hello, good morning. this is brea kfast hello, good morning. this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and louise minchin. growing division within the conservative party over brexit as theresa may is urged to sling out so—called hard brexiteers. the conservative mp and remain campaigner anna soubry is said the cabinet were in hock to the likes of jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson, who she said weren't proper conservatives. it's about time theresa may stood up to them and slung them out. good morning, it's tuesday the sixth of february. also on the programme this morning, on a new fight for justice by the relatives of the soldiers killed in the ira hyde park bombing 35 years ago. they've been granted legal aid for a civil action against one of the suspects. the value of some of the

world's companies has been falling overnight as global stock markets ta ke overnight as global stock markets take a tumble. in sport, the pressure is mounting onjosie in sport, the pressure is mounting on josie manager antonio conte. in sport, the pressure is mounting onjosie manager antonio conte. his side suffered the biggest defeat of their season as watford beat them 4-1. their season as watford beat them 4—1. —— chelsea. 100 years since the first women got the vote we celebrate the achievements of those who campaigned to make it happen. as debate over gender equality and at attitudes towards women are in sharp focus today, we look at how son, society has changed or not over the past century. charlotte was six years old when i went back to work and i really felt i was missing out. having paid maternity leave and having flexible hours means as a maternity leave and having flexible i'ioui's means as a woman maternity leave and having flexible hours means as a woman in the workplace i can achieve. we would like to hear from you as well, is there one woman in your life that inspires you? let us know. carol certainly does, she has the weather from the westminster hall were the first mass signature

petition for women's botes was handed over. 1500 women signed the petition from across the country and abroad as well from british women leading to copious debates in the house of commons and the women having the right to vote. westminster hall is quite stunning but it is cold, cold outside as well, a hard frost, snow in the forecast but also some sunshine. will tell you where in 15 minutes. first, our main story. the conservative mp and leading remain campaigner anna soubry has called theresa may to sling out hard brexiteers in the party. she said the front bench was in hock to 35 ideological remain supporters. in an interview with newsnight she said she wouldn't stay in a party taken over by the likes of jacob rees—mogg and boris johnson. eleanor garnier is in westminster for us this morning. morning, eleanor, more division in the party over brexit again? europe is an

issue that's divided the conservative party for decades and actually ever since that referendum result the remain campaigner anna soubry has spoken out very passionately about brexit, but i do think she has gone a step further this time, saying she's going to threaten to quit the party if theresa may does not stand up to the ha rd theresa may does not stand up to the hard ideological brexiteers in the conservative party. they're not the tory party that i joined 40 years ago, and it's about time carizza stood up to them and slung them out, because they've taken down major anne cameron, two great leaders, neither of whom stood up great leaders, neither of whom stood up to them. if it comes to it i'm not going to stay in a party that's been taken over by the likes of jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson, they're not proper conservatives. if that means leave the party, formed some sort of alliance, i don't know, but we just simply cannot go on like

this any longer. something is going to have to give because it if it doesn't, not only will we get jacob rees—mogg as our prime minister, we will get a devastating hard brexit that will cause damage to our economy for decades to come. brexiteers will say they're arguing for what they believe is in the best interests of the country. in fact a former tory chancellor, lord lamont, said anna soubry was being quite ridiculous. i think all this demonstrates the huge task theresa may has to keep the conservative party united over brexit. remember, this is a crucial week, the prime minister is going to try to coax her most senior ministers to form some kind of consensus on the government's negotiating position with the eu. eleanor, thanks for yourtime, with the eu. eleanor, thanks for your time, see you in a bit. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against a suspect. a prosecution

case against the convicted ira memberjohn downey case against the convicted ira member john downey collapsed case against the convicted ira memberjohn downey collapsed at the 0ld memberjohn downey collapsed at the old bailey four years ago because he had a so called on the run letter telling him he was no longer a wa nted telling him he was no longer a wanted man. frankie mccamley has more. july, 1982. for soldiers of the royal household cavalry died and dozens more were injured when an ira car bomb was detonated outside buckingham palace. more than 30 years later, john downey was charged with their murder, but the case collapsed after it emerged he'd been given a so called on the run letter, a guaranteed he could not be prosecuted. the 66—year—old denied murder and conspiring to cause the the explosion. the then prime minister david cameron said mr downie should never have been given such assurances, describing it as a dreadful mistake. now the legal aid agency has decided to provide funding to the families of the

victims which will allow them to begin civil action. the move has been welcomed by some who hope this could be an opportunity to solve one of the most significant ira bombings during the decades of violence that became known as the troubles. frankie mccamley, bbc news. the value of some of the world's biggest companies has been falling overnight as global stock markets ta ke overnight as global stock markets take a tumble. the us stock market index, the dowjones, has fallen by over 1000 points on its biggest one—day fall in history and in asia, japan's nikkei index was down by more than 4%. here's our north america correspondent yogita limaye. this trading floor saw its worst day since the financial crisis. after months of hitting record highs, us stocks went into freefall. the trigger? wage growth has been faster than expected, sparking fears that

there will be a rise in interest rates. certainly not what this man would have wanted on his first day in office. girona powell took over as the chair of the american central bank, the body that makes decisions about interest rates. and it was bad news for this man too. president trump has repeatedly taken credit for the massive gains made by financial markets in the past year. but addressing factory workers in 0hio but addressing factory workers in ohio as stocks plunged, this was one record he chose not to speak about. the white house has said the president is focused on long—term fundamentals, which remain exceptionally strong. and many on wall street say there's no meat for alarm just yet. people are taking profits after an historic climb, its required in there, very orderly, no panic so i must lead to think there's much to panic about. that could spell relief for people here in the us and around the world. but

with a slide like this, it's hard to predict when it might end. yogita limaye, bbc news, new york. there's a call this morning for easy cigarettes to be given on the nhs because they're an excellent way to help smokers quit. public health england said vaping poses only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco. 0ur health reporter michelle roberts has more. they've helped tens of thousands of people quit smoking, but currently in the uk, people have to buy e—cigarettes, unlike nicotine patches and gum. public health england wants that to change and for doctors to start giving e—cigarettes to patients on prescription. the latest evidence reviewed showed that although vaping is not entirely risk—free, it's much better than smoking. they say e—cigarettes are 95% safer than most cigarettes as they do not have most of the toxic chemicals found in smoke. they estimate e—cigarettes help the least 20,000 people successfully quit per year. despite their popularity, around 40% of smokers have

not tried them. experts say the evidence in favour is so compelling, smokers who want to quit should not wait for free prescriptions for trying e—cigarettes. we're confident they're su bsta ntially less harmful than cigarette smoking, so we recommend for those struggling to stop, try e—cigarettes, that might help them to stop smoking, which would be the best thing they could do for their health. in the meantime, public health england suggests hospitals start selling e—cigarettes to patients and change smoking shelters into vaping lounges. but they also warn that non—smokers shouldn't start vaping. michelle roberts, bbc news. the uk's roads are among some of the most heavily congested in the world according to the largest ever study of global traffic conditions. researchers say london is the

seventh most gridlocked city and the uk as seventh most gridlocked city and the ukasa seventh most gridlocked city and the uk as a whole is in the top ten. charlotte gallagher reports. it's estimated that we wasted around 31 hours stuck in rush—hour traffic last year. that extra time behind the wheel isn'tjust annoying, it's costing drivers more than £1000 annually, not justin westhoff costing drivers more than £1000 annually, notjustin westhoff fuel but also because some household goods are becoming more expensive as high of rating fees are passed onto consumers. and under and is europe's second most congested city after moscow with drivers spending around 74 hours, the equivalent of three days, in trafficjams. manchester, birmingham, luton and edinburgh have also been singled out as gridlock hotspots. the company that carried out the research said the cost to the uk economy is astonishing and britain's busy roads are affecting individuals and businesses. it's really a big concern because

ultimately this means there is a decreasing productivity from the business side, but also quite a big costis business side, but also quite a big cost is being passed on down to the driver, whether that's true direct costs like fuel wasted in traffic or the time you're losing, there's also cost on businesses that gets passed back down to households. the department for transport said it is investing £23 billion on road schemes that will help cut congestion and it's giving local councils record amounts of funding to upgrade roads. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the british—born actorjohn mahoney, who played one of tv‘s most popular on—screen dads, has died in chicago aged 77. he was famous for his role as martin crane in the us sitcom frasier playing a grumpy down to earth retired policeman who outwitted his two pretentious sons, frasier and niles. the role earned him two emmy and two golden globe nominations. a visually impaired man who is

scared of dogs is to be the first person in the uk to receive an officially recognised guide horse. have a look at this, this is big b, an american miniature who's going to be working with the bbcjournalist salim patel who is registered blind. yesterday digby came into our studios and like the rest of us on oui’ studios and like the rest of us on our first day, he studios and like the rest of us on ourfirst day, he had to have studios and like the rest of us on our first day, he had to have a security check, that's what we get every morning. he had to have his photo! he has a full on pass with pass with a lan yard! the excitement in our office knows no bounds. you can't see him in person, can you? we work on the second floor, we have to go work on the second floor, we have to 9° up work on the second floor, we have to go up ina work on the second floor, we have to go up in a lift, genuine excitement. really great for her to give him that capability to work. cannot wait

to see the horse. the smell is what i'm interested in. doesn't he is now lovely? honestly. not all aspects of them, though! he is very cute. can we all get one? i don't think there is space in the office. what a shame! the main event from last night, see what i did there, this man behind you, that photo sums it up, antonio conte is not man behind you, that photo sums it ppy- man behind you, that photo sums it up, antonio conte is not happy. the pressure has been mounting on him for quite some time but when you think back, just last season he won the championship and again here we are talking about another manager up against it, potentially losing his job based of course on last night's performance. after losing to bournemouth 3—0 last week... last night his future is looking uncertain after his side were thrashed 4—1 by watford last night. the hosts scored three goals in the last seven minutes of that game in

what was chelsea's worst defeat of the season. england have called up richard wigglesworth to replace the injured ben youngs ahead of saturday's six nations match with wales. youngs has a knee ligament injury, ruling him out of the entire tournament. england and great britain goalkeeper maddie hinch has been named yet again as the best female goalkeeper in the world. she was one of the heroes of the team gb gold winning tea m heroes of the team gb gold winning team in rio and it's the second consecutive year she has claimed the award at the awards in berlin. formula 1 says grid girls will be replaced by children from the start of this season. the grid kids will be selected from young drivers already in the junior categories of motor racing to inspire the next generation of racers. love that story, can't wait to get to see the grid kids! you can see on the front of the

financial times, lots of analysis of what's going on in the stock markets at the moment. across the world, we saw the dowjones see its biggest fall in points for some time, about 4x, fall in points for some time, about 4%, and obviously when one market goes, it spooks the rest of them, so, when the us markets closed, the asian markets open, so we've seen a fall overnight. in other words, the value of some of the biggest companies has fallen, because of concerns with what's happened with things like interest rates around the world, and inflationary pressures . we'll have another look at the stock market here when it opens. the telegraph, talking about the suffragettes, saying 100 years since the first women in the uk got the vote, and what they are asking is, should they be pardoned? we've got a list a little later of all the suffragettes but that's the main question in the daily telegraph. the guardian has a story — this is

the gentleman who was in court yesterday, in america, because of hacking a british student, and he doesn't have to face extradition now, and he says, i'm greatly relieved i'm no longerfacing now, and he says, i'm greatly relieved i'm no longer facing the prospect of being locked up in a country i've never visited. the daily express, guess what? talking the weather. it is cold, if you haven't been out. i had the electric blanket on last night. it's february, isn't it? the cat president trump and the claim the nhs is going broke, and an interesting story about the fast and serious films, the week they are released, people have noticed people drive faster. and focusing on antonio conte, and an interesting story in the times, focusing on the premier league over

the festive period. we had a lot of chats across december and january, just how many games they could squeeze into december and january, whereas elsewhere they tend to have a break and give the players a rest, but this could happen within the premier league, the times reporting the premier league is saying a break could be introduced before 2022, to bring it in line with the rest of europe, which would be a huge, huge story for the premier league, if that happened, and we have got a statement from the premier league this morning, saying, if they can find a space, they are open to the principle of this, so it's one to watch. thank you very much indeed. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the conservative mp and remain campaigner anna soubry has called on the prime minister to sling out the party's brexiteers. government health officials say e—cigarettes should be prescribed on the nhs, because they're an excellent way to help smokers quit. carol has the weather this morning —

she's in westminster hall inside the houses of parliament. and she is going to explain to us lots of things about what happened there 100 years or so ago. morning. good morning. that's right. it's a bit chilly in here as well, but it was way back in 1866 that campaigners from the kensington campaign, which was a group of women that met regularly to talk about winning's issues, debates and rights, they met and decided to present a petition to government, to the mps, so 1500 women across the uk and british women abroad sign this petition, brought it here, and it was brought by two women, elizabeth garrett and emily davies, and presented it to the mp, but they felt rather nervous. it was a

different world in 1866 and they asked a fruit stall owner if they could hide it underneath the fruit stall until the mp arrived. he arrived, they presented it to him, and that resulted in copious debates about winning's right to vote. eventually, 100 years ago today, resulting in some winning getting the right to vote. you had to be over 30 years of age and have a holding property of at least £5, and, as they said, i'll tell you more about the debates of that day and what led up to it later this morning. there is a hard frost outside. temperatures are pretty low, and also some snow in today's forecast. if we start the forecast in the south—east, a lot of dry weather around, a fair bit of cloud as well, the risk of ice and one or two brighter breaks, and a few wintry flurries as well, across parts of east anglia, for example.

