let's begin this valentine's day with james hughes from axitrader. can we say happy valentine's day? let's start with the new york times. this story about the trump vacancies on top of vacancies. we knew that he was having trouble filling the thousands of positions but this is really the top tier they are talking about. story talks about the incredible turnover rate of staff within the white house. 34%, which is much more than a number of administrations going back years and yea rs administrations going back years and years and years. it's interesting that some of these, it almost a daily occurrence or a weekly occurrence at the moment but we hear ofan occurrence at the moment but we hear of an official within the white house losing hisjob of an official within the white house losing his job offer of an official within the white house losing hisjob offer some other reason and this all comes on the back of rob porter, a white house secretary, losing hisjob the back of rob porter, a white

house secretary, losing his job over allegations of domestic abuse. when you go for a job in the white house, a lot the pressure is down to the background checks. to work within the west wing and the white house, there are a number of really big cheques that are done on these people. what this continuously shows is there seems to be skeletons in the cupboard of so many of these officials, these trump aids that are coming out quite a lot and what we are seeing from donald trump, he's tried to surround himself with people who are his close allies but their backgrounds are not necessarily checking out. they are going to the white house may eventually leave the white house very quickly. or is it also that some people can't hack the job? there are quite a few people doing two or threejobs. is it the pressures of the administration? is it the fact that people don't want to be associated with the white house? there are those other sites

as well. working with the white house for a president is an enormous job but working for this president, it comes with the ramifications around it. that is one of the issues that happens here as well. if a lot of the stories are to be believed, the white house administration and the white house administration and the day—to—day workings of the west wing are kind of up in the air which is something you wouldn't necessarily put down to the white house. i guess the issue is, it leaves them in paralysis. it derives the people there to make the decisions, what actually happens within the government itself? of course, and we have seen over the last year, that the president has beenin last year, that the president has been in office, they have tried to do so much within this administration, much more than other administrations have tried to do. they have tried to push through so many different aspects of government. there must be a lot of work to be done there. if you are

turning the start so quickly, it can't be easy. a speech by boris johnson and he is going to issue a stark warning, we are being told. what is he going to say? is going to say stop trying to block brexit. brexit is a mess. it's not looking good, particularly for any real party at the moment. what boris johnson is going to say, and they are talking to people trying to block brexit. we don't do with it will go through. there is still this fear. what he. say here is you are harming the uk by trying to block brexit and do everything you can to block this process going through. he was state is going to happen when you try to block it or not. and all you try to block it or not. and all you are doing is slowing down the

process and hurting the economy and hurting the general public who are trying to make the best of it. they are going to be his words in it. the issue with that, we have no idea what brexit will look like after britain. i don't think the eu knows what it looks like. they don't really care. the big issue we have here is that it is a mess. and whether boris johnson here is that it is a mess. and whether borisjohnson stand up and says stop blocking it, it doesn't ta ke says stop blocking it, it doesn't take away from the fact that there are real issues with brexit, with negotiations, what it looks like afterwards. we a re negotiations, what it looks like afterwards. we are just in the unknown. all the recent polls suggest that there is something that people perhaps do want. number one, the general public in the uk are bored of voting could things. there wouldn't be too much appetite that. but once you have a referendum, you have a referendum and you have to

move forward with it, whatever the result is. that is what the government are trying to do, albeit not particularly well. this story about eu tax breaks, will it incite —— will it entice city staff? about eu tax breaks, will it incite -- will it entice city staff? this isa -- will it entice city staff? this is a story that we have seen hundreds of times since the referendum. jobs in the uk in the finance industry are going to get paid millions and millions of pounds. how many times have we heard that story? we have no idea whether it's going to be the case or not. we know financial firms to move staff around. there is uncertainty about what it means, especially within financial regulation and financial services. there will be banks, financial service companies that are looking to move their staff elsewhere. whether it is going to be

