hello, this is breakfast, with chris mason and rachel burden. the husband of the murdered mp jo cox resigns from two organisations set up in her memory after allegations of sexual harassment. brendan cox admits he behaved inappropriately while working for save the children, but denies assaulting a woman at harvard university in 2015. good morning, it's sunday the 18th of february. also this morning: a major review of university funding will be unveiled by ministers today as mps claim interest rates on student loans are "unjustifiable". thousands of people in florida, including survivors of wednesday's mass school shooting, take to the street to demand tighter gun controls. if all the government and president

can do is send thoughts and prayers than it is time the big is to be the change that we need to see. after a super saturday for team gb at the winter olympics, we'll hear from all three medallists live on today's breakfast. and britain came very close to another medal at the winter olympics this morning. james woods has just missed out on bronze in the slopestyle skiing in pyeongchang. the sheffield skier finished in fourth place. and sarah has the weather. that morning. a mild and mainly cloudy day out there. the best of the sunshine is towards the east. some rain in the west. i will bring you your full forecast in around 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of sexual harassment were published in the mail on sunday. mr cox denies assaulting a woman at harvard university in 2015, but admits to "inappropriate" behaviour while working for save the children. our political correspondent susana mendonca reports. the murder ofjo cox an—26 been

shocked the nation. the labor mp who was also a mother of two small children was murdered they are far right extremist taringa eu referendum campaign. after her death, her husband brendan became a prominent campaigner against extremism and went on to help set up to organisations, aqua three and more in common. now he has resigned from both following allegations in the mail on sunday that he sexually harassed female colleagues while working for the charity save the children. in a statement, he said: a source close to him said he had ever sexually assaulted anyone and

that the allegations were exaggerated. thejo cox that the allegations were exaggerated. the jo cox foundation said that mr cox was admired by staff there to the integrity commitment and dedication he had shown to creating a positive legacy for his wife. susana mendonca, bbc news. the new education secretary says he wants to see more variety in university tuition fees in england, rather than what he says is almost all institutions charging "exactly the same price". interviewed in the sunday times, damian hinds also suggests the benefit of a university course to the economy could help decide future fees. it comes as he and the prime minister announce a review into university funding today, as simon clemison reports. many of the day's students were not born when university tuition fees we re born when university tuition fees were first introduced but 20 years on, the link between getting a degree and paying towards the cost of it remains that has meant big sacrifices for some. but parents sold their house all i could come to

um, sold their house all i could come to uni, on the first one in my family. looking at it there were lots of aspects about how much to pay back in the long run and it is a really scary prof act. -- prospect. the government still backs the idea that stu d e nts government still backs the idea that students should contribute towards the cost of the higher education and it is one area covered by its of student finance, coming as it is one area covered by its major review of student finance, coming as the committee says current interest rates on loans of up to 6.1% are questionable. with students in england to kimi letting more than £5,000 in charges while they are still studying. the average depth of graduates totalling more than £50,000. they need to look at grants available to help poorer students, look at the level of interest that is currently being applied to student loans than they need to rebuild public trust and confidence in the fairness of the system by ironing out some of these real injustices in the way that the system works. education secretary damien hinds says there are due to review would consider extra subsidies for expensive subjects like science and engineering and

could make it easier to universities to lower the cost of courses offered by their departments. the threshold for repayment would also be considered, as will the length of time before loans are written off. but with the outstanding amount due to hit £160 billion by 2021, labor argues the system is unsustainable. some of the survivors of wednesday's school shooting in florida have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the us. thousands of people gathered outside the court building in fort lauderdale, a short distance from the school where a former student killed 17 people. laura westbrook reports. chanting: no more! outside the federal courthouse in fort lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of her school's auditorium as a gunman started shooting. she had this to say to donald trump. if the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy

and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the national rifle association. what she's referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given towards the trump campaign. on a visit to the hospital where the victims of the attack are being treated, the president once again made no mention of guns or gun control. instead, he says the problem is mental illness. when somebody infringes a rightful presence in this company to keep and bear arms than it is a violation of oui’ bear arms than it is a violation of our civil liberties and we have a bigger problem. we will be spending out bigger problem. we will be spending ourtime at bigger problem. we will be spending our time at funeral. after yet another school shooting, anger among the younger generation is rising. in fa ct, the younger generation is rising. in fact, students across the country are planning a mass walkout of

