hello. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. concerns for thousands of small businesses following the collapse of carillion. after britain's second largest construction firm has gone under, ministers held an emergency meeting with suppliers and subcontractors facing millions of pounds of unpaid bills. i will look at what chance the small businesses have of getting their money back and what that means for the work already carried out by carillion across the uk. good morning. it's tuesday, january 16. also this morning: two parents are arrested in california after their 13 children are found captive at home, some shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks. whirlpool is accused of a woeful response to recalling tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires. mps say as many as a million

machines are still in people's homes. an exclusive report as breakfast hears claims of chaos in the special educational needs system in england. in sport, johanna konta looks back to her best. the british number one cruises through to the second round of the australian open, after a confident straight sets win. and carol has the weather. good morning. good morning. it is a cold start to the late for many of us. cold start to the late for many of us. it will be a cold day generally. we have brisk wind in the forecast adding to the cold feel and as well as that we have snow showers for some even at low levels. and then the weather livens up. i will have more details in 15 minutes. that sounds exciting. thank you. good morning. first, our main story, the future of some major construction projects and hundreds of public service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion.

britain's second largest construction firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contracts for schools, hospitals and prisons, went into liquidation yesterday with debts of around £1.5 billion. the political fallout continued last night as ministers held an emergency meeting and labour questioned why carillion continued to be awarded contracts despite repeated profit warnings. our political correspondent chris mason reports. one after another, they came from all corners of government. will taxpayers suffer as a result of this? the march of ministers into the cabinet office for a cobra contingency meeting spoke to the central truth of the collapse of carillion, the tentacles of this failed business reaching to every part of the public sector in every pa rt part of the public sector in every part of the public sector in every part of the public sector in every part of the uk. and they now have to work out what or earth to do next. there is no evidence of chaos. the

government is working hard across all whitehall departments to ensure the liquidation of carillion takes place in an orderly manner that does not disrupt public services. wendy the government first realise... labour accused ministers of shocking negligence. a government representative managing the relationship between carillion and the public sector was rotated off the public sector was rotated off the company last summer. there was no blindspot, insist the conservatives. labour leaderjeremy corbyn in a video to supporters on social media said this was a watershed moment for the outsourced first dogma that has leased the public and this labour mp says this has to change. we were told the reason for using these companies was transferring the risks that might come from construction to the private sector. the carillion blows apart the mithun leaves us with very expensive contracts with specific

clauses we have to find a way to deal with. the government insisted what happened with carillion showed a private business shouldering real risk. and that there had been no bailout. it is an insight into the vast lee contrasting instincts of the two biggest parties about how so many of our public services are delivered. let's remind ourselves of the scale of carillion's influence. the company has a50 government contracts, including maintenance for prisons and hospitals, as well as dinners and cleaning for hundreds of schools. it is also the second largest supplier of maintenance services to network rail, and it maintains 50,000 homes for the ministry of defence. the firm has 43,000 staff worldwide, including 20,000 in the uk. there are also thousands of small firms that carry out work on carillion's behalf, and steph‘s been hearing from some of them. and you have been hearing from those

as well. yes, it is such a variety ofjobs. that is what is really interesting. we call it a construction firm. when we dig down into the areas, we are talking about painters and decorators. in some hospitals, it is cleaners, porters, security people, front of staff in police stations, such a variety. lots of them wondering what it will mean for them in future. we know in terms of the public services, they will still be funded by the government. so all of the cleaners in hospitals will still be paid. they will still be funded. what is tricky is the private sector part of the business, so the people working out on sites, on big projects for carillion, and in that area i have had lots of messages from people. and there is a real sense of worry from people. we know the public sector, what is going on, though there is concern for people waking up there is concern for people waking up this morning worrying about their jobs. and even yesterday and mortgage adviser told me he had had

several calls from carillion workers to say they don't know what will happen yet, but if i get made redundant, will the bank help with my mortgage? people are genuinely concerned about what it will mean for their future. concerned about what it will mean for theirfuture. and the concerned about what it will mean for their future. and the other side of it is suppliers as well. we have had a lot of suppliers talk to us. we spoke with kevin mclaughlin, who has a painting and decorating business. on monday morning people turn up to go to work and 30 people get sent home. we haven't been advised in the office. obviously people are looking for work, places to live in within our workforce. very difficult situation. we just finished battersea power station and we finished a big residential, two residential blocks in king's cross, so we residential blocks in king's cross, so we had no one there. we still have a building in king's cross and a job have a building in king's cross and ajob in the have a building in king's cross and a job in the city and the impact is we have lost the money that aor send we have lost the money that aor send we have lost a forward order book of approximately half the —— half £1

million. and other companies have said they are owed money too. and what is interesting is the relationship between suppliers and carillion. i had messages from people who own businesses per se, this one guy said, we want supply them with building materials, but they took ages to pay. john says my business stopped working for them yea rs business stopped working for them years ago. 120 days plus to get paid. they are using suppliers as a bank. there is a lot of bad feeling about the relationship between carillion and suppliers and that will come from this, is it fair to do that? i am here through the morning looking at different elements of this. there are people who have pensions with carillion wondering what will happen. so send in your questions and i will try to get them answered. we will speak with a supplier as well later. thank you very much. police in california have rescued 13 brothers and sisters from a house where some of them were chained to beds. the alarm was raised on sunday, when one girl escaped

and alerted the authorities. their parents have been arrested and charged with torture and child endangerment. our north america correspondent james cook is at the scene now. james, horrific details of what was going on behind you. what more do we know? yes, that's right. this is 160 new “— know? yes, that's right. this is 160 new —— miurwoods road. the car behind me is gleaming in the driveway. it was here on sunday when a 17—year—old girl escaped from this house, taking apparently a phone she had found with her and calling the police, the emergency number, 911, here in the us. when she met the police she told them 12 siblings we re police she told them 12 siblings were held captive inside the house. officers arrived and they found all 12 of them, some of them shackled, some held by handcuffs to beds. they

say it was foul smelling inside, conditions were terrible. some of the people appeared malnourished. at first they thought they were all children. it was only when they investigated further that they realised some of them were adults, seven of them in fact were adults. police were shocked to discover that simply because of their size and their apparent frailty as well. obviously there are a lot of questions asked here not least by neighbours, who say that they knew that there was something slightly odd about the family. they didn't often see all 12, as one of them thought that there were 12 year. one woman said she thought that there we re woman said she thought that there were 12 siblings. she very rarely saw all of them and when she did they seemed to be just not willing to engage with anybody. they seemed to engage with anybody. they seemed to shrink away from the world. they had no idea about what was going on. the parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. james, thank you very much.

incredible detail. what a fascinating story. it is horrific. and to see where it was as well. we will have more on that in the programme. mps say the manufacturer, whirlpool, hasn't done enough to deal with defective tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires. the commons business committee said the response to the problem, discovered in 2015, had been "woeful" and it was unacceptable that more than one million potentially dangerous dryers were still being used in people's homes. the company insisted its repair campaign has been comparatively successful. and we'll be discussing the recommendations further with lynn faulds wood, the former chair of the independent review into recalls and unsafe products. a blast has brought down a residential building in the belgian city of antwerp, injuring several people. the origin of the explosion is not clear but police said they did not believe it was related to terrorism. three people have been removed from the rubble, including a child. belgium has been on high alert since three co—ordinated suicide bombings in brussels killed 32 people in 2016. the supermarket chain iceland said

it will eliminate plastic from its own brand products within five yea rs. own brand products within five years. the retailer said plastic will be replaced with paper, which could be recycled. the move had been welcomed by environmental campaigners and it comes amid growing concern about plastic pollution in the world's oceans, where it can harm or kill wildlife. we'll be speakig to iceland's head of packaging about their proposals just after eight this morning. something we will talk about a lot, after blue planet, which has inspired people a lot. if you dread battling the traffic on the morning commute, spare a thought for early morning drivers in sydney, who had theirjourneys disrupted by a wayward wallaby. this footage was shot by police officers keeping pace with the mischievous marsupial, who was first spotted crossing sydney's iconic harbour bridge at 5am. wallabies can happily hop along at up to 30 miles per hour and this

one evaded capture for several miles before crossing the bridge and finally being cornered in a park. fortunately there's a happy ending to this tale as the wallaby was taken to a local zoo and is now recovering well from its early morning sight—seeing trip. they are really spectacular animals. you know, do you watch the cats programme, i watched you know, do you watch the cats programme, iwatched it last you know, do you watch the cats programme, i watched it last week, that slow motion cheetah, any animal doing something in slow motion, incredible, i want slow motion walla by. incredible, i want slow motion wallaby. it doesn't have the special camera. talking about tennis? in australia, not sydney, in melbourne, the australian open on at the moment, and andy murray is not therefore great britain. and our hopes rest on johanna therefore great britain. and our hopes rest onjohanna konta, last year she crashed out in five different tournaments, and it is like what has gone on with her? she has a new coach and she appears to be back to her best.

konta made quick work of it, dropping only four games against madison brengle — she'll face another american, bernarda pera, in round two. ryan giggs has been confirmed as the manager of the wales national side. he's agreed a four—year deal. giggs won 64 caps for his country but he was unpopular with some wales fans for missing numerous friendly matches. manchester united have done their best to take advantage of manchester city's defeat at liverpool. united beat stoke last night 3—0, that narrows the gap at the top of the premier league to 12 points. stoke stay third from bottom. and england cricketer ben stokes has been charged with affray over an incident outside a bristol nightclub last september, which left a man with a fractured eye socket. stokes missed the ashes series and england selectors will meet over the next couple of days to discuss his future. remember, of course, england still have all of their one—dayers, t20s,

and a test in new zealand, so it remains to be seen if he can be part of that if he has been charged. ok, plenty to discuss through the morning, and your trousers are magnificence, by the way. thank you very much. you have said lots of things about them and nothing positive. laughter how is saying someone's trousers are magnificent not positive? see, this is it, right, it is impossible to give a compliment. i have said your trousers are magnificent and you have taken it as an insult! anyway. some people like them, some people don't. you address is lovely, and so is carol's. as you can tell, it is lewd tuesday. —— blue tuesday. some of us it has been snowing overnight and we have further showers to come.

in between them they will be some sunshine and regardless of where you are it will feel cold. this morning across northern ireland that is the forecast. snow showers at lower levels. in between, brighterskies and the risk of ice. continued snow showers even at lower levels. parts of north—east scotland seeing the driest conditions, as will parts of north—east england. as we come south, the risk of ice across northern england. with some snow showers, some of those getting down to sea level. as we go into wales, the risk of ice for you as well. snow showers mainly on the heels of wales, and we could see some of those at lower levels. the south—west england we have showers as well. again you could see some hail coming out of those and as we drift towards the south—east and east anglia, perhaps the midlands, we are off to a dry start that it won't necessarily stay that way. many spring tides across south—east england means later we will see some large waves crashing in, and you could see through the day how the snow showers develop. lower levels

across scotland, northern england, northern ireland and at times across central areas, despite the fact temperatures on your thermometers will say two to seven, this is how it will feel with the brisk wind. if you are travelling on the higher routes, where we have snow, there is likely to be drifting so take it easy. as we on through the evening and overnight, a lot of snow showers, some of those getting to lower levels and once again the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. temperature—wise, however you look at it, it will be a cold night. cracking on with tomorrow, again we have some snow showers across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. many of them will tend to fade as we go through the day. it will be noticeably windy day, not as windy as it is going to be, and a lot of dry weather. then we see this next storm coming in, an area of low pressure currently to the east of the united states. it will depend significantly as it

crosses the atlantic and reaches our shores. we are expecting a late on wednesday in the thursday morning, and as it moves across us, on its leading edge it will take some snow. some of the snow could be disruptive for parts of scotland, north—east england for example, and we have gales. the strongest winds likely to bea gales. the strongest winds likely to be a across parts of northern england, northern ireland, heading towards norfolk. so gusty, gusty winds could lead to disruption as well. that will clear as we head into the early part of thursday, but before it does, very in mind disruption as possible where you are, with the gales. also with that snow. you can keep up—to—date with what is happening on your local radio station. i said there was a lot going on with the weather, and i wasn't kidding. and we will see you in halfan wasn't kidding. and we will see you in half an hour. let's have a look at the papers this morning. this is the front page of the daily mirror. we told you this yesterday about the

sad death of cyrille at the age of 59. so many wonderful tributes in the papers from those inside and outside of the law. the death of the daily mirror. an inspirational hero who changed the face of the ball. in the main story down the bottom is carillion, the bosses at carillion still getting fat cat wages despite the firm's collapsed. and you might recognise this girl, the mother of poppi worthington calling for her death to be re—examined, after the coroner ruled she was sexually assaulted. that is on the front page of the sun as well. the guardian, a picture of dolores o'riordan, who was found dead in a hotel room

