers will find themselves paying more than £100 extra a year. steph mcgovern has spent the morning at london bridge station. hello from london bridge station, which has just recently re—opened after a billion pounds has been spent on this station over the last five years. it is the fourth busiest

in the country, and they would argue that the increase in train fares is for things like this, the modernisation of the railway industry. but of course there's lots of people who feel it's unfair, because we still have overcrowded trains and problems with punctuality as well. let's have a chat to a couple of guests we have here today. first of all, paul plummer from the rail delivery group, representing the train companies, do you think these fare increases are fair? hello. well, it's great to be here in this fantastically transformed station today. 0bviously nobody wants to pay more in fares, what we in the industry can do is make sure we make best use of the money from customers and from taxpayers and private sector, so that fares that people pay are leveraging more investment, much—needed investment, to improve things, to deliver transformations like this station, right across the country with new trains, better services, more services, which people will really start to notice the difference over the next 18 months. it's not just promises of way into the future,

it is now actually happening, and this is one of the first really important examples of that. it does feel, though, that we see a lot — sorry, it does feel though that we hear a lot but we don't actually see a lot, in terms of improvements. there are still a lot of people who talked to me this morning about late trains or overcrowded trains. well, we are improving punctuality as well. this station is not just about the station, it is about improving reliability by remodelling the whole lay out. it will improve reliability of service, it is connecting communities in north of london to communities south of london. it is massively transformational for the economy and for communities. but that is happening everywhere and we have to, as you say, we have to make sure we are constantly improving reliability. we have the most challenging and transparent punctuality measures anywhere in europe, and that is using, we are using that to drive continuous improvement in punctuality for everybody. and we have bridget here, who is from the campaign for better transport. what do you make of what paul is saying? well, everyone welcomes more investment in the railways,

and it is vital, but this is a very tough new year for a lot of commuters, who are seeing their regulated rail fares rise way above their pay pacts. the whole point about regulated fares is that rises are supposed to be fair, but the basis on which the government calculates them is out—of—date, the retail price index, which even the office for national statistics says isn't really accurate, so we are calling for a fares freeze. we have had a freeze on fuel duty for motorists for years. it's about time rail commuters got a break too. we have heard paul there and lots of the people in the industry talking about we need these improvements, we promise they are going to get here, do you think that is the case? because when i talk to commuters, a lot of them say "we've heard this before, when are we going to see it?" there has underinvestment in british railways compared to railways on the continent for years, and we are really glad to see that we are seeing station improvements, new stations, new rolling stock, and more better fare deals. in fact, some of the unregulated fares are going up by less than regulated fares now.

we want to see more of that, we want to see more investment, getting the train is a good choice not only for rail passengers but for everybody. it takes traffic off the roads, it is greener, it's safer, we want rail to be the choice that everyone finds it easy and affordable to make. thank you very much for your time today, lovely to talk to both of you. that's it from me here at london bridge station. i'm joined now by anthony smith, chief executive of watchdog transport focus, which campaigns on behalf of passengers. what do you make of these fare rises, 37.4% on average?” what do you make of these fare rises, 37.4% on average? i think it rises, 37.496 on average? i think it is going to be a chilly morning for many passenger as they come back to work and find the fares have gone up again. wages falling or stagnating, so passenger also have to dig deep to fund rises in the new year. the argument from the authority, from the government, from the rail delivery group and so on is we have seen decades of underinvestment and this is money we have to have to modernise our victorian railways.

there is lots of investment going, thatis there is lots of investment going, that is great. us passengers are putting in over £9 billion into the rail industry that, a lot of money. the taxpayer is putting a lot in. so the investment is good but we want to catch trains today, you have to rely on them today, so the long—term investment is great but the industry has to focus on the day—to—day performance as well. do you means of improving the reliability and the service of course, so many commuter trains hugely overcrowded? we do tonnes of research, and it is a clear message, a more reliable railway, a better chance of getting a seat or standing in comfort, better information if things go wrong and ultimately better value for money. all this investment should produce an industry that is more efficient, the best christmas present for next year would be a fa res present for next year would be a fares freeze, could we have it. that is not going to happen is it? why not? in the next —— the rise over fa res has not? in the next —— the rise over fares has continued and continued. passengers are paying a hiring

proportion of the railways than the taxpayer, that has been shifting and i think it is about time that passengers were given a break and they were given their festive bonus as well. the rises are calculated according to the inflation of rpi as opposed to cpi. people are saying if it was cpi the rises would be less, 17% less. it was cpi the rises would be less, 1796 less. i don't think they would in reality because the government and passengers probably don't want the amount of money going into the rail industry to be reduced because that would cut the investment. so you think passengers want investment. yes, you need investment. yes, you need investment. the key to any railway system is long—term sustained investment. that is what brings success in the future. if we move to a different calculation of the fare, it would probably result in a hiring rise, in terms of the number, i think, but it would be more honest. the actual amount that passengers are having to find is considerable. are you saying partly it is unfair,

if there is going to be uninvestment it could come from the general taxpayer rather than commuters. there has to be a fair balance. we are ten years later 70% of it is funded by the fare payer. there has been a huge shift. the time has come to stop and say right, have we gone far enough now. thank you for being with us. thank you for being with us. china has banned the import of millions of tonnes of plastic waste, such as the packaging that we throw into our household recycling bins. until now, the uk government has exported our plastic waste, shipping it to china, to go into landfill there. as a result, this will put the british recycling industry under huge pressure, with experts warning that local authorities could reduce collections because of the costs. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson is at a recycling plant

in southwark in south london. tell us more about it dan. yes, this is the sort of stuff that could have been shipped to china for recycling, not just been shipped to china for recycling, notjust going into landfill. things like plastic bottlings would be shipped over, processed, would be made into new products and sold back to us even, but now china has said no more it has enough plastics and waste of its own to deal with. it cannot take ours, this centre already deals with its own recycling here. it is run by a private company and the boss is estelle. you are already dealing with your recyclable plastic, what are you doing differently we don't send any of the plastic to china, we keep it here in the uk. what do you do differently? we transform it back in to other

stuff and to give you an example, here, what looks like waste to you, for me is a resource, we transform, it wash it, sort it into high quality pallet, we are back in to things like that, so a milk bottle, so things like that, so a milk bottle, so everything you put in your recycling bin can be transformed into something like this wonderful bottle. why isn't more of the that being done in the uk? why is it going to china? it doesn't go to china because we have invested a lot of money, to transform these into that you need a lot of investment but the good news it isjob hearse in the uk, so it is giving activities here in the uk. what difference will it make for people if we do more of that at home?some if you ask me what can we do more, we doa if you ask me what can we do more, we do a lot of recycling, but we can do more, we have three things, three people we can do more we have the

