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to the bbc news at 9. child health experts have said there is no firm evidence that spending time looking at computer screens and smart phones is harmful to children. in the first official uk guidance, the royal college of paediatrics and child health says no specific time limits should be placed on children's use of screens, but it recommends they should be avoided for an hour before sleep. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. young people today grow up surrounded by digital entertainment and information on multiple screens, whether via computer, smartphone, or television. in its guidance to parents, the royal college says the popular view that time in front of a screen is toxic to health has essentially no evidence to support it. many things are harmful to us.

crossing the road is harmful. even reading, which we think of as a really important thing, actually, is a bit of a sedentary occupation that can keep you up at night. so we think that there is a balance to be struck. there are harms from screens, but actually, screens bring us great opportunities and we have to balance those. it says there are some associations between higher screen use and obesity and depression, but notes that the reported rise in mental health problems among young people was apparent before the advent of social media and digital technologies. it recommends families ask themselves four questions. is screen time in your household controlled? does it interfere with what your family wants to do? does it interfere with sleep? and are you able to control snacking during screen time? the guidance says parents with healthy, active children shouldn't worry greatly about computer and smartphone use, although it recommends no screens for an hour before bed,

in part because the light can slow the release of the sleep—inducing hormone, melatonin. the royal college says families should negotiate screen time limits with their children based on individual needs, and how much they impact on sleep, physical and social activities. with me now is dr max davie, from the royal college of paediatrics and child health, which produced the guidance. good morning to you. for the first official uk guidance parents might have expected more guidance, if i can put it that way. most people know about avoiding screen time before going to sleep but what else is new? i do not think we were aiming at trying to change the world, what we were aiming was to try to empower parents to make

informed decisions about screen time, getting families to step back and ask the questions that fergus has outlined about their own screen time. parents would change of the things about the way they use screens if they ask themselves that question. what research and evidence have you looked at? the professor you saw just now have you looked at? the professor you sawjust now has looked at the whole evidence base for the effects of screen time on health outcomes and the conclusions, our guidance, is based on his conclusions. someone has tweeted me this morning. he says, who funded the research and why wasn't the admitted link between children's and to help and screens explored? any children's and to help and screens explored ? any answers? children's and to help and screens explored? any answers? it may talk about mental health, this report, does it? the piece of workers from the royal college of paediatrics. sean can look at the paper when it comes out and look at the conflict—of—interest. we are

competent this is independent work. in terms of the link between mental health and screens, there is certainly a link also children with poorer mental health use screens more. that may not be anything to do with the screen is causing poor mental health. children with mental health find the in—person interactions difficult. it is hard interacting with multiple people anyone struggling with mental health. retreating into a more hermetic online world is tempting. it has its dangers but it is also a haven. people go to twitter and facebook to connect with people they feel things in common with and sometimes it is a bit of an escape from a difficult situation they may be in. what i have heard about this is the idea that one size does not fit all when it comes to the amount of screen time a child ought to be having. what should parents as a general rule of thumb look out for? at what point do they need to say, i

should be concerned about this?m you do not feel that screens under control in your house, for younger children that means parents controlling but also for older children, general, collective control over what are doing, who is using screens when and parents having control over their own screen user what you do with the family. time spent together in activities of the family is really important. sleep is really important. that is why we have the recommendation of no screens for an hour before bed. exercise is really important. packing all that into a day there is not a hours left. why the difference with the united states which is taking a tougher view some might say on this subject? the key difference with the united states, there is not that much difference between our approach of the american economy since the updated. they had a

two—hour limit throughout childhood thanit two—hour limit throughout childhood than it did not work, did not have any good effect on the healthiness habits of the us public with regard to screens, so they abandoned it. younger children are more restricted. we found no evidence in the professor's view there is any difference in the impact between young children and older children. one thing we know is that children's brains continued to develop throughout adolescence and into early adulthood. porcelain of young children as having special treatment does not make sense scientifically. —— apportioning of. you say sometimes there is harm caused but that happens at a low level of use. you're not saying a parent should limit screen time that they need to decide on individual thresholds, depending on the individual child. we are looking at empowering parents will do if we tell parents what to do, that does not give them power.

you are the experts though. we are giving them information to have a discussion make their decisions. that is the best way, what doctors should be doing. the first x—ray scanner has been installed in a prison in england, as part of the government's programme to reduce drug—related violence. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body, as our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, explains. stand up onto the two black marks. that's it. spin around and face me. just place one hand on to that. using x—ray technology, making prisons safer. this is the first body scanner to be installed as part of the government's programme to reduce drugs and violence in ten of the worst affected prisons in england. nearly finished. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body. this is an image of an inmate found with concealed drugs on the first day the device was deployed. you can see the straight edges, which shouldn't be inside the human body. the scanner operates in a similar way to a standard hospital x—ray

machine, but the level of radiation is 400 times lower. leeds is one of ten prisons that are being given investment to reduce drugtaking and violence by next summer. but it's a difficult task and there is no guarantee it will happen. there's also a concern some of the ten prisons could reduce assaults simply by moving violent offenders to otherjails. that's definitely a risk. i'm very, very clear, though, that we need to play this fair. the idea is that i can look other governors in the face and say, "we turned around these ten prisons without cheating." the drugs trade is controlled by organised crime groups and there's evidence some criminals deliberately getjobs in prisons to bring contraband in. let's get more on this now from frances crook, who's the chief executive of the howard league

for penal reform. good morning to you. is it a good idea to use these scanners?m good morning to you. is it a good idea to use these scanners? it could be. if you are saying it is like an airport atan be. if you are saying it is like an airport at an airport everyone is scanned the staff, visitors, everybody. the problem they have in leedsis everybody. the problem they have in leeds is one machine where they will do some prisoners some of the time. we are looking to technology to solve a much more complicated problem and i did think it will be a big part of the solution. the prison officers association think it is a fantastic idea. they are calling, you either have technology dealing with the whole problem or you invest in something else. i preferred to see investment in staff. prisons are very complicated places. they have cut staff over the last few years. they are trying to put new staff in

but they have not invested in proper staff training and staff developer and management training as well put up and management training as well put up when crist grading cut out the staff, thousands of experienced staff, thousands of experienced staff, he cutout managers. —— chris grayling. in leeds, they are locked up grayling. in leeds, they are locked up all day with no hope, nothing to do all day and no vision for the future. that is a recipe for disaster and that is what has happened. there are not enough staff to offer the rehabilitation prisoners supposed to offer to people who are there? exactly and there are too many prisoners. putting in one machine will not solve the overcrowding with the overuse and too few staff. solve the overcrowding with the overuse and too few stafflj solve the overcrowding with the overuse and too few staff. i want to get reaction to the story about organised crime gangs getting people jobs, or getting people to go for jobs, or getting people to go for jobs in prison, so that they can assist with this drug smuggling into

prison. what is the solution now? is it better vetting candidates? yes, the police officer said there is no evidence this is happening but he feared it is happening to be maybe one way that drugs are getting into prisons. drugs in prisons are a real problem, they cause violence. there are criminal gangs running this and it isa are criminal gangs running this and it is a real problem which has to be dealt with. and it is a very inflated market. if you really want to make a lot of money you can do it in prisons better than in the community. we have to deal with it, looking at staffing and looking at the fact there are too many people in prison and that china people coming in and out. we need to support staff. —— is the challenge of people. the answer is complex and not simple. if you reduce the sentences it will reduce the flow of drugs. what is sure feeling that it is people on shorter sentences who

are responsible for a significant chunk of the drugs trade in prisons? that is what governors are telling me the staff are telling me. that is the problem and has been there for a few years. in scotland they are talking this year about abolishing prison sentences as far as possible under a year prison sentences as far as possible undera yearand prison sentences as far as possible under a year and that is what the howard league for penal reform is saying we should do in england and wales as well. that would reduce overcrowding and pressure on prisons and help to control, not eliminate, the drug problem. it is one solution we would like to see. thank you very much. university bosses are warning that a no—deal brexit could be one of the biggest ever threats to higher education. a letter sent to mps by university vice—chancellors says leaving the eu without an agreement could disrupt world—leading research and put billions of pounds of funding at risk. the government says it'll guarantee money for eu funded projects if a deal isn't reached. well, let's look at where we are

with brexit with our political correspondent iain watson. morning to you. let's begin with the dup. theresa may badly needs them on board but her meetings with them in the last 2a hours or so have not been very fruitful for her, have they? not at all. the westminster leader of the dup met with the chief whip on wednesday met with theresa may yesterday. what they would have expected to hear what they wanted to hear was some movement from the eu towards making the idea about the northern ireland ‘s backstop, the way of avoiding a hard border with ireland temporary making the temporary nature legally enforcea ble. temporary nature legally enforceable. what they offered fell far short of that by all accounts and it does not look as though the eu has moved sufficiently to allow theresa may to get on board. even

more worrying for the prime minister was that the dup‘s brexit spokesman, speaking to the dup this morning, said they were alarmed hearing what was coming out of the eu. their fear, and the reason it is significant is that it is shared by quite a few of theresa may's then is, a permanent trade deal in order to avoid a hard border in northern ireland would have to look an awful lot like the backstop, in any case, keeping the united kingdom, northern ireland, very much closer to eu regulations and customs arrangements than the dup and many conservative mps would like. here is the problem. the strategy for theresa may is to try and get the dup onside to unlock more support from backbenchers ahead of the meaningful vote, the vote on her deal in about ten days' time. without them on board the vote will

