hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and mega munchetty. a move on gun control policy in the united states. president trump indicates he's willing to make a change. as students prepare to march in the state capital after last week's school shooting, he says he'd support a ban on devices which turn rifles into machine—guns. good morning, it's wednesday 21st february. also this morning: a warning of a humanitarian disaster in syria where hundreds of people have died after days of bombing. we look at how early onset dementia could be linked to regular heavy drinking. good morning. a crucial time of year for the

farmers with animals going back out into the fields. and high time to get a into the fields. and high time to geta grip into the fields. and high time to get a grip on the problem of dogs attacking livestock, according to some. thousands of small firms were mistreated by rbs in the financial crisis according to a report released by mps. crisis according to a report released by mp5. i will speak to one of the businesses affected by it. in sport, great britain's curlers have beaten reigning olympic champions canada to reach the women's semi finals in pyeongchang. and nick has the weather. cold est to coldest to start the day in scotland and northern ireland, with frost and and northern ireland, with frost and a few freezing fog patches. more cloud for england and wales. damp and drizzly in a few spots. lots of wine and dry weather to come for the rest of the week into the weekend, but it is definitely turning colder. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has signed an order to ban bump—stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 las vegas concert—goers last year.

mr trump says legislation that outlaws equipment which turns rifles into machine—guns could be ready "very soon". david willis reports. we don't know where the shoot is! the scenes are nothing new here, but last week's high school shooting in florida has galvanised the debate on gun control in america in a way few here can remember. students who survived an attack which killed 17 of their teachers and classmates are speaking out fluidly and forcefully. do not let people try to get under yourskin! do not let people try to get under your skin! their youthful voices resonating where those of long serving politicians have largely fallen flat. we are what's bringing the change. we are going to keep talking. we are going to keep pushing until something is done, because people are dying and this can't happen any more. reflecting the national mood of grief and anger in the wake of last week's shooting,

president trump, who supports gun ownership, offered a confession, a ban ona ownership, offered a confession, a ban on a device used to devastating effect on the las vegas massacre last year. i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general the proposed regulations to ban all devices that turned legal weapons into machine—guns. devices that turned legal weapons into machine-guns. students arriving for a rally later today in the florida state capital tallahassee say that's not enough. some are heading to washington at the invitation of the white house to press the case for comprehensive gun reforms with the president himself. some here are hailing it's a turning point in acrimonious debate around guns, at america has been here so many times before. the bombardment of the rebel—held eastern ghouta by the syrian government and its allies has continued for a third day, prompting the united nations to warn of the risk of a second aleppo. reports suggest around 250 people

have died following two days of attacks. according to activists, it is the worst violence in the eastern ghouta area near damascus since 2013. speaking from the area, one activist told the bbc this is as bad as it has ever been. the bombs are dropping on us like rain. there's nowhere to hide from this nightmare in eastern ghouta. we will be speaking to one agency to find out exactly what happening there later. a landmark ruling is being reviewed by the supreme court, over whether police are accountable for their failure to investigate victim's allegations of the black cab rapistjohn worboys. scotland yard is appealing against a previous decision that they breached the human rights of two women whose testimony they failed to investigate properly. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports on what could be a landmark case for victim's rights. the two women were sexually

assaulted byjohn worboys in 2003 and 2007 but when they reported the attacks to the police they weren't believed. as a result of the police failures, he was able to continue to attack women until he was brought to justice in 2009. the high court and court of appeal ruled the police had a duty under the human rights act to investigate serious violence against women and could be held accountable in the courts if they failed in that duty. the women, who both suffered psychologically, were awarded £41,000 in total, which they'll keep in any event. but the net supported the then home secretary theresa may appeal to the supreme court, arguing its duty was fulfilled simply by having practices and procedures to investigate in—place —— the met. a

victory for the women would be police forces could face human rights actions whenever they fail to properly investigate serious violent crime. heavy drinking may be a major risk factor for the early onset of dementia. scientists in france looked at 57,000 cases of dementia in people under 65 and found that a third could have been caused by alcohol—related brain damage. ben ando reports. this was a very large study. it is obviously a single study and we will have to look at whether the results can be generalised elsewhere. but potentially it has huge importance. this is potentially a preventable cause of dementia. so it might have very big public health implications. what all the indications for the way that we look after the health of people with alcohol use disorders. the majority of small and medium—sized companies are still paying male employees more than their female colleagues, according to the latest government figures.

companies have six weeks left to report their gender pay gap. so far almost 1,000 businesses have responded out of the 9,000 asked. our business and consumer correspondent correspondent nina warhurst has more. it is time to answer the question — what does every man and woman in your company get paid? and if you like double their salaries, what is the figure in the middle of each sex, and what is the gap between those two figures? 474% of companies this figure was higherfor men, 474% of companies this figure was higher for men, if 474% of companies this figure was higherfor men, if deemed % higher for women. —— higherfor men, if deemed % higher for women. “15%. what this data does not look at is any difference in salaries between men and women who were doing the same job. but what it does show is that while there were lots of women lower paid jobs, women aren't earning those big salaries in the same way as men. at clydesdale yorkshire bank, men earned 37% more than women. there was literally four days of meetings, and there was only one female in those four days.

there were almost four times as many women in lower paid jobs. it has been lonely at times. i regularly find myself in positions where there is not nearly as many women. we have set ourselves a target. so by 2020, we want to make sure that there is 40% of women in our most senior roles. so i think that's quite bold, and i think everybody in financial services should be making those kinds of targets and progressing towards them. six to ago, around 8,000 firms still to report, and then come the bigger questions: what exactly do the full figures tell us? and what should and can be done? more than 60 brexit—supporting conservative mps have written to the prime minister, setting out what they believe britain should achieve from a deal with brussels. the mp5, from the european research group of tory backbenchers, insist that britain should be free to negotiate trade deals with other countries, as soon as it leaves the eu. senior ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what the government wants from the final brexit deal.

the impact of social media and screen use on young people's health is to be examined by mps. the science and technology committee will address mounting concerns that mobile phones, in particular, are harming children and young adults. the awards season is in full swing and tonight it's the turn of the music industry to celebrate with the brit awards. 22—year—old londoner dua lipa leads the way with five nominations, while eyes will also be on ed sheeran after his record breaking year. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. dua lipa's five brits nominations are the most ever in one year by a female artist. the 22—year—old london had a number one with new rules and is heading towards 200,000 sales of her debut. at the moment

she is bigger than beyonce, taylor swift and rihanna and she has what all of those huge american artist has. she is not workshy, she will turn up and do the interviews and promo and she will spend 24 hours doing a video and extreme focused pretty for seven. -- 24 seven. but the night's biggest award album of the night's biggest award album of the year is expected to go to ed sheeran. divide was number one for a third of last year and it will be a major shock if it did not win. you will keep a secret saviour. you will keep the paraphernalia... one man isn't happy about the brit awards is liam gallagher, who is nominated for best male, but is furious that he hasn't been asked to perform and says the brits have ballooned it and are too scared to let him onstage. and unlike at busters were almost every actress and unlike at busters were almost every a ctress w0 re and unlike at busters were almost

every actress wore black on the red carpet, at the brits expect a variety of outfits. instead acts are being asked to wear a a white rose pin if they want to show solidarity for anti—harassment movements. the queen has attended london fashion week for the first time in her 66 year reign. her majesty sat in the front row of a show by an up and coming designer richard quinn, next to the woman often hailed as the ‘queen of fashion‘, vogue magazine's anna wintour. do you know what was interesting? she is wearing sunglasses and the queen is fully wrapped up, with gloves. i will show you later there are a few pictures of her on the front pages and i think it is one of those things, get her looking miserable. iam sure things, get her looking miserable. i am sure she loved it. there's loads of footage of her smiling. nick will have the weather forecast,

but now we want to talk about the winter olympics. is it another morning of curling? it is! you won't have it tomorrow, so it is! you won't have it tomorrow, so enjoy it today. great britain's women are through to the semifinals, beating the reigning champions. it was a narrow win, but beating canada isa was a narrow win, but beating canada is a big deal. they can have a day off tomorrow now because they are through and the men are now trying to do the same. canada led for most of the contest. eve muirhead and co, who won bronze at the last games, took the last end by two stones to win 6—5. the men's team are trying tojoin them. they're currently playing their final group match against the usa. there was a great performance from snowboader billy morgan in the big air event too. the brit is in saturday's final after taking the final qualification spot in his heat. a lionel messi goal denied chelsea victory against barcelona in the last 16 of the champions league. chelsea had earlier led

through willian at stamford bridge before messi's vital away goal. and england women head coach phil neville has named chelsea's anita asante in his first squad for next month's she believes cup. asante was one of several players who'd said they'd been poorly treated by previous boss mark sampson. i was going to say, surely there is a better clip of her than just missing a goal? let's dig something nice out. i will do my very best. it wasn't me! we can't blame nick for any of the clips he is going to show us this morning. a frost to start the day in scotland and northern ireland, freezing fog patches, a lot of cloud in england and wales, damp and drizzly but dry weather generally and where you have cloud it should gradually brighten

up, not much sunshine but brightening up a bit. looking at the satellite, cloud moving around an area of high pressure on a north—easterly breeze, the bulk of the cloud is filtering in to england and wales. a bit damp in a few spots, parts of the midlands and northern england, the chance of further drizzle. probably western fringes of england and wales seeing sunny spells, as well as the far south—east. fog patches slow to clear in northern ireland, sunny spells in scotland. light winds, temperatures starting to edge down, rise of seven to nine. a few spots yesterday getting into double figures. tonight more breaks in the cloud, more of the land showing up, cloud, more of the land showing up, cloud free, that will allow temperatures to drop away more widely than last night. more of a widespread frost going into tomorrow morning, more blue showing the frost, temperatures at all a few degrees below freezing. many will be

clear and sunny to start tomorrow, there will be some freezing fog. with very light breezes, they will be slow to clear. when they do, some sunny spells, some areas of cloud, the vast majority having a dry day tomorrow but the breeze picks up a bit for northern ireland into western scotland, enough cloud here to produce a few light showers and those temperatures again leaking a degree or so through the day tomorrow. this is how friday is shaping up, the wind arrows coming in from the continent, that's an area where we get dry air coming in, which means generally cloud free. after a frosty start, a good deal of sunshine around on friday, more cloud in northern ireland and western scotland. this is the setup for the weekend, high pressure in scandinavia, the flow of air around that coming from the east to the uk, not a one direction and the breeze picking up. for the weekend, a lot of sunshine on saturday —— warm

direction. this is the forecast for four locations in the weekend, the general picture is the same for the uk, lots of sunshine on saturday, goods police spells on sunday but the temperatures coming down —— good sunny spells. a cold wind but you haven't seen anything yet, still expecting bitter cold on the way next week. let's look at the papers. have you got one? let's start on the front page of the metro son, a strictly come dancing exclusive, you may remember brendan cole, one of the long—running dancers on strictly come dancing, has not been asked to return for 2019 —— the sun. the reason he's been asked not to come backis reason he's been asked not to come back is he ignored protocol when some of the dances visited buckingham palace and he asked the duchess to dance for a festive special. strictly sources said it was the last straw. the team at

strictly saw him as an uncontrollable. the front page of the metro times, there's the queen and anna wintour, as we showed you earlier, at london fashion week —— times. and charities in crisis with 0xfam. and the front page of the daily mail, its main story saying a new financial watchdog is a taxable under. looking at the regulator, the man... has admitted to using a tax scheme that helped cut tax bills. he was made to pay back £140,000 back to the taxman plus interest. the telegraph, the queen and anna wintour on the front cover, then she is looking a bit cheerier at london fashion week and the same story about charity, save the children bossin

about charity, save the children boss in text scandal. he admitted sending inappropriate messages to staff. ecole insight from allison pearson who said admit it, we are rubbish at the winter olympics —— ecole inside. is that about elise christie? -- ecole inside. her agony from yesterday is all over the papers —— ecole. you can't argue she isn't a fighter, she has vowed to come back in beijing infour she has vowed to come back in beijing in four years. in the guardian, sean ingle, who is in pyeongchang, has talked about whether it is bad luck or bad racing, having re— watched all the races there is a case to be mad her all or nothing approach narrows the margins by two great a margin —— made. —— too. it's on the bbc website, the three and a half was

