you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: further misery for rail passengers, with an above—inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. detained under the mental health act — a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop. a warning that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they are ten. the foreign secretary says he is confident that britain can have a good trade deal with singapore following brexit. we both believe in the same thing, we both believe in competition, in free and open trade, in being open to the world, and so i'm very confident that at the right moment we will be able to get the deal that will be in both our countries' interests. a £115 million jackpot is scooped by a uk ticket holder in the new year's day euromillions

draw. and spurs look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they return to form. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. millions of rail passengers are having to pay more for their journeys from today 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 again, cancellations, and i think it's really hard to talk about a fare increase when you're not getting what you're paying for. yes, there have been some really tough moments in the last 12 months and i'm really sorry about that. but we are seeing now, on some of the lines affected... on the thameslink lines around london there are brand—new, longer trains and more services. in the north over the coming weeks we will start to see the roll—out of the new trains there. this is part of a massive investment programme in trying to make rail in this country better. from today, tickets increased by roughly 3% in england and wales. in scotland, the increase is 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. our correspondentjon donnison is in manchesterfor us now. a lot of people are heading back to where today after the christmas break, and commuters taking a hit to their wallet. here at manchester victoria, i can tell you that the price of a season ticket from manchester to liverpool has gone up about £100. it will now set you back

over £3200 for the year. the train up over £3200 for the year. the train up from london this morning, and open return, £350. i was on that train andi open return, £350. i was on that train and i was speaking to passengers who joined at macclesfield, to get their reaction to did a's in greece. i am self—employed so it does hurt me a bit but i'm happy with it because the railway network is improved. usually we stand up on the way there and the way back. they often make the train to short on a busy commuter service. the raise is higher than my wage raise. people obviously not happy and some people said they would think about changing their job, said they would think about changing theirjob, even, so not commuting to manchester but may be trying to look

for work closer to home if prices go up for work closer to home if prices go up further. 0thers saying they are looking into car sharing orjust driving in because for them it was just cheaper to come by car and go by rail. 90. -- thank you. with me now is cat hobbs, director of ‘we own it', a campaign group against privatisation, wanting the railways back in public hands. in terms of what we used to have, we have comparatively better services, new trains coming in. what are you opposing? passengers are outraged by the railfare increases. of course there has been investment and there is ongoing investment and thatis and there is ongoing investment and that is terrific. we have an expanding railway, that is brilliant. but people just can't understand how, after a year of horrific delays and cancellations

with northern and thames link, and not be service people expect, now passengers are being hit with paying hundreds of pounds more on their season ticket, sometimes up to li—macro or five times as much as a equivalent journeys li—macro or five times as much as a equivalentjourneys elsewhere in europe, and it is not fairand it is not ok. we need a publicly owned railway run for passengers, not shareholders. in terms of how profitable a business it is, £11 billion of revenue, £66 million when the telegraph newspaper look at the records of the different companies and found that across that total,, that revenue of 11 billion, the aggregate profit was £66 million. yes, that is still millions of pounds going directly into the pockets of shareholders. it is a small percentage but that is because the rail companies are not taking

any risk. they have franchises were actually the government decides on the surface. they are not entrepreneurs, they are companies with a guaranteed market, and when it goes wrong, like it did on the east coast line, when the private companies failed again and again, the government bails them out. it bailed out virgin and stagecoach and took it back into public hands, where it will work out. i think the profits are not huge but it is still millions of pounds that could be ploughed back into the railway, and what we need to look at as well is the fact that a publicly owned railway would be much more efficient. there is a study which shows we would save around £1 billion overall a year across the network, and that would be both the shareholder profits but would not be going out of the system, but also be would have a less fragmented system. right now it is really efficient having companies at every stage taking their cut. there was a

company that just lends trains taking their cut. there was a company thatjust lends trains and they make massive profit every year. that could go to passengers. be whole system is being looked at and a review has been commissioned. the former ba chief executive is looking at it and should report on his interim findings in debris. —— in february. could we see real change? we have to make sure that public satisfaction is on the agenda. —— that public ownership is on the agenda. although practicably is good at doing lots of things, we need a mixed economy so we do not have private companies pretending there isa private companies pretending there is a market where there isn't. right now, you stand out a train platform, you don't have a choice, you have to get on the next train that comes along and you do not have a choice over the franchise. in other areas customers have a natural choice, but

not in the railways. privatisation promised as lower fares, betty services, it has not really delivered. we now need to look at public ownership. it will be a better deal for the public as a whole. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, is in singapore, at the beginning of a tour of asia. in his speech within the last hour , he said the uk's history and geography gives it the chance to be an "invisible chain" linking democracies across the world after brexit. we need to begin with a realistic assessment of our global position. and that means not overstating our strength, but not underestimating it either. we are not a superpower, and we don't have an empire. but we do have the fifth largest economy in the world, the second biggest military budget in nato, the third biggest overseas aid budget, one of the two largest financial centres, the global language, highly effective intelligence services and a world—class diplomatic network including a permanent membership of the united nations security council.

we also have immense reserves of soft power, with three of the world's top ten universities, 450,000 students from overseas in our higher education system, 39 million visits by tourists in 2017 and a global audience for our media, especially the bbc, measured in the hundreds of millions. most importantly, in a world where it's rarely possible for one country to achieve its ambitions alone, we have some of the best connections of any country, whether through the commonwealth, our alliance with the united states, or our friendship with our neighbours in europe. these connections mean that in this part of the world, britain is amongst only a handful of european countries with an embassy or a high commission in every member of the association of southeast asian nations. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley was listening to that

speech and joins me. he says he is looking at the economic model of singapore and pointing to the fact that when singapore got independence in 1965, it was an opportunity and the economy was transformed. so what is it that is ridiculously attractive about that singapore economic model? he has highlighted long—term economic planning and the education system. the scaling up of workers. —— giving workers more skills. singapore has been a model for a protest brexit uk for a while, for a different reason, it's protest brexit uk for a while, for a different reason, its low tax rates. jeremy hunt has not spoken about that today but some in the conservative party will be heartened that he likes the economic elements of what singapore achieved after

1965. he's been pretty clear in that speech as well that there are differences, politically and socially he's pointed to spending on things like the nhs. of course he was health secretary before he was foreign secretary. he has been talking about those elements being important. but the fact he has spoken about the economics of what singapore did after it achieved independence will be good news to some in the conservative party, and i suspect less so to the labour party. so without spelling out specifically that it is the low tax, low spend, no regulation model that he is talking about, is that what can be read between the lines? —— that it can be read between the lines? —— thatitis can be read between the lines? —— that it is the low regulation model. he has not quite got to that stage. it isa he has not quite got to that stage. it is a broader picture of what he sees the uk's role in the world being after we leave the european union. yes, there is talk about following some of the economic examples, the education elements and

the long—term economic plan, the speech was actually more about soft power, and using the uk's roles in asia and elsewhere in the world to try to fight for democracy. he spoke about how there were parts of the world where democracy was not flourishing and in some areas it had actually gone backwards. that is something that he think the uk can help fight for after brexit, after we leave the european union. six people are reported to have been killed and at least 16 injured in a train crash in denmark. the incident took place on the great belt bridge connecting the danish islands of zealand and funen. the bridge has now been shut, with reports that people are being evacuated. no cause is yet known for the crash, but early indications suggest objects from a cargo train hit a passenger train en route to copenhagen in a heavy storm. emergency services are reportedly struggling to reach the train. a little earlier i spoke to anders kongshaug, a localjournalist in copenhagen — where the passenger train

was headed — and asked him about the rescue efforts. we will have a new press conference at 12 o'clock local time. the bridge is ten miles long, 1.6 of the miles is ten miles long, 1.6 of the miles isa hanging is ten miles long, 1.6 of the miles is a hanging bridge. there is 10 million cars using the bridge every year. it is connecting the east and the rest of the country. it would be like a bridge connecting ireland with england, crossing the isle of man. it is a really important bridge here. there is a four track motorway on the bridge. at 7am the bridge opened and at 7:35am pass of the

structure fell off —— at 7:35am the accident happened. now traffic is slowly moving again. there are 1 million widens crossing the bridge every year. they are slowly getting the traffic moving again but still there was a lot of confusion and there was a lot of confusion and there is a terrible accident. the police are still getting hold of the families. there is a rescue number that they can call in for the 16 people that are having their families calling in. it is a big thing. we are seeing pictures of the tarpaulin on the side of those trains transporting... carlsberg, we can see on the writing on the tarpaulin. we could see that it is

just torn. how much of a factor has the weather being in what has happened here? there is a huge wind, 26 yards per second, call it 25 metres per second. it is a strong wind commits rape from the north, crossing on the side of the bridge, so it is very difficult. that is why they closed the bridge and most of they closed the bridge and most of the bridges in denmark, actually. it is very scary to go there. with a train it is safer to go there. that is probably why the traffic was slow—moving. but the wind has just been too strong for the cars. thank you. the headlines on bbc new: rail passengers are facing an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. health experts warn that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult.

