will be it is likely much attention will be paid this year more than ever, as to whether they will be championing female led stories and female storytellers. now, life on the road can be challenging for a reporter... iamat i am at one of the —— ow! spare a thought for bbc look east's alex dunlop, who found himself mobbed by lemurs while on assignment. he was at banham zoo in norfolk to cover the annual stock take of animals. unsurprisingly, the clips gone viral. here is west. weather—wise we have seen a here is west. weather—wise we have seen a very here is west. weather—wise we have seen a very big snow storm just hit the alps over the last couple of days, now it has brought enormous falls of snow, cutting off some ski resorts entirely. 13 thousand people are stranded 7 resorts entirely. 13 thousand people are stranded? zer mat at the moment. power supplies have been affect and

the avalanche risk is very high. this is how much snow we have seen over the last 48—hour, 160 centimetre, that is about there on me. it would be my head poking out from that snow fall! here in the uk, after a sunny day yesterday in the northern half of the uk, the weather has changed. the sheet of cloud is pushed northward and for the vast imaginei pushed northward and for the vast imagine i the the skies look something like this. grey. misty and foggy. something like this. grey. misty and foggy, we have drizzle round as will. there are a few hole, cumbria is sitting in a hole and western scotland. you will see a bit of sunshine here. little overall change in the weather, little prospects for most of us seeing much sunshine at all. cold in the north east, sill that wind blowing. but, we are going to see a change in the weather this evening. this atlantic weather front is coming our way. it will push in as we go through the first part of the evening with the rain heavy, before spreading on to scotland. the rain perhaps not so heavy in england

and wales but it will be a damp kind of night. temperature—wise, we are looking at lows between 3 and 6 celsius. tomorrow, this weather front will continue to push eastwards, however, one complication is we are likely to see an area of low pressure on the front, that will put the brakes on the weather front. it will move and stall somewhere across the eastern side, so there could be rain round, even into the afternoon, further west, we will see some sunshine and lit start to feel milder in the south, with temperatures for some into double figure, looking on into wednesday night, things could turn murky as rain clear, we will be left with some clear skies. mist and fog could become an issue. there will be pockets of frost round so it could be slippy first thing. a quiet end to the week, but thursday, yes, some patches could linger. aside that we could see sunshine. a cool day. temperatures between four and six

and friday the end of the week, againa lot and friday the end of the week, again a lot of dry weather but a lot of cloud as well, particularly in england, further west the breeze picks up, bringing in milderair, we will see rain working in late on in the day. that is the latest weather. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. theresa may's ministerial reshuffle continues, as she refreshes her government. downing street says the right team is in place to tackle the country's challenges. that's all from the bbc news at, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hi i'm sarah mulkerrins and you're watching bbc news. the football association has announced several initiatives to boost diversity and improve the culture of the organisation. this includes interviewing at least one candidate for future roles in the england setup, from a black and ethnic minority background.

also announced today — the new measures include a new commitment to making the fa more inclusive and diverse. a committment to support inclusion and anti—discrimination across all of english football, and a pledge to increase independence and transparency in their decision making process. this all comes following an inquiry into the discrimination of england player, eni aluko last year. is the lessons we had to learn from the other was one that we couldn't quite have the right procedures for people to raise concern. i think more subtly, we didn't have the right climate in place for people to see they could raise those concerned. the measures we have today address those concerns. well after some clubs fielded weakened teams in the fa cup recently — the organisation has also committed to more than doubling the prize fund available from next season. they say this will benefit all participating clubs at every

stage of the competition. great britain are aiming for their most successful winter olympics in history after uk sport set a target of at least five medals from next month's games in pyeongchang. they've set the target range for the olympic team at four to ten medals. the current record is a four—medal haul set in 192a and 2014. the gb paralympic team has been set a target of seven medals, one more than they won in sochi. and crucially for all sports, their funding in the next cycle is linked to their performance. the last games, we want four olympic medals and six paralympic medals. i have been investing in more sport since that point, more athletes with medal potential and it's looking really good forjung chang. we are