watching her yesterday, the mum said she is a great role model because learning how to deal with failure is pa rt learning how to deal with failure is part we should be learning and especially children —— three and a half —year—old. especially children —— three and a half -year-old. is that what pearson says? she said we are rubbish at winter sports —— is that what allison pearson says. it's one of those things where i suppose her editor probably asked her to be horrible about the winter olympics. steph? kfc, it's going on still, still no chicken. interesting twists on it, tower hamlets police had to put out a tweet yesterday to warn people to stop calling them about the kfc closures. how shocking is that? people were ringing up to complain about it. an mp was saying he had received complaints from

angry customers as well. still a lot of that. i'll be talking later about the latest on it, we will talk to one of the unions. this is all to do with their supply chain. i know sean was talking about it yesterday, we have to look more about what's going on and how they are going to solve it because there are problems still today that could continue for some time. do you remember when school got closed for various reasons? snow? inset day. can you imagine school being closed because of a mouse? a school was shot by its head yesterday because mice had been spotted. parents got an e—mail saying their health and safety situation needed to be action immediately. mice as opposed to rats ? immediately. mice as opposed to rats? that's interesting, i'm sure we had loads of mice. there are mice here. we could have a day of mag tomorrow, couldn't we? the mice

could present. —— day off. tomorrow, couldn't we? the mice could present. -- day off. we talk about fad diets, just opted, according to new research. the only way to lose weight consistently is to avoid processed convenience food and eat less. easier said than done. quite logical. you need to go the french technique, you have a plate of food, eat half and if you are still hungry, carry on. there are lots of books about the french way of eating. there's a call for a dog dna database to be established to help catch animals suspected of killing livestock. the national police chiefs council also wants to be able to search properties and confiscate repeat offender dogs from their owners. breakfast‘s john maguire is on a farm in north wales and has more detail for us this morning. good morning, good morning to eve ryo ne good morning, good morning to

everyone at home. this young bull calf, less than 24 hours old. he was born yesterday afternoon. there are cattle on this farm and a lot of sheep, it's a traditional welsh hill farm with sheep out in the fields. the situation is there's a serious problem across the uk, it's a crucial time of year with many of the ewes in lamb. if a dog gets in amongst them and chases them, it might attack livestock, and you might attack livestock, and you mightfind a might attack livestock, and you might find a situation where the lambs are lost because the ewes get into distress. it's a huge problem nationwide but one that now senior police chiefs are saying it's time to get a grip on. he's only 16 but alfie is already learning about some of the harsh realities of farming. two of his pedigree sheep were attacked by a dog. the harriet family graze their sheep on the south downs and have had several incidents. it'sjust

that throat wound on a bit concerned about still. it's very upsetting. the trauma that the sheep have gone through. as i say, we're not going to quite know yet how much this has impacted but it's not the first incident we have had. we've had two, three, four throughout the year. only yesterday i went up there and there were more dogs of the league, you ask them nicely to put their dog on the lead, they say my dog isn't like that, that's all you get and they won't do it. this video shows they won't do it. this video shows the dog tracing the ewes before biting them and days later it returned to attack against obika it's all about taking dna samples? absolutely. john carter is a wildlife and rural officer for sussex police who started using forensic science to tackle the problem. we take the swap out, rob that around the bite wound of where the dogs attacked the sheep, put it backin the dogs attacked the sheep, put it back in the two, fill out the details, send it to the lab and if

we have a dog we can match it to we ta ke we have a dog we can match it to we take another swap from the dog and match the two samples. now the most senior officers has published a report calling for a dna database of dogs. it once a law to force owners to use the fixed bleeds in livestock areas and tougher sanctions, possibly using crown courts, not just magistrates. we have put various recommendations that you would hope the legislations and politicians would take heed of an work with us to improve the situation. although police chiefs argue the current law is inadequate, it allows farmers to shoot dogs that are found attacking livestock so reducing the huge number of incidents would ease the stress and suffering not just on incidents would ease the stress and suffering notjust on farmers but also on dog owners. five rural police forces did research over the last four years

and found in 92% of cases dogs were shot. good morning, gareth. we've met you many times before, how much ofa met you many times before, how much of a problem is this? massive. we get people leaving their dogs off the lead and chasing sheep. it is ha rd the lead and chasing sheep. it is hard for us. i have had to shoot a dog myself and it is not a nice feeling. taking that dog back to the owner isn't something i ever wanted to do. i'm a dog lover. people have got to take this into their own hands and respect the countryside and understand that dogs need to be on the lead and not running freely around livestock. what the police officers also found is a lot of the time dogs are escaping from gardens, sensing isn't good enough, they are getting out and coming back and even the owners are realising this. lots of people work shifts so they might go off in the morning or in the evening and leave little rover in

the garden, he mightjump over the fence and if there are sheep around, it's natural for the dog to herd, chase or kill, you can't blame the dog. it's the responsibility of the owner to make sure the dog is safe. they could come home not knowing anything has happened and the dog could be sitting in the garden and it could have killed five or six sheepin it could have killed five or six sheep in that afternoon. they have to ta ke sheep in that afternoon. they have to take that responsibility. gareth, thanks very much. we will see much more of gareth later and some fantastic views because this is a wonderful part of the world on the north wales coast, some incredible vistas here. one last point, one of the biggest incidents the police forces found over the last four yea rs forces found over the last four years found one case where £20,000 worth of damage was done on one farm. that's a big impact on a farmer's livelihood. certainly is. thanks very much. an interesting point from the farmer, i talk to a friend yesterday who had a rescue

dog, had no idea of the history of the dog, went out and about and found the dog was vicious when it came to other animals even though it was lovely with children and other people. it's difficult for dog owners as well to know what the personalities are like until they have let them off the leash. nobody wa nts to have let them off the leash. nobody wants to see that. we will get some news, travel and weather wherever you're watching this morning. see you for the national headlines in a few minutes' time. good morning from bbc london news. i'm katharine carpenter. a norweigen prison governor has told bbc london that the pioneering rehabilitation programmes he uses could help cut re—offending rates here. his model sees prisoners offered drug treatment programmes, and the chance to work or study for qualifications during their sentences.

it's led to a drop in crime rates, and the number of prisoners who go on to re—offend. we do training, education. some can have a proper education as a mechanic and some can have some training, go to work, do what they are cold and get up in the morning and go to work and get a piece of paper hopefully to help them get a properjob when they are no longer in prison. the parents of an 11—month—old baby boy will find out later if they can appeal against a high court judgement allowing doctors to withdraw life support treatment. specialists at king's college hospital had argued that giving further intensive care treatment to isaiah haastrup was futile and not in his best interests. but his parents want the treatment to continue in the hope they could eventually care for their son at home. the husband of a british—iranian woman detained in tehran for 22 months will visit the iranian embassy this morning with charity supporters. richard ratcliffe, who has led a high—profile campaign on his wife's behalf, is seeking a personal meeting with a senior iranian minister who is visiting the capital. he will attempt to hand in an open letter to the minister raising his wife's case.

let's have a look at the travel situation now. a good service on the tubes. on the roads this is the a13 which slow moving westbound from dagenham to barking, usual delays. chelsea embankment is closed westbound for roadworks from chelsea bridge to battersea bridge. and those ongoing water works are still causing problems in shepherds bush where goldhawk road is still closed westbound between shepherds bush green and hammersmith grove. and in hammersmith king street is still closed between queen caroline street and cambridge grove. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. for many it's quite a tackle the start this morning but that cloud will thin and break gradually and will get decent spells of sunshine. if you're out in the east, essex and kent, you may start the day with a bit of sunshine, the cloud further west, like i say,

sunny spells lv were. the cloud thicken for maybe a few showers potentially, the maximum temperature today at nine. the north—easterly breeze making things feel a bit cooler. high pressure very much dominates our weather for the next few days so overnight we lose the cloud and get lengthy clear spells, the minimum temperature back down to zero, maybe a touch below in one or two spots, and we could get a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow. there's more in the way of sunshine as we had three thursday but if you notice the temperatures as we head further through the week into the weekend, we picked up an easterly breeze and that striking in some very cold air. the temperature dropping through the weekend very much so as we head into the early pa rt much so as we head into the early part of next week. that's all from me for now. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. we'll bring you the latest news and sport injust a moment. coming up this morning: it's

the fast food chain that claims its chicken is "finger lickin' good", but kfc customers can't get their hands on the goods because of a shortage of the main ingredient. we'll speak to the union that warned the colonel that switching suppliers would cause chaos. creating an atmosphere of dignity at a difficult time. we'll look at how special ‘compassion' symbols in hospitals are encouraging staff and visitors to be more respectful to patients and families facing the final days of their lives. nicknamed ‘the king of bling' by the tabloids for his lavish lifestyle, we'll be joined on the sofa by the former england international kieron dyer, who'll talk to us about his searingly honest autobiography. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. president trump has signed an order to ban bump—stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 las vegas concert—goers last year. mr trump says legislation that

outlaws equipment which turns rifles into machine—guns could be ready "very soon". it comes after many students will march in tallahassee after 17 stu d e nts march in tallahassee after 17 students were killed last week. just a few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general the proposed regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into. i expect that these critical regulations will be finalised very soon. the bombardment of the rebel—held eastern ghouta by the syrian government and its allies has continued for a third day, prompting the united nations to warn of the risk of a second aleppo. reports suggest around 250 people have died following two days of attacks. according to activists, it's the worst violence in the area near damascus since 2013. speaking from one area, one activist told the bbc this

is as bad as it's been. heavy drinking may be a major risk factor for the early onset of dementia. scientists in france looked at 57,000 cases of dementia in people under 65 and found that a third could have been caused by alcohol—related brain damage. ben ando reports. doctors already know heavy drinking can lead to problems in the brain, but this study focused on links specifically to early onset dementia, that means affecting people younger than 65. researchers analysed the medical records of more than 30 million people in france, who spent time in hospital during 2008 and 2013. they published the results in the lancet health journal. in that nationwide group they found 1 million people with dementia and of these 57,000 were under 65. among those people, heavy drinking was linked to 39% or nearly one infour

drinking was linked to 39% or nearly one in four cases. for this study heavy drinking was defined as a daily intake of more than four units of alcohol for women and six for men, that's the equivalent of three pints of the year. previous research has suggested that drinking small amounts, particularly of red wine, can have a positive effect. those studies really focus on modest levels of alcohol intake, perhaps one or two units a day, and perhaps that has lulled people into a false sense of security and perhaps we haven't seen the other side of the curb, where people have high levels of alcohol consumption which can be harmful to the brain in a variety of ways. —— other side of the curve. the alzheimer's society says it is aware of the risks of heavy drinking and its advice remains the same, try to drink no more than 14 units of alcohol were weak. the high court is looking at whether police failed to investigate john

worboys properly. scotland yard is appealing against a previous decision that they breached the human rights of two women whose destiny they failed to investigate properly. the metropolitan police says it had procedures and practices in place. if the ruling is upheld this could be nutcase for victims apostasy rights. liberal democrat peer has resigned from his role because of allegations of sexual harassment. lord lester will be investigated by the house of lords commission. he has denied the allegations which have been described as historical and he says he will contest them vigorously. more than 60 brexit supporting conservative mps have written to the prime minister, setting out what they believe written should achieve from the deal with brussels. mps insist that britain should be free to negotiate trade deals with other countries as soon as it leaves the eu. senior ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what the government wants from the final brexit deal. the awards season in full swing.

