hello this is breakfast, with tina daheley and charlie stayt. weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk, causing further disruption. this is the thing in northumberland we re this is the thing in northumberland were the a1 has just reopened. motorists are still being warned to ta ke motorists are still being warned to take care. and there is an amber weather warning still in place in wales. the scenes were filmed in dawlish with a rail line has been closed for a second time in 2a hours. good morning it's saturday 3rd march. also this morning: facing up to "some hard facts" — the prime minister says neither side will get everything they want from brexit, but argues the uk and eu are close to a deal on transition.

the children with special education needs forced to travel more than a0 miles to school. in sport: england have beaten new zealand in the third odi. the kiwi captain could not cap his century with winning runs, so england now lead the series 2—1. we'll be looking at some of the problems facing people who have children with learning disabilities and some of the logistical problems they have to face. and chris will give us a full update on the weather. we are looking at a cold and frosty start with a big risk of ice around, so take it easy on the roads. more snow to come today across northern areas but not as heavy as in recent days and it will start to turn less cold from the south—west through the weekend. more details later. good morning.

first, our main story. weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place across much of the uk — that's despite temperatures being expected to gradually rise in many areas. 2,000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers face further disruption on the road and rail network. in the last hour the rail line at dawlish has been closed again due to flooding because of high tides. network rail say it is currently unsafe to go on the site as simon clemison now reports. after the big freeze, the big thaw. temperatures in wales could reach as high as seven in some parts. but problems for the public transport sector continue after what has been a difficult night. the moment some rail passengers dispensed with the train. just been stuck on the train for two and a half hours. luckily we can now walk down the tracks. as you can see eve ryo ne walk down the tracks. as you can see everyone is getting out. the train

was the illusion station. the operator has warned people against walking onto the line and said it cost further delays. looking forward to getting home and having a nice cup of tea. but did you know that this was also in the forecast? there are 15 flood warnings in place today, many in the south—west coast, where the railway is still being buffeted by the waves this morning. met office continues to warn of snow in much of scotland and ice in many areas of england, wales and northern ireland, nicking for tricky conditions on untreated roads. in devon, hospitals have been treating the injured. there have been appeals to owners of four by there have been appeals a i of the four by four transporti’f? 7 7 7

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carriageway open for short spaces of time. but this has now reopened. the other problems interfacing is people avoiding the a1, driving off country lanes and getting stuck in the snow. modern rescue have been rescuing people, bringing them back to safety. so a bit of good news for people this morning, but we are still being warned to take care on the roads. it is freezing here, there is ice on the roads, we have seen people skidding about. there are also concerns of flooding on the coast. there are flood warnings in place from sunderland up to whitley bay, and that is to do with spring tides and strong winds. good news for people in the a1, the a66 staying closed, so people are still being warned to take care. 0ur reporter, tomos morgan is in cardiff — what's the situation this morning? there have been a few vehicles

passing by you there, but not many. not many at all. this main road through the high street of llandaff north in the centre of cardiff seems to be getting better. just to the right of me there, the residential road, and that's what many of the roads in cardiff are still like, when i was working here this morning many are impassable just like this one. that has been the case in the past few days here, wales has come toa past few days here, wales has come to a standstill as transport has been affected heavily by these wintry conditions. the real service suspended in the majority of circumstances are across wales yesterday, cardiff airport closed as well. and the road affected as well. we hear reports that around 400 homes in north wales are without power at the moment, scottishpower are doing their best to help those that have been affected. and south

wales fire service are saying there are many burst pipes from the cold weather. the weather warning remains in place, risk of ice across the whole of wales, and that will remain in place until 11 o'clock this morning. thanks thomas, and a full weather forecast coming up shortly. the prime minister's speech on britain leaving the european union has been given a cautious welcome by both the leave and remain wings of her own party. theresa may set out her vision of the uk's future trading relationship with the eu and said all sides would have to make concessions. 0ur political correspondent tom barton is in the london newsroom. broadly speaking would we say she is giving people happy? yesterday was a big moment, the third of three major speeches,

setting out her vision for britain's relationship with europe. that vision was a clean break with the institutions of the customs union and the single market, but beyond that the closest possible relationship with the eu in the future. it is not yet clear whether eu leaders will get on board with that vision, but her party certainly at this early stage giving a pretty positive response, both the pro—remain and prove leave mps giving a cautious welcome to the speech. it has certainly... the health secretaryjeremy hunt has been talking about this, saying that he did not think yesterday morning that the prime minister would be able to deliver a speech with some substantial content that received such a positive welcome from both sides of the brexit divide. two men have been arrested by police investigating an explosion in leicester that killed five people.

