hello, you're watching afternoon live. i am simon mccoy. ploughing on with brexit, a five—year plan for the way farming subsidies will be dealt with after britain leaves the eu. we guarantee in cash terms the amount we give to farmers will remain exactly the same up until the next general election 2022. we want to ensure there after there is a smooth path towards a different form of paying farmers. cease and desist, the message from donald trump's lawyers to his former strategist steve bannon who the president says has lost his mind. i feel your pain, theresa may says she recognises what nhs patients are going through as thousands of operations are cancelled. faulty chips with almost everything, tech firms are working to fix two major bugs in computers that could allow hackers to steal sensitive data. coming up all the sport. injury in tennis. yes, we are asking what now for andy murray, he has

pulled out of the australian open because of this long—term hip problem. he is contemplating surgery now. what effect could it have on his future career? we will talk to you later. in the weather, darren, it's been wet and windy and now it's going to get cold. yeah, we are going to get cold. yeah, we are going to get cold. yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. more later on. thank you very much. also coming up. the real italian job, a multimillion pound heist at the doge's palace in venice. thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. hello, this is afternoon live. i am simon mccoy. no change for five years —

that's the message to britain's farmers — many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. the environment secretary michael gove said the government would guarantee eu—equivalent subsidies until the 2022 election. but he's also warned all farmers that future subsidies will have to be earned. duncan kennedy reports. britain has more than 200,000 farm holdings, but the imminence of brexit has put farmers and food policy into a state of uncertainty. a healthy rural economy... that's why issues of animal welfare, food standards and trade deals dominated today's farmers' conference in oxford. michael gove said britain would be a high—quality food exporting nation after brexit. he said eu subsidies would be phased out, but farmers would still get financial help. we guarantee that, in cash terms, the amount of money that we give to farmers will remain exactly the same right up until the next general election in 2022, and what we want to do is to ensure

that thereafter there is a smooth path towards a different form of paying farmers. you've just got them on hay here, craig, or something... minette batters farms in wiltshire and says the certainty of michael gove's financial commitment to farmers after we leave the european union will be welcomed by the industry. we've worked for 43 years under european policy so, of course, it's going to take time, and we really welcome his commitment to be looking at a longer period. 2024 is very well received. michael gove was, of course, one of the key leave campaigners in the eu referendum. he said that it was britain that should decide what its farmers can do, what trade policies they can work out and what food standards should be for the public. but there are others who are saying that his message today is far too optimistic in terms of what britain can achieve when it leaves the eu. a separate report today from mps said that brexit trade deals risked britain's very food security, as we face cheap foreign imports.

they warn that we could end up having to take products like american chickens washed in chlorine as part of the price we pay for trading with non—eu countries. michael gove also said today public access to farmland as well as top—quality animal welfare was at the centre of government policy. but the uncertainties of brexit and what follows make it difficult for him and all those involved in farming to know exactly how our agricultural landscape will change. duncan kennedy, bbc news, oxfordshire. iamjoined i am joined now from our westminster studio by liberal democrats leader sir vince cable. at lot of farmers i am assuming a sigh of relief and at least we now know? i am not sure they do know. we have no idea what they do know. we have no idea what the trading arrangements are going to be after brexit. what the farmers

do know is what the current arrangements are, when we joined the european union the common market agricultural policy did pose enormous problem, people were subs dyed to produce excessive food, it's been reformed, in many ways reflecting british interests and kind of thing which michael gove is talking about, stripping out subsidies might be applying to a farm arable farmers. dairy farmers, many of those are struggling, they're only able to keep going because of subsidies because of squeeze on prices from supermarkets. you have hill farmers, sheep farmers that depend heavily on the existing system of european support. a great deal of damage could be done by brexit unless it's very carefully managed. i get that. brexit unless it's very carefully managed. iget that. but brexit unless it's very carefully managed. i get that. but what he said is that no change for five yea rs. at least said is that no change for five years. at least that transition period is now set in stone, there is a guarantee that whatever you are getting now from the eu you will

continue to receive. well, if that isa continue to receive. well, if that is a meaningful guarantee i am sure that will be treated with some relief. but it contradicts what the government is saying elsewhere that it wants to press ahead with trade agreements with other countries outside the european union. on top of the list of the united states, if we did open up to american competition as the government appears to wish, this would have radical implications and mostly fairly damaging for british agriculture if they're now saying none of that's going to happen for five years, i think a lot of those people who have been promised early trade agreements outside of the european union are going to be very disappointed. the government's got to make up its mind which audience it is speaking to. what do you - how do you think farmers will react to a policy which suggests that in five yea rs' policy which suggests that in five years' time there will be a farm policy made in britain for british farmers? well, to a large extent the policy already reflects the interests of british farming. it's a

slogan, it's not clear what it means. you could have a british farm policy that was very sensitive to the interests of particular groups of farmers like dairy farmers who are undera of farmers like dairy farmers who are under a lot of pressure or the hill farmers, or you could have a fairly brutal open market approach which sweeps all xet — above cost petition aside. it isn't clear what made in britain agriculture policy actually means. what it means is that the £3 billion a year of taxpayers' cash that comes to the uk through the agriculture policy of the eu will be decided, that figure, whether it's the eu will be decided, that figure, whether its large or smaller, whatever, it will be decided here in the uk. that's right. but the question is what is going to happen to it? if the subsidies are to disappear or be substantially reduced which i think what the government is aiming to achieve this is extremely bad news for those parts of the farming industry that depend heavily on subsidies. you are

talking about hill farmers, dairy farmers who are currently squeezed, margins squeezed very severely by the supermarket system. if he is trying to reassure farmers by saying we are extending the whole process for five years, presumably the implication of that is that after those five years the regime facing them is going to be a very tough one. isn't the argument that at the moment 80% of subsidies goes for basically doing nothing more than owning land, that cannot be sustainable? well, untilyou think about the alternatives were, the system we inherit itted was that there were substantial farm prices, generalfarm prices that there were substantial farm prices, general farm prices that encouraged overproduction. so as a result, subsidies have been switched to keeping land underoccupied and has a substantial environmental value in many cases, particularly in the hill farming areas. so, there are pluses and minuses in the present system.

m rg ove and minuses in the present system. mrgove made it quite clear... what the government's intended will have damaging consequences indeed. but m rg ove damaging consequences indeed. but mrgove has made it clear that the price of future subsidies from a uk government will be those environmental concerns, the things you have just talked about. well, he seems to be promising something to everybody. are we talking about more subsidies for environmental resources ? subsidies for environmental resources? are we talking about subsidies to marginal farmers? resources? are we talking about subsidies to marginalfarmers? are we talking about getting rid of subsidies which he seems to be promising on other occasions? there isa promising on other occasions? there is a very, very confusing picture andi is a very, very confusing picture and i think although farmers may ta ke and i think although farmers may take some reassurance from the fact that we now have a transition, the end of that period could result in a lot of turbulence and a lot of distress in the farming sector. while i have you there, words you will dread, i wondered while i have you there, words you will dread, iwondered if while i have you there, words you will dread, i wondered if you were pleased to hear from tony blair again on the radio this morning? well, you know, tony blair is rather marmite, he was in many ways a very

successful prime minister for a long period of time and then he ruined his reputation with the iraq war. but he is actually speaking for a lot of people when he expresses the view that the way in which the brexit issue has to be dealt with is bya brexit issue has to be dealt with is by a vote at the end of the process. it was interesting this morning that the overwhelming majority, notjust of my party's supporters, but of labour supporters, and nationalists in scotland, overwhelmingly support the idea of having a vote and tony blair made that case very cogentally this morning. thank you for your time. the row between donald trump and his former top aide steve bannon has intensified, with lawyers for the president threatening legal action over comments attributed to mr bannon in a new book about the presidency. the remarks allege that a meeting mr trump's son had with a group of russians during the presidential campaign was treasonous, and claims that mr trump was poorly prepared for thejob.

the president said mr bannon, who was sacked last august, had lost his mind. dan johnson reports. the president's right—hand man, driving the right—wing america first politics, that put trump in the white house. but like so many advisers steve bannon didn't last long. he is not a racist, i can tell you that, he is is a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments

made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. when he was fired he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. it's fire and fury indeed. the book claims the former prime minister tony blair was bidding to be a white house middle east adviser. and that he told the president's son—in—law that british intelligence may have spied on the trump campaign. this story is literally a totalfabrication, i mean i have never had any such conversation, not with someone in the white house, outside of the white house, not that the time or any time, not anywhere. the idea that british intelligence services was interfering in the middle of an american presidential election is preposterous.

this is politics today, and you get these wild conspiracy theories that unfortunately, people believe, but it is literally an invention. there are also claims trump's campaign team were shocked and horrified by his win, that his wife was in tears about it, and that the president was angry many a—list celebrities snubbed the inauguration. his daughter apparently mocks his hair and is planning to take on the topjob. the truth isn't clear in a white house defined by an unconventional new normality. iwan morgan is professor of united states history at university college in london and is director of the united states presidency centre. he joins me now from a chilly north london. thank you for hanging on for us. iam london. thank you for hanging on for us. i am wondering, this is great publicity for a book but you do sense there are real nerves within

the white house about it. yes. michael wolff has form for inaccurate statements in previous newspaper columns and books he has written but he's obviously hit a nerve with donald trump. it's probably going to be an inside the beltway fire storm which will not wash over the rest of the country, i suspect, but it all depends on how far bannon goes in documenting or evidencing his claims about this meeting that took place between donald trump junior and russian officials in june 2016. nevertheless, it all adds to that picture of a slightly dysfunctional establishment of the white house itself. yes, nothing new, reports have been coming out of newspapers like the new york times and the wash

post detailing this in considerable fashion. —— washington post. i don't think it revises our opinion of trump is who is most unorthodox president who ever held office in the 45 men who have done so since george washington. trump's unort dpoksy is both his strength and weakness. it's a strength for his base. they didn't want a conventional politician but it's also a weakness because it doesn't allow him to expand on his base, reach out to people who aren't his co re reach out to people who aren't his core supporters and he has to do that if he is going to be re—elected. that if he is going to be re-elected. does he, because you have an american economy which seems to be going from strength to strength, you have those who voted for him in the last election saying he is doing exactly what we voted him to do. yes, there is that but it all depends on the distribution of the vote working out in the electoral college just as it did in

2016. one interesting fact, yes, the economy is doing extremely well at the moment and donald trump is claiming full credit for that. dubious claim but nevertheless he is making it as any president would. but the point is that trump's tax bill which is what fuelled new business investment is very unpopular in the country at large and is regarded as a tax giveaway. this is one incident i think of its not the economy, stupid, that is working against him. this row between the president and steve bannon, from the outside there is an element of humour looking at this exchange but isn't it rather serious? i think it could become serious? i think it could become serious if bannon advances further evidence to support his claims. if, for example, he testified before special prosecutor muller, but for the moment it's all hearsay. bannon has not retracted his statements.

but i would want to hear more before seeing them as extremely damaging to trump. in terms of what happens next, obviously everybody‘s waiting to read the book but the rumours about melania and ivanka it adds to those who say it's not a suitable man to be president. yes, it is a dysfunctional white house. you can't say anything other than that, i think. but trump is not an ordinary politician. i don't think he is going to change in the next three yea rs going to change in the next three years and if he runs again he will run on the characteristics that held appealfor people run on the characteristics that held appeal for people who voted for him in 2016, whether it works again that remains to be seen. professor, thank you very much. our headlines. the environment

secretary says farmers in england will continue to receive the equivalent of eu subsidies for around five years after brexit. but they will have to adapt the way they work. donald trump has issued legal proceedings against his former chief strategist steve bannon following his contribution to a new book in which he describes a meeting between his son and a russian lawyer as treasonous. theresa may apologises as nhs figures for the last week of 2017 show a big jump in delays for patients arriving at a&e. coming up, they're calling it a bomb cyclone, a new term for a severe winter storm about to hit the eastern united states. the severe pressure drop follows a cold snap that has already claimed 11 lives. in sport, andy murray pulls out of the australian open as he struggles with a hip problem. injury worries forjoanna konte too. and late

england wickets give australia the advantage on the opening day of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. more in about ten minutes. the prime minister has apologised this lunchtime for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows it's difficult, frustrating and disappointing. her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the health service this winter — figures published this morning show a record number of people called the nhs111 number during the festive period. there was also a sharp increase in the number of ambulances being held outside hospitals. here's our health correspondent catherine burns. the prime minister today in frimley park hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. the national health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. yes, it has pressures overwinter. yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period.

the staff are dedicated, we've put extra resources in. figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of considerable pressure. the starkest number is about ambulance delays, when paramedics have to wait with patients because a&e staff are too busy to do a handover. in the week running up to new year's eve, crews had to stay with sick patients for more than half an hour almost 17,000 times. on almost 5,000 occasions, the delay was longer than an hour. this government refuses to fund the nhs sufficiently. we don't want apologies and hand wringing. we want the government to get a grip urgently. there was also a record number of calls to the nhs‘s 111 service, more than 480,000. but these figures don't include this

week, when so far at least 20 hospital trusts in england have been on the highest state of alert. unfortunately, what we usually see in the nhs is a quiet period around christmas and then a pick—up. quite often, it's january that's the really difficult point for the nhs, and that was true last year and it's been true in previous years as well. authorities in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also reporting higher patient demand. what we don't know now though is how long this period of extra pressure will go on for. catherine burns, bbc news. at least 14 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured in a train crash 120 miles south—west of johannesburg. the accident happened when the train hit a truck and then burst into flames. several carriages were derailed. the train was travelling

from johannesburg to port elizabeth. the leader of the council in windsor has said the police should take action against rough sleepers and what he calls "aggressive begging" before the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle in the town in may. simon dudley said some people begging were not in fact homeless, and had made a "voluntary choice" to live on the streets. adina campbell is in windsor. well, this three page letter has caused quite a stir here in windsor. the leader of windsor and maidenhead royal borough council has written this letter to the thames valley police crime commissioner setting out his concerns about the level of homelessness and aggressive begging here in windsor. he says that it's intimidating and bags and mess they've left or they're leaving here in windsor is casting windsor in an unfavourable light. as you can imagine, these comments have caused quite a stir. lots of homeless charities are upset by what's been said by simon dudley. we can speak to one of them from the windsor homeless project. how do you feel about these comments and the letter?