resident, we have companies like our, and we have the packaging producer, starting with the resident, what you can do more is put everything in the right bin, so please do recycle and use the bin because it can be transformed again into something like that. in terms of company like ours we invest and invest to raise the bar in terms of quality and create jobs. we have just opened a new plant in dagenham which processes the bottles. transforming waste into results. that is what we do. in terms of the packaging producer, we need two things, echo design so they think what is it going to become at end of life and the use the recycling products. if they use material to produce this we are left with it is no use. will you be able to deal with some of that rubbish that other

companies aren't able to send to china? can you help clear that backlog? if the quality of the material which is sorted is good enough, we can treat and process material from other companies but it has to meet incredible high speck standards as you can imagine. thank you for your time. it is a huge problem, this is now a global business in recycling, a tough issue to solve but the government says it will look at ways of doing more of our own recycling here in this country. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the biggest increase in rail fares in five years came into force this morning, prompting protests at several stations as many commuters returned to work after the christmas break. annual season tickets are going up by 3.6 %. average fares will go up 3.4% — which means they're rising the protest which have seen nine people killed overnight. the protests in cities across the

country are the biggest sense 2009. and 13 monkeys have died in a fire overnight at the woburn safari park in bedfordshire. is the biggest increase in rail fares in five years came into force this morning, prompting protests at several stations as many commuters returned to work after the christmas break. annual season tickets are going up by 3.6 %. average fares will go up 3.4% — which means they're rising much faster than wages. british manufacturing slowed last month, from four—year highs in november. the measure dipped to 56.3 in december, from 58.2 in november. while growth in new business, output, export orders and employment slowed in the month, the pmi stayed above its average for 2017 as a whole. around eight million people in the uk are likely to struggle with their finances this month because of the amount

they spent at christmas. the charity — money advice trust — says january is a challenging time for many households as bills and credit card statements arrive after the festive season. uk shares greeted the new year with a cautious tone. the ftse100 opened higher after ending 2017 at a record high, but then slipping back in the first few minutes of trading. this time last year very few people would have predicted that 2017 would have ended with the uk stock market at a record high — and the us and other major world markets at or near record levels. it all seems too good to be true, and maybe it is. let us speak to the investment director at fedlety. it is good to see you. let us talk about the numbers, we are talking about the end of the

year, record highs on stock markets round the world. the reality of january has come dawning and a lot of investors are trying to work out whether that can continue. that is right. so 2017 really was a vintage yearfor right. so 2017 really was a vintage year for stock market investors where we had the unusual combination of markets steadily rising and then of markets steadily rising and then of course, very little volatility, and markets across the board, in fa ct and markets across the board, in fact the uk market was the leg guard, the us uk, japan, emerging markets across the board we saw stock markets rise, and in the begin of the year which was interesting if we look at 2018, markets started off flat footed, there was a lot of worries about politics but 2017 really was the year where investors put it into perspective and markets dins tangled them from politics and we saw the increasing market now, we are nine years into the bull market, the rising market, it has been a very lucrative market, it has been a very lucrative market, it has been a very long, but it has been going

higher grudgingly and the question is how long can it continue?‘ higher grudgingly and the question is how long can it continue? a lot of people looking at the numbers you talked about there and they will say there is only so long that can continue before the bubble has to burst, and we are looking at the numbers on keen, the ftse100 is down on the day but the hang seng, that had another great session, the figure we are looking at from the dow, that is down slightly. but as you touch, there is so many things that investors are thinking about, be it brexit, trump, the tax cut they are pushing through in the united states, they are trying to work it out and no—one really knows what is happening, do they? no, if they are things we should keep an eye on it is the bond market. that usually shows first signs of a correction in equity market. brexit is the other big thing, it is important to the uk and banks and by banks i mean central bank, whether they will continue with a monetary

policy with record low interest rates or whether we will see more interest rate rises, that will have an impact on markets. as always it is good to talk to you. thank you for explaining that, i am sure we will talk again about it. in other business news. the owner of poundland — steinhoff international — says it will need to re—state more financial results from both 2015 and 2016. that it would launch an investigation into accounting irregularities. the co—op plans to open 100 new food stores this year, creating 1,600 jobs. that'll involve an investment of £160m and renovating 150 existing outlets. more than 20 of the new stores will be in london, 18 in scotland, ten in wales. and marks & spencer has sold its retail business in hong kong and macau to the uae‘s al—futtaim group for an undisclosed price.

it's part of the firm's plans to shut stores overseas and use joint ventures or franchise deals instead to allow it to focus on its core business in the uk. quick look at the numbers. european stocks on there, because as i said, the ftse100 opened in the green but it has tipped back. that was led from what we saw in germany and france. there is nervousness but remember, inevest fors are getting back to work. trying to work out what is going on. we saw the boosts coming to the end of december, because that was related to the tax cut in the united states, a big tax cut in the united states, a big tax cut for business, the hope is that will create morejob, more investment in the world's biggest economy and that ricochets round the world. markets a bit on edge, you see this before but don't read too much into them. there is a lot of uncertainty as we start the new

trading year. you are up—to—date, more from us later. see you then. more than 300 women from hollywood's entertainment industry have launched an initiative to tackle sexual harassment in workplaces. the campaign — called ‘time's up' — includes includes hollywood stars such as meryl streep and jennifer lawrence. it will provide legal support for women and men who suffer abuse. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has more details from los angeles. 0ne one of the main points this group of women wants to make, it isn'tjust the entertainment industry, the high profile cases over the last few weeks and months have focussed on key figures, men, in the entertainment business who have been accused of sexual assault but this is about those women and men in less famousjob, shall we is about those women and men in less famous job, shall we put is about those women and men in less famousjob, shall we put it, less gram rised jobs, could be cleaner, farm worker, who are sexually

harassed in their workplaces as well. this is a group of women that have got together, to raise money, to help as legal aid for some of those individuals, if they are involved in a situation that eventually ends up in court, and to date they have raised more than $13 million. more on that newings that a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning a the woburn safari park in bedfordshire and 13 monkeys have died in that blaze. let us go to our correspondent at woburn, what more are they saying about what happened ? woburn, what more are they saying about what happened? well, as you can expect, the staff are devastated, by what has happened, the firefighters were called here to the firefighters were called here to the woburn safari parkjust after 2.30 this morning. it took them two hours to put out the blaze. the fire was in the patas monkey house which