schools in april. the anniversary of the columbine high school massacre will stop they are demanding adults listen to them and tighten the gun control. president trump has criticised the fbi is failing to stop the shoot. in a tweet, he says: israel says it's carried out heavy air strikes on hamas targets in the gaza strip. the military says it targeted 18 sites used by the palestinian group, including an arms factory. they say it's in response to a bomb attack near the border which injured four israeli soldiers. doctors in gaza say two palestinians were injured and three are missing. nearly 200 british women from the stage, film, and tv have launched a fund ahead of tonight's baftas, demanding the eradication of sexual harassment. dame kristin scott thomas, kate winslet and emma thompson

are three of the women who signed an open letter calling for the end of harassment and abuse. emma watson has donated one million pounds to the fund, and keira knightley and tom hiddleston have each given 10,000 pounds. church spires are going to be used to help people in rural areas get better access to mobile networks, broadband and wifi services. a deal between the government and the church of england aims to make it easier to put communication masts in spires and towers, as james waterhouse explains. the church spire can often be the highest point of the village and given that the church of england has more than 16,000 buildings of different kinds, government ministers are hoping this will give the perfect infrastructure to help more parts of the uk get better signal. they say this deal will make it better for vickers to get this technology installed and there is cash to be made. the rental is typically between five and £10,000.

which can be equivalent or more to a normal income for a church for one year. conservationists are not like the idea of a mobile phone mast being bolted onto their local church however the government argues in many cases the technology can be hidden within the spire. they will be rolled out over the next five yea rs be rolled out over the next five years and both parties will be hoping this signals that of foreign coverage and internet for more parts of the uk. james waterhouse, bbc news. we will go to the winter 0lympics news. we will go to the winter olympics in news. we will go to the winter 0lympics injust news. we will go to the winter olympics in just one news. we will go to the winter 0lympics injust one moment. yes. it was a super subzero saturday in pyeongchang yesterday with three women giving team gb their most successful day at a winter olympics. lizzy yarnold retained her gold medal from 2014 in the skeleton and laura deas came third, while izzy atkin claimed great britain's first ever medal in a skiing event with a slopestyle bronze. david 0rnstein sent this report. guiding great britain to unprecedented glory, lizzy yarnold and laura deas

turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. commentator: lizzy yarnold next. the olympic champion. can she make history and win it again? yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display, and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track to enter sporting folklore. commentator: that is a gold medal—winning run, i am sure of it! so it's gold for lizzy yarnold. she's defended her title and become the most decorated british winter 0lympian in history. she was joined on the podium by team—mate laura deas. the pair rounding off the most successful day their nation has ever seen at a winter games. as yarnold jumped into the crowd to join the celebrations, how did she feel? i feel exhausted! now a back—to—back champion, the 29—year—old couldn't hide her delight. i'm just so relieved that i've done the race, i've been consistent, and laura

and i are on the podium together. for her parents, judith and clive, another moment to savour. from the mixed season that she's had, to come and win a gold medal here today — and we have a bronze medal as well through laura — is just absolutely mind—boggling. the success story was started by the youngest member of team gb, 19—year—old izzy atkin, saving her best until last to take bronze in the slopestyle and become britain's first official 0lympic skiing medallist. great britain's izzy atkin takes a bronze! a super saturday to live long in the memory. david 0rnstein, bbc news, in pyeongchang. and if you're wondering how our bbc commentary team keep their composure on days like yesterday, the answer is...they don't. she goes fourth! lizzy yarnold wins

gold again! laura deas have won bronze as well! the very essence of cool bronze as well! the very essence of cool, calm and collected. also in partiality! john hunt was on the microphone. he was alongside john jackson and amy williams, struggling to contain their excitement as austria's janine flock slipped into fourth place, sealing those medal places for lizzy yarnold and laura deas. there were pens flying around, microphone cables flying around, all over the place, and, gett. they were effectively celebrating someone coming fourth in not being terribly well which benefited the british competitor but that is what they we re competitor but that is what they were celebrating. it will speak to all three medal winners. kat downes will be live in pyeongchang with izzy atkin just after 7:30, and with lizzy yarnold and laura deas at around 8:30. it is 6:13pm so let's look at the

newspapers. —— am. let's go with the sun on sunday, the good old show business front page, all about cheryl cole, who splits torque smoothly, they are ready to end it, they are on the rocks, says the sun on sunday. the mail on sunday, lead story for us as well, allegations of sexual harassment against the husband of the late mpjo cox. it has been explaining his side of the story in the mail on sunday. he apologises to his previous behaviour. and taking a look at the sunday times which can be a big news story, politically, as the day develop stash might students to get cheaper places at university according to the sunday times, the interview the new education secretary damian hines, he will be on the andrew marsh show on bbc one ina on the andrew marsh show on bbc one in a couple of hours. the big

