good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and charlie stayt. our headlines today: misery for millions of rail commuters heading back to work today, as they face another hike in the cost of a ticket. fares in england and wales are going up by more than 3%, as delays and cancellations hit a 17 year high. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. the average 10—year—old has already eaten more sugar than the recommended maximum intake for an 18—year—old, according to health officials. new year, new you? why the stars of you, me and the big c are encouraging people to take part in triathlons, no matter what their ability. i feel like if i ifeel like if i can beat cancer and get to that, i am deep under the pool get to that, i am deep under the pool, albeit with a noodle, but i am in the pool now. tottenham look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they

return to winning ways. and it is a frosty start to wednesday across northern and western areas that it —— but it is here we will find the brightest weather. i will have your full weather. i will have your full weather shortly. it's wednesday, the second of january. our top story: millions of rail passengers returning to work this morning will have to pay more for theirjourneys, as fares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. passenger groups have criticised the government for not freezing fares after a year of disruption, caused by timetable changes, strikes and upgrades. latest figures show cancellations and long delays are at their highest rate in 17 years. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. passengers in the north of england suffered the most in 2018. but across britain, delays and cancellations have risen to their highest level in 17 years. with fares now going up again, passenger groups say we're not

getting value for money. it's much easier to swallow a price increase if you think you're getting value, and at the moment there are still too many trains late. people are late getting to work on getting home, there are cancellations, and i think it's hard to talk about a fare increase when you're not getting what you're paying for. from today, tickets increased by roughly 3% in england and wales. it is slightly smaller in scotland. someone paying for a ticket from bradford into leeds will pay £32 more. someone commuting from renting to london will pay an extra £140. the rail industry says that 98p of every pound spent on the ticket is invested back into the railways. today it has launched a new rail card for those aged 26—30 and wants the government to act so it can be a simpler ticketing system for everyone. the union described the railways as a grossly mismanaged rip—off. the government has said that

says could rise in line with the index of inflation if unions agree the wages should also increase. sean is at london bridge for us this morning. it is the first day back for a lot of people after christmas. yeah, for a lot of these people they will see that price rise kicking back in the least at london bridge station around me today, it is a bit shiny. you can see where the £100 million investment has gone in, to get more trains through and do without increase capacity we have seen the passengers around the rest of the country might not have something so visible, so they will be wondering why prices going up by around 3% on average across the country? because punctuality is the lowest it has ever been for 13, 1a years, which is something that clearly passengers will rely on the lot. 55% of

passengers do not think they are getting value for money and then you look at the summit of chaos, thameslink which comes to his station, they were cancelling about 200 services a day, we have had northern, they are cancelling services too. i'm going to be talking a little later this morning the rail bosses about what they make of it and why the rail prices are going up. thank you. and in just over an hour's time, we'll speak to the transport secretary chris grayling. if there is something that is really annoying you or if you are one of those who are having to pay more from today, let us know and we might be able to put your question to him. that's at 7:10am. we would love to hear from you. a man suspected of stabbing three people in manchester on new year's eve has been detained under the mental health act. the 25—year—old was arrested

after the attack at the city's victoria railway station. police said a counter—terrorism investigation was ongoing. ben ando has the details. still shouting in arabic, the 25—year—old suspect is put into a police van. last night, doctors ordered him to be detained under the mental health act. earlier, a couple in their 50s had been stabbed on the tram platforms at manchester's victoria station. both are recovering in hospital with injuries described as serious but not life—threatening. a bbc producer was also on the platform. he had a kitchen knife in his hand, and it was a black handle with a long blade, and i thought this is not good. police used pepper spray and a taser to bring the man down. 0ne officer was stabbed in the shoulder. move away now. police say they have no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved and although they are treating

it as a terror attack, but are keeping an open mind as to motive. last night, searches continued at the suspect‘s home, 1.5 miles north of the station. locals told the bbc that the residents of the house were a somali family, who came to the uk from the netherlands about 12 years ago. this attack was close to the scene of the manchester arena bombing in 2017. police said there are no suggestions of a wider plot but they urge people to keep calm and stay vigilant. children aged ten are likely to have eaten more sugar than the maximum amount recommended for 18—year—olds, that's according to public health england. it's released data gathered from households throughout the uk, and is launching a campaign to encourage families to make simple changes to cut down on sugar. here's our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. we love sugary things. children are eating herman is amount of sugar, evenin eating herman is amount of sugar, even in switching is, cakes, biscuits and breakfast cereals. —— humongous amount of sugar, often in.

it is estimated the child has a tooth removed in hospital every ten minutes, and an overly sweet diet also increases the risk of long—term problems, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and some cancers. 0n obesity, heart disease, and some cancers. on average, children are eating the equivalent of 13 tubes of sugara eating the equivalent of 13 tubes of sugar a day. public health england says that is a tubes of sugar a day too many. 0n says that is a tubes of sugar a day too many. on average, 18 years's worth of sugar, that is an entire childhood's work is being devoured before a child's 10th childhood's work is being devoured before a child's10th birthday. however, public health england's change for life campaign says small changes can make a germanic difference. so we get less sugar and we're still happy. swapping sugary drinks, cereals and yoghurts will healthy ones could save up to seven gives a sugar day. so just for example, cutting our breakfast cereal down to a lower sugar brea kfast cereal down to a lower sugar breakfast cereal will save 50 kids of sugar, that is a lot. these things out up and before you know

it, you can make a real change to a child's diet and their health in the future. public health england argues the food industry must take responsibility, as well as parents, and said it was working with parents to cut the amount of sugar in children's favourites by next year. more than 15 million gp appointments — that's around one in 20 — are being missed each year in england, according to data from the nhs. the health service says the wasted appointments are costing £216 million annually. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to be able to make use of them. we lose millions of gp hours when appointments are not cancel properly, and what that turns into is hundreds of gps who are essentially sitting there losing time, when they could be spending it more effectively looking after somebody else. so if you have the miss an appointment, please let us know, even if it is at the last minute. —— so if you have to miss an

appointment. it's emerged that british victims of forced marriages abroad are being asked by the foreign office to pay for their own rescue. an investigation by the times newspaper found several women had been made to take out a government loan and had their passports confiscated until they repaid it. the foreign office said that it had an obligation to recover the money as it came from public funds. this is an amazing story. rescue workers in russia searching for survivors from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in a suspected gas explosion on new year's eve have pulled a baby boy alive from the ruins. the 11—month—old, called ivan, was rushed to hospital suffering from multiple fractures and frostbite. doctors say that his condition is serious, but is stable. more than 30 people are still missing after the explosion in the 10—storey building. and one other story for you. someone in the uk is beginning 2019 a lot richer than they finished 2018. they do not know it yet. well, i

don't know, do they know at? they won the euromillions jackpot. a single ticket—holder has won almost £115 million, making them the fourth biggest lottery winner in british history. another ten british players won £1 million each in the draw. ican i can guarantee, because i know i have looked at my tickets, at it is not me. shall we go through the usual routine of saying that clearly it was you, it would be unlikely to be hit? we go through that ritual and... i would still come in. i would still come in, yeah. i would still come in. exactly, we are committed. that if you didn't know any did come in... would you share it with us? ngaio. youjust in... would you share it with us? ngaio. you just would not tell us? no way, i would tell you. you would tell me, right? no way. i love the

animosity. i think that i would know somehow. my goodness, we've still got christmas trees, look at that. it is blending in with my top. like an elf. and overgrown elf. i'll tell you what, you would not be putting any of your money on the bed about who is going to be winning the premier league this year because it is so exciting. it is literally at all to play for. brilliance, you said it. -- all. tottenham are back up to second place in the premier league. they got the job done early against cardiff, with three goals in the first half an hour, and that narrows the gap on the leaders, liverpool. jamie vardy scored the only goal of the game for leicester as they beat everton, and his celebration... ido i do not know if you can see it. there you go, look at that. he says he has been saving that for a special occasion. i think he has

been practising. dave ryding has equalled britain's best result in a world cup alpine skiing race. he took silver in the parallel slalom in oslo, just losing out to austria's marco schwarz in the final. and michael van gerwen is the pdc world darts champion for a third time. he beat michael smith at alexandra palace, and called it "the best feeling you can have". the trophy is bigger than him. that isa the trophy is bigger than him. that is a big trophy. massive. look at him. i would like to see him do a celebration like jamie vardy. you never know the skills people have. matt, how is the weather looking this morning? it feels cold out this morning. it certainly is. a very good morning to you. we have lost across parts of northern scotland, northern ireland and england. infact, it is northern scotland, northern ireland and england. in fact, it is here will get the brightest weather today. —— bluest sky today. essentially, most areas dry. it may

just produce a little bit of drizzle but the high pressure, the closer you are to, western areas, clear skies. we have got power running through the east, that has kept temperatures up. you can see the areas marked in blue around —5 in the past a few hours around parts of central scotland and the perth area, in particular. bank holiday across collins, cracking day. a good day to get out and joyce and crisp winter sunshine. strangely without frost around throughout the morning hours. —— to get out and enjoy it. is it that, a lot more card and we will see a few more showers through the day for east and northern counties. showers for scotland, could contain the odd flake of snow. winds lightest across the west and will breeze across parts of east anglia in eastern england, temperatures

today actually a little bit down on where they should be at this time of year. certainly closer to where we should be compared to the festive period, with that colder feel out there, and of course, with the colder feel by day, the night the frost will be back. we will still see some across parts of south england, down towards the south—east. temperatures in scotland not as low as yesterday, but tomorrow morning, eastern scotland, down towards the midlands, the south—west, a frosty start. “11 —5 in a few hours. a little bit more card west of scotland and northern ireland, but for all, it west of scotland and northern ireland, but forall, it is west of scotland and northern ireland, but for all, it is going to be just about the dry day. temperatures still in single figures for many, lifting up a little bit in the northern half of scotland and that will continue as we go into friday. winds coming around as you choose its way southwards. the best of the sunshine in southern areas, frosty start. further north, you can

see temperatures around nine or 10 celsius. and we continue with that deal of slightly cold air across scotla nd deal of slightly cold air across scotland as we go through fried in into the weekend. you will see a weather front i get very close to scotla nd weather front i get very close to scotland by the weekend, bringing some outbreaks of rain but for most of you, if you've got any weekend plans, the frost will continue to dominate. but by day, temperatures there are in single figures in the dry weather actually continues into next week. that is it for me. back to you. thank you very much. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's 6:15am. the headlines: railfares have gone up by an average of 3.1% in england and wales, and almost 3% in scotland. some transport campaigners say the government should have frozen rail prices because there was so much disruption on many lines last year. police say a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knife attack in manchester has been detained under the mental health act, but a terrorism investigation is continuing. a man and a woman remain in hospital with multiple stab wounds. let's take a look at

today's front pages. "panic on the platform" is the headline in the sun today. it's one of several papers to report on the new year's eve attack at manchester's victoria station. the daily telegraph's top story looks at government plans for a railcard for school and college students, which will give them a 50% discount on all train travel. it also shows a selfie of roger federer and serena williams, who met on court for the first time yesterday for a mixed doubles match in perth. we will talk to sally about this in a minute. the guardian claims councils in england are being ripped off by landlords taking advantage of the growing homeless population by raising their prices. they also have a picture of the baby boy who was pulled alive from a collapsed building in russia. and the daily mail leads on what it describes as the "uk's sugar time bomb".

it also has a picture of gordon and tana ramsay, who've announced they‘ re expecting their fifth child. so, sal, where will you start? where we have that selfie between roger federer and serena williams. the inside page. you have a better version? go on, it is bigger. a great selfie. and they said such wonderful things about each other. federer said he was really nervous about returning her serve, because you never know where it is going to go. it is worth explaining it is a mixed doubles match as part of the hopman cup. that is how it has arisen that they are playing on opposite sides of the net. both of them talking about each other‘s serves and the respect they have.

