hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. the husband of the murdered mpjo cox resigns after allegations of sexual harassment. brendan cox admits he behaved inappropriately while working for save the children. good morning, it's sunday 18th february. a major review of university funding will be unveiled by ministers today after m ps will be unveiled by ministers today after mps claimed interest rates on student loans are unjustifiable. thousands of people in florida take to the streets to demand tighter gun controls. if all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers, then it is time for victims to be

the change that we need to see. after a super saturday for team gb at the winter olympics, we'll hear from skeleton stars lizzy yarnold and laura deas live here on breakfast. and there's been another near miss from tgv today as james woods just missed out on another medal in the skiing slopestyle. i'll have all the details and will be speaking to laura and lizzy in pyeongchang. good morning. it's a mild and cloudy day out there today. there will be a bit of rain in the west. a full forecast in about 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 made public. mr cox denies assaulting a woman at harvard university in 2015 —

but admits to "inappropriate" behaviour while working for save the children. the murder ofjo cox in 2016 shocked the nation. the labour mp, who was also a mother of two small children, was murdered by a far right extremist during the eu referendum campaign. after her death, her husband brendan became a prominent campaigner against extremism and went on to help set up two organisations — thejo cox foundation 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 mr cox told the bbc that he had never sexually assaulted

anyone, and that the allegations were exaggerated. thejo cox foundation said that mr cox was admired by staff there for the integrity, commitment and dedication he had shown to creating a positive legacy for hisjo. 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 today's students were not 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, and that has meant big sacrifices for some. and my parents sold their house so i could come to uni — i'm the first one in my family.

looking into it, there were lots of, like, different aspects of the debt and how much you're paying back, obviously, in the long run, and it'sjust a really prospect. the government still backs the idea that students should contribute towards the cost of their higher education, and that's one of the areas that will covered by its major review of student finance. it comes as a committee of mps coming today says current interest rates on loans of up to 6.1% are questionable. with students in england accumulating more than £5,000 in charges while they are still studying. the average debt for graduates totalling more than £50,000. they need to look at grants available to help the poorer students, they need to look at the level of interest that is currently being applied to student loans, and they need to rebuild some public trust and confidence in the fairness of the system by ironing out some of these real injustices at the heart of the way that the system works. education secretary damian hinds suggests the review will consider extra subsidies for expensive subjects such as science and engineering. it could make it easier for universities to lower

the cost of courses offered by the departments. the income threshold for repayment would also be considered, as well as the length of time before the loans are written off. but with the outstanding amount due to hit £160 billion by 2021, labour argues the system is unsustainable. simon clemison, bbc news. 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. 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'm gonna happily ask him how much money he received from the national rifle association. cheering and applause. 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 right for persons in this country to keep and bear arms, then it's an infringement upon our rights as a violation of our civil liberties, now we have a bigger problem. we will be spending our times at funerals! but after yet another school shooting, anger among the younger generation is rising. in fact, students across the country are planning a mass walk—out of schools in april — the anniversary of the columbine

high school massacre. they are demanding adults listen to them and tighten gun control. laura westbrook, bbc news. president trump has criticised the fbi forfailing to stop the attack. in a tweet he said the bureau was spending too much time trying to prove collusion between his electoral team and russia — and that investigators should get back to basics. 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. it is the baftas tonight.

actor emma watson has donated £1 million to a fund which demands the eradication of sexual harassment. nearly 200 british women from the stage, film, and tv have launched a fund ahead of tonight's event, demanding the eradication of sexual harassment. kate winslet, emma thompson and dame kristin scott thomas, are three of the women who signed an open letter calling for the end of harassment and abuse. a super saturday yesterday in pyeongchang. lizzy yarnold won gold in the skeleton, laura deas came third while the acting kind great britain's first—ever medal in the skiing event with the slopestyle bronze. —— is the acting. if you're wondering how bbc commentary team keep their composure on days like yesterday, the answer is they kind of don't really. flock goes fourth! yarnold wins gold again! laura deas have won bronze as well! the brilliantjohn hunt, on the