yesterday. and the scramble to save jobs as the carillion crisis deepens. lots of them of course looking at carillion, the times asking whether taxpayers will face a huge bill. a different story on the top, slave workers from eastern europe, they say, are being used to collect donated clothes from households on behalf of charities. on the front page of the daily mail, dolores o'riordan on the front page, the lead singer of the cranberries, and supermarket bans plastic is their main headline. we will speak to the head of packaging at iceland, the first store in the world to remove packaging from all its products. and magnificent trousers. they get me further up the billing, hopefully more often! you wait to see steph‘s tomorrow! hopefully more often! you wait to see steph's tomorrow! as you were saying, lots of tributes in the papers to cyrille regis, ian wright

writing in the sun about how he was inspired to get into football by cyrille regis. interesting story in the telegraph about novak djokovic at the australian open, floating the idea of the players‘ strike, because he says not enough of the money which grand slam is earning is passed down to the players. perhaps he has a point, they are the stars of the show, aren‘t they? and a story about joshua‘s next of the show, aren‘t they? and a story aboutjoshua‘s next opponent, jozsef parker, who eats raw fish. i am mesmerised by the fish. you can put it down now, you know! i will obviously be talking about carillion through the morning, another story i have been looking at is about sickies, apparently we are taking fewer sick days but it is costing the economy more because we are going into work sick. so lots of

people are going in still sick, and therefore not being very productive. talking about being sick, doctors say don‘t hold sneezes in. because this man really hurt himself, he had blocked his nose and mouth and really seriously damaged himself. blocked his nose and mouth and really seriously damaged himselflj told really seriously damaged himself.” told you about your silent sneeze, you shouldn‘t do that! you have to let it go. i will think about it. i have not injured myself yet. calls from the rspca about people who think they have seen an animal in a certain area, and it is not actually true. a woman in coventry said she was scared a lizard was approaching her house, it was in fact a stripy pink sock. a dead horse was in the bath tub, —— a dead horse was in fa ct a bath tub, —— a dead horse was in fact a bath tub, and another animal turned out to be a pair of slippers. how did they not know they had a cat? steph, you have gone too deep.

i felt i needed to share that with the nation. plans to drastically improve transport links between cities in the north of england over the next 30 years will be released today. as well as new rail lines, there are talks of a new tunnel connecting sheffield and manchester. our correspondent alison freeman joins us now from darlington. alison, what do we know so far? good morning, yes. darlington is an appropriate place to launch this strategy, the home of rail, where the first public passenger railway was in the 1820s. this strategy is really looking forward, over the next 30 years, up until 2050. in a nutshell, the people behind the plan wa nt to nutshell, the people behind the plan want to improve roads and rail links across the north of england. that is taking in the humber, yorkshire, the north—east and the north—west. they wa nt to north—east and the north—west. they want tojoin north—east and the north—west. they want to join together ports, airports and cities, so that people and goods can be transported around

far more easily. it is going to come off the back of hs2, creating better rail links, really. the main new newsgroup will find out is about the northern rail system, which could be in place by the 20 30s and will make travel between cities much more easy. it is going to cost about £60 billion but could bring £100 billion of investment to the area. the public consultation on the plans will start today, and the government really does have to listen. an investigation seen exclusively by this programme has raised concern about care support for more than 21,000 children with complex special needs in england. every child with a special need has to receive a fresh assessment for their care by 31 march, but it seems the majority of local authorities are going to miss this deadline. jayne mccubbin has been looking in to this as part of our focus on this issue. jayne, how is the system changing? 0k,

ok, good morning. it is meant to be better, it is meant to be simpler. it is meant to be betterfor children and families. it was always going to be a hugejob, almost 240,000 children, who are under send statements, which tells you what your child is entitled to in terms of support, and they had to be transferred over to this new system of educational health and care plans, ehcps. all children were meant to be transferred over by 2015, but an foia has found the majority of councils are going to miss this deadline. we are hearing that the stakes are being made as councils rush to try and hit it. when it happens, it is children who are paying the price. it is the biggest reform to special educational needs support in a generation and since 2014 the clock has been ticking. councils were given 43 months to transfer all children off the old system of

statements, to receive new, improved educational health and care plans. so how is that shaking up?m educational health and care plans. so how is that shaking up? it is a mess, a complete mess. it is a com plete mess, a complete mess. it is a complete and utter disaster. racher complete and utter disaster. rachel‘s youngest daughter has autism, and has struggled out of school for three years. it was meant to ta ke school for three years. it was meant to take 20 weeks to assess her for a new support plan. today, they are in week 54, and still no plan or support in place. the medical assessment wasn‘t done, and the social care assessment wasn‘t done. you had to crowd fund to get the right assessment. we did, we did have the crowd get the right assessment. they have failed her on every level, at every point they have failed her. walsall council say it is committed to working with councils to meet individual needs and achieve the best outcomes for children, but holly is one of an estimated 21,000 children in limbo, who will still be waiting to receive a plan by deadline day. this is a

support group in richmond, the area with the worst delays in england. everyone here has faced delays, eve ryo ne everyone here has faced delays, everyone who has faced problems. the plant for bill‘s son, rudi, was missing support needed. ten days' time we will be in another tribunal. the first—rate dinner was held in may last year. how much have you spent on this fight? richmond are very aware of this, just under £60,000 so far. sarah has also has to pay to pay for four sons who are autistic. they changed case optus is five times. so we never knew who our case officer was. melanie says her daughter is broken by the delays. she meets with these professionals. she meets with these professionals. she has ashley refused now to fill those forms out any more. she says i am not filling them out, because nobody read them, and nobody

actually ca res. nobody read them, and nobody actually cares. richmond council tell me they have been working with families to ensure each transfer is also strong, informed, individually tailored plans. even though it has taken 3.5 years to only do half the transfers, they reckon they can the rest done in the next seven weeks. impossible. it is not doable. it won‘t be quality, and it won‘t be considered. the quality of new plans isa considered. the quality of new plans is a concern, right across england. do you want the government to scrap this deadline? it would be held if they would extend this deadline. having such a ruthless deadline is putting at risk the quality of plans that are being delivered, in order to meet that timescale. not everyone would describe 3.5 years as a ruthless deadline. this letter was sent to local authorities recently, reminding them of the need to hit it. the government say that with a starting point of 250,000 transfers, councils are making good progress, not words these parents would use to describe their own experiences.

we have a week of looking at special education needs on breakfast, as we had last year, and we had a huge response to that. the cop dom problems you are concentrating on our widely known, aren‘t they? our widely known, aren't they? you know, back in early 2017, the government realised there were huge delays and problems here and they started asking local authorities to provide monthly updates to them, at which the government chose not to publish. so this freedom of information act request from these pa rents‘ information act request from these parents‘ forum really is the first proper picture we have of how it is going. and it is not great. based on the numbers of children still on state m e nts the numbers of children still on statements last year, they were able to calculate how many are likely to be understatement come deadline day, at 20 1000. if the pace transfers stays the same as it did last year, the dfe say this means nine out of ten children will be transferred over to the new system. but the foia also shows that 60% of authorities,

if they continue at the same rate of change, will miss that deadline. and 10% of those local authorities will miss that deadline by more than one year, if they follow the same rate of richmond say they are picking up the pace, the department of education is a councils are picking up education is a councils are picking up the pace, but these plans are meant to be bespoke, personalised, top quality. if you pick up the pace, what happens to that quality? ofsted, tqc, local government ombudsman, even council authorities themselves say they are struggling to meet this target and it is families which are left trying to put this right. children are paying the price —— cqc. put this right. children are paying the price -- cqc. and we would love people to get in touch, as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad.

a trial against a man accused of raping a woman he met after the notting hill carnival has collapsed at snaresbrook crown court, after images emerged of the accused and his alleged victim cuddling in bed together. 28—year—old samson makele always said the sex was consensual, but the metropolitan police failed to find the images on his phone. it is the third rape case to collapse injust over a month, after investigators failed to find key evidence. a woman from east london who underwent a gall bladder operation which went wrong says she will give back any compensation she gets from the nhs. nicola jane cook needs a mobility scooter to get around, following surgery at several different hospitals in london. she is now suing the nhs for hundreds of thousands of pounds, and if she is successful in her claim, she plans to give it all to a charity at her local hospital, romford. to give it back, because it is a

legacy for my children, and it is healthcare that they can rely on. they are the ones on the frontline, you know. they are our national treasure, and we have to look after them. well, an nhs insider has told us ms cook‘s actions wouldn‘t be help help to them, because her case will accumulate large legal bills. lawyers have put a figure on how much thieves managed to steal in the hatton garden safety deposit box theft in london three years ago. they say it was around £13.5 million, less than some estimates had put the total. a judge will now decide how much five of the gang, all of whom are in prison, will pay back. much of what was stolen has never been recovered. one of the robbers is still on the run. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, marylebone road is down to a single lane westbound outside baker street station, for repairs to a gas leak. let‘s have a check on the weather, with kate.

good morning. it is a chilly start to today compared to yesterday. we had some showers overnight, and those showers like you to continue as we head through the course of the day. but they are becoming fewer and further between, so it‘s not a bad day. we should get some sunshine. if you do get the showers, it could be quite heavy, but they will blow through quite quickly. that westerly wind fairly brisk through the course of the day. it is going to feel cold, though, in the wind. maximum temperature around five celsius. now, overnight those showers will continue to blow through. could fall a little wintry over higher ground, a little wintry over higher ground, a bit of hail mixed in their potentially, but to lower levels they will fall as rain. many places staying dry overnight. the minimum temperature two or three celsius, the breeze helping to keep the frost that way. so tomorrow, looking for lots of sunshine. a cold, brisk start. the breeze still fairly chilly. a dry day, though, still the chance for one or two isolated

showers, temperatures managing to reach seven celsius, but in the wind it is going to feel cold. we are into a stormy night for thursday, the met office has a weather warning overnight for strong winds. showers to follow. va nessa vanessa feltz has a breakfast show between 7am and 10am tomorrow. i will be back in half an hour. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. we‘ll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: from the school playground to the pitch, we‘ll speak to sports presenter gabby logan about a new campaign to get kids moving. also this morning, how this very special penguin could help protect the antarctic. and after 9am, it‘s been a turbulent time for her character but star of call the midwife laura main will be here ahead of the new series. good morning. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news.

the future of some major construction projects and hundreds of public service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion. britain‘s second largest construction firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contracts for schools, hospitals and prisons, went into liquidation yesterday with debts of around £1.5 billion. the political fallout continued last night as ministers held an emergency meeting and labour questioned why carillion continued to be awarded contracts despite repeated profit warnings. 13 brothers and sisters between the ages of two and 29 have been discovered in a malnourished and dirty state at their home in california. some of them were chained to their beds. the alarm was raised on sunday, when one girl escaped and alerted the authorities. their parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. mps say the manufacturer, whirlpool, hasn‘t done enough to deal with defective tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires. the company insisted its repair campaign has

been comparatively successful. but the commons business committee said the response to the problem, discovered in 2015, had been woeful and it was unacceptable that more than one million potentially dangerous dryers were still being used in people‘s homes. well, their evidence was woeful. since 2004, they admit there are have been 740 fires in people‘s homes caused by these tumble dryers and yet still today in 2018 there are1 million of and yet still today in 2018 there are 1 million of these tumble dryers in people‘s homes and they need to ta ke in people‘s homes and they need to take much stronger action to get those tumble dryers out people‘s homes and to end the complacency that has mired the company and the evidence that they gave. a blast has brought down a residential building in the belgian city of antwerp, injuring several people. the origin of the explosion is not clear but police said they did not believe it was related to terrorism. three people have been removed from the rubble, including a child. belgium has been on high alert since three co—ordinated suicide

bombings in brussels killed 32 people in 2016. the american gymnast simone biles has said she was sexually abused by the former usa team coach larry nassar. the four—time olympic champion tweeted that she too is one of the many survivors, but has been relu cta nt to of the many survivors, but has been reluctant to speak out until now. larry nassar was jailed last month for 60 years for possessing images of child sexual abuse, and is awaiting sentence for assaulting other athletes. the supermarket chain, iceland, has said it will eliminate plastic from its own brand products within five years. the retailer said plastic would be replaced with paper which could be recycled. the move has been welcomed by environmental campaigners and comes amid growing concern over plastic pollution in the world‘s oceans, where it can harm or kill wildlife. a speeding car in california was hurled into the upper floor of an office building after it hit a road divider in the early hours of sunday morning. the crash left one half of the vehicle hanging out of the building and the driver admitted to officers he had used drugs before getting behind the wheel. luckily both driver and passenger survived, suffering only minor injuries

laughter that is genuinely incredible footage, isn‘t it? while you do the sport, i will look at the picture in the papers. while you do the sport, i will look at the picture in the papersm while you do the sport, i will look at the picture in the papers. it is something from back to future, isn‘t it? here it is, can you see the aftermath? go into the dentist, because it says dental office! unbelievable. i am talking about the australian open, which started yesterday, we had kyle beckerman through in the big —— biggest win of

