hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm reeta chakrabarti. today at 2.00 — parents are told to worry less about their children spending time looking at screens, as experts say there is no firm 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. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown. but president trump says he won't sign any unless it includes billions for the mexican wall. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport.

reaction to come from the game at the etihad which is put manchester city back in the premier league title race. and can tranmere rovers cause an fa cup upset against totte n ha m cause an fa cup upset against tottenham when they kick off the third round later tonight? and we'll also have all the weather. some cloud heading our way this weekend, when quite light early next week, the wind is really picked up, and we will that m. also coming up — we hearfrom a couple from northern ireland who won the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize — almost £115 million. hello, welcome to afternoon live.

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 screen time 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. with me is dr amanda gummer, child psychologist and founder of fundamentally children. thank you forjoining us. what do you think about this guidance from these experts? i think if you read into the report, the guidance is very sensible. it is not saying that tech itself is a problem, it is saying that if it stops kids from slipping, if it isn't doing with mealtimes and relating to other people, then maybe you have a problem. but actually of itself, it is not a problem, and it is more about how you use the tech, because there is a big difference between playing a mindless game over and

overfour playing a mindless game over and over four hours playing a mindless game over and overfour hours on playing a mindless game over and over four hours on end and playing a mindless game over and overfour hours on end and using tech for things like the wii where you are engaging with the screen and using tech toys, video still being sociable, active, creative, so there are sociable, active, creative, so there a re lots of sociable, active, creative, so there are lots of good tech toys out there, good apps that encourage a lot of really helpful that element. —— healthy development. lot of really helpful that element. -- healthy development. that sounds sensible and reasonable, but a lot of pa rents sensible and reasonable, but a lot of parents will be saying, that is all very well but how do you ensure children are using the right form of tech rather than the wrong foreign? i'm glad you asked, because we have produced the good app guide and the good toy guide, because that can help kids to access learning any way they do not get in the schoolroom, so they do not get in the schoolroom, so fundamentally children is a free resource for pa rents so fundamentally children is a free resource for parents that they can use to get confidence about making sensible decisions. we hear that,

but we know there is a lot of other stuff out there that parents might disapprove of or worry about, and that are fundamentally possibly harmful to children as my health. yeah, andi harmful to children as my health. yeah, and i think the important thing is that they are not saying everything is absolutely fine in this report, they are saying to be sensible about it. there is no hard evidence to show there is huge detriment, but these things are still very new and we need to do more research before we can be sure about the actual impact of different engagement with different screens at different ages. sol engagement with different screens at different ages. so i think the message is proceed with caution, from the report, and the rest of it becomes a parenting issue, so it is about communicating with your children and sharing their interests. it is about sensible things making sure they do not have tech in their at bedtime so it is not interfering with their sleep, and tax—free mealtimes perfect

example of an opportunity to talk to your kids and share activities that are not related to tech. —— tech—free mealtimes. it can encourage some really healthy skill development. that is the perhaps quite reassuring news in this report. there is a separate report out today about the effect of use of social media are on young girls and how it is affecting girls‘ health much more than it is boys‘ health. what do you think of that? much more than it is boys‘ health. what do you think of that7m much more than it is boys‘ health. what do you think of that? it is an interesting study, and i think we need to be sure we are not making causal links with others in the correlation. but there is a worrying trend with girls spending a lot of time on social media. girls tends to be more sociable and spend more time interacting with their friends anyway, so the fact they are doing it via social media rather than on the phone or in person isjust the way that things are evolving. again,

if it is interfering with their sleep or causing anxiety, if it is creating issues around self—image, body image, self—confidence, all of those things, then yes, it needs to be addressed. but again, it is a parenting issue, and it is important to keep talking to your teenagers, keep that open dialogue, and rather than demonising the tech itself, looked the other things going on, so is it the five hours kids spend on social media that is the problem, or is it the fact that by the time kids come home and do their homework and have their doubt, they haven‘t got five hours, so it must be impacting slit. maybe they are missing meals are getting any exercise, maybe they are getting any exercise, maybe they are the things causing issues. —— impacting sleep. it is an interesting study but it needs more research. i know we will go on and on talking about this, doctor amanda gummer, but for now, many thanks. the democratic unionist party

has expressed concern over recent comments on the brexit withdrawal agreement. the party‘s brexit secretary sammy wilson said the dup is more alarmed, rather than reassured, by "what‘s coming out" regarding the so—called northern ireland backstop. he said irish pm leo varadkar seems to regard it as a "settled arrangement". our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. how significant are these comments from sammy wilson? at one level they are not, because last month did the dup said it was against the withdrawal agreement, and that was one reason why today‘s delayed the crucial vote on her deal. that vote is now about ten days away, coming the week after next. it is disappointing for downing street that there has been meetings with the chief whip and the dup, meetings with theresa may and the westminster leader of the dup, nigel dodds, yesterday, and are comments from brexit spokesman sammy wilson today, all of which are pretty negative. sammy wilson said the dup cannot support the withdrawal agreement as

it stands, which means that whenever the sport is held, we think probably the sport is held, we think probably the 15th of the 16th of january, but the 15th of the 16th of january, but the sport once again means that theresa may is facing defeat, because without the dup, she does not have a majority in parliament. —— when the vote is held. sorry to go on —— when the vote is held. sorry to goona —— when the vote is held. sorry to go on a bit further, but i think the difficulties even greater than those described, because even if she does get the dup back on board, which would only happen if there is a movement in brussels, around a0 of her own mps seem to be pretty determined to put her deal down in any case, because they, like sammy wilson, i worried about the settled arrangement, future arrangements between the uk and the eu. they worry that perhaps any permanent way of avoiding this hard border in ireland would mean britain having to stay pretty closely aligned to eu rules and regulations. so simply getting the dup on borders on the first step for the prime minister,

she still faces a significant challenge beyond that. what she will try to do today is speak to the eu commission presidentjean—claude juncker, and see if that is further movement from brussels to give some further legal guarantee that the arrangements and avoiding a hard border in ireland would only be temporary. that would diminish the rebellions she is facing, but from what i am hearing, it would not see it off entirely. 0k, many thanks. 0ur political correspondent iain watson there. police say there‘s evidence that gangs are infiltrating the prison service by taking jobs in jails 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 a00 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 1%, 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‘s 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. that's definitely a risk. i am very, very clear, though, 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, bbc news, at hmp leeds. you‘re watching afternoon live. these are our headlines — there is little evidence screen time 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. donald trump looks set to veto legislation designed to fix the government shutdown over funding for his mexican wall. and how much effect will last night‘s result have on liverpool‘s bid to lift the premier league trophy for the first time? tranmere rovers host premier league contenders tottenham in the third round of the fa cup this evening. and the us anti—doping agency renews calls for russia to be suspended again after failing to meet a deadline to allow investigators into the moscow laboratory. i will be back with more on those stories at 2.30. 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 from 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 prize 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 prize 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. 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. dr tim bradshaw is chief executive of the russell group, which represents 2a of the uk‘s top universities. he is in our central london studio.

