hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. an end in sight for the big freeze but icy weather is still causing problems. many rural communities remain cut off by snow drifts and, despite some services re—opening, there are still widespread cancellations on rail lines across the uk. this is the scene at the a66 in north yorkshire. it remains closed because of the treacherous conditions. good morning, it's sunday the 4th of march. also this morning, a warning to councils — the government says build more houses or risk losing planning powers. and the final preparations are underway for the biggest night in the showbiz calendar. so will british stars win big at the oscars? and in sport, there are more british medals at the world track cycling championships.

and also at the world indoor athletics, there was a brilliant silverfor laura muir, that's her second medal in birmingham — and there could be more medals to come for the british team on the final day. and chris has the weather. good morning. we are looking at a murky start to the day with frost and ice around. more snow to come, especially in eastern scotland. but in many areas the weather will be getting less severe as the thaw that's under way. —— gets under way. good morning. first, our main story. snow and ice continue to cause widespread disruption despite temperatures slowly rising. many rail lines remain blocked and drivers have been warned to expect delays. two yellow warnings remain in place, covering much of the uk, while 16 flood warnings have been issued for the south—west and north—east of england. thousands of homes in cut—off rural communities remain without power.

simon clemson reports. with so much snow to melt and even a little more in today's forecast, some will be living with these conditions and the disruption for a while yet. northern england, the midlands, wales and parts of northern ireland could still see further amounts of snow this morning, while scotland faces more coming in from the north sea. the met office is also warning drivers to be aware of ice following lower overnight temperatures. after some train operators simply said "don't travel," services are resuming. but many trains will not run today, with a number of companies on a reduced service. birmingham, cardiff and glasgow airports have reopened, but there are reports of delays and cancellations. some power companies are planning to fly engineers out today to reconnect remote areas. thousands of homes in cut—off villages remain without power. in devon, work will continue this morning to get supplies to a town and village on the north coast which were cut off. elsewhere, in somerset, farmers say they cannot get their milk out because tankers cannot reach them, meaning they are having to pour

thousands of litres away. dairy farming is hard enough without losing money, but at the end of the day, what can we do? it was freak weather. we've just got to get on with it. there are still flood warnings in place along the south—west and north—east coast as the wind whips up the waves. with scotland on standby for snow into tomorrow, the latest spell of weather is not going quietly. the housing secretary has warned what he calls nimby councils that they risk losing their planning powers if they refuse to build enough new homes. in an interview with the sunday times he told local authorities that he would be "breathing down their neck" to ensure targets are met. our political correspondent susana mendonca joins us now. good morning. is this tough talk,

then? i think it is. certainly good morning. is this tough talk, then? ithink it is. certainly sajid javid is saying he will strip them of their powers, send in inspectors to ta ke of their powers, send in inspectors to take over planning if they are not ill bring enough homes, that is certainly tough talk for those councils. —— not building enough. but the prime minister is due to make a speech on housing tomorrow, launching what will be called the national policy framework, which is all about changing the way planning is dealt with in order to get housebuilding sped up. because there isa housebuilding sped up. because there is a challenge with housing across the country, the government knows that, in terms of the general election last year. they know they lost lots of young voters and part of the thinking is that this is down to people feeling they do not have a sta ke to people feeling they do not have a stake in society, and if you are able to build —— to buy your own home you feel like you have a stake in society. they want people to be up in society. they want people to be up to get on the housing ladder and this is part of that. but a lot of the so—called nimby councils that

javid talks about are actually conservative councils. how will it go down with them? the labour party says that since 2010 the government has not done enough on housing, and this is just has not done enough on housing, and this isjust rehashing old policies, and that actually, housebuilding is down to a 30 year low. housing is such a challenge for successive governments, notjust this government. through the decades it has been a very difficult thing for governments to deal with. what we hear is that they will be looking at the differences between different areas, so for example, the cost of living, what people's wages are, that kind of thing. and come up with a plan that might work. we will be watching with interest. thank you. donald trump is threatening to impose additional taxes on cars imported from europe. the warning has heightened fears of a trade war between the us and the eu after he also promised to impose hefty tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. his latest comments came in a tweet after he'd previously described current trade deals as "very stupid." the construction giant carillion had been "aggressively managed" to make its balance sheet

look better than it was. that was the verdict of an independent report given to its board four months before it collapsed. the chairman of the commons work and pensions committee, frank field, said the report showed the "gross failings of corporate governance and accounting" at the firm. the polls have opened in italy to elect a new government. the election campaign has been dominated by concerns over immigration and the economy. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in rome for us this morning. good morning, gavin. why is this election is significant in the context of what else is happening in europe and here in the uk? well, if you think about the amount of crises the eu has had to deal with, including brexit, italy is slowly recovering from a big, deep debt crisis. so any wobble, when people look at italy, it is the fourth biggest economy in the eu, the third