a massive windfall for city financial workers, i wouldn't be so sure that it necessarily means that. also if yourjob, free example, moved elsewhere and he wanted to keep doing thatjob, you would have to go with the job. it might be where thejob is to go with the job. it might be where the job is on offer. it to go with the job. it might be where thejob is on offer. it might bea where thejob is on offer. it might be a bonus to what happens. you do have to go where the work is. people still have to do these jobs, these jobs still need to be done. is this something that worries you? it would be. the industries we are in are under threat that they are continuously under threat. they are under threat from donald trump sang whatever he likes. there is always a threat. let us look at the financial times. the premier league right story. there has been a deal to some

of the tv rights and it's a lot less than last year. still a huge amount. the figures are, we are talking to packages which haven't been sold in this. it is £41; billion. packages which haven't been sold in this. it is £4.4 billion. the total package last time was 5.1 billion. it isa package last time was 5.1 billion. it is a significant amount of money less. it is still a significant amount of money. the people that are going to be upset this situation are the premier league themselves. we have seen this in all the fashion or must growth in the amount of money. that seems to have stalled somewhat. it's going to be the premier league clu bs. it's going to be the premier league clubs. they are paying a stomach or wages. clubs building new stadiums. they rely on this money coming in. with that then falling back, is that going to be passed on to the fans? the cost of sport for the fans is a huge issue. is the fact that they

are going to receive less money, is that going to be passed on to the fans? that is a big issue. the premier league was hoping that facebook and amazon would ramp up the competition. why has that happened? the competition. why has that happened ? there the competition. why has that happened? there are still two packages left. the premier league is saying there are a number of interested bidders. the packages that are left are bank holiday games and midweek games. what is the case here? these big tech giants would push these prices even higher. was that story there to push these prices higher? whether they haven't come in this time or plant in the future another big thing. that's the way people are digestive and every form of media these days. its debris the 14th, we can't go without touching on this lovely picture here. two swans in the irish times.

very gamely creating a little hard for us. is it something you celebrate with a loved one. it doesn't matter what you personally think a balance on state. it's what your other half thinks. that's how you should approach it. my husband whispered, happy valentine's day. you are so right. thank you very much but taking us through the papers. we will see little later. in the rest of the team, it is goodbye for now. hello once again, thanks very much indeed forjoining me. it's time we updated you on the weather prospects for the whole of the british isles and this will take us right

through the next few days, on into the weekend. hmm, tuesday, a bit of a mixed bag to say the least. wet in the south, snow further north but once the snow cleared it ended up being a really glorious afternoon and a spectacular one across the isle of lewis. if you thought that's a bit ancient history, that's the band of weather that brought us the rain on tuesday, here's the next great event looming with intent in the western side of the british isles. ahead of it it's quite important to tell you with these clear skies the temperatures will have dipped away. once we start bringing the weather elements together, we've got the cold weather in place, in comes the moisture from the atlantic so no great surprise if i tell you that after a bright enough start for central and eastern parts, in comes this weather front from the atlantic and because we're pushing all that moisture into that cold air, anywhere really from the north midlands and north of wales northwards, that's where we're going to see significant snowfall, especially but not exclusively on the higher ground. you'll see here, north—west highlands, 7—12 centimetres, even on the southern uplands, getting over beattock summit perhaps on the m74, you could be looking

at several centimetres of snow. top end of the pennines as well and even a wee bit further south there's just the chance that as that weather front keeps journeying ever further eastwards and it comes up over salisbury plain, the chilterns, i wouldn't be surprised if you told me you saw something just a wee bit wintry about proceedeings there. i don't think it's going to amount to a whole can of beans in the south but they will be significant depths further north. 5—8 will cover it for many, a wee bit milder out to the west, ten or 11 here perhaps. but having said that, you know what, in many areas it's going to be a decent day. in eastern scotland and much of england and wales, dry, fine and sunny and temperatures in double figures across the south. there will be more showers in western scotland

and northern ireland as well. as we go from thursday pushing towards the end of the week, see this ridge of high pressure just beginning to build in here, trying to dominate the scene, at least across the southern half of the british isles. but for northern ireland, for the north and west of scotland, there's still the chance of some showers but in the south there's dry weather and a bit of warmth. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. a lack of trust among disabled people over how their welfare claims are assessed. mps find assessors submitted reports that were riddled with errors and regularly missed quality targets. good morning. it's wednesday, the 14th february. also this morning:

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