microphone, along with john jackson and amy williams going nuts in the middle as you can see. herself a former skeleton of competitors while. not containing their excitement at all and it was in fact watching austria's jeanine excitement at all and it was in fact watching austria'sjeanine flock slipping into force, immense laura deas got the bronze medal and that is what they were celebrating. the upturned on the floor. —— the chair. it was quite something. that is going to go well and social media. back to the sport itself, cat will be live in pyeongchang with lizzy yarnold and laura deas just after half past eight. we have been trained to keep you in touch with the culling, the great britain women have just lost that match against

sweden. —— curling. we will have an update of the half past eight. it is ten past eight. 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. a church spire can often be the highest point of a village and given that the church of england has more than 16,000 buildings of different kinds, government ministers are hoping these will give the perfect infrastructure to help more parts of the uk get better signal. they say this deal will make it better for vicars and bishops to get this technology installed, and there is cash to be made. the rental is typically between £5,000 and £10,000 which can be equivalent, or more, to a normal income for a church for a year. now, conservationists may 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 years and both parties will be hoping this signals better mobile phone coverage and internet for more parts of the uk. james waterhouse, bbc news. hearing of earthquakes in far—away places like costa rica orjapan isn't totally uncommon, but yesterday afternoon some of us were surprised to experience a little earthquake of our own, here in the uk. as you can see on this map, the 4.4 magnitude quake was felt over all of wales, as far east as london and as far north as the edge of the lake district. the damage was limited to knocked over wheelie bins and spilled tea, but scientists say it's the biggest we've had for ten years. lots of people on social media said

that chocolate is al out of the fridge, national crisis. so why did it happen? geophysics professor peter styles is here to tell us more. and has brought some rocks along as well which is a great prop. first of all, were you surprised, was there any sense but this was likely to happen? i am not surprised, i did not know this could happen. i have spent 12 years of a professor at swa nsea spent 12 years of a professor at swansea university and spent my time monitoring mine induced earthquakes. it does not come as a surprise to me. there are big geologic features running across at part of wales. 0nce called the swansea valley disturbance which is almost why this isa disturbance which is almost why this is a great game and one parallel which ran all the way from the south coast up to the welsh borderlands.

how far under the surface was this? it was about ten comedy is deep. these probably go a lot deeper than this, vertical at surface, they properly curve to the south so they could go 20, 20 kilometres down and they are about 150 column it is long. the kind of rocks that were involved in this, talk this through, we have some examples. this is the south wales coalfield. not very active now, you would have done so isa active now, you would have done so is a bit like this at the surface, these are from my rockery, they may not be exactly south wales. this is a piece of coal. this is the next layer, we are going down inlays. layers of sandstone and coal. this would cost you about 10 million, the last bit you can mine. and then below that, you get into limestones. then below that, it is a little bit

fuzzy as to what you exactly get india but we get into rocks a bit like that. this is a bit of granite. further down, granite melts and form these things. as we get further down, the earth's mantle. but as effectively a cross—section through the crust in south wales.|j effectively a cross—section through the crust in south wales. i am pleased desk is up to the challenge of holding the rocks. how old with these rocks the? 350 million years old. as we get further down, they could be very, very old, and thousands will in years, possibly even more. the others for a half thousand million years. the bits we see the surface... should we be concerned that it is an indication ofa concerned that it is an indication of a destabilising effect? these pre—existed the million years. it is

quite hard to make new faults, it is much easier to move new fault is —— old faults. there were big impressions of different plates coming from the south which calls for the faults. that is not the case now but we still have africa moving into europe, we have got the atla ntic into europe, we have got the atlantic opening, moving america further away from us. and so we have stresses and these faults, there's one particular moves in a left—handed centre, as fault moves until there is just not quite enough stress to make it continue moving. they don't actually need that very much to make the move. that is a small earthquake. in new zealand, the rocks moved ten metres to 20 metres in one go. rob lee displacements —— properly the displacements —— properly the displacement was a few millimetres here. after-shocks that follow the

