hello — this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 17 people are killed in a mass shooting at a high school in florida. children ran from their classrooms as the gunman attacked — police have arrested a 19—year—old former student who'd been expelled. it's just terrifying. terrifying to the parents, terrifying to the kids. very emotional. good morning — it's thursday the 15th of february. also this morning: south africa's president, jacob zuma, resigns after his anc party threatend to force a no—confidence vote over corruption allegations — his successor could be sworn in tomorrow. a fresh warning about the dangers of ultra—processed food — researchers say the more people eat, the higher their cancer risk. what are children spending their pocket money on?

new figures suggest it's makeup and computer games. but are they facing more pressure than ever to spend? ell leek, at. the numbers;~ , — ~ ~~ it is nearly there. our first medal from britain is within touching distance. don parsons is a split second outside the medals in fourth in the halfway stage of the men's skeleton that we will have to wait till tonight. mat with the weather. a few showers around again producing snow across the north and the west of the uk. details on that and a full run—up in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. at least 17 people including children and adults have been killed after a gun attack at a high school in florida. several other people are being treated in hospital. shortly after the shootings, police arrested a 19—year—old former pupil who'd been expelled from the school in parkland, around 50 miles north of miami. from there, nada tawfik reports.

this was supposed to be one of the safest communities in the country. in an instant, these students became helpless targets, sheltering in place and fearing for their lives. officials now suggest this was a well—planned pot —— plot to maximise the loss of life. just moments before the end of the school day, a former student reportedly pulled the fire alarm at marjory stoneman douglas hi scholl to draw out his unsuspecting victims. there had been a deal earlier in the day but confused teachers began to exit the building. kids were evacuating. i was like, that's not a drill. we never get a drill like that. he started to back away towards the middle school and i knew it was more than a drill because we've never done that. armed with an 15 semiautomatic rifle, he began firing

outside then continued inside the school as panic and chaos erupted. police were warning the shooter was still at large, even as emergency workers rushed to treat those wounded. swat teams evacuated distressed students. in a row, someone distressed students. in a row, someone hands in the hour, others clinging to each other for support, they frantically rushed to safety. i see they frantically rushed to safety. i see you! parents sick with worry waited for news. the suspect was arrested without incident an hour later in the neighbouring city. police identified him as nikolas cruz, who had been expelled. he was taken into cruz, who had been expelled. he was ta ken into custody cruz, who had been expelled. he was taken into custody i believe about an hour after he left marjory stoneman douglas, after he committed this horrific homicidal detestable act. this is the 18th school shooting in the united states this year. it's a uniquely american epidemic that has only gotten worse. yet this country is more divided than ever on how to solve the

problem. ican i can only imagine this is a community in absolute shock. absolutely. i think as the news of this spread around the nation, many asked, how is this happening again? for people here in parkland, florida, so many thought this would not happen. this is a safe and gated community with palm trees. everyone spoke about how loving the community is. there was shocked that something like this, which is so prevalent around the rest of the country, still shocked it could happen here. ina still shocked it could happen here. in a press conference by several of the officials as they gave an update on the status of the 17 victims, and try to identify each one, they really said that this will take time asa really said that this will take time as a community to heal but they are dedicated to making sure that they

have those who are coming to this high school and in the rest of the school system confident that they can be safe when they go to school but still, that is a question that the rest of the united states will have to grapple with and one that president trump mentioned briefly because he said no child, no teacher oi’ because he said no child, no teacher or anyone else should feel unsafe in an american school and it is the reality in america now that that is something that politicians are going to have to get a grip on. thank you very much for reporting price outside that school in parkland, florida. —— reporting for us. jacob zuma has resigned as president of south africa after nine years in power. his time in office has been marred by allegations of corruption and his own party, the anc had threatened to force him out with a vote of no confidence. our reporter pumza fihlani is in johannesburg. pumza, take us through where we are this morning. we will know that

presidentjacob this morning. we will know that president jacob zuma bowed this morning. we will know that presidentjacob zuma bowed out this morning. we will know that president jacob zuma bowed out at the last minute last night, eventually giving in that resignation that the anc had been calling for. the process in parliament begins. the african national congress want to elect a new president, somebody who would be sworn in today and becomes the country's next president until elections in 2019. the name they wa nt to elections in 2019. the name they want to put forward is the new anc leader cyril ramaphosa, the man responsible for those negotiations to get him out of office. pumza fihlani, thank you very much. there could be a link between a diet of ultra processed foods and cancer, that's according to researchers in france. the study of more than 100,000 people suggests that those who ate more of products such as fizzy drinks, mass—produced bread and processed meats, had the highest rates of cancer. here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher. ultra— processed foods include ca kes, ultra— processed foods include cakes, chocolate, mass—produced bread, crisps and pizza. it's

delicious temptation and too much is bad for the waistline. we know being overweight increases the risk of cancer but is there something else about these foods that raises the risk even further? the study followed 105,000 french people for five years. it suggests increasingly an ounce of our diet that our ultra— processed by 10% is linked to a 12% increase in the risk of cancer but even the researchers say more work is needed to establish why such foods may increase cancer risk. so what should we do? a balanced diet is actually even more importantly is maintaining a healthy weight and if we each to many ultra— processed foods than we do pylon the powers and although this study didn't look closely at way and we know very clearly what the links are with that and cancer so i think it's a warning

to us to have a healthy diet and be aware of the links between our diet and cancer. other experts said the term of the processed food was so broad, it's hard to know what's really going on and to that other unhealthy habits could be muddying the waters. it is why the study is being described as an initial insight rather than definitive proof on the role of ultra— processed foods and cancer. the government has publicly blamed russian military intelligence for a cyber attack last year, which affected businesses around the world. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said russia was "ripping up the rule book by undermining democracy and weaponising information". russia has denied responsibility for the attack. dubious financial advisors exploited former steel workers in a pensions mis—selling scandal according to mp5. the work and pensions select committee says it cost the people involved thousands and the financial conduct authority did too little to protect them after the closure of the british steel pension scheme. differences in life expectancy between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods have widened according to a new report. the longevity science panel found

that, a boy born in one of the most affluent areas will outlive one born in one of the poorest by nearly eight and a half years. some of the least affluent areas are in the north west of england, including blackpool and knowsley. some of the wealthiest are in the south east. now, have you ever seen a baby and said, "oh they're so cute, "i could eat them up." me neither. well, here are some that you could actually eat. that's needed a freaky alerts. —— alert. an amateur baker has created life—size cake versions of her twin daughters to celebrate their first birthday. can we see some more about? i am we

can. “— can we see some more about? i am we can. —— some more of that? lara mason spent more than 100 hours crafting the edible version of her daughters lily and lyla. what i'm worried about is what happens when you cut them open. lot of people like myself feel bad enough about biting the head of the gingerbread man. that kind of thing doesn't trouble me in the least. if the cake is nice, the cake is nice. good morning to you. what have you got rose? we are going to be waiting to this first medal. don parsons is within touching distance. we've got to wait until tonight to see whether he can complete the job. dom parsons has put himself in a touching distance of britain's first medal at the winter olympics in the men's skelton. at the half way stage of the competition in pyeongchang

the brit lies in fourth place. 0.03 of a second outside the medals. teammate jerry rice is back in 12th place. there has been disappointment for the curlers, who lost to the united states. it is china up next to great britain later this morning. away from pyeongchang, it was another night to remember in the champions league for english football. a hat—trick from sadio marney, helped liverpool thrash portuguese side porto 5—0. and british number one johanna konta is into the last 16 of the qatar open, thanks to victory over spain's carla suarez navarro in doha. i will stick around for the papers but we have got some weather. yes, we have. you do it. you never get to

talk to matter. good morning, matt. we often see each other out and about on trains. we have spent many times together. we know each other well. this is nice. they have bonded already. cut out the middle people. don't go too far, what about the weather, matt? still a few showers are no showers wintry and places. over the hills of scotla nd wintry and places. over the hills of scotland and northern ireland. the show you where the showers have been. the bulk of the showers further north, easing a bit in north—east england over the next few hours. show does this —— —— snow showers across western scotland. in between, lots of sunshine, particularly the further south and east you are. many mayjust get away with a dry day. one or two showers,

by and large. still a few rain showers towards the south—west. one or two mixed in with the rain showers. still, a few snow flurries. it is to the west of northern ireland and the highlands of scotla nd ireland and the highlands of scotland where we like to see most of the showers and as i said, up to ten centimetres, maybe even a bit more possible over the higher ground. strong winds as well. quite a blustery day. still sub only the mountains. with some sunshine in the south, ten, 11 degrees is certainly possible. to take us into tonight, we will see the showers continue across the north and west of the country, becoming fewer in number further south you are. the chance of some frost and ice to take us into friday morning. for many, it will be a bright enough start. still a lot of snow continuing to fall. prudden eyed, if you have clear skies in scotland, you could see the all. the

green, slimmer chance. but still possible across some parts of scotla nd possible across some parts of scotland and northern ireland. we have the showers continuing across the north and west of the country. much of england and wales, a dry day. cladding over a little bit from the west during the afternoon. up to ten or 11 degrees. into the weekend, a quick look at what we've got. a touch of frost around saturday morning. brightening up after a cloudy start in scotland. northern ireland, southern scotland and england, generally fairly cloudy. not as much in the way of wintry weather as temperatures continue to rise. into sunday, just a bit of caution. this weather system coming in with a bit of uncertainty. at the moment, it looks like there will be a spell of cloud and outbreaks of rain. dry of the scotland and

northern ireland. that will keep you updated. temperatures up on what we have seen through this week. let's have a look through the papers with ben and mike. front pages first and a story about... the front page of the metro son, saying that corbyn... of the metro son, saying that corbyn. .. saying of the metro son, saying that corbyn... saying jerry, jeremy corbyn... saying jerry, jeremy corbyn met a commonest spy at the height of the war and warned him about clampdown is on british intelligence. a spokesman has said he was an agent, asset or informant for any intelligence agency is false and a ridiculous smear. it goes on to say he met diplomats from many other countries. the daily mail story here, processed foods driving up story here, processed foods driving up rates of cancer, this is what they are calling ultra— processed foods. any project, product involving an industrial process is

making up half of our diet that any product. a variety of stories on the front pages this morning. -- any product. it has revealed a700 people have died in england in the last ten yea rs have died in england in the last ten years while waiting for an organ donor. this four—year—old girl pictured in here is one of those who died waiting. it says this could be avoided, the mirror is campaigning to persuade mps to change the law to save hundreds. ben, we're often told to get youngsters involved in money issues earlier, aren't we? it's a real obsession of mine, financial education for young people because we spend a lot of time doing decisions in school but the biggest decisions in school but the biggest decisions in school but the biggest decisions in your life are your mortgage, savings, job, where to put your money so there's a story in the paper saying children as young as six should get a bank card, this is a prepaid debit card, not a credit

card, number of companies have launched them and the idea is pa rents launched them and the idea is pa re nts ca n launched them and the idea is parents can put their pocket money on these cards and children learn how to spend it. they can do it on the internet or in shops. it's part of the idea kids can learn to save, know when to spend and learn the value of money but some suggesting that maybe six is a little early because there might be limited opportunities for them to spend it. six years old, can you imagine what they would spend their money on? the picture i have got is a six—year—old walking around with a bank card... they would, wouldn't be? they would hold it up and that makes them a target. no more so than having cash. it does. it isn't like you can rack up it does. it isn't like you can rack up thousands on it, it's all about what you put on it, but the parents through an app can block the card if they want if it goes missing or something. what do you think, mike? when kids were younger they had the

plastic toy cards they could play with. they're just taking it a step further. they are. it is probably easier to carry around than a piggy bank. lots of coins in a pig! at the winter olympics, if they wanted to make a sequel to cool runnings, about the jamaican bobsled team, they they have the plot happening they they have the plot happening the next few days. the women are competing over the next few days, their coach, a german competitor, she has quit and the trouble is, this is over a disagreement with the re st of this is over a disagreement with the rest of the team over her role, she owns the sled and suggestion is she might take it home with her. it's my ball! you can't play with my ball. i don't know whether she will because she is close to the team. but she might take the sled away but hopefully there will be a happy ending on that. final word on the suits, the british sliders' suits,