the men, both in their 30s, and from east anglia, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion. three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter on wednesday, and continue to be questioned by detectives. the body which sets the rules for world football is expected to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport when it meets in zurich today. the system has been used on a trial basis in several countries, including some cup matches in england. but there are concerns that it disrupts the flow of a game while confusing some officials. people who are obese or who smoke should not be refused or delayed from having surgery by local health authorities — that's according to the academy of medical royal colleges. the body, which represents 24 medical colleges and health faculties, said rationing surgery based on patients‘ lifestyles would "widen inequalities in access to healthcare". gary allman has talked of his

excitement at the possibility of landing his first academy awards. he is tipped to win best actor prize role as winston churchill in the film darkest hour. speaking ahead of the oscars ceremony in la, he said it was an honour to play the former prime minister. i am feeling, i'm feeling very good about it. sunday will be, these things will be what they will be, either they call your name or they don't. but the ride has been enjoyable, and to be recognised for playing winston is... the prize in itself. that is goodbye to a main story, thatis that is goodbye to a main story, that is weather conditions still causing a lot of problems. we can show you the live camera here from

dawlish. you're probably aware that sometimes the realigned and there was closed because of flooding, that is the issue this morning because of very high tide flooding the railway line, dramatic images, those. it does happen periodically, but we know that snow and ice elsewhere, freezing rain, one of the things predicted today, but in amongst that these high tides causing some problems in the south—west and in the north of england. network rail said they are retesting the line to see when it can reopen, but looking at those pictures don't think it will be any time soon. simon calder, travel editor of the independent, has been tracking trains, planes and automobiles and is in our london newsroom this morning. it's been a difficult period for transport, and this is the unusual part, it is all over the uk. it certainly is. and if i can bring you some dawlish news, network rail west

have just tweeted a picture of a route proofing train that has just run through dawlish. it does not look too bad, and indeed there is a train waiting at platform six in exeter, it hopes heading off soon to torquay via that route, and hopefully great western services will be put back together. dawlish isa will be put back together. dawlish is a station that was closed for two months because of storm damage previously, and there have been lots of calls for the route across the centre of devon to be reopened so that cornwall and devon don't get caught off again. huge problems on the railways elsewhere, nothing running in dorset as far as i can see. arriva trains says do not travel anywhere in the southern part of the country if you can avoid it. the line from worcester to oxford is close, greater anglia, all the usual brand swainston shrugged it, skegness cut—off for five days by rail, would you believe. trans—pennine trains are not running, that is the trains across

the pennines, and still no sign of trains running between england and scotland. the west coast and east coast lines have been cut for days. in scotland, scotrail has its best day for several days, but still hundreds of cancellations if you are travelling anywhere in the uk by rail do check in advance. just as you say that, there are pictures of dawlish, we did see a train passing through, despite the conditions, so it's right what you're saying. while people are struggling with the problems on their doorstep in terms of snow and whatever, what about airports? let's go from north to south this time. scottish airports still having problems, edinburgh, the busiest in scotland, has lots of cancellations today, was cool also having a few problems, most of those residual, and flights to double in which only opened this morning after about 36 hours of closure, and there

are still thousands of people stranded on the rocks i'd of the irish sea, trying to get back. elsewhere it is most of the southern half, birmingham has been having huge problems, lots of cancellations. a flight in the early hours came in from barbados, that was diverted manchester. manchester itself, the outbound flight to go was cancelled. lots of people enjoying extra holidays in india. and a lot of cancellations on easyj et. and a lot of cancellations on easyjet. not as many as yesterday where they cancelled over 300 flights to and from the uk. 66 cancelled today, about half of those from bristol. cardiff airport closed, exeter closed all day, southampton looking dodgy as well. elsewhere, if you delay is only a few hours then count yourself lucky. and you've probably seen those pictures of train passengers who got very frustrated, they were so close

to the station, the cupboard doors open, climbed onto the rail lines. people understand that frustration, but you must be so careful. unspea kably dangerous. part but you must be so careful. unspeakably dangerous. part of the problems we have seen in the south—east of england have been to do with the third rail, this rather victorian system powers the trains, but the third rail is full of high—voltage electricity, and nobody should ever stray onto the lines u nless should ever stray onto the lines unless they have been told to do so bya unless they have been told to do so by a member of network rail or the train crew. just unbelievably risky, and as we saw, the first thing that has to happen is that the power is switched off completely, which means utter disarray for hours. and we saw miserable scenes at all the big london commuter stations last night anyway, and south western railway out of waterloo, the busiest station in waterloo, closing down early to avoid the scenes we saw overnight in the early hours of yesterday morning with trains stranded and people