main event, can we expect that? with the sort of monitoring we used to be doing, we used to monitoring down to minus numbers of earthquakes, there will be tiny earthquakes going on in the background of the time. whether we have anything that is felt is another matter. these earthquakes have not tended to be a big part of this one, i want. in 1906, have not tended to be a big part of this one, iwant. in 1906, they have not tended to be a big part of this one, i want. in 1906, they had a 5.2 in swansea. a few months after the san francisco earthquake so that was very well reported. it is not implausible to get something bigger than this in the swansea valley. implausible to get something bigger than this in the swansea valleym is fascinating. thank you for bringing your garden end. thank you very much. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. it is pretty there at the moment. a

lot of dry weather around. 0ur cold and frosty, particularly towards the east. there is a mist and fog patches but they should lift and clear away and actually for many of us, it is looking like a largely dry day. best of the sunshine will be towards the east, further west we have cloud which will bring a little bit of rain later on in the day. the cloud you can see on the satellite image has been moving in from the atla ntic image has been moving in from the atlantic overnight, cross western portions of the country, associated with this warm front which is heading its way in. it is bringing pretty multi with it. fairly chilly conditions towards the ease with high—pressure holding on by. sunshine to be enjoyed today, particularly northern and eastern scotland. further west across england and wales, black cloud is thin enough to allow a little bit of brightness. more rain working in, temperatures out there between eight and 11 celsius. the rain heading into cornwall, pushing its way also

across parts of scotland, slowly easing overnight tonight. properly just the far south—east and east anglo staying largely dry. much milder than it has been recently. monday's weather dominated by the fa ct we monday's weather dominated by the fact we have this front system across the uk. a fairly weak front but bringing a little bit of rain and also milder air. you can see the yellow colours, that is the multi amassed. —— mild air mass. a bit of amassed. —— mild air mass. a bit of a misty, murky sort of day and it will start with low cloud, rain particularly the eastern scotland and eastern england, further west wales and northern ireland, think should brighten up a time during monday. it will still stay mild, temperatures around 12 or 13 celsius. it looks like we will keep the remnants of that struggle across the remnants of that struggle across the south—east in particular on tuesday so potentially a few heavy about the part of knotwork, elsewhere across the country clearing skies. lots of sunshine for

western scotland, northern ireland and we have still got these temperatures in double figures on tuesday but then what we start to see is cold air heading in from the east. a different air mass by the time we get to the middle of the week, we lose the milder air towards the southern us, cold air starting to come in from northern parts of europe, scandinavia two. it will feel cold as we had through the week. after the multi cloudy start, temperatures dipping but despite the cold we should see a lot of dry and sunny weather as well. we can live with that. thank you. it is 90 minutes past eight. they described themselves as britain's forgotten veterans. thousands of military personnel were sent to the south pacific to test nuclear bombs. some claim the radiation caused cancers and bursts defects which they then pass on to their children and grandchildren. now they hope a new study of their dna will prove

it. it was so bright you could see the bones in your hand. you just saw, like, another sun hanging in the sky. that's what it was. the south pacific at the height of the cold war. the british military testing the nuclear bomb. i'm bob fleming. i was a nuclear test veteran. he was 2a and in the forces when he watched one of the world's most powerful weapons detonate on christmas island. one of 22,000 british men involved in the testing programme. we had no protection. shirt, shorts, flip—flops. most of my children and grandchildren have suffered a range of illnesses, some frightening. three generations of the fleming family believe they have suffered because of his exposure to radiation. 21 odd members in our family,

and 16 of us have health problems. muscular, skeletal, tumour problems, kidney stone problems. they have spent decades searching for answers. it was back in 2012 when the test veterans took their case to the supreme court and lost. now, here at brunel university in london, they are carrying out scientific research to see if there dna has been irreparably damaged. the chief scientist told me blood cells will be taken from 100 veterans and their families. we are assembling a group of veterans that we know were present at nuclear tests back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and we are comparing samples of their blood with a control sample of veterans who we know were not

present at the nuclear test sites. and the scientists will work closely with veteran charities. they are the forgotten generation of people who saw these very, very powerful weapons exploded in their faces, and it is almost like they have been wiped from the history books. the ministry of defence says it is grateful to the servicemen, but says three previous studies of the veterans found no valid evidence to link the test to ill health. they set up the aged veteran fund in 2015 to help fund this new research. the flemings want to take part in this study and are waiting to hear if they have been selected. we want recognition. that is what we are fighting for. so, 60 years on, nuclearfamilies are still living in the aftermath of these bomb tests.