some flurries across the midlands. into northern england, we run into a band of snow, a fairly narrow band, extending across northern england and some parts of central and southern scotland. we have snow showers in the north and west of scotla nd showers in the north and west of scotland and also across northern ireland. as we come south, back into wales, some snow from the same band affecting northern england. cloud ahead of it, and that same band affecting parts of the north of south—west england, north of devon and cornwall, for example. through the course of the day, that whole band of snow is going to push southwards. in doing so, it will start to fragment, but any precipitation that comes out of it will still be falling as snow even through the day. behind it, a lot of sunshine. snow showers in the north and west, mr of snow, sleet and hail, maybe some thunder and lightning as well, and behind it,

the temperature continuing to build, too. around 2—5, so feeling cold. that band of snow coming south will rejuvenate across east anglia and the south—east. the risk of ice and widespread, severe frost tonight. temperatures indicated of towns and cities where we've got lying snow, minus double figures, so a bitterly cold night to come. tomorrow morning, we start off with the re m na nts of morning, we start off with the remnants of the weather front producing snow showers first thing in the south—east. high pressure will be in charge and a lot of sunshine. cold winter sunshine. through the afternoon, you'll see the cloud thickening, and some rain and snow coming across the northwest. the snow will be fairly short lived and will retreat into the hills through the day. we will see the rain at lower levels. by the time we get to thursday, that same system will be pushing steadily southwards. behind that band, some brighter skies, some rain and wintry

showers coming across the northwest. temperatures not quite as low as they have been back, mind you, no heatwave on the cards, because, into the weekend, back into colder and u nsettled the weekend, back into colder and unsettled conditions. keep the jumpers out then. absolutely. i know you are there throughout the morning and you have plenty to tell us. thank you, we will speak to you later. 100 years ago today, on the sixth of february 1918, over eight million women, and all men over the age of 21, were finally given a platform to have their voices heard — the right to vote. the laws didn't extend to all women, but it began a period of great change for equal rights. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is finding out more at the people's history museum in manchester. good morning, yeah. this is also known as the national museum of democracy, and we are amongst the

very symbols of what is arguably one of the most important democratic movements there has ever been, the fight for women to claim their right to vote. as you say, today only marks a partial victory, but still a hugely significant milestone. and these women really were beating men at their own game. have a look at this beautiful banner. these women we re this beautiful banner. these women were marketing masters. they were among the first political movement to really use colours and branding to really use colours and branding to sell their message to a public eagerfor change. naga to sell their message to a public eager for change. naga has to sell their message to a public eagerfor change. naga has been to the museum of london to look at the other symbols which have helped to pave the way for equality. the symbols of suffrage. these women didn'tjust the symbols of suffrage. these women didn't just make headlines, the symbols of suffrage. these women didn'tjust make headlines, they we re didn'tjust make headlines, they were also the masters of marketing. this is some of the badges and commissioned pieces and fashion accessories that we have in the

museum of london collections. and i think that some of them were very obviously linked to the votes for women campaign, and some less obvious. so do you think that this is just obvious. so do you think that this isjust a obvious. so do you think that this is just a sample of the memorabilia that may have been created, the badges and rings? daraa new items to be found? definitely. it's quite easy to recognise the badges, especially if they were officially made, because they would have been advertised in the votes for women newspaper or the suffragette newspaper. what is less easy is if things were produced unofficially. these are different colours. explain these. these are badges from the women's library collection at lse and they represent the national community of women's suffrage societies, the group that were joined together. and they were not

considered as militant. is that fair to say? no, they were law—abiding. this was awarded to a very special lady, violet. maggie, you are her granddaughter. why was she awarded this? she wrapped up the metal weight with the poster saying votes for men, and she threw it through the window of the home secretary's residents. this is what the wfp you gave to women who had done something memorable or brave. now, we know of the history in these shelves, but what we really want are the treasures that you may have at home, which could tell us the story of those one century ago who fought for the right of women to vote today. there are so many items out there that we would love to hear about this morning. items like this — would you believe it, this banner. this banner was found in a charity

shop in leeds. it had been there, neatly folded for ten years, perfectly preserved. no one had spotted it but it was there, and found, by the people's history museum, who bought it. good morning, jenny and chloe, with your protective gloves on. they keep telling me off for getting a bit too close, it is that precious. do get in touch with your mementos, posters, badges, whatever you have, and the stories of women in your family that helped pave the way to this fight for equality which some would say still goes on today. much more from us later in the programme. we are talking about it throughout the programme and, as i say, if you've got any memorabilia, even if you've got any memorabilia, even if you don't know what it is, we'd love to see it, and we are also asking if there's another woman you are inspired by. yeah, it's fascinating, their history. do get in touch with us. coming up after 7:00, we'll be catching up with british number one johanna konta, as great britain aims to make it

through to the top level of the fed cup for the first time in 25 years. good morning from bbc london news. i'm katharine carpenter. the row over who should pay for the cladding similar to remove the cladding similar to remove the cladding from kate ellis similar to that in grenfell tower goes ahead today. homeowners there have been told they may have to pay millions of pounds to replace its outer covering. each one could end up with a bill of up to 30,000 pounds. a man from essex has complained after having to wait more than 13 hours for an ambulance after suffering a brain haemorrhage. the east of england ambulance says it was under severe pressure when david axford called. it's a shame because i peep and the

nurses, they do work so hard, and i think they'd been let down, really, because they have to come and apologise. they shouldn't have too apologise. they shouldn't have too apologise because they are doing a job, so something somewhere is going wrong with this system, and obviously it does need seriously looking at, because i could have been sitting on my own. 100 years after winning the vote they were led by sylvia pankhurst who moved to the east end to help to the east end to help those living in poverty. her great—granddaughter helen has told the bbc she thinks there is more to be done to help the lives of women. at this moment, we have done a lot in 2018, but 2028 is the centenary of equal franchise, so we have ten yea rs, of equal franchise, so we have ten yea rs , we of equal franchise, so we have ten years, we got a decade, as far as i'm concerned, to achieve a lot more than we have, so that by 2028 we can really say we have equality, we have

gender equality. that's our target. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the roads, there's been an accident on the a40 western avenue eastbound at the junction with bideford ave and is causing delays. let's have a check on the weather now. another cold and frosty start this morning. 0ne another cold and frosty start this morning. one or two brighter spells potentially later on today, but to start with, a fair amount of cloud. some brighter spells, some glimpses of sunshine, and a northerly breeze will make things feel really quite cold. the maximum getting up to three degrees in central london and colder towards the suburbs. this evening and overnight, very cold again, the cloud thickening, and with it one or two flurries of snow through the course of the night. again, and north—westerly breeze, temperatures dropping to around —1, so another chilly start tomorrow morning. that cloud here first thing

but gradually moving away south and eastwards, brighter towards the west, and sunshine into the afternoon. again, pretty cold tomorrow. into thursday, slightly milderaircoming up tomorrow. into thursday, slightly milder air coming up through the south—west, temperatures back up around seven celsius. more cloud through thursday but feeling chilly again to friday. that's all for now. i'll be back in half an hour. until then, plenty more on the website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: for many years, e—cigarettes have divided expert opinion, but has the time come to make them free on the nhs to help people stop smoking? we'll be finding out more about the latest public health advice. today marks 100 years since some women were given the right to vote. throughout the morning we'll be focussing on a number of key themes, including the issues that

are important to women mps today. we'll be talking to home secretary amber rudd and labour's harriet harman. and school i would like to be a teacher because i love children. . that's belle, she's seven and we'll be hearing from her, her mum, her nanny and her great—nanny as they tell us about their lives as a family of women today. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the conservative mp and leading remain campaigner, anna soubry, has called on theresa may to sling out what she called hard brexiteers in the party. in an interview for the bbc‘s newsnight, she said that the frontbench was in hock to 35 ideological leave supporters. she insisted she would not stay in a party taken over by people like jacob rees—mogg and boris johnson. they're not the tory party that ijoined 40 years ago,

and it's about time theresa stood up to them and slung 'em out, because they've taken down major, they took down cameron, two great leaders, neither of whom stood up to them. if it comes to it i'm not going to stay in a party that's been taken over by the likes of jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson, they're not proper conservatives. if that means leaving the party, form some new alliance, god knows, i don't know, but we just simply cannot go on like this any longer. something is going to have to give because it if it doesn't, not only will we get jacob rees—mogg as our prime minister, we'll get a devastating hard brexit that will cause huge damage to our economy for generations to come. i'm not prepared to sit there any longer and put up with this nonsense. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil

action against a suspect. a case against the convicted ira member john downey collapsed at the old bailey four years ago. he had a so—called on—the—run letter telling him he was no longer a wanted man and would not be prosecuted. public health england says it wants e—cigarettes to be prescribed on the nhs within the next two to three years because they're an effective way to help smokers quit. the agency has reviewed the latest evidence and says vaping poses only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco. it's calling for the uk's drug regulator to help manufacturers get their products approved. traffic congestion is cost the uk economy nearly £40 billion lasy year, according the largest ever study of global traffic conditions. the uk's roads were ranked in the top ten most gridlocked in the world, with drivers spending 31 hours a year stuck in traffic. the department for transport says it's investing £23 billion on road schemes which will help to cut congestion. the british—born actor,

john mahoney, who played one of tv‘s most popular on—screen dads, has died in chicago aged 77. he was famous for his role as martin crane in the us sitcom frasier, playing a grumpy, down—to—earth retired policeman who outwitted his two pretentious sons, frasier and niles. the role earned him two emmy and two golden globe nominations. in florida, the aerospace company spacex is gearing up to test what could become the world's most powerful rocket. it's called the falcon heavy, and if all goes according to plan it'll blast off from cape canaveral at six—thirty this evening uk time. it's carrying a car on board and there's a possibility that it could reach the orbit of mars. but there aren't any astronauts on board, instead there's a mannequin in a spacesuit. is the car on the front of the rocket? it looked like bad. iwas wondering so many things about that,

why would you need a car —— it looked like that. that would be an interesting one for anyone who might see it. we're also talking about the dowjones, the value of some of asia's biggest companies plunged overnight in response to big falls in the united states. in new york, the dow jones closed down more than 1,100 points last night, the biggest one day fall in history. the nikkei index injapan fell more than 5% and the hang seng in hong kong by 4%. thanks forjoining us this morning. what is going on? this is really in response to a jobs report last week which indicated that wages were rising faster than everybody was expecting and the implication from thatis expecting and the implication from that is interest rates have to rise faster too, which stock markets really don't like. it is since the beginning of the year that we've

been seeing the yield on the ten year treasury bond, which is a benchmark that people use to decide how much they think interest rates are there in to rise, that's been rising so everyone is feeling interest rates are rising faster than they thought so there's a bit of worry about that. do you think this is a significant fall? 0bviously this is a significant fall? obviously in a points term it's the biggest fall we have seen on the dow jones, the leading stock market in america, but in terms of percentage it's not as much as we've seen in the past? that's right, it's not, and we've also got to be reminded that in the last 15 months we've had no more than a 3% correction in stock markets, which is very unusable so at some point it was likely we are going to see volatility. it's unusual for markets to have been as calm as they have been. obviously the stock markets here will open at 8am, what are we expecting on the ftse100? we could see more weakness for a little bit