having to sleep in the luggage rack. talking of overnight sleepers, we have not seen those on the caledonian sleeper lines from scotla nd caledonian sleeper lines from scotland to london for a few days. they might be back tomorrow night. thanks, simon, travel editor of the independent. that averages are creeping up, but still lots of disruption. that's fine that exact what's happening with chris. yes, over the worst, yes, overthe worst, but yes, over the worst, but the still could be problems around today as i'll explain. further snowfall topping up what has been an incredible fall of snow. communities in wales particularly really struggling to get out and about with all that snow. more snow to come across northern areas but the risk of less cold air and milder conditions coming up from the south. cold air comes in from the new continent, but we have less cold air

creeping towards southern counties of england. the satellite pictures show most areas having a cloudy start, and this weather front continues to bring a bit of snow. not particularly heavy but pushing northwards, getting into scotland with showers across eastern scotland. for eastern scotland and north—east england, as well as the snow we have freezing rain right now, which is liquid rain with a temperature below zero, it freezes as soon temperature below zero, it freezes as soon as temperature below zero, it freezes as soon as it hits the surface. just down the road from where these photos were taken we had a ten car multi—vehicle pile—up on the a38 and problems in the m20. likely to have been caused by freezing rain. we have freezing rain right now across eastern scotland. it will turn roadster black eyes and pigment slippery as well. tricky to be heading out this morning. we have snow showers working at northern

areas. wales should have a dry afternoon. the showers working into southern england, getting into hampshire and the isle of wight before long but probably falling as rain. overnight, some showers pushing north. snow over the tops of the peaks pushing north. snow over the tops of the pea ks and pushing north. snow over the tops of the peaks and pennines. further snow showers for parts of eastern scotland. white bread is crossed developing. —— widespread frost developing. —— widespread frost developing. a slippery start to the day. on sunday temperatures will creep up further across the uk as a whole but will turn relatively mild compared with recent days in the south. i bricks of rain push—up across wales and england. the winds will pick up as well. the temperatures will boost to around 8-9 temperatures will boost to around 8—9 across southern parts through sunday, further north that are still quite chilly and there will be wintry showers around. more snow to come on the hills of eastern scotla nd come on the hills of eastern scotland and north—east england. so we're not completely done with this

wintry spell of weather. it stays cold next week across the north of the uk weather is the ongoing threat of further snow. but it will mainly be confined to the hills. elsewhere it turns less cold with rain showers at times. so yes, we are over the worst, but because of the snow on the ground and more wintry weather around today, articulate with the risk of ice, we could still have further problems over the coming hours. you'll know that we've been looking at special educational needs and how it affects individuals and their families. today we focus on families unable to travelling on average three times further than children in other institutions, in some places making 30 mile round trips. the government says it is committed, but

education institute said it has neglected special skills. 6:30am, and nikki is getting ready for the school run. he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age seven and is now suffering from suspected of dramatic stress related to what happened in his mainstream school. oscar, who is 11, has a daily school journey of 47 miles each way. on a good run it as one hour and 20 minutes, on a each way. on a good run it as one hourand 20 minutes, on a bad run we have taken three hours. it is our nearest most appropriate school for our child. families in a situation don't get a choice. it is 7:30am and george is about to get in his taxi to go the 11 miles to school. we asked other families in to go the 11 miles to school. we asked otherfamilies in similar situations to share their school run with us. the journey can sometimes

ta ke with us. the journey can sometimes take from one hour to two hours. the school journeys of take from one hour to two hours. the schooljourneys of children with special educational needs and disabilities have been analysed for a new report by the education policy institute. children in special schools travel on average almost three times further than pupils in mainstream education. in rural areas one in ten special needs pupil faces a daily round—trip of more than 40 miles. for some pupils we may find that the distances they have to travel are insurmountable. there are thousands of pupils nationally attending special schools. we have debates around free schools, faith schools, grammar schools, and we have ignored the 1000 special schools that are in this country and ensuring that pupils opted to access them are able to. bilawal, councils in england must pay for transport for children who cannot walk to school because of their special educational need or disability that might mean in mileage allowance,

taxi or minibus. elsewhere in the uk local authorities have more discretion. did they tell you why it was refused? but the disability charity contact has said it has seen a huge increase in family seeking help. a lot of calls to the contact helpline are about local authorities not following the law properly. refusing free school transport for disabled children. they have not been considering the trial's disability or special need. the department for education told us that through government funding local authorities are spending £600 million on transport for children with special educational needs. over the next three years an extra 215 million will be available for school places and facilities. statutory guidance for local authorities is also under review. many parents say their journeys are so also under review. many parents say theirjourneys are so long there's no point in coming home before pick—up time. no point in coming home before pick-up time. now what i will do is

hang around cambridge until pick—up time at quarter past three. the local government association says councils work hard to provide suitable school transport for children with special needs, but it says current government funding does not reflect the demand being placed on councils. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. we'll just having a we'lljust having a conversation about your coffee stash their full stop anyway. time now for a look at the newspapers. professor of entrepreneurship, vikas shah, is here to tell us what's caught his eye. the first story is about lock chain and bitcoin. the bank of england are stepping in and saying, we will try to get to grips with this and figure out how to regulate it, and it is