and the selfies all over the papers this morning. 0ne and the selfies all over the papers this morning. one of the stories which is really interesting in the guardian today about chris froome and geraint thomas, geraint thomas won the tour de france this year, hugely successful for him, and won the tour de france this year, hugely successfulfor him, and chris froome decided not to race in the giro d'italia, which means he will throw everything into the tour, so they will be on the same team racing together. we spoke to geraint thomas about it, it is an interesting dynamic, psychology. yes, who is going to be the person picked to win? that is really tactical. yes, he wants a fifth tour de france.|j think there is a picture of what people look like when they have just discovered that rail fares have gone up discovered that rail fares have gone up by discovered that rail fares have gone up by 3.1% across england and wales, that's what happens. smiles of joy? this is how to take your mind off

things. this is the local in glengarry. this is what happened when people went swimming on christmas day. they are thinking about nothing except that moment in time. it looks very cold! i like that lad's face. you jump into cold water. i try to go slowly a less there is no option. lots of people do that on new year's day. it is really lovely. this is one of the old est really lovely. this is one of the oldest events, raising money for charity since 1984. there is a theme this morning. we are talking about triathlons this morning. yes, more people are being encouraged to take pa rt people are being encouraged to take part even if they don't feel they are particularly good at stuff. and i know that is something you have a strong opinion on. just have a go. absolutely and we will talk about swimming. people say that they can't doa swimming. people say that they can't do a triathlon because they can't

swim. ican do a triathlon because they can't swim. i can swim and i still have lessons. you can learn to get better particularly with swimming. one thing, it is funny when you talk about swimming, often people are scarred by early swimming experiences, or a swimming instructor who was nasty. we rememberthe swimming instructor who was nasty. we remember the swimming teacher with a long pole and talk. yes. did they pull you out? just in case. we have the opposite. i don't know if i should tell this story. go on. we had a swimming instructor with a long pole, there was no hook, as you we re long pole, there was no hook, as you were thrown in, as you tried to get to the site, he would push you back out with a pole. no! i don't think that would be allowed any more. was it definitely in school? it definitely happened. in my case it worked because i learnt to swim quite quickly. there wasn't much alternative. we will be talking

about that, trying to encourage people to take up swimming. about that, trying to encourage people to take up swimmingm about that, trying to encourage people to take up swimming. in a positive way. that's important. thank you. more than 300,000 people are now homeless in britain, that's according to the charity, shelter. some live in temporary accommodation such as b&bs, while others liveon the streets and in doorways. in liverpool, a unique project has been launched with the aim of helping the city's rough sleepers and as breakfast‘s tim muffett has been finding it out, it has the support of a local sporting legend. it is sad to see really how it has become such a big issue. jamie carragher was rare among footballers. he only played for one club. commentator: here surely won it for liverpool. how bad is homelessness in liverpool? it for liverpool. how bad is homelessness in liverpool7m it for liverpool. how bad is homelessness in liverpool? it was bad. in the city centre, as imo stays. more than 5000 people in the north—west of england are homeless according to government figures, as in many cities across britain. the

homeless charity shelter says rough sleeping in liverpool is getting worse. how are you? this former factory in liverpool opened its doors in september. this is about people having their own home, their own lockable door, their own belongings. a community centre to meet and congregate. the centre costs around £7,000 a week to run. jamie carragher has been helping raise funds. how is it going? exercising? i didn't think i would get a bite of the apple. this businessman provides most of the money. it makes a big difference to them, feeling they own something. what is it like to live here? every night, i was worried about getting wet. here, idon't night, i was worried about getting wet. here, i don't have to worry. my life has changed. i can get a job. when you apply for a job, if you

have no address, they can't give you a job. at the moment, there are 12 cabins. each resident has an actual address. there is also an opportunity to learn new skills. what impact does this place have on people's lives? if you see the difference in people when they first come in and a few weeks later, it is unbelievable, the difference. the best thing that's happened to the homeless in a long time. it hasn't happened before. how important is it to do things like this, normal things? i haven't done this in yea rs. things? i haven't done this in years. it brings a bit of normality backin years. it brings a bit of normality back in your life. is it a risk that it is so good that you would want to stay here, rather than getting a place of your own? i want to get back to work in, you know what i mean? you can't do that when you live on the street. this is a community where they haven't got to fight for survival, like on the

street. and that's because the syste m street. and that's because the system isn't in place in order to deal with the issue that is out there. some have dismissed the cotton street project as a gimmick. the facilities have been compared to the big brother house. 0ne local councillor described it as a joke. it certainly marks a different way of tackling a growing problem. we will speak with shelter ab out that an other projects helping homeless people a little bit later. the biggest railfare increase for five years comes into effect today. sean is at london bridge station for us this morning to get reaction. sean. it is looking pretty empty. so many people not going back to work today, but some are. yes, you wonder. i will track people down to find out why they are walking through the station this morning. it is starting to get busier. you can see on the science commuter trains are coming

in steadily. through the morning this place will get busy and london bridge is one of the stations that is almost always busy. last summer it was one of the places that, with hundreds of cancellations going on, in particular govia thameslink around here, there was chaos, so lots of these people who we can see, and season tickets going up about 3% today, will be wondering, why am i paying more with the service over the last year? punctuality is down, at its lowest level in pretty much 13 years, so when you're looking here you can see the investment, it isa here you can see the investment, it is a new station, it is pretty impressive, but right across the country there will be protests today, people taking part in protests where they are not happy with the price rises because they don't see what people can see here. so over the whole of the morning we will look at why that is. i will speak to people from the rail industry, the bosses. first, we will get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news,

i'm charlotte franks. insurers have been called in to assess the damage at a self—storage warehouse in croydon, destroyed in a huge fire over new year. crews are still at the scene tackling pockets of fire, but say the blaze is now contained. hundreds of people are thought to have lost their belongings. the company which runs the site says they're trying to contact customers. police patrols have been stepped up in the west end following two fatal stabbings in the early hours of new year's day. one man died after being stabbed trying to stop a group of men forcing their way into a private party on park lane. a woman also died after a knife attack in southwark. hackney council has spent more on temporary accommodation than any other borough in the country. government data has revealed that it's paid out £208 pounds per head

of its population. all 32 of london's boroughs were in the top 45 local authorities that spent the most. accross the country spending has surged by more than 70% in the last five years to nearly £1 billion. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0nto the roads and in croydon, the purley way remains closed between mitcham road at the lombard roundabout and beddington farm road, following the fire at that warehouse on new years eve. buses are being diverted and trams are running bus replacement services. in lambeth, baylis road is blocked northbound at westminster bridge road following a collision near lambeth north station. and chelsea face southampton tonight at stamford bridge, so fulham road will be closed between harwood road and hortensia road from 6:15pm until kickoff at 7:45pm. now, the weather with sara thornton.

hello, good morning. we have had a run of pretty mild weather. that comes to something of an end today, though. we have called air with us now and i think you will really notice the difference now for today and the coming days as well. we are, though, generally dry, shall at least london. no more than that. a lot of clout through the day. some great here and there. the odd bright speu great here and there. the odd bright spell here as well. it is the temperatures you will notice. five to seven degrees, a good few degrees down on where we've been recently. through the evening and overnight, we have the cold air with us, but there is quite a bit of cloud around, so temperatures in many spots will hold up above freezing. but where we have had the odd clear break, yeah, you could have some pockets of frost to start tomorrow morning. and it is cloudy at first tomorrow, still dry, then the cloud will thin and break. we will do

better. john tomorrow. it should turn out to be a nice day, if a bit colder. temperatures in mid single figures at best. and colder still as we move through the ends of the week with some sharp frosts at night. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. coming up... we'll speak to the charity which says forced marriage victims face huge debts because they are charged for being rescued. mike has been on the run, in the pool and on his bike for tri january — the campaign to inspire us all to try a triathlon. —— all of us. what next for the new horizons probe? we'll find out after its flypast of the most distant object ever explored in our solar system. first, here's a summary of day's

main stories on bbc news. millions of commuters returning to work this morning will have to pay more for their journeys, as railfares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. in scotland, the increase is, on average, just under 3%. passenger groups have criticised the government for not freezing some fares, after considerable disruption in parts of the country last year. no—one likes prices going up, especially after christmas. i think what really gets people though is whether they are getting value for money for what they are paying, it is much easier to swallow a price rise if you think you are getting value for what you are paying. at the moment, too many trains are running late, to be trains cancelled and delayed. i think it is really ha rd and delayed. i think it is really hard at the moment to talk about a pay increase when you're not getting what you are paying for. a man suspected of stabbing three people in manchester on new year's eve has been detained under the mental health act. the 25—year—old was arrested after the attack at the city's victoria railway station.

police said a counter—terrorism investigation was ongoing, but there was nothing to suggest other people had been involved. children in the uk exceed the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18—year—old by the time that they're just 10 years old, according to public health england. children currently consume on average around 2,800 extra sugar cubes per year. the agency's change for life campaign has encouraged families to make simple swaps in their diets to cut down on sugar in products such as yoghurts and drinks. just, for example, cutting that brea kfast just, for example, cutting that breakfast cereal done to a lower sugar breakfast cereal will save 50 cubes of sugar. that is a lot. these things will add up and before you know it, it can make a real change toa know it, it can make a real change to a child's health and to their health in the future. police patrols have been stepped up in london's west end, following two fatal stabbings in the early hours of new year's day. one man died after being stabbed trying to stop a group of men forcing their way into a private party on park lane. a woman also died after a knife attack in southwark. more than 15 million gp

appointments — that's around one in 20 — are being missed each year in england, according to data from the nhs. the health service says the wasted appointments are costing £216 million annually. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to be able to make use of them. we lose millions of gp hours when appointments aren't cancelled properly, and what that turns into is hundreds of gps who are essentially sitting there, losing time, when they could be spending it more effectively looking after somebosy else. so if you have to miss an appointment, please let us know, even if it's at the last minute. it's emerged that british victims of forced marriages abroad are being asked by the foreign office to pay for their own rescue. an investigation by the times newspaper found several women had been made to take out a government loan and had their passports confiscated until they repaid it. the foreign office said that it had an obligation to recover the money as it came from public funds.

rescue workers in russia searching for survivors from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in a suspected gas explosion on new year's eve have managed to pull a baby boy alive from the ruins. this is him. an 11—month—old, he's called ivan. he was rushed to hospital suffering from multiple fractures and frostbite. doctors say his condition is serious but stable. more than 30 people are still missing after that explosion in the 10—storey building. and one other story for you. someone in the uk is beginning 2019 a lot richer than they finished 2018, by winning the euromillions jackpot. it is a single ticket—holder who's won almost £115 million, making them the fourth biggest lottery winner in british history. we do not know, it could have been brought by a syndicate, so it could be being shared out in the next few weeks. another ten british players won £1 million each in the draw. hgppy

happy days. if you want to, just get in touch with our. yes, you might wa nt to in touch with our. yes, you might want to share it. the news? share the news, not the money. i think one more thing to tell the people at home about... what is that? here we go, at new year celebrations turned into an ordeal for some people. thank you. these pictures from a dutch seaside resort, where a bonfire whirls out of control. it caused multiple fires to break out in what is called, clearly terrifying, a firenado. there is an annual competition in the province. so the fire is being carried either way. oh my gosh, it is terrifying. and notjust one firenado, several. thank you, for alerting us to that. what you need

to know. what you do need to know though is that the premier league title base is very, very much on and hopefully will continue to be as exciting as it is at the moment for the next couple of months. this time last year, i think everybody knew that manchester city were going to win but right now, you cannot back on anything. the tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says they need to find some consistency if they're to be true title contenders. they lost at home to wolves on saturday, but their response was a 3—0 win at cardiff. and look out for some acrobatics from jamie vardy in their win over everton. joe lynskey reports. in 2019, cardiff city's approach will be much the same as the young mascot. keep picking up theirform to be the premier league drop. things can fall away very quickly blow when playing against tottenham. january for them is about building on what they have. the transfer window's unlikely to stop harry kane's scoring. he has 122 premier

league goals, few will look scruffy as this one. they had the match sealed inside 12 minutes when the quick feet of christian eriksen t is the opportunity for 2—0. for totte n ha m the opportunity for 2—0. for tottenham though, there will still beissues tottenham though, there will still be issues to settle. later this month, they will lose son heung—min to south korea and the asian cup. at this year, tottenham have much to resolve. we are in a good position we are real contenders. we need to have more in us and we need to show more consistency of who want to be a contender. few sides had a more up—and—down christmas and leicester city. winds against chelsea and the champions, but defeat at home to cardiff. and with this win it against everton, jamie vardy make things more topsy—turvy. according tojamie things more topsy—turvy. according to jamie vardy things more topsy—turvy. according tojamie vardy and things more topsy—turvy. according to jamie vardy and his wife, more acrobatics are to come this year. for now, leicester will hope to stay

up for now, leicester will hope to stay up where they are now, inside the top seven. joe lynskey, bbc news. arsenal also won yesterday. after that thrashing by liverpool at the weekend, they beat fulham 4—1. and there was a terrific game in the championship, when the leaders leeds were beaten 4—2 at nottingham forest. forest were behind until mid—way through the second half, when they scored three goals in a frantic seven minutes. the win puts them within reach of the play—offs, but leeds are still top after their title rivals dropped points. you can find more on all yesterday's games on the bbc sport website and app. skiing fans will know the name dave ryding. he has been pretty consistent on the ciruit, and now he has equalled britain's best ever alpine world cup result, taking silver in the parallel slalom in oslo. i love these pictures. he just lost out to austria's marco schwarz, but it was a brilliant performance. he beat the olympic slalom champion on his way to that final. yeah, good on him. yes. it is so

scary to watch. i always think as well, obviously it is slippery. it looks particularly iced up, that very shiny... i wasjust laughing because i was thinking about me going down very slowly. michael van gerwen beat england's michael smith to win the pdc world championships darts title. the dutchman is world number one and this was his third title in four finals, and he won seven sets to three at alexandra palace. he enjoyed it too, celebrating in trademark style. it was smith's first appearance in the final, but he missed too many chances and was punished by van gerwen. roger federer came out on top against serena williams in the battle of the tennis heavyweights. they faced each other in the mixed doubles at the hopman cup in australia — the first time they had played against each other in a tournament. federer was playing for switzerland with belinda bencic, and they beat williams and her us