it's just, it's unbelievable that anybody can have this opinion these days. with reference to the letter, he lays out bullet points which are, they're very misinformed bullet points. he says we have an emergency shelter over 6365 days a year, we do have a shelt they're sleep eight males and two females. it isn't an emergency shelter, you can'tjust turn up there if you find yourself homeless, to you have preregistered with the local authority who place you into the shelter. it's not an emergency night shelter. he then says that there is a day service attached to the night shelter, there is nothing but an empty warehouse attached to the shelter. he says there is a joint drug and alcohol mental health service, there isn't such a thing, if there was we wouldn't be in this predict amount. how widespread is homelessness at the moment? we dealwith how widespread is homelessness at the moment? we deal with about 50 to 60 cases on our load at the moment but that's notjust rough sleepers

that's inclusive of prevention of homelessness, those at high risk of becoming homeless. there is between 12 and 15 people sleeping rough currently in windsor town centre. and the fact that this letter has been written just four months until the royal wedding, how do you feel about that? it'sjust the royal wedding, how do you feel about that? it's just totally unwarranted to bring the royal wedding into this. this shouldn't be a situation that's hit the headlines because of a royal wedding, it should have hit the headlines because there is people sleeping in bus shelters. thank you very much. tens of thousands of people are expected to come here on may 19th to see prince harry marry meghan markle in windsor castle. but this letter, like today's weather, has cast a dark shadow over the upcoming celebrations. you can let us know what you think about any of the stories we have been covering today. you can tweet us. and all the ways to contact us are on screen. jewellery thought to be worth several million pounds has been stolen in a daring heist in venice.

police say at least two thieves delayed the alarm system at the doge's palace, before breaking into a reinforced cabinet to take a broach and earrings. the jewels had been on loan from the royal family of qatar. james reynolds has the details. the exhibition held at the doge's palace in venice was called treasures of the moguls and maharajas. the jewellery on display, some of it on loan from the ruling family of qatar, was worth millions of pounds. for one criminal gang, this was all too tempting. at least two thieves helped themselves to a golden brooch and a pair of earrings. incredibly, they did so during normal visiting hours. translation: while the exhibition was open to the public, one of the glass cases ofjewels on display was open. some jewels were stolen and the thieves made their getaway by mixing with the public. officials suspect the gang

may have spent several months planning the theft. investigators are now trying to work out exactly how the thieves managed to switch off the museum's alarm system and how they managed to walk away while hiding among visitors. experts from rome have been sent to help find out who did it. the police describe the gang, with some understatement, as very skilled professionals. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. weather forecasters have issued warnings about a huge winter storm over the eastern united states which it's thought has already claimed the lives of nine people. parts of the niagara falls have frozen because of the severe conditions. the state of florida, which has seen its first snowfall for almost 30 years, has declared a state of emergency. similar measures are also in place in georgia, virginia and north carolina.

we can show you pictures from new york city, also snow there, winter conditions. there is the scene in times square showing the start of a phenomenon that weather forecasters have come up with a new term for, here to tell us all about that and what is happening in the eastern united states is darren. it's seamless, a picture of new york right hyped you. we talk before we go on air, don't we! we have had the cold weather across north america, canada and northern and eastern parts of the us for a couple of weeks now. this was the scene in chicago illinois, frozen over solid. bitterly cold, significant wind chill as well. recently we have seen cold air coming down to the deep south where we have had snow here in georgia, and in florida sunshine state, lots

of people going on holiday there, expecting nice warm sunny weather. you don't have to smile! they've had their first snow in the north of florida for 28 years. this cold air has been digging its way southwards. add to the mix now we have this developing winter storm. there is the arctic air coming down. this developing area of cloud is the storm. the winds are picking up. you are going to have blizzards and also hurricane strength winds out at sea. big waves curling around that cloud as well as all the snow that comes in as it meets all that arctic air. it's moving northwards. is that low pressure everybody is talking about? that's low pressure and into the cold air you get the snow, and blizzards as well. you saw the pictures in new york, you kindly showed us pictures. the heaviest snowfall is probably to the north of new york across the north—east, new england and eastern canada,

something like 12—18 inches of snow, that's a lot of snow. we don't get anything as bad as that. no, but we are getting chill letter. we are getting chill letter but we are not going to get this. we are not going to get this air, we are not going to get this storm heading our way. i can show you pictures of snow that we have had today. higher ground in northern ireland, also see ago bit of snow in hills in scotland and northern england. it's not really very much. the winds after having eased down a bit are starting to pick up. big waves, potentially dangerous waves, gusty winds for the next couple of hours in wales along the coast and hillses and south—west of england, those stronger winds will migrate. mild across the southern half of the uk. not warm further north, we are underneath this cloud and rain and hill snow. it's sneaking further north to scotla nd it's sneaking further north to scotland and then thinning out. it's not really moving very far. south of that we get another burst of strong winds in the south—west. frequent showers here and across wales.

nowhere particularly cold just yet. probably not much sunshine on the way tomorrow. lot of cloud, best of the sunshine in the south—east for a while. lot of showers again feeding in across wales and the south—west, gusty winds, heavy showers here. that damp wiptry weather moving down to the south—east of scotland and north—east england, wintry showers to the north. temperatures lower, it will be cold. noticeably so in the southern half of the uk. over the weekend it's going to get even colder. low pressure is replaced with high pressure building down from the north. there will be quite a chill in the wind as the winds strengthen on saturday, coming in off the north sea. wintry showers down the east coast. the best of the sunshine in western scotland. it will be cold. as skies clear on saturday night,

this is when we get the first widespread cold night. —10 in the north. not so chilly in the south but still windy. even here on sunday, the winds drop. some patches of mist and fog. more sunshine but it will cold. it paled into insignificance when we compare what has been happening in north america. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the environment secretary sets out a five year plan for uk farmers post—brexit, which will see them receive the same level of subsidies they get from the eu. president trump issues a cease

and desist notice to his former chief strategist, steve bannon, following his contribution to a forthcoming tell—all book. the president says he's "lost his mind". theresa may apologises to thousands of nhs patients who have had their operations cancelled. she says, "i feel your pain." tech firms are trying to fix two major bugs in computer chips which could allow hackers to steal personal data. thieves have pulled off a multi—million pound heist at the doge palace in venice, stealing jewellery belonging to the qatari royal family. in a moment, calls for children to be better prepared for the "avalanche of pressure" social media puts on them in the transition from primary to secondary school. sport now. jessica. who would be an england cricket fan? one minute there is hope and then australia regain the momentum? exactly, simon.

how many times have we said that during this particular ashes series when england have been in a good position before it all goes wrong? at one point england were 95—3. then a century partnership betweenjoe root and dawid malan steadied things. the turning point, the new ball. that meantjoe root was out. jonnny bairstow also out. it leaves england at the end of this final ashes test on day one at 233—5. they need to clear their heads and push on for a big day on the second day. not good news for other brits in australia? we saw johanna konta earlier today pulling out of a match at the brisbane international because of injury. she does hope to because of injury. she does hope to be back in a few days. we knew andy murray was injured and he has pulled out of the australian open, which is less tha n out of the australian open, which is less than two weeks away. you just

wonder perhaps with the incredible 18 months that he had towards the back and particularly of 2016, when he got to world number one for the first time, has that finally taken its toll? he is world number 16 now. and he is contemplating hip surgery. here is russell fuller. it is another major setback for andy murray, who is so desperate to be able to resume his tennis career, for the love of playing and, if at all possible, to be competing for the major titles once again. but the frustration has hit him this week, of having spent six months doing painstaking rehabilitation and still not being in the condition where he canh trust that right hip sufficiently to be able to compete with the best in the world, on the biggest stage of them all. once he made the decision to pull out of the brisbane tournament, and giving us a few more details on an instagram post on social media, it was inevitable he would fly home. the big question for him now is, does he have little option other than surgery which he is reluctant to do? is that the best way of getting his career back on track? injury worries too for britain's

number one female tennis player, johanna konta, who retired from her quarterfinal at the brisbane international after an injury to her right hip. she needed treatment during the deciding set against elina svitolina, and ended the match when serving at 3—2 down. but she says her focus is still on defending her sydney international title in a few days' time. i definitely was pleased i was able to start the match off playing the level i wanted to play. credit to elina for hanging in in that second set and pulling through that. there wasn't much in it and it was close for me, being able to come away with a straight set win, but that is the beauty of tennis. i was looking forward to playing that third set. it is a shame i couldn't finish the match. most importantly will be to get some physio treatment and have a good night's sleep and wake up tomorrow and see where to take it from there. i will definitely give it the maximum amount of time to be able to play in sydney. there is some good news. kyle edmund

has reached the quarterfinals of that brisbane event. next up for him, grigor dimitrov. australia are in the stronger position after day one of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. england won the toss and chose to bat. two late wickets have swung the initiative back in australia's favour. patrick geary is in sydney. it has happened again. from tranquillity england have found trouble. they blew their chance to put themselves in a dominant position. when we turned up this morning, it was raining. we didn't get any play before lunch. the toss was a dilemma. joe root decided to bat. that decision seemed to be vindicated by the way mark stoneman went about his early batting. then a pattern emerged of england batsmen

getting themselves out. storeman caught behind. james vince also gave his wicket away. alastair cook was trapped lbw after australia used a review. then it was over tojoe root to rebuild the innings. he made 50. alongside him, dawid malan, dropped by steve smith but then made his own 50. it seemed this would be england's day. australia took the new ball. with the third delivery joe root hit the ball straight to square leg, where mitchell marsh we re square leg, where mitchell marsh were standing. england sent out jonnny bairstow and he got out. they handed the day to australia. england was no somehow try to clear their heads and make a competitive total on the second day. in the closing overs, as the damage already been done? patrick geary. play gets underway on the second day of 11. i don't know ifi the second day of 11. i don't know if i will be staying up! come on, jess, be professional!

thank you very much. tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. google researchers said there were "serious security flaws" in chips made by intel, amd and arm, affecting devices which use them. the industry has been aware of the problem for months and hoped to solve it before details were made public. joining me now is dave palmer, director of technology at the cyber intelligence and defence company, darktrace. i will take iwill take up i will take up that last point. if they knew about it so long ago, why haven't they fixed it and shouldn't they have told us then? quite a lot of fixes are available already. that is why they have waited to tell us. if you use a windows computer or a mac computer, the fixes are available. they may have been installed already. you should check and see if there are any update on your laptops. what has happened? tell me what you can rather than

what others might benefit from. the detail is quite subtle and it is definitely a complicated enough problem. there are weeks and months ahead of really thinking about what this might mean for us in the coming yea rs. this might mean for us in the coming years. because the problem is in the microchips themselves, we can'tjust change some software and the problem goes away. the reality is that all over the world it companies are changing their software now to really just plug some changing their software now to reallyjust plug some of the gaps in the damn, if you like, rather than fix the problem. these chips are pretty much in everything, aren't they? they are. the fixes that are coming out, they make beacon theatre doa coming out, they make beacon theatre do a little bit more work to check that it do a little bit more work to check thatitis do a little bit more work to check that it is doing things securely. —— they make the computer. that may result in computers operating slowly. for businesses there is a lot more thinking to go into that. ifiam lot more thinking to go into that. if i am running a big online banking

system or a big online retail system, system or a big online retail syste m , ca n system or a big online retail system, can i cope with that slowdown or do i need to buy more computers? forget the slowdown. wouldn't you be thinking, can i trust my computer if i am online banking? this has yet to be fixed. isn't my security and password at risk? most professional hackers will only be finding out about this now as the publicity is coming out. they will likely be trying to incorporate this into their attacks in the future. what this isn't is a magic key that suddenly opens up everybody‘s laptop around the world. it is not as aggressive as the attacks we saw last year that affected the nhs. but it certainly allows some new tricks and techniques for malicious software and maybe a malicious advert on a web page, to try and get access to secrets. i expect the answer every

time is the same. what can we do to protect ourselves? you will never meet somebody like me who would not say, please keep updating your smartphones and your laptops. i know it is frustrating. but that really matters today and it will increasingly matter over the next few weeks. i think of businesses it is more interesting. when you have two update thousands of computers in order... when you have two update thousands of computers, maybe businesses need to have a conversation with their it teams and allow that process to happen.“ conversation with their it teams and allow that process to happen. if you have got antivirus software, which most people have, will that cover them? it will definitely help. another thing that will help is softwa re another thing that will help is software that blocks adverts from being shown to you on your

computers. that is well worth considering if you don't currently have one on your computer. for those of us who don't understand it, it a lwa ys of us who don't understand it, it always seems very frightening. good of you to talk to me about it. thank you very much. australian authorities have recovered most of a seaplane which crashed near sydney on new year's eve, killing five members of a british family and the pilot. richard cousins, chairman of the compass catering group, died with his two sons, his fiancee, her daughter and a canadian pilot, when the plane crashed into the hawkesbury river. the aircraft had been submerged in more than 40 feet of water, as phil mercer reports from sydney. the salvage operation atjerusalem bay began shortly after dawn. police divers used inflatable bags to lift parts of the seaplane from the bottom of the hawkesbury river. on the surface, a crane then pulled the wreckage from the water onto a birch. one of the first pieces of the aircraft to be recovered was a damaged wing, followed by the

engine, the front propeller and retail. we now know that the seaplane that came down in these waters on new year's eve was badly damaged in another fatal accident 20 yea rs damaged in another fatal accident 20 years ago. the plane was previously used as a crop—duster that crashed near the city of armadale, killing the pilot. it was rebuilt and bought by syd ney the pilot. it was rebuilt and bought by sydney seaplanes in 2006. the wreckage will be taken for examination to canberra. it will hold vital clues, including possible digital data and mobile phone footage from the passengers that could explain why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster. we have got a range of factors we look at to fully reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the accident and to hopefully find factors that contributed to the accident, with the ultimate goal trying to prevent something like this happening again. six people died in the accident,