interesting because ultimately blockchan, which is the technology that these things are based on, it is really revolutionary, and it could really change finance and banking underwriting for the better. but currencies like bitcoin and these things are still so new, and these things are still so new, and the growth has been so unprecedented that government and financial crime agency isjust now that government and financial crime agency is just now what to do. and people don't know what blockchain is. it is basically a ledger. yes, think of it is a big digital accounting book. but imagine every a ccou nta nt accounting book. but imagine every accountant had the same book that updated instantly, and you cannot fool that, because of one of those books is wrong, they destroyed because it cannot be right. you have a decent understanding of these things. would you buy bitcoin?” have a few full stop i have some investment in crypto currency. for me it isjust investment in crypto currency. for me it is just curious and fun. it's

an expensive way to be curious. the price of a bitcoin now is a lot. an expensive way to be curious. the price of a bitcoin now is a lotm is now, don't forget when these things first came out they were fractions of a fraction of a penny, and the price goes up and down quite significantly, even during a typical day. you may be up $10,000 and down $20,000 in the space of a few hours. they are something that needs regulation to protect investors and protect people who want to use. when marconi says that the coin attracts. mac i think that is a dangerous phrase to use. people said the same thing about people who invested in facebook and things like that. we don't know what the real situation is. from bitcoin to selfies. yes. this is both interesting and frightening, the story, a testament are times, there are trends now in different parts of the world, the story focuses on china, people are spending tens of thousands of dollars of their own money on

plastic surgery specifically to look good on selfies. and we have multi—billion dollars of business is making selfie editing apps. most people, the average time it took to edit a selfie before posting it? 40 minutes. and now people are making millions of dollars of income in their own rightjust millions of dollars of income in their own right just posting millions of dollars of income in their own rightjust posting selfies product is. it is depressing and challenging, and i think you really awful reflection on the negative side of social media. who has that much time? 40 minutes to edit one picture? but we all want to was mike reed beanpole faced about it? when was the last time you took a selfie? i don't often, to be honest, but if you do that, you want to look nice. none of us are immune. you do that, you want to look nice. none of us are immunelj you do that, you want to look nice. none of us are immune. i think it is natural that everyone of us wants to look good and feel good, and social media gives you that instant

engagement with an audience, you post a selfie and a lot of people like it, and it is like a drug, the psychologists show that it is actually the same response people get from a drug is the response from social media, and that is why it can become addictive and become a bit toxic when it stops being just a nice empowering thing, to becoming an obsession. one more story? and expensive mylan and einstein. i've is then used the violin as a means to get his mathematical theories. the reason i picked this, summary people meet at the top of their game, they are renaissance thinkers, they have so many interests outside their field, they have so many interests outside theirfield, and they have so many interests outside their field, and the always attribute those interests to being where they get their great ideas from. it is the science of serendipity, as they say. wouldn't have time to do that of selfies were around back then. this is breakfast.

we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen. matt — what's on the menu today? our special guest today is a very funny comedian, the voice of love island. ian, welcome along. thanks for having me, very excited. you are great comedian, we are very cited. that's what it says on the autocue. food heaven and hell, what your heavenly ingredient? pastor, i could eat for breakfast. i love carbs. to make it a bit posh, frozen seafood in there. scallops, prawns. magazines. —— langoustine is. in there. scallops, prawns. magazines. -- langoustine is. and your hellish ingredient?” magazines. -- langoustine is. and your hellish ingredient? i don't hate the taste of anything, it is texture from me. pork. wobbly port,

slipper report, chewy pork. and mushrooms. which isjust mauled, isn't it? it is literally mauled. and we have two great chefs with us today. what's on the menu? one dish is larder with angeli sours and the other is squid with tomato and chorizo salad. and greg? today we're going to do cornish turbot with source going to do cornish turbot with source kernel the, turnips cooking broccoli and wild garlic. ollie is in charge of the drinks, and you quys in charge of the drinks, and you guys at home are in charge of what dish ian will get, go to the website for details. we will see you at ten o'clock. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and tina daheley. at 9.30, a summary of this

morning's main news. weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place across much of the uk — that's despite temperatures being expected to gradually rise in many areas. 2,000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers face further disruption. in the last few minutes, the rail line at dawlish has been cleared for use. it had been closed due to flooding caused by high tides. the prime minister's speech on britain leaving the european union has been given a cautious welcome by both the leave and remain wings of her party. theresa may set out her vision of the uk's future trading relationship with the eu and called for concessions

on all sides. she said she was confident remaining differences over a draft legal agreement could be resolved, allowing trade talks to get under way. two men have been arrested by police investigating an explosion in leicester that killed five people. the men, both in their 30s and from east anglia, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion. three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter on wednesday and continue to be questioned by detectives. the body which sets the rules for world football is expected to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport when it meets in zurich today. the system, var, has been used on a trial basis in several countries including some cup matches in england. but there are concerns that it disrupts the flow of a game and confuses officials. and those are the main stories this morning. let's pick up on some of these snow issues now. four days of snow may have brought the uk grinding to a halt but on many farms, it is business as usual. one family near gisburn in lancashire have found an interesting way to help their newborn lambs survive the beast from the east — by putting them in their aga.