of time because markets have just been a bit rattled by all of this but i think the thing we've got to bearin but i think the thing we've got to bear in mind is we don't usually see their markets or really severe falls u nless their markets or really severe falls unless people are expecting a recession and i don't think people are expecting that to happen, so this is more of a correction driven by the fact markets have been so strong for a long period of time. thanks for your time this morning. the market is opening at 8am and we will find out what happens when that happens. holly is here to talk about chelsea. apologies to chelsea fans for giving them a hard time this morning but another disappointing result last night and the pressure is mounting on this man, that picture says it all. someone said yesterday if you walked into a shop and saw someone like that working there you would say, you're not happy, are you? maybe it's time to move on. another result coming off the back of last week, a shock result against bournemouth. it isn't

surprisingly, the pressure is mounting this morning. chelsea manager antonio conte is under increasing pressure this morning after his side were thrashed 4—1 at watford last night. conte's side were down to ten men in the first half, in what would become the biggest defeat of their season. eden hazard equalised in the second half, only for watford to score three late goals in just seven minutes! and while it was an unforgettable night for new watford boss javi gracia, it was an awful one for conte. is itfairto is it fair to say that the pressure is building new? for me? yeah. the pressure? the pressure, what pressure, which pressure, what is the pressure? the pressure on your position. on my position? yes. i repeat, work, if this is enough, it's ok. if not then they will take another decision. i'm no body language expert but he didn't look comfortable. what

pressure? a brave journalist to ask that. the last five premier league managers haven't survived to the end of the following season —— premier league winning managers. hero to zero so quickly. with the current climate at the moment with managers, we are losing them by the week it feels like but this is a particularly big one, chelsea fans are getting increasingly anxious about this season but time will tell. another day, another manager. we will keep an eye on that one. england have called up richard wigglesworth to replace the injured ben youngs ahead of saturday's six nations match with wales. youngs has a knee ligament injury which rules him out of the entire tournament. wigglesworth will now provide cover for danny care, who came on for youngs in rome. england and great britain goalkeeper maddie hinch has been named female goalkeeper of the year. she was one of the heros of team gb‘s olympic gold winning team in rio. it's the second consecutive year that hinch has claimed the award at the fih hockey stars

awards in berlin. since the olympic she has help england win many things. formula 1 has announced it will have have grid kids from next season after the sport abolished the tradition of having grid girls. f1‘s owners decided the long—standing practice of using female models before races was at odds with modern—day societal norms, so instead they'll select children who are already in the junior categories of motor racing from the opening race of the new season next month. we've been talking about how cold it is at the minute. we've been some quite adverse weather. in murmansk in russia, yugikassen is basically snowball fighting.

the sport is played between two teams of seven players. the aim being to hit as many of opponents with snowballs as possible and capture the opposition flag. those who get hit are eliminated. the event originated injapan and this competition is held annually. although the —20 degree centigrade temperatures would stop most people! it looks more like eyes they are throwing that's no with. that happens here, if you get a snowball it is like a big ball of ice. it does look fun. you would be good at it. i would be good at it but i wouldn't like it. 0ur fed cup team are in estonia this week in a bid to take us into the world group. the team arejohanna konta, heather watson, anna smith and rising star katie boulter. i caught up with them in training. she's enjoyed a spectacular rise to

stardom in the past few years, becoming the first british woman since virginia wade and jo jury to crack into the elite of the women's game. but a year in tennis can feel like a long—time. johanna konta's early season has been hampered by injury but now with fed cup in estonia about to get under way, she says she's ready to return to winning ways. i'm healthy, i'm playing and i think in time i'll be playing and i think in time i'll be playing at the level i want to be playing at the level i want to be playing at. fed cup is definitely a great opportunity for me to play a lot of matches and in a different setting than most of the season, it's a team setting and a team environment, which is really exciting, we get to bond, have fun in the evenings and most importantly support each other on the sidelines. the british number one spearheads the squad with captain and key of the squad with captain and key of the thong expecting to start with a bang. katie bowled a is the team's

newest and youngest member. atjust 21 she wasn't even born the last time britain made it to the world group stage. issue feeling confident? we've got a really strong team, we've got a great chance, everyone's playing really well at the moment so let's see what we can do. being part of the team event is really nice, especially because tennis is such an individual sport so i'm happy to be back with the kit on. until now the profile of the women's team competition has always been significantly lower than the men's davis cup, not helped by their failure to get out of the dreaded europe/ africa zone. i would love to see the format change, i would love to see the format come into line with the men's wear it is structured ina way with the men's wear it is structured in a way where fans can follow better and really engage with the team. hopefully one day we might get that. the team face estonia and portugal in the first round robin matches this week with a place in the world group at stake. button thing tells me they'll do a better job without me there. —— but

something tells me. apologies to the cameraman, i can confidently tell you that he did survive! see you later, thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the conservative mp anna soubry has called on the prime minister to sling out the party's brexiteers. government health officials say e—cigarettes should be prescribed on the nhs, because they're an effective way to help smokers quit. it's the hundredth anniversary of the representation of the people act — which gave some women the vote for the first time and all men over the age of 21. we're doing lots throughout the morning to mark it and carol's in westminster hall inside the houses of parliament. you are going to put to bed.

first you must do to lead glass sculpture behind me by mary branson, called new dawn, campaigning for women's suffrage, and the glass discs you can see are that look like rolled up acts of parliament. the different colours represent the different colours represent the different colours represent the different colours for the votes for women, made of metal and glass. the lights changing according to the tide rising and falling on the river thames, and the campaign was often represented as an unstoppable tide of change sweeping the nation. it was actually unveiled on the seventh ofjune 2016, the was actually unveiled on the seventh of june 2016, the 150th was actually unveiled on the seventh ofjune 2016, the 150th anniversary ofjune 2016, the 150th anniversary of the first mass petition submitted to parliament calling for women suffrage, and it is quite spectacular, more than you can say for the weather if you like it warm. it is cold inside westminster hall but even colder outside. temperatures around east anglia, —2,

falling to —4 overnight, and some snow showers, and the risk of ice almost anywhere. starting the forecaster nine o'clock in the south—east, a lot of dry weather but a few wintry showers around across parts of the midlands. falling snow in the east midlands overnight, and also east anglia. a few flurries further north, and then we run into the narrow band of snow across northern england, southern and parts of central scotland. north of that, clearer skies, but also some snow showers in the north and west of scotla nd showers in the north and west of scotland and northern ireland. into wales, the same band of snow affecting parts of northern england, fringing in across north devon and cornwall, and into north somerset as well. across southern counties, a drier picture, but a fair bit of cloud around, and it is cold, if you haven't yet stepped out. through the morning, that band of snow across scotla nd morning, that band of snow across scotland and northern england will sink southwards, through wales as well, tending to weaken and

fragment, but any precipitation through the day, even though it is a wea ker feature, through the day, even though it is a weaker feature, will still be of snow. the cloud will build as it pushes towards the south—east, and continuing with a platter of snow showers, next with sleet, hail, thunder and lightning in the north—west. i is about three to five. through the evening —— hides about three to five. further snow showers throughout east anglia and the south—east, but behind it, clear skies, so looking at severe frost this coming night. where we have lying snow, the temperature could get into mine is double figures, so once again, the risk of ice and hazardous conditions. tomorrow morning, a wintry flavour in the south—east. that will clear away. 0riginal high pressure ills across us, but the next system from the northwest will bring snow on its leading edge, quickly turning to rein in lower levels, retreating into the hills as it continues to

push steadily south eastwards, and into thursday, a weakening feature, moving across england and wales, so cloudy, damp and wet. behind it, some brighter skies, but still some rain with some snow showers mixed in across the northwest. then, if you are wondering what happens after that, it remains settled and colder as well. we've been warned. thank you. i don't like it when she says settled... does it unsettle you? yeah, it does! over the last 100 years, equality between men and women has come much further than the right to vote. but in the workplace, things haven't always been straightforward. i've been to meet a number of women at very different stages of their career to find out how life is today, what's changed, and what advice they have. making your way up in the world is still not as easy as it should be

for women, but there are more and more breaking down the barriers. katie is an award—winning crane driver. i've come to meet her with lois, an apprentice in building services, and catherine, a structural engineer. you are all working in an industry that is male dominated. does that bother you?m doesn't as such. if anything it gives you slightly more leverage. i work on a barge and it's all men, so it doesn't bother you, but you need to bea it doesn't bother you, but you need to be a bit tougher skin sometimes. there is a stereotype about engineers always being a male with a beard and a hard hat, and at times it is, but in reality, most of the time i'm wearing a dress, working at my desk, doing drawings and on computer software. i feel like i'm listened to, treated the same as anyone else. so you don't feel any different as a woman in terms of where you are going to go in your career? i don't feel there's any barriers stopping me. it's nice to see a lot more females coming into

the industry, especially at younger ages, so it's getting better. it's great to hear their optimism, but what about those are bit further on? jennifer and herfriend what about those are bit further on? jennifer and her friend have what about those are bit further on? jennifer and herfriend have very differentjobs but jennifer and herfriend have very different jobs but felt the same pressure when they had children. there is guilt looking at every corner, that you can't do yourjob in the way in which you want to do it, and that you are not there for your children. i've got two children. the first, fine, second, had my second, i worked for the biggest international law firm and was made redundant. literally, effectively, on my first day back at work. and it... it affected me me ntally work. and it... it affected me mentally so badly. and in fact it became so stressful for me in the end i setup own business and left so i could define my own working hours. for anyone to get to the top in business, it takes a lot of graft, so what about the few women who have

made it? do they think they've had a harder time because they are a woman? do you think being a woman has made any difference? at times it's been an advantage actually because in technology women are very much unrepresented. so you tend to stand out, and ifound that quite useful. not to say it hasn't been difficult. particularly things like raising funds to invest in the business. that's always difficult. but i've found skills plus network has helped. i was very fortunate in that my aunt, my mum adored my son, and looked after him while i picked —— builds a business from scratch. i'd say that anyone who wants to set up i'd say that anyone who wants to set up her own business, you need to be tough, very tough. you need to be very straightforward — say what you mean, mean what you say. back on the construction site, i definitely feel like these young women are given

more opportunities than they would have done in the past. so that should mean in future we won't need to make a special film about women doing jobs like these or running companies because it won't be unusual. that's a very good point. it was so brilliant to meet women in so many different parts of their careers, to get that outlook on what they think. it wasn't just the law in 1918 they think. it wasn'tjust the law in 1918 that change, before the employment protection act in 1975, a woman could be fired if she fell pregnant. it seems incredible now. talking of change, we are going to go back... let's return to the people's history museum in manchester, one of the places we're at to mark the centenary of women being given the right to vote. breakfast's jayne mccubbin is there. this is madness the national game of

democracy, and the birthplace of the suffragette movement was right here in the marking the birthplace of the suffragette movement. have a look at the past, some of the 1000 suffragettes these are the women who put. this meant whatjust about suffragettes these are the women who put. this meant what just about the bold, brave moves of the suffragettes, and there are calls today for these women to be pardoned. this fight was also about the steady, steely determination of the steady, steely determination of the suffragette, and this morning we wa nt to ta ke the suffragette, and this morning we want to take a moment to look at that fight through the eyes of two women on either side of the campaign. britain was a nation divided, between privilege and poverty, those with power and those without. two women, worlds apart, were united in their belief this must change. annie

helm was smart, educated, cheshire mill owner puzzle daughter. she had the ear of men in power, yet had no power herself. she was a force to be reckoned with, yes. and yet the most simple and uneducated of men, simply by virtue of being a man, had the vote, and that just by virtue of being a man, had the vote, and thatjust did not make sense at all. nor did it to leonora coen, born into poverty in leeds, uneducated but clever. brave, too. she really felt that, without the vote, there was going to be no way that women could have proper equality and could lift themselves out of poverty. as promises are made and broken in parliament, our women push on, annie with gentle persuasion. she sets up a local suffrage society to convince the establishment of what is right, but leonora plots. she heads to the tower of london for a suffragette act so daring it would shake the establishment — to smash the crown jewels. this... this is where it