after the uk leads, and it matters, certainly when it comes to the migration crisis, it is they have taken the brunt when it comes to helping most of the refugees. 600,000 in the past few years. naturally that has become a central point for a lot of the polling, people are saying that they are voting based on their thoughts about the migration crisis, the economy as well, and also the rhetoric of the parties. as we go towards the polling station, i have got the parisian behind me, i am polling station, i have got the parisian behind me, iam next polling station, i have got the parisian behind me, i am next to a school in downtown rome. it is sunday, so it is relaxed voting at the moment. not many people coming up the moment. not many people coming up yet. sylvia bell is gaining, the 81—year—old billionaire, has made a comeback. —— silvio yatala scaly. he is banned from public office. but his party, forza italia, is in a coalition with la liga, a xenophobic and anti—immigration party. matteo rivotta, the former prime minister, his centre—left group is expected to do less well. —— matteo renzi. luigi

di maio's five points movement could become one of the youngest private ministers of italy, likely to be a coalition, italy has not had a single government since the second world war. we should have some sort of idea by 11 o'clock this evening. pubs in england and wales will be able to stay open late on the weekend of prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. the home secretary, amber rudd, said bars would be allowed to serve until 1:00am, rather than 11:00pm, on friday the 18th and saturday the 19th of may. jessica parker reports. lots of people very happy to hear that news, i am sure. let's return to our top story, the disruption caused by the snow and ice. andy gil is in north yorkshire. he is at scotch corner, thejunction of the a66. that is still closed this morning. any idea when that may? ——

may reopen? know. there is some local traffic being let through here, you have probably seen the flashing lights of the lorries down at the junction of the a66, with flashing lights of the lorries down at thejunction of the a66, with the ai-m, at thejunction of the a66, with the a1—m, where it is blocked. but cross—country traffic is not being let through. this is one of the main cross—country routes, the a1—m, and it has been closed for three days 110w. it has been closed for three days now. many of the smaller rural roads across the country in england, scotla nd across the country in england, scotland and wales have been blocked by snow drifts. some farmers have been getting their snowploughs out and clearing them, but lots of bases are still cut off. as far as the ra i lwa ys are still cut off. as far as the railways go, some services like south—eastern and south—western are getting back to normal, with western railway saying it is nearly normal. southern rail have asked passengers to postpone theirjourneys until tomorrow. as far as the east and west coast main line is go, virgin started running a limited service on the east coast main line, with some

trains going into scotland yesterday. but there are no trains on the west coastline today. there are buses, which is an improvement on yesterday, when on the west coastline there were not even any buses. airports are starting to get back to normal but there are still some delays. the advice as always is to check before you travel. andy, we are hearing from chris in the weather forecast today that temperatures are going to slowly start going up. that will give rise to fears of flooding in quite a few areas. in terms of where you are, we can even still see a few flakes of snow drifting down this morning?m is actually snowing less here now thanit is actually snowing less here now than it was about half an hour ago. you are right, the temperatures are supposed to gradually rise, possibly up supposed to gradually rise, possibly up to nine celsius in southern england today. but it could still get as low as “11 in some rural areas overnight. that does mean a risk of flooding. high winds and high tides are also contribute into the flood

risk. there are 16 flood warnings and 3a flood alerts across the country. south—west england and the north—east of england, and a couple in lancashire as well. lots of people have lost their electricity, 23,000 people in the north—west of in and have had their power restored 110w. in and have had their power restored now. the company which sorts out power in the south—west of england and across the midlands, they still have a number of people without power. yesterday they tried to use a to try to get to some of the more remote, cut—off areas. —— tried to use a helicopter to get to some. that helicopter was foiled by the fog. they say they will try to use the helicopter again today. i suspect if it is like this where they are, they may have some difficulty. you may be right. andy, thank you. it is important to remember that lots of rural communities are still having big rob woods and have been cut off. to find out what is happening across the uk, let's go to chris.

the weather is still causing issues today. there is still more snow to come, but the big issue is what has already fallen and is lying on the ground in these rural communities. a mixed picture today. frost and ice this morning. widespread hill fog. more snow to come across northern areas. the coldest air at the moment is across the north of the uk, still feeding in from europe. further south we are getting the slightly less cold winds coming up from the bay of biscay, and that means that as the showers move in, we are seeing them generally fall as rain across south—west england. so be thaw is in this part of the world. —— the thaw. snow is still working into the vale of york, and a fair amount in scotland. freezing rain is mixed in with this. that means some of us could have quite a lot of like ice building up on roads and pavements. take it easy if you are travelling in the next few hours.