by the time they are aged ten. andy murray is out of the brisbane international after a straight sets defeat against russia's daniil medvedev. murray's currently ranked 2a0th in the world and was playing in his first tournament since september british number one johanna konta's brisbane international campaign also ended in brisbane after defeat against australia's ajla tomjanovic. and chelsea sign usa international christian pulisic from borussia dortmund for £58 million, but will loan him back to the german club until the end of the season. more at 11:30am. health officials say children are eating an entire childhood's

worth of sugar by the time they are ten years old — often in drinks, cakes, biscuits and breakfast cereals. public health england released the 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' worth of sugar — that's an entire childhood's worth — is being devoured before a child's tenth 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 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. i'm joined now by vera zakharov who is the campaign co—ordinator at sugar smart — an effort led by the celebrity chef jamie oliver to help encourage cutting down the amount of sugar we all consume. it's fair to say that the amount of

sugar we consume has gone up exponentially as we consume sweets and other sugary products in a way that just wasn't happening and other sugary products in a way thatjust wasn't happening a generation ago. our treat and snack culture has really changed. we know children are consuming more than twice the recommended amount of sugar day—to—day. so it is definitely not treat any more, it is pa rt definitely not treat any more, it is part of our daily snacking, it is what goes in our lunchbox, it is what goes in our lunchbox, it is what we have for breakfast and what we have after our dinner. so we know theissueis we have after our dinner. so we know the issue is not going away and in fa ct the issue is not going away and in fact it is becoming more and more pa rt fact it is becoming more and more part of our regular life and are a few culture, and this is what needs to start being shifted. how do you turn that around ? to start being shifted. how do you turn that around? our campaign is about supporting local initiatives, in cities and other areas, to start making changes. that is about engaging the public, educating children, alongside improving local

food environments. it is great to see the amount of interest and u pta ke see the amount of interest and uptake at a local level to get on with it and start changing food environments and cultures. nowhere else is this more visible than in local schools and early years settings, so people are getting on with it and doing things differently. when you talk about a local food culture are you saying it is easy to do it as part of a group rather than a lone family saying, right, these are our habits at home, which doesn't necessarily replicate elsewhere? absolutely. it is important for families to look at what they can do in their own homes but the reality is children navigate a number of food environments so the most important thing is to see changes at home, using resources within ourcampaign, changes at home, using resources within our campaign, using the feed scanner app when you go shopping, but also making sure that when kids go to children's centres, leisure centres and other youth settings and especially schools, that the same m essa g es

especially schools, that the same messages are being promoted. that is exactly what our campaign is doing so we look at whether organisations can go sugar smart. what do you do to get that actually happening? 0bviously, to get that actually happening? obviously, if you leave kids to their own devices, they will choose stuff that... if you leave any offers to our own devices, we will choose the least healthy option. absolutely. we have fantastic exa m ples absolutely. we have fantastic examples from local schools. what is happening across the country, from all the way from places like aberdeen and glasgow to the isle of wight and bristol, and here in london, schools are looking at school catering, reducing the sugar content school catering, reducing the sugar co nte nt of school catering, reducing the sugar content of puddings. even challenging whether there should be puddings every day of the week with a school meal. yes, why should there be? it is not like we do that at home. that is it, it is something we

have gotte n home. that is it, it is something we have gotten used to. it has always been that way. they used to be semolina and tapioca. yes, but it doesn't have to be that way. a lot of schools are now offering fresh yoghurt and fruit. other things that can happen is lunchbox policies, looking at the kind of serials that being offered during breakfast clu bs, being offered during breakfast clubs, addressing policies around special occasions, birthdays, there are special occasions, birthdays, there a re lots of special occasions, birthdays, there are lots of things that can be done so when kids are entering that school environment, they are seeing a different kind of approach to food being modelled, and so of course when they and their parents are seeing messages around healthy eating through change for life and other venues, it starts to connect the dots so you are notjust getting the dots so you are notjust getting the message from one location, you are getting it everywhere at the local level and of course is local initiatives are showing that we really need more government

leadership on this. so for example, schools are doing some fantastic stuff. we would love to see school food standards improved in terms of setting standards on how much sugar should be in school meals. thank 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 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 also stay vigilant. ben ando, bbc news. it's emerged that british victims of forced marriages abroad are being asked by the foreign office to pay for their own repatriation.

an investigation by the times newspaper found several women unable to cover the cost of flights, food and accomodation had been made to take out a government loan. the foreign office says it has an obligation to recover the money as it comes from public funds. in a statement, it said that in "very exceptional circumstances", it can provide emergency loans to help someone overseas return home. let's get more on this now from pragna patel, who's the founder of southall black sisters — a charity that helps women to escape forced marriages. tell us a bit more about how often this is happening. it appears to be happening quite frequently. a young person, usually a woman or girl, will be wrecked stewed —— rescued from abroad. if she has no means to return to the uk, the foreign & commonwealth office will ask them to sign an agreement so that they can

cover accommodation, basic food costs a nd cover accommodation, basic food costs and a flight back home. it is a practice that is certainly very current. we don't go when it started but it is quite appalling. when you look at overall government policy and their approach to forced marriage, the fact that there is the forced marriage unit, that there are these places that people can turn to in dire straits and get assistance, how do you weigh that against the fa ct how do you weigh that against the fact that the government is saying, in the end, if we give financial assistance, it is money that has to be paid back because it is taxpayers' money? what we are talking about here are very vulnerable british nationals, who need protection from slavery, imprisonment, sexual assault. we can't base policy of protection

immolation to forced marriage if it is based on the ability of people vs tech people to pay for their protection. that is —— is it is based on the ability of vulnerable people to pay for that protection. you have to make the commitment to protect them, providing a care package, which is to be commended, but forcing or compelling very young, traumatised, vulnerable, isolated young victims of forced marriage to pay for the protection isa marriage to pay for the protection is a very unprincipled stance. so in looking at the two sides of this, how much are the structures that are in place to help someone in this situation encouraging people to come forward and actually seek help, and on the other side, how much is the fa ct on the other side, how much is the fact that they are going to have to end up footing a bill they cannot

afford stopping them from seeking help? that is the paradox here, because on the one hand, the government wants to promote all kinds of initiatives to encourage increased reporting, to encourage rick dell increased prosecution —— two encouraged increased prosecution, and on the other hand there is this deterrent, young people are not going to come forward if they know they will have to pay. it is quite an unprincipled, immoral stance, but for the fact that these young people have been taken abroad through no fault of their own, to be forced into a marriage, if they were facing that same predicament in the uk, they would be protected without having to pay for the costs of that protection, so we are actually saying that what we are seeing at play here is a very discrimination policy. it is the fact that these

young people are abroad through note. the own that they are being made to pay for their protection, which otherwise would be available for them here without them having to pay for a loan. previously the policy was changed so that 16—and—17—year—olds british people who got into difficulty abroad in this situation would not have to repay the costs of coming home. but as we are saying, the policy is still in case for —— still in place for people aged 18 and over. do you think the policy may changed as the spotlight is on it? i hope so. it is untenable and indefensible. it is not principled. it is immoral. you cannot... protection is a fundamental right. you cannot compel young people who are often at risk of their lives, you cannot force them to pay for their protection. it doesn't seem conscious of bull —— it

doesn't seem conscious of bull —— it doesn't seem conscious of bull —— it doesn't seem right. i hope the government is listening. so far some of the mps and jeremy hunt himself has said he wants to get to the bottom of this. i don't know if this policy is a deliberate policy or whether it is a sign of incompetence on the part of the government, but it really seriously needs to be looked at and changed very fast. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. we have had a really cold start of the day, temperatures widely below freezing. god and eight celsius in rural areas of scotland but for many we started off with some sunshine, love the sunny weather here in east sussex at the moment and that sunshine will continue across south—west england, wales and some of scotland. the further east you or you have got more cloud but that cloud will then break up a touch to give if you right spells. sub

registrars in northern ireland. temperatures will be about three to six celsius, it will feel quite chilly. through tonight we have clear skies in scotland, to northern england and wales. in the south—west we see if ross returning with tem pters we see if ross returning with tempters down 2—1 or minus four celsius. a bit more cloud in northern ireland and apple keep temperatures just above freezing but throughout their state some patchy fog across the west midlands. there will be spun spells across —— sunny spells across many areas. hello this is bbc newsroom live. rail passengers are facing an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act.

