hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him at the earliest date possible. the invitation was given by the sister of the north korean leader at a historic meeting at the winter olympics in seoul. it would be the first meeting in more than a decade between the two leaders. good morning it's saturday the 10th of february. also this morning: the government condemns the "appalling abuse of vulnerable people in haiti" and says the charity oxfam has serious questions to answer. a government minister says two captured members of the british islamic state cell, nicknamed "the beatles", should be considered for trial at the hague. in sport, a crash landing for the brits, on day one of the winter olympics. all 3 of the medal hopes in the snowboard slopestyle, try spectacular moves in the skies,

but fail to make the final — with billy morgan falling on his final run. after disappointment for the snowboarders, all eyes are now on elise christie. i will have more alive from pyeongchang at the rout it dirty pool —— at about 830 am. and nick has the weather. rain at sons today for all of us, the chance of snow, especially later. tomorrow is much colder, again. i have got the full forecast coming. good morning. first our main story. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him at the earliest date possible. the invitation was given by the sister of the north korean leader during a historic meeting between the two sides in seoul. let's get more on this from our correspondent stephen mcdonnell who's in pyeongchang.

stephen, just put this in some kind of context for us, because only a couple of days ago this would have been a development that no one thought possible? yes, it is absolutely remarkable that we have heard here... the news is flying around the olympic press thinks. that this information has come from the north korean leader, to the south korean counterpart to visit pyongyang. the only reason that the north korean team could come here was because they have got this one phone line across the demilitarised zone up and running, and talk through the logistics of getting the tea m through the logistics of getting the team here, and then this delegation, and then the next thing we know, there is a joint hockey team, and then the sister of north korea's

leader comes along, and it is remarkable enough that the meeting took place at the blue house, and she was going in carrying this folder, as people work looking at the folder and warren during what it was, and it was a written message from koeman saying, come and visit at your earliest possible convenience. —— from kimjong—un. the tramp administration has been —— trump administration has been saying... it is quite possible that this meeting will take place. just give us a bit more on that. it has been a very long time since meetings of this kind of significance have taken place, if at all. yes, well,

twice before. south korean hazard and have visited the north. —— south korean presidents have visited the north. and so, in the south, there isa north. and so, in the south, there is a constant struggle, how do you deal with the north. but, the self's president coming to power and promising better dialogue. of course he would meet the sister and that she brought that message has resulted in these quite historic developments unfolding here at the winter olympics big question is whether its last? when it come to anything that all remains to be seen. howeverfor many anything that all remains to be seen. however for many south koreans who might be sick of the tension, at least there is some sort of dialogue. at least they are opening

up dialogue. at least they are opening upa party dialogue. at least they are opening up a party discussion. the government has condemned the "appalling abuse of vulnerable people in haiti" and says oxfam has serious questions to answer over claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff. oxfam insists it publicised the action it took against the aid workers involved, some of whom were fired. however, the times is reporting several went on to work for other charities, who were unaware of their past behaviour. jessica parker reports. an advert from the charity giant, oxfam. it got nearly £32 million from the uk department for international development in the last financial year, but amid the sexual exploitation scandal, the government said last night:

the allegations surround the the behaviour of aid workers here in haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010. a times newspaper found inappropriate behaviour, including the use of prostitutes. the charity has denied a cover—up and said that it publicly announced an enquiry into the claims in 2011. it said the behaviour of some of its staff had been totally unacceptable, but that allegations that underage girls may have been involved were not proven. four staff members were dismissed and three were allowed to resign as part of the external investigation. was this the first time that you ever heard of exploitative sexual behaviour going on at oxfam? no. i can only think of one or two examples that come to mind, but we had already agreed that any sign that anybody was doing this, there would be an investigation. that investigation was noted and went to our trustee board. today the times reports fresh claims

that oxfam failed to warn other aid agencies about the staff, allowing them to take otherjobs the sector. while there is a wide acknowledgement that hundreds of oxfam staff have done nothing wrong, the charity does now face serious questions about its past and what that could mean for its future. the defence minister, tobias ellwood, has suggested two members of the so—called islamic state group, who are from london, should be tried at the international criminal court in the hague. the bbc understands alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh — whose unit is thought to have murdered 27 hostages — have been stripped of their british citizenship. the syrian fighters who captured them say they're yet to receive a request from any country to hand them over. israel says that one of its fighter

jets has crashed. both pilots rejected safely. israel said that they had been responding to the launch of a drone in its asbos. —— in itand launch of a drone in its asbos. —— in it and space. a second member of staff at the white house has resigned over allegations of domestic abuse. the former wife of speechwriter, david sorensen, claimed he was violent and abusive during their marriage — something he denies. earlier donald trump was criticised for publicly praising another aide, rob porter, who stepped down over accusations of abuse made by his two ex—wives. a convicted killer, who drove his car over a woman as she tried to stop him stealing her handbag, has gone on the run after he was freed from prison on licence. mark woolley was jailed for life at the old bailey in 2001 for the murder of costume designer elizabeth sherlock — and was released in november. scotland yard says he was last seen at a probation meeting in east london 10 days ago. gerry adams, one of the longest serving party leaders in the world, will step down as president of sinn fein today.