his career, —— kyle edmund, the men‘s british number one representing with andy murray out. and number one johanna konta representing with andy murray out. and number onejohanna konta is also three and it was an easy day for her ina three and it was an easy day for her in a confident return to form. konta said she really enjoyed the heat in melbourne and tried to absorb the atmosphere in the arena. and she certainly looked comfortable out there. the match lasted little over an hour and konta only dropped four games against madison brengle. she‘ll play another american, bernarda pera. the six—times champion novak djokovic has been back in action for the first time since wimbledon, and he came through with ease, only dropping serve once in beating donald young. djokovic is seeded 14th, after missing the second half of 2017 with an elbow injury. and he was wearing quite a fetching kind of arm long/ coloured sleeve to play in melbourne this morning. —— flesh coloured sleeve. manchester united have done their best to take advantage of manchester city‘s defeat at liverpool,

narrowing the gap at the top of the premier league to 12 points. they beat stoke 3—0 last night, with new stoke manager paul lambert watching from the stands. and jose mourinho isn‘t quite giving up the title race yet. we know that the distance is a very important distance. i‘ve been there before, and you can control your destiny, and you play relaxed. and, when you play relaxed, the best qualities are coming. so i think they have their destiny in their hands, but we want to win matches, we want to finish the best we can. ryan giggs has been confirmed as the new manager of the wales national side. he‘s agreed a four—year deal, and he says he‘s been unfairly criticised by fans, who questioned his commitment. giggs says a desire to reach a major tournament with his country burns inside him. it was just an opportunity that i couldn‘t turn down. you know, i had the assistant manager role at manchester united after i finished playing, which i have enjoyed. i haven‘t done that for 18 months now andi haven‘t done that for 18 months now and i am itching to get back to

football, because that is where i feel comfortable, that is where i belong. and tremendously honoured and proud to be the next welsh manager. west bromwich albion have described cyrille regis as "a pioneer for black footballers across the world". regis died on sunday aged 59 after a suspected heart attack. he played nearly 300 times for west brom in the 1970s and ‘80s. he became the third black player to play for england and was made an mbe in 2008. there is very few black men in the game of football who could have got through that time that cyrille got through that time that cyrille got through and still achieved and still played for his company and still played for his company and still played for his company and still played for big football clubs. he was... he wasjust played for big football clubs. he was... he was just a leader. england cricketer ben stokes has been charged with affray over an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september, which left a man with a fractured eye socket. stokes missed the ashes series and the selectors will be meeting

over the next couple of days to discuss his future. stokes has been charged along with two other men. finally, ireland and ulster winger tommy bowe has announced he will retire at the end of the season, opting to make the announcement through poetry. the former lions winger posted this on twitter: it is the kind of thing carol would pen. she loves the limerick. there isa pen. she loves the limerick. there is a bit ofa pen. she loves the limerick. there is a bit of a recent issue with that column i think. you are very critical today. i have obviously woken up on the wrong side of bed. —— limerick. the mother of poppi worthington has described the five years since her daughter‘s death as a complete nightmare. yesterday an inquest concluded the toddler was sexually assaulted before she died of asphyxia in bed next to her father. our social affairs correspondent, clare fallon, has been following the story from the start.

shejoins us now. good morning. it has been a really long and difficult case, this one, hasn‘t it? long and difficult case, this one, hasn't it? it has been going on for more than five years now. essentially it was the job of the coroner at this second inquest to establish how poppi worthington died. during the course of the evidence we heard that in december 2012 a frantic 999 call was made by her mother. poppi worthington had stopped breathing at their home. she was taken to hospital. medics couldn‘t restart her heart. right from the outset there were suspicions about how poppi worthington had died. there is also being a great deal of disagreement and conflict with different medical experts giving opposing opinions about what happened to her. but yesterday with this inquest the coroner ruled that he believed that

poppi worthington‘s father had moved herfrom her cot in poppi worthington‘s father had moved her from her cot in the early hours of the morning and that poppi worthington was probably sexually abused before she died. cause of death being recorded as asphyxia. the coroner said he believes she was left in and on safe sleeping position and she couldn‘t breathe properly. what has been the reaction? well, during that conclusion yesterday at the hearing, poppi worthington‘s mother was there, she left the hearing in tears as the details were given. much of the reaction has been about the police investigation. we know that the police investigation was deeply flawed, potentially crucial evidence was lost. things like the pyjama bottoms that poppi worthington was wearing that morning, also the last nappy that she was wearing. the chief custard will of cumbria police has previously apologised for his force‘s failings and yesterday he apologised again.

it is clear that the initial investigation surrounding poppi's deathin investigation surrounding poppi's death in 2012 has done little to assist the coroner in coming to a conclusion in how poppi died and i greatly regret this. i have previously accepted the justifiable criticism that has been directed at the constabulary and i will consider the constabulary and i will consider the detail of the coroner's conclusion and his comments today and we will have an early discussion with crown prosecution service in order to determine possible causes of action. so what happens now, where does it end? the so what happens now, where does it end ? the crown so what happens now, where does it end? the crown prosecution service has essentially previously said there is not enough evidence for there is not enough evidence for there to be a realistic prospect of a successful conviction against paul worthington, a man who has always denied that he did anything to harm his daughter. now, poppi worthington‘s mother is asking the crown prosecution service to look at the case again and re—examine that decision not to press any charges. this is a problem, bear in mind,

because of the lost evidence, which police didn‘t seize. some people would say that is one of the reasons potentially why prosecutors believe there isn‘t enough evidence for there isn‘t enough evidence for there to be a trial in a criminal court. also there is a call for a public enquiry into cumbria police. thank you very much for bringing us up thank you very much for bringing us up to date on such a difficult case. let‘s find out what is happening in the weather. depending on what you are doing today and tomorrow, it could be quite disruptive. morning to you both. we are looking at disruptive weather over the next couple of days. this has recently been sent from jimmy. it is snowing in many parts of the country, and those snow showers will be on and off through the course of the day, with a brisk wind. so it will feel it. they are that in mind if you are just stepping out now. there is also

the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. the snow showers continue, not just surfaces. the snow showers continue, notjust on surfaces. the snow showers continue, not just on the surfaces. the snow showers continue, notjust on the hills, but down to sea level as well. some of the driest conditions will be across parts of north—east england. as you come south, we have those snow showers not just on come south, we have those snow showers notjust on the hills but at low levels as well. some snow showers across parts of wales. most of those will be at height, and some of those will be at height, and some of the heaviest showers through the day, you could see some wintry stuff at lower levels as well. and across south—west england, again windy with some showers. you are more likely to see some hail at lower levels, and if there is any wintry edge to the showers it will be with height. a dry start. with the strong winds, large waves crashing onshore across the south—west, as we will over the next few days. and the snow showers continuing to pioline. at lower levels on the northern parts of the country, we will see at lower levels as well. it is the south which will

hang on to the pale and rain showers. this is will how it will feel, regardless of what it says on the thermometer, with the wind against your skin. so leading into a cold night, the snow showers continuing. the wind will strengthen for a time. some of those snow showers will also be at low levels and there is a risk of ice on untreated surfaces. however you look at it, it will be a cold night. these are the temperatures in towns and cities, lower than that in rural areas. tomorrow we start off with snow showers. wind easing in touch. we will see some showers fading, but there will be some more sunshine around tomorrow, and dry weather. then the next system comes our way. you can see it ringing some rain in from the west. this is a deepening area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic. the exact track could change, but this is what we think at the moment. on its leading edge it will have some rain and snow, snow coming in across northern ireland, parts of england, and scotland. some of that snow could be heavy and

disruptive. add in the wind. we are looking at gales across the central zuev. again, across north wales, northern england and in towards norfolk as well. further south and to the west of it, it will be pretty windy. that could lead to some disruption. keep abreast of what is happening where you are, on your bbc local radio station. thank you very much for all of those details. good weather for much for all of those details. good weatherfor penguins. we have a very special guest on breakfast this morning. this is wolfy, the penguin, named after the artist who designed him. he, along with some friends, has travelled round the world, from johannesburg to seoul to london, to try and protect his home in the antarctic. we will hear why in about 20 minutes. he

in about 20 minutes. has now been replaced by ou wonderful he has now been replaced by our wonderful colleague, sadly. well, not sadly. the best instruction i have ever heard is penguin off, steph on. clear the penguin, clear the penguin. i am not allowed to touch the penguin. it is too delicate. there was a clear message given this morning to only one person on this so far, don‘t touch the penguin. guess who it was for. it is because you are terrible, anju? tripping on things...” wouldn‘t want to damage it, it is very expensive —— aren‘t you. and there is a big plan to improve transport in the north. getting around the north of england could look very different over the next 30 years, if a new transport plan

becomes a reality. we will get more details later this morning, and steph can tell us more. the idea is to improve the rails, the road, and just the general movement around the north of england. for a long time there has been criticism that there has been under investment in the area, so this will go to consultation. it will cost around £2.3 billion per year over the next 30 years, and they have worked out that means about £150 for every northern citizen. there are loads of elements to this, and i will be talking throughout the programme about some of them. one is about the journey between manchester and sheffield. which we have all done. it can take an age. so i did thatjourney to see what it is like, and also to look at this idea around whether building a tunnel between the two cities could make a big difference. the north of england is classed as this area. it is home to 15 million people, which is nearly a quarter of the uk‘s population. it has been

argued that poor transport links are the key reason for the north falling behind economically, but fixing that isn‘t easy. now, take the journey between manchester and sheffield, that i am doing now. nearly three quarters of people who commute between the two cities do so by road, and it can take about 75 minutes to get between them. that is atan minutes to get between them. that is at an average speed under 35 mph, on uncongested roads. after two hours of travelling, i am in sheffield to meet david, who runs an architecture business here. he is keen to show me what commuting is like for him. so this is university round about now. ifigo this is university round about now. if i go the direct route, it will ta ke if i go the direct route, it will take one or two hours. you are a regular commuterfrom take one or two hours. you are a regular commuter from sheffield to manchester. completely regular. we trade well with manchester, but if i do thejourney, for trade well with manchester, but if i do the journey, for example tonight, with a meeting at ex— pm, i will set

off at three p.m.. just in case. so it is totally unproductive time. can you not get the train? yes, but that is an hour, minimum. i have to get to the train station, park, get out of the train and get to my next meeting. the train should be 30 minutes, not an hour. part of the problem is that all the road routes between the cities are not designed for heavy duty traffic. so one idea is to build a tunnel. how much of a difference would it make to your business if there was a tunnel between sheffield and manchester?m would make an enormous amount of difference. we could get there with a consistent amount of time, you could forecast it into jobs, mileage, cost. it is literally a day at the office at present, it is two hours there and back, with meetings. you have ruined the day. the proposals would impact villages like this one, which has a lot of heavy traffic coming through it. hello. ladies, what do you think about a

tunnel between here and sheffield? fabulous, well needed. about time. about time, exactly. yes, great. you live on the main road, don‘t you? about time, exactly. yes, great. you live on the main road, don't you?” certainly do, i live on the road itself, and i know it is a bone of contention with the locals. the way they fly down the road is absolutely diabolical. two i think a tunnel sounds like a great idea, as long as it bypasses the villages completely. anything that gets the heavy vehicles off that top road. it is beautiful appear, but there is clearly a need for better transport, and the plan would reduce journey times, but it wouldn‘t come cheap. and that is the challenge, balancing the cost versus the benefits. so that is the plan. we will have the ceo of transport for the north on, who is called barry white.” just look at the fact it was barry

white. the thing about that whole piece is is such a stunning landscape, as well. and standing the 2.5 hours on your way in and out. the remaining members of the irish rock band the cranberries have paid tribute to their lead singer, dolores o‘riordan, who died yesterday at the age of 46. last night the band tweeted: we are devastated on the passing of our friend dolores. she was an extraordinary talent and we feel very privileged to have been part of her life from 1989 when we started the cranberries. the world has lost a true artist today. the band dominated the 1990s album charts, selling 40 million records around the world, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. # do you have to let it linger? # do you have to, do you have to? # do you have to let it linger? linger was the first song dolores o‘riordan ever wrote with the cranberries. it turned her and the band into stars. # ijust want to be with you...#

linger was about teenage rejection. # i‘m such a fool for you...# folks, do me a favour. please welcome, and just in time for thanksgiving, the cranberries. their rapid success, particularly in america, soon saw the young singer—songwriter move on to weightier topics. # with their tanks and bombs...# zombie was a wrenchingly powerful protest song, written after two young children were killed by an ira bomb. # in your head... # zombie, zombie, zombie...# last year, the band were ready to tour once more, but it was cut short by health problems. i‘ve had health issues a lot in the last few years, but one of the worst things was i had a disc problem in my back, and i had to stop playing guitar.

the irish prime minister said, for anyone who grew up in ireland in the 1990s, dolores o‘riordan was the voice of a generation. # you got me wrapped around yourfinger...# a generation mourning the loss of one of music‘s great talents. # do you have to — do you have to? # do you have to let it linger?# just a stunning, beautiful voice. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. a trial against a man accused of raping a woman he met after the notting hill carnival has collapsed at snaresbrook crown court, after images emerged of the accused and his alleged victim cuddling in bed together.