including british businessman richard cousins, his sons, his fiancee and her 11—year—old daughter. the canadian pilot was also killed. air crash investigators plan to release their investors —— initial findings plan to release their investors —— initialfindings within plan to release their investors —— initial findings within a month. phil mercer, bbc news. tony blair has warned jeremy corbyn that he must change course on brexit, or find himself unable to deliver on his promises of greater fairness under a labour government. the former prime minister accepted that he would oppose any likely outcome to the brexit negotiations. john pienaar‘s been speaking to him. ido i do think it's possible that you will get to the stage in parliament when the government actually comes forward with its new relationship, provided by the way they give initial clarity of what the terms of that new relationship is, that labour ends up opposing it and has conservative party support in doing so. if you enter some period of

parliamentary gridlock, who knows what will happen? you would urge the house of lords, whether it is a majority, which is doubtful, and the house of commons, to block brexit when we have a deal? it depends what the deal is. if the deal, as i suspect, is going to be either an option that tries to keep us a line with europe, in which case we enter up with europe, in which case we enter up allying with a lot of european rules but without a say in decision—making, or alternately, the other option, which is you go out and you have a canada style free—trade agreement, and therefore a significant economic restructuring in the country in the short term at least, if parliament looks at those options, then it has got a perfect right to make that statement and deterrent. if those are the options, there is no conceivable outcome in yourjudgment, you

there is no conceivable outcome in your judgment, you would there is no conceivable outcome in yourjudgment, you would not be prepared to support it? i'm not going to support it. i entirely accept that if people, when they look at the deal the government brings out, prefer that deal, i have lost the argument. it is an incredible thing that this is seen almost as contentious. you've got to carry on having the ability, democratically, to have a say until you leave. up to that point you have the right to compare what you will have with what you have got. how do you feel about the idea of a corbyn premiership? the disagreements i have had withjeremy corbyn are clear. but i voted labour at the last election. i want a labour comment. you would campaign for a corbyn government at the next election? of course i will, being committed to the labour party. would you campaign? i will be committed to

seeing a labour government elected and jeremy corbyn is that the leader, and prime minister. however, it will be extreme the difficult in my view for a labour to deliver on its promises if it puts itself in exactly the same position as the tory government are going to be on brexit, because it will find that it is less —— it has less money to deal with the country's problems, that it is distracted by dealing with brexit rather than the health service and jobs and living standards etc. and therefore, in my view, if you enter up therefore, in my view, if you enter up in therefore, in my view, if you enter upina therefore, in my view, if you enter up in a situation where you do brexit and ben had a corbyn government, this country is in a very, very challenging situation. that was tony blair. this is rachel horne. first, a look at the headlines on bbc news. the environment secretary says farmers in england will continue to receive the equivalent of eu

subsidies are five years after brexit. donald trump has issued legal proceedings against his former chief strategist, steve bannon, following his contribution to a new bookin following his contribution to a new book in which he describes a meeting between donald trump's son and a russian lawyer as treasonous. theresa may apologises as nhs figures for the last week of 2017 sure bigjump in figures for the last week of 2017 sure big jump in the laser patients arriving at a&e. hello. google researchers have uncovered two bugs in computer chips that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. one, known as spectre, was found in chips made by intel, amd and arm. the other, meltdown, affects intel—made chips only. the uk's national cyber security centre said there was no evidence that the vulnerability had been exploited. house prices are still on the up across the country, but they are not growing as fast as a year ago. according to the nationwide's house price index, average prices have grown by 2.6% over the past 12 months, down from 4.5%

in 2016 and 2015. london prices are actually falling — the average price of a house there fell 0.5%. department store chain debenhams' shares sank 20% when markets opened this morning, after it warned that annual profits would be lower than expected. christmas sales have been disappointing, particularly in the last week of the year. the share price is now down about 16%. and fans of irn bru have started stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned change in recipe. makers of the fizzy favourite are changing the formula of the product to cut the sugar content by almost half. it is part of a sugar—reduction programme by ag barr before the government levy on sugary drinks comes into effect. we are doing a story today about the weather in the usa. we have had a year of extreme weather. that will possibly hurt us all in the pocket because of what it is doing to insurance companies?

that is right. it looks like the weather events in 2017 are going to cost insurers a record amount in insured losses. we have had lots of estimates about how much it will cost. this week the big german reinsurance company, munich re, say the total bill for insured losses will be $135 billion. reinsurance? yes, that is where in insurance company gets their insurance. and so it continues! let's talk to samir husein. let's talk about this figure. $135 billion for insured losses. we know that is a record amount but how does it compare with previous years? how much more is it? it is three times as much as we have seen on some of the other record—breaking years. seen on some of the other record— breaking years. they seen on some of the other record—breaking years. they were records made in 2005 and 2011, and we have shattered these records. it

is exactly for the reasons you have mentioned. three really big hurricane fly maghera —— three really big hurricanes hammered the united states. we are still seen the effects in places like puerto rico, where large areas seldon and have power. —— where large areas seldon and have power. ‘ ‘ we re where large areas seldon and have power. “ were large areas where large areas seldon and have power. —— were large areas still don't have power. if you include mexico, where we saw a devastating earthquake, it has been a pretty dramatic year when it comes to financial disasters. we haven't talking about the big insurance companies, but it is costing them. how much will it cost us as individuals? will that increase our prices when it comes to renewing our insurance policies? just when you ta ke insurance policies? just when you take into account, if you look at how the us economy has grown over the last three quarters, the last three months of 2017, we saw that actually all of these natural disasters even had an impact on how much the us economy grew, but it

didn't grow as much because of this. surely there is going to be more impact when it comes to the individual in terms of how much they will be paying for insurance. here in the united states there is a lot of talk about not being able to get flood insurance for certain homes in parts of texas, for example, and in parts of texas, for example, and in parts of texas, for example, and in parts of florida. that is because those homes were built on areas prone to flooding. we have been looking at pictures from florida. it is snowing at the moment. where you are, difficult conditions. if it was london, the uk would shut down. how are you getting home? the subways are you getting home? the subways are still working in new york. it is pretty slippery out there. i am canadian so i'm used to this kind of weather. but let me tell you, the winds were smacking my face on the way in this morning. it was not a very easy commute. i give about. safe journey home. she will come to

work whatever the weather. you have heard of self driving cars. have you ever been in one? no. i like driving. if i see one i don't know how i will react. this next package is about what you can do in a self driving car while it is driving itself. presumably you can do whatever you want? theo leggett has been having a sneak peak. if you have never done this before, it really does feel quite strange. we are doing 115 tom is per hour on the motorway and i'm not touching anything. my colleague has a safety setup in case things go wrong. but the car is driving itself. now i'm going to do something i have never done before i think many people have. we are doing 103 kilometres per hour on the motorway and i'm going to put a virtual reality headset on. here we go. at the moment i know i'm driving

along a motorway. but because i've got the virtual reality headset on, i'm actually flying over a valley. i can see lakes beneath me. there are birds around me. there is a large lunar landscape in front. it is a com pletely lunar landscape in front. it is a completely different world. what we are going to try to do is envisage a world in which you are doing a long journey, you don't need to drive the car, so you turn your mind to other things. relax, sit back and enjoy the show. just no. there are no words. get a train springs to mind. let's look at

the markets. we had stories about debenhams this morning. people stockpiling irn—bru open by 1%. nasdaq i will talk about later. thank you. see you later. children moving from primary to secondary school are "ill—equipped" for the "avalanche of pressure" that awaits them on social media, according to the children's commissioner for england. anne longfield says social media begins to dominate children's social lives, and calls on schools to do more to prepare them for the emotional demands it makes. elaine dunkley reports. with social media in the hands of children, there are challenges of growing up in a digital age. a report published today called life in likes, warns many children in secondary school are struggling to handle social media as their world expands. ifeel like i'm pressured by other people because my friends do it so i have to do it to fit in. you see people, if they're getting bullied on social media, they don't tell their parents. if you don't tell them,

they will never find out. most social media platforms state uses must be over the age of 13. the reality is some children are younger. children become increasingly anxious about their online image and keeping up with appearances. this report also highlights that many children are overdependent on getting likes and positive comments to feel accepted. we know that the children's anxiety levels have been increasing. we have often looked at what that means for 14 to 15—year—olds. i would like, to introduce compulsory digital literacy in our schools per year six and seven, the top of primary school, the first year in secondary school, the first year in secondary school, to help children anticipate what it means, to help with their resilience and to help empower them to be more in control in their own social media i can'ts. while there are many benefits, parents, teachers and benefits can stay on top...

we all know what it is like to post something on social media and not everybody likes it or disagrees. that is already a difficult thing for the young teenagers or even children to have to deal with. parents want to have their children to deal with that. there is no set guidance on what parents are supposed to be telling their children. i think the report has highlighted that. secondary school isa highlighted that. secondary school is a difficult time when young people feel pressure to fit in. today's report is urging early intervention to help young people deal with the realities of social media. now the weather. hello. the last few hours have seen the winds picking up again across england and wales. they will use this evening but then we would get some girls are living in the south—west, oriol have some frequent and heavy showers. they will push east overnight. a mixture

of rain, sleet and snow in the north, mainly in scotland. there will be a lot of cloud around overnight. a limited amount of sunshine on friday. a lot of showers. particularly frequent across wales and the south—west. a mixture of rain, sleet and perhaps hill snow drifting down from scotla nd hill snow drifting down from scotland into the far north of england. wintry showers following to the north. it will be a cold day. noticeably colder in the southern half of the uk. colder still over the weekend. jane north to north—easterly wind bringing some showers down the east coast. temperatures dropping overnight. widespread frost on saturday night and called on sunday. —— cold. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i am simon mccoy. ploughing on with brexit, a five—year plan for the way farming subsidies will be dealt with after britain leaves the eu. we guarantee in cash terms the amount we give to farmers will remain exactly the same up until the next general

election 2022. we want to ensure thereafter there is a smooth path towards a different form of paying farmers. theresa may says she recognises what nhs patients are going through as thousands of operations are cancelled. cease and desist, the message from donald trump's lawyers to his former strategist steve bannon who the president says has lost his mind. also coming up. all the sport. andy murray is on his way home. yes, we will discuss what next for murray. he has pulled out of the australian open because of a long—term hip problem. he is contemplating surgery but what effect could it have on his future career. more from you in half an hour. in j§§ * our weather

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that's why issues of animal welfare, food standards and trade deals dominated today's farmers' conference in oxford. michael gove said britain would be a high—quality food exporting nation after brexit. he said eu subsidies would be phased out, but farmers would still get financial help. we guarantee that, in cash terms, the amount of money that we give to farmers will remain exactly the same right up until the next general election in 2022, and what we want to do is to ensure that thereafter there is a smooth path towards a different form of paying farmers. you've just got them on hay here, craig, or something... minette batters farms in wiltshire and says the certainty of michael gove's financial

commitment to farmers after we leave the european union will be welcomed by the industry. we've worked for 43 years under european policy so, of course, it's going to take time, and we really welcome his commitment to be looking at a longer period. 2024 is very well received. michael gove was, of course, one of the key leave campaigners in the eu referendum. he said that it was britain that should decide what its farmers can do, what trade policies they can work out and what food standards should be for the public. but there are others who are saying that his message today is far too optimistic in terms of what britain can achieve when it leaves the eu. a separate report today from mps said that brexit trade deals risked britain's very food security, as we face cheap foreign imports. they warn that we could end up having to take products like american chickens washed in chlorine as part of the price we pay for trading with non—eu countries. michael gove also said today

public access to farmland as well as top—quality animal welfare was at the centre of government policy. but the uncertainties of brexit and what follows make it difficult for him and all those involved in farming to know exactly how our agricultural landscape will change. duncan kennedy, bbc news, oxfordshire. we have been keeping across twitter for reaction to this here. this is what has caught our eye. this is from labour mp david lammey. instead of the £350 million a week that uk taxpayers, going back to the referendum campaign were promised by brexiteers, he said taxpayers will be forking out 10 billion plus to cover subsidies that came from the eu budget. criticism there of what

michael gove has said. from the environmental commentator george monbiot. a wide range of views, but let's get more reaction. the labour mp kerry mccarthyjoins us now. a lot of farmers getting in touch saying they've not sure of the detail but they do welcome an end to this uncertainty and this introduction of a transition period. yeah, ithink introduction of a transition period. yeah, i think farmers certainly do need certainty, there is so many that would go out of business if it wasn't for agricultural subsidies. i agree that the current subsidy system is in need of reform but that will take time. what gove's announcement today shows, if anything, is that brexit is far more complicated than people said it was going to be. and yet at the moment 80% of subsidies that farmers get

are for having the land basically. there does seem to be a deep rooted change to how this works. that is the big change that needs to happen. we need to ensure that public money is spent on public goods and it shouldn't be for the size of the land holding that you have. one of the things michael gove said, which i very much welcome, is there will bea cap i very much welcome, is there will be a cap on the amount that can be paid to landowners so the very wealthiest, the largest estates, won't get as much as they've done in the past. there will be a shift towards public goods, it will be things like environmental benefits, i would hope protecting the soil, and biodiversity at the moment are a tiny proportion. it's a difficult square to circle. i heard from one farmer who treated to say this is going to be the end of hill farming —— tweeted to say. going to be the end of hill farming -- tweeted to say. there are two conferences today and michael gove spoke at both, i was at one, with smallerfarmers and spoke at both, i was at one, with smaller farmers and he did say we do need to protect uplands, perhaps

