hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. tech companies such as facebook and twitter are in the prime minister's sights as she arrives in switzerland for the world economic forum. theresa may will tell world leaders that leading social media firms must do more to remove terrorist and extremist content. good morning, it's thursday the 25th of january. also this morning: a crucial day at the australian open for britain's kyle edmund. good morning! yes, it's been quite a week for kyle already and there are just 2.5 hours to go until the brit begins the battle for a place in his first grand slam final. the match aginst marin cilic starts at 8:30am. pressure on the education minister, who attended a controversial men—only charity dinner,. the government chief whip summons nadhim zahawi

to explain his presence. tens of thousands of free water—refill points will be set up across england in a bid cut the number of plastic bottles being thrown away. three million people fall victim to scams, tricked out of millions of pounds a year. so there's a new scheme launched today to warn people of the dangers and how to spot dodgy deals. i'll look at how it works. i'm still standing after all this time... a long goodbye from sir eltonjohn as he announces an end to touring after 300 more concerts. and matt has the weather good morning. nowhere near as work and indie out there this morning but cooler, most start dry but showers developing later. details on that and yourfull developing later. details on that and your full weekend forecast coming up. thanks, matt, see you later. good morning. first our main story: theresa may will use a speech at the world economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on technology companies like facebook and twitter to tackle

extremist material online. she'll be speaking in davos just hours before she sits down with us president donald trump, their first meeting since she criticised him for sharing racist videos tweeted by the far—right group, britain first. our business correspondent sally bundock is in davos. good morning, sally, good to see you. any details on what theresa may is going to say today? we do. she's going to stay right on message and she's got quite an audience here at the world economic forum this year because not only are there more heads of state than for many years, also us president donald trump arriving in a few hours, but the bosses of some of the top tech companies in the world. the boss of microsoft, alibaba, companies in the world. the boss of microsoft, aliba ba, google, companies in the world. the boss of microsoft, alibaba, google, but also sheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer of facebook, so what she's going to say is they need to do more

to get rid of extremist material on their platforms, like hate speech, sexual harassment, fake news, anything to do with child pornography. they need to be much more proactive but all so she's very aware of her audience here. 3000 delegates, billionaire businessmen and women, who invest, and their decisions on investment make a difference and she's appealing to them as investors and shareholders to think about the social impact of the companies that they invest in and she's basically saying as shareholders you can use your implements to ensure these issues are taken seriously. of course that's the business end of it but there's also the political end and we keep a very close eye on the relationship she has with donald trump, who is also making an appearance in davos? yes indeed, they are going to meet, there is expected to have a meeting today, he's going to be delivering this speech to the delegates here

tomorrow but today this agenda is very much about the meetings with various world leaders and theresa may is one of those. they are said to be discussing important geopolitical issues like north korea, like the situation with iran and its nuclear programme, and the lifting of sanctions. 0f and its nuclear programme, and the lifting of sanctions. of course donald trump has been pretty vocal about this thoughts on that, the deal brokered with this predecessor, president barack 0bama, and also there going to discuss terrorism, there going to discuss terrorism, the so—called islamic state and what its activities have been and the issue of the worry about terrorism and the threat to the united states and the threat to the united states and of course to great britain. it's very much a geopolitical agenda but i would imagine as well of course theresa may has got her message that britain is open for business and of course donald trump's message is america first, so they may even

discuss trade as well. a lot on the agenda here at the world economic forum. it's going to be a busy day. back to you both. enjoy it, sally, keep warm. sally bundock there. the education minister nadhim zahawi has been summoned by the government chief whip to explain his version of events at a men—only charity dinner. mr zahawi attended the presidents club's function at the dorchester hotel, where women employed as hostesses say they were groped. the minister said he felt uncomfortable and left the event early. alexandra mackenzie reports. the annual presidents cloud charity dinner for the annual presidents cloud charity dinnerfor men only the annual presidents cloud charity dinner for men only at the dorchester hotel. women were hired as table hostesses. there were claims they were groped, they were made to were revealing outfits and specific underwear and their phones we re specific underwear and their phones were confiscated. 0ne specific underwear and their phones were confiscated. one of those summoned to explain his attendance was education minister nadhim zahawi. he was called in to see the

chief whip. 0n social media, mr world economic —— mr zahawi said: he didn't say long, he went home shortly after the hostesses were announced by the presenter and paraded around the room. announced by the presenter and paraded around the roomlj announced by the presenter and paraded around the room. i think that indicates to me that he was shocked by the events, didn't like the culture, the atmosphere and left. the president's club, which said it was appalled by the allegations surrounding the event last week, said it would distribute remaining funds to children's charities before shutting down in the wake of the scandal. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. kyle edmund will try to extend his remarkable australian open run on and reach his first grand slam final when he takes on marin cilic this morning. victory would mean that

the 23—year—old replace andy murray as british number one. 0ur australia correspondent hywel griffith is live in melbourne good morning. this is a great day for british tennis no matter what happens in the next few hours? absolutely. are doubly nothing to lose. another hot day in melbourne in what's been a punishing tournament so far for the big names, nadal has gone home, djokovic too, andy murray didn't even get to melbourne, all of that has opened up an opportunity for kyle edmund. he arrived unseeded, unfancied, but now he is one game away from a grand slam final. under melbourne's sweltering sun, plenty would feel the pressure. this is tennis‘s biggest stage where reputations are made. if kyle edmund is feeling the pressure, he's not letting it showed. last night was spent relaxing with friends. he's in

a really good place, had dinner with him last night, he's happy, he's laughing, he should be, he's in the semi—final of a slam and he's playing great tennis and a lot of the tennis world now talking about him. he's going to believe he's arrived on that stage and belongs there and i think the rest of the tour will realise he's going to be tough to beat moving forward. that is, after knocking out some of the game. his victory over world number three grigor dimitrov showed he could match an aggressive style with mature mental strength. now he faces the world number six. there will be plenty of british tennis fa ns will be plenty of british tennis fans cheering him on, thirsty for a new six story. it's amazing, it's amazing, the biggest stage of his life, we are all behind him. we are surprised but we're happy he's here. it's going to be fantastic, think he will deliver pride back to the british i think. win today and kyle edmund will be in a grand slam final. all he needs to

do is keep cool and carry on. this will be kyle edmund's biggest game ever but the team around tell me he's ready, they've noticed something different in him, a bit of steely determination in the eyes and someone who can enjoy himself on the big stage, maybe all those years in andy murray's shadow actually help. he's ready, the crowd here is building, we will see in a few hours how he fared is. we will keep you up—to—date with what happens through the morning. —— how he fared is. ajudge in california has barred a mother and father accused of the imprisonment and torture of their 13 sons and daughters from having any contact with them. david and louise turpin appeared in court to deny the charges. the siblings will now be separated, with the adult children living in one location and the six youngsters divided between two foster homes. scientist says making one cigarette a day is much more dangerous than previously thought. researchers at university college london said

smoking one a day can lead to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. they say people should give up stroke. they say people should give up rather than cut down. plans to set up tens of thousands of free water refill points across england are being announced today. water uk, which represents water companies and suppliers, says it wants to expand a refill scheme first launched in 2015. it hopes this will help reduce pollution caused by plastic bottles being thrown away. i actually know where the spots are where i can refill my water bottle so where i can refill my water bottle soi where i can refill my water bottle so i would not necessarily need it. that would be really good, that would be ace, definitely. not a bad idea. i think the biggest waste is plastic bottles and coffee cups, isn't it? i don't know if all companies will be happy doing that, but it's an amazing idea. sir elton john has announced a farewell tour. he says he wants to stop touring to spend more time with his young children, but only after a three—year extravaganza featuring 300 gigs around the globe. i've been travelling since i was 17 in the back of a van

up and down the mi. although i travel in the most fantastic way, it's exhausting and i don't enjoy it. it's a long goodbye. three years, 300 shows but i'm really, really looking forward to it and they will be happy shows, i won't regret it and ijust want to give my fans the best farewell possible. they will be happy shows, he's definitely going to go out with a bang. such an exciting morning in the sport and the timing of the match, 8:30 a.m., no excuse unless you have a realjob! no excuse not to follow it. who would have thought he would have got here, there were mumblings. he is the british number two, a davis cup winner, but he's always beenin davis cup winner, but he's always been in the shadow of andy murray, so been in the shadow of andy murray, so much so that he was murray's hitting partner in miami when he was doing warm weather training, they

are good friends and they won the davis cup together but this year andy said to him you need to have your own setup, it is time for you to start censoring your training around you. so he built up a new base in the bahamas, the lleyton hewitt academy is there, he was training there, and he took out a couple of british juniors himself so he is in charge of what he's doing and it's all centred around him and you can see the rewards and the change in that setup and one of his coaches said he always had the goods but he used a golfing analogy, he was always using a driver on the putting green, it's knowing how to use what and when. let's have a look at the moment kedders, as his friends know him as, knew he was in the semi—final. the british number two beat the third seed grigor dimitrov in the quarterfinal. tim henman in the crowd there. kyle has been video messaging his family in yorkshire every day, they're planning to go out if he reaches the final. the semi—final action has already

started in australia. simona halep isa started in australia. simona halep is a setup against angelique kerber. caroline wozniak has already made it through to her third majorfinal and if kerber wins, wozniak will overta ke if kerber wins, wozniak will overtake halep as the new world number one. arsenal will play manchester city in the final of the league cup next month. they came from behind to beat chelsea 2—1 in the second leg. granit xhaka scoring the decisive goal. the fa say it won't be charging the new england womens head coach phil neville over past comments he's made on social media. there had already been controversy over his appointment due to his lack of both management experience and involvement in the womens game. we are looking forward to it. we will be looking at this story. there was the young table tennis girl that we interviewed yesterday. really eloquent for an 11—year—old! we interviewed yesterday. really eloquent for an 11-year-old! she was

used to the limelight. the inside pages in a few minutes but first matt has the details of the weather. good morning. you have a rainbow of are you? a pretty picture compared to yesterday. wild and wet yesterday morning. more dry. more cool. these are the temperatures yesterday. teens in england and wales. a chill in the air. more dry. that is the storm from yesterday off to northern europe. in between, cold air. showers pushing across western areas. most will start dry. heavy showers in northern scotland. central scotland, edinburgh, largely dry. if you showers in northern ireland. coming and going through

the day. england and wales, dry. a few showers in western wales. around the coast of sussex and kent, thundery downpours. east anglia and the south—east, mostly dry. the central spell of scotland, dry. showers becoming frequent and longer lasting in england and wales and the south—west. brightness and between. temperatures this afternoon, around where they should be for this time of year, 6— ten degrees. showers in northern scotland and england and wales on friday. most will be confined to eastern and coastal areas. the wind will fall more like. widespread frost. the last commuting

day of the week, not too bad. show us day of the week, not too bad. show us around eastern coastal counties. —— showers. temperatures, a little bit down on today's valleys. it should feel pleasant. —— values. friday night, this weather front followed by another one. saturday, early brightness in the east. the wetter of the two days. heaviest in scotland. 0rkney and shetland, severe gales. much more mild and on sunday. —— mild air. the odd heavy burst in scotland. eastern areas staying dry. sunshine as well. temperatures back into the teens. possibly even 15 degrees. the next few days, more cool, but dry

weather. 15 degrees! thank you! the papers. the front page is the times. the fundraising club is closing after what has been called the groping scandal. more on that through the morning. and this is about theresa may's speech later on this morning in switzerland in relation to the technology giants. the presidents clu b technology giants. the presidents club will close after groping allegations. great 0rmond hospital is returning donations. theresa may rebuking her family for this dinner. —— families minister. a gorgeous picture. this is zong zong and hua