after more than 3a years in the post, he will be replaced by mary lou mcdonald at a specially convened party conference in dublin. our ireland correspondent, chris page reports. it says the scheme that is currently volu nta ry it says the scheme that is currently voluntary and regulated by the eu helps customers understand what is in the food they buy. the public health says that they are committed to giving clear information about what they eat. those are the main stories this morning. now it has urged that the two surviving members, el shafee

elsheikh and alexanda kotey have been captured. his daughter bethany has spoken to the bbc about the punishment that she hopes the bbc will face. people say that you learn to get over it, but you never get over it, and you just learn to deal with the motions that are playing in your head every day. my personal opinion is that they should die a long, slow, painful death. ithink a lot of people will understand that, that they should not be allowed to live. the best thing for them is to be locked up and throw away the key. they should never be allowed back into society, because they willjust recruit people and do this again. if it goes to trial, i certainly will be there, look them in nearby and let them know who i am, and that they have destroyed a big part of my life. it changes you for ever. losing someone is hard enough, especially a parent, and so unexpectedly, but knowing that it wasn't an accident, that this was a

deliberate act, and so public, it does make it harder, because you are being asked all of these questions that you don't know how to answer, yourself. well, . .. joining us now from our london newsroom, is john cooper, a barrister specialising in human rights and criminal law. you can understand that there is a real desire to bring these people to justice, but interestingly enough, the country that has them says there is no request to hand them over, yet. i can quite understand those heartbreaking comments. i am absolutely convinced that that process will happen. the question is exactly what will happen at the end of it. there are a number of options. the option that i particularly favour is that they be tried in their criminal courts, either here or in america. there are

other options, of course, as to whether they go to guantanamo bay, which i think is a completely wrong idea. there is another hybrid option that some sort of tribunal be set up, say in the hague, where there be an international court to try these people for their crimes. my opinion is simply this. these are criminals. the crimes that they have committed are atrocious, but elevating it to a special tribunal status is actually elevating them in many respects. they are criminals. they should be tried in my opinion in the criminal courts, and the system is set up to do that. when they are tried, they are tight as citizens of the uk, are they? there is some debate about whether they are citizens of the uk 01’ whether they are citizens of the uk or not. the home office are declining to comment at the moment. in many respects that it's a red herring. as far as the legislation is concerned, for terrorist offences, it is irrelevant as to

whether they are british citizens, or not. if they are brought to this country, they can be tried. the only releva nt o n country, they can be tried. the only relevant on citizenship, here, and it may be a positive thing if they are not citizens, is that if they are not citizens, is that if they are in need america, ministers in this country are not obliged to apply to oppose their extradition to another country, so if they are not citizens, they are not protected by extradition. so what would be the consequence of tonnes of sentences? if they were not citizens? again, non—citizens all over the world could be tried in this country. the sentencing parameters are as wide as they would be poor citizens. i would anticipate that these people, if they are found guilty would spend they are found guilty would spend the rest of their lives in prison. the defence minister, tobias ellwood, has says that it is important to try these people and not send them to guantanamo bay. what is your view? i agree with the

minister on this. he spoke extremely clearly. by saying that, guantanamo bay in many respects is discredited. it is an extra legal procedure where they are allowed to torture people, and effectively do what we are fighting against in terms of as far as the terrorist are concerned. in my opinion, it has been proven to be a mistake, and it is not conducive to moving on in the future and sorting this out. i emphasise, in my opinion, the criminal courts, whether it be in america or in this country, they are set up to deal with this, we should not grand eyes these people by setting up a special tribunal. it is interesting when you hear bethany... these two are connected with a group that killed 27 hostages. the defence secretary williamson recently called for them

to be hunted down and killed in the middle east rather than be allowed to return to the uk. many will sympathise with that. why bother bringing them back here? well, i can understand people who are either victims or brief saying that. these are terrible things for people to deal with. but, for a minister to say it, i think it is rather infantile. the important thing here is if we can obtain people who are alive, they can be questioned, information can be obtained for them. they could be invaluable to combating these terrorists, and maybe invaluable for finding combating these terrorists, and maybe invaluable forfinding out people who are alive who are hostages and helping them. plus, the fa ct hostages and helping them. plus, the fact that they can be brought to justice, and we can hearfrom a proper court in the sort of democratic courts that to want to protect against these terrorists, we can actually hear, the public can hear exactly what has gone on, and the evidence and atrocities that these people are alleged to have committed. so, yes it is necessary