there ought to be diversifying into forestry for exa m ple there ought to be diversifying into forestry for example in areas where that would be appropriate. he is very that would be appropriate. he is very aware that would be appropriate. he is very aware that was issue and it's something we do need to be cautious of what happens. is this, those who voted for brexit are going to point to this as a good example of why they voted for this because britain then takes control of its agriculture policy and these subsidies which for years many pointed to france and said how come france gets away with what it gets away with, this comes to an end. nobody would defend the common agricultural policy and the system of subsidies as they are, everybody thinks they need reform. my concern is while michael gove might be saying the right things about how to reform the system, some of his colleagues, for example, liam fox, responsible for negotiating the trade deals, he has said he is not worried about chlorinated chicken or beef coming to the uk and there is trade—offs. michael gove saying we

have to protect animal manufacture and environmental standards in any trade deal with the us, liam fox saying no, we can bartter that away, throw that out the window. i think i would like to see michael gove's view prevail but cabinet colleagues might think otherwise. whatever anybody decides is not going to be p0p anybody decides is not going to be pop la with everybody. i wonder what you would do —— popular. what you would say in five years' time, this is how i think the subsidy system should work? the farmers have, it's not just about running should work? the farmers have, it's notjust about running a business, they have an important role, stewa rdshi ps they have an important role, stewardships of the — stewards of the countryside, that role. so the idea of public money for public goods, so rewarding farmers that protect the environment, reduce carbon footprint, perhaps allow land to flood so that villages or towns further down stream don't flood. things like that. obviously maintaining high animal welfare and environmental standards. that's got to be what is rewarded, notjust the size of how much land you own and

how wealthy you already are. thank you for your time. let's talk to our political correspondentjonathan blake. a sort of change of tempo, we are now talking about the nitty gritty, if you like, of a post—brexit britain. those trying to negotiate it will welcome that. they will. this is one area where the government and michael gove prince harry —— particularly, who was very much in favour of brexit and campaigned to leave is able to say we are taking back control and this is an example of us using money that came to the uk from the european union in ourown came to the uk from the european union in our own way. i think it's worth just union in our own way. i think it's worthjust spending a union in our own way. i think it's worth just spending a moment or two emphasising how much money we are talking about here, £2. 7 billion coming to the uk from the eu every year, the majority of money that the uk receives from brussels is covered under the common agricultural policy in the form of subsidies to farmers. it benefits 178,000 people. most of

whom get an average of £17—18,000 per year. as you have been hearing, it's a deeply unpopular system in many parts of the agricultural community. michael gove is putting forward some detail of how it will change. we knew the government would match payments, two years after the uk has left the european union. michael gove went further today and said for most farmers in england those payments would continue largely in the same form for years after that. up until 2024. largely in the same form for years afterthat. up until2024. it largely in the same form for years after that. up until 2024. it is one example of the government being able to give a bit of detail of what one large part of the uk economy, which is directly — which has a direct impact from the european union, will fa re impact from the european union, will fare after brexit. i suppose the question is, is this possibly a model for other sectors, if we are talking about a five—year transition period are others going to say that

would benefit us? yes, that's quite possibly the case. there are other economies, the entertainment industry, the service industry, the financial industry, and particularly retail in the uk which may well follow a similar model in the future. we will have to wait for more detailfrom the future. we will have to wait for more detail from the government on that. it's worth saying that the national farmers' union has broadly welcomed what michael gove has had to say today but they are more concerned it seems about trade deals which are struck after the uk leaves the european union, as you were hearing from kerry mccarthy there some of the concerns around standards of foods imported to the uk which could undermine what the uk agriculture industry takes great pride in, the standards of production here in the uk. also, this will be an issue which is decided in, notjust in westminster, but also in belfast, edinburgh and cardiff after brexit because agriculture is a devolved area of policy, whilst we have clarity as

forfarmers in policy, whilst we have clarity as for farmers in england, policy, whilst we have clarity as forfarmers in england, that policy could differ in different parts of the uk but the government will give more detail on its agricultural policy as a whole in the spring. thank you. analysis by bbc news looked at the final six weeks of 2017. it found almost 76,000 paramedics crews had to wait more than half an hour with sick patiences because staff were too busy to deal with them. it comes after further evidence of pressure on the health service. figures published today show a record number of people called the nhs111 number during the festive period. here is our health correspondent. the prime minister today in frimley park hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. the national health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. yes, it has pressures overwinter. yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas

and new year period. the staff are dedicated, we've put extra resources in. figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of considerable pressure. the starkest number is about ambulance delays, when paramedics have to wait with patients because a&e staff are too busy to do a handover. in the week running up to new year's eve, crews had to stay with sick patients for more than half an hour almost 17,000 times. on almost 5,000 occasions, the delay was longer than an hour. this government refuses to fund the nhs sufficiently. patients could have been moved into hospital being tended to by paramedics. this government refuses to fund the nhs sufficiently. we don't want apologies and hand wringing. we want the government to get a grip urgently. there was also a record number of calls to the nhs's111 service, more than 480,000. but these figures don't include this

week, when so far at least 20 hospital trusts in england have been on the highest state of alert. unfortunately, what we usually see in the nhs is a quiet period around christmas and then a pick—up. quite often, it's january that's the really difficult point for the nhs, and that was true last year and it's been true in previous years as well. authorities in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also reporting higher patient demand. what we don't know now though is how long this period of extra pressure will go on for. catherine burns, bbc news. our health correspondent is here now. is this a case across all nhs trust that is paramedics are having to wait once they've arrived with an emergency patient? yes, it's happening in virtually every hospital trust. we have looked at the figures for the last six weeks, winter so far and one in eight patients has faced a delay of 30 minutes when they've arrived in

ambulance at a&e. there's no doctors and nurses available because they're so busy inside to take the patients off the paramedics. paramedics we have spoken to are incredibly concerned about this because not only does it delay them getting out to fresh 999 calls, but it's not idealfor the patients to be kept waiting either in the back of ambulances or queuing in corridors. some presumably perform better than others? yes. there is quite a variation. for example, in one trust, lancashire teaching hospital's nhs trust, over half of patients brought in by ambulance wait over 30 minutes and over one in five are waiting longer than an hour. but there are half a dozen trusts out there who have seen no delays at all, during winter. so there is a variation, but this is something that is happening op on a daily basis in most places in the country. presumably lives are put at

risk because you are talking about people who are already ill? yes, these patients brought in, they are these patients brought in, they are the most critical patients often with life—threatening or serious injuries. hospitals are quick to point out that anyone who is really ina point out that anyone who is really in a life—threatening case, it is prioritised and they would be rushed m, prioritised and they would be rushed in, so patients who face waits are people maybe with broken pains or chest pains they've identified are not cardiac arrests. this is january 4th and we haven't had a serious winter outbreak of anything yet, have we? well, no, i think we are coming toa have we? well, no, i think we are coming to a crucial few weeks for the nhs. the past few winters have been bad but the really pressured weeks have only lasted that, just two or three weeks. if there is a bad flu outbreak that could cause serious problems for the health service. thank you. the headlines. one in eight patients had a half

hour delay after arriving at hospital by ambulance. the colman's mustard factory is going to close. staff have been told of the compa ny‘s going to close. staff have been told of the company's plans. coming up, they're calling it a bomb cyclone, a new term for a severe winter storm which has just hit the eastern united states. the severe pressure drop follows a cold snap that has already claimed 11 lives. in sport, andy murray pulls out of the first grand slam of the season, the first grand slam of the season, the australian open as he continues to struggle with a long—term hip problem. injury worries forjoanna konta too. and late england wickets give australia the advantage on the opening day of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. england are 233-5 at the

ashes test in sydney. england are 233—5 at the close of play. more after half past. the row between donald trump and his former top aide steve bannon has intensified, with lawyers for the president threatening legal action over comments attributed to mr bannon in a new book about the presidency. the remarks allege that a meeting mr trump's son had with a group of russians during the presidential campaign was treasonous, and claims that mr trump was poorly prepared for thejob. the president said mr bannon, who was sacked last august, had lost his mind. dan johnson reports. the president's right—hand man, driving the right—wing america first politics, that put trump in the white house. but like so many advisers steve bannon didn't last long. he is not a racist, i can tell you that, he is is a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well he found himself outside

the big white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back at that, if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. when he was fired he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. it's fire and fury indeed. the book claims the former prime minister tony blair was bidding to be a white house middle east adviser. and that he told the president's

son—in—law that british intelligence may have spied on the trump campaign. this story is literally a totalfabrication, i mean i have never had any such conversation, not with someone in the white house, outside of the white house, not at that time or any time, not anywhere. the idea that british intelligence services was interfering in the middle of an american presidential election is so preposterous. this is politics today, and you get these wild conspiracy theories that unfortunately, people believe, but it is literally an invention. there are also claims trump's campaign team were shocked and horrified by his win, that his wife was in tears about it, and that the president was angry many a—list celebrities snubbed the inauguration. his daughter apparently mocks his hair and is planning to take over the top job.

the truth isn't clear in a white house defined by an unconventional new normality. tony blair has also warned jeremy corbyn that he must change course on brexit orfind himself corbyn that he must change course on brexit or find himself unable to deliver on his promises of greater fairness under a labour government. the former prime minister accepted that he would oppose any likely outcome to the brexit negotiations. our deputy political editor is in westminster. listening to him on the radio, he wants another referendum, clearly. clearly he does. and has done for sometime. tony blair, it won't surprise to you hear this, tony blair is utterly unconvinced by any aspect of brexit expect his own view that it's a bad idea. jeremy corbyn, the leader of what is still his party, the labour party, on the other hand, is somewhat more nuanced in arguments when it comes to brexit. he is anxious to keep both sides of the divide onside with him,

those who voted remain and those who voted to leave the european union. tony blair knows that. he knows there will be no meeting of minds any time soon but he does keep on that he was again today on this matter for that he was again today on this matterfor him of that he was again today on this matter for him of conviction. that he was again today on this matterfor him of conviction. and warning jeremy corbyn that he needed to change his position. this is what he said earlier. it is going to be extremely difficult in my view for labour to deliver on its promises if it puts itself in exactly the same position as the tory government are going to be on brexit because it will find that it has less money to deal with the country's problems, that it deal with the country's problems, thatitis deal with the country's problems, that it is distracted by dealing with brexit rather than dealing with the health service and jobs and living standards and so on, and that therefore in my view if you end up, i have said this before, if you end up i have said this before, if you end up in i have said this before, if you end upina i have said this before, if you end up in a situation where you do brexit and then have a corbyn government this country's going to face challenging situations. one commentator said tony blair is like marmite, you love him or hate him, agree with him or don't. how damaging is this forjeremy corbyn to have the spectre of a former

leader saying this sort of thing? given how well understood tony blair's views are, don't think you can call it damaging, they come fro polar opposite positions on questions of labour politics or politics generally and issues on the european union are understood. tony blair is simply expressing the view that we know he has, and frankly i think waiting for the wind to change if it does change. when we finally getan eu if it does change. when we finally get an eu brexit deal, there have to to bea get an eu brexit deal, there have to to be a vote in westminster, he would hope, although he would only say this in guarded terms, he would hope that as a result of that final vote, a block on the process, and after that in his view, who knows, you may even end up with brexit being cast into doubt. there is no sign of getting there yet. public opinion has not shifted decisively, tony blair will keep on hoping. opinion has not shifted decisively, tony blair will keep on hopingm he just tony blair will keep on hopingm hejust missing tony blair will keep on hopingm he just missing headlines?” tony blair will keep on hopingm hejust missing headlines? i think hejust missing headlines? i think he sees headlines easily, but this is what he believes. he is not the only one. a large number of labour

mps share the view that brexit is a bad idea. they don't feel able to say it in as stark terms as that because of the sensitivities of brexit supporting labour voters but they, like tony blair, in many cases, would hope that things change over time. that's not the universal view. other labour mps take the opposite view when it comes to brexit because labour, rather like the tory, has divisions on this crucial defining issue. thank you. weather forecasters have issued warnings about a huge winter storm over the eastern united states which it's thought has already claimed the lives of 11 people. parts of the niagara falls have frozen because of the severe conditions. the state of florida, which has seen its first snowfall for almost 30 years, has declared a state of emergency. similar measures are also in place in georgia, virginia and north carolina. the governor of new york has also declared an emergency in parts of the state. this is what he had to say in the last few minutes. as

everybody knows, we have a snow storm. but it's a snow storm plus, let's call it. we are going to be declaring a state of emergency because the situation has continued to deteriorate. we are going to have a state of emergency for the entire down state region, starting west chester south and long island. in terms of the snowfall, the predictions have increased, where we believe there will be more snow, up to six to ten inches in new york city, nine to 12 inches on long island, four to eight in west chester. in the last few hours snow has been falling heavily in new york city. our north america reporter joins us from there now. it looks very quiet there. unusually so. yeah, absolutely. making my way into

the city on a public transit this morning it was noticeably quiet. people really did heed officials warnings to stay indoors. i have to tell you being outside is quite painful. the unofficial term that forecasters are using are bomb cyclone and snow hurricane. this storm has really gained strength because of a rapid and rare drop in pressure that's allowed the wind to kick up. as it is snowing you see the wind pushing the snow and creating visibility problems and treacherous conditions on the road ways and that's going to really be compounded by the fact that we have cold temperatures right now which are only expected to get worse and so that's another concern from officials that cold weather will create dangerous conditions for those outside and will create icy conditions for those on the roads. so the city, while it hasn't been

paralysed by any means by the storm, they have heeded people to remain indoors and avoid going out if possible. i always feel awful in a warm studio asking a correspondent this, as you say, forecast is that it gets worse, how much worse could it gets worse, how much worse could it get? well, the national weather service is saying that new york later into the weekend with the wind chill, it will feel like negative 20 fahrenheit, that's not as bad as boston in new england where it could feel like negative 40 with the wind chill. forecasters are expecting this cold weather will break records in several parts of the united states as the arctic air comes down again later into the weekend. again with the snow subsiding later it will only make conditions worse in terms of cold temperatures. we will leave it there, thank you very much. a full weather update from darren shortly. and he will talk about the