happened. can you imagine how her heart must be pounding? so she sees this group of schoolboys and she sneaks in behind them and looks for all the world like a teacher. she must be thinking, where's the crowbar? is it in my coat? and she finds it, and she waits until the beefeater is over the other side of the room, then she has direct it and throw it and make this great announcement of votes for women... how daring is that, and how courageous? but then came the ultimate call for courage, and the war changes everything. as men die on the front, the suffragettes march to london to offer their services to the country. women now hold the fort. they manned the factories, they create the munitions, they run they create the munitions, they run the businesses. and there was no going back. no. 0nce

the businesses. and there was no going back. no. once they knew what they were capable of, and once the men came home and saw all that they'd done, you couldn't go back. these were equals. words and deeds had won the day. on the sixth of february 1918, women over the age of 30 win the right to vote, but it would be another ten years before they win the same voting rights as men. it was a fight for men to perceive that women were not prepared to be doormats any longer. women were of equal value, and it's never been more important to show that today in this centenary.“ never been more important to show that today in this centenary. if she we re that today in this centenary. if she were alive today, what should she think? i think she probably would be very frustrated. if she were here, she'd still be fighting?” very frustrated. if she were here, she'd still be fighting? i hope so, and i'd be with her! we owe a huge

debt of gratitude to those women. we have our own posse of powerful women from the national museum of democracy, the people's museum of manchester, and also about this amazing banner, found after ten yea rs amazing banner, found after ten years in a charity shop in leeds. we'd love to hear your stories, too, all morning. keep them coming in. absolutely fascinating to hear. 0ne of the women they most admire, and lots of you already talking about your mums. lovely to hear them. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm katharine carpenter. the row over who should pay to remove cladding similar to that used on grenfell tower from a housing complex in croydon goes before a judge today. leaseholders at citiscape have been told they may have to pay up to

30,000 pounds each to replace the flammable material. the property management company says residents should also contribute towards the cost of fire wardens. a man from essex has made a complaint after claiming he had to wait more than 13 hours for an ambulance after suffering a brain haemorrhage. he was told apparently passed to his home in canvey island and his wife made repeated 999 calls as he got worse. the east of england ambulance service says it was under severe pressure when david axford called. 100 years after the first women won the vote, the great—granddaughter of sylvia pankhurst has told the bbc she thinks more can be done to help the lives of women. the struggle for suffrage began as a middle class campaign, but the working class suffragettes of east london played an important role when they went to see the prime minister to make their case. at this moment, we have done a lot in 2018, but 2028 is the centenary of equal franchise, so we have ten years,

we've got a decade, and as far as i'm concerned, we need to achieve a lot more than we have, so that by 2028 we can really say we have equality, we have gender equality. that's our target. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the trains there are delays of up to 15 minutes between 0rpington and grove park on southeastern and thameslink lines due to earlier emergency engineering works at chislehurst. 0n the roads, hornsey rise is blocked in both directions becuase of a fire at hornsey rise gardens. fire crews are on scene which is near the bp petrol station. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsela. it's another cold and frosty start this morning. we could see one or two brighter spells potentially lead to, but to start with, a fair amount of cloud. while it is sinning, some

glitches of sunshine. the northerly breeze will make things feel really quite cold, the maximum getting up to three celsius in central london, colder towards the suburbs. this evening and overnight, very cold again, and cloud thickening, with it some flurries of snow. again, a north—westerly breeze, temperatures dropping to around —1, so another chilly start. that cloud here first thing but gradually moving away south and eastwards. brighter towards the west, and sunshine into the afternoon. again, it will feel pretty cold tomorrow, a maximum between two and five celsius. into thursday, slightly milder air, temperatures back up around seven. more cloud through thursday, some sunshine, but feeling chilly again for friday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, good morning.

this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and louise minchin. the value of some of the world's companies has been falling overnight as global stock markets take a tumble. good morning, it's tuesday the sixth of february. also on the programme this morning, growing division within the conservative party over brexit as theresa may is urged to sling out so—called hard brexiteers. kirdi cigarettes soon be available on prescription? government health officials say they should be —— could easily direct is. in sport, the pressure is mounting

on chelsea manager antonio conte. his side suffered the biggest defeat of their season as watford beat them 4—1. 100 years since the first women got the vote we celebrate the achievements of those who campaigned to make it happen. as debate over gender equality and at attitudes towards women are in sharp focus today, we look at how society has changed or not over the past century. charlotte was six years old when i went back to work and i really felt i was missing out. having paid maternity leave and having flexible hours means as a woman in the workplace i can achieve. we would like to hear from you as well, is there one woman in your life that inspires you? let us know. carol has the weather from westminster hall, where the first mass signature petition for women's votes was handed over. i'm in central lobby in the houses

of parliament were on valentine's day 1907, women were banned for apple rousing, they would jump on the benches shouting votes for women andi the benches shouting votes for women and i will show you more around this area at 7:15am —— rabble—rouser in. it's cold, hard frost, some snow in the forecast, a fair bit of sunshine and it will remain unsettled but i will have more in 15 minutes. thanks, carol, we will look forward to that. the value of some of the world's biggest companies has been falling overnight as global stock markets take a tumble. the us stock market index, the dowjones, has fallen by over 1,000 points on its biggest one—day fall in history and in asia, japan's nikkei index was down by more than 4%. earlier on breakfast we spoke to the investment directorjane sydenham, who said the drop wasn't completely unexpected. this is really in response to a jobs

report last week which kind of indicated wages were rising a bit faster than everybody was expecting, and the invocation from that is interest rates have to rise faster too, which stock markets really don't like. so in the last 15 months we've had no more than a 3% friction in stock markets, which is very, very unusual so at some point it was likely we were going to see a bit more volatility anyway. it's really very unusual for markets to have been quite as calm as they have been. they are the markets that have been open overnight, it's not open here yet, the ftse100, leading our biggest —— representing our leading companies, they are open at 8am, that will probably open with a fall as well but we will get that to you later on. the conservative mp and leading remain campaigner anna soubry has called theresa may to sling out hard brexiteers in the party. she said the front bench was in hock to 35 ideological remain supporters.

in an interview with newsnight she said she wouldn't stay in a party taken over by the likes of jacob rees—mogg and boris johnson. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster this morning. this is quite something to hear her say this, isn't it? it is strong language from anna soubry and it shows the decades—old issue that has divided the conservative party. it's not going away. anna soubry even since the referendum result has spoken passionately about brexit but she's gone one step further with these comments, calling on these hard—line ideological these comments, calling on these ha rd—line ideological brexiteers these comments, calling on these hard—line ideological brexiteers as she put it to be chucked out of the party. they're not the tory party that ijoined 40 years ago, and it's about time theresa stood up to them and slung them out, because they've ta ken down major and cameron, two great leaders, neither of whom stood up to them. if it comes to it i'm not going to stay in a party that's been taken over by the likes of

jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson, they're not proper conservatives. i think brexiteers will save ar dealing for what they believe to be in the best interests of the country. we've heard from lord lamont, who said he thought anna soubry was being quite ridiculous. this demonstrates how much theresa may has a challenge to keep her party united. this is a crucial week, the prime minister is hosting meetings with senior ministers where she will try to coax them to come sort of consensus about the uk negotiating position with the eu. eleanor, thanks for that. at around 8:20am we will speak to home secretary amber rudd about that and other things. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against a suspect. a prosecution case against the convicted ira member john downey collapsed

at the old bailey four years ago because he had a so—called on the run letter telling him he was no longer a wanted man. frankie mccamley has more. there's a call this morning for easy cigarettes to be given on the nhs because they're an excellent way to help smokers quit. public health england said vaping poses only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco. 0ur health reporter michelle roberts has more. they've helped tens of thousands of people quit smoking, but currently in the uk, people have to buy e—cigarettes, unlike nicotine patches and gum. public health england wants that to change and for doctors to start giving e—cigarettes to patients on prescription. the latest evidence reviewed showed that although vaping is not entirely risk—free, it's much better than smoking. they say e—cigarettes are 95% safer than most cigarettes as they do not have most of the toxic chemicals found in smoke. they estimate e—cigarettes help the least 20,000 people successfully quit per year.

despite their popularity, around 40% of smokers have not tried them. experts say the evidence in favour is so compelling, smokers who want to quit shouldn't wait for free prescriptions for trying e—cigarettes. we're confident they're su bsta ntially less harmful than cigarette smoking, so we recommend for those struggling to stop, try e—cigarettes, that might help them to stop smoking, which would be the best thing they could do for their health. in the meantime, public health england suggests hospitals start selling e—cigarettes to patients and change smoking shelters into vaping lounges. but they also warn that non—smokers shouldn't start vaping. michelle roberts, bbc news. the uk's roads are among some of the most heavily congested in the world according to the largest ever study of global traffic conditions.

researchers say london is the seventh most gridlocked city and the uk as a whole is in the top ten. charlotte gallagher reports. it's estimated that we wasted around 31 hours stuck in rush—hour traffic last year. that extra time behind the wheel isn't just annoying, it's costing drivers more than £1,000 annually, notjust in wasted fuel but also because some household goods are becoming more expensive as higher freiting fees are passed onto consumers. london is europe's second most congested city after moscow, with drivers spending around 74 hours, the equivalent of three days, in trafficjams. manchester, birmingham, luton and edinburgh have also been singled out as gridlock hotspots. the company that carried out the research said the cost to the uk economy is astonishing and britain's busy roads are affecting individuals and businesses.

it's really a big concern because ultimately this means there is a decreasing productivity from the business side, but also quite a big cost is being passed on down to the driver, whether that's true direct costs like fuel wasted in traffic or the time you're losing, there's also cost on businesses that gets passed the department for transport said it is investing £23 billion on road schemes that will help cut congestion and it's giving local councils record amounts of funding to upgrade roads. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. we are talking today about the 100 year anniversary when the first women in the uk got the vote. not all women. we are so accustomed to a female prime minister and female mps. fighting for women's rights has always been a part of harriet harman's life,

she's now the longest continuous serving female mp in westminster, having been elected in 1982. more recently she's been instrumental in changing the law to make companies publish the difference between what they pay men and women. harriet harman joins us from outside parliament this morning. good morning, thank you very much board warning us this morning. good morning. harriet, take us back to the beginning when you first started as an mp because as lou said there, you're the longest serving female mp now, so what was life like when you started in 1982? i came into the house of commons in the early 1980s as part of the women's movement because we wanted a whole bunch of women to come into the house of commons, which was 97% men, only 3% women, and we wanted notjust to be asking men mps to be changing things for women, we wanted to share in the decision—making and make decisions that benefited women, as well as men, but we were outnumbered them

and women weren't taken seriously and women weren't taken seriously and what we said wasn't regarded as important, we were really regarded as second class citizens. so much has changed just since i've been an mp. when you started, obviously one of few women, but you were pregnant at the time too. did that make any difference do you think?|j at the time too. did that make any difference do you think? i think it did because i was much younger than most other mps, was in my early 30s and the house of commons had an average age of over 50. very few women, and a lot of the men actually didn't think women had any place in the house of commons, they thought that women should be at home looking after the children and shouldn't really be in public life. especially not a younger and pregnant woman. that now in the house of commons, there's lots of women having babies and it's perfectly normal, like it is in every other walk of life, women are playing an important role in the home but also out in the workplace as well. obviously you've done a lot yourself to try to make

sure that there are more female mps, do you think things are where they should be now for women in parliament? they are way ahead of where they were. i was one of only 23 mp5 where they were. i was one of only 23 mps out of 650 when i started. now over 200. but we're still outnumbered by name to the one. although we're not as numerous as the men mps and we do need i think to be half and half, we shouldn't be so outnumbered, i think we are taken seriously in a way we never were before. i remember getting up to speak and making a quite serious speech and an mp calling across the chamber that i was a stupid cow, and that's in the house of commons. the idea of what was i doing their? how did you react to something like that, harriet? there was a wasaa was a a big kerfuffle, i hadn't really heard what he had said. the speaker, the first and only woman speaker we've ever had, becky brewerton ride, told him to

apologise. she came in on my side in that. —— becky brewerton lloyd. men thought women's place was in the home and they were there to do the speaking and we should be doing the listening but we wanted our say too. through your work you have fought for things like reserved places for women in the shadow cabinet and more labour women mps through women only shortlists. some people might think that in some respects women are seen as tokens, they've only got there because there's been a women only shortlist. what would you say to people who think that?“ shortlist. what would you say to people who think that? if the women on the labour benches currently in the house of commons... some are from all women shortlists and some are from shortlists with men and women on them, honestly you can't tell the difference. it was a very unpopular and controversial measure but it's what we needed to make the change because we got stuck with 3% women, wejust change because we got stuck with 3% women, we just couldn't seem to increase it so that was the means that justified the end.