thank you forjoining us. by the worry, given that the government says it will guarantee money for eu funded projects? —— why. says it will guarantee money for eu funded projects? —— whylj says it will guarantee money for eu funded projects? -- why. i think the main concern is that if we have a audio brexit, we will be chucked out of one of the research council, which are areas that provide us with the people and the funding for the ground—breaking research that we do, that cannot be funded in one country on its own. so we need to work with partners across europe to get the best dealfor partners across europe to get the best deal for the uk. partners across europe to get the best dealfor the uk. that is partners across europe to get the best deal for the uk. that is an area we will not have access to, so the government cannot guarantee has access to it if we have audio brexit. —— a global deal brexit. just to be clear, the government is

saying that they will provide some funding. but you‘re saying the government cannot guarantee resources for those specific projects? we are becoming what is called a third country, which means that we cannot access those two key areas. that research has been helping us advanced research in areas like cancer technology, environmental technology, working very closely with the nhs and our industrial partners to develop new innovations for the future. i was looking for one today in cambridge, where they are looking for an influenza man seeks —— an influenza vaccine which would not require a top—up every year, it would protect you against all strains of known influenza viruses. that is the sort to make get at the moment with european research funding. these are the worries if britain should leave

without a deal. 0bviously the worries if britain should leave without a deal. obviously we need to see what happens, but you would presumably want some guarantees to be made once a withdrawal agreement is there, and then quite how the future funding of university projects is to be taken private in the future, you would want that to be guarantees that? yes, we have been pressing for the story starts to get full association to the next round of research programmes called high—rise in europe. we saw what happened when switzerland was thrown out of horizon 2020, and it has taken many out of horizon 2020, and it has ta ken many years out of horizon 2020, and it has taken many years for them to climb back up to the stages they had previously. although now be a gap between the current research funding programme and what is available to us in the future, and the longer that gap, the worse it will be in the future with collaborations with the future with collaborations with the right setup. in financial terms, our estimate is that we might lose out on the european research

council, around 1.31 5p over the next couple of years if we do not get this sorted soon. —— £1.5 billion. numbers of eu students applying to uk universities, they have gone down in recent times. and we put that down to uncertainty over brexit. —— you put that down. we put that down to uncertainty over brexit. -- you put that down. that isa brexit. -- you put that down. that is a particular concern, we have seen that with postgraduate researchers especially, because these are the top class students from across europe are going to look at their future research careers, maybe establishing a career in academia or industry after doing a ph.d.. so they are looking longer term, we have seen in percent year—on—year decline in enrolment of eu students. this will affect some errors more than others, computer

studies, physics, biochemistry, there we need the best researchers and where the uk needs to be strong for the future. we have to leave it there, thank you, doctor tim bradshaw. 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 0ne,

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. time for a look at the weather. at some contrast to temperatures today, these are the latest temperatures we have got. the range we are seeing, kirkwall, nine

celsius at the moment. in commentary, it is just one celsius. here, we have got the frost, we have got some cloud coming in over the top of that. temperature is not changing very much. nine celsius in kirkwall because the wind comes from the atlantic, dragging in milder air and lifting those temperatures. i know you are excited about that. we are going to look at something even more incredible. down under, into melbourne, beautiful city, never been but i am told it is beautiful. a2 celsius friday at apm. but give itan hour, a2 celsius friday at apm. but give it an hour, and look what happens. an hour later, the temperature, 21. this actually happened today in melbourne. he was at a stolen? no, it was a change in the wind direction. because we have such a

large land mass, at this time of the year, it heats up fast. every time the wind blows from the interior down to the coast in melbourne, you get that build—up of heat. you have got a2 celsius. so the reason for the drop from a2 to 21 is a change in the wind direction. a not very strong weather front, just a band of cloud, which changed the wind direction, so we have lost the north—westerly, wind coming in from the interior. instead, a west to south—westerly, winds coming from the south and from the sea, significant drop in temperature. this is not unusual in melbourne. bring me back here now to tell me about the weather here. in the uk, i have got a forecast. this is melbourne‘s forecast, and you can see we have winds from the south and

south west, it will not be a2 celsius again through the end of the week, nearer 22, 25. that would be very nice at home, but instead, when this picture was taken in berkshire, it was —5. a frosty start, but some sunshine. we have not really seen any sunshine here in york, but at the same time, temperature five celsius. there is the extent of the cloud over the past few hours, we have got this hole here, the thinner cloud across east anglia. we will keep these clearer skies in that slice from mid wales towards central southern england for a while, temperature is falling quickly. elsewhere, a bit more cloud coming m, elsewhere, a bit more cloud coming in, so even here, chapters not far away from freezing. lower numbers in that blue. a bit of sunshine on the way this weekend, a fair bit of cloud our way, but a lot of dry weather. and quiet weather, with

high pressure still in charge. but filling in a bit more cloud around that area of high pressure, so sunshine is quite limited, even after that frosty start. some brighter skies, edited sunshine more towards the eastern side of the uk. further west, thickening cloud coming in. westerly breeze picking up coming in. westerly breeze picking up on the north—east of scotland, ahead of some rain. so again, highest temperature is the north—east of scotland. elsewhere, struggling around five or six celsius. the weather front brings the rain in the far north—west, and admits into scotland and northern ireland tomorrow evening. then in some rain, and then into that persistent area of high pressure, so it is beginning. just a band of cloud moving into england and wales with a fair bit of cloud ahead of it as well. not much farther frost around at all. chilly start for scotland, but here are more sunshine on sunday. sunshine for northern ireland for a while before the cloud increases. 0n the whole, tempered as a bit higher on sunday, could reach

double figures in england and wales. into next week, the winds start to pick up, high—pressure retreats to the south, big area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic. windy conditions in northern scotland, gusts of 70 mph likely developing later in the day. 0vernight and into tuesday, the wind is still strong, but from a different direction. so they have this north to north—westerly wind, cold on tuesday, but probably only briefly. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: parents are told to worry less about their children spending time looking at screens, as experts say there is no firm evidence it is harmful to their health. the first x—ray scanner is installed in a prison in england, as police say there‘s evidence members of criminal gangs get prison jobs to smuggle in drugs. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown, but president trump says he won‘t sign it into law

unless it includes billions for the mexican wall. a couple from northern ireland who won the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize, almost £115 million, say they‘ve written a list of 50 family and friends to share their fortune with. sport now on afternoon live with will. it was given the big build—up and it didn‘t let us down. manchester city beat liverpool and the premier league title race is wide open again. yes. i imagine if you are a fan of liverpool or manchester city the palpitations have only calmed down. not a brilliant game but a fascinating one. not an argument for jurgen klopp and pep guardiola attacking football but 2—1 winners

for manchester and a huge impact on the title race. will this stop liverpool winning the first ever premier league trophy, the first one since 1990? this is the cable. liverpool a four—point lead over manchester city but tottenham in the title race, six points behind. counting out chelsea in fourth place with aa, who knows? ten points behind liverpool and anything can happen. with the big six games to come. . . liverpool still have games against manchester united, tottenham and chelsea to come. as for city they have an extra game to play against a big six side, they face arsenal, chelsea, manchester united and tottenham the managers know they have a long way to goal in the title race which is well and truly back on. i don't remember a league so tough, with the amount of contenders fighting for the title. i think for the premier league, maybe jurgen wouldn't agree, maybe for the premier league it would be good because everybody is close and every game would be a final. it doesn't feel really good, but it's not a massive thing,

because this is the most difficult game of the season, away at city. away at tottenham, away at united, arsenal, most of them we have had now already, so, yeah, that's what it is. it will be interesting to see how liverpool react in brighton, a different complexion in that game having lost the unbeaten record. they ended the manchester city unbeaten record last season, but it is back on, the title race. that‘s what we want. fascinating. and for so many clubs, the third—round weekend in the fa cup is the one they all look forward to. the venue tonight to kick off the third round of the fa cup, contenders tottered away at tranmere rovers. spurs have lifted the trophy eight times in their history, the last coming back in 1991 but tranmere are going well in the league having been promoted from the national league in the summer.

