deployment in northern ireland. that's in case there's any disorder following a potential no deal brexit. are children spending too much time in front of computer screens, or on tablets and smartphones? the times says doctors say there's no firm evidence too much screen time causes harm, but they do suggest children switch off an hour before going to bed. finally, the daily telegraph has a health warning for everyone. the paper says the uk's national institute of health and care excellence, or nice, recommends congestion charges and speed bumps everywhere. the idea is to encourage more people to walk, and improve their physical fitness. with me is iain anderson, who is founder of the international communications agency cicero group. we were to earlier on, what an

incredible story, nancy pelosi is back, 78. she looks about a0. incredible story, nancy pelosi is back, 78. she looks about 40.“ incredible story, nancy pelosi is back, 78. she looks about 40. if you follow my twitter feed, i'm a huge nancy pelosi turn and are unable, i am sucha nancy pelosi turn and are unable, i am such a geek on this stuff, when she first became speaker, the first woman speaker, the first person to become speaker again and she is in charge now of a radically different congress. the new york times is really making the point, and you will see it in other media, how diverse congress looks on one side of the aisle of least and that does pose a problem i think for the look of the republican party to the next two or three years. when you said diverse, you mean in terms of nationalities and gender. how

diverse as the house in terms of policy? a lot of people predicting two years at east of policy paralysis. how useful is that? she ta kes paralysis. how useful is that? she takes over just at this point when the us federal government is in shock. you've been talking about that. when she grabbed at gavel from a republican. she grabbed it? she grabbed it, absolutely. it's the third most important lawmaker in the united states. she says she is going to open up government. all her democratic supporters cheer wildly and the republicans remained stony faced. all the gavel is in the world are not going to get the republicans to change their mind, are they? we are ina to change their mind, are they? we are in a very interesting situation. week by week, we are hearing

american gdp is being affected in the ads that week in week out, that will be a significant hit. now basically, this trump going to link first? let's move on to this story in city am. the titles is crunch time but not sure if it is. this has been brewing for quite awhile. there different elements of telling us that things are just not quite right with the global economy. we had the news from apple that has really broken from china, but growth is slowing down and could fuel issues with global demand that this slump, how worried are you? all the dart has been telling us that china has been slowing down for months now. this is a big multinational like apple. now reporting on that date.

down 10% in the past two days. the apple share price, having been the first trillion dollar company, is down about a third. it is pretty significant by any degree. the stock market is in a bit of a rollercoaster. the really big story that you are pointing to is a chinese slowdown in chinese slowdown has a huge effect on global demand and all of our economies. on commodities and products in everything. this is an interesting story. the big brexit story is looming with the parliamentary vote however this story in the guardian, talking about the no deal scenario. a p pa re ntly talking about the no deal scenario. apparently police putting 1000

officers on standby for brexit chaos in northern ireland. the idea of english officers on the streets of northern ireland will not go down with many. not at all. there are two 01’ with many. not at all. there are two or three audiences to the stories. there is the audience in northern ireland. the audience. some might argue its public information. the mass advertising campaign basically saying get ready for no deal. is it advertising? there is money being spent here. it's notjust rhetoric. the major companies on working with are way ahead of this. when theresa may stared at —— said at the start

of 2017, the plan is not to be in the customs union and the single market, people started rewiring their businesses into dublin or amsterdam or brussels. the saudi started to take place. the stockpile your pointing to is already taking place as well but in a way, the political purpose of these stories is the 650 mps who are going to be voting for against the prime minister ‘s deal in a couple of weeks' time. a wake up and smell the coffee message. let's talk about this story in the times which is going to set a lot of people off. a lot of response on twitter. doctors are saying they can't tell parents how much screen time children should have. however they then say the study finds teenagers who spend a long time on social media are likely