we advise you don't try this at home. according to the farmer, he pops them in for a quick ten minutes to warm them up. it makes perfect sense and it works. practical. cute pictures of the day. i could look at that although. a little lamb in the oven there. but it will be released. that was a very big sigh you gave just then. it was very cute, wasn't it? also, i am exhausted after watching the cricket. it all came down to the last ball and england won, so they are too one up in the match with —— they are 2—1—mac up in the series with two to play. the kiwis made a steady start, as they chase that target of 235 to win in this third match. but ben stokes took a brilliant catch off adil rashid to start a run of wickets.

moeen ali took two wickets in three balls — new zealand lost four for just six runs. but captain kane williamson kept things steady. then a key moment, williamson gave a catching chance to chris woakes, who could only get a finger on it but the ball, went on to the stumps and ran out the other bastman mitchell sa ntner. williamson finished 112 not out, but couldn't cap his century with the winning runs. he wasn't able to get a six off the last ball, giving england victory by four runs and a 2—1 lead in the series. now after years of disappointment, katarina johnson—thompson has finally won her first world title in pentathlon at the world indoor championships in birmingham. she's now 25 and last year, relocated to the south of france and it's done the trick — victory in the 800 metres to end what she said had been a wobbly, but in the end, a dominant day. she set a new personal best in the shot putt and came out on top in the long jump. it comes after she suffered disappointment at the world outdoor

championships in london last summer. i can't believe it. i've dreamt of this for so long and to come here and do it at home, it's something i dreamt of doing last summer, and i'm so happy i got to rectify it. all of my family so happy i got to rectify it. all of myfamily are so happy i got to rectify it. all of my family are here today about something that doesn't normally happen. i had a hard year last year to the end of the year and i wanted my family to see me achieve something. so i'm so happy they were here to witness it morning and afternoon. it's just great. here to witness it morning and afternoon. it'sjust great. i still can't believe it, really. well that's britain's second medal of these championships, and there could be more to come today. laura muir is looking to follow up the bronze she won in the 3000 metres with another medal in the 1500 today. she qualified for the final in second place in her heat, behind friday's gold medallist, genzebe dibaba. great britain added another medal on day three of the world track championship in the netherlands. mark stewart won bronze in the men's points race, which is over 160 laps.

australia's cameron meyer retained his title with home rider jan willem van schip taking silver. britain now have four medals — one gold, two silvers and stewart's bronze. it was a difficult evening for britain's elinor barker as she was caught up in this crash, during the elimination race, in the women's omnium. she went into this final event, which was, the points race, in the bronze medal position, but couldn't manage to hold on to it, finishing sixth overall. kirsten vild took gold for the netherlands. super league fixtures have been hit by the weather, but last night's games went ahead. hull fc got their season back on track by beating warrington 21—12. it was a bad tempered affair in which both sides had a man sent off, after two red cards. elsewhere, wigan moved up to second, with a 32—16 win over widnes. in the football, wolves against

reding is the latest match to be called off today. many matches are postponed, so do check the website before setting out. i'll bet leads wish their game at middlesbrough had been called off. middlesbrough are into the championship play—off places, after beating leeds 3—0. it was a hat—trick from striker patrick ba mford that pushed boro into the top six. despite the weather, all the scottish cup quarter—finals and all seven premier league fixtures are expected to go ahead. the match of the day sees liverpool welcome newcastle united manager rafael benitez back to anfield. the spaniard is unbeaten against his former club. now if you're looking for a new sport to warm you up during the cold weather, then all you'll need is a ball, a wall and your bare hands. it's the sport that is based on a playground game, but it's now been formalised and ahead of the uk championships, i went to try wallball in west london. it's the sport that started

in the playground when we were kids and now they are trying to take it back there again now that it's officially known as wallball, because the beauty is its simplicity. all you need is a ball and a wall. similar to squash but even easier because all it's got to do is hit the wall and land in the court and the rally continues until somebody misses the ball. it has been going on for hundreds of years all over the world. in new york, there are 2500 courts free to use everyday. that's what we want to do here. it has derived from the game fives which was derived from public schools centuries ago but in fives you need four walls. this means it was more difficult to play but this can be played