7a places between the two sides and a potential banana skin for maurico pochettino. we need to be sure that we show our best face. the right attitude, that is going to be key to winning this type of competition. the fa cup is a massive competition. the different level that we are in different leagues, but the competition, always, if you're not right and taking the right way the competition, you can struggle. the football association is asking people to come forward with information after an unnamed england player was reported to have been "kicked out of a nightclub for taking cocaine". the allegations were made in the sun newspaper. the fa can ban players found to have breached its social drugs policy, with a first—time offence carrying a suspension of up to three months. they say it remains a priority for them to find and sanction anyone found taking performance—enhancing or recreational drugs. the newspaper alleges the incident occurred during a pre—christmas team get—together after an away game.

and the head of the united states anti—doping agency travis tygart has repeated his call for russia to be suspended from competition, after officials refused to grant investigators access to a moscow laboratory at the heart of the doping scandal. tygart says the situation is a "totaljoke" — and has urged wada — the world anti—doping agency — to reverse a recent decision that would potentially allow russian athletes to compete in international competition. when are we going to wake up, stop getting played by the russians, who perpetrated this scheme, and put an end to it? and give clean athletes a clear image that we have their back and their decision to compete clean is right, that we're sorry they did this. make no mistake, it was nobody's fault but the russians' that they attempted to pull this scheme off in the first place and they got away with it. but now is the time to hold them accountable, that is what the rules, when enforced, that is what they demand.

that‘s all the sport for now. many thanks. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says he is extremely worried about a former us marine who has been charged with espionage in russia. paul whelan, who hasjoint american and british nationality, was detained by russian security services a week ago. he isa he is a former us marine. officials said he was caught "carrying out spying activities". his family says he is innocent and was in russia for a friend‘s wedding. if convicted, he could spend 20 years in prison. mr hunt says british authorities were helping the us in mr whelan‘s case. we're not ruling out any theories 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 he's british and american citizen. but our position is very, 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's a case or not. we're 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 for the individual, but their families. and we are truly worried about both him and his family as we hear this news. and has britain yet had access to him? we have offered access, but we have not had it yet. and is there concern... should other brits in russia be concerned that they could potentially be picked up? this is something that is under active consideration and we're constantly reviewing our travel advice in all parts of the world. if we see the need for a change, then we will make it. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt.

let‘s hear bit more from a husband and wife from northern ireland now who won nearly £115 milllion in the new year‘s day euromillions draw. frances and patrick connolly from moira in county down say they‘ll share their winnings with 50 family members. they‘ve been telling chris page about when they found out they had won. new year‘s day — i logged in, checked my e—mails, thought, oh, i‘ll go and check the lottery numbers — which we had only put on a lucky dip, 12 o‘clock that day. checked my numbers and they were all ticked and i thought, does that mean we won? i went to the bbc website, checked the numbers there, again — a match. i then went on the third website and i checked again and they matched. so i turned the computer towards frances and said, i think i‘ve got some good news for you. what did you think? i looked down at the computer and i thought, lottery ticket, but i'm blind as a a bat so i didn't know what was on it. i said, yeah, 0k, what? he says, we won. yeah, but how much did we win?

i honestly made the assumption he meant £1,000 or, you know, one of those wins. he said, no, you're misunderstanding me. we've won. and i said some things i shouldn't have said and accused him of lying to me. he said, no, i wouldn't make a joke about something like that. he was shaking by this stage. we spent some time sitting just staring at each other. then we spent some more time checking to see what prize it might be — just in disbelief. we were overwhelmed. so whenever the publicity dies down a bit, you‘re back at home — how different do you think life will look and feel like for you ? i don‘t think we even understand where it is.

we‘re just taking one day at a time, at the minute — it‘s been a frantic few days. it will be great giving people good news and sharing our success with family and friends. what happens after that, we haven‘t even thought about. i think it‘s going to be wonderful for is the next few years. wonderful for our families and grandchildren. sue... look, it‘s superb. it's too much money not to have a practical impact on your life. you know, we're not going to be in the same house, and we're not going to be going on the same holidays, ad will not going to be driving the same cars. i mean, we haven't particularly for thought about that, at this minute in time. but the plans have already been made. you know all those conversations over the breakfast table about, what would you do if you won the lottery? you have now! like everybody else in the country, we have plans for that and i'm sure they will still in place.

we won't let anybody down. we will be spending some money. but we're fairly well grounded, and we are not joining the jet set life. we want to help people, to share the money. when we've had a bit of fun, a bit of travel, we'll come back and help some business. paddy will want to get back in the saddle. and we'll do some good. the two largest london airports are to spend millions of pounds on anti—drone technology, after the disruption at gatwick before christmas. more than 1a0,000 passengers were affected and more than 1,000 flights cancelled or diverted, during 36 hours of chaos caused by drone sightings. gatwick says it‘s now spent £5 million on comunications jamming equipment, and heathrow‘s confirmed it‘ll be buying similar systems. 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. 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. in a moment, the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. 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. 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. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. it mayjust be four days into the new year, but the average boss on the ftse 100 has already earned more than the typical worker will earn all year. a ftse100 chief executive gets just over £1,000 per hour, while the typical uk salary is just under £30,000 a year. energy supplier economy energy has been banned from taking on new customers until it improves its customer service. the energy regulator, 0fgem, said the ban would remain in place for three months to allow the firm to improve. it must also address billing and payment failures, and issue customer refunds in a timely manner.

nine credit unions went bust last year, the highest number of collapses since 2010. they are locally—based organisations, where members pool their savings to lend to one another. yet they are popular, the number of people using them has grown by 250% over the last decade. some figures out on housing — what do they say? this looks that all of last year. it seems really in the last month the growth dropped off and use all looking at the whole of last year, the average house in the uk grew in price by 0.5%. within that there are a number of places doing not badly because you have got northern ireland doing quite well although it is playing catch up. house prices have been doing reasonably well. the

reason things are doing badly is this uncertainty problem. it really seems as though people are saying i don‘t want to spend money because i simply don‘t know what will be happening over the next year. we all have no idea. here is a chief economist. i think part of it is due to the level of house prices. for example, in northern ireland, house prices are still around ao% lower than they were a decade ago, whereas in places like london where house prices fell slightly last year, prices in london are still over 50% higher than they were a decade ago, so part of it is about the level of prices. the thing that was a bit unexpected is that house price growth has been running at 2% to 3% really over the last two years or so, and it slowed quite a bit to 0.5% in december. and that's occurred even though employment growth has held up really well, and income growth has started to pick up. borrowing costs are still close to historic lows. so it seems to be that it is the uncertain outlook that is dampening buyer appetite at the moment, and that seems to be what's accounting for the softness towards the end of the year. very interesting. looking over the

atla ntic very interesting. looking over the atlantic at the us economy is growing strongly. the numbers are extraordinarily strong. manyjobs the numbers are extraordinarily strong. many jobs created the numbers are extraordinarily strong. manyjobs created over the last month. looking back over the last month. looking back over the last two years since president trump has been in, enormous growth in employment. this is one of the biggest because we have had. he would have thought because of great job figures the economy would be going well and the stock market would rise but not necessarily the case. now we go over to have someone explain. it looks like the dowjones will be up. but remarkably strong figures, aren‘t they? these are strong jobs numbers, more than 300,000 jobs added last month. that blew away any economist's expectations. that said, looking at the employment number, it went up to