ina combat committed. so, yes it is necessary in a combat situation, and they're not suggesting it should not be done, but if there is a chance of taking these people alive, they should be, not because of a particularly namby—pamby view on human rights, say, but for practical reasons. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. let's see what the weather has got in store. this is from one of our wet the watchers in south wales. cloudy for many of us, we will see rain at some stage today. it is already beginning to pull away from northern ireland and scotland. more widely brighter, tomorrow, with some sunshine, but snow showers around, an indication that tomorrow is going to be colder than today. it is windy throughout the weekend, but tomorrow... this is what is around the uk at the moment. this system has been moving in. that

is spreading rain south—eastwards across the uk. maybe some early sunny spells the very furthest east you are in in blood, but the cloud will increase through the afternoon, and the outbreaks of rain spreading south east. quieter and drier weather through northern ireland and scotland, but the area of rain will be coming to northern ireland at the end of the afternoon. a snapshot, a lot of clear whether in scotland in the afternoon. that is why you can see the greenland, here. some sunshine through the afternoon. just one 01’ sunshine through the afternoon. just one or two match hours in the northwest. thereafter some holes in that, but by the shari outbreaks of rain heading across the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england. now, temperatures, today, it has been a cold start because eastern scotland and eastern england. it will be topping at about five — 7 degrees. 7—10d elsewhere. some pieces could be as high as 12. six nations rugby action, this

ground has got sunshine at it, but there will not be much on offer at twickenham or in dublin, this afternoon. gales around tonight, 60 mph winds across some areas, and some snow falling in southern scotla nd some snow falling in southern scotland into northern england. early modest... and then particularly a snow shower from the north—west in the night, as it turns frosty and icy, less cold across southern areas compared to last night. and then, the wind is north—westerly, and that is colder, and we will see these increasingly winter showers penetrating further south east across the uk during the day, but you can see errors of land that indicate that it is not going to be wet all the time. there will be some good sunny spells around. these are the highest temperatures that we will have. when you factor in that north—westerly wind there will be a definite chill tomorrow,

compared to today. that is how your weekend is shaping. thank you very much, see you later. now to a blockbuster legal battle. uber has settled its dispute. it was accused of stealing trade secrets. all of a sudden, they struck a deal. our north american reporter has been following the twists and turns. this case captivated silicon valley. goodbye's former chief executive is considered by many to be the very embodiment of silicon valley‘s culture over aggressive ambition. in court this week, he was accused of a grand plan to steal technology from

google and... jurors heard how he had a meeting with a then google employee, one of the world's leading expert in this field. it was urged that the latter ‘s goal more than 40,000 confidential documents and then left google to set up his own company, and then sold it to uber. ina company, and then sold it to uber. in a remarkable moment during the trial, the prosecution said that he acted like a real—life... trial, the prosecution said that he acted like a real-life. .. the trial, the prosecution said that he acted like a real-life... the point is, that we, for lack of a better word —— greed is good, greed is right. but, convincing thejurors that he was a slippery operator was not going to be enough. they had to prove that uber was using the stolen technology. the risk for google

would have been that they were bullied. and that they went after a competitor to excess competition rather than to vindicate their legitimate intellectual property rights. conversely, uber, by continuing, what if we lose the whole thing? and so, this settlement is perhaps a good result for both sides, as part of the deal, uber decided to give up 0.34% of its company. ina decided to give up 0.34% of its company. in a statement, it was an insistence that no trade secrets we re insistence that no trade secrets were stolen, and if they had allowed the child to play out, uber would have won. we will never know. good morning. we have got to talk to you about what is happening with

north korea and south korea. we should be really focusing on the sport, but actually, this is a big move to talk about this in the tension by hand written letter from the north korean leader to the south korean leader. all the while, south korean leader. all the while, south korea has been told, don't engage. korean leader. all the while, south korea has been told, don't engagelj think it is a big move. donald trump will want to talk about this, but he was bennett in such a way to suggest that his aggressive and match over policy and and ways of dealing with things, has clearly led to this. i think that the president will spin it in such a way as to imply that he is the instigator of this. the folder that she was carrying in, no

one knew what it was. della mac for a move like this to happen, to see north and south korean athletes together at the opening ceremony, it really does suggest that there has been a shift, but we have seen these kinds of things before. as much as we should be optimistic, we should also be careful. talking about relationships, with big partnerships. pe you. this is one that we cannot ignore. —— the year. michel barnier has said that the uk has got to be careful about what they demand. this is to do with the transition deal that everybody is talking about. michel barnier has stuck to a consistent line. he has