28—year—old samson makele always said the sex was consensual, but the metropolitan police failed to find the images on his phone. it is the third rape case to collapse injust over a month, after investigators failed to find key evidence. a woman from east london who underwent a gall bladder operation which went wrong says she will give back any compensation she gets from the nhs. nicola jane cook needs a mobility scooter to get around, following surgery at several different hospitals in london. she is now suing the nhs for hundreds of thousands of pounds, and if she is successful in her claim, she plans to give it all to a charity at her local hospital, romford. i have to give it back, because it‘s a legacy for my children, and it‘s healthcare that they can rely on. they‘re the ones on the frontline, you know. they‘re our national treasure, and we have to look after them. well, an nhs insider has told us ms cook‘s actions wouldn‘t be

help to them, because her case will accumulate large legal bills. lawyers have put a figure on how much thieves managed to steal in the hatton garden safety deposit box theft in london three years ago. they say it was around £13.5 million, less than some estimates had put the total. a judge will now decide how much five of the gang, all of whom are in prison, will pay back. much of what was stolen has never been recovered. one of the robbers is still on the run. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. minor delays on the metropolitan line, between harrow—on—the—hill and watford, because of a signal failure. on the roads, marylebone road is down to a single lane westbound, outside baker street station, for repairs to a gas leak. on the north circular road, there are long delays on the westbound from the m11 at chingford to edmonton, because of a crash. let‘s have a check on the weather, with kate. good morning. it‘s a chillier start today, compared to yesterday.

we‘ve had some showers overnight, and those showers likely to continue as we head through the course of the day. but they‘re becoming fewer and further between, so it‘s not a bad day. we should get some sunshine. now, if you do get the showers, could be quite heavy, but they‘ll blow through quite quickly, that westerly wind fairly brisk through the course of the day. it is going to feel cold, though, in the wind — maximum temperature around five celsius. now, overnight, those showers will continue to blow through. could fall a little bit wintry over higher ground, a bit of hail mixed in there, potentially, but to lower levels they will fall as rain. and many places staying dry overnight. the minimum temperature two or three celsius, the breeze helping to keep the frost at bay. so, for tomorrow, looking at lots of sunshine. a cold, crisp start, the breeze still fairly chilly. a dry day, though. still the chance for one or two isolated showers, temperatures managing to reach seven celsius, but in the wind, it is going to feel cold. we‘re in for a stormy night for thursday. the met office has a weather warning

in place for strong winds. showers to follow. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. concerns for thousands of small businesses following the collapse of carillion. after britain‘s second largest construction firm has gone under, ministers held an emergency meeting with suppliers and subcontractors facing millions of pounds of unpaid bills. i will look at what chance the small businesses have of getting their money back and what that means for the work already carried out by carillion across the uk. good morning.

it‘s tuesday, january 16. also this morning: two parents are arrested in california after their 13 children are found captive at home, some shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks. whirlpool is accused of a woeful response to recalling tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires. mps say as many as a million machines are still in people‘s homes. in sport, johanna konta looks back to her best. the british number one cruises through to the second round of the australian open, after a confident straight sets win. and carol has the weather. good morning. we have some potentially disruptive weather on the way for the next few days. today we are looking at strong winds, snow showers even at sea

level and on higher ground it could lead to some blizzards and then wednesday into thursday we have gales and also some heavy snow forecast. i will have more details in 15 minutes. he 0k, he ok, we are prepared. good morning. first, our main story, the future of some major construction projects and hundreds of public service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion. britain‘s second largest construction firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contracts for schools, hospitals and prisons, went into liquidation yesterday with debts of around £1.5 billion. the political fallout continued last night as ministers held an emergency meeting and labour questioned why carillion continued to be awarded contracts despite repeated profit warnings. let‘s remind ourselves of the scale of carillion‘s influence. the company has 450 government contracts, including maintenance for prisons and hospitals, as well as dinners and cleaning for hundreds of schools. it is also the second largest supplier of maintenance services to network rail, and it maintains 50,000 homes for the ministry of defence.

the firm has 43,000 staff worldwide, including 20,000 in the uk. there are also thousands of small firms that carry out work on carillion‘s behalf, and steph‘s been hearing from some of them. some people who work for carillion as well. yes, it is strange to think 24 hours ago i was on the sofa saying that carillion went into liquidation and since then lots of people have been trying to work out what it means for them, lots of workers around the country, and there are so many different types of jobs, everyone from painters and decorators, cleaners in hospitals, cooks in schools, and so many variety ofjobs, so it‘s really hard to assess what it means. so lots of people have been in touch with me asking about it. we have had lots of

people who are suppliers to carillion who have asked what it means for them and people who have said that they used to supply them and they don‘t any more. nigel higgins said they used to supply building materials occasionally, but they took an age to play so he —— hastily closed the credit account. tim tried to get work for them for a time but they wouldn‘t agree to payment terms and it was horrendous. they would work for 30 days, invoice and wait 90 days for money. percy, the company i work for, they owe half a million, and people have been upset with the way they have been treated as suppliers in the past. based on what we know at the moment, in terms of the protection ofjobs, which is what people are worried about, if you are in the public sector side of this, if you are providing services, the government is going to carry on funding those jobs, so people in hospitals and

schools will be working and they would get paid. it is tricky on the private side of things. we don‘t know what will happen with the suppliers. and we know that with big projects like hs2 other contractors will come into take over the world. it might be that someone working with carillion will come with another company. the key thing is the uncertainty, just not knowing. one mortgage adviser told me yesterday he had calls from three carillion workers saying i am really not sure what is going to happen with myjob, will the bank hold my payments if it is the case i am made redundant? lots of questions coming in about it and lots of different areas and we will be speaking about it for a long time. so many people getting in touch. we will read them all. thank you. the american gymnast simone biles has said she was sexually abused by the former usa team coach larry nassar. the four—time olympic champion tweeted that she too is one of the many survivors, but has been reluctant to speak out until now.

larry nassar was jailed last month for 60 years for possessing images of child sexual abuse, and is awaiting sentence for assaulting other athletes. police in california have rescued 13 brothers and sisters from a house where some of them were chained to beds. pa rents parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. earlier we spoke with james cook. the car behind me is gleaming in the driveway. it was here on sunday when a 17—year—old girl escaped from this house, taking apparently a phone she had found with her and calling the police, the emergency number, 911, here in the us. when she met the police she told them 12 siblings were held captive inside the house. officers arrived and they found all 12 of them, some of them

shackled, some held by handcuffs to beds. they say it was foul smelling inside, conditions were terrible. some of the people appeared malnourished. at first they thought they were all children. it was only when they investigated further that they realised some of them were adults, seven of them in fact were adults. police were shocked to discover that simply because of their size and their apparent frailty as well. obviously there are a lot of questions asked here, not least by neighbours, who say that they knew that there was something slightly odd about the family. they didn‘t often see all 12, as one of them thought, there were 12 here. one woman said she thought that there were 12 siblings. she very rarely saw all of them and when she did they seemed to be just not willing to engage with anybody. they seemed to shrink away from the world.

they say that they had no idea about what was going on. the parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. and that was james cook reporting. the remaining members of the cranberries have paid tribute to their lead singer, dolores o‘riodan, who died yesterday at the age of 46. the irish rock band had a string of hits in the ‘90s, with singles including linger and zombie. their debut album sold 40 million records worldwide in 1993. last night the band tweeted: and so many people paying tribute to her as well. if you dread battling the traffic on the morning commute, spare a thought for early morning drivers in sydney, who had theirjourneys i think improved in many ways by a wayward wallaby. this footage was shot by police officers keeping pace with the mischievous marsupial, who was first spotted crossing

sydney‘s iconic harbour bridge at 5am. if you like an animal fact, they can hop at 30 miles an hour. one evaded capture for several miles before crossing the bridge and finally being cornered in a park. fortunately there‘s a happy ending to this tale as the wallaby was taken to a local zoo and is now recovering well from its early morning sight—seeing trip. it has been charged with dangerous hopping! everyone is happy. good morning. the collapse of carillion yesterday not only casts a long shadow of uncertainty over the future of the company‘s 20,000 british workers, it could also have a serious impact on thousands of small businesses whose work was based on subcontracting from the construction and services giant. mike cherry is the chairman of the federation of small businesses. —— kevin mclaughlan runs a painting and decorating business. on monday

morning people turned up to go to work and 30 people were sent home. we have not been advised in the office. very difficult situation. we still had another job office. very difficult situation. we still had anotherjob in the city, and the impact is that we have lost the money that they ask, but we have lost a forward order book of half a million. six months ago we were working for a company that was worth £2 billion. in six months it is worth 60 million pounds. we had been paid on time and everyone was treating us fine. there was no communication about the problems. we read the press. i have no reason to think. then it became apparent last week and all the weekend before last that there were problems on the banks were beginning to withdraw

funding. at christmas we heard that the funding was going to last until april. then we heard it would be next week and then hence from thursday onwards the government have clearly pulled the plug. a kind of understand. but they did not do it to the banks. they haven‘t done it to the banks. they haven‘t done it to the banks. they haven‘t done it to the hospitals or the prison. they have done it to normal work will be —— working people, and they don‘t get any consideration whatsoever. mike cherry is the chairman of the federation of small businesses. he really clearly outlines the problem he has been having. how widespread is this?” problem he has been having. how widespread is this? i believe this is very widespread. i wrote to the chairman of carillion lastjuly when they extended their payment terms to 120 days and clearly this is a culture that we have been fostering forfar culture that we have been fostering for far too culture that we have been fostering forfar too long in culture that we have been fostering for far too long in this country, companies abusing the supply chain through late payment or other requirements imposed on their

suppliers and it has to stop. this is just suppliers and it has to stop. this isjust one of suppliers and it has to stop. this is just one of those examples. my heart goes out to all the small businesses and employees affected by this. it will be a long time before we see the end of the fallout and hopefully some of these businesses will continue. i am afraid many may not. anyway to gauge the numbers? we know that steph said over 40,000 employed by carillion around the world. in terms of the number of small businesses affected, it is hundreds of thousands of people. we have seen media reports up to 30,000 businesses, £1 billion in the supply chain paid out according to their accou nts chain paid out according to their accounts last year. that is huge numbers. unfortunately, many of those businesses are unlikely to survive. i would those businesses are unlikely to survive. iwould hope those businesses are unlikely to survive. i would hope that the government is able to do something to help them. as we all know, small businesses are at the end of the creditor chain and they are not supported by creditors. it raises a

point about government procurement. for some time, we have been arguing that the targets that government has set to push more business down to small businesses just doesn‘t seem to be working. and here you see it as an example, where you have got large contracts in the hands of small large group of companies. the government argue would be that we give it to a company like carillion and it ends up with some of the small and medium—sized businesses, is ita small and medium—sized businesses, is it a valid argument?” small and medium—sized businesses, is it a valid argument? i don't believe so because the management rests with carillion and oversight is with carillion and as we have are already suppliers are not being paid by carillion, or they were not being paid, and it is something that has to be broken up and stopped and the government has to take a long hard look at this. kevin was talking about people being turned away from jobs, so there is a very stark choice and stark things happening to people right now, so what can small companies do — it sounds like from what you have said, it is a very

dire picture. if in the gaia, they are unsecured creditors at the end of the day and clearly the banks are infora of the day and clearly the banks are in for a vast amount of money and the government will have to step in and keep the contracts going —— it is dire. the minister said this won‘t cost the taxpayer any more money, the public services, he explained to us, in some ways it is paid for that, so will it come down to taxpayers‘ money? paid for that, so will it come down to taxpayers' money? there will be some increase in some of the contracts. one would hope that more businesses will be taken on by the companies that take over these contracts, but that is really a question for the government to be looking out to see how they can develop this for the future so that it doesn‘t happen again. develop this for the future so that it doesn't happen again.” develop this for the future so that it doesn't happen again. i was reading, steph was breaking the story at 7am yesterday this time 24 hours ago and by 8am some small businesses were laying people off to try and weigh up what they were going to have to be doing over the next few days and weeks. clearly their cash flow has been impacted according to some of the reports we have seen and that means that those

businesses the easiest thing to do is to lay off staff, the quickest way to save cash, and as i say my heart goes out to those employees who are affected by this. ok, well, thank you very much indeed, and i know that lots of you are very concerned about this getting in touch as well and we appreciate you getting in touch and we will look at some of those later. yes, and send those messages into steph, she is trying to relay that information to you, so get in contact via the normal method, by e—mail, breakfast @bbc.co.uk and you can find us on social media as well. there is some quite disruptive weather on the way, isn‘t there, carol? quite disruptive weather on the way, isn't there, carol? absolutely right, good morning. if you are travelling in the next few days you may run into that. there is ice,