position of that storm in the united states as well. the colmans mustard factory is going to close. the factory is going to close. the factory would close at the end of 2019. more than 100 jobs will be affected with under half the workers being paid redundant. our correspondent is in norwich. it's beenin correspondent is in norwich. it's been in norwich for 160 years. correspondent is in norwich. it's been in norwich for 160 yearsm has indeed. there's nothing really more that embodies the city, mustard has been produced four miles from where i am sitting since the 1860s. in some ways this hasn't come too much as a surprise because shares a site now with britvic and they announced plans they were closing their site at the end of last year. today the announcement has been made just in the last hour that now there will be 113jobs just in the last hour that now there will be 113 jobs now going to be moving to burton—upon—trent and also

to germany. colmans mustard say they will still be milling the mustard and the brand will still be staying the same. this obviously is going to come as a shock to the families and people who actually work there. this is what we have heard from unilever who own colmans mustard and unite, the country's largest union, says it is urging unilever to think again and is going to be challenging the moving of this iconic brand. thank you very much. let's look at the weather. darren has that. hello. in the last few hours we have seen winds picking up again especially across parts of england and wales. they will ease this evening but then we will get gales developing in the south—west where we will have frequent and heavy showers. those will push eastwards overnight. nowhere particularly cold overnight

because there will be cloud. limited amount of sunshine on friday. lot of showers to come in across dmraels. —— england and wales. some wintry showers in the north. it will be a cold day. noticeably colder than today in the southern half of the uk. colder still over the weekend. some wintry showers down the east coast. temperatures dropping. dropping overnight. whiteford —— widespread frost on saturday night and called on sunday. —— cold. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the environment secretary sets out a five year plan for uk farmers post—brexit, which will see them receive the same level of subsidies they get from the eu. president trump issues a cease and desist notice to his former chief strategist, steve bannon,

following his contribution to a forthcoming tell—all book. the president says he's "lost his mind". theresa may apologises to thousands of nhs patients who have had their operations cancelled. she says, "i feel your pain." staff at the colman's mustard factory in norwich have been told it is to close after 160 years on the site. in a moment, calls for children to be better prepared for the "avalanche of pressure" social media puts on them in the transition from primary to secondary school. sport now afternoon live with jessica. the ashes, one minute hope for england and then australia change their mind? yeah. i think it is the hope that kills you. i don't know how the england cricket supporters do it. at one point england, during the opening day of the fifth ashes test,

or 95—3. thanks to a century partnership from joe root and dawid malan, they seemed to be in the ascendancy again. coming towards the end of the day you think, this is going to be it. this is when england are going to check in on their confidence. but the new ball came out towards the end of the day. joe root fell. seven deliveries later, jonnny bairstow fell. 233—5 at the end of the day. the england tail order, what a big day tomorrow. you are really cheering ‘s up extra ct all you are really cheering ‘s up extract all the bad news for the britain australia? yes, andy murray has been suffering from a long—term hip injury. he has now pulled out of the first grand slam of the season, the australian open. he says he isjust not ready to compete. you just wonder whether it is because of the fact he has had such an incredible 18 months, very busy, very intense. it has taken its toll on his body. he got himself to the world number one position for

the world number one position for the very first time. you wonder what effect the intensity and the endurance is needed for tennis has had on his body. let's here from russell fuller. it is another major setback for andy murray, who is so desperate to be able to resume his tennis career, for the love of playing and, if at all possible, to be competing for the major titles once again. but the frustration has hit him this week, of having spent six months doing painstaking rehabilitation and still not being in the condition where he can trust that right hip sufficiently to be able to compete with the best in the world, on the biggest stage of them all. once he made the decision to pull out of the brisbane tournament, and giving us a few more details on an instagram post on social media, it was inevitable he would fly home. the big question for him now is, does he have little option other than surgery which he is reluctant to do? is that the best way of getting his career back on track? injury worries too for britain's number one female tennis player,

johanna konta, who retired from her quarterfinal at the brisbane international after an injury to her right hip. she needed treatment during the deciding set against elina svitolina, and ended the match when serving at 3—2 down. but she says her focus is still on defending her sydney international title in a few days' time. i definitely was pleased i was able to start the match off playing the level i wanted to play. credit to elina for hanging in in that second set and pulling through that. there wasn't much in it and it was close for me, being able to come away with a straight set win, but that is the beauty of tennis. i was looking forward to playing that third set. it is a shame i couldn't finish the match. most importantly will be to get some physio treatment and have a good night's sleep and wake up tomorrow and see where to take it from there. australia are in the stronger position after day one of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. england won the toss

and chose to bat. two late wickets have swung the initiative back in australia's favour. patrick geary is in sydney. it has happened again. from tranquillity, england have found trouble. they blew their chance to put themselves in a dominant position. when we turned up this morning, it was raining. we didn't get any play before lunch. the toss was a dilemma. joe root decided to bat. that decision seemed to be vindicated by the way mark stoneman went about his early batting. then a pattern emerged of england batsmen getting themselves out. stoneman caught behind. james vince also gave his wicket away. alastair cook was trapped lbw after australia used a review. then it was over tojoe root to rebuild the innings. he made 50. alongside him, dawid malan, dropped by steve smith but then made his own 50. it seemed this would be england's day. australia took the new ball.

with the third delivery joe root hit the ball straight to square leg, where mitchell marsh were standing. england sent outjonnny bairstow and he got out. they handed the day to australia. england must now somehow try to clear their heads and make a competitive total on the second day. in the closing overs, as the damage already been done? it was great to get the late reward. i thought the boys toiled really hard. if we can get into the tail, hopefully we can go strong tomorrow. that would be great. that is all the sport for now. ali hamilton is next. —— holly hamilton. thank you very much, jessica. children moving from primary to secondary school are "ill—equipped" for the "avalanche of pressure" that awaits them on social media, according to the children's commissioner for england. anne longfield says social

media begins to dominate children's social lives, and calls on schools to do more to prepare them for the emotional demands it makes. elaine dunkley reports. with social media in the hands of children, there are challenges of growing up in a digital age. a report published today called life in likes, warns many children in secondary school are struggling to handle social media as their world expands. ifeel like i'm pressured by other people because my friends do it so i have to do it to fit in. you see people, if they're getting bullied on social media, they don't tell their parents. if you don't tell them, they will never find out. the young people like the feeling where they can put up a picture and get instant gratification. on the flip side of that, when they get negative, ——,s can they get over

that? the reality is some children are younger. children become increasingly anxious about their online image and keeping up with appearances. this report also highlights that many children are overdependent on getting likes and positive comments to feel accepted. we know that children's anxiety levels have been increasing. we have often looked at what that means for 14 to 15—year—olds. i would like government to introduce compulsory digital literacy in our schools for year six and seven, the top of primary school, the first year in secondary school, to help children anticipate what it means, to help with their resilience and to help empower them to be more in control in their own social media accounts. whilst there are many benefits, pa rents, whilst there are many benefits, parents, teachers and mentors can find it difficult staying on top of the changing ways children use social media in secondary school. we all know what it is like to post something on social media and not

everybody likes it or disagrees. that is already a difficult thing for the young teenagers or even children to have to deal with. parents want to help their children to deal with that. there is no set guidance on what parents are supposed to be telling their children. i think the report has highlighted that. secondary school is a difficult time when young people feel pressure to fit in. today's report is urging early intervention to help young people deal with the realities of social media. elaine dunkley, bbc news. and the children's commissioner, anne longfield, joins me now for more on this. we all want to be liked. children particularly. i just wonder we all want to be liked. children particularly. ijust wonder how worried you are a? i think this report is the first report that has highlighted the impact of social media on that younger age group, the preteens. we have had a lot of concentration on older children but

that younger age group. for the first time, seen the difference it makes as children are online aged eight and nine. makes as children are online aged eightand nine. how makes as children are online aged eight and nine. how many changes do they go through? i'm worried by the impact, that explosion of social media at that time, but also the real role it plays in their social life and the impact it can have on their own self worth, their own identity, they are so keen to get approval at that stage. our children getting access to smartphones too early? well, i think that is a debate every parent will have in every home in the land. generally, smartphones are very powerful. the age of 11 it is something we would never have had under our computers at work ten years ago. so whatever point it is, children need to be able to cope with it. what we know is that most children when they go into secondary schools have their phone. it is usually a smartphone.

as children seek to get to know there new classmates, it is a very public way of doing so with their smartphone. the emphasis for youngsters, and they are told by pa rents youngsters, and they are told by parents and teachers, be yourselves, understand the importance of what matters in life. they probably say, we do but online it is different. the behaviour is different? that is right. children will say we know it's important to talk to people face—to—face. but it is a huge pressure when everyone in your peer group is online day, night, commenting. i think we haven't really realised that impact of that cliff edge at aged 11. i want to get ahead of the game to encourage schools to do more to prepare children, but also sent a clear message to parents to expect this to happen around this age and talk your children and help them through this. very difficult for teachers if they

are not getting that message, and some parents don't get it, do they? it is difficult for parents and children. there is something used to be gained by children learning this together in the classroom, to be able to share their anxieties. all children think they are the only ones going through this. they would often like to step outside but they can't go offside because no one else will. being able to share that kind of dialogue with your peers in the classroom is really powerful. but pa rents classroom is really powerful. but parents certainly needs to take responsibility for the use of social media, for the use of smartphones and screens, across the home very generally. it is something every family should be talking about. when we we re family should be talking about. when we were that age this problem was not around. i just wonder if we understand that our age the pressures they are now under? understand that our age the pressures they are now undefim understand that our age the pressures they are now under? it is strange because we think of social media as an add—on. children think

it is part of everyday life. these are digital natives. when i said children, what do you think it was before social media? it is ikin to stone age. it is really hard, i think, for children to think of life without this. but also for adults to see what this means for children. i think we have to understand. we have to understand what reports about this error saying in terms of key stages and cliff edges, and then help children, as we are all learning to get through this in a better way. what social media i can'ts be using on the whole?m sta rts can'ts be using on the whole?m starts fu n can'ts be using on the whole?m starts fun and games when they are younger and a way of keeping in touch with family and friends. as they move towards secondary school, they move towards secondary school, they are on instagram, you tube, whatsapp. they are sending messages. they are able to comment on each other‘s photographs. children not

wishing to put up their own photos until they have edited them to make them look what they would be most better. that is really difficult for children. word does that go in terms of your own self—confidence and self—esteem? we of your own self—confidence and self—esteem ? we have of your own self—confidence and self—esteem? we have to help children understand the difference between what they see online and reality. what was interesting is some children are uncomfortable without their parents are behaving without their parents are behaving with this? that is right. there is a clear message from children to say they don't like their parents putting photos of them online with asking. typically at the start of term, family celebrations, christmas etc, parents will also put up family photos. we think it is irresponsible, children think, we

may have school uniforms on. again, a really strong message to parents. we need to set an example and talk to children, ask their permission before putting photos online. thank you very much. let us know what you think. tweet us using the hash tag afternoon live. ina afternoon live. in a moment, the business. first, a look at the headlines on bbc news. ploughing on with brexit — a five—year plan for the way farming subsidies will be dealt with after britain leaves the eu. theresa may apologises to patients whose operations are postponed , as new figures show one in eight patients had a half—hour delay after arriving at hospital by ambulance. mustard may colman's is to leave its base in norwich. more on that coming up. hello. google researchers have uncovered two bugs in computer chips that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems.

one, known as spectre, was found in chips made by intel, amd and arm. the other, meltdown, affects intel—made chips only. the uk's national cyber security centre said there was no evidence that the vulnerability had been exploited. house prices are still on the up across the country, but they are not growing as fast as a year ago. according to the nationwide's house price index, average prices have grown by 2.6% over the past 12 months, down from 4.5% in 2016 and 2015. london prices are actually falling — the average price of a house there fell 0.5%. department store chain debenhams' shares sank 20% when markets opened this morning, after it warned that annual profits would be lower than expected. christmas sales have been disappointing, particularly in the last week of the year. the share price is now down about 16%. and fans of irn bru have started stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned change in recipe. makers of the fizzy favourite are changing the formula of the product to cut the sugar content by almost half. it is part of a sugar—reduction

programme by ag barr before the government levy on sugary drinks comes into effect. breaking news in the last hour about colman's. it has been in this part of the world for a long time? that is right. colman's mustard has been made in norwich for 160 years. unilever have announced they are going to close that factory. this announcement is not a surprise. back in october, we heard from britvic. they shared the factory site with commons. they announced they were closing their factory. there was a feeling that colman's could follow suit. unilever have said that following the britvic decision to close their factory, they did a review of manufacturing at the site and it will close at the end of 2019. production is going to move to burton on trent and germany. currently 113 people are employed in

norwich. 43jobs will go currently 113 people are employed in norwich. 43 jobs will go to burton, 20 moving to a new facility in norwich, which will be milling seeds, which will keep the traditional link between colman's and the area. the gmb union have described the torture as devastating news. we can get more analysis from simon french, chief economist. thank you forjoining us. why do you think unilever have decided to close this factory? good afternoon. ithink unilever have decided to close this factory? good afternoon. i think you can probably trace this back to an event about 11 months ago, when the us conglomerate craft tynes made a bid for unilever. this really shocked unilever management. the chief executive instigated a review. and clearly, part of that is ensuring that all of the manufacturing sites, all of the product chains, are as efficient as they can be. you mentioned this has beenin they can be. you mentioned this has been in the pipeline since britvic made the decision earlier this year. it isjust the reality

made the decision earlier this year. it is just the reality that when you are a global manufacturer like unilever you're constantly reviewing where it makes sense financially to make your product. it may be that moves over time. how does this reflect on uk manufacturing? uk manufacturing is doing very well. order books are at and most 30 year high. that is off the back of the depreciation in the value of the pound, which has made our exports more competitive, but also the fact the global economy is picking up and global manufacturing is at a six or seven year high. although this is a negative story for norwich, uk manufacturing is doing quite well. the parent company unilever, their shares have risen 1.25% this morning. will that be wholly down to this announcement? it is announced —— unlikely given the scale of that