argued that realistically, the eu negotiators do not know what the british one. that the british need to be very careful in hedging their bets, that they don't end up coming off worse in these negotiations. i think it is clear to see that michel barnier feels that in the power dynamic between the eu and written, pe you hold all the cards. david davis would argue that that is not the case. —— eu. davis would argue that that is not the case. -- eu. it is almost as if by saying that, anything can be said and it is act defined. do you feel that this is a bit different or is it on that rocky road?|j that this is a bit different or is it on that rocky road? i think it is oui’ it on that rocky road? i think it is our natural key road. but thereafter phrases that you see all the time. such as, we don't want to give away oui’ such as, we don't want to give away our negotiating stance. so, i think it is inevitable that we one year into a two year negotiating period,

which is clearly probably going to extend beyond that, so i think it is to be expected that there will be ups and downs in this process. it is not going to be present. i would not expect them to be best friends, these are tough negotiations. we have been following the olympics, and there is always the thing, snowboarders are cool. so called. i only say that because i am learning. and this is what is being picked up in the times, today. there is knitting going out and some partying going on. it is amazing. i love it. it isa going on. it is amazing. i love it. it is a really specific take on the winter olympics. it argues that many of the athletes there are very hard—working of the athletes there are very ha rd—working and devoted of the athletes there are very hard—working and devoted to what they do, but there is a separation. you have the individuals that are engaging in things like the bobsleigher, none of which i really understand, to be honest, but they

are down to an watching mr —— knitting people. but then there's also the hard—core snowboarders. isn't admitting cool, now? supposedly, it is on the comeback. but they are not seen as cool individuals, but i think they see them as knitting cinnamon bun eating... so cinnamon buns are not call? apparently not. i'm going to have to change all today's plans. should we finish with this wonderful story? we love stories about brave dogs. this is one of the police dogs. this is one of the police dogs. this is one of the police dogs, his name is thin. the story is about how brave he was. he was involved in 300 arrests, and he was stabbed with a ten inch kitchen

knife, and then when he had already been injured, he acted put himself in harm ‘s way again to defend his... and the image you can see there is when he was injured. the prognosis was that he would not make it. but, luckily he did. he is now with his handler, and the tag line of the story is that finn now gets to relax. i am very pleased, but there's also a debate about this. they are part of our force? they are a incredibly bored and part of a police fall. finn has saved many of the police force from dangerous situations. i am extremely glad that

he is fine. 0k, time for a cinnamon bun. you've just said that she wasn't cool because she wants to lee disson and bun? so, do have? or don't have one. it is already shaping up to be a historic winter olympics, so will it be record—breaking 14 gb? olympic —— the team gb? we will have amy williams. that quiet, calm year that we wa nted williams. that quiet, calm year that we wanted was not happen, will it, christian? these links to russia are what hangs over this presidency. jean—claude juncker saying that don't believe brexit will happen. year of trump gives us a. —— a lots

to talk about. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up before nine, nick will have the weather. mike will have the sport. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president moonjae—in to visit him at the earliest date possible. the unprecidented invitation was given in the form of a handwritten letter by the sister of the north korean leader.

it comes after the two sides shared a historic handshake at the opening ceremony of the winter olympics in pyeongchang. it's been seen as a direct challenge to the trump administration, which had urged caution rather than engagement with the north. the government has condemned the "appalling abuse of vulnerable people in haiti" and says oxfam has serious questions to answer over claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff. oxfam insists it publicised the action it took against the aid workers involved, some of whom were fired. however, the times is reporting several went on to work for other charities, who were unaware of their past behaviour. oxfam denies it provided positive references for any staff who were dismissed. the defence minister, tobias ellwood, has suggested two members of the so—called islamic state group, who are from london, should be tried at the international criminal court in the hague. the bbc understands alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh,

whose unit is thought to have murdered 27 hostages, have been stripped of their british citizenship. the syrian fighters who captured them say they're yet to receive a request from any country to hand them over. israel says one of its fighterjets has crashed after coming under syrian anti—aircraft fire. the f16 came down in israeli territory, and both pilots ejected safely. israel said it had been responding to the launch of an iranian drone into its airspace. bring us up—to—date. well, what we know is that these rainy military said that early this morning, an iranian drone came into its airspace, across its northern borderfrom its airspace, across its northern border from syria, that its airspace, across its northern borderfrom syria, that drone its airspace, across its northern border from syria, that drone was shot down by and israelis combat helicopter, israel says its fighter jets targeted facility, that the drone was launched from, inside syria. after that, it appears there