anywhere by people of any age and ability. you go like this and go wham. it feels really good. it has got me running around. hopefully i will lose my paunch. the ball is bouncy if you hit it too hard. you don't want to hit it with too much power but a little bit of power. it's like playing tennis or squash but without a racket, just your hand. so anyone with arthritis, i think it would do them the world of good. the majority of people, this is really simple for them. right, left coordination. if you are thinking about stroke rehabilitation, the right—left side is so important. for kids development and adults getting active, they are simple, safe movements which are very easy to do. which is why uk wallball now hope to spread this to other cities

around the uk and the british team will compete in the world cup in the us later this year. the men's team are now in the top five. at a top—level, like when you play with the great british squad, you can wear gloves, so i have opted for that. at international level, you get a insight into the speed and power and also tactics that you don't see at other levels. i didn't even see it. that was a tactic called blocking where he was standing in front so i didn't see it until it was too late. unlike squash and other sports, you can be an obstacle on court. he is allowed to be there. the ball can go in between his legs and you have to play it. whether you are being blocked or not, you can was be deceived by the bounce. —— you can always be deceived by the bounce. the clothing company gap has been praised on social media

for posting a candid photograph of a model breastfeeding her son on its instagram account. followers have thanked the chain for ‘normalising' the practice. ifiam if i am looking a little bit distracted, it is because nova is here and she apparently throwing crayons on the floor. her mum is here as well. we will introduce eve ryo ne here as well. we will introduce everyone in a moment. breastfeeding rates in the uk are among the lowest in the world, so could those kind of images encourage more women to give it a go? michelle beacock is a senior lecturer in midwifery atjohn moore university and aimee wood is breastfeeding her 15—month—old daughter, nova. they join us now. nova is busy at the moment. amy, you went public, if you like, with breast—feeding. you posted images of yourself breast—feeding. why did you do that and what kind of an impact did it have? at first, i was posting them because i was breast—feeding pretty much constantly because she had reflux, so that was her way of

reflux. i still wanted to post pictures of my daughter. i was posting pictures of breast—feeding because i didn't see a problem with that. after receiving hate online, i started posting for awareness that people do this. these are the sort of pictures you posted online. when you say you started receiving hate, what kind of things would people sent to you? the main thing that i got was a man who started saying that my daughter would be bullied when she was older for these images and started saying some disgusting things that i really wouldn't want to say now. no, don't, but we should also say that with the example of the gap story we were talking about, that got a lot of positive response with people using the hash tag normalise breast—feeding, that is what we are looking at now, but why do you think it gets such a big reaction on both sides, both positive and negative?

reaction on both sides, both positive and negative ?|j reaction on both sides, both positive and negative? i think breast—feeding is a very emotive subject for people in british society. it's very fraught in british society because it is not very common which is a shame because breast—feeding is a lovely way to feed your baby. i think a lot of women face challenges with breast—feeding and that's why it is so breast—feeding and that's why it is so emotive. i think when it is emotive, strong reactions happen to pictures like that, which are just lovely pictures. a lovely picture of a mum and a baby. we are just not used to seeing it. so you think it isa used to seeing it. so you think it is a good thing, pictures like that being used in the media to normalise breast—feeding? being used in the media to normalise breast-feeding? yes, absolutely because we are so to breast-feeding? yes, absolutely because we are so to seeing it. the stats in this country for breast—feeding at six months compared to norway, norway is 71% and the uk is 41%. but what would you say to women who feel they are being pressured into it and that they are failing somehow if they try

and failat they are failing somehow if they try and fail at some point. —— if they try and ben are having to stop at some point. we know that most women who stop breast—feeding don't want to stop breast—feeding but there are different social, cultural and political barriers in their way. the royal college of midwives talks about 3000 shortage of midwives. if we had those midwives are they helping people, perhaps women wouldn't stop breast—feeding. helping people, perhaps women wouldn't stop breast-feeding. but some people physically can't? some people physically can't but if you compare the rates of british society to norway, british women are not so different to norwegian women, we are not built differently, but the rates are very different which shows it as are very different which shows it as a political and cultural issue. do you think, amy, you get a sense that things are changing?” you think, amy, you get a sense that things are changing? i think maybe slowly. when i looked at the gap campaign, i expected to see at least a few comments that were sort of on the other side, a bit negative, but