sarah corker, bbc news. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. it is 8:23am. digital marketing and technology expert dan sodergren is here to tell us what's caught his eye. first let's look at the front pages. the mail on sunday this morning, they have an interview with the husband of the former labour mp, the late labour mpj cox in which he admits to inappropriate behaviour in the past. he has been speaking to the past. he has been speaking to the mail on sunday about that. taking a quick look at the sunday telegraph, their main story there about labour mps and the suggestion that 15 labour mps have fought to

have met spies, the latest and greatest sequence of newspaper front pages making these kind of claims. the state of britain's presence makes the front page of the observer this morning. they talk about an investigation revealing two thirds of present are providing inmates with inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment. —— two thirds of prisons. taking a look at the sundays times underfront page taking a look at the sundays times under front page all about university tuition fees in england, they have an interview with the new education secretary who is also on the andrew marr show over on bbc one this morning. the suggestion from the government that they wanted a camera like the business of university tuition fees, interest rates, the seller you have to be earning before you stop paying stuff back. —— the salary. asking a lot of questions about what it should do. band texas in two parts of paper

that we do not get to. —— dan takes us that we do not get to. —— dan takes us into parts of the paper. technology is making us more lowly in our lives. it is a good point. it is about older people, plus 70s and they are that actually they are very lonely and to this day the tv is their best companion, which i think isa their best companion, which i think is a shocking statistic. they say there are different ways to combat loneliness as you get older and one of the ones being a social media, something you could do, make sure you are in contact with people. the article says they can make you fill more lowly. isolated, everyone else is having a wonderful time with theirfamilies. is having a wonderful time with their families. however, from a technology point of view, does dozen people connect. it is an interesting thing that is happening at the moment, home assistance that there

are in people's houses now, they are finding if you reprogram those, they can become like a care assistant, talk to old people and that is much better than television. like ai robots. exactly, making sure you're not quite so lonely. my not quite so lonely. my mind almost exposed where technology is going to go in the future. another magazine, which magazine is this? the observer magazine. a cheery headline. death is around the corner. and you up reminding us about how soon we are going to do die. there is a positive spin on this. the technology is a good thing. it is then app reminds you of your own mortality. as they are reminded, they are a lot more grateful about the smaller things in life because they realised in all the excitement of life and all these things and pressures we put on ourselves, if you are reminded that actually you might die tomorrow, you might start being more grateful for

today. is it one of those things you become immune to it after a while? i am going to die so i'm going to have that doughnut. hopefully technology, it is an interesting story because the journal is actually finds it does quite a lot to think about the little things. —— the journalist. good to be grateful. the countdown to the transfer window closing in football with a clock. it does not link into your heart. itjust reminds you. the death of retail, something that we often talk about, the observer business section has done an article on this. it is saying, retailers, british retailers are dying out as huge changes that are happening because of the internet, because of the way we are changing as a society. we are not going to be british retailers on the high street enough, 20% of the shops are now closing. i think it is higher than

that. interesting statistics in there, bhs, but closed two years ago, they still have not managed to sell a third of those shops are still empty because no one is taking them on. there is a death of the british retail and the high street. lots of attempts in recent years to try and make the high street something else. it has got to be somewhere where you can meet, where you can gather, we can get childcare potentially. they could do other things than just shopping. we keep looking at this, the death of the high street, it is the evolution of it. it has to change, this is the whole point. this is what technology does, it brings change. 0n the mail on sunday, parliament p°pped 0n the mail on sunday, parliament normed up 0n the mail on sunday, parliament popped up in milton keynes.“ parliament can change, if parliament and the we can all change. this is going we are going to do a pop—up stores in retail, pop—up parliament, in milton keynes because parliament is crumbling. not as an institution,