increase it so that was the means thatjustified the end. 0nce increase it so that was the means thatjustified the end. once we did actually set aside some seats for women, in '97 we got 100 labour women, in '97 we got 100 labour women into the house of commons and that really broke the glass ceiling if you like. it's a bit like the suffragettes, committed all sorts of crimes that they didn't want to be committing and which people really disapproved of, but it's what really made the difference. you mentioned the suffragettes, that's why we're talking about this today, there's a story on the front of the telegraph today saying suffragettes jailed while fighting to win the vote for women should be pardoned for their crimes. should be? ithink women should be pardoned for their crimes. should be? i think that's a goodidea crimes. should be? i think that's a good idea but it also reminds us that when you argue for change and equality and fairness, people don't say, that's a good idea, we'll change everything we've done for centuries, we think you're right. the establishment fights back and it's always a fight. even now when we're trying to make progress to tackle domestic violence and to make sure there's equal pay and decent and affordable childcare for working

pa rents, and affordable childcare for working parents, that is still a fight that we've got to go on in order to make further progress. harriet, lovely to talk to you this morning, thanks for that. harriet harman mp, the longest serving female mp. interesting to hear what her life was getting in touch to talk about women who have inspired you. selina is talking a woman who invented the carburettors a woman who invented the ca rbu rettors of a woman who invented the carburettors of the spitfire aeroplane, inspired young women to consider aviation and technology, thatis consider aviation and technology, that is another letter we have got. thank you for your messages. my chemistry teacher inspired me, she was brilliant, she made me love science and engineering. it is interesting hearing the people talk

about what a difference women have made. other people talk about their mums as well, rightly so. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the conservative mp and remain campaigner, anna soubry, has called on the prime minister to "sling out" the party's brexiteers. government health officials say e—cigarettes should be prescribed on the nhs, because they're an effective way to help smokers quit. we have just been talking to harriet harman about the changes that have been made since the first women in the uk got the vote on and carroll is in westminster this morning, hitting us a bit of a show around this morning. it is interesting, iand land in i and in central lobby at the moment. women were banned from the central lobby so they took their protests to other parts. this is st stephens hall and what they did in

1909, they chained themselves to the statues, and it was the doorkeepers who came along and cut them off using these bolt cutters. these are the actual original ones. and vendor ladies have been taken away and arrested. in here this morning, what arrested. in here this morning, what a fabulous view, outside, it is a cold start to the day, we have a ha rd cold start to the day, we have a hard frost and also some snow in the forecast. if you start the forecast at nine o'clock in the south—east there is a lot of dry weather around and a little bit of sunshine, but equally there is cloud this morning which is producing some wintry showers. wintry showers are across parts of the midlands into east anglia as well, with a light dusting of snow at the moment, as we move into northern england we run into a band of snow. that extends across southern and parts of central scotla nd southern and parts of central scotland as well. northern scotland is seeing some snow showers as western scotland and northern ireland. there is a risk of ice, and of band of snow affecting north of

england and southern scotland is also affecting north wales. that is extending across devon, cornwall and somerset as well. further east there is dry weather, some breaks in the cloud but a fair bit of cloud and wintry weather here and there. as we go through the day what we find is the band of snow across northern england and wales moving steadily southwards, darting to fragment and turns more patchy in nature, any precipitation coming out of this band inland will be falling as snow. a bright start in the south—east but behind it there will be sunshine, i rushed of showers in the north and west, a mix of sleet, snow, hail and thunder and lightning. and wherever you are it will feel cold with high tem ptress you are it will feel cold with high te m ptress of you are it will feel cold with high temptress of up to five celsius. into the overnight that and is in a rejuvenated crossed east anglia and also the south—east, pushing into was the south—east corner. clear sky is falling behind with a few wintry showers in the west, there will be a

severe tonight and it will be cold. n a severe severe tonight and it will be cold. —— a severe frost. it could fall into minus double figures. tomorrow we start with some wintry showers in the south—east that clear away, there will be sunshine around, and other cool day and then we have a band of rain preceded by some transient snow coming in from the north—west. quickly, the snow will be in the hills and their will be rain at lower levels, then heading into thursday that same band pushes down across england and wales, with some showers, some of which will be wintry in the north—west, and not quite as cold as it is going to be today or tomorrow. the outlook after that remains unsettled, some snow showers at times and it is also going to remain fairly cold as we head into the weekend. minus double figures! that will feel better. tonight there is a risk of ice almost anywhere. we have been warned. ain't you. we are enjoying

the guided tour. can't wait for carroll to... going online isn't always a positive experience for young people but to mark safer internet day there are two reports that suggest that the web can be a force for good. the uk safer internet centre says young people are more likely to have a positive experience, while the london school of economics says the internet can bring families together. before we discuss this, here are a group of young people reading out loud the nicest and nastiest comments they'd seen online. i like your hair. thanks! i had a

new haircut now. your brows are literally... 0n fleek. new haircut now. your brows are literally... on fleek. it is a nice colour, for girls to tell you if you have goals eyebrows, that is, wow! you brightened my day. your youtube channel is rubbish and you should delete it. no one want you around or loves you. that's not nice. you have no friends and no one cares about you, you are just annoying. no friends and no one cares about you, you arejust annoying. do no friends and no one cares about you, you are just annoying. do you know what, nobody likes you, no one even needs you, no one cares about what you think or what you care about. that one is terribly the worst. do the world a favour and kill yourself. kill yourself, gay boy. you are worthless. they are

just such horrible things. to have and to receive. you are ugly, everyone hates you. that is... don't know what to say to that. it's important to focus on the good things in life, bad things will a lwa ys things in life, bad things will always be there to push us down, but we have to get up and we have to keep on going. i will be there, don't worry. that gives you a boost and someone is looking out for you in caring foryou. and someone is looking out for you in caring for you. you are so beautiful and strong, keep your chin up. (laughs). use it used social media to be nice to people, to be kind, to have a laugh, to have ba nter kind, to have a laugh, to have banter with your friends, but never anything hurtful like the messages in there. gosh, those were tough, and to be

clear, they were not messages sent to those children, they were taken from a group sent to lots of children. but you can see how affecting they are. let's discuss this in more detail with sonia livingstone from the london school of economics who is the author of today's report on digital parenting along with the gp radha modgil from radio 0ne's 'life hacks'. it is really hard reading that —— listening to that, seeing those young people reading them out. you can see them getting upset because they may have had those messages as well. absolutely, and they are part of the world where those kind of m essa g es of the world where those kind of messages are becoming normal. it is a tough thing that our kids are having to learn very quickly where we re having to learn very quickly where were of people are passing all kinds of messages, and some of them are ha rd to of messages, and some of them are hard to deal with. if you look back to when we were at school, horrible things were said but you didn't necessarily know, and that is what becomes really painful. absolutely, and when it is online, it is there

in black and white, it's difficult to get away those messages, you have to get away those messages, you have to take control of getting away from them yourself, because they are on your phone, your computer, your bedroom. before we could go home and forget about it, and they would disappear into the air. it is much more challenging now. we also talking morning that the fact that can be —— the internet can be good and social media can be good, which is nice to hear, because we have talked a lot about the negative things, but there can be a lot of good come from it. you had some of those young people saying that. and the report that i am publishing today, we have seen lots of way that parents are trying to use the internet for good. trying to engage with their children, quite a lot are encouraging their children to connect with a family and friends through digital technology, finding things they can share with their children on the internet. finding something that they can celebrate, because there are things they can

do. because there are things that they can do when things get difficult. and there are things that are powerful to communicate with people, and your friends are powerful to communicate with people, and yourfriends in a positive way. it is amazing and like you say, the internet, your imagination, creativity, connection, with people who are like—minded, it is a fantastic resource. we need to balance out that a little bit come we have talked about the negatives but we need to remember the good things, it is about working out strategies to basically help children and empower them to know how to use the internet safety. children and empower them to know how to use the internet safetym is great to talk to friends but for pa rents, is great to talk to friends but for parents, it is a worry, isn't it, because you are not sure what actually is happening when your child is on a computer. so one of the things that parents said in our

survey is that they are cautiously optimistic, they can see the benefits but not quite sure how to ta ke ste ps benefits but not quite sure how to take steps to get... and that is what parents have anxieties about screen time, how much time the child is using the technology, it is distracting them from making judgements about what really could be beneficial, where are the problems, where are the advantages. that is where parents need more support. you give some of that support. you give some of that support with light hacks. we are running out of time, what would be your top running out of time, what would be yourtop tip? running out of time, what would be your top tip? for parents, get out there and arm yourself with the knowledge, find out what the children are doing and the kind of pa rent children are doing and the kind of parent your children camp listen to. nice to talk about it in a positive way, think you very much. if you wa nt to way, think you very much. if you want to know more about ways young people can enjoy the internet,, '0wn it' is a new bbc online service,

packed with fun tips and videos to help children aged between nine and 12 to be healthy, happy and confident online. it is worth checking it out at www. bbc.co.uk/ownit. let's catch up with the news, travel and weather. good morning from bbc london news. i'm katharine carpenter. the row over who should pay to remove cladding similar to that used on grenfell tower from a housing complex in croydon goes before a judge today. leaseholders at citiscape have been told they may have to pay up to 30,000 pounds each to replace the flammable material. the property management company says residents should also contribute towards the cost of fire wardens. a man from essex has made a complaint after claiming he had to wait more than 13 hours for an ambulance after suffering a brain haemorrhage. he was told a paramedic was being

despatched to his home in canvey island and his wife made repeated 99 calls as he got worse. the east of england ambulance service says it was under severe pressure and always tries to process life—saving calls. it's a shame because the paramedics and the nurses, they do work so hard, and i think they'd been let down, really, because they have to come and apologise. they shouldn't have too apologise because they are doing a job, so something somewhere is going wrong with this system, and obviously it does need seriously looking at, because i could have been sitting on my own. 100 years after the first women won the vote, the great—granddaughter of sylvia pankhurst has told the bbc she thinks more can be done to help the lives of women. the struggle for suffrage began as a middle class campaign, but the working class suffragettes of east london played an important role when they went to see the prime minister to make their case. we have done a lot in 2018, but 2028 is the centenary of equal franchise, so we have ten years, we've got a decade,

and as far as i'm concerned, we need to use this decade to achieve a lot more than we have, so that by 2028 we can really say we have equality, we have gender equality. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the trains there are delays of up to 15 minutes between 0rpington and grove park on southeastern and thameslink lines due to earlier emergency engineering works at chislehurst. in barnes, rocks lane is closed southbound due to a gas leak between station road and upper richmond road. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsela. it's another cold and frosty start this morning. we could see one or two brighter spells potentially lead later on, but to start with, a fair amount of cloud. while it is sinning, some glitches of sunshine. the northerly breeze will make things feel really quite cold, the maximum getting up to three celsius in central london, colder towards the suburbs. as we head into this evening and overnight, very cold again, and cloud thickening, with it some flurries of snow. again, a north—westerly breeze, temperatures dropping to around —1, so another chilly start. that cloud here first thing

but gradually moving away south and eastwards. brighter towards the west, and sunshine into the afternoon. again, it will feel pretty cold tomorrow, a maximum between two and five celsius. into thursday, slightly milder air, temperatures back up around seven. more cloud through thursday, some sunshine, but feeling chilly again for friday. that's all from me to now, i will be back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to louise and steph. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and louise minchin. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. share prices have dropped sharply on asian markets overnight in response to big falls in the united states. in new york, the dowjones, which is made up of some of america's biggest businesses, closed down more than 1,100 points, the biggest one

