good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. our headlines today: the shocking impact of knife crime on under 18s. the number of children receiving treatment for knife wounds in the last four years has nearly doubled. theresa may heads back to brussels to persuade eu officials that a brexit deal can be tied down this week. new moves to end the conflict in yemen, as one charity estimates 85,000 children under five could have died from hunger since the war began. good morning. around three million people juggle a job while caring for a loved one. so should employers do more to help them? after a nervy night at hampden park scotland are a step closer to euro 2020. james forrest was the hero. he scored a hat—trick as they see off israel at hampden park. good morning. a wet start for many, then surely the rain being confined

to the north as brighter conditions and showers follow—on behind. and another a cold day. i'll have more in15 another a cold day. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday the 21st of november. our top story: there's been a big rise in the number of children receiving treatment for knife attacks. this programme has analysed data from the nhs in england for the last four years. 0ver that time, there's been an 86% increase in the number of under 185 being treated in hospital following an attack with a knife or sharp object. that compares to a 33% rise in adults being treated over the same period. in total last year, 573 under 18s attended hospital for knife wounds, most of them aged 16 and 17. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to meet some of the people trying to tackle the problem. appeared on breakfast with a message for the london mayor. what would you wa nt to for the london mayor. what would you want to say to him? to sit down and share with him our

frustrations. will you do that? of course, i'll carry on meeting with... two months on, tracy's about to meet sadiq khan. how are you feeling before your meeting with the mayor? hopeful. is he doing enough at the moment to tackle knife crime? he's saying it's a generation, it could ta ke saying it's a generation, it could take up to ten years, i'd have to say why, why does it have to take ten years? tracy's son, josh, was stabbed and killed in 2015. josh was killed in an unprovoked attack, no reason, totally unprovoked. the person who killed josh has never been caught. as well as more support for bereaved families, tracy and josh's sister, brooke, want to talk to children and primary schools about the reality of knife crime. they've set up a charity injosh's memory, but are finding it hard to get a ccess. schools could potentially not want somebody to come in and talk about knife crime, they might worry it

might make children think more about knife crime. all organisations talking about knife crime need to speak in schools as young as primary. the average age of those being attacked by a sharp object, such as attacked by a sharp object, such as a nice, seem to be getting lower. we've analysed nhs data from across england. last year, 11% of those admitted to hospital because of such an attack of children, and the rise in the number of child victims far exceeds the rise in the number of aduu exceeds the rise in the number of adult victims. all saints primary school in bootle in merseyside, and a pilot scheme aimed at nine and ten—year—olds. a tough topic perhaps poor children in this age, but these parents support it. i think it's a really, really good idea, especially with boys. why do you think some kids are attracted to knives or gangs? people have got nothing better to do now, these children, they all tend to get into

groups. i'm saying i'm 0k children, they all tend to get into groups. i'm saying i'm ok but you're not. it's that feeling of belonging with a group of older children. is that going to be in a positive way or negative way? so what happened in there, how did it go? really well, very positive. through sharing our story and the devastation it had on us, you can change somebody‘s mindset quite quickly. we met the mayor later at the spotlight youth centre in east london, which offers creative classes for teenagers. some schools are worried about this being labelled by allowing in groups like the group tracy foundered, my message to those schools, nobody is immune to this challenge. there might be a weapon... such a tough subject at such a young age, but for many lessons like this are the best way forward. tim muffet, bbc news. the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital, sanaa, to try to lay the groundwork for urgent peace talks. the fighting and a partial

blockade have left millions of people in need of humanitarian aid. save the children estimate 85,000 children under five may have died from acute malnutrition since 2015. caroline rigby has the latest in the conflict. a warning, this report contains some images you might find distressing. ten—year—old nazir is fighting for life. four of her siblings never even made it to hospital. like so many others, they were collateral damage in this devastating war. the conflict in yemen has been raging for 3.5 years, between a saudi—led military coalition and iranian—backed houthi rebels. as the main entry point for food aid, the rebel—held port of hudaydah has been a focus of international efforts to broker a truce, but hopes of a deal suffered further setback this week when fighting escalated.

the un describes yemen as the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster, with 1a million people on the brink of famine, more than half of them children. the charity, save the children, estimates 85,000 have already died of malnutrition since 2015. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have pledged almost £400 million to help tackle the crisis. but as well as being the country's largest aid donors, there are also the biggest military powers in a coalition repeatedly blamed for civilian deaths. there should be an end to this conflict. let's put enough pressure on the houthis to come this time to attend this dialogue, and let's be serious to reach a political solution that brings peace to yemen. 0n the ground, for now, the war goes on, but the un remains hopeful if camera zoom

on, but the un remains hopeful if camera zoom peace talks between the two sides within the coming weeks. -- it two sides within the coming weeks. —— it can resume. caroline rigby, bbc news. we'll be speaking to save the children from yemen at 6:40am this morning. theresa may will meet the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, later in an attempt to finalise plans for uk's future relationship with the eu, ahead of a crucial summit this weekend. let's speak now to our political correspondent, alex forsyth, who is in westminster. good morning, alex. what do we think will be on the agenda for this one? given brexit has begun this rather baffling concept, i wonder if it's a point to take stock. we know they got this agreement, mostly about the terms of divorce, the way we're going to leave the eu, that's pretty much sewn up but there's another bit and that's about our future that is what is going to be chewed over tonight and it's fair to say not everybody is brill. it's notjust theresa may who's got problems, the eu has met resistance from spain

over the issue of the role to and from france over fishing over the issue of the role to and from france overfishing rights —— thrilled. what they'll be talking about tonight is not how to get this signed and delivered today, but what's coming to be political accessible to both sides, how they're going to get this deal through in the eu and in westminster, and we know theresa may's going to have a real problem here, not least because the dup party, the northern irish party on whom she relies, they've already started to withdraw support for votes, so the battle is raging on all fronts. i think what theresa may will hope from tonight's meeting is she canjust will hope from tonight's meeting is she can just about keep things on track. another crucial day ahead. alex will be through another crucial day ahead. alex will be throutho with us through the morning in westminster and we'll be live with adam fleming in brussels as well —— alex will be with us. a senior russian official is the favourite to get the top job at the global police organisation, interpol, which is electing a new president this morning. aleksandr prokopchuk, a major general in the russian interior ministry, is one of two candidates. although the president isn't responsible for the day—to—day

running of interpol, there are concerns that the kremlin has used the agency to pursue its critics abroad. us president donald trump has been asked to determine whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. republican and democratic leaders of the us senate foreign relations committee on tuesday sent a letter demanding a second investigation. mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today to hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they recieved was inadequate. lauren moss reports. terror attacks have killed, wounded and left many with permanent injuries. there's always a rush to save those caught up in the horror.

afterwards, some of the scars that remain aren't physical. 15—year—old natalie and her mother, valerie, were at manchester arena last year. both have struggled to receive counselling on the nhs. people like me have been put on, like, waiting lists for a counsellor for ages, and they've still not received the support that they need 18 months on, and, like, thatjust shows how, like, people can't get the support they need when they need it. please don't hesitate to call us again if you need us... a survey by the campaign group, survivors against terror, has praised the charity sector for providing help, but identified what it's called a profound crisis in nhs mental health support. staff say services are stretched. we've got to balance the needs of victims of terror attacks against victims of sexual assault and car traffic collisions, et cetera, et cetera. so there is a limited resource,

so it's about how we try and use it most effectively. the government admits more needs to be done to provide support. later, campaigners will hand a copy of the report and an open letter in to downing street. those who've been left with invisible, lasting injuries say they want to prevent others from experiencing the same struggles. lauren moss, bbc news. humpback whales are famed for having unique dialects, but it's been discovered they also change their tune. did you know this? i didn't know this. this is the song from one pod in 2003. whale song it sounds a bit like mike oldfield! that was in 2003. scientists studied whales off the east coast of australia over 13 years, and found that the signature song of individual groups evolves gradually over time. this was what the same pod were singing two years later. whale song

the difficult second album there for the humpbacks! i think it is good! excellent research! the research found evidence that gradual song changes are due to embellishments introduced by individuals that are then learned by the rest of the group. the only problem i have with the research, i'd love to have more information on this, surely that's not the only tune they sing all the time? we need to discuss this with mumford and sons later... they've got a fourth album. they've changed their tune. they've gone all humpbacked on us!|j their tune. they've gone all humpbacked on us! i wonder if they got inspiration from the wales. no banjos? still banjos, but playing instruments they've never played before and improvisation. if you're a big fan of mumford and sons, i know many of you are, it sounds noticeably different from some of their earlier stuff. still great. a

great night for scotland last night, brilliant night, especially for james forrest, who hadn't scored in the last 20 something appearances and he's now scored loads! good man! james forrest hit a hat—trick as scotland beat israel 3—2 at hampden park. the victory means they win their group and will promoted to join a group that inclues germany, wales and croatia. the chief executive of the professional footballers' association dodged questions about his future last night. gordon taylor is facing calls to step down amid claims the union doesn't do enough to support former players. england winger chris ashton has been ruled out of saturday's match against australia with a calf injury he sustained during their win overjapan. he's featured in all three of england's autumn internationals so far. lauren price is guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the women's world boxing championships in delhi. she'll face european champion nouchka fontijn in friday's semi—final. guaranteed medal for galla ntry

britain, but she is facing the number one seed. —— guaranteed medal for great britain. are you going to hang around for the papers? do you wa nt hang around for the papers? do you want me to? yes. beautiful picture in the papers, stunning. the production team said we heard it is snowing between sheffield and manchester, my route, that is proper snow over sneak past. treacherous, if you're making thatjourney snow over sneak past. treacherous, if you're making that journey today, be careful! —— snake pass.|j if you're making that journey today, be careful! -- snake pass. i would just worry! why? at that time of night it is i see, be careful. stay focused, all about focused on the roads, ten to two! we couldn't get anyone more focused than carol, good morning, everyone! we have had someone drink snow,

anywhere from kent, sussex, the isle of white as well and today we will have more snow showers, not everywhere because our showers are pressing this morning, widely between 2— five celsius, in the south—west of england we are looking ata south—west of england we are looking at a low freezing. everything we haveis at a low freezing. everything we have is rain, lot of rain, pushing northwards. some of that will be heavy enough to produce showers as snow and also sleek and also hail at lower levels, but not everywhere. you can see the extent of the cloud cover a cross you can see the extent of the cloud cover across the uk. this is what is producing a showers and also the rain and it will continue to move northwards as we go through the days. we are sandwiched in between high and low pressure, so we still have this south—easterly wind, this strongest wind will be across the north of the country or scotland and northern ireland. that will exacerbate the cold feel, cabbages are exacerbate the cold feel, cabbages a re low exacerbate the cold feel, cabbages are low anyway. into the morning, showers up to the south—west, also south wales coming in across parts of hampshire across the midlands.

you might see a little flurry in those and we hang on to the rain across northern ireland hill snow but again and some of the places we could see sleet or pale in lower doubles. it brightens up as we go through the day and a few of us will see sunshine. temperature is between about five and 10 degrees but when you add on the wind chill because of that risk easterly, it will feel much colder, another date for wrapping up warmly. as we had on through the evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade away, clear skies and it will be cold. a widespread frost, watch out for a ice where it has been damp. then you see more cloud coming in from the north sea, moving from the east towards the west. temperatures falling too close to freezing for some of us. falling too close to freezing for some of us. tomorrow falling too close to freezing for some of us. tomorrow lot of brightness towards the west, some sunshine but the cloud already in the east will head towards west over the east will head towards west over the course of the day and again it

will be thick enough to produce showers, or some patchy light rain or drizzle. temperature is not as low as today and not in the south—west, where we see them pick up. by the time we get to friday it is going to be another cloudy day, still some showers around and then the forecast gets a little complicated and that is because as we head into the weekend we have an area of low pressure not to far away. can see there it will be some showers across the south and south—west through the day, temperatures creeping up in london to 11 degrees. 0vertime get to saturday with a low pressure close buy this is what we think at the moment is going to happened. it will introduce rain across southern counties and also the channel islands, but that could change. if you have outdoor plants on saturday keep watching the forecast, that rain could move further north or it could slip further south. away from that, dry and bright with showers in the north—east public what's going

on with a weather you expect it. don't have too like it, though. you will enjoy this picture. take a look at the papers, front page of the times. this is a lighthouse in cou nty times. this is a lighthouse in county durham, which all but disappeared. this was the rough seas, cold and wet weather expected to continue. be high wind and rock see looking into the lead story, a kgb man set to be the next head of interpol. the telegraph reports on comments by the spanish foreign minister suggesting that scotland would be free to rejoin the eu as an independent nation. it's main picture shows the actress cate blanchett, how do you pronounce it?