be lost. even if the dup does get on board, the underlying fear about what would replace the backstop, what would replace the backstop, what the future trade deal would look like, is actually concerning enough conservative mps potentially to sink her deal in any case. up to 40 to sink her deal in any case. up to a0 of them are concerned about it and make vote against it. she has quite a few barriers to overcome, getting the dup back on board as the first of her problems but does not solve everything. what can we expect between now and the middle of next week when the five—day debate begins ain? week when the five—day debate begins again? what she will be hoping for and she will call european you leaders individually, what she will be hoping is to see more movement from the yukon something she can offer which is legally enforceable and can give reassurance to the dup. —— from the eu. she will tell her mps they might not get brexit at all u nless mps they might not get brexit at all unless they back her deal. we

pointed out that those opposed to brexit, those who want a second referendum, might be able to change legislation in order to get that u nless legislation in order to get that unless leave supporting mps sees the deal she has on offer. secondly, what she will also be arguing as this is the only deal that has been negotiated so far. even if people preferred a different type of deal that might mean the extension of article 50, which could be viewed by sceptical electorate as though politicians are trying to wriggle out of commitments mayjoin the referendum campaign. there'll be lots of pressure on mps to try to change their minds. people i have been speaking to the last few days there has been a significant shift towards the position of the prime minister. as things stand the vote will be lost and she will have to look at other options. is she does not lose by very much you may hope that people will come round to backing her deal as opposed to no

deal or no brexit. there is not enough to offer potential allies enough to offer potential allies enough to offer potential allies enough to get them on board and to make sure she can win the vote. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... there is little evidence screentime is harmful to children's health, as leading paediatricians tell parents to worry less. police say there is growing evidence that members of organised criminal gangs getjobs in prisons to smuggle in drugs, as the first x—ray scanner is installed in a prison in england. uk house prices grew at the slowest annual rate last month since february 2013, according to nationwide building society. in the sport, we gave it the big build—up than it did not let us down. liverpool lost their first game of the season, beaten 2—1 by manchester city. that's first round of the fa cup kicks off this season.

—— be third round. kyle edmonds says he will do everything he can to ove i’co m e he will do everything he can to overcome his knee injury and get fit for the australian open which starts in ten days' time. all on those stories just after 9:30am. cu. house prices saw the biggest fall last month since 2012, according to figures from nationwide. the mortgage lender said prices fell 0.7% in november — and annual rises are at their slowest pace in nearly six years. (read on) dharshini david is here with more. tell us more about what nationwide is saying is behind this trend will stop they are saying that if you look at what happened last month, in the 12 months to december has prices we re the 12 months to december has prices were up by 0.5%. we have not seen those tiny increases since february

2013. it says there are two things holding the property market back. there is a squeeze on real incomes and on top of that people are very nervous about what lies ahead, so much uncertainty. that is weighing down the market, despite the fact we have low borrowing costs. if you lift the bonnet on these figures, there is a big north — south divide with the north outpacing the south in terms of price rises. there are opportunities for first—time buyers but even though the gap is narrowing the average home in the south is still worth twice as much as the average home in the north. the big question is what happens this year? the nationwide says that if you look at the broader picture varies low unemployment and low interest rates and that should mean modest price rises as long as we seek clarity over the past two brexit. lots of

uncertainty out there at the moment. thank you for the update. research into executive pay suggests the in the first three days of 2019, the uk's top bosses will have earned more than the typical worker will earn all year. the high pay centre has found that a ftse 100 chief executive earns just over £1,000 an hour on average. and by today — what it calls "fat cat friday" — bosses will have earned more than the typical annual uk salary of £29,000. joining me now from our studio in newcastle is rehana azam, national secretary of the trade union gmb. thank you forjoining us this morning. has awareness grown up big discrepancies in pay more in the last few years than prior to that and therefore our companies and workers able to do more about it? isn't it a happy new year for uk bosses. as of 1pm today, the top

ftse100 bosses will earn more than she them what a worker will earn in an entire year but if you put that into context, and average worker on the national minimum wage would have to work 320 years to earn the same as ace oh and is within one year. somebody on an average salary, as you said, under £30,000 would have to work something like 133 years to earn the same as a ceo earns in one year. what we are saying today is the best resolution workers can make is tojoina the best resolution workers can make is to join a trade union. there the best resolution workers can make is tojoin a trade union. there is clear evidence where trade unions represent workers unpaid terms and conditions, workers fair better than those not represented by a trade union. royal mail shareholders last year rebelled against the company's plans. we are talking about the shareholders. the morgue likely to

see examples of this in 2019? —— are we more likely? we are coming up to the anniversary of the carillion collapse. this company was asset poor and cash rich. we have some way to go to get proper parity and equality between bosses and workers. the fact that this report says the difference between a boss earning 133 times more than an average worker, that is notjust unjustifiable, it is more than excessive and needs to be addressed. do you see evidence that in some insta nces do you see evidence that in some instances shareholders are finding that state of those less and less palatable? not really. evidence suggests top bosses will earn 11% more than they did last year put away no certainty that workers have

not had 11% pay increases, so, therefore, i am not had 11% pay increases, so, therefore, iam not not had 11% pay increases, so, therefore, i am not convinced that we are there and that is why in 2019 what we need is much more on deeds are not words we need to narrow the pay gap, the pay inequality. we cannot ignore it is in 2019 we still have the gender pay gap. in the private sector it is 15%. we need more union representation on remuneration committees if we are really going to get pay parity across our workplaces. you are not saying these bosses should not have salaries to reflect responsibility they hold are you? nobody underestimates the contribution british bosses make to the economy, to investment tojob british bosses make to the economy, to investment to job creation. british bosses make to the economy, to investment tojob creation. more importantly, and i think this is where the crux of the matter is, bosses cannot be paid 133 times more than the average worker. we need to

close that gap. the way to do is to get more people a trade union and making sure there is parity in the workplaces. thank you for your time this morning. thank you. the us house of representatives — now under democratic control — has passed legislation that would re—open the federal government without paying for president trump's wall with mexico. it happened soon after the democrats took control of the house and reinstated veteran democrat, nancy pelosi, as speaker. but the legislation will be rejected by the republican—controlled senate and by president trump himself. david willis reports from washington. it is, in her words, a new dawn in american politics. 12 years ago nancy pelosi made history as the first woman—elected speaker of the house of representatives. now she's staged an equally historic comeback to lead the first democratic majority there since 2010. two months ago, the american people spoke and demanded a new dawn. they called upon the beauty of our constitution,

that our system of checks and balances that protects our democracy. but the smiles belie a bitterly divided political landscape and two parties who cannot agree on the funding needed to keep the federal government open. at the heart of the stand—off is president trump's demand for $5 billion for a wall along the mexican border — his signature issue on the campaign trail. he took to the white house briefing room for the first time, flanked by border patrol agents and having congratulated nancy pelosi, vowed there would be no backing down over the wall. you can call it a barrier, whatever you want, but essentially we need protection in our country, we're going to make it good, the people of our country want it. i have never had so much support as i have in the last week over my stance for border security, for border control, and, for frankly, the wall or the barrier. one of the first things the

democratic—controlled house voted on was funding that would reopen those government departments that are currently embroiled in the shutdown. but their measures included no funding for the wall, which democrats see as a repudiation of the very principles on which this country was built. a wall is an immorality, it's not who we are as a nation. this is not a wall between mexico and the united states that the president is creating here, it's a wall between reality and his constituents. but the partial shutdown is its first and highly pressing challenge. another meeting is due later today at the white house involving the president and congressional leaders but there is no resolution in sight some two weeks after the shutdown began. china has confirmed that it will host trade talks

with the united states next week, as nervousness continues on global stock markets. they will be the first face—to—face discussions since presidents xi jinping and donald trump declared a 90—day truce in their trade war in early december. a tropical storm has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of holidaymakers from southern thailand. many flights and ferry services have been cancelled amid fears it could be the worst to hit the country in almost 30 years. it's currently making its way across the country's southern coast, hitting resort islands including koh samui, a favourite with british tourists. our correspondentjonathan head gave us this update a little earlier. it has already made landfall, hitting the province of nakhon si thammarat, a little south of koh samui and its associated island of koh phangan and koh tao — the three islands that were in the path of the storm. they are getting heavy rain

and strong gusts of wind and higher tides at the moment. so, people have been advised to stay away from beaches, the risk of being swept away, and generally stay inside solid buildings. probably one of the greatest risks to health are bits of debris being blown around by the winds. around 30,000 people have been evacuated — mostly local people — from coastal areas where the storm struck, the strongest part of it. most of the tourists who left have actually left the island simply to avoid being trapped there. for the moment, all air and sea transport links have been cut and they are not expected to be restored probably for the next 2a hours. those winds are moving across. it is quite a narrow part of thailand. they will also affect beaches on the west side, the andaman sea island, perhaps not so much. but the authorities are warning there will be very heavy rain with the possibility of flooding and also the possibility of landslides as well.