question about what happens to university tuition fees in england with labor promising to get rid of them and the government saying it will look at the whole way in which they are charged and the interest rates and the period over which people are asked to pay them back. given that you normally hide out in westminster he would not all about this, more on the claims of connections between senior members of the labour party and certain secret agents back in the 1980s, and the sunday telegraph said the livingston, john mcdonnell and jeremy corbyn were part of a group of at least 15 senior labor figures who shared information with eastern bloc agents. it is claimed. jeremy corbyn himself has denied having any kind of formal relationship with anyone who was known to be a spine. i think there are a few more front—page headline the long that kind of things still to come. really? that would be my guess. it is 6:15 am let's check in with the

weather. snowdrops in the yorkshire dales. is spring around the corner? things are looking springlike this weekend. don't get used to it. it is mild, but things will get more cold. step back in the winter through the week. a chilly start to the day. clear skies in the north and east staff in northern scotland last night, a beautiful blooms of the northern lights. this was taken by a weather watcher in shetland. we will keep clear skies in the east. westley dry. some rain. —— mostly dry. this is the satellite image showing this area of cloud coming in overnight associated with this warm

front in the atlantic. bringing mild air through much of the country at the moment. high pressure in the near continent. largely dry towards the east. decent spells of sunshine. further west, cloud is pushing in. getting the three—day. mist and fog lifting. rain in northern ireland into the evening. working through scotland. with all of the cloud and rain tonight, not as cold as last night. no frost tomorrow morning. monday is dominated by this front sitting across the country which will fizzle out when it bumps into the high pressure coming out of europe. rain in the front. you can make out the yellow and green on monday. mild and

murky. mist and fog. 0utbreaks yellow and green on monday. mild and murky. mist and fog. outbreaks of rain in the east of scotland and eastern england. further west, a better day. a little bit of sunshine. still pretty mild. 11—12. more cold towards the east. tuesday. rain is lingering in eastern england. dry for scotland, northern ireland, the west of england and wales. temperatures are starting to drop down. through the course of next week, the wind direction is changing, coming in from the east. blue colours with a cold air mass on the way. mild and murky. things will turn more cold later on this week. the way. mild and murky. things will turn more cold later on this weeklj do not know where crisp has been

living, but we've had snowdrops for weeks! yes. i guess it depends on way you why living. —— where you are living. now it is time for the film review. hello, and a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to have you with us, jason. what have you been watching? this week we go to sacramento, an ordinary town where saoirse ronan stars as lady bird, dreaming of romance and not serving coffee anymore. we go set sail on the oceans with colin firth single—handedly taking on the world in an around the world yacht race, starring as donald crowhurst in the mercy. and there's more water, as sally hawkins stars in guillermo del toro's fishy fairy tale the shape of water, and an unlikely relationship with an aquatic alien. it is a very interesting week.

oh, i loved lady bird, i loved it! well, i'm glad you did. of all the films that are out this awards season, lady bird has given me more pause for thought than any of the other ones. i've seen it three times and it has taken that long for the subtleties and emotions to sweep over me. i think it's because it's a film told from greta gerwig's point of view, the writer and director, and it stars saoirse ronan. women crew the film. i think it is a film told from a very fresh feminine perspective. it is a film we have seen hundreds of times before, a high school movie with cliques and drama and mothers and best friends and house parties and prom night. it is everything simple on the outside but inside it is sweet and beautiful.

really, it is about a mother and daughter relationship, between lady bird — that is her name, given to her by herself — her mum wants to call her christine. the mum is played by laurie metcalf, who you rememberfrom roseanne all those years ago. she has not been on the big screen ever, really. she takes her opportunity brilliantly. anyone who has been a daughter and had a mother, i think this film will resonate beautifully, movingly and hysterically. here they are arguing, as they do throughout the entire film, about which college christine — lady bird — should go to. i want to go where culture is, like new york. how did i raise such a snob? or at least connecticut or new hampshire. you won't get into those schools anyway. mom! you can't even pass your driver's test. because you wouldn't let me practice enough! the way that you work, or the way that you don't work, you're not even worse state tuition, christine. my name is lady bird! well, actually, it's not and it's ridiculous. call me lady bird, like you said you would. you should just go to city college, with your work ethic, go to city college, then to jail, and then back to city college. then maybe you'll learn to pull yourself up.