..who is expected to spark a huge rush for tickets to the national theatre when they go on sale tomorrow. she's appearing in a play there next year. the mail covers the concerns over a reported increase in children with gambling problems. 55,000 have a problem, with another 70,000 at risk. expert saying you has been an explosion in television advertisements and that is encouraging children to that more. according to an audit by the gambling commission. this picture there. it also shows noel edmonds in his bush camping gear, and you have the mirror. this has a picture of him too. but its main story is about the plight of 13—month—old 0scar dunkley, who needs a heart transplant.

you are the one that watches and i am the one who doesn't. this year at, i have not watched it, but they have a lot of very nice people stop it -- have a lot of very nice people stop it —— people. and hegarty from the chase, do you watch it? she has been really open about iceberg is. the people there have been so nice to her and kind people there have been so nice to herand kind and people there have been so nice to her and kind and accommodating, i don't know, when people get hungry that might change. there isjust don't know, when people get hungry that might change. there is just a bunch of nice people and she is making the television is a bit i quite like it, they will get hungry but they are being kinder. there has been a shift. a couple of people talking a mental health issues and there is in a shift in the way people talk about. hunger changes everything. it is nice to see kind television. so much television and news has been bad, nice to see kindness. it probably started with

big rubber that you have to have nasty people to have good tv. —— big brother. on that note, i will show you this. talking about kind people. it might not know this space but you will know this man's voice. this is in robertson, who has been the bbc‘s by in robertson, who has been the bbc‘s rugby commentator for more than four decades. his voice is one of those voices that you listen to and it ta kes you voices that you listen to and it takes you back to a moment in time. he kicks for world cup glory! and then enter robertson says yes in the background. -- and drew. honestly, i love him commentating, so good at commentating, he is hanging up the microphone this weekend. it will be england against australia at twickenham. he has admitted there will be a lump in his throat as thick as the commentary for that game. part of the fabric of bbc

radio and rugby in this country. talking about nice people, he is one of the best. what have you got? one story in all of the business papers, sell—off on the stock markets in the us yesterday. essentially suggesting that all of the games that have been made in 2018 have been wiped out by a fall in the market yesterday. is because of these things, used to hearing about the sayings. —— fangs. facebook amazon, net clicks, google. we have perhaps hit peak technology, all of the things that we want to buy and smartphones, we have got them and they are too expensive. there is the suggestion that we may not buying any more. what is that beard seemed there? —— senior. apparently it is the must have

facial adornment for christmas. in a supplier that they are heedless. in winter it might be useful. year are so throwing to carol next. winter it might be useful. year are so throwing to carol nextlj winter it might be useful. year are so throwing to carol next. i know carol is listening, you know what happened there. you'll love this picture, so will everyone stop the i have to say, things in years, no. it reminds me of the tweet. remember? this is a picture of the days. it is actually real. drone was sent up by

mr clarke, waiting for the sun to set on a grey and rainy summers day, the clouds parted and this is what he was rewarded with. it has been shortlisted in the drone category of the british photography awards. shortlisted in the drone category of the british photography awardsm is perfect. it looks amazing. he claims there is no filter. it is in the daily mail. we are all dog lovers around here. no, i had a dog, i have a cat but i love dogs. an elderly woman who hit her head was saved by hypothermic —— hypothermia who draped itself on her and kept her to three hours. a canine thermal blanket, bowers, the husky, the 79—year—old was there

waiting for an ambulance copy the man who owns this dog described it asa man who owns this dog described it as a big softy, he said to the dog come over here and why on the lady and the dog stayed there for three and the dog stayed there for three and half hours and saved her from hypothermia and eventually the ambulance service turned up and said we would like to apologise for any stress caused by the weight, but the dog has done an amazing job. i like a dog that loves a couple. this dog we could give you a couple. did the astoria couple months ago. 86 one half stone dog rescued by an animal shelter, said at the time she was the obese canine they had taken in upbeat now there is a new contender. this is a collie who weighs eight stone too big for the kennels, living with a staff member, needs to shed some pounds. i think her sound

was that is too big. completely with you. it is actually a bit crawl to get the dog that he gets. —— crawl. —— cruel. you can't keep giving them treats of the time. fillet there is a dog diet feature coming up. i fully regard to do hattie the fatty and in the next thing would be look at her now! it's really sad. the time is 26 minutes past six. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield. 0ver christmas there is expected

to be a surge in calls to the nspcc about children left alone in cold homes without proper clothing. this week, the london eye and battersea power station will be illuminated green to raise awareness of neglected children overwinter. the charity says neglect affects one in 10 children in the uk. it's exactly 100 years since women were given the right to become mps. the act of parliament gave women over twenty one the chance to stand for election but women under the age of thirty were not allowed to vote for another decade. 0ne campaigner says the situation today is still far from ideal. the bit nobody talks about is the house of lords. it took another 40 yea rs house of lords. it took another 40 years for women to be allowed in the house of laws, not until 1958. even todayit house of laws, not until 1958. even today it is an appointed house but women only make up a quarter of the house. there is so much left to be done. now, it's not every day you spot the royal philharmonic concert 0rchestra performing

using a surfboard and giant cactus. but that's what they were doing at st pancras station, as part of a one—off performance, to try to reunite owners with their belongings. a quarter of all lost property goes permanently unclaimed. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the central line has minor delays between ealing broadway and leyto nstone between ealing broadway and leytonstone and the rest is a good service. the trains. southern and thameslink services via gatwick airport and red hill thameslink services via gatwick airportand red hillare thameslink services via gatwick airport and red hill are running with delays of ten minutes following signalling problems. on the roads you consider traffic on the age 13 is building with down, and in central london, high whole bond is down to one lane in the junction literary lane. now, the weather. hello, good morning. yesterday was

cold enough for some sleep and even a bit of snowfall too. today, it is still pretty cold out there, still feeling chilly but not quite as bad as it was yesterday and the wind is falling a touch lighter too. it will gradually turn a bit dry up but still some showers for a time this morning. starting off the morning with temperatures hovering just above freezing. the air is still pretty cold, watch out for the showers. it should turn dry as we had to the late morning into the afternoon and we will even see spells of sunshine. the wind chill will not be as bad as it was yesterday, top temperatures between five and seven celsius. is feeling a touch cooler than that. through this evening and overnight we will keep a clear skies for the first half of the night and temperatures will drop below freezing. in the rules spots we are expecting loads of —2 minus three celsius. it will be a frosty start the day he much everywhere for tomorrow morning. tomorrow, to purchase up to eight celsius, quite

a bit of cloud and it those temperatures starting to recover again by friday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to naga and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. the time is 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: loads coming up, really packed for you today. after suffering a cardiac arrest, actor and artist shiv grewal spent seven minutes in a coma before being resusciated. we'll hear how his near death experience has inspired his paintings. # even when there is no star insight... mumford and sons describe their new album and tour as the most ambitious yet. we'll speak to the boys about playing different instruments and taking the decision to cancel some uk tour dates. american photojournalist lynsey addario has spent more than 20 years capturing the unseen costs of war.

she'll be here to explain the stories behind her photographs taken in conflict zones around the world. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the number of under 18s being admitted to hospitals because of stab wounds is increasing. according to nhs data seen by bbc breakfast, over 500 children were victims of knife crime last year, and in the last four years the number of young victims has increased by 86%. the government says its serious violence strategy will support early intervention and prevention, and police will be given more powers to tackle the issue. the prime minister will meet the president of the european commission later in an attempt to finalise plans for uk's future relationship with the eu, ahead of a crucial summit this weekend. theresa may and jean—claude juncker are expected to discuss concerns over fishing quotas and the eu's relationship with gibraltar after brexit. mrs may is continuing to face pressure at home, after her allies, the democratic unionists, refused to back the government for a second time in the commons last night.

the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital sanaa, to try to lay the groundwork for urgent peace talks. the charity, save the children, estimates 85,000 children underfive may have died from acute malnutrition since 2015. the un warned last month that up to 14 million yemenis are on the brink of famine. a senior russian official is the favourite to get the top job at the global police organisation, interpol, which is electing a new president this morning. aleksandr prokopchuk, a major general in the russian interior ministry, is one of two candidates. although the president isn't responsible for the day—to—day running of interpol, there are concerns that the kremlin has used the agency to pursue its critics abroad. us president donald trump has been asked to determine whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi.

mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. republican and democratic senators are demanding a second investigation into his death. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today, and they will hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they recieved was inadequate. the government says it will continue to learn from the experiences of victims. those are some of the main stories this morning. we'll have the weather with carol in about ten minutes, but sally is here looking at the wednesday morning sport. good morning. when you first heard the nations league, did it mean

anything? did you think, yes, another football competition?” heard the thousands of pages of how it works but it's been a decent competition actually! it is changing perceptions of this new idea. it was meant to make friendlies more competitive, but... they encourage those who don't watch a lot of foot ball those who don't watch a lot of football to watch a lot more. perhaps. a great night for scotland last night. they are one step closer to theirfirst major tournament in two decades after a 3—2 win over israel at hampden left them top of their group and earned them a place in the play—offs for euro 2020, if they don't make it through the usual qualifiers. joe lynskey reports. a new competition has brought scotla nd a new competition has brought scotland a new opportunity. topping the nations league group stage opens the nations league group stage opens the back route to a major finals, and a 20 year wait could now come to and a 20 year wait could now come to an end in the play—offs. to get there, scotland had to beat

israel. but this stadium's rarely seen it done easy. when hamdan's visitors opened the scoring, many sensed the same old story, but this tea m sensed the same old story, but this team does have characters emerging right now and james forrest is showing their clinical street. this was the equaliser to break the tension. forrest had already scored twice for scotland against albania on saturday. now the celtic man was crowning a perfect week. his second goal made hamdan believe, but even in the noise, forrest was composed enough for a third. a hat—trick to define the night and restore the roar. there would be one israel goal back and an inevitable nervous finish, but this competition has unlocked a new scottish bravery and a route to the finals could be paved through a forrest. joe lynskey, bbc news. very good! wales suffered an embarrassing 1—0 friendly defeat in albania. bekim baleye scored the goal against

a much—changed and youthful wales side. the hosts, ranked 60th in the world, were thrashed 4—0 in the nations league by scotland on saturday. let's show you a cracking goal from the fa cup last night. charlton were up against mansfield in a first round replay. and just watch lyle taylor's turn and chip. that completed his hat—trick, in their 5—0 win. all the scores are on the bbc sport website. just worth having a look at that on the till mac wednesday morning! —— just worth having a look at that on a wednesday morning. the chief executive of the professional footballers' association dodged questions about his future last night. gordon taylor is facing calls to step down amid claims the union doesn't do enough to support former players and that his salary of almost 2.3 million a year is excessive. mr taylor, hello, sir. mrtaylor, hello, sir. do mr taylor, hello, sir. do you face opposition from the players wanting you to step down? any comment at all, gordon? no. the amount of money

you've received, anything you want to say about that and any message for the players who expressed concern? any comments at all from you mr taylor, tonight? the name of richard ashcroft... wasn't it chatty man? —— in the name of richard as croft. you have to love dan roan for keeping going. —— richard ashcroft. gordon didn't want to talk! british olympic sprinter nigel levine has been banned from all sport for four years after failing a drugs test. the european indoor gold—medallist was provisionally suspended in february after he tested positive for a banned asthma drug, and uk anti—doping have now confirmed the ban. to this weekend's rugby union internationals, and wales are going for their first clean sweep in the autumn series. they have wins against scotland, australia and tonga but for their final match against south africa, they'll be without full—back leigh halfpenny. he was concussed in this collision against the wallabies earlier this month and still hasn't recovered. it's australia next for england,

and a notable absentee will be winger chris ashton, who has a calf injury. ashton had featured in all three of england's autumn internationals. wales's lauren price is guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the women's world boxing championships in delhi. she won her middleweight quarter—final on a spilt decision, and she'll now face the european champion nouchka fontijn in friday's semi—final. it's only two years since great britain's hockey they are re still waiting for their first victory at hockey‘s champions trophy in china. they were held to a 2—2 draw byjapan. tess howard scored her first international goal to help the reigning 0lympic champions to an early 2—0 lead. they face the netherlands tomorrow morning. british speed skater elise christie says she's putting her 0lympic disappointment behind her and concentrating on winning gold in beijing in four years' time. christie has three world and ten european golds but her past two winter olympics have ended in heartbreak.