hua. they are genetically identical and were successfully cloned in china by a scientist. to see how big they are, this is a tennis ball. they are tiny. just one more thing on the presidents club. that story is having many repercussions. on the presidents club. that story is having many repercussionsm on the presidents club. that story is having many repercussions. it is interesting. city and culture has been caught up. many will say that is ofan been caught up. many will say that is of an era now gone. it is not the all boy's club of the past. but there are clearly places where that happens still. is where the jobs figures yesterday. firms struggling to fill 810,000 job vacancies. that is because the number of people in employment yesterday rose to its highest level, 32.2 million, the

total number of people in employment. taking the unemployment rate to a record low. the times. pricing goes into reverse, it says. britain hits peak car. the people not driving falling 40%. perhaps we are sharing cars, using public transport, a variety of reasons. are sharing cars, using public transport, a variety of reasonsm is too expensive. kyle edmund is all over the back pages, as you can imagine. his coach is talking about how he could afford a ferrari but would not go out and get one after this match. andy murray memorably treated himself to a red ferrari and quickly sold it in a few months saying when he got out of it he felt like an idiot. actually, kyle edmund isa like an idiot. actually, kyle edmund is a huge formula 1 fan and wanted to do that is not tennis. the top

five tips to beat marin cilic, using the forehand, the top five in the world. revel in the atmosphere, nothing to lose and lots to gain. and remember that the underdog can win. and the leeds united badge. yesterday, the club showed off their new badge, but within hours, 60,000 signatures saying it has to be changed. many people saying it looks like a famous indigestion logo. thank you so much. very funny, nevertheless. thank you. knife crime is at its highest level in england and wales for six years. there were almost 37,000 offences last year. so, what can be done to tackle the problem? in scotland, violent crime is treated as a public health problem, a disease to be cured, with long—term plans to tackle its causes, and it seems to be working. breakfast‘s john maguire is in glasgow this morning. good morning. the sandwiches are

ready. tell us what is going on in terms of knife crime in glasgow. good morning. the kitchen is in full swing already this morning. it is quite right to say they have experienced a great improvement in knife crime. glasgow, where we are, was one of the most violent cities in europe. it still has problems, of course, but nothing similar to what was. look at some of the wonderful things they are cooking to sell to the public at this cafe. mango chutney! this is a trendy caravan built in california in the 70s. these people are ex—offenders. they are trained in what to do. look at some of the food they are cooking. a sausage, a square sausage,

some of the food they are cooking. a sausage, a square sausage, black pudding. lots of wonderful fare. what are they doing so well here? can the model be copiedis, especially in london. i went to find out what is happening. shot twice before he was 21, this former gang member says he is lucky to be alive. when i was younger, i was smoking weed and staying on the street and not doing anything positive. and the reason he is here today to tell his story, while in hospitalfor today to tell his story, while in hospital for the second shooting, he met a youth worker who helped him to see another way. i was in hospital, you know? i do not want to speak to the police. the charity approached me and made me feel i could trust them and talk about anything. i never had that before. when i was 16, igot never had that before. when i was 16, i got shot. no one came to me in hospital. later, thank god, someone

said let's change the situation and put you on the street road. we are here to help. st mary's hospital in paddington is one of london's four major trauma centres. besides the winter pressures of all emergency departments, here, they also deal with the brutal consequences of gang violence. the big thing we do see is a lot of stabbings. we have also been getting a lot of shootings. trauma numbers in general have been going up yearon trauma numbers in general have been going up year on year, which is reflected in all of the trauma centres. but over the past three yea rs, centres. but over the past three years, they have had youth workers from the charity alongside the workers and nurses here, and they say it is making a difference. the youth workers we have here help the young people coming to hospital, and it is about trying to get them out of that cycle of violence, break them out and give them help and get them out and give them help and get them in the right direction. them out and give them help and get them in the right directionm remains, though, a major problem.

the latest crime figures for england and wales are published later this morning. the most recent showed 1.2 million violent incidents. among those, almost 37,000 knife attacks, the highest since 2011, and a 26% increase on the previous year. and behind every single number is an attacker and a victim. he knows he cheated death, twice! but others will not be so fortunate. so, how do you keep people out of trouble? we have some guests from the violence reduction unit. how does it work and tell it primarily through people. we have people who wa nt to through people. we have people who want to change their life. they have had significant challenges and have been insignificant trouble through the early part of their life. we offer them an opportunity to move on

and make changes, notjust for themselves, but their families. and make changes, notjust for themselves, but theirfamilies. it works because we offer them chances, and support, which is the most important thing is to be change is not easy and needs support. we were talking for. you used an interesting phrase, care, not scare. we try to get people to change. we try to support individuals, many have not had support before. it is important to get that support. and you are expanding, right? there is a lot of demand. we want to scale up. that is the mission. thank you so much. look at these people. callum is chopping vegeta bles at these people. callum is chopping vegetables for a sandwich. we might get some more light later on. we will talk about the fascinating

scheme. people are making a difference to everyone's lives across the uk. thank you very much. this is breakfast from bbc news. plenty to come. in two hours, kyle edmund will become the sixth british man to contest a grand slam semi—final in the open era. we are at his former school where it all began. good morning. i am in yorkshire trying to avoid getting hit by these children. they are up early in the morning and are excited because kyle edmund will be in action soon. it is building. people are getting excited. this is where it all began to be this sports hall was once the train station for the local area. kyle edmund was always sporty. he used to swim and played cricket. he still has records here.

and he wasjust this size. these children are getting excited. give us children are getting excited. give usa children are getting excited. give us a wave. children are getting excited. give us a wave. good morning. good morning. it is starting to build. the excitement is fantastic. these are the people who are getting very excited, and we will be watching in a few hours. give us a wave! that is the excitement. time for the news, travel, and weather wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara 0rchid. a former prison officer at belmarsh who was sent to prison for being the paid source for a daily mirror reporter is fighting to clear his name at the european court of human rights. bob norman claims he was a whistleblower, but was jailed for 20 months for misconduct in office. his lawyer says the paper shouldn't have revealed their source, and payments to mr norman shouldn't have been an issue. there is no law anywhere that says

that someone can't be paid for speaking to the press. and some of the biggest stories we have seen, such as the mp scandal over all their claims, the daily telegraph paid around £100,000 for it, and it was money well spent. a man from london who glorify the islamic state has beenjailed. he has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism and will be sentenced next month. kensington and chelsea council are considering plans to crack down on excessive aianb—style short letting after a string of complaints. the council says it has received 91 complaints in the last two years about homeowners renting out their property on short lets for more than the current maximum of 90 days a year. under proposals, people could be given fixed penalty notices of up to £30,000 if conditions

weren't kept to. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning, there are severe delays on the circle line anti—clockwise due to signalling problems. there are minor delays on the 0verground. following an electrical problem at st pancras, the escalators by the south—eastern train platforms, the information screens and 0yster readers are all out of service. 0n the roads, there's north—bound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach. it's slow from blackwall lane. 0n the a13, traffic is building west—bound through barking. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. after a good lashing from storm to gina yesterday, lots of heavy rain and strong wind. today will be much nicer. sunshine. mostly dry. starting between five and seven degrees this morning. plenty of

sunshine last into the afternoon. the small chance of a shower on this south—westerly wind. 10— 11. 0vernight, clear spells at first. band cloud amounts will increase. —— then. mostly dry. 4—5. tomorrow, a cloudy start. bright and sunny spells breaking through, especially in the afternoon. and tomorrow is looking dry. that is not the case at the weekend. mild. temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees. lots of cloud. iam back i am back in half an hour. plenty more on the website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to the breakfast sofa. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: would you be willing to walk

into a shop or cafe and ask to refill your bottle of water for free? a new scheme is hoping we will do just that to help the environment. also this morning: they are the extreme athletes of the animal kingdom but when it comes to hunting prey, being the fastest is not necessarily best. and, still standing, but goodbye yellow brick road. and, still standing, but goodbye yellow brick road. eltonjohn says he'll quit touring to spend more time with his children. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: theresa may will use a speech at the world economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on technology companies like facebook and twitter to tackle extremist material online. she'll be speaking in davos just hours before she sits down with us president donald trump, their first meeting since she criticised him for sharing racist videos tweeted by the far—right group, britain first.

the education minister nadhim zahawi has been summoned by the government chief whip to explain his version of events at a men—only charity dinner. mr zahawi attended the presidents club's function at the dorchester hotel, where women employed as hostesses say they were groped. the minister said he felt uncomfortable and left the event early. the charity commission said it is investigating the allegations as a matter of urgency. ajudge in california has barred a mother and father accused of the imprisonment and torture of their 13 sons and daughters from having any contact with them. david and louise turpin appeared in court to deny the charges. the siblings will now be separated, with the adult children living in one location and the six youngsters divided between two foster homes. scientist say smoking one cigarette a day is much more dangerous than previously thought. researchers at university college london said low levels can

alter the way the heart, lungs and vessels work, leading to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. they say people should give up rather than cut down. plans to set up tens of thousands of free water refill points across england are being announced today. water uk, which represents water companies and suppliers, says it wants to expand a refill scheme first launched in 2015. it hopes this will help reduce pollution caused by plastic bottles being thrown away. there's been controversy at this year's camel beauty contest in saudi arabia. yes, idid yes, i did say the camel beauty contest! a dozen animals have been banned because their handlers used botox to make them more handsome! it's that age—old problem, isn't it? the annual contest sees judges rate the size of the camels' lips, cheeks, heads and knees. it's no surprise there's a temptation to cheat. the races and competitions have a combined prize fund

of £40 million. who's a pretty camel! how would you know? the age-old trick is whether 01’ know? the age-old trick is whether or not their lips are moving freely. if people have botox there is no movement up there. and they act well ina movie! movement up there. and they act well in a movie! good morning, sonali, it is alljust in a movie! good morning, sonali, it is all just fixed in a movie! good morning, sonali, it is alljust fixed expressions! to me the interesting bit was in the knees, didn't know you could botox your knees. to make them look less wrinkly? actors do it, don't they? botox in the knees? i think you can haveit botox in the knees? i think you can have it to stop the knobbly knees. certain things a jew, your hands always show your age even if your face doesn't, —— certain things age you. if you're doing a lot of knee shots then you want to look young. i

didn't know that! what have we got, two hours until the big—game? didn't know that! what have we got, two hours untilthe big-game? until andy murray... andy murray! even i'm thinking of andy murray! automatic, isn't it? kyle edmund. i am used to yea rs of isn't it? kyle edmund. i am used to years of saying andy murray and now kyle edmund has come in. he will love the fact people are now talking about him in the same way. he says he knows what it feels like to be andy murray with all the attention, i hope he enjoys it and i hope it hasn't taken out too much energy for the semi—final against marin cilic. marin cilic is world number six, he already beat the world number three, edmund is the underdog but it isn't impossible, as we have seen this week and marin cilic has been known to have wobbles at crucial moments so to have wobbles at crucial moments so there's certainly a chance there. this is how delighted kyle was to have reached the semi—final after he beat dimitrov in the quarter—final. a five—time champion in melbourne

thinks that the britain has a fighting chance against marin cilic. it is two steps away, you know? a lot of stuff can happen. you play one good one and the other guy plays one good one and the other guy plays one bad one, usually there is no bad matches any more in semi—final plays. but it's a good situation to be in and he can hit freely now and no expectations whatsoever, so maybe he'll never be in this position ever again to have so little expectations in some ways. in the women's semi—final simona halep and angelique kerber are tied at 1-1 halep and angelique kerber are tied at1—1 and halep and angelique kerber are tied at 1—1 and it's into a decider. caroline wozniacki has already made it through to her third major final. if kerber wins, wozniacki will take halep's spot as the world number one. arsene wenger took a big step towards winning the league cup for the first time at arsenal with a 2—1semi—finalwin over chelsea last night. the first leg ended 0—1, but chelsea already had a goal disallowed by the time eden hazard put them ahead. arsenal were soon