we both laughed at that line, "then go to jail!" it is for anyone. i don't want to say it's a female film in some stereotypical way. i think lots of people will love it. and there's an interesting twist on the male characters, which i won't give away. it is so well observed, the writing. that is the thing about this film. its charm accrues through its details. its observations of small—town life, though it's not that small town, sacramento is the capital of california, actually, but for lady bird it represents a prison that she wants to break out of. here she is with timothee chalamet, who's 0scar nominated for call me by your name, and plays a pretentious pseudo—indie band rocker in this, who she falls for, of course. it builds up all the stuff we have seen before and gives it this very fresh, gentle, subtle and clever take. it breaks your heart quite often. it's about stuff that's not said. it's a film of noncommunication. all the frustration that her and her mum have, where her mother passively aggressively nags her and says,

"mmm, is that dress maybe too pink?" it's all that stuff that is left unsaid and never talked about. people i know who have seen the film have written to their mums and said, mum, i actually really love you, i'm sorry we don't say it enough. there are many hollywood films about fathers and sons, they always climax with the dad saying "son, i love you." well, this is the opposite of that. it starts with the mum and daughter saying "i love you", and then not doing it for the rest of the film until it breaks your heart at the end. i think it's divine, this film, absolutely gorgeous. it is a delight and greta gerwig's first, astonishing. herfirst on her own. she is the fifth to be nominated for the oscar. if you are a betting person, which around the oscars i am, i would have a discreet flutter on lady bird taking best picture. it is small but perfectly formed. i'm with you entirely on that. what did you make of the mercy? the mercy stars colin firth. you remember all those years ago him emerging from the lake wet in pride and prejudice.

in this one he gets a right old soaking. he plays donald crowhurst, an eccentric from devon. he invented his old boat and is about to enter a round the world yacht race. he decides to do it on his own, although he has a happy marriage with rachel weisz and kids and he decides to do this in an ealing—esque spirit of the little man taking on the world. so he's inventing it and getting sponsorship from a local car dealer played by ken stott and getting sponsorship from tinned soup firms and rum firms, and then he sets sail up off on his race and it becomes a totally different movie. it becomes profound and moving and mystical and perplexing. why is this man taking on this challenge? and then, i mean, it's a true life tale so i do not want to tell people what happens, even though they can look it up and find out, but what happens is extremely strange. the film struggles to take that on board. meanwhile, colin firth does some of the best acting in years. he's really challenged by this. it might be something to do with the water. it brings the best out of colin.

fascinating! i'm sensing it wasn't quite the film you expected it to be? it is a film of two halves. david thewlis is good. rachel weisz does not have much to do apart from answer the phone and look worried a lot. but colin firth is tremendous, really, until he gets too wet and then the film gets bogged down in its own mysteries, but they are true mysteries. no one knows what happened in this movie. it drifts rather to a climax, to use a nautical phrase. we won't give anything away. the shape of water, now this is a curious film and i mean this in a good way.

i really enjoyed it, but you do get to the end and think, i'm not sure what it is about. i'll try to tell you what it's about. it is about sally hawkins who plays a mute cleaner called elisa and she has a job in an american underground nuclear facility which i think peppered the us in the cold war in the ‘50s and ‘60s. we're setjust on the cusp of then. then this creature is brought in, rather like the roswell incident. they bring it in in a tank to do experiments. they suspect it can help them defeat the russians somehow and win the space race. it's never clear. we don't know what it is, really, and they mistrust this creature entirely, except for one mute outside cleaner played by sally hawkins, who strikes up a strange relationship immediately with this creature in the tank. how was your trip? fine. just one moment, please. security, who's security? i'm head of security. moaning noise

get them out! there is michael shannon's agent strickland glowering as only michael shannon can do. that clip gives the impression it is all foreboding and dangerous and scary, and actually a lot of it is not. it's an unbelievably beautiful film. the production design is extraordinary. which is why it's got so many nominations at the oscars

and the baftas, 12 and 13. because it looks great — the design is good. the music is great and the cinematography. there is a lot of great stuff in it. i mean, there's a lot. i think there's too much in it. it is a busy film. it pastiches b—movies which the director guillermo del toro was watching as a kid and he thought, wouldn't it be nice if the girl and the creature get together, like they do in king kong and splash? and yet it is entirely unique of the director's vision. any hint of cynicism will ruin the spell of the film. you have to watch it entirely spellbound, like sally hawkins does. and she's terrific in it. but if you enter with an outside thought you will say, this is a bit silly, i think someone is dancing with a fish. i know it will not