a lwa ys really good forjung chang. we are always looking to do better —— pyeongchang. england cricket coach, trevor bayliss, is going to step down — but not until the end of next year's ashes — when his contract expires. the australian says he made the decision over a year ago to call it a day and that it would be time, by the end of 2019, for a fresh approach. england's next assignment in test cricket is two matches in new zealand in march and bayliss believes he'll leave the team in a stronger position than when he took over i've always seen any of my roles, it's not about necessarily you want to win right now, to be leaving coaching positions hopefully with the team in a better place than it was when you started. and the next quy was when you started. and the next guy comes along and hopefully takes it to another level. it's about the tea m it to another level. it's about the team you are coaching and hopefully playing some sort of small role in their longevity of good performances. british number one, johanna konta, returned from a hip injury at the sydney international overnight — but she was beaten in her opening match.

konta had to retire in brisbane last week but showed little sign of the issue against agnieska radwanska. the defending champion was beaten in straight sets. konta though says she "feels good" ahead of the australian open that starts on monday. that's all the sport for now. the former journalist toby young has resigned from the board of a new university regulator, following days of growing criticism over controversial comments he'd made in the past. mr young apologised for some of his remarks in his resignation letter saying they were "either ill judged orjust plain wrong." labour's dawn butler says the row about mr young casts doubt on the judgment of prime minister theresa may — who backed him staying in the post. she spoke to my colleague norman smith earlier. she failed to make the decision dismiss him from the position. but instead, she endorsed toby young, which is appalling. who would endorse somebody with those views as being suitable to hold a paid public appointment?

there are a number of questions and issues which have been raised around the process, around toby young's suitability and merits of his appointment. it also brings into question power that boris johnson might hold over the prime minister. what about the argument these are historic articles, tweets and that people often say things which they later regret? of course, there are certain standards that have to be upheld. you say historic, we are talking about a grown man in his late 40s who had been sending these obnoxious, arrogant, inappropriate, offensive, homophobic, misogynistic, tweets and articles. it isn't enough of an excuse to say it is historic. 13 months ago, somebody put on his desk a sexual harassment document and underlined paragraphs in that document,

just over a year ago. there is a lot to be said about this process. there's a lot to be said about the prime minister's judgment in this. does that negate the work toby young has done on free schools, social mobility, should that be put to one side? no, having diversity of thought is important but promoting somebody with these views stands into question somebody‘sjudgment. i'm pleased if the free schools are doing well. but there are 800 free schools in the uk, so there are many people who can be suitable for thisjob. who are the people that were overlooked for the appointment of toby young?, i wonder how appropriate they were for the position. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. while toby young's resignation

caught a lot of the headlines this morning, of course the reshuffle has been going on, the reshuffle at junior level is happening today. tillerson of the names that have emerged. —— tell us some of the name. this is not cabinet level but minister of state. this is often seen as minister of state. this is often seen as the run—up before getting into the cabinet so in those terms, if you are looking at long—term development, the people you want to bring on to go to the cabinet in later years, they need that experience so this is significant for them. this is where theresa may is trying to make more significant changes. she has talked about diversity, writing more women, sailors of these names will not be household names, most people will not have heard of them. —— so most of these names. if you look at the list of people who are sacked aubin resigned this moniker you have seven people who have left, they all

happen to be white men, some of them have gone to work at central office apps conservative headquarters, as vice—chairman. look at those who have been promoted. a lot of those in thejunior have been promoted. a lot of those in the junior ranks. have been promoted. a lot of those in thejunior ranks. you have people like sam jena who has been in thejunior ranks. you have people like samjena who has been promoted to justice universities, harriett baldwin goes from defence tos and caroline diner tells ben promoted. —— margot james has —— margotjames has gone from business to culture minister. there are more women being promoted and more people from ethnic minorities, you can see what theresa may is trying to do. the problem downing street had is that the stories about greater diversity were going around