back level, though, a double—deflection off nacho monreal‘s header made it 1—1 after only 11 minutes. the winner took a bit longer to arrive, granit xhaka poking it home, to send his side to wembley to face manchester city on february the 25th. we looked like always we could win this game. at the end i've said it was a little bit lucky with a deflected goal with the first and the second one as well was a bit lucky, but overall i felt we controlled well the game in the second half. in scotland, rangers jumped above aberdeen into second after beating them 2—0 at ibrox. but hibs are nowjust five points behind both sides after beating dundee away. john mcginn's goal was enough to seal victory. hearts beat hamilton and bottom side ross county lost to motherwell. celtic didn't play but are still 11 points clear at the top. the football association say england women's newly—appointed head coach phil neville won't face any disciplinary action over historic sexist tweets. neville was announced as the lionesses manager on tuesday but posts on his social media accounts subsequently emerged of him apparently assuming women would be cooking breakfast instead

of watching sport. his wife has been among those to defend him, and the women in football group say more attention should be paid instead to how the next women's coaches can be brought through. there are less than 10% of football coachesin there are less than 10% of football coaches in england are female. that's a shocking start and terrible when you compare it to germany, which is more like 30%. we need to make sure in four years' time we have an abundance of coaches, male and female, who are specialist in the women's game and we can really look to for that sort of strength and depth in talent. england are looking to defend their 6 nations title for the second year running, the tournament starts next weekend and they face italy in their opening match. all of the 6 nations were in london for the tournament launch yesterday. england are favourites but ireland and scotland pose a significant threat. you've got some great teams in this competition, you've got island flying, scotland flying, wales have

been the benchmark in european by, been the benchmark in european rugby, we know what france can do and italy can play some extraordinary rugby so it's this great tournament, this intense competition between countries that sleep next to each other. it's fantastic. we know if we perform well we can put ourselves in a very good position, but we also aren't naive enough to think other countries aren't thinking the same thing. a lot of the other countries in the six nations had good autumns as well and had fantastic years, years of success and had fantastic years, years of success in the six nations, so we've just scratched the surface of that really. friend of the show, john barclay there, we spoke to him yesterday. and finally a story that's got a lot of football fans talking. this is the new club badge leeds united put forward to their fans, it was unveiled yesterday with the club saying they spent six months consulting 10,000 fans to reach the end result. but the reaction on social media has forced the club into a rethink. these were the thoughts of the times sportswriter henry winter, and one fan on social media noticed the badge has a striking resemblance to a well—known indigestion treatment.

the club now say they'll re—open the consultation process. it is so unfair, the number of times you see players vying for their country or their club do that. be consulted the fans in a questionnaire and people said, do you like that salute? —— be consulted. —— they consulted. you like that salute? —— be consulted. -- they consulted. we look forward to the next version!|j hope look forward to the next version!” hope people are happy with that! how would you feel about walking into a shop or cafe and asking them to refill your water bottle for free? water uk, which represents water companies and suppliers, is announcing plans to encourage tens of thousands of businesses in england to open their doors to passers—by who need a top up. they're hoping it will drastically reduce pollution caused by plastic bottles, as breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. across bristol, since 2015,

businesses have been inviting people in not to spend money but to refill water bottles for free. people want really practical ways of how they can stop using as much single use plastic in their lives and refill is a really obvious way of doing that. natalie fee set up the scheme, an app tells people were refills are available, as do these signs. i think it's great as a way of not using as much plastic. it's a nice, easy thing to do, increases foot fall to the cafe. there are now 200 reef all points across bristol. the scheme spread to other places including durham, norwich and brighton but it's about to get much bigger. every water company by september this year is going to do to sign up more businesses to provide free refill points. we want tens of thousands of refill points by 2021, we think we can take tens of millions of plastic bottles out of the waste stream. so

more of this, less, it is hoped, of this. it's just more of this, less, it is hoped, of this. it'sjust horrible down here, along the banks of the river avon, and there are hundreds of plastic bottles down here, it's disgusting. so many of them are drinking water bottles. your project, your initiative, is going to be run on a national scale, that must be very exciting? it is. for this to really work it needs to be on every high street in every shop and cafe. in the uk, we buy more than 1.7 billion litres of plain old water every year according to the grocer magazine. for the first time sales are outstripping that of kohler, but soon it will be far simpler to refill a bottle with tap water, what effect will that have on demand for these? i don't think it's going to have a significant impact. this woman runs the natural hydration council and supported by companies that produce bottled water. bottled

water is different to tap water in the sense that it is naturally sourced, it's not chemically treated and a lot of people choose it for those reasons or for taste reasons. the national hydration council said it backs the refill steam as it wa nts it backs the refill steam as it wants more people to drink water, but it believes disposing of bottles responsibly is a bigger issue. the bottles themselves are 100% recycla ble, bottles themselves are 100% recyclable, the bottle, the label, the lead. whether it's recyclable or not really isn't the point. half of plastic bottles used in the uk aren't getting recycled and the majority of them are escaping the waste system and ending up in places like these. ending plastic pollution will require major change. natalie hopes that's one step closer. tim muffet, bbc news. chris sherrington is head of environmental policy and economics at a consultancy that helps businesses become more environmentally friendly. good morning. good morning. you saw

in their, it's about recycling these plastic bottles that seems to be the major concern, that's why people are encouraged to use less of them, but how much environmental impact to plastic bottles have? recycling bottles is the best thing we can do if we use them but one of the key challenges with these bottles is because by their very nature they are single use, we will use them, drink the water and throw them away so in the best case they will get recycled but we're not anywhere near the rate of recycling we could be for plastic bottles and when they're not recycled they will often end up in landfill or increasingly be incinerated. when you say their single use, is that because it's not safe to use them again or because we only use them once? you hear these myths that you shouldn't refill plastic bottles, you shouldn't keep them in the car, so people tend to dispose of them but do they really need to? you're pretty close to the truth, you say we hear these myths

and i'd never heard any scientific evidence you shouldn't refill a normal single use water bottle and most are used and then we get rid of them. one of the principles in this is corp, it's one of the heart of the issues, would you walk into a restaurant or a shop or a cafe with your empty bottle and say, fill it up, how are they going to react? it's quite a big cultural shift. we wa nt we want to change the social norm. for many years, i have gone into places and asked them to refill a bottle to see what their reaction would be. what was it? fairly positive. and when it is not? there isa positive. and when it is not? there is a bit of discussion about offering to pay for it. i think having the refill scheme says this is ok, this is normal, it is

acceptable. many people will be interested. will you come back to us later on? yeah. if you have thoughts on that issue, let us know. on twitter, this woman says they used to be water fountains twitter, this woman says they used to be waterfountains in parks. reintroduce them? is it weather to go through the park? certainly is an the next few days. this was dumfries yesterday. mile air and snowmelt has set rivers rising. the mild air has gone off to the near continent, but

further snowmelt soon. the storm from yesterday has gone to northern europe. cooler weather in between today and tomorrow. chillier than yesterday. a scattering of showers. many places starting dry. parts of central scotland and glasgow and edinburgh, you may get away with a dry day by and large. a few showers across the bulk of england. the west of wales, south—west england, frequent showers in the next few hours. a few in kent and sussex. parts of east anglia, the south—east, south—east midlands, largely dry. a few showers in western areas. longer spells of rain in southern scotland and the south—west of wales. the wind will bea south—west of wales. the wind will be a bit lost three, driving showers further east. —— blustery.

temperatures around where they should be. a cool day. tonight, a few showers around. by the end of the night, showers largely confined to eastern england and eastern scotland. most other areas in the west, dry and clear. that will lead toa west, dry and clear. that will lead to a frosty night tonight. friday does not look bad. some showers for commuters. most will have a dry day with sunny spells. temperatures, similarto with sunny spells. temperatures, similar to today. not feeling bad at all. as i said, more cloud for the weekend. weather fronts gathering all. as i said, more cloud for the weekend. weatherfronts gathering in the west will work their way in on saturday. brightness in the eastern half of england. 0verall, saturday. brightness in the eastern half of england. overall, a cloudy day on saturday. outbreaks of rain from the west quite quickly. some will be heavy. severe gales in scotla nd will be heavy. severe gales in scotland expected. breezy elsewhere. that is, from the south—west for

sunday. dragging in more warm air melting snow in scotland. eastern england will stay dry with sunny spells and temperatures into the teens. back to you. thank you. around three million people fall victim to scams every year, costing millions of pounds. so ben's looking at a new scheme to help spot the scammers. yes, the numbers are staggering. millions of people fall victim to scams every year. sankey. good morning. the cost to consumers as a result of these scams is estimated to be between £5 and £10 billion a year. that's a broad range, but there's a good reason for that. only 5% of scams get reported to the authorities, like the police or trading standards. this week, an initiative has been launched to raise awareness of the problem, and to train a million scam spotters, or "friends against scams," by 2020.

neil masters is from national trading standards. he's heading up the scheme. good morning. good morning. what are we talking about? what is a scam? fraud. that is the crime. the kinds of crimes we see with trading standards, rogue traders knocking on your door saying you have something missing and they escalate the crisis. and even on line lotteries saying you won but never entered. people saying they can get in touch with loved ones. people will feel a little bit stupid if they fall victim to it. that is why many crimes are not reported. yes, people

do, unnecessarily. they feel they cannot come forward. that is com pletely cannot come forward. that is completely false. there are a number of organisations like the consumer helpline and victim support, aiduk, they are there to help those victims. people should not feel embarrassed. they are not stupid. there is no shame in saying ifell victim, even if it was my own fault. there is help available. there is a lwa ys there is help available. there is always help available through these organisations. they are there to support and not judge. organisations. they are there to support and notjudge. you are launching a scheme today which is crucial because it is trying to train people to spot these things before they happen. it is one thing to deal with it once it has happened, but you want toit in the first base. we believe the way to

protect people is to introduce friends against scams to stop it before it happens. we have recruited 30,000 people from the public, some of which have been victims of fraud themselves. they spread counter—fraud messages in the community and encourage reporting to police. they help to identify victims in communities so we can give them support. top tips? what should be your first port of call if you fall victim? what will make more people report these? the first port of call should be action fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud

run by the city of london police. they have a phone number and a website. also, if you feel too embarassed, victim support and other organisations will help you report withoutjudgement. thank you for explaining. we will put the contact details, especially for the website, on our social media page. we will have results from sky as well soon. thank you so much. the countdown to the men's australian open semi—final has well and truly begun. in just under two hours, kyle edmund will walk onto court. it's the first time he's made it so far in a grand slam tournament, and the 23—year—old is aiming to overtake andy murray as british number one. a proud moment, then, for family and friends back home in yorkshire, and jj chalmers is at his old school in east yorkshire for us this morning. i can't ican't imagine i can't imagine the excitement.

surely, 830, lessons are off? for some of the kids, they were lucky to get time off. kyle edmund is becoming a household name across the country. but here at his old school in the local area, he has been a superstar for in the local area, he has been a superstarfor a long in the local area, he has been a superstar for a long time. in the local area, he has been a superstarfor a long time. the children are out of the early because of the time difference. they are preparing and making banners and warming up themselves. we have come here today to find out who she is inspiring and who inspired him? —— who he is. he was first spotted as a tennis talent at ten years old. he also played cricket and did swimming. we will speak to his teachers. what were your first memories of him? he was a lovely young man as a pupil, he did everything wholeheartedly.