the aerodynamic lycra, it has been announced completely legitimate by the governing body but the rivals and opponents are still moaning. it could be a clever move by the british team, getting the other teams focusing on the kit rather than being fastest. it happened with the rugby when they wore the tight t—shirts and everyone moaned. the rugby when they wore the tight t—shirts and everyone moanedm the rugby when they wore the tight t-shirts and everyone moaned. if you can get inside the mind of your opponents, district them then it can work. we will hear from amy williams and sherry alcott later in the programme “— and sherry alcott later in the programme —— distract. and sherry alcott later in the programme -- distract. this is about money again but how much do you think you need to earn on average to be happy? this is a study that suggests £43,000 a year as a joint income will make you are emotionally happen but if you start earning more than £68,000 it isn't good news. the debate is how much do you need to earn to be happy and content and

live where? earn to be happy and content and live where ? that's earn to be happy and content and live where? that's the debate.“ you had a joint income like that in many cities, to try to get on the property ladder, you won't be able to. what is the average wage, £26,000? £27,000, it hasjust gone up. there's room to grow but interesting, win you talk about this, average wages finally starting to go up —— when you talk. employers haven't felt the pressure to put wages up, haven't felt the pressure to put wages up, given the inflation rate is high, wages starting to go up with the employment market doing well. some way to go before £43,000 but anyway. i think my button just came underan! but anyway. i think my button just came under an! flashing very early! thanks, mike! an inquest is to be opened into the death of a young woman with learning disabilities after bbc breakfast raised concerns about her care. laura booth died four weeks after going in to hospital for a routine operation. the news comes as mencap

and the royal college of nursing call for compulsory learning disability training for all nhs staff in england. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. the house is the same as the day laura left. her tories aren't touched. we can't move them. we just can't. -- her tories. we do miss her because she was our sunshine always —— her tories. because she was our sunshine always -- her tories. we went into the hospital with our daughter for an eye operation and and we came out with a death certificate. in september, 2016 their daughter went to the royal hallamshire hospital in sheffield for a routine operation. sheffield for a routine operation. she was 21. over the following four weeks laura's health deteriorated. she wasn't eating and was taking only fluids. the family say they repeatedly asked the hospital to the

vlore intravenously with what is called a tpn. we kept saying to them, when you going to sort something, when are you going to do something? this is not right, she can't stay like this. on the day laura died at the tpn came but it was too late. her death was put down to natural causes, but we've spoken to natural causes, but we've spoken to an independent expert who has concerns. he believes in malnutrition may have contributed to laura's death, concerns we've shared with the coroner, who has come in the last 2a hours, ordered an inquest. the hospital say that we are so very sorry that some aspects of laura's care were not of the standard we would normally expect, and they say that laura was being given nutrients in liquid form and that was constantly being reviewed, that was constantly being reviewed, that laura's condition was so complex it did have an impact on the way in which she was fed. in a letter to the family after laura's death, the hospital said services

are not primarily design for these kinds of patients. we're not dealing with people like laura, we're not used to them sort of people coming over here. when they said that, i felt horrible. this is not right. today, the hospital told us they had already made changes. more specialist nurses, better trained staff, but mencap, backed by the royal college of nursing is calling for mandate to read learning disability training for all nhs staff. training like this taking place in guys hospital with the help of lloyd to better meet the needs of this community, to cut the number of premature avoidable deaths. we also wa nt to premature avoidable deaths. we also want to have the right equal healthcare treatment that we've thoroughly deserve and there should

be no discrimination or sidelining at all. neither nhs england or the department of health would respond to these specific call for mandatory training, both had said they made learning disability is a national priority and would continue to improve training. laura's parents felt their girl's life wasn't valued equally. what they see is the person that's in that bed with all the disabilities, she can't talk, she can't walk, this that and the other... what they didn't see at the back was that lovely girl that we knew what was so happy, like going out shopping, loved going and getting handbags. that's what they didn't see, they just saw her disability. jayne is with us. so hearing from patricia and ten asking the questions you would ask in those circumstances —— and ken. there's been news that there will be an inquest? there will be. we share

these concerns that were raised with these concerns that were raised with the coroner yesterday about noon and within two hours his office contacted the family to say there will be an inquest and it will take place on tuesday —— we shared. the family are delighted... that's the wrong word, but they want scrutiny, this is absolutely what they want. why wasn't there scrutiny in the first place? because the coroner was told laura's death was down to natural causes. it would be wrong for us to pre—empt, we can't possibly pre—empt the inquest that is about to come, but we know too many learning disability deaths are put down to natural causes. we do know that in one hospital trust because of the southern health review that 1% of learning disability deaths were properly investigated. this is a problem. this is why in a couple of hours in london, mencap, together with the royal college of nursing are going to be making this three—year call for action. nobody to be making this three—year call foraction. nobody should to be making this three—year call for action. nobody should work in the nhs if they haven't had this mandate to read training, very basic

training in learning disability people and the healthcare they need. we will leave it there for now, jayne, thank you. you're watching breakfast. still to come: once branded a totem and a piece of bad engineering, the angel of the north has been watching over gateshead for 20 yea rs. we'll look at how the sculpture has gone on to become one of britain's best loved and most recognised pieces of art. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. thefts and robberies on mopeds in london's main shopping hotspots have increased six—fold over the last two years. met police data shows oxford street is the worst hit. a criminology expert said it is the crime of the moment as it is ridiculously easy to do. regent street has also seen a big increase in cases. a south london library,

which was occupied by protesters for nine days in 2016, reopens today. the building in lambeth was temporarily closed so the basement could be excavated to make way for a gym which will open later this year. the remodelling of carnegie library caused controversy after protesters had to be evicted. lambeth council say the project has progressed well but those opposed to the revamp are waiting to see how much of their library remains. surrey racing driver billy monger is preparing to return to competition less tha n preparing to return to competition less than a year after the accident that resulted in him having both legs amputated. the 18—year—old has been testing out a car which has been specially adapted for him by the carlin racing team and hopes he can secure a place in the formula 3 series which begins in april. there's no feeling like it. to be honest it's been the most calm place since my accident, being back behind

the wheel of a racing car. that's where i wanted to be since my accident and to get back behind the wheel, yeah, i just accident and to get back behind the wheel, yeah, ijust feel completely in control and relaxed when i'm out there. which, yeah, it's a nice feeling to have. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service so far on the tube this morning. on the roads there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach meaning it's slow from blackwall lane. in bruce grove, the a10 the roundway is partly blocked at all hallows road following fallen power cables last night near risley avenue primary school. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. a milder day to come today with temperatures creeping back into the double figures. those milder temperatures come with plenty of sunshine around as well and i think it will be mostly dry, just the risk of seeing the odd isolated shower i think particularly through this morning. a touch more cloud first thing but brightening up with plenty of sunshine as we move through the day—to—day. temperatures at a maximum of 11 with a moderate

westerly wind. as we move through this evening and overnight then, it will stay mostly dry, we'll hold onto those clear skies as well and with the clear skies that going to allow the temperatures to fall away so we are looking at a cold night to come. temperatures falling to an overnight low of —2 to freezing. i think it will be a frosty start to the day tomorrow. again tomorrow looking like a mostly dry day with some good spells of the joint, temperatures staying in the double figures, a maximum of ten. and it will be a similar day as we move into saturday, perhaps a slightly less chilly start to the day and then lots of bright, bright weather, some good spells of sunshine and highs of 10 celsius. but a cloudy day to come as we move into sunday with perhaps some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, so milder temperatures as we move through the next few days and into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now.

hello — this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up this morning. as the oxfam aid worker sex scandal continues, we'll ask whether it will shake public confidence in giving money to charity. antimo magnotta was the pianist on board the costa concordia cruise ship which sank six years ago. he'll tell us how that tragic night shaped the sound of his music. what do your kids spend their pocket money? from tech to trainers, they spend more than 1 thousand —— £1,000 a year each. we'll get some top tips on how they can be savvy with their savings. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. at least 17 people including children and teachers have been killed after a gun attack at a high school in florida. several other people are being treated in hospital.

shortly after the shootings, police arrested a 19—year—old former pupil who'd been expelled from the school in parkland, around 50 miles north of miami. jacob zuma has resigned as president of south africa after nine years in power. his timing of this has been marked by allegations of corruption and his own party, the anc, had threatened to ball falls in vote of no—confidence. in a statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect and he disagreed with his anc party pa rty‘s effect and he disagreed with his anc party party's decision. the consumption of highly—processed foods, including cakes, chicken nuggets and mass—produced bread is linked to the risk of cancer, according to researchers in france. the study of more than 100,000 people is published in the british medicaljournal. experts have expressed caution, but continue to advise eating a health balanced diet. —— healthy. the government has publicly blamed russian military intelligence for a cyber attack last year, which affected businesses around the world. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said russia was "ripping up the rule book

by undermining democracy and weaponising information". russia has denied responsibility for the attack. financial advisers exploited steelworkers, according to impaired —— mps. steelworkers, according to impaired -- mps. it steelworkers, according to impaired —— mps. it cost the people involved thousands of pounds and financial conduct authority did too little little to break —— to protect after the closure of the british steel pension scheme. differences in life expectancy between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods have widened according to a new report. the longevity science panel found that a boy born in one of the most affluent areas such as st albans will outlive one born in one of the poorest places which include knowlsey and blackpool by nearly 8.5 years. the consumers association says fa u lty the consumers association says faulty household appliances are causing 60 fires a week in the uk

and says a third of the blazes are started by washing machines and tumble dryers. it is written to ministers to give them 90 days to address the issue. mike has got the support. so many are asking me, when will the first medal come for us? we won't have to wait too much longer. the dan slalom tomorrow but don parsons, he is within touching distance in the skeleton. —— the downhill slalom. he is so close to getting a medal. that is look at how he slid his way into medal contention. look closely. everybody else is. at the second skin on a suburban —— skeleton. the suits have come under scrutiny. whether they give an advantage not, worn by don parsons, it isa advantage not, worn by don parsons, it is a good fit. the halfway mark

in lies within touching distance after two impressive performances. hopefully i can sleep tonight. the last four years has just been working to this one moments i'm going to make the most of it. he would do well to catch the south korean ironman, yun. he is doing well on a track that looks tailor—made for the koreans. the showpiece is the men's downhill on the slopes, the equivalent of the 100m final. all or nothing. the norwegian syndal will take home a shiny gold medal this time. magnificent, and the vikings are celebrating. he has flown a fighter jet and given a jet car. his need for speed has been quenched the now. michaela schiffrin delivered, with a second gold at the age of 22.

britain's alex tilley also letter of the big debut slip by. crashes are common in the snowboard cross wacky races on snow. defending champion pa voltier avoided the dust of the antics and nobody could catch on. slightly more sedate at the curling. no less tense. as britain lost for the first time in pyeongchang to the usa. curling, the men leading japan at the moment. away from pyeongchang, there was another hugely impressive performance from an english side in the champions league. it was liverpool's first game in the knock—out stages for nine years and they marked the occasion in style. a hat—trick from sadio mane helped them to a 5—0 away win against portuguese side porto. that is a very good one. exactly as

good as necessary so at the end, it was a high result but i think everybody saw in the game and all the moments where we weren't as compact. they had their moments, we scored in the right moment. and joanna konta has made it through to the last 16 in qatar. she had a good win, getting past the world number 29 good win, getting past the world number29 and good win, getting past the world number 29 and she now faces angelique kerberfor a place in the quarterfinals. budding sports photographers, take note. it can be quite hazardous. as switzerland's lara gut, wiped out,

so switzerland's lara gut, wiped out, so she sends the photographers flying for cover. another guy in the middle, he is very agile. no one was injured. we saw that a couple of days ago. they have to be alert which is quite hard when you are looking down the lens. the one guy there had tactics. the kind of leptin front. he could be an ice dancer. interesting knowing that they know how to crash and how to fall. the skiers. as they are sliding down, they are looking to see whether they are going. it's a very important part of all those winter sports, learning how to fall properly. look at the snowboarders. the other one that gets me is the double luge when they are lying on each other. incredible. talks aimed at restoring power sharing to northern ireland's devolved government have broken down according to the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster.