this weather will continue to affect north—east england and eastern areas of scotla nd north—east england and eastern areas of scotland in particular. coastal areas, more of a mix of rain and sleet, along with a bit of snow, as we go through the afternoon and those temperatures continue to rise. an area of rain working into eastern england. it may skirt away from london but will affect parts of suffolk and norfolk. it will be turning slightly milder, highs today reaching eight degrees. looking at the weather picture overnight, that area of rain will work out into the north sea before ending back into the cold air in scotland. so before the cold air in scotland. so before the end of the night we will see heavy snow working in here. not as cold as it has been over recent nights, but still chilly in or frost in ruralareas, so nights, but still chilly in or frost in rural areas, so there will be a risk of icy stretches again on monday morning. snow is a further concern across the hills of scotland on monday. several centimetres building up, perhaps as much as ten centimetres across some of the higher hills in scotland. showers in the forecast again, mainly wales and south—west england. turning less

cold, even degrees in london. that is closer to average. even further north, five or six degrees in newcastle and edinburgh. the thaw will really get under way on monday. the atlantic is blocked at the moment so we are not seeing areas of low pressure moving in from the us. instead we have this area of low pressure sitting over the uk. that means over the next few days it will stay on the cool side, temperatures below average. plenty of showers around in the week ahead. with the air still quite cool, there is the potential to see some of our rain turning to snow, especially across the hills in the north. so we are not done with this wintry weather yet, but for many areas, the weather is at least getting less severe. will be speaking to paul about flooding. give us an overview, if you would, to the best of the knowledge, of the areas that could

be at risk of flooding. there are flood warnings out for coastal areas which are largely due to spring tides. there is a surface water flooding. the previous speaker was talking about it moving up from the south. and certainly in birmingham here, it is raining now and there is a bit ofa here, it is raining now and there is a bit of a thaw under way. the low—lying areas will be the first to get this. in areas like parts of scotland and wales, cumbria, does that create a problem

for low—lying areas as it comes down? it may do. it depends on the speed of the thaw. it depends on how quick the thaw is and how high do —— how high the rivers are. we are keeping ourfingers how high the rivers are. we are keeping our fingers crossed that things don't go badly. in terms of flood defences, are we getting better prepared for flood events now? there are 29 different types of intervention where flood defences are one of those. there is a broad spectrum of things that need to be done and we are getting better at some of those. we need to be much more ambitious. we need to have an

understanding of what the climate change projections are telling us. and we also need to take into account future development. it is lovely and great but we need to make sure that the housing doesn't put people ‘s lives at risk. by that you are talking about concreting over areas that increases the flood risks? it is a combination of things. 0ther risks? it is a combination of things. other developments in the right place, are they designed properly, are they built properly, are they maintained properly, to the effect of the people, as concrete effects on body else's risk elsewhere? and what is the risk now —— somebody else. i don't think we

have dealt with the increasing risk. eq, have dealt with the increasing risk. e0, paul. —— thank you. the shape of water leads the way including best actress for the british star sally hawkins. gary 0ldman is up for the best actor award. gary 0ldman is expected to lift the best actor award and he is up against daniel kaluuya along with daniel day lewis. we can speak to the film critic, karen krizanovich who can give us her predictions for tonight. it is always slightly dangerous, eve ryo ne it is always slightly dangerous, everyone is so confident he will win. do you think he will? no. he has won virtually everything and the supports have won everything through

the televised awards so far. i do think that timothee chalamet is shaping up with daniel —— daniel kaluuya. what makes a people say he might win it. it is nominated for best original screenplay. it will do very, very well at the awards. don't forget, it is a horse race. what cou nts forget, it is a horse race. what counts is the finishing line. the shape of water along with sally hawkins could fall by the wayside. it interesting that in terms of their british actors, you have a star and daniel kaluuya who is a rising star. a lot has happened since last year, more than just the

wrong award being read out. the protest movements, mitu, time is up, —— me too and times up. protest movements, mitu, time is up, -- me too and times up. they will not accept these kinds of harassment that have been endemic. it will be quiet but persistent. it won't be a riot. the changes they have made in the voting system for the oscars and also being more diversity minded as —— diversity minded, gender and creed. we will see better, different stories. and who could forget the moment last year when the faye dunaway and warren beatty an ounce to the wrong film and didn't announce moonlight first of all.

they have been invited back again. let's not forget the oscars used to bea let's not forget the oscars used to be a lot of fun. these to be the glamour, the old school, they had wonderful comic timing. the reason we wa nt wonderful comic timing. the reason we want to watch them is because they are good. they are professional and they are funny. a little bit of old school, old and —— golden hollywood glamour. -3 your predictions. i don't know the best director. —— run us through. they think best actor, hard to say. let's stick with gary old men. ——i think. allison janney for best supporting at dress. frances mcdormand for three bill. —— billboards. —— gary