especially with sports, of course. that is where he showed his talent. you were the man who spotted how good he was. what made him stand out? when he wasjust11, he played at the under 12 championships. i invited him to play. he won that. tremendous. these boys were a year older. he showed tremendous talent at that time. i thought if he chose tennis for his career, he could really make it. thank you so much. we will talk to you later. excitement is building here and across the country. the children here are making banners. give us a cheer. cheering. it is notjust the children, but adults and teachers. 0ne children, but adults and teachers. one last cheer. cheering. we hope

you are excited as well. how could you are excited as well. how could you not? if you want insight into what is happening, andrew castle, and kyle's coach as well. we will forgive you if you want to follow it later on. you can see that on 5live. highlights will be at five o'clock if you can wait. time to get the news, travel, and weather wherever you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara 0rchid. a former prison officer at belmarsh who was sent to prison for being the paid source for a daily mirror reporter is fighting to clear his name at the european court of human rights. bob norman claims he was a whistleblower, but was jailed for 20 months

for misconduct in office. his lawyer says the paper shouldn't have revealed their source, and payments to mr norman shouldn't have been an issue. there's no law anywhere that says that someone can't be paid for speaking to the press. and some of the biggest stories we've seen, such as the mp scandal over all their claims, uh, the daily telegraph paid around £100,000 for, and it was money well spent. the old vic theatre is starting a new scheme for staff to share concerns about colleagues' behaviour. it's after 20 people who worked there made complaints about its former artistic director kevin spacey. a new "guardians" programme is being set up as bosses have been investigating allegations of inappropriate conduct against the star. kensington and chelsea council are considering plans to crack down on excessive aianb—style short letting after a string

of complaints. the council says it has received 91 complaints in the last two years about homeowners renting out their property on short lets for more than the current maximum of 90 days a year. under proposals, people could be given fixed penalty notices of up to £30,000 if conditions weren't kept to. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning, there are severe delays on the circle line anti—clockwise due to signalling problems. part suspension on the metropolitan. following an electrical problem at st pancras, the escalators by the south—eastern train platforms, the information screens, and 0yster readers are all out of service. the a12 is closed. 0n the a13, traffic is building west—bound through barking. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. well, after a good lashing from storm georgina yesterday, lots of heavy rain and strong gusts

of wind, you'll be glad to hear today will be much nicer. sunshine. mostly dry. starting between five and seven degrees this morning. plenty of sunshine last into the afternoon. the small chance of a shower on this south—westerly wind. top temperatures all the way into double figures, 10—11. 0vernight, clear spells at first. then cloud amounts will increase. mostly dry. 4-5. then, tomorrow, a cloudy start. bright and sunny spells breaking through, especially in the afternoon. and tomorrow is also looking dry. not so at the weekend. it will be mild. temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees. lots of cloud and patchy rain at times. i am back in half an hour. plenty more on the website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. tech companies such as facebook and twitter

are in the prime minister's sights as she arrives in switzerland for the world economic forum. theresa may will tell world leaders that leading social media firms must do more to remove terrorist and extremist content. good morning, it's thursday the 25th of january. also this morning: a crucial day at the australian open for britain's kyle edmund. good morning! yes, it's been quite a week for kyle already and there are just 1.5 hours to go until the brit begins the battle for a place in his first grand slam final. the semi against marin cilic starts at 8:30am. pressure on the education minister, who attended a controversial men—only charity dinner. the government chief whip summons him to explain his presence. tens of thousands of free water—refill points will be set up across england in a bid cut the number of plastic bottles being thrown away.

it's been a tough week for the pay—tv firm sky after the regulator block its takeover, warning it wasn't in the public interest. so what next? we'll get its latest results in the next few minutes. and matt has the weather after the wild and windy weather yesterday, not as wet or windy today, showers developing later after starting dry, details on that and the weekend forecast coming up. good morning. first our main story: theresa may will use a speech at the world economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on technology companies like facebook and twitter to tackle extremist material online. she'll be speaking in davos just hours before she sits down with us president donald trump, their first meeting since she criticised him for sharing racist videos tweeted by the far—right group, britain first. matt hancock joins us

matt hancockjoins us from davos. thanks for your time. could you please outline some of the themes in the speech theresa may will be making later? she's going to be talking about the fa ct we she's going to be talking about the fact we have this amazing new digital technology, the internet, and in the main it is a great force for good but we need to make sure we tackle some of the harms it brings and we can't do that alone as government. companies need to step up government. companies need to step up to the plate. they have been making some progress but there is clearly more to do to tackle some of the harms that we see online, the terrorist material that exists there and also making sure children are protected and getting the balance right between the great freedom the internet brings but also making sure we mitigate harms to others is a very important project and the prime

minister will be setting out more details on that. mr hancock, why do people feel such frustration and why are we asking these companies, if you like pleading with them to do something voluntarily, why are we doing that, why don't we take more draconian action and force them?m some areas we are legislating as we speak. there is legislation on data protection in front of the house of commons, which tackles some of these issues. by the nature of the platforms you've got to do it through the platforms, but we're certainly willing to look at all options. getting that balance to make sure the material that is harmful is taken down and preferably taken down harmful is taken down and preferably ta ken down before harmful is taken down and preferably taken down before anybody sees it... yet normal people trying to use the internet in a perfectly positive way like most people do have the freedom to do so. getting that balance is what we need to achieve. clearly the companies need to do more and

there's something else the prime minister will be saying today and articulating, which is it is in the interests of the investors in the company to get this right. gone are the days these companies can think the days these companies can think the government should just get out of the way. it's clear we need to make sure we have norms and rules in place to make sure that we harness the internet as a force for good. the investors have got a very important part to play in that. when use that phrase we're looking at all options, it sounds like one of those phrases people used to kick a problem down the road —— when you use. does that mean you're thinking about legal restrictions? are you poking about something much more serious? well, we don't rule out further legislation. as i said mawae legislating right now, there's a bill in front of the house of commons, it's about tackling some of theseissues commons, it's about tackling some of these issues —— as i say, we are

legislating. there's a broad range of challenges. there's the impact on terrorism and making surejordan are protected online, there's the need to intellectual property online and make sure we tackle bullying —— children are protected. there's a broad range of issues and each of them needs to be addressed properly. but the leadership that the prime minister is showing here talking to other global leaders is to say that we can't just ignore other global leaders is to say that we can'tjust ignore this problem, or you can think because the internet companies are global, therefore individual countries can't do anything about it, we absolutely can and we're determined to and we're going to be publishing more on that later today. mr hancock, wanted to ask you a few questions the presidents club story, some of your remit covers the charity sector. many people possibly at the event are in themselves why we re at the event are in themselves why were they there and is what's happening 0k, nadim zahawi, the

education minister, might be asking himself those questions, what are your reflections on the fact he was there and were it not for the ft investigation apparently that would have been 0k? investigation apparently that would have been ok? i'm very glad this clu b have been ok? i'm very glad this club has been shut down and i think that it's part of a wider change that it's part of a wider change that we need to make sure that you have genuine equality of opportunity in this country, in our country, and making sure men and women are treated equally and i think you see this across a range of different areas. making sure we have equal pay is still unfinished business and there's more to do. i'm very glad that the club has been shut down. i was appalled when i read it for the first time on the ft website and i'm glad it's gone. ifi

glad it's gone. if i may, part of this is about sending out messages and the fact and education minister in the current government saw it fit to be atan current government saw it fit to be at an event that apparently within the charity sector many people knew had quite an extreme reputation, it wasn't a surprise to a lot of people, these revelations coming out, shocking as they are. why was a government minister going there? i understand that he was invited because it was a charity fundraiser and he left early because he felt uncomfortable with it. that's what i'm told. i also understand that he's spoken to the chief whip and had a common station with the chief whip about it. but there's a broader point, which is we need to make sure that we don't have events this that are that we don't have events this that a re clearly that we don't have events this that are clearly frankly so sexist. what are you going to do in your role as secretary of state to ensure that something changes? everyone is

thinking the same thing and saying the same words, but sometimes unless there's some form of government legislation or further action people facing penalties... what are you going to do in practice? we have a regulator, the charities commission, whose role is to make sure charities behave in appropriate ways. behave in appropriate waysm demonstrates that is not working surely? the fact the club has shut down i think is a good thing and... had it not then it would have been the sort of thing the charities commission would have made the choice about whether or not to look into but it certainly has the powers it needs. in fact we strengthen that legislation two years ago to make sure it has the powers it needs in this kind of circumstance. do you think nadhim zahawi should stay in his role as education minister? asi minister? as i say, he's had a conversation with the chief whip. it's very much

a matter for the whips and the prime minister rather than for me. but his explanation is that he was invited because it was a charity fundraiser and then that he left early. matth hancock, appreciate your time this morning, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, speaking to us from what looks like a very cold davos. chilly but beautiful. thank you very much! kyle edmund will try to extend his remarkable australian open run and reach his first grand slam final when he takes on marin cilic this morning. victory would mean that the 23—year—old replace andy murray as british number one. 0ur australia correspondent hywel griffith is live in melbourne. we're excited here, what is the atmosphere like where you are? good morning, welcome back to melbourne. it's definitely building, just under 90 minutes to go until

kyle edmund walks out on the rod laver arena. he arrived here of course unseeded and unfancied and dare i say unknown to most viewers and people outside of the tennis court but in the last few weeks he's played with the confidence that means he can no longer be ignored. for yea rs means he can no longer be ignored. for years he's been in the shadow of andy murray but without his great friend here, he's definitely soaked up friend here, he's definitely soaked up the limelight and he seems to be enjoying it. under melbourne's sweltering sun, plenty would feel the pressure. this is tennis‘s biggest stage where reputations are made. if kyle edmund is feeling the pressure, he's not letting it show. last night was spent relaxing with friends. he's in a really good place, had dinner with him last night, he's happy, he's laughing, he should be, he's in the semi—final of a slam and he's playing great tennis and a lot of the tennis world are now talking about him. he's going to believe he's arrived on that stage and belongs there, and i think the rest

of the tour will realise he's going to be tough to beat moving forward. that's come after knocking out some of best names in the game. his victory over world number three grigor dimitrov showed he could match an aggressive style with mature mental strength. now he faces the world number six. there will be plenty of british tennis fans cheering him on, thirsty for a new six story. it's amazing, it's amazing, the biggest stage of his life, we are all behind him. we are surprised but we're happy he's here. it's going to be fantastic, think he will deliver pride back to the british i think. win today and kyle edmund will be in a grand slam final. all he needs to do is keep cool and carry on. the pressure is on him but so far he's been responding very well and those around him tell me there's been a change over the last few months, he used to walk on court with his cap down and his bag on his

shoulders, now he's looking up and enjoying his time and things have opened up nicely for him. no rafa nadal, djokovic has gone home, andy murray didn't even play. roger federer remains on the other side of the draw, most people think roger federer will be on the final —— in the final on sunday, who will be his opponent? in about 75 minutes we will start to find out. win or lose, kyle edmund has announced himself to the tennis world and will have won himself a huge amount of fans in great britain. that's it, thanks very much, hywel. enjoy it, whatever you do, enjoy it! that's what he's been doing throughout his whole tournament! and you can listen to live coverage of the match on bbc five live this morning. highlights will be on bbc two this evening at 5pm. ajudge in california has barred a mother and father accused of the imprisonment and torture of their 13 sons and daughters from having any contact with them. david and louise turpin appeared in court to deny the charges.

