child health experts say there's not enough evidence to show that screentime is harmful to children's health. they say parents are the bestjudge of how long their children should spend on smart phones and other devices but do recommend no screens for one hour before bed. 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 there is a balance to be struck. the royal college of paedeatrics and child health has called for more research into the impact of digital media given it's evolving so rapidly. also this lunchtime.... fears that organised criminal gangs are applying forjobs in jails to smuggle drugs, say police. there are some examples of a staff, very soon after they work in a prison estate, whetherfor a prison officer or a prison worker, they move towards supplying contraband. legislation‘s approved in the us to end the government shutdown but donald trump looks set

to veto it over funding of his mexican wall. lotto jackpot winners to give millions away after shock of scooping a £115 million prize. all the conversations about, "what would you do if?" they went out of the window when we sat staring at each other for ten minutes. we literally said nothing. and coming up on bbc news... liverpool's unbeaten run is over with manchester city back in the premier league title race after a fascinating game at the etihad stadium. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the royal college of paediatrics and child health has issued guidelines to parents over

the amount of screen time their children are exposed to. they say they have not found enough evidence to show that screentime is harmful to children's health but recommend no screens for one hour before bedtime. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. young people today grow up surrounded by digital entertainment and information on multiple screen — whether via computer, smartphone or television. in its guidance to parents, the royal college says the popular view that time in front of the 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 there's 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? but there has been some criticism that the guidance does not go far enough. i'm really disappointed with the report today. i feel like these are guidelines with no actual guidance in them. what it does is just say, "there's not enough research, therefore it's not harmful." what i would argue is, "yes, there isn't enough research but you need to live in the real world, speak to gps, have a couple of teenagers in your house to know that tech addiction is a real problem." the royal college says parents are best placed to decide what limits to place on their child's screen use. 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. they 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. we're quite mindful because obviously we are both wearing specs, so we're quite mindful that we don't want them to get strained eyes. they're tools of the future as well, so we've got to allow them to learn at the same time. they're are a bit faster than us, aren't they? the guidance says parents with healthy, active children should not 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 family should negotiate screen time limits with their children based on individual needs and how much they impact on sleep, physical and social activities.

fergus walsh, bbc news. a separate study has found that teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to show depressive symptoms linked to social media use. researchers at university college london analysed data from nearly 11,000 young people in the uk. they found that girls were more affected by online harassment and concerns about body image, self—esteem and appearance. police say there's evidence that gangs are infiltrating the prison service by taking jobs injails, so they can smuggle drugs to inmates. the government has pledged to reduce drug—fuelled assaults in prisons. in an effort to stop drugs getting in, the first x—ray scanner has now been installed in a prison in england. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body. 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 to make prisons safer. this is a demonstration of the first body scanner to be installed as part of a government programme to reduce drugs and violence in ten of the worst affected prisons in england. nearly finished. it is used on prisoners if there is intelligence they've hidden a package inside them. 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 in 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. drugs in prisons lead to debt, bullying, and violence. the trade is controlled by organised crime groups who sometimes bribe staff to bring drugs in. now there is evidence criminals deliberately getjobs in prisons — so they can smuggle contra band in themselves. i strongly suspect

that is the case, yes. that organised crime groups will seek to identify and have associates recruited. there are some examples of staff, very soon after they work in that prison estate, whether it is for a prison officer or a maintenance worker, they move towards supplying contra band. the union that represents prison staff says only a minority, less than i%, are involved in corruption and says they need to be prevented from getting jobs in the first place. we have got to 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. 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. last year the government minister

responsible for prisons staked his political career on getting violence down in the ten jails but now he's concerned they could reduce assaults simply by moving out dangerous offenders. it is definitely a risk. i am very, very clear that we need to play this fair. the idea is that i can look other governors in the the face and say, we turned around these ten prisons without cheating. at leeds they've blocked off windows to stop drugs getting in. packages were dropped by drones or thrown over walls. the new scanner will help, too, but there's a long way to go. danny shaw is here. lots of issues to address. danny, how much of a difference will scanners make? they will make a difference but they

are expensive. they will be installed in the ten prisons to start with. a few are already installed in high security prisons. the question is, why aren't all of the prisons in england and wales getting them? the prisons in england and wales getting them ? that the prisons in england and wales getting them? that is what unions would like to see and what chris grayling promised three years ago but we still have not got them. in terms of dealing with corruption and you need more than scanners to do that. prison staff know the rules, they know when people are search on how to smuggle items in. that is more difficult to detect. it is about prevention programme in the first place to make sure you get the right people appointed. very difficult at the moment because there is a high turnover of staff. new recruits are more vulnerable to corruption the more experienced prison officers. a man from kent, who planned to kill 100 people in a terror attack was ordered by a foreign is commander to make british people "pay