tonight it's the turn of the music industry's brit awards, with the great and the good of the pop world hoping to bag a trophy. dua lipa is leading the way with the highest number of nominations ever given to a female artist in one year. seven in total. the 22—year—old had a number one with new rules and is heading towards 200,000 sales of her debut. you will hear a full preview of the brit awards later. and one thing you mention is that liam gallagher is a bit annoyed because he hasn't been asked to perform. idid an asked to perform. i did an interview with him two yea rs i did an interview with him two years ago and we have to have a pre—recorded and the editing required... was a substantial? halfway through i said, if you want

all of this to get out, you have to reduce your swearing little bit because it is really hard to edit in between. he told me to go somewhere. in the nicest possible way... i'm sure. i will tell you who is going nowhere at the moment, the women's curling team! they are doing well? into the semifinals. and what about the men? we are trying to join them. i'm just having a look. we will dip into live pictures. i'm getting ahead of myself! it's fine. what they beat the reigning champions, the olympic champions, canada, the quite a big deal. they had to come from behind, so quite a dramatic match, but they are into the semifinals. canada led for most of the contest. eve muirhead and co were behind going into the final end but pulled it out of the bag to win 6—5. it will be the first time that

canada's women weren't win a medal. the men are going for a win in the semifinals as well. they are playing in the semifinals against the us and after five ends the americans lead 5-4. and there was great news for billy morgan overnight in "big air" — pretty obvious why it's called that when you look at this. the briton is in saturday's final after taking the final qualification spot in his heat. jamie nicholls and rowan coultas missed out though. but lindsey vonn, the most successful female downhill skier in history, couldn't take the gold in what looks like her final olympic games. the american earned bronze, with italy's sofia goggia taking top spot. elise christie's hopes of a medal at the 2018 winter olympics are over after she was disqualified in her 1,000m short track heat yesterday. she's had an awful games with crashes, injury and then that disqualification yesterday. the 27—year—old appeared to be

in pain at times because of an ankle injury sustained in a crash in the 1500 metres on saturday. i worked so hard to come back from this injury. i think 1000 people wouldn't have skated with my ankle the way it was. i could barely bend my knee. it's just... the only thing ican my knee. it's just... the only thing i can say is i promise britain i will fight back from this and i will come back for beijing. and hopefully ican do come back for beijing. and hopefully i can do britain proud then. it was a case of so near but so far for chelsea in the champions league, with lionel messi denying them a great win at stamford bridge. chelsea had the better of the chances and eventually took the lead through willian. but the spanish giants came on strong and messi capitalised on a chelsea error to make it 1—1

and give barcelona an important away goal going into the second leg. one mistake. art as you know very well against these types of players, lionel messi and louis suarez, if you make a mistake you pay. england women head coach phil neville has named chelsea's anita asante in his first squad for next month's shebelieves cup in the united states. asante, who was last called up in 2015, was one of several players who said they were poorly treated by previous boss mark sampson. injured skipper steph houghton has also been named in the squad. and, finally, lots of you have been posting videos of yourselves giving curling a go at home, but you can always go a little further. here's someone that has taken their obsession with the games to a new level. personal trainer frank has recreated almost every winter olympic sport

in his gym and certainly deserves a gold medalfor his efforts. can you name them? that was short track speed skating. a bit of boarding and a bit of curling. gold, silver or bronze for him? no place on the podium, i'm afraid. he has probably built a podium! see you later. don't forget, nick will have the weather in about five minutes. social media and smart phones go hand in hand, as 95% of 15—year—olds in the uk use digital platforms before that's according to the education policy institute. norman lamb is the chair of the science and technology committee, he joins us now from westminster. thank you for your time this

morning. good morning. an enquiry. surely we know that if 95% of children are using social media sites, shouldn't it be time to take action rather than look into what needs to be done in order to take action? one of the good things about this committee is we look at the evidence and we do have some evidence and we do have some evidence but there are also some gaps and! evidence but there are also some gaps and i think what's clear is we've all gone through a revolution over the last 15 years. our lives have changed dramatically. children's lives have changed, compared to what earlier generations went through in terms of the intensity of use of mobile phones, smart phones, social media. we need to understand what the effects of that are, positive and negative, because it's important notjust think of this as a problem. and of course for many young people they are now getting access to help with mental health problems, for example, online. nearly 80% of children and

young people contact childline online. so there are beneficial effects as well is harmful effect is, but we need to understand all of this and i think we need to make sure that the government is doing all it should be doing and indeed all it should be doing and indeed all the companies, the facebooks of this world, up protecting children. you mentioned there are positives, but let's focus for a moment on the negatives. you mentioned facebook. there is a policy of allowing those of the aged 13 and above to go online, but there are doubts about how effectively this is policed. whose fault is it if there is a child who was adopted to social media he doesn't know the limits, or is exposed to attention, sexual predatory attention, that they shouldn't have to be exposed to? you have highlighted one of the issues

we will be looking at. it was found that over one third, about 37%, of 15 new roles are extreme in users, in other words using... been online for more than six hours a day, and associated with that are mental health problems, increased risk of harm, the whole issue of grooming. so the question then is what more could companies like facebook be doing to protect children? what should government be doing in terms of setting the regulatory framework? these are the kinds of things we will be looking at and incidentally we are very will be looking at and incidentally we are very keen to hear from young people, as well as the experts, in understanding exactly what's going on over there. you are father of two. you've been doing your research! we have been known to do it! children slightly older than teenage age, what you know how difficult it can be to communicate your concerns effectively to a child

who thinks they know best and that you don't understand their world. this is what happening a lot of the time when parents try to police or at least understand what they are seeing on social media and understand the different world they are in. i totally agree, lots of families, including ours, have struggled with this, knowing where to set boundaries. remember also that pa rents boundaries. remember also that parents aren't always perfect in terms of their use of social media and indeed their use of smart phones. sometimes you see people walking down the street, the parent on the smart phone with two small children by their side not really concentrating much on the children. there's issues for all of us here. it's a fascinating area. as i say, the world has changed completely in the world has changed completely in the space of not much more than a decade. the idea that this revolution has happened without it having an effect, potentially

positive and negative, is fanciful, so let's try and understand it better. norman lamb, chair of the science and technology committee, thanks for your time. thanks very much. let us know what you think of that. you can find us on social media if you want to know about that. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. some gorgeous blue skies over london, is that what london is seeing this morning? will be a few brighter spells for the rest of the uk as well, —— there will be. lots of fine and dry weather to come, not just weather to come, notjust today but for the rest of the week into the weekend. turning colder but next weekend. turning colder but next week is where in the proper cold air comes in, a gradual step down each day in terms of the temperatures. some cloud around to start the day, especially england and wales, clear skies in scotland with frost, patchy fog in northern ireland and here's the cloud from the north—east into

england and wales, western candice of england and wales seeing sunshine today, maybe into kent, the slight chance of a shower and then thicker cloud at times in the midlands and northern england, maybe a bit of drizzle, that's how we start. northern ireland, a few fog patches, some slow to clear, sunny spells in scotland, a few fog patches as well but lots of fine dry weather on the way with temperatures rooted into single figures. around 6—9, only getting lower. a steady slow process until the real cold air arrives into next week. overnight a lot of the cloud we've had will tend to clear, allowing more clear skies. you can see the land, that's where it's indicating it will be clear, more widespread frost tonight going into tomorrow morning. temperatures at or a few degrees below freezing. again fog patches around here and there into tomorrow that could be slow to clear, barely a breath of wind for most, tomorrow, the breeze, see the arrows, picks up a bit for northern

ireland into western scotland, some cloud may be producing a light shower, elsewhere, variable cloud, sunny spells on a mainly dry day but where you see eight or nine today, tomorrow the temperatures come down a further degree. looking at friday, the aircoming in a further degree. looking at friday, the air coming in from the north—east more from the east south—east location where we would expect dry air coming in, less cloud, more sunshine. a bit breezy to the south and west of the uk, most to the south and west of the uk, m ost pla ces to the south and west of the uk, most places are dry and again single figure temperatures. i want to show you the setup for the weekend, high pressure from scandinavia, the flow ofairaround pressure from scandinavia, the flow of air around that well into next week which comes in from the easterly direction, a cold direction, and the breeze picks up a bit more as well. lot of sunshine this weekend but the thing to notice, four locations here, but for the whole of the country, temperatures going down, the breeze picking up, feeling colder but again the proper cold air is next week. yes, but the sunshine is there so it

makes it all better. lots of blue sky days weekend. as soon as i hear the word son i go all disease. she likes a bit of sunny weather. the word son i go all disease. she likes a bit of sunny weatherlj the word son i go all disease. she likes a bit of sunny weather. i do -- all likes a bit of sunny weather. i do —— all busy. —— wisniewski. thousands of small firms were mistreated by royal bank scotland during the financial crisis, that's according to a report released by mps. steph‘s been looking at what happened. i need to take you back about ten or 15 years to when this began. the height of the financial crisis. lots of businesses were struggling to pay back their debts. royal bank of scotland set up a unit called the global restructuring group, so when one of their business customers was struggling they would be put through to this unit. it was supposed to be an expert service that could save a business, but a report by the financial regulator found that this unit actually harmed a lot of the businesses it was supposed to help, with made—up fees, high interest rates and taking over property in some cases. royal bank of scotland said it was deeply sorry for its treatment of businesses in the grg. at its peak the unit was handling

around 16,000 businesses. one of them was small business owner andi gibbs. good morning to you, andi. tell us about your business, it was an architecture firm? it was. i had started a community festival in norwich and wanted after six years to have a permanent base to create creative industries, working together and expanding their skills base and sharing. part of my business was that accommodation, an architectural practice which was award—winning, plus a construction company. you went to royal bank of scotland to borrow money? do more to the project, it wasn't because you we re the project, it wasn't because you were struggling, you went to expand? yes, we were in the final stages of a four yes, we were in the final stages of afouror yes, we were in the final stages of a four orfive year yes, we were in the final stages of a four or five year building project. we had a waiting list for te na nts to project. we had a waiting list for tenants to come into the property because of its notoriety. this was

increased funding natwest and they suggested that my three accounts should go to royal bank of scotland. you got the loan from royal bank of scotla nd you got the loan from royal bank of scotland and then what happened, when did the trouble start? the easiest thing is to use an analogy. if you can imagine that royal bank of scotla nd if you can imagine that royal bank of scotland are a kind of swamp of quicksand, royal bank of scotland offered the loan but structured onto it and interest rate hedging product which effectively was something they sold to me which was a loss—making product —— an interest rate. because the interest rates were going down... starting to go down that effectively built in what was a credit line that was unknown to me and many customers. for a loan of £1.3 million, there was a credit line unknown of £1.5 million. this

push you into financial difficulty and that's when royal bank of scotla nd and that's when royal bank of scotland moved you into this gi and that's when royal bank of scotland moved you into this g! g —— push you. what pushed many businesses was simply we were complaining of what this interest rate hedging product was doing —— pushed you —— grg. rate hedging product was doing —— pushed you -- grg. what happened? you ended up losing the business? yes. we transferred to grg and we had a situation where there was over bullying, stopping direct payments, stopping my professional insurance, taking my lifeline away from providing for my family. in the end they fire sold the whole property, or properties, 11 in total in norwich and destroyed the project. that obviously hit you really hard? it was. out of it i had three major

operations, six hours, broken marriage and a breakdown. and ok now? -- and you're ok now? am i? i have a successful architecture practice in norwich. we will be ok when we getjustice, and that's what we're fighting for. they had a company called we're fighting for. they had a com pa ny called west we're fighting for. they had a company called west register where they would try to offer you more money, which i turned down with a 1596 money, which i turned down with a 15% stake. when they said they couldn't afford 1.3 million, they offered £1.71 million as a loan. there's hidden and sharing of assets to basically pull the guillotine down on the business. you're part of this group trying to fight it? smp alliance and whistleblowers are all working together. good luck with that. thanks for your time, andi, a personal story so thanks for telling the about it. in response royal bank

of scotla nd the about it. in response royal bank of scotland have said they saw no evidence... the report done by the fca saw no evidence of inappropriate tra nsfer to fca saw no evidence of inappropriate transfer to grg and all companies transferred were in financial difficulty. they had the bank worked with andi to help him find a way to meet his repayment obligations. that's it from me for now on this. amazing how this hits home, a good example. thank you very much to both of you. for all of us on breakfast the term lie—in sounds like bliss, but now a team of university sleep experts are testing whether a later school start time could benefit pupils and their performance. research already suggests that teenagers don't get enough sleep. and on bbc two tonight, trust me i'm a doctor will look at why teenagers' bodyclocks are programmed to stay up later than everyone else's. let's take a look. let's talk to guy holloway, headmaster of hampton court house school and david ray, a professor of medicine and endocrinology at the university of manchester. good morning to you. guy, let's

start with you, what are you doing, what time do the pupils turn up, when do they go home and what benefits have you seen? our students have exactly the same amount of tuition as they would if they were starting at a traditional early time. our lessons start at 1pm and they work until 7pm. they turn up at what time? well, many of the stu d e nts what time? well, many of the students will turn up mid—morning, but the actual heavy duty work, the a—level studies, begin at 1pm. teachers have said what in terms of how they're responding, how well the stu d e nts how they're responding, how well the students are learning and how easy if it is at all to teach them? the feedback has been extraordinary. in fa ct feedback has been extraordinary. in fact our staff talk about a golden period, the period between 4pm and 7pm where it's reported that is where the best concentration and the

best learning takes place. the fact is we are in society accustomed to what we are used to. why is it that up what we are used to. why is it that up and down the country primary school children come happily into school children come happily into school and suddenly... i see it all the time on the way to work, you see teenagers making their way to the bus stop and frankly they are walking like zombies. it looks like a scene from shaun of the dead, but we've become accustomed to it and we accept that as normal. there's something profoundly wrong about asking our teenagers to get up early in the morning. they can do it, just as we can up in the morning. they can do it, just as we can up early to catch a 6am flight, as we can up early to catch a 6am flight, but the fact is it's unnatural. the neuroscientific community is doing this country's teenagers a great service by suggesting that what we are doing is supported by the research. passionate defence of teenagers

getting up later, lots of people getting up later, lots of people getting in contact with the programme as well, talking about the fa ct programme as well, talking about the fact they recognise this in their own teenagers. is it backed by research? yes, absolutely. chromo type refers to whether someone is more of a morning person or an evening person and we all recognise and remember ourselves that during teenage years we all shift very much later. boys even later than girls during teenage years and for the re st of during teenage years and for the rest of our lives we get earlier and earlier and earlier. the problem with that is even telling teenagers that they should go to bed at 10pm to get up at 7am, if they can't get to get up at 7am, if they can't get to sleep at 10pm, they are lying in bed, they are restless and trying to get them up early in the morning is very hard. and he makes a point that many are making, wouldn't teens go to sleep later knowing they get a lie in in the morning, therefore negating the effect of a later start toa negating the effect of a later start to a school day? that's interesting.