is in the african forest drive part of the safari park. all of the monkeys as you say, 13 of them, have been killed. which is shocking news for the staff here. other animals in the park are being monitored, to see if are the park are being monitored, to see ifare 0k, the park are being monitored, to see if are ok, so far they are seem to be ok, none of the other animals we re be ok, none of the other animals were affected. the park is open to the public today, obviously not the area where the monkeys were. and there has been a very slow trail of ca rs there has been a very slow trail of cars coming in, into the safari park, the weather is not ideal as you can see. the firefighters have started an investigation into the cause of the fire, that will take a while. but, so far, it looks as if there is nothing sinister anything like that, but the investigation has to go on to see what did happen. thank you very much. it is five minutes to midday and you

are watching bbc news. while many of us may have spent new year's day sleeping off a late—night of partying others started with an icy cold plunge. hundreds of people in the american state of minnesota shrugged off temperatures of minus isa shrugged off temperatures of minus is a degrees, tojump into a shrugged off temperatures of minus is a degrees, to jump into a frozen lake, to raise money for charity, but here is the silver lining, it is warmer in the water than it is on the ice. so going in isn't the hard part, it is the getting out. they look like they are having fun though. no problem! rather them than me! time for a look at the weather. i , hello. 2018 looks as though it is going to start on an unsettled note. the week ahead windy at time, especially so within the next 24 hours, and there will be bouts of rain moving in from the atlantic and the big picture already shows the first of those bands of weather,

which started life towards the western side of the british isles today, but, as we get on through lunchtime into the first part of the afternoon, so we will see the area of cloud, wind and rain moving towards the north and east. even on the big picture you get the sense that there will be some conversion of rain to snow on the higher ground to the north of the central belt. above 200 metres the snow will lie. you won't see it in the northern isles until the first a part of the evening. a speckling of showers and some sunshine. temperatures not bad in the south. it is cooler in scotland, make the most of the dry weather because as you see, we think there may well be rain before the day is out, into wales, it is all tied in with this vigorous area of low pressure which the weather service have named as eleanor because the winds overnight will be a real issue. initially the gusts of wind could be round 70mph, in northern ireland. but as that low

centre tracks across the top end of england, through the southern parts of scotland, we may well see gusts to either side of the solway round about 70—80mph. even further south, even further south than that, they could be looking at 40 or 50mph in the south. then the strong winds transferring away to the eastern side before moving off to the rigs in the north sea. following on behind wednesday is shaping up to a blustery sort of day, a lot of showers on offer, maybe fewer perhaps at times across the far south of england and wales, top temperatures here, ten degrees so a fresher day when you add in the strength of the wind, it is one of those bracing days. the week ahead was looking unsettled to say the least. here we are thursday, new area of low pressure bringing another bout of wet and windy weather particularly in the southern half of the british isles. best of the weather in the far north of scotland. take care.

this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday: rail commuters are facing the biggest rise in rail fares for five years. campaigners say people are struggling to afford the journey to work. it's totally unfair that we get increase in train fares. it's not value for money. it's simple as that. what you're paying for for rail fares doesn't represent what you're getting. iran's supreme leader accuses foreign enemies of stirring up the protests of the past week, in his first comments on the unrest. 13 patas monkeys have died in a fire at an enclosure woburn safari park near milton keynes. health officials say children should be limited to two low—calorie snacks a day, in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. good morning. it's the 2nd of january.

i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. protests have been taking place at around 40 railway stations across the uk, following the biggest increase in fares in five years. average ticket prices have risen by 3.4%, with many season ticket holders now having to pay more than a £100 a year extra. campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways. labour have described the rail franchising system as a "racket" but the government says it's investing more in faster, more reliable trains. here's our transport correspondent, richard westcott. hi, there. can i see your tickets, please? another new year, another fare rise. regulated season tickets go up by 3.6% this year. it'll add just shy of £150

to the price for commuters coming into london on the strike—riddled line from hove in east sussex. nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. and commuters going into birmingham from gloucester must find £140 more this year. many now pay between £3,000 and £5,000 to get to work, with the most pricey tickets in the south of england. the government says its spending record amounts on improving the network, with more seats being provided on newer trains and more reliable electrified lines. but campaigners argue that ordinary people are being priced off our trains, with the latest figures showing a drop in the number ofjourneys made using a season ticket. i think this fare rise really throws the spotlight on value for money. passengers want to see a more reliable train service, they want to have a better chance of getting a seat and better information during disruption. and the train companies can help

take some of the sting out of this by offering direct debit payments for annual season tickets and just helping the passengers pay for this big lump sum. they say that fares have been outstripping wages for years and are calling for a price freeze. richard westcott, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjo black is in milton keynes for us this morning. what are they saying there? good afternoon. it depends who you talk to and how often you use the railway, whether you are a commuter that uses the line every day to get to and from work. 0r whether you use the rail to make leisurejourneys to and from work. 0r whether you use the rail to make leisure journeys or catch up with friends and family. we are here at milton keynes rail station, one of the busiest stations on the west coast mainline. if you travel south, you can get to london in 30-40 travel south, you can get to london in 30—40 minutes, if you are lucky. if you go north, you can go to

birmingham, orup to if you go north, you can go to birmingham, or up to scotland. it is quite a good place to come today to ta ke quite a good place to come today to take the temperature of rail commuters to see how they are feeling about these fare rises, the average of 3.4% as we have been hearing, the biggest in five years. there is a lot of anger about this rise today, but as i was saying earlier on, it depends who you are and how often you use the rails. this is what passengers said earlier on. i use the rail a lot all over the country for myjob. some of the rail stock is well past its sell by date. particularly east midlands trains, cross—country from norwich to liverpool, absolutely horrendous. two coaches to nottingham, packed. no air conditioning, absolutely awful. so yes, investment is needed. the only way to produce that is to increase fares, unfortunately. commuters pay the price. it is pretty disgusting. you are not even guaranteed a seat.

i think it is wrong. you pay £50 for a ticket, standing all day and coming back standing, you don't have a seat sometimes. the service is delayed. it is better than trains down to london. when you go south, it gets much more difficult. yeah, more delays, but you pay premium money for something which is really not the best service you could get. that's the thing. some people say they are really going to struggle with this increase, but some say, we will suck it up, grin and bear it, and will pay an extra bit of money if there is improvement in the service. that is improvement in the service. that is what people want, faster trains with more capacity, they want a seat when they get on board. that is what the department for transport is saying, there is investment going into the system. "we are investing in the biggest modernisation of our ra i lwa ys in the biggest modernisation of our railways since victorian times to improve services for passengers."