teamate, frances tiafoe, in straight sets. after a ll after all these years, we have actually never done this, so it was super cool that we got to do this at such a pivotal point in our careers, anne twomey, it super wall. i want to ta ke anne twomey, it super wall. i want to take pictures i want to be my baby out, unlike way too excited and it was really fun. it is great to see them together. i sort of want to know, i love my tennis, i want to know, i love my tennis, i want to know who aced who, if they served to the other one because they were both very comp entry... can you imagine if the two of them played, could anybody beat them ?|j if the two of them played, could anybody beat them? i do not think it would work. i just anybody beat them? i do not think it would work. ijust think anybody beat them? i do not think it would work. i just think the thing is... to win the doubles, you do not necessarily put the best two singles players together. it is a very different sport, is one of those things. you are a tennis pro. just suggesting, just suggesting. teamwork is different. as we all know very well. thank you for being

pa rt know very well. thank you for being part of the team. thank you for watching breakfast, a very good morning to you. as we've been hearing, the suspect arrested following the new year's eve stabbing in manchester has been detained. it's under the mental health act. greater manchester police said while they're treating as a potential terror attack, there was no evidence to suggest others were involved. major general chip chapman is a former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence. good morning to you, thank you very much forjoining us. and what you have heard about this attack, what can you tell us about other possible motives? well, to be detained under terrorism, india demoted to be a ideologically driven, you need a grievance, generally have some kind of radicalisation agent, but the fourth one which made apply here because he was detained under the mental health act, is mental vulnerability. this came in particularly under the channel programme, where last year, people

we re programme, where last year, people were referred to the programme, those people were vunerable of radicalisation, potentially before getting on the conveyor belt towards the terror act. and what happens? can you tell us at all? well, they are given support if they meet the criteria. back in the at a range of things, mental health issues, alcohol and drug abuse, and try to change the ideological mindset. in a sense, this attack is slightly reminiscent of the attack by nicky reilly, who had asperger‘s, he was initially detained under a mental health act. it is those kinds of people who are vulnerable to these recruitment agents because although we hear a lot about lone wolves, it is very, very rare that you actually have someone who is a lone wolf, there is usually a radicalisation event and a party to that. we'll hear more about that in the coming

days. just tell us about this weekly because the police were there, it seems, extremely quickly. yeah, and manchester victoria would come under the crowded places methodology, that is part of the protect, which is why the government was there so quickly. so that is the protect element of the government's strategy. of course, we have been hearing that an attack is highly likely since 2014, so the absence of attacks in the uk, not to say northern ireland, in 2018 is not to say there is not capability. the quality of the tax bladed weapons is low, but that does not mean it does not play into the dread hazard and that is why it is called terrorism because people fear being involved in terrorist attack. yes, and would have been fairly terrifying to be there at the time.

there was a terror attack and manchester arena, is that significant? i do think for people in manchester, it will feel significant. yeah, again, where you get large numbers of people gathering, you get the opportunity for terrorists take these kind of actions. i suspect there is not a connection between the two. terrorism can occur anywhere but generally have crowded places and of course, you have attacks in major cities such as manchester and london and not thought of in rural on clays in wiltshire or places like that, for example. itjust gives us the scale of the scale, how much work is being done by counterterrorism police and what kind of level of threat are they facing? -- enclaves. the level is severe, as i said. the level of investigations going on is the highest ever, it is 700. that has gone up from sort of 500, 550

yea rs has gone up from sort of 500, 550 years ago. a number of people they are looking out as subjects of interest is of the order of 3000. so asi interest is of the order of 3000. so as i said, the absence of an attack is not mean that counterterrorism command and the security service are not working very hard to pre—empt and stop these attacks, and that is prevent pa rt and stop these attacks, and that is prevent part of the counterterrorist strategy. thank you very much for your time here on breakfast this morning, thank you. it's 6:45am. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: railfares have gone up by an average of 3.1% in england and wales, and almost 3% in scotland. public health england says that by the time they turn ten, children have on average already eaten more sugar than the recommended maximum for an 18—year—old. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. there is a nip in the air.

certainly, good morning. after a mild christmas, into the new year, things are much more cold, more than a nipfor things are much more cold, more than a nip for some, things are much more cold, more than a nipforsome, look things are much more cold, more than a nip for some, look at the latest temperatures coming in, braemar in aberdeenshire, six, glasgow and edinburgh airport, six, for central england, temperatures below freezing, along with parts of northern and eastern wales —— —6. you will need your christmas gloves and hats. i pressure is in charge. across northern and western areas, winds are lightest —— high pressure. eastern areas, we see more cloud through the night, so for the north—east of scotland, eastern england, hence we don't have frost here, but blues on the chart, the frost extends all the way from around the severn estridge much of scotland, for the bank holiday,

perfect conditions to get out and enjoy —— estuary. blue skies elsewhere. cloud in parts of northern ireland with the clouds broken and patchy frost. it is an east— west split across england at least. wales is fine but eastern england has a lot of cloud, thick enough to produce showers for eastern coastal counties through the day. easing away later compared with the morning. thick cloud towards the isles of scilly where we will see patchy drizzle at times and the modest conditions today but elsewhere under the light winds it will actually be quite a chilly day. nice enough with the sun on your back with temperatures about three to seven degrees much lower than the christmas period. into this evening and overnight there is cloud and one or two showers for east anglia and the far south—east. more cloud for northern ireland, western scotland tonight, so temperatures not as low as the nightjust gone. central and eastern scotland, northern england, the midlands, wales, the south—west,

most prone to frost, parts of england and wales will be cold a tonight and last night. but here is where we have the sunshine through the day tomorrow. so much more bright day for eastern parts of northern england, a lot more sunshine for the east midlands, some cloud for east anglia, the south—east, small chance of a shallow, cloud for scotland and northern ireland, so some sunny spells and temperatures in single figures. frost then into friday mainly across southern areas this time. more of a breeze for the north and cloud coming and going. temperatures in stornoway around nine or 10 degrees. some lingering fog a round the asian valley and the severn valley. temperatures around three orfour severn valley. temperatures around three or four celsius —— avon. maybe by the end of the weekend, one or two spots of rain across scotland and northern ireland, but, other than that, mostly dry and sunny, but rather chilly conditions will continue. back to you, charlie and louise. i think chilly is absolutely right. yeah. laughter. millions of commuters will see

the cost of their rail ticket rise from today. sean is at london bridge station for us and can explain why. good morning. morning. i've found them. they are on their way. the trains are coming in at london bridge. happy back to work day, everybody. i will get through the gap when i came because they want to annoy everybody too much. london bridge is one place that has seen a lot of investment, they have doubled capacity here over 2018 with £1 billion of investment, but not every passenger, though, will be walking through the station this morning and they won't see that every station they won't see that every station they go through on theirjourney and that has been a big issue with prices up around 3% on average, that's what passengers are paying, is it passengers who should be paying, though? anthony smith, transport focus ceo, you did a survey showing 55% of passengers don't feel they are getting value for money. when you see a station like this, it is not too bad, is it?

well, passengers are looking for a reliable way way, they want the timetable delivered day in day out, we've had a torrid 12 months, patchy performance across the network, timetable prices in summer, strikes on top of that, so i don't think these fares rising are justifiable. when you look at 2018, there was the timetabling problem, but someone somewhere has to pay for investment in transport and infrastructure, you can see the benefits in a place like london bridge, so should passengers pay for that? passengers are pulling in over £10 billion a year into the ra i lwa ys in over £10 billion a year into the railways on top of the huge amount the taxpayer is putting in as well. surely that should translate into better money for railway, modern equipment and efficiencies, which should be passed back to passengers with a fares freeze, that's what we are looking for next year. you think eve ryo ne are looking for next year. you think everyone should get a fare freeze? yes, the amount passengers and taxpayers are putting in, it should

be reflected, the industry should becoming more efficient and that should be passed back to passengers to reflect a poor year. so where exactly is the money coming from, then? if you want to see this amount of money going on across the country, is it sustainable to find it that way? i think it is, because what we are doing at the moment is we are working with the government, the rail industry on the review of the rail industry on the review of the fares and ticketing structure and how it works, we need a much more modern ticketing structure with filling up the off—peak seats, let's have a ticketing structure that gets people on the seat to boost the money in the industry. that boost the money but you say the money still comes from passengers just not through price rises. using passengers should be the ones funding it. we've got very high price rises on top of years and yea rs of price rises on top of years and years of increasing prices. it is time to call a halt to that and, don't forget... people's wages are not rising as fast and that means the amount of money passengers are having to find to fund is coming

straight out of their pockets. and that's about the price rises, but in terms of who is going to pay for better transport infrastructure in the uk, is it the taxpayer, where everybody pays, or the passengers using the service, simple question? it will always be a mixture of taxpayer and fair pay and fare payers are doing their part. in terms of the companies, we will be speaking with the companies a little bit later, do you see the difficulties in flexibility, they say they have to put it up 3%.ij don't agree that you have to do anything in this life, that's a choice from the government to put up prices that much, government and equally true is not too and to get the industry to be more efficient and get more passengers using railway. numbers are going up again and we want to see that, we want to see off—peak in particular used better and that's why we need the fa res review. better and that's why we need the fares review. thank you very much. 0ver fares review. thank you very much. over the morning we will be speaking

to people from the rail delivery group, the companies that put our trains on the tracks and bring them into the station. we will hear from passengers as well. let me know your thoughts if you got any questions for them because it is a big one, who is going to pay for this? if it's not passengers, where does the money come from? thanks very much, interesting thoughts. a reminder, chris grayling, we will speak to him in around 20 minutes or so and if you have thoughts, send them in in the usual ways and we will try to put some of them to him this morning. we will. for many of us, the start of a new year sees us taking on new challenges and nothing says challenge more than a triathlon. i have done this for a few years now and you might have heard me talking about this. now, british triathlon is looking to get even more of us swimming, cycling and running as part of tri january, the aim, to get people to do the multisport activity under their own steam. we threw mike in at the deep end to find out more. backin

back in training after learning to dance on strictly, triathlete lauren steadman who wrote her newfound fame will help more of us enjoy the benefits of her sport. of course i was completely out of my depth trying to keep up with three times world champion in the pool, but this isn't about that, as i can take as long as i want and just do a few metres at a time if i choose. people a lwa ys metres at a time if i choose. people always get afraid of the swimming leg and find it is hardest. it is just recognition. and i believe learning to float. if you have get rid of the fear of going under the water, learning to float, you can break it down. someone trying to do just that is lauren marr, who has a swa nsea just that is lauren marr, who has a swansea and she was a 20 fell in the deep end of the pool. after battling cancer and helping to change attitudes on a podcast, lauren is trying to tackle this challenge. no time like the present after having cancer. i feel if i can time like the present after having cancer. ifeel if i can beat time like the present after having cancer. i feel if i can beat cancer and get through that, i can overcome my fear and and get through that, i can overcome myfearandi and get through that, i can overcome my fear and i am in the deep end of a pool, albeit with the noodle, but ican get a pool, albeit with the noodle, but i can get in now. encouraged by

herself and her colleague deborah james, lauren managed to complete half a length of the pool. someone who is a complete non— swimmer, absolute amateur, to get in the water and give it ago, if i can do it, anyone can do it, you know, you don't have to be an 0lympian. it, anyone can do it, you know, you don't have to be an olympianlj it, anyone can do it, you know, you don't have to be an olympian. i live which with stage for cancer so exercise is a massive part of make me feel better and it is a really well— known correlation in terms of exercise not only reduces kind of anxiety but it just also exercise not only reduces kind of anxiety but itjust also makes me feel better and cope with the side—effects of my treatment. feel better and cope with the side-effects of my treatment. and actually even if you don't want to get your feet wet, if it is too cold using forswimming, get your feet wet, if it is too cold using for swimming, you can do your water kilometres, your swimming kilometres on a rowing machine, and it is warm in here, i can tell you. getting warmer. it is all about breaking down the barriers. loads of us, the life of lauren and the brownlie brothers, can cheer them on from the sofa but i think to myself, i haven't got the training. we are

not athletes, we are getting embarrassed showing up in public. but this, this tri january helps people to do it in their own time in their own space to have fun just when they want to act.|j their own space to have fun just when they want to act. i want to share my passion for the triathlon because i can go on my bike, i can run with my housemate, i can swim in my friends' kids, it is just a beautiful sport. she is not alone. the number of people entering some kind of triathlon event is up 75% of the last ten years, that is 40,000 newcomers, half of them have been women. now this campaign aims to widen the net further. you no longer have to attend an event to complete your 15, 25 or 50 kilometre target over the course of this month. we know that these days it is a changing world and people need to be able to do sport and activity when it works for them. if it is a middle of the day, riding to the park, or walk to the shops, whatever works, a swim on holiday, then absolutely you can all do it and it isjust swim on holiday, then absolutely you can all do it and it is just about building up small bits to make a bigger distance. we had only cycled