there's a lot of theoretical research suggesting this late chromo type in teenage years is a real phenomenon. it's not something easy to fight against. real—life experiments like starting school later is what we need to see in real life if this really helps. time is tight but when would you see the benefits of this, how quickly could you see positive change? very quickly, very quickly. within a day or two, it is as quick as that. essentially the practical issue would be if teenagers get used to starting school and starting work at 1pm, then the potential is they will go to sleep at 2am or 3am and then they will be out of phase with the re st of they will be out of phase with the rest of their family and if exams when they come around in the summer start at 9am then it will be like trying to do an exam in the middle of the night so there are practical knock—on effects. of the night so there are practical knock-on effects. david, good to talk to you and guy holloway, thank you very much as well. we will be

hearing from guy later. trust me i'm a doctor is on bbc two tonight at 8:30pm. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm katharine carpenter. there were extra police patrols in camden over night as detectives tried to establish if two fatal stabbings yesterday evening were linked. the first victim, believed to be in his late teens, was found with stab wounds in bartholomew road at about 8.30 and about two hours later police were called to malden road where a 20—year—old also died. a norweigen prison governor has told bbc london that the pioneering rehabilitation programmes he uses could help cut re—offending rates here. his model sees prisoners offered drug treatment programmes, and the chance to work or study for qualifications during their sentences. it's led to a drop in crime rates, and the number of prisoners who go

on to re—offend. we give the inmates training or education. some can have a proper education as a mechanic and some can have some training, go to work, do what they are told and get up in the morning and go to work and get a piece of paper. hopefully to help them get a properjob when they have done their time in prison. the parents of an 11—month—old baby boy will find out later if they can appeal against a high court judgement allowing doctors to withdraw life support treatment. specialists at king's college hospital had argued that giving further intensive care treatment to isaiah haastrup was futile and not in his best interests. but his parents want the treatment to continue in the hope they could eventually care for their son at home. let's have a look at the travel situation now. a couple of problems on the tube. severe delays on metropolitan and minor delays on the piccadilly line. on the roads, this is the a13, which is slow moving westbound from dagenham to barking,

the usual delays. in park royal, the north circular is slow eastbound towards the park royal interchange, following a collision. chelsea embankment is closed westbound for roadworks from chelsea bridge to battersea bridge. and those ongoing water works are still causing problems in shepherds bush, where goldhawk road is still closed westbound between shepherds bush green and hammersmith grove. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. for many of us it is quite a cloudy start this morning but that cloud will thin and break gradually and we'll get some decent spells of sunshine. if you're out in the east, parts of essex and kent, you may start the day with a bit of sunshine, the cloud further west. but like i say, sunny spells everywhere. the cloud is thick enough for maybe a few showers potentially, the maximum temperature today at nine. the north—easterly breeze starting to make things feel a bit cooler. high pressure very much dominates our weather for the next few days so overnight we lose the cloud and get

some lengthy clear spells. the minimum temperature back down to zero, maybe even a touch below in one or two spots, so we could get a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow. there's more in the way of sunshine as we head through thursday, but if you notice the temperatures as we head further through the week into the weekend, we pick up an easterly breeze and that's dragging in some very cold air. the temperature dropping through the weekend and very much so as we head into the early part of next week. that's all from me for now. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. a move on gun control policy in the united states. president trump indicates he's willing to make a change. as students prepare to march in the state capital after last week's school shooting, he says he'd support a ban on devices which turn rifles into machine—guns. good morning, it's

wednesday 21st february. also this morning: warnings of a humanitarian disaster in syria where hundreds of people have died after days of bombing. we look at how early onset dementia could be linked to regular heavy drinking. good morning. we are in north wales, 1000 feet above the menai straits. this is a crucial time of yearfor above the menai straits. this is a crucial time of year for british livestock farmers, especially for sheep farmers and now senior police officers say it is time to get a grip on the problem of dog attacks on livestock. kfc says many of its restaurants could be closed for the rest of the week as the chain enters another day

of supply problems. we will speak to a worker's union just before eight a.m.. and in the sport here in pyeongchang, there was great news for britain's curlers overnight. and can the menjoin the women in the semi—finals? i'll bring you the latest on all that and everything else, in half an hour. and nick has the weather. good morning. frosty in scotland and parts of northern ireland. sunny spells to come for england and wales. we have the forecast for the rest of the week into the weekend as it turns cold. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has suggested he could be willing to make some changes on gun control laws, following the school shooting in florida last week. he has signed an order to ban bump—stock devices which turn rifles into machine—guns. they were used by a gunman who killed 58 las vegas last year. mr trump says legislation could be ready "very soon". our north america correspondent david willis reports. we don't know where the shooter is! the scenes are nothing new here, but last week's high school shooting

in florida has galvanised the debate on gun control in america in a way few here can remember. students who survived an attack which killed 17 of their teachers and classmates are speaking out fluidly and forcefully. do not let people try to get under your skin! their youthful voices resonating where those of long serving politicians have largely fallen flat. we are what's bringing the change. we're going to keep talking. we're going to keep pushing until something is done, because people are dying and this can't happen any more. reflecting the national mood of grief and anger in the wake of last week's shooting, president trump, who supports gun ownership, offered a concession — a ban on bump—stock devices, used to devastating effect in the las vegas massacre last year. i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to proposed regulations to ban all devices that turn legal

weapons into machine—guns. students arriving for a rally later today in the florida state capital tallahassee say that's not enough. some are heading to washington at the invitation of the white house to press the case for comprehensive gun reforms with the president himself. some here are hailing it a turning point in the acrimonious debate about guns, but america has been here so many times before. and we'll be speaking to one of the pupils from the florida school where 17 people were killed last week as he prepares to march in tallahassee later today. that's at 7:10am. the bombardment of the rebel—held eastern ghouta by the syrian government and its allies has continued for a third day, prompting the united nations to warn of the risk of a second aleppo. reports suggest around 250 people have died following two days of attacks.

according to activists, it is the worst violence in the area near damascus since 2013. speaking from the area, one activist told the bbc this is as bad as it's been. the mortars are dropping on us like rain. there is nowhere to hide from this nightmare in eastern ghouta. a landmark ruling is being reviewed by the supreme court over whether police are accountable for their failure to investigate victim's allegations of the black cab rapistjohn worboys. scotland yard is appealing against a previous decision that they breached the human rights of two women whose testimony they failed to investigate properly. the metropolitan police as it has practices and procedures in place. if the ruling is upheld this could bea if the ruling is upheld this could be a landmark case for victims rights. the family of a missing 29—year—old man have travelled to israel to take part in a press conference later this morning, in the hope of raising awareness of his disappearance. oliver mcafee from county down in northern ireland, was last seen three months ago, while cycling near mitzpe ramon. our middle east correspondent tom bateman joins us from ourjerusalem newsroom. what is happening? i understand some

of the gentleman's belongings have been found ? of the gentleman's belongings have been found? that's right. police have said they found a number of items belonging to oliver mcafee. he was cycling through europe and had made a nearly 9000 mile journey before coming to northern israel. he was cycling on a trail and stop in jerusalem and he then disappeared in the desert in the south of israel. as you say, police say they found items and they also say they found piles of stones and words written on pieces of paper from the bible. piles of stones and words written on pieces of paperfrom the bible. his family have travelled here and going to hold a press conference at the british embassy in tel aviv this morning. they say they want to revitalise this investigation. a wa nt to revitalise this investigation. a want to revitalise the search. but they have said that given that 90 days or so have passed since any

confirmed sighting of oliver mcafee, the lack of a breakthrough is taking its toll. thanks for the moment. heavy drinking may be a major risk factor for the early onset of dementia. scientists in france looked at 57,000 cases of dementia in people under 65 and found that a third could have been caused by alcohol—related brain damage. ben ando reports. doctors already know heavy drinking can lead to problems in the brain, but this study focused on links specifically to early onset dementia, that means affecting people younger than 65. researchers analysed the medical records of more than 30 million people in france, who'd spent time in hospital during 2008 and 2013. they published the results in the lancet health journal. in that nationwide group they found 1 million people with dementia and of these 57,000 were under 65. among those people, heavy drinking was linked to 39% or nearly one in four cases.

for this study, heavy drinking was defined as a daily intake of more than four units of alcohol for women and six for men, that's the equivalent of three pints of beer. previous research has suggested that drinking small amounts, particularly of red wine, can have a positive effect. those studies really focus on very modest levels of alcohol intake, perhaps one or two units a day, and perhaps that has lulled us into a false sense of security and perhaps we haven't seen the other side of the curve, where people have higher levels of alcohol consumption that can be harmful to the brain in a variety of ways. the alzheimer's society says it's aware of the risks of heavy drinking and its advice remains the same for everyone — try to drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. more than 60 brexit—supporting conservative mps have written to the prime minister, setting out what they believe britain should achieve from a deal with brussels.

the mp5, from the european research group of tory backbenchers, insist that britain should be free to negotiate trade deals with other countries, as soon as it leaves the eu. senior ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what the government wants from the final brexit deal. the awards season is in full swing and tonight it's the turn of the music industry to celebrate with the brit awards. 22—year—old londoner dua lipa leads the way with five nominations, while eyes will also be on ed sheeran after his record breaking year. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. dua lipa's five brit nominations are the most ever in one year by a female artist. the 22—year—old londoner had a number one with new rules and is heading towards 200,000 sales of her debut. at the moment she is bigger than beyonce, taylor swift, rihanna and she has what all of those huge american artists has.

she's not workshy, she'll turn up and do the interviews and promos and she'll spend 24 hours doing the video, and extreme focus 24/7. however, the night's biggest award, album of the year, is expected to go to ed sheeran's divide. it was number one for a third of last year and it would be a major shock if he did not win. # you will keep the secrets in ya # you've been keeping paraphernalia...# one man who's not happy about the brits is liam gallagher, who is nominated for best male, but is furious that he hasn't been asked to perform and says the brits have "ballooned it" and are too scared to let him onstage. and unlike at the baftas, where almost every actress wore black on the red carpet, at the brits expect a variety of coloured outfits.

instead, acts are asked to wear a white rose pin if they want to show solidarity for anti—harassment movements. nick will have the weather forecast later and of course the sport as well. dozens of students and parents from the florida high school where 17 teenagers and staff members were killed last week will march in the state capital tallahassee later, as part of a campaign to make schools safer. president trump has signed an order to ban bump—stock devices, which enable rifles to shoot hundreds of rounds a minute. lewis mizen is a student at marjory stoneman douglas high school, the scene of last week's shooting. he joins us live from tallahassee. thank you so much for coming on the programme again. many of our viewers would have seen and heard you speaking to us over the weekend. i suppose most importantly of all, how are you nearly one week on?|j suppose most importantly of all, how are you nearly one week on? i know kate. getting through it day by day.