ididn't the other side, a bit negative, but i didn't see anything that was against the pictures of her feeding. i have seen a lot of comments supporting that kind of thing, whereas i have seen in the past that it is wrong to post those pictures. a lot of people have said to me that they have not breast—fed because they have not breast—fed because they were scared to do it in public or scared of people seeing them do it. i think slowly, maybe, it. ithink slowly, maybe, people are starting to get there with being able to accept it, but like you say with these pictures being online, i think it does help. if we are seeing it more and more every day, especially with big campaigns like gap, ithink especially with big campaigns like gap, i think people will start to see it as more normal and if it was an everyday thing that you saw every day, it would be seen as normal, whereas it is not something you see everyday. so it is not necessarily how long you breast—feed four, h comes into it as well? yes, because the woman on the gap campaign is feeding a 20—month—old, a toddler,

and the world health organisation recommends breast—feeding up to two yea rs recommends breast—feeding up to two years although further, but in our country we have the lowest rates of breast—feeding. nova is 15 months and we have carried on. i never expected to get this far with nova. i don't know any other months personally that have breast—fed even up personally that have breast—fed even up untila year. personally that have breast—fed even up until a year. the problem is that the stats are kept to capture those breast—feeding and those who are breast—feeding and those who are breast—feeding long term are not always as strong as amy to want to tell people. i know what people will wa nt to tell people. i know what people will want to see. they will want to see the picture. know that and i have been very busy. it was a combined effort. we did it together, nova. yes? it was all my work entirely.

lovely to see you. thank you. the time now is 946a. you are watching breakfast bbc news. the main stories this morning. snow, ice and strong winds continue to cause major travel disruption, with flood warnings issued in parts of the south west and north east. a day after the prime minister set out her hopes for brexit in a major speech — eu officials say it lacked details. lots to talk about with the weather. chris, what can you tell us. what is in store for the rest of the day and beyond? well, further problems to come today for some of us but gradually the weather is getting a little bit less bad. that said, we have seen more snow overnight. there are now 55 centimetres of snow on the ground at saint athan near cardiff in south wales. that is why many people still haven't really been able to venture out very far, because of this extreme weather and extreme snow.

things will get slightly less bad, if you like, as we go on through the weekend. although there was a little bit of snow around today, particularly in the north—east, it won't be anywhere near as bad as it has been and as most of the country still struggles with the easterly winds, further south, we will see the slightly warmer air is dredged up the slightly warmer air is dredged up from the bay of biscay. a lot of cloud around today and it is its thickest across parts of wales, northern england and northern ireland where we have a weather front. this line of snow you can see working its way northwards. plenty of snow showers also affecting used in scotland. but it's notjust snow. across eastern scotland, eastern england, we are also seeing frozen rain this morning, which is liquid rain this morning, which is liquid rain that has a temperature below freezing which means when it hits any surface that literally turns to ice. that is what happened yesterday in devon and near to where those pictures were sent to us from, there was a ten car pile—up on the 838.

it's that dangerous with those kinds of conditions. watch out for black eyes. it could be quite widespread across east scotland, north—east england, dangerous conditions on the roads and pavements as well. elsewhere, we have showers affecting south west england. they will come in more quickly than expected across hampshire and may be spreading to sussex as well. turning left cold slowly in the south. overnight tonight, though showers will continue to drift northwards so we are looking at the risk of further snowfall across the peaks and the pennines, with further snow showers across eastern scotland. a widespread frost and again that means we are looking at icy conditions to take us on into sunday. ice again causing problems first thing tomorrow and tomorrow, with low pressure, we look at further showers moving in across england. most of them are blue, as

you can see, so england. most of them are blue, as you can see, so looking at rain showers rather than anything wintry in the south. for northern and eastern scotland, there will be more snide particularly in the hills, lower down, rain or sleet as the weather begins to turn a little bit less cold. that trend is said to continue into next week. still quite cold across scotland in particular and it is here where there is the risk of further snow in the week ahead, particularly across the hills. elsewhere in the united kingdom, temperatures will be creeping up day by day, but we are looking at bands of rain. combined with snowmelt, that could cause problems in its own right. the weather is going to slowly improving the coming days, but particularly across eastern scotland and north east england, with a combination of freezing snow and rain bringing the risk of widespread ice over the next few days. —— next few hours.

chris, we have talked a lot about the weather the last few days. the snow on those minus side roads is not going to go away in a hurry now, is it? it will take a few days? no, and one thing we have seen is because it was snow that was relatively dry when it came in, it came down in needles really, so it is blowing down a bit more. even if we are not seeing snowfall today where you live, if there is a lot on the ground and it is still quite windy, that snow still has the potential to drift which could in itself cause further problems even as the weather is improving. so, yes, we are likely to see that the problems but the main focus needs to be on the risk of ice across eastern scotland and north—east england over the coming hours. chris, thanks very much. it is not over yet. for most of us, singing in front of a 100 people would be nerve wracking, especially if one of them happened to be a former spice girl who was judging your performance.

all together now, sees ‘wannabe' singers trying to get as many of the judges on their feet and singing along. in a moment, we'll speak to three of the contestants who have made it through to tonight's final, but first, let's take a look at their performances. hi, i'mjames from hi, i'm james from derby. hi, i'mjames from derby. i'm michael from hartlepool. i'm really nervous. my name is rachel from portsmouth. oh, hello alexa scimeca knierim —— oh, hello! #0, # 0, left # o, lefta # 0, left a good job in the city # 0, left a good job in the city # i never lost a minutes sleep... # i never lost a minutes sleep... # because we are ordinary people...