this show symptoms of depression. all these things linked to smartphones yet the paediatricians can't come out and say this is good view. there is nothing that drives be more crazy than being on holiday, watching a family sat down together, a time to be together, to talk to each other and everybody is sitting ona each other and everybody is sitting on a smartphone or a tablet. there is clear evidence in this research that more and more time on social is eroding the ability for us to interact as human beings. why then are giving advice on screen times?|j think are giving advice on screen times?” think the americans this time are absolutely right. certainly no screen time before people are going to bed. if i am stimulated by something i'vejust seen before i go

to bed, it's more difficult to fall off, to get to sleep. itjust makes sense. the uk should be a lot more forceful in that regard. what this report is saying to the royal couege report is saying to the royal college of paediatrics is that the focus should be on with your kids are getting enough sleep and exercise, not on screen time but other two mutually exclusive? this is all about everything in moderation. vast amounts of screen time. none of that is going to be good to mental well—being. time. none of that is going to be good to mental well-being. the key is sleep. sleep is not given up importance in life. having got up at 3:30am this morning, i can relate. this story pricing motorists off the road. do you think more congestion charging and speed bumps would make

people avoid the car? two words, nanny state. this is massive mission creep from nice, the health regulator. i abandoned creep from nice, the health regulator. iabandoned having creep from nice, the health regulator. i abandoned having a car about six months ago. why? because i live in central london. it made no economic sense. i've got my step monitor on my phone. i don't need more speed bumps or more on... they do cause more pollution. to tell me not to drive. i hope you walk home today. i'm walking. ian anderson, thank you very much indeed. that is all we have time for now on the ——on the briefing. they give are joining us. hello there. for most of us we're in the middle of what's been really quite a cloudy and cool run of weather.

and we've got more of the same on friday as well, with only subtle changes in time for the weekend. the reason our weather's not changing a great deal at the moment is high pressure right over the uk. rain—bearing weather fronts that would bring any changes to the weather stalled out in the atlantic. for the early risers this morning, we have got cloud across most of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north midlands, north wales, and for these areas, most areas will just stay above freezing. for eastern scotland, where we've got some cloud breaks and across wales, south—west england, the south—west midlands, it's here we see a sharp frost. a cold start to the day, temperatures below —5 in the coldest spots in wales. across the south—west we'll have the best chance of breaks in the cloud. 0therwise most of the uk will be stuck under this sheet of cloud. if the clouds with you in the morning there's a good chance it will be with you all through the day. the prospects of sunny spells greatest towards southern wales, south—west england, particularly around dorset, devon, and parts southern hampshire, maybe the isle of wight and across the eastern side of scotland. temperatures are still struggling somewhat, typically around 5—7 degrees celsius, with the mildest air in western scotland, highs of 9 degrees in stornoway.

there will be little in the way change we head through friday evening and the night—time, it stays cloudy, again it willjust about stay frost free. into the weekend, we have the weather fronts around the northern side of our area of high pressure. because it's running into the high pressure it will be very weak. on saturday, again we are looking at extensive cloud across the uk, but probably some better prospects of seeing some sunshine across eastern scotland and towards east of the pennines that should break the cloud as well. the cloud will thicken for western scotland and we will probably see a little bit of light rain running in. there is a tendency on saturday for temperatures to be a degree also higher, typically around 6 or seven degrees celsius for much of the country. on sunday, our weak fronts will be pushing southwards across england and wales. again, a lot of cloud. not a great deal of rain — perhaps the odd spot. for scotland and northern ireland, sunday should be a much sunnier day. temperature—wise we're looking

at highs between 7 and 9 celsius. something milder towards the south—west. we could see a fair bit of low cloud over the hills, perhaps hill fog developing as well. it's a quiet spell of weather and it stays quiet well into next week too. that is your weather. goodbye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: the first official guidance for families on screen. doctors say parents should worry less about how children spend on their devices. x—ray body scanners are deployed in english prisons in a bid to tackle violence fuelled by illegal drugs. tourists are moved off popular holiday islands in thailand as the worst storm for 30 years threatens to bring strong winds and 15 foot waves. bricks and brexit.

the housing market slowed sharply last year, with fewer houses changing hands, and the lowest price rises in five years. so what's in store this year? i'll get an expert view. we have ourselves a title race.