around for a few minutes but we are smiling with satisfaction. we have done the hardest part and started our journey. iam i am clearly biased on this, but i agree when she said it is a beautiful sport, it's notjust one, is it? know, and mike is one of those people who is fairly good at all of these things in his own way, is an the? yeah and we will talk later, because unassuming is the thing worries them the most —— isn't he? we can talk about what might be albert to help you. if you want to share the reason why you don't do things, you can talk to us —— what you might find will help you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. insurers have been called in to assess the damage police patrols have been stepped up in the west and following two fatal stabbings in the early hours of new

year's day. one man died after being stabbed trying to stop a group of men forcing their way into a private party on park lane. a woman also died after a knife attack in southwark. police patrols have been stepped up in the west and following two fatal insurers have been called in to assess the damage at a self—storage warehouse in croydon, destroyed in a huge fire over new year. crews are still at the scene tackling pockets of fire, but say the blaze is now contained. hundreds of people are thought to have lost their belongings. the company which runs the site says they're trying to contact customers. a london student has become one of the first people in the world to have a bionic leg fitted. double amputee james bertrand had his left leg amputated as a toddler because of blood clots and he wore a badly fitting prosthetic. he found out he could have a metal implant inserted into his bone to give him a more permanently. at first i did regret it. i was going through all the stuff and i just wasn't prepared for

it. but now i have come over the other side, i can go out, i can walk wherever i want, i don't have to think about, is my leg going to be able to hold it? i don't have to ta ke able to hold it? i don't have to take my crutches everywhere, it's just a new lease on life. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0nto the roads and in croydon, the purley way remains closed between mitcham road at the lombard roundabout and beddington farm road, following the fire at that warehouse on new years eve. buses are being diverted and trams are running bus replacement services. in lambeth, baylis road is blocked northbound at westminster bridge road following a collision near lambeth north station. and chelsea face southampton tonight at stamford bridge, so fulham road will be closed between harwood road and hortensia road from 6:15pm until kickoff at 7:45pm. now, the weather with sara thornton. hello, good morning. we have had a run of pretty mild weather. that comes to something of an end today, though.

we have some cold air with us now and i think you will really notice the difference now for today and for the coming days as well. we are, though, generally dry, the a stray shower out towards in london. no more than that. a lot of cloud through the day. some grey here and there. the odd bright spell here as well. it is the temperatures you will notice. five to seven degrees, a good few degrees down on where we've been recently. through the evening and overnight, we have the cold air with us, but there is also still quite a bit of cloud around, so temperatures in many spots will hold up above freezing. but where we have had the odd clearer break, yeah, you could have some pockets of frost to start us off tomorrow morning. and it is cloudy at first tomorrow, still dry, but then the cloud starts to thin and break. we will do better for tomorrow. it should turn out to be a nice day, if a bit colder. temperatures in mid single figures at best. and colder still as we move through towards the end of the week with some sharp frosts at night.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: misery for millions of rail commuters heading back to work today, as they face another hike in the cost of a ticket. prices are up by about 3% today on average across the country. protests are being held as well, i am at london bridge station to see what passengers and rail bosses make of it all. the average 10—year—old has already eaten more sugar than the recommended maximum intake for an 18—year—old, that's according to health officials. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. new year, new you? why the stars of ‘you, me and the big c‘ are encouraging people to take part in triathlons, no matter what their ability. ifeel like if i can beat cancer and get through that,

then i can overcome my fear. and i mean i'm deep under the pool, albeit with a noodle, but i'm under the water now. tottenham look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they return to form. it is the cold day today across the uk with a widespread frost this morning in scotland, wales. we will see some sunshine today. i will have your full forecast shortly, right here on breakfast. it's wednesday, the second of january. our top story: millions of rail passengers returning to work this morning will have to pay more for their journeys as fares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. passenger groups have criticised the government for not freezing fares after a year of disruption caused by timetable changes, strikes and upgrades. latest figures show cancellations and long delays are at their highest

rate in 17 years. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. passengers in the north of england suffered the most in 2018. but across britain, delays and cancellations have risen to their highest level in 17 years. with fares now going up again, passenger groups say we're not getting value for money. it's much easier to swallow a price increase if you think you're getting value, and at the moment, too many trains late are still too late. people are late getting to work and getting home, cancellations, and i think it's really hard to talk about a fare increase when you're not getting what you're paying for. from today, tickets increased by roughly 3% in england and wales. in soctland, it's slightly smaller. someone paying for a ticket from bradford into leeds will pay £32 more.

someone commuting into london will pay an extra £140. the rail industry says that 98p of every pound spent on the ticket is invested back into the railways. today it has launched a new rail card for those aged 26—30 and wants the government to act so it can be a simpler ticketing system for everyone. the union described the railways as a grossly mismanaged rip—off. the government has said that says could rise in line with the index of inflation, if unions agree that workers's wages should also increase at a lower rate. sean is at london bridge for us this morning. so many people going back to work this morning in they saying about this? when you speak to passengers, they are going to be looking at some sort of price rise coming in for them, and across the country that is going to be around 3%. when you look at london bridge, that has harmed

the capacity. for a lot of passengers around the country, you just do not see where the money is going to, you look at punctuality, the worst for 13 years, passengers are not feeling they are getting value for money and then simply wages, last year over 2018, wages did not increase anything like the rate we are seeing these increases go rate we are seeing these increases 9° up rate we are seeing these increases go up today. finally in the last few months, we edged towards that people are going to be feeling squeezed and they are having to shell out hundreds of pounds more on their season—ticket. later, we'll be talking to rail bosses as well to see why it is that passengers have had to take a hit, let alone the summer chaos on the issues we've had over the last year as well. thank you very much, sean, thank you. and injust over an hour, we'll speak to the transport secretary, chris grayling about this. that's coming up at about 7:10am. children in the uk will exceed

the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18—year—old by the time they're just 10, according to public health england. it's released data gathered from households throughout the uk and is launching a campaign to encourage families to make simple changes to cut down on sugar. here's our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. we love sugary things. children are eating a humungous amount of sugar, often in sweet drinks, cakes, biscuits, and breakfast cereals. it's estimated a child has a tooth removed in hospital every ten minutes, and an overly sweet diet also increases the risk of long—term problems, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and some cancers. on average, children are eating the equivalent of 13 cubes of sugar a day. but public health england says that is eight cubes of sugar a day too many. on average, 18 years's worth of sugar. that's an entire childhood's worth being devoured

before a child's10th birthday. however, public health england's change for life campaign says small changes can make a dramatic difference. so we get less sugar and we're still happy. swapping sugary drinks, cereals and yoghurts with healthy ones could save up to seven cubes of a sugar day. so just, for example, cutting that breakfast cereal down to a lower sugar breakfast cereal will save 50 cubes of sugar, that's a lot. these things add up and before you know it, you can make a real change to a child's diet and to their health in the future. public health england argues the food industry must take responsibility, as well as parents, and said it was working with manufacturers to cut the amount of sugar in children's favourites by next year. james gallagher, bbc news. a man suspected of stabbing three people in manchester on new year's eve has been detained under the mental health act. the 25—year—old was arrested after the attack at the city's victoria station. police say a counter—terrorism investigation is still ongoing. ben ando has the details.

still shouting in arabic, the 25—year—old suspect is put into a police van. last night, doctors ordered him to be detained under the mental health act. earlier, a couple in their 50s had been stabbed on the tram platforms at manchester's victoria station. both are recovering in hospital with injuries described as serious but not life—threatening. also on the platform was a bbc producer. he was backing towards me and he had a kitchen knife in his hand, and it was a black handle with a long blade, and i thought this is not good. police used pepper spray and a taser to bring the man down. 0ne officer was stabbed in the shoulder. move away now. police say they have no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved and although they're treating

it as a terror attack, are keeping an open mind as to motive. last night, raids continued at the suspect‘s home, 1.5 miles north of the station. locals told the bbc that the residents of the house were a somali family, who came to the uk from the netherlands about 12 years ago. this attack was close to the scene of 2017's manchester arena bombing. and though police said there are no suggestions of a wider plot, they are urging people to keep calm but stay vigilant. more than 15 million gp appointments — that's around one in 20 — are being missed each year in england, according to data from the nhs. the health service says the wasted appointments are costing £216 million annually. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to be able to make use of them. nasa's new horizons probe officially

phoned home following its flypast of the most distant object ever observed by mankind. it fly and part -- it observed by mankind. it fly and part —— it flew passed ultima thule, and a p pa re ntly —— it flew passed ultima thule, and apparently peanut shaped planet in the kuiper belt. the first one that came in fast, and then the second one that gradually. —— one gradually. an "affront" to passengers. that's how labour have described this morning's 3.1% railfare rise. the increase comes after a chaotic year on britain's rail network, where delays and cancellations became all too familiar for commuters. we have talked a lot about it. that poor service, coupled with the rising cost to passengers, has prompted renewed calls for nationalisation from

labour. we are speaking to the transport secretary chris grayling in just a moment. joining us now is the shadow transport secretary, andy mcdonald. a very good morning to you. good morning. if you were labour government now, would you be freezing fares? we would be increasing them at a lower rate, so for the term of the parliament, passengers would the tune of £500. fares have to go up and putting the retail prices index, that has accumulated 28 36% rise since 2010. kenny put a number on that percentage because it is 3.1? it is usually below. there are ways to do it, you can either do it at cpi or you can do it at rpi —1, that is another way to do it, charlie. if you can set it to make sure that it is commensurate with people's earnings, match the rises that

people have seen across the board, thatis people have seen across the board, that is going to be more palatable and at the moment, rises on trains are outstripping wage increases. you are outstripping wage increases. you are talking about linking it to wages increases than? yes, exactly, thatis wages increases than? yes, exactly, that is what trying to do but cpi has a vast array of things in it, rpi has a whole range of other things, such as mortgage rate in it. you agree that the railways need more investment? of core. they are saying there is a high—level investment, how would you guarantee that? well, avoiding the worst that occurs right now because of you have a system that is predicated on an expensive franchising system, everybody tells you it is broken. —— of course. it is very, very costly to runa of course. it is very, very costly to run a franchising system. you get rid of education with all of these

multiple operators. there is only different players in the market. if you can the system and then lastly ta ke you can the system and then lastly take away the profit that leak out of the system, that often go to ra i lwa ys of the system, that often go to railways in europe. some of those players have been investing in the whole system, so how do you get that kind of money? had he get that investment? well, you maintain that ability to invest if you can lower your cost base. if you are not incurring that level of expenditure, it gives you the ability to invest in the railway for the long—term and we certainly want to out so that the industry knows, and talking about the supply side and the construction side, that they have the confidence that there is going to be an investment going forward over many decades because we do need to continue that shift, getting people out of their cars and onto trains, and that is absolutely critical for and that is absolutely critical for a thriving economy and that is what we wa nt a thriving economy and that is what we want to see. thank you very much for joining we want to see. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. listening to that is transport

secretary, chris grayling, who is in westminster for this morning. thank you very much for your time, minister grayling. 0f you very much for your time, minister grayling. of course, we knew these rises were coming. that has not stopped the day being the day when people will actually be paying more. what you had to say to those people? well, i'vejust paid more in my morning commute and i wish that fares did not go up as well. i think he is right, winnipegger to a higher rate of inflation that i would wish. i questioned him is how can you take natural contributions on trade unions who have threatened a national rail strike if we move the rate of inflation on which the whole industry operates. —— we have pegged it to industry operates. —— we have pegged ittoa industry operates. —— we have pegged it to a higher rate of inflation than i would wish. how much more are you paying for your train travel?|j you paying for your train travel?” did not work out the percentage about the same as everybody else this morning, about another 3%, i think. i suppose in a way, any kind of personalised and by saying that,

is maybe you will not feel the difference. the point is for an awful lot of people doing those commutes trying to get the jobs, trying to make ends meet, there is a bit at which things really start to make a difference to their lives and what they can and cannot do and how far their finances what they can and cannot do and how far theirfinances are what they can and cannot do and how far their finances are bowling. what they can and cannot do and how far theirfinances are bowling. and for a lot of people, these things become critical in a way that possibly does not affect you, or possibly does not affect you, or possibly me or possibly some other people. —— going. there is out which this becomes more about people's lives and how their worklife balance works? of course it is, and that is partly why do not want fares to go up partly why do not want fares to go up but! partly why do not want fares to go up but i have also today set out plans for the next academic year to introduce halfprice travel for 16 to 17 —year—olds were still in educational training and yet have been treated as adults in the system. it is time we recognise the fa ct system. it is time we recognise the fact that 16 and 17 —year—olds today do stay in education through to their 18th birthday and sometimes