the siblings will now be separated, with the adult children living in one location and the six youngsters divided between two foster homes. sir elton john has announced a farewell tour. he says he wants to stop touring to spend more time with his young children, but only after a three—year extravaganza featuring 300 gigs around the globe. he told our us correspondent nick bryant. i've been travelling since i was 17 in the back of a van up and down the m1. although i travel in the most fantastic way, it's exhausting and i don't enjoy it. it's a long goodbye. three years, 300 shows but i'm really, really looking forward to it and they will be happy shows, i won't regret it. hgppy happy shows. i can well imagine! let's find out what's happening in the weather with matt. you put out there 15 degrees, it is still

january, isn't it? it is, potentially 15 on sunday. we saw 15 yesterday in one or two spots. after yesterday, wet and windy. temperatures in the teens. a difficult comment. but nowhere near as wet as yesterday. the storm has gone to northern europe. at the moment, slightly colder air. the shower clouds are pushing in through ireland to the western fringes of the uk. wet weather to start the day for some. a few showers in northern ireland. central and southern scotland, a dry and bright start. the bulk of england, a dry start of the cloud pushing into north—west england. showers in wales. heavy. not as windy as yesterday, but

blustery. the odd shower in kent and sussex. a rumble of thunder. east anglia, the south—east of england, starting dry. a few more showers developing through the day pushing from the west further east. spells of rain in the far south of scotland and northern england and wales. brightness and between. east anglia, dry throughout. nothing untoward. tonight. showers continue for a time in england and wales and eastern scotland. confined to eastern areas, pembrokeshire, cornwall. western areas becoming dry and clear. mist and fog. widespread frost. tomorrow look like a decent day. showers in eastern england fading away. sunny spells into the afternoon. hazy for the west later on. temperatures

tomorrow, 4—9. down on the values of the day. back into the sunshine and white wind. changing on the weekend. -- light white wind. changing on the weekend. —— light wind. a spell of rain from west to east on saturday rapidly. the heaviest rain in scotland. severe gales in the final. temperatures on the rise through the day. —— far north. south—westerly winds return. this is what you want to hear. i cannot promise sunshine everywhere, but the east of england could see some sunshine at times. and it could even be 15 degrees.” will believe it when the numbers are on the map. 0k, will believe it when the numbers are on the map. ok, i will try. thank you. the man that only annual dinner of

the presidents club has gone on for 30 years. —— the men—only. a number of charities say they will return donations they have received due to allegations of grouping. we are joined from the charity commission. thank you forjoining us. how has your knowledge of what happened come through? when did you find out about the implications of this event? we first learned about this when the ftp was first published on line. the other evening, half past eight. the behave described has no place in charity. it is very serious. we got

in touch with the trustees yesterday morning. they said they will close the charity. they will be held accountable for their actions. as it is closing, we have an important role in making sure it does so in an orderly way, and the charitable money they have goes somewhere good. you referred to the evening of the presidents club as a charity. yes. it is on our register and is a charity. they have responsibilities under charity law to fund raise ethically and responsibly in line with the values we uphold. they have to make sure people who get involved are safe and their well—being is protected. there are clear concerns that this has not been undertaken properly. what is your

responsibility to make sure they abide by the rules? charity trustees are responsible for running charities along with the law. we set out the possibilities and guidance on our website. —— responsibilities. it is very clear that be if they breached those, and that is the concern, we have the power to take action. this does not end the remit by closing. you give guidelines on what to do but you do not act upon ensuring they are met until you are told they have done something wrong and then you take action? when any concerns like this come to us, we immediately act. as soon as we had any awareness this had happened in a charity, we acted very swiftly.

clearly, there is a wider problem about people reporting concerns like this. i encourage anyone with any concerns about any kind of behaviour like this in a charity to be clear this behaviour has no place in a charity, it is unacceptable, and if you have any cause to be concerned, that the regulator no. we have the power to act and hold them accountable. —— know. power to act and hold them accountable. -- know. that is the message today. will you actively do something to encourage charities who are part of the commission to take a closer look at the events held in their name? absolutely. it has been really important, not only that we are proactive in our response to this specific case, but that we are clear publicly, which is why i have come on the programme, to other charities that this is unacceptable. let's be clear, fundraisers are horrified by what they have heard.

the secretary is reeling from this. the secretary is reeling from this. the response of charity leaders and fundraisers has also been strong in saying this behaviour has no place in charity. it is a strong message from the regulator and the charity sector. thank you very much for talking to us on breakfast this morning. sky have just announced how well they've been doing. ben has more on that and the other main business stories. they are up 5% after signing 255,000 new customers, taking the total to 23 million. the regulator blocked the take over of sky by fox. they said the deal could give the 55 s:;;:% §= fills too ! 55 s:;;:% familg too much 55 s:;;:% fa: fills too much control over murdoch family too much control over news in the uk. around three million people fall victim to scams every year,

costing millions of pounds. trading standards have set up a new scheme to help spot the scammers. only 5% of scams are reported to the authorities, like the police or trading standards. so they want more people to be aware of the problem and know how to deal with it. the scheme will also train a million so—called "scam spotters" by 2020. the number of teenagers holding a driving licence has fallen by almost 40% in two decades. the government backed research revealed as more people communicate on line than face to face, not owning a car is likely to be the "new norm." more on those stories in half an hour. we will look at the potential ta keover hour. we will look at the potential takeover that has been ruled out. that could mean they restructure. thank you very much. knife crime is at the highest level in england and wales for six years. there were almost 37,000

offences last year. so, what can be done to tackle the problem? in scotland, violent crime is treated as a public health problem, a disease to be cured, with long—term plans to tackle its causes, and it seems to be working. breakfast‘s john maguire is in glasgow this morning. good morning. good morning. this is one of the ways they are helping to tackle this problem. it is a street cafe serving street food. this is the name of it, street and narrow, run by ex—offenders working here. it isa run by ex—offenders working here. it is a trendy caravan converted in the style of the 70s in california. they made me a delicious sandwich. they have link sausages, good scottish

fare. look at this. that looks delicious, getting your taste buds going first thing in the morning. what is the super? lentil, tomato, and chilli. delicious. -- soup today. you work here last year. what was it like working here for you?m was it like working here for you?m was great. it gave us the ability to change our lives around. i really enjoyed it. what did you enjoy working here? to the public make the difference? getting involved. you have gone on to find work? yes. how do you find it? it is great.

inspector, people like colin are perfect role models for these schemes and the work you do reducing violent crime. he is a role modelto his family and others who want to get involved. it is a great example of how people can change. why does a scheme like this work? people can reconnect. it gives them the opportunity to be the best they were meant to be. they can change their lives and become regular members of society. it is a big scheme and works in many ways. it works with public health, getting involved in hospitals, perhaps when they have been involved in a violent incident. yes. we are based in glasgow and

edinburgh. people are directed to us. we join edinburgh. people are directed to us. wejoin up edinburgh. people are directed to us. we join up the dots. thank you very much for chatting to us this morning. just working away getting things ready to open up for brea kfast things ready to open up for breakfast and lunch. schemes like this, especially what we were talking about in hospitals, they are finding their way down to england and wales. there was a hospital in london looking at that work. we have the figures and we will give them see you later on. this works with the backdrop of decreasing violent crime. thank you. it is time to get the news, travel, and weather wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. a former prison officer at belmarsh who was sent to prison for being the paid source for a daily mirror reporter is fighting to clear his name at the european court of human rights.

bob norman claims he was a whistleblower, but was jailed for 20 months for misconduct in office. his lawyer says the paper shouldn't have revealed their source, and payments to mr norman shouldn't have been an issue. there's no law anywhere that says that someone can't be paid for speaking to the press. and some of the biggest stories we've seen, such as the mp scandal overall their claims, uh, the daily telegraph paid around £100,000 for, and it was money well spent. the old vic theatre is starting a new scheme for staff to share concerns about colleagues' behaviour. it's after 20 people who worked there made complaints about its former artistic director kevin spacey. a new "guardians" programme is being set up as bosses have been investigating allegations of inappropriate conduct against the star. kensington and chelsea council are considering plans to crack down

on excessive aianb—style short letting after a string of complaints. the council says it has received 91 complaints in the last two years about homeowners renting out their property on short lets for more than the current maximum of 90 days a year. under proposals, people could be given fixed penalty notices of up to £30,000 if conditions weren't kept to. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning, there are severe delays on the metropolitan. following an electrical problem at st pancras, the escalators by the south—eastern train platforms, the information screens, and 0yster readers are all out of service. the a12 is closed. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. well, after a good lashing from storm georgina yesterday,

lots of heavy rain and some strong gusts of wind, you'll be pleased to know today will be much nicer. lots of blue sky and sunshine. mostly dry too. starting between five and seven degrees this morning. plenty of sunshine lasting into the afternoon. just the small chance of a shower blowing in on this south—westerly wind. top temperatures all the way into double figures, 10—11. now, overnight, clear spells at first. then cloud amounts will start to increase. one or two showers. a mostly dry night. 11—5 degrees. then, tomorrow, a cloudy start. some bright and sunny spells breaking through, especially in the afternoon. and tomorrow is also looking dry. not so at the weekend. it certainly will feel mild. temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees. but there'll be lots of cloud and patchy rain at times. i am back in half an hour. plenty more on the website at the usual address.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to the breakfast sofa. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: in the past half—hour culture secretary matth hancock has said he welcomes the closure of the presidents club. his comments come after women employed as hostesses at after women employed as hostesses at a charity dinner were groped. i'm very glad this club has been shut down and it's part of that shutting it down is part of a wider change that we need to make sure that you have genuine equality of opportunity in this country, in our country and making sure men and women are treated equally and you

see this across a range of different areas, like making sure we have equal pay is still unfinished business and there is more to do. the education minister nadhim zahawi has been summoned by the government chief whip to explain his version of events at a men—only charity dinner. the minister said he felt uncomfortable and left the event early. the charity commission said it is investigating the allegations as a matter of urgency. theresa may will use a speech at the world economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on technology companies like facebook and twitter to tackle extremist material online. she'll be speaking in davos just hours before she sits down with us president donald trump, their first meeting since she criticised him for sharing racist videos tweeted by the far—right group, britain first. ajudge in california has barred a mother and father accused of the imprisonment and torture of their 13 sons and daughters from having any contact with them. david and louise turpin appeared in court to deny the charges. the siblings will now be separated,

with the adult children living in one location and the six youngsters divided between two foster homes. insurers say they will pay more than £30 million to businesses which are owed money by carillion, the failed construction and services company. sums between £5,000 and several million are being paid out but only to the minority of firms which had insurance cover against bad debts. carillion went under last week leaving its 30,000 suppliers facing an uncertain future. scientist say smoking one cigarette a day is much more dangerous than previously thought. the team at university college london said low levels can alter the way the heart, lungs and vessels work, leading to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. they say people should give up rather than cut down. plans to set up tens of thousands of free water refill points across england are being announced today. water uk, which represents water companies and suppliers, says it wants to expand a refill scheme first launched in 2015. it hopes this will help reduce pollution caused by plastic bottles being thrown away.

the organisers of this year's winter olympics revealed their security forces yesterday, and in a way you might not expect. while most military drills can be somewhat formal, not in pyeongchang! the south korean guard of honour were showing off their moves as they rehearsed for the start of the games, which get under way on the ninth february. very snazzy moves they are too! you're just enjoying that? it's an odd combination of choreography and fits of violence. it isn't really strictly, is it? good morning, sonali. ithink they did well! there was the moment when

they did that quickly with the guns. it might have been the camera angle! we have been counting down! we have one hour to go until the big match, until kyle edmund is in his first grand slams and. he looked like he was starting to enjoy it at the end of the last match and i hope there hasn't been a huge emotional toll in getting this far ina huge emotional toll in getting this far in a grand slam because he's only ever been into the fourth round at the us open. this is what he's been working towards for a very long time so he's been playing since the age of ten so you would expect that. this is how delighted kyle himself was to reach the semi final. he'd just beaten world number three grigor dimitrov in the quarters. another semi—finalist, a five—time champion in melbourne, thinks the briton has a fighting chance against marin cilic. it is two steps away, you know? a lot of stuff can happen. you play one good one and the other guy plays one bad one, usually there is no bad matches any more in semi—final plays.