0ldman. if only it was so easy to predict. all the fallout from the oscars tomorrow. time now for a look at the newspapers. the former england cricketer lucy pearson is a head teacher and also a director for the england and wales cricket board. we'll ask her what's caught her eye in a minute. this is about ditching plastic. it is amazing we are finally doing something about it. here is an article about crusaders that don't live in a perfect life. it is easy to think that if you can't do it everything, it's not worth trying but here some basic instructions and

guidance about how to change your habits. cotton buds is interesting. and iconic image from the programme of the seahorse with its tail wrapped around the cotton bud. the fa ct wrapped around the cotton bud. the fact that going into the supermarket, it is a real struggle to try and get away from buying any plastic. i tried to set myself regular challenges. i completely failed but that's ok. we are using glass milk bottles now. you have been drinking a lot of tea and coffee, i saw them all. you said you tried that you couldn't but that is because the retails are not yet providing things without plastic. absolutely. we have gotten into quite a lazy mindset and things that aren't in plastic, you think they must be unhealthy. there needs to be a change of culture. we should all

be making some steps. it is becoming a bit more socially unacceptable to reuse plastic bottles and you now see people going to coffee shops and bring in their own cups. it is filtering through. it is slow. quite a bit of publicity on the storyline on sepsis. this article is interesting. i think the archers is fantastic. i have been starting to listen to it. i downloaded on a sunday. in the way they go about covering some key stories or even low—level is fantastic. the sepsis story shocked me and a hotel with domestic violence. they would regularly looking at the tension between the men in the women in the cricket club as well. it was all

about the change in the facilities. i love the fact that the archers looks around at what is going on in society today. the sepsis one is raising awareness on what it is. it is fantastic. a frightening illness. something as simple as, i think the character got a neck from a nail. she got a cut. —— the character got a nick. i used to hear the tune and immediately switch off thinking i was far too immature. i picked it up a couple of years ago and i've fallen in love with it. it's one of my secret purpose. —— pleasures. fallen in love with it. it's one of my secret purpose. -- pleasures. we we re my secret purpose. -- pleasures. we were talking about the oscars and diversity is being talked about again. this article deals with the

voting that sits behind the oscars. he heard karen talking about the changes and what we would expect to see tonight at that idea of trying to change the profile across both of the oscars but also the industry itself, whether it is around lgbtqi. and also class. gary oldman. it's easy to see the world is rotten but we are seeing positive change, whether it is in the plastics we have just seen or here. all of it is overdue but there is definitely a ground swell. whoever wins tonight, ido ground swell. whoever wins tonight, i do believe it has been a better process fairer process and now the open, it means they can never be lost again. whatever happens tonight, i want to keep seeing change. a great reviews of fantastic

films. the nature of the films coming up which are more about outsiders, the way they attract phichit, it is the time of the outsider and recognising they are challenging it. —— pitch it. the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9am, what is coming up? after her big speech on brexit, i have been talking to the prime minister. i also have the deputy prime minister of ireland talking about their reaction on the irish border issue and if you want to know more about how the hard brexiteers and the soft brexiteers or the remainers, i should say, think about it, i have iain duncan smith and the lord of darkness himself on the sofa together reacting to theresa may. if that's not exciting enough for you andi that's not exciting enough for you and i can't believe that then we have the great swedish band first

aid kit playing as well. a great programme as always. we will be back injusta programme as always. we will be back injust a second. programme as always. we will be back in just a second. stay with us. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. snow and ice continue to cause widespread disruption despite temperatures rising slowly. two yellow warnings remain in place, covering much of the uk. 16 flood warnings have an issue for the south—west and north—east of england. thousands of homes in rural communities remain without power, while many rail lines are still blocked, and drivers have been warned to expect delays. local authorities are being warned by the housing secretary, sajid javid, that they risk losing their planning powers if they refuse to build enough new homes. he told the sunday times that he would be "breathing down the neck" of so—called nimby councils to make sure

they meet their targets. tomorrow, the government will announce an overhaul of planning rules in an attempt to increase the rate of building. the construction giant carillion had been "aggressively managed" to make its balance sheet look better than it was. that was the verdict of an independent report given to its board four months before it collapsed. the chairman of the commons work and pensions committee, frank field, said the report showed the "gross failings of corporate governance and accounting" at the firm. now, in the last half—hour the polls have opened in italy to elect a new government. opinion polling suggests an alliance of right—wing parties, organised by the former prime minister silvio berlusconi, could do well. are... year?