to the democratic unionist party leader, she says the key sticking point is the demand to give the irish language official status. sinn fein have accused the dup of collapsing the process. this is what people from all sides of the political spectrum in belfast made of the news. i think it's a big disappointment and i'd just wish she could get over the line and get things up and running. sometimes you'll have to think if we vote to someone they don't get on each other and think of different parties. certainly i'm looking at different parties to make a right choice but unfortunately we will send a future that something has to change. i think she isjust right. we don't even know what the irish act means. on the cards, no way. when two prime ministers come together. i hope that they would find some kind of solution. when i first heard about it over a year

ago. but the longer it goes on, i believe the worse the situation we may find ourselves in. believe the worse the situation we may find ourselves inlj believe the worse the situation we may find ourselves in. ijust believe the worse the situation we may find ourselves in. i just think both sides at the moment are being, obviously they have problems with either sides arguments and things but they are trying to put their differences aside and sort out the country. which is falling apart slightly. let's speak to our correspondent, keith doyle who is in belfast for us this morning. people there just want some stability. what can be done? you can sense the exasperation here in northern ireland, the fact these talks have broken down, but you can't underestimate the importance and the polarising impact of the irish language here. it is a real issue. sinn fein and the democratic unionists, they were in power and the only way the sharing executive works if there are two parties from

opposite sides working together. when sinn fein pulled out last january, that brought the executive down and the only way to get back is if they can make some agreement and get back into power. sinn fein said it will not go back into power u nless it will not go back into power unless there is a stand—alone irish language act, putting the irish language on some sort of official status. the dup are deeply worried about that. we thought there was some sort of agreement. we had theresa may here on monday. we thought there would be some sort of agreement but the dup can't sell that issue of irish language act to its grassroots. there is a section of society worried about seeing signs in the irish language, irish language quotas in civil servant jobs, that sort of thing. explained the practical things. there are decisions involving hundreds of thousands of pounds that need to be made. who can make these decisions

in the absence of an executive? there is no government here. the decisions for the last 13 months are the day—to—day running being done by civil servants here. any big decisions, on hospital, roads, the just simply haven't been made and thatis just simply haven't been made and that is the exasperation. all sides say they want devolved government back. without the executive back in power, those decisions aren't being made and they are being made by london. london has issued a budget for northern ireland and it's likely to do that again and between the lines of the dup statement, they definitely want london to issue a budget but the look there between the lines is for direct rule again. the irish and british governments definitely do not want that. the northern ireland secretary karen bradley said there are some

challenging dishes and is ahead and there really are. what we are likely to see is westminster issuing a budget in the near future and those decisions could be direct rule or more elections for northern ireland but it is unlikely that will solve the problem. ' to but it is unlikely that will solve the problem. 'to situation. always good to talk to you. time format‘s weather forecast. —— time format‘s weather forecast. —— time format‘s weather forecast. —— time for the weather forecast. we have some showers falling at the moment and some of those will be sleet and snow as we have seen for a good while. the blue colours, the rain showers, fairly well scattered. the snow showers are packing in. but they're covering of snow over the high ground. we'll see some snow at times. further south, it

high ground. we'll see some snow at times. furthersouth, it would high ground. we'll see some snow at times. further south, it would look into closer detail after lunch, you will notice there are still some big gaps in macau —— cloud. a few showers drifting across southern counties. while there will be rain showers, a touch of snow possible. north and west of northern ireland, particularly across the highlands of scotland, because the upto 20 centimetres of snow. of course, on the hills, you can see by the blue colours, it is going to say —— stay sub zero throughout. it will feel quite pleasant. quite a bit of cloud at times. reducing further snow flurries and a few showers across the west of england and wales. the other thing to look out for tonight,

clear skies across the north and north—east of scotland. this is our aurora chart. the reds, more likely, the green, a smaller chance. you could catch the aurora with clear skies across parts of scotland and northern ireland in particular. cloud will begin in western areas. a little bit of hill snow. after a frosty and at places cloudy start and a dry and reasonably sunny day ahead. clear skies across england and wales, a chilly start. through saturday, some areas will brighten up. in between, southern scotland and northern ireland, some or cloud. a weak weather front. we'll see some patches of rain in drizzle. this weather system on sunday, giving us

a bit ofa weather system on sunday, giving us a bit of a headache. at the moment, it does look like it will be england and wales. outbreaks of wayne and the rest —— in the west. further north, more likely to stay dry but there is a chance the rain —— there isa there is a chance the rain —— there is a chance the rain band could intensify. most places, ten or 11 degrees. the milder theme will continue this weekend but next week it looks like temperatures could drop. using to say that ahead of every weekend. i'm going to enjoy the yellow numbers on sunday —— you seem to say. the are is tonight in the far north of scotland? a small chance tonight in the far north of scotla nd chance tonight in the far north of scotland and northern ireland —— the are. clear skies are needed, though. later on can we have a scientific explanation for it, please? yes, after 9am. ok, matt, see you later!

all the business coming up in a few minutes. children some asiana air as 12 are being banned from driving before they even legal of two drive —— children some as young as. the number has risen by almost 50% over the last four years. phil bodmer has been to meet the sisters of a young boy killed by a teenager driving illegally. the killed him and we didn't get to see him... well, we saw him but we had to look through a window. window, we couldn't touch him. we couldn't touch him, we couldn't see him, it was a rural thing. distraught sister is describing the agony of losing their 15—year—old brother in a fatal car crash. darnell harte was killed alongside two other children and two men. they

we re two other children and two men. they were passengers in a stolen car which hit a tree at high speed in leeds last november. a 15—year—old boy was jailed for a.5 years for dangerous driving but he's far from alone in being an underage driver.|j was putting people in danger and their lives matter to other people's families. mike started driving on the streets of bradford and 16, he and his friends used to hire a car to ta ke and his friends used to hire a car to take out onto the roads. if there a group of us, we will all chip in and we'll let an older person know we wa nt and we'll let an older person know we want a car and they will get a carfrom we want a car and they will get a car from someone we want a car and they will get a carfrom someone is we want a car and they will get a car from someone is and we want a car and they will get a carfrom someone is and bring it to us. carfrom someone is and bring it to us. i do get a rush when i want to put my foot down and go crazy. us. i do get a rush when i want to put my foot down and go crazym 201a almost 700 children aged 16 and under were disqualified from driving, however last year that number had risen to more than 1000,

an increase of a7%. this is the tip of the iceberg because of course they have to be caught breaking the law in this way and inevitably many won't be, they will get away scot—free. won't be, they will get away scot-free. elyse and natasha are now cutting, calling for tougherjail terms. the minister of justice cutting, calling for tougherjail terms. the minister ofjustice said it will bring forward changes to the law as soon as an entry time allows. phil bodmer, bbc news. we will be talking about that issue later. one of the things that is odd about the banning of children, a 12 or 13—year—old if they get a two—year ban, they serve that ban at that age and then by the time they are 17 they can drive, the ban has been used up even though they weren't old enough to drive. we will explain all of that later. ben is taking a look at what children are spending their pocket money on. nearly £1000 each? that is a lot of money. it all racks up and for big business, they want a slice of that, we're talking about whether there's too much pressure on young people from advertisers and peer pressure to spend that money rather than

perhaps saving it. we've been looking at some of the numbers. it might be a few pounds here and there, but for the firms vying for that money it's big business. we're talking about young people and their pocket money. and we have a glimpse of what children are spending on with new figures this morning. the ons says the average 15—year—old gets through £1,300 a year. a typical 13 to 15—year—old girl spends £1.70 a week on cosmetics and toiletries, that's about £88 a year. for boys that figure was nearer £5. but one of the biggest expenses for boys was computer games. that came in at around £57.20 a year. as advertisers target that spending, is the pressure on young people increasing? michael mercheka is chief executive of young money, a charity that teaches young people to manage their finances. hejoins us from our london newsroom. michael, good morning. are you

surprised by any of these figures? £1300 sounds quite a lot for pocket money. i'm not too surprised. i think it's an average from five —year—olds to 15 —year—olds and at the lower end of five to seven —year—olds in their spending £5 or £6a —year—olds in their spending £5 or £6 a week and at the high end it is closer to £12 a week. it includes gifts and work people do so i'm not hugely surprised by the amount, note. one of the big issues here is financial education of course, teaching people how to manage that money and spend it wisely but also perhaps save some of it. let's talk about spending it first of all. is there too much pressure on young people because business says we want a slice of this money, spend it with us, is there too much pressure on them to spend it? there's always been advertising pressure on people to spend but with social media and

really targeted advertising at young people, i think there is huge pressure to spend. i think the focus on the facebook and twitter type being out there seeing your having a good time and looking good, that's hugely increased pressure on young people, yes. let's talk about saving because saving and getting their idea of putting money away for a rainy day to be instilled in young people at an early age?|j rainy day to be instilled in young people at an early age? i totally agree. i think it's really important to start at a young age, and by that we mean primary school, because we do have a huge debt problem in the uk. with the second most indebted nation in the g8. —— we're the second. there are basic principles you can teach in school and it's not on the curriculum in primary schools, it's on the secondary state curriculum, but there are basic m essa g es curriculum, but there are basic messages about saving and spending and risk and reward. ithink messages about saving and spending and risk and reward. i think it's really important that those lessons are taught in an interesting way to

young people, and that can be done. some of the biggest decision in our lives involve money, be that your mortgage, yourjob, your pension. why isn't there more education for young people about issues like that? i think at the moment in the uk you have quite a narrow focus on the academic subjects, so what young money does as a charity is to support teachers to build financial education into the existing curriculum subjects, and you can make geography field trips quite interesting in a financial way. it's just that teachers do what they have to do, which is delivered the grades on the curriculum, so until we widen that to include things like financial education and skills education, it's going to be a pressure on teachers. michael, good to talk to you, thanks very much. interesting when you look at these figures, another one to tell you, girls between seven and 15 spend twice as much as boys on books, £15

a year. boys spend ten times as much a year. boys spend ten times as much a girls on computer games. more from me after 7am. thanks very much, ben. set up on the site of a colliery, antony gormley‘s the angel of the north celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. it initially divided opinion with the late art critic brian sewell describing it as a monstrosity. fiona trott examines how the 200—tonne steel sculpture has gone onto become one of britain's most popular landmarks. the unmistakable angel of the north, towering over the a1 in gateshead. it's one of the most photographed landmarks in britain and viewed by 31 million people every year. i've grown to love it. i think people do have a very warm feeling about it. it's an artwork that doesn't stand on its own as an artwork in a

gallery but it's very much part of everyday life and in gateshead in this region. in the middle of the night 20 years ago, the angel of the north made its slowjourney up the a1. it was built in hartlepool. its body, as long as four double—decker buses. its wings, wider than a boeing 757. people gathered at the former colliery site in gateshead to watch it put in place. an historic moment. and first people were sceptical, why an angel? why so monumental? but soon they claimed it as their own, and that's exactly what the sculptor wanted. the fact is it's not my angel, it is the angel of the north and that means a lot to me. i had an idea, but it was realised, it was made by the people of the north—east and it comes from that extraordinary story of the relationship between coalmining,

ryan, engineering and that history of the industrial revolution. for many it's a special place. there have even been marriage proposals here. local people say it's put the north—east on the map. northumberland is fabulous and the angel i think the pics just how good we are up here. well, i'm up from london and ijust wanted to see it for myself. i've heard about it before and, yeah, it's pretty impressive if you ask me. before and, yeah, it's pretty impressive if you ask melj impressive if you ask me. i think i didn't like it in the beginning, i think a lot of people would say that but it's really grown on me and now i love it. the popularity of the angel has brought more money to the area too. since it arrived here overnight visitor numbers have increased by 1a%. this has led to a revenue increase of a8%. newcastle and gateshead make around £1.5 billion a year through tourism and they say the angel is a major

contributor to that. on its 20th birthday, the angel is preparing for a medical. like all structures, its joints need to be checked so it can stand proud for future generations. fiona trott, bbc news, gateshead. stunning pictures in the sun. it's a marker when you drive from north to south. it's a reassuring thing now, you're almost there. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. thefts and robberies on mopeds in london's main shopping hotspots have increased six—fold over the last two years. met police data shows oxford street is the worst hit. a criminology expert said it is the crime of the moment as it is ridiculously easy to do.