but it's a good situation to be in and he can hit freely now and no expectations whatsoever, so maybe he'll never be in this position ever again to have so little expectations in some ways. and we'll be speaking to andrew castle about kyle in just a few minutes. in the women's semi—finals, simona halep and angelique kerber are tied at 1—1, it's in the final stages of the decider. halep is leading 8—7. caroline wozniacki has already made it through to her third major final. if kerber wins, wozniacki will take halep's spot as the world number one. arsene wenger took a big step towards winning the league cup for the first time at arsenal with a 2—1semi—finalwin over chelsea last night. the first leg ended 0—1, but chelsea already had a goal disallowed by the time eden hazard put them ahead. arsenal were soon back level, though, a double—deflection off nacho monreal‘s header made it 1—1 after only 11 minutes. the winner

took a bit longer to arrive, granit xhaka poking it home, to send his side to wembley to face manchester city on february the 25th. we looked like always we could win this game. at the end i've said it was a little bit lucky with a deflected goal with the first and the second one as well was a bit lucky, but overall i felt we controlled well the game in the second half. in scotland, rangers jumped above aberdeen into second after beating them 2—0 at ibrox. but hibs are nowjust five points behind both sides after beating dundee away. john mcginn's goal was enough to seal victory. hearts beat hamilton and bottom side ross county lost to motherwell. celtic didn't play but are still 11 points clear at the top. the football association say england women's newly—appointed head coach phil neville won't face any disciplinary action over historic sexist tweets. posts on his social media accounts subsequently emerged of him apparently assuming women would be cooking breakfast instead of watching sport.

the women in football group say more attention should be paid instead to how the next women's coaches can be brought through. there are less than 10% of football coaches in england are female. that's a shocking stat and terrible when you compare it to germany, which is more like 30%. we need to make sure in four years' time we have an abundance of coaches, male and female, who are specialist in the women's game and we can really look to for that sort of strength and depth in talent. england are looking to defend their 6 nations title for the second year running, the tournament starts next weekend and they face italy in their opening match. all of the 6 nations were in london for the tournament launch yesterday. england are favourites but ireland and scotland pose a significant threat. you've got some great teams in this competition, you've got ireland flying, scotland flying, wales have been the benchmark in european rugby, we know what france can do and italy can play some extraordinary rugby so it's this great tournament, this intense competition between countries that sleep next to each other. it's fantastic.

we know if we perform well we can put ourselves in a very good position, but we also aren't naive enough to think other countries aren't thinking the same thing. a lot of the other countries in the six nations had good autumns as well and had fantastic years, years of success in the six nations, so we've just scratched the surface of that really. england cricketer anya shrubsole has become the first female cricketer to appear on the front cover of the iconic cricketers‘ almanack, wisden. shrubsole took five wickets in 19 balls to help england's beat india to win the world cup final last summer and was also nominated for the bbc sports personality of the year award. she called the wisden cover an amazing honour and privilege and a clear representation of the strength of the women's game. and finally a story that's got a lot of football fans talking. this is the new club badge leeds united put forward to their fans, it was unveiled

yesterday with the club saying they spent six months consulting 10,000 fans to reach the end result. but the reaction on social media has forced the club into a rethink. these were the thoughts of the times sportswriter henry winter, and one fan on social media noticed the badge has a striking resemblance to a well—known indigestion treatment. the club now say they'll re—open the consultation process. i think it's giving a lot of people in digestion looking at the badge! don't you like it? it isn't for me to like or dislike, i'm not a fan!” quite like it! i'm not, i don't know about charlie, are you a leeds united fan? no! ok! you're still allowed to comment on what the thing looks like! i think the spirit is great! they should have consulted both of you! so, kyle edmund will be on court in just an hour's time. how will he handle his first

grand slam semi—final? someone who knows something about the pressure of carrying britain's hopes on his shoulders is former british number one, andrew castle. from an arsenal fan, this from an arsenalfan, this is difficult to do, but i will do it anyway! for a lot of people, this week has been an introduction to kyle edmund, i know he's a former davis cup winner but lots of people getting to know him through the papers and finding out more about him but he's not an overnight success? we do our tweeting thing every now and again. thank you for noticing for a start, someone paying attention! when he won the davis cup and obviously andy murray at that unbelievable year when they won in 2015, when you've beenin when they won in 2015, when you've been ina when they won in 2015, when you've been in a davis cup final and the fourth round of a grand slam in 2016 at the us open, semi—final of tour events, world ranking rising up to a high of 48 couple of years ago,

you're not an overnight success. there's no such thing in sport for me other than merit. he's got there on achievement, effort, talent, great family behind him. ijust want to reflect that. 0bviously there's a wider media that comes in and wider media outlets are suddenly interested , media outlets are suddenly interested, where did he go to school? all those sorts of things. but his tennis has been honed over yea rs of ha rd but his tennis has been honed over years of hard work and it's important to remember that. people like to know these characters, don't be? we got to know andy murray a lot more, he was quite shy and elusive with the press in terms of giving much but now we know his personality a bit more. we don't know much about kyle and that's what fascinates us, we want to know what drives him, he was shy, the cap was down a bit, now up a bit more as he enters the court. he is slightly more expressive on the court than he was come off the court he is the same, you ask him a

question into his eyes and he will avert his days. his mum gets very nervous. they can't watch but they might go down for the final. that's pretty relaxed, if he makes the final! you've got to make and they have to make and they have to look after kelly, she is 21, it is important where he comes from. for him he is becoming a man. 17, 18, 19, he wasn't ready for this success, his game wasn't there, neither was his mentality but he's continued to work in the right way and there's been a natural growth and now we see the result and he could win this semi—final. andrew, as we're looking at him there, his is an attack game and he's going to walk on that court and he comes out with a blasting game. for those that haven't seen him

play, that's what he does. i played him at 18 and that was a mistake. he wasn't born when i was 18! he was on the way up and i was interested to feel the effect of his forehand and to feel his game, didn't have too much on the backhand at the forehand is an absolute joke! 0nce at the forehand is an absolute joke! once he winds up on it, you can't tell where it's going to go and he hits it so hard there's no time to react. it's genuinely one of the wonders of the tennis world for me. his serve has improved, he has a new coach teaching him to be himself, to express, to go for it and do the right things but the big dealfor kyle edmund today is his defence. through his matches with dimitrov and anderson, his success at this leveljump, and anderson, his success at this level jump, has come and anderson, his success at this leveljump, has come through defence on the wings and if he starts blocking the ball on the side and showing touch instead of blasting, that's when you know he's gone up a level and he's got the confidence. his serve as well is better. it's all good. now i need to know if you got a

point off him, how did it go? you know this, charlie, catch them young, play them as young as possible and you will win a little bit! he was too old at 18 for me to get him! do you think he can win today? i think he will but federer will be the favourite for the tournament, he has been majestic, as normal. lovely to talk to you. you can hear live commentary of the match on bbc radio 5 live and the highlights will be on bbc two this evening. there will always also be the live text feed on the website. the highlights will be at 4:45pm. 0ne hour until the start of the game? 45 minutes. what will the set up the? very quiet, taking on water, maybe a bit of food and going into his own zone. the one thing i'm concerned about is he has given too much to

too many people for his character because we all want a piece. hopefully he's going into his place. i think he will win, and he's got to go on thinking he can win. the women's final, simona halep against caroline wozniak, halep beat kerber. thanks very much! almost live! -- wozniak. always changing but worth listening to. the weather. lots of heavy rain yesterday. snowmelt. flooding rivers. this was dumfries. and this was york. more of that later this weekend. in between weather systems. storm georgina is off to northern europe. in between, shower clouds. ina zone europe. in between, shower clouds.

in a zone of cold air. chilli. but a dry start. elsewhere, showers in the west. more abundant in the afternoon. wintry over higher ground. scene back in the highlands at the moment. east anglia and surrounding areas, pleasant and dry. a breeze makes it feel cool. temperatures right for january. showers in england and wales. some in northern scotland. elsewhere, dry. the odd shower in cornwall. and down the eastern coastal counties. a cold start to the warren morning. the chance of frost waking up. frosty. showers to begin with. fading away. dry and sunny

conditions, but not overly warm. then comes the cloud. weather systems pushing in. notjust wet and windy on saturday. the rain will go from west to east quickly given the strength of the wind. brightening up later. the heaviest in scotland. severe gales on saturday. temperatures back into double figures. mild air continuing. sunday, rain in scotland. double—figure temperatures. 15 degrees. rain and water in the uk. this is cape town. south africa, a different story. no rain at all. critically low reservoirs at the moment. cape town could become the

first metropolitan area in the world to see taps run dry as soon as april 12. to stave off that, from next week, households in the city will be limited to just 50 millilitres of water each. ten toilet flushes. acute. pay tv firm, sky, says revenues were up 5% in the last six months, ben's taking a look. yes, a strong set of figures from sky, the pay tv firm. it's signed up another 365,000 new customers, taking their total to 23 million across the uk and europe. but it's been a tough week for the satellite broadcaster. on tuesday, the competition watchdog ruled that a proposed takeover of the company was not in the public interest. why? well, its chairman is james murdoch, the son of media tycoon, rupert murdoch. sky is currently 39% owned by 21st century fox. 21st century fox's boss is ruper

and the company is effectviely controlled by the murdoch family. the problem is that rupert murdoch also owns news corp, which in turn owns the sun, times, and sunday times. so, a lot of concerns about media ownership. on tuesday, the competition and markets authority ruled that fox's bid for the remainder of sky would give the murdoch family too much control over news providers in the uk. what will happen next? matthew howett from assembly research is here. when you see the family relationship, it is no surprise regulators said it is too much power. is that the end of the story? they believe the ruling from the cma came as a surprise. i think what the cma said is not the end of the story. it could be different if they

said this would have been bad for broadcasting standards. this would all be off the table if that were the case. the cma have given sky and fox and disney a way through this with remedies around sky news to reduce the combined influence.” with remedies around sky news to reduce the combined influence. i did not mention disney. it came in and said they will buy the group anyway. where does that leave sky? they have good figures. they are signing up more and more subscribers even though we have a squeeze on income. that is why firms want there hands on it. disney is part of all of this and it is important to mention. some of the remedies around the fox—sky ta keover of the remedies around the fox—sky takeover could fall away if disney

get it. that'll make rupert happy. the cma have given options. 0ne get it. that'll make rupert happy. the cma have given options. one of them is splitting up the news division and putting up a wall to stop interference. why this transaction is happening is because of the threat from other content companies like netflix. we had their results recently. to combat that, they are trying to do these tie—ups. sky talked a lot this morning about content, in particular, success of original programmes. they have the highest watching figures so far. you touched on amazon, netflix. there is so much choice. is this actually just fighting over a shrinking market? will ultimately amazon and netflix, will they merge, do deals, just to stay alive? there is a lot at stake. we should remember, of

course, sky has broadband, and many are taking content through that rather than over the air. they have to think about how to deliver that content. i suspect sky is thinking with fox about how to use that more. selling bundles to consumers, packages, as well as connectivity. so interesting, isn't it? we will see what happens next. thank you. more from me after 8pm. thank you very much. cheetahs are known for being the fastest land mammal, but now, new research suggests when it comes to catching prey, speed doesn't always equal success. scientists have discovered a kind of arms race between big cats and the animals they hunt. as one gets faster, the other becomes more agile, as our science correspondent, victoria gill, explains. the fastest land animal on earth.