person you person you know? i person ou "r“ you know? 5; us, it about the fun. that's right. your life should be a protest. your voice, every day, should be the protest, notjust one night. now, we next scotland— . next scotland has — . in the next hour, scotland has taken a real in the next hour, scotland has taken a $1 7153—15—93— along in the next hour, scotland has taken 8 7—4m along ; rail a real battering along its rail network. at 8:10 we'll speak to scotrail to find out how many of their services are back up and running. 20,000 runners will take to the streets of london this morning for the big half a new half marathon distance race.

among them is bbc radio 2's chris evan. we'll speak to him as he limbers up at the start line. diversity, or the lack of it, has been a big issue at the oscars in recent years. we'll speak to the teenagers frustrated by this and who decided to highlight the issue themselves by recreating famous film posters and swapping the white performers for black actors. all that still to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one, as it's time for match of the day. we are still here, on the bbc news channel. thank you for being with us. normally on this point we would say if he didn't want match of the day we have more foot all the sports

news, but it isn'tjust football? no, notjust football. and who needs match of the day in half now, you can do it in a few minutes. we are talking athletics today? yes, indoors, no snow indoors. a fantastic few days of athletics in birmingham. great britain are up to four medals. success in the pentathlon for katarina johnson—thompson. but laura muir has half of those medals now, because she got that bronze on the opening night. she has gonejust she got that bronze on the opening night. she has gone just the one better. it was a silver for the scot in the 1500 metres. it was the same three women on the podium as ethiopia's genzebe dibaba completed the double, but this time muir finished ahead of the netherlands sifan hassan to take second. it's been a really impressive couple of days from muir, who is 24. she says that she can now mix it with the the best. the competition is so tough. i thought if i could get one medal, that would be a great achievement.

but to get two, and a silver, that is great. such a confidence booster. i have been fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh at global championships before this. i thought it was about time to get on the podium and i've gone and won a double here. eilidh doyle took bronze last night with a season's best time in the 400m. it's not her preferred event. she said the result was incredible and it's herfirst solo world podium finish, after winning medals as part of the british relay squad. it's also the final day at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands. great britain are up to six medals there. katie archibald and emily nelson stormed to gold in the madison. they finished well clear of the dutch duo, and it was all the more remarkable because nelson only stepped in to partner archibald on friday, when elinor barker crashed in the omnium and had to pull out. i'm a bit speechless at the moment.

it's going to take a while to sink in. i think we raced very well as a team. we were kind of thrown together at the last minute but i think we played to each other‘s strengths, and, yeah, we won. and jack carlin picked up a silver in the individual sprint, to go with his silver in the team event. it's his first world championships and he did really well to reach the final because he only expected to finish in the top eight. the icy weather decimated the football fixtures yesterday, the premier league was the only division that was untouched. liverpool moved up to second in the table yesterday, when they beat newcastle 2—0 at anfield, mo salah scoring for a seventh game in a row and sadio mane adding the second. newcastle are nowjust two points above the relegation zone. the battle for a top four finish is looking good for tottenham, they are still unbeaten in 2018.

they were too good for huddersfield at wembley. this brilliant cross from harry kane gave heung min—son his second of the match. they won 2—0. the relegation scrap is hotting up and swansea havejumped out of the bottom three, up to 13th by hammering west ham 4—1. it's the second week in a row david moyes has seen his side beaten by that margin, and he said it was a new low. it was a poor performance. we have got to work to get out of this. we are going to have to do much better and we are going to have to get back to doing the things we were doing six weeks ago. alan pardew has admitted that his job is on the line after his west bromwich albion side lost 1—0 at watford. it's their fifth league defeat on the bounce and they look doomed seven points adrift at the bottom. brighton will host arsenal

in today's lunchtime kick off, while leaders manchester city are at home to chelsea. both of yesterday's scottish cup games survived the freeze, aberdeen will have to replay kilmarnock after they drew 1—1. but holders celtic are through to the semifinals, beating championship side greenock morton. moussa dembele scored twice in their 3—0 win. britain's kell brook says he'll be back in the gym tomorrow, targeting a fight with compatriot amir khan after winning his first bout at light middleweight. in front of his home crowd at sheffield arena, he knocked out sergey rabchenko just over a minute into the second round. it was brook's first fight since he lost his ibf world welterweight title last may. though he is on the comeback trail. and we are getting closer to the heavyweight unification boxing fight that all fans want to see. that is after the american deontay wilder