so, they are still urging people — there is no need to be massively worried but they are urging them to be cautious and to stay indoors at the moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. some of us woke up to some frost in wales, the midlands and eastern and southern england with temperatures down to minus four celsius but it is here that you will get some sunny spells today. elsewhere, quite a bit of cloud around and temperatures around seven 01’ around and temperatures around seven or8 around and temperatures around seven or 8 degrees in northern ireland and the north—west of scotland. elsewhere it will be quite chilly with temperatures between three and seven celsius. this evening and tonight, we keep the patchy cloud variable amounts really and you get some clear spells and temperatures will fall below freezing. patchy frost into the weekend. if you keep

the cloud, temperatures will stay above freezing. we start the weekend ona above freezing. we start the weekend on a chilly note, some sunny spells around but generally speaking quite around but generally speaking quite a bit of cloud. temperatures going up a bit of cloud. temperatures going up by a bit of cloud. temperatures going up by sunday if anything to about seven to 10 degrees. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... parents are told to worry less about their children spending time looking at screens, as experts say there is little evidence it is harmful to their health. the first x—ray scanner is intalled in a prison in england, as police say there's evidence members of criminal gangs get prison jobs to smuggle in drugs. uk house prices grew at the slowest annual rate last month since february 2013, according to nationwide building society. university heads warn that a no—deal brexit is "one of the biggest

threats" the institutions have ever faced. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the first uk guidance on children's screen time says there is no firm evidence that using devices such as smartphones and computers is harmful to young people's health. the royal college of paediatrics and child health says no specific time limits should be placed on children's use of screens, but it recommends they are avoided in the hour before bedtime. we heard from parents a little earlier. they do have ipads but i only allow them to use them in the school holidays. during term time they're locked away. we limit it for a certain time, otherwise he's got to get off and read books and do stuff and play. i don't think they should be on it so long and they always say, "please, please, can i have some more time? " they certainly should be playing on electronic devices,

it's part of the world and it's very important to keep pace with the world but they also need to work out, figure out, how things work for themselves as well. it's impossible to take ipads or phones from young children. however i do think you can monitor the amount of time they spend on it. you have to make sure you don't use it as a baby—sitter. we're quite mindful because obviously we both wear specs, so we're quite mindful that we don't want them to get strained eyes. they're tools of the future as well, aren't they? you've got to allow them to learn at the same time. they're a bit faster than us, aren't they? yeah. we also heard from leyla preston, who is a parent and online blogger. i think there are a lot of holes in the research, definitely. i do think there is, personally, there is a link between anxiety and access screen time. — — excess —— excess screen time. for my children especially, i do believe that when they are on the screen, when they are eating orjust before sleep,

i notice that their brains are frazzled and they are wired. and these kids are only six and seven years old. and i don't think it is the length of screen time i am worried about, it is more what they are watching. i think more emphasis should be made on what people are watching rather than the length of screen time. and as a parent, some of the guidance seems to say that perhaps we worry too much but you would disagree, would you? i do disagree with that. i think it is difficult to say, to tell parents like myself to not worry when we don't come from a world where we were born into social media and internet. i am showing my age here now. that is picked up by some of our viewers. for example, tony says, a0 years ago the same hysteria surrounded children watching television. a lot of the worries come from older generations that don't understand how to use technology and are threatened by change. what would your response to that be? i mean, i work on my own magazine online every day so i am using screen time and social media and internet all the time. that is not what my worry is. my worry is more what the content is. there are so many different apps and games and shows out there that

seek to draw parents in, with the promise of educational development and enhancement, but i think that is very dangerous to do that. because these kids, you know, they say that length of screen time is not that important but have we got the evidence to show what will happen when they are 30, a0, 50, 60 years old? and if we touch upon the length of the impact of screen time, what about physical implications like eye strain and eye muscles? we don't have the evidence to show whether there is a direct link to this. university bosses are warning that crucial research into subjects like cancer treatment and climate change could be compromised if the uk leaves the eu without an agreement. they warn that a no—deal brexit could put world—leading research and billions of pounds of funding at risk. dame nancy rothwell is vice—chancellor and president of the university of manchester and she spoke to bbc breakfast a little earlier. probably the most important thing that is alarming us is the

possibility that the uk will be shut out of big european research projects, of which the uk is often a leader and very frequently a major contributor. we are concerned we may not be part of those big research projects. why do you think you will be shut out? because if we leave the eu without a deal, we may not be eligible for a major funding through the european union and even if the british government does put in some funding, that is not the same as being a partner in a big consortium that is tackling major problems like cancer and climate change. and just see that one through for us. the impact on the university would be what? the impact on the university would be manifold but in that case it would be about losing a potential for world leading research, but it would also be about recruiting the best minds as students and staff to the uk. it would be about our staff being able to collaborate

across europe and movement of staff across europe. lots of people, well, some people let's say, will listen to these comments and say, well, in some ways you are just scaremongering but how do you know this will happen and how do you know the investment will not come from elsewhere? so, obviously we don't want to scaremonger and if we did, that would be very damaging to universities because it would put off people from coming to british universities so that is the last thing we want to do. we are thinking quite carefully about what are the almost certain, the very likely and the known impacts of leaving the eu without a deal. we don't know all the full implications and of course we are hopeful that, in the time that remains, a deal will be reached. a government spokesman has responded and i am sure you know the response butjust for the audience who don't. "science recognises no borders. the uk has a proud record of welcoming the world's leading scientists and researchers to work and study here. this will not change when we leave the eu." yes, and we very much hope that will be the case. certainly the government has been

very supportive in saying that there will be no borders for science but, in reality, if we are not eligible for many european grants, and at the moment the government has provided some backing for funding, but that still cannot substitute for us being an equal partner in world leading projects. how do you tell the story of what happened during the eu referendum campaign in 2016 — how leave won? on monday, channel a will show ‘brexit — the uncivil war‘, a 90—minute dramatisation written by james graham whose work has included the 2012 play, ‘this house'. ‘brexit — the uncivil war‘ focuses on one character in particular — the leave campaign's strategist, dominic cummings, played by benedict cumberbatch. we heard from james graham a little earlier on the today programme. dominic cummings was the director of vote leave and he is played by benedict cumberbatch. i think it is because i realised

that even though the public face of those campaigns people were very familiar with, people like borisjohnson and michael gove, but they didn't actually make the strategy decisions. these were made by people who are not familiar to an audience. so, it was dominic cummings and his team who came up with the £350 million bus slogan. the slogan take back control. and, in a way, it feels right that these people, who haven't necessarily been held accountable for their decisions, both get a voice to justify them and also we, as a drama, get to prosecute them and ask questions that actually they have avoided. you say held accountable, but the portrayal of dominic cummings, you portray him as something of a genius really. he is the person who, you know, unlike the mps and the more familiar faces around him, really gets to the heart of what will be the most catching an appealing message to voters. actually, that's a really interesting point of view. i think the jury is out about that. some people think that cummings is this incredible, radical, disruptive genius in westminster. others are not quite so sure, that he uses slogans and ideas that maybe would accuse him

of a pseudo—intellectual strategy that isn't quite substantial. and i think hopefully the question the drama asks is, is what he did smart? did it actually affect people's voting patterns? or did people already have their minds made up anyway? you chose to leave david cameron and george osborne out. borisjohnson, michael gove are in it, portrayed in it, but why leave cameron and osborne out? to be honest, there was an early draft that was about three hours long that did include people like george osborne and theresa may. in a way, as we said before, i feel like an audience is quite familiar with their position on things. what they are not familiar with is what strategists and policy advisers and the real people who ran the referendum campaign, who they are, what they did. what i think is problematic about referendums is the people who run those campaigns and present a vision to the nation are not necessarily the people who get to follow and see that through. so it wasn't the politicians who presented this version of a post—brexit britain. it was people who were unnamed and we are giving them a spotlight

to both voice theirjustification but also try to hold them to account. let's have a look at what you are reading right now on the bbc news app. at number one is the new us house challenges, trumped on the shutdown and you can see the picture of nancy pelosi who has been re—elected as speaker and the house has voted to end the shutdown in the states but that will probably not be ratified by the senate or by president trump because it does not include funding for his wall with mexico. looking in more detail at the story at number three, the jury took rule on an ed sheeran song. a judge in the us has rejected ed sheeran‘s call for a legal case which is accusing him of copying parts of marvin gaye's let's get it

on to be dropped, thejudge has rejected the call to be dropped. the districtjudge has decided that a jury districtjudge has decided that a jury should decide on whether there are substantial similarities between the two songs. and looking at our most watched, we can scroll down to that end at number four, who army snowfla kes that end at number four, who army snowflakes posters work? this is the latest recruitment campaign by the army. this was greeted with some amusement. the campaign is targeting, snowflakes, phone zombies and selfie addicts, among other stereotypical images of millennial. that is it for today's morning briefing. sport now. and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. good morning. was in the game of the season last night? i would say so, we gave it a

big build—up and it lived up to expectations unless you are a liverpool fan. the premier league title race has been reignited after manchester city dealt best with the pressure last night to beat league leaders liverpool 2—1. the gap at the top of the table is nowjust four points. our sports correspondent david ornstein was at the etihad. the night the premier league title race was blown wide open. only midway through the campaign but already talk of this being a potential decider. reigning champions against rampant challengers and liverpool soon made their move, cutting city apart, chaos in the box butjohn stones to the rescue by the finest of margins. and an escape also for their captain, vincent kompany. it is on moments like these that games often turn and so it proved as city began to surge and sergio stepped up to score. that man aguero yet again delivering when his team needed him most. half—time allowed liverpool to

regroup, plot a way back and they found it. city hesitating, roberto firmino pouncing, the visitors bouncing. parity would not last long however. leroy sane the home hero. that goal line and woodwork working favourable for city again. liverpool hunted another equaliser but for a change it was them who were the prey. no longer and beating —— no longer unbeaten. the city were never going to give up their crown without a fight going to give up their crown without afightand going to give up their crown without a fight and although liverpool remain top of the table, the battle for the trophy has become all the more exciting in what is shaping up to bea more exciting in what is shaping up to be a thrilling season. let's speak now to former arsenal and england player ian wright, who knows what it takes to win the premier league title. it all came down to who handled the pressure better and city did, they kept their composure.