-- i'm 0k. kate. getting through it day by day. —— i'm ok. what's happened over the last few days has been a great distraction. i've been with my friends, dealing with interviews and planning this tallahassee trip. it's been a really good distraction for me and obviously earlier today, it doesn't feel like earlier today, it is two o'clock, at earlier yesterday morning i was at a friend's funeral. so obviously that was tough. but i was surrounded by my friends, family and the community and we are getting through a day by day. you say you have been to a friend's funeral. is there a feeling at the moment that you need to channel this energy that you need to channel this energy that you have for change? is that why there's such a pace about the way you are going about your business the moment? absolutely. we all know how the new cycle works and we will only stay in it for a week or so is we wa nt only stay in it for a week or so is we want to get as much done as we

can while the focus is still on what's happened, e—commerce if we ta ke what's happened, e—commerce if we take ourtime to what's happened, e—commerce if we take our time to grieve —— because if we take our time to grieve quietly on our roads for a few weeks, then by the time we are ready to come back out and make a change nobody will care. so i feel like we've channelled our grief into anger and into we've channelled our grief into angerand intoa we've channelled our grief into anger and into a need to make change andi anger and into a need to make change and i think that's what's been so phenomenal about the movement. in the uk we are waking up to the president trump order to ban bump stocks, which turns an order meriweather and into a machine—gun, for those who don't know, is that something you would welcome or not enough? -- gun. -- ordinarily done. it's good. the movement is becoming too politicised, democrat against

republican, and the fact donald trump is willing to show he's willing to make inroads is phenomenal. i hope this doesn't become a political issue because it isn't, it's an american issue, it's something americans need to be united on, the safety of their children and the fact he's willing to make a step in the right direction with this executive order is fantastic. you've got a very busy few days, i know you're taking part ina few days, i know you're taking part in a town hall meeting broadcast live on cnn, you're meeting lawmakers today as well. what will the points you will be trying to get across to the lawmakers, what do you wa nt to across to the lawmakers, what do you want to see achieved by deon of this process ? want to see achieved by deon of this process? obviously we had a long drive up here, seven hours to tallahassee from parkland. —— by doing this process. —— parkland. what we want to do is not only do we wa nt to what we want to do is not only do we want to talk about mental healthcare

in schools, which obviously is incredibly important, but we want to talk about why it's easier for people in florida to get their hands ona people in florida to get their hands on a semiautomatic weapon, the same kind of weapon we send soldiers off to fight foreign wars with, it's easier to get those weapons than a handgun. obviously i don't know the statistics but i don't know many school shootings that have been carried out by a guy with a handgun. most happen with these kinds of weapons of war. we want to talk to them and tried... if donald trump is willing to make inroads then we hope these state legislators will as well. —— try. there was a vote on it earlier, my days are mixed up, it feels like earlier today but it was yesterday, they voted down a proposal to discuss banning assault weapons. it was quite overwhelmingly against. i'm really hoping by meeting with the state legislators we will be able to change their mind

on that and be willing to discuss theissue on that and be willing to discuss the issue because this is a hot button issue. lawmakers and legislators can't shy away from that. they need to kind of face it head on because i've had classmates who have faced in the bullets from those guns head on and if they're not willing to face the problem head on them frankly that's ridiculous. the way you're able to think so clearly at this kind of time and what you've seen in the last week or so is so impressive. i wonder at the end of this process, once you have met these lawmakers and taken part in live interviews and tv programmes and done the world press as you are doing at the moment, will you get a chance to stop and grieve? how difficult will that be and eventually going back to school as well? the tentative start date for us well? the tentative start date for us going back to school is next tuesday i believe. we're doing a half day. we're also going back on

sunday to be with our families so the kids can feel safe going back to school for the first time. that's good, easing us back into it. but stoneman douglas is my home and its my high school home, i can't wait to get back. this has been a tough week and it's been intense and non—stop. i haven't really been thinking about it but it's been one of those weeks where my dad made me toast this morning and i didn't think i was that hungry and before i realised it i had eaten it all. it's where i'm with my friends, it's1am, and we say let's take a 15 minute nap and we wake up eight hours later because we wake up eight hours later because we also exhausted. it's been a really intense week and it's going to stay with us for the rest of our lives. but i think we will slowly be able to get back to normality and i think it will get easier as time goes on. we live in an age of terrorism and this is something that hau nts terrorism and this is something that haunts us every day, doesn't matter

where you're from, terrorism can come in all forms. the only way to be that is to live your life to the fullest, go to school, be with your friends, fall in love, forge your future and i for one... friends, fall in love, forge your future and ifor one... it's been a hit. it's been a punch to the face. i know myself and a lot of my classmates are going to get up and keep walking because something like this isn't going to stop us from marching towards our future. lewis, so good to speak to you, good luck for the next few days and when you go back to school as well. thank you so much. incredible young man. 17 yea rs so much. incredible young man. 17 years old. dealing with that and all of his school friends and the teachers, we wish them well. let's find out what's happening with the weather. it's going to get colder? absolutely. temperatures are dipping away day by day as we go into the

weekend, some really proper cold air on the way next week. baidoa thames may not get above freezing for some spots. that's next week, the rest of this week with high pressure building in offers a lot of dry weather —— the temperatures. we could have some light showers but most could have some light showers but m ost pla ces could have some light showers but most places are dry, where you start with cloud, brightening up a bit, especially in parts of england and wales. a few fog patches in northern ireland to begin with, clear weather in scotland, early cloud in the south, some fog, but generally sunny. in scotland, a frosty start. areas of cloud coming and going but particularly into england and wales, probably western fringes seeing the best of the sunny spells, perhaps into the far south—east but again where the cloud is thick enough we could have the odd light shower. some spots yesterday got to double figures, today it is more like six to nine for the top temperjust be day by day temperatures will be

dropping —— top temperature. more in the way of blue frost going into tomorrow morning. temperatures at or below freezing, a few fog patches as well and with barely a breath of wind for many, fairly slow to clear. away from those, with decent sunshine to come tomorrow. more cloud building from northern ireland into western scotland, the odd shower here, a breeze picks up. look at the arrows. for most places, variable cloud, sunny spells, dry, and temperatures, eight, nine today, more like six or seven tomorrow. a fairamount of more like six or seven tomorrow. a fair amount of sunshine on friday, coming in from the east or south—east. a bit of a dry effect into the uk with more sunshine, less cloud, the vast majority will be dry and those temperatures more like five or six. over the weekend we keep high pressure close by, that means a lot of dry weather to come.

it's the flow of air around this area of high pressure coming in from the east or south—east allowing the colder air to feed in. that's where we're noticing the temperatures coming down. a lot of fine, sunny weather over the weekend but temperatures coming down, still further the wind picking up, feeling colder in the wind but even colder next week. you will hear much more about that over the next few days. thanks very much, nick. there's a call for a dog dna database to be established to help catch animals suspected of killing livestock. the national police chiefs' council also wants to be able to search properties and confiscate repeat offender dogs from their owners. breakfast‘s john maguire is on a farm in north wales and has more detail for us this morning. john, we are getting lots of viewers commenting on this unsurprisingly this morning. you're absolutely right. i've been talking to people since we've been filming over the last couple of weeks and there is a great deal of interest, not only from farmers, people in rural areas, but from dog owners. we are in north

wales, 1000 feet up above the menai strait, that's anglesey across there. a beautiful and dramatic landscape, one that is very difficult to farm. one way of making the land pay for farmers is obviously through sheep farming. at this time of year these ewes will be inland, the farmers will start to land in around six weeks —— will be in lamb. they're very vulnerable. when we talk about dog attacks, they're not just vulnerable from biting, but from chasing them around and the problems that can cause for and the problems that can cause for a ewe's pregnancy. it isn'tjust sheep, all sorts of livestock, but now senior police officers are saying enough is enough. he's only 16 but alfie is already learning about some of the harsh realities of farming after two of his pedigree sheep were attacked bya dog. the harriet family graze their sheep on the south downs and have had several incidents. it's just that throat wound on a bit concerned about still.

it's very upsetting. the trauma that the sheep have gone through. as i say, we're not going to quite know yet how much this has impacted, but it's not the first incidents we've have had. we've had two, three, four throughout the year. only yesterday i went up there and there were more dogs off the lead. you ask them nicely, "would you mind putting your dog on the lead, please." "oh, my dog wouldn't do that, it won't be my dog, my dog's not like that. " that's all all you get really and they won't do it. this video shows the dog tracing the ewes before biting them and days later it returned to attack again. so it's all about taking dna samples then i guess? absolutely. sergeant tom carter is a wildlife and rural officer for sussex police who started using forensic science to tackle the problem. so we just take the swab out, we rub that around the bite wound of where the dog's attacked the sheep, put it back in the tube, fill out all the details on the back, send that off

to the lab and if we've got a dog we can match it to we take another swab from the dog and match the two samples. now the most senior officers, the national police chiefs' council, has published a report calling for a dna database of dogs suspected of an attack. it wants a law to force owners to use fixed leads in livestock areas and tougher sanctions, possibly using crown courts, not just magistrates. we've put various recommendations in the report that we would hope the legislators and politicians will take heed of an work with us to improve the situation for our rural communities. although the police chiefs argue the current law is inadequate, it does allow farmers to shoot dogs that are found attacking livestock, so reducing the huge number of incidents would ease the stress and suffering notjust on farmers but also on dog owners. i want to pick up on the point of having to shoot dogs. gareth is the

farmer here, a familiarface on bbc brea kfast, farmer here, a familiarface on bbc breakfast, you have shot a dog before, not something very pleasant to do? god, no, it is horrible. farmers don't want to do it. we are dog owners, dog lovers, it's the last straw really but when something is chasing and killing an animal you have no choice. if you can't catch it, you have to destroy it. the thing is, john, if they've killed a sheep, the majority of the time they will go back and kill again. it's in the dna, it isn't the fault of the dog, it's the fault of the owner. education is key here. we need people to understand that these dogs need to be on leads and they shouldn't be left alone, especially in the countryside and around livestock. thank you very much indeed, gareth. one of the points made in the police report says that repeat offending by dogs is a real issue, that's one of the reasons the

senior police officers believe the dna database would be very effective in trying to make sure that if an animal is injured, if an animal is attacked by a dog and they manage to trace the dna, they can figure out the dog responsible and stop that dog attacking again. back to you. thanks, john. naga mentioned about the comments coming in, let's read a couple. allen says bring back dog licenses, chip every dog and make the license £1000, maybe they will control them if they are not traceable. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm katharine carpenter. police in camden were given extra stop—and—search powers last night and stepped up the number of patrols after two fatal stabbings in kentish town. the first victim, believed to be in his late teens, was found in bartholomew road

at about 8:30pm and at 10pm police were called to malden road where a 20—year—old also died. detectives are investigating if the incidents are linked. a norweigen prison governor has told bbc london that the pioneering rehabilitation programmes he uses could help cut re—offending rates here. his model sees prisoners offered drug treatment programmes, and the chance to work or study for qualifications during their sentences. it's led to a drop in crime rates, and the number of prisoners who go on to re—offend. we give the inmates training or education. some can have a proper education as a mechanic and some can have some training, go to work, do what they are told and get up in the morning and go to work and get a piece of paper. hopefully to help them get a properjob when they have done their time in prison. the parents of an 11—month—old baby boy will find out later if they can appeal against a high court judgement allowing doctors to withdraw life support treatment. specialists at king's college hospital had argued that giving further intensive care treatment to isaiah haastrup was futile and not in his best interests. but his parents want the treatment to continue in the hope they could eventually care

for their son at home. let's have a look at the travel situation now. a couple of problems on the tubes, severe delays on metropolitan line following a signal failure at harrow—on—the—hill and minor delays on the piccadilly line. on the roads, marylebone flyover is slow moving into town from westway. in park royal, the north circular road is slow eastbound towards the park royal interchange. that's following a collision. chelsea embankment is closed westbound for roadworks from chelsea bridge to battersea bridge. and those ongoing water works are still causing problems in shepherd's bush, where goldhawk road is still closed westbound between shepherds bush green and hammersmith grove. in hammersmith we still have problems with the waterworks as well. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. for many of us it is quite a cloudy start this morning but that cloud will thin and break gradually and we'll get some decent