announcement. the shares were on a good room following the news about tax reform. — — good room following the news about tax reform. —— on a good run. unilever will be taking advantage of the fact that investors' appetite for equities is at a six or seven year high, and that is boosting the prices of firms like in a lover. —— unilever. thank you. i thought i had seen enough of self driving cars. you have got more? we saw theo leggett sitting behind the wheel of a car going 115 kilometres per hour. he was wearing a headset and pretending he was a bird. check it out online. he was flying. it was a leap of faith. now we have got another story from him. he is looking at the self driving technology already available on the market that is already in some of the cars we are driving. he put

himself forward to be our crash test dummy. driverless ca rs driverless cars will be on the market for a few years but there are automated systems which are there to improve safety automated systems which are there to im prove safety a nd automated systems which are there to improve safety and they are fitted to ca rs improve safety and they are fitted to cars you can buy today. to find out more, we have borrowed a test track, we have a state—of—the—art production vehicle and this one is a 4—wheel crash test dummy. what we are going to do is turn right into the part of a car coming towards us. normally that would cause a serious accident. let's see what happens. that is quite violent. but we didn't hit the car coming in the opposite direction. it is easy to see how that would improve safety, but we have got another system to try. this

time, iam have got another system to try. this time, i am going to do the driving. we are going to try out an automatic braking system. that involves trying to drive into the back of the car in front, which i'm not entirely happy about, but here we go. i really want to put the brakes on but i am not going to. so, the car gave me an audible warning. it also showed me a flashing light. the brakes came on and it brought us to a controlled halt. he looked nervous. but the bloke looking next to him was like, where

are we going with this?! let's look at the markets. we have a good story about the chip makers. those gaps allowing hackers into some computers. three companies mentioned. interestingly, when the story came out yesterday it was just initially about intel on the american market is opened. intel shares fell 3%. amd shares rose. overnight it became apparent amd shares were also affected. intel shares were also affected. intel shares have continued to fall. amd have continued to rise. donald trump as tweeted. the dowjonesjust crashed through 20 5000. congratulations. it is down to him! what is happening with american markets? they are on a never-ending rally. even if you see the nasdaq,

it went through the 7000 markjust yesterday. the dow was at 19,000 a year ago and it is now 20 5000. that isa year ago and it is now 20 5000. that is a huge leap. investors are waiting to see when this rally is going to end. it has been going on for six, seven years. rachel, thank you. let's talk about john you. let's talk aboutjohn warboys, who is kind to be released from prison. this news just coming through. is kind to be released from prison. this newsjust coming through. he was known as the london black cab rapist. he is to be freed by the end of this month. between 2002 and 2080 carried out more than 100 rapes and women “— carried out more than 100 rapes and women —— on women who were passengers in his cabs. john warboys is to be freed by the end of the month. you're watching afternoon live. jewellery thought to be worth several million pounds has been stolen in a daring heist in venice. police say at least two thieves delayed the alarm system at the doge's palace, before breaking into a reinforced cabinet to take

a broach and earrings. the jewels had been on loan from the royal family of qatar. james reynolds has the details. the exhibition held at the doge's palace in venice was called treasures of the moguls and maharajas. the jewellery on display, some of it on loan from the ruling family of qatar, was worth millions of pounds. for one criminal gang, this was all too tempting. at least two thieves helped themselves to a golden brooch and a pair of earrings. incredibly, they did so during normal visiting hours. translation: while the exhibition was open to the public, one of the glass cases ofjewels on display was open. some jewels were stolen and the thieves made their getaway by mixing with the public. officials suspect the gang may have spent several months planning the theft. investigators are now trying to work out exactly how the thieves managed

to switch off the museum's alarm system and how they managed to walk away while hiding among visitors. experts from rome have been sent to help find out who did it. the police describe the gang, with some understatement, as very skilled professionals. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. now the weather. hello there. the damaging winds eased for a while but they have picked up again in the past few hours across wales and the western side of england. it comes around the base of the area of low pressure tracking its way eastwards. some wet weather going in the northern half of the uk where the winds are going to be that much lighter. a few wintry showers in the

far north of scotland. persistent rain, sleet and hill snow across the central belt and south into the far north of england. turning dry in northern ireland. to the south of this wet weather we are seeing the strongest of the winds. it will not be quite as windy at this stage. many places will be dry. we have got the next area of showery rain coming into the south west. frequent showers. gusty winds. blowing to the bristol channel along the south coast. some showers developing in the southern part of the uk. further north, rain, sleet and hill snow. it shouldn't get too cold because there would be a lot of cloud around. we will keep these showery burst of wet weather coming in across england and wales. a limited amount of sunshine. wet weather drifting its way south into the far north of england. there may be some snow over the high ground. some wintry showers in the

north again. temperatures lower. a significant drop in temperature for the southern half of the uk. it will get colder still in the weakened. the wet weather will be replaced by high pressure. that is coming all the way from iceland. it will drag down colder air. it will feel cold because we will picked up a wind. a significant chill in the eastern half of the country. some cloud in the south. rain and drizzle from time to time. temperatures six, seven. brighter skies further north. temps —— temperatures lower than that. it will be widespread frost on saturday night. in the north, temperatures down to minus ten. probably more sunshine on sunday. not quite as windy in the south. it would be a cold day everywhere. -- it would be a cold day everywhere. —— it will be a cold day. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at 4.00pm.

ploughing on with brexit — a five—year plan for the way farming subsidies will be dealt with after britain leaves the eu. we guarantee that in cash terms the amount of money we give to farmers will remain exactly the same up until the next general election 2022. we want to ensure thereafter there is a smooth path towards a different form of paying farmers. theresa may apologises to patients whose operations are postponed as new figures show one in eight patients had a half—hour delay after arriving at hospital by ambulance. cease and desist: the message from donald trump's lawyers to his former strategist steve bannon, who the president says has "lost his mind." the parole board has approved the release ofjohn worboys, one of the country's most prolific sex offenders. coming up on afternoon live all the sport: andy murray is on his way home?

any hope that andy murray could have made his return to compeititive tennis at the australian open is now gone. that hip injury has led to him pulling out with questions now over his future in the sport. turning chilly. yes, big changes for the weekend. it will turn colder this weekend, but it should turn dryer and there will be more sunshine as well. thank you very much. more from you later on. they're calling it a ‘bomb cyclone', a new term for a severe winter storm that is hitting the eastern united states. the severe pressure drop follows a cold snap that has already claimed 11 lives. hello everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. no change for five years, that's the message to britain's farmers, many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them.

the environment secretary, michael gove, said the government would guarantee eu—equivalent subsidies until the 2022 election. but he's also warned all farmers that future subsidies will have to be earned. duncan kennedy reports. britain has more than 200,000 farm holdings, but the imminence of brexit has put farmers and food policy into a state of uncertainty. a healthy rural economy... that's why issues of animal welfare, food standards and trade deals dominated today's farmers' conference in oxford. michael gove said britain would be a high—quality food exporting nation after brexit. he said eu subsidies would be phased out, but farmers would still get financial help. we guarantee that, in cash terms, the amount of money that we give to farmers will remain exactly the same right up until the next general election in 2022, and what we want to do is to ensure that thereafter that there

is a smooth path towards a different form of paying farmers. you've just got them on hay here, craig, or something... minette batters farms in wiltshire and says the certainty of michael gove's financial commitment to farmers after we leave the european union will be welcomed by the industry. we've worked for 43 years under european policy so, of course, it's going to take time, and we really welcome his commitment to be looking at a longer period. 2024 is very well received. michael gove was, of course, one of the key leave campaigners in the eu referendum. he said that it was britain that should decide what its farmers can do, what trade policies they can work out and what food standards should be for the public. but there are others who are saying that his message today is far too optimistic in terms of what britain can achieve when it leaves the eu. a separate report today from mps said that brexit trade deals risked britain's very food security, as we face cheap foreign imports. they warn that we could end up

having to take products like american chickens washed in chlorine as part of the price we pay for trading with non—eu countries. michael gove also said today public access to farmland as well as top—quality animal welfare was at the centre of government policy. but the uncertainties of brexit and what follows make it difficult for him and all those involved in farming to know exactly how our agricultural landscape will change. duncan kennedy, bbc news, oxfordshire. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is in westminster. a lot of tweets from farmers outside england saying it's a devolved matter. it doesn't clear the matter for the next five years for everyone, does it? no, it doesn't. that is an important point to make. as those farmers are rightly pointing out agriculture policy is devolved. it's not only controlled

at westminster, as far as england is concerned, but also in edinburgh, scotland, belfast, northern ireland and cardiff for wales. what michael gove has said today, we already knew as much, that the government would match payments that farmers across the uk get under the common agriculture policy up until 2022, so two years after britain has left the european union, but he went further to say that those in england, which the westminster government is responsible for, broadly speaking the majority of farmers would continue to get those payments for another two years after that. they may introduce a limit on payments to stop the largest beneficiaries, biggest landowners receiving lump sums in return for the amount of land that they own, but it will be up land that they own, but it will be up to the governments in scotland, wales and northern ireland to decide what their policy is. they may follow the same course, or it may be

different. jonathan, thank you very much. joining me now from our oxford studio is tim breitmeyer, president of the country land and business association. he also farms 1,600 acres of land in cambridgeshire. whoever takes this up, whether the devolved governments do or not initially, we are clearly headed for a revolution for all farmers? simon, good afternoon. i think there's no doubt about it, there is going to be significant change, but we do see this as a once in a generation chance to actually put in place a policy for the united kingdom which will revolutionise i think the quality of our agriculture and indeed how we look after the countryside going forward. what does that actually mean? because at the moment, 80% of subsidies are going to farmersjust moment, 80% of subsidies are going to farmers just because they have the land ? to farmers just because they have the land? that indeed correct. going forward , the land? that indeed correct. going forward, firstly, we were encouraged about the fact that mr gove said that at the heart of their policy going forward would be a part of an

industrial sector deal whereby farming was clearly recognised in a sort of farm gate to fork strategy going forward which would ensure, i think we have good value for the products that we produce going forward. is five years, sorry, is five years a realistic time frame though to introduce a whole new framework for british agriculture?” think that five years, there is a shy of relief being breathed by many this evening. that is a significant period we can start to look at transitioning to this new policy that mr gove talks about whereby in addition to supporting productive farming with direct investment, he intends to move towards a system of public benefit paid for by the farmers doing that work. that is a change admittedly, but we were encouraged about the breadth of the public benefit he sees farmers can provide to manage the countryside

and do other things like education for the public about the rural areas, equally about looking after the rural vitality and the upland areas. tim, what do you say to those farmers who have been tweeting me saying — this will be the end of hill farming? no, i don't think - i wouldn't agree with that. what we see here is the need to look after those upland areas and, yes, is the a nswer we those upland areas and, yes, is the answer we will be asking farmers to try and help manage that landscape, but through the farming systems that they've always had. i think we should continue to have. so we look after those iconic landscapes that the public so love. the shy of relief you suggest there is around the country from farmers, it's a temporary thing and there's a huge pressure now on the government to say what they plan to do. all very well to say we will take control, but you need to know what that actually means in practice? we certainly do. they intend to publish in the next two months at the most a

five—year — a 25—year environment plan and with that what's been described as the command paper for an agriculture bill later in year. that will show how they inamoto tend to form late that policy. we will getan to form late that policy. we will get an idea of how we make sure we have significant investment to make farming more productive and this business of rewarding farmers for producing the public goods and public benefit that will see them get significant investment in their businesses well. thank you very much for your time this afternoon. thank you. it's emerged that1 in 8 patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england have had to wait more than 30 minutes to be transferred to a&e staff. analysis by bbc news looked at the final six weeks of 2017. it found almost 76,000 paramedic crews had to wait more than 30 minutes with sick patients because a&e staff were too busy to deal with them. figures published today also show

a record number of people called the nhs111 number during the festive period. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. the prime minister today in frimley park hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. the national health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. yes, it has pressures overwinter. yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. the staff are dedicated, we've put extra resources in. figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of considerable pressure. the starkest number is about ambulance delays, when paramedics have to wait with patients because a&e staff are too busy to do a handover. in the week running up to new year's eve, crews had to stay with sick patients for more than half an hour almost 17,000 times. on almost 5,000 occasions, the delay was longer than an hour. patients could have been moved

into hospital being tended to by paramedics. this government refuses to fund the nhs sufficiently. we don't want apologies and hand wringing. we want the government to get a grip urgently. there was also a record number of calls to the nhs's111 service, more than 480,000. but these figures don't include this week, when so far at least 20 hospital trusts in england have been on the highest state of alert. unfortunately, what we usually see in the nhs is a quiet period around christmas and then a pick—up. quite often, it's january that's the really difficult point for the nhs, and that was true last year and it's been true in previous years as well. authorities in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also reporting higher patient demand. what we don't know now though is how long this period of extra pressure will go on for. catherine burns, bbc news.

i asked our health correspondent where the problems were worse? it's happening in every hospital trust. we looked at the figures for the last six weeks, basically winter so far. they show one in eight patients faced a delay of 30 minutes when they arrived in ambulance at accident & emergency. there is no doctors and nurses available because they are so busy inside accident & emergency to take the patients off the paramedics. paramedics we spoke to are incredibly concerned about this. not only does it delay them getting out to fresh 999 calls that come in, it's not idealfor the patients to be kept waiting either in the back of ambulances or queueing in accident & emergency corridors. some presumed better than others? yes. there is is quite a variation. for example, in one trust, lancashire teaching hospitals nhs trust, half of patients brought in by ambulance wait over 30 minutes. one in five are waiting

longer than an hour. half a dozen trusts have seen no delays at all during winter. there is a variation, but this is something that is happening on a daily basises in most places in the country. difficult question to answer, presumably lives are being put at risk because you are being put at risk because you are talking about people who are already ill? yes. these patients brought in are the most critical patients, often with life—threatening or serious injuries. hospitals though are quick to point out that anyone who is really in a life—threatening case it's prioritised they would be rushed in. the sort of patients who tend to face waits are people with broken bones or chest pains they identified as not cardiac arrests. it's january 4th we haven't had a serious winter outbreak of anything yet, have we? no we are coming into a crucial few weeks for the nhs. yet, have we? no we are coming into a crucialfew weeks for the nhs. the past few winters have been bad, the pressured weeks have only lasted that, two or three weeks. if there isa that, two or three weeks. if there is a bad flu outbreak, for example,

that could cause serious problems for the health service. nick triggle talking to me earlier. the row between donald trump and his former top aide steve bannon has intensified, with lawyers for the president threatening legal action over comments attributed to mr bannon in a new book about the presidency. the remarks allege that a meeting mr trump's son had with a group of russians during the presidential campaign was "treasonous" and claims that mr trump was poorly prepared for thejob. the president said mr bannon, who was sacked last august, had lost his mind. dan johnson reports. the president's right—hand man, driving the right—wing america first but like so many advisers steve bannon didn't last long. he is not a racist, i can tell you that, he is a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we'll see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well, he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now he's taking careful aim.