competing with an injured ankle in the 1,000m heats in south korea she was disqualified and had to be carried off the ice by her coach. i want to win everything, but actually it's not about winning everything now. i've done everything else, it's about that 0lympic everything now. i've done everything else, it's about that olympic medal. it's been hard for me, like, having to gain weight and getting a bit slower. sought my body out. and put my ego aside a bit, obviously, which is the most difficult part for me. i'm super hungry about the game is now. i wasn't initially but i'm definitely back into thinking about winning that 0lympic definitely back into thinking about winning that olympic medal. that's got to be the hardest exercise i think i've ever seen. on the blades? the blade squat. oh my word. with one of those rubber bands! there may be a chill in the air across britain this week but four years today,

the world cup will be getting under way in the blistering heat of qatar. will there be games at night? good question. air-conditioned stadium is. even air—conditioned walkways between walkways and hotels —— air—conditioned stadium is. —— stadiums. it'll be the first world cup to be staged in the middle east, and the first to take place at this time of year due to the soaring temperatures in their summer. qatar claim to be spending around £400 million a week on getting the venues ready. it is all going to be very close and compact. very contained. richard ashcroft sang lucky man. chatty man is alan carr's chat show. but he is not only lucky but chatty! richard ashcroft, i didn't get that reference! did he try and walk out of one of the windows, is that what happened? easily done. shouldn't

dimension that? i think we've moved on. it is fine! -- shouldn't i mention that? yemen is one of the world's poorest countries and has been devasted by war. thousands have died and millions are displaced and starving, in what the un had called the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster. the charity, save the children, estimates 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition, that's the equivalent of every single child under the age of five in birmingham. since 2015, when the conflict escalated, yemen has been divided by civil war. on one side is the internationally recognised government, backed by a saudi—led coalition. 0n the other are houthi rebels, allied with iran. more than 6,800 civilians have been killed in the fighting and over 10,000 injured. the war has also left 22 million people in need of aid. joining us from the city of sanaa is sukaina sharafuddin from save the children. these figures are staggering. thank

you very much, sukaina sharafuddin, for joining you very much, sukaina sharafuddin, forjoining us this morning. we were going through the figures, latest figures now, there are estimates that around 85,000 children under five may have died from starvation. what are you seeing and what are you witnessing as part of save the children? thank you for having me. yes, the situation in yemen is beyond imagination, to be honest. these figures... inaudible these kids are dying from starvation. they are leaving the family is hopeless. when we talk about them, i remember the faces and the names of the children i've met —— families hopeless. we provide aid for severe

malnutrition. unfortunately, when you meet these families, in the first three years of the conflict, they had a bit of hope —— fortu nately. they had a bit of hope —— fortunately. now that hope is gone. now you look at hopeless and blank eyes. the babies arejust now you look at hopeless and blank eyes. the babies are just skin and bones. hardly able to breathe, hardly able to even cry. it is heartbreaking and devastating to see this every day. let's talk about the fighting we've seen. we spoke about hodeidah earlier this week, we spoke about much—needed aid, as you've mentioned, and how easy it is to get it in. where are the sticking points? there was also talk about conciliation. hodeidah is... the ongoing conflict, then they had a lot of problems. 0ver then they had a lot of problems. over the weekend, two weeks ago,

they had 100 air strikes over the weekend alone. the situation in hodeidah is very bad and is the worst currently. the diseases... the world knows about cholera and others spreading widely. there are airstrikes and ongoing conflicts. 0n top of that common children are starving to death because families can't provide food for them. the economic situation has led to this, mainly because of the restrictions on the port of hodeidah. yemen, u nfortu nately, on the port of hodeidah. yemen, unfortunately, depends 90% on commercial imports to have food and medical supplies and aid. it all comes medical supplies and aid. it all comes through hodeidah. having restrictions on hodeidah is making it hard for us because instead of having a one—week aid coming to hodeidah, now it takes two weeks to

one month tojust hodeidah, now it takes two weeks to one month to just get it in and then we have complications on the ground to have access and provide aid. sukaina, sorry for interrupting, time is limited, as usual. what can you say about the un special envoy? martin griffiths is in yemen today, there's been talk of stopping fighting on both sides. is there any hope? you are yemeni, you're talking to these people, is there any hope the international community can sort we have to have hope. we are hoping that this works because if it actually fails, this will continue for nobody knows how long. we ask all parties to come to the roundtable and come to the peace talks. if this continues, yemen will

just fade a way because the numbers are increasing and it is the world ‘s worst humanitarian crisis. sukaina, thank you so much for joining us, we wish you well in your work there, talking to us about the awful situation in yemen at the moment. the line was a great there, but it is such an important story, 85,000 children under the age of five have died from malnutrition, and 22 thousand in need of aid. their time is 40 minutes to seven. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it really has turned. you said it would and i did believe he and i witnessed it yesterday, very cold. thank you, good morning, you are right, it is cold and another called day to day. currently temperatures are between 2— five celsius between parts of south—west england and hampshire, they are below freezing.

watch out for ice on untreated surfaces. today we have a cold wind coming from the east or the south—east, also a lot of rain to start the day pushing northwards and some of that has a wintry element. looking back over the last few hours where we have had the rain and snow. tend towards the isle of white across the pennines, parts of north wales and scotland and through the day that will be moving northwards. basically we are sandwiched between low pressure and how low pressure. that is why we have the east or the south—easterly wind. after that start we can see showers coming into the south—west, some of them this morning could be wintry but unlikely they will be this afternoon as temperatures rise. the rain pushes into northern ireland and pushes northwards to scotland. still falling no in scotland, some at lower levels and we have a keen easterly wind making it feel cold. still the rain pouring down across northern ireland but brightening

later across southern scotland and northern england and you can see how it opens up across east anglia, the midlands, towards the south—west, england and wales, likely to see more cloud and don't forget those showers. temperature wise, 7—9, but if you are exposed to the wind it will feel much colder than that, about 1— for. 0vernight, will feel much colder than that, about1— for. 0vernight, many will feel much colder than that, about 1— for. 0vernight, many of the showers and rain will tend to fade. a lot of clear skies, it will be a cold night with widespread frost. again there could be ice on untreated surfaces and we could see patchy mist and fog forms. at the same time we have got all of this cloud coming in from the north sea and that will be thick enough for patchy light rain or drizzle. tomorrow, west is west to start with in terms of the sunshine. there will beafair in terms of the sunshine. there will be a fair bit across south—west england, wales and north—west england, wales and north—west england, northern ireland, south—west scotland, but you can see what is happening during the day.

all of this cloud in the east is going to drift further west and again, here and there there will be patchy light rain coming out, maybe drizzle. northern ireland hanging onto the sunshine for the longest period of time. also a fuchsia showers in the channel islands tomorrow. 0n showers in the channel islands tomorrow. on friday, another cloudy day and that cloud is thick enough to produce showers here and there. more likely across the north—east of scotland, south—west england and we could see some again through the channel islands. 0n could see some again through the channel islands. on friday at averages up a channel islands. on friday at averages up a little bit, looking at 7- averages up a little bit, looking at 7— ten. are very quick look at saturday. saturday is a would be compensated at the moment and that is because we have got low pressure across southern areas. you will be close enough to southern counties, including the channel islands, to produce rain, but there is a lot of uncertainty about the exact placement of this. it could be further south or it could be further north. if you have a outdoor plans on saturday, keep in touch with the forecast. as we move north of the

land of rain across the rest of the uk, brighter skies, sunshine land of rain across the rest of the uk, brighterskies, sunshine and showers. very nice and good advice to keep an eye on the weather for the next few days if you are planning some out and about over the weekend. push it down! push it down. 0ver and about over the weekend. push it down! push it down. over to europe. thanks carol. around 3 million people juggle a job with caring responsibilities for a loved one. so should employers be doing more to help them? ben is taking a look. it isa it is a staggering number of people. 0ne one in 82 and paid care, perhaps a relative. the fact that it is unpaid means it affects their worklife, juggfing means it affects their worklife, juggling that with holding down a full—timejob. what juggling that with holding down a full—time job. what they need is a flexible employer, some that ——

someone that will give them time to be off when they need to. in some cases, ideally they are looking for paid leave because it is a full—time ca re paid leave because it is a full—time carejob. there are paid leave because it is a full—time care job. there are good paid leave because it is a full—time carejob. there are good examples and bad examples of employers of. centric is one of the good ones, we are told, they offer paid leave, they also offers flexible working. that has been vital for anne, they also offers flexible working. that has been vitalfor anne, she ca res that has been vitalfor anne, she cares for her father who as alzheimer's and for her mother who has had a full. she now does four days at five and that means she has an extra day to look after her pa rents. an extra day to look after her parents. this is what she told us, what difference it made to her. you get very tired and obviously your social life comes non—existent because really, life is a work and thenit because really, life is a work and then it is looking after your own home, looking after mum and dad and there are home. this year is difficult for me because my mum had a serious fall and has spent a lot

of time in hospital. i think it i hadn't had the mix of carers leave and the ability to work at home, this year probably would have seriously considered whether i could continue working at all because just worry of my mum and dad and their needs and meeting their needs would eat too much to do, as well as working. i imagine there are regulations, so what are the rules? at the moment, not very good. carers uk have said that under % of people caring for someone had to give up work altogether to be able to do that because at the moment if you wa nt to ta ke that because at the moment if you want to take leave, yes you might ta ke want to take leave, yes you might take unpaid leave but that is at the agreement with your employer. you might be able to work at home but that only involves staff who have worked in the company physics months and the employer has to agree to let them do that. is really difficult area. there is no mandatory rules in place that will govern this, put the government has told us is that they

are now considering a proposal to make it mandatory for all employers to advertise jobs and make it really clear if these jobs are flexible and therefore something that would be appropriate for someone who is caring. clearly, a lot of issues for them to content with. we would love to hear from you too. if you are caught up and having to care while alsojuggling a caught up and having to care while also juggling a full—time job, let us also juggling a full—time job, let us know how that is happening. talk about that later this morning. us know what you think as well. get in touch with us on e—mail and social media. five years ago actor and artist, shiv grewal, suffered a cardiac arrest. his heart stopped beating for seven minutes before he was resusitated by paramedics. this near death experience has inspired shiv‘s art. he now paints what he believes was the afterlife. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has been to meet him to find out if patient recovery could be improved by changes to the hospital environment. my

my name is shiv grewal, i used to be an act. —— actor. i was aware i was aware somewhere i was aware somewhere in myself that i was aware somewhere in myself that iwas in i was aware somewhere in myself that i was in big trouble and i almost knew i was dead. these paintings are by shiv grewal, they are images of what he saw as he hovered between life and death. is heart had stopped for seven minutes and he was in a coma. i had a feeling that there was consciousness other than mine and it was everywhere. and then, he woke up. and one of his most powerful memories was of an object that he felt help him to life. return a window. —— a window.

it was a physical window and it was like a beacon. it had a, there is more out there. intensive care is a world of machines and artificial light. night and they can merge and for patients, it can be terrifying. a place of delivery and hallucinations. the hallucinations are hallucinations. the hallucinations a re often hallucinations. the hallucinations are often wide—ranging. i have to say, it is not uncommon for a patient who think they are in place of torture, a place where we are try to kill them. and so, king 's couege to kill them. and so, king 's college hospital, deep in the urban jungle of south london, is planning a new approach. after talking to patients such as shiv grewal, they are planning to have in their new

intensive care unit, award in a garden. —— a ward. when we are able to take the patients outside, the impact is often tangible as the staff do it. 0ne often tangible as the staff do it. one of the things we are able to do is to build an outdoor intensive ca re is to build an outdoor intensive care unitand is to build an outdoor intensive care unit and we are putting, amongst the planting, medical gases, power, so that we will be able to ta ke power, so that we will be able to take patients still early on in recovery in their beds, to the outside world. shiv grewal's paintings are a window in the mental journey to the outer limits and evidence that perhaps the best way to return is a mix of machines, medicine and light, nature and the wind on yourface. david sillito, bbc news. fascinating. very fascinating. always interesting how people use their experiences so that ——

experiences. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield. 0ver christmas there is expected to be a surge in calls to charities about children left alone in cold homes, without proper clothing. this week, the london eye and battersea power station will be illuminated green to raise awareness of neglected children overwinter. the charity — the nspcc — says neglect affects one in 10 children in the uk. the father of a terminally ill boy from east tilbury has written a children's book to help raise awareness and money for his son's care. darren garwood had never written before but when his son, jackson, lost many of his abilities, because of a rare disease called krabbe, he started writing a book about a boy who can't move but is a superhero when he dreams.

i think he has lost most of his ability, i know he can hear us. i thought i wonder what he dreams. let's make his dreams up for him, so i started writing stories about a little boy who has no powers in the day but at night goes on amazing adventures. that is the idea. now, it's not every day you spot the royal philharmonic concert orchestra performing using a surfboard and giant cactus. that's what they were doing at st pancras station, as part of a one—off performance, to try to reunite owners with their belongings. a quarter of all lost property goes permanently unclaimed. let's take a look at the travel. first, the tubes. the district line has minor delays between earl's court and wimbledon, and richmond and ealing broadway. southern and thameslink services via gatwick airport and redhill are running with delays of 10 minutes.