3.9% and many people like me wondered why that was the case. it actually has to do with the number of people now actively looking for work. this uptick is actually a good thing. what does this say about the overall us economy? it seems the labour market is still really strong. it really does sort of say, well, whatever noise is happening outside of the labour market, is it having an impact on people looking for work? the noise for example would be financial markets, big swings on financial markets... of course, trade wars between china and the states. and of course the ongoing government shutdown. yes, i would have thought... mentioned there, some of the corporate results. looking particularly at apple, yesterday. those figures... is worrying for apple but worrying for everyone because apple is a bellwether of the us economy, isn‘t it? the reason why some people are

getting worried about the impact apple will have on the rest of the economy is because as we know a lot of these companies are interconnected so if you look at apple, you have to look at the microchip makers who contribute to apple. looking at other company to derive wealth and some of the movements made by apple... also apple is a bellwether in terms of the overall smartphone market. that is also putting fears in other smartphone makers. that is why you see that impact is having a ricochet on other companies. the other thing we have not got into, this happens every time with strong numbers, is very strong numbers and everyone gets excited and at the main, it means they think the federal reserve will put up the interest rate so we will not get excited and buy stocks. it is very interesting... everyone asks about the federal reserve but the federal reserve just had a big

final meeting at the end of the year in which they had a large press conference. 0ne in which they had a large press conference. one of the things they talked about was that they would be reacting more swiftly to some of the economic data they are getting. they have always done this but i think the message with this thing is, look, rate rises are not guaranteed any more. we are at a point where we have to do react more swiftly to what we are seeing. i would imagine that this is exactly what the federal reserve is going to do, looking at these particularjobs numbers. thank you so much. samira hussain. that is the dowjones, a bounce back. we had a shock yesterday but the whole thing coming back. apple climbing back but remember apple was down 10% but a rebound for apple but not a big one, 1.5%. the pound against the dollar, strong at the moment, a weak pound but more strength to the dollar doing that

and weakening the pound. the ftse 100 is up because of the bounce back from yesterday. thank you. on 22 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 breakfasts 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, they went like this. we waved back, eight years old... you thought they were waving at you. when actually they were wanting us to get off the grass. you look this way, there‘s thousands of houses there and then endcliffe park and the other side is 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 wouldn‘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 do not think you‘re daft, by the way, tony. i can see your hands shaking — you‘ve got tremors.

essential tremors, for many, many years. are you going to keep doing this? forever. 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? no. 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 theirfamilies. 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. time for a look at the weather. we have more chilly weather to come into the weekend. this morning the cloud broke up across some parts of england and wales, leading to frosty scenes, but earlier on we had some sunshine. when this picture was taken it was minus five celsius in hungerford. at the same time here in the city of york and the cloud it was five celsius. temperatures have not changed a lot under the cloudy skies. more cloud from the atlantic into northern ireland and western scotland, breaks in the cloud for

eastern scotland. more cloud for northern england and broken cloud further south in england and wales. mist and fog perhaps and patti frost around. even across eastern areas of scotland. chilly start to the weekend with a frost in places but a lot of dry weather this as well. quiet and light winds for the most pa rt quiet and light winds for the most part and spells of sunshine. chilly start for the weekend with some sunny spells, particularly across central and eastern areas of the uk. south—westerly breeze comes in and we will see more cloud coming into western areas and eventually in the north—west some spots of rain and drizzle. the breeze picking up here later in the day but light winds elsewhere. toppling in more cloud across the uk but temperatures still only up as high as four up to six celsius typically. in the north—west are week weather front moving in. a bit of rain into northern ireland overnight into scotland, then it topples southwards into an area of high pressure, which fades away and is more an area of cloud. some spots

of drizzle for a while in wales in the morning. this cloudy weather pushes in across the southern half of the uk, limiting the sunshine, it should become sunny across a good pa rt should become sunny across a good part of scotland, moving into england and then affecting northern ireland and clouding up over the afternoon. temperatures not as low on sunday, could be double figures in some parts of england and wales. into next week and the weather sta rts into next week and the weather starts to change a bit. i pressure squeeze to the south and pushed into the near continent, and a big area of low pressure sweeps into the atla ntic to of low pressure sweeps into the atlantic to strengthen the winds across the northern half of the and northern scotland is likely to get severe gales continuing into tuesday. 0n severe gales continuing into tuesday. on tuesday the wind direction will change and we will get a north to north—westerly wind, bringing sunshine and one or two showers. they will feel briefly warmer. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m ben brown. today at 3.00 — parents are told to worry less about their children‘s screen time, as experts say there

is no firm evidence it is harmful to their health. but they d0 recommend no screens for one hour before bed. police say there‘s evidence members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. there are some examples of staff, very soon after they work in that prison estate, whether a prisoner officer or maintenance worker, they move towards supplying contra band. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown, but president trump says he won‘t sign it into law unless it includes billions for the mexican wall. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. we‘ll look ahead to the third round of the fa cup, which starts tonight. this is when the premier league clubs enter the draw, with tottenham kicking things off at league 2 tranmere later.

and darren has all the weather. the risk of frost there again tonight, but a fair bit of cloud heading our way. lee winds will still be light, but early next week, winds starting to pick up, and we will have a look at that later on. also coming up — we hearfrom a couple from northern ireland who won the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize — almost £115 million. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. i‘m ben brown. 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 firm evidence to show that screen time 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 screens — 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 families 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. i can now talk to dr louise theodosiou. from the royal college of psychiatrists. thank you forjoining us. the verdict seems to be that there is no evidence, or not enough evidence, to suggest that screen time is harmful to children. what is your opinion?” think you really important part of this report is the voice of children and young people, and we know that 88% reported that screen time was impacting on the amount of sleep they were getting. and over one third reported that screen time was impacting negatively on the mental health. so children and young people are giving is quite a clear message that we need us to work with them to set boundaries, and i think it is good to hear the message that their knees to be a balanced approach to the centre needs to be a balanced

approach to how much screen time is used. it is also important to pick up used. it is also important to pick up that the report addresses the content that children are accessing, which i think is a very important aspect of this. it also touches on cyber ability, and a 2018 report from nhs digital noted that one fifth of children that big study reported that they were experiencing cyber bullying. latte issues, the amount of screen time that young people are voting the hours of their data, and also the content. —— two issues. so are you saying parents should set boundaries, set limits to how many hours their children are on a screen? i think what israeli helpful about this report is that it emphasises that parents know their own children best, so we need pa rents to own children best, so we need parents to work with their children and set some parameters around how screen time is used. —— what is

really helpful. you do not think pa rents really helpful. you do not think pa re nts wa nt really helpful. you do not think parents want some guidance on that, just an idea from experts about how many hours their children should should not be on screens?” many hours their children should should not be on screens? i think it is very difficult, because children are at very separate development wages. i certainly welcome the guidance about an hour before bedtime, and i also think we need to think about the information coming out from the millennium cohort study today, in which professor leslie talks about the fact we need to be doing more research on this important area, because a lot of the research we have at the moment is based on snapshots on their children are up to, and i think we need some more long—term studies to give us some more guidance in this area. more long—term studies to give us some more guidance in this aream terms of the content, how worried are you? because we have seen some research suggesting that girls in particular sometimes suffer depression, mental health issues, because of social media in particular. what can we do about that? i think we need to be making