# he's got 100! well, that was impressive. michael rice, rachael hawnt and james thompson join us now. how nerve—racking is that? it's not having to impress a fewjudges. it's 100 people. that's right, some of these other shows, there are a few people to impress, three orfour, but there are 100 people sitting there. when you walk out, they are quite literally towering over you. you're like, 0k. quite literally towering over you. you're like, ok. presumably you will have different levels of experience of what you have done before. michael, tell people about yourself. i'm michael, i used to work at

mcdonald's before the show. ijust busked on the weekends before the show, and then i applied for the show. i feel like you are doing an addition right now. what is your name and where are you from? you had obviously some quite a bit. i was on the x factor when i was 16. that is where it all started, it gave me a confidence boost. what does it mean, james, to have gotten this far? did you expect to get this far? i did not expect it at all. i mean, to get through to the final was one thing, but getting 100, that was one thing, but getting 100, that was what got me. i really wasn't expecting that. you see so many people get up, go up, pour their hearts out on stage and theyjust miss it. to have all those people say we love your voice, we love your talent, it's very humbling. we talked about the nerves a few moments ago, but in this show,

rachael, you are singing and you are aware of the reaction as it is going through. i think for myself, i tried to focus on not worrying about what they were doing. it was about going out there, doing my thing, not worrying about whether they like it, go out there and just sing. but to explain the format, you can see their reactions? you can just about see them but you can hear their reactions. and then of course when they pressed the buzzer, you see their reaction. tell us about your experience? icing full-time, a bit of corporate work, a lot of session work, that kind of thing. nothing like this. has it had an impact on your life? do people recognise you? i'm not that famous yet! yet, james. yes, yet. no, people find out who

you are, which is great. if anything, i have made my mum and dad very proud. i amjust anything, i have made my mum and dad very proud. i am just trying to get a sense of you. your style, even your speaking voice, it's very smoky kind of sound. i grew up singing in church. church is an amazing training ground that's where alerted to sing, where i learned to play drums and learned to speak well. i have a gospel background but i grew up have a gospel background but i grew up listening to r&b, soul, motown. how important is perhaps? you are wearing it... i kind of like the hat. i needed in another colour. that was you covering john legend. amazing. it's a brilliant song. i'm honoured to sing it. these singing competitions have been around for awhile. people are talking about how releva nt they awhile. people are talking about how relevant they are. were you worried

about taking part in a competition like this? i know this is a new one. i think the idea of the show is new. it's fun, it's not too serious. the other shows can come across as a bit scary, as in you are being super judged, but this was more about having fun, having a good time and not worrying too much about being judged. and the people that are judging you, it is such a range, isn't it? and jerry horner, have you met her? yes, you. she is lovely. michael, talk to us a little bit, you talked about the x factor before you talked about the x factor before you auditioned there. how did that go? i was you auditioned there. how did that go? iwas 16, you auditioned there. how did that go? i was 16, still at you auditioned there. how did that go? iwas16, still at school and i got the boot camp. i thought this

was it, i was going to do it, it didn't work out that i have been busking ever since. how old are you now? i am 20. so you are still very young. how did the nerves workjust before? are you supportive of each other? yes, because we are all in a room before hand. other? yes, because we are all in a room beforehand. everyone is talking and chatting and everyone isjust so supportive. if anyone is nervous, they support you. how where his nerves shown? does he go quiet? he does go quiet and in my heat, i was probably really anti—social. i was going over my song again and again, with a strict plan of where i was going to go up and down. to tell a story in 90 seconds is difficult. everyone has their own way of doing it. thank you so much. it's a big day today. all together now is on

tonight at 7pm and you can see this lot on it. that is it from us this morning. breakfast back tomorrow from 6am. i will be back here tomorrow with roger. bye—bye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10am. warnings of snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk, as the weather causes further disruption. in south—east london police were called as people stuck on trains started jumping onto the tracks. several flood warnings have been issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds, the rail line at dawlish is partly closed after the sea wall was breached. good news for motorists in the north—east as the main route to scotland, the a1, has been reopened, but drivers are still being told to

ta ke but drivers are still being told to take care. in other news, facing up to ha rd take care. in other news, facing up to hard facts. the prime minister says neither side will get everything they want from brexit, but argues the