beyond, and it is right that we should not just have beyond, and it is right that we should notjust have a child fare cut off on the 16th birthday. that is something i am going to do, it will be in place for the start of the next academic year and of course, the rail industry itself is today starting the sale of young people's railcard is going up to the age of 30, that will mean cheaper off—peak travel for those people. cani off—peak travel for those people. can i ask you, some of the points raised by andy mcdonald a moment ago, you look at wage increases and inflation much lower. have you seriously considered looking at that and then rejected it as ella well, i intend, as soon as i can properly do so, to move ahead with cpi, at the lower rate of inflation, rather than mauricio pochettino. when i raise this with the trade unions in the summer, they immediately threatened a national rail strike. —— rather than rpi. i do not want to see a national rail strike across the

whole country. that is going to be very disruptive for the whole nation. i really do not understand why are they workers expect to get higher wages than anyone else, and i do not understand why the labour party says on the one hand we want higher lower ticket prices, but we support the biggest factor behind them, which is wage rises. what is seen to be saying to people on this programme this morning is blame the unions. it either comes and taxpayers comes from fare payers, and all costs of industry rise, the more one of the other has to foot the bill. i do not think it is right that you see pay rises of 3.5% on parts of the rail network that are the biggest factor in the increase. why has it right and proper that those who are not getting those wage rises are still having to pay ever increasing fare increases? why is that fair? what the government does is we do not set fares to what we do

is we do not set fares to what we do isa is we do not set fares to what we do is a them, so that they cannot rise more than the rate of inflation. i wa nt to more than the rate of inflation. i want to change the use of the rate of inflation from the higher level to the lower level but the reality is until the unions are prepared to withdraw threats of national rail strikes, if we do that, it is frankly a difficult challenge to meet. we have strikes anyway. the system is failing anyway, a lot of people might be thinking how much worse can it get? we've already had strikes, the chaos of the timetables, how much worse can it get? —— worse. to be honest, it will probably rise again, is that we were saying? it will be the again next year? well, what i'm saying is that there are always going to be cost increases, andy mcdonald for labour just accepted that. i am working to achieve seeing the fare increases come down, i do not mind higher pay rises that are based on productivity but i do not really see why the rail

union should expect to have much higher pay rises than everybody else. and to those people this morning were going into work paying those higherfares, morning were going into work paying those higher fares, you morning were going into work paying those higherfares, you are morning were going into work paying those higher fares, you are content to say it is not my fault? because a lot of people will look at you and they will look at all the problems that had during the year and the fa ct that had during the year and the fact that trains had not been running, they have been lates, later than ever, worse than for 17 years. they will think you are the one, at your government are the one, at some point have to hold their hands up and say this is our responsibility. so the things we are doing, which are our responsibility, is to invest in the network over the christmas period, there has been lots of engineering work taking place, that is investment in trying to have a more reliable railway. we are supporting private sector investment in new trains all across the country. every single train in the north of the country is being replaced with either a brand—new train or refurbished trains. there are new trains around london and birmingham, there are new trains coming in the midlands. this is a

huge investment in better quality, longer, more seats rather than stocks, c can see around us work the benefits of that investment. yes, there have been some really tough moments in the last 12 months and i'm really sorry about that, be can see there are new lines around london, there are brand—new, longer trains, more services. in the northern next few weeks, we are going to see the rollout of new services there. this is part of a massive investment in trying to make rail this country better. chris grayling, thank you very much or time this morning. that is the transport secretary speaking to us from westminster. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, yes, chilly out there for many of us, cold than the christmas period, but if you're heading out, grab something warm for scotland, western england and wales, here are the temperatures, —6 in braemar, glasgow, even in birmingham, temperatures around —2

or —3 degrees, although high pressure is with us, so it should be dry, if it is back to work, or the bank holiday, fine conditions dominate. cloud along the eastern side, along eastern scotland and england, we start a frost free with showers, but in the west blue colours indicate the frost. —5 path of inland scotland, but lots of sunshine to come through the day. —— -5 sunshine to come through the day. —— —5 or six for inland scotland. eastern parts of the borders and a bit of broken cloud for northern ireland, so sunny spells hit and miss. wales is looking fine. england is an east— west split. eastern england, the pennines, the midlands, the isle of wight, more cloud, showers as well, rain showers at that, continuing close to the coast, breaking up further west, brightening up in england, cloud towards the isles of scilly, the

weather front introducing the cooler weather front introducing the cooler weather with some drizzle here. across the board and away from the eastern coast, wind is white, so even though temperatures into single figures, it shouldn't feel bad. into tonight, the cloud comes and goes for the east of england, especially east anglia, showers close to the coast. more cloud for western scotland, northern ireland, so the frost and not as harsh or widespread, but northern england, central scotland, south—west wales have a wide —— widely frosty start. a lot more sunshine for the north—east of england and more cloud for east anglia and the south—east at times. and more broken cloud for northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures in single figures once again tomorrow. lifting in the far north of scotland with the wind coming from the west by thursday into friday. it will bring varying amounts of cloud, sunny

spells. the best sunshine further south on friday after a frosty start with one or two fog patches. it will be rather chilly with high pressure into the weekend. most will stay dry as well with the chance of patchy rain in scotland on sunday. that is how it is looking. thank you very much. we will speak to you in half—an—hour. the time is 7:22am. "a tragedy for each and every victim" — that's how theresa may has described forced marriage. yet an investigation by the times newspaper has revealed that victims are being charged hundreds of pounds by the foreign office to cover the cost of rescuing them. jasvinder sanghera joins us now from the forced marriage charity, karma nirvana. good morning and thank you for joining us. this is close to your heart, forced marriage. absolutely. 0ne heart, forced marriage. absolutely. one thing that happened to me was my mother showed me a photo of a man i

was promised to add 14. my sisters we re was promised to add 14. my sisters were taken out of the country, some under the guise of a holiday. i left home at 16 and my family subsequently disowned me. what has emerged now is someone taken out of the country, for a forced marriage, who tries to come back to the uk, is required by the foreign office to pay for their own repatriation. just explain how that works in practice. the first thing to note is that there is a close link to be taken out of britain to be forced into a marriage, they are tricked into being taken out of the country, and they have no alternative but to be forced into the marriage. they are ina forced into the marriage. they are in a country they are not aware of ina in a country they are not aware of in a foreign land, destitute, imprisoned, tortured, until they agree with the marriage, as with this case, and the only way to come backis this case, and the only way to come back is raise the alarm bell and seek assistance from the british embassy. in these cases what is

happening is these girls are being told in order to be protected to have safe passage to return, you have safe passage to return, you have to have a safe passage, if it is not paid in six months, there will be a charge put on that and your passports will be withheld until you pay it. your passports will be withheld untilyou pay it. so they your passports will be withheld until you pay it. so they are offered assistance at the moment and brought back here but they have to adhere to those conditions to pay the money back and hand over their passports. and they are already traumatised. these victims have been held against their will. they are not on holiday. they are destitute and desperate, traumatised, and then being expected to enter this contract in order to be safe. it is interesting because tourists, if they get in trouble, they also have this similar system, and the foreign 0ffice this similar system, and the foreign office says they are from public funds, we have an obligation to recover the money in due course. what is your response? these women are not to risk, first and foremost.

let's be clear about that. put it in perspective. they haven't volunteered to go on holiday and run out of money and find themselves destitute. they have been kidnapped and abducted. the cost they have to pay, let's be clear, is the equivalent to a diplomat‘s lunch allowa nce for equivalent to a diplomat‘s lunch allowance for a month, put it in perspective in terms of priorities here. just in terms of the impact that having, i understand the debts can be hundreds of pounds. what impact does it have when they get back and try to put their lives back together? when the victim comes back together? when the victim comes back to britain they are homeless and won't have refuge. they won't have means all resources and then we put in the additional financial burden into their life. you have further escalate the isolation, psychological abuse to them and the threats to their own life because many are suicidal and will self harm asa many are suicidal and will self harm as a result of that. this story in

itself is new because of the focus from the times newspaper and you have worked on that as well but it has been going on for some time. have you sat with government ministers and told them in the past, why is it allowed to happen, is it fair, and what response have you had? it is important to note it isn't something the home office didn't know about, it is something they have known about three working groups i have attended, the violence for women and girls group i have attended, many have made this point for ten years that this is happening to victims, as i have sat opposite victims who have had to think about how they can raise the cash to get their passport back. and when the government ministers are faced with that and the reality, they say, as lou said, there are rules we have to adhere to. they say there are rules, and they say they are listening, which is in the action, and we haven't seen that, and the home secretary was clear last month that he said he would double his efforts

to tackle forced marriage. here is another example of policy and practice impacting on victims. thank you very much, jasvinder. we will be back in a couple of minutes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. police patrols have been stepped up following two fatal stabbings in the early hours of new year's day. one man died after being stabbed trying to stop a group of men forcing their way into a private party on park lane in the west end. a woman also died after a knife attack in southwark. insurers have been called in to assess the damage at a self—storage warehouse in croydon, destroyed in a huge fire over new year. crews are still at the scene tackling pockets of fire, but say the blaze is now contained. hundreds of people are thought to have lost their belongings. a london student has become one of the first people in the world

to have a bionic leg fitted. double amputee james bertrand had his left leg amuptated as a toddler because of blood clots, and wore a badly fitting prosthetic. he found out he could have a metal implant inserted into his bone to give him a permanent new limb. at first i did regret it. i was going through all the stuff and ijust wasn't prepared for it. but now i have come over the other side, i can go out, i can walk wherever i want, i don't have to think about, "is my leg going to be able to hold it?" i don't have to take my crutches everywhere, it's just a new lease of life. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0nto the roads and in croydon, the purley way remains closed from beddington farm road to the mitcham road at the lombard roundabout, following the fire at that warehouse. you can see the emergency services

in attendance there. and chelsea face southampton tonight at stamford bridge, so the fulham road will be closed between harwood road and hortensia road between 6:15pm and 7.45pm. now, the weather with sara thornton. hello there, a very good morning to you. we have had a run of pretty mild weather. that all comes to something of an end today, though. we have some cold air with us now and i think you will really notice the difference from today and for the coming days as well. we are, though, generally dry, can't rule out a stray shower out towards in london. no more than that. a lot of cloud through the day. some breaks here and there. the odd bright spell here as well. it is the temperatures you will notice the difference with. five to seven degrees, a good few degrees down on where we've been recently. through the evening and overnight, we have the cold air with us,

but there is also still quite a bit of cloud around, so temperatures in many spots will hold up above freezing. but where we have had the odd clearer break, yeah, you could have some pockets of frost to start us off tomorrow morning. and it's cloudy at first tomorrow, still dry, but then the cloud starts to thin and break. we will do better for sunshine tomorrow. it should turn out to be a nice day, if a bit colder. temperatures again in mid single figures at best. and colder still as we move through towards the end of the week with some sharp frosts at night. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. it's 7:30am. good morning. let's get you up—to—date with the main news. millions of commuters returning to work this morning will have to pay more

for their journeys, as railfares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. in scotland, the increase is, on average, just under 3%. passenger groups have criticised the government for not freezing some —— fares, after considerable disruption in parts of the country last year. earlier, chris grayling told us that the money was being used to improve infrastructure in some places. end of the of the day, the money can only come from two places, taxpayers orfare payers. i do not think it is right and proper that you see tax increases of 2.5% and more that are the biggest factor in fare rises. children in the uk exceed the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18—year—old by the time they're10, according to public health england. children currently consume, on average, around 2,800 extra sugar cubes per year. the agency's change for life

campaign is encouraging families to make simple swaps in their diets, to cut down on sugar in products such as yoghurts and drinks. a man suspected of stabbing three people in manchester on new year's eve has been detained under the mental health act. the 25—year—old was arrested after the attack at the city's victoria railway station. police said a counter—terrorism investigation was ongoing, but there was nothing to suggest other people had been involved. earlier on this programme, the former head of counter—terrorism for the ministry of defence told us that there are thousands of terror investigations going on in the uk. the threat is severe but the number of investigations currently ongoing is the highest ever, it is 700 investigations. that has gone up from sort of 500, 550, two or three yea rs from sort of 500, 550, two or three years ago. so that a significant and the number of people who are looking at things called subjects of interest is also growing. that number of investigations is in the order of 3000, so as i said, the absence of an attack does not mean

that counterterrorism command in the security service are not working very ha rd to security service are not working very hard to pre—empt and stop these attacks. more than 15 million gp appointments — that's around one in 20 — are being missed each year in england, according to data from the nhs. the health service says the wasted appointments are costing £216 million annually. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to be able to make use of them. rescue workers in russia searching for survivors from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in a suspected gas explosion on new year's eve have pulled a baby boy alive from the ruins. he's injurd though. the 11—month—old, called ivan, was rushed to hospital suffering from multiple fractures and also frostbite. doctors say his condition is serious, but stable. more than 30 people are still missing after the explosion in the 10—storey building. nasa's new horizons explorer successfully phoned home on tuesday after a journey to the most distant world ever explored by humankind. (cheering)

that was the reaction in the control room yesterday, when scientists received a message from the craft confirming it had completed its mission around ultima thule — an apparently peanut—shaped, 20 mile long space rock in the uncharted heart of the kuiper belt. just one of the story for you. —— other. someone in the uk is beginning 2019 a lot richer than they finished 2018, by winning the euromillions jackpot. a single ticket—holder has won almost £115 million, that's my special reading voice. do it again. a single ticket—holder has won almost £115 million. making them the fourth biggest lottery winner in british history. another ten british players won £1

million each in the draw. i say good luck to all those people who have won all that money, whether they are. i'm sorry. you are giving me an attack of the sneezes. i really, really hope i have not given you my cold. i was sitting right next to you when it started. exactly. if you have noticed, i was gradually moving away. and i am also moving away from you, i am being very... we share everything here on breakfast. maybe not. i don't mean you and bronchitis, i mean it is sport. that is what i meant. in the sport. that is what i meant. in the sport this morning... tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says they need to find some consistency if they're to be true title contenders, they lost at home to wolves on saturday but their response was a 3—0 win at cardiff. and look out for some brilliant acrobatics from jamie vardy in their win over everton. joe lynskey reports. in 2019, cardiff city's approach will be much the same

as their young mascot. keep picking up theirform to beat the premier league drop. things can fall away very quickly, though, when playing against spurs. january for them's about building on what they have. the transfer window's unlikely to stop harry kane's scoring. but of his 122 premier league goals, few will look scruffy as this one. they had this match sealed inside 12 minutes, when the quick feet of christian eriksen teased the opportunity for 2—0. for spurs though, there will still be issues to settle. later this month, they'll lose the presence and the goals of son heung—min to south korea and the asian cup. but this new year, tottenham have much to resolve. we are in a good position, but we are not real contenders. we need to have more in us and we need to show more consistency if we want to be a contender.