they say they keep fares under review. pointing to big projects going on, crossrail and thameslink, and a tugger—macro great north rail project as well. investment is being made, which takes money, it is expensive and takes time. they make the point, everyone pound paid in fa res, the point, everyone pound paid in fares, 97p goes directly back to operating and improving the services that the rail passengers we have been talking to use every day. 0k, thank you very much indeed. the rmt union has been holding protests at dozens of stations this morning. earlier, i spoke to general secretary mick cash and asked him about the government's position that price increases are needed to fund rail investment. the government are hiding the fact that in our privatising rail networks is expensive, and fare payers and taxpayers are paying for

privatisation. if we didn't have such a fragmented privatised rail network, spending hundreds of millions of pounds going to the private sector shareholders, who pocket it, we could be using that money to reinvest in the rail network, and actually keep fares low or cut them. but again, they are saying they need... i hear what you saying they need... i hear what you say about privatisation, but that is the system we have. they say we need modernisation like crossrail, thameslink and so on. yeah, the point we are making is we can have both. you don't have too have a situation where passengers have do keep increasingly seeing fare increases, because rail privatisation is one of the most expensive fare systems in europe, a system that is expensive. we could save £1 billion a year without privatisation. that money could be reinvested into more trains, better facilities and actually keeping

fa res facilities and actually keeping fares down or cutting them. that's the point we're making. the system is creating the increases we see today. some people might say the railway is not always that reliable, but part of the reason for that is strike action, industrial action by your union. can you say to commuters and rail passengers that, in 2018, there will be less ‘s option on the railways ? there will be less ‘s option on the railways? we don't want disruption. we don't want a situation where we ta ke we don't want a situation where we take strike action. at the situation, we are running the campaign at the moment, they are going to cut guards off trains, putting profit before safety. we can have a situation where they cut costs a nd have a situation where they cut costs and get rid of guards on the trains. the train operators want to make money and pay shareholders. the people that pay for that are the taxpayers, fare payers, and the

members whosejobs taxpayers, fare payers, and the members whose jobs are under threat. the price rises we have on tickets, an average of 3.4% across the uk, but the department for transport saying they cap the line with inflation. the point is, people's wages are not going up the same way as fare rises. we are in a situation where some people will be priced off the railway, particularly if you are low pay, 20% of your income is spent on fare rises, and that is not good enough. the alternative is to renationalise the railways, use all the money that is saved from that, and either reinvested back into the rail industry, and better investment, or cut fares and reducing fares. this government, for some reason, when see that alternative and allow it to happen. are you saying there should be no rail fare rises at all today? all i

am saying is, there is an opportunity, if you want to, to turn round and get rid of privatisation, using the money from that. you told using the money from that. you told us that already. you have said that already, but i am asking you, are you saying there should be no price rises at all on rail ticket prices? you know, at the end of the day, i am trying to say that the system we have got is very expensive. it is costing people an arm and a leg in some cases, and there is an alternative. the alternative is to ensure that we have a nationalised rail system and every piece of money is invested in the network or keeping fares low. that isn't going to happen unless there is a change of government, is it? it won't happen under this government. but it can happen if they wanted it to. at the moment, you can get a situation where the rail franchises seem to wa nt to where the rail franchises seem to want to give them more and more money. they can take those

franchises back, east coast is an example of that, use that money to be reinvested or keep fares low or cut. mick cash, general secretary of the rmt, talking to me early on. the supreme leader of iran — ayatollah ali khamenei — has said enemies of the country are orchestrating a plot to challenge the regime. more than 20 people have been killed in protests there since thursday. demonstrators, who are angry about living standards, last night attacked police stations as they took to the streets in a number of cities. jon donnison reports. iran has not seen anything like this in almost a decade. the country's leadership under fire in the biggest protests since 2009. people are angry about high unemployment, rising prices and corruption. iranian state media says nine people were killed overnight, including two members of the security services. the foreign secretary,

borisjohnson, has called on the iranian authorities to permit debate about what he called the legitimate and important issues raised by protesters. but in recent days, the country's elected president, hasan rouhani, has sought to downplay the protests and their significance, saying they were being instigated by iran's enemies. translation: our victory against the us and the zionist regime are unbearable for our enemies. our success in the region is intolerable for them. they're after revenge and they're trying to provoke people. so far, his words have done little to stem the protest. there have been large counterdemonstrations organised in support of the country's leadership. but as the protests enter a sixth day, the message from many iranians is they want change. john donnison, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to bbc persian service's rana rahimpour

and asked her about ayatollah ali khamenei's first statement since the protests started six days ago. as usual, he blamed the enemies. he said they have united against islamic establishment. "they are using money, weapons, intelligence and politics to cause trouble for us." that is the excerpt of what we have received from a weekly meeting, so he didn't feel it was significant enough to have an address to the nation, to ask them to calm down. it was a weekly meeting with a number of families, where it was said that the enemies were behind it. he doesn't seem to take any responsibility, despite the fact that many of the people who have been protesting in the last six days accuse and blame him for many of the problem facing the country

is facing right now. how big a threat to the regime do you think these protests are? are they growing all reducing in scale, would you say? it's difficult to say how big it is. the authorities say last night's protests were more scattered than previous days. we will only find out later in the day, because they tend to get out in the evening. there are restrictions on social media, so it is difficult to find out what is going on. but are they going to create serious trouble? potentially, yes. the reason is that the country is in a very fragile state, there is widespread discontent with what is happening in the country. president trump is in the white house. the crown prince of saudi arabia is openly against the islamic republic of iran. there are foreigners, as the president says, that will use any opportunity to get into iran and create instability. potentially, this can be a serious threat. but it depends a lot on

how the supreme leader deals with the current situation. and we know that the authorities in iran are split, really, moderates and hardliners, if you want to call them, does the protests strengthen the hand of the moderates or reformers? possibly, but it seems that many of the protest have gone beyond that. they are now chanting against the existence of islamic republic. they say, death to the supreme leader. they don't care about the reformists or conservatives, the game is over. to many of those who are out on the streets, they don't see any change possible under the current establishment in iran. there's been a crackdown on social media by the authorities, do you think that is going to have an effect in weakening the power of the demonstrations?

i think it probably has been successful, especially in the sense of the other media, they have very little to report from what's going on. is it going to completely stop them? no, because revolutions happened before the age of internet. so people can mobilise themselves without the internet. it will be possible, but difficult, yes. rana rahimpour there. 80 people were stabbed to death in london last year, a rise of a third compared with 2016. the figures come as police are investigating the murders of four young men in the capital who were stabbed in unrelated incidents during a 24 hour period. the youngest victim is 17 years old. so far detectives have arrested six people in connection with their inquiries. the former england footballer, trevor sinclair, has pleaded guilty at blackpool magistrates‘ court to drink—driving, and a racially aggravated public order offence against a police officer in november last year.