retained his bbc fight overnight, stopping lewis ought is in the tent. -- wbc stopping lewis ought is in the tent. —— wbc fight overnight, stopping luis ortiz. —— luis ortiz. we are about six weeks away from the london marathon — but today in the capital it's the inaugral big half, just the 13 miles and a bit for the thousands taking part, a mix of elite and charity and club runners, and it all gets underway at 9:00. let's speak to the hugh brasher, the event director. good morning. touch and go, wasn't it, with all this weather around? yeah, the team, the boroughs, the mayor's office, all of our people have done an amazing job to keep this event alive, and this morning we woke up to blue skies with the temperature rising. so it is

fantastic for the event to be going ahead today. good for the hamstrings and the cars are all of those runners, i suppose. and the cars are all of those runners, isuppose. they and the cars are all of those runners, i suppose. they will still have to warm up. tell us a bit about the route? it still takes in tower ridge and some of those sites we see in the london marathon as well? —— tower bridge. yes, this is basically the london marathon on in reverse, starting with the backdrop of tower bridge and ending at cutty sark. in between times, going through carey wore. it really is taking in the boroughs of tower hamlets, lewisham, southwark and greenwich. this is so much about the community. this is about making sure that sport is for everybody. there are so many community groups out running today, raising funds for their schools or their sports clubs or whatever they are raising funds for. it is encouraging people to get healthy,

get it, really get the community involved. what makes these races, these matt vonk saw half marathons, is the crowds that come out to line the route. —— these matt vonk. so for the crowds to come out this morning, they will get a glimpse of serb mo farah? yes, fantastic to have sir mo farah here. he is racing against callum hawkins, who came fourth in the world championships in london in the matt vonk. —— marathon. those three will be going foran marathon. those three will be going for an amazing battle. we have got some of the top para wheelchair athletes. we've got david weir against marcel heug. we have got the top british women, who are looking top british women, who are looking to get picked for the half marathon championships in valencia. there are an awful lot of top athletes for the

crowds to come out and watch. great stuff. good luck with it all. it gets under way at nine o'clock. so if you are in london, you know what to do. go and cheer on all of those runners. and speaking to chris evans, we will be, after eight o'clock. he is limbering up on the start line right now. yes, stretching his hamstrings. more than 4000 restaurants have opened across the uk in the last five years. but last year more than 900 went out of his nurse. so the big question is, are we reaching saturation point? the latest to struggle is prezo, which is closing 94 of its branches, third of its chain, affecting about 1000 jobs. here is our business and consumer correspondent nina warhurst. they are calling it the casual dining crush. prezzo is the latest chain poised to closures, joining jamie's, strada and biron, which have all had shot some sites since

christmas. albert street in harrogate probably looks a bit like a street not far from you. we have got a a street not far from you. we have gota chain, a street not far from you. we have got a chain, which is opposite another chain, which is next to a different chain, opposite another chain. the amount of competition has been increasing and at the same time, our capacity to spend on streets has been decreasing. perhaps it was inevitable, then, that something had to give. look at this. so what determines the dining decisions around this table? salaries have not kept pace with inflation. if you are going to go to a chain, you can feel some resentment, thinking that you are spending 40 or £50 on something that is to think the average. i've tried lots of the chains. i think "fine" is the best way to describe them. i try to stick to the maxim, if i could cook it at home, don't order it out. what is really important is the personality of the manager. in a

chain restaurant, in our experience, you never see the manager. is that important to you? yes, we are supporting the local harrogate economy, which makes us feel good when we go out for dinner. economy, which makes us feel good when we go out for dinnerlj economy, which makes us feel good when we go out for dinner. i happen to know that you have a soft spot for pizza express. you've heard about at! that is my achilles heel, i have to say. i do like pizza express pizzas. it shows, if a chain is good enough, you will go there. yes. you know it is the fifth time he has been in this week? in the late 19805 about 22% of people ate out once a month or more. by 2015 that figure had jumped to 68%. this restau ra nt that figure had jumped to 68%. this restaurant has been open for more than 30 years, and they say after chains took a big bite out of busine55, now familiar faces are coming back. we have had some closures around town and i think it

has made re5ident5, including me, who lives here, think, well, if we do not want to lose the5e who lives here, think, well, if we do not want to lose these little independent restaurants, we have to use them. so you think people are con5ciou5ly supporting the independent restaurants more? definitely. we contacted the chains which have announced closures and they all cited tough competition and rising overheads a5 they all cited tough competition and rising overheads as being behind their difficult decisions. one of their difficult decisions. one of the key things after brexit i5 food inflation. because of import co5ts. that is running at about 7%, in addition to high rents. in business rates, as well. the ingredients are all there for more pressure this year. and for diner5, which kitchens make the cut is down to you. that is a good maxim, isn't it? if you can cook it at home, don't go out and pay for it. but you also have an achilles heel mentioned in that report. american hot, that is my pizza. nice. here's chris with a look

at this morning's weather. nothing hot about the weather. what i5 nothing hot about the weather. what is your favourite pizza? hot and spicy with jalapenos. this is one of our weather watchers pick choose. —— picture5. our weather watchers pick choose. —— pictures. it is notjust northumberland, seems like this across south—west england. people are struggling to get out and about. fro5t are struggling to get out and about. frost and ice to content with, hill fog. more snow to come across northern areas. caldaire feeding in from the near continent and mainly across the north. —— cold air. the thaw. snow over the high ground.