regent street has also seen a big increase in cases. a south london library, which was occupied by protesters for nine days in 2016, reopens today. the building in lambeth was temporarily closed so the basement could be excavated to make way for a gym which will open later this year. the remodelling of carnegie library caused controversy after protesters had to be evicted. lambeth council say the project has progressed well but those opposed to the revamp are waiting to see how much of their library remains. surrey racing driver billy monger is preparing to return to competition less than a year after the accident that resulted in him having both legs amputated. the 18—year—old has been testing out a car which has been specially adapted for him by the carlin racing team and hopes he can secure a place in the formula 3 series, which begins in april. there's no feeling like it. to be honest it's been the most calm place since my accident, being back behind

the wheel of a racing car. that's where i wanted to be since my accident and to get back behind the wheel, yeah, i just feel completely in control and relaxed when i'm out there. which, yeah, it's a nice feeling to have. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service so far on the tube this morning. on the roads in finchley, there's traffic on the aa06 north circular. it's heavy westbound into the a1 at henlys corner. and there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. a milder day to come today with temperatures creeping back into the double figures. those milder temperatures come with plenty of sunshine around as well, and i think it will be mostly dry, there is just the risk of seeing the odd isolated shower i think, particularly through this morning. a touch more cloud first thing but brightening up with plenty of sunshine as we move through the day today. temperatures at a maximum of 11 with a moderate westerly wind.

as we move through this evening and overnight then, it will stay mostly dry. we'll hold onto those clear skies as well and with the clear skies that's going to allow the temperatures to fall away, so we are looking at a cold night to come. temperatures falling to an overnight low of around —2 to freezing. i think it will be a frosty start to the day tomorrow. but again tomorrow looking like a mostly dry day with some good spells of sunshine, temperatures staying in the double figures, a maximum of ten. and it will be a similar day as we move into saturday, perhaps a slightly less chilly start to the day and then lots of bright, bright weather, some good spells of sunshine and highs of 10 celsius. but a cloudy day to come as we move into sunday with perhaps some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, so milder temperatures as we move through the next few days and into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now.

hello — this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 17 people are killed in a mass shooting at a high school in florida. children ran from their classrooms as the gunman attacked — police have arrested a 19—year—old former student who'd been expelled. my my best and was actually lost —— locked in a closet for a while. ira is really nervous because she wasn't answering me at first. good morning — it's thursday the 15th of february. also this morning: south africa's president, jacob zuma, resigns after his anc party threatend to force a no—confidence vote over corruption allegations — his successor could be sworn in tomorrow. a fresh warning about the dangers of ultra—processed food — researchers say the more people eat, the higher their cancer risk.

british steel workers have been ripped off by advisers. we will look at why and what is being done to advise them. is it all down to the new skeleton suits that they are doing so well? we will chat to amy williams at 7:30 a.m.. while it was high fives for liverpool in the champions league, they all but booked a place in the quarter—finals, winning the away leg in porto 5—0. mat with the weather. a few showers around again producing snow across the north and the west of the uk. first, our main story. at least 17 people including

children and adults have been killed after a gun attack at a high school in florida. several other people are being treated in hospital. shortly after the shootings, police arrested a 19—year—old former pupil who'd been expelled from the school in parkland, around 50 miles north of miami. this was supposed to be one of the safest communities in the country. in an instant, these students became helpless targets, sheltering in place and fearing for their lives. officials now suggest this was a well—planned plot to maximise the loss of life. just moments before the end of the school day, a former student reportedly pulled the fire alarm at marjory stoneman douglas high school to draw out his unsuspecting victims. there had already been a drill earlier in the day but confused teachers followed procedure and began to exit the building. as soon the fire alarm got hold, and kids were evacuating, i heard five pops. i was like, "that's not a drill."

we never did a drill like that. when we started evacuating back away towards the back, towards the the middle school, i knew it was more than a drill because we've never done that. armed with an ar—15 semiautomatic rifle, he began firing outside and then continued inside the school as panic and chaos erupted. police were warning the shooter was still at large, even as emergency workers rushed to treat those wounded. ‘théfc'jc‘lf ,, "f" f' i see you, i see you, i see you! parents, sick with, worry waited for news. the suspect was arrested without incident an hour later police identified him as nikolas cruz, who had been expelled. he was taken into custody, i believe, about an hour after he left stoneman douglas, after he committed this horrific, homicidal, detestable act.

this is the 18th school shooting in the united states this year. it's a uniquely american epidemic that has only gotten worse. yet this country is more divided than ever on how to solve the problem. you will be speaking to a local journalist soon to bring you up—to—date. —— we will be. jacob zuma has resigned as president of south africa after nine years in power. his time in office has been marred by allegations of corruption and his own party, the anc had threatened to force him out with a vote of no confidence. our reporter pumza fihlani is in johannesburg. pumza, good to see you. what are the reactions like in terms of this resignation? was it expected to come so resignation? was it expected to come so smoothly? good morning. a mixed reaction. it's been a long time

coming for a lot of people. a lot of institutions have been involved in getting jacobson out from civil society to opposition parties just stu d e nts society to opposition parties just students staging the rome protests. how the president was running things. it wasn't expected, i must say, that it would go that smoothly. some are saying this says a lot about the strength of south african democracy and the strength of its institutions, this was able to happen peacefully and south africans are just waiting now for the new president to be sworn in in parliament which could be later today. pumza, much of the papers reacting to these are looking forward to how smooth the transition will be in terms of leadership of the anc and the presidency. correct.

the man poised to take over, cyril ramaphosa, was the current deputy president and head of the african national congress. he was filmed this morning going for a jog along the beach. no expectation of any interruptions. he is expected to be sworn in later today. his name will officially be presented in parliament before chambers for them to vote and he will be sworn in on friday in his first call of business will be to present state of the nation address. the first time that he speaks, all things being equal, as the president of south africa. there could be a link between a diet of ultra—processed foods and cancer, that's according to researchers in france. the study of more than 100,000 people suggests that those who ate more of products such as fizzy drinks, mass—produced bread and processed meats, had the highest rates of cancer. here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher. ultra—processed foods include cakes, chocolate, mass—produced bread, crisps and pizza.

it's delicious temptation and too much is bad for the waistline. we know being overweight increases the risk of cancer but is there something else about these foods that raises the risk even further? the study followed 105,000 french people for five years. it suggests increasing amounts of our diet that are ultra—processed by 10% is linked to a 12% increase in the risk of cancer but even the researchers say more work is needed to establish why such foods may increase cancer risk. so what should we do? a balanced diet, but actually even more importantly is maintaining a healthy weight and if we eat too many ultra—processed foods, then we do pile on the pounds and although this study didn't look closely at weight, we know very clearly what the links are and cancer, so i think it's a warning to us to have a healthy

dietand be aware of the links between our diet and cancer. other experts said the term "ultra—processed food" was so broad, it's hard to know what's really going on, and that other unhealthy habits could be muddying the waters. it's why the study is being described as an initial insight rather than definitive proof on the role of ultra—processed foods and cancer. the government has publicly blamed russian military intelligence for a cyber attack last year which affected businesses around the world. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said russia was "ripping up the rule book by undermining democracy and weaponising information". russia has denied responsibility for the attack. dubious financial advisors exploited former steel workers in a pensions mis—selling scandal according to mp5. the work and pensions select committee says it cost the people involved thousands of pounds, and that the financial conduct authority did too little to protect them after the closure of the british steel pension scheme. last year, members of the old

british steel pension scheme based decision of their savings. workers could choose to transfer their benefits out of the scheme. a report bya benefits out of the scheme. a report by a committee of mps says some of those who did were exploited, shamelessly bamboozled by dubious financial advisers. there have been people who probably had been fleeced of the most valuable asset they will have ever had, which they built up as part of their pension scheme of which these financial vultures have been after and in too many cases been after and in too many cases been successful in getting their claws on. we uncovered the case of richard bevan, who had transferred his benefit into a private scheme after seeking independent financial advice. he estimates the decision has cost him around £200,000.

another greedy sort of person that of obviously been led into something that wasn't right for me by a financial adviser. —— gullible. that wasn't right for me by a financialadviser. —— gullible. it is not a nice place to be at the moment. the financial conduct authority is criticised in this report are not acting quickly enough after concerns were raised. it says it is reviewing its rules on pension tra nsfers it is reviewing its rules on pension transfers but for steelworkers like richard, any changes will be too late. a lack of training to help professionals could be contributing to an avoidable deaths were people with learning disabilities. the are seeing says there has been a catastrophic decline in the number of disability learning nurses since 2010. the department of health and nhs england say they have made learning disabilities a national priority and will continue to

improve training. i've never been more concerned than i am right now about the needs of people with learning disabilities not getting essential services, that they have the right to access, and they are being shortchanged and we need to stand together with our partners and say this is not acceptable. the consequences of not doing that are not paying attention to that are we will see more debts, premature deaths of people, and that is totally u na cce pta ble deaths of people, and that is totally unacceptable as a society. more than 1000 driving bans were issued to children who are not legally old enough to be behind the wheel of a car. the figure has risen over 50% four years. statistics were given to the bbc under the freedom of information act. the rac described the numbers as the tip of the iceberg. matt will have the weather and the sport at half past. let's return to our main story this morning and the news that at least 17 people, including

children and adults, have been killed in a mass shooting at a school in florida. let's speak to journalist james la porta who lives nearby and has spent the day with worried parents at the scene. thank you very much for your time this morning. understand you have had the opportunity to speak some of the youngsters who were directly involved in the shooting to take us through what they have told you. involved in the shooting to take us through what they have told youlj through what they have told you.” got here, i've been on the scene since about three o'clock yesterday evening. i live three miles away from where the shooting occurred. i report for the daily beast in new york city. as soon as i got up here, it was kind of a chaotic scene. pa rents were it was kind of a chaotic scene. parents were desperately trying to reach their children and u nfortu nately, reach their children and unfortunately, so many people were

on their cellphones at the same time, it clogged up phone lines and accessing the internet so getting information from inside the school was problematic. some parents were able to eventually reach their children on the inside and some were not. the ones who were not, they really didn't know what to do. many of the parents gathered in prayer circles and theyjust of the parents gathered in prayer circles and they just started praying because they didn't know what else to do. have you had the opportunity to speak to any of those who were in the school and were evacuated safely? i have. one individual i spoke to yesterday, he was outside the school when the shooting occurred. the sequence of events that happened was, the shooter has allegedly pulled the fire alarm and by pulling the fire alarm, throughout the students and

the students started to come out of classrooms and that's when the gunfire started. this student was outside the building when that occurred. initially, he heard five shots and he said he heard something that sounded like an ak—a7. while it wasn't an ak—a7, the shots he heard are in line with what officers recovered. they did recover an ar—15 type of weapon that the shooter was using. he eventually link up with his parents but his twin sister was still inside so it took a bit of time before those parents could be reunited and speaking to his father,, he essentially told me that it's become a standard line. we never think it will happen here and it does. unfortunately, this shooting is the 18th shooting as a

just this year and that's unfortunately the line we keep hearing, we never thought it would happen here, and it has. james, it's the early hours of the morning and there will be press conferences later in the day, but in terms of the timeline, how long was the shooter in the school between the shooter in the school between the time it began and he arrested? what i can gather based on reporting from multiple sources and multiple publications is the shooting occurred sometime between 2:30pm and 3pm yesterday, maybe leading up towards 3:30pm yesterday. multiple shots were fired. 17 people are dead right now. i've heard at least 1a people are injured and they've been taken to local area hospitals. some of those people right now are fighting for their lives. specifically one... there's a