in their blood," a court has heard. lewis ludlow pleaded guilty last year to preparing acts of terrorism. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is at the old bailey. what has the court heard? well, lewis ludlow was arrested last year after a substantial surveillance operation involving officers watching him around the clock 2a hours a day seven days a week because they were so concerned about his activity. it dates back to plans he had to go to the philippines to join and is aligned group out there when he was stopped when police had his passport and later it was cancelled he decided to turn his attention to home. the question todayis attention to home. the question today is whether he was going to go through with the plans. he has admitted preparing an attack. he talked about how he was recruited by and is commander encouraging him to

think about a truck bomb attack on 0xford think about a truck bomb attack on oxford street. the judge think about a truck bomb attack on oxford street. thejudge has seen pictures of lewis ludlow carrying out reconnaissance on 0xford pictures of lewis ludlow carrying out reconnaissance on oxford street and two ripped up notes in which words detailed plans saying it was a busy street, an ideal place for an attack and nearly 100 could be killed. the key issue for thejudge could be the mental state of lewis ludlow. it is agreed by the court he had had mental health difficulties in the past and he is on the autism spectrum. thejudge in the past and he is on the autism spectrum. the judge has in the past and he is on the autism spectrum. thejudge has asked in the past and he is on the autism spectrum. the judge has asked for reports and before we broke for lunch lewis ludlow was detailing his own particular obsessions and that he was manipulated by this is commander. the sentence will come in about a month's time. legislation has been approved in the us to end the government shutdown which has left 800,000 employees unpaid. but president trump says he won't sign it off unless $5 billion is included for the mexican wall.

david willis sent this report. 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 has 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, remembering that the legislative branch is article one, the first branch of government, co—equal to the presidency and to the judiciary. but the smiles belie a bitterly divided political landscape and two parties who cannot even agree on the funding needed to keep the federal government open. museums are closed.

rubbish is piling up around the white house and the national mall. an 800,000 government workers are going without pay. 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, he vowed there would be no backing down over the wall. you can call it a barrier, you can call it whatever you want but essentially we need protection in our country. we are 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. i have never had anything like it

in terms of calls coming in, in terms of people writing in and tweeting and doing whatever they have to do. i have never had this much support. the joint resolution is passed... 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 is not who we are as a nation. and this is not a wall between mexico and the united states that the president is creating here. it is a wall between reality and his constituents. with over a hundred women sworn in, this is the most diverse congress in history. it includes the first muslim and the youngest woman to be elected to the house, 29—year—old alexandra 0casio—cortez. 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. david willis, bbc news, washington. theresa may's hopes of pushing her brexit plans through parliament have been dealt another blow. the dup, which has an agreement to support the conservative government, has said there's "not any way" it can back the prime minister's deal. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. what did the dup say exactly and how big a blow is it? what exactly has been said? without dup support the government does not have a majority in parliament, so head deal could be sunk. what the brexit spokesman has said today, he is alarmed rather than reassured by anything he has heard coming out of

brussels. effectively what the prime minister wants to get brussels to agree to with the legal guarantee that the northern ireland backstop, the arrangements for avoiding a hard border in ireland, would be temporarily. her hope then is that the dup would be reassured and come back on and some of her own sceptical backbenchers would do the same. so far she does not have that from brussels. she will be speaking to the president of the european commission this afternoon but her difficulties or even deeper than that. as i understand it, even if she does get those guarantees from brussels and the dup comes back onside, up to a0 members from her own party, a0 of her own mps, are considering voting the deal down anyway. you'll be voted on around the middle of this month, about the 15th and 16th of january, but so not looking like she can get it over the line because their concern goes deeper than northern ireland. they

are worried future trade deal kudos to closely linked to eu rules and regulations and there's very little she can do to be swayed them. what downing street is trying to do in response is to say to say to them they are endangering brexit itself u nless they are endangering brexit itself unless they get on board and get behind the prime minister. so far every indication is that her own internal opponents are not for turning. the dup position is crucial and important but does not solve her problems were even if she can convince them to back her. the time is 17 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. child health experts say there's not enough evidence to show that screentime is harmful to children's health and parents are the best judge of how long their children should spend on devices. and coming up... why this pensioner pays tribute to the american crew of a world war ii bomber every day. coming up on bbc news... can tranmere rovers pull off an fa cup upset tonight? the league two side kick off the third round against a tottenham team 7a places above them.