few sides had a more up—and—down christmas than leicester city. wins against chelsea and the champions, but defeat at home to cardiff. and with this winner against everton, jamie vardy mase things more topsy—turvy. —— made. according to vardy and his wife, more acrobatics are to come this year. for now, leicester city will hope to stay up where they are now, inside the top seven. joe lynskey, bbc news. arsenal also won yesterday. after that thrashing by liverpool at the weekend, they beat fulham 4—1. there was a terrific game in the championship, where the leaders leeds were beaten 4—2 at nottingham forest. forest were behind until mid—way through the second half, when they scored three goals in a frantic seven minutes. the win puts them within reach of the play—offs, but leeds are still top after their title rivals dropped points. you can find more on all yesterday's games on the bbc sport website and app. now, skiing fans will know the name dave ryding. he's been pretty consistent on the circuit, and now he's equalled britain's best ever alpine world cup result,

taking silver in the parallel slalom in oslo. aren't these brilliant pictures? he just lost out to austria's marco schwarz, but it was a brilliant performance from ryding, who beat the olympic champion on his way to the final. good on him. now, michael van gerwen won the pdc world darts championship for the third time, beating england's michael smith at alexandra palace. the dutchman vowed to work even harder to make sure he keeps on winning, and smith, who was in his first final, said he knew where he went wrong and he was just looking forward to his wedding now. he gets married in three days's time. he also said he will be in that title one day. bad news in brisbane. international tennis, britain's number one kyle edmund was on the wrong end of an upset the other night. he lost to a japanese qualifier in straight sets. now, we were talking about them earlier. roger federer and serena williams on court together at the hopman cup, the mixed team competition

in perth, australia. the pair have 43 grand slam titles between them and they found themselves on opposite sides of the net for the first time. federer came out on top with his partner belinda bencic in the swiss team, against williams and frances tiafoe for the united states. after all these years, we've actually never done this, so it was just super cool that we got to do it at such a pivotal point in our careers, and for me, it was super cool. like, i literally want to take pictures, i want to bring my baby out, i'm like way too excited, but it was really fun. clearly, federer agreed with all of that. he just happened to have a selfie stick with him. it is something that i carry around all the time, and not. exactly, and they took a picture which is on the front page of a couple of today's newspapers. it is brilliant. good

for them. good to see. thank you. thank you very much. for many of us, the start of a new year sees us taking on new challenges and some even thinking about taking on triathlons. now, british triathlon is looking to get even more of us swimming, cycling and running as part of tri january — the aim, to get people to do the multisport activity under their own steam. so we threw mike in at the deep end to find out more. back in training after learning to dance on strictly, triathlete lauren steadman, who's hpoing her newfound fame will help more of us enjoy the benefits of her sport. of course i was completely out of my depth trying to keep up with a three times world champion in the pool, but this is not about that, as i can take as long as i want and just do it a few metres at a time if i choose. people always get afraid of the swim leg and always find it the hardest.

it is just recognition. and i believe learning to float, if you get rid of that fear of going under the water, and learning to float, you can break it down. someone trying to do just that is lauren marr, who hasn't swum since she was eight and fell into the deep end of a pool. after battling cancer and helping to change attitudes towards it on the you, me and the big c podcast, lauren is now ready to tackle this january challenge. no time like the present. and after having cancer, ifeel like, if i can beat cancer and get through that, then i can overcome my fear. and i'm in the deep end of a pool, albeit with a noodle, but i can get under the water now. and encouraged by myself and her you, me and the big c colleague, deborah james, laura managed to complete half a length of the pool. for someone who is a complete non—swimmer, like an absolute amateur at this, for someone to get in the water and give it a go, if i can do it, anyone can do it, you know, you don't have to be, like, an 0lympian. i live with stage four cancer, so exercise is a massive part of making me feel better. and it's a really well— known correlation in terms of exercise not only reduces kind of anxiety,

it alsojust makes me feel better and cope with the side—effects of my treatment. and, actually, even if you don't want to get your feet wet, too cold maybe you think for swimming, you can do your water kilometres, your swimming kilometres on a rowing machine, in the warmth, and it is warm in here, lauren, i tell you what. getting warmer. it is all about breaking down the barriers really. loads of us, as fans, can admire the likes of lauren and the brownlee brothers, can cheer them on from the sofa but i think to myself, i haven't got the training. we are not athletes, we get embarrassed showing up in public. but this, this tri jan, helps people to do it in their own time in their own space to have fun just when they want to, when they can. i want to share my passion for the triathlon, because i can go out with my dad on my bike, i can run with my housemate, i can go swimming with my friends'

kids, it'sjust, i don't know, a beautiful sport. she's not alone. the number of people entering some kind of triathlon event has gone up by 75% over the last ten years, that's 40,000 newcomers, half of them have been women. now this campaign aims to widen the net further. you no longer have to attend an event to complete your 15, 25 or 50 kilometre target over the course of this month. we know that these days it's a changing world and people need to be able to do sport and activity when it works for them. if it's the middle of the day, if it's a ride to the park, if it's a walk to the shops, you know, whatever works, a swim on holiday, then absolutely, you can all do it and it'sjust about building up small bits to make one bigger distance. we had only cycled around for a few minutes, but we're smiling with satisfaction that we've done the hardest part and started our journey. jenny vincent is the head of participation at the british triathlon federation. shejoins us now. good morning. it is lovely to see them and enjoying it. the thing i am asked, oh, i could do the running

and obliging, the swimming not so much. people have genuine fears, where do you start with this? the first thing is that it is for eve ryo ne first thing is that it is for everyone and now we have lots of simple opportunities where people can get involved. with the swimming particularly, so, we have put on sessions to help people get confident, whether it is to put your head in the water, whether it is that breast raqqa is fine, so there are sessions to help you get involved. —— breast stroke is fine. if swimming is not for you then you can still get involved. you can go rowing, you can do duathlons, swimming doesn't have to be the barrier. if you want to try, we are here to help you. if that isn't the thing, carry on and i worry about that. i would say that this isn't unique to triathlons, looking at the image behind you for example, in my head i think that triathletes,

eve ryo ne head i think that triathletes, everyone who does triathlon is already very good at it. they are all like that already if you know what i mean. and as an outsider it can feel like a bit of a leap. you all have to start somewhere.” can feel like a bit of a leap. you all have to start somewhere. i know. that is what you see. people in the wetsuit looking fit already. i don't know if i could do it in the first place. we are here to get rid of that image of triathlon. it is for everyone. go and try it, this campaign, tri january, is for anyone, no matter your experience or background, this is really for you. it isa background, this is really for you. it is a small distance, something thatis it is a small distance, something that is lots of fun and it makes you feel great about yourself. what is it about doing more than one sport as well? why is it important?m it about doing more than one sport as well? why is it important? it can get boring sometimes and it is just about having new challenges and it is actually quite good for the body, not putting the same stresses on the body, and if there is three things

thatis body, and if there is three things that is likely something you can be good at. cycling and running, you can do yourself, you can run very easily, swimming you mentioned before, people getting in touch this morning, a lot of people have bad experiences, you know, when they we re experiences, you know, when they were kids, and that can really linger, can't it, for years? we have found the demand as a governing body to put up lots of sessions where people can go to the website in their local area, sign up to sessions that are not about swimming lengths and lengths, getting you down to your local pool, getting in the water, we have coaches, and go with a group of friends, the first thing is to have fun and get used to it. yes, there might be things where you feel that's not for you but at least if you go with your friends and you can get in, but there's plenty of opportunities, and the most important thing is making it and low—cost. most important thing is making it and low-cost. the other thing is that local pools have been closed,

which make it impossible for some people. yes, there are pools that have been struggling, but there's plenty of areas where you can go swimming, and we have made a real effort in the last few months to make sure that through regional managers we have lots of opportunities for people. you want people to give it ago injanuary and they don't even have do an event. that is the other thing. when is the triathlon? this campaign is about going out and swim, cycle and run throughout the month of january, choose your chosen team, which is a distance, and go out, we will send you a pack in the post, if you sign up you a pack in the post, if you sign up we will send you a pack, a diary planner, chart and stickers to help your journey, planner, chart and stickers to help yourjourney, and planner, chart and stickers to help your journey, and you planner, chart and stickers to help yourjourney, and you go and do any single session. so you might walk to the shops. that can count towards the shops. that can count towards the campaign. you might be cycling

around the park with family. you might go fora around the park with family. you might go for a leisurely swim. you might go for a leisurely swim. you might go for a leisurely swim. you might go on holiday, that can go towards the tri january campaign. i am here to make sure everyone does what is best for them. and mike busheu what is best for them. and mike bushell is team sprint? he will do 25 kilometres for the month of january. there is mike bushell, 25 kilometres and then there is team steadman, which is 50 kilometres. kilometres and then there is team steadman, which is 50 kilometresm is built up over lots of small sessions and your aim is to work towards that distance. so you can do lots of 200 metres, anything you want. it is about giving it a go. we wa nt want. it is about giving it a go. we want people to go online and share their stories and help to inspire other people. why not? i might walk to the other end of the studio. how far is that? ten, 12, 14 feet? nine

metres. a small start. thank you. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. i think it might be a little bit cold for an open water swim. good morning. the water isn't too bad. when you get out, you might need a warm towel. this is the scene in devon. not as frosty as other parts of england, wales and scotland. temperatures in edinburgh, —6, braemar and aberdeenshire, —7 degrees, so you will return to work today with a big jacket and gloves. high pressure is keeping things dry for the most part. this is producing patchy rain or drizzle for the isles of scilly and were squabble. cloud for the eastern side of alli high for the eastern side of alli high for the eastern side of alli high for the north—east scotland, eastern england, and you can see the blues mean it is not a frosty start, but

it is for the north, with the sunshine overhead and a crisp winter day —— our high. away from the north, light rain or showers, mostly dry and sunny. rain showers for eastern counties of england. as far as the peak district, the pennines, east midlands, the isle of wight. west of that, blue skies to start for many. more cloud for cornwall and the isles of scilly. through the day, cloud in northern ireland. what you start with, many will finish the day with. maybe more sunshine for north—east england compared with this morning. winds are light for the uk. if you are heading out for a run or cycle it won't trouble you much. temperatures lower than the festive period, but it is winter. three lanes. into tonight, some cloud for east anglia and the south—east. —— 327 degrees. central

eastern scotland, down through northern england, wales, blue colours on the chart, widespread frost, temperatures below freezing for most, —54 —64 northern england, wales, the midlands most prone —— —5 or —6 four northern england. in the south—east, one or two coastal showers possible and cloud for northern ireland at times. for most it isa northern ireland at times. for most it is a sunny thursday and temperatures similar to today. into friday, a westerly breeze for northern scotland, mild here, and cloud late in the day. further south of that, broken cloud, sunny spells, lingering fog patches where we started a very frosty with temperatures three or four in the afternoon. high pressure is set through the week and into the weekend, keeping things dry. around the top week as the cloud into sunday affecting scotland with outbreaks of rain. but really the outlook is a dry one, rather cool,

with some frosty nights. dry, cool and frosty, sounds wonderful, thank you. let's go back to the main story this morning. millions of commuters will see the cost of their rail ticket rise from today. sean is at london bridge station for us and can explain why. it isa it is a little bit busier now. it is a bit busier. just having a few commuter trains coming into central london. a lot of the passengers, when they renew their ticket in the coming weeks, will see a rise of around 3%, despite punctuality being the worst in 13 years, timetabling issues last year, and wages not going up that amount. so why is that prices are going up? you represent train companies. you didn't have to put prices up across the board. some fa res put prices up across the board. some fares are regulated. why? some are regulated, half of those,

season—ticket and pea ktime regulated, half of those, season—ticket and peaktime tickets, set by the government, they went up according to thejuly rpi figure, the unregulated fares, the industry sets, the average fare is coming just below the level of inflation. you don't have to do that. you could have said for the other ones, do you know what, after last year we will freeze prices for passengers, so why didn't you? what we are seeing is a record level of investment, more money into the railways than any time since the victorian era and it has to come from somewhere. the fa res has to come from somewhere. the fares money has to come from somewhere. the fa res money covers has to come from somewhere. the fares money covers the day—to—day running of the railways. and that allows taxpayer billions to be spent on infrastructure changes, for example new rolling stock, look at this in london bridge. it is beginning to find its way onto the track and we will see a 11 of the 17 train operating companies introduce rolling stock to deliver better services, better trains and beautiful stations like this. services, better trains and beautiful stations like thism

does look lovely, but what would you say to people in the north of england who are protesting today over the train fare increases, who might see this on tv and go, we are not seeing this coming into our day to day commute. but they are, liverpool lime street is an example ofa liverpool lime street is an example of a station that has been reskinned for the benefit of passengers. but when you say that, people are getting on the trains every day, one man said this morning coming in the train was busy, packed, he couldn't get a seat anywhere. that is an experience for many people every day and yet you put up prices every year. as an industry we have to face rising costs. if we are covering the day—to—day costs of the industry through the fares, we have to bring up through the fares, we have to bring up prices because fuel prices are going up, the staff bill is going up. we want to make sure that money is freed up to get that investment. the ultimate aim is to bring 6400 new services on 7000 new carriages.