be for some people. very interesting. i think it's worth seeing in a curious way. we have not managed to see black panther yet, much to my other half's disgust, but we are trying to get there! it is such an important movie. i have to mention it as the best film out there. i think it'll be huge, it is brilliant. for a marvel movie it packs so much thought into it. it is about wakanda, this african country whose borders have to be protected by the new king. people have compared it to the lion king. if that's cute, this is the cool version. everyone in it is fantastic. culturally, it has an all—black cast. so that's an important thing. it's a black blockbuster, which there's never been before. but watching it you forget connotations of race. you are just watching a movie which transcends race which i think is so important about it. and everyone in it is amazingly hot and sexy so wakanda was the hottest

place in the marvel universe. michael bjordan takes his top off and everyone was swooning. colin firth has nothing on him! that's saying something! and a quick mention of a dvd? a strange film that went under the radar — most beautiful island. it's a mystery set in new york and is about immigrant cleaners and au pairs who work in new york, the black economy. it's the nether world they can get sucked into it, the sex world. it is made by ana asensio who stars in it and directs it. i thought it was fantastic. the little details seeping in. a fresh new indie film that i can recommend, because you have never seen it before. jason, thank you very much indeed. a really, really interesting week. thanks for being with us. enjoy your cinema going, whichever of those interesting films you decide to take on this weekend. thanks for being with us, bye—bye. hello, this is breakfast

with chris mason and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of sexual harassment were made public. mr cox denies assaulting a woman at harvard university in 2015, but admits to "inappropriate" behaviour while working for save the children. he has left posts at more in common and thejo cox foundation after the mail on sunday published the claims. the new education secretary, damian hinds says he wants more variety in university tuition fees ahead of an england—wide review into university funding. in an interview with the sunday times, he also said the income threshold for repayment would be considered, as well as the length of time before loans are written off. it comes on the same day the treasury committee called

the interest rates on loans unjustifiable. some of the survivors of wednesday's school shooting in florida have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the us. thousands of people gathered in fort lauderdale, near the school where a former student killed 17 people. in a tweet, president trump blamed the fbi for failing to stop the shooter because they were too busy trying to prove collusion between his electoral campaign team and russia. one survivor of the shooting criticised mr trump's links to america's gun lobby. if the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i'm going to happily ask him how much money he received from the national rifle

association. (cheering and applause). israel says it's carried out heavy airstrikes on hamas targets in the gaza strip. the military says it targeted 18 sites used by the palestinian group, including an arms factory. they say it's in response to a bomb attack near the border which injured four israeli soldiers. doctors in gaza say two palestinians were injured and three are missing. nearly 200 british women from the stage, film, and tv have launched a fund ahead of tonight's baftas, demanding the eradication of sexual harassment. dame kristin scott thomas, kate winslet and emma thompson are three of the women who signed an open letter calling for the end of harassment and abuse. emma watson has donated one million pounds to the fund, and keira knightley and tom hiddleston have each given 10,000 pounds. church spires and towers are to be used to boost mobile phone and broadband connectivity in rural areas. the church of england would benefit by charging rent for the space, the government says the

equipment would usually be installed inside the spire so it wouldn't harm the look of the building. now, time for a little sport and this is a secret, in the studio we have on one of our screens the curling as part of the winter olympics. so it is a very little corner of my eye keeping an eye on but constantly. our women are involved at the moment. they are, we will go to that in a moment, they are taking on sweden, britain's curlers, that we have just missed out on a medal, became really close. the ski slopestyle, james woods just finished fourth, 1.4 points away from the parity. we always knew the competition was going to be tough. it was. he was in the bronze in opposition the sometime, just didn't quite get it right on one of the key sections, the rails section, but he came very close. so james woods just missed out on that bronze medal. after yesterday's bronze for britain's izzy atkin in the womens slopestyle,

hopes were high for another podium finish in the men's event, and we nearly had it. this was how james just missed out. the sheffield skier was in the bronze medal position after two of the three runs but he couldn't better that in his final effort and was eventually overtaken meaning he finished in an agonising fourth place. result wise, amazing. performance wise, you cannot engineer perfection. i did the run three times ina perfection. i did the run three times in a row and that is meagre, seriously make up. if everyone had been perfect it would have been last place one or two people had slipped up, we would have been on top. —— mega. that is the game of perfection. he did linsley. -- he did brilliantly. it was a tough start for team gb‘s womens curlers but they have fought back against sweden. it's the sixth match of the round robin. the swedish are top of the table and unbeaten. gb are currently fourth.