the place itself. they are having to evacuate and be somewhere else. even parliament is changing and moving. great things. milton keynes. quite good, i think. there is more to milton keynes. thank you. coming up in the next half hour: she's the greatest british winter 0lympian. gold medallist lizzy yarnold willjoin us from pyeongchang with laura deas who won a bronze medal. stay with us, headlines coming up. 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 damien 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. speaking earlier on breakfast, nick hillman, director of the higher

education policy institute, told us charging different course different fees would be difficult. there is a logic to the current system, which is everybody pays the same, but the amount you pay back after you've graduated depends on how well you do in the labour market. if your course is really expensive to teach like engineering 01’ expensive to teach like engineering or medicine, the government still pays extra money to the university to educate you. differential fees will definitely be an issue for this review, but it's not an easy question. 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 attack — because they were too busy trying to prove collusion between his electoral campaign team and russia. but 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 how it was a terrible tragedy and should never have happened, and maintained telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i'm going to ask him how much money he received from the national rifle association. 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. actor emma watson has donated £1 million to a fund which demands the eradication of sexual harassment. nearly 200 british women from the stage, film and tv launched the appeal ahead of tonight's baftas. kate winslet, emma thompson and dame kristin scott thomas are three of the women who signed

an open letter calling an end to abuse. 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. two giant pandas on loan from china have been unveiled at a zoo in central finland. lumi and pyry gave visitors at ahtari zoo quite a show when their quarantine ended and they were let out into the open airfor the first time. china agreed to loan the pair for 15 years as a gift to finland, which celebrated 100 years of independence from russia last year.

i wonder how he got down from up there?! that looked a bit precarious! yesterday was super saturday for team gb at the winter olympics, with three british medallists making it a record—breaking day. two of them, lizzy yarnold and laura deas are with kat downes now. they came over to us with a very ha rd they came over to us with a very hard earned cup of tea each. the heroines of the sliding track from last night. lizzy yarnold, double 0lympic last night. lizzy yarnold, double olympic champion. , and last night. lizzy yarnold, double olympic champion., and laura deas who won bronze last night in the winning's skeleton. lizzy, double 0lympic winning's skeleton. lizzy, double olympic champion. when you started out was that something you dreamt would be possible? no way. i had no idea. i think my dream was to be an 0lympian. not necessarily to win but to go and call myself an 0lympian. to do what we did in sochi to retain the title for gb was phenomenal.

it's been a hard four years, loads of ups and downs. i'm pinching myself that i managed to put it together yesterday. that final run was so together yesterday. that final run was so clean, so calm. what were your thoughts at the top of the run, knowing that if you went quickly a double gold medal would be yours?|j knew double gold medal would be yours?” knew that i had to be quick and make a marker ahead of janine knew that i had to be quick and make a marker ahead ofjanine flock. i guess i was thinking becalmed, enjoy it, but keep aerodynamic form and do my best. i made a few hits, i made m ista kes my best. i made a few hits, i made mistakes but i never gave up. i never took my eyes off the finish line, and potentially winning. that janine flock, that run for her was such a roller—coaster for all of tea m such a roller—coaster for all of team gb. her run meant you were the 0lympic team gb. her run meant you were the olympic champion and it also meant, laura, that you with a bronze medallist. we saw those amazing

pictures of you watching lizzy. just like dom parsons, you thought that you might get fourth. what was it like seeing janine flock come down and, unfortunately for her, it didn't go well but fortunately view it meant a medal. it was really tough for janine. i it meant a medal. it was really tough forjanine. i could barely look at the screen, i was so nervous. my emotions were all over the place because lizzy had just put down a track record. the atmosphere was incredible. i'd stood there thinking, i don't want to be forth. i was watching the splits as janine flock came down and halfway down she dropped four tenths behind. i thought maybe this is an. but i didn't want to believe it until she had crossed the line because a lot can happen in a short space of time. when i saw she dropped down to fourth, we screamed at each other. it was incredible, such a special moment. because your friends, rivals