spells of sunshine. if you're out in the east, parts of essex and kent, you may start the day with a bit of sunshine, the cloud further west. but like i say, sunny spells everywhere. the cloud is thick enough for maybe a few showers potentially, the maximum temperature today at nine. the north—easterly breeze starting to make things feel a bit cooler. high pressure very much dominates our weather for the next few days so overnight we lose the cloud and get some lengthy clear spells. the minimum temperature back down to zero, maybe even a touch below in one or two spots, so we could get a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow. there's more in the way of sunshine as we head through thursday, but if you notice the temperatures as we head further through the week into the weekend, we pick up an easterly breeze and that's dragging in some very cold air. the temperature dropping through the weekend and very much so as we head into the early part of next week. that's all from me for now. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. president trump has suggested he could be willing to make some changes on gun control laws, following the school shooting in florida last week. he has signed an order to ban bump—stock devices which turn rifles into machine—guns. they were used by a gunman who killed 58 las vegas concert—goers last year. mr trump says legislation could be ready "very soon". the bombardment of the rebel—held eastern ghouta by the syrian government and its allies has continued for a third day, prompting the united nations to warn of the risk of a second aleppo. reports suggest around 250 people have died following two days of attacks. according to activists, it is the worst violence in the area near damascus since 2013. heavy drinking may be a major risk factor for the early onset of dementia. scientists in france looked at 57,000 cases of dementia in people under 65 and found that a third could have

been caused by alcohol—related brain damage. the supreme court is to rule on whether the metropolitan police failed two victims of black cab rapistjohn worboys. scotland yard is appealing against a previous decision that they breached the human rights of two women whose testimony they failed to investigate properly. the metropolitan police argues it had practices and procedures in place. if the ruling is upheld, this could be a landmark case for victim's rights. more than 60 brexit supporting conservative mps have written to the prime minister, setting out what they believe britain should achieve from a deal with brussels. the mps insist that britain should be free to negotiate trade deals with other countries as soon as it leaves the eu. senior ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what the government wants from the final brexit deal. with the awards season in full swing, tonight it's the turn of the music industry and the brit awards, the great and the good of the pop world are hoping to bag a trophy. dua lipa is leading the way

with the highest number of nominations ever given to a female artist — seven in total. the 22—year—old had a number one with new rules and is heading towards 200,000 sales with her self—titled debut album. that was my moment of feeling old. i haven't heard that song. and you we re haven't heard that song. and you were jigging haven't heard that song. and you werejigging away to haven't heard that song. and you were jigging away to it. my were jigging away to it. my four—year—old loves it. maybe that's the age bracket. and dan likes it. that's because we are in the car with them. you have to be careful with lyrics for kids as well. do you press knew the? ijust forget she is singing those inappropriate lyrics. parenting goals. we will be live in south korea? very soon. just a quick talk about

chelsea and barcelona last night. it was all going so well for chelsea and it should have been a perfect match and then lionel messi got involved, and denied them a victory. chelsea had the better of the chances and eventually took the lead through willian, after he'd twice hit the post earlier. but the spanish giants came on strong in the second half and messi capitalised on a chelsea error to make it 1—1 and give barcelona an important away goal going into the second leg. one mistake. but, as you know very well, against these types of players, messi and suarez, if you make a mistake you pay. so lionel messi has tried to score

against chelsea for the last nine times. he really hadn't scored against them at stamford bridge and finally did it, much to chelsea's an audience. england women head coach phil neville has named chelsea's anita asante in his first squad for next month's shebelieves cup in the united states. asante, who was last called up in 2015, was one of several players who said they were poorly treated by previous boss mark sampson. injured skipper steph houghton has also been named in the squad. right, let's head to the winter olympics in pyeongchang, where kat downes has been keeping across the action for us. morning, kat. good morning! yes, we are into k—12 and it's another lovely sunny day. —— daily 12. it's all going rather to plan for eve muirhead and the curling team. they had an amazing win and are through to the semifinals after beating the defending olympic champions canada.

they were behind going into the final end but they won it 6—4 i've. such a tense match. that will deny canada a medal at curling for the first time ever at a winter olympic games, so huge for great britain's women. disappointment for the men and kyle smith in the last hour. a heavy loss to the usa, they lost 10-4 heavy loss to the usa, they lost 10—4 and now need to come off in a play—off against switzerland if they are to make it through to the semifinals. they conceded four in the final end, is a very expensive at the end for great written's men, but they aren't out of it yet —— great britain. billy morgan is through to saturday's final after taking a final qualification spot. jamie nichols and rowan coultas missed out. but billy morgan will be in the finals. and one of the biggest names in this winter olympics is lindsey bond, the most decorated skier of all time. she

took the bronze in what will be the final olympic downhill race —— agro three. she didn't compete four years ago and was back in the mix today to try and regain the title, but it went to an italian who took the gold and lindsey vonn now signs of on her olympic career. but no other female skier has ever done as well as that, so lindsey vonn signing out with a bronze medal. unfortunately there will be no medal at all for great britain's elise christie. i am sure you were all trying to cheer her on through that the event, she crashed out of the first two and was then heartbreakingly disqualified after that fall at the start. she injured her ankle at the start of that 1000 metre heat yesterday. she picked herself up and clawed her way back through the field, but the officials decided she had picked up some violations on the way and they

disqualified her, soho olympics again after three missed attempts in sochi ends again. —— so her olympics. i worked so hard to come back from this injury. i think 1,000 people wouldn't have skated with my ankle the way it was. i could barely bend my knee. it's just... the only thing i can say is i promise britain i will fight back from this and i will come back for beijing. and hopefully i can do britain proud then. fingers crossed that her fortunes change over the next four years and we will see her eventually come away with an olympic medal. she is of course a three—time world champion. you just feel that an olympic medal may elude her in four years time as well. but it just may elude her in four years time as well. but itjust goes to show what a brutal sport the short track can be. thank you very much. it certainly has been brutal for

thank you very much. it certainly has been brutalfor elise thank you very much. it certainly has been brutal for elise christie. everyone has an opinion on her. a huge discussion point on social media. you skated with her in sochi and has been her teammate for many yea rs. and has been her teammate for many years. nice to see you. she is already talking about beijing, straight after that huge disappointment, showing what a fighter she is. do you think she will actually be there in beijing at the winter olympics?” will actually be there in beijing at the winter olympics? i would love to see her there because i think she still believes she is good enough and we all do, so fingers crossed in four years she can do it. it is another four years, she has four years she can do it. it is anotherfour years, she has to go through all of the training, and i think it will be tough. at first and foremost she has to get back home and take some time and recover from the injury. she is obviously good enough because of what she has achieved so far, but there's been a lot of criticism about how much she pushes. her determination is in no doubt at all and that's brilliant, but the penalties that have been

applied, the disqualification, it implies she misjudges how far she should push to win. i think she does pushit should push to win. i think she does push it to the limits. beyond? i don't think so. we've seen her become world champion in the last 12 months. she knows she can do it and that's plain to her strengths. i think maybe there are things that have gone against her, but she will probably say she has made a few mistakes, but she has been there and done it and got world championship titles, it just wasn't done it and got world championship titles, itjust wasn't meant done it and got world championship titles, it just wasn't meant to done it and got world championship titles, itjust wasn't meant to be at this olympics. is she more emotionally charged at this olympics than in the past? there have been a lot of tears and instances when she's weeping because she has either been disqualified or injured herself. is that part of her character? i think so. that's her way of being able to release after races. she lets out that outburst of emotion and then she can and switch back to being very determined when she comes back to the start line for

the next race. i think the biggest challenge is just being able to switch back into racing mode and she can do that. do you think that. .. naga was talking about the criticism. many people have said she isa criticism. many people have said she is a role model because of the way she keeps coming back. how does she wa nt to she keeps coming back. how does she want to be seen? i know she is so frustrated she can't get analytic medal, but how do she analyse how she is being viewed by everyone else and how kids might look up to her?” think she is very inspired a fact that she has been able to inspire these and the messages she has been sending have been —— she has been sent have been really nice and i think we have seen that she didn't make it to the finish line but the m essa g es make it to the finish line but the messages she has gotten around the world, even the korean fans looked like they were devastated when she fell over. she wants to inspire people but also be seen as a successful athlete in her own right.

no one really wants to be that kind of person. she wants to still put that right. how are you prepped psychologically, and emotionally for this? because you said these olympic games weren't meant to be for her this time, but you could say that about not winning a sack race or an egg and spoon race, but not something you trained for your entire life, or can you? do you go, it wasn't my time? it seems to reasonable, almost. that's part of being a sports person. we go out and we put ourselves on the line knowing that it could go wrong. police does push the boundaries and goes out there to win —— elise. the psych tea m there to win —— elise. the psych team have made sure she can deal with whatever comes. what are you told to do when you lose and its dramatic? it is being able to take it back and she will probably now spend time in the next couple of

months debriefing on where she went wrong. she will look and fingers crossed she is able to see the key point is that she could have done differently. i think sitting here today after the race, it is difficult to do that. but it is almost taking the emotion out of it, sitting back and debriefing.” almost taking the emotion out of it, sitting back and debriefing. i don't see her changing from being that all or nothing. issue going to change that? being in a racing situation where you have to make quick decisions and be in the moment, i think that kind of is what we need in the sport, someone who is determined to win and is able to just think fast and think, i'm going to do that because that's what i believe is best. the fact that it's a brutal and unbelievable is what makes it so good to watch. thanks. thanks very much. let's find out if it's going to be icy. not pyeongchang levels, but what about the uk? wait until next week, curling on the

north sea next week, that's maybe an exaggeration, but colder next week, a gradual step down to the colder weather for the rest of the week into the weekend. lots of sunshine over the next few days, a cloudy start in norfolk. our weather watcher pictures coming in. this is the satellite, high pressure and cloud moving around, north—easterly flow, cloud moving into england and wales overnight temperatures here haven't dipped too far, clear skies in scotland, a frost and a few fog patches in northern ireland. a few light showers around in england and wales but most places will stay dry. when it comes to the wind, you can't see too many arrows, very when it comes to the wind, you can't see too many arrows, very light winds, variable cloud, sunshine, the best of the sunshine in scotland and those temperatures are edging down a bit. if you're in a bit of blue sky, sunshine this afternoon, with thy light breeze, not feeling too bad. the areas of cloud will disappear

further tonight. you can see the satellite showing the clear parts. that means temperatures drop a bit further tonight compare to last night. more of us tomorrow will wake up night. more of us tomorrow will wake up with a frost —— compared to. a few degrees below freezing particularly in rural spots. some fog to start the day. some patches will be slow to clear. away from those, sunny spells, variable cloud, the breeze picking up a little bit for northern ireland into western scotland. look at the wind arrows, the chance of catching a few light showers ahead of a weather system well to the north—west of us and those temperatures leak a degree or so into thursday. pleasant, with light winds and sunshine, the same on friday, the breeze picking up in western and southern areas, though. the chance for a light shower somewhere but the vast majority will stay dry and temperatures around four, five, six almost by friday. cooling down a bit into the weekend.

this is the weather set up with high pressure from scandinavia, flowing from the south—east, with us all the way through the weekend into next week. ecole direction for the air coming in. temperatures over the weekend coming down a few degrees —— a cold. it will feel colder in the wind but a lot of dry, sunny weather over the weekend, more cloud at times in eastern scotland and north—east england. for the weekend, looking dry with sunshine. a cold wind but hold off in saying anything feels particularly cold until next week when temperatures will be a good few degrees below freezing, for some even by day, that is the latest forecast. in the middle of the week, the chance for some snow. really cold weather coming in from the east next week. looks like we're keeping this easterly flow for a week or more. if you're holding out for spring, that seems some distance away just yet. it seems an age away. nick, thanks

very much. good morning. compassion symbols are increasingly being used in hospitals to remind staff and visitors to be more respectful around patients receiving end of life care. the signs are displayed on rooms or wards where a patient is expected to die within hours or days or when someone has just passed away. tracey bleakley is the chief executive of hospice uk. she'sjoined by patricia mayle, who used the compassion symbol scheme before her husband died. good morning to you both. good morning. patricia, let's start with you, your husband died three and a half years ago. what happened? my husband died of a very serious stroke. a brainstem stroke. he was incapacitated completely. lived for eight and incapacitated completely. lived for eightand a incapacitated completely. lived for eight and a half weeks. the end of this life meant he was put onto palliative care, that's when we first saw the symbol, pinned to the

door of the he was in. what did that mean? at first it meant nothing but i was told that it meant every member of staff, no matter what rank, knew that the person was on end of life care and that it meant we asa end of life care and that it meant we as a family were treated with respect and even though my husband was no longer eating and drinking, we we re was no longer eating and drinking, we were fed and watered. it means that you are offered moment of, little air locks, hand prints, photographs and what they call comfort bags, small bags of toiletries —— air locks. the girl guides did those —— air. guides did those -- air. did that make a difference? yes it did -- air. it's got to be right. you only get one chance. it's got to be right