pressure better and city did, they kept their composurelj pressure better and city did, they kept their composure. i think what we saw with them was a team that knows how to trade this road. they have done it before, last season, they have shown how determined they are to try to retain the premier league trophy. i think yesterday liverpool, it was not a great performance from them but i have seen performance from them but i have seen them play like that earlier in the season and perhaps win those games but against manchester city and their quality and experience, it isa and their quality and experience, it is a lot more difficult. i think liverpool will have learnt a lot from the defeat but they are still four points clear and i still fancy them. what do you think it is done to their season? as well as losing and having their lead cut to four points, it is that unbeatable image they have had, unbeaten so far this season, this was their first loss. how damaging is that for their confidence? i think it is a bonus, to not be beaten, it does give you momentum to try to keep an unbeaten

run going. it will not have any effect on liverpool in respect of them going for what they are trying to do which is to win the premier league for the first time in 29 yea rs. league for the first time in 29 years. that is the main thing they have to deal with, the pressure that comes with that. the more they try to win the premier league and the pressure they will be put under by not only manchester city but spurs as well, it is how they deal with that pressure and the weight of expectation of a weight of 29 years for the premier league. other than that, i don't think they are bothered about losing a game. let's face it, they have lost to manchester city curmudgeonly one of the greatest team is the premier league has seen. for me, liverpool, with henderson and milner, i thought they might have gone a bit more attacking with firmino and maybe shaqiri and that could have made a difference but i'm surejurgen klopp knows what he is doing. they will have learnt something from it. i still feel liverpool habit their hands. they have, and they are still

four points ahead of them it is as if they have let it slip through their fingers if they have let it slip through theirfingers the if they have let it slip through their fingers the way the papers are treating it. we are also talking about the fa cup third round which is this weekend and some big ties. tranmere against tottenham is the first, tonight, but any other upsets you can see on the cards?” first, tonight, but any other upsets you can see on the cards? i will be doing the game between newport and leicester. newport have experience of getting through the third round, they beat leeds united last season and have beaten wrexham already this season. depending on what leicester do, if they rest players like they did in the league cup, i don't think they should, but i feel newport could give them a problem depending on what leicester team turns up. woking and watford will be tough. you have to be professional and your mind has to be right because these teams want to beat you, not only because of the prestige and stature that comes with you but these teams need that money, to sustain themselves and this is why i love it when teams like that get into it and

have a real go. we all love a good fa cupfairy have a real go. we all love a good fa cup fairy tale. thank you for joining us this morning. well, as you would imagine, manchester city's win over liverpool is all over the back pages this morning and the headline writers have been having some fun. insane, says the sun, and they show how close liverpool were to scoring an early opener — 11 millimetres —john stones hooking away a deflected shot. the mirror go with fourmidable — a nod to the four—point difference between liverpool and manchester city at the top of the table. the express say fight to the finish, and they also report on ole gunnar solskjaer‘s desire to stay on as manchester united manager, beyond his caretaker spell. he has been holding his press conference this morning and we will hear from conference this morning and we will hearfrom him later this morning. the liverpool players were very quiet on social media but the city players certainly weren't. ilkay gundogan said, "this match has been a battle, great spirit from all of us and a huge win". leroy sane, who scored the winner, said city were "back... in... business.

and from bernardo silva, a simple "get in". iam sure i am sure manchester city fans felt the same. don't forget to watch sportsday at 6.30pm on bbc news, when we'll be looking ahead to tonight's fa cup match between tranmere and tottenham. and there'll be updates on the friday football social on radio 5 live from 7 o'clock, plus in—play clips and text commentary on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... there is little evidence screentime is harmful to children's health, as leading paediatricians tell parents to worry less. police say there is growing evidence that members of organised criminal gangs getjobs in prisons to smuggle in drugs, as the first x—ray scanner is installed in a prison in england. uk house prices grew at the slowest annual rate last month

since february 2013, according to nationwide building society. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. —— started the day. research from king's college london suggests smokers and ex—smokers in the uk overestimate the harm from vaping, with fewer than six out of ten accurately believing that e—cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. public health england says it shows there's still work to do to reassure smokers that vaping, while not risk—free, is much less harmful than smoking. i am joined in the studio by the lead researcher for the findings, dr leonie brose from the institute of psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience at king's college london. thank you for coming along. we can hear from you thank you for coming along. we can hearfrom you in more detail about

the key findings of the research. we asked smokers and former smokers to compare how harmful they thought vaping was to smoking and how nicotine replacement therapies like patches or gum, how that compared with the harm from smoking. we found that less than six in ten of smokers and ex—smokers thought vaping was any and ex—smokers thought vaping was a ny less and ex—smokers thought vaping was any less harmful and the picture was very similarfor any less harmful and the picture was very similar for nicotine replacement therapies like patches and gums. we also asked about nicotine, if people thought that nicotine, if people thought that nicotine was the reason for the harm and a lot of smokers thought it caused cancer and also smoking—related death and disease which in fact it doesn't. why do you think people associated greater harm with vaping, or perhaps the same amount of harm with vaping, as they do with traditional cigarettes? is it because they have been a lot of reports with questions over the long—term impact of vaping because we don't yet know that? vaping as

been around for about a decade now. i think it is the other side of the equation, that may people are not aware of the harms of smoking in the same way. we rarely see reports of the 1500 smokers who died from smoking each week in england. do you really think that people are not aware of the harms of smoking traditional cigarettes?” aware of the harms of smoking traditional cigarettes? i am not sure. i can't remember the last time i saw any upset about the huge number of people dying, for example, or house fires been caused by smoking. if there is a single malfunctioning vaping device, it generates a lot of interest so i think that imbalance might skew perceptions. does this study suggest to you that if the message was clear about the relative consequences of smoking traditional cigarettes vis—a—vis vaping, that more people

would be recognising in this research that vaping is considered to be not as harmful? we don't have the exact evidence about that but that would be a hypothesis or a guess we could test, that it would help to put things in relation to each other instead ofjust focusing on one type of product. what will the findings of the research be used for? we are using it to obviously publish and to inform and to share the results with the general public. we also work closely with public health england and cancer research uk who clearly have more of a role in educating the public about the relative risks. thank you very much. a royal navy patrol ship has been sent to the english channel to help prevent migrants crossing from france. hms mersey was diverted from routine operations after the home secretary sajid javid requested the navy‘s help. around 2a0 people have arrived in the uk on small boats since november.

new research suggests that patients are made to wait twice as long for an ambulance when 999 is dialled from a doctor's surgery. it's according to a response to a freedom of information request from ten of the 13 ambulance services across the uk. ambulance bosses insist all calls are prioritised on clinical need. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. these were the scenes on beaches in holland after a huge cargo ship lost some of its load in heavy storms. children's toys and tvs were among the items washed up on the shore and locals braved the weather to help with the clean—up. but there was a warning from officials that some of the containers washed off the ship, which was travelling from asia to northern europe, contained toxic substances. you've heard of horse whisperers — but how about horse artists? this is melody hames, who for the last six years has been

clipping artwork into horses‘ coats all over the globe. some take as long as ten hours to complete, with themes including first world war remembrance and the tv show game of thrones. and the leak of this video of new us congresswoman alexandria occasio—cortez dancing while in college may have backfired on the right—wing activists who released it. it was an attempt to discredit the radical young democrat politician — the tweet accompanying it called her a "commie know it all acting like a clueless nitwit" — but it seems to have gone down rather well on social media — actor russell crowe among those who've called her dancing "adorable" and "fa ntastic". now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. it has been a rather chilly start to the day in wales, the meat

that smack of the midlands, eastern and southern england with a cloud breaking up enough last night to give us some frost and even now temperatures in the south west midlands are still at —5. compared to the north of scotland, they are at around nine celsius because there is some milder air moving in on a southerly wind. this area of high pressure is still dominating conditions today. underneath that, for many northern parts we have a lot of cloud around. much more cloud than these graphics are suggesting. some sunny spells in wales, the midlands, eastern and southern england with temperatures between three and 6 degrees, feeling quite chilly but not as cold in northern ireland and the north—west of scotla nd ireland and the north—west of scotland despite the cloudy skies. tonight, a case of seeing where the clear spells will be. more cloud around compared to the graphics. temperatures in pockets with the clear spells down to freezing but

with more cloud, the temperature just above freezing. at the weekend, largely dry. some sunny spells, especially towards eastern areas on saturday also a chilly start to the weekend. a lot of cloud but the best of the sons and will be in eastern england, eastern scotland. the cloud will thicken up for a few outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and western scotland later on saturday, temperatures rising gradually, for— six celsius. on sunday this week whether system will move in southwards. as we get this air coming in from the south—west, it will not be quite as cold on sunday. you can notice some orange appearing on the map. more cloud in england and wales, the best of the sunshine on sunday will be across some elite macro scotland and northern ireland but temperatures a little higher compared to the last few days, 8—10d

in england and wales, 6—9dc in scotla nd in england and wales, 6—9dc in scotland and northern ireland. next week, we start to see some rain moving in on monday. a bit of a stronger breeze coming in as well but after that, higher pressure will establish itself again. a lot of cloud around next week and temperatures between seven and 10 degrees. goodbye. you're watching bbc news. the headlines... parents are told to worry less about their children spending time looking at screens, as experts say there is little evidence it is harmful to their health. there are harms from screens but actually screens bring us great opportunities and we have to balance those. the first x—ray scanner is intalled in a prison in england, as police say there's evidence members of criminal gangs get prison jobs to smuggle in drugs. uk house prices grew at the slowest annual rate last month since february 2013, according to nationwide building society. university heads warn that a no—deal brexit is "one of the biggest threats" the institutions have ever faced.