as you can see, it is 3—3, is it? look up and i on that. —— we will keep an eye on that through out the morning. it isa it is a game that britain probably need to win to give themselves the best chance of making the semifinals. you can still get through but let's hope they can do it in this match against sweden. we will keep you fully up—to—date with that through the morning. this time yesterday, we were talking about izzy atkin winning a bronze in ski slopestyle. the day went on to become team gb‘s most successful ever at a winter games. lizzy yarnold became britain's most decorated winter olympian after retaining her skeleton title. she went into the fourth and final run behind the leader but produced a track record to take the gold medal. she's the first briton to retain a winter games title and her fellow brit laura deas took the bronze to make it three medals in a day for great britain. i was absolutely terrified through all four runs. i just

i was absolutely terrified through all four runs. ijust wanted them over. this is an awful thing to say? i wanted her to get to the end and be safe and be fast. lizzie is amazing under pressure. look what she have done. she said she would come and do this for our country, and she is. there was a controversial var decision in the fa cup yesterday but it didn't prevent manchester united booking their place in the quarterfinals. southampton and brighton are also through, as drew savage reports. so, if this off side or isn't it? have your sister at the rear was supposed to bring clarity in such situations but it hasn't provided a nswe i’s situations but it hasn't provided answers 01’ more questions. answers or more questions. commentator: young. matai. he is off side and has made it 2—0. commentator: young. matai. he is off side and has made it 2-0. or had he, the assistant referee flagged down but did the video is this the river rethink? for a lengthy wait kevin friend ruled that he had been off side, his goal disallowed. then the debate over the television pictures

began. was the yellow line straight or even at right angles across the pitch? whatever your point of view it didn't affect the outcome of the match. sanchez, a fabulous all, lukaku right through here, can he get the shot in, he can. lukaku has his. manchester united second. the a nswer his. manchester united second. the answer is most wanted to hear after the final whistle were not about the football. this video assistant referee from my point of view maybe iamto referee from my point of view maybe i am to traditional but it killed the emotion of the game in these situations and this is why i don't like it. what the var is bringing good and bad, they have to kill the bad make it, make it perfect. because everyone much loved the game i think what's the truth. or the no controversy after brighton reach their first controversy after brighton reach theirfirst finalfor 32 controversy after brighton reach their first final for 32 years after a 3—1win over coventry, a goal from their record signing, 35 years since

they took manchester united to an fa cup final replay, this year they will meet them in the last eight. speaking of replays, sheffield wednesday will need a second go to decide whether they all premier league swansea will face the winner of rochdale versus spurs, played later today, and the controversial wit of the peace west brom finish with 2-1 wit of the peace west brom finish with 2—1 defeat. the saints were two up, thena with 2—1 defeat. the saints were two up, then a wonder goal gave albion hope. they had a replay of their own, southampton will fly out on monday night, they trundled to manchester city or wigan in george groves successfully defended his wba super middleweight title with a win over chris eubankjunior in manchester. the british world title bout went all 12 rounds, with groves boxing clever to withstand the challenge from eubankjunior. the victory was unanimous and also means groves is through to the world boxing super series final. england's cricketers are in action in new zealand at the moment. despite losing all their matches, a win here could mean they face australia in the final.

they're likely to need to win by around 20 runs to reach the final. it's been mixed so farfrom england. jason roy hit a rapid 21 before gifting a simple catch to the new zealand skipper kane williamson. the latest from hamilton — england are 71/2 after 9 overs. in the balance, that is, and they probably haven't need to win by 20 runs, the average runs scored over basically the over the tournament. it is good having stuff happening all over the world involving our athletes, isn't it? of one description or another, we are just sitting on the sofa. you will talk to you later. this is another legend of the winter olympics of the past. one of the most hotly—tipped films for tonight's bafta awards is i, tonya, based on events linked to the winter olympics of 1994. it's a biopic about the american figure skater tonya harding, who became notorious for her link to an attack

on a fellow competitor. margot robbie plays the disgraced tonya, and allisonjanney her mother. our arts editor will gompertz has been to meet them. i was the best figure skater in the world at one point in time. 4.8. how do i get a fair shot here? it wasn't about telling the tonya harding story. the haters always say, "tonya, tell the truth." reporter: tonya, how do you feel. . . ? tyres squeal. everyone has their own truth. there's the whole, you know, conversation around truth. we have all these unreliable narrators telling completely contradictory versions of the exact same event. i mean, come on! what kind of friggin' person bashes in their friends knee? who would do that? the juxtaposition of everyone's different point of view and story is where the dark comedy comes in, where you see my character throw a knife at tonya and then you cut to me saying, "you know, what family doesn't have their ups and downs?" i didn't stay home making apple brown bettys. i made you a champion!