sinclair was arrested in lytham and the court heard he became agitated, and accused police of being racist. 13 monkeys have died following a fire that broke out in the early hours at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the blaze took hold in the patas monkey house, and none of the animals could be saved. an investigation is under way into the cause of the fire, and the park remains open. 0ur correspondent, martin borley is at woburn. this is a really tragic way to start this new year, 13 patas monkeys have been killed in this fire that took place on the african forest ride in the monkey house there. firefighters we re the monkey house there. firefighters were called just after 2:30 this morning. with media station commander paul goddard. what did you

see when you first arrived? crews we re see when you first arrived? crews were called to woburn safari park at 2:37 this morning. 0n were called to woburn safari park at 2:37 this morning. on arrival, crews from both won't burn and dunstable community fire stations attended the incident, and the building that contained the monkees, the patas monkeys, the roof had collapsed and the building was well alight. that must have been a real shock to see a fire in this monkey house. yes, unusual to see fires within the park itself. but crews dealt with the incident and did all they could at the time to put the fire out and extinguish the fire. and it took two hours? crew were on the scene of the two hours damping down, trying to clear the site for the keepers to address any situation with the monkeys they could. what sort of preparation training goes into

preparing for a fire like this? yes, firefighters continually do their training with regards to firefighting on these type of premises. and they also do continuous training with the location, special sites of interest, and familiarising themselves with the locations of different areas within the safari park.” the locations of different areas within the safari park. i would imagine, if wild animals are involved, there are particular issues you had to take care of. oh, yes. primary is to make sure our crews are safe when attending the incident, they can carry out a task and duties to enable them to its in which the fire. investigation has not, what can you tell us about that? the investigation will be done with bedfordshire fire rescue service, investigating officers, and also with the park's team to establish the direct cause of the fire. station commander paul goddard, thank you very much indeed.

as you can see behind me, the park is still open and there is a slow trail of visitors. it is a wet day, but everyone that comes here thinks it is very tragic news indeed. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: rail commuters face the biggest rise in fares for five years. campaigners warn that people will be "priced out of work." iran's supreme leader blames the country's "foreign enemies" for protests which have seen nine people killed overnight. the protests in cities across the country are the largest since 2009. and 13 monkeys have died in a fire overnight at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. jessica has all the sports news, and happy new year.

andy murray has called his rehab for a long—term hip injury "demoralising" after pulling out of the brisbane international ahead of his first match this week. the former world number one hasn't played competitively sincejuly, and admits he's considering having surgery. here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. this instagram post gives us a real insight into how he is feeling and how traumatised he has been, this inability to do what he loves most, which is to compete against the other best players in the world on a tennis court. the frustration for murray is that the advice he was given seems to have been very much that rehab is his best option and he would always work incredibly hard at making sure he has done everything in his power to recover as quickly as possible. but once he has put that to the test against some other of the top players in the world here in brisbane this week, he has realised even the best part of six months rest has not got his hip to where it needs to be, therefore even though he is still does not want to go down

this route he is saying he may have to consider surgery, which would probably mean three months out before he starts to make his return. if he did go down that route, it would be the summer at the earliest before we saw him back on a tennis court. meanwhile, kyle edmund is safely through to the second round of the brisbane international. the british number two came from a set down, to beat canadian teenager denis shopavalov. johanna konta's won her second round match in brisbane, coming from a set down to beat aila tomlajanovic in three sets. konta is playing herfirst tournament with new coach michaeljoyce. australia fast bowler mitchell starc is confident of playing in the final ashes test, which starts on wednesday evening. starc is the leading wicket—taker in the series, but missed the fourth test with a bruised heel. meanwhile, england opener marc stoneman says that drawn last test has given the team the boost they need ahead of the final match in the series.

i think it's given us confidence going forward. the work we have done earlier in the series has eventually come through, to a certain degree. but ultimately, we want to win a game of cricket. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. jessica, thank you very much indeed. there is a fire raging in the bronx in new york. we can show you pictures from their mac right now. live pictures. this is, we gather, a warehouse building in the bronx in new york. reports of at least six people hurt. you can see a number of firefighters and a dramatic battle there on ladders, aiming their hoses on the building that has caught fire. it comesjust on the building that has caught fire. it comes just a few days after that other devastating fire in the bronx district in new york, which

left 12 people dead in an apartment block. the fire spreading rapidly in that earlier fire block. the fire spreading rapidly in that earlierfire in block. the fire spreading rapidly in that earlier fire in the stairway up the building, killing 12 people, including a number of children. this isa including a number of children. this is a fire in a warehouse, six people hurt. no fatalities, we hear, so far. fire services battling to bring that fire under control. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum ofjust two low—calorie snacks a day, to help safeguard their health. public health england says the snacks should be no more than 100 calories each. the advice is being given after it's emerged primary school children are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit, as our health correspondent, james gallagher, reports. half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year comes from snacks and sugary drinks. kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year. cake, ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, and chocolate. children eat three times

more sugar than official advice, just over half of it comes from snacking between meals. it's one reason more than a quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they turn five. this public health england campaign is warning that snacking has got out of hand and is increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. we're very concerned about snacking. our children have unhealthy diets, they're eating too many calories. they're eating too much sugar, and snacking is part of the problem. we're encouraging parents to be aware of snacking and to try to cut back and replace unhealthy snacks with better snack. so how do parents feel about snacking? i know kids like sweets, and all of the sugar and stuff that you get from shops and mcdonald's and things like that, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and their intake. public health england is advising

snacks are limited to just 100 calories and eaten no more than twice a day. it says fruit and veg are ideal and even malt loaf, fromage frais that's low in sugar and crumpets are better than anything you will find in the confectionery aisles. james gallagher, bbc news. let's just take a look at a few examples then of what public health england are calling unhealthy snacks. your average pastry, cake or bun has around 270 calories. a chocolate bar contains around 200 calories. and a packet of crisps contains on average around 190 calories. so what are the alternatives? with me isjustine roberts the founder of mumsnet. and we're going to talk about how pa rents a re and we're going to talk about how parents are supposed to deal with this, in particular. tell us, you have brought in some snacks for us, healthy and unhealthy. yes. talk us through what is bad and what is

good. the clear message that public health england are giving us is we should look for snacks that are 100 calories or less. it is quite hard sometimes to identify that, but you wouldn't be surprised to know that your crisps, buns and chocolate contain much more than that. what they are suggesting is being like malt loaf, low—calorie yoghurt, nuts, crumpets. ithink, you know, it is not saying that you can't snack at all, it is trying to replace your daily habit of crisps and chocolate with a couple of snacks that are healthy. i think thatis snacks that are healthy. i think that is useful information for pa rents that is useful information for parents and good to bear in mind for the weekly shop. just show us, then, you have got some of the healthy options. this is malt loaf, crumpet and a low—fat yoghurt. it is about being mindful of the fact that pa rents, being mindful of the fact that parents, we are used to giving our