snow and gales in the forecast for some of us. today we have a cold day, sunshine and showers. some of those showers have been falling as snow even at lower levels through the course of the night and will continue to do so through the course of the day. we have some showers in ireland, there is the risk of ice, as the snow comes down to lower levels. in scotland, snow showers down to sea level. the risk of ice and some of the driest weather will be across north—east scotland and also parts of eastern england. as we come south, you have snow showers down to lower levels as well, but they are showers so not everyone is seeing them. in wales, the risk of ice. as we move into the south—west, mostly rain showers we will see today. you might see some wintriness in the hills, and at times, in the heavy showers further south, you could see some showers as well. in the east anglia and kent, a lot of dry weather. it will be a noticeably windy day, a brisk wind exacerbating

the cold feel. the showers pile in even at lower levels across the northern parts of the country. across the central zuev, at times in the heavy showers we could see a little bit of wintriness at lower levels. temperatures today widely about 227 celsius, but had on the wind and it will feel more like —4, freezing, two plus two or three as become further south. into the evening and overnight, the wind eases a touch for some and strengthens for others. we continue with the snow showers and once again the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. these temperatures indicate what you can see in towns and cities. colder than that in rural areas. tomorrow we start with cold showers, a fair bit of sunshine around tomorrow. a little bit less cold than today, but still windy in the north. temperatures between about three and seven. but later in the day this next system, a deep area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic, comes our way. the

track we think it will take tom and disk could change as to the timing, but we think it will come our way as we go through the latter part of tuesday into wednesday. it could bring snow from northern england, the southern and eastern scotland, and it will be accompanied by gales across the central zuev of the country. we are talking parts of northern ireland, north wales, and over towards norfolk as well. you can see from the isobars to the south of that it will be windy thursday in the south, and also the squeeze on its western flank. so disruption is quite possible from the combination of rain, snow and also wind. there will be large waves crashing on shore, being driven by the wind in the south—west of england. and they will merge with the many high tides coming our way this week as well. so tons going on with the weather, and i am not even finished yet, but i am run out of time. i will give a little bit back, here you go. hopefully we will hear

more in half an hour. there is so much to listen to. listen carefully and take care. important days ahead in terms of coming around the country. we have been telling you the sad news of the death of dolores o‘riordan yesterday. she was found deadin o‘riordan yesterday. she was found dead ina o‘riordan yesterday. she was found dead in a hotel yesterday. the picture is on the front page of a number of the papers, and carillion is the story which dominates many of the front pages. the scramble to savejobs, the front pages. the scramble to save jobs, says the guardian. another story really dominating the front pages is poppi worthington, andi front pages is poppi worthington, and i am sure lots of people will recognise the picture of her. the mother of poppi worthington pleading with prosecutors to re—examine the death after the coroner ruled the girl was sexually assaulted by her father in herfinal girl was sexually assaulted by her father in her final hours. dolores —— poppi worthington also on the front page of the sun. and we will be speaking to the head of iceland later. iceland the first supermarket

in the world to remove plastic packaging from all its own label products. they will replace it with cardboard, which is far more easily recycla ble. cardboard, which is far more easily recyclable. the times are asking the question we talked about a few moments ago, whether taxpayers will face a bill for the collapse of carillion. and do you hold your sneeze? dan is always telling me not to hold onto my very elegant sneezes. it can be very dangerous. when sitting in the corner of the pa ct when sitting in the corner of the pact train, holding your nose can be not the right option. doctors warning against this practice after a man ruptured the back of his throat while trying to contain a convulsive explosion of air. he was admitted to hospital really are not admitted to hospital really are not a good way. i don't know if this is made up, i had a teacher at school who said of your eyes open... don't say it, you said it before! if your eyes open when you sneeze, they pop out of your head! on a sort of

health based continuance, we are speaking to laura from call the midwife later. and have a look at this story in the daily mail, this is helen george, who plays trixie franklin, she was so scared by some of the stories of earth from the programme that she chose to have a ca esa rea n. programme that she chose to have a caesarean. and do you watch it? it is one of those things i told you in secret! it is a brilliant programme, and we will be talking about it a little later. i have looked at the first of the next series. it is a very good programme, but because they are so relaxed, they tend to fall asleep to it. it is still an excellent programme which i very much enjoyed! the ongoing saga over millions of tumble dryers which are at risk of catching fire has exposed a wide failure in the uk‘s product safety system, according to a group of mps. it has been almost three years since the manufacturer, whirlpool, discovered a defect in some of it products, and yet more than one million

potentially dangerous dryers are still being used in people‘s homes. lynn faulds wood, a former watchdog presenter and chair of an independent review into recalls and unsafe products, joins us from our london newsroom. good morning to you. thank you very much forjoining us. let‘sjust good morning to you. thank you very much forjoining us. let‘s just talk about it. there are still many these, it seems, in people‘s home. the company estimates there are 1 million out there, but this is the business select committee, so it is an extremely important group of mps, who are saying that their response has been woeful. they are using words like that to describe the action by whirlpool. ifeel sorry for this company. they were a british... well, they weren‘t british... well, they weren‘t british any more, they are italian, but well known in britain, back in 2014. they paid £600 million plus for them, and i wonder whether they actually did due diligence. they found out they had 5.3 million

machines possibly at risk in people‘s homes, and they set up not recall programme, which i would have liked to see, but a modification programme. and it was so slow, people were waiting for a year. in fa ct, people were waiting for a year. in fact, you remember the shepherds bush fire, whereas spectacular, awful picture of smoke billowing out of the tower block in shepherds bush, and that was started by a woman using a tumble dryer which was due to be modified to next week. and the families are still not back in their homes, and that took place months, months ago. indeed, we have talked to some of them on breakfast. whirlpool, and you will be familiar with their statement, says our extensive tumble dryer campaign has achieved a resolution rate more than three times the average for a product recall. we provided resolution to 99.9% of those who registered, and most tumble dryers.

and the mps are saying that perhaps the uk‘s product safety system needs to be looked at again. notjust that, it is broken. i was asked to chaira that, it is broken. i was asked to chair a review into recall is, and potentially dangerous products, u nsafe potentially dangerous products, unsafe products. everything except food, and that was back at the end of 2014, when they announced it. so thatis of 2014, when they announced it. so that is over three years ago they announced it in the house of lords. and at first i refused to do their review, even though from watchdog, ten yea rs review, even though from watchdog, ten years of working with another government, the department of trade, as it was known then, henri calls. and companies used to ring me up and say please do our recall on your programme. “— say please do our recall on your programme. —— on recall is. and what has happened since then is that companies don‘t want to do recalls, they are expensive, and whirlpool i think will be even more out of pocket after all of this, it has

pictures of their products catching fire and being on the news, that is what has raised awareness. not as much the company, although they are claiming credit. they then told the business select committee, after they had their meeting, that there we re they had their meeting, that there were still 1 they had their meeting, that there were still! million out there, and they weren‘t going to modify them any more. now, that is a terrible way to treat people. thank you very much for your time here on bbc brea kfast. the government says it has taken a number of steps to improve product safety regime, including upgrading the recalls website to make it clear to the public which whitegoods are safe to use. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: stars from the world of football, tv and music are getting together in a new campaign to get children exercising. tim is at a school in north london with some very special super—movers. good morning. yes, good morning to you. from the launch of super

murders. the idea is that pupils get more active, not just murders. the idea is that pupils get more active, notjust in pe lessons, but throughout the school day. so we have pushed the desks back in the classroom, and we will be finding out how this whole project will work. and look who is taking part as well, gabby logan, one of the ambassadors of the super movers. it is about getting the brain active first thing in the morning. we will be finding out how it works a little bit later. first the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. a trial against a man accused of raping a woman he met after the notting hill carnival has collapsed at snaresbrook crown court, after images emerged of the accused and his alleged victim cuddling in bed together. 28—year—old samson makele always said the sex was consensual, but the metropolitan police failed to find the images on his phone. it is the third rape case to collapse injust over a month, after investigators failed to find key evidence. a woman from east london who underwent a gall bladder operation which went wrong says she will return any compensation she gets from the nhs.

nicola jane cook needs a mobility scooter to get around, following surgery at several hospitals in london. she is suing the nhs for hundreds of thousands of pounds, but if successful, she plans to give it all to a charity at her local hospital in romford. i have to give it back, because it‘s a legacy for my children, and it‘s healthcare that they can rely on. they‘re the ones that are on the frontline, you know. they‘re our national treasure, and we have to look after them. well, an nhs insider has told us ms cook‘s actions wouldn‘t be of help to them, because her case will accumulate large legal bills. lawyers have put a figure on how much thieves managed to steal in the hatton garden safety deposit box theft in london three years ago. they say it was around £13.5 million, which is less than some estimates had put the total. a judge will now decide how much five of the gang, all of whom are in prison, will pay back. much of what was stolen has never been recovered. one of the robbers is still on the run. let‘s have a look at

the travel situation now. minor delays on the metropolitan line, between harrow—on—the—hill and watford, because of a signal failure. on the roads, marylebone road is down to a single lane westbound outside, baker street station, for repairs to a gas leak. on the north circular road, there are long delays westbound from the m11 at chingford to edmonton, because of a crash. let‘s have a check on the weather, with kate. good morning. it‘s a chillier start today, compared to yesterday. we‘ve had some showers overnight, and those showers likely to continue as we head through the course of the day. but they‘re becoming fewer and further between, so it‘s not a bad day. we should get some sunshine. now, if you do get the showers, could be quite heavy, but they‘ll blow through quite quickly, that westerly wind fairly brisk through the course of the day. it is going to feel cold, though, in the wind — maximum temperature around five celsius. now, overnight, those showers will continue to blow through. could fall a little bit wintry over higher ground, a bit of hail mixed in there,

potentially, but to lower levels they will fall as rain, and many places staying dry overnight. the minimum temperature two or three celsius, the breeze helping to keep the frost at bay. so, for tomorrow, looking at lots of sunshine. a cold, crisp start, the breeze still fairly chilly. a dry day, though. still the chance for one or two isolated showers, temperatures managing to reach seven celsius, but in the wind, it is going to feel cold. we‘re in for a stormy night for thursday. the met office has a weather warning in place for strong winds. showers to follow. va nessa vanessa feltz has a paper review coming up in the next half an hour andi coming up in the next half an hour and i will be back in half an hour as well. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. the future of some major construction projects and hundreds of public service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion.

britain‘s second largest construction firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contracts for schools, hospitals and prisons, went into liquidation yesterday with debts of around £1.5 billion. the political fallout continued last night as ministers held an emergency meeting and labour questioned why carillion continued to be awarded contracts despite repeated profit warnings. 13 brothers and sisters between the ages of two and 29 have been discovered in a malnourished and dirty state at their home in california. some of them were chained to their beds. their parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. james cook has this report. they look like a big, happy family. they look like a big, happy family. the children a little pale perhaps but smiling. photographs on facebook show the turpins visiting disneyland and in las vegas as their apparently proud parents renewed wedding vows. now david and louise turpin are

under arrest charged with torture and child endangerment. the children are in hospital. our staff is used to taking people who are quite ill, they are used to compassionate care, and so we pull out all the stops so to speak to make sure that their privacy is dealt with, that they get the appropriate care and that they are treated with dignity and respect ata time are treated with dignity and respect at a time when they needed the most. the horror on muir woods road was uncovered early on sunday morning when a 17—year—old girl escaped with a mobile phone called the police. at the home offices found 12 siblings and were shocked to discover that seven were adults, the oldest 29. the captives were dirty and malnourished, say police, shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul smelling surroundings. as reporters arrived at the quiet suburb east of los angeles, neighbours said they were stunned. they were the type that you

didn‘t really get to know anything about them. they were very to themselves in a sense, so they only kept to themselves. and the only time you would see them, you would never see anyone visit. you would never see anyone visit. you would never see anyone go inside. all you would really see is that they would go out and make a grocery run and that was it. there is no hint at all here of the grim conditions inside his home. the questions about what happened are mounting. not least how long were the siblings held captive and why. mps say the manufacturer, whirlpool, hasn‘t done enough to deal with defective tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires. the company insisted its repair campaign has been comparatively successful. but the commons business committee said the response to the problem, discovered in 2015, had been woeful and it was unacceptable that more than one million potentially dangerous dryers were still being used in people‘s homes. a motorway bridge under construction

in colombia has collapsed, killing at least ten workers, and injuring five others. photos from the scene show a large part of the nearly 450—metre long bridge lying in the ravine below. officials say the cause of the collapse is under investigation. the american gymnast simone biles has said she was sexually abused by the former usa team coach larry nassar. the four—time olympic champion tweeted that she too is one of the many survivors, but has been reluctant to speak out until now. larry nassar was jailed last month for 60 years for possessing images of child sexual abuse, and is awaiting sentence for assaulting other athletes. the supermarket chain, iceland, has said it will eliminate plastic from its own brand products within five years. the retailer said plastic would be replaced with paper which could be recycled. the move has been welcomed by environmental campaigners and comes amid growing concern over plastic pollution in the world‘s oceans, where it can harm or kill wildlife. these are probably the most dramatic

pictures of the morning. a speeding car in california was hurled into the upper floor of an office building after it hit a road divider in the early hours of sunday morning. there we go. the crash left one half of the vehicle hanging out of the building and the driver admitted to officers he had used drugs before getting behind the wheel. just extraordinary. luckily both driver and passenger survived, suffering only minor injuries. these are some of the pictures today of where the car arrived, just above a dental office in america, so high in the building, itjust shows you the ridiculous nature of what that quy: the ridiculous nature of what that guy, whoever was driving, what on earth they were doing. and that they

we re earth they were doing. and that they were ok — just staggering. andy carroll will be in a couple of minutes. yes, and for the next few days as well, thursday i think, paying very close attention. very different weather conditions in australia. do you remember in the ashes it was over 50 celsius, always hot in melbourne. johanna konta was born in australia, so she says she really enjoys the heat. and she dispatched another american, it has been a very bad tournament for america, they have lost 12 players on the opening day yesterday and another couple have fallen overnight, and one at the hands of johanna konta. konta said she really enjoyed the heat in melbourne and tried to absorb the atmosphere in the arena. and she certainly looked comfortable out there. the match lasted little over an hour and konta only dropped four games against madison brengle. she‘ll play another american, bernarda pera. the six—times champion novak djokovic has been back in action for the first time since wimbledon, and he came through with ease, only dropping serve once in beating donald young.