knowing you'd hate me for it! that's the sacrifice a mother makes! i wish i had a mother like me instead of nice! you cursed me. in the movie, you assault your daughter on more than one occasion and yet, her mother in real life denies it happening. i told her side of the story very well. i think i — i understood i had to make her a three—dimensional character. she wasn'tjust a monster. how old are you, honey? she's a soft four. having been a figure skater myself, i know how expensive it is to have custom skates and have the skating costumes. i know what it took for my parents to get up at 5:00 in the morning and to take me to the rink before school in the morning and after school. so i — i knew — ifelt like i could tell her side of the story. what can you tell us about tonya harding? hmm, i don't know a tony harding. aren't you her bodyguard? as a young producer and actor

in the business, do you think the game is still rigged against women? there's far more female—driven content, female—led films now than even when i started — and i haven't even been doing it this long. i think the next step is having female storytellers tell those stories and that's the change that i can see happening right now. everyone is really making a conscious effort and i think we will see the, you know, the result of that over the next couple of years. but still, is it enough? no. we still have — the statistics are so imbalanced, i think it's going to take a while. but, yeah... such an extraordinary story. that was our arts editor will gompertz talking to actors margot robbie and allisonjanney about bafta nominated film, i, tonya. they brought us ikea and scandi—noir, and now a new swedish fitness craze has reached british shores. ‘plogging' or picking litter whilejogging has gaining momentum in the uk, as greg dawson reports. in many ways, it looks like any

other week and fitness routine. you will need a pair of these. a warmup will need a pair of these. a warmup will help. it is february. but don't forget to pick up one of these. and maybe this will come in handy too. , all plucking and dropping first gained popularity in sweden but has quickly caught on around the world from the beaches of australia to the pavement of india and here in the parts of south—east london. pavement of india and here in the parts of south—east londonlj pavement of india and here in the parts of south-east london. i like running, ilike parts of south-east london. i like running, i like doing something in the community, like finding places i didn't know existed, like i didn't know this park was here even though i live in the area i have never been here before the think it does two things that helped me get fit a company under more about where i

live in but i enjoy. ivor gormley is the founder of good gym which runs plogging sessions and other activities across the uk. we have been getting hundreds of new people signing up every time you go for a run you go for a run up unlikely to pass by somewhere where there isn't things going on, house of someone who is isolated and lonely every time you were running through your community there are things that need doing and actually you can combine it with your exercise. this is about fun more than running though, as we noa fun more than running though, as we no a lot of our litter and up in the waterways which means that the ploggers end up in wages. it isn't just about the climate of the public purse, clearing the cost authorities more than £700 million a year in england alone. this local level volunteering coincides with a growing momentum nationally to cut waste. following the popularity of the bbc ‘s blue planet series which highlighted the damage plastic is causing to our oceans, the scottish parliament announced plans to ban plastic straws. and the royal family

has even backed efforts to reduce it will use plastic on britain ‘s royal estates. is it ever frustrate you when you litter picking, you see the state of some of the parks and waterways? it is a bit frustrating but especially because this is my local park. i live around the corner. but it is good that so many people are willing to give up their saturday mornings to clean up parks and rivers and... to get involved. it involved in the community. with that sense of making a small difference to a bigger problem, plogging offers much more thanjust a strenuous workout. greg dawson, bbc news, south—east london. it would be quite good for your biceps as well because by the tony get only have two big bin bags. you would never lukas webb if your park was full of litter.

iam not i am not sure about the weather for running. it was glorious yesterday. sunshine. sunshine towards the east. further west, cloud rolling in. the north and east of the country, clear skies overnight stop in northern scotland, seems like this. the northern lights. this was taken from the shetland isles. today, clear skies in the north and east for a time. largely dry. later on, cloud thickening and rain moving to the west. cloud moving in from the atlantic. clear skies in the central and eastern parts of the country. today, the weather front pushes in. a warm front bringing mild conditions. high pressure ahead of that. rain pushing into northern ireland. eventually into the west of

england and wales and scotland. much of the country, dry weather. the best of the sunshine in eastern scotla nd best of the sunshine in eastern scotland to eastern england. the mist and fog should lift. staying grey. temperatures are still on the mild side. the evening hours. the rain initially in the west goes east. england and wales, cloud, patchy and light outbreaks of rain. not as cold tomorrow. monday, we have the warm front with us sitting in central and eastern parts of the country. bringing mild air. you can see the yellows. still a mild day on monday. mild and murky. a cloudy day. as the weather front stalls in the east, a bit of rain for eastern scotland, eastern england, and further west across the country, a better day. brightness breaking

through. temperatures up to 12, possibly 13 degrees. tuesday's weather. a weather front hanging on in the east of england. much of the country, not a bad day. sunshine returning to scotland and northern ireland and wales in the west of england through tuesday. temperatures starting to dip down, especially towards the east. a sign of things to come through the week. drawing in this easterly wind. cold air is on the way from scandinavia and siberia. a change in the weather through the week ahead. quite a mild and murky start to the week. things will get more cold. do not get rid of the winter layers just yet. mostly dry with sunshine. back to you. thank you so much. i love a little bit of sunshine. we will be back with the headlines at seven.