health experts warn that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult. by the time they are aged 10. intake for an adult. the foreign secretary says he is confident that britain can have a good trade deal with singapore following brexit. jeremy hunt also spoke of the "devastating consequences" of holding a second referendum. a uk ticket—holder scoops a 115 million pound jackpot in the new year's day euromillions draw. sport now, here's will perry. andy murray's latest come back has been dealt another huge blow after being knocked out in the 2nd round of the brisbane international. murray, who was playing in his first tournament since september as he continues his recovery from hip surgery. he was beaten in the the 2nd round in straight sets by russia's daniil medvedev, 7—5, 6—2. murray, a former world number1

is now ranked 240th, and said yesterday that he doesn't know how much longer he can continue playing at the top level there was also bad news for britain's number one kyle edmund, who was on the wrong end of an upset overnight — he lost to the japanese qualifier yasuta ka uchiyama in straight sets. and britain's women's number one johanna konta is also out. after that impressive win yesterday over the world number six sloane stephens, she was beaten in straight sets by ajla tomjanovic of australia, who's ranked five places below her. konta did take the second set to a tie—break but she'd lost the opener 6—2, and she never fully recovered from that. chelsea have signed the usa international christian pulisic from borussia dortmund for 58 million pounds, but will loan him back to the german club until the end of the season. the 20—year—old, who started his youth career at brackley town, was linked with liverpool and arsenal. he's scored nine goals in 23 games for the us. pulisic says "it's a privilege to have signed for such a legendary club."

it's the biggest transfer fee for an american player. tottenham are looking like premier league title contenders again, after a 3—0 win at cardiff. it was the perfect response to their defeat at home to wolves at the weekend. all three goals came in the first half an hour — and the victory takes spurs back up above manchester city into second in the table, six points behind the leaders liverpool, although manager mauricio pochettino says they need more stability. the most important is how we're going to be ready and how we need to find a way to be consistent. if you wa nt to find a way to be consistent. if you want to be a contender we are not real contenders, we need to live more in us, we need to show more consistency if we want to be contenders. arsenal also won yesterday, bouncing back from their thrashing by liverpool to beat fulham 4—1 — alexandre lacazette among the scorers. arsenal are still in fifth place, nowjust two points behind chelsea.

but everything could change over the next couple of days. tonight, chelsea are at home to southampton, who're just outside the relegation zone; and there's a huge game tomorrow — manchester city against liverpool — that could have a major impact on the rest of the premier league season. city manager pep guardiola has already said that if they don't win, it would be almost impossible for them to catch liverpool. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. see you! lets return now to our top story that millions of rail passengers are having to pay more for their journeys from today as fares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. i spoke to mike hewitson, head of policy at transport focus, an independent watchdog for transport passengers and road users, who criticised the government for not freezing fares after a year of disruption caused by timetable changes, and strikes.

seems to be deja vu doesn't it? there's been deja vu for about 25—30 years now, everyjanuary the fares go up. where it gets difficult for passengers, where you can accept prices going up, you don't like it, they go up in all walks of life, but it's when you feel you're not getting value for money that it really comes home. it's really hard to swallow the increases and last yearfor a lot of people was an awful year. i mean it's notjust the timetable crisis that we talked about in the north and thames links and services, it's just general punctuality and performance. there were some figures outjust before christmas showing its the worst punctuality in 13 years. it's really hard to keep asking people to pay more when the product they are getting and the service they are getting isn't getting better and in some cases it is getting worse. we were hearing there from the spokesperson for the rail delivery group that what is improving is the infrastructure, there are longer trains coming in, new trains that will make a measurable improvement to the service, the stations are being improved. that does make a difference to passengers, doesn't it? there is a lot of investment

going on undoubtably. new trains, lots more trains, longer trains, stations, that's good. it needs to continue and it does create its own problems of course. while you're doing that work you're basically digging up the railway and trying to move people at the same time and that's difficult. but i think the focus needs to go back onto performance and punctuality, the core product. when i'm buying a train ticket i'm buying a ticket for the seven o'clock, i expect to get in at half seven. if i'm not getting that then i'm not getting value for money and i think that's the focus for the next year. get some dependability, reliability back in because essentially that's what commuters want. they want to get to work on time, they want to get home on time. realistically then could there be a price freeze in orderfor the rail service to acknowledge what has happened over the last year and for the same level of investment to be met? because what we were hearing was there was actually the rail fares that pay for the day—to—day running

and the government money on top is what pays for the investment. we kind of can't have everything, can we? no, of course not and i think there are parts of the country, if you had those two or three bad months over the summer, you would turn around and say how on earth can you be putting the fares up? yes, they are getting compensation but that was an awful time. i think what really needs to be looked at is why passengers keep having to put in sort of £10 billion or thereabouts in fares every year. it's an awful lot of money and how much inefficiency are we paying for? i mean there's a big rail review under way at the moment looking at the structures of the railway. i think if people think they are pumping money into a system and then not getting value for money out of that investment as well, rather than just the ticket prices, and those inefficiencies in the system that need to be taken out that's where there's some potential for a fares freeze. 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 pounds a year. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others

to be able to make use of them. at least 1a people have been confirmed dead from an explosion at a high—rise apartment building in the russian city of magnitogorsk on new year's eve. 27 people are still missing. there was a moment of hope as an 11 month old baby was pulled alive from the rubble. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has more. rescuers are calling this a new year miracle. the moment they reached baby ivan clinging to life beneath the rubble of his family home. he'd lain trapped and injured here for over 30 hours. the emergency team shouts to hurry as the baby boy is first checked and then bundled away by medics. translation: one of the rescuers heard a child cry. after that we stopped all our equipment to make sure and listen. but when we said quiet, the baby went quiet too. it was when we said, where are you, that the child started

to cry again in response. ivan isjust 11 months old. as he was rushed to a local hospital, doctors discovered fractures, severe frostbite and a head injury. his mother, who was beside him when the blast tore through their flat, escaped unharmed. translation: i was sleeping on the sofa. the baby was sleeping in his cot. my eldest son and i fell with the building. i don't know what happened to the cot, but we fell down, so we got out faster. she and her husband were left waiting then, anxious for news, clutching baby ivan's clothes. ever since the disaster on new year's eve, teams have been searching the ruins here — all that remains of almost 50 apartments. officials at first said the blast was caused by a gas leak, then a minibus exploded on the same street, killing three. as reports began linking the blasts, investigators said experts had found no trace of explosives so far.

baby ivan, though, has been given a chance. tonight he was airlifted to moscow and the best specialists. his condition is described as serious but stable now. in a strongly worded speech, the chinese president xijinping has said taiwan must accept that reunification with china is inevitable. mr xi described taiwan's separation from the mainland as a "wound that must be healed". the government has long seen taiwan as a breakaway province since it split from the mainland in 19119 following the communist takeover. earlier this week taiwan's president urged beijing to respect the island's freedom and democracy. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth is in beijing. first thing to say of course by way of a bit of context is that the chinese communist party has always spoken about the issue

of taiwan as an issue of national destiny. that there is something inevitable about unification and xi jinping has himself on previous occasions linked the idea of unification with his project of what he calls national rejuvenation. so in some senses we have heard a lot of this before but on the other hand when you take into account this is a leader who is now widely regarded as the most powerful chinese leader since chairman mao, as a man who has consolidated power faster and further than any of his recent predecessors and a man who has deeply personalised that sense of national destiny. then there will be people who will ask whether when it comes from his lips these threats over the possible use of military force, he says that this insistence that

taiwan and china will one day be unified, whether we should take those words more seriously and it will certainly make some of those in taiwan who have always been traditionally very nervous about this kind of chinese rhetoric, think very hard indeed. japan's emperor akihito has given his final public new year address after a reign of three decades. emperor akihito is due to hand his essentially ceremonial role to his elder son in april. he's the first japanese emperor to abdicate in two hundred years. police in southern india have used tear gas and what are cannons to disperse protesters who are angry that to woman had worshipped at a temple. the temple was historically close to woman of menstruating age,

defined as between ten and 50. the active devotion followed months of protests after woman being allowed in and has sparked outrage among the wing politicians. more than 300,000 people are now homeless in britain, according to the charity shelter. in liverpool, a unique project has been launched with the aim of helping the city's rough sleepers. as tim muffett has been finding 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 amongst footballers. he only played for one club. commentator: carragher! he's surely won it for liverpool. how bad is homelessness in liverpool? it is bad. it is a big problem, certainly when you're in the city centre, as i am most days. more than 5,000 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. lawrence, how are you, la? this former factory in liverpool

opened its doors in october. this centre is about homeless people having their own home, their own lockable door, their own bed, their own belongings behind those doors, and a community in the centre where they can meet and congregate. the centre costs around £7,000 a week to run. jamie carragher has been helping to raise funds. how's it going? exercising? i didn't think i would get another bite of the apple like this. businessman lawrence kenwright provides most of the money. the cabins are probably the main thing we've done here, which i think is a big difference to them, about them feeling like they own something again. what's it like to live here? every night, i was sleeping on the doorway, police waking me up, and if it was raining, i'm going to be wet through. but here, i don't have to worry. my life has changed. now, i can apply for a job. because, when you apply for a job normally, if you have no address, if you're sleeping in a doorway, they can't give you a job. yeah, that's the thing, now i can apply for a job. at the moment, there are 12 cabins.