was anti—aircraft fire from syria, across the northern border, and at the same time, israel says one of its f-16 the same time, israel says one of its f—16 fighter jets the same time, israel says one of its f—16fighterjets crashed. not entirely clear what the cause was but syrian state television says that its forces shot down the fighterjet, as you say, two is ready pilots ejected, parachuted to safety a nd ready pilots ejected, parachuted to safety and are now in hospital. —— two is rayleigh. —— two israeli pilots. fraudsters are conning vulnerable people out of thousands of pounds in a phone scam which demands they pay tax bills using itunes vouchers. victims are told they owe money to hmrc, and encouraged to buy the vouchers and pass on the codes to the scammer 1500 people have fallen victim to

this fraud, the average losses £1150, although, very sadly, we heard of one 81—year—old gentleman who after repeated attacks lost £20,000 to this mark woolley was jailed for life at the old bailey in 2001. . . . ,. .. . . . for the murder of costume designer elizabeth sherlock, and was released in november. scotland yard says he was last seen at a probation meeting in east london 10 days ago. after more than 34 years in the post, he will be replaced by mary lou mcdonald at a specially convened party conference in dublin.

her first major challenge will be in northern ireland, where talks to restore the devolved government are due to conclude next week. those are the main stories this morning. good morning, mike am i don't know which one i am more than excited about, the diplomatic developments, surrounding winter olympics, than the actual action on the slopes. it shows the power of sport, bringing nations together, bringing people together. it is all happening in pyeongchang. the sport has been very dramatic as well, we have had our first has been very dramatic as well, we have had ourfirst gold medalfor sweden, in the first amend, the skiathlon. years and years of preparation, so much work, it all comes down to how you learned after

doing that 1440 in the air, four rotations, what must be going through your mind as you prepare to land... it was the headwind apparently, that has caused our disappointment in early events. you have got to trust that your body knows what to do. automatically. let's get the latest from pyeongchang. the skiathlon in which sweden won the first gold of the games, took 62 cross country skiers through the south korean hills. chilly end to what has been a flax day for team chilly end to what has been a flax dayforteam gb, chilly end to what has been a flax day for team gb, what has been the reaction to the disappointment? the wind temperature has dropped, it is expected —30 in the wind over the

weekend, very cold, and not the first state of these winter olympics that team gb were hoping for, after the anticipation and buzz of the opening ceremony, especially where oui’ opening ceremony, especially where our slopestyle snowboarders were concerned, jamie nicholls, big—name, first run went ok but did not get thejudgejudges marked he was opened for, second, he fell, missed out on qualifying by 1.97 of a mark, so close, disappointment forjamie nicholls. rowan coultha rd so close, disappointment forjamie nicholls. rowan coulthard did not qualify, neither did billy morgan, a very well—known british snowboarder, big notes for him, he finished two second run on his back. —— big hopes for him. —— rowan coultas. but they do have chances in the big air event, and a moment of history as well, first gold medal of these

games awarded, charlotte calor of sweden took gold, the big story out of that is that market dearden, of norway, she has now become the most decorated female olympian, she now has 11 olympic medals from the winter games. moment of history. —— charlotte kalla. not the best of days for team gb. we will be looking to pick ourselves up a little later on, when christie takes to the ice rink. so when and where, will team gb‘s medals come from. someone who knows what it takes, is former skeleton racer amy williams, who won gold at the vancouver games in 2010. britain's only medal. you must be there again. when you watch the opening ceremony yesterday, you are transported back, cannot believe it was eight years ago at vancouver. the whole jeopardy, not being able

to land properly, you know what it ta kes to to land properly, you know what it takes to get down the skeleton track safely, elise christie, quarterto 11, what can she do to minimise the risk of what happened to her four years ago, ending in disappointment. that is winter sports, you have all the other elements, the conditions, the other elements, the conditions, the snow, forever changing environment, elise christie, in her rink, in her environment, environment, elise christie, in her rink, in herenvironment, it environment, elise christie, in her rink, in her environment, it is the same, but then battling it out with everyone else, all the different athletes trying to get over that finish line first. like four years ago, did not go her way, finish line first. like four years ago, did not go herway, but finish line first. like four years ago, did not go her way, but she is me ntally ago, did not go her way, but she is mentally ready, she has had a lot of work to come back from those for the. she's in a really good place. and we hope that will not be happening. fingers crossed, she will breeze through the qualifying rounds and she is going for it, giving it her all. eight years ago when you are doing this, thinking about

social media, she struggled a lot with trolling and a lot of abuse on social media and i suppose it was not as prevalent when you were there eight years ago. i don't even know if twitter and instagram existed, took me a few years to get into it all, whereas athletes now, already out there, they are stars before they have performed and got their medals, very different environment, psychologically difficult. are you told to stay away, you must talk to people, are you told to stay away from your smartphone and...? absolutely for me it was facebook, i'm not going to go on it at all, looking at it afterwards, and i would advise athletes now, stay away from it, does not help your performance. on the flip side, some people need it, they need the boost. it is an individual thing. talking about the margins of error, in the winter olympics particularly, this is you competing. some people have