of course but you got into skeleton at the same time and you've been supporting each other all the way through. absolutely. it's been a nine—year journey of through. absolutely. it's been a nine—yearjourney of training in the gym every day. some of the sessions, i cry, because it's so hard. you have to push yourself to be the best. laura is one of the best push athletes in the world. i know i have to do one extra wrap than laura and slide as best i can. we push each other and the platform of success for british women is going up and up and up. why are we so good at skeleton? we know as a nation what it takes to be successful and win medals. we're very confident, we have a great formula for success. when we are out in this type of environment we are so when we are out in this type of environment we are so confident that we can get on with what we are doing and not have to look at what anyone else is doing, just be consistent and follow our own plan because we

know it's worked before. you two are the ones to beat now. how special would it be, you haven't got your medals yet, you spoke to izzy atkin earlier with a hugely heavy metal. you get yours later this evening. lizzy, it's going to be extra special for you because lizzy, it's going to be extra specialfor you because it's back—to—back 0lympic titles, but you get to share the podium with a friend. yes, and i'll be singing the national anthem very proudly. we both will. to have the medals in our hands makes the moment real. at the moment it's so extraordinary. it is more than we could ever have screamed. i didn't get here by myself. i'm on the track by myself but there is a massive team around us but there is a massive team around us and national lottery players who support us make this possible. what is there left to achieve in skeleton to you? i'm not thinking about it at the moment. the race has onlyjust finished. i'm enjoying the moment.

we'll see. we'll have a break and see what's ahead. enjoyed tonight. we'll enjoy seeing you up there on the podium. congratulations and well done. great britainjust the podium. congratulations and well done. great britain just narrowly missed out on another medal today. james woods was edged out into fourth in the ski slopestyle by 1.4 points. agonisingly close to a bronze medal, james woods coming in fourth. bad news for great britain's winning's curlers. they lost their latest test round robin — 8—6 to sweden. controversy on the penultimate stone — eve muirhead didn't let go of the stone in time. that stone was discounted and sweden went on to win. so sweden win — gb have won three

lost three with three left to play. it is very tense the great britain's women who won bronze in sochi, trying to replicate or go better than that in pyeongchang. studio: i didn't realise that is what caused so much difficulty deciding the outcome in that match. they've got to release the stone before it crosses the line. not totally cleared up, the technology was once again talked about. the fa cup and this row yesterday involving manchester united and huddersfield about this technology that was meant to sort out the contentious decisions in football and not quite managing it. yes, it was confusing. this is manchester united beating huddersfield town 2—0, but the video assistant referee system was questioned. this is the key incident. let's have a look at the key

talking point then. juan mata's goal that was ruled out. it was a very tight offside decision. referee kevin friend was in touch with the video assistant referee who ruled it was offside. romelu lu ka ku romelu lukaku clinching the match with the second goal. they will play brighton in the quarterfinals after they beat coventry city. we aren't sure that squiggly line is what the var referee was looking at. it's not in line with the penalty box which is what confuses me. it's neither straight nor in line with the penalty box. very difficult to make a decision. they did analyse it with a straight line, it was a correct decision. a very small part of mata's knee was offside. the

point is the uncertainty. whether you like this system or not, jose mourinho says as long as the system works, fine. i'm hearing the voice of my primary school teacher saying, christopher, use a ruler! laughter will be talking about that as the fa cup goes on, i'm sure. moving on to boxing. 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'll need to win by around 20 runs to reach the final. and despite 80 from skipper eoin morgan, that's looking increasingly unlikely. colin munro smashed 57 runs from just 21 balls before holing

out to david willey. the latest from hamilton. new zealand are 108—2. chasing 195 to win, but just 175 to deny england a place in the final. just to be clear, england made 194—7 in their20 just to be clear, england made 194—7 in their 20 overs. they need to restrict new zealand to 174 to make that final on wednesday against australia. i think that makes sense! sort of! this is where we say goodbye to chris, who's off to the read the news for the andrew marr show. here's sarah with a last look at this morning's weather. good morning. it's working fine

across many parts of the country. the best of the clear skies towards the east where it's also quite a cold start. some frost, mist and fog around. this is the scene in surrey. mist clearing away pretty quickly. we'll keep the sunshine across the east of the country, whereas more cloud moving into the west bringing some rain later in the day. for many of us it will be dry for much of the day. we are looking down from space at the cloud that's been moving in from the atlantic across the uk. still holding onto those clearer skies in the east, an area of high pressure keeping the weather is dry and clear. we'll see some rain heading in across northern ireland. later this afternoon, pushing into pembrokeshire down towards cornwall. much of the country seeing a lot of dry weather today. the best of the sunshine from northern and eastern scotland, and down the east coast of england too. we're up in double figures. high single figures further