each resident has an actual address. there's 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 then a few weeks later, it's unbelievable, the difference. the best thing that's happened to the homeless for a long time. it's not like it's happened before. how important is it to do things like this, normal things? it's brilliant. i've not played this for years. it brings a wee bit of normality back in your life. is there a risk that it is so good that you would want to stay here, rather than getting a place of your own? no, i don't want to be living somewhere like this for the rest of your life. i want to get back to work, 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 their survival, like they have on the streets. 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. tim muffett, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. rail passengers are facing an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. more on that in our business bulletin any moment. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. health experts warn that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult. by the time they are aged 10. i'm ben thomson in the business news britain's biggest share index has

started the year where it left off — with shares falling. this is marking 2018 as the worst yearfor this is marking 2018 as the worst year for global stock markets since the national crisis. —— financial crisis. cathay pacific has said it will honour first—class and business—class tickets that it sold forjust a fraction of the normal price. the hong kong—based airline mistakenly sold business—class seats from vietnam to new york forjust over £500 return. it would normally cost almost £13,000. good news if you got your hand on one of them. let's return now to the news that rail fares have increased by an average of 3.1% in england and wales and almost 3% in scotland — despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. earlier, we asked transport secretary chris grayling whether it is right that train fares continue to go up at a time when cancellations and delays are at a 17 year high. i don't want to see fares go up any

more than they have to. the reality is that costs in the industry are rising, they are rising fast and the biggest factor is wage increases. i would like to see the unions and in fact the labour party accept that wage rises in the rail industry should be lower and as a result fare rises should be lower. we are still working and doing every thing we can to ease the pressures, particularly 16 and 17 years olds who are going to benefit from half—price travel in the future. joining us now is tony miles from modern railways magazine. morning to use. what do you make of this? we knew it was coming but you can understand that frustration from passengers who are asked to pay even more for a service that is not up to scratch. absolutely, this is the first time in many years that i can understand why passengers are really unhappy. the only good news is that this is the beginning of the year when a lot of them will see some genuine improvements with a lot of

new trains coming along that are bigger, more capacity, timetable improvements, more services on sunday and some genuine investment coming through. i can see both sides of the argument but i understand people being very unhappy after the year they have had. let's discuss both sides of that argument, starting with the idea that more and more money is going into a network that has been underfunded for so long. bay it is going to take time and bear with us but we have not seen the fruits of that labour have we? record numbers of delay, lots of strikes and people think look, we have been paying but the service has not got better. absolutely, yes. one of the big problems has been the state of the network itself which is being run by network rail which is nationalised and the government has direct control over but it is still struggling to deliver things on time

and on budget. it has been delivering things very late and that has delayed the introduction of new trains and extra trains mean that services are overcrowded and the odd trend is still in use. they need to get a trend is still in use. they need to geta grip trend is still in use. they need to get a grip on network rail and the way it is been happening. and some of the companies has been industrial problems and the root of many of them is the government has told train operators they want to see them bring in changes to the way that staff are used and theirjob ross that they need to deliver again, stuff that has come down from the department for transport got a lot of the weight of the problem goes back to the secretary of state even though he says he doesn't really run the railways. that is the frustration. you highlighted a couple of the problems such as improving the links between manchester. i had taken them, particularly time. to be look in the capital were a lot of people suggest the money is being spent, we look at stuff like crossrail been delayed by what, another 12 months? stuff like crossrail been delayed by

what, another12 months? yes, they are struggling to interface with different systems, perhaps a lack of expertise in resolving the problems before the introduction of services. the thames link timetable problems which happened last me, or it —— where it appeared that the company was not ready for the timetable change and the network was struggling to handle the extra trains. we're getting a big demand for people for more trains, predict the commuter trains at peak times but the infrastructure is struggling to handle more trains so we are seeing timetable gullies and people are waiting for have been promised. —— timetable gullies. are waiting for have been promised. -- timetable gullies. it is an interesting thing. thank you. department store chain john lewis says sales were up 11.5

percent in the week ending december 29th. it said it got a boost from strong demand on christmas eve and "a confident start to post—christmas clearance both online and in shops". sales at its waitrose supermarket chain were up 19.2 percent in the same week but do not get too excited because although that figure was heavily distorted how christmas fell this year. sales the week before were down 11.7 percent. the chief executive and founder of iceland foods has described a dispute with hmrc over the company's christmas savings scheme as "just madness". under the scheme, staff can voluntarily set aside money from their weekly wages and claim it back later. hmrc has told the company the payment means staff are technically falling below the minimum wage. and we heard from him earlier — the transport secretary chris grayling has defended the government's choice of a uk company with no ships as one of the providers of extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. figure that one out.

mr grayling told the bbc he would make no apologies for "supporting a new british business". the firm, seaborne freight, won a £13.8 million contract to run a freight service between ramsgate and 0stend. we assume they will now buy some ships macjust to be clear about that. letters have a look at market. we get next tomorrow and debenhams next week, keeping an eye on how they fa re over week, keeping an eye on how they fare over the christmas period. all of that is leaving the ftse 100 fare over the christmas period. all of that is leaving the ftse100 on its first day of the new term down nearly 1%. they give very much, see you later. —— thank you very much. a single uk ticket—holder has scooped a jackpot of nearly 115 million pounds

in the new year's day euromillions draw. the national lottery said the win is the fourth biggest in uk history. another ten british players won a million pounds each in the draw. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. we have had a rather chilly started the day but across many northern and western areas we have a fairly decent start wed lots of sunshine. this was the scene in shropshire. temperatures really quite low bursting this morning there. at the moment it is quite low up there. at the moment it is quite low up into north—west england and into scotland, minus six or minus two celsius. we have some sunshine and the moment, more cloud the further east you are but high pressure is dominating the weather at the moment and that is keeping things settled so plenty of dry weather, although there could be a few showers continuing across eastern parts of yorkshire, lancashire into eastern angular and the south—east. that ca rd angular and the south—east. that card and eastern areas will break up

a touch and the best of the sunshine will be in northern and western areas and it will be a fairly chilly day. axemen temperatures getting up to typically about three to seven celsius. through this evening and tonight we have the better card across eastern and south—eastern areas of england but otherwise, clear spells developing and beneath those clear skies tempters will fall away quite quickly so there will be away quite quickly so there will be a widespread frost developing into thursday morning. temperatures down to minus one 2—4 celsius but they could be lower than that in more rural spots to northern ireland the south—east tempters staying about three or 4 degrees with more cloud. there will be some bog first thing tomorrow morning which could be a bit stubborn to clear away, a better ca rd bit stubborn to clear away, a better card was the south—east and we will see some cloud drifting in across northern ireland and south—western areas of scotland. temperatures about five to seven celsius here, elsewhere about three to 6 degrees. thursday night into friday we have

an area of high pressure and all we are doing is chasing the cloud around other address around that area of high pressure. there will be some patchy mist and fog as we go through friday morning. some frost around as well. some of that fog to be stubborn to clear away but there will be plenty of sunshine and a bit of cloud floating around. dub it is once again seven to 9 degrees in northern and western areas but chilly elsewhere. into the weekend, not a great deal of change. that area of high pressure gradually sifting towards south bartleby settled saturday and sunday. though be some mist and fog around but by the end of the day there will be sunny spells and temperatures about seven or 8 degrees. goodbye. you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories: further misery for rail passengers — with an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. detained under the mental health act