the winners of the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize — almost £115 million — have been revealed as a couple from county armagh, with their identities to be revealed in a press conference shortly. child health experts have said there is no firm evidence that spending time looking at computer screens and smart phones is harmful to children. in the first official uk guidance, the royal college of paediatrics and child health said no specific time limits should be placed on children's use of screens, but it recommended they should be avoided for an hour before sleep. here's our medical

correspondent, fergus walsh. young people today grow up surrounded by digital entertainment and information on multiple screens, whether via computer, smartphone, or television. in its guidance to parents, the royal college says the popular view that time in front of a screen is toxic to health has essentially no evidence to support it. many things are harmful to us. crossing the road is harmful. even reading, which we think of as a really important thing, actually, is a bit of a sedentary occupation that can keep you up at night. so we think that there is a balance to be struck. there are harms from screens, but actually, screens bring us great opportunities and we have to balance those. it says there are some associations between higher screen use and obesity and depression, but notes that the reported rise in mental health problems among young people was apparent before the advent of social media and digital technologies. it recommends families ask

themselves four questions. is screen time in your household controlled? does it interfere with what your family wants to do? does it interfere with sleep? and are you able to control snacking during screen time? the guidance says parents with healthy, active children shouldn't worry greatly about computer and smartphone use, although it recommends no screens for an hour before bed, in part because the light can slow the release of the sleep—inducing hormone, melatonin. the royal college says families should negotiate screen time limits with their children based on individual needs, and how much they impact on sleep, physical and social activities. we're just we'rejust going to we're just going to shave an image from hollywood to a county down in auburn island where the identity of

the couple who has won the uk's fourth largest lottery jackpot the couple who has won the uk's fourth largest lotteryjackpot has been revealed. they are francis and patrick connelly from co armagh. here they are, the winners of the £115 million jackpot in the new year's day euro millions draw. just a warning there are a lot of flashes from the cameras from photographers at the moment for that they can see the total lay have won just a smidge under £115 million in that drawer. the fourth largest win in uk euro millions history. francis and patrick connelly from co armagh. what a moment for them! there are such a huge amount of interest in this win from the media. i believe

we are going to be hearing from them. we did what we are told. lots of people wanting to take that photographed today, of course. the huge amount of media attention on this massive win. let's stick with this massive win. let's stick with this because i think we are going to hear from this because i think we are going to hearfrom them, this because i think we are going to hear from them, who this because i think we are going to hearfrom them, who have this because i think we are going to hear from them, who have won this undoubtedly life changing amount of money. maybe they will say it will not change their lives, i cannot predict. again, this is patrick and frances na one £11a.9 million on new year's day this year. —— and they won. you are the fourth biggest national lottery winners ever. how does it feel? under a. overwhelming.

ido does it feel? under a. overwhelming. i do not think it has actually sunk m, i do not think it has actually sunk in, it really has not. all of these quys in, it really has not. all of these guys are here to hear your story. well, chat real story, and then we will open up the floor to anyone who wa nts to will open up the floor to anyone who wants to ask any questions. first things first, tell us about when and how you bought your ticket? you actually bought it on new year's day, is that right? we do the national lottery online. we never really bothered checking anything or doing anything and i only do this on when they have a big rollover and it is on the telly to remind me. i said to paddy, i'm going to get a ticket. normally i get one and i figure i am doing this one until some other wins it. we did the first couple of weeks

you did it over christmas. we were going to the shop on new year's eve to get the ticket and i forgot. on the morning at the breakfast table i said, ican't the morning at the breakfast table i said, i can't be bothered going out today, we do it online? yeah, no problem. come lunchtime, again, it would normally be something we would forget after that. for some reason i said to paddy, have you done it yet? i will do it now, better than getting out. he did not say that i could hear it going round in his head. and he did and we forgot all about it. that was earlier on in the day, new year's day, about lunchtime anywhere at home all day. nothing exciting. fast forward to the evening, you are sat at home together and you decided to do what at ten o'clock? i thought i would just check my e—mails before bedtime. i went on nothing exciting.

i'd checked the lottery numbers which i do not normally do. just by chance, we clicked on that i put it in the check my numbers tab. you bought lucky dip. one lucky dip, random numbers. checked the numbers and there was a little box came out and there was a little box came out and each at the numbers was taped. i thought, right, 0k, have we done 0k? still did not believe it. thought it isa scam still did not believe it. thought it is a scam or i am looking at the wrong page or something. when on to a second website, the bbc website, and said their numbers and they were the same. i still thought it was a bit of a scam and i would check the third side and again the same numbers. so, all this time you're checking the numbers. what were you doing? knitting. what were you knitting? ajumper. you did not say

anything? said nothing. i did not wa nt anything? said nothing. i did not want to get it wrong and overreact. i got frances to have a look in case i was still missing something. i turned the computer ran to her and said, ithink turned the computer ran to her and said, i think i have got some good news for you. i could see the lottery ticket and i thought, it must be more than £2.60. we had won £2.60 a week before. all that time we have been doing the national lottery i do not think we have one £10 three times out of it. he said, i think we have one. yeah, but we have won what? got £1000 or something? he said, you are misunderstanding me will stop we have one. a couple of expletives later, which i am trying not to say in front of you not, it you must be

joking. he said i wouldn'tjoke about something like that. all the conversations about what would you do if? that all went out of the window and we sat staring at each other for ten minutes. you didn't say anything. we haven't done that yet. i don't think we believe it yet. i don't think we believe it yet. when he showed to the computer and you are looking through... honestly, i thought there was something wrong and something would happen full to be any other thing i ever one was a guess the number of sweets in a jar ever one was a guess the number of sweets inajarand ever one was a guess the number of sweets in a jar and four people did the same thing. we all is said, if we everdid when the same thing. we all is said, if we ever did when a million or something there will be a million winners that we come we will get £1. sol winners that we come we will get £1. so i was waiting on, i suppose at that point we thought we must have won a decent amount of money and we would be happy with anything. we we re would be happy with anything. we were chuffed to bits. paddy does

trust very quietly. you are incredibly calm. probably even quieter. at what point did you believe what you had seen? the next stage was at one o'clock in the morning we got an e—mail through which then said, checked the site. obviously there was a message this time on the site. it said you have won £iia.9 million. then it became a bit more real. at that point did you run and scream and shout and jump? what did you do? had a cup of tea. i hug and a cup of tea. did you believe that point? no. we still needed to talk to someone about it. i also believed there could be lots of winners in other countries. even though it said it can even know you have the information in front of you still did not believe it. at what

stage then... you are sitting in any think you might have won almost £115 million? and he kept repeating that. he kept repeating the numbers over and over again. the 70p you have left off the check is really important. don't worry. you are sat there. you said to me you then went to bed. we tried. it was about three o'clock in the morning. 20 minutes later i was back downstairs. i think you had an hour. where you lying there thinking, how will i spend it? it isa there thinking, how will i spend it? it is a huge amount of money. nothing. what were you doing? what we re your nothing. what were you doing? what were your thoughts? when the e—mail came through me started to talk to each other about this is kind of real and you are asking us, do we believe it? we kind of did believe it but believing it in your head and acknowledge in it, it did not mean

anything at that point. we did believe it, we not daft. so we started saying, well, 0k, believe it, we not daft. so we started saying, well, ok, the only thing we have done is make a list of all the people we are going to give money to. instead of going on the internet light lots of people would, looking at the biggest house they could buy a where they could go shopping or where they could go on holiday, all of the things, you sat and wrote the list. we have sat across the table like everyone in the country now and again saying, what would we do we win? if i won £1 million i would have it spent before it went in the bank because i knew what has to buy, a new car, how much the kids will get. not to bother. but this was different. immediately the list was made. we have physical... this is a physical list of people you are going to share the money you have just one wave, before

you have even started. how many people are on the list? at the minute about 50. you're going to make more millionaires? what are you going to do? definitely not. quite a few of them. and do they know? people on the list, they do not know. how will you tell them? the fun bit for us, and it sounds unselfish to be giving it away but it will be so much fun. that was always the first thing i knew i was going to do. the second thing i was going to do. the second thing i was going to do was try to stop him from tearing up the list. i am working on that. it has worked up in my -- has worked out in my favour. i want, the pleasure to me, will be to see people's faces and asking what they wa nt people's faces and asking what they want us to do for them. are you starting that now? some of it will happen straightaway, we have three