day fall in history. the nikkei index injapan ended the day nearly 5% down. the conservative mp and leading remain campaigner, anna soubry, has called on theresa may to sling out what she called hard brexiteers in the party. in an interview for the bbc's newsnight, she said that the frontbench was in hock to 35 ideological leave supporters. she insisted she would not stay in a party taken over by people like jacob rees—mogg and boris johnson. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against a suspect. a case against the convicted ira member john downey collapsed at the old bailey four years ago. he had a so—called on—the—run letter telling him he was no longer a wanted man and would not be prosecuted. public health england says it wants e—cigarettes to be prescribed

on the nhs within the next two to three years because they're an effective way to help smokers quit. the agency has reviewed the latest evidence and says vaping poses only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco. it's calling for the uk's drug regulator to help manufacturers get their products approved. the british—born actor, john mahoney, who played one of tv's most popular on—screen dads, has died in chicago aged 77. he was famous for his role as martin crane in the us sitcom frasier, playing a grumpy, down—to—earth retired policeman who outwitted his two pretentious sons, frasier and niles. the role earned him two emmy and two golden globe nominations. in florida, the aerospace company spacex is gearing up to test what could become the world's most powerful rocket. it's called the falcon heavy, and if all goes according to plan it'll blast off from cape canaveral at 6:30pm this evening uk time. it's carrying a car on board and there's a possibility that it

could reach the orbit of mars. but there aren't any astronauts on board, instead there's a mannequin in a spacesuit. keep talking, i'm watching it. there aren't any astronauts on board, there is the mannequin. they are sending a carto there is the mannequin. they are sending a car to space. so many questions, why would you send a car to space? it hasn't been done i suppose so it is something to do. that will be launching at 6:30pm. coming will be talking about cold temperatures and she's in the houses of parliament. she is showing us around the anniversary day for 100 yea rs around the anniversary day for 100 years since women got the vote. lots of memories coming in this morning. abet conte is feeling a bit chilly

this morning? -- i bet. giving out some frost deluxe. he always does, my granny would have said he's like a bulldog chewing a wasp. —— frosty looks. they have been beaten by watford 4—1. last season they were the champions, this season we are talking about him losing his chelsea manager antonio conte is under increasing pressure this morning after his side were thrashed 4—1 at watford last night. it looked like they may get a point when eden hazard equalised with eight minutes to go but then watford scored three goals in the last seven minutes to give their new manager javi gracia a win in his first home game in charge. after the game conte was rather insistent that he is definitely not worried. i'm not worried, i'm definitely not

worried about my job. i'm not worried, i'm definitely not worried about myjob. i work everyday and give 110%. word if this is enough, 0k, otherwise the club can makea is enough, 0k, otherwise the club can make a different decision but i'm not worried. everyday, day, every prospect, press conference, you ask me, you worried about your job? no, i'm not worried. he's definitely not worried, is he protesting too much? he can't win, can he... obviously! protesting too much? he can't win, can he... obviously! that's kind of the problem x mac we're talking again about losing another manager. when you think about it, when it comes to winning the premier league, it's a golden chalice, the last five winners of the premier league haven't made it beyond the next season. maybe they are too quick to get rid of them. we have said that for some time but for me it is knowing where to draw the line, it is his attitude, that's the issue,

he has asked the board to release a statement backing him up and his future. people are saying if he doesn't want to be there then why is he staying? we will keep an eye on it. but he isn't worried. he is definitely, definitely not worried. england have called up richard wigglesworth to replace the injured ben youngs ahead of saturday's six nations match with wales. youngs has a knee ligament injury which rules him out of the entire tournament. wigglesworth will now provide cover for danny care, who came on for youngs in rome. she was one of the heroes of the team gb's olympic gold winning hockey team in rio, and now maddie hinch has been named the world's best female goalkeeper for a second time. the england and great britain goalie was given the award in berlin last night at the international hocket federation stars awards. since the olympics, she's also helped england win bronze medals at both the eurohockey championships and world league semi—final. formula 1 has announced it will have have grid kids from next season after the sport abolished the tradition of having grid girls. f1's owners decided the long—standing practice of using female models

before races was at odds with modern—day societal norms, so instead they'll select children who are already in the junior categories of motor racing from the opening race of the new season next month. britain's fed cup team are in estonia this week in a bid to take us into the world group. the team is spearhead by british number one johanna konta who of course last year became the first british woman to reach a wimbledon semi final since 1979.. since then she's faced some injury problems —— but fed cup could be her chance to get 2018 back on track. i went training with them before they headed off. she's enjoyed a spectacular rise to stardom in the past few years, becoming the first british woman since virginia wade and jo durie to crack into the elite of the women's game. but a year in tennis can feel like a long time. johanna konta's early season's

been hampered by injury, but now with fed cup in estonia about to get under way, she says she's ready to return to her winning ways. i'm healthy, i'm playing, and i think with time i'll be playing at the level i want to be playing at. fed cup is definitely a great opportunity for me to play a lot of matches and in a different setting than we usually get during the season, it's a team setting, it's a team environment, which is really exciting, we get to bond, we get to have fun in the evenings and most importantly support each other on the sidelines. the british number one spearheads this year's squad, with captain anne keothavong aiming to start this year's competition with a bang. katie boulter a is the team's newest and youngest member. atjust 21 years old, she wasn't even born the last time britain made it to the world group stage. so is she feeling confident? i think we've got a really strong team, we've got a great chance, everyone's playing really well at the moment so let's see what we can do.

being part of a team event is really nice, especially because tennis is such an individual sport, so i'm happy to be back with the kit on. until now, the profile of the women's team competition has always been significantly lower than the men's davis cup, not helped by their failure to get out of the dreaded europe—africa zone. i'd love to see the format change, i'd love to see fed cup come into line with davis cup where it's structured in a way where fans can follow better and really engage with the team. hopefully one day we might get that. the team face estonia and portugal in the first round robin matches this week with a place in the world group at stake. but something tells me they'll do a betterjob without me there. 0ut checks mac i didn't learn anything. they tried to teach me some moves.

—— 0uch. i didn't do anything for the cause, terrible tennis. pretty inspirational women, who has been the most inspiring woman in your life? for me other than my mother i would say my auntie. she has always been an incredible leader, a strong independent woman. thank you for eve ryo ne independent woman. thank you for everyone sending in their messages as well about the women that inspire you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: stock markets have dropped sharply in asia, following a large fall in the united states. the conservative mp and remain campaigner, anna soubry, has called on the prime minister to sling out the party's brexiteers. you might have noticed it is the 100th anniversary of the representation of the people act, which gave some women the vote for the first time and all men over the

age of 21 the right to vote. this morning carol is out and about to show as round the houses of parliament. something really special to show you, original acts of parliament. let's look at some of the acts, this one gave women the right to vote, you can see the date on it, the sixth of february 1918, it is this one here. the one we have just been looking at, this one here, gave women the right to stand as mps, the 21st of november 2018. and this one gave women the right to sit in the house of lords. look how much later that was, the 30th of april 1958. very special to cvs this morning in the central lobby and just looking around, never been in

here before, pretty special as well. half of it belongs to the house of lords, the other half to the house of commons. the weather outside is pretty cold, hard frost this morning with some snow showers around. generally today it's going to be a cold day regardless of where you are with the risk of ice today also regardless where you are. starting the forecast in the south—east, dry weather around with wintry showers coming in here and there, especially in east anglia, we've had some this morning across the midlands and as we go north it's across northern england, southern and central parts of scotland, we have some snow. the north of that there is dry weather, snow showers in the north and west of scotland and also northern ireland, on an off through the day and back into wales, once again we are back into the snow. that band

pushes steadily south into the midlands but it will fizzle and turn more patchy in nature. but inland any precipitation that comes out of it will fall as snow. the cloud will build ahead of it and behind it will be sunshine but still a fair few showers, wintry with a mixture of rain, sleet, hail, thunderand lightning. cold day, maximum of five, that's in towns and cities. as we head on through the evening and overnight and the temperature drops, as our band goes to the south—east, it will rejuvenate, bringing more wintry showers in east anglia and the south—east. behind it under clear skies we're looking at a severe frost for many, temperatures where we have lying snow falling as low as minus double figures and there will still be wintry showers flirting with the north and west. tomorrow morning we start with those wintry showers in south—eastern parts of the uk, they will clear and behind it with a ridge of high pressure things settle down, we'll

see sunshine. through the day we will see the cloud builds and then a band of rain coming in from the north—west preceded by transient snow, that will quickly turn back to rain at lower levels and the snow will be in the hills and feeling cold wherever you are. by the time we get to thursday, that same band of rain will weaken as it pushes south across england and wales. brighter skies follow behind with showers, some of which will be wintry across the north—west of the country. that leads us into an u nsettled country. that leads us into an unsettled period as we head through friday into the weekend, snow at times, wet and windy conditions as well, and it's going to remain cold. 0k, thank you very much, carol. fantastic to get that access this morning, thanks very much indeed and more later, including freezing temperatures. it is a story we are covering through the programme, marking the centenary of some women's right to votes copy it's got us thinking about how life has

changed for women in lots of ways. number of women at different stages of their career. i went to find what advice they would have as well. making your way up in the world is still not as easy as it should be the women. but there are more and more breaking down the barriers. kati is an award—winning crane driver. i have come to meet her with lois, an apprentice in building services and catherine, a structural engineer. you are working in an industry that is male dominated, does that bother you? it does not to me, it gives you slightly more leveraged. there is a stereotype out there that engineers are always male, with beard and a hard hat, but most of the time i am wearing a dress and working at my desk, through calculations and drawings, working on computer software.”

through calculations and drawings, working on computer software. i feel listened to, i am treated the same as everyone else. so you don't feel different, being a woman in terms of weight you will go in your career? no, i don't think there are those barriers for women. it is nice to see a lot more females coming into the industry, as it is becoming a lot that. it is great to hear their optimism. but what about those bit further on in their careers? jennifer and emap have different jobs, at have felt differences when they had children. guilt when you can't do a job in the way you want to do it, and guilt you are not that we are children. i have two children, first was fine, second, i had my second, i worked for the biggest international law firm, was made redundant, effectively on my first day back at work. and it affected me mentally, so badly. first day back at work. and it affected me mentally, so badlym became so stressful for me in the

end, i set up my own business, and left. so i could define my own working hours. anyone to get the top in business it takes a lot of graft, so what about the few women who have made it? do they think they have had a harder time because they are a woman? it takes courage almost every day. to speak out, and speak up. the gender balance and gender equality. let's do this together, that it men being the biggest voices, the strongest voices, that is the only way we will do it. looking back we adopted quite masculine codes to get to the top of what was essentially today still a very masculine business, most businesses are run by men. ijust work longer, harderand faster. all of those feminine traits of empathy, collaboration, an indication, all the things that were

seen as not quite tough enough in business, is going to be the future. so what would their advice bt young women? go out with a positive energy, i think any business eeo into with positive energy, always gets you on. collaborate with other women in business, this change only happens when people come together. ridout to your network, leaving your ability and go after every opportunity that comes along. back on the construction site, i definitely feel that these young women are being given more opportunities than they would have donein opportunities than they would have done in the past. that should mean in future they won't need to make a special film about women doing jobs light these or running companies, because it won't be unusual. and in that piece use or inga beale they are, chief executive of lloyd's of london there, a ftse100 company,

and she was saying that there are still more cheap executives called johnin still more cheap executives called john in the ftse100 then still more cheap executives called john in the ftse 100 then there are women. she is such an inspirational woman, she is leading such a huge company, there are still tough days just like anyone has, but still... we are talking about this because it is 100 years ago today, sixth of february, all women and men over the age of 21 were given the right to vote. we're doing lots throughout the morning to mark it — carol's in the houses of parliament. it was not everyone who got the right to vote, was at? no, today marks a partial victory, but a really important milestone. i want to ta ke really important milestone. i want to take a moment to remember the names of these women, because all of these names here represent the 1000 suffragettes, who paid a price for

this fight, they risked it all, they we re this fight, they risked it all, they were jailed for this cause. emily wilding davidson, who spent not far from here, at strangeways prison before she went to ascot and paid with her life for this fight. the munch them also, mary jane clarke who died after being released from prison during a hunger strike. really important women, but make no mistake, this fight was notjust about the bold, brave acts of suffragettes, it was also about this dearly, steady determination of the suffragists. let's have a look now at the fight on both sides of the divide, through the eyes of two women, both equally important. britain was a nation divided, between privilege and positive, those with those without. two women we re those with those without. two women were united in their belief that this must change. any helm was smart, educated, cheshire millendon