he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic. " predictably, the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, and if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon, i'd refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a "total farce." so i think i would look back at that. if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. "when he was fired he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind." it's fire and fury indeed. michael wolff's book also claims the former prime minister tony blair was bidding to be a white house middle east adviser and that he told

the president's son—in—law, jared kushner, that british intelligence may have spied on the trump campaign. this story is literally a totalfabrication. i mean, i've never had any such conversation, not with someone in the white house, not with someone outside of the white house, not at that time or any time, not anywhere. the idea that british intelligence services would start interfering in the midst of an american presidential election is preposterous to anyone who knows how our services operate. but this is politics today, and you get these wild conspiracy theories that unfortunately people believe, but it is literally an invention. there are also claims trump's campaign team were shocked and horrified by his win, that his wife was in tears about it, and that the president was angry many a—list celebrities snubbed his inauguration. his daughter ivanka apparently mocks his hair and is planning to take over the top job. the truth isn't always clear in a white house defined by an unconventional, controversial, even dysfunctional new normality. dan johnson, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines: ploughing on with brexit — a five—year plan for the way farming subsidies will be dealt with after britain leaves the eu. theresa may apologises to patients whose operations are postponed as new figures show one in eight patients had a half—hour delay after arriving at hospital by ambulance. cease and desist: the message from donald trump's lawyers to his former strategist steve bannon, who the president says has "lost his mind." coming up in the next few minutes. they're calling it a "bomb cyclone", a new term for a severe winter storm about to hit the eastern united states. the severe pressure—drop follows a cold snap that has already claimed 11 lives. in sport... andy murray pulls out of the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, as he continues to struggle with a long—term hip problem. injury worries for britain's johanna konta too, she retires from her quarter—final match at the brisbane international

with the australian open less than two weeks away. and late england wickets give australia the advantage on the opening day of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. england are 233—5 at close of play. i'll be back with more on those stories on afternoon live at 4.30pm. we can speak to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw now regarding mr worboys. he was a black

cab driver who would lace drinks and would rape the women when they were almost unconscious in the back of his cab. after he was convicted that the number of victims was something in the region of 100. over 100 victims after the period from 2002. so one of the country's most prolific sexual offenders. he had spung a web of deceit, according to thejudge, who sentenced him. he was given an eight year minimum term underan given an eight year minimum term under an indeterminate sentence, known as an ipp. he served around ten years. a couple of years over the minimum and he will be released this month. eyebrows have been raised at what seems to be a relatively early release for a crime of this magnitude? it's not early in the strictest sense because he has served beyond his minimum term.

certainly, the gravity and the scale of the offending i think it has raised some concern and some surprise that he is going to be let out. the decision was made by the independent parole board, they considered the case last november. three members of the parole board came to the decision he should be let out. he will be subject to licence conditions. can't approach his victims and report every week to probation staff. physical he breaches the terms of his licence he can be returned to prison. it raises questions about the decisions being made by the parole board in terms of ipp sentences. they are under pressure to get the numbers of ipp prisoners down and to release more of them. in fact, the release rate is just of them. in fact, the release rate isjust under of them. in fact, the release rate is just under half at the moment because they have stepped up their effo rts because they have stepped up their efforts to reduce the number of ipp offenders. there are around 3,100 unreleased ipp offenders injail. many have served over their tar you

have. maybe the pendulum may have swung too far in one direction. we don't know, because we weren't at the hearing of the parole board, it may raise concerns about that. thank you very much about that. danny shaw. children moving from primary to secondary school are "ill—equipped" for the "avalanche of pressure" that awaits them on social media, according to the children's commissioner for england. anne longfield says social media begins to dominate children's social lives and calls on schools to do more to prepare them for the emotional demands it makes. let's hear more on this from dr amanda gummer, a child psychologist from the organisation fundamentally children, who joins me via webcam. why do you share anna longfields worry? it's worrying, scary actually if you think about the content and theissues if you think about the content and the issues that children are exposed to on social media sites and seven, eight and nine—year—olds are not equipped to do that. there is a

reason the age limit is 13 for most of these platforms am we need to encourage pa rents of these platforms am we need to encourage parents to stick with it. we need to educate the children and allow them to develop their digital literacy and socially emotional skills so they can deal... as a child psychologist is a good idea for a seven—year—old to have unrestricted access to a smartphone? no, not at all. i think it's really important that parents are using the controls from either their internet service provider or the device they are on making sure that children aren't accessing stuff that they are not ready or equipped to deal with. ido not ready or equipped to deal with. i do think also that there is a challenge there to the industries to develop platforms that safe for children because children want to communicate digitally. that is what they see adults doing they want to be part of that. they need their own space to do that properly. we want to be liked, but children it drives

them, doesn't it? if there is a way someone can illustrate how much they are liked, they are going to go for it? yeah. i think that's a really key thing for schools and parents to understand is that children do want to belong and be popular and fit in. their emerging self and identity is important. they need to get that validation from somewhere else rather than online, families, after—school clubs to give them that real—life validation so they understand there is a difference between physical and real world stuff and digital fantasy stuff. the difficulty is, if you ask a child of that age and said — do you understand the difference of where you are in the world and what really matters, they will give you the right answer, but online perhaps they behave slightly differently? yeah. i think we all do. everybody has a digital version of themselves and then they have the real world version of themselves. i think you

only need to look at the campaigns for things like no more fakebook. they recognise there is a difference. i don't think at seven, eight, nine, ten children have the emotional or even the cognitive skills to be able to understand the difference and to understand the things like air brushing and sales pitches and all of the kind of mind games that can be played in a digital medium which are much more — people are much more susceptible too when you can't see somebody‘s face and you do have the socials clues to their intent and meaning. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. weather forecasters have issued warnings about a huge winter storm over the eastern united states which it's thought has already claimed the lives of nine people. parts of the niagara falls have frozen because of the severe conditions. the state of florida, which has seen its first snowfall for almost 30 years, has declared a state of emergency.

similar measures are also in place in georgia, virginia and north carolina. in the last few minutes the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, has also declared an emergency in parts of the state. let's take a listen. as everybody knows we have a snowstorm, but it's a snowstorm plus, let's call it. we're going to be declaring a state of emergency because the situation has continued to deteriorate. we're going to have a state of emergency for the entire down state region, starting west chester south and long island. in terms of the snowfall, the predictions have increased where we believe there will be more snow, up to six to ten inches in new york city, nine to 12 inches on long

island, four to eight in west chester. if you are asking what it's like in new york city now, there's the answer. that is times square. heavy snow has been falling for the last few hours. few cars, just taxis on the streets at the moment. a few brave souls are braving that terrible weather. another brave soul who is braefg the weather is our correspondent, who is not far away. it has got worse since i spoke to you last, an hour or so ago.” it has got worse since i spoke to you last, an hour or so ago. i have to say the terms that forecasters are utes using for this storm, "bomb cyclone" are feeling more ark rate. you heard new york's governor saying that conditions are deteriorating he has declared a state of emergency. the city has thousands of pieces of equipment and people out to clear it up. the wind gusts are at a problem. they are a sustained 25mph. they

gusts up to 60mph. what it does is it sweeps the snow, moves the snow right back on to all the areas that they are trying to clear up here in new york. we are seen thousands of flights cancelled throughout the united states, three major airports here having a lot of issues. schools have been closed. people have been told to remain indoors. there is the concern that these cold conditions that are expected to carry on into the weekend will create even deadlier conditions. concern about the homeless population here in new york. if the snow isn't cleared up they are worried about it turning into ice in these conditions and creating more even more of a mess for the clean—up here in the city. 4th january, it's winter, it's not unusual, but it seems to be worse than normal where you are because of those winds, is it? yeah, absolutely. i mean, this storm

system, absolutely. i mean, this storm syste m , n ew absolutely. i mean, this storm system, new york is being hit on two fronts, the storm from the south, that has really intensified because of this bomb cyclone, this rare and rapid drop in by metric pressure that started over the ocean and is moving over toward the coast, which is creating these winds. you also have the arctic air that is coming down that will create again these freezing temperatures that will break records across the united states in the coming days. that is what is it making it so different to pass are you near storms. anywhere warm because you need to get there? when we are are done speaking i'm running right inside. there is a door not too far away. goodbye. thank you very much for talking to us. let us look at the weather. you are were laughing through all of that. i won't tell! are were laughing through all of that. iwon't tell! i'm are were laughing through all of that. i won't tell! i'm pleased i'm indoors. laughing at this bomb cyclone. a made up name for something that sounds really

exciting? for your colleagues in the the united states that is what they are calling it? that's the united states, you know. it's like — hurricane bomb cyclone. before that it was a bomb cyclone. before that it was a bomb cyclone. before that it was a weather bomb. you used that term before. it's a fall of pressure, 24 milly bars in 24—hours. all right. it sounds exciting. it's bad. it is bad. you have a picture of chicago! sorry, i'm off on one, aren't i in you are taking it personally and taking it out for me. niagara falls frozen over. it's not unusual. in 2014 it froze over twice. it's all well for you in the middle of london to say. hang on. it's been cold for so long. we have broken records because we've had cold freezing air like this in chicago for so long. it's not warmed up. the pressure pattern hasn't

moved. the jetstream is up. the pressure pattern hasn't moved. thejetstream is in a position where it stayed cold. the jetstrea m position where it stayed cold. the jetstream has moved south. the cold air moved further south. we have had cold and snow here in savannah in georgia. don't look at me like that! we have got this cold air. that lady you talked to was right. we had this cold arctic air. coming into that you have this weather bomb. hurricane weather bomb. there you go. a deep storm. hurricane strength winds off the coast, out of sea. blizzards affecting the east coast. it's running up the eastern side of north america we had snow in new york. the heaviest snow will be areas to the north of new york there could be 12 to 18 inches of snow. it's very cold, very arctic air and coming into that this storm. it will give a lot of snow. it's not heading

our way. phew! then you show a picture of snow. i know, look. it's a little snow. about that much snow. we have also had rain. this is serious. we have had 18 flood warnings in england. this has been rain event, after rain event, after rain event, after rain event, after rain event. it slowed up today in scotland, northern ireland and england. it will mainly affect scotla nd england. it will mainly affect scotland overnight. it does turn dry overnight in northern england. lots of showers and some gusty winds as well. not too cold tonightjust yet, but it will get colder over the next few days and nights. not much sunshine on the wafer tomorrow. lots of cloud around. it is a messy sort of cloud around. it is a messy sort of day. lots of showers to come. there is damp, wintry weather in

scotland, sinking into the far north of scotla nd scotland, sinking into the far north of scotland and game. it becomes a bit brighterfor of scotland and game. it becomes a bit brighter for northern ireland. temperatures lower than today. it will be noticeably colder in the south. no pressure bringing with it cloud and outbreaks of rain. and we have had some strong winds as well. the low pressure will be replaced by high pressure moving down from the north. it brings with it colder at and some strong and gusty winds for the first half of the weekend. feeling really cold through the eastern side of the uk. sunny skies probably towards the north—west of the uk, closer to our area of high pressure. then we will find us guys clear overnight, this is when it gets cold overnight. —— then we will find skies clear overnight. lighter winds for all of us on sunday. maybe some freezing fog patches around but

it should be a dry day. we will find more sunshine which will be nice, but it will be cold. one selfies in glasgow and about 5 degrees in cardiff. it is getting drier but also colder over the weekend. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the environment secretary sets out a five year plan for uk farmers post brexit, which will see them receive the same level of subsidies they get from the eu. theresa may apologises to the thousands of nhs patients who have had their operations cancelled and new figures that show one in eight patients had a half—hour delay after arriving at hospital by ambulance. lawyers acting for president trump are trying to stop the release of a book in which his former chief strategist steve bannon describes a meeting with a group of russians as "treasonous". staff at the coleman's mustard factory in norwich have been told that it's to close after 160 years on the site. we will have more on that in a

moment. but first, it is the sport. i don't know if you are feeling festive but footballers are supposed to because there is one more festive fixture. i'm sure by this point they are not feeling festive. it has been pretty relentless these premier league fixtures. this is the second game in three days for both totte n ha m game in three days for both tottenham and west ham. the only thing you can say is they have had the same amount of rest or the lack of it. believe it or not, tonight's is the 40th premier league fixture in14 is the 40th premier league fixture in 14 days. both sides will have to find the strength from somewhere. west ham are looking to move further away from the relegation zone. west ham will be in touching distance of the top four. harry keane looks like —— harry kane looks like he will be getting over his bout of flu with some rest. and what about andy

murray? he pulled out of the brisbane international. he posted an image of him as a child just wanting to play tennis. two days later the hip injury means he will have to pull out of the australian open altogether. this will have been such altogether. this will have been such a difficult decision. he has not played competitively since last july. he has now slipped to a world and under 16 july. he has now slipped to a world and under16 and july. he has now slipped to a world and under 16 and this was supposed to be his big return. there is talk of surgery instead. this has prompted concern about what this means for his career. it is another setback for andy murray who is desperate to resume his tennis career. he has a lot of playing and wants to compete for the major titles once again. the frustration has hit him this week having spent six months doing painstaking rehabilitation and still