daughters and our grandchildren when they get at least something and a lot of people will maybe get something straightaway but we have to have time to get the money and get it in a proper bank accounts and all those practical things, so it might take a month before we can really do anything major for people. but as soon as we can. have you worked out how you will tell them? we have thought about a couple of people but we will win it and see. definitely face to face. right, wow! what an amazing gift!” definitely face to face. right, wow! what an amazing gift! i am so excited about it. the excitement came from you in writing a list. excited about it. the excitement came from you in writing a listm is still fun to think about what we will do with it. i mean we aren't talking a couple of days since he bought the ticket, one, and now you are sat here in front of everyone today. do you have any thoughts on

what you guys might do with the rest of it? well, eventually going he is going to want to go back and do some business stuff. we have talked about getting a business or businesses and helping out back here in northern ireland. ok. you currently are in rented accommodation. you were planning on relocating with work? yes, i was working at the minute and there were options. got an offer in croydon as well. we were going to move back to england. really everything is up in the air now. so, you're not going to croydon now. not at the minute. you are retired for now. for the minute i am retired. trying to work out what you will do. it will not be along because i will need do something. what are your

plans? i will definitely retire, 100%. i have always been a bold in charity work in belfast. it is a fantastic charity, an online magazine for the third sector, the volu nta ry magazine for the third sector, the voluntary sector. i will definitely be getting involved within it again and doing something there. are you talking about going back and studying? there is another thing. when you have these conversations, as you do, if i win the lottery i am never leaving school again. i am never leaving school again. i am carrying on with my plans. what were your plans? i wanted to do my ph.d.. clinical psychology. you still have plans. with all of this up in the air... you have lots of things to sort out and lots of things going

through your mind can i am sure. is there anything else physically you wanted? cars, houses? it might not change me as a person that it will change me as a person that it will change what is happening, definitely. you talk about mauritius possibly. somewhere we have always wanted to go. you wanted to go. you said you wanted to buy lots of gifts for her. plenty of gifts for that she deserves them. you said do like grand prix. going to the rugby matches and going to a grand prix in monaco would be fantastic. i love cars. at some point i will buy a car, i cars. at some point i will buy a car, lam cars. at some point i will buy a car, i am not going to be tend i am not. i love and alfa romeo but i jive read no lagoon at the moment. —— i drive a renault laguna at the

moment. you have three daughters. have you told them? we have told my daughters, brothers and sisters and three or four of our closest friends we re three or four of our closest friends were not a living soul believed us at all. do you think they might believe you after today? just. lots of other people you will be sharing the money with any wanted to tell, i suppose you'd just not had the time. we didn't tell anybody until the paperwork was signed yesterday, like nobody. it came as a shock to eve ryo ne nobody. it came as a shock to everyone yesterday. did they know you are doing this today? we didn't realise it would happen so quickly. we thought we would have a few days. we thought we would have a few days. we have made about 25 phone calls yesterday. i have a big family. so, it was three minutes. look, i'm

really sorry, i use it in? put me on speaker. we won the lottery, we are the people that won the lottery on new year's eve. —— are you sitting? our friends in england were driving and it is lucky they did not crash the car. they went mental. we would like tojust the car. they went mental. we would like to just apologise to anyone we have not personally spoken to yet. we'll get to you. i am sure they will understand. please have them we are really, really sorry. so, kind of what next? mean, have you even had a chance to think about anything yet? ——i had a chance to think about anything yet? —— i mean. had a chance to think about anything yet? -- i mean. we are going to get this over with... we want to see family and we wanted to disappear and have a holiday. right. we want to have a holiday anyway but we need space and time to be able to give

people those answers. everyone wants those answers, our family once simply you want the man i will send you all a message. absolutely, sincerely, i think it is shock. please believe me. we're definitely going to spend money. as soon as we are finished here, i'm going to check to see if there is any money. i'm going to enjoy every minute of it. why have you told everyone question why did you decide to share your news? i don't think we wanted to. the preference would have been to. the preference would have been to keep it quiet that there are a lot of people. that list was too long. my sisters or have kids and facebook. it was never going to be secret. if we had had small families, i wouldn't have minded asking my brothers and sisters to keep it quiet for a while but, no,

it was too much. two days we waited. yesterday your phone did not stop, i will be honest with you. not only that the how do you not tell people? too many people we were giving money to straightaway. how do explain to other people that you are able to do what you are about to do without telling them? it was not that we wanted to tell people to keep it secret but we didn't want you lot... it feels like a really emotional time and it is kind of strange sharing it with strangers. but i am glad we did now. everybody knows and everybody will see any will get round to them. yet, we will. you will. they will understand. any thoughts on anything else, any charities or anything like that or is it too early? too early. it will be happening, it will be happening

will stop no intentions are keeping all that money, no chance. ok, guys. has anybody got any questions? we have a roving mike. congratulations. how was life before you won this amount of money? how will it change your life really is the question i am asking? that is a really daft question will stop £1 million would have changed our life. it would not have changed our life. it would not have let us give jobs, £1 million is not what it used to be. anything more than that would have changed our life and recognisably. i cannot fathom what this money would do. it is beyond our imagination at the minute, we are stunned. we are going to travel for a bit, definitely.

minute, we are stunned. we are going to travelfora bit, definitely. i do not know where and then we'll come back and try and help as many people in the community as we can through businesses we can start or help and things like that. obviously we want to get some charitable work done. i used to work with a football clu b done. i used to work with a football club and they will definitely be getting a phone call shortly.” cannot think beyond that. the other thing is, a wonderful wife, wonderful family, wonderful friends. this is the icing on the cake. icing ona this is the icing on the cake. icing on a very nice cake. we were not rich but we were very happy and with happy. so, this will make me a hell ofa happy. so, this will make me a hell of a lot happier. but many does not bring you happiness. we already had happiness. we have been very, very blessed in life and this isjust the icing on the cake. sarah here.

congratulations again. can you just ta ke congratulations again. can you just take us through. money does not necessarily make you any happier that how difficult really was it for you to sit in front of all of us strangers and go public with this? essentially life will never be the same. yes, i don't think we really understand it. we are private people, we do our bit, but going publicjust feels very strange. i don't know how to react or what happens next. we will take it one step at a time. we are level—headed, not overly extravagant... yet. he is living in hope. it is a huge amount of money and it is not changing our lives or those of our family '5 greatest generations beyond that.

that is starting to sink in a little bit as well. of all the things you are planning doing with the money, at the moment what are you most looking forward to? seeing the faces of family and friends when i tell them they are going to have money to spend, new houses, whatever they want. well done. thank you for coming. what sort of people where you before this? you were driving your laguna. did you have the normal worries that people have? were you checking your credit card after christmas? were you looking forward to doing yourjob in croydon?” think about always job concerns. this business is tough. there are

opportunities. i was looking forward to new roles. i had taken on a new role. i love businesses, i love helping businesses. the bills have to be paid and you are always thinking about retirement you are thinking about retirement you are thinking about retirement you are thinking about your children. there are everyday worries like everyone else in the world. we were not poor. he has a good job. i am a teacher. i have not worked for a few years because i had an injury to my knee, had an operation last year and i —— and everybody has to be kind to me today because my mobility issues are not great. they were not checking the credit card bill. we had enough to pay the bills. there was not a great deal for extra luxuries because he went to one salary when we came to northern ireland. —— we went. going back to croydon, we actually said on new year's eve because the job prospects are

getting better and because i am now able to go back to work, this ship is actually going to be a good year for us anyway. but we have always been good, hard—working people. we don't carry a lot of debt, so, we we re don't carry a lot of debt, so, we were 0k don't carry a lot of debt, so, we were ok but certainly no luxuries. does that answer your question? over here. how you? congratulations. you say you are regular lotto players. the lack continue? —— will lack continue? they say we are the fourth biggest but we have to be the biggest. it will carry on and we never even thought about cancelling it at all. i do not know if we have won anything else yet.” it at all. i do not know if we have won anything else yet. i have not checked. i might up the insurance.