mac daughter. she had they hear of men in power but had no power herself. she was a force to be reckoned with. and yet the most simple and an educated men, simply by virtue of being a man, had a vote. and that did not make sense at all. nor did it to leonora cohen, born into poverty —— poverty in leeds, but clever and brave too. she thought without the vote there would be no way that women would have proper equality and could lift themselves out of poverty. as promises are made and broken in parliament, women push on, any with gentle persuasion, she set up alow pull —— local suffragists society to convince the established and of what is right, but leonora plots. she heads to the tower of london for a separate it —— suffragette act so daring it would shake the establishment. to smash the crown jewels. this, this is where it

happened. can you imagine how her heart must be pounding. she sees this group of schoolboys, and she sneaks in behind them, and looks all the world like a teacher, she must be thinking, where is the crowbar, is it in my coat, and she finds it, and wait until the beefeater is over the other side of the room, and then she has to remove it and throw it and make this great announcement of "votes for women!", how daring is that, and how courageous. but then came the ultimate call for courage, and the war changes everything. as men die on the front, the suffragettes march to london to offer their services to their country. women now hold the fort. they manufacture, they create the munitions, they run the businesses. there was no going back, no. 0nce they knew what they were capable of,

and once the men came home and saw all that they had done, you couldn't go back. these were equals. words and deeds had won the day. on feathery 61918, women over the age of 30 win the right to vote. but it would be another ten years before they win the same voting rights as men. it was a fight for men to perceive that women were not prepared to be doormats any longer, women were of equal value, and it has never been more important to show that today on the centenary.“ she were alive today, what would you think? -- what would she think? i think? -- what would she think? i think she would be very frustrated. if she were here she would still be fighting. i hope so. and i would be with her. we owe a great debt of gratitude to all of those women, the

suffragettes and the suffragists, and the men who supported them, to try and achieve this. today of course, is not marking 100 years since that hole victory, but instead a partial victory. let me introduce you to helen, who is the curator at the people's history museum here in manchester. tell us exactly what happened today 100 years ago, who got the vote? it was incredible, all men aged 21 and over got the vote, but only some women, it had to be over 30 with a proper qualification to be able to vote. this excluded so many of the working class woman who had acted as the footsoldiers in this campaign across all the different organisations, so it was only a partial victory. different organisations, so it was only a partialvictory. it different organisations, so it was only a partial victory. it was going to be another ten years before they got the equal vote. let's take a moment to talk about this fantastic banner over here. all of these were actually, they were nabbed from the

film suffragette, aren't they. they are fake. but this one, tell us about this one. this one is the manchester wftu banner, it was mainly 1908, taken down to the hyde park in london, which was the biggest rally of the suffragette movement and most importantly it says most —— it says "first in the fight." this says most —— it says "first in the fight. " this is says most —— it says "first in the fight." this is because manchester was were it first started, manchester had the first sufferance society way back. the most important pa rt society way back. the most important part in the story for me is that this was found in a charity shop in leeds, and had been there for how long? ten years, before it was found and put on the auction. we were very lucky to acquire it into the collection. ten years, neatly folded ona collection. ten years, neatly folded on a shelf and no one had clocked it until you guys came along. you can see it here at the people's history museum from june. more from us a little later. quite emotional to be reading those

banners, thank you so much, we will be back later. we have had loads of m essa g es be back later. we have had loads of messages from people as well about women who have inspired them, thank you for them. mothers and teachers are very you for them. mothers and teachers are very high on the list. wives as well, but time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm katharine carpenter. the row over who should pay to remove cladding similar to that used on grenfell tower from a housing complex in croydon goes before a judge today. leaseholders at citiscape have been told they may have to pay up to £30,000 each to replace the flammable material. the property management company says residents should also contribute towards the cost of fire wardens. a man from essex says he endured excruciating pain during a fourteen hour wait for an ambulance following a brain haemorrhage. david axford was told a paramedic was being dispatched to his home in canvey island

and his wife made repeated calls to 999 as his symptoms got worse. the east of england ambulance service said it was "under severe pressure" and "always tries to prioritise the most life—threatening calls". 100 years after the first women won the vote, the granddaughter of sylvia pankhurst has told the bbc she thinks more can be done to help the lives of women. the struggle for suffrage began as a middle class campaign, but the working class suffragettes of east london played an important role when they went to see the prime minister to make their case. we have done a lot in 2018, but 2028 is the centenary of equal franchise, so we have ten years, we've got a decade, and as far as i'm concerned, we need to use this decade to achieve a lot more than we have. let's have a look at the travel situation now. we still have a good service on the tube. 0n the trains there is a

replacement bus service running on london northwest between watford junction and st albans abbey, because of faulty train. and we still have the laser up to 15 minutes between 0rpington and growth park on south—eastern and thameslink lines due to a leaked emergency engineering works at chislehurst. 0ne lane of the m25 spur road is blocked at the ocean floor in pink and, the emergency services are there and in barnes, rocks lane is closed southbound due to a gas leak between station road end up richmond road. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsela. it's another cold and frosty start this morning. we could see one or two brighter spells potentially lead we could see one or two brighter spells potentially later on, but to start with, a fair amount of cloud. while it is sinning, some glitches of sunshine. while it is thinning, some glitches of sunshine. the northerly breeze will make things feel really quite cold, the maximum getting up to three celsius in central london, colder towards the suburbs. as we head into this evening and overnight, very cold again, and cloud thickening, with it some flurries of snow.

again, a north—westerly breeze, temperatures dropping to around —1, so another chilly start. that cloud here first thing but gradually moving away south and eastwards. brighter towards the west, and sunshine into the afternoon. again, it will feel pretty cold tomorrow, a maximum between two and five celsius. into thursday, slightly milder air, temperatures back up around seven. more cloud through thursday, some sunshine, but feeling chilly again for friday. that's all from me to now, i will be back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to louise and steph. hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and louise minchin. stockmarkets around the world have plunged following a big drop in us share prices. the falls in asia this morning come as the dowjones suffered its biggest ever points drop in a single day over fears about interest rate rises. good morning, it's tuesday the 6th

of february. also on the programme this morning: growing division within the conservative party over brexit as one of the prime minister's remain—supporting mps urges her to 'stand up to' so called 'hard brexiteers' and 'sling them out'. could e—cigarettes soon be available on prescription? government health officials say they should be. in sport, the pressure mounts on chelsea manager antonio conte. his side suffer their biggest defeat of the season, as watford beat them 4—1. have ‘ business

women, professionals, politicians, mothers, wives and daughters, and of course, we want to hear from you as well. is there one woman in your life who inspires you? let us know. there is one here. there is one in the house of commons as well. and carol has the weather from inside parliament where the first mass signature petition calling for women's votes was handed over good morning, gentlemen. it is much smaller when you see it in real life, compared to the television. microphones angling down, the mps have been in this morning placing their names on the seats where they wa nt to their names on the seats where they want to sit late on. the weather outside is different, it is cold, with frost around, snow in the forecast and a bit of sunshine. i

will put that together for you in 15 minutes. we nominate carol as our inspiration this morning. we certainly do. good morning. first, our main story. share prices have dropped sharply on asian markets overnight in response to big falls in the united states. in new york, the dowjones, which is made up of some of america's biggest businesses, closed down more than 1100 points, the biggest one day fall in history. the nikkei index injapan ended the day nearly 5% down. the ftse100 here, which hasjust opened this morning has opened down 3.5%. earlier on breakfast, we spoke to the investment director jane sydenham who said the drop wasn't completely unexpected. this is really in response to a jobs report last week, which kind of indicated that wages were rising a bit faster than everybody was expecting. and the implication from that is that interest rates had to rise faster, too, which stock markets really don't like. so in the last 15 months,

we've had no more than a 3% correction in stock markets, which is very, very unusual. so at some point, it was likely that we would see a bit more volatility anyway. it's really very unusual for markets to be quite as calm as they have been. the conservative mp and mp and leading remain campaigner, anna soubry, has called on theresa may to "sling out" what she calls "hard brexiteers" in the party. the former business minister says the frontbench is "in hock" to 35 ideological leave supporters. in an interview with bbc newsnight she insisted she would not stay in a party taken over by people like jacob rees mogg and boris johnson. 0ur political correspondent, eleanor garnier is in westminster for us this morning. is this yet more division within the party over brexit? it was a tough interview, it shows more division over europe. it was an issue that divided the conservative party for decades. since the vote to

leave the eu, and a subaru has spoken out passionately about brexit. she has taken it up a notch with the latest comments, threatening to quit the party and saying theresa may needs to chuck out hard—line ideological brexiteers. they are not the tory party that i joined 40 years ago. and it's about time theresa stood up to them and slung 'em out, because they've taken down major, they took down cameron, two great leaders, neither of whom stood up to them. if it comes to it i'm not going to stay in a party that's been taken over by the likes of jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson, brexiteers will say they are arguing for what they believe are the best interests of the party. a former tory chancellor, lord lamont, said she was being quite ridiculous. what it demonstrates is how difficult the task is for theresa may to keep her

party united in the middle of a crucial week. remember, there are crucial week. remember, there are crucial ministerial meetings coming up, in which the prime minister will try to coax together some sort of consensus, so that she can finally agree a government position on our eu negotiating with brussels. thank you very much. in ten minutes, we will speak to the home secretary amber rudd about that and other things. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against a suspect. a case against the convicted ira member, john downey, collapsed at the old bailey four years ago. he had a so—called "on the run" letter telling him he was no longer a wanted man and would not be prosecuted. there's a call this morning for e—cigarettes to be given on the nhs because they're an effective way to help smokers quit. public health england says vaping poses only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco. 0ur health reporter michelle roberts has more. they've helped tens of thousands

of people quit smoking, but currently in the uk, people have to buy e—cigarettes, unlike nicotine patches and gum. public health england wants that to change and for doctors to start giving e—cigarettes to patients on prescription. the latest evidence reviewed suggests that although vaping is not entirely risk—free, it's much better than smoking. the organisation says e—cigarettes are 95% safer than most cigarettes as they do not have most of the toxic chemicals found in smoke. researchers estimate e—cigarettes have led to at least 20,000 more quits per year. despite their popularity, around 40% of smokers have not tried them. experts say the evidence in favour is so compelling, smokers who want to quit shouldn't wait for free prescriptions for trying e—cigarettes. we're confident thast they're su bsta ntially less harmful than cigarette smoking, so we recommend for those struggling

to stop to try e—cigarettes, that might help them to stop smoking, which would probably be the best thing they could do for their health. in the meantime, public health england suggests hospitals start selling e—cigarettes to patients and change smoking shelters into vaping lounges. but they also warn that non—smokers shouldn't start vaping. michelle roberts, bbc news. thank you for your messages on that. we will talk about that shortly. the uk's roads are among some of the most heavily congested in the world — that's according to the largest ever study of global traffic conditions. the uk's roads were ranked in the top ten most gridlocked in the world, with drivers spending 31 hours a year stuck in traffic will stop the department for transport is investing to cut congestion. the british—born actorjohn mahoney, who played one of tv's most popular on—screen dads,

has died in chicago aged 77. he was famous for his role as martin crane in the us sitcom "frasier", playing a grumpy, down—to—earth retired policeman who outwitted his two pretentious sons frasier and niles. the role earned him two emmy and two golden globe nominations. it is 8:0 nine. let's take you back to one of our main stories. electronic cigarettes should be prescribed by the nhs to help smokers quit, that's the call this morning from public health england. it's latest research found that vaping is much safer than smoking tobacco. the harms of smoking are well known. it causes over 200 deaths a year and shortens your life expectancy by an average of 10 years. it's an expensive habit too, smoking 20 cigarettes a day costs around £3,000 a year. in a report published this morning, public health england says using electronic cigarettes causes 95% less harm than smoking tobacco.