sure that, where possible, parents and children work together to put in as many parameters as possible around the content, so that there are filters and blocks in place that we know the devices all have. and i also think we need to be as much as possible encouraging children to be open about the content they are accessing, and the parents to be checking in regularly, especially with younger children, to see what content they are accessing. 0k, good to talk to you, thank you. the democratic unionist party has expressed concern over recent comments on the brexit withdrawal agreement. the party‘s brexit secretary sammy wilson said the dup is more alarmed, rather than reassured, by "what‘s coming out" regarding the so—called northern ireland backstop. the party is especially opposed to the so—called backstop, the

mechanism to maintain an open border in ireland, in the event that the uk does leave the eu without securing an all—encompassing deal. 0ur political correspondent iain watson explained the significance of sammy wilson‘s comments. at one level they are not, because last month did the dup said it was against the withdrawal agreement, and that was one reason why theresa may delayed the crucial vote on her deal. that vote is now about ten days away, coming the week after next. it is disappointing for downing street that there has been meetings with the chief whip and the dup, meetings with theresa may and the westminster leader of the dup, nigel dodds, yesterday, and now comments from their brexit spokesman sammy wilson today, all of which are pretty negative. sammy wilson said the dup cannot support the withdrawal agreement as it stands, which means that whenever this vote is held, we think probably the 15th or the 16th of january, but this vote once again means that theresa may is facing defeat,

because without the dup, she does not have a majority in parliament. sorry to go on a bit further, but i think the difficulties even greater than those described, because even if she does get the dup back on board, which would only happen if there is some movement in brussels, around a0 of her own mps seem to be pretty determined to vote her deal down any case, because they, like sammy wilson, are worried about the settled arrangement, future arrangements between the uk and the eu. they worry that perhaps any permanent way of avoiding this hard border in ireland would mean britain having to stay pretty closely aligned to eu rules and regulations. so simply getting the dup on board is only the first step for the prime minister, she still faces a significant challenge beyond that. what she will try to do today is speak to the eu commission president jean—claude juncker, and see if there can be further movement from brussels to give some

kind of legal guarantee that the arrangements and avoiding a hard border in ireland would only be temporary. that would diminish the rebellion she is facing, but from what i am hearing, it would not see it off entirely. 0ur political correspondent iain watson there. 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. police say there‘s evidence that gangs are infiltrating the prison service by taking jobs in jails 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 a00 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 1%, 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‘s 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. that's definitely a risk. i am very, very clear, though, 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, bbc news, at hmp leeds. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has warned russia not to use uk citizens as pawns in "diplomatic chess games," after a dual british

and american national was charged with espionage. paul whelan — who‘s a former us marine — was detained by russian security services a week ago. officials said he was caught "carrying out spying activities". his family says he is innocent and was in russia for a friend‘s wedding. if convicted, he could spend 20 years in prison. mr hunt says british authorities were helping the us in mr whelan‘s case. we're not ruling out any theories 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 he's british and american citizen. but our position is very, 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's a case or not. we're 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 for the individual, but their families. and we are truly worried about both him and his family as we hear this news. and has britain yet had access to him? we have offered access, but we have not had it yet. and is there concern... should other brits in russia be concerned that they could potentially be picked up? this is something that is under active consideration and we're constantly reviewing our travel advice in all parts of the world. if we see the needs for a change, then we will make it. you‘re watching afternoon live. these are our headlines — and there is little evidence that screen time is harmful to children‘s health. leading paediatricians tell

pa rents to health. leading paediatricians tell parents to worry less. police say there is evidence that members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs to smuggle organised criminal gangs are seeking prison jobs to smuggle in drugs. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown. but president trump says he will not sign it into law unless it includes billions of dollars for the mexican wall. and the third round of the fa cup kicks off this season, tranmere rovers hosting totte n ha m season, tranmere rovers hosting tottenham hotspur, 7a places above them. the premier league title race is wide open. how much of an impact last night‘s result have on liverpool‘s attempt to lift the trophy for the first time after pep guardiola got the better ofjurgen klopp? and the us anti—dumping agency renews calls for russia to be suspended again after the failed to let investigators into their moscow laboratory. more on those studies at 3.30. --

laboratory. more on those studies at 3.30. —— stories. 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 from 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 prize 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 prize 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. 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, our system of checks and balances that protects our democracy, remembering that the legislative branch is article 0ne, 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.

and 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 100 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. let‘s speak to our correspondent, gary 0‘donoghue, who is in washington. is this a taste of things to come in washington now that the democrats control the house of representatives, a kind of divided government, a permanent stalemate between them and the president and the republicans? i think there is a good chance of that. it has already been pretty difficult getting legislation through, even when the republicans control both houses as well as the white house, and now the democrats are taken in the house of representatives, it will be hard for the legislative agenda to get through. it will be much easierfor democrats to lodge all these various investigations they have been

threatening, because they control this powerful committee structure that does all that work. in terms of the shutdown itself, there will be another meeting in about an hour at the white house, congressional leaders doing the journey along pennsylvania avenue that they know so well. it looks like an exercise in futility again at this stage. they are far apart, completely entrenched, and i think that is a good chance this shutdown will continue on. when somebody gets any ground, and it will have to include a wider package of other measures to allow both sides to save face. a wider package of other measures to allow both sides to save facem a wider package of other measures to allow both sides to save face. it is allow both sides to save face. it is a peculiar quirk of the american political system, isn‘t it, that the government canjust political system, isn‘t it, that the government can just shut down like this? it has happened before, not just other donald trump. no, we have had three of them in the last 12 months. one of them was just a few hours, and this one it is worth seeing, is a partial shutdown. hours, and this one it is worth seeing, is a partialshutdown. in other words, it only affects about

67 government departments. it affects key departments like, security, which is in charge of president trump‘s border wall etc. but it is not a complete federal shutdown. it feels like that if you‘re one of the 800,000 federal employees who are not getting paid, but it is not quite as commented as some of the other ones have been. that might be why both sides are prepared to let it go on a little bit longer, because it is not having as catastrophic and effective yet as it might do if it were universal. thank you very much indeed, gary 0‘donoghue for others in washington. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren. more chilly weather to come as we head into the weekend. cloud picking up head into the weekend. cloud picking up across some parts of england and wales this morning. it was —5 when this picture was taken, but at the same time in

europe, it was plus five celsius. temperatures not changing a lot under those cloudy skies. i will feed off their land into northern ireland and western scotland. summer bricks and cloud for eastern scotla nd bricks and cloud for eastern scotland and coming into northern england. some mist and fog and some patchy fog around as well, it even across eastern areas of scotland. he chilly start to the weekend, frost and places, but a lot of dry weather this weekend as well. client, wet winds for the most part, some spells of sunshine as well. some sunny spells across central and eastern areas of the uk. more cloud coming into western areas, and eventually in the north—east, some rain and drizzle. please picking up later in the day. light winds elsewhere, a bit more cloud across the uk. temperatures still only to around 6 degrees typically. a week whether