kids snacks. they used to re—fuelling in the day, replace them with some of the healthy options. you have the unhealthy options, bar of chocolate, crisps and so on. and a pastry. too much sugar, too much salt. this is about calories, but a lot of these things also contain a lot of these things also contain a lot of these things also contain a lot of saturated fat and salt, two, none of which are good. obesity and tooth decay are an effect as well. as your report said, children eat three times the recommended sugar intake. there are profound health affects of that. the key message for pa rents affects of that. the key message for parents is, to build it into your daily routines, to swap out some of the bad stuff for the good stuff, look at your weekly shop, try to replace some of those multi—bag

packets of crisps with malt loaf and crumpets, it is about daily habits. you can work out, there is a useful app change for life have produced, it allows you to tell how much sugar and salt is in these things. that is half the problem. food manufacturers are obliged to put food calories on the packaging, so you can scan a bar code, find out how many calories are in these things before you buy them. lots of advice from you, from public health england, is the evidence in your experience that parents actually listen to this advice and pass it on to children? parents are often trying to take some of this advice themselves, and we should bear that in advice themselves, and we should bearthat in mind. advice themselves, and we should bear that in mind. we are all role models. if we are snacking on a bar of galaxies and!, that is not a great way to behave. we have to take those decisions, too. —— galaxy. it

is not a case of being negligent and not caring. it is hard to tell. that is where public health england are coming from, be mindful about your choices. none of us want our kids to have tooth decay or be obese. pa rents have tooth decay or be obese. parents have control over what your children eat when they are younger, but as they get older, into their teens or lake teens, getting them to eat more loaf instead of a bar of chocolate, that may be worthy and very good, but it might be pretty tricky. it is much harder, but one message is, don't buy it yourself, don't put it in the house. make sure yourfridge is don't put it in the house. make sure your fridge is stocked with healthy stuff. u nfortu nately, your fridge is stocked with healthy stuff. unfortunately, i'm afraid it is bad news for parents, too, we have to watch what we eat, too. thank you for being with us. happy new year to you. we will see what the weather is doing in this first week of 2018. the week starts on an unsettled

note. that is the way it will stay for the next few days or so. there is the first belt of wet and windy weather moving ever further eastwards and northwards through the course of the day. the snow on the higher ground of scotland falling to around 200 metres also. behind, brighter skies for a time, and overnight. this area of low pressure is named as storm eleanor, generating gusts of winds over northern ireland around 70 mph as it moves towards the sole way, this is where problems begin to pick up. coming down towards lancashire and cumbria, even further south than that, gusts of wind, 50—60 mph. the whole system transferring a way to the eastern side of the pennines off into the north sea to leave behind a wednesday that sees some really squally showers as well. top temperatures at ten. this is bbc newsroom live,

our latest headlines. rail passengers have been hit with the biggest increase in fares in five years. from today average ticket prices will be 3.4% more expensive — with many annual season tickets rising by more than £100. iran's supreme leader has accused the country's foreign enemies of stirring up protests over the past week, in his first comment on the unrest. nine people are reported to have died in fresh clashes overnight. at least 13 patas monkeys have died at woburn safari park in bedfordshire after fire broke out in a jungle enclosure in the park. an investigation is under way into the cause of the blaze. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum of just two low—calorie snacks a day. public health england says snacks shouldn't exceed 100 calories each — in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. the biggest increase in railfares

in five years has come into force — prompting protests at several stations as many commuters return to work after the christmas break. in some cases, travellers will find themselves paying more than £100 extra a year. steph mcgovern has spent the morning with commuters at london bridge station. hello from london bridge station, which has just recently re—opened after a billion pounds has been spent on this station over the last five years. it is the fourth busiest in the country, and ministers would argue that the increase in train fares is for things like this, the modernisation of the railway industry. but of course there's lots of people who feel it's unfair, because we still have overcrowded trains and problems with punctuality as well. let's have a chat to a couple of guests we have here today. first of all, paul plummer

from the rail delivery group, representing the train companies, do you think these fare increases are fair? hello. well, it's great to be here in this fantastically transformed station today. 0bviously nobody wants to pay more in fares, what we in the industry can do is make sure we make best use of the money from customers and from taxpayers and private sector, so that fares that people pay are leveraging more investment, much—needed investment, to improve things, to deliver transformations like this station, right across the country with new trains, better services, more services, which people will really start to notice the difference over the next 18 months. it's not just promises of way into the future, it is now actually happening, and this is one of the first really important examples of that. it does feel, though, that we see a lot — sorry, it does feel though that we hear a lot but we don't actually see a lot, in terms of improvements. there are still a lot of people who talked to me this morning about late trains or overcrowded trains. well, we are improving punctuality as well. this station is not just about the station, it is about improving reliability by remodelling the whole lay out.

it will improve reliability of service, it is connecting communities in north of london to communities south of london. it is massively transformational for the economy and for communities. but that is happening everywhere and we have to, as you say, we have to make sure we are constantly improving reliability. we have the most challenging and transparent punctuality measures anywhere in europe, and that is using, we are using that to drive continuous improvement in punctuality for everybody. and we have bridget here, who is from the campaign for better transport. what do you make of what paul is saying? well, everyone welcomes more investment in the railways, and it is vital, but this is a very tough new year for a lot of commuters, who are seeing their regulated rail fares rise way above their pay pacts. the whole point about regulated fares is that rises are supposed to be fair, but the basis on which the government calculates them is out—of—date, the retail price index, which even the office for national statistics says isn't really accurate, so we are calling for a fares freeze. we have had a freeze on fuel duty

for motorists for years. it's about time rail commuters got a break too. we have heard paul there and lots of the people in the industry talking about we need these improvements, we promise they are going to get here, do you think that is the case? because when i talk to commuters, a lot of them say "we've heard this before, when are we going to see it?" there has underinvestment in british railways compared to railways on the continent for years, and we are really glad to see that we are seeing station improvements, new stations, new rolling stock, and more better fare deals. in fact, some of the unregulated fares are going up by less than regulated fares now. we want to see more of that, we want to see more investment. getting the train is a good choice not only for rail passengers but for everybody. it takes traffic off the roads, it is greener, it's safer, we want rail to be the choice that everyone finds it easy and affordable to make. thank you very much for your time today, lovely to talk to both of you.