— a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop. a warning that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they are ten. the foreign secretary says he is confident that britain can have a good trade deal with singapore following brexit. we both believe in the same thing, competition, free and open trade, being open to the world, and i'm very confident that at the right moment we will be able to get the deal that will be in both our countries' best interests. a £115 million jackpot is scooped by a uk ticket holder in the new year's day euromillions draw. and spurs look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they return to form. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

millions of rail passengers are having to pay more for their journeys from today 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 again, cancellations, and i think it's really hard to talk about a fare increase when you're not getting what you're paying for. yes, there have been some really tough moments in the last 12 months and i'm really sorry about that. but we are seeing now, on some of the lines affected... 0n the thameslink lines around london there are brand—new, longer trains and more services. in the north over the coming weeks we will start to see the roll—out of the new trains there. this is part of a massive investment programme in trying to make rail in this country better. from today, tickets increased by roughly 3% in england and wales. in scotland, the increase is 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. 0ur correspondent jon donnison has been in manchester victoria station talking to commuters from london and sent us this update. (tx sor) a lot of people heading back to work today after the christmas break, and commuters taking a hit to their wallet. here at manchester victoria deep our bases and ticket from manchester to liverpool has gone up about £100. it will set you back about £100. it will set you back about £2300 for the year. the trade up about £2300 for the year. the trade up from london this morning, and open return, £350. i was on that train, speaking to passengers who

joined at macclesfield, to get their reaction to today's in greece. joined at macclesfield, to get their reaction to today's in greecelj joined at macclesfield, to get their reaction to today's in greece. i am self—employed so it does hurt me a little bit but i'm quite happy with it because the railway network needs to be improved. usually we stand up on the way there and the way back. the train is nine cars, which on a very busy commuter service is too busy. the race is higher than my wages going up. —— the raise. busy. the race is higher than my wages going up. -- the raise. some of those people i spoke to said they would think about changing their job, not commuting to manchester but looking for work closer to home, if prices go up further. 0thers saying they are looking at car sharing or just driving in because for them it was just cheaper to come by car and go was just cheaper to come by car and 9° by was just cheaper to come by car and go by rail. at the start of a three day tour

to asia, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said although he didn't want the uk to follow singapore's social or political model post—brexit, he does admire its economic success. we need to begin with a realistic assessment of our global position. and that means not overstating our strength, but not underestimating it either. we are not a superpower, and we don't have an empire. but we do have the fifth largest economy in the world, the second biggest military budget in nato, the third biggest overseas aid budget, one of the two largest financial centres, the global language, highly effective intelligence services and a world—class diplomatic network including a permanent membership of the united nations security council. we also have immense reserves of soft power, with three of the world's top ten universities, 450,000 students from overseas in our higher education system, 39 million visits by tourists in 2017 and a global audience for our media, especially the bbc, measured

in the hundreds of millions. most importantly, in a world where it's rarely possible for one country to achieve its ambitions alone, we have some of the best connections of any country, whether through the commonwealth, our alliance with the united states, or our friendship with our neighbours in europe. these connections mean that in this part of the world, britain is amongst only a handful of european countries with an embassy or a high commission in every member of the association of southeast asian nations. six people have died and a further 16 injured in a train crash in denmark. the incident took place on the great belt bridge connecting the danish islands of zealand and funen. the bridge has now been shut. objects from a cargo train hit a passenger train en route to copenhagen in a heavy storm.

emergency services are trying to free passengers still on the train. a little earlier i spoke to anders kongshaug, a localjournalist in copenhagen — where the passenger train was headed — and asked him about the rescue efforts. we will have a new press conference at 11 o'clock local time. the bridge is ten miles long, and 1.6 of the miles is a hanging bridge. there is ten million cars using the bridge every year. it is connecting the east and the west of the country. it would be like a bridge connecting ireland with england, crossing the isle of man. it is a really important bridge here. there is a four—track motorway on the top. and then there is the train underneath. at 7:35am, the cover of the

carlsberg lorry fell off. debris hit the train and basically caused the accident. now traffic is slowly moving again. there are 1 million wagons crossing the bridge every year. they are slowly getting the traffic moving again but still there was a lot of confusion and there is a terrible accident. the police are still getting hold of the families. there is a rescue number that they can call in for the 16 people that are having their families calling in. it is a big thing. we are seeing pictures of the tarpaulin on the side of those trains transporting carlsberg, we can see on the writing on the tarpaulin.

we can see that it is just torn. how much of a factor has the weather been in what has happened here? there is a huge wind, 26 yards per second, call it 25 metres per second. it is a strong wind coming straight from the north, crossing on the side of the bridge, so it is very difficult. that is why they closed the bridge and most of the bridges in denmark, actually. it is very scary to go there. that is probably why the traffic was slow—moving. but the wind has just been too strong for the carlsberg wagon. 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 a year. patients are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to be able to make use of them. the home secretary has declared the number of migrants trying to cross the english channel a major incident. i am here recurs border force and the coastguard have been doing an incredibly good job in recent weeks to keep us safe and protect our borders. —— borderforce and the coastguard. i want to see what the government can do to try to help. on the situation of cutters, there are a couple of things we need

to get right. we need to protect human life. this is one of the most treacherous waters there is, the english channel is 21 miles in length and very difficult and dangerous journey. we need to set a clear message to people who take this journey that they take their life into their own hands, but we also need to be doing everything we can to protect human life. the cutters also have an important role to play in protecting our borders. it would be helpful to have the extra cutters here, three in total on this part of our coast. it will make a big difference. how happy italian and greek authorities reacted to the decision to bring these boats over from the mediterranean, where they are dealing with vastly greater numbers? there is a good understanding because when we sent out the cutters originally there was always the understanding for all countries involved in that multinational

operation, that if one of because helping needs those assets back for its own territory, that will always ta ke its own territory, that will always take priority. also, because it is a multinational operation, there is an opportunity for other countries to step in and move around assets, and that helps maintain the overall operation in the mediterranean, which remains important. but with these numbers so much smaller, just a few hundred compared to the thousands they are dealing with over there, why have you described this asa there, why have you described this as a major incident and what does that really mean? the numbers here in dover and on the south—east coast have been significant. we know of at least 530 migrants last year that attempted, through small boats, to cross the channel. of those about 80% were just cross the channel. of those about 80% werejust in cross the channel. of those about 80% were just in the last three months. we have seen a real step change in attempts in the last three months and we want to make sure we are doing everything we can to try

to stop that. people should not be taking this very dangerous journey and if they do, we need to send a strong message that you will not succeed. you are coming from france, a safe country, coming into the uk, in almost every case you are claiming asylum in the uk, but if you were a real, genuine asylum seeker, you could have done that in another safe country. we need to send a strong message that these gangs that are preying on you will not succeed and we will not allow people to succeed and take this terribly dangerous journey and we need to be doing everything we can. are some of these people genuine asylu m are some of these people genuine asylum seekers? the question has to be asked, if you are genuine, why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you were writing? france —— that you arrived in? france is not a country that anyone would argue is not safe, and if you are genuine, why not seek

asylu m if you are genuine, why not seek asylum in the first safe country? anyone who does make it to the uk, we will process the application in the normal way but the most important thing is to send a strong message that first of all, you are taking part in a journey that is incredibly dangerous and we even have a situation recently where a nine—year—old boy was on one of these boats, so it is incredibly dangerous. please do not do that. you are taking your life into your own hands and also, if you do somehow make it to the uk, we will do everything we can to make sure that you are not accessible because we need to break that link and if we break that link we can save more lives. the headlines on bbc news... rail passengers are facing an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. health experts warn that children are exceeding the maximum

recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they are aged ten. andy murray's latest come back has been dealt another huge blow after being knocked out in the 2nd round of the brisbane international. murray, who was playing in his first tournament since september, continues his recovery from hip surgery. he was beaten in straight sets by russia's medvedev, 7—5, 6—2. murray, a former world number1 is now ranked 240th, and said yesterday that he doesn't know how much longer he can continue playing at the top level. there was also bad news for britain's number one kyle edmund, who was on the wrong end of an upset overnight — he lost to the japanese qualifier yasuta ka uchiyama in straight sets. and britain's women's number one johanna konta is also out. after that impressive win yesterday over the world number six sloane stephens, she was beaten in straight sets by ajla tomjanovic of australia, who's ranked five places below her. konta did take the second set

to a tie—break but she'd lost the opener 6—2, and she never fully recovered from that. chelsea have signed the usa international christian pulisic from borussia dortmund for 58 million pounds, but will loan him back to the german club until the end of the season. the 20—year—old, who started his youth career at brackley town, was linked with liverpool and arsenal. that was in the that was in the january transfer window. he's scored nine goals in 23 games for the us. pulisic says "it's a privilege to have signed for such a legendary club." it's the biggest transfer fee for an american player. chelsea are in action tonight. they are at home to southampton. they are just outside the relegation zone. pep guardiola has said that if they do not win the next match it will be almost impossible to catchjurgen klopp's side.