said you do not think about anything as you are going down, it is so quick... so much going on, the noise, you have talked about the noise. it is a realfine line, your head is full in one sense, 16 corners, you change the angles of the sled as you go around each corner, finding the quickest line, thinking about power and speed and explosiveness of the block, you break it down, at the same time you wa nt break it down, at the same time you want to be at the start of the run almost with an empty head, thinking about those first few steps, squinting, getting on the sled. —— sprinting. then, corner number one, you have to know exactly what you are doing, you have to have plans in your head, all within a split second. at the same time, a enormous force pushing your head onto the ice, and with incredible neck strength... yes, three or 4gs of pressure, if you go into a corner wrong, the force new will smash your head into the ice, all of a sudden

you cannot see anything, your peripheral red and is working push you around the corner. —— your peripheral vision. i you around the corner. —— your peripheralvision. i have hit you around the corner. —— your peripheral vision. i have hit my chin, you do that sometimes. goodness me. it is a lot of different factors, not your vision thatis different factors, not your vision that is first sense! i remember talking about, the snowboard, and you talk about keeping your head, sometimes it is instinctive, you have to learn to clear your head, and sled instincts take over, and trust your body, that is quite difficult, in those circumstances, especially when you are not used to those crowds. you can have your perfect line, you're perfect trick in your head, you might suddenly ta ke in your head, you might suddenly take off or go into a corner slightly differently and you cannot do that, within those moments you have two stay calm and change it in your head, or us, you cannot practice with all the crowds, with all the cowbells going, and the

environment, you cannot practice that, quite a tough thing for these athletes. in among us sofa-dwellers, we think that all of you are a little bit mad, because of all the risks, but among you athletes, who do you think are the mad ones competing at the winter olympics, is there some group where you say, those ones! the bobsleigh guys think that we are mental and we think they mental and vice versa, we have respect, but then i look at ski slope, i look at... the half pipe guys... that is mental! higher than a double—decker bus! they would probably never do skeleton. you have respect for each other, because everyone is slightly bonkers. there isa everyone is slightly bonkers. there is a piece about who is cool and who is a piece about who is cool and who is not. the snowboarders, they have their baggy clothes, there is sense in that, they need to move more, they have a lingo, they always win

they have a lingo, they always win the call competition. you know when you are not call, when you say the word lingo... laughter —— when you are not cool. my nice and nephew are five and six, now they are old enough to watch, and they are old enough to watch, and they thought, it is auntie amy on they thought, it is auntie amy on the tv. -- they thought, it is auntie amy on the tv. —— niece. my brotherwas having to explain that auntie amy has won a medal, and this is what she does, they are watching now, new fans of winter sport, that is what is so great. look forward to seeing you on the television later on with the coverage. the skeleton start next friday. today, it is the start of the loose. —— luge. the six nations continues this weekend with a mouth—watering clash at twickenham this afternoon. before this tournament most people

would have said that england were clear favourite, but not any more, having seen the way that injury hit wales played scotland last week. john watson is live at twickenham. just superbly built up, isn't it, huge game, all the talk about wales, but they blew scotland away, hugely impressive. good morning from twickenham, feels as cold as pyeongchang here this morning but i tell you what, things will get heated up inside a little later on, 82,000 fans packing in for the big one and if england are met by a wall of welsh resistance later, i tell you what, that welsh defence will feel as big as that. it is set up beautifully, a win for both on the opening weekend, england getting past italy, scoring seven tries. two for anthony watson and two for sam sumyk is, coming in for two changes. eddiejones has sumyk is, coming in for two changes. eddie jones has masterminded sumyk is, coming in for two changes. eddiejones has masterminded this superb run for england, 23 wins out of 20. ——

superb run for england, 23 wins out of 20. -- 23 superb run for england, 23 wins out of 20. —— 23 wins out of 25. england looking to get another win under their belt. —— sam simmons. ten wins in ten years since he has been in charge of wales, played so well against scotland, every talking about how the injuries will affect wales, and changed side, unsurprising in the way that they played, one stat worthy of note, warren gatland took charge of wales ten yea rs warren gatland took charge of wales ten years ago today, they came here and beat england that state, eddie jones will be hoping that history will not be repeating itself later. —— and beat england that day. will not be repeating itself later. -- and beat england that day. first timei -- and beat england that day. first time i have ever seen you looking shorter than those around you! laughter it's also round two, of the women's six nations, england host wales and scotland take on france. in domestic rugby, history was made last night when