north. pretty mild out there. then we see the cloud and rain moving east overnight. with the cloud and rain acting as a blanket, it won't be particularly cold. should be a frost free start to monday morning. it's grey and drizzle to start the working week. monday dominated by this weather front sitting across eastern parts of the country. still producing some rain and it's bringing the mild air with it. colder air will be more of a player later in the week. as for monday, quite a cloudy day. most of the rain in the afternoon will be confined to eastern scotland and eastern england. frightening up for wales, northern ireland, south—west scotla nd northern ireland, south—west scotland too. —— brightening up. cooler with that rain towards the east. it looks like eastern parts of the country keep some of that rain for tuesday. it should ease away and

for tuesday. it should ease away and for the rest of the country not a bad day. we are still seeing temperatures in double figures, although it will be turning colder around the east coast. that's a sign of things to come as we import these colder, easterly winds as we head through the middle part of the week onwards. our air coming through the middle part of the week onwards. ourair coming infrom scandinavia and northern europe, bringing a cold feel to the weather as we look through the second half of the week ahead. quite mild to start things off, fairly cloudy with a bit of rain. turning colder but also dry with some sunshine too. you might remember our next guest, kiko matthews. we spoke to her over christmas about her recovery from a life—threatening tumour. it left her barely able to get up the stairs or out the bath. it was this that spurred her on to do something that would change her life. she decided to set a new world record for rowing solo across the atlantic ocean.

this is where kiko is now, in the middle of the atlantic. she's rowing 3000 miles in total from gran canaria to barbados. and she joins us now on the line. how are you? good morning. i'm all right. i was just listening to the weather. i'm quite pleased i'm in the middle of the atlantic by the sound of it! just give us an idea of what it looks like and feels like around you. it's so weird, every morning i wake up and i look around, and there is literally nothing but ocean. i think, and there is literally nothing but ocean. ithink, how and there is literally nothing but ocean. i think, how have i ended up in the middle of the atlantic? the

weather has improved now. it's nice and sunny. not as windy as i would like it to be. i'd like it to be a bit windy that help me across. it is insane. all i can see for miles and miles is ocean in every direction. how are you dealing with that, kiko? we know a challenge like this is a mental battle as was a physical battle. yellow i've got no problem being my own, i love being out here. imy being my own, i love being out here. i my boat and what it is bringing. i'm not missing much at home. physically it is tough. i'm growing 12-14 physically it is tough. i'm growing 12—14 hours a day. i've really struggled with food. i haven't been able to eat... i probably not been

eating as much as i would at home. energy wise it's been a real struggle. you've got to get up and keep throwing because every stroke, especially when it's not windy, every rowing stroke makes the difference. my dream is to get to barbados. it's worth reminding people that you had been a row. this was a completely new sport are aim a few months ago —— you hadn't been a rower. i'm a sporty person, physically i'm strong. it's not! million miles off... it's not like i have completely learned something from scratch. i used to row when i was a little kid. to be honest, it's not like being on the tens or in a skinny rowing boat. it's a massive and you put one oar in and it misses

the water. it's a new one. you make it sound so easy, my goodness, we know it's not. amongst all of that training you had to have more surgery training you had to have more surgery after the tumour came back. that is part of what this is about, you are raising money for the hospital that treated you. yes. king's college hospital in london, it's probably the best hospital in the uk i imagine. it's amazing. they we re the uk i imagine. it's amazing. they were incredible in 2009 when they saved my life and i was really ill. then during my training they discovered it had come back. they we re discovered it had come back. they were so discovered it had come back. they were so great, they got me straight on the operating table, ticket out, made sure i would be ready in january. i'm hoping to raise £100,000 for their new critical care unit, which will be the biggest and