english cricketer but lumb helped the side to victory in their latest big bash match. this was against the perth scorchers. it was 142—6. the scorchers could not make their victory target. more sport in the next hour. health officials say children are eating an entire childhood's worth of sugar by the time they are ten years old — often in drinks, cakes, biscuits and breakfast cereals. public health england released the 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 we love sugary things. 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' worth of sugar — that's an entire childhood's worth — is being devoured before a child's tenth 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 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 little earlier i spoke to 0rla hugueniot, a campaign nutrionist at public health england involved with the change4life scheme to tackle excessive sugar consumption, and asked her how much sugar children consume without their with the change4life scheme to tackle excessive sugar consumption, and asked her how much sugar children consume without their parents even realising. at change4life we are saying to pa rents, at change4life we are saying to parents, look out for the amount of sugarin parents, look out for the amount of sugar in your children's guidance and makea sugar in your children's guidance and make a change when you do your next shop. easy things like swapping from a frosty first serial to a

wheat —based breakfast cereal. you save about 50 cubes of sugar by doing that one simple swap. how easy is it to keep an eye on things? cubes of sugar are easy to imagine as a concept but when it comes to something like a bowl of cereal, you don't really know what is in it. absolutely, it is a difficult thing to work out. so be also have a lots of hints and tips on the change4life website to help people work out how much sugar is in their children's died. we also have a food scanner app to scan the bar codes of your food and find out how much sugar it contains. make a swap the next time you shop. it is not easy. trying to get kids to switch away from chocolatey cereal or whatever is not easy. yes. my youngest is nine and like other children she loves those kinds of foods. the most wooden

thing for parents to do is when they are making changes, introduce the changes slowly and get the kids involved as well. —— the most important thing. the children can do a bit of cooking. if they start to learn a bit more about food, what is in and crucially why it is important to cut down on sugar... so actually explaining to them the impact of those extra cubes of sugar. so if pa rents a re those extra cubes of sugar. so if parents are watching and thinking, i don't know how to explain it... yes, simple things like looking at what is interviewed. using the feed scanner app, scanning and finding out what is in those products. also at change4life we have a fantastic booklet, adventures in a sugar smart world, which is going out to all schools in england free of charge. children will be coming home with those throughout january so keep i

out for that. there are activities contained. what can people say to their children? if you're going to eat this every day, your teeth might fall out? it is a hard message. we don't want to frighten children. the key thing is getting them involved. chatting to them about food. also leading by example. if they see that you are having a healthy, balanced dietand you are having a healthy, balanced diet and getting fruit and veg in and not buying sugary breakfast cereals in the first instance, they are more likely to follow your lead. a woman has died after falling 500ft from ben nevis on new year's day. the student was climbing with three others when she fell. the local mountain rescue team said the accident happened yesterday morning and the remaining climbers were then airlifted from the peak. it's the second death on britain's highest mountain in the past month. 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. but then police used pepper spray and a taser to bring the man down. 0ne officer was stabbed in the shoulder. move away now! the 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 have told the bbc that the residents of the house are 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 also stay vigilant. ben ando, bbc news. transport secretary chris grayling has defended the government's choice of a uk company with no ships as one of the providers of extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. the firm, seaborne freight, won a 13.8 million pound contract to run a freight service between ramsgate in kent and 0stend in belgium. but a bbc investigation discovered it had never run a ferry service before. mr grayling says the appropriate measures are in place. we are ensuring there is a bit of

extra capacity available at the time of brexit to ease any pressures that may happen, but i make no apology for supporting a new british company. it is a contract that requires them to deliver, not a blank cheque for them, but i think the government should be encouraging new, small british businesses. we believe the company is on track to deliver the service. the contract is structured in a way designed to ensure they can do so. but i make no apology for supporting and giving a contract apology for supporting and giving a co ntra ct to apology for supporting and giving a contract to a new british business. governments are often criticised for not doing that. it's emerged that british victims of forced marriages abroad are being asked by the foreign office to pay for their own repatriation. an investigation by the times newspaper found several women unable to cover the cost of flights, food and accomodation had to take out a government loan instead. the foreign office says it has an obligation to recover the money as it comes from public funds. in a statement, it said that in "very exceptional circumstances",

it can provide emergency loans to help someone overseas return home. earlier i spoke to pragna patel, who's the founder of southall black sisters — a charity that helps women to escape forced marriages. she described the practice of asking women to pay for their own repatriation as "discriminatory." it is quite an unprincipled, immoral stance, but for the fact that these young people have been taken abroad, through no fault of their own, to be forced into a marriage. if they were facing that same predicament in the uk, they would be protected without having to pay for the cost of that protection, so we're actually saying that what we are seeing at play here isa that what we are seeing at play here is a very discriminatory policy. it's the fact that these young people are abroad, through no fault of their own, that they are being made to pay for their protection, which otherwise would be available for them here without having to pay

for them here without having to pay for a loan. a single uk ticket—holder has scooped a jackpot of nearly 115 million pounds in the new year's day euromillions draw. the national lottery said the win is the fourth biggest in uk history another ten british players won a million pounds each in the draw. hgppy happy new year. a lot of cloud around the country today. there are places that will have sunshine, central and eastern scotland, western areas of england and wales as well, but otherwise it is pretty cloudy. 0vernight we will probably keep the cloudy skies. it is frost—free. there are some areas that keep clearer weather. probably northern england and wales. some temperatures down to —5. a bit more in the wake of cloud possibly

pushing slowly in from the west across scotland. that may limit how it gets here. a cloudy day on thursday. there will be breaks in the cloud. perhaps some brighter skies across southern england and south wales as well. the chance for a future was into coastal parts of kent. wherever you are, if the sunshine does come out, it will still be a chilly day. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: rail passengers are facing an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. health experts warn that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they are aged 10. at the start of a 3—day trip to asia, the foreign secretary says he is confident that britain can

have a good trade deal with singapore following brexit. jeremy hunt also warned of the "devastating consequences" of holding a second referendum. a uk ticket—holder scoops a 115 million pound jackpot in the new year's day euromillions draw. lets return now to our top story that millions of rail passengers are having to pay more for their journeys from today as fares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. a little earlier i spoke to mike hewitson, head of policy at transport focus, an independent watchdog for transport passengers and road users, who criticised the government for not freezing fares after a year of disruption caused by timetable changes, strikes and upgrades. seems to be deja vu doesn't it? there's been deja vu for about 25—30 years now, everyjanuary the fares go up. where it gets difficult for passengers, where you can accept prices going up, you don't like it, they go up

in all walks of life, but it's when you feel you're not getting value for money that it really comes home. it's really hard to swallow the increases and last yearfor a lot of people was an awful year. i mean it's notjust the timetable crisis that we talked about in the north and thames links and services, it's just general punctuality and performance. there were some figures outjust before christmas showing its the worst punctuality in 13 years. it's really hard to keep asking people to pay more when the product they are getting and the service they are getting isn't getting better and in some cases it is getting worse. we were hearing there from the spokesperson for the rail delivery group that what is improving is the infrastructure, there are longer trains coming in, new trains that will make a measurable improvement to the service, the stations are being improved. that does make a difference to passengers, doesn't it? there is a lot of investment going on undoubtably. new trains, lots more trains, longer trains, stations, that's good.