joy neville became the first woman to referee a pro14 match, taking charge of ulster against southern kings, and she saw ulster dominate the game, winning 59 points to 10, with craig gilroy, scoring 3 of their 9 tries. and we'll see rugby league history today, with the first super league game held outside europe, wigan will play hull fc, in new south wales, australia. there was a thrilling finish to last night's game, after a last—minute try from salford, gareth o'brien had to land this kick, to earn them a point but it drifted just wide — so wakefield won by 14-12. just wide — so wakefield won by 14—12. now, amy william's seat on

the sofa has been taken by dan walker, who can tell us all about today's football focus. spurs against arsenal is going to get a lot of attention. jan vertonghen, we will be talking with him about where spurs are and where he hopes they will be. as well as talking about today's game, he has reflected upon the fact that he is belgian and will be taking on quite a lot of his spurs team—mates in the world cup when they play each other. this is what he has said about that. first time in my career that i will face mike tottenham team—mates, it is going to be something very special. i watched the draw with eric dier. 0h i watched the draw with eric dier. oh my god! no! we spoke about it the next day but ever since, no one ever mentioned it again. plenty more from jan vertonghen, talking to us. he watched it with eric dier, who plays for england, they will be heading

off against each other. not very happy, made the same noise. chelsea in prices to talk about as well, kasper schmeichel on the programme, interestingly, riyad mahrez refused to train with leicester city 46 sessions, he trained this week after not getting the move to manchester city. —— not getting the move to manchester city. — — for not getting the move to manchester city. —— for six sessions. speaking with sami khedira, who plays for juventus, they take on spurs in the champions league. lovely story about a team that played in the 50 of scottish football, fifth round of the scottish cup this weekend, they have travelled 2000 all —— 2000 miles already, to take on kilmarnock —— they miles already, to take on kilmarnock — — they have miles already, to take on kilmarnock —— they have already travelled 2000 miles in the cup, and now brora rangers we'll be taking on command. leah miller has died of cancer, 36, terrible news, kevin kell band played alongside liam malone with the republic of ireland, he said la st the republic of ireland, he said last night it was always a pleasure

to share a dressing room with him. -- liam to share a dressing room with him. —— liam miller. to share a dressing room with him. -- liam miller. only 36. absolutely ginned fall the clubs he played for, inspired a leeds fightback, 3—0, leah miller brought them back to win the game, one of many memories that people will have. —— liam miller. not really publicised. —— kevin kilbane. all done? all finished, celtic play partick thistle, of memories. let's find out what is happening with the weather, it is a chilly one. it is colder than yesterday, just as cold tomorrow in the wind, this is the view that many of us are waking up the view that many of us are waking up to. —— some of us. western england, rang to begin with, and

scotland, overnight, wet weather, rain for many of us, and tomorrow, writer, blue skies, snow showers around. cold and wind to content with. recent satellite picture, what is around, good deal of cloud, because the rain is falling, and heading south—east, reaching those parts which are starting the day drive. after the overnight rain, quieter and drive. after the overnight rain, quieterand dryer drive. after the overnight rain, quieter and dryer for scotland and northern ireland, more rain welcome back to northern ireland later today, so be aware, it will turn wetter once again. zooming in, detailed look at things, a lot of dry, clear whether in scotland, sun will be shining to stay few showers into the north—west, but after some sunshine, rain coming back to northern ireland, dry of the northern england, may be some glimmers of sunshine, much of southern england and the midlands, across into east anglia and the

south—east, cloud and some outbreaks of rain temperatures, aftera south—east, cloud and some outbreaks of rain temperatures, after a cold start across easternmost parts, frost overnight, 7 degrees. seven to 10 celsius, some of us into double figures. rugby picture here, sunny ground, because we have rain in the hmmfi ground, because we have rain in the forecast at twickenham and dublin today for the six nations action and a fairly brisk south—easterly wind, and in england and wales, ice bars close together. more wet weather around, this right here is snow, southern scotland and northern england, low—level, you can see snow at the time, that will clear away, snow showers heading into the north—west, temperatures dipping close to freezing. north wales, northern england, going into tomorrow morning, could be icy in places. tomorrow the wind will, north—westerly wind, colder direction, these are sleek, snow and hail showers blowing in from the north west, moving further

south—east, for what will be a much colder day on the way tomorrow. that is how your weekend is shaping up. thank you very much we will see you later on. up to 100,000 pensioners, people with disabilities, single parents and those who are unemployed and looking for work could lose government help with their mortgage interest payments andt the benefit can be worth up to £100 a week but will stop at the beginning of april, when claimants will have to apply for a loan instead. paul lewis from radio 4's ‘moneybox' is in our london studio. if people are not prepared this will be very concerning. 95% of people have been written to, if they do not apply for the loan, they're alone could be at risk because the benefit payment to the lender lender. , and if they have not agreed to take out a loan instead to pay the interest