0n the roads, you can see the traffic on the a13 is building westbound. and in central london, high holborn is down to one lane westbound at the junction with dru ry lane. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday was cold enough for some sleet and even a bit of snowfall too. now today, it is still pretty cold out there, so still feeling chilly but not quite as bad as it was yesterday and the winds are falling a touch lighter too. it will gradually turn a bit dry through the day, but still some showers for a time this morning. we are starting off the morning with temperatures hovering just above freezing. so the air is still pretty cold, watch out for those showers. it should turn dry as we head through the late morning into the afternoon and we will even see spells of sunshine. the wind chill won't be as bad as it was yesterday, top temperatures between 5—7 celsius. it's feeling a touch cooler than that. through this evening and overnight we will keep clear skies for the first half of the night and temperatures will drop below freezing.

in the rural spots we are expecting lows of —2 or —3 celsius. it will be a frosty start the day pretty much everywhere for tomorrow morning. tomorrow, temperatures up to eight celsius, quite a bit of cloud and those temperatures starting to recover again by friday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the shocking impact of knife crime on under 18s. the number of children receiving treatment for knife wounds in the last four years has nearly doubled. theresa may heads back to brussels to persuade eu officials that a brexit deal can be tied down this week. new moves to end the conflict in yemen as one charity estimates 85,000 children under five have died from hunger

since the war began. good morning. around three million people juggle a job whilst caring for a loved one. so should employers do more to help them? after a nervy night at hampden park, scotland are a step closer to euro 2020. james forrest was the hero, scoring a hat—trick as they beat israel 3—2. good morning. a wet start for many. that rain pushing northwards through the day. still with a wintry element in parts, brightening up behind it, but we still have that cold wind. i'll have more in 15 minutes. it's wednesday the 21st of november. our top story: there's been a big rise in the number of children receiving treatment for knife attacks. this programme has analysed data from the nhs in england for the last four years. 0ver that time, there's been an 86% increase in the number

of under 185 being treated in hospital, following an attack with a knife or sharp object. that compares to a 33 percent rise in adults being treated over the same period. in total last year, 573 under 18s attended hospital for knife wounds, most of them aged 16 and 17. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to meet some of the people trying to tackle the problem. in september, barisic mum tracey hansen appeared on breakfast with a message for the london mayor —— barisic. —— bereaved. what would you want to say to him? to sit down and share with him our frustrations. will you do that? of course, i'll carry on meeting with bereaved funds experts, including tracey. two months on, tracey‘s about to meet sadiq khan. how are you feeling before your meeting with the mayor? hopeful. is he doing enough at the moment to tackle knife crime? he's saying it's a generation, it's going take up to ten years, i'd actually really have to say why, why does it have to take ten years? tracy's son, josh, was stabbed and killed in 2015.

josh was killed in an unprovoked attack. for no reason, no fight, no altercation, totally unprovoked. the person who killed josh has never been caught. as well as more support for bereaved families, tracy and josh's sister, brooke, want to talk to children and primary schools about the reality of knife crime. they've set up a charity injosh's memory, but are finding it hard to get access. schools could potentially not want somebody to come in and talk about knife crime. they might worry it might make children think more about knife crime. all organisations talking about knife crime need to be speaking in schools as young as primary. the average age of those being attacked with a sharp object, such as a knife, seems to be getting lower. we've analysed nhs data from across england. last year, 11% of those admitted to hospital because of such an attack were children, and the rise in the number of child victims far exceeds the rise in the number of adult victims. five steps to stay safe... all saints primary school in bootle in merseyside,

and a pilot scheme aimed at nine and ten—year—olds. a tough topic perhaps for children in this age, but these parents support it. i think it's a really, really good idea, especially with boys, because they see what other boys are doing and they go, "i might do that!" why do you think some kids are attracted to knives or gangs? people have got nothing better to do now, these children, they all tend to get into groups. i'm saying, "i'm 0k, but you're not. " it's that feeling of belonging with a group of older children. is that going to be in a positive way or a negative way? so you just met the mayor, how did it go? really well, very positive. through sharing our story and the devastation it had on us, you can change somebody‘s mindset quite quickly. we met the mayor later at the spotlight youth centre in east london, which offers creative classes for teenagers. some schools are worried about this being labelled by allowing in groups

like the group tracy foundered. my message to those schools, nobody is immune to this challenge. there might be a weapon... such a tough subject at such a young age, but for many, lessons like this are the best way forward. tim muffet, bbc news. theresa may will meet the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, later today in an attempt to finalise plans for uk's future relationship with the eu, ahead of a crucial summit this weekend. in a moment, we'll speak to our reporter, adam fleming, who is in brussels, but first, let's speak to our political correspondent, alex forsyth, who is in westminster. been an interesting week, some things happened every day, we expect the same until sunday and then who

knows, but then pmqs, that's the focus, at least in a few hours. absolutely right. it must feel for the prime minister right now that every day there's something else to get through, make it to the end of the day and see what happens tomorrow. you've got prime minister's questions and you can bet your bottom dollar brexit will come up, because as we know there's plenty of people across the road not happy about the way things are going, not least the dup, the northern ireland parties aborting theresa may in government, they've started to withdraw their support for key votes in a sign of their unhappiness about brexit. when it comes unhappiness about brexit. when it comes to that agreement, there's the double spit about our separation, there's not much wiggle room in that but what we think the prime minister will talk about today with jean—claude juncker will be about the future relationship —— divorce bit. theresa may might have so far

seen off the threatened challenge to her leadership, but getting this deal through the houses of parliament parliament is still looking tricky. the next few days will be key for her in trying to inch forward to something that a few more people here say they're willing to a cce pt more people here say they're willing to accept —— houses of parliament still looking tricky. inching forward indeed! we will see how that goes. thanks, alex! let's speak now to our brussels reporter, adam fleming. you were saying on monday there were a few sticking points, is it still fish and gibraltar causing issues? you've previewed what i was going to say, dan. the plan originally was that theresa may would come here for afternoon tea, not dinner, with jean—claude juncker from the european commission and this document alex was talking about, about the future, known as the political declaration on the

framework for future generations, the pdff if you want to sound brainy, that was going to be done by the negotiation teams by last night but that deadline has been missed because they've still got the stumbling blocks that haven't got any further, gibraltar, stumbling blocks for eu fishing vessels in uk waters, and the customs issue, theresa may's plan from the summer or like the eu plan for a more normal free trade agreement? those issues will be chewed over as they have afternoon tea this afternoon with tea and sandwiches. diplomats behind—the—scenes, everyone has a different view. something all those issues could be sorted tonight, some people think some of them could be sorted tonight, and the officials and civil servants will have to finish them off and we'll get it done tomorrow. other people saying, if you look at the political situation in various other eu countries and theresa may's own

political situation, this all adds up political situation, this all adds up to sunday's summit not being the nice, quick, easy summit planned, but actually a proper summit where people negotiate with each other and potentially fallout. i think we're going to have to stay tuned and wait and see, but we'll know more by tonight when theresa may has finished her afternoon tea with jean—claude juncker. finished her afternoon tea with jean-claude juncker. a big 24 hours ahead for the pdff and everything else being discussed as well! i know we've said this a lot about a significant week four brexit negotiations, but this feels like a crucial few days. it is the weak! the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital, sanaa, to try to lay the groundwork for urgent peace talks. the fighting and a partial blockade have left millions of people in need of humanitarian aid. save the children estimates that 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition since 2015. caroline rigby reports on the latest in the conflict. a warning, this report contains some images you might find distressing. ten—year—old nazir is fighting for life.

ten—year—old nazir is fighting for her life. four of her siblings never even made it to hospital. like so many others, they were collateral damage in this devastating war. the conflict in yemen has been raging for 3.5 years, between a saudi—led military coalition and iranian—backed houthi rebels. as the main entry point for food aid, the rebel—held port of hudaydah has been a focus of international efforts to broker a truce, but hopes of a deal suffered further setback this week when fighting escalated. the un describes yemen as the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster, with 14 million people on the brink of famine, more than half of them children. and the charity, save the children, estimates 85,000 under the age of five may have already died of malnutrition since 2015. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have pledged almost £400 million to help tackle the crisis. but as well as being the country's

largest aid donors, there are also the biggest military powers in a coalition repeatedly blamed for civilian deaths. there should be an end to this conflict. let's put enough pressure on the houthis to come this time to attend this dialogue, and let's be serious to reach a political solution that brings peace to yemen. 0n the ground, for now, the war goes on, but the un remains hopeful it can resume peace talks between the two sides within the coming weeks. caroline rigby, bbc news. a senior russian official is in line for the top job at the global police organisation, interpol, which is electing a new president this morning. aleksandr prokopchuk, a major general in the russian interior ministry, is one

of two candidates. the former interpol chief, meng hongwei, went missing in september after travelling from lyon to china. it was later revealed he had been detained by the chinese authorities for alleged bribe—taking and subsequently resigned. us president donald trump has been asked to determine whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. republican and democratic senators are demanding a second investigation into his death. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. humpback whales are famed for having unique dialects, but it's been discovered they also change their tune. this is the song from one pod in 2003. whale song scientists studied whales off the east coast of australia over 13 years, and found that the signature song of individual groups evolves

gradually over time. be looked at the same pod from 2003... be looked at the same pod from 2003. . . was be looked at the same pod from 2003. .. was it the ipod? that's a good one! —— they looked at. this was what the same pod were singing two years later. whalesong whale song 0nly only two years! incredible. the research found evidence that gradual song changes are due to embellishments introduced by individuals that are then learned by the rest of the group. i like the comparison you've made to mumford & sons this morning, because mumford & sons this morning, because mumford and sons, not being rude, but mumford & sons are coming on to talk about their fourth album and a very different sound. if you're a fan, i know many are, it sounds noticeably different, this new album, delta, to their previous stuff, and they've done that on

purpose. we need to ask them if they are like the whales, this research shows the song changes are down to invalid is introduced by individuals that are then learned by the rest of the group. find out who's been embellishing! we've been saying all week it's been getting chilly this week, feels more like winter. the cold weather continues this morning. i was asked by our wonderful production team to take a picture on the way into work this morning. by the way into work this morning. by the way, i wasn't driving at the time! this was myjourney into work over the snake pass. the a57 between sheffield and manchester. carol, really treacherous this morning, i no, it's not like that everywhere but in the high passes in some parts of the uk, that's what people are facing. was iti that's what people are facing. was it i see? it was. bye for now. that's what people are facing. was it i see? it was. it is notjust on the high routes, we had snow falling from kent, sussex, surrey, the isle of white and this morning we could

see a little bit more happening as we have rain moving northwards. as temperatures rise to the day in the south, it is more likely to be rain that we will have. 2— five celsius widely. that caulfield will continue. we still have a bitter easterly, south—easterly wind depending where you are. as the rain continues to push north you can see the extent of the rainfall we have had in the last few hours and where we have the snow. across southern counties, wales, northern england and scotland. a lot of it has been the high routes, but we see some of it at low levels in heavy showers. are rigidly high and low pressure and that is why we have the wind direction coming from a cold continent. a lot of cloud this morning, we have got the rain, the band of rain moving north. still a wintry flavour with height and in the south because the wintry showers first through the afternoon that will continue to fade and will be rain showers. the afternoon could