at the weekend. people thought that might bea at the weekend. people thought that might be a cabinet level which didn't happen with most staying in thejobs didn't happen with most staying in the jobs that already have. it appears this is happening at the next rung down. given the events of yesterday, vicky, do you think that the prime minster has managed to wrest the initiative today by actually changing the face of the lower—level? actually changing the face of the lower-level? she has a bit but people are less interested obviously in the lower level. people who'd you know any politicians tend to know the senior members of the cabinet. those people are not going to be moving. reshuffles are a moment prime ministers can have the ultimate authority, the ultimate power if you'd like, but theresa may is not the first promised to have presided over a reshuffle that has not gone according to plan. these are always problems if you're trying to sack or move the ball, clearly there can be issues with all of that. fixing the sack or move

people. yesterdayjustine that. fixing the sack or move people. yesterday justine greening left the government, they are dismayed that she of all people, in northern woman educated at a compound to school, she was one of the people who ended up leaving the government. —— at a comprehensive school. it is not gone to plan, theresa may wanted to go better, but she needs people who can do the job and that question was asked today at the westminster lobby, the spokesman asking whether people will be voted on merit not because of their gender 01’ on merit not because of their gender or colour. downing street said absolutely, theresa may believes that she has the right team around her to take on the challenges that the country faces. vicky, thank you. charities in the northern french city of calais say that up to 700 migrants and asylum seekers are living rough in the area again. french police are clearing tents and blankets daily to stop a camp reforming there — the huge jungle camp was destroyed more than a year ago. catrin nye reports from calais.

so this is where you sleep? this is... yeah. our roof is... standing because of these trees. ikram is 18 and from nangarhar, one of afg hanistan's most dangerous regions. he's been in calais a week. it must be so cold? it is. and, you know, how does it feel when it is cold and you are wet? like, your clothes, everything is wet. how long do you think you can live like this? three months, four months. i hope i don't... i just don't get sick. because i don't want to leave. in october 2016, french authorities cleared the camp here, known as thejungle. but people have kept coming, finding new places to set up temporary home. so now thejungle's gone, thousands of people every night sleeping between these massive amounts of industrial waste, right in the middle of calais.

—— dozens of people. charities estimate that up to 700 people are here now, many again pitching tents in the woods for shelter. but the police are constantly pulling these down because they don't want new camps here. the vast majority here are men from four countries — afghanistan, sudan, eritrea and ethiopia. so we've just noticed some police over here, taking people's possessions out of the woods. so we're going to speak to them. 0k. look, you will return? 0k? 0k. it's forbidden for you to stay here. ok, thank you. 0k, thank you. how often, annie, do they clear people's possessions here? there is one clearance every day, normally. we've had so many reports of the police spraying with tear gas, tents, sleeping bags, blankets.

and people themselves. people have been woken up byjust being sprayed in the face. and that is not a legitimate use of tear gas. it's an excessive use of force. police in calais responded to this, saying they act in accordance with the rule of law. all day and all night here, people still wait for an opportunity to jump on a passing truck. so unfortunately last month two refugees died at the border. one of them was a 15—year—old boy. and one person is still in critical condition after being severely injured. what we really want is just basic provisions allowing people to survive, and then for their cases to be fairly assessed while they are here. catrin nye reporting from calais. and one update on this story — french police say they have recovered the body of a migrant next to a main road leading into calais. inquiries are ongoing, but it's

believed he was hit by a vehicle. in a moment we'll have a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister is finalising her reshuffle. alok sharma is the new employment minister and dominic raab is the new minister for housing. north and south korea have agreed on military talks to ease border tensions — in the first talks between the two sides for over two years. the number of people waiting more than four hours in scotland”s accident—and—emergency departments reached record levels at the end of last year. in the business news... takeaway food appjust eat is being criticised after introducing a 50p service charge on all orders. just as it's forced to drop a 50p charge on debit and credit card payments by a new european directive.