for every patient every time. that's the aim, to try and have it like that. made a difference to patrick, that. made a difference to patrick, that must be why it has proven to be such a good way of doing these things because of the impact it has on the family. that's right, it's a whole system of compassionate care. it's about switching from thinking about just the patient to thinking about just the patient to thinking about the whole family and what they need. pat was running out of the door to see her husband she could barely think about putting her shoes and coat on, she was in thinking she would need a toothbrush or shower gel. when you get there, you're in a busy place and you want peace and quiet. for someone to offer you a cup of tea orfor quiet. for someone to offer you a cup of tea or for someone quiet. for someone to offer you a cup of tea orfor someone paying quiet. for someone to offer you a cup of tea or for someone paying for your car parking, those acts of kindness that people need and value at that time. pat mentioned it was a swan? yes, a swan logo. any reason certain symbols are chosen? a swan in this case but that's not always

the case, is it? there are schemes designed locally, people will think of things that mean things to them. in northern ireland there is a compassion symbol, some people use a rose, in children it might be a snowdrop or a butterfly. having been through that yourself and seeing the benefit, are you helping to make these comfort bags for others?” benefit, are you helping to make these comfort bags for others? i am. i attended a griezmann group 12 months after. they were appealing for people to so these little bags, just a drawstring bag —— bereavement group. isaid just a drawstring bag —— bereavement group. i said i couldn't do that. and they asked for contents. where they were getting them from was just haphazard. i was a girl guide since i was haphazard. i was a girl guide since iwas ten, haphazard. i was a girl guide since i was ten, i thought, maybe we could do something so i tentatively said, i can't promise but maybe. we launched it in september 2015 that

girl guiding in greater manchester west, salford and trafford, would provide comfort bags. it has gone crazy. we have done 3000 and we extended it to north—west england a year later. in north—west england they've done over 7000. wow. every child, every member from the youngest to the oldest can take part. it shows how important it is but we shouldn't forget, tracy, there is no assumption that care isn't given or thought isn't made for those who are suffering bereavement or dealing with loved ones in palliative care. it's an extra symbol, isn't it? about it is and the key to its communication is... it's all about weather people wa nt is... it's all about weather people want a quiet space and weather they wa nt want a quiet space and weather they want people in and out. it's not just about the nurses and the

doctors, other people in there as well. and people floating around the hospital, a sign that says, don't go in and say something stupid. be aware of what's happening. keep the noise down outside. what about the workers? pat, you were there and focused on your husband, as your family was, but since you've been working with the bags, any comments on how other people have said it has helped them? on how other people have said it has helped them ? it's on how other people have said it has helped them? it's very difficult to talk to a family going through a tough time. you often don't know weather to intrude or offer sympathy. that's right, i haven't had any patient contact. i've been volunteering at salford royal but more on the bereavement office side. i don't really have contact with actual patients. it's difficult i would imagine from the other side seeing people almost tiptoeing around you ? seeing people almost tiptoeing around you? yeah. that's a good thing about the symbol. everyone

knows. everyone who enters the room or goes past is aware of what you are going through. of the last thing you want to do is explain what's happening to your husband each time that the last thing. absolutely. great to see you coming in and you're now helping others —— the last thing. we are talking about sleep this morning and how much teenagers need. what's the story? there's a school, we have spoken to a head teacher at a school, starting school later for teenagers. if you are struggling with a teenager this morning, it you are struggling with teenagers this morning, there's a reason they are so tired. jackie said not helpful

preparing a young person for a workplace where they can't choose their hours. kirin said you will have the same problem later in the morning when they are meant to be getting up. sounds like kirin is the parent. this is a period in time it affects them, they do grow out of it literally —— kieron. affects them, they do grow out of it literally -- kieron. amy says not all teenagers have this. as a university student i struggle to stay up beyond 9:30pm. school at 7am would have stopped me being in dance classes and the girls brigade, a very important part of my development, so one size doesn't fit all. siobhan said her contours, and best period is in the morning. we could learn a thing or two from her —— her best period. graham, what are you talking about again? well, naga, i'm talking about what you have been talking about. we're at a school this morning where teenagers start later, a—level students start at

hampton court house at 1pm. some people on e—mail might be saying theirok, they wake people on e—mail might be saying their 0k, they wake up early, but their 0k, they wake up early, but the science is settled on this and the science is settled on this and the answer lies in the teenage rain —— they are ok. particularly the pa rt —— they are ok. particularly the part that controls the body clock that shifts in teenage years. should they start later in the day? we will find out later in the programme. first time for the news where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. a norweigen prison governor has told bbc london that the pioneering

rehabilitation programmes he uses could help cut re—offending rates here. his model sees prisoners offered drug treatment programmes, and the chance to work or study for qualifications during their sentences. it's led to a drop in crime rates, and the number of prisoners who go on to re—offend. we give the inmates training or education. some can have a proper education as a mechanic and some can have some training, go to work, do what they are told and get up in the morning and go to work and get a piece of paper. hopefully to help them get a properjob when they have done their time in prison. the husband of a british—iranian woman detained in tehran for 22 months will visit the iranian embassy this morning with charity supporters. richard ratcliffe, who has led a high—profile campaign on his wife's behalf, is seeking a personal meeting with a senior iranian minister who is visiting the capital. he will attempt to hand in an open letter to the minister raising his wife's case. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

a couple of problems on the tubes, severe delays on metropolitan line following a signal failure at harrow—on—the—hill and minor delays on the piccadilly line. on the roads, marylebone flyover is slow moving into town from westway. in park royal, the north circular road is slow eastbound towards the park royal interchange. that's following a collision. the m25 is queueing clockwise approaching the qe2 bridge following a collision earlier. chelsea embankment is closed westbound for roadworks from chelsea bridge to battersea bridge. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. for many of us it is quite a cloudy start this morning but that cloud will thin and break gradually and we'll get some decent spells of sunshine. if you're out in the east, parts of essex and kent, you may start the day with a bit of sunshine, the cloud further west. but like i say, sunny spells everywhere. the cloud is thick enough for maybe a few showers potentially, the maximum temperature today at nine.

the north—easterly breeze starting to make things feel a bit cooler. high pressure very much dominates our weather for the next few days so overnight we lose the cloud and get some lengthy clear spells. the minimum temperature back down to zero, maybe even a touch below in one or two spots, so we could get a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow. there's more in the way of sunshine as we head through thursday, but if you notice the temperatures as we head further through the week into the weekend, we pick up an easterly breeze and that's dragging in some very cold air. the temperature dropping through the weekend and very much hello.

this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. a move on gun policy in the united states. president trump indicates he's willing to make a change. as students prepare to march in the state capital after last week's school shooting, he says he'd support a ban on devices which turn rifles into machine guns. good morning. it's wednesday 21st february. also this morning... warnings of a humanitarian disaster in syria where hundreds of people have died after days of bombing. we look at how early onset dementia could be linked to regular heavy drinking. it is an essential time of year for

british livestock farmers, especially sheep farmers, as all the animals go out into the field. it is also a hazardous time and the potential for dog attacks go up. british police chiefs are saying the time for action to tackle the issue is now. kfc has admitted many of its restaurants could be closed for the rest of the week as the chain enters another day of supply problems. i will have the latest. some great news for the british women's linked tea m news for the british women's linked team in pyeongchang. the men, if they want to get through to the last four, they will have to come through a play—off against switzerland. nick has the weather. with high—pressure, the weather is quieter, drierfor the rest of high—pressure, the weather is quieter, drier for the rest of the

week into the weekend. increasing amounts of sunshine at the weekend. things are turning colder gradually and next week much, much colder. the fall forecast coming up. i will look forward to it. first, our main story. president trump has suggested he could be willing to make some changes on gun control laws, following the school shooting in florida last week. he has signed an order to ban bump—stock devices which turn rifles into machine guns. they were used by a gunman who killed 58 las vegas concert—goers last year. mr trump says legislation could be ready "very soon". our north america correspondent david willis reports. do we know where the shooter is?! the scenes are nothing new here, but last week's high school shooting in florida has galvanised the debate on gun control in america in a way few here can remember. students who survived an attack which killed 17 of their teachers and classmates are speaking out fluently and forcefully. do not let people try to get under your skin!

their youthful voices resonating where those of long serving politicians have largely fallen flat. we are what's bringing the change. we're going to keep talking. we're going to keep pushing until something is done, because people are dying and this can't happen any more. reflecting the national mood of grief and anger in the wake of last week's shooting, president trump, who supports gun ownership, offered a concession — a ban on bump—stocks, a device used to devastating effect in the las vegas massacre last year. i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to proposed regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine—guns. students arriving for a rally later today in the florida state capital tallahassee say that's not enough. some are heading to washington at the invitation of the white house to press the case for comprehensive gun reforms with the president himself.

some here are hailing it a turning point in the acrimonious debate about guns, but america has been here so many times before. the supreme court —— the supreme court is to rule on whether the metropolitan police failed two victims of black cab rapistjohn worboys. scotland yard is appealing against a previous decision that they breached the human rights of two women whose testimony they failed to investigate properly. the metropolitan police argues it had practices and procedures in place. if the ruling is upheld, this could be a landmark case for victims‘ rights. more than 60 brexit supporting mps have written to the prime minister is saying what they think britain should achieve from a deal with brussels. the mp5, from the european research group of tory backbenchers, insist that britain should be free to negotiate trade deals with other countries, as soon as it leaves the eu.

senior ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what the government wants from the final brexit deal. relatives of a missing 29—year—old man have travelled to israel in the hope of raising awareness of his disappearance. oliver mcafee from county down in northern ireland was last seen three months ago while cycling near mitzpe ramon. let‘s get more detail from our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, who is in our jerusalem newsroom. morning to you. what more do we know about this case? it was the 21st of november that oliver mcafee was last seen. he had been away from home for many months. he was cycling through europe and arrived in northern israel where he was on a popular cycling trail. he came tojerusalem and was cycling through the desert and was cycling through the desert and that is the last anyone heard of him. police found some of his belongings full debate also found piles of stones and pieces of paper

with words written from the bible on it. the police have said, they said last month, they believe he is still alive but they have no more details. the search has yielded nothing. the family has arrived and they will hold a conference later this morning was a base say they want to revitalise the investigation, this search. —— this morning — they say they want to revitalise the investigation. the lack of anything is taking its control. —— told. heavy drinking may be a major risk factor for the early onset of dementia. scientists in france looked at 57—thousand cases of dementia in people under 65, and found that a third could have been caused by alcohol—related brain damage. ben ando reports. doctors already know heavy drinking can lead to problems in the brain, but this study focused on links specifically to early onset dementia, that means affecting people younger than 65. researchers analysed the medical records of more than 30 million

people in france, who‘d spent time in hospital during 2008 and 2013. they published the results in the lancet health journal. in that nationwide group they found 1 million people with dementia and of these 57,000 were under 65. among those people, heavy drinking was linked to 39%, or nearly one in four cases. for this study, heavy drinking was defined as a daily intake of more than four units of alcohol for women and six for men, that‘s the equivalent of three pints of beer. previous research has suggested that drinking small amounts, particularly of red wine, can have a positive effect. those studies really focus on very modest levels of alcohol intake, perhaps one or two units a day, and perhaps that has lulled us into a false sense of security and perhaps we haven‘t seen the other side of the curve, where people have higher levels of alcohol consumption that can be harmful to the brain in a variety of ways. the alzheimer‘s society says it‘s

aware of the risks of heavy drinking and its advice to everyone remains the same — try to drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. the majority of small and medium—sized companies are still paying male employees more than their female colleagues, according to the latest government figures. just 15% of businesses have a higher wage bill for women. companies have six weeks left to report their gender pay gap. so far almost 1,000 businesses have responded out of the 9,000 asked. the impact of social media and screen use on young people‘s health is to be examined by mps. the science and technology committee will address mounting concerns that mobile phones, in particular, are harming children and young adults. earlier, norman lamb told this programme that the inquiry would look at the positives and risks of social media. children‘s lives have changed

compared with what earlier generations went through in terms of the intensity of use of mobile phones, smart social media. we need to understand what the effects are, positive and negative. it is important not just think positive and negative. it is important notjust think of this is a problem. of course, for very many young people they are now getting access to help with mental health problems, for example, online. it is time for the brits. young people, music. it was lovely. anyway, let‘s move on. his one person who is hoping to bag a trophy tonight. dua lipa has the highest

number of nominations ever given to a female artist. she is very popular. i‘ve said her name! she is heading towards 200,000 sales for her self titled debut album. of course we wish all the domine nominees the best of luck. —— nominees. the united nations says it‘s deeply worried for hundreds of thousands of people in syria trapped by a mounting government bombardment of the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta. the syrian government has insisted it‘s only targeting militant fighters. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, looks at the impact of the attacks. this could be the beginning of the end of smaller, rebel harold enclaves around damascus have been starved and bombed into submission.