congratulations. i am just wondering, is there anything you ever promised to your children that you would be able to buy them if you won the lotto? that we would not disown them. is there anything they have asked for? my daughter is in new zealand for a year. she did her masters and went out on her own to work there. she is teaching kayaking, having a great time, but she is coming back for a visit anyway. her and her friend she is coming back for a visit anyway. herand herfriend upcoming. they booked their tickets. i told her about the lottery and she has not even changed her ticket, she is coming back on the same ticket. she phoned me back and said we were staying two nights in hong kong a hostel but i have upped it to a hotel. she has paid £250 for two rooms for two nights. she has really

splashed out on that one. they have not asked. congratulations. i have a question first. it is about where you are from. to clarify where you are? we you are from. to clarify where you are ? we live you are from. to clarify where you are? we live on the border of county down and armagh will stop what do you consider? i normally put county down because it is easier. paddy, you said you might want to help local businesses, what businesses do have in mind? my expertise is in manufacturing so i would like to see what is available. i enjoy working in businesses and improving their performance and hopefully creating jobs. at one stage in england we did have our own small business. we sold that out and moved to bigger business. i think that small, medium business. i think that small, medium business where you can go in

hopefully add some advice and encouragement to create some jobs, that would be great. both here and in england. that is what i will enjoy doing, i don't think i will be doing it tomorrow! but i will be keen to do that. if you are looking for a media adviser... laughter this is a huge amount of money, obviously you make a great couple and everybody is pleased for you. i don't want to be a party pooper, but with massive wins like this, sometimes you hear stories about lottery winners where it destroyed their lives. not a chance. are you prepared for the intense media interest people are writing letters asking you for money and that sort of thing? i don't think we have

really thought about it yet. you can't pretend that anybody will understand it. that will break my heart, i will cry myself to sleep that you can't help everybody. hand on heart, i know that. that is going to be really tough. but as far as we are concerned... is there much chance of it doing a thing to us? no, we're not worried about that and we will support our family and friends. we will not just give them money, we are hopefully here to improve things for all of us. have you actually seen on the banking app? you have seen it? are you looking forward to seeing that massive long number? it would be

nice! paddy is going to try and get it as his phone number! can i say, i am looking forward more to see it going down a wee bit! not too quickly! any more questions? i'm wondering, the numbers themselves, was there any particular reason why you chose them? no, lucky dip. not ina you chose them? no, lucky dip. not in a million years would i have chosen them, they are weird! we have the same numbers every week on the main lottery, the usual birthdays but this was a random lucky dip.” didn't know what the numbers were. you probably still don't! they are a lovely couple. frances and paddy

connko lovely couple. frances and paddy connolly talking about that massive win ofjust under £115 million in the euro millions new year's day draw. they bought the ticket on new year's day, one lucky dip ticket. paddy checked the numbers before bedtime, he checked several sites because he did not believe it at first. when he told frances, she said they didn't speak for ten minutes, they said it was unreal and overwhelming and it still is for them. they have made a list of people, about 50 people, they are going to give money to. saying that seeing family and friends when they tell them they will help them with money will be the best thing for them. but frances saying they cannot even fathom what the money is going to do, it is beyond their imagination at the minute. they hope to do some travelling, start some businesses to help people in the community and frances are saying she wa nts to community and frances are saying she wants to go back into full—time

education. they do sound like a very level—headed and lovely couple and we wish them all the best. the time is 10:3aam. in the last few minutes we have had an update from the scotla nd we have had an update from the scotland and this relates to the death of a climber on ben nevis on new year's day. police are confirming that the climber who died was a 21—year—old woman from germany. the incident was reported to police after the woman fell while climbing on ben nevis. her next of kin have been updated but have requested that no further details are issued. sergeant michael bell said, our thoughts are with the woman's friends and family at this tragic time. there are no suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course. the first x—ray scanner has been installed in a prison in england, as part of the government's

programme to reduce drug—related violence. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body, as our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explains. stand up onto the two black marks. that's it. spin around and face me. just place one hand on to that. using x—ray technology, making prisons safer. this is the first body scanner to be installed as part of the government's programme to reduce drugs and violence in ten of the worst affected prisons in england. nearly finished. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body. this is an image of an inmate found with concealed drugs on the first day the device was deployed. you can see the straight edges, which shouldn't be inside the human body. the scanner operates in a similar way to a standard hospital x—ray machine, but the level of radiation is a00 times lower. leeds is one of ten prisons that are being given investment to reduce drugtaking and violence by next summer. but it's a difficult task and there is no

guarantee it will happen. there's also a concern some of the ten prisons could reduce assaults simply by moving violent offenders to otherjails. that's definitely a risk. i'm very, very clear, though, that we need to play this fair. the idea is that i can look other governors in the face and say, "we turned around these ten prisons without cheating." the drugs trade is controlled by organised crime groups and there's evidence some criminals deliberately getjobs in prisons to bring contraband in. let's get more on this now from mark fairhurst, who's the national chair of the prison officers' association. good morning and thank you for your time. you have seen one of these scanners in action altered how useful a resource are they in the fight against drugs in prisons?”

have seen one in action and they are accurate and a vital resource and they detected everything that is in somebody‘s body. they detected everything that is in somebody's body. the problem is that there are not enough of them. it is said that it is a great idea but windowdressing unless you are able to scan everyone coming into prison. this is one of a body of measures we can use to prevent illicit items coming into jails. there will only be tenjails coming into jails. there will only be ten jails that have these scanners and we want them in all prisons and everybody entering prisons and everybody entering prison including staff and visitors going through them and searched thoroughly like you do at an airport. how many would you need to achieve that? you would need over 100 for each prison in the country. at the moment, we have them in the high security estate which is only about four prisons. we are getting them ina about four prisons. we are getting them in a further ten. hopefully the results will yield results for the staff in a reduction illicit items

and violent so we can promote them more and hopefully at that level of investment from the government will be forthcoming. that is what we dearly need, this vital resource and we need the staff in place to do it as well. you think it will take that evidence built over a period of time to convince the government to spend more on more of these scanners?” think it is going to take a while for us to gather the evidence. of course, rory stewart stated publicly that if violence does not reduce in these ten jails where these scanners have been introduced, he will resign. let's hope it doesn't come to bat. he is a decent guy and he gets what the poa is saying and he has acted on some concerns. we have been highlighting for years that we need this technology in place as well as phone blockers and drone signal blockers. obviously drugs is a massive issue for the members of your association to tackle in prisons. i want to get your thoughts on this about story about criminal

gangs, members infiltrating prisons as staff members to smuggle drugs in. what can you tell us about that? we are in receipt of intelligence that does suggest that, on occasions, staff are being recruited by criminal gangs. we must remember this is not just by criminal gangs. we must remember this is notjust prison officers but civilian staff who are recruited by these gangs to infiltrate prisons. what that tells me is that it is a minute number, less than 1%. but we need to make it attractive for gangs to recruit in such a way by stopping illicit items getting into prisons, thatis illicit items getting into prisons, that is the key, to disrupt and detect. is it the gangs recruiting people who are already prison officers or is it people from the gangs or people asked by the gangs to apply for the jobs or a bit of both? it is a bit of both. people get recruited before they apply for thejob by a gang and obviously some

staff get infiltrated while they are inside. prisoners approach them and, depending on their personal circumstances, sometimes they go to the dark side and let us all down. what we have got to do is have a screening process in place that is very robust so that nobody enters a jail until they have been fully screened and vetted. and we need an education programme in our prisons in corruption prevention so those staff who are getting conditioned by prisoners realise there is help available. thank you very much. the foreign office has confirmed a former us marine accused of spying in russia is also a british citizen. paul whelan was detained by russian security services a week ago. officials said he was caught "carrying out spying activities". this morning, foreign secretary jeremy hunt said british authorities were assisting the us in mr whelan's case. we are not ruling out any favours at

all at this stage as to why this might have happened. we are extremely worried about paul whelan. we have offered consular assistance. the us are leading on this because it isa the us are leading on this because it is a british and american citizen. our position is very clear, which is a very straightforward point that individuals should not be used as pawns of diplomatic leverage. we need to see what these charges are against him, understand whether there is a case or not. we are giving every support that we can but we don't agree with individuals being used in diplomatic chess games. because it is desperately worrying not just games. because it is desperately worrying notjust for the individual but theirfamilies worrying notjust for the individual but their families and we are all extremely worried about him and his family as we hear this news. has britain had access to him? we have offered access but not had it yet. is there a concern for other brits in russia that they could also be picked up? this is obviously

something that is under active consideration and we are constantly reviewing our travel advice to all parts of the world. if we see the need to make a change then we will make it. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. we heard jeremy hunt talking about consular we heard jeremy hunt talking about co nsu la r a ccess we heard jeremy hunt talking about consular access to mr whelan but do we know what he is accused of? he is accused of espionage. he was arrested by russian state security forces last week. they detained him and he has been held in a fairy —— fairly notorious prison in moscow. he has been visited by the american ambassador to moscow so he has had some consular access, not british consular access. he is more american than british, his parents were british, he was born in canada, he moved to michigan early in his life and spent most of his life in the states. he was in the marine corps

for many years. he has been arrested and is now charged with espionage and is now charged with espionage and the allegation that is uncorroborated was that he was picked up in a hotel in possession ofa picked up in a hotel in possession of a memory stick, usb stick, that allegedly had a list of intelligence employees at a russian agency on his possession but that is not corroborated, that is what one russian news agency as been claiming. an interesting use of phrase byjeremy hunt, talking about a dramatic chess game. obviously thought this is a political manoeuvre. there is a wider issue. his family claim it is all nonsense and he is innocent and he was there for the wedding of a former colleague in the marines he was marrying a russian woman and that was why he was in moscow. the suggestion about a chess game is that just at the end of last year, a woman was arrested and convicted in the united states, a russian national and a gun enthusiast and

she was found guilty after she pleaded guilty to the charge that she was a russian estate agent trying to influence us conservative groups, lobbying them and particularly the gun lobby. the suggestion is and this is merely speculation, that this former us marine has been picked up and arrested, and potentially at some stage in the future some kind of exchange could be carried out. these things have happened before. but they can take quite a long time. thank you. reports from germany say hundreds of german politicians have had their personal details hacked and published online. the information — including contact details and credit card numbers — was posted on a twitter account in the form of an advent calendar, with a link to more information posted each day in the run—up to christmas. victims include the president, frank—walter steinmeier, and members from all parties, except the main opposition party, the right—wing alternative for germany.