it's the extraordinary news that we'd all like to receive — a couple from northern ireland say they are overwhelmed at winning almost £115 million in a euromillions draw. frances and patrick connolly, who live in moira, county down, matched the winning numbers in the new year's day draw. it is the fourth biggest uk euromillions win and the couple say they want it to have a huge impact not only on their own lives but those of other people they know and love as well. chris page's report does contain flashing images. it is the time of year when lifestyle changes do happen, but they are rarely as dramatic or unexpected as this. on new year's day, frances connolly was knitting at home. her husband, patrick, checked the euromillions numbers on their computer.

there was a little box came up and each of the numbers was ticked. i thought, oh... so, i just turned the computer round... and said... i think i've got some good news for you! and i could see the lottery ticket up and i thought, it must be more than £2.60! welcome to tonight's special euromillions draw... in fact the price was just shy of £115 million. this machine had bestowed sudden and sumptuous wealth on the couple from the village of moira but patrick and frances say they are not making plans for a life of sheer extravagance. it's going to change our life, but i want a bungalow because i can't walk up stairs! it might be a bigger bungalow than we were planning to have, but there's no way i'm joining the jet set. incredibly, frances and patrick's win is only the fourth biggest ever in the uk. the largest was the £161 million won

by colin and chris weir in 2011. in the summer of 2012, adrian and gillian bayford won £1a8 million. and in april 2018, an anonymous winner claimed a price of £121 million. frances was asked if personal security was now a worry. she said far from it. i've never met anybody i wouldn't take down myself to be fair! laughter she is planning to start a phd. patrick is going to retire, for now. it is the happiest of new years for frances and patrick connolly. as well as enjoying a few holidays, a new car and trips abroad to watch formula 1, they say they are looking forward most to making some more millionaires with whom they are going to share their new—found fortune. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says he is extremely worried about paul whelan, a former us marine with joint

american and british nationality, who has been charged with espionage in russia. his family says he is innocent and was in russia for a friend's wedding. if convicted he could spend 20 years in prison. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins is here. can you give us more on the backstory here, james? the and is a8 years old and was born in canada to british parents —— paul whelan. he apparently has british nationality alongside american nationality alongside american nationality and it looked as if he in russia, in moscow, on his american passport. he has spent most of his life in the state and was in the us marine corps and that is where it seems the majority of his life was spent. he was arrested just after christmas and the russian allegation is that he received some sort of memory stick with highly secret information on it and they are holding him on spying charges. the american authorities were first

to see him and the american ambassador in moscow has seen him and apparently paul whelan said he was also a british national and that has been confirmed by the foreign 0ffice. jeremy hunt has said it is com pletely u na cce pta ble 0ffice. jeremy hunt has said it is completely unacceptable for people to be held in this way and use, as he said, but poetic leverage. —— for diplomatic leverage. 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 do not agree with individuals being used in diplomatic chess games because, you know, it is desperately worrying for not just the individual but their families. there has been speculation that mr whelan may be being used as some sort of pawn by the russians for a possible exchange with a russian woman who was jailed in the united states last month on espionage charges. there was no evidence that is the case but that is the speculation in the us and his family

say he is completely innocent of the charges and he was in russia to help organise the wedding of a friend. thank you for now, james. personal data and documents from hundreds of german politicians and public figures, including the chancellor angela merkel, have been published online. hackers posted data including credit card details and mobile phone numbers from a twitter account. politicians from all major parties have been affected apart from the right—wing alternative for germany. the dutch coast guard says 270 containers have fallen off one of the world's biggest cargo ships in rough seas and are washing up on the coast. dangerous chemicals from some of the containers have been found on beaches, and authorities have warned people to stay away. a search is being made of a highlands loch for a sperm whale that was spotted in difficulty over the last two days. the 30—foot mammal was reported to have got itself tangled in rope in a loch near durness in sutherland. rescue teams say they will continue looking for the whale throughout the day. one of britain's biggest mortgage lenders,