activists in eastern scooter say this is as bad as it has been. we can hear women and children crying through windows of their home. there was bombing en masse like rain. there is nowhere to hide from this nightmare. -- on us. they have set up nightmare. -- on us. they have set upa nightmare. -- on us. they have set up a network of underground hospitals. this girl, named in arabic angel, escaped the worst but will have to go back to the streets to get home. and this is her area will stop with the regime plane dropping what appears to be a barrel bomb. unguided, and indiscriminate killer. the syrian regime denies

attacking civilians. it says it is trying to liberate eastern ghouta from terrorists. how many times in the last seven years have syrians dug through the rubble for survivors? there is talk of safe corridors out for civilians but, based on past form, the regime wants victory in eastern ghouta and the surrender of the rebels. joining us now from delhi, is hamish de bretton—gordon. he runs doctors under fire which has sent teams to eastern ghouta. i understand you lost one of your doctors very recently. can i start by saying my condolences to you and your team. by saying my condolences to you and yourteam. can by saying my condolences to you and your team. can you tell us what happened? what we are seeing very clearly as genocide. then we saw the chemical

attack here in ghouta, we thought it could not get any worse. with the union of syrian medical charities, who i work with and support in aleppo in 2016, we thought it could not get any worse. as you have heard and seen over the last 48 hours, an unbelievable barrage has happened, both high explosives and also some chemicals. four of our hospitals have been destroyed, some of them underground and directly targeted. they are at action. we have another four which are also out of action. very sadly, one doctor was killed overnight and we have also just heard a nurse, who i don‘t know the name of yet, was also killed this direct targeting of hospitals and medical staff is a crime against

humanity, against every geneva convention. it is being done deliberately to break the will of the people. the figure of 200 dead in 1000 injured over the last 48 hours is probably a massive under estimation. it is an absolute living hell. the un has called for a ceasefire. brief few world leaders have stepped forward to do that. we know that president putin is the one who holds the line here and we urge world leaders like donald trump and theresa may, and i will be speaking to the indian prime minister on friday, asking him and them to get involved get the ceasefire that the russians can deliver. have you had any access to the advisers of president putin in terms of asking for help? we have. we have been talking to the russians and president putin and assad over the last 12 months. you manage to get 500 children out of aleppo in

december, 2016. we got 29 children dying of cancer out of ghouta on boxing day just a dying of cancer out of ghouta on boxing dayjust a few dying of cancer out of ghouta on boxing day just a few weeks dying of cancer out of ghouta on boxing dayjust a few weeks ago. we know that putin can deliver the ceasefire and make a sad do as he sees fit. we know the election for putin is coming up in a few weeks‘ time and we urge him to force his ally, assad, into a ceasefire. we know he has won but what is key is to stop the bloodshed and killing. we have children who are dying and urgently need medical support. u nless we urgently need medical support. unless we get them out, they will die as some have died in the last few weeks will stop there are a thousand other adults who need life—saving medical support. quite apart from those starving, 25% of children have severe malnutrition in ghouta. no proper food ghouta. no properfood has got there infour ghouta. no properfood has got there in four years. it is an absolute living hell. it will make sure the

nits are pale into something very different. you've been speaking to president putin‘s camper, and you are asking the indian leader to help as well as bass what needs to be done? is the only possible solution to re m ove done? is the only possible solution to remove these children from the area, is that it, in terms of having area, is that it, in terms of having a future in terms of families living there in the future? well, the very near future, we need there in the future? well, the very nearfuture, we need a ceasefire. we need these bombs and bullets that are raining down every minute of every day to stop. the future? the place is raised to the ground. ghouta is flattened, it has virtually no power, no running water, no food. is a secondary thing. we‘d made to get these children out, certainly these 125 who are going to die without medical support. 25% are dying of malnutrition. this is in western

europe, this is the age of the mediterranean, how on earth can we stand by and let this happen? in the longer term, the geneva peace peace process is what we must support for a long—term process to reconstruct and rebuild syria still at the moment in ghouta we have 400,000 people and if we don‘t do anything, it would appear that the regime are going to kill them all in order that they can claim total victory in syria. i think we‘ve just got to accept they‘ve won, whatever it means politically we must acquiesce to that and we must get food and medical supplies into ghouta and a ceasefire to allow this to happen. hamish de bretton—gordon, director of doctors under fire, thank you for talking to us. john maguire has been out and about four hours in north wales this morning at it looks absolutely gorgeous there today. looking out across the menai straits, you can see anglesey in the background, and we will be back with

john later in the programme. he‘s talking about measures to prevent animals, cattle, being worried by dogs who have been let off the lead, perhaps irresponsible dog owners or owners who do not know the character of the animal, we will be talking about, what can be done and what farmers can do as well. we can take you to north wales for the weather now. and we start with fog and that‘s right. now. and we start with fog and that's right. a fantastic view looking out there at north wales, compared with this one, from this morning in northern ireland, where there are some fog patches around. getting off to a frosty start as well. in scotland there is a frost, with, which is a few degrees above freezing in much of england and wales, where there is cloud. this cloud is coming in from the north—east and it is not going to deliver as much rain as yesterday but there are a few light showers around. but essentially it is a

mainly dry day two come. some of the cloud in england and wales will break upa cloud in england and wales will break up a little bit allowing some sunshine to come through, but the best of the sunshine will be in scotla nd best of the sunshine will be in scotland and away from any of those fog patches in northern ireland, where it could be quite stubborn to clear today. temperatures are on the way down a little bit. around six—nine for the top temperature today. temperatures gradually trailing off towards the weekend. tonight, a lot of the land showing up tonight, a lot of the land showing up across tonight, a lot of the land showing up across the uk, indicating where it is clear overnight. still some fog patches around, but more clear whether tonight, and that means more in the way of frost. below freezing, particularly in more rural spots. so, a frost to start the day tomorrow for many of us are, but there will be some sunshine to start there will be some sunshine to start the day. still some areas of cloud around, some sunny spells and the breeze picking up a little bit for northern ireland into western scotland, where there might be one

or two light showers. fog patches in the morning slow to clear. on friday there will be more in the way of sunshine. just a few areas of cloud around. you will notice a few more wind arrows showing up, so it turns out breazeale on friday. it will feel that bit colder. and that is a process which continues into the weekend. however, high pressure across scandinavia, the flow of air coming around that from the east, so it isa coming around that from the east, so it is a chilly direction. but most places, dry over the weekend. a lot of sunshine, perhaps rowdier towards eastern scotland on sunday, but most will see the sunshine. but notice those temperatures just they‘re coming down a few degrees and the breeze is picking up. supposed dead feeling colder into the weekend, but some sunshine on the way.”

feeling colder into the weekend, but some sunshine on the way. i am very much enjoying our new weather graphics. i would enjoy them if the numbers were a bit greater! but you like the look of them? are we allowed to reserve opinion? but nick, you get ten out of ten! we are talking about fast food this morning, and kfc has admitted that many of its restaurants could be close to the rest of the week. it is having more supply chain problems. steph has more on that and the other main business stories. this is a really big story, isn‘t it? it is, because you don‘t realise what goes into making a restaurant like this function, with 900 outlets across the uk, and 400 of them are still closed this morning, and in the ones which are open, many of them have got reduced menus and

shortened hours. we spoke yesterday about how this started, because kfc ditched its old delivery partner in favour of a new one, dhl. what is interesting is what the unions are —— now saying about it, gmb, represent some of the workers who worked for the previous supplier, they say kfc have switched their contracts they say kfc have switched their co ntra cts to they say kfc have switched their contracts to a company which doesn‘t have a track record in this area. —— previous delivery company. it is not as simple as delivering a parcel, of course. the unions are saying that dhl new weeks ago that it was going to struggle with delivery to kfc. because of staffing issues and driver issues. they‘re saying that kfc and dhl should hold their hands up kfc and dhl should hold their hands up and apologised. actually they both have, because kfc have said, we feel sorry for those who lost their jobs at the other supplier but the decision was not taken lightly. and also dhl have created jobs. dhl have

also dhl have created jobs. dhl have also said, we regret the interruption of supply. and we apologise, they‘re basically trying to sort it out. but it is an interesting back story of how a company that size could have such a big problem. a quick word about the results from lloyds? yes, their results from lloyds? yes, their results are out this morning and they are good but what is interesting is the fact that they are still setting aside money for ppi. £600 million set aside, 18 billion now they have had to compensate people, that is a mega number! dozens of students and parents from the florida high school where 17 teenagers and staff members were killed last week will march in the state capital, tallahassee, later, as part of a campaign to make schools safer. president trump has indicated he‘s willing to ban devices which turn rifles into machine guns, allowing them to fire hundreds of bullets in rapid succession. lewis mizen is a student at marjory stoneman douglas high school,

the scene of last week‘s shooting. he told us how his family and friends have been a source of strength. yesterday morning i was at a friend‘s funeral and that was tough but again i‘m surrounded by my friends and by family and the community and we are all getting through it day by day. you say you have already been to a friend‘s funeral as well as bass amongst many of the other students is there feeling at the moment that you need to channel this energy that you have for change at the moment, is that why there is such a pace about the way you‘re going about your business at the moment? we want to try and get as much done as we can while the focus is still on what has happened. if we take our time to grieve quietly on our own, for a few weeks, then by the time we‘re ready to come back out and try and make a change, nobody is going to care. so i feel

like we have really, so is our grief into anger and into a need to make change, and that‘s what has been so phenomenal about the movement has a whole. we are waking up to the news that president trump has signed this order to ban something which turns a normal weapon into a machine gun. is that a step in the right direction or is it not enough? 10096 a step in the right direction and i think it is fantastic that he is doing it, because what i‘m worried is happening to the movement is that it is becoming too politicised and too mcgrath versus republican, and the fa ct mcgrath versus republican, and the fact that donald trump is willing to show that he is willing to make inroads into this issue is phenomenal. and i hope that this does not become political because it is not a political issue, it is an american one and something which americans need to be united on, it is about the safety of their

children, and the fact that he is willing to make a step in the right direction with this executive order i think is fantastic. you've got an incredibly busy few days, you‘re taking part in a town hall meeting which is being broadcast live on cnn, you are meeting lawmakers today as well as bass what will be the points you are trying to get across to the lawmakers, and what do you wa nt to to the lawmakers, and what do you want to see achieved by the end of the process? not only do we want to talk about mental health care, which is incredibly important, but we also wa nt to is incredibly important, but we also want to talk about why it is easier for people in florida to get their hands on a semiautomatic weapons, the same kind of weapon which we give to soldiers to go and fight in wa rs give to soldiers to go and fight in wars with, it is easier to get those sort of weapons than it is to get a handgun. i don‘t know all the statistics but i don‘t know many school shootings that have been carried out by a guy with a handgun. most of them occur with these kind of weapons of war. and so we really wa nt to of weapons of war. and so we really want to talk to them and try and... if donald trump is willing to make

inroads then we hope that these state legislators will as well. i have got classmates who have faced these bullets from these weapons head on and if they are not prepared to face this problem head—on ben kite frankie that is ridiculous. once you have done all of this, the interview is on the tv programmes gonein interview is on the tv programmes gone in front of the world press, will you get a chance to stock and to grieve, do you think, and how difficult will that be for you, and eventually going back to school as well? well, the tentative start date for us going back to school is next tuesday, i believe. we‘re doing a half day, and we‘re also going back in on sunday with our families, half day, and we‘re also going back in on sunday with ourfamilies, so the kids can feel safe going back to school for the first time. that is good it is easing us back into it. but, look, marjory stoneman douglas is my high school home and i honestly can‘t wait to get back. what an impressive young man he is. very impressive indeed. it is time

to find out what‘s happening where you are this morning as bus we will see you in a couple of minutes. this is business live from bbc news with jamie robertson and sally bundock. the boss of the world‘s biggest mining firm glencore has said that 2017 was a stellar year as a strenghtening global economy boosts demand for raw materials and commodities. live from london, that‘s our top story on wednesday 21st february. glencore says profits for 2017 came in at $14.76 billion — that‘s 44% more than a year earlier. also in the programme.... south korea signs trade deals with central american nations. is this a back door to trade war with the us?