football coach who works at the high school who was also hired as a security guard. reports indicate he took multiple gunshots as he was shielding students from the gunfire. initial reports reported that he was dead, he's actually not dead but as of right now he's fighting for his life. in terms of apprehension, the gunman himself from what i've been told... the gunman took off running towards his place of residence and at some point in time he was ca ptu red at some point in time he was captured within that timeframe. from about 3:30pm to around... and this is an estimation... around 5:30 p-m-, is an estimation... around 5:30 p.m., possibly 6pm. but that'sjust an estimate at this point. james, thank you for your time this morning, james laporta speaking to us morning, james laporta speaking to us from florida with the very latest information about that shooting. as

he was saying, it's been confirmed 17 are dead following that shooting in parkland in florida. time to talk to matt to find out what's going on with the weather. it's that rocky road of mild, wet or cold and a bit brighter? it is. over the next few days things are turning milder than we've been used to over the past week, but a wintry theme out there today, especially north and west. more sunshine than yesterday but wintry showers and snow over the hills of scotland again. as we're seeing this morning, this is the latest rain and snow radar chart. you see the snow showers packing into northern and western scotland and northern ireland. a few showers in england and wales, mainly rain, a bit of sleet and snow in the tops of the pennines, most will clear. eased in areas will see showers through the day but in the west the showers will be everywhere —— eastern. a breeze coming, not as strong as yesterday, but may be gale force wind winds

around the coast. around 50—6 themph. a few showers, wintry over themph. a few showers, wintry over the tops of the welsh hills. the chance of further snow flurries in the cumbrian fells and the north pennines. most to the north and west of northern ireland and mainly across the highlands and islands of scotland. in the highlands we could see as much as 20 centimetres falling, that could cause problems on the roads. you can see the blue colours in the upland areas, subzero throughout. but further south, colours in the upland areas, subzero throughout. but furthersouth, quite a mild day, ten or 11, certainly compared to what we've been used to. temperatures drop away overnight and as the showers fade, a touch of frost, but some showers in the forecast in the west of scotland and northern ireland and the risk of ice for friday morning. could be icy first thing. the other thing to watch out for tonight in scotland and northern ireland, this shows where it is possible see the aurora, the chance of the lighter green

colours pushing across scotland and northern ireland, the best chance of seeing it with clear skies at times. always more cloud... more cloud coming and going in northern ireland and scotland through the day. outbreaks of rain wilson of but not as much as today. much of england and wales, any showers in the east will disappear. —— with snow. that ta kes will disappear. —— with snow. that takes us into a mild weekend. a touch of frost around on saturday in the south. a weak weather front pushing southwards. southern scotland, northern england, north wales and northern ireland staying cloudy on saturday. occasional rain and drizzle. the top of scotland will see sunshine, the bottom of england and wales, sunny spells and double—figure temperatures. uncertainty into sunday if you've got plans. check the forecast. this weather front will push in. the got plans. check the forecast. this weatherfront will push in. the rain will be on the southern flank in parts of england and wales, pushing

through on the breeze during the day. while at the moment it looks try and sunny in northern ireland, the rain could go north. check the forecast. look at the temperatures, above where they should be for the time of year, peaking around ten or 12. that's how it's looking, naga and charlie. thanks, matt, see you later. the charity commission will today set out the scope of its enquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct by oxfam workers overseas. penny mordaunt will meet with the national crime agency to discuss if action needs to be taken to tackle exploitation and abuse in the industry. oxfam says public confidence in the charity may have been damaged. 1,270 direct debit donations were stopped in the first three days following the allegations being published in the times newspaper. the average cancellation rate is around 600 per month. that brings with it a potential annual loss of more than £1aa,000.

kate kirkland is a former oxfam trustee and is now a lecturer in charity management at st mary's university. shejoins us now. good morning, thanks for talking to us. good morning, thanks for talking to us. you were a trustee?” good morning, thanks for talking to us. you were a trustee? i was a trustee from the late 80s to the mid—19 nineties. trustee from the late 80s to the mid-19 nineties. a fair time ago but you're still a donor? i am. a donor for oxfam. you're obviously aware of how oxfam has been run and the systems in place to make sure that a certain level of transparency of behaviour is maintained. can you give us some insight into what the role of the trustees would have been and how holes have occurred? it's a lwa ys and how holes have occurred? it's always difficult in any charity because you're vulnerable to your worst employee. you know, the number of people working in the charity

sector who abuse the trust that is placed in them is very, very small but inevitably there is always the rotten egg and oxfam took the allegations in haiti seriously, people were dismissed, people were forced to resign. new safeguarding procedures were put in place. obviously from what we're learning now, they haven't been sufficient. i've every confidence the trustees and the management staff will tighten up on those procedures. no charity wants this to happen. it's totally against the values that oxfa m totally against the values that oxfam stands for. i tell you what some people will be confused about, and we're seeing it in evidence now as donations are being withdrawn to the charity at a really exponential rate, people will be confused because what they're hearing is yes, people were forced to resign but they were also then given references to work at other charities and things weren't nipped in the bud

quickly enough. people are wondering, how are these charities governed? who wondering, how are these charities governed ? who is wondering, how are these charities governed? who is keeping an eye on these charities? well, as you probably know, most charities have a board of trustees, that's the group of people who govern the charity. they are all non—executive people. what does that mean, does that mean you don't have a hands—on approach or you're observing from the sideline? the trustees are volu nteers sideline? the trustees are volunteers themselves, they give a lot of time and effort to help govern the charity. but for example in any large charity in the uk, the trustees are only likely to meet between, say, four and 12 times a year. it's one of our problems with our models of charity governance, how can trustees effectively be in control of the management and administration of the charity? what's emerging clearly from the situation at oxfam, other people have said it's not only them that has some of these problems, things

happening on the ground, everyone seems to know about them, as they emerge, they say it's well known this kind of thing was going on. there's a disconnect between what a lot of people know on the ground and what the management, who are sitting elsewhere, possibly in this country, possibly elsewhere, they don't seem to have a clue about it. that is not acceptable, is it? it's certainly not acceptable. let me pose that as a question. you can say it is a rogue person in a case, that's not the picture emerging, it's a picture emerging of a lot of people who knew a lot of things in the place where there are vulnerable people, and thousands of miles away a group of people who should be managing it have no idea. that can't be accessible? of course it's not acceptable. i can't speak on behalf of oxfam, though, and i don't know the full facts of the case. but for all charities, they put a lot of

effort into managing the risks that faced the organisation. do you think it's going to impose... i know this is what you teach now, are they going to have to say what we will do is have much more direct input from senior management into what's happening on the ground? how do you address what is clearly a gap that is urged? in a very large organisation the way you control things that are happening on the ground is through having effective policies in place —— that's emerged. oxfa m policies in place —— that's emerged. oxfam has these policies around recruitment. other charities working with vulnerable people. we've had scandals involving charities working with disabilities. you're not here to a nswer with disabilities. you're not here to answer for with disabilities. you're not here to answerfor them with disabilities. you're not here to answer for them but we're in the position now where it's not enough to say there's policies in place because this has happened. it's not a fallback position they can take saying we have policies. i'm saying how the trustees control it is

through setting the policies of the organisation. what has obviously gone wrong is that policies haven't been sufficiently pursued in also co nsta nta been sufficiently pursued in also constanta is. as charlie said, you lecture in charity management —— in all circumstances. one of the things we mentioned was the withdrawal of direct damp donations for oxfam —— direct damp donations for oxfam —— direct debit. this is a tragedy, it is an awful point in its existence. how does oxfam recover from that? what message can it now send out to people who have put faith in this charity and feel wholly let down by the behaviour of some of its workers? what i would teach my stu d e nts workers? what i would teach my students in terms of crisis management is the first thing you do is you own up to what's happened. you're completely honest. do you

think oxfam have done that?” you're completely honest. do you think oxfam have done that? i think oxfa m think oxfam have done that? i think oxfam have done that. it seems to be sending out regular communications to all its supporters explaining what's happening, apologising for what's happening, apologising for what's happening. people have taken responsibility. penny lawrence has resigned. that's a woman of great integrity who has spent the whole of her professional life supporting the most vulnerable people in this world. she worked for vso for a long time before she worked for oxfam. it's a personal charity for her. she's admitted that problems arose on her watch and has taken responsibility and resigned. kate kirkland, thanks for your time this morning. kate kirkland is a lecturer in charity management at st mary's university. thank you. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard.

thefts and robberies on mopeds in london's main shopping hotspots have increased six—fold over the last two years. met police data shows oxford street is the worst hit. a criminology expert said it is the crime of the moment as it is ridiculously easy to do. regent street has also seen a big increase in cases. a south london library, which was occupied by protesters for nine days in 2016, reopens today. the building in lambeth was temporarily closed so the basement could be excavated to make way for a gym which will open later this year. the remodelling of carnegie library caused controversy after protesters had to be evicted. lambeth council says they haven't closed any of the ten libraries in the borough despite government funding cuts. surrey racing driver billy monger is preparing to return to competition less than a year after the accident

that resulted in him having both legs amputated. the 18—year—old has been testing out a car which has been specially adapted for him by the carlin racing team and hopes he can secure a place in the formula 3 series, which begins in april. there's no feeling like it. to be honest it's been the most calm place since my accident, being back behind the wheel of a racing car. that's where i wanted to be since my accident and to get back behind the wheel, yeah, i just feel completely in control and relaxed when i'm out there. which, yeah, it's a nice feeling to have. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service so far on the tube this morning. on the roads there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach meaning it's slow from blackwall lane. and heading through borehamwood, traffic on the a1 barnet bypass is slow southbnd into stirling corner. problems on the slip roads because of emergency waterworks. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning.

a milder day to come today with temperatures creeping back into the double figures. those milder temperatures come with plenty of sunshine around as well, and i think it will be mostly dry, there is just the risk of seeing the odd isolated shower i think, particularly through this morning. a touch more cloud first thing but brightening up with plenty of sunshine as we move through the day today. temperatures at a maximum of 11 with a moderate westerly wind. as we move through this evening and overnight then, it will stay mostly dry. we'll hold onto those clear skies as well and with the clear skies that's going to allow the temperatures to fall away, so we are looking at a cold night to come. temperatures falling to an overnight low of around —2 to freezing. i think it will be a frosty start to the day tomorrow. but again tomorrow looking like a mostly dry day with some good spells of sunshine, temperatures staying in the double figures, a maximum of ten. and it will be a similar day as we move into saturday, perhaps a slightly less chilly start to the day and then lots of dry, bright weather, some good spells of sunshine and highs of 10 celsius.