than the lender will not get their money and could start repossession proceedings. —— to the lender will stop. only 70,000 out of 110,000 have not —— only 700 out of 110,000 have not —— only 700 out of 110,000 have begun the process. the lender will come after them, they will not know what to do. that issue, if anyone is at all concerned, they need to talk to their lender, to make sure they are aware. they need to look at the leaflet and in my view take out the loan, there is not really another alternative. one of the problems with the loan is they will then do the interest, which can be several thousand pounds a year, interest charged on that, 1.7%, the debt will build up, over the years,

and if they are on the benefit for a long time, and some of the people i have spoken with, a lady who is a carerfor her disabled have spoken with, a lady who is a carer for her disabled son, could have spoken with, a lady who is a carerfor her disabled son, could be on it for a considerable time, they will find it is a big debt against the value of the home when they come to sell its. how does the department for work and pensions defend this, there is a saving, £170 million. that is correct, the figure they give, it is a saving in a book—keeping way, they will not be spending £170 million, they will be lending 170 million, so it will actually be on a different part of the government accounts, a bit like student loans, so there will not really be saving it in any normal sense but yes, they will stop paying 170 million and they will lend it to people, and a lot of people have made this points to me, if you are on this benefit, someone's house is likely to increase in value, it is reasonable that anybody who has received financial help should be

asked to pay that back when the houseis asked to pay that back when the house is sold, and a lot of people say that but what people don't realise is that, the lady i was talking about a moment ago, if she did not get help with her mortgage interest, moving out of her home into rented accommodation and that would cost the government a great deal more to pay her rent, that money would also be going to pay probably a landlord's mortgage. the interest rate, 1.7%, how competitive is that? well, of course, that is a low rate, this is interest on the loa n low rate, this is interest on the loan that you take out to pay the interest. interest on interest, low rate but it mounts up over the yea rs, rate but it mounts up over the years, not definitely 1.7%, rate but it mounts up over the years, not definitely1.7%, has rate but it mounts up over the years, not definitely 1.7%, has not been announced yet, that kind of rate, it is the rate that the government will pay to borrow the money. lovely to see you, and you will be on at midday, radio 4. yes, midday, money box. how should we pay for our parks?

in liverpool personal trainers, professional photographers and tour guides will have to pay around £150 for a permit if they want to use the city's recreational areas. at a time of squeezed local authority budgets and rising council tax, should businesses who profit from using the spaces contribute, or does this go against the principle of open access for all? claire fallon is in prince's park in liverpool this morning. open space, everyone should have access, that is the question. that is the question, miserable weather here, as to be said, all the same, we are in beautiful surroundings, keeping parks looking like this, keeping parks looking like this, keeping them safe for the people use them, it costs money, local councils, in recent years, money has not always been in big supplier, if ican not always been in big supplier, if i can put it that way, that is why we have this scheme being introduced in liverpool. —— big supply. people

who make money using the parks will have to pay to use them with a permit system being brought in. this councillor is from the city council, so, how will this work and who will have to pay for one of these permits, they cost £150. it varies, the permits will be for people running fitness training regimes, lots of groups are excluded, so we have a park run which is excluded, they are here every saturday morning, all them will be free. friends groups, activities, will be free, any events organised by any city groups up to 200 people are free but if you are organising a big concert or some other event, you will have to pay. then we have an explosion of small businesses operating in parks, which are making money, and we are imposing a charge of £150 a year, less than £3 a week seems reasonable to us. quickly, dog walkers are excluded, rational dog walkers are excluded, rational dog walkers but how do you tell the

difference between a group of friends exercising and a personal trainer with clients. with difficulty, or obviously, we will be looking at dog walkers, among the more difficult once to identify, it will be suck it and see with these schemes. thank you very much. having a quick chat with gemma. personal trainer. you bring your clients into these parks. probably not in this weather(!) you will have to pay for one of these permits. yes, and as a freelance professional acrobat professional with a small business i'm not delighted because i need to keep my costs down as much as possible however, i am torn. -- i have been a resident of liverpool for 19 years, i love these green spaces, i want them to be kept beautiful, for my own pleasure and for my clients. sol beautiful, for my own pleasure and for my clients. so i am not entirely sure how i feel about it. broadly,

in order to keep parks good, you are in favour of this. i am, because, because i am very pleased that all charities immunity events, small events, like park run and friends groups, i events, like park run and friends groups, lam events, like park run and friends groups, i am the chair of friends of the lovely park, princes part, will be free, but for people having businesses in a park, then i think it is fair enough to pay something. —— princes park. because we want to have our parks, in this park. we are producing a memorial to nelson mandela for instance and we need funding. the money has got to come from somewhere. ain't you very much, really appreciate it. variety of views, one thing, £350 if you want to land a helicopter. —— thank you very much. hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him

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