further north we are seeing the snow through the vale of york and eastern areas of scotland. some freezing rain then mixed in which makes things i see. black ice could be a problem. very slippery on the pavement. snow 5hower5 problem. very slippery on the pavement. snow showers feeding in across scotland and north—east england. maybe rain and sleet mixed in. showers moving up from the south and it could probably squeeze away from london. certainly eastern parts of kent, e55ex, suffolk and norfolk could likely see the rain. the temperatures continue to edge up. the weather picture overnight, the area of rain working its way up to the north sea before bending back into the cold air and turning to snow towards the end of the night. again, targeting eastern areas of scotla nd again, targeting eastern areas of scotland where a there will be colder air scotland where a there will be colderair in scotland where a there will be

colder air in place stop temperatures not quite as low as they have been overnight but still cold enough of pockets of frost in rural areas. icy stretches to take u5 rural areas. icy stretches to take us into monday. monday look5 rural areas. icy stretches to take us into monday. monday looks at another snowy day, particular if other hills of scotland. showers moving up from the south targeting wale5 moving up from the south targeting wales in south—west england and again, further thaw of the lying snow. a lot of cloud around with brighter spells. southeast england for the most. otherwise, things still a bit cool for the time of year and with the atlantic 5till e55entially pretty blocked at the moment, we are not seeing whether systems moving moment, we are not seeing whether 5y5tem5 moving across moment, we are not seeing whether systems moving across the atlantic and instead, we have an area of pressure over the uk and that means in the week ahead, further showers with the risk of rain again. still to come we'll have a in—depth look through the sunday papers in about thirty minutes' time. now on breakfast it's time for click. this week, 108,000 people landed

in barcelona with one thing on their minds — mobile5. from welcome to the mobile world congress, the enormous annual expo where we get to hear about the latest in phones, tablets and, increasingly, anything that moves. smartwatch with built—in projector, anyone? and roaming the show floorfor us this year, lara lewington. de5pite talk of how many of the big players are not releasing new phones at the show, there are quite a few new phones on display. and the cameras were often taking centre5tage. this is bothie mode. we saw how we might interact

with our devices in the future — who needs button5 when you can gesture? it works! — and the way they might interact with us. a phone screen that bends. could a bendy phone be the future? but to really get to grips with the latest news here, ijoined forces with a man who seriously knows his phones. hmd, who bought the nokia's phone brand a few years back, are again embracing nostalgia with a 2018 twist with its 8110 4g. and no, you do not need to have it in banana yellow. would you feel silly to take that out of your pocket? absolutely in that colour. i would need it to be black or any other colour except bright yellow. its operating system can only run a few apps. however, they will include google assistant, google maps and facebook, although not twitter or whatsapp. but with battery life of up to 25 days — well, that's on standby —

and a price tag of 70 quid, it does sound like a decent proposition. it is, with 4g, too. that is all of the data connectivity you would want at a ridiculously low price. how nice is it to hold like that, frame the shot and then use the centre button to take the it? even here at the big reveal of a phone, it was the camera that was very much front and centre. for a start, the samsung galaxy s9 and s9+ shoot better pictures in low light, reducing grain by taking a burst of 12 shots at once. the larger s9+ actually has two lenses which work together to produce photos with a blurred background, in the same way that the iphone 7 plus has done since 2016. this, though, is quite new here in the west. it is the first phone i have seen that has a mechanical aperture which can switch from f2.4 to f1.5 to let in more light. now, last year, we saw a sony phone which could shoot at 40x slow—mo. that's 960 frames per second! and, as we predicted then, that feature is now starting to migrate into other phones.