critics say the move flies in the face of the new legislation, which was designed to save consumers up to £473 million a year in card charges. morrisons has reported better—than—expected christmas sales. the uk's fourth largest supermarket says sales were up 2.8% more in the ten weeks to january compared to the year before. christmas trading was particularly strong with sales up 3.7% in the crucial six weeks before the festive season. but overall, christmas was particularly tough for non—food retailers. shoppers cut back on almost everything other than food in the last three months of 2017, leading to the biggest fall in non—grocery spending since 2009. the british retail consortium says rising inflation — as a result of the weak pound after the brexit vote meant more consumers were feeling the squeeze. and we are starting with that story — individual retailers have given us a pretty mixed picture for the christmas period. morrisons and next seem to have done well, or at least better than expected — but debenhams and mothercare did not. today the british retail consortium issued it's overall market numbers —

they show that total retail sales were a bit higher in december compared with the previous year, up almost one and a half percent — but there is a noticable split with growth in food sales, and a fall of li% in sales of non—food items. rachel lund, head of retail insights and analytics at the british retail consortium welcome. how do you explain this split between food and non—food sales? as he said before, what is happening is consumers have found their income is consumers have found their income is being squeezed, and it means we have less money to spend on everything. more of their budget is taken up on essential. a lot of those are focused within the food sector and as a result, they have had less to spend on non—food products. we have a food and non—food split and a high street and online split? we have. there has

been an ongoing trend for four or five years or longer of spending more and more online, and as a result, spending less installs. we talked about overall sales in this period before christmas combines, up 1.596 period before christmas combines, up 1.5% almost. but we don't sit up translated into increased profit? —— see that translated ? translated into increased profit? —— see that translated? a lot of the increase in food sales has been inflation, a lot isjust higher prices coming from the currency impact, but also higher globalfood prices as well. overall, is this a christmas to remember or forget that uk's retailers? it depends who you are. as you can uk's retailers? it depends who you are. as you can see uk's retailers? it depends who you are. as you can see in the data, some people have very good christmas and others have a terrible christmas. they really mixed picture. thanks forjoining us. so one of the winners was food retailer morrisons — they beat forecasts for the christmas period. sales were up 2.8% in ten weeks to january. it was better than

analysts had expected. experts say the supermarket may finally have sorted its online shopping operation — after arriving late to the game compared to rivals. morrisons have definitely delivered a very strong performance over the christmas period in both retail and wholesale because people were really worried about a slowdown but they've invested in their premium ranges and improved their store experience, and benefited significantly. david potts, the ceo for the past two years, he has implemented a turnaround programme which has met that they have played catch—up with the other supermarkets. so they have invested online, they have gone into supply deals with mccall's and amazon, they have improved the store and they have improved the supply chain in terms of getting their ordering automated. it's all very easy wins at the moment so in the future, we will expect some retail like—for—like slowdown. we think they are in a good position for 2018. morrisons is a smaller player and their majority their geographical overlap is with the discounters and asda, rather than tesco and sainsbury‘s. so i can't say they are a particular threat at the moment. they quit look at the market,

morrisons is on the board and their share prices is one of the highest on the board. sainsbury‘s are rising off the back of the good news from the morrisons, we'll get their figures later in the week. and persimmon, the york—based house—builder are expecting a modest rise in sales. nine people have been arrested after a series of raids on properties in teesside and yorkshire this morning. over 150 police officers were involved in the simultaneous operations , which were part of a crackdown on people trafficking and sexual offences joining me now is our north of england reporter fiona trott. i understand that these raids were carrying out after young woman who had themselves been trafficked? reported their cases to the police?