from moving and, which will move southwards into an area of high pressure, then i just fades southwards into an area of high pressure, then ijust fades away southwards into an area of high pressure, then i just fades away and becomes an area of cloud. cloudy weather moving and across the southern part of the uk, limiting the sunshine. sunnier skies across a good part of scotland and the north of england, affecting northern ireland before clouding up in the afternoon. temperatures not quite as low on sunday, we could even reach double figures across some parts of england and wales. into next week, the weather starts to change a bit, high—pressure squeezed to the south of the new continent, and a big area of the new continent, and a big area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic. some severe gales possible in northern scotland, continuing into tuesday. 0n in northern scotland, continuing into tuesday. on tuesday, the wind direction will change, a north—westerly wind, which could bring some sunshine and one or two showers. it will feel briefly cold.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines: parents are told to worry less about their children‘s screen time, as experts say there‘s no firm evidence it is harmful to their health. but they do recommend no screens for one hour before bed. police say there‘s evidence members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown, but president trump says he won‘t sign it into law unless it includes billions for the mexican wall. a couple from northern ireland who won the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize, almost £115 million, say they‘ve written a list of 50 family and friends to share their fortune with neither of us are on that list but

we have the sport. i would spend the money on a new player for liverpool. and it‘s fa cup weekend, will. any surprises in store? the lower league teams always dream ofa the lower league teams always dream of a giant—killing. here‘s a pick of some of the ties this weekend. i‘m not sure how many will turn up for blackpool against arsenal because of an ongoing boycott from the home fans. chelsea have had a bit of blip in the premier leage recently. they‘ll look to get back to winning ways at home to nottingham forest. frank lampard‘s derby will be hopeful of an upset with his championship side at home to southampton who have premier league survival on their hands. and can 0le gunnar solskjaer make it five wins from five at the begining of his manchester united reign? his side are at home to reading tomorrow. could the norweigen lead united to their 13th fa cup title? before all that, kicking off the third round ties

tonight, tranmere rovers will need a roy of the rovers performance to get through to the fourth round. premier league contenders tottenham are away at league two side spurs have lifted the trophy eight times in their history, the last coming back in 1991, but tranmere are going well in the league, having been promoted from the national league in the summer. 7a places between the two sides, but maurico pochettino is feeling cautious. we need to be sure that we show our best face. the right attitude, that is going to be key to winning this type of competition. the fa cup is a massive competition. the different level that we are in different leagues, but the competition, always, if you're not right and taking the right way the competition, you can struggle. it is always a day that stands out

in the sporting calendar, third round of the fa cup, will there be an we will see what happens. i don‘t suppose it was upset last night but the city liverpool game was a thriller. i haven‘t quite got over... we are still four points ahead so it‘s good. you are about how much of an impact will the result have on the premier league title race? we shall see an time shall tell. the 2—1win over liverpool. manchester city‘s 2—1 win over liverpool was the first defeat jurgen klopp‘s side have suffered in the league this season as they try to lift the trophy for thr first time in their history. this is what it does to the table. liverpool‘s lead is now cut to four points. it could have been ten with a liverpool win and tottenham are stilll very much in the hunt, just six points off the leaders with 17 games to play. in terms of games to come against the big six sides, liverpool still have to play manchester united, tottenham and chelsea. as for city, they have an extra game to against a big six side. they face arsenal, chelsea,

manchester united and tottenham. the managers know there‘s a long way to go, with the title race well and truly back on. i don't remember a league so tough, with the amount of contenders fighting for the title. i think for the premier league, maybe jurgen wouldn't agree, maybe for the premier league it would be good because everybody is close and every game would be a final. it doesn't feel really good, but it's not a massive thing, because this is the most difficult game of the season, away at city. away at tottenham, away at united, arsenal, most of them we have had now already, so, yeah, that's what it is. the football association is asking people to come forward with information after an unnamed england player was reported to have been "kicked out of a nightclub for taking cocaine". the allegations were made in the sun newspaper. the fa can ban players found to have breached its social drugs policy, with a first—time offence carrying a suspension of up to three months. they say it remains a priority for them to find and sanction anyone

found taking performance—enhancing or recreational drugs. the newspaper alleges the incident occurred during a pre—christmas team get—together after an away game. that‘s all the sport for now. we‘ll have more for you in the next hour. many thanks indeed. let‘s hear bit more from a husband and wife from northern ireland now who won nearly £115 milllion in the new year‘s day euromillions draw. frances and patrick connolly from moira in county down say they‘ll share their winnings with 50 family members. they‘ve been telling chris page about when they found out they had won. new year‘s day — i logged in, checked my e—mails, thought, oh, i‘ll go and check the lottery numbers — which we had only put on a lucky dip, 12 o‘clock that day. checked my numbers and they were all ticked and i thought, does that mean we won? i went to the bbc website, checked the numbers there, again — a match. i then went on the third

website and i checked again and they matched. so i turned the computer towards frances and said, i think i‘ve got some good news for you. what did you think? i looked down at the computer and i thought, lottery ticket, but i'm blind as a a bat so i didn't know what was on it. i said, yeah, 0k, what? he says, we won. yeah, but how much did we win? i honestly made the assumption he meant £1,000 or, you know, one of those wins. he said, no, you're misunderstanding me. we've won. and i said some things i shouldn't have said and accused him of lying to me. he said, no, i wouldn't make a joke about something like that. he was shaking by this stage. we spent some time sitting just staring at each other. then we spent some more time checking to see

what prize it might be — just in disbelief. we were overwhelmed. so whenever the publicity dies down a bit, you‘re back at home — how different do you think life will look and feel like for you? i don‘t think we even understand where it is. we‘re just taking one day at a time, at the minute — it‘s been a frantic few days. it will be great giving people good news and sharing our success with family and friends. what happens after that, we haven‘t even thought about. i think it‘s going to be wonderful for is the next few years. wonderful for our families and grandchildren. so... look, it‘s superb. it's too much money not to have a practical impact on your life. you know, we're not going to be in the same house, and we're not going to be going on the same

holidays, and we're not going to be driving the same cars. i mean, we haven't particularly thought about that, at this minute in time. but the plans have already been made. you know all those conversations over the breakfast table about, what would you do if you won the lottery? you have now! like everybody else in the country, we have plans for that and i'm sure they will still in place. we won't let anybody down. we will be spending some money. but we're fairly well grounded, and we are not joining the jet—set life. we want to help people, to share the money. when we've had a bit of fun, a bit of travel, we'll come back and help some businesses. paddy will want to get back in the saddle, and we'll do some good. there we are, the lucky winners of

the £115 million from county down. the two largest london airports are to spend millions of pounds on anti—drone technology, after the disruption at gatwick before christmas. more than 1a0,000 passengers were affected and more than a thousand flights cancelled or diverted, during 36 hours of chaos caused by drone sightings. gatwick says it‘s now spent £5 million on comunications—jamming equipment, and heathrow‘s confirmed it‘ll be buying similar systems. 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. 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. authorities from a chain of dutch islands have told swiss shipping line msc they will hold it responsible for cleaning costs, related to debris from hundreds of cargo containers that washed up on their shores. soldiers have been sent to help with the clean—up operation, after a cargo ship — the msc zoe — lost 277 containers during a storm on wednesday, causing the island‘s beaches to be littered with debris, including hazardous chemicals. a statement from msc said the company was "directly taking over more of the clean—up" and was working with several salvage companies. with the arrival of the new year, the stage is set for more technological innovation and growth, but challenges loom.