that's it from me here at london bridge station. china has banned the import of millions of tonnes of plastic waste, such as the packaging that we throw into our household recycling bins. until now, the uk government has exported our plastic waste, shipping it to china, to go into landfill there. as a result, this will put the british recycling industry under huge pressure, with experts warning that local authorities could reduce collections because of the costs. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson is at a recycling plant in southwark in south london. yes, this is the education room here, where they have children in to learn about recycling and reusing products in an attempt to try and cut down the amount of waste that we are having to deal with, and certainly we will have to cut down thement that is shipped to china. to understand this story you need to understand this story you need to understand for decades china has been the world's dustbin man,

collecting rubbish from round the world and recycling it. turning it into new products but now restrictions in china have been tightened to try and improve environmental conditions there and china has said no more, it will not ta ke china has said no more, it will not take the world's rubbish so we are going to have to work out what to do with it ourselves. bringing kids here and teaching them ant recycling is one way, stewart foster has ideas on other ways. you work on recycling plastic, what should we be doing to tackle it? it is worth pointing out for the last decade china have been paying very very reasonable rates for that material and it goes out to be recycled into new products. they have been buying it? they have low labour costs and the ability to back load containers delivering products here in the first place. what do we do with that waste? we are not sending it to china? from my point of view there is a lot of opportunity here but it is now, we

need to get it right, make sure if we are asking people to invest in recycling they can guarantee they will receive the right quality material and the quantity over the long—term, to achieve the investment. multi—million pound investment. multi—million pound investment. we need to make sure our manufacturing industries have a demand for that recycled plastic and specify it in the goods produced. that is possible. you say you have been working in trying to get more plastic recycled for more than 25 year, there seems to be more and more everywhere, is it a losing battle ? more everywhere, is it a losing battle? i don't think it s plastic is recycling itself. the issue is the need for more consumer engagement, consumers tell us all the time they are confused about what they can recycle and they want to know where it goes and we have good news story, we have uk plastic re psychers good news story, we have uk plastic repsychers who are being successful. —— successful. we need to make sure that becomes the norm and make sure

we have an intelligent plastic strategy behind it from government to allow us to put the incentives in place and meet the growing opportunities that the retailers and brand owners can see, to support these systems and make them work. do you think this move from china will be wake up call across the world?” think it needs to be. i don't think china will go back to the way they were, so we need to talk about short—term fix, maybe increasing storage, but the long—term, we need to make sure this time next year, moving forward, we have started to develop the right infrastructure so we can take you to more facilities and show you plastics being recycled in the uk. we appreciate your time and insight. we have seen the process here, they recycle all the waste in this country, so some lessons to be learned from the company here in south london and the government says it will be looking for ways to recycle more of our waste on these shores. thank you

very much indeed dan. air accident investigators in australia say it may take months before they know why a seaplane carrying a prominent british businessman and his family crashed on new year's eve. richard cousins — who ran a multi—billion pound catering company — was killed along with his two sons, his fiancee, her daughter and the pilot. investigators say it could take several days to recover the wreckage of the plane, which is submerged under 40 feet of water. 0ur correspondent phil mercer has the latest from sydney. the wreckage of the sea plane lies in more than 40 feet of water on a river bed north of sydney. air crash investigators are searching for clues to explain why it crashed, killing all six people onboard. what has emerged however, is that this isn't the first plane of its type to be involved in a fatal accident. four british holiday—makers died when a similar sea plane went down

in canada, in 2015. accou nts in canada, in 2015. accounts from witnesses will help australian authorities to establish why a routine sightseeing flight endedin why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster. will says he saw his friends dive into the water to try to help those trap in the plane i saw three of my mates risk their live, they could have die. this plane was moving fast, it was going down. it was hard because of the oil would but i could see window, we couldn't dive down deep enough really to be able to see more. they will know people were trying to help and i'm sorry. the air crash team is made up of former pilots, aeronautical engineers and data recovery expert, it is their task to piece together the events that led to the tragedy atjerusalem bay, the crucial piece of evidence is the wreckage of the sea plane. it

lies at the bottom of hawksbury river, the authorities hope to bring it to the surface, by the end of the week. after its recovered the single engine aircraft will be taken to canberra for examination. we will be looking at a number of area, particularly round the aircraft's components, we will be removing those an examining them. we will also be looking at any recorded data that might be on the aircraft, so that might be on the aircraft, so that could involve both aviation or instruments that are attached. aviation experts have speculated that the sea plane may have stalled before crashing because of engine failure and unexpected gusts of winds or a mistake by the pilot. a preliminary report from the australian transport safety bureau is expected within a month, but a more comprehensive review of the

disaster could take a lot longer. mps are accusing the transport secretary of going into hiding, and globe—trotting over his decision to visit qatar on day that the biggest increase in rail fares visit qatar on day that the biggest increase in railfares since visit qatar on day that the biggest increase in rail fares since 2013 comes into effect. let us go to our political correspondent tom barton at westminster. huge rise for rail passengers to cope with and some anger there that the transport secretary is not round to answer the criticisms. that is right. so 3.496 rise announced today for rail passenger, particularly season ticket holder, the biggest since 2013, and yet, today on the day that that comes into effect, chris grayling the transport secretary is on his way to the arab state 06 qatar on a visit where he will meet

the prime minister of that country, ministers and businesses, at a briefing earlier today, the prime minister's spokesman was asked whether she thought it was appropriate that chris grayling should be on a foreign visit on the day that these new fares come into effect. he said we have known the fa re effect. he said we have known the fare rises very coming in for a while and department for transport issued a full statement. that wasn't enough for opposition politician, we have heard from andy mcdonald labour's that shadow transport secretary, he accused chris grayling of going into hiding. he said passengers deserved better they deserved a response from the transport secretary in person while vince cable accused him of globe—trotting while passengers are shivering on platforms. we have heard from the union, real passengers and a few mps including

conservative mps who are angry about them yes, i think, conservative mps who are angry about them yes, ithink, in conservative mps who are angry about them yes, i think, in essence what you have got is politicians responding to the concerns of their constituencies, a lot of worry, very big increase, hundreds for some on their railfare, their season tickets in particular today. i think, many mps feeling they need to look like they are responding to their concerns. of course, this, although rail users buy their tickets from private companies, this particular increase is determined in essence by the government, the decision to peg the rise in rail fa res decision to peg the rise in rail fares to the retail price index rise measure of inflation, rather than the consumer price index, rpi tends to be higher, it is higher this year, and that means that rail fares

are going up by more now. that decision over over which indicator to use is a decision made by government, so that is why there is a lot of criticism being levelled by opposition mps at the government today, rather than just the train operators over the scale of this increase. thank you tom barton there for us at westminster with the latest from there. gl the headlines. rail commuters are facing the biggest rise in fairs for five years, campaigners are warning people will be priced out of work. iran supreme's leader blames the country's foreign enemies for protests which have seen nine people killed overnight. the protests in cities across the country are the biggest since 2009.13 cities across the country are the biggest since 2009. 13 monkeys have died ina biggest since 2009. 13 monkeys have died in a fire overnight at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. south korea has proposed high—level talks with pyongyang,