the nationwide building society, says average house prices last month rose at their slowest annual rate for six years. prices around london have been dropping, while elsewhere in the country they've been rising faster. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. how significant is this much slower growth? it doesn't matter if you are renting. it matters if you are looking to buy and it might matter if you are a homeowner and you are worried about the level of house prices compared to the size of your mortgage. this is what has happened to prices in the last year according to prices in the last year according to the nationwide. the average is just over £212,000 and in the last year, 2018, the increase has been half of 1%. the important thing about that is that has come down very quickly from around the 2% level. in recent months we have had big falls, 0.7% between november and

december. it is not the same everywhere, around london and in the london commuter belt that has been a fall of 1.a% london commuter belt that has been a fall of1.a% in the london commuter belt that has been a fall of 1.a% in the last year whereas in other parts of the uk, northern ireland for example is up 5.8%. a lot of the north of england and the midlands and wales have had reasonable increases as well. not good for those people wishing to sell but potentially better news for those who want to get onto the property ladder? yes, mortgages are not expensive at the moment, wages are going up for many and that makes properties more affordable but on the other hand, there is not a lot on the market because sellers are relu cta nt to on the market because sellers are reluctant to sell at these prices and there is that nagging worry that if you step onto the housing ladder, perhaps the home you are going to buy or borrow money for might go down in value. thank you. 0n the 22nd of february 19aa, a us bomber crashed in a park in sheffield, with the loss of all ten crew. one man who witnessed the tragedy has been tending to their memorial ever since.

tony foulds was just eight years old at the time. he hopes that this year's 75th anniversary will be marked by a fly—past in honour of those who lost their lives. bbc breakfast‘s dan walker has been to meet him. we saw this plane circle, it was just over the rooftops. as it came over, we don't know whether it were a pilot or a bomb. on that front side, it went like this. we were back, eight years old... you thought they were waving at you. when actually they were wanting us to get onto the grass. you look this way, there's thousands of houses there and then endcliffe park and the other side behind us, where they crash—landed, thousands more houses going down to the city centre. this is the only bit of green they could have landed. this is it. he decided to fly that way. as he did, he tried to go over the trees. the next thing we knew, boom.

and i thought, you know, good gracious. i could have not been here if them lads hadn't have gave their lives. this is what you been looking after for all these years, tony? yeah. how do you feel standing here now? the first thing of course is always kiss them first. and i start talking. it's not very nice today. you won't like it when it's like this. then we get on about my shopping. you know, i know people pass and think i'm daft. i don't think you're daft, by the way, tony. i can see your hands shaking, you've tremors. essential tremors, for many, many years. are you going to keep doing this? for ever. as long as i'm alive. i'll never stop. that, i can swear, i will never stop. does the guilt get any easier to deal with? do you still feel guilty now?

yeah, never will get any easier. your dedication means a lot to an awful lot of people. the fact that you care makes an awful lot of people care as well. thank you, yeah. how often do you think about that sacrifice? every day, every single day. for you, it's about these ten men and their families. i know what you do want, is to make sure that on that 75th anniversary, on the 22nd of february this year, you would love some sort of fly—past over this memorial to mark the occasion. why is that so important? because it's a tribute that these deserve, they deserve it. tony foulds there telling his story to the bbc‘s dan walker.

ido i do hope he gets his wish granted for the fly past. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it is jolly cold, i was cycling in andi it is jolly cold, i was cycling in and i thought i might get frostbite! i will be wearing one tomorrow, i can tell you. yes, temperatures down to —5 or even -6 yes, temperatures down to —5 or even —6 in some parts of england and wales. it depends on where the cloud breaks and the weather is a lottery at the moment, you could say. we had some sunshine across some areas but when this picture was taken, the temperature was —5 and at the same time, this one taken in york in the cloud was 5 degrees. the temperatures under the cloud had not changed a lot. there is that sliver

of sunshine that we have in parts of southern england and also eastern scotland. temperatures are slowly rising there but still pretty cold. the mildest weather is in western scotla nd the mildest weather is in western scotland and northern scotland as well as northern ireland where it is pretty cloudy and likely to stay that way overnight. a lot of the holes in the cloud might fill in, the main area of clear skies is confined to this part of the uk, temperatures down to —a. even with a lot of cloud it is quite cold so temperatures will not be far from freezing in the east of the uk in particular. the cloud will thin at times at the weekend to give a bit of sunshine but not as much as we we re of sunshine but not as much as we were thinking earlier. a lot of dry weather. a fair bit of cloud but fairly thin. some sunshine coming through but not as much in the afternoon around the west country or the welsh marches. a