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones looks at the road ahead and predicts what‘s next for driverless technology, electric cars, ai, and more. 2019, the year the driverless car becomes a reality, or maybe hits a major bump in the road. it was once just a science—fiction dream, but in the last five years rapid advances in artificial intelligence have brought autonomous vehicles a lot closer. the tech giant google has led the way, investing billions in teaching cars to sense their surroundings. but traditional carmakers like general motors and mercedes—benz are catching up, wary of the threat autonomy poses to their business model. after years of testing, 2019 will see the first commercial services, albeit on a very small, local scale. google‘s waymo division,

with its pilot scheme in phoenix, arizona, is leading the way. but general motors is planning a robot taxi service with its chevy bolt self—driving car sometime this year. elon musk‘s tesla, a start—up called zoox, and ride—hailing giant uber are among the other contenders, though maybe 2020 is a more realistic target for their commercial services. but uber‘s test fleet was taken off the road after a fatal collision with a pedestrian. a reminder of why we should be cautious about the speed of this revolution. but if autonomous cars are far away, the electric motoring era is arriving fast. tesla‘s model 3 — cheaper than its previous cars — is finally appearing in decent numbers on the world‘s roads. in 2019, volvo will end production of new product lines of petrol—fuelled cars to focus on electric. but it‘s in china that more

electric cars may be built and bought than anywhere else. and it‘s this market which could shape the future of motoring. that‘s partly because most of the batteries which are a key component of electric cars are built in china, and manufacturers are clustering near to the suppliers. companies like dyson, which is to open an electric car factory in singapore, are deciding to head east for the future of motoring. that may be true, too, when it comes to research into artificial intelligence. we‘re used to hearing about the likes of google, microsoft and amazon pouring billions into ai. indeed, for many of us, it‘s amazon‘s alexa voice assistant which has been the first practical use of the technology. but chinese giants like tencent, baidu and alibaba are also investing vast sums in artificial intelligence. they‘re advancing on many fronts including healthcare and robotics, but it‘s facial recognition where china already has a lead.

in many countries, the deployment of surveillance technology and the gathering of large amounts of personal data promise to be the subject of anguished ethical debate for years to come. not so in china, which may give it an edge in the vital race to dominate ai. in a moment, we will find out what‘s hot and what‘s not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. experts say there is little evidence to suggest screentime is harmful to children‘s health, as leading paediatricians tell parents to worry less. police say there‘s evidence members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown, but president trump says

he won‘t sign it into law unless it includes billions for the mexican wall. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. uk house prices grew at an annual pace of 0.5% in december, the slowest annual rate since february 2013. nationwide building society who release the figures said uncertainty over the economic outlook appears to be undermining confidence in the market. it mayjust be four days into the new year, but the average boss on the ftse100 has already earned more than the typical worker will earn all year. a ftse100 chief executive gets just over £1,000 per hour, while the typical uk salary is just under £30,000 a year. energy supplier economy energy has been banned from taking on new customers until it improves its customer service. the energy regulator, 0fgem, said the ban would remain in place

for three months to allow the firm to improve. it must also address billing and payment failures, and issue customer refunds in a timely manner. £1000 an hour is a lot of money. it makes you green with envy. now we talk about men‘s fashion, a subject we know a lot about. i possibly no less but i know the industry and it is a massively growing industry. men‘s fashion has been somewhat a poor relation to women‘s fashion in terms of a lower profile. it takes about a quarter of the fashion industry but it is growing and has been growing more significantly lately. fashion week sta rts significantly lately. fashion week starts this weekend and we are

talking about... it is worth half the amount that the women‘s fashion industry is worth, and probably about £15 billion a year. but as i say we have got a lot of new names coming in but also fashion week a tt ra cts coming in but also fashion week attracts a lot of names. it is not just the wimbledon of fact, worry you have a great venue and everybody comes from outside but you never do anything. we attract a lot of people from outside and we also managed to produce a lot of very good designers ourselves. talking about men‘s fashion are you talking about men‘s clothes in general? if it is half the money made from fashion... yes, but there are children as well. the suits we are wearing now, is that? yes, included, even though they may not be that fashionable. i was just not be that fashionable. i wasjustjoking. someone who knows about fashion is dyla n someone who knows about fashion is dylanjones,.

dylanjones, the founder of men‘s fashion week and menswear chair at the british fashion council, is with us. what makes this different from paris, milan, new york and arrest? the important thing london is the depth of the talent here. although milan, paris and new york are still important fashion hubs, in terms of creativity, london is the place to be. it has been that way for quite some time and only recently the menswear designers have started to get the same recognition as the womenswear designers. why do you think that is? a combination of consumer interest and the fact that men are far more sophisticated consumers than they used to be. i don't think they are quite as sophisticated as women yet but they are getting there. as you said, earlier, the menswear industry is worth nearly 17 billion now to the economy. and in spite of all the

concerns about what will happen after brexit, it is a growing industry. are they very different industries? iimagine you are they very different industries? i imagine you market and sell m e nswea r i imagine you market and sell menswear differently to how you market and sell womenswear. in terms of making and designing the clothes is it very different? not fundamentally. i think obviously a lot of men's clothes are based around tailoring and suits. but more re ce ntly around tailoring and suits. but more recently you have seen a huge surge in sportswear and luxury sportswear, designer sportswear. actually the two industries are more similar now than ever before. what about manufacturing? where does this happen? is it still happening in asia and north africa and places like that or have you brought any of it home? a lot of tailoring takes place in the uk. so manufacturing takes place in italy and some in asia but i think in terms of the construction

and manufacture of the garments, the menswear industry has probably got a more ethical story to be told than the womenswear. brainless onto the dreaded brexit question, what is the feeling in the industry? i think there are concerns about what will happen in terms of freedom of movement of people and goods. there are concerns about margins and there is not a lot we can do about this until something actually happens. are the margins very tight? not essentially. even though retail on the high street has been tough in the last months, menswear continues to grow, coming from a smaller base. as you said earlier it now approaches 50% of the uk fashion market in total. so we're very optimistic about what the possibilities are, regardless of what with brexit. thank you, dylan jones. interesting. interesting.

interesting industry, especially the way it has come on from being a correlation to the womenswear, thinking of the fashion industry, you think of women‘s clothes but men‘s clothes now dominating... looking at the pictures of menswear fashion, it is quite dynamic stuff. you will not see me in any of it immediately. anyway, is, how are the markets? 0ne one of the reasons it is up so sharply, employment figures from the us. you get than the first friday of every month and they are extremely strong, 300,000 jobs created and 10,000 jobs created last month. that isa 10,000 jobs created last month. that is a lot by anyone‘s standards. very unexpected and we never knew it would be this strong sunni markets are up sharply. thank you very much indeed. some news coming into us from british transport police who say they have launched a murder inquiry after a serious incident on board a

train between guildford and waterloo today. at lunchtime today officers from the british transport police and colleagues from surrey and the ambulance service were called to one station after a report a man had been stabbed on board the 12.58 train between guildford and london waterloo. the victim suffered a fatal stop wound on the train despite the best efforts of police and paramedics, died at the scene. soa number of and paramedics, died at the scene. so a number of officers are now in the area trying to identify and trace the man responsible for the assault. the police say this was a shocking and violent attack which took place on board a train in broad daylight. 0fficers took place on board a train in broad daylight. officers from the transport police are with the family and they have deployed a specially trained family liaison officer to support them. we know this was an incredibly frightening incident for passengers travelling on the train. we believe the suspect and the

victim boarded the train at london road, atjust victim boarded the train at london road, at just after victim boarded the train at london road, atjust after 1pm. we would encourage anyone who was on this train to come forward, regardless of whether or not they think they can help with the investigation. that is the british transport police launching a murder inquiry after a victim suffered fatal stab wounds on board that train. the police describe it as a shocking and violent attack which took place on board a train in broad daylight, the 12.58 train travelling between guildford and london waterloo. much more on that as more details come into us throughout the afternoon. on 22 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 breakfasts dan walker has been to meet him. —— 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, they went like this. we waved back, eight years old... you thought they were waving at you. when actually they were wanting us to get off the grass. you look this way, there‘s thousands of houses there and then endcliffe park and the other side is 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‘ve 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 wouldn‘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 do not think you‘re daft, by the way, tony. i can see your hands shaking — you‘ve got tremors. essential tremors, for many, many years. are you going to keep doing this? forever. 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? no.