there's also speculation that state—sponsored hackers may have got into the politicians‘ e—mail accounts. let's get more on this from damien mcguinness, who's in berlin for us. how serious is this in terms of compromising the security and safety of these politicians? this is the largest data leak ever experienced in germany and it is incredibly serious when you consider that this is extremely sensitive and personal information ranging from family photos, private correspondence, e—mails and messages between family members are politicians, right through to banking information, financial information. as you said, the president has been effected, the whole german government cabinet has been effected. angela merkel has been effected. angela merkel has been affected herself. e—mail information of hers has been released, private letters and correspondence have been leaked. it

is incredibly personal information including addresses and contact information. it depends what could be done with that information in terms of safety and security. it is also very important because it has hit a whole sector of society in germany, it has gone right through the german political leadership. every single political party apart from the right—wing populist alternative for germany has been hit. and also quite prominent journalists, tv personalities including a very famous comedian, musicians and rappers, what they all have in common is that they are generally quite politically active. they express a lot of political opinions. the comedian has been very critical of right—wing populism, the rappers have been supportive of certain left—wing issues. that has led to a lot of speculation that there is some sort of political links or motivation. so far there is

no evidence who is behind the attack but there is a spec elation that there might be some kind of link with german right—wing extremists or alternatively that there could be some sort of connection with state actors or individuals in russia or china. but investigations are carrying on and there is no evidence so far as to who exactly is behind the attack or why they carried it out. thank you very much. university bosses are warning that a no—deal brexit could be one of the biggest ever threats to higher education. the government says it'll guarantee money for eu funded projects if a deal isn't reached. but university vice—chancellors say leaving the eu without an agreement could disrupt world—leading research and put billions of pounds of funding at risk. the two largest london airports are to spend millions of pounds on anti—drone technology following the disruption at gatwick before christmas. more than 1a0,000 passengers were affected and over a thousand flights cancelled or diverted during 36 hours of chaos caused by drone sightings. gatwick says it's now spent 5 million pounds gatwick says it's now spent £5 million on comunications jamming equipment

and heathrow‘s confirmed it'll be buying similar systems. a royal navy patrol ship has been sent to the english channel to help prevent migrants crossing from france. hms mersey was diverted from routine operations after the home secretary, sajid javid, requested the navy‘s help. around 2a0 people have arrived in the uk on small boats since november. house prices saw the biggest fall last month since 2012, according to figures from nationwide. the mortgage lender said prices fell 0.7% in november and annual rises are at their slowest pace in nearly six years. our correspondent dharshini david explained more. this is one of our biggest lenders and what they are saying is that if you look at what happened last month, in the 12 months to december, house prices were up byjust 0.5%

and we have not seen those kind of tiny increases since february 2013. nationwide is saying there are two things holding demand back in the property market, firstly the squeeze on real incomes, average wages might be outpacing inflation again but not for very long and on top of that, people are very nervous about what lies ahead, so much uncertainty which is weighing down the market despite the fact we have these low borrowing costs. if you lift the bonnet on the figures it is interesting, a big north—south divide with the north outpacing the southin divide with the north outpacing the south in terms of price rises for the last two years or so. that means opportunities for first—time buyers but on the other hand, even though the gap is narrowing, the average home in the south is still worth twice as much as the average home in the north. of course the big question is what happens this year. the nationwide said that if you look at the broader picture, we have very low unemployment and low interest rates and that should mean more price rises as long as we see

clarity over the path to brexit. research into executive pay suggests the in the first three days of 2019, the uk's top bosses will have earned more than the typical worker will earn all year. the high pay centre has found that a ftse100 chief executive earns just over a thousand pounds an hour on average. and by today — what it calls "fat cat friday" — bosses will have earned more than the typical annual uk salary of £29,500. the national secretary of the trade union gmb, rehana azam, told me chief executive pay at these companies is excessive and unjustifiable. according to the report, the median pay including bonuses for a ftse100 chief executive was £3.926 million in 2017, isn't it a happy new year for uk bosses as, of 1pm today, the top ftse100 bosses will earn more this year than what a worker will earn in an entire year. if you put that into some kind of context, an average worker on the national minimum wage would have to work something like 321 years to earn the same as a ceo earns within one year.

somebody on an average salary, as you said, just under £30,000, would have to work something like 133 years to earn the same as a ceo earns within one year. so, yes, what we are seeing today is the best resolution workers can make is to join a trade union because there is clear evidence, where trade unions represent workers on pay terms and conditions, workers fare better than those who are not represented by a trade union. so, royal mail shareholders, for example, last year they rebelled against the company's pay plans we are talking about the shareholders here. are we more likely to see examples of this in 2019, do you think? well, you know, we are coming up to the anniversary of the carillion collapse. and if you look at what happened within carillion, here was a company that was asset poor and cash rich and the cash was being moved

into dividends and the boardrooms and i think we have some way to go to get proper parity and equality between bosses and workers. the fact that this report says that the difference between a boss earning 133 times more than an average worker, i mean, that is notjust unjustifiable, it is more than excessive and it needs to be addressed. do you see some evidence, though, that in some instances, shareholders are finding that state of affairs less and less palatable? well, not really, because the evidence suggests that these top bosses are going to earn 11% more than they did last year. and we know, certainly, that workers have not had 11% pay increases. so therefore i am not convinced that we are there and that is why i think in 2019 what we need is much more on deeds and not words and we need to narrow the pay gap, the pay inequality. what we cannot ignore

is that in 2019 we still have the gender pay gap. in the public sector it is at 13%. in the private sector it is 15%. we need more union representation on renumeration committees if we are really going to get pay parity across our workplaces. you are not saying that these bosses should not have salaries that reflect the responsibility they hold, are you? no, because nobody underestimates the contribution british bosses make to the economy, to investment, tojob creation. but, more importantly, and i think this is where the crux of the matter is, bosses cannot be paid 133 times more than the average worker. we need to close that gap and the way to do that is to get more peoplejoining a trade union and making sure there is parity in the workplaces. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. you've heard of horse whisperers —

but how about horse artists? this is melody hames, who, for the last six years, has been clipping artwork into horses‘ coats all over the globe. some take as long as ten hours to complete, with themes including first world war remembrance and the tv show game of thrones. and the leak of this video of new us congresswoman alexandria ocasio—cortez dancing while in college may have backfired on the right—wing activists who released it. it was an attempt to discredit the radical young democrat politician — the tweet accompanying it called her a "commie know it all acting like a clueless nitwit" — but it seems to have gone down rather well on social media — actor russell crowe among those who‘ve called her dancing "adorable" and "fantastic". now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. we have a rather cold

and frosty start today across much of wales, the midlands, eastern and southern areas of england but in southern areas of england but in southern parts of the cloud is thinning quite nicely with more sunshine compared to the last few days. we still have this big area of high pressure keeping things relatively settled. still a lot of cloud in northern and western parts of the uk and with that high pressure comes a southerly wind across northern ireland and the north—west of scotland and that is where temperature is will reach 809 celsius. a lot of cloud in scotland, northern ireland and northern england —— eight or nine celsius. in southern parts, that is where the best of the sunshine is with temperatures between three and 6 degrees. not as cold and the far north and west. overnight, a lot of cloud around. some holes developing in it so some patchy frost on saturday morning. when you get lengthier clear spells, temperatures will get down to minus three degrees

but with more cloud, the temperatures will state just above freezing. at the weekend, mostly dry, afairamount freezing. at the weekend, mostly dry, a fair amount of cloud with just some sunny spells. on saturday, those spells are more likely in eastern england and eastern scotland. in northern ireland and western scotland, the cloud will thicken up with a few patches of rain moving into saturday evening but otherwise it will remain dry. temperatures are still chilly in england and wales. 7—9d in the far north—west. on sunday, this cold front will move into the area of high pressure and that will kill it off. you might see some cloud moving southwards and eastwards. but with this south—westerly wind, something a little milder will develop. temperatures will start to rise. on sunday, a much brighter day for scotla nd sunday, a much brighter day for scotland and northern ireland with some sunshine. for england and

wales, with that front moving southwards, more cloud but not quite as cold. temperatures around eight or9 as cold. temperatures around eight or 9 degrees and perhaps ten or 11 in the south—west. into next week, we will see some strong winds developing on monday, especially in scotland. some outbreaks of rain but for the rest of the week, high pressure m oves for the rest of the week, high pressure moves in again. we are back to this regime of mostly cloudy skies, a few sunny spells and temperatures between seven and nine celsius. goodbye. you‘re watching bbc newsroom live. it‘s 11am — and these are the main stories this morning: parents are told to worry less about their children spending time looking at screens — as experts say there is little evidence it is harmful to their health. the first x—ray scanner is intalled in a prison in england — as police say there‘s evidence members of criminal gangs get prison jobs to smuggle in drugs. the foreign office confirms that paul whelan, a former us marine accused of spying in russia, is also

a british citizen. a couple from northern ireland who won the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize, almost £115 million pounds, say they‘ve written a list of 50 family and friends to share their fortune with. what did you do? i had a cup of tea. a hug and a cup of tea. a hug and a cup of tea, we had quite a big hug!