cheetahs are built for speed and acceleration. but with a sprint they can sustain for less than a minute, every twist and turn of the hunt is critical. a high—speed battle. and these veterinary scientists have now studied it at the finest scale. we see the spectacle of hunting on wildlife documentaries, but here we have thousands showing what they do, all of the things we do not see, hunting at night, undercover, and building upa hunting at night, undercover, and building up a huge story which we can create a computer model to tell us what the effect is. scientists fixed colours to cheetahs and lions and the prey they pursue. every moment of the chase is captured, showing how closely predator and prey match in athleticism. it also

demonstrated the hunt is about much more than speed. by outmanoeuvring a predator, turning at the very last minute, and antelope can control the chase and evade capture. 0nly minute, and antelope can control the chase and evade capture. only about 50% of cheetah hunts and in a kill. this unpacks the evolution between predator and pay. the balance of the survival of the cats and what they eat. lions and cheetahs are vulnerable to extinction. this study shows how find that lying is between life and death in the wild. we have checked them. —— line. we have an in—depth understanding of their requirements in their habitat. it is important we research the prey they eat and how much range they need. it all links into their conservation. these are the extreme athletes of the animal kingdom. and tracking

every step really unravels the drama of each chase. victoria gill, bbc news. stunning images. beautiful, absolutely beautiful. we are 35 minutes from kyle edmund playing in the next round of the australian 0pen. it's time to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. we will see you later. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara 0rchid. a former prison officer at belmarsh who was sent to prison for being the paid source for a daily mirror reporter is fighting to clear his name at the european court of human rights. bob norman claims he was a whistleblower, but was jailed for 20 months for misconduct in office. his lawyer says the paper shouldn't have revealed their source, and payments to mr norman shouldn't have been an issue. there's no law anywhere that says that someone can't be paid for speaking to the press.

and some of the biggest stories we've seen, such as the mp scandal overall their claims, uh, the daily telegraph paid around £100,000 for, and it was money well spent. police are appealing for witnesses after a man died last night following a multi vehicle collision on the a12 in leytonstone. emergency services were called and the 73—year—old man was pronounced dead at the scene. kensington and chelsea council are considering plans to crack down on excessive aianb—style short letting after a string of complaints. the council says it has received 91 complaints in the last two years about homeowners renting

out their property on short lets for more than the current maximum of 90 days a year. under proposals, people could be given fixed penalty notices of up to £30,000 if conditions weren't kept to. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning, after earlier problems there's now a good service on all lines. 0n the trains, an electrical problem at st pancras means the escalators by the south—eastern platforms, the information screens, and 0yster readers are all out of service in hackney wick, the a12 is closed northbound at the lea interchange following a couple of incidents overnight. 0n the m25, traffic is down to three lanes anticlockwise afterj17 that's maple cross following a collision. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. well, after a good lashing from storm georgina yesterday, lots of heavy rain and some strong gusts of wind, you'll be pleased to know today will be much nicer. lots of blue sky and sunshine. mostly dry too. starting between five and seven degrees this morning. plenty of sunshine lasting into the afternoon. just the small chance of a shower blowing in on this south—westerly wind. top temperatures all the way into double figures, 10—11. now, overnight, clear spells at first.

then cloud amounts will start to increase. one or two showers. a mostly dry night. 4—5 degrees. then, tomorrow, a cloudy start. some bright and sunny spells breaking through, especially in the afternoon. and tomorrow is also looking dry. not so at the weekend. it certainly will feel mild. temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees. but there'll be lots of cloud and patchy rain at times. i am back in half an hour. plenty more on the website at the usual address. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello.

this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the culture secretary welcomes the closure of the club at the centre of claims hostesses were groped at a charity event. matt hancock tells this programme the behaviour reported at the president's club dinner should be investigated by the charities watchdog. we need to make sure that we don't have events like this that are clearly so... frankly, so sexist. good morning, it's thursday 25th january. also this morning: a crucial day at the australian open for britain's kyle edmund. it has been an amazing week for kyle already, and he will soon go for a

place in his first grand slam semifinal. the semifinal starts at 8:30am. theresa may will tell world leaders at davos that they must do more to remove terrorism online. the pay—tv firm sky has signed up another 365,000 new customers. we'll be looking at what next for the tv giant. and matt has the weather. and matt has the weather. a day of sunshine, showers and maybe the odd rainbow. though forecasting 15 minutes. in the past hour the culture secretary, matt hancock,

has told this programme he welcomes the closure of the presidents club. the charity came under pressure after women employed as hostesses at a dinner held by the organisation, said that they were groped. meanwhile, the education minister nadhim zahawi has been summoned by the government chief whip to explain his version of events. the minister said he felt uncomfortable and left the function early as alexandra mckenizie reports. the annual presidents club charity dinner for men only at the dorchester hotel. women were hired as table hostesses. there were claims they were groped, they were made to were revealing outfits and specific underwear and their phones were confiscated. 0ne one of the event organisers, david mellor, resigned his position. one of those summoned to explain his attendance was education minister nadhim zahawi. he was called in to see the chief whip. 0n social media, mr zahawi said: he didn't say long, the charity commission said it was

investigating the claims as a matter of urgency. the behaviour described as no place in a charity. we were in touch with the trustees straightaway, asking for an explanation. they have since confirmed that they intend to come close —— to close the charity. that doesn't excuse their actions whilst running the charity, and if the charity is closing, we have an important role in ensuring it does so in and it —— in an orderly way. the presidents club, which said it was appalled by the allegations surrounding the event last week, said it would distribute remaining funds to children's charities before shutting down in the wake of the scandal. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. earlier, the culture secretary, matt hancock, give us this reaction. i'm very glad this club has been

shut down and part of that shutting it down is part of a wider change that we need to make sure that you have genuine equality of opportunity in this country, in our country and making sure men and women are treated equally in our country and making sure men, ==and women are treated equally. it wasn't a surprise to a lot of people that these revelations came out, shocking as they are. why was covered minister there? it was a charity fundraiser and he left early because he felt uncomfortable with it. that is what i was dull. i also understand he has spoken to the chief whip and had a conversation about it. there was a broader point, which is that we need to make sure

that we don't have events like this, that we don't have events like this, that are clearly so... frankly, so sexist. theresa may will use a speech at the world economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on technology companies like facebook and twitter to tackle extremist material online. she'll be speaking in davos just hours before she sits down with us president donald trump, their first meeting since she criticised him for sharing racist videos tweeted by the far—right group, britain first. our business correspondent sally bundock is in davos. —— simon jack is —— simonjack is in davos for us. sketch out what we are expected to hear from theresa may. she will be speaking at around 2pm local time, 1pm yourtime. speaking at around 2pm local time, 1pm your time. advisers tell us she will use this opportunity to tell the companies have to really do more to ensure that extremist content, whether it be paedophilia, or

terrorism, needs to be more quickly taken down, and she will refer back to the united nations beach where she said the target should be two hours to do that. ultimately, it should automatically exclude itself, and they should do that by using developments in artificial intelligence. she's also going to say that britain wants to be a leading light in the development of artificial intelligence. everyone thinks that these are important issues. whether they are top of mind at the moment is a question. we are expecting donald trump to arrive, andl expecting donald trump to arrive, and i think she will have to go some way to outshine the darling of the co nfe re nce way to outshine the darling of the conference so far, emmanuel macron, and all eyes will be on president trump when he arrives this evening. talk us through that a little bit more, simon. davos is the most extraordinary place, isn't it? and one of the problems were any prime minister is that, around the corner, there is always someone more

important about to make a speech. the result was a more important person then you around the next corner, even if you are ahead of like theresa may! she will talk to donald trump on the sidelines and we are told they will —— even if you are told they will —— even if you area are told they will —— even if you are a head of state like theresa may! they had a spat about promoting some of that far right stuff that donald trump put out there and tweeted about. there was a big spat about the embassy and that state visit to the uk. donald trump saying he didn't want to come because 0bama did a bad deal unmoved the embassy after the prestige area and moved it toa after the prestige area and moved it to a different error in london. an opportunity to patch up and let things heal over, and also perhaps get another date in the diary for that controversial state visit. simon, we will leave it there for the moment. ajudge in california has barred

a mother and father, accused of the imprisonment and torture of their 13 sons and daughters, from having any contact with them. david and louise turpin appeared in court to deny the charges. the siblings will now be separated, with the adult children living in one location and the six youngsters divided between two foster homes. insurers say they will pay more than £30 million to businesses which are owed money by carillion, the failed construction and services company. sums between 5000 and several million pounds are being paid out but only to the minority of firms which had insurance cover against bad debts. carillion went under last week leaving its 30,000 suppliers facing an uncertain future. smoking is awful for health, as it greatly increases the risk

of cancer, heart attack and stroke. you may expect cutting down from 20 to one a day would lead to a similar reduction in health problems. it does for lung cancer, but a study in the british medicaljournal says some risks remain high. for every 100 middle—aged people who had never smoked, five have a heart attack or a stroke each decade. a 20 a day habit increases that risk to a higher 12 heart attacks or strokes. when people cut down drastically and smoke just once a day, they would still have eight heart attacks or strokes. the team from university college say the solution is to stop completely. even smoking the odd cigarette here and there or one or two a day still has a major risk of two common and serious disorders. the implication for gps is that when they deliver smoking cessation services to their patients they can raise this information to try and encourage smokers in a positive way to completely stop rather than merely cut down. researchers think even low levels

of tobacco smoke may be altering the way the heart, lungs and blood vessels function, leading to the increase in risk. cutting back is still better than doing nothing but public health england say the safest thing to do is to quit for good. plans to set up tens of thousands of free water refill points across england are being announced today. water uk, which represents water companies and suppliers, says it wants to expand a refill scheme first launched in 2015. it hopes this will help reduce pollution caused by plastic bottles being thrown away. i actually know where the spots are where i can refill my water bottle so i would not necessarily need it. that would be really good, that would be ace, definitely. not a bad idea. i think the biggest waste is plastic bottles and coffee cups, isn't it? i don't know if all companies will be happy doing that, but it's an amazing idea. sir elton john has

announced a farewell tour. he says he wants to stop touring to spend more time with his young children — but only after a 3—year extravaganza featuring 300 gigs around the globe, as he told our us correspondent nick bryant. i've been travelling since i was 17 in the back of a van up and down the m1. although i travel in the most fantastic way, it's exhausting and i don't enjoy it. it's a long goodbye. three years, 300 shows but i'm really, really looking forward to it and they will be happy shows, i won't regret it. britain's kyle edmund carries the hopes of a nation on his shoulders this morning as he attempts to reach the final of the australian open. the 23—year—old could overtake andy murray to become the british number one. the match gets under way in the next half hour, and somebody who may be feeling the nerves right now is kyle's coach, mark hilton.

he joins us live from the national tennis centre in london. are very good morning to you, mark. what a fantastic day this is for kyle. what are your thoughts, half an hour away from the match?m kyle. what are your thoughts, half an hour away from the match? it is very exciting, not only for the people who have supported, family and friends, but also for himself. i spoke to him yesterday, he is ready to play and help prepare well. he has recovered from his match against grigor. what do you know about how he goes about that preparation? players have little things they do or don't like to do in the run—up — what is he like? we have had a pretty relaxed day yesterday, very much about recovery. he probably played about 30—40 minutes on the court. he had a debrief from his match and talked a lot about today.