have some snow in the hills of scotland, sleet or hail at lower levels, the king went across the north—east of england. the rain continuing across northern ireland, you can see a wintry flavour in your hills. as we go south, a lot of bright weather, particularly in england, and those showers continuing in the south—west. temperatures today, the white wings further south it won't feel quite as bitter as it did yesterday. having said that, no heat wave but further north across scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england it will because you are exposed to the strong easterly. 30 seating and overnight, many of the showers and a lot of them will fade, leaving clear skies which means it will be a cold night with widespread frost and where we have had the showers, watch out for ice on untreated surfaces and also you may well see some ground frost here and there and patchy fog. towards the east, we will have more cloud coming in from the north sea and we will seize on shareholders and patchy light rain coming out that. through the course

of the day tomorrow, all of this cloud coming in from the north sea, look at the extent of it. it will be drifting from the east to west, eradicating the bright start and drizzle coming out of that here and there. it is northern ireland that will hang on to the sunshine for the longest. across the england showers and showers in the channel islands are. for friday, still cloud around, some showers across north—east scotland, we could see some across parts of wales, south—east england and the channel islands, but in between there will be bright skies and for some of us we will cease in sunny spells as well. temperatures 6- sunny spells as well. temperatures 6— ten. very quick look at what is happening on saturday because low pressure is coerced —— close by the south of england. a bit of uncertainty as to its exact track but it will produce some rain. if the low pressure moves further north, rain will go with it and the same if it goes further south. keep watching the forecast if you have

outdoor plants on saturday. north of that, what we think at the moment is dry, bright and sunshine and a few showers across the north—east and not feeling quite as cold as it currently is. thank goodness, my hands were frozen yesterday. i have no sympathy for you at all, none. two days on the trot. remember that? that is what i say to you. carol was outside hours yesterday. i was like a snowman without snow for a minutes. thank you. name still with you the rest of the week, to forget. —— don't forget. you're watching breakfast, it is 80 minutes past seven. danny willett have the sport for us later. —— danny lee all.

—— danny will. survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today, to hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they recieved was inadequate. lauren moss reports. terror attacks have killed, wounded and left many with permanent injuries. there's always a rush to save those caught up in the horror. afterwards, some of the scars that remain aren't physical. 15—year—old natalie and her mother, valerie, were at manchester arena last year. both have struggled to receive counselling on the nhs. people like me have been put on, like, waiting lists for a counsellor for ages, and they've still not received the support that they need 18 months on, and, like, thatjust shows how, like, people can't get the support they need when they need it. please don't hesitate to call us again if you need us... a survey by the campaign group, survivors against terror,

has praised the charity sector for providing help, but identified what it's called a profound crisis in nhs mental health support. staff say services are stretched. we've got to balance the needs of victims of terror attacks against victims of sexual assault and car traffic collisions, et cetera, et cetera. so there is a limited resource, so it's about how we try and use it most effectively. the government admits more needs to be done to provide support. later, campaigners will hand a copy of the report and an open letter in to downing street. those who've been left with invisible, lasting injuries say they want to prevent others from experiencing the same struggles. lauren moss, bbc news. we're joined now by ruth murrell, who witnessed the manchester terror attack. she is one of the people who signed

that letter. thank you so much for coming on and talking to us about this. we'll talk a little bit about the treatment you were looking for and how hard you find that and where you are now. can you take this fact that night and describe where you we re that night and describe where you were and what saw. i bought the tickets for my daughter and herfriend i bought the tickets for my daughter and her friend so i bought the tickets for my daughter and herfriend so it was me, my daughter, her daughter and other. we we re daughter, her daughter and other. we were waiting on the foyer for the girls come out and there was this almighty explosion, horrific smell, lots of black smoke and i felt something go in my leg and i turned around to my friend michelle to say what the heck was that and she was, she unfortunately what the heck was that and she was, she u nfortu nately lost what the heck was that and she was, she unfortunately lost her life at night. she was killed instantly. fortu nately

night. she was killed instantly. fortunately from her daughter wasn't injured but i was at the stage where i couldn't find my own daughter. after getting the other girl, a friend taken out, it was left to meet to run around to find emily and eventually i found her after about 7- eventually i found her after about 7— ten minutes she was at the top of the stairs in the foyer and she was on her knees crying saying i cannot walk. the worst ten minutes of your life. hideous. you both have physical injuries to your legs. wants the physical injuries are sorted out, it is almost you can look at those and see those healing. how then did you ask for help on what help did you need in terms of emotional support, mental health support? i think when we came out of hospital, it felt a we had left a little safety gobble. —— bubble. we imagined that the same amazing help

we had in the hospital was going to continue out... in terms of counselling? no, we had people to talk to in the hospital, but we were told you will receive so much support when you are out of hospital, so we automatically assumed that the mental health side of things will be taking care. u nfortu nately. of things will be taking care. unfortunately. —— ta ken of things will be taking care. unfortunately. —— taken care of. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately. —— taken care of. unfortunately, we got great care for the physical wounds, but the mental health side it felt like we were left to our own devices. what links jean coutu to try to get that? did you travel, asked to pay lots of money to get that pay private —— that care privately? yes. my gp was fantastic, he wrote me a great letter to get me referred. u nfortu nately letter to get me referred. unfortunately in my area the waiting list was 9— 12 months, when you are ata list was 9— 12 months, when you are at a desperation point when you feel like ending your life, you cannot wait that long. you felt that? air,

i have never felt as down in wait that long. you felt that? air, i have neverfelt as down in my life. how heartbreaking, to go to that situation and having been through it you have been through, being told it could be a year to see someone to guide you through what you are feeling. i was fortunate as a mother, as wife, as part of the family, i didn't want to leave the house i was quite scared. basically, after a consultant with the document —— doctor being told that, it was left to me to google and use the warrington peace centre, they gave me advice that ptsd and what treatment i would require. i went back to the resilience hall, they said we have not got an approved list of therapists in your area if you go privately, so it is a case of googling. when you speak to so many people about it, it is a very personal thing, so eventually i got a list of about 45 psychologist and thatis a list of about 45 psychologist and that is where i found my therapist.

tha nkfully that is where i found my therapist. thankfully you have been having helped now. yes. you have been paying for this. yes, £85 per hours. the only way you can do that is from the money raised from the charity. 0n the manchester fund. it has not happened in other terrorist attacks, they have not had the same fund available. if that money hadn't have been given to me, there is not a chance that i would be sat yesterday talking to you. what difference do you think this letter will make?‘ huge difference. there has been promises made and i think, quite honestly, that the government to assume that we are being taken care of. the brutal reality of life is thatis of. the brutal reality of life is that is not the case and if i suffered so badly, plenty of others have and will do, unless help and resources a re have and will do, unless help and resources are given in the future. how is she doing? she is doing really well, thanks. she hasjust signed off on her therapy, a little

superstar, i have so proud of her.” love the smile on your face. she puts a smile on my face! a government response has said that there is clearly more to do, from there is clearly more to do, from the home office, we will continue to learn from extremes of victims and look forward to working with survivors against terror to inform our work. pennine care, survivors against terror to inform ourwork. pennine care, a nhs survivors against terror to inform our work. pennine care, a nhs crust has said, there is a vulnerability in the system, we urge people to connect with their resilience hub so we can offer quick access. they said that in some parts of the country that in some parts of the country thatis that in some parts of the country that is not a resource and we have intervened and provided timely therapy. people are aware that there is difficulty, hopefully this can make a difference. well done for raising awareness and well done on your recovery. thank you very much, thank you for inviting me. is 26 minutes past seven. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield.

0ver christmas there is expected to be a surge in calls to charities about children left alone in cold homes, without proper clothing. this week the london eye and battersea power station will be illuminated green to raise awareness of neglected children overwinter. the charity — the nspcc — says neglect affects one in 10 children in the uk. the father of a terminally ill boy from east tilbury has written a children's book to help raise awareness and money for his son's care. darren garwood had never written before but when his son, jackson, lost many of his abilities, because of a rare disease called krabbe, he started writing a book about a boy who can't move but is a superhero when he dreams. i think he has lost most of his ability, i know he can still hear us. my wife said i thought i wonder what he dreams of. let's make his dreams up for him, so i started writing stories about a little boy who has no powers in the day,

but at night goes on amazing adventures. that is the idea, you are a superhero. now, it's not every day you spot the royal philharmonic concert orchestra performing using a surfboard and giant cactus. but that's what they were doing at st pancras station, as part of a one—off performance, to try to reunite owners with their belongings. a quarter of all lost property goes permanently unclaimed. let's take a look at the travel then. first the tubes, the district line has minor delays and there are severe delays on the dlr. southeastern train services between maidstone west and st pancras are disrupted following signal problems. and there are delays of up to ten minutes on great northern services into moorgate following an earlier broken down train. you can see on the roads, the m25 has anticlockwise delays approaching the dartford tunnels, following an accident. and there are clockwise delays on the m25 from the bell common tunnel in epping tojunction 27 now the weather with elizabeth rizzini.

hello, good morning. yesterday was cold enough for some sleet and even a bit of snowfall too. now today, it is still pretty cold out there, so still feeling chilly but not quite as bad as it was yesterday and the winds are falling a touch lighter too. it will gradually turn a bit dry through the day, but still some showers for a time this morning. we are starting off the morning with temperatures hovering just above freezing. so the air is still pretty cold, watch out for those showers. it should turn dry as we head through the late morning into the afternoon and we will even see spells of sunshine. the wind chill won't be as bad as it was yesterday, top temperatures between 5—7 celsius. it's feeling a touch cooler than that. through this evening and overnight we will keep clear skies for the first half of the night and temperatures will drop below freezing. in the rural spots we are expecting lows of —2 or —3 celsius. it will be a frosty start the day pretty much everywhere for tomorrow morning. tomorrow, temperatures up to eight celsius,

quite a bit of cloud and those temperatures starting to recover again by friday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to naga and dan. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. it's just gone 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the number of under—18s being admitted to hospitals in england because of stab wounds is increasing. according to nhs data seen by bbc breakfast, over 500 children were victims of knife crime last year, and in the last four years, the number of young victims has increased by 86%. the government says its serious violence strategy will support early intervention and prevention, and police will be given more powers to tackle the issue. the prime minister will meet the president of the european commission later in an attempt to finalise plans for the uk's future relationship with the eu ahead of a crucial summit this weekend.

theresa may and jean—claude juncker are expected to discuss concerns over fishing quotas and the eu's relationship with gibraltar post—brexit. mrs may is continuing to face pressure at home after her allies, the democratic unionists, refused to back the government for a second time the commons last night. the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels a surprise result in the last few minutes, the south korean kim jong—un yarran has been elected president of interpol —— kim jong yang. the other candidate was the russian police general alexander propagate, feeling he was too close to the kremlin. the former interpol chief was chinese, he went missing in september, then the chinese authorities said he had been detained and was being investigated for alleged bribetaking. the un's envoy to yemen is due

to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital sanaa, to try to lay the groundwork for urgent peace talks. the charity, save the children, estimates 85,000 children underfive may have died from acute malnutrition since 2015. the un warned last month that up to 14 million yemenis are on the brink of famine. us president donald trump has been asked to determine whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. republican and democratic senators are demanding a second investigation into his death. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today, to hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they recieved was inadequate. the government says it

will continue to learn from the experiences of victims. carol will have the weather for us inafew carol will have the weather for us in a few minutes. getting chilly. you had a snowyjourney?” in a few minutes. getting chilly. you had a snowy journey? i did, i forgot to check last night and there was a bit of snow on the tops. for those familiar, snake pass between sheffield and manchester, very local travel report here, woodhead pass was bad. what's the difference? kim jong yang is for bigger trucks, macro snake pass is for cars. the other option is to go on... if you fancy a drive one day... i'm laughing at the name, i'm being childish. what have you got for us? i'm worried about you and the travel

and the weather and the winter, everything! sound like my mother! i feel like your mother at times! is he making it in? a great win for scotland. don't we love the nations league? scotland are one step closer to theirfirst major tournament in two decades after a 3—2 win over israel at hampden left them top of their group, and earned them a place in the play—offs for euro 2020, if they don't make it through the usual qualifiers. joe lynskey reports. a new competition has brought scotland a new opportunity. topping the nations league group stage opens the back route to a majorfinals, and a 20—year wait could now come to an end in the play—offs. to get there, scotland had to beat israel. but this stadium's rarely seen it done easy. when hamdan's visitors opened the scoring, many sensed the same old story, but this team does have characters emerging right now and james forrest is showing their clinical street. this was the equaliser to break the tension.