it needs to continue and it does create its own problems of course. while you're doing that work you're basically digging up the railway and trying to move people at the same time and that's difficult. but i think the focus needs to go back onto performance and punctuality, the core product. when i'm buying a train ticket i'm buying a ticket for the seven o'clock, i expect to get in at half seven. if i'm not getting that then i'm not getting value for money and i think that's the focus for the next year. get some dependability, reliability back in because essentially that's what commuters want. they want to get to work on time, they want to get home on time. realistically then could there be a price freeze in orderfor the rail service to acknowledge what has happened over the last year and for the same level of investment to be met? because what we were hearing was there was actually the rail fares that pay for the day—to—day running and the government money on top is what pays for the investment. we kind of can't have everything, can we? no, of course not and i think there are parts of the country, if you had those two or three bad

months over the summer, you would turn around and say how on earth can you be putting the fares up? yes, they are getting compensation but that was an awful time. i think what really needs to be looked at is why passengers keep having to put in sort of £10 billion or thereabouts in fares every year. it's an awful lot of money and how much inefficiency are we paying for? i mean there's a big rail review under way at the moment looking at the structures of the railway. i think if people think they are pumping money into a system and then not getting value for money out of that investment as well, rather than just the ticket prices, and those inefficiencies in the system that need to be taken out that's where there's some potential for a fares freeze. more now onjeremy hunt's three—day tour to asia, which began this morning. the foreign secretary has been speaking to in an audience in singapore about britain's global role after brexit. power always follows money. so the rise of asia will have a profound impact on the global balance. britain is already the biggest

european investor in south—east asia with trade of nearly £37 billion. and over 4000 british companies employing more than 50,000 people singapore alone. and those connections are why britain's post brexit role should be to act as an invisible chain linking together the democracies of the world, those countries that share our values and support our belief in free trade, the rule of law and open societies. that doesn't mean being dogmatic orforcing our values on others and of course we recognise that every country is different but it does mean speaking out for those fundamental principles to our friends as well as to those who set themselves up in opposition too. will hutton is a political economist, who has doubts about the merits ofjeremy hunt's visit to singapore.

welcome. why'd you have doubts?” think it is an extra night place to launch a speech about the merits of democracy or tube try to position written as a —— britain as a centre for a web of democracies. singapore isa1—party for a web of democracies. singapore is a 1—party state, only one party has won it since it was independent in 1965. it is a dictatorship, a benevolent dictatorship but nonetheless it can hardly be described is a democracy so what are you up to? launching a set piece speech about britain being invisible web ina speech about britain being invisible web in a place that is not democratic. he said the government is not looking to copy the social and political government of singapore but is looking at the economic lessons that can be learned

and the fact that the singapore economy grew after independence in 1965 back intriguing. it is a great step, —— miss step. i know that a man like jeremy hunt step, —— miss step. i know that a man likejeremy hunt in this position from being the remainder to a leader is trying to argue that singapore is a model for britain post—brexit and was it to be a think to correspond to these preconceived ideas but singapore's development since 1965 has been anything but a free—market story. this is an economy that has been very carefully handled by the state, there is the sovereign wealth fund, i'd take substantive economic states, is a big investment in education which is a good thing but hardly corresponds to what has happened in the tenth. it isa to what has happened in the tenth. it is a very tame workforce, unions

have no voice in deliberation in singapore. this is not a variant of the european economic and social model, it is a particular periods admired by the chinese communist party and it is very extraordinary to have the british foreign secretary and the leader of the chinese communist party simultaneously admiring the same country's economic model. something is awry here. low tax something many countries have used to woo investment, is that not something? there has been a low tax of resume to encourage inward investment but actually i'm one of the reasons why is the state is able to provide the low tax environment and substantive housing and education is its control of the financial system. loans, debt and the wrecked —— are directed by

the state financial system into public and social housing, obviating the need for taxation. to do the same thing for britain you need a labour take control of the financial system. you need a national investment that bank to do similar kinds of things. it is still ill—conceived that low taxation is the result of the minimal state, rather it is the consequence of having such state direction that relieves you of the need to tax in in the way we do in britain. one of the other aspect that was discussed with the trade deal puts brexit and theissue with the trade deal puts brexit and the issue of singapore is we could have exactly the same trade terms of the rehab of the youth and actively to the development of a better tracheal? that, i know, is that they

hope is that singapore starts as a kind of generalised... here, again, the european union is ready seven countries, it has trade deals with 37 countries, another 30 in process, thatis 37 countries, another 30 in process, that is half the world trade 0rganisation. that is half the world trade organisation. the world trade 0rganisation is around hundred and 70 countries, 88 countries is the eu's trade network so we're going to try and reproduce the deep trading relationships the britain party has the it's relationships the britain party has the its european memberships. relationships the britain party has the it's european membershipsm there any reason why other countries wouldn't do what singapore is saying we would do witches allow us to operate on the same terms that we currently enjoy? we have yet to get into the fine print. normally these times take —— these things take substantive period but of italy it is possible for us to attempt to reproduce the kind of trade deals that the european union adi has but

ido that the european union adi has but i do not see that other great lettering city on a hill that we should be aiming to do. why are we taking two, three, four, five steps back to over a 20 year period to reproduce for the —— what the eu already has. i do not buy it. be prime minister of singapore has that if you look at this in pure economic times it is not the best path but there are clearly other issues around it. leaderboards makes couples worse off but ultimately if they want a divorce they will do it. cards on the table, i do not think that this divorce makes sense. i do not agree with many of the assumptions that sits behind the case with this divorce being made but it is interesting, isn't it? be prime minister of singapore

acknowledges openly that what is happening is going to make written less rich that it would otherwise be —— make britain less rich. 0f course, singapore is a highly orientated state and of course it was to have access to our markets in the same terms that hasn't the eu, of course it wants to be produced those. we have a trade deficit with singapore, not a trade surplus but is that so wonderful for us? is that thing we should say, yeah, better syntactic and in the same breath say we wa nt syntactic and in the same breath say we want to produce what you are doing without understanding what you have done. singapore has got to where it is by a unique blend of public intervention, public institutions, a big investment in human capital formation, training and all the rest, which is not the path that tory excuse baby are

talking. —— tory back the tears —— brexiteers. thank you very much. more now on brexit, as the prime minister resumes her battle to get her withdrawal agreement through parliament, we take a look at the ‘next steps' in the brexit process. next monday mps return to parliament following their christmas parliamentary recess. the debate on the prime minister's brexit deal will resume in parliament and it is expected to last around 5 days. from the week commencing the 14th january, parliament will hold a meaningful vote on theresa may's withdrawal agreement. if the vote passes, an eu withdrawal agreement will be produced. however, if the prime minister's dealfails, the government could face a no—confidence motion, backed by opposition parties. the uk is due to leave the eu on the 29th march 2019 and the transition period will begin. earlier i wasjoined by dr alan wager who is from the organisation ‘uk in a changing europe' and georgina wright, an independent brexit analyst. we discussed ‘what next for brexit‘

and i started by asking them what they think is going to happen... the expectation was that things would shift over christmas. but the fundamentals of may's brexit conundrum haven't changed and the numbers in parliament will still look pretty drastic. i think we are still looking at a significant defeat for may at the moment in parliament in a couple of weeks. so what has changed over christmas? i think may's used this idea of time, as sort of winding down the clock and we have basically lost two— three weeks of time before the 20th of march and that means that ultimately the choices that are open to the uk are gradually starting to narrow so this sort of option and use of time that may has done over the last two years may have persuaded a few mps who have had a christmas break, time to reflect that they might back may but the number

still won't stack up for her i don't think. georgina, what do you anticipate? i think actually to kind of disagree ever so slightly i think nothing has changed really. we still have a majority at the moment of mps who oppose the deal as it stands but there is even a greater majority who oppose no deal. and that was valid before may decided to change the day of the vote so those fundamentals haven't changed. but as he said we are... time is running out right now and if the government to decide it wanted to renegotiate the deal, how much time effectively would it have to do that and then hold a vote and then have enough time to kind of adopt the legislation necessary to really get that withdrawal agreement in action. so in that context is there any option if mps don't back her deal? so basically, it's either no deal or extend the clock, isn't it? possibly but to extend the clock you need the unanimous approval of eu member states and if you

were the eu right now and you are thinking, well, 0k, obviously we want a deal, we have made that clear from the very start but how much more time... you know, do we want to extend that period if actually there is no guarantee that an extension would lead to a withdrawal agreement being adopted by the uk parliament? and you know, this is a really important yearforthe eu. they have european parliament elections in may. that's going to the party who wins the greatest number of seats will be able to appoint their candidate as the head of the european commission and then there will be lots of other changes. in france there is quite a lot of movement there, domestically. in italy as well. brexit is important but it is not a priority so we need to bear that in mind if we are thinking about extending article 50. what do you each think will happen? i have lost count of the number of conversations i have had over christmas with people saying, what is going to happen? and the truth is we just don't know. we are three months away and it could be a