a day after north korea's leader, kimjong—un, said he was open to dialogue. at a news conference, the south korean unification minister suggested a meeting at the border in a week's time. he said the discussions were likely to focus on bringing a north korean delegation to next month's winter olympics in south korea. 0ur correspondent sophie long is in the south korean capital seoul, and earlier i asked her if we can expect to see less hostility between the north and south. it mightjust it might just be it mightjust be that, even if it is only for a finite period of time. this comes off the back of kim jong un new year message yesterday in which he said he was open to dialogue with south korea and he was considering sending a delegation to the olympics due take place in pyeongchang next month. now this morning, we had a response from the south korean government, and they proposed that talks should take

place in a place in the demilitarised zone, a large fortified glare separates the two countries on tuesday next yeec week, that will the 9th january. president moon has made many overtures to kim jong un inviting him to send a delegation to 0lympics about eight times. he feels it could be a turning point in deescalating the tensions that have increased over the past year as north korea carried out its sixth and most powerful missile test, it could reach mainland america it said. it does seem many people feel positive, they feel if pyongyang were to send a delegation to the olympics there would be no cause for them to cause disruptions round that time. 0thers are slightly more sceptical, saying this could be a canny move to try and drive a wedge between seoul and

its ally washington. more than 300 women from hollywood's entertainment industry have launched an initiative to tackle sexual harassment in workplaces. the campaign — called ‘time's up' — includes includes hollywood stars such as meryl streep and jennifer lawrence. it will provide legal support for women and men who suffer abuse. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has more details from los angeles. one of the main points that this group of women wants to make that it isn'tjust the entertainment industry. clearly the very high profile cases over the last few weeks and months have focussed on key figures, men, in the entertainment business who have been accused of sexual harassment, but this is about those women and men in less famous jobs, shall we put it. less glamourised jobs as this organisation puts it. it could be cleaners, farm workers who are sexually harassed in their workplaces as well. this is a group of women who have got together to raise money to help as legal aid for some of those

individuals, if they are involved in a situation that eventually ends up in court, and to date they have already raise more more than $13 million. more than 11000 homes across the uk have been empty for more than a decade, according to research carried out by the liberal democrats. the study also suggests very few councils in england and wales have made use of powers that allow local authorities to take over properties that have been empty for more than six months. but the government says the number of empty homes has fallen by a third since 2010 and is now at its lowest level since records began. millions of people are at risk of falling into debt this month as a result of christmas spending. research carried out by the money advice trust suggests one—in—six people across britain will fall behind on payments this month, with many saying they failed to budget properly for extra spending at christmas.

a book shop in a scottish town which gives holiday—makers the chance to run the shop for two weeks has sparked plans for copycat versions in asia. the "open book" in wigtown was launched four years ago and has proved so popular, it's booked solidly until 2020. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. between the hills and the sea in south—west scotland is a small town where they like their books — a lot. wigtown is scotland's national book town and among the many book shops here, one is available to rent for a week at a time. it's run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some too. alison drury is a police community support officer from bicester, but not this week. instead, she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege

of running a book shop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i'm a bit eccentric and think that it's a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i've got some friends who think it's extremely exciting and are very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you?! the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change, so too can the promotions. the chance to run a book shop for a week or two has proved popular. people have come from as far away as new zealand, north america and south korea to run this place. there was a couple in their 80s who came on honeymoon, and others who liked the town so much that they stayed. this shop, which once came close to closure, turned around by those who have a dream of running a book shop and want the chance to test it out.

i think in everyone's life you have that "what if" voice. what if ijust owned a book shop by the sea in scotland? we want to give people the opportunity to do it. this is actual real virtual reality, where you can come and be in a book shop and feel the cold and read the books and enjoy the community and kind of have little surprises of an adventure along the way. and if those who've come on their book shop holiday are looking for ideas, with wigtown boasting 14 book shops, there is plenty here to inspire. we love our book shops, we love our books, yeah, and we've even got people coming from far and wide to run a book shop in wigtown, imagine that! it sounds a crazy idea, but what a fantastic thing for wigtown, opening wigtown to the world, encouraging people to come and share our love for books. that passion for selling books may be spreading. there's interest from a chinese firm looking to open its own version of the open book holiday business. so successful has this scottish one been, its booked up for the next two years. in a moment the news

at one with jane hill. first the weather. . hello. the christmas and new year festivities long gone now, some of us are a bit gloomy. the wetter no exception either. grey skies today and there has been rain, some heavy and there has been rain, some heavy and it looks as though the week is shaping up is going to be windy stormy at times with rain round as well. now, there is a blanket of cloud right across the country, hence the grey story today, and there has been rain. some heavy as it moves its way west to east but it is only going to be replaced by another area of low pressure, this is storm eleanor, and it arrives through the night. the reason it has been named storm is due the strength of the winds. winds. severe gales on

the southern flank closest to the centre of low pressure, as we go through the overnight period we will see gusts of winds in excess of 70mph, easing away i from northern ireland, pushing into the scottish borders and the north—west of england, so 70, 80mph, not out of the question and that will be strong enough to cause some disruption and certainly the potential for disruption for your early morning travel. the wind is not so strong further north. it won't be too bad, but we will still see winds in excess of 30—40mph gusts across northern ireland, and into northern england. there will be a scattering of showers to the west. some will push inland. temperature wind strength are going to be stormy and that will make for rough seas as well. as we go through the afternoon that wind will continue to drive the showers in from the west. some pushing further inland and some merging togetherfor

pushing further inland and some merging together for longer spells of rain. here we will see temperatures into single figures double digits further south and west. let us move out of wednesday, a lull in proceedings through wednesday into thursday morning, we do it all again. another area of low pressure. with the south—westerly it is still going to be mild but it will be wet at times. heavy rain moving across england and wales. it will ling for a while. those temperatures here a bit more disappointing. the wind direction will change moving into friday. a northerly kicks in. that will turn things colder and possibly a little wintry. take care. the biggest rise in rail fares for five years, as average prices go up 3.4%. as commuters get back to work after the holidays, campaigners say some people are being priced off the railways. it is not value for money,

it is as simple as that. what you're paying for for the railfares does not represent what you're actually getting. we'll hear more from commuters shortly. also this lunchtime... iran's supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country in his first comments since the demonstrations began. no more than two low—calorie snacks a day — parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that young children consume. 13 monkeys have died in a fire that swept through an enclosure at woburn safari park in the early hours of the morning.