forrest had already scored twice for scotland against albania on saturday. now the celtic man was crowning a perfect week. his second goal made hamden believe, but even in the noise, forrest was composed enough for a third. a hat—trick to define the night and restore the roar. there would be one israel goal back, and an inevitable nervous finish, but this competition has unlocked a new scottish bravery and a route to the finals could be paved through a forrest. joe lynskey, bbc news. scotland thrashed albania 4—0 at the weekend, but wales couldn't even put one past them last night. bekim baleye scored the only goal of their friendly in elbasan.

albania are ranked 60th in the world, to wales's 18th. manager ryan giggs said his players had let themselves down. a disappointed changing room. we thought the goal would come. i personally smelted towards the end of the first half. we could get a result that could go against us because of our complacency and concentration —— i smelt it. let's show you a cracking goal from the fa cup last night. charlton were playing mansfield in a first—round replay and just watch lyle taylor's turn and chip. style from lyle! that completed his hat—trick in their 5—0 win. not bothered! can do it any day! probably does in training! all the scores are on the bbc sport website. the chief executive of the professional footballers' association refused to answer questions about his future last night. gordon taylor is facing calls to step down amid claims the union gordon taylor is facing calls to step down amid claims the union doesn't do enough to protect its members. he's been in charge for 37 years.

an open letter asking for the pfa to be modernised now has around 300 signatures of former and current players. british olympic sprinter nigel levine has been banned from all sport for four years after failing a drugs test. the european indoor gold—medallist was provisionally suspended in february after he tested positive for a banned asthma drug, and uk anti—doping have now confirmed the ban. wales are going for their first clean sweep in the autumn series. they have wins against scotland, australia and tonga but for their final match against south africa, they'll be without full—back leigh halfpenny. he was concussed in this collision against the wallabies earlier this month and still hasn't recovered. it's australia next for england, but they wont have winger chris ashton, who has a calf injury. ashton had featured in all three of england's autumn internationals. this is a great story. serge simon, the vice president of the french rugby union, has announced they'll be showing their support for former wales captain gareth thomas

on saturday by wearing rainbow laces in their match against fiji. thomas was the victim of a homophobic attack in cardiff last weekend. he is hugely popular in france, he played into loose for three years. he had a fantastic career there. big fa ns he had a fantastic career there. big fans —— in toulouse. showing their support. lauren price is guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the women's world boxing championships in delhi. she won her middleweight quarter—final on a spilt decision and she'll now face the european champion in friday's semi—final. it's only two years since great britain's hockey players won the olympic title but they're having a hard time of it at the moment. despite tess howard's first international goal, they drew 2—2 with japan and they're still without a win at the champions trophy in china. tomorrow, they face the netherlands for the first time since beating them in the final in rio. james anderson will be rested for england's third test against sri lanka, which starts on friday in colombo. he's played a relatively minor role in their two wins so far, taking only one wicket,

and he steps aside for stuart broad, who's yet to feature in the series, which england have already won. british speed skater elise christie says she's putting her 0lympic disappointment behind her and concentrating on winning gold in beijing in four years' time. christie has three world and ten european golds but her past two winter olympics have ended in heartbreak. competing with an injured ankle in the 1,000m heats in south korea she was disqualified and had to be carried off the ice by her coach. i want to win everything, but actually it's not about winning everything now. i've done everything else, it's about that olympic medal. it's been hard for me, like, having to gain weight and getting a bit slower. sort my body out.

and put my ego aside a bit, obviously, which is the most difficult part for me. i'm super hungry about the game is now. i wasn't initially but i'm definitely back into thinking about winning that olympic medal. there may be a chill in the air across britain this week but four years today, the world cup will be getting underway in the blistering heat of qatar. it'll be the first world cup to be staged in the middle east, and the first to take place at this time of year due to the soaring temperatures in their summer. qatar claim to be spending around £400 million a week on getting the venues ready. air—conditioned stadium is. air-conditioned stadium is. talking about the money, not spending much on wages are “— about the money, not spending much on wages are —— stadiums. the average is a dour days, six day week and people working on those stadiums earn £5 an hour —— eight hour days.

it's slave labour! there's been talk about conditions for the workers there. when you see the money they're spending, doesn't seem fair, does it? you celebrate the world cup and you want it to go around the world, that's why it's there, but there's important humanitarian questions that need to be asked and answered. that's one of the good things about big sporting events in countries like that, when we had the olympics in china it put the spotlight on issues in those countries that can often be glossed over by those countries. now it is brought to the forefront. whether it is polished for the time and then it goes back to the way it was before. then the legacy question, south africa and the empty stadiums, similar situation! yemen is one of the world's poorest countries and has been devasted by war. thousands have died and millions are displaced and starving,

in what the un had called the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster. the charity, save the children, estimates 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition, that's the equivalent of every single child under the age of five in birmingham. 3) since 2015 when the conflict escalated, yemen has been divided we're joined now by our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who is in riyadh. always good to speak to you on the programme. thanks for being with us. a shame we are talking about something so stark? yemen is facing its worst humanitarian crisis, it's been like that for years. before the war began it was the poorest country in the region, now it finds itself facing off against some of the richest and facing what the un has

described as possibly the worst famine world has seen in living memory. today the un envoy for yemen, who is british, martin griffiths, is heading to the capital of yemen, sanaa, under the control of yemen, sanaa, under the control of houthi rebels, trying to persuade them to come to what he is calling consultations, he's not calling them talks, that would be too much to expect at this stage, but to come to stockholm in sweden for consultations with the other side in this war, the government, backed by saudi arabia in an arab coalition, armed by britain and the united states. he's hoping to make a small start at easing the enormous hardships of the yemeni people. getting sides around the table to talk about this conflict, hudaydah, hopefully a ceasefire there that didn't hold, how optimistic can we afford to be? this has been going on for yea rs afford to be? this has been going on for years now. i don't think anyone

uses the word optimistic when it comes uses the word optimistic when it comes to yemen. the situation is simply too bleak. they do however have talks about trying to be realistic, pragmatic, merciful, to try calling on all the warring sides to pull back from the brink. sadly, ina war to pull back from the brink. sadly, in a war that's gone on for so long, more yemenis now seem attached to warthan more yemenis now seem attached to war than peace. they profit from the war than peace. they profit from the war economy. martin griffiths' line is simply that time is running out. this is the last time for yemen before it completely falls over and becomes even a greater crisis within itself, the region and far beyond. lyse you heard me mention those figures as i introduced you, the children, the estimates are 85,000 under fives could have children, the estimates are 85,000 underfives could have been killed because of starvation in the last four years. you've been talking to the saudis, who have also pledged

money. now, the big question is, you've been to these regions, you've been to war—torn areas and famine struck areas, or near famine struck areas, the difficulty of getting aid through. how is that going it isa it is a huge logistical exercise to try to get desperately needed food and medical supplies to the yemenis who need it most. often at the markets you can see through that has come in, but yemenis simply don't have money to buy the food. often yemenis don't have the money to take their children, the viewers would have seen, emaciated children, you shouldn't be seeing those photos in the 21st century. the family cannot even afford, if they can find transportation, they cannot afford to transportation to take their children to hospital. so you have helpless parents simply watching their children die. yes, the figures

are coming out, the figures are numbing. every number has a name and we're not caring enough about the names of the children. that you just hate it when that happens? —— don't you just. that was our chief international correspondent talking to us from saudi arabia at the moment about the conflict in yemen. i think she might be back. are you back? excellent. you werejust talking about, just on the figures are dark, will we lost the last 30 seconds, due to finish your thought andi seconds, due to finish your thought and i have one more question the use. “— and i have one more question the use. —— for use. —— foryou. people have to remember that figures can sometimes blind us. 14 million people, millions of them children, are on the brink of starvation. every one of those figures is a

family with children, with parents who love their children and find themselves sitting at home and if there are homes have not been hit by gunfire, from the houthis, all come under bombardment by the saudi led coalition. their children are sick because there is a complete collapse of the health system, they often cannot afford transportation, if they can find it, to get their children to divert hospital or clinic exist close by. it is an agonising situation for parents in yemen, possibly the worst place in the world to be a mother or father. cani the world to be a mother or father. can i shift the attention to where you are, you coming to us from riyadh, talking about saudi arabia on the international stage. is there a lot to and fro between the president trump's relationship with saudi arabia. he defended the crown prince over the killing of the

journalist jamal khashoggi.m prince over the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi. it was expected by the saudi leadership. from day one, they have said that president trump would be a loyal friend, a great part of saudi arabia. i was hearing the kingdom when president trump first came into office and he forced a ban on the trouble of muslims from a number of countries. i asked the saudi leaders here that you say in a country which will occupy such an important role in the islamic world, no, president trump has to take care of american interest. they knew in their heart of hearts that standing shoulder to shoulder with saudi arabia would depart of it. —— be part of it. they also know that the administration is more than donald trump and they are aware that in congress there is bipartisan support, republicans and emma kratz calling for an investigation into who was behind the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, asking specifically

could it have been carried out without the order of the dfat ruler here, the crown in. —— the fact. despite what president trump said yesterday, this dark clouds certainly has not been lifted. —— de facto. thank you so much. our chief correspondence coming from riyadh, ta ke correspondence coming from riyadh, take care. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. we know it is colder this week and carol has all the information we need. good morning to you both. dan is right, temperatures widely between two and five, locally in the south—west and also hampshire below freezing. watch out for ice on untreated surfaces. we hang on to a cold winter day and we have also got rain pushing north. a fairly wet start across many areas as you can see in the radar, the blue indicating the rain and the white indicating the rain and the white indicating sleet and snow. we have

seen a bit of that as we go through the morning and it is all going —— coming from an error of low pressure to our west and high pressure to the east and wind in between is cold and south—east leora and easily driving the rain and showers and pushing northwards as we go through the course of the day. still the chance ofa course of the day. still the chance of a few wintry flurries in the south—west but that will diminish through the day, we will see rain rather than literary nest and we we re rather than literary nest and we were seven rain across northern ireland and scotland. here it will still be windy and there is a cold wind. once again we have snow in the hills, sleet and hail at lower levels and the same for northern ireland. for northern england and southern scotland it will brighten up southern scotland it will brighten up as it will across east anglia into the midlands and the south—east with bright and sunny skies developing. for wales and south—west england, you are prone to a bit more cloud, some showers in the south of wales as well, with temperatures between six and seven wakely. ad on the strength of the wind, especially

the strength of the wind, especially the northern half of the country and it will feel a lot colder. to receiving an overnight many of the shelves in the rain will turn to fade, we are looking at quiz goes to the will be a widespread frost. again we see patchy mist and fog forming, there will also be frost and ice potentially in places and we have got this cloud coming in from the north sea. to the extent of the cloud, that will drift towards the west of the course of the course of tomorrow's lobby first thing the west that is less in terms of sunshine, afair west that is less in terms of sunshine, a fair bit of it. already the cloud in the east producing some patchy light rain and drizzle, starting to move towards the west as we go to the days. northern ireland hanging on to the sunny skies for the longest. at the same time we had this little system which could produce showers across south—west england, the isles of scilly and the channel islands. the richest roughly about six or seven, to maybe eight or nine, still no heat wave. on friday there will be a lot of cloud

around, the cloud still fit enough for the odds of drizzle here or there, the old shower as well across north—east scotland and south—west england. you can see a few in parts of wales, but in between there will be some bright skies developing and also some sunshine. temperature is not quite as low as they have been. saturday's forecast is giving us a bit of a headache. low pressure near the south coast to bring rain further north and a bit further south, check the forecast, but for the rest of the uk largely dry with a bit of few showers. thank you very much carol, i thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you need thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you need to thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you need to push thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you need to push that thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you need to push that a thank you very much carol, i still thank you very much carol, think you need to push that a little bit. there you go, moving already. good morning, it is wednesday. around 3 million people juggle a job with caring responsibilities for a loved one. so should employers be doing more to help them? ben is taking a look. it is essentially two full—time jobs

and clearly it takes a toll on their personal life as well. lot of people getting in touch with us this morning saying that itself is making them ill. yes, 1 in 8 adults in the uk are informal carers. they provide unpaid care for a loved one, maybe an elderly parent or relative. half of them have to juggle a job with caring for someone. so finding an employer that allows flexible working is vital. for people like anne, who cares for her father who has alzheimers and her mother who's recovering from a fall. she now works four days rather than five, giving her time to care for her parents. you get very tired and obviously your social life becomes non—existent because really, life is work and then it is looking after your own home, looking after mum and