now it is time for the travel show. this week on the travel show... seeing africa by train. we witnessed seven lions that were chasing a zebra. it was like a movie! and this was real. distorted singing and rocking the mike underwater in denmark. making music, whoo—hoo! we're starting this week in africa on a train line that passes through some of the continent's wildest landscape. the freedom railway cuts through more than 18,000 kilometres of dense jungle, mountains and savannah, as it winds its way from dar es salaam in tanzania to zambia's central province. but more than 40 years after it opened, its now beginning

to show its age and is overdue and major upgrade. we bought a ticket and went to find out what makes the journey so unique. and finally this week, i travel to aalborg in denmark. this is a country almost completely surrounded by water, no matter where you are you are never more than 50 kilometres from the coast. so it should come as no surprise that it was here that a local artist was inspired to combine music and water in a way that you have never heard before. this is the group between music, their latest show is the first in a four part series called aquasonic, which explores who we are as human beings and it begins with our time in the womb. we are so often divided

between you and me, them and us, different religions and different cultures, but this is something we all know something about. we have our first nine months covered by this water filter, so i think somehow the audience, i think they are on at least an unconscious level will have a flashback to hearing those sounds. so as performers, how does it feel when you are underwater performing to an audience? it gets really, somehow a sense

of loneliness to it. there is not only a visual loneliness to see these humans in the tanks, but also the sound has a kind of loneliness to it, i think that is quite a nice idea. so, here goes. one deep breath and well, actually this is quite nice. you are doing good! it is lovely and warm. yeah. this is great. so if you take this microphone that is hanging and then you hit this bell plate, you see the one? yes, this one here? yes. then you take the microphone and put it towards it. do you hear that effect? then you can sort of play with it. playing music in water has two sides. on one side it is terrifying because also when you are singing into the water you have to have water down your throat and if you open up you get the water in your lungs. so that's quite terrifying. so how on earth do you get

musical insurance to play underwater? well it took us 10—11 years to make this and how come it took so long? because 0k, it is something that you need to really research and when you see what other people have done and trying other instruments. most instruments didn't sound really good, but we saw somehow a potential in this. but we also realised we had to build instruments to work in the water, so we found collaborators around the world to help us build instruments for this project. back in denmark i am beginning to think i am a bit of a natural. maybe you should just pull the darbuka to the front window and if you hit it with a hammer you can close the sound with your hand. another thing, if you take —

there is a small stick on the top of the — yeah, exactly. and you can use that for the ring over there, with the holes in it. 0h 0k. that's so cool! you're making music! it is amazing, you have these hammers — when you hit, it resonates and you can feel it in your body. it is a totally different experience than hanging a bell with a hammer. and when you have been out of order for a couple of weeks or months and when we go, we have to play somewhere and get in the tank, it feels like getting home again.

try to go down and then hit maybe number one and number three together. underwater music, trickier than it appears and definitely one not to try at home. unfortunately that's all we've got time for on this week's show. coming up next week: with the winter olympics in full swing in south korea, carmen heads to seoul for a taste of its street food culture. let me tell you, it is pretty cold out here right now, it feels well below zero, and we are off to one of the toughest,

wildest environments the uk has to offer. jo walleyjoins a tour which teaches you how to survive a night outdoors in scotland's cairngorm mountains. so i have been digging for a couple of hours now and the camera is finally starting to completely freeze over and i am also freezing over. cheers everyone! so dojoin us then, if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us while we are out on the road in real—time by signing up to our social medai feeds. details are on the screen now. from now, from me and the rest of the travel show team in denmark, it is goodbye. hello this is breakfast, with chris mason, and rachel burden. the husband of the murdered mp jo cox resigns from two organisations set up in her memory after allegations of sexual harassment. brendan cox admits he behaved "inappropriately" while working for save the children, but denies assaulting a woman at harvard university in 2015. good morning, it's sunday the 18th of february.

also this morning: a major review of university funding will be unveiled by ministers today, as mps claim interest rates on student loans