djokovic is seeded 14th, after missing the second half of 2017 with an elbow injury. and he was wearing quite a fetching kind of arm long/ coloured sleeve to play in melbourne this morning. manchester united have done their best to take advantage of manchester city‘s defeat at liverpool, narrowing the gap at the top of the premier league to 12 points. they beat stoke 3—0 last night, with new stoke manager paul lambert watching from the stands. and jose mourinho isn‘t quite giving up the title race yet. we know that the distance is a very important distance. i‘ve been there before, and you can control your destiny, and you play relaxed. and, when you play relaxed, the best qualities are coming. so i think they have their destiny in their hands, but we want to win matches, we want to finish the best we can. ryan giggs has been confirmed as the new manager of the wales national side. he‘s agreed a four—year deal, and he says he‘s been unfairly criticised by fans, who questioned his commitment. giggs says a desire to reach a major tournament with his country burns inside him.

it was just an opportunity that i couldn‘t turn down. you know, i had the assistant manager role at manchester united after i finished playing, which i have enjoyed. i haven‘t done that for 18 months now and i am itching to get back to football, because that is where i feel comfortable, that is where i belong. and tremendously honoured and proud to be the next welsh manager. west bromwich albion have described cyrille regis as "a pioneer for black footballers across the world". regis died on sunday aged 59 after a suspected heart attack. he played nearly 300 times for west brom in the 1970s and ‘80s. he became the third black player to play for england and was made an mbe in 2008. there is very few black men in the game of football who could have got through that time that cyrille got through and still achieved and still played for his country and still played for big football clubs. he was... he was just a leader.

england cricketer ben stokes has been charged with affray over an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september, which left a man with a fractured eye socket. stokes missed the ashes series and the selectors will be meeting over the next couple of days to discuss his future. stokes has been charged along with two other men. finally, a bit of poetry for you, because ireland and ulster winger tommy bowe has announced he will retire at the end of the season, opting to make the announcement through poetry. the former lions winger posted this on twitter: and he ends it there. that is the

end of his career in rugby. quite a way to end it. a strategic plan for transport for the north of england over the next 30 years is being launched later this morning. steph has been taking a look at what differnce it could make to the region. yes, good morning. it is a big day for northern transport. we will speak with the boss of the organisation and announcing it in a moment. ijust organisation and announcing it in a moment. i just want to tell you a couple of details. it has been argued they have fallen behind the rest of the country when it comes to investment in transport. this morning experts will publish a plan for what should happen. that is, they think, over the next 30 years to put that right. there are lots of proposals in it. so i have been looking at how easy it is to travel between the cities in the north, and in particular manchester to sheffield. the north of england is classed as this area. it is home to 15 million people, which is nearly a quarter of the uk‘s population. it has been argued that poor transport links are the key reason

for the north falling behind economically, but fixing that isn‘t easy. now, take the journey between manchester and sheffield, that i‘m doing now. nearly three quarters of people who commute between the two cities do so by road, and it can take about 75 minutes to get between them. that is at an average speed under 35mph, on uncongested roads. after two hours of travelling, i‘m in sheffield to meet david, who runs an architecture business here. he is keen to show me what commuting is like for him. so this is university roundabout now. if i go the direct route, it will take one or two hours. you are a regular commuter from sheffield to manchester. regular as clockwork. we trade well with manchester, but if i do the journey, for example tonight, with a meeting at 6:00pm, i will set off at 3:00pm, just in case. so it‘s totally unproductive time. can you not get the train?

yes, but that‘s an hour, minimum. i have to get to the train station, park, get out of the train, and get to my next meeting. the train should be 30 minutes, not an hour. part of the problem is that all the road routes between the cities are not designed for heavy—duty traffic. so one idea is to build a tunnel. how much of a difference would it make to your business if there was a tunnel between sheffield and manchester? it would make an enormous amount of difference. we could get there with a consistent amount of time, you could forecast it intojobs, mileage, cost. it‘s literally a day at the office, at present. it‘s two hours there and back, with meetings — you‘ve ruined the day. the proposals would impact villages like this one, which has a lot of heavy traffic coming through it. hello. ladies, what do you think about a tunnel between here and sheffield? fabulous, well needed.

about time. about time, exactly. yes, great. you live on the main road, don‘t you? i certainly do. i live on the road itself, and i know it‘s a bone of contention with the locals. the way they fly down the road is absolutely diabolical. i think a tunnel sounds like a great idea, as long as it bypasses the villages completely. anything that gets the hgvs off that top road. it is beautiful up here, but there is clearly a need for better transport, and the plan would reduce journey times. but it wouldn‘t come cheap, and that is the challenge — balancing the cost versus the benefits. well, that is one of the ideas. let‘s get information about the others. barry white, ceo for transport for the north, joins me live from darlington. good morning to you. we were just hearing them about the plans

possibly for this potential tunnel between sheffield and manchester. can you give us a flavour of what else you have put out in this proposal? what we are setting out today in the strategic transport plan is a long—term investment plan to really tackle the issues you have described in that report from sheffield. the journey time described in that report from sheffield. thejourney time is north of england are holding the economy back and what we are doing is linking the future economic performance with an investment plan and that investment plan will seek to attract 50% more investment into the north of england over the next 30 years than current levels and that will help to reduce travel time between the major economic areas allowing businesses and people to work more effectively. so what else is in it? well, one of the schemes planned today will —— we will set out will be northern powerhouse rail

to link the six major cities in the north with faster trains and that will allow as an example currently there is only 10,000 people who can access the ten major cities of the north in one hour and northern powerhouse rail will increase it to 1.3 million people accessing the four cities in one hour. that means businesses can attract a workforce from a wider area and it means people can move more easily forjobs as well. so for businesses and jobs that long—term strategy underpinning investment is so important. that long—term strategy underpinning investment is so importantm that long—term strategy underpinning investment is so important. it is obviously clear to see the benefits as you have highlighted, but how long will this take, when could this happen? well there are a number of things happening already india‘s long—term plan we are publishing today to run over the next 30 years out to 2050 from 2030 but actually right now from work done earlier, there are new trains due on this year into the north of england,

renewing the train fleet starting over £1 billion of investment over the current franchise period, smart ticketing will start to be rolled out in 2018 on the rail network, so lots happening already, but what we are doing is setting out a long plan calling for more investment in the north and that investment will underpin economic growth seeking to achieve £100 billion per annum higher gva economic activity by 2050, 850,000 higher gva economic activity by 2050, 850 , 000 extra higher gva economic activity by 2050, 850,000 extra jobs in the north and that is what a long—term strategy can achieve. why is it so long, though, 30 years is massive, for people commuting and facing the challenge of travelling across the north now, i mean, 30 years is ages. well, there is much happening within that long—term strategy. within that we will have short—term projects, medium—term projects, and long—term projects. but it means that strategy

and that overview exists to attract investment in, which is so much neededin investment in, which is so much needed in the north. i have given you some examples in terms of what is happening in the shorter term, but we do need that strategy to attract long—term investment on a sustained basis, which allows long—term plans to be drawn up.” wa nt to long—term plans to be drawn up.” want to ask you why we have you, obviously we are talking a lot about carillion, in the news, which has been involved heavily in big projects including hs2. what are your thoughts on what is happening with carillion, and how that could affect infrastructure plans? well, carillion‘s sad demise, and the impact on people and its suppliers, is obviously a very sad issue. however, for our plans, carillion‘s problems do not affect our future plans. so from our point of view, the plans we are publishing today, there is a very strong supply chain across the uk, and that strong

supply chain will be there to deliver these future plans. thank you very much for your time, barry white. ceo for transport in the north, and what a cracking name. white. ceo for transport in the north, and what a cracking namem is interesting when you talk about these projects, long—term, 30 years, as you say, and for, had done mac —— for dan, who does this trip every day, another 30 years on the brea kfast sofa. day, another 30 years on the breakfast sofa. janet says it can ta ke two breakfast sofa. janet says it can take two powers to travel by liverpool 14 miles. michelle cumbria says it takes an hour to get to the motorway, —— michelle in cumbria. and sharon says yet again there are talks of building new rail links and tunnels in the north. in devon they are waiting foran tunnels in the north. in devon they are waiting for an alternative to the donnish section of the line

which is closed more often than it is open. we know that the weather could be pretty disruptive over the next couple of days. carol has all the important details, i will try and get extra time for you. bless you, thank you! you are quite right when you say the weather could be disrupted for some of us over the next couple of days. we already have snow at lower levels, so some of us will have seems like this through the day, others will have seems like this, staying dry with sunny spells. it is sunshine and showers. a lot of those showers wintry, especially over northern ireland, scotland and northern england. the risk of ice here this morning, but they are showers, which means we won‘t all see them. if you come south, rain showers. some of the heaviest showers. some of the heaviest showers in the central swathe of the uk could see wintriness even at lower levels. we persist with snow showers through the course of the day. it will be cold, and the same

across scotland. you can see how prolific they are. parts of north—east scotland will mist them and stay dry, but it will feel better. add in the strength of the wind and it will exacerbate the cold feel, as it will across england. with the snow falling and lying snow on higher ground, there could be drifting, and also blizzards to content with. across wales, most of the snow will be in the hills, but in some of the heavy showers we will see that at lower levels as well, and the mixture around the coast of sleet and rain showers. come inland and we will add some hail to that as well. the midlands and the south—east could escape that altogether and stay dry. temperature—wise we are looking at two to about seven. add on the wind and it will feel more like —4 in aberdeen, —3 in glasgow, —4 in belfast. wherever you are, you will need to wrap up warmly. through the evening and overnight we continue with the snow showers. it will still be windy. once again we are looking at the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. temperature—wise, wherever

you are it will be cold again. these are towns and cities, in rural areas it will be even lower than this. tomorrow the wind eases a touch for a time. the showers tend to die off for some of us, but you can still see a plethora of them coming in from the west, and we are looking at some dry conditions. however, this next system is waiting in the winds. this weather system is forming on the coast of america, and as it comes into the atlantic it will deepen. this is the track we think it could take. we will see the whites of the ties later on today at four now it will come later on wednesday and into thursday. it will drift across northern ireland and also in through scotland and northern england and north wales, taking some snow with it. this snow could be heavy and disruptive. that is half the story, the other half is the wind. the squeeze on the ice above the wind. the squeeze on the ice a bove tells the wind. the squeeze on the ice above tells you we are looking at gailes, coming in towards norfolk, north wales, this whole area. if you look south of that, it will still be pretty windy. quite a fast moving

system, so it will clear during the course of thursday morning, taking its snow and also strong winds with it. but it will still be a fairly blustery day, just not as windy as we expected to be, through the course of the night. thank you the extra time, and back to you both. thank you very much indeed, we were watching very carefully. we will be careful. you did get extra time, by the way! not much, though. they say a healthy child is a happy child. now, youngsters across the country are being encouraged to become more active during the school day, in order to enhance their learning. it is all part of a joint campaign run by the bbc and the premier league. our reporter tim muffett is at a school in north london this morning, where the pupils are being put through their paces. and i think we have a super surprise coming up. we are coming to you from ashmount primary school, and the launch of super movers. kids being active is what it is all about. a project launched by the bbc and