number of options. we just don't know. the things that might change that are crucial are in the increased pressure on no deal mean that the public mood changes towards no deal. so far, people are still pretty sceptical that no deal will affect their lives and as we get towards march and as the no deal preparations ramp up even further, if we haven't reached a deal that could change... how does that impact the? how does that impact then? because it's all in the hands of parliament right now. that only comes into play surely if there is a second referendum ? if the choice becomes no deal or second referendum or no brexit all which a lot of people think could happen then that's a different choice. we just saneremy hunt talk about that and weighing up the option of a second referendum or a no—deal brexit as the ultimate choice for mps... the government is clear that they are only focusing on theresa may's deal. yeah. i think that will continue to last until the week of the 14th when the vote happens. what everyone was expecting to happen, this big break in british politics, after the meaningful vote, will happen in mid—january

when the vote finally takes place. it's then when all the manoeuvring will be in in terms of... does a second referendum become increasingly likely? after that point or does the no deal bandwagon sort of gather pace? what you think is most likely to happen? i think it's between now and the vote the government is really going to push again this message that the deal on the table isn't actually a bad one at all, it's the best possible deal that they could reach with the eu and actually it is a much better outcome than no deal and i think that will be the message that i will expect business to start ramping up their preperations for no deal, i would expect that uncertainty will get picked up, it will start to feel it and investment is already slowing down. i think those kind of messages are important because those are ultimately the consequences that we as citizens who will start feeling so i think we will get a sense of other constituents, other parties

really, reacting to this. if the parliament rejects the vote the big question is, do we go back to the eu and asked to extend that period? and will they accept? and if they do accept what guarantees can the government give to state this is really necessary and actually does will lead to a better deal. so, lots of uncertainty but what we really need to know is the outcome of that vote. that is the next priority and the big telling point that will determine how government reacts after that. and of course, it hinges on the issue of the irish border and it is hard to see how there can be anything that changes the fixed position on that. yeah, and no deal would necessarily bring back a hard border so there is no alternative that would really allow the border to be as close to the existing situation that we have now and that is an important message that government will be saying as well actually, that

the deal on the table and the eu has been clear, we have been clear. we do not want the backstop but we need to get into those negotiations about the future to find and to find a solution. we can not get there until we have a withdrawal agreement in place. the headlines on bbc news... rail passengers are facing an above inflation hike in fares of at least 3%, despite a raft of issues on the network in 2018. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. health experts warn that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they are aged ten. in a strongly worded speech, the chinese president xijinping has said taiwan must accept that reunification with china is inevitable. mr xi described taiwan's political separation from the mainland as a ‘wound that must be healed'. the chinese

government has long seen taiwan as a breakaway province since it split from the mainland in 1949 following the communist takeover. earlier this week taiwan‘s president urged beijing to respect the island‘s freedom and democracy. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth is in beijing. first thing to say of course by way of a bit of context is that the chinese communist party has always spoken about the issue of taiwan as an issue of national destiny. that there is something inevitable about unification and xi jinping has himself on previous occasions linked the idea of unification with his project of what he calls national rejuvenation. so in some senses we have heard a lot of this before but on the other hand when you take into account this is a leader who is now widely regarded as the most powerful chinese leader since chairman mao, as a man who has consolidated power faster and further than any of his recent predecessors

and a man who has deeply personalised that sense of national destiny. then there will be people who will ask whether when it comes from his lips these threats over the possible use of military force, the sense that this insistence that taiwan and china will one day be unified, whether we should take those words more seriously and it will certainly make some of those in taiwan who have always been traditionally very nervous about this kind of chinese rhetoric, think very hard indeed. some breaking news about a house fire in lincolnshire yesterday. please have said that following that house fire in the early hours of the

breast of january 2019 they can confirm that three people have been found dead within the property. they say it will take some time to formally identified them but police believe they know who they are and theirfamilies have believe they know who they are and their families have been believe they know who they are and theirfamilies have been notified and family liaison officers are in contact with them. they say they can confirm that it is being treated as a domestic related murder investigation but they are not looking for anyone else in connection with it. as the investigation continues the cpr appealing to anyone who has any information about the occupants of the address or anyone who was driving in or near to petri road in curtain from the bpm —— 3pm. they say please contact them if you think you can help or have any— camp

footage. that news just through, three bodies found in that house in literature but there was a house fire on the 1st of january. —— house wire. mrjavad —— mrjavid announced that two more border force vessels currently in the mediterranean will be brought back to control the channel in response to the situation which is described as a major incident. more than 50 million gp appointments which is around one in 20 being messed every year in england according to data from the nhs. the health service say that the wasted appointments are costing £260 million a year. pigeons are being urged to cancel slots in enough time for others to make use of them.

japan‘s emperor akihito has given his final public new year address after a reign of three decades. emperor akihito is due to hand his essentially ceremonial role to his elder son in april. he‘s the first japanese emperor to abdicate in two hundred years. indian police have helped two women defy a historic ban on worshipping at a renowned hindu temple in the southern state of kerala. the sa bari—mala temple was historically closed to women of "menstruating age" — defined as between 10 and 50. the women‘s act of devotion follows months of protests against women being allowed in and has sparked outrage among right—wing politicians. the head of the cuban communist party has delivered a speech to mark the 60th anniversary of the revolution led by his brother. becomes as the island ‘s new leadership draft constitution which support as they reflect the change in cuba but critics say will concentrate power into the hands of

the communist party. few moments could have been more symbolic for the cuban government than holding a ceremony for the 60th anniversary of the revolution in front of fidel castro‘s tomb. the former president and fidel‘s younger brother, raul castro, delivered the key speech and focused on strengthening revolutionary resolve in the 21st century. translation: i can confirm that the transfer process to new generations is going well. very well. there have been no hiccups nor shocks and we are confident that it will continue this way. in reality, however, things are very different in cuba to what they were in 1959. a handpicked new leader has taken over from the castro brothers and faces a huge battle in satisfying the demands of today‘s young cubans. there will be a referendum on the new draft constitution in february, but many are growing impatient for greater social freedoms and increased economic opportunity. the president has introduced more

internet access since taking office, but critics say the new constitution will not make any significant changes to the island‘s economy or its political system. in a moment it‘s time for the one o‘clock news with kate silverton, and we‘ll say goodbye to viewers on bbc two, but first the weather is going to stay dry from much of the rest of today that the amount of cloud you see from place to place is going to vary significantly. never the less, for many the sunshine is out and we must have clear blue skies but it is not for everyone. these than its weather has been across central and eastern scotland, western areas of england and wales. it is been quite cloudy elsewhere and added the cloud is working across eastern england and have been producing one to light showers, just near to the north sea coast. in—line it is mainly dry but pretty great. looking at the weather

picture as we go through this evening on overnight, for most of us it will stay pretty closely and where it stays cloudy it will keep the frost away. however the cloud will stay broken embraces, particular northern england and wales and it is here we will see the cold est wales and it is here we will see the coldest weather overnight. temper just go get down to minus five, minus six celsius or so we may see a bit of cloud moving in across scotland. high pressure continues to affect the uk but over in eastern europe we have a cold plunge of arctic air which is bringing some snowfall. could potentially see some still in greece and turkey. no such fun and games for us. we‘re still stuck under the same area of high pressure and for most of us it is going to be another cloudy days. that could be a few breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine, perhaps they response that will be across the south of wales and southern counties of england but in the sunshine that is where we have got the coldest weather. things are

returning a bit milder across west of scotla nd returning a bit milder across west of scotland with temperatures in stornoway coming to 9 degrees. across the north west of scotland we will continue to see some of the mildest air on friday but the cloud will continue to thicken and we could see an odd spot of drizzle coming and going. for most of the uk it is quite cloudy as the quite chilly as well with a milder weather in the north—west temperatures again in stornoway up to 9 degrees were soaked with the end of the week. what about the weekend weather prospects? here is our weather pressure. is slowly declining as moved southwards which allows week weather fronts to move into more northern portions of the uk and could threaten a little bit of rain at times across the far north, but otherwise the weather is there. 0r many of us it is likely to stay pretty cloudy. that is your latest weather, the biker now. —— by. rail passengers start the new working year facing an another hike in train fares. the government‘s criticised for not

freezing fares after numerous issues across the network last year — passengers say they‘re not getting value for money. they never run on time. if it‘s summer it‘s too hot, if it‘s winter it‘s freezing. the service is appalling. the staff are lovely but the service isn‘t up to much. we‘ll be getting reaction from around the country. also this lunchtime... the home secretary questions whether people using small boats to cross the english channel are genuine asylum seekers. six people are dead and 16 others injured after a commuter train crash in denmark. and the warning that children are exceeding the maximum recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they arejust10.