but a cloudier day to come as we move into sunday with perhaps some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, so milder temperatures as we move through the next few days and into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. at least 17 people including children and teachers have been killed after a gun attack at a high school in florida. several other people are being treated in hospital. shortly after the shootings, police arrested a 19—year—old former pupil who'd been expelled from the school in parkland, around 50 miles north of miami. i think is the news of this spread

around the nation, many asked, how is this happening again but really, for people here in parkland, florida, what you heard from so many was that they never thought this would happen here. this is a very safe community —— community, a gated community with palm trees. everyone spoke about how loving the community is. so there was shock that something like this, that is so prevalent around the country, still shocked that it could happen here and ina shocked that it could happen here and in a press conference by several of the officials as they gave an update on the status of the 17 victims, as they try to identify each one and that by the families, they really said that this will take time asa they really said that this will take time as a community to heal but that they are dedicated to making sure that they have those who are coming to this high school and in the rest of the school system confident that they can be safe when they go to school but still, that is a question that the rest of the united states will have to grapple with and one that president trump mentioned briefly in his tweet because he said

no child, no teacher or anyone else should be one save in an american school and it's the reality in america now that that is something that politicians are going to have to get a grip on. jacob zuma has resigned as president of south africa after nine years in power. his time in office has been marred by allegations of corruption, and his own party, the anc had threatened to force him out with a vote of no—confidence. in a televised statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect but said he disagreed with his anc party's decision. the consumption of highly—processed foods, including cakes, chicken nuggets and mass—produced bread is linked to the risk of cancer, according to researchers in france. the study of more than 100,000 people is published

in the british medicaljournal. experts have expressed caution, but continue to advise eating a healthy balanced diet. the government has publicly blamed russian military intelligence for a cyber attack last year, which affected businesses around the world. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said russia was "ripping up the rule book by undermining democracy and weaponising information". russia has denied responsibility for the attack. dubious financial advisors exploited former steel workers in a pensions mis—selling scandal according to mp5. the work and pensions select committee says it cost the people involved thousands of pounds, and that the financial conduct authority did too little to protect last year, members of the old british steel pension scheme based decision of their savings. now, have you ever seen a baby and said, "oh they're so cute, "i could eat them up." well, here are some that you could actually eat. an amateur baker has created life—size cake versions of her twin daughters to celebrate their first birthday. lara mason spent more than 100 hours crafting the edible version of her daughters lily and lyla. she used aa eggs, two kilos of

flour, four kilos of butter cream.” love the fact that lyla on the right was taking no interest. how did you know? the way it was read. i presumed it was left and right. does it matter? i do like biting the head of the gingerbread man. here is the thing, when you slice that cake... stop it, it's... but it has to be eaten. do you go

foran ear? do you slice down or up? take as a way to the winter olympics. don parsons says he will read a book, switch off ahead of the two biggest runs of his life in the early hours of tomorrow morning. is it a wonder those new suits with those special ridges that cut down resistance. let's speak to and downs in pyeongchang. is it the suits which are helping? —— catherine downs. nobody knows if it is the suits, it's been part of skeleton it is the suits, it's been part of s keleto n of it is the suits, it's been part of skeleton of the last few years but skeleton of the last few years but skeleton has been rich pickings for british athletes over the past couple of olympics. of course, lizzie yarnold gets the competition

under way. laura d is doing well. and of course in 2010, amy williams one the girls in vancouver and she is standing right next to me on the balcony. we are talking about don parsons and the suits. i will get onto that in a minute. here's 31 hundredths of a second off the bronze medal positions is going to bea bronze medal positions is going to be a massive night for him. he is within touching distance of a medal. he is so, so close and just has to hold it together. he has got on well in the training runs. every thing is coming together. he's peaking at the right time, he is in a happy place. he is so close. his cot —— he has got to go back to his place, relax, recover. have a good night 's sleep and wake up and try to forget what has happened today. forget it, start again. two more runs, anything can happen. two runs from an olympic

medal, that would be incredible. jerry rice is in 12th as well. we have the chance of two top—10 finishes. and the women looking incredibly strong. lizzie yarnold, not a great season. and laura dees. they are both in a really good place. peaking every four years the olympic games, we are good at that. nor has some unbelievable start times which is what you need on this track. you have to get certain parts of it right because you are never going to make up the speed. the girls have been doing well and it looks like they could get a medal. if everything comes together, keep it together in the head, psychologically, they got to stay calm. you got to focus on your performance. that is what we are

hoping don will do tomorrow. performance. that is what we are hoping don will do tomorrow“ performance. that is what we are hoping don will do tomorrow. is it all down to the suits? it's down to these errors is to ridges. but they are the seats you always had. speaking to the team, they said there is nothing different. yes, we doa there is nothing different. yes, we do a lot of stuff in wind tunnels but so does every other sport. whether they are tied to psychologically met with everyone's head, but every piece of equipment gets tested. it all gets tested. great britain are using nothing that is illegal or two dodgy. everyone in the team, the athletes are calm and though they are not doing anything wrong and if other nations want to kick upa wrong and if other nations want to kick up a fuss and nudge us off our good place, they can go ahead but they are not going to stop the performance of great britain. it's

all very, no witchcraft. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. hopefully we are talking to you about some gb medals. the weather has calmed down so we've had a full schedule of events and picking up some of the ones that were postponed over the last few days, including the women's giant slalom which was won by mikaela shiffrin of the usa. she won gold in sochi atjust 18 yea rs old she won gold in sochi atjust 18 years old and she is the olympic champion once again. alex tilly the great britain crashed out after 55 seconds but has other events coming up. she has more to come. and switzerland's lara gut crashed in spectacular tile —— style, taking out photographers. i don't think many of them will forget in a hurry.

we have the oldest champion ever when it comes to alpine skiing. it was aksil lund svindal, enormous oppressions but he was a bit sad and disappointed by the lack of spectators to see and claim that the big title. and the curling continues. great britain's women who won bronze last time around, they lost their second match of the games for— seven to the usa. they were making their olympic debut survey shock loss to eve muirhead and her team. they play china survey can redeem themselves. they beat russia yesterday. and the men still in action against japan, a yesterday. and the men still in action againstjapan, a very tight match for them at the moment. it was five ends all. in the ninth end as well. going to that decisive final

tense end. a very tight match the british men against japan. tense end. a very tight match the british men againstjapan. they lost to the defending champions. this is a match they really need to win. as well is watching you, we are glued to the tv screen. great britain have just taken that last stone. i think great britain have just secured a very important stone. we will get confirmation. they seem in good spirits. it was a good final stone that they just delivered. spirits. it was a good final stone that theyjust delivered. i think it was 6—5 to great britain against japan. i think they are getting back on form now. finished with a flurry, by the way. it finished almost bang in the middle. it was liverpool's

first game in a knockout stages. and how they marked the occasion in style. helping to a 5— nil away win against the portuguese side. the headline of the day, clockwork orange. a very good one. that is a very good one. exactly as good as necessary so at the end, it was a high result but i think everybody saw in the game and all the moments where we weren't as compact. they had their moments, we scored in the right moment. british tennis number onejohanna konta has made it through to the last 16 at the qatar open. konta is looking to kickstart her season again, after a disappointing australian open and had a good win, getting past world number 29 carla suarez navarro. she now faces angelique kerber, for a place in the quarterfinals. confirmation that great britain did

win that final stone against japan 6-5. win that final stone against japan 6—5. later, some fantastic guests on the sofa as well is in pyeongchang. minnie knight, who i had the pleasure of skiing with. she gave me her goggles which cuts outside. she can go down the slope without being able to see at 80 miles an hour. the athletes we are seeing here have a nerve but talking about fearless. winter paralympics, coming soon. just on the sofa after nine o'clock. good morning. let's find out what is happening with the weather. good morning. i've got most of the a nswe rs a re morning. i've got most of the answers are the least. out there today, at least the good sunshine across the country than yesterday. it will be punctuated by some

further wintry showers across northern western parts. we have had some showers clearing up, one of two isolated showers, some pushing in towards the bristol channel but across the west of scotland, northern ireland, lots of snow flurries. the win is not quite as strong as yesterday. they will keep on going. eastern areas will have a largely dry day. certainly across the south—east, it could stay dry. still pushing into was the south—west as we the afternoon. a little of snow, some snow on the tops of the pennines. some further showers and across the highlands of scotland. blown around by a strong winds. temperatures stay below freezing. temperatures up in recent

days. the sun gaining a bit more strength. shouldn't feel too bad at all. showers in southern areas will fade. especially western scotland, northern ireland temperatures close to if not below freezing, and ice risk to watch out for on friday morning. tonight, this chart shows where there is a chance where the aurora is. notice how this chance increases during the early part of the night. it gets clear skies here, you may get a bit of display overhead. into friday, another story. sunshine and showers to scotla nd story. sunshine and showers to scotland and northern ireland. cladding over a bit more in the day but the showers will mainly rain. snow limited to the hills. across england and wales, one of the early showers. a dry day with gaps in the cloud. temperatures again in double figures. with windfall in a bit the

south to the later stage of friday, we could see some foster round. the weekend, some mist and fog patches, sunny spells but a weather front travelling across northern ireland and southern scotland. that will bring some scott spots of light rain. to be? comes the sunday. at the moment, it looks like primarily across parts of england and wales. some breaks in the round —— in the cloud that just the some breaks in the round —— in the cloud thatjust the chance of rain band. keep an eye on your forecast if you got any plans this weekend. as far as rainfall is concerned, throughout this weekend, temperatures up on what they've been. many bases close to double figures. and we get the chance to cd—r borealis? some might see it tonight

in parts of scotland and northern ireland, you will need clear skies but there will be a few showers around —— chance to see the horror borealis? mps are calling it the latest pension scandal to hit the uk. ben can explain. a damning verdict on some of the advice given for some people in the former british steel pension—fund. you might remember tata steel took over operations of british steel, but got into trouble a few years ago. so, as part of plans to save the business its pension scheme was closed and members told they would have to move their pension into a new, less generous scheme. but many chose instead to take their money out and invest it elsewhere and that's cost them a lot of money. mps say those workers have been "shamelessly bamboozled" by advisers and have described the whole affair as an "erupting" mis—selling scandal. tom mcphail is with me, he's a pensions expert from hargreaves la nsdown. tom, good morning. good morning.

been described as a new scandal, let's start with how much money, it's a lot? absolutely. these individuals had pension pot worth hundreds of thousands, in a few cases over £1 million. this is their retirement savings, their life savings, and across the thousands of people who have been involved in this scandal, we are therefore talking about hundreds of millions of pounds. in some cases these guys have lost tens of thousands from their retirement. the point was they we re their retirement. the point was they were never respected you have to make tough decisions about it, they invested in the scheme and they expected it to continue but we know the problems with tata steel, they say you've got to move it and this is where the problem crept in? absolutely, the members were faced with suddenly having to make a pretty convex decision about staying in scheme a or b, either of which would have involved the loss of some of their pension rights —— complex. that created issues around the trust

towards pension scheme administrators. they weren't in a good situation to start with and then advises knocked on the door and said there's a third option, if you wa nt we said there's a third option, if you want we can take your rights out of the scheme altogether and turn it into a big bag of money into a private pension and you can have control. it's hardly surprises of the scheme members were seduced by that sales pitch. if someone said i will give you access to your pension, here's half £1 million, you would think that's a good thing, but theissueit would think that's a good thing, but the issue it has cost a lot of money, they have taken a lot of these and some of the investment advice was terrible. absolutely, for most people in most cases it is a bad idea. —— sees. people underestimate the guaranteed value of the pension they have. it's a guaranteed pension for life and worth hundreds of thousands. they look at the big bag of money and they don't appreciate it's not necessarily a fair deal in terms of what they are giving up. then you get onto the fact that what they put into had high charges, the advisers we re

into had high charges, the advisers were taking up high transaction costs, altogether money was getting sliced out of their pension pots as they went through the process. what helpful people who might have fallen victim to this? ideally we would have seen the trustees act on this situation earlier and quicker and pre—empt some of these problems and give better information. the financial conduct authority is now looking at what's gone on with the advice. hopefully those members who have been mis— advised will get recompense and restitution for that, but that's going to be quite a long, slow process. i think my advice to anyone in this kind of situation if it ever comes up is in principle generally it's not a good idea to transfer out of a final salary stea m, transfer out of a final salary steam, that's where the problem started. a lot of people have been facing that dilemma, notjust former british steel workers, we have these new pension freedoms to move money, ta ke new pension freedoms to move money, take a bit out and invest elsewhere, is there a danger with those freedoms come a lot of risk? absolutely, we have heard of bhs, carillion and british steel and that

undermines people's confidence in final salary pension schemes but most of the time in reality they are good deal so if you have one, hang onto it. if you don't have one of those, if you have a personal pension, a pot of savings money, then pension freedoms are a good thing, they give you control of your money and they are very popular. given the choice you're better staying with a guaranteed pension of a final salary steam but most people don't have that choice any more. such a difficult area, thanks for explaining, tom mcphailfrom hargreaves lansdowne. explaining, tom mcphailfrom hargreaves la nsdowne. later explaining, tom mcphailfrom hargreaves lansdowne. later i will be back to talk about however one might be getting a pay rise, workers getting an uplift in salaries —— however it one. —— how everyone. set up on the site of a colliery, antony gormley‘s the angel of the north celebrates its 20 anniversary this week. it initially divided opinion with the late art critic, brian sewell describing it as a monstrosity. fiona trott examines how the 200—tonne steel sculpture has gone onto become one of britain's most popular landmarks. the unmistakable angel of the north,

towering over the a1 in gateshead. it's one of the most photographed landmarks in britain and viewed by 31 million people every year. i've grown to love it. i think people do have a very warm feeling about it. it's an artwork that doesn't stand on its own as an artwork in a gallery but it's very much part of everyday life, in gateshead in this region. in the middle of the night 20 years ago, the angel of the north made its slowjourney up the a1. it was built in hartlepool. its body, as long as four double—decker buses. its wings, wider than a boeing 757. people gathered at the former colliery site in gateshead to watch it put in place. an historic moment. and first people were sceptical, why an angel?