the police said they were given information a year ago which led them to believe that young women from the quayside area were being trafficked to addresses in the north—east of england and south yorkshire —— teesside. north—east of england and south yorkshire -- teesside. they were raped by several men. this morning they carried out several raids on eight properties across the teesside and south yorkshire area. we went to one of those ways this morning, the police rammed to the front door of the terraced house in stockton on tees and a man had been sleeping on the sofa, he was taken away for questioning and the update we have from cleveland police now is nine men have been arrested and both of these areas. this is the biggest operation cleveland police have carried out into exploitation, sexual abuse and trafficking which could potentially involve young women. as you say, around 150 officers involved. nine men

arrested, we are hearing from the police they are being questioned on conspiracy or rape, trafficking, blackmail. this involved immigration officers and the national crime agency. assistant chief constable of clevela nd agency. assistant chief constable of cleveland police told us that our main message to the victims is as pa rt main message to the victims is as part of this operation this morning, we we re part of this operation this morning, we were there to safeguard you. that was our main priority. he said we are here to you and we are stronger and more determined than your abusers. an investigation was launched last year and it continues. the owner, thank you. rising sea temperatures are turning the green sea turtle population in australia's great barrier reef female. researchers say climate change is to blame dermot o'gorman is the chief executive officer of the wildlife charity wwf australia and explains what's happening. this new research has found that,

of the northern population of the green sea turtle of the great barrier reef, virtually the last decade or two decades, virtually no males have been born from turtle nests. this is due to higher temperatures resulting in higher sand. and of course, the male—to—female sex ratio of turtles is determined by the temperature of the sand in which they are laid. this population is an important one for the great barrier reef but is also a globally important population of green turtles, and it's the first time we've been able to use science to show what is a really invisible impact of climate change. no males being born over a 20 year period. the coral bleaching we've had over the last couple of years has been very visible,

we've lost nearly 50% of inshore reefs. but this is an invisible threat that really, science has been able to shine a light on. time for a look at the weather... we are looking with concern about what has been happening in alpine areas recently. if anyone is planning going skiing, pay attention to this forecast. we are seeing heavy snow in the alps over the last couple of days that has cut off some ski resorts including here where 13,000 tourists stranded without power. we have had huge falls of smoke were 160 centimetres at one place over the last couple of days, a large warning for avalanches. there are likely to be some exceptional falls of snow down the mountains. in the uk, after a sunny day yesterday across the northern half, today is a different story.

clouds moving northwards and skies looking like this. a grey, overcast day with mist and fog and spot of drizzle moving across the cloud. a couple of holes in the cloud streets in cumbria and western scotland, here we will see the best of the day before the sunshine. no change in the forecast this afternoon with little prospect of any sunshine. through this evening and overnight, a band of rain coming in off the atlantic, the winds freshening up for a time atlantic, the winds freshening up fora time and atlantic, the winds freshening up for a time and some of the rain could be quite heavily as it moves to northern ireland. then at night it spread eastwards into england and wales, where the rain won't be too heavy. wet weather getting in across scotla nd heavy. wet weather getting in across scotland as well. temperatures overnight are between 3—6dc. tomorrow, this website may stop moving, across the east of the uk, it is likely to have a low pressure forming and that puts the breaks on the front. that gap and in eastern

england and is used in scotland or perhaps north—east england. some of us perhaps north—east england. some of us will have rain through the afternoon. further west, us will have rain through the afternoon. furtherwest, it will brighten up, there will be sunshine and will turn milder across parts of southern wales and england. that sets the scene for wednesday night. the rain clears away, we have some clear spells moving in for a time and with light winds, it's likely to die murky with mist and fog forming, some turning dense and in the countryside that it will be frosty. some of the mist and fog lingers on thursday into the afternoon. for some, temperatures will struggle a bit across north america for — 5 degrees, on friday quite a lot of cloud on central and eastern england we re cloud on central and eastern england were brighter spells at work, a dry day and milder in the west as the weather front approaches. that is your weather. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: thresa may's ministerial reshuffle continues, as she tries to refresh her government.

the new cabinet — said downing street — was the right team to tackle the challenges the country faces. labour called the changes "lacklustre". a positive korea move — north korea is to send a delegation to the 2018 winter olympic games, taking place in south korea next month. a court is told that former football coach barry bennell was a "predatory and determined" paedophile, who engaged in systematic abuse of young boys. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. with sarah, a lot to talk about. indeed. the football association has today announced several initiatives to boost diversity in the organisation. one includes interviewing at least one candidate for roles in the england setup from a black and ethnic minority background.