premier league. to get kids more active, why not incorporate physical activity into everyday lessons like this. so we are in a normal classroom, we have the kids watching some videos and following some dance moves, and you know what? starring the show, gabby logan, she is one of the show, gabby logan, she is one of the ambassadors of super movers. i don‘t want to interrupt you, but tell us about this project and what it is all about. i think it is a fantastic facility for teachers. during the day they only have so much time to cram the curriculum in. we all know that children need to be doing more activity, and it can't always be taking the whole classroom to the gym or the playground and changing outfits and these kids are very engaged, it has launched today. this particular one is called the happy this particular one is called the happy dance, and there are adjectives coming across the screen, so adjectives coming across the screen, so the spelling is improving their cognitive ability, to spell as well, while doing physical exercise. i think it is a brilliant resource. you don‘t need to be an expo at, ——

expert, anyone can do it. however, risk assessment is completed! there you go. very, very impressive. i am practising for later on. thank you very much indeed. have you got super moves ? very much indeed. have you got super moves? are you enjoying this so far? yes. what is it like doing physical exercise in your classroom, and getting a workout? it is funny, because the teachers usually say no running and nojumping, but you are allowed to run and jump! what better way to start the day? are you enjoying it? it is really fun, usually you have to sit down and look at the border and learn, and now you get to move around. and you are one of the researchers from the university. what impact does this have on child‘s brain, when they exercise in the classroom? we know that physical activity in the

classroom can have three main beneficial impact on children‘s learning. the first thing is they can bea learning. the first thing is they can be a little bit more attentive and focused in their learning, and stay on task more. they can be more motivated, and thirdly, they are enjoying learning more. it is important, isn‘t it, that this isn‘t just a separate pe lesson, but is incorporated into everyday learning. is that the main goal? absolutely, it is certainly not sport or physical education, it is learning through movement. do you think all pupils... do you want to see all pupils... do you want to see all pupils taking part in this, if at all possible? we would love to see the more than 20,000 primary school is in the uk taking up this initiative. it is a great opportunity to get kids more active. guys, are you having a good time? yes! that is good to hear. and what impact can this have on the pupils, do you think? itjust engages them in learning, and develops brain development skills during the day, by lesson time, so it is a fantastic

idea, i think. thank you very much indeed. the videos have all the moves going. this is a bit more advanced, but we will give it a go. meanwhile, to you, and from the super movers, we are having a good time, aren‘t we? say goodbye, everyone. goodbye! a brilliantly executed cartwheel. and in quite an enclosed space, with children around, could have caused havoc! you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: we have a very special guest on breakfast this morning. this is wolfy, the penguin, named after the artist who designed him. he, along with some friends, has travelled round the world, from sydney to barcelona and berlin, to try and protect his home in the antarctic. we will hear why in about 20 minutes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad.

a trial against a man accused of raping a woman he met after the notting hill carnival has collapsed at snaresbrook crown court, after images emerged of the accused and his alleged victim cuddling in bed together. 28—year—old samson makele always said the sex was consensual, but the metropolitan police failed to find the images on his phone. it is the third rape case to collapse injust over a month, after investigators failed to find key evidence. a woman from east london who underwent a gall bladder operation which went wrong says she will return any compensation she gets from the nhs. nicola jane cook needs a mobility scooter to get around, following surgery at several hospitals in london. she is suing the nhs for hundreds of thousands of pounds, but if successful, she plans to give it all to a charity at her local hospital in romford. i have to give it back, because it‘s a legacy for my children, and it‘s healthcare that they can rely on. they‘re the ones that

are on the frontline, you know. they‘re our national treasure, and we have to look after them. well, an nhs insider has told us ms cook‘s actions wouldn‘t be of help to them, because her case will accumulate large legal bills. lawyers have put a figure on how much thieves managed to steal in the hatton garden safety deposit box theft in london three years ago. they say it was around £13.5 million, which is less than some estimates had put the total. a judge will now decide how much five of the gang, all of whom are in prison, will pay back. much of what was stolen has never been recovered. one of the robbers is still on the run. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. minor delays on the metropolitan line, between harrow—on—the—hill and watford, because of a signal failure. on the roads, marylebone road is down to a single lane westbound, outside baker street station, for repairs to a gas leak. on the north circular road, there are long delays westbound, from the m11 to edmonton, because of a crash. let‘s have a check

on the weather, with kate. good morning. it‘s a chillier start today, compared to yesterday. we‘ve had some showers overnight, and those showers likely to continue as we head through the course of the day. but they‘re becoming fewer and further between, so it‘s not a bad day. we should get some sunshine. now, if you do get the showers, could be quite heavy, but they‘ll blow through quite quickly, that westerly wind fairly brisk through the course of the day. it is going to feel cold, though, in the wind — maximum temperature around five celsius. now, overnight, those showers will continue to blow through. could fall a little bit wintry over higher ground, a bit of hail mixed in there, potentially, but to lower levels they will fall as rain, and many places staying dry overnight. minimum temperature two or three celsius, the breeze helping to keep the frost at bay. so, for tomorrow, looking at lots of sunshine. a cold, crisp start, that breeze still fairly chilly. a drier day, though. still the chance for one or two isolated showers, temperatures managing to reach seven celsius, but in the wind, it is going to feel cold. we‘re in for a stormy night

wednesday into thursday. the met office has a weather warning in place for strong winds. sunshine and showers to follow. va nessa vanessa feltz has more on a building in hackney which may be demolished by developers. that is on bbc radio london. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. concerns for thousands of small businesses following the collapse of carillion. after britain‘s second largest construction firm went bust, ministers held an emergency meeting last night with suppliers and sub contractors facing millions of pounds of unpaid bills. i‘ll be looking at what chance small businesses have

of getting their money back, and what the collapse means for the work already being carried out by carillion across the uk. good morning, it‘s tuesday 16th january. also this morning... two parents are arrested in california after their 13 children are found captive at home, some shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks. big changes to special educational needs support are on their way in england. in an exclusive report, we hear claims of a system in chaos. in sport, johanna konta looks back to her best. the british number one cruises through to the second round of the australian open, after a confident straight sets win. good morning. iam

good morning. i am at a primary school in north london, where super movers launches this morning. the plan is to get kids active in lesson time. one of the stars of the lesson, a certain gabby logan, will be talking about the project later. some lovely shapes being thrown! and carol has the weather. further snow showers across the north and west in particular, continuing on and off through the course of the day, even at sea level. some sunshine in between, feeling bitterly cold everywhere in a brisk wind, which will cause some drifting of the snow in higher levels. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. hundreds of public service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of korean. britain‘s second—largest construction firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contract or

prisons, schools and hospitals, went into clubs yesterday with debts of around £1.5 billion. —— went in colla pse around £1.5 billion. —— went in collapse yesterday. ministers held an emergency cobra committee last night. opposition parties have questioned why the government continued to award contracts to carillion despite three recent profit warnings. let‘s remind ourselves of the scale of carillion‘s influence. the company has 450 government contracts, including maintenance for prisons and hospitals. it is also the second largest supplier of maintenance services to network rail. there are also thousands of small the firm has 43,000 staff worldwide, as well as 20,000 in the uk. byrd including 20,000 in the uk. there are also thousands of small firms that carry out work on carillion‘s behalf and steph‘s been hearing from some of them. there are so many differentjobs connected to this. even hearing you

now talking about the areas they work in and their contracts, that meansjobs like work in and their contracts, that means jobs like painters and decorators, cleaners and hospitals, people cooking food in schools. it is so varied. lots of them have wondered what it would happen. it was only yesterday and —— this time yesterday i was talking about career going into liquidation. for many people it is unusual to see it happening with the company so they wa nt happening with the company so they want what it means for them. from what the government said yesterday, they will still be funding the jobs and public services, so people who work in schools and hospitals will still be paid. the private sector is more complicated, some areas of its will have other companies taking on the contracts and therefore those workers, but it is really uncertain, and that is the worst thing for business people. we have heard from lots of them woodring what it will mean for them. as you say, particularly the suppliers to businesses. we have had lots of people messaging who say... a guy

whose company works with marillion, has worked to just over half £1 million, but will that mean? —— works with corinthian. and a gentleman called kevin mclaughlin, who runs a painting and decorating business, we spoke to him. on monday morning 30 people were sent home from work. we had not been advised. we are working for work placements for our workforce. nobody told us it was going to happen. it is really tough for suppliers, it is notjust a carillion problem but it has been more widespread. some people said they stopped working with carillion because it took them so long to pay, and they felt they became a bank from fares. we spoke to the federation of small businesses about this wider problem. clearly this is a culture we have fostered for part—time belong in this country, big companies abusing supply chains delayed payments or

other requirements imposed on their suppliers. it has to stop. this is just one example. my heart goes out to the small businesses and employees who will be affected. it will be a long time before we see the end of the fallout, and hopefully some of these businesses will continue, but i am afraid that many may not. that is the uncertainty, the worrying thing. a mortgage adviser told me he has had calls from carillion workers who have asked what will my bank do if i get redundant and struggle to pay my mortgage? lots of people are worried. this story is changing every day as we get more information and find out more about what will happen with the business as it is liquidated, we will keep you across all of. anybody who wants to tell as their story or ask questions, we will try to help. thank you very much. ijust thank you very much. i just punch you

thank you very much. ijust punch you in the back! awkward! do you want me to punch him back? i don‘t think he meant it, it is ok. police in california have rescued 13 brothers and sisters from a house, where some of them were chained to beds. the alarm was raised on sunday, when one girl escaped and alerted the authorities. their parents have been arrested and charged with torture and child endangerment. our north america correspondent james cook reports. they look like a big, happy family. the children a little pale, perhaps, but smiling. photographs on facebook show the turpins visiting disneyland and in las vegas as their apparently proud parents renewed wedding vows. now david and louise turpin are under arrest charged with torture and child endangerment. the children are in hospital. our staff is used to taking people who are quite ill, they are used to compassionate care, and so we pull out all the stops so to speak to make sure that their privacy is dealt with, that they get the appropriate care and that they are treated with dignity and respect at a time

when they needed the most. the horror on muir woods road was uncovered early on sunday morning when a 17—year—old girl escaped with a mobile phone called the police. at the home, officers found 12 siblings and were shocked to discover that seven were adults, the oldest 29. the captives were dirty and malnourished, say police, shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul smelling surroundings. as reporters arrived at the quiet suburb east of los angeles, neighbours said they were stunned. they were the type that you didn‘t really get to know anything about them. they were very to themselves in a sense, so they only kept to themselves. and the only time you would see them, you would never see anyone visit. you would never see anyone go inside. all you would really see is that they would go out and make a grocery run and that was it. there is no hint at all here of

the grim conditions inside his home. the questions about what happened are mounting. not least how long were the siblings held captive and why. an amazing story. mps say the manufacturer whirlpool hasn‘t done enough to deal with defective tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires. the commons business committee said the response to the problem, discovered in 2015, had been woeful. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. a flat in a tower block in west london engulfed in flames. the smoke rising more than ten stories. the blaze itself damaging five floors. it started in this property, and london fire brigade believe the cause was a faulty tumble dryer made by whirlpool. it has had a problem

with defective and potentially dangerous tumble dryers since 2015, when it discovered a defect which could cause them to set fire. today, mps described whirlpool‘s attempts to fix things are slow and inadequate. there evidence was both —— woeful. since 2004 they admit there have been 740 fires in homes caused by these tumble dryers, and yet still today, in 2018, there are a million of these tumble dryers in peoples homes. they need to take much stronger action to get those out of people‘s homes. her parliamentary committee has looked up the safety of electrical goods. among its recommendations, it wa nts goods. among its recommendations, it wants whirlpool to deal with any fa u lty wants whirlpool to deal with any faulty machines within a fortnight of being by customers. all manufacturers should make risk assessment is available as soon as defects a re assessment is available as soon as defects are identified. safer materials to replace plastic backed fridge freezers, which appear

to bea backed fridge freezers, which appear to be a significant risk. and it wants the government to actively explore the creation of a single national product safety agency to improve a system which the mps claim is fragmented and under resourced. whirlpool says it has helped the vast majority of customers who have come forward so far, and promises it will now serve customers‘ problems with faulty machines within a week. the government says britain‘s product safety requirements are among the highest in the world and it has already taken steps to improve the current regime. the french president, emanuel macron, is travelling to the channel port of calais this morning, where‘s he‘s expected to outline a strategy to deal with the issue of migrants who are camped in the so called calais jungle. french officials say he‘s likely to ask theresa may to take more migrants and provide more money when the two leaders meet later this week. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in calais. paul, good morning. thank you for