one problem i had with sony's super slow—mo mode is that you have to be incredibly precise in order to start the recording and capture those 0.2 seconds of slow—mo action. not so with the s9. it waits until it detects motion in a certain part of its viewfinder and then it fires the slow—mo mode. so... that should mean you don't miss tho5e milliseconds of slow—mo magic. hot on the heels of apple's iphone animojis, the s9 lets you create and send your own emoji5. now, they do look a little like you but, quite impre55ively,

they will copy your expre55ion using live face tracking. or you can use one of the pre—sets that created from your, ahem, likene55. overall, the s9 and s9+ look and feel like their predecessors. the 5ame 5ize, they're dust— and water—resistant and they still have the headphone socket. hurrah! but the screen is ever—so—slightly longer. they will now accept sd cards of up to 400 gigabytes and they can play dolby atmo5 5ound. and where the s8 could be plugged into a special dock to connect to a screen, mouse and keyboard, the s9 can actually become a trackpad. and soon, this will also double as a keyboard. even with the s95 better tech 5pecs, critics have said that the improvements

are not massive. but i do think that the camera and the sharing functions are sure to be eye—catchers. and of course, no super slow—mo shoot is complete without lots and lots of confetti. this is possibly one of the more 5urpri5ing things on the show floor. i am currently in a holoportal. the set—up consists of four kinect 5en5ors, five laptops doing the grunt work, and once a person has been created in holographic form, well, they can be seen on this, the microsoft hololens, in real—time. and i have been to see a family who are really putting this set—up to good use. so harrison has something called duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is a fatal genetic muscle—wasting disease. it means every single

muscle cell in his body is deteriorating over time. unfortunately, that means he loses the ability and strength to do a lot of things that we take for granted — 5imply walking, giving your parents a hug, things like that, theyjust go in time. he has a life expectancy somewhere between 20 and 25. which is when the heart and lungs — which are also muscles — give up, and then we lose him then. since harrison came off his feet at the end of last year, being able to create stimulating and engaging experiences at home has become more important than ever. and today, he has a virtual visitor. this research prototype is currently being perfected at doubleme's ravensbourne college base. harrison!

hi! 0k! i see the holograndpa. are you in charge of cooking tonight? yep. your dad would like a steak that's that big! he's allowed one that's this big. we've got next tuesday — pancake day. what are you gonna have on your pancakes this year? definitely maple syrup. along with this mixed reality set up are ar and vr versions. eventually, maybe more than one person being holoported at a time, or 2—way audio and video could be possible. but right now, it is about getting the basics right. although what is created here isn't a true hologram, the headset displays holograndpa as a 3—dimensional projection, as if he was in the room. there was, when we tested it, a bit of a time lag due to a lack of processing power and connection.

arsenal beat tottenham. never in a million years is that going to happen! 3—1 to tottenham, harry kane scores two. yeah! now, after weeks of build—up, the oscars are finally here. the 90th academy awards are this weekend. over the past few weeks, we have been going exclusively behind the scenes with some of the nominees in the best visual effects category. this week, it's the fourth in our series, which is the ninth in their series, otherwise known as episode viii. yes, of course, i am talking about star wars: the lastjedi. kill it. we aimed to try and do as much as we can in camera. the reality is there always going to be shots, sequences or big moments that are gonna need visual effects and on a film like this, it is a star wars movie, we ultimately ended up with over

2000 effect shots in the film. you have too much of your father's heart in you. it took almost a year to get to the final look of snoke, and it's an organic process. we start with a maquette. we copied that, we scanned it, we digitised it, brought it in, started to paint textures, started to build the internal controls and anatomy of that character. and then as the editors, rian and bob, were working together, they brought together the sequences only using andy's reference, and he had this incredible, powerful performance, a very resonate voice. closer, i said. young fool! the bombing run was in the original script almost exactly as you see it in the film. we did bid how to execute the bombing run as a piece of miniature photography, with motion control and bring all the layers in and composite them, practical pyrotechnics and everything. and the scheduling and cost of that was just too prohibitive. but the important thing to me is, when working with a director like rian, is to communicate that we can make our cg look

like any particular style of thing at the moment. we can make it look like a balsa wood model, a very shiny, modern sort of cg—looking ship — we have that control over the way that we can render things now. and after a time, rian became confident in what we could do. and actually, it was a liberation. we could achieve anything and the explosions and pyrotechnics that we've achieved in the bombing run i think have pushed us to a new level. i think our contributions to films are getting more and more invisible in certain cases. but when they are not invisible, because you know they cannot be real, they are getting more believable. globally, the visual effects techniques are so advanced now that it is now important to tell a good story and it is now important that that story has good ideas and creative challenges that push us

to create visuals that have never been seen before. that's it for the short cut of click for this week. the full—length version is up on iplayer for you to watch whenever you want, including right now. don't forget, we live on twitter on facebook. you'll find us there throughout this and every week. thank you very much for watching and we will see you soon. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. an end in sight for the big freeze but icy weather is still causing problems. many rural communities remain cut off by snow drifts and, despite some services re—opening, there are still widespread cancellations on rail lines across the uk. this is the scene at the a66 in north yorkshire — it remains closed because of the treacherous conditions.