this is a massive new investment that passengers will benefit from. we appreciate that 2018 was a great yearfor we appreciate that 2018 was a great year for the industry. we appreciate that 2018 was a great yearfor the industry. for many passengers around the country it was a terrible year. in those pockets where the areas where most affected by the may timetable change, which came from the ambition to put on more services, it didn't go as well as we wanted it to obviously, but they have been compensated, some have a month's travel back and the daily delay repayments as well. finally, do you think people on low incomes can afford the annual increase of 3%? do you think affordable? what has happened, successive labour and conservative government have decided the burden falls on the person who buys the ticket. do you think it is affordable? not everybody takes the train. for some of those who takes the train, season—ticket for example, you are paying for 40 weeks and you get 52 weeks of travel. for

some people it does make sense. we are working hard to deliver the best possible service. we acknowledge 2018 was a great year. 2019 will be much better with bigger plans ready to roll out so that passengers can see, feel and touch the extra investment. thank you very much. the companies explaining why they have put prices up. in the next hour we will look at if this is the right way. if the rail should be privatised, all brought back into state run, we will talk about that in an hour. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. police patrols have been stepped up following two fatal stabbings in the early hours of new year's day. one man died after being stabbed trying to stop a group of men forcing their way into a private party on park lane in the west end. a woman also died after a knife attack in southwark. insurers have been called

in to assess the damage at a self—storage warehouse in croydon, destroyed in a huge fire over new year. crews are still at the scene tackling pockets of fire, but say the blaze is now contained. hundreds of people are thought to have lost their belongings. a london student has become one of the first people in the world to have a bionic leg fitted. double amputee james bertrand had his left leg amuptated as a toddler because of blood clots, and wore a badly fitting prosthetic. he found out he could have a metal implant inserted into his bone to give him a permanent new limb. at first i did regret it. i was going through all the stuff and ijust wasn't prepared for it. but now i have come over the other side, i can go out, i can walk wherever i want, i don't have to think about, is my leg going to be able to hold it? i don't have to take my crutches everywhere, it's just a new lease of life. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. 0n the trains, greater anglia services between romford and liverpool street are running with delays and cancellations due to speed restrictions over the track at seven kings. 0nto the roads, and in croydon, the purley way remains closed from beddington farm road to the mitcham road at the lombard roundabout, following the fire at that warehouse. and heading out of london, the m3 is down to one lane southbound halfway betweenj1 at sunbury cross to j2 at the m25 following a vehicle fire. now, the weather with sara thornton. hello there, a very good morning to you. we have had a run of pretty mild weather. that all comes to something of an end today, though. we have some cold air with us now and i think you will really notice the difference from today and for the coming days as well. we are, though, generally dry, can't rule out a stray shower out towards in london. no more than that. a lot of cloud through the day.

some breaks here and there. the odd bright spell here as well. it is the temperatures you will notice the difference with. five to seven degrees, a good few degrees down on where we've been recently. through the evening and overnight, we have the cold air with us, but there is also still quite a bit of cloud around, so temperatures in many spots will hold up above freezing. but where we have had the odd clearer break, yeah, you could have some pockets of frost to start us off tomorrow morning. and it's cloudy at first tomorrow, still dry, but then the cloud starts to thin and break. we will do better for sunshine tomorrow. it should turn out to be a nice day, if a bit colder. temperatures again in mid single figures at best. and colder still as we move through towards the end of the week with some sharp frosts at night. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom good morning welcome to breakfast

with louise minchin and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today. the transport secretary apologises as millions of rail commuters face another rise in the cost of fares this morning, despite a raft of problems on the network in 2018. yes, there have been some really tough moments in the last 12 months and i'm really sorry about that. prices are going up on average by about 3% across the country. protests are being held as well. i'm at london bridge station to find out what passengers and those in the industry make of it all. the average 10—year—old has already eaten more sugar than the recommended maximum intake for an 18—year—old, according to health officials. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. new year, new you? why the stars of "you,

me and the big c" are encouraging people to take part in triathlons — no matter what their ability. ifeel like if i can beat cancer and get through that then i can overcome my fear. i'm in the deep end of a pool, albeit with a noodle but i can get under the water now. tottenham look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they return to form. and it's a colder day out there with a widespread frost this morning across scotland, western england and wales. but it's here we see the best of the sunshine. the full forecast coming up on breakfast. it's wednesday, the 2nd of january. our top story... millions of rail passengers returning to work this morning will have to pay more for their journeys as fares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. passenger groups have criticised the government for not freezing fares after a year of disruption caused by timetable changes, strikes and upgrades. latest figures show cancellations and long delays

are at their highest rate in 17 years. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. passengers in the north of england suffered the most in 2018. but across britain, delays and cancellations have risen to their highest level in 17 years. with fares now going up again, passenger groups say we're not getting value for money. it's much easier to swallow a price increase if you think you're getting value, and at the moment, too many trains are still too late. too many people are late getting to work and getting home, cancellations, and i think it's really hard to talk about a fare increase when you're not getting what you're paying for. from today, tickets increased by roughly 3% in england and wales. in soctland, it's slightly smaller. it means an annual season ticket from bradford to leeds will cost £32 more. someone commuting from reading into london will pay an extra £140. the rail industry says that 98p of every pound spent on the ticket

is invested back into the railways. today it has launched a new rail card for those aged 26—30 and it wants the government to act so there can be a simpler ticketing system for everyone. the rmt union described the railways as a grossly mismanaged rip—off. the government has said that fares could rise in line with the lower index of inflation, if unions agree that rail workers' wages should also increase at a lower rate. tom burridge, bbc news. a little earlier on breakfast the transport secretary apologised to commuters for the disruption they faced last year. yes, there have been really tough moments in the last 12 months and i'm really sorry about that. but we are seeing now, brand—new longer trains and more services on thames link in london. in the north in the next few weeks we will start to see the roll—out of new trains. it's part of a massive

investment programme to make trains in this country better. lots of people travelling around london bridge will be interested to see that happen. sean is there this morning. there is still that feeling of frustration when you speak to people, even though they have a new station refurbished, with £1 billion investment. 0ne station refurbished, with £1 billion investment. one man getting off a train set if you have a disability, if you are in a wheelchair it wouldn't be so straightforward after the investment, you still need a mmp the investment, you still need a ramp and assistance. people wonder where the money is going. punctuality at its lowest level in 13 years and the timetable chaos over the summer, part of that is why people are protesting at stations across the country with average prices going up by around 3% across england, wales and scotland. some questions about the industry but how it should be run as well. a little bit later, just before nine o'clock, we will look at whether privatisation and the way it is done at the minute is really the best way

to run the railway network. children in the uk exceed the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18—year—old by the time they are 10, according to public health england. it's released data gathered from households throughout the uk and is launching a campaign to encourage families to make simple changes to cut down on sugar. here's our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. we love sugary things. children are eating a humungous amount of sugar, often in sweet drinks, cakes, biscuits, and breakfast cereals. but too much rots teeth. it's estimated a child has a tooth removed in hospital every ten minutes. and an overly sweet diet also increases the risk of long—term problems, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and some cancers. on average, children are eating the equivalent of 13 cubes of sugar a day. but public health england says that is eight cubes a day too many.

on average, 18 years's worth of sugar — that's an entire childhood's worth — is being devoured before a child's10th birthday. however, public health england's change for life campaign says small changes can make a dramatic difference. so we get less sugar and we're still happy. swapping sugary drinks, cereals and yoghurts for healthier ones could save up to seven cubes of a sugar day. ones could save up to seven cubes of a sugar aday. cubes of a sugar a day. so just, for example, cutting that breakfast cereal down to a lower sugar breakfast cereal will save 50 cubes of sugar, that's a lot. these things add up and before you know it, you can make a real change to a child's diet and to their health in the future. public health england argues the food industry must take responsibility, as well as parents, and said it was working with manufacturers to cut the amount of sugar in children's favourites by next year. james gallagher, bbc news. a man suspected of stabbing three people in manchester on new year's eve has been detained under the mental health act. the 25—year—old was arrested after the attack

at the city's victoria station. police say a counter—terrorism investigation is still ongoing. ben ando has the details. still shouting in arabic, the 25—year—old suspect is put into a police van. last night, doctors ordered him to be detained under the mental health act. earlier, a couple in their 50s had been stabbed on the tram platforms at manchester's victoria station. both are recovering in hospital with injuries described as serious but not life—threatening. also on the platform was a bbc producer. he was backing towards me and he had a kitchen knife in his hand, and it was a black handle with a long blade, and i thought this is not good. then police used pepper spray and a taser to bring the man down. 0ne officer was stabbed in the shoulder. move away now. police say they have no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved and although they're treating it as a terror attack, are keeping

an open mind as to the motive. last night, work continued at the suspect‘s home, about 1.5 miles north of the station. locals told the bbc that the residents of the house were a somali family, who came to the uk from the netherlands about 12 years ago. this attack was close to the scene of 2017's manchester arena bombing. and though police said there are no suggestions of a wider plot, they are urging people to keep calm but stay vigilant. ben ando, bbc news. more than 15 million gp appointments — that's around one in 20 — are being missed each year in england, according to data from the nhs. the health service says the wasted appointments are costing £216 million annually. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to be able to make use of them. we lose millions of gp hours when appointments are not cancelled properly. what that turns into is hundreds of gps who are essentially sitting there losing time when they could be

spending it more effectively looking after somebody else. so if you have to miss an appointment, please let us know, even if it's at the last minute. it's emerged that british victims of forced marriages abroad are being asked by the foreign office to pay for their own rescue. an investigation by the times newspaper found several women had been made to take out a government loan and had their passports confiscated until they repaid it. the foreign office says it has an obligation to recover the money as it comes from public funds. rescue workers in russia searching for survivors from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in a suspected gas explosion on new year's eve, have pulled a baby boy alive from the ruins. the 11—month—old, called ivan, was rushed to hospital suffering from multiple fractures and frostbite — doctors say his condition is serious but stable. more than 30 people are still missing after the explosion in the 10—storey building.