he spent a lot of time with friends, try to stay relaxed and keep his commitments to a minimum so he will be in the best condition to perform. in the immediate run—up, are their rituals that he goes through? players have routines because most of their life is spent between a tennis court, hotel room and a gym. it is all about routine, and he will have his, keeping it simple, making sure he won't overcomplicate things and getting himself prepared to go out there and perform. in the way you are speaking, and we often hear it from sports coaches, you have that very matter of fact approach to what is giving on. you will be aware, though, that the nation as, live to kyle and has got interested in his story. it is wonderful for him after all the work that he, you and the team have done, even to get to this stage. i think so. taking it

matter—of—factly, he plays a lot over the year, has a lot of ups and downs, so it is important to take those wins and losses and be level—headed about it, which he is, as well as the team around him, whether it is the coaching team, his family, who have done a greatjob keeping him very even and ready to go again for another big match.” know that you work in tandem with another coach to work with him, and we've heard a little bit more about what people are saying is changed this year. you explain for us, because a lot of people have said, he has always had amazing shots, and people are now familiar with that amazing forehand he has. i don't wa nt to amazing forehand he has. i don't want to be too technical for people who don't follow tennis regularly, but the biggest change, they say, is about the confidence in him. he had developed some believe. he lost a lot of close matches at the end of last year, and he started well in brisbane, came through some tight matches, and it does a lot for that feeling that you can go on the court

and get through matches and get over the line. i think, having those experiences at the start of the year, obviously coming to a close five set match at the start against anderson has been a big catalyst for that. it was never about hating shots, it was making decisions in the big moments, and he has executed extremely well. you are at the tennis centre there — what do you think his success will mean for young people? people are saying, who are we going to look to after andy murray? it will be a big boost for young people looking at the sport. of course. andy has done a phenomenaljob for that, of course. andy has done a phenomenal job for that, and of course. andy has done a phenomenaljob for that, and kyle is a direct reflection of andy's success. he has spent a lot of time with him, and he was a classic example in pre—season this year, kyle took a couple ofjunior players

away who are aspiring to this level as well, and i think surrounding yourself with the best can obviously up yourself with the best can obviously up your level, and that has happened with kyle that way. he has the character to give back, and it creates that conveyor belt of players that will hopefully be coming through. i understand kyle's parents have not gone to australia at the moment. do you know where they are watching it? what is happening with the family? it must be difficult to watch a game like this. of course. his matches have very much been around the middle of the night over here so it has been very much people getting up at all hours to support him. i'm aware they are at home together as a family watching him, and taking pressure off kyle is obviously going to bea pressure off kyle is obviously going to be a big thing, and as we discussed, it's not about adding

more pressure, it's not about getting too carried away with the wins and the support they have given him, notjust in this tournament but through his whole journey has been phenomenal really, and it's through his whole journey has been phenomenal really, and its business as usual and he will go about that again today. we very much look forward to the match today, thank you for your time today and we wish him well. mark hilton, kyle edmund's coach, thank you. it is funny, sports coaches often have that approach, just got to do the job. that is what you do your training for. we can be more emotional about it and so can the fans in melbourne and we can get the taste of how they are feeling over there, here is hywel griffith the fans have been filling up the rod laver arena behind me. we spotted a fair number of union jacks. people behind me. we spotted a fair number of unionjacks. people admitted when they booked their tickets weeks ago they booked their tickets weeks ago they hoped to be cheering on andy murray but now they have a new name

and they have really taken to kyle edmund. some of them have watched him at pretty much every match here, some of them boasting about selvie they got with him. the aussies love an underdog so i think many of those will have been impressed by the way he has knocked out people far above him in the rankings. he's done it with such confidence and composure and he's not been overawed by the situation. how he responds to a grand slam semifinal, well, i guess we will just grand slam semifinal, well, i guess we willjust have to wait and see. those around me tell me he's pretty relaxed, his mindset has been good, had time to go out for a meal last night and posted some pictures on facebook. i think we will see a happy and smiling kyle edmund when he takes to centre stage. good to see you, enjoy the sunshine, we will speak to you later. the time is 8:18am. time to take a look at the weather. matt has the details. know

when it as warm as it is in melbourne, the high 20s is the temperature of there. no—win air is warm this morning, yesterday morning we saw temperatures into the teens across england and wales, a bit of a drop this morning, cool start of the day and cooler by and large, cool a couple of days on the way, the mild are linked into storm georgina, off into the north of europe, this area of cloud will bring wet and windy and increasingly mild weather in the weekend but in between we have clear skies, showers to the west of the uk and ireland which will become abundant during the day. showers continue across the north—west highlands, falling snow for one or two and around the glasgow and edinburgh area it is dry, showers in northern ireland, the western fringes of england and wales becoming a bit more widespread with showers through the next couple of hours. much of eastern england is dry, although a few showers will be pushing in from the english channel, parts of sussex and kent in

particular. they will continue to come and go through the day. the showers in the west could merge into some longer spells of rain, southern scotland, far south of scotland, northern england and wales, cloudy conditions this afternoon at times and showers could be evian thundery. the further south and east some of you will stay dry throughout the day and not bad through the central belt of scotla nd and not bad through the central belt of scotland either. around average for this time of year, 6—11d but it will feel cool in the breeze, blustery wind blowing. expects showers across england and wales tonight for burns night. showers developing across scotland and northern england, into pembrokeshire this morning. the rest of the uk will be dry, if few mist and fog patches, icy start on friday for some morning showers for the commute across eastern counties of england quickly disappearing, the rest of

the day will be fine, one of the driest of the week. temperatures down on today's values but the wind and sunshine. shouldn't feel too bad. this is what is wedding in the wings for the weekend, the deep area of low pressure pushing between us and iceland into saturday. lots of strong winds around meaning the band of rain that comes will push from west to east quickly, sunshine and showers following, some heavy rain for a time showers following, some heavy rain fora time in showers following, some heavy rain for a time in scotland and we should see severe gales in the far north too. 0nce see severe gales in the far north too. once it goes we continue with milderair into too. once it goes we continue with milder air into sunday, south—westerly winds dominating, still bringing rain at times, into scotla nd still bringing rain at times, into scotland and around western coasts and hills, which will only add to river level is currently running high across the country, but some parts of central and eastern england in particular will stay dry and get a bit of sunshine, one or two could see temperatures peak at 15 degrees. still not on the chart, is it? it is not but i like to keep you

waiting. it is a 21 am. then has results from sky this morning. a good set of figures after what has been a tough week for them. —— ben has the results. good morning, pay tv firm sky says revenues were up 5% in the last six months, after signing up 365,000 new customers, taking their total to 23 million. this week the regulator blocked the ta keover of this week the regulator blocked the takeover of sky by 21st century fox saying the deal could damage customer choice and give the murdoch family that owned parts of it too much control over news in the uk. it signalled the end of the humble satellite dish on the side of your house, saying instead it plans to offer all of its channels and content online. around three million people fall victim to scams every year — costing us up to £10 billion. so, trading standards are launching a new scheme to help spot scammers. just 5% of scams are reported to the authorities — like the police or trading standards.

so, they want more people to be aware of the problem and know how to deal with it. the number of teenagers holding a driving licence has fallen by almost 40% in two decades. the government—backed research revealed as more people communicate online than face to face, not owning a car is likely to be the new normal. it also blames new technology allowing people to share cars and hail taxis as well as the rising cost of car ownership. you are up—to—date, i will see you soon. we all know that one of the best things you can do to improve your life expectancy is to stop smoking. and if you've battled your way from twenty cigarettes and if you've battled your way from 20 cigarettes a day to just one or two, you might think you've pretty much cracked it. but a new study shows that smoking even one—a—day nearly doubles the risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack in middle age. professor allan hackshaw researched the figures, which are published in the british medicaljournal. he joins us from our london studio. good morning. thank you forjoining

us. the risks of smoking just one cigarette a day compared to, say, smoking 15—20 a day, are they still significantly lower? it's certainly lower but not anywhere near as low as smokers think it's going to be when they cut down. for cancer, for example, the risk is greatly reduced but the risk for heart attack and stroke is not and people would have to stop completely. tell us how this is going to encourage, this research, is going to encourage people to cut down completely. to be fair you hear a lot of different statistics about whether smoking one or two, or however long you have given up which contributes to better health during middle age, how will you encourage people to quit completely? by saying that you will get rid of most of your risk of heart attacks and strokes, and the thing about those two disorders is the risk of those

go away very quickly. a few years after quitting. by cutting down to a few cigarettes a day you get great benefits on cancer risk, so it should be encouraged and smokers have done well in doing so over the yea rs. have done well in doing so over the years. the thing is to go one step further and try and cut out com pletely further and try and cut out completely and use various aims to help you do so. let's talk about the fa cts help you do so. let's talk about the facts in terms of numbers. if people have something tangible to hold onto. say if you quit smoking at 30 years old completely, when do the real benefits, ie your risks of ill—health in middle age, become closer to those of someone who hadn't smoked? so, for heart disease and stroke up to about five years later. for cancer about ten years later. for cancer about ten years later. if you stop at about 30 or 35 yea rs later. if you stop at about 30 or 35 years old, a large part of your risk goes away by the time you are 50, 55 yea rs goes away by the time you are 50, 55 years old. you have mentioned alternatives. isn't the jury still

out on e—cigarettes, vaping, in terms of how safe they are? area store some debate over it, people unsure how safe they are but i and others think they cannot be anywhere near as dangerous as cigarettes and from our study smoking a couple day has substantial harm is for heart andi has substantial harm is for heart and i can't imagine e—cigarettes being anywhere near as bad. there are some studies ongoing now looking at somerby long—term effects of e—cigarettes —— looking at some of the long—term effects of e—cigarettes and it could be seen as an alternative to help people cut down first and then cut it out completely. in terms of nicotine what is the difference? if you say only cutting down to one or two cigarettes a day isn't good enough but you can have e—cigarettes, or vapes surely that's the same in terms of nicotine? you get the nicotine but you haven't got the other horrible toxins you get with

cigarettes, e—cigarettes are not completely safe. but they haven't got anywhere near as many chemicals as you have in cigarette smoke, even smoking a few a day. professor allan hackshaw from university college london, thank you for your time this morning. the time is 8:26am. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. a quieter day than yesterday. yesterday we had storm georgina, which brought strong winds and heavy rain. that is clearing out

to scandinavia. this is the weather expected on friday night and we can, but in between, this shower cloud. that is giving a few showers across northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england and wales and the south—west. maximum temperature today 11 celsius. through this evening and tonight, we will see the showers moving further to the east. a little cloud across central and eastern areas, but further north and west, you noticed the blue. a little frost around into friday morning. temperatures at or below freezing. 0n temperatures at or below freezing. on friday, the quieter weather sta rts on friday, the quieter weather starts to move in, so things look drive for many of us. there will be some cloud across eastern areas throughout the day, but even that will break up to give some sunshine.

thicker cloud slowly moving its way into northern ireland. temperatures of 4-7dc. into northern ireland. temperatures of 4—7dc. 0utbreaks into northern ireland. temperatures of 4—7dc. outbreaks of rain moving into western areas on saturday. they will move into the east by the end of saturday. temperatures in double figures once again because we have mild airstreaming in figures once again because we have mild air streaming in from the south—west. a little cold air in the far north of scotland, but most of the u:k.'s far north of scotland, but most of the u: k.‘s beneath far north of scotland, but most of the u:k.'s beneath his milder air. 0n the u:k.'s beneath his milder air. on sunday, rain will be confined to north—western areas. dry in the south—east. quite a bit of club. temperatures of 11th—13dc. this is business live from bbc news, i'm susannah streeter in london. and i'm sally bundock in davos at the world economic forum. our economy is booming , that's the upbeat message that us president donald trump is bringing here as he talks tough on trade. live from london and davos,

that's our top story on thursday 25th january. the president's team have been warning that the world's biggest economy is ready to impose more import tariffs, but will it lead to a full scale trade war? also in the programme — the boss of leading us banij