why so monumental? but soon they claimed it as their own, and that's exactly what the sculptor wanted. the fact is it's not my angel, it is the angel of the north and that means a lot to me. i had an idea, but it was realised, it was made by the people of the north—east and it comes from that extraordinary story of the relationship between coalmining, iron, engineering and that history of the industrial revolution. for many it's a special place. there have even been marriage proposals here. local people say it's put the north—east on the map. northumberland is fabulous and the angel i think depicts just how good we are up here. well, i'm up from london and ijust wanted to see it for myself. i've heard about it before and, yeah, it's pretty impressive if you ask me. i think i didn't like it in the beginning, i think a lot of people would say that but it's really grown on me and now

i love it. aurora the popularity of the angel has brought more money to the area too. since it arrived here overnight visitor numbers have increased by 1a%. this has led to a revenue increase of a8%. newcastle and gateshead make around £1.5 billion a year through tourism and they say the angel is a major contributor to that. on its 20th birthday, the angel is preparing for a medical. like all structures, its joints need to be checked so it can stand proud forfuture generations. fiona trott, bbc news, gateshead. looked absolutely stunning there, but whatever the weather, i think it's a really impressive piece of

art. always makes you go, ah, there it is! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. thefts and robberies on mopeds in london's main shopping hotspots have increased six—fold over the last two years. met police data shows oxford street is the worst hit. a criminology expert said it is the crime of the moment as it is ridiculously easy to do. regent street has also seen a big increase in cases. a south london library, which was occupied by protesters for nine days in 2016, reopens today. the building in lambeth was temporarily closed so the basement could be excavated to make way for a gym. those opposed to the revamp of carnegie library are waiting to see how much of their library remains lambeth council says they haven't closed any of the ten libraries in the borough despite government funding cuts. surrey racing driver billy monger

is preparing to return to competition less than a year after the accident that resulted in him having both legs amputated. the 18—year—old has been testing out a car which has been specially adapted for him by the carlin racing team and hopes he can secure a place in the formula 3 series, which begins in april. there's no feeling like it. to be honest it's been the most calm place since my accident, being back behind the wheel of a racing car. that's where i wanted to be since my accident and to get back behind the wheel, yeah, i just feel completely in control and relaxed when i'm out there. which, yeah, it's a nice feeling to have. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service so far on the tube this morning. on the roads, the m25, there's anti clockwise traffic queueing towards the dartford tunnels, with delays back towards j2, that's the a2 at darenth. and victoria dock road remains closed between a112 prince regent lane

and munday road following a police incident near custom house station. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. a milder day to come today with temperatures creeping back into the double figures. those milder temperatures come with plenty of sunshine around as well, and i think it will be mostly dry, there is just the risk of seeing the odd isolated shower i think, particularly through this morning. a touch more cloud first thing but brightening up with plenty of sunshine as we move through the day today. temperatures at a maximum of 11 with a moderate westerly wind. as we move through this evening and overnight then, it will stay mostly dry. we'll hold onto those clear skies as well and with the clear skies that's going to allow the temperatures to fall away, so we are looking at a cold night to come. temperatures falling to an overnight low of around —2 to freezing. i think it will be a frosty start to the day tomorrow. but again tomorrow looking like a mostly dry day with some good spells of sunshine, temperatures

staying in the double figures, a maximum of ten. and it will be a similar day as we move into saturday, perhaps a slightly less chilly start to the day and then lots of dry, bright weather, some good spells of sunshine and highs of 10 celsius. but a cloudier day to come as we move into sunday with perhaps some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, so milder temperatures as we move through the next few days and into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 17 people are killed in a mass shooting at a high school in florida. some pupils ran from the building as the gunman opened fire — others were forced to hide in classrooms. my

my best friend was locked in a closet for a while. i was nervous because she wasn't answering me as first. police have arrested the suspected gunman — he's a 19—year—old former student who'd been expelled from the school. good morning. jacob zuma resigns after his anc party threaten add no confidence vote of corruption, his successor could be sworn in tomorrow. a fresh morning about the dangers of ultra processed food. researchers say the more people eat the higher their risk of cancer. workers are in line for their best pay rise in ten years. that's according to the bank of england who predict wages

will increase above inflation. good morning from the winter olympics where dom parsons isjust three one hundredsths of a second off the bronze medal position at the half way stage of the men's skeleton.ly have a full update. liverpool wonning their way leg in porto 5—0. matt has the weather for us. good morning. sunshine is back in pyeongchang and more sunshine for us today, compared with yesterday. there will be showers round and a bit of snow too, especially in parts of scotla nd bit of snow too, especially in parts of scotland and northern ireland. your full forecast is coming up of scotland and northern ireland. yourfull forecast is coming up in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. at least 17 people including children and teachers have been killed after a gun attack at a high school in florida. several other people are being treated in hospital. shortly after the shootings, police arrested a 19—year—old former pupil who'd been expelled from the school in parkland,

around 50 miles north of miami. from there, nada tawfik reports. this was supposed to be one of the safest communities in the country. in an instant, these students became helpless targets, sheltering in place and fearing for their lives. officials now suggest this was a well—planned plot to maximise the loss of life. just moments before the end of the school day, a former student reportedly pulled the fire alarm at marjory stoneman douglas high school to draw out his unsuspecting victims. there had already been a drill earlier in the day but confused teachers followed procedure and began to exit the building. as soon the fire alarm got hold, and kids were evacuating, i heard five pops. i was like, "that's not a drill." we never did a drill like that. when we started evacuating back away towards the back, towards the the middle school, i knew it was more than a drill because we've never done that.

armed with an ar—15 semiautomatic rifle, he began firing outside and then continued inside the school as panic and chaos erupted. police were warning the shooter was still at large, even as emergency workers rushed to treat those wounded. swat teams evacuated distressed students. in a row, some with hands in the air, others clinging to each otherfor support, they frantically rushed to safety. i see you, i see you, i see you! parents, sick with, worry, waited for news. the suspect was arrested without incident an hour later in a neighbouring city. police identified him as nikolas cruz, who had been expelled. he was taken into custody, i believe, about an hour after he left stoneman douglas, after he committed this horrific, homicidal, detestable act. this is the 18th school shooting in the united states this year. it's a uniquely american epidemic that has only gotten worse. yet this country is more divided than ever on how

to solve the problem. jacob zuma has resigned as president of south africa after nine years in power. his time in office has been marred by allegations of corruption and his own party, the anc had threatened to force him out with a vote of no confidence. our reporter pumza fihlani is in johannesburg. morning. sunshine is back in pyeongchang and more sunshine for us today, compared with yesterday. there will be showers round and a bit of snow too, especially in parts of scotla nd bit of snow too, especially in parts of scotland and northern ireland. your full forecast is coming up of scotland and northern ireland. yourfull forecast is coming up in 15 minutes. he she has been following events. this was on the cards but we were never sure how smoothly this would happen or when it would exactly happen? that is right. right up until the last moment it seemed that the president was staying until he then eventually decided to announce that he has decided to leave office, that he has decided to leave office, that even though he does knots agree with what the anc wants him to do, he is is a loyal member of party eden hazard decided to go. to give

you a quick flavour of how that has been received here in south africa, i have the newspaper which has, you can see there finally zuma falls. that is a paper that has been popularfor years, it has been round for many years and one of the biggest business papers here, zuma resigns, yonny hernandez if you can see that, bold headline with a photo of that raid at the compound of the friends of jacob zuma. the last one here, the star newspaper saying going going, gone, that kind of gives a sense of how drawn out the process was, but finally, that it has come to an end. thank you very lunch for your time. there could be a link between a diet of ultra—processed foods and cancer, that's according to researchers in france. the study of more than 100—thousand people suggests that those who ate more products such as fizzy drinks, mass produced bread and processed meats, had the highest rates of cancer. here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher.

ultra—processed foods include cakes, chocolate, mass—produced bread, crisps and pizza. it's delicious temptation and too much is bad for the waistline. we know being overweight increases the risk of cancer but is there something else about these foods that raises the risk even further? the study followed 105,000 french people for five years. it suggests increasing amounts of our diet that are ultra—processed by 10% is linked to a 12% increase in the risk of cancer but even the researchers say more work is needed to establish why such foods may increase cancer risk. so what should we do? a balanced diet, but actually even more importantly is maintaining a healthy weight and if we eat too many ultra—processed foods, then we do pile on the pounds and although this study didn't look closely at weight, we know very clearly what the links with that are and cancer, so i think it's a warning to us to have a healthy

diet and be aware of the links between our diet and cancer. other experts said the term "ultra—processed food" was so broad, it's hard to know what's really going on, and that other unhealthy habits could be muddying the waters. it's why the study is being described as an initial insight rather than definitive proof on the role of ultra—processed foods and cancer. the government has publicly blamed russian military intelligence for a cyber attack last year, which affected businesses around the world. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said russia was "ripping up the rule book by undermining democracy and weaponising information". russia has denied responsibility for the attack. don't know if you can see that, bold headline with a photo of that raid at the compound of the friends of jacob zuma. the last one here, the star newspaper saying going going, gone, that kind of gives a sense of

how drawn out the process was, but finally, that it has come to an end. thank you very lunch for your time. which says faulty household 57 palesti nes which says faulty household 57 palestines are calling 60 fires every a week in the uk. a third of fires are started by washing machines and tumble driers. it has written to ministers to address the issues. dubious financial advisors exploited former steel workers in a pensions mis—selling scandal according to mp5. the work and pensions select committee says it cost the people involved thousands and the financial conduct authority did too little to protect them. those are the main stories are. an inquest is to be opened into the death of a young woman with learning disabilities after bbc breakfast highlighted concerns about her care. laura booth died four weeks after going in to hospital for a routine operation. the news comes as mencap, and the royal college of nursing, call for compulsory learning disability training for all nhs staff in england. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. the house is the same as the day laura left.

her toys aren't touched. we can't move them. we just can't. we do miss her because she was our sunshine always. we went into the hospital with our daughter for an eye operation and we came out with a death certificate. in september, 2016 their daughter went to the royal hallamshire hospital in sheffield for a routine operation. she was 21. over the following four weeks laura's health deteriorated. she wasn't eating and was taking only fluids. the family say they repeatedly asked the hospital to feed laura intravenously with what is called a tpn. we kept saying to them, when you going to sort something, when are you going to do something? this is not right, she can't stay like this. on the day laura died at the tpn came but it was too late.

her death was put down to natural causes, but we've spoken to an independent expert who has concerns. he believes in malnutrition may have contributed to laura's death, concerns we've shared with the coroner, who has come in the last 2a hours, ordered an inquest. the hospital say that we are so very sorry that some aspects of laura's care were not of the standard we would normally expect, and they say that laura was being given nutrients in liquid form and that was constantly being reviewed, that laura's condition was so complex it did have an impact on the way in which she was fed. in a letter to the family after laura's death, the hospital said services are not primarily designed for these kinds of patients. "we're not dealing with people like laura, we're not used to them sort of people coming over here."