someone in the uk is beginning 2019 a lot richer than they finished 2018 — by winning the euromillions jackpot. a single ticket—holder has won almost £115 million, making them the fourth biggest lottery winner in british history. we don't know if it has been bought bya we don't know if it has been bought by a syndicate or individual yet. another ten british players won a million pounds each in the draw. so check your ticket. we can take you back to one of our main stories now, something we have spoken about a few times on brea kfast. a bowl of cereal for breakfast, maybe some sweets after school or a slice of cake from a party — we all give our children sugary foods from time to time, but is it too much? dr alison tedstone is the chief nutritionist at public health england, which is calling on families to make simple changes to their diets to cut down on sugar. she's joined on the sofa by tim rycroft from the food and drink federation. good morning to both of you. can we

go through the statistics that are emerging today. by the age of ten, how much sugar the average ten—year—old has consumed? how much sugar the average ten-year-old has consumed? by the age of ten the average ten—year—old has consumed what is recommended for an 18—year—old. they are doubling the amount of sugar they are consuming. they are consuming the equivalent of an extra 2800 sugar cubes every year, which is a lot. but it is something parents can do something about. tim, why should the onus be on parents and not the companies making the products, which are laced with sugar? the responsibility is shared. 0ne are laced with sugar? the responsibility is shared. one of the reasons allison and public health england can make recommendations today to parents to swap for lower sugar options is because the industry has produced many more lower sugar options will stop as you walk around the supermarket now you

can't fail to notice how many more products are coming forward that are lower in sugar. it's great advice from public health and can, allowing people to make informed choices and industry supporting parents. you could argue that if you know for certain that particularly with young children under the age of ten that very high sugar cereals are doing damage, if you know that, why make them? it's an issue of choice. there isa them? it's an issue of choice. there is a whole range of cereals...” accept somebody can buy or not buy it, but you could make the other juice, which is not to make them. there is an option. —— the other choice. it's about our diet over time, not individual meals. we are all consuming too much sugar so need to modify our diet. with respect, that sounds like a copout by saying there is a big picture. you start with a small picture to try to make progress. you pick on one thing and say, how about doing that. there is

no such thing as an intrinsically bad food or intrinsically bad meal. it's about your diet and food over time. it's notjust about sugar, its calories in other parts of the diet as well. of course we should have the choice to have indulgent food sometimes. even alison i'm sure would agree that is reasonable. are you nodding there? but overall i think we should be modifying our diet to eat less sugar. of course treats are agreeable, but many people are having treats more than once per day and that adds up to a lot of sugar and it's part of the reason we have one in three children leaving primary school are obese or overweight. at the start you talked about responsibility for parents. you are chief nutritionist with public health england. what about putting pressure on manufacturers? that is part of public health england'sjob to that is part of public health england's job to do that. we have been asked by government to support a 20% reduction in everyday foods in

sugar by 2020 by the industry. public health england will monitor how well the industry is doing and produce a report later this year. at that point we will say to government whether further action is that point we will say to government whetherfurther action is needed or not. we have already seen the sugar levy co m e not. we have already seen the sugar levy come in on drinks that is proving successful. we need to see things improve but the industry has the opportunity to do that now and some companies are doing it. as tim says, there is a shared responsibility. yes, there is. why is it that the generation above, the people feeding their children this stuff, they are not getting the message? we know people understand the message. and we are reminding them today about it. you show the advert earlier, children will get stuff home in their bags to encourage people to go on the website as part of the campaign but website as part of the campaign but we know there is a difference between knowing the message and acting on it. when you are shopping

you see things on promotion and things are advertised to you and you might see products making nutrition claims on them but they can still be high in sugar. it sounds like you are blaming the industry again. high in sugar. it sounds like you are blaming the industry againm isa are blaming the industry againm is a shared responsibility. it really is. we make choices as pa rents really is. we make choices as parents but the industry provides the food and marketing the food towards us that can nudge us towards buying less healthy things and we intend to. how can this is going on then, that claims of being nudged to buy things that are bad for us? there are huge amounts of changes going on in the food industry and this has been accelerated in the la st this has been accelerated in the last three years since the government changed guidelines on how much sugar we should eat, halving it, which has had a profound effect on the sugar we are eating. the industry is two years into a sugar reformulation programme, and we started one with calories last year. we now have taxes on soft drinks and there is a huge amount of work to support people going on. one last

point on information. there is information on packets, but should a sugar cube, information on packets, but should a sugarcube, and information on packets, but should a sugar cube, and how many sugar cubes on the packet, would more information be helpful? government said it will look at food labelling, and that is controlled by europe. there might be opportunities to look at it further along. the information on the packaging is only one element in helping parents give children healthier food. in helping parents give children healthierfood. government has in helping parents give children healthier food. government has also announced an intent to look at food advertising and promotions in stores. there is a myriad of things we know might need to come in place to achieve change over time. we can't afford the nhs suffering the pressure of type two diabetes and nobody wants to see their children have general anaesthetics to have a tooth extraction. we need to do better on these things but it will require a lot of effort from a lot of people, including food industry and government. thank you for your time this morning. get in touch with

us if you want to talk about that. your opinions count here. get in touch on twitter and facebook. you are watching breakfast. the headlines... railfares have gone up by an average of 3.1% in england and wales — and almost 3% in scotland. public health england says that by the time they turn ten — children have on average already eaten more sugar than the recommended maximum for an 18—year—old. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. frost on the grass in shropshire ca ptu red frost on the grass in shropshire captured in the last half an hour. understandable when you see temperatures across england, wales and scotland like this. it's —6 on the outskirts of glasgow and edinburgh right now. a slower rise in the temperatures right now but most areas are drier with high

pressure in charge. some rain might come from this weather front lingering across west cornwall and the isles of scilly. that brought the isles of scilly. that brought the drop in temperature with cold air moving south. crowds are down eastern parts of scotland and england that could produce the odd shower. but it kept temperatures above freezing. it's the western areas of england, wales and especially scotland where it is widely frosty at the moment. but it's a lovely day full of a bank holiday across scotland, a great day to get out to enjoy the crisp winter sunshine. some wintry showers across northern wales was not some patchy frost in northern ireland with some variable cloud. some parts of eastern england have cloud and some showers but across the west, most have blue skies overhead. the frost will gradually melt away and it should be a fine day for the majority with long spells of wintry sunshine. a bit more cloud in northern ireland, the fringes of scotla nd northern ireland, the fringes of scotland and eastern england. i suspect north—east england might brighten up as we go through into

the afternoon. the wind is light today and temperatures are lower than they have been over the festive period but it's a case of light wind and sunshine. not too bad for this stage in january. tonight, and sunshine. not too bad for this stage injanuary. tonight, cloud in the south—east corner of england producing the odd coastal shower. a bit more cloud at times in northern ireland and western scotland. between those two areas, a frosty night. temperatures of —5, —7 into tomorrow morning. these areas are seeing the best of the sunshine once again. brighter and a seeing the best of the sunshine once again. brighterand a bit seeing the best of the sunshine once again. brighter and a bit more sunshine at times across east anglia and the south—east but we can't rule out coastal showers in kent. claudia across western scotland and northern ireland but still showery spells. single digit temperatures and a frosty night. more breeze coming in across scotland with lifting temperatures. more cloud in the west but sunny spells. more sunshine

further south but there could be lingering fog patches with temperatures around three or four celsius through the afternoon. little changes into the weekend. high pressure across southern areas. by high pressure across southern areas. by the end of the weekend we could see a weather front pushing across western scotland and northern ireland bringing patchy rain. but the emphasis in the next few days, sunny days and frosty nights and the wind staying largely light. and nippy. i don't mind that. and nippy. i don't mind thatm and nippy. i don't mind that. it is perfect winter weather. some newspapers talking about a reappearance perhaps of the beast from the east. not at all. the wind generally comes from the west and south—west in the next couple of weeks and temperatures might even rise. certainly no easterly wind in the forecast. it's a bit premature. not at all, very clear. thank you. nasa has confirmed that its new horizons probe has successfully completed a fly—by of the oldest and most distant space

object ever explored. this was the reaction in the control room yesterday when scientists received a message from the craft confirming it had completed its mission around ultima thule, a freezing body of ice and dust, 4 billion miles from earth. it is believed that the object could help us learn more about how the planets in our solar system were formed. we're joined by astrophysicist chris copperwheat who can tell us more about the importance of the mission. did you go like that, cheering, when you heard this had actually happened? yes, it's always exciting. we talked about it yesterday on brea kfast. we talked about it yesterday on breakfast. the flyby happened at around 5:30am. but it so far away it took six hours for the message to get back to know it had been successful. it was an engineering message from the spacecraft saying, i'm still0k, message from the spacecraft saying, i'm still ok, the probe is ok and the memory card on my camera is full. that's what the probe sent back. and hopefully it will start to

send pictures. yes, it will take a very long time. the internet connection is not good to the probe and it's a very tiny transmitter. it will send back gigabits of pictures, taking until september 2020 before we get them all back. they were saying that gradually, day by day, asi saying that gradually, day by day, as i understand it... they were very honest that the initial image looks funny to begin with because it's just a pixelated thing, but literally day by day we get a bit more. a fuzzy blob image initially that we have seen. maybe today will have a better image that gives us more detail to stop gradually it will build up to better images. how is the image that will emerge different to the one we might have already seen through the very powerful telescopes we have on earth? is very high resolution. the difference between something you would take on a digital camera or camera phone ten years ago compared

to what you have to day. the image will be sharper and bigger. looking atan will be sharper and bigger. looking at an object like this, looking at the fine details we are interested m, the fine details we are interested in, the structure of the object, the surface features that tell you how it formed and where it came from, that's where you need maximum resolution imaging. what do you most wa nt to resolution imaging. what do you most want to know about the object? it's pa rt want to know about the object? it's part of the solar system we have never really explored before. it's fundamental. it's something we know very little about. this belt is just outside the orbit of neptune. it's full of icy rocks and it's extremely cold, 20 or 30 degrees below absolute zero. it's like a frozen time capsule of how the solar system was when it first formed so it tells us what conditions were like initially. you can't examine those conditions on the inner planets because you have the activity on the earth, cycles of heat. these things are mushed up from the original image. but there we have a frozen time capsule of how things were

formed. given that we haven't been there before, how do we know so much about it, you say you know what the temperature is. what basis are you saying that? we know how far away it is from the sun so we can estimate temperatures. so these are assumptions? we have seen the objects through the telescope. we have studied the objects. the objects are very small but this is the up close look. we have never been as close before. what is the potential for the images throwing been as close before. what is the potentialfor the images throwing up a big surprise? is there potential for something truly startling? from a scientific point of view, 100%. whenever you see something it's very unexpected. the new horizons mission passed by pluto on its way to this mission. pluto was the main target and this is like an extension. these

are the real images. not graphics. they are. looking at pluto, which we have never properly seen before. we had more activity visible on pluto that we didn't expect. it wasn't a dead object like we expected. whenever we look at something new with new equipment and new cameras close up we see something unexpected. perhaps more excitingly, it tells us not only about our solar system, but we are increasingly looking at systems around other stars. planets, ea rthlike looking at systems around other stars. planets, earthlike planets in other solar systems. and the systems around how stars are formed. we see these kuiper belt type features, icy rings, we see evidence for those around other stars will stop the whole picture of how planets are formed, it tells us more and more as we search for other earthlike planets and life and these big questions. what is extraordinary to me is that this space probe is

carrying on its journey, me is that this space probe is carrying on itsjourney, travelling on, and we don't know where. carrying on itsjourney, travelling on, and we don't know wherem carrying on itsjourney, travelling on, and we don't know where. it is heading out of the solar system and further away. it has a nuclear battery on board that will keep it going 20 or 30 on electric power. it has passed this kuiper belt object and there is enough fuel on board to make another diversion passed another one. we will look for another one. we will look for another object in five years or so and do another flyby of a different object to compare and contrast. do most space scientists like yourself work on the assumption there isn't life elsewhere? is that the starting point assumption? i don't think so, no. of a lot of what i do in my research is to look for these earth type planets and that type of thing. it's one of the big questions. there are two approaches to this. the first approach is to say, there is so much out there, space is huge, so many stars, and increasingly we find there are so many planets and so many earth —sized planets then surely there must be. the chances

are there must be. but the other approach is to say, well, we haven't seen anything yet. so where are they all? this is the question we called the ferny paradox —— the fermie paradox. so where are they? we could almost enter the programme there but we have 45 minutes left. thank you for your time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. a change in the year brings a change in the weather patterns. it has been quite a cold and frosty start this morning. temperatures well below freezing in northern and western areas. that is where you have the best of the sunshine today. it feels colder for many and the change comes with this big area of high pressure right over the united kingdom. and with that

area of high pressure i'm not a great deal is going to happen. just chasing cloud around over the next few days. the cloudier skies today across eastern areas of england with the chance of showers on the coasts of yorkshire and lincolnshire and perhaps towards east anglia. further west, lots of sunshine, temperatures typically 3—6dc with cloud in the east and cloud in northern ireland as temperatures may be reached seven or eight celsius. tonight, plenty of clear skies across scotland, northern england, wales and south—west england. that is where you have the frost tonight. temperatures down to —2, minus four celsius, with more cloud across east anglia, the south east and northern ireland, temperatures perhaps above freezing. thursday, again, a case of chasing weather cloud is going to be, perhaps around the far south east of england, northern ireland, through western areas of scotland. mostly sunny but cold day,

temperatures 3—7d. going into thursday night and friday, higher pressure still firmly in charge of the weather. not a great deal of change throughout the day on friday. 0nce change throughout the day on friday. once again, cloud moving again at at times across scotland perhaps and more cloud in north—western parts of england. for many parts, sunshine and once again temperatures about three or seven celsius, feeling chilly with overnight frost. that is it for me, goodbye. hello. this is business live from bbc news, with sally bundock and ben thompson. new year, new hope? there could be signs of a breakthrough in the trade standoff between china and the us.

live from london, that's our top story on wednesday january 2nd. president trump has spoken of "major progress" in easing tensions with beijing. we'll assess if a breakthrough could be around the corner. also in the programme: goodbye and good riddance. major stock markets have just entered their worst