not being in a condition where he can trust that right hip sufficiently to compete with the best in the world on the biggest stage of them all. once he made the decision to pull out of the brisbane tournament and gave some more details in a heartfelt instagram post on social media, it was inevitable that he would fly home. the question is, does he have any option other than surgery which he is reluctant to do? that is the best way of getting his career back contract. recio pochettino is expecting harry kane to return to the tottenham starting line—up. he spent two days on the bench. —— mauricio pochettino. line—up. he spent two days on the bench. —— mauricio pochettinom line—up. he spent two days on the bench. -- mauricio pochettino. it is so important for the two points. we are going to arrive but we need to play and performance in the way that we want. i did thinking -- think of

getting some of the best centre halves in the world to come out of retirement. i think everybody likes harry kane because he has deserved what he has got because of the work and the way he has developed his own career so and the way he has developed his own careersol and the way he has developed his own career so i think everybody admires him for that, and career so i think everybody admires him forthat, and he career so i think everybody admires him for that, and he does it for the humility for what i can see. good luck but i hope it is not against us, that is the shore. australia are in a strong position after day one of the fifth and final test of the ashes in sydney. england made a strong start but slipped to 95-3. made a strong start but slipped to 95—3. joe root made 83 before getting out just before 95—3. joe root made 83 before getting outjust before the close of play, closely followed byjonny ba i rstow. so it has happened again, from a position of tranquillity, england have found trouble. they blew their

chance to put themselves in a dominant position in this match. when we turned up here at the seg this morning, it was raining and we did not get any play before lunch. the toss was a bit of a dilemma that joe root decided to bat. that decision seemed to be vindicated by the way mark stoneman went about his early batting. then that pattern emerged of england batsmen getting themselves out. james vince looked equally impressive but also gave his wicket away. joe root had to try to rebuild the innings when he made 50, and alongside him was dawid malan, who was dropped by steve smith the australia captain, but made his own 50. it seemed it would be england's there, but then australia took the new ball. joe root hit the ball to square leg where mature martial standing. instead of sending a nightwatchman out, england sent out

jonny bairstow and he got out and handed the data australia. england must try to clear their heads and make a competitive total on day two, but in the closing overs, has the damage being done? patrick gearey reporting. there is a lwa ys patrick gearey reporting. there is always day two, simon. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. amelia reynolds is in norwich, where it's been announced that after over 100 years, the colman's mustard factory will be closing down. and in a moment i'll be talking to annabel tiffin in salford, where the families of 58 submariners killed in world war two have found out where and how they died after more than 70 years of waiting. first, let's go to amelia, the

breaking news from norwich. what was the announcement? it was unilever who owns colman's him made the announcement this afternoon. it is norwich's factory which is on a site stone ‘s throw from the studio here which will close by the end of 2019. that site was originally shared with the company britvic. when britvic poll that last year, unilever said they had to examine the viability of they had to examine the viability of the site. that has been a big campaign locally to keep colman's in norwich, but this afternoon, the news that many people had been fearing, that the factory will close. this is such a big deal. colman's is such a big brand within british food. it is an iconic brand. it is intrinsically linked with norwich. we all know the yellow

label, colman's of norwich. mustard has been produced in the city for 160 years. in a statement today, unilever said they would protect the historic link between colman's and norwich by retaining the milling process at a state—of—the—art facility in the area, but really, the bulk of the production will be going to burton on trent and some of it to going to burton on trent and some of ittoa going to burton on trent and some of it to a factory in germany. as far asjobs are concerned, it to a factory in germany. as far as jobs are concerned, 130 jobs at that norwich factory. they will all be affected. we understand 43 roles will move to burton and the new milling facility i was talking about, that will create brand about 25. positive news for that region but when you lose an iconic brand from an area like yours, there is inevitably shock. what has been the reaction? we have families in the city where four generations have worked for colman's. there will be shock and anger. the gmb union has

said it is devastating news. we have had reaction from both of the norwich mps who have been actively campaigning to try and keep the production here in norwich. for labour, clive lewis said when britvic and unilever took over these iconic brands 20 or so years ago, they promised to respect their history and the connection to our city, those promises are today in tatters. closing for the conservatives said she is deeply saddened. herfirst conservatives said she is deeply saddened. her first thoughts are with those who may lose theirjobs. the focus now is that for the longer term that major employers should continue to seek norwich as a great place to be. we will have more tonight at 6:30pm. amelia, thank you. let's go to salford. annabel, this is at a 70 year mystery? hms narwhal was a submarine. the wreck

was found by a group of divers, some polish divers. they were looking for something else and they used advanced scanning equipment and they found instead hms narwhal. it was perfectly intact in 300 foot of water, 140 miles east of the scottish coast. the boat was built by vickers armstrong in barrow. it was sent to lay mines of german occupied norway in 1940. it was thought to have sunk a famous german u—boat. in 1940 she was attacked by the german luftwaffe and presumed sunk when she did not radio back. the boat's location was not known until now. the polish dive team is keen to hear from anyone who had a relative on narwhal. we have been

speaking to george lawson, the relative of one. sam—macro the final fatal bomb dropped on the engine room. if he was killed outright, it would have been an absolute blessing. the boat took five minutes to sink and if you were in the engine room you were waiting to drown because you could not get out of those boats. do we know what happens next? at the moment, they don't know whether they will try and get any of the bodies up. the boat has 58 bodies of sub mariner is on there. the relatives are happy that they finally know what happened to their loved ones. they feel they can now rest in peace. what they are probably going to do is the polish divers who found this wreck, are hoping to take some of the families, the sub mariners were mainly from

lancashire. they are hoping to dive down and lay a wreath on the wreck, and hopefully eventually put a permanent plaque on there. as george himself said, to say a permanent thank you to those men who were lost that day. it is a remarkable story. annabel tiffin, thank you. and amelia reynolds, much more reaction to that story from colman's. thank you, both. and if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer. and a reminder that we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. australian authorities have recovered most of the sea plane which crashed in sydney on new year's eve. richard cousins died

along with his two sons, his fiancee, her daughter and a canadian pilot when the plane crashed into the hawkesbury river. the aircraft had been submerged in 40 feet of water as phil mercer reports. the salvage operation atjerusalem bay began shortly after dawn. police divers used inflatable bags to lift parts of the seaplane from the bottom of the hawkesbury river. on the surface, a crane pulled the wreckage from the water onto a barge. one of the first pieces of the aircraft to be recovered was a damaged wing, followed by the engine, the front propeller and the tail. we now know that the seaplane that came down in these waters on new year's eve was badly damaged in another fatal accident 20 years ago. the plane was previously used as a crop—duster that crashed near the city of armadale, killing the pilot. it was rebuilt and bought by sydney seaplanes in 2006. the wreckage will be taken for examination to canberra.

it will hold vital clues, including possible digital data and mobile phone footage from the passengers that could explain why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster. we've got a range of factors that we look at to fully reconstruct the sequence of events that led up to the accident and to hopefully find factors that contributed to the accident, with the ultimate goal of trying to prevent something like this happening again. six people died in the accident, including the british businessman richard cousins, his two grown—up sons, his fiancee and her 11—year—old daughter. the canadian pilot was also killed. air crash investigators plan to release their initial findings within a month. you are watching afternoon live. in

a moment, the business news. first, the headlines. ploughing on with brexit — a 5—year plan for the way farming subsidies will be dealt with after britain leaves the eu. theresa may apologises to patients whose operations are postponed, as new figures show one in eight patients had a half—hour delay after arriving at hospital by ambulance. cease and desist: the message from donald trump's lawyers says has "lost his mind'. hello. colman's is to leave its base in norwich where the condiment has been produced for 160 years. unilever which employs 113 people at its site in the city, will move its production to burton—on—trent and germany. the gmb union has described the closure as "absolutely

devastating news". google researchers have uncovered two bugs in computer chips that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. one, known as "spectre", was found in chips made by intel, amd and arm. the other, "meltdown" affects intel—made chips only. the uk's national cyber security centre said there was no evidence that the vulnerability had been exploited. house prices are still on the up across the country, but they are not growing as fast as a year ago. according to the nationwide's house price index, average prices have grown by 2.6% over the past 12 months, down from 4.5% in 2016 and 2015. london prices are actually falling — the average price of a house there fell 0.5%. and fans of irn bru have started stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned change in recipe. makers of the fizzy favourite are changing the formula of the product to cut the sugar content by almost half. it is part of a sugar—reduction programme by owners ag barr before the government levy on sugary drinks comes into effect. fizzy favourite, did you write that? no, i took it off the website! yesterday we were talking about next doing better than

expected over christmas — today it's debenhams — but not such good news? debenhams, not good at all, very disappointing christmas trade. they released the figures and when the markets opened their share price dropped 20%. it has recovered a little bit. we also had christmas figures out from aldi and nisa. mountain warehouse figures were not too bad. they benefited from the colder weather. we will also look at the oil price. it is up. before we get to that, we will talk about spotify. do you stream music? yes. god macro do you like it? yes. the

last thing i downloaded was paloma faith. very on trent. a couple of yea rs faith. very on trent. a couple of years ago music downloads were the poster child for the music industry. business was booming. everyone was downloading music and not necessarily paying for it. then streaming came online and reverse the fortunes. some figures a couple of days ago said music revenues were up of days ago said music revenues were up 9.6%. streaming revenues from services like spotify were up 42%. they are not the only ones. i use something else. revenues from subscriptions are up 42%. spotify is the one we will talk about because they indicated that they were going to list on the stock market, float their company. last year they were valued at around $19 billion. it now looks like they will list directly on the new york stock exchange. let's talk to laura lambie,

senior investment director, at investec wealth and investment. thank you forjoining us. this story about spotify, they are bypassing the traditional stock offering process and they are listing directly. what is the difference between the ways the company can do this and why would they choose one method over another? the traditional method over another? the traditional method involves a company issuing shares in exchange for cash. the way that spotify we think will go for is just a pure listing on the new york stock exchange. spotify has a number of shareholders at the moment, the two main ones being its founders. all that will happen is there will bea all that will happen is there will be a quote on the new york stock exchange. perhaps the attraction of this is there is less hassle to do that and it is cheaper to do that, and if spotify are not needing any cash, which we don't

think they are, it makes sense to go that route, rather than raising money via an ipo. so we will not be buying spotify shares? we could indeed be buying them. let's talk about figures on the high street. debenhams' figures falling dramatically, but good figures from mountain warehouse and next yesterday. debenhams have had disappointing results. mountain warehouse not only increased their sales but they had a 70% increase on online sales. we had next, moving from store buying to online. next have said half of the online shopping, these items were all picked up from stores. so we are seeing a very different way in the way that people are shopping, and to

make money i think in retail, you have to recognise that and be able to offer online commerce store and click and collect. brent crude is at its highest level in almost two yea rs its highest level in almost two years since may 2015, what is driving it up? short-term we have had a cold snap in the us. that has given the oil price and uplift in the short term. over the longer term, we have seen two factors, one in the supply side, where supply in the emirates looks as if it is a bit more troubled. if they cut production, it has a positive impact on the share price. and in demand, we have seen global growth and global gdp very positive, particularly china, which accounts for a quarter of the world's consumption of energy. on both sides, supply and demand, it has contributed to a buoyant oil price. thank you for your time. markets... are here. you can see it

is all green. this big global rally has not stopped. we might have the january blues but investors have not. i have not got the january blues. technically, the markets have shut now. the dow broke through 25,020 minutes after the bell rang this morning, it is up by half a percent. the nasdaq is also hitting fresh highs. the global rally does not seem to be stopping. we have had very positive economic figures out across the world. we had good jobs figures out as well. investors are buying. rachel, thank you very much. you are watching afternoon live. jewellery thought to be worth several million pounds has been stolen in a daring heist in venice. police say at least two thieves delayed the alarm system at the doge's palace, before breaking into

a reinforced cabinet to take a broach and earrings. the jewels had been on loan from the royal family of qatar. james reynolds has the details. the exhibition held at the doge's palace in venice was called treasures of the moguls and maharajas. the jewellery on display, some of it on loan from the ruling family of qatar, was worth millions of pounds. for one criminal gang, this was all too tempting. at least two thieves helped themselves to a golden brooch and a pair of earrings. incredibly, they did so during normal visiting hours. translation: while the exhibition was open to the public, one of the glass cases ofjewels on display was open. some jewels were stolen and the thieves made their getaway by mixing with the public. officials suspect the gang may have spent several months planning the theft. investigators are now trying to work out exactly how the thieves managed to switch off the museum's alarm

system and how they managed to walk away while hiding among visitors. experts from rome have been sent to help find out who did it. the police describe the gang, with some understatement, as very skilled professionals. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. that is it from your afternoon live tea m that is it from your afternoon live team for today. time now for a look at the weather. hello, the last few hours has seen the wind is picking up again. they will ease this evening and then we will ease this evening and then we will get some gales developing in the south—west, where we will have frequent and heavy showers. further north, we have this mixture of rain, sleet and hill snow, mainly across scotland. nowhere particular cold overnightjust yet, scotland. nowhere particular cold overnight just yet, because scotland. nowhere particular cold overnightjust yet, because there will be a lot of cloud around. a

limited amount of sunshine on sunday. there is a mix of hill snow, rain and sleet drifting down from scotland. it will be a cold day tomorrow. it will be even colder over the weekend. there are still some rain in the south where we will have gale force winds. temperatures dropping overnight. a cold day on sunday. today at five... more evidence of the nhs under pressure, one in eight patients i know it's frustrating.

i know it's disappointing for people and i apologise. we'll have the latest on the pressures the nhs is under this winter. the other main stories on bbc news at five. plans for an overhaul of farmers' subsidiesm but current levels will remain forfive years after brexit. one of britain's most prolific sex offendersjohn worboys, who raped and assaulted women in his black cab, is approved for release from prison.