when they said that, i felt horrible. this is not right. today, the hospital told us they had already made changes. more specialist nurses, better trained staff, but mencap, backed by the royal college of nursing is calling for mandatory learning disability training for all nhs staff. training like this taking place in guys hospital with the help of lloyd to better meet the needs of this community, to cut the number of premature avoidable deaths. we also want to have the right equal health care treatment that we've thoroughly deserve and there should be no discrimination or sidelining at all. neither nhs england or the department of health would respond to these specific call for mandatory training, both had said they made learning disability is a national priority and would continue to improve training. laura's parents felt their girl's

life wasn't valued equally. what they see is the person that's in that bed with all the disabilities, she can't talk, she can't walk, this that and the other... what they didn't see at the back was that lovely girl that we knew what was so happy, like going out shopping, loved going and getting handbags. that's what they didn't see, they just saw her disability. jayne is with us. appliances are calling 60 fires every a week in the uk. a third of fires are started by washing machines and tumble driers. it has written to ministers to address the issues. those are the main stories are. they want questions answers. . they want people to add dress the things they saw happen. absolutely, at the start of the year, we pledged that we would shine a light on learning disability issue, menical have been looking after that family, thatis have been looking after that family, that is why they got in touch with us that is why they got in touch with us and said, there are concerns

here, we want scrutiny. we took those concerns to the coroner yesterday, at noon, by 2pm the coroner's office had been back in touch with laura's family to say we are opening an inquest, it will start next tuesday, the family are pleased is the wrong word but they are pleased. they are bereft but pleased they want the scrutiny. why wasn't it there from the word go? the death was attributed to natural causeser, we don't know what is going to happen in the inquest. it would be wrong to call it. we know too many learning disability deaths are attributed to natural causes, this is one of the reasons why today ata this is one of the reasons why today at a big conference in london mencap will launch this big campaign, three yearcampaign so will launch this big campaign, three year campaign so nobody sets foot in a hospital to work there without learning disability training. to be clear, jane, when you are looking at cases like this, you are not criticising, we are not there to criticise those who are working hard

to keep people well, to care for people. so much brilliant work going on. there are issues to look at in terms of funding and training available to allow these people, nurses, doctors do the jobs they wa nt to nurses, doctors do the jobs they want to do nhs england and the department for health say they are investing in training, but there are very real investing in training, but there are very real concerns investing in training, but there are very real concerns about a significant catastrophic decline in specialist learning disability nurses. for the moment, thank you very much. #36 here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is warming up a little bit? warm is probably too kind a word. shower clouds clearing a short while ago and the sunshine coming out and more sunshine around today but we have already seen some showers. showers at the moment fairly isolated, more pushing in towards

the bristol channel, lots of showers to northern ireland and scotland. primarily of snow, giving a further covering in places, being blown around by the gusty winds, pushing showers to the east, have already seen a showers to the east, have already seen a few earlier ones in north—east england, not too many showers in the south—east and east anglia. rain showers across parts of south wales and south—west england. snow flurries in the pennines and cumbrian fells. the greater chance for snow will be to the north of glasgow and northern ireland. in the highlands, as much as 10—20 centimetres of snow. rain showers on the coast. temperature profile, the blue colour is staying below freezing weather mountains. for many, a milder day than of late. with the sun gaining strength, it should not feel too bad at all. tonight, clear skies, showers in the

west, leading to an ice risk as temperatures dropped close to if not below freezing tomorrow morning. tonight, you might be lucky, scotland, northern ireland, the chance potentially of seeing the old laura, and a small chance of seeing it with clear skies —— seeing the northern lights. but the cloud will come and go, as it will do tomorrow, and the showers merging into longer spells of rain, not as much snow tomorrow because temperatures will be lifting. the bulk of the country, a dry day on friday, showers in the west to begin with, best of the brightness in eastern areas. temperatures of around 7—10d. cool start of the weekend on saturday with mist and fog patches in the south. a weak weather in scotland on

saturday, from northern ireland and north wales potentially as well. it could be damp, drizzly and murky in places. to the north, and to the south, sunshine. staying mild on sunday. the big question mark is how active the next weather system is. as it looks at the moment, england and wales could see cloud. much of scotla nd and wales could see cloud. much of scotland and northern ireland looking dry, the rain band may be further north, but even if it isn't, temperatures on sunday around 9—12d, warmer than it has been of late. what was the scientific explanation? the sun is not... fluctuations, solar flares, highly charged particles through the atmosphere towards us, and as it reaches our

atmosphere, it interrupts with oxygen and nitrogen molecules and that causes the colours. they get them excited, gives them a tickle, they shine different colours of light, green, yellow, when it is oxygen, red and purple when it is nitrogen. i will put that on my phone and record it and play it to myself whenever i want to smile! marvellous. some explaining to do. this is very close to people's hearts, what you might expect to get in your wage packet. good news for the change as far as pay is concerned. i have been saying for so long we're not getting pay rises, news from the bank of england, spoken to employers and look at minimum wage data and it has taken together and it is in line for on average the best pay rise in ten yea rs. average the best pay rise in ten years. we all know pay has been pretty static of late and that is because employers have not felt the need to offer more to hang onto good

staff or attract them, but now the minimum wage is going up so they will get an increase and also for eve ryo ne will get an increase and also for everyone else in the private sector, we will come onto that in the second, they are saying employees are now in a position where they need to keep the people they have got because they can move elsewhere so got because they can move elsewhere so finally they are having to pay more to keep them happy. that average pay rise could be 3%, that would mean it is in line or exceeding inflation and for so long prices have going up and wages by less, so in real terms, we have felt much worse off. now it might get to balance will we might feel better. the caveat of course is public sector, still pay cap, anyone working in the public sector, most apartments facing the 1% pay cut, so we arejust apartments facing the 1% pay cut, so we are just talking about the private sector. but nonetheless, some good news. there is still a lot in terms of when you see inflation go in terms of when you see inflation 9° up in terms of when you see inflation go up and people say cost of living is going up, can we have a pay rise?

it usually takes at least a year, 18 months to feedback. this plays into interest rates as well. if wages start going up, inflation is still pretty high, the bank of england says, i will raise interest rates, cooling the economy, making it more attractive to save, potentially one or two rate rises this year. this suggests the economy is on the mend but it is about getting everything in balance. thank you very much. children, some as young as 12, are being banned from driving before they are legally old enough to get behind the wheel of a car. the bbc has discovered the number of children aged 16 and under who have been disqualified from driving has risen by almost 50% over the past four years. phil bodmer has been to meet the sisters of a young boy who was killed by a teenager who was driving illegally. the killed him and we didn't get to see him... well, we saw him, but we had

to look through a window. a window, we couldn't touch him. we couldn't touch him, we couldn't see him, it was a horror movie. distraught sisters describing the agony of losing their 15—year—old brother in a fatal car crash. darnell harte was killed alongside two other children and two men. they were passengers in a stolen car which hit a tree at high speed in leeds last november. a 15—year—old boy was jailed for a.5 years for dangerous driving, but he's far from alone in being an underage driver. i was putting people in danger. i know that's other people's life, you know, it matters to another family. mikey started driving on the streets of bradford aged 16, he and his friends used to hire a car to take out onto the roads. if there a group of us, you know, we'll all chip in and we'll let an older person know we want a car and they will get a car from someone else and bring it to us.

i do get a rush, you know, when i want to put my foot down and go crazy. in 201a, almost 700 children aged 16 and under were disqualified from driving. however, last year, that number had risen to more than 1,000, an increase of a7%. this is the tip of the iceberg because of course they have to be caught breaking the law in this way and inevitably many won't be, they will get away scot—free. elyse and natasha are now calling for tougherjail terms. the minister ofjustice said it will bring forward changes to the law as soon as an parliamentary time allows. phil bodmer, bbc news. tim shalcross is from the charity, iam roadsmart. hejoins us now. it is harrowing joining from the families —— hearing from the families. the story has thrown up odd, to put it mildly, situations. major major offence, 13—year—old is

banned from driving but they serve it at banned from driving but they serve itata banned from driving but they serve it at a time when they cannot drive ina way it at a time when they cannot drive in a way because they are under 17. that is correct. people say, what is the deterrent of that? if you switch around and look at it from the other point of view, ok, let us make the band take effect from when they are entitled to get a licence, from 17, thatis entitled to get a licence, from 17, that is suspending implementation of the sentence that the number of yea rs the sentence that the number of years which is something that is alien to uk law —— the ban take effect. even if you did that, there in mind these are people who already have little or no respect for the law otherwise they would not be breaking it and all you do at the age of 17, ok, i will carry on driving without a license, i will carry on doing it now i did it before. you create a body of people who were flouting the law at 17 as well as 30. if a ban when they are

not legally allowed to drive on the weight is inappropriate or ineffective, shall we say, there is an assumption that could be, what is the answer? you must think about how these people are caught. some tragically as a result of crashing the car because they have not had training but also the police will have had to have noticed some kind of abnormal behaviour, driving erratically, not surprising, not trained to drive a car, going through red lights, speeding commonly, something will bring them to the attention of police, and there is often another crime involved, it might be drugs, alcohol, even though they are underage, theft, stealing the car to drive it. there will be another punishment as well. but the biggest deterrent to committing a crime for all of us, frankly, is the fear of getting caught and there was no doubt the cut in police numbers, visible police on the road, it makes

it more likely people think, might as well do it, no police around. you are touching an adult rationale to things. the figures show in 2017, 33 disqualifications for children aged 13. at the age of 13, you are unlikely to be doing the kind of rational you are talking about. well, you know, there are lots of places where people can get driving experience in a safe environment perfectly legally off the road under the age of 17. that would take the excitement out of it? that is the problem. these people are thrill seekers. there are lots of places across the nation where you can book lessons, quite exciting lessons in some cases, there is an under 17s car club, notjust driving a car around a car park, they take you to off—road places... around a car park, they take you to off-road places... those are expensive, let us be honest. there isa

expensive, let us be honest. there is a price attached to them and it will not appeal to the kind of people that take a car or indulged in illegal behaviour. there is also theissue, in illegal behaviour. there is also the issue, people think, i will not reward someone for breaking the law, why should these kids be rewarded with exciting driving schools?” why should these kids be rewarded with exciting driving schools? i am not suggesting we do that. if people are not suggesting we do that. if people a re really not suggesting we do that. if people are really keen on driving, which is are really keen on driving, which is a great thing, keen on learning to drive and getting experience at an early age, that is good because it ingrained is driving into you, but sadly, they do have cost attached and it will not be the kind of thrill like this really are seeking, but there is no doubt, going back to it, the presence of highly visible police on the streets is a powerful deterrent to all of us for committing any kind of offence and that will be good. thank you very much for speaking to us. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. todayis

today is looking just that bit more quiet, we have got some drier and brighter weather, in the forecast today. a few wintry showers round and those are primarily towards the north and west, but you can see where we have had that weather system where we brought the rain clearing away, low pressure is still in charge but that is bringing in the north—westerly wind which will bring in the showers in across much of scotland, northern ireland, watch out for ice here this morning as well. there will be a few more showers to come to in northern england, down towards southern areas, where it is looking largely dry and bright. temperatures getting up dry and bright. temperatures getting up to 11c in the south. five of six further north. tonight we will continue with the odd shower here and there, for many will be clear spells. temperatures therefore falling close to freeze, there will be pockets of frost round across the uk and further snow showers piling in to western scotland, so again the risk of ice here, taking us into friday morning. friday itself, it is

fairly similarto friday morning. friday itself, it is fairly similar to today. there is going to be plenty of dry weather round. lots of sunshine for england and wales, again, the odd shower dotted, you will be unlucky to catch one of those shower, rain spreads into the far north—west of scotland, into the far north—west of scotland, into northern ireland, and maximum temperatures about seven to nine degrees and about ten or 11 further south, so just becoming degrees and about ten or 11 further south, sojust becoming more mild. that will continue as we go into the weekend. high pressure dominating things down to the south—west, the air is coming in from that south—westerly direction, so that is less cold direction for this time of year, so temperatures for many places over the weekend getting up into double figure, sunny spells on saturday, by sunday probably more cloud round, but it should be mostly dry. that is all from me. have a good day. bye. this is business live from bbc news with alice baxter and samantha simmonds. jubilation in south africa

after president zuma's resignation — but will the economy follow suit? live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 15th february. the country's currency — the rand — has strengthened in the hopes mr. zuma would step down. now all eyes are on his successor. also in the programme — one of india's richest men is accused of swindling over a billion dollars from a state lender. we'll be in delhi to find out more. asian stocks rose on thursday