dad, looking after their home. this year was difficult for me because my mum had a serious fall and has spent a lot of time in hospital. i think ifi a lot of time in hospital. i think if i hadn't had the mix of carers leave and the ability to work at home, this year i probably would have seriously considered whether i could continue working at all because just the worry of my mum and dad and their needs and meeting their needs would be too much to do, as well as working. emily holzhausen is director of policy and public affairs at carers uk. good morning to you. we heard there from anne and she has been able to work four days a week and that means she has the time she needs to care for her parents. how typical his/her scenario? not all employers are like that and i would have to say they are a leader in their field, we have been working with them for 15 years in developing this. we see about 2 million people having to give up work to care and that has enormous

cost, not just work to care and that has enormous cost, notjust for work to care and that has enormous cost, not just for individuals work to care and that has enormous cost, notjust for individuals but businesses too. there is really a productivity question here for business, notjust productivity question here for business, not just about their workforce and with an ageing population it is vital we look at. it doesn't just population it is vital we look at. it doesn'tjust come down to having time off, it comes down to flexible working, going home at short notice, what are the key thing is that employers need to think about? absolutely. the first thing is culture and being open in the work based on the second is a policy that is well embedded with managers and all staff know you could have a ca re rs all staff know you could have a carers network. is flexibility and there are policies like the rate to paid care leave that could make an enormous difference to being able to ta ke enormous difference to being able to take time off to go to appointments and things like that and work around. is what we want to see more of the companies and that is really why we are working today to look at across the uk. you can see why there isa across the uk. you can see why there is a need for this, that flexible

work, for businesses to be more accommodating to staff in the time. the economic realities different. a big organisation that has the resources to allow that, what if you area resources to allow that, what if you are a smallerfirm, resources to allow that, what if you are a smaller firm, you resources to allow that, what if you are a smallerfirm, you need resources to allow that, what if you are a smaller firm, you need them, thatis are a smaller firm, you need them, that is the economic reality. sure, but the retention cost two can be really high. if you were somebody, if you are a small business, losing that person that knows all of your business contacts and where you cannot fulfil contracts, that has a phenomenal cost on your business and would be extremely stressful. making small adjustments for small businesses is worth while longer term as well. and you know your stuff, you know their families too. looking at statistics, nationally we could be saving £3.4 billion on retention if we had better care policies at work and about 4.8 ill in poundsjust policies at work and about 4.8 ill in pounds just from policies at work and about 4.8 ill in poundsjust from reducing unplanned absences and improving

mental health at work. a huge difference. really nice to see you. so many of you getting in touch with us. thank you for your messages about what you are expanding and what impact it has on you. we'll talk more about that a little later. loads coming up in the next cow, talking about autism and and hegarty from their chase, she has been so open and has affected other people. we have lindsay and aria coming on, she is a photojournalist travelling to war zones she is a photojournalist travelling to war zones around she is a photojournalist travelling to war zones around the world and taking grumble pictures. and we have marcus and winford from mumford and sons about their new album. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield.

over christmas there is expected to be a surge in calls to charities about children left alone in cold homes, without proper clothing. this week the london eye and battersea power station will be illuminated green to raise awareness of neglected children overwinter. the charity — the nspcc — says neglect affects one in 10 children in the uk. the father of a terminally ill boy from east tilbury has written a children's book to help raise awareness and money for his son's care. darren garwood had never written before but when his son, jackson, lost many of his abilities, because of a rare disease called krabbe, he started writing a book about a boy who can't move but is a superhero when he dreams. i think he has lost most of his ability, i know he can still hear us. my wife said i thought i wonder what he dreams of. let's make his dreams up for him, so i started writing stories about a little boy who has no powers in the day,

but at night goes on amazing adventures. that is the idea, you are a superhero. now, it's not every day you spot the royal philharmonic concert orchestra performing using a surfboard and giant cactus. but that's what they were doing at st pancras station, as part of a one—off performance, to try to reunite owners with their belongings. a quarter of all lost property goes permanently unclaimed. let's take a look at the travel then. first, the tubes. the district line has minor delays and there are severe delays on the dlr. there are delays of up to ten minutes on great northern services into moorgate. and there are clockwise delays on the m25 from the bell common tunnel in epping tojunction 27 following a collision.

now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday was cold enough for some sleet and even a bit of snowfall too. now today, it is still pretty cold out there, so still feeling chilly but not quite as bad as it was yesterday and the winds are falling a touch lighter too. it will gradually turn a bit dry through the day, but still some showers for a time this morning. we are starting off the morning with temperatures hovering just above freezing. so the air is still pretty cold, watch out for those showers. it should turn dry as we head through the late morning into the afternoon and we will even see spells of sunshine. the wind chill won't be as bad as it was yesterday, top temperatures between 5—7 celsius. it's feeling a touch cooler than that. through this evening and overnight we will keep clear skies for the first half of the night and temperatures will drop below freezing. in the rural spots we are expecting lows of —2 or —3 celsius. it will be a frosty start the day pretty much everywhere

for tomorrow morning. tomorrow, temperatures up to eight celsius, quite a bit of cloud and those temperatures starting to recover again by friday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. see you soon. and good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and naga munchetty. our headlines today... the shocking impact of knife crime on under 18s. the number of children receiving treatment for knife wounds in the last four years has nearly doubled. theresa may heads back to brussels to persuade eu officials that a brexit deal can be tied down this week. new moves to end the conflict in yemen as one charity estimates 85,000 children under five have died from hunger since the war began. there's been 1 trillion dollars wiped off the value of us tech shares in recent days. i'll have more on why

and whether we've reached saturation point with tech companies. after a nervy night at hampden park, scotland are a step closer to euro 2020. james forrest was the hero — scoring a hat—trick as they beat israel 3—2. another cold day ahead. rain pushing northwards, but are still some showers in the south—west. it's wednesday the 21st november. our top story, there's been a big rise in the number of children receiving treatment for knife attacks. this programme has analysed data from the nhs in england for the last four years. over that time there's been an 86% increase in the number of under—18s being treated in hospital, following an attack with a knife or sharp object. that compares to a 33% rise in adults being treated over the same period. in total last year, 573 under 18s attended hospital for knife wounds — most of them aged 16 and 17.

breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to meet some of the people trying to tackle the problem. in september, bereaved mum tracey hansen appeared on breakfast with a message for the london mayor. what would you want to say to him? to sit down and share with him our frustrations. will you do that? of course, i'll carry on meeting with bereaved funds experts, including tracey. two months on, tracey‘s about to meet sadiq khan. how are you feeling before your meeting with the mayor? hopeful. is he doing enough at the moment to tackle knife crime? he's saying it's a generation, it's going take up to ten years, i'd actually really have to say why, why does it have to take ten years? tracy's son, josh, was stabbed and killed in 2015. josh was murdered in an unprovoked attack. for no reason, no fight, no altercation, totally unprovoked. the person who killed josh has never been caught.

as well as more support for bereaved families, tracy and josh's sister, brooke, want to talk to children in primary schools about the reality of knife crime. they've set up a charity injosh's memory, but are finding it hard to get access. schools could potentially not want somebody to come in and talk about knife crime. they might worry it might make children think more about knife crime. all organisations talking about knife crime need to be speaking in schools as young as primary. the average age of those being attacked with a sharp object, such as a knife, seems to be getting lower. we've analysed nhs data from across england. last year, 11% of those admitted to hospital because of such an attack were children, and the rise in the number of child victims far exceeds the rise in the number of adult victims. five steps to stay safe... all saints primary school in bootle in merseyside, and a pilot scheme aimed at nine and ten—year—olds. a tough topic, perhaps, for children this age,

but these parents support it. i think it's a really, really good idea, especially with boys, because they see what other boys are doing and they go, "i might do that!" why do you think some kids are attracted to knives or gangs? people have got nothing better to do now, these children, they all tend to get into groups. i'm saying, "i'm 0k, but you're not." it's that feeling of belonging with a group of older children. is that going to be in a positive way or a negative way? so you just met the mayor, how did it go? really, really well. yeah, very positive. through sharing our story and the devastation it had on us, you can change somebody‘s mindset quite quickly. we met the mayor later at the spotlight youth centre in east london, which offers creative classes for teenagers. some schools are worried about their school being labelled by allowing in groups like the group tracey foundered. my message to all schools is,

nobody is immune to this challenge. there might be a weapon... such a tough subject at such a young age, but for many, lessons like this are the best way forward. tim muffet, bbc news. in a few minutes time we'll speak to one man who's campaigning against knife crime in his city. theresa may will meet the president of the european commission, jean claude junker, later today in an attempt to finalise plans for uk's future relationship with the eu, ahead of a crucial summit this weekend. in a moment, we'll speak to our reporter adam fleming who is in brussels, but first let's speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth, who is in westminster. we know the prime minister is going to brussels later, but first probably quite a heated prime minister's questions to come today? yes. i reckon there might be one word that comes up once or twice

during prime minister's questions, i reckon that word might be brexit. as we know, it is coming to a head in the negotiations. theresa may has until sunday to try to hammer out the final details of the agreement with the other eu leaders. then comes with the other eu leaders. then comes the really big battle, which is trying to get whatever is agreed through parliament. already there are mps in the conservative party, labour and of course the dup who support theresa may in government, who are saying they are not going to back the deal. in fact, the dup has already withdrawn their support from key votes in the past couple of days over the finance bill. we are getting into pretty serious territory. i think when theresa may meetsjean—claude territory. i think when theresa may meets jean—claude juncker later today, we're not expecting him to sign anything off, we are not expecting a huge moment in front of the cameras where she will declare she has some new concessions or things have moved. i think what she will be hoping to do is to persuade him that she needs something that is political —— politically sellable in

the final stages. he might be doing the final stages. he might be doing the same to her. i think the overwhelming priority will be to keep things on track. let's speak now to our brussels reporter adam fleming. once theresa may has managed to calm things down back home, it feels like the eu has been pretty quiet so far, but there are some rumblings ahead of this meeting withjean—claude juncker? yes. the overall policy for the eu when it comes to brexit at the eu when it comes to brexit at the moment is to help theresa may out, helped her to sell the deal that the two sides have worked together to create. michel barnier, the chief negotiator, at a press conference the other day and it was amazing to see the transformation of him from finger wagger to friend of the uk. but under the surface, and you don't have to dig very hard to find it, you here member states from the other 27 countries, with concerns about the political

declaration. they are worried about this idea of a free—trade area in goods, which the prime minister proposed. i think she is going to fight for that when she comes here tonight, or this afternoon. you get countries worrying about if they will have access to british fishing waters after brexit and how that is going to be spelt out in this document. the spanish government is kicking up a huge fuss about gibraltar and if the future brexit relationship affects gibraltar. you get a whole shade of opinion in brussels about what will happen. some people think all of the issues that are outstanding will be solved tonight by theresa may an jean—claude juncker, the president or the european commission. some people think if you of the issues will be solved, and civil servants can tie up the loose ends tomorrow, so there will be a final document ready tomorrow. some people say, actually, is this summit on sunday, which was supposed to be signing on the dotted line, it is pretty much done, the deal is agreed, might it actually become a proper haggling

session, which is what the eu wanted to avoid? i think we will only find out when we get some smoke signals from the afternoon to this afternoon. i wonder what is 40, if there are smoke signals! it didn't quite work. —— there are smoke signals! it didn't quite work. -- what is for tea. i'm imagining a grand plate, with dry ice, a smorgasbord. you never know. that is your next mission, find out what is for tea. the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital sanaa, to try to lay the groundwork for urgent peace talks. the fighting and a partial blockade have left millions of people in need of humanitarian aid. save the children estimates that 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition since 2015. caroline rigby reports on the latest in the conflict — a warning, this report contains some images you might find distressing. ten—year—old nazir is fighting for her life. four of her siblings never even made it to hospital.