best in europe. it's amazing. my aim is not only to get the world record but raise 100 grand for them. it's astonishing what you're doing and i really admire you. we wish you all the best, from everyone here at bbc brea kfast. the best, from everyone here at bbc breakfast. thank you, kiko. it's worth reminding you of some of those figures. she's hoping to raise £100,000 a king's college hospital and she's nearly there with her target. and she wants to be a world — record target. and she wants to be a world—record holder as well. while all eyes are focused on this year's winter olympics, 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! 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. no. 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 hera three—dimensional character. she wasn't just 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 — i felt 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... that was our arts editor will gompertz talking to actors margot robbie and allison janney about bafta nominated film, i, tonya. so that's one film that's tipped to do well, but what about the others? the shape of water has 12 nominations, but it might not be the biggest winner. i. i, tonya will be one of those stories that so familiar to us growing up in a certain generation. weather it does well at the baftas i don't know. what's your view?

i think the performances are terrific. allison janney i think the performances are terrific. allisonjanney pits in a powerhouse turn and i think is a hot favourite for best supporting actress tonight. the shape of water has 12 nominations. do you think it's going to capture the imagination in the way that other multi—award—winning films have done in recent years? it's quite a whimsical film. in recent years? it's quite a whimsicalfilm. it's very in recent years? it's quite a whimsical film. it's very beautiful. sally hawkins is tremendous. i think its best shot is director because it's such a personal film and it sounds like the kind of film that will get a best director nod, because guillermo del toro is so linked to the end product. gary oldman in darkest hour we think is probably a shoo—in for best actor.” totally agree. he is tremendous.

it's your own party, you'll have to prove yourself. the ship is sinking. it's not a gift, it's revenge. let me see your true qualities, your courage, your lack of vanity. your sense of humour now, go! sorry, i cut you off there. the wonderful relationship he had with his wife is beautiful, a beautiful performance. i think gary oldman is a shoe in for the best actor. it's a transformative the best actor. it's a tra nsformative performance and that's the kind of performance award ceremonies love to reward. if anything is certain it is him winning. what do you think other certainties? i think coco will get best animation. frances mcdormand is

in with a really good shot for three billboards. that film could emerge as the big winner of the night. it's as the big winner of the night. it's a hot oscar favourite as well and very popular with audiences, it's got a topical theme, a woman fighting for justice got a topical theme, a woman fighting forjustice so i think it could do very well. is an extraordinary film. the background to all of this have been the recent high profile campaigns by leading actors against sexual harassment in the industry. how will that manifest itself in london tonight?” the industry. how will that manifest itself in london tonight? i think it will be a big part of the story on the red carpet and in performances and acceptance speeches. we heard today there will be numerous actresses bringing activists as their guests rather than partners which makes a strong statement. a lot of people will be wearing black to support the time's up movement. i'm quite excited to see this movement happening and to see this level of support for women in the

industry. if it as much an issue in the uk as it is in america?” industry. if it as much an issue in the uk as it is in america? i think it's an issue everywhere, notjust in the film industry of course. recently the bfi have stood up and worked with emma watson and other industry figures to tackle bullying and harassment. clearly they consider it something that needs to be looked at. joanna lumley, who will make a refreshing change after stephen fry did it for 12 years tonight. she's perfect choice. she's the first woman to host it on her own and it's about time. she's a national treasure. she's very, very funny. perfect. thank you. the baftas is on tonight. that's all from breakfast this morning. dan and louise will be back from six tomorrow morning. michael bolton will be on the sofa. goodbye. this is bbc news.

i'm ben brown. the headlines at nine: brendan cox, the widower of the murdered mp, jo cox, resigns from two organisations set up in her memory after claims of sexual misconduct in the past. president trump criticises the fbi for missing the signals about wednesday's school shooting, describing it as unacceptable. a major review of university funding is to be unveiled by ministers tomorrow, as mps claim interest rates on student loans are "unjustifiable". also this hour — emma watson donates £1 million to a new fund aimed at making uk workplaces safe for women. ahead of tonight's baftas, the actorjoined 200 female british and irish stars in signing a letter calling for an end to sexual harassment in all industries. we'll have all the latest action from the winter olympics