the latest figures show that 3 million people in the uk use them regularly. the report's author, professor ann mcneill, joins us from london, and with us here is gp, dr fari ahmad. in the thank you forjoining us this morning. can you explain, a lot of people have been in touch with us to say, is vaping not bad for you, then? i understand that. there is confusion about it. vaping is better than smoking, because when you are smoking, you are smoking in a lot of nasty is. it is certainly better than smoking a cigarette, but i would consider it asa a cigarette, but i would consider it as a step to stopping. there have been issues about long—term health effects with vaping, but compared to smoking, it's better. don't stop

there! let's pick up on that. you say that e—cigarettes should be prescribed on the nhs, why do you say that? good morning. can i correct one thing, 200 smokers die every day, not every year. smoking is uniquely dangerous, and what our review showed is that e—cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smoking tobacco cigarettes, so it's really important for smokers who are trying to quit that they do so as soon as is. we have a wide variety of treatments available, the widest ever, including e—cigarettes. as well as being able to get them in shops, we think it would be useful if health professionals could prescribe e—cigarettes as well. we know now that e—cigarettes is the most common form of support smokers use, and we want to make sure we reach all smokers, particularly

poorer smokers, who perhaps feel relu cta nt. poorer smokers, who perhaps feel reluctant. people have been getting in touch this morning, and this is one example, and there are many, david says, "how preposterous that public health england think that people who currently can afford to smoke should put more strain on the nhs to pay for addiction." paula says, "if they can afford to smoke, they can afford to be vaping." there are a few things there. smoking is an addiction, largely to nicotine, but it is not the nicotine that kills, it's the other thousands of smoke constituents that come with it. smokers that struggle to stop, and the addictiveness of nicotine depends on how it is delivered. so it depends on the speed of delivery, the dose and what comes along with it. e—cigarettes are a much less harmful form of nicotine delivery.

smokers really struggle to stop. they have tried many times, they have tried different things. actually, the people but doctors are see you will be predominantly made up see you will be predominantly made up of smokers because they are often very sick with the early smoking related diseases. it is really important that health professionals help those smokers in particular to stop. lots of people getting in touch, helen makes the point of saying," we don't know the long—term effects of vaping, surely it is better to help people break the pattern of addictive behaviour, rather than reinforce it." what do you say to that? that is a concern that some people have, and i can understand it is valid. you can see that something is valid. you can see that something is better. it might not be the best thing for you. if it can help you get to where you have got to, so you have stopped smoking, that would be ideal. people can sometimes, they can be addicted to the actual

smoking, there are issues about people getting addicted to other things as well. it is understanding yourself, and understanding what will work for you and trying to move things that way. thank you, both, very much, and thank you to everybody getting in touch. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning... stock markets have dropped sharply in asia following a large fall in the united states. and also here in the uk, markets have dropped. the conservative mp and remain campaigner anna soubry has called on the prime minister to "sling out" the party's brexiteers. it's the hundredth anniversary of the representation of the people act, which gave some women the vote for the first time — and all men over the age of 21. we're doing lots throughout the morning to mark it carol's in the houses of parliament. what a fantastic location, in the

middle of the house of commons. good morning to you both. i am middle of the house of commons. good morning to you both. iam in the house of commons chamber is at the house of commons chamber is at the moment, you can see how fabulous it is. back in the day, ladies were not even allowed in the public gallery here. they were in the ladies' gallery. where you see the glass in the stonewall, that is roughly where the ladies' gallery was, that even higher up than you can see today. in the ladies' gallery it was cramped and smelly, rfid poor views, they could not hear properly and it had grills on the window and they even chained themselves to those grills, which prompted the purchase of these huge bowls clippers we saw earlier. how times have changed! it is nice and toasty in here but a cold day ahead of us outside. there is a hard frost and some snow in the forecast today. starting at 9am across the south—east of england, bright skies, bits and pieces of cloud, the cloud

is producing some wintry showers across parts of east anglia and into the midlands, for example. as we move into northern england and southern parts of central scotland, we have a band of snow, a weather front. clear skies north of that and some snow showers in the north and west. the risk of eyes almost anywhere across the uk this morning. northern ireland has some snow showers on and off through the day. back into north wales, once again we are looking up the band of snow fringing and across parts of north devon, north cornwall in north somerset. dry affair that used with cloud around, one or two prater breaks and you might see the art wintry flower... flower? ! flower... flower?! slurry or shower! the band will weaken as it moves away, but

any precipitation will be snow. the band will build on the south, brighter skies behind it but showers in the north and west, a combination of rain, sleet, hail, lightning and snow. through the evening and overnight, the band of snow in the south rejuvenates, producing more snow across east anglia and the south—east. behind that, lots of clear skies. we will have a severe frost tonight. where we have lying snow, temperatures could did as low as minus ten. bitterly cold and the risk of ice. we start with the wintry showers across the south—east and east anglia tomorrow. lots of dry, unsettled conditions. some rain preceded by transient snow in the north—west, which will rapidly fall in the hills. ray nadler low levels. 0nce in the hills. ray nadler low levels. once again, another cold day. through thursday, the same front in the north—west sinks southwards, resting across parts of england and

wales with lots of cloud, drizzle and damp associated. behind that, brighter skies but in the northwest we are still looking at showers, some wintry. the outlook remains unsettled and cold, wet and windy at times with snow showers for some of us. back to you two. thank you, carol the stock market in britain opened down 3.5% in response to heavy falls on the american and then the asian markets. the dowjones started it all off, the dowjones on wall street. the biggest one—day point drop in history yesterday. we can speak to louise cooper, a market analyst. we expected the ftse100 to share... fall when it opened at atm, what is happening? it is on the back of the states. it is a global stock market rout driven by what happened in the states. there was an important

monthly report on friday which showed some signs of wage inflation. many people would think that would be good, but it brings the whole interest rates question back into the perspective. what the world has been doing is living on extremely low interest rates ever since the start of the financial crisis. but ultracheap money has caused all sorts of acids to boom, like property on stock markets. if we are coming to the end of the ultralow interest rates and the end of the really cheap money, there are questions about the stock market valuations, particularly the us stock market is regarded by many as being quite expensive. you and i talk a lot about what is going on in the markets. it can quickly turn again. we were speaking to jane seddon from rathbone 's who said it could be a correction, how much do you need to worry about

this? the points do not mean prizes, they are irrelevant, you need to look at the percentage points move. we have had a 6% fall two days. that is a correction. in the middle of a great financial crash the us stock market fell 20% in one day. 6% in two days, although one has to grin slightly because mr donald trump, the us president, is happy to claim responsibility when the stock market goes up, but has not said or tweeted anything about the fall. it is absolutely a correction at the moment, but it tells you that investors, financial people, are starting to think has it gone too far? what is the outlook for the us economy? it indicates some kind of questioning, a less confident investor than maybe in the past. the key at the moment is we are driven by the states, so we wait to see. the european stock markets

opening this morning, to a certain extent, just reacting to the us stock market move yesterday. lots of falls happens after european markets we re falls happens after european markets were closed. the key happens at 2:30pm when us markets open. do they open lower yet again, or do you start to see some people saying 6% correction, i think they are looking an ok value and i will start buying again? the key is when do you start to see buyers come in, or will there be a nurse wave of selling out of the states ? it is quite early days right now. thank you, louise cooper. lots of pensions are invested in the stock market, so it is all important. we are talking about the hundred year anniversary of when the first woman got the votes in the uk and the campaign to get women the bullet attracted men and women from across the political and class divide. marchers would attract hundreds of thousands of protesters.

this is where you come in. we want to hear your stories about your relations involved in the movement, and see any photos or mementos you might have. you can get in contact using the twitter hashtag #1918women. naga munchetty has been looking at this. the symbols of suffrage. these women did notjust the symbols of suffrage. these women did not just make the symbols of suffrage. these women did notjust make headlines but they we re did notjust make headlines but they were the masters of marketing. these are some of the badgers and commissioned pieces and fashion accessories we have in the museum of london collections. —— these were some of the badges. some were obviously linked to the votes for women campaign, some less obviously. do you think this is just a sample of the memorabilia that may have been created? of the memorabilia that may have been created ? there of the memorabilia that may have been created? there are new items to been created? there are new items to be found ? been created? there are new items to be found? definitely. it is quite easy to recognise badges, especially

if they're officially made, because they would have been advertised in they would have been advertised in the votes that women use paper or the votes that women use paper or the suffragette newspaper. what is less easy is if things were produced and officially —— they would have beenin and officially —— they would have been in the votes for women newspaper. these are different colours, explain? these are badges from the women's library collection which represent the national union of suffrage societies. these women were not considered as militants? they we re not considered as militants? they were law—abiding. this medal was awarded to a very special lady. you are her granddaughter, tell me about her? she wrapped a metal weight up with a poster saying votes for women, and she threw it through a window at the home secretary's residence. this is what the wsb you gave to women who

had done something memorable or brave. —— this is what the wspu gave. we know the history on the shelves, but we want the treasures that you may have a tone which can tell is the story of those one century ago who faltered for the rights for women to vote today. —— who fought for the right. thank you for getting in touch today. so many people have been talking about your mums and grandmothers and teachers, people who have inspired you. wives, sisters. 0ne you. wives, sisters. one of the places we are today is the people's history museum in manchester. this is the scene there this morning. the museum's home to the world's largest collection of political and trade union banners. we'll be there after 9am when we'll be hearing from helen pankhurst, great granddaughter of emmeline pankhurst a founding member of the suffragette movement.

what has been clear this morning is how the campaign to get women the votes, and other men over 21, the votes, and other men over 21, the votes, it was women and men, so many standing together. lots of messages about people saying it has really made them think about who has inspired them in their life. debbie says it is her mum, she worked throughout her life until retirement with severe arthritis, she had four children, myself the eldest almost 57 years ago, yet she has always found a way to work in order to supplement her father's wage but to still be at home and meet them at the school gate. it means the jobs were paid less and had lower status, but her mum was extremely bright and did a brilliant job of bringing them up. the point we are making, this is 100 yea rs the point we are making, this is 100 years since the first woman got the votes, not all women got the votes them. selina talked a little bit earlier

and mentioned head teacher at saint luke's secondary school. she was a force for change and inspired me, i ama force for change and inspired me, i am a teacher and hope to be as effective at encouraging others as she was. i will never forget her. we talked about how different it is what mps in parliament and how much that has changed over the years, how they are treated and all the rest. we will speak to amber rudd later. lots of men have got into edge about women who have inspired them. steve says the woman who inspires me and a lwa ys says the woman who inspires me and always has done is my amazing like __ my always has done is my amazing like —— my amazing wife. she works hard, ca res —— my amazing wife. she works hard, cares for us and put others first and never complains. she sounds amazing! never complains! send in more of your messages on anything, or if you have any suffragette mementos. we will have more from the people's museum later after the news, travel and weather wherever you are. hello. good morning.

a cold start for many of us. a bit of snow moving south and east would across the united kingdom. it will fizzle out as we move into the afternoon. sunny spells around as well. but be aware of the fact that, this morning, we could see disruption. the snow is moving through northern england, wales and the south—west, giving a covering of 1—3 centimetres through this morning, maybe more than that on higher ground. as it moves further south, through the east midlands, it will fizzle out. not too much in the way of snow here. sunny spells towards the southeast of that, sunny spells developing to the north—west of that, but again, it will

feel cold fall of us. 0vernight tonight, a few snow showers across northern ireland and scotland, perhaps into east anglia and the south—east of england. but it will be a cold night, a widespread and hard frost, temperatures down to zero, —3 or —5 degrees. in the countryside, even lower than that, —11 celsius in parts of scotland. we start off on wednesday morning on a very cold note, but then we will see rain, another weather front moves into the north and west. in between these two fronts, the warm front and cold front, a wedge of mild air. as rain comes in, it will primarily stay as rain because it is milder, but the cold air still in place ahead of it. cold and frosty, watch out for ice on wednesday morning. as we go through the day, most of england and wales will be dry, increasing amounts of sunshine... sorry, increasing amounts of cloud, i should say, but rain moving into scotland and northern ireland, and the far north—west, some hill snow associated with that. temperatures are around 2—4.

into thursday, a band of rain will move further south and eastwards, otherwise lots of cloud around on thursday, temperatures around 5—8. perhaps less cold than it has been. more detail on the website. that's it from me. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. correction or collapse? global markets turn red as the dowjones suffers its biggest one—day fall in history. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday 6th february. the sell—off began in the us, caused, unusually, by positive economic news, jobs and wages rising quicker than expected. and that could prompt another surprise rate rise for the world's largest economy. we'll explain what it all means. also in the programme:

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