like so many others, they were collateral damage in this devastating war. the conflict in yemen has been raging for three and a half years, between a saudi—led military coalition and iranian—backed houthi rebels. as the main entry point for food aid, the rebel—held port of hudaydah has been a focus of international efforts to broker a truce, but hopes of a deal suffered further setback this week when fighting escalated. the un describes yemen as the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster, with 14 million people on the brink of famine, more than half of them children. and the charity save the children estimates 85,000 under the age of five may have already died of malnutrition since 2015. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have pledged almost £400 million to help

tackle the crisis. but as well as being the country's largest aid donors, they are also the biggest military powers in a coalition repeatedly blamed for civilian deaths. there should be an end to this conflict. let's put enough pressure on the houthis to come this time to attend this dialogue, and let's be serious to reach a political solution that brings peace to yemen. on the ground, for now, the war goes on, but the un remains hopeful it can resume peace talks between the two sides within the coming weeks. caroline rigby, bbc news. in a surprise result, a south korean, kimjong yang, has been elected president of interpol. a number of countries, including the uk, had expressed concern about the other candidate, the russian police general, alexander prokopchuk. they feared he was too close to the kremlin.

the former interpol chief, meng hong—way from china went missing in september with chinese authorities later revealing he had been detained for alleged bribe—taking. survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today, to hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they recieved was inadequate. the government says it will continue to learn from the experiences of victims. we imagine that the same amazing help that we had in the hospital was going to continue out. we had people to talk to in the hospital, but we we re to talk to in the hospital, but we were told, look, you will only see so much support when you out of hospital. so we automatically assumed the mental health side of things was going to have been taken ca re things was going to have been taken care of. unfortunately, we got brilliant care for the physical wounds, but the mental health side, it felt like we were left to our own

devices. us president donald trump has been asked to determine whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. republican and democratic senators are demanding a second investigation into his death. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. humpback whales are famed for having unique dialects, but it's been discovered they also change their tune. this is the song from one pod in 2003. whale song scientists studied whales off the east coast of australia over 13 years and found that the signature song of individual groups evolves gradually over time. this was what the same pod were singing two years later. whale song

much better tune! the research found evidence that gradual song changes are due to embellishments introduced by individuals that are then learned by the rest of the group. we made this akin to mumford and sons. you can tell them that! i'm quite happy to compare them to a pod of whales. they have a new sound for their fourth of whales. they have a new sound for theirfourth album. of whales. they have a new sound for their fourth album. yes, if you are afan their fourth album. yes, if you are a fan you will notice a difference. we will find out if one member of the group had an influence and it was picked up by the rest of them. it seemed inconclusive, that. but what do either of us know about the science of whales? more now on our top story — the number of young people being attacked with knives or sharp objects is rising every year

according to nhs data analysed by bbc breakfast. more education in schools has been suggested by the government as one way of tackling the growing problem. we're joined now by anthony olaseinde, who delivers workshops to warn children of the dangers of carrying weapons. most of that work that you do is in sheffield. so, does what you see in some of the young people you speak to, what he witnessed, doesn't tally with the research we've got about knife crime affecting younger and younger people? in our town, definitely. it's affecting young people. you know, secondary school, year7, up to people. you know, secondary school, year 7, up to year 9. how old is that? 13, 14, 15. so, what is driving at? you kind of imagine gang culture, being involved in that. but when i hear year seven, then... yes,

for me, i got worried because these kids were not necessarily in gangs. they were just normal people. but, again, i don't know, it seems to be again, i don't know, it seems to be a fashion. i'm not sure what it is. where is it happening, in schools? the streets, the evening? everywhere, a lot of children take knives to school because they are scared. i don't know why. possibly because they fear that everybody else has a knife, that is the feeling i get from the workshop, he's got a knife, i need a knife, i'm just defending myself, surely thatis i'm just defending myself, surely that is right? when you were growing up that is right? when you were growing up in sheffield, it was a world you we re up in sheffield, it was a world you were involved in. i don't think you used to carry a knife yourself, but you had friends that died from knife crime. so, what switched on the light in your own mind to think you don't want to be part of this and you are going to try to help other

people do not fall into this trap? it's not worth it, you know? what are you risking your life for? what is the end? you can be whoever you wa nt to is the end? you can be whoever you want to be coming you don't have to be in want to be coming you don't have to beina want to be coming you don't have to be in a gang, you don't have to act that way or be a stereotype. you are your own person, do what you want to do, just as i did. i didn't want to get involved in that. i wanted to have a good life, i wanted to be a role model to my children and other children. how do you change that culture of fear? the whole idea that ifigo to culture of fear? the whole idea that if i go to school, everybody is carrying a knife, and if i am not, i am weak, i am potentially seen as wea k am weak, i am potentially seen as weak and a victim? where do you go? where in the chain, two adults, schools, the peers? i would go straight to the children. that is what i do. in school? during the workshops, i have spoken with children on the street, just educating them. things that they don't know about knife crime, they

need to know. like what? lacazette, you are more likely to get stabbed if you carry a knife. if you are carrying a knife for self defence, you could be stabbed with it. —— like i said. is it self defence really? for me, it is not self defence. i know where they are coming from, where they feel they have to have one, is it self defence? what about the attitude that if you talk about it too much then you almost put the fear in the minds of children, and then they think there is a problem and they need to carry a knife. how do you get that balance right? you don't talk about it too much, it is how you address it. even talk about knives and violence without mentioning knives or violence. you give them life skills that they can transfer. so, what i do is give conflict management. i don't need to mention a knife in conflict management. but if you get into conflict with somebody with a knife, you can use those same skills, i've

not necessarily said they have got a knife, it is just the skills you can tra nsfer knife, it is just the skills you can transfer through life. your campaign on the jumper, it transfer through life. your campaign on thejumper, it is keep transfer through life. your campaign on the jumper, it is keep sheffield stainless. you can take knives away from people. what would you like to see? it is relevant and there are no signs of slowing down. i have not seen a plan, i have not seen anything. find out, go to the kids. that is where they should be, with the young people. if you go to them and talk to them, they will tell you why they are doing it. they hold all of the answers. if a kid is carrying a knife and watching this this morning, parents watching and they know their child carries a knife, what would you say? what can they do? put it away. put it down. where? there are knife disposal bins, give it to the parents, the parents can dispose of it. it is not worth taking the risk. you have years

ahead of you, years and years. i say to young people, you are a child for 18 years, you are an adult until 80. don't make a little mistake in the first 18 years, when you have got such a long life ahead of you. a life of success. very good advice. we really appreciate you coming in. you had a chillyjourney to work this morning? did you come from sheffield? on this morning? did you come from sheffield ? on the this morning? did you come from sheffield? on the train? the motorway. very wise. this is dan's picture. this was myjourney into work over the snake pass. i wouldn't have risked that. was it's still snowing when you came over? no. that is your travel update. there is a bit of the white stuff out there this morning, carol? yes, and a cold start to the morning. it is notjust the northern

half of the country where we saw some snow, southern areas did as well. two pictures from east sussex. thank you for the weather watchers for sending them in. a light dusting further south. a cold day once again today, we still have a bitter wind. quite a wet start for many of us. the wind will push north. we could still see a wintry flavour to the ring, especially so across the south west as we move into wards england and scotland, where we have had some snow overnight as well. wales has also seen some snow. through the course of the morning, as temperatures started slowly rise, you will find the wintry element in the south west will tend to turn back to rain. meanwhile, the rain is pushing north across northern ireland and on to scotland. a keen wind here, a cold wind. we will have snow in the hills and some of the heavy bursts could see straight and hail at lower levels. the same for northern ireland, rain coming in and

it will be windy across the far north of england. brightening up, as it will later across southern scotland. for the midlands, it will later across southern scotland. forthe midlands, east it will later across southern scotland. for the midlands, east and also used in parts of wales, sunny spells developing. parts of north—west england and west wales in the south—west hanging onto more cloud. here, we will hang onto some showers. these are the temperatures you see on your thermometers. five, six and seven. when you are on the wind—chill, and it is quite brisk, this is how it will feel. no single figures. another day for wrapping up warmly. through this evening and overnight, quite quickly we will lose many of the showers and most of the rain. we are looking at clear skies and a widespread frost. you can see some patchy fog forming. you could also see some ice on the untreated surfaces. in the east, we have cloud coming in from the north sea. look at this cloud. this is coming our way. but not overnight. another cold night in prospect. a

cold start to the day. a writer and sunny skies in the west, but through the day all of the cloud continues to push from the east towards the west. it will have some drizzle and patchy light rain. northern ireland hanging onto the sunshine for the longest. we could see some showers across the isles of scilly into cornwall and also the channel islands. temperatures tomorrow are seven or about nine. friday, another cloudy day with some showers around. writer breaks with some sunshine coming through. but we will start to see some rain coming up again through the isles of scilly, cornwall, part of devon, some showers across the channel islands. temperatures up a little bit, and it is still going to feel cold. on saturday, with the low pressure, very close to the english channel, it looks like this is going to happen. this could change the position of the low—pressure. we are expecting to have rain across southern counties and the channel islands. it just needs southern counties and the channel islands. itjust needs that low pressure to move north or south and the rain will be in another place. north of that, drier, brighter, sunny spells and a few showers in

the north—east. not quite as cold. that has moved. you have pushed it. your wish is my command! did you see that blue blob? she has control of the weather. i don't know who has control of the markets, $1 trillion wiped off the value of us technology shares. maybe we have all of the gadgets that we want and that means that they are taking a hammering. good morning, shares in tech firms have fallen sharply — over worries that their meteoric rise of the last few years could be at an end. the group of companies — known as faangs — that's facebook, apple, amazon, netflix and google were all down — over fears that consumers have already bought all the tech they need. that was enough to send the dowjones down more than 2% — wiping out all this year's gains. telecoms giant talktalk says it

signed up another 104,000 customers over the last six months, but still made a loss of £4 million. that though, is a big improvement on the £95 million loss in the six months before. it comes as talktalk announces its moving its hq to salford, after closing two smaller sites elsewhere. reports say that nissan's chairman carlos ghosn will be detained for another 10 days. prosecutors had 48 hours after his arrest to either press formal charges, release him or request more time to hold him in custody. mr ghosn heads up nissan as well as renault and mitsubishi, but has been accused of significant acts of misconduct over his pay and use of company money. he's expected to be formally sacked from nissan tomorrow. and the government's sugar tax has only raised half as much money as predicted according to the first official figures. it was designed to cut obesity — and expected to make £520 million a year for the treasury.

but it's raised just half that. campaigners say that's because more manufacturers have cut how much sugar they put in their products to avoid the extra tax. so, maybe the sugar taxes working? so, maybe the sugar taxes working? so much coming up, i will tell you about it when you have checked out what has happened where you are. hello, there, good morning. yesterday really was a cold day, that strong wind making it feel quite unpleasant, really, at times yesterday. now, through the night and through this morning, we've had a bit of wet snow, some sleet over mainly the higher ground of southern england, the pennines, through wales and through northern parts of scotland. now, through today, rain is going to edge its way further

north a bit and while it will stay quite wet across much of northern scotland, again with some hill snow, there'll be some showers across northern ireland, south wales and the south—west of england. elsewhere, becoming a bit drier and brighter, perhaps not quite as cold as it was yesterday. through this evening and tonight, we will have some clear skies actually across these central and western areas and beneath those clear skies and lighter winds compared to the last few nights, we're going to see quite a widespread frost developing away from these eastern coastal areas, where temperatures will stay above freezing at two or three celsius, but a really quite chilly start to your thursday morning. there'll be some sunshine first thing in the west, but that cloud across eastern parts, that could bring a few showers across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. the cloud just drifting its way a bit further westward but still some bright or sunny spells and certainly some drier weather towards western parts, and temperatures again about 7—9 celsius, so again not feeling quite as cold as yesterday. into friday, we got this area of low pressure down towards the south—west,

that's giving a weather front which is going to bring some showers towards wales and the south—west of england and, again, with quite a bit more cloud across the north—east of england and eastern scotland, there could be a few showers here. otherwise, though, friday is looking like a drier day, there will be some bright sunny spells. temperatures coming up to about 8—11 celsius, so more akin to what we should sleep at this time of year and, certainly, for the weekend, those temperatures hovering around 8 to 10 or 11 celsius. lots of cloud over the weekend but there'll be a few bright sunny spells here and there. that's all from me. bye— bye. this is business live from bbc news with vishala sri—pathma and samantha simmonds. the italian impasse — another deadline imposed by brussels

for rome to get its financial house in order, with costly penalties waiting if it doesn't. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday the 21st of november. after rejecting italy's budget because of too—high spending plans — a first in the history of the european union — the eu could now impose fines worth billions. also in the programme... british prime minister theresa may heads to brussels to try and finalise a divisive brexit agreement ahead of sunday's summit.