coming on the programme. is that what we expect the french president to say, to ask for more assistance from the british side of the channel? i do not think we will hear that from president macron today, i think he would say if he is going to make those demands, he will save that for the meeting with theresa may at sandhurst on thursday. he is coming to calais to say he understands the concerns of the people of this town who have in recent times had to put up with this phenomenon of dealing with hundreds of migrants who come here because, of migrants who come here because, of course, it is the point of departure, the hopeful point of departure, the hopeful point of departure, for migrants who want to make it across to the uk. thejungle camp was closed in october 2016, but in the months since migrants have come back there have been anywhere up come back there have been anywhere up to 700, perhaps more, camped out in the woods on the edge of town and absolutely miserable conditions. police are pretty robust in their

handling of those migrants. this city, i think, feel is once again that the state has failed to address its concerns. the president will come here and say he understands the concerns of the people of calais and he wants to deal with the issue of migrants ina he wants to deal with the issue of migrants in a humane fashion. on thursday i think he will tell theresa may he wants more money and he wants the uk to take more of those migrants, especially unaccompanied minors. thank you, paul. but will be a story today and throughout the week, when a emmanuel macron meets theresa may a emmanuel macron meets theresa may a bit later this week. we will talk about a small transport issue which happened in australia! if you dread battling the traffic on the morning commute, spare a thought for early morning drivers in sydney who had theirjourneys disrupted by a wayward wallaby. this footage was shot by police officers keeping pace with the mischievous marsupial, who was first spotted crossing sydney‘s iconic harbour bridge at 5am. they couldn‘t catch him! but they

very safely cornered him in a park and took him to a zoo, where he was safe after his journey. goodness! what do cauliflower steaks, coconuts and peeled onions have in common? they‘re all products sold by major supermarkets, which have come underfire for being packaged in plastic unnecessarily. now the retailer iceland has vowed to eliminate or drastically reduce all plastic packaging in their stores over five years. this is on the front page of some of the papers this morning. with only a third of plastic waste currently recycled in the uk, what difference is this likely to make? it is one of the great environmental scourges of our time, according to the prime minister, and theresa may

say she wants to ban all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. across the world we have produced a whopping 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic since the 1950s, enough to cover every inch of the uk ankle—deep more than ten times over. over the past few months, blue planet has raised the profile of plastic pollution, and it is not just the pm bowing to public pressure. earlier this month, marks & spencer ditched the shrink—wrapped cauliflowers steak after ridicule and social media. the boss of sainsbury‘s said they would look at whether the organic coconut is really need a plastic packaging. now iceland has announced it wants to be plastic free on own brand products by 2023, replacing them with paper and pulp trays. environmental campaigners say that one rubbish truck‘s worth of plastic is dumped in our oceans every minute. so how far will supermarkets really

need to go if they are truly to make a difference? we‘re joined now by ian schofield, head of packaging at iceland. good morning, thank you forjoining us. you set out an ambitious target, what is it? it is to remove all the plastic from aur packaging in the next five yea rs. aur packaging in the next five years. how are you going to do it? you have brought some examples.” have. is this the new stuff? that's the new stuff. six months ago when we we re the new stuff. six months ago when we were looking at our ready meal ranges we worked hard to say what can we do for the environment? we have seen plastic is the scourge of everything we‘re seeing on the tv, on the blue planet so we said we‘ve got to remove plastic from our packaging. so we set out hard to find an alternative. these are sustainable boards from forests of sweden where they plant four trees for every one that comes out of the ground. this is sustainable. it is

not a fossil fuel. can i pick up on that point? we talk about this a lot on breakfast from barry turner from the british plastics federation. he says if supermarkets move away from plastics it will mean the weight of the packaging will increase four times and the carbon emissions increase by three times and the amount of energy to make the packaging will increase two—fold. let‘s look at some of those. what about the weight of the packaging and does it have an impact? we don't think the weight will affect it. we will get to the same weight as we have got now. we don‘t see that as an issue. we see this as an environmental issue. this is not about iceland, this is about us removing eight million tonnes going into the sea. one truck load of plastic is going into the sea every day. we‘re not recycling our materials. we need to recycle more. only a third all our materials have been recycled. and when we looked at

this six months ago, richard walker, in our business said, we have got to eliminate plastics. we must remove them. so we worked hard to do that and this is the pledge we‘re making and this is the pledge we‘re making and we‘re going to call on our suppliers to come up with new solutions that don‘t put us in plastic. you said you have been thinking about it for six months. you haven‘t been given the kick up the back side by blue planet. how difficult has it been to make this change? lots of people will be watching and saying iceland can do it, why can‘t others do it? watching and saying iceland can do it, why can't others do it? we can move quickly. we have got short lines of command to make things happen so as soon as we got on it, we co nta cted happen so as soon as we got on it, we contacted the raw material suppliers and we made it happen and we are calling on everybody else. we need everybody else to make a big there are larger effort. supermarket chains. of course. from a consumer's

point of view. what differences do you think people will notice? this tray needs to be microwaveable. we do so many ready meals. we use 100 million of the black plastic trays which are not being recycled. 100 million. these can be recycled. that‘s the important factor here. what date do you think you will be plastic—free then? what date do you think you will be plastic-free then? we are going for five years. we‘re going to do it quicker, but we have got a lot of work to do. we have got shelf life considerations on some products. on frozen, of course, we have got the best process. it is a very good process for preserving product. so on frozen we can do things quickly. it also need to think about re—engineering some things. amazingly we put our burgers into plastic and put them into a carton. why don‘t we put them straight into a carton. it‘s thinking differently when we are doing our new product development. are you working on

other providers as well? this is your own brand iceland products. what about the other... we're going to put pressure on them. they will all be told we need to remove plastic from our packaging. the big companies who are supplying to us, this is not iceland solutions on their own, lots of people can use them. other supermarkets, other brands, we can use them all. thank you very much indeed for coming to talk to us from iceland. sendin talk to us from iceland. send in your comments about that as well. yes, your thoughts, your comments. people are very exercised about this at the moment which is great news. this is glasgow. i think it‘s snowing there. the scene outside pacific quay. what is in store for the rest of us? carol has the details. good morning. this morning

as you say we‘ve got snow on the ca rs. as you say we‘ve got snow on the cars. a as you say we‘ve got snow on the ca rs. a lovely as you say we‘ve got snow on the cars. a lovely picture from northern ireland of snow. we have got snow across northern and western parts of the uk at the moment, even down to lower levels. our forecast today is one of sunshine and showers. not all the showers will be of snow, but many of them in the north and the west in particular will and we‘ve got a brisk wind exacerbating the cold feel so it will feel bitter across many parts today. what we have got this morning is the risk of ice across northern ireland, scotla nd ice across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. a plethora of snow showers coming in during the day to the areas i have mentioned. across wales and south—west england, well it is mostly rain showers, but in some of the heavier showers across wales, you could see a wintry mix at lower levels. but the snow will continue across northern ireland as we go through the course of the day. blustery winds. they will be drifting on the hills and also blizzards. it is the same for scotland. more so for scotland where we have got a bit more snow, but the

far north—east seeing something drier. again across northern england we have snow falling even to sea level and with the strong wind on the hills there will be pliz ards and also drifting. for wales, most of the snow will be on the hills, but in some of the heavier showers you could see a mix, hail, sleet, snow and rain. along the coasts it is more likely to be sleet and rain. south—west england seeing the showers. some with hail. drifting over towards brighton, but for the rest of the south—east, it should stay dry. temperatures today between two and seven celsius. add on the strength of the win and against your skin it will feel more like minus three, minus four celsius in the north, plus one to plus three in the south. thrur this evening and overnight the wind continues as indeed do the snow showers. through the night too, we will see the temperature drop in towns and cities. we‘re looking at minus one to freezing and minus two in aberdeen, and one, two, three further south. in rural areas it

will be colder. we are looking at ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow morning we start off with the snow showers in the north. there will be sunshine around. drier weather than today. still big waves being whipped up today. still big waves being whipped up across today. still big waves being whipped up across the south—west of england. that will be featured today and for the next couple of days and temperatures three to seven celsius. now, what you‘ll find is in the afternoon it the cloud is going to thicken and we‘ll start to see the arrival of an area of low pressure. this area of low pressure is forming off the coast of america and will deepen as it crosses the atlantic ocean. as it come across us, this is the track we think it will take, this track could change. keep in touch with the weather forecast. on its leading edge, we will see across northern ireland, north wales, northern england and southern and eastern scotland and then you can see just looking at the isobars we‘ve good gales. where the tightest squeeze is where the strongest winds will be. across north wales, northern england and norfolk, but south of that, it is going to be windy, but it will quickly clear as we head through the rest of

thursday, lou and dan. thank you very much indeed. we‘ve had a special guest with us in the studio all this morning, wolfy, the emperor penguin. he‘s part of a new campaign to try and create the world‘s largest wildlife reserve by banning all fishing in 1.8 million square kilometre area in antarctica — that‘s about five times the size of germany. if it succeeds, the reserve wouldn‘t only protect emperor penguins like wolfy, but also leopard seals, killer and blue whales. we‘re joined by louisa casson from greenpeace. thank you very much indeed for joining us. wolfy has been trying to raise awareness. this would be an enormous project if it came off? raise awareness. this would be an enormous project if it came offlm isa enormous project if it came offlm is a historic opportunity that we have this year really to create the largest protected area anywhere on earth. it is five times the size of germany or 200 times the size of yellow stone national park. so this antarctic ocean sanctuary would

create a safe haven for emperor penguins and blue whales and for the unique and amazing wildlife in the antarctic ocean. what is happening at the moment and why is this protection required? well, at the moment the antarctic is a pretty special place, but it is already coming under pressure. so we‘re seeing the impact of climate change and we have this industrial fishing vessels which are travelling down to the antarctic and targeting the one animal upon which all other antarctic marine life relies, it is krill which is a tiny shrimp—like creature and that‘s essential for blue whales, they need fob feeding their young and build up the strength by eating krill. who needs to agree to this to make it happen? the antarctic ocean commission is a body of 24 governments and the eu. they are meeting in october to discuss this proposal. so they could make that destirks and that‘s why

we‘ve had penguins popping up in capital cities across the world to build the pressure. we have got 250,000 people signed up and we have one of our ships that arrived in the antarctic yesterday to conduct research to bolster the case to show us research to bolster the case to show us the beat of the antarctic and its fragility and why we need to protect it. the research to go along with thatis it. the research to go along with that is crucial as well. will you be presenting that when the countries meet together and hope they can come to some sort of accord? it is really difficult getting lots of governments agreeing on anything, but we have hope because a few years ago those countries came together and created another ocean sanctuary on the other side of the antarctic, we think we can create a bigger one. the ship is called arthic sunrise. we will be the first humans to go to the sea bed and visit unseen bits of

the sea bed and visit unseen bits of the ocean floor in the antarctic floor. we have scientists on board who are specialists in showing the vulnerability of this area. it is interesting that we had you on this morning and iceland are trying to make a difference and trying to encourage other supermarkets to follow suit as well. how big an impact could that have if all supermarkets went down that road? impact could that have if all supermarkets went down that road ?m would be a real game changer. we know our oceans are facing pressures from pollution, from climate change and from fishing so seeing that kind of action on land as well as the type of action at sea that we want to see of creating the ocean sanctuaries, it feels like there is a lot of momentum between protecting our oceans and that‘s brilliant to see. thank you very much for your time and we have taken care of wolfy. we will give him back to you now. he is delicate. he is a little delicate. i'm not allowed to touch

the penguin this morning. time to get the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching good morning. the weather looks pretty messy opener coming days, snow in the forecast and strong to gale force winds. currently we are in the colder air, feeding in strong north—westerly winds through the cold app crosses, so there is the potential for snow. cold this morning, a mixture of sunshine intrigue showers. most likely to fall across northern ireland, scotland, northern parts of england and the hills of wales as snow, dry

and the hills of wales as snow, dry and brighter further south and and the hills of wales as snow, dry and brighterfurther south and east, but feeling cold for us all. temperatures range between two and eight. factoring in the intercom —— wind, feeling more like —4 orfive. another unsettled day tomorrow, more snow showers to come across northern parts. that will ease through the afternoon, the best of the drier and brighter weather the further south and east you are. strong winds yet again, temperatures tomorrow ranging between two and eight celsius, feeling less cold than today. heading into thursday, we keep an eye on this deep area of low pressure which brings strong winds, gales that time is my grandsons and sleet and snow —— gales at times. and some sleet and snow to go with it. keep an eye on the forecast and listen to your local radio stations, there could be trees or power lines down with the storm. when it goes through, we should see the weather

coming towards the end of the week and the weekend. first thing on thursday, the storm is going through. behind it, something drier and brighter and gradually the winds will ease, highs of three to about 11. friday is looking drier and brighter, feeling much colder into the weekend, but rather settled. this is business live from bbc news, with sally bundock and ben thompson. germany‘s biggest trade union is threatening strike action unless employers meet its demands for a pay rise and an optional 28 hour working week. live from london, that‘s our top story on tuesday 16th january. the metalworkers union is the most influential trade body in germany — the negotiations could set a precedent for a huge proportion

of the country‘s workforce. we will be live in berlin for the latest. also in the programme....