do you still feel guilty now? yeah, it never will get any easier. 0h... 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 theirfamilies. 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.

time for a look at the weather. we have seen quiet weather conditions again today, some sunshine ina conditions again today, some sunshine in a few places but overnight with the clearer skies will turn chilly. we will keep cloud coming into northern ireland and western scotland, perhaps northern england. further south in england and wales breaks in the cloud and a few pockets of mist and fog. we will find the risk of frost. last night temperatures down to —a or minus five celsius, and a likely frost in eastern parts of scotland where the cloud is broken. through the day on saturday after the chilly start sunny spells, the best of which will be in eastern parts of the uk. west to south—westerly breeze arriving, with more cloud further west and rain in the far north—west of scotla nd rain in the far north—west of scotland later. more cloud heading

our way through the day with temperatures struggling for up to six celsius. not quite as chilly on sunday with the best of the sunshine in scotland. it turns windy on monday with severe gales likely in northern scotland, with gusts of around 70 mph. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m ben brown. today at a.00 — a murder investigation has been launched following a stabbing on board a train at horsley station in surrey, british transport police say it was a shocking and violent attack. parents are told to worry less about their children‘s screen time, as experts say there‘s no firm evidence it is harmful to their health. but they d0 recommend no screens for one hour before bed.? police say there‘s evidence members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. there are some examples of staff,

very soon after they work in that prison estate — whether a prisoner officer or maintenance worker — they move towards supplying contra band. the us house of representatives passes legislation aimed at ending the two—week partial government shutdown, but president trump says he won‘t sign it into law unless it includes billions for the mexican wall. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. details of this weekend‘s fa cup matches. the lowly teams hope for a giant—killing at this time of year, the fa cup third round. tranmere rovers play tottenham tonight, and a couple of outgoings at liverpool in the january transfer window. ——

lower league teams. and darren has all the weather. lots of cloud on the way for this weekend, light winds, but that all changes heading into next week. more details later on. thanks, darren. also coming up — we hearfrom a couple from northern ireland who won the fourth biggest uk euromillions prize — almost £115 million. hello, everyone. a murder investigation has been launched following a stabbing on board a train at horsley station in surrey. police say that they were called to the station at 1.15pm this afternoon,

after a report that a man had been stabbed on board the 12.58pm train service travelling between guildford and london waterloo. police have said this was a shocking and violent attack, and led to the suspension of rail services and part of that station to be cordoned off. emergency teams were called to horsley railway station after reports of the stabbing on board that service to london waterloo. police and paramedics were called, but the fatality, who died at the scene, could not be helped. we are hearing that the police are saying officers from their family liaison tea m officers from their family liaison team are helping to console the family of the person who died in that stabbing incident. police

saying this was a violent and shocking attack. more on that as it comes in to us. but that is the latest from the dish transport police and surrey police, who are both investigating —— british transport police. that attack at horsley railway station at lunchtime today, a person stabbed on the train and a murder investigation is now under way. 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 firm 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 screens — 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 families 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 murder investigation has been launched following a stabbing on board a train at horsley station in surrey police say that they were called to the station at 1.15pm this afternoon. a report that a man had been stabbed on board the 12.58pm train

service travelling between guildford and london waterloo. ican i can tell you what the british transport police are saying. detective superintendent gary richardson says, this was a shocking and violent attack which took place on board a train in broad daylight. 0fficers on board a train in broad daylight. officers from the british transport police are with the family to support them through this difficult time. we know this was an incredibly frightening incident for passengers travelling on the train, say the police, and we believe that the suspect and the victim boarded the train at london road at 1.01 this afternoon. the police are also saying they encourage anyone who was on the train to come forward with information, whether or not they think they can help with the investigation. they think the suspect departed the train at

clanden station. passengers can expect to see a hand increased presence by british transport police and surrey police at both horsley and surrey police at both horsley and clanden stations as investigations continue. a murder investigations continue. a murder investigation after what police are calling a shocking and violent attack on board a train. seems to be attack on board a train. seems to be a man stabbed to death on the 12.58 train travelling between guildford and london waterloo. more on that as it comes in terms. the democratic unionist party has expressed concern over recent comments on the brexit withdrawal agreement. the party‘s brexit secretary sammy wilson said the dup is more alarmed, rather than reassured, by "what‘s coming out" regarding the so—called northern ireland backstop. he said irish pm leo varadkar seems to regard it as a "settled arrangement". 0ur political correspondent iain watson explained the significance of sammy wilson‘s comments. dup said it was against the

withdrawal agreement, and that was one reason why theresa may delayed the crucial vote on her deal. that vote is now about ten days away, coming the week after next. it is disappointing for downing street that there has been meetings with the chief whip and the dup, meetings with theresa may and the westminster leader of the dup, nigel dodds, yesterday, and now comments from their brexit spokesman sammy wilson today, all of which are pretty negative. sammy wilson said the dup cannot support the withdrawal agreement as it stands, which means that whenever this vote is held, we think probably the 15th or the 16th of january, but this vote once again means that theresa may is facing defeat, because without the dup, she does not have a majority in parliament. i think the difficulties are even greater

than those described, because even if she does get the dup back on board, which would only happen if there is some movement in brussels, around a0 of her own mps seem to be pretty determined to vote her deal down any case, because they, like sammy wilson, are worried about the settled arrangement, future arrangements between the uk and the eu. they worry that perhaps any permanent way of avoiding this hard border in ireland would mean britain having to stay pretty closely aligned to eu rules and regulations. so simply getting the dup on board is only the first step for the prime minister, she still faces a significant challenge beyond that. what she will try to do today is speak to the eu commission president jean—claude juncker, and see if there can be further movement from brussels to give some kind of legal guarantee that the arrangements and avoiding a hard border in ireland would only be temporary. that would diminish the rebellion she is facing, but from what i am hearing, it would not see it off entirely. 0ur political correspondent iain watson there.

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. georgia carpenter was a victim of abuse on social media and joins us from tunbridge wells. thank you very much forjoining us. how old are you? and 17. and how old we re how old are you? and 17. and how old were you when you were getting some of this abuse on social media? the

lord of the abuse started when i was around 11 or12, lord of the abuse started when i was around 11 or 12, when i first got my mobile phone. —— a lot of the abuse. can you tell is roughly what form did that abuse, that brilliant take? it did escalate, first started off on social media, mostlyjust nasty comments. and it did escalate to more bearable and physical abuse. —— more bearable and physical abuse. —— more verbal. i had to be quite careful when i was going. it was quite scary. this was abuse from people you knew, people you were at school with? yes, people you knew, people you were at schoolwith? yes, a lot of people you knew, people you were at school with? yes, a lot of the time it was people from school. sometimes it was people from school. sometimes it would be strangers who had never seen before. how does it make you feel, that kind of online abuse, that bullying at such a young age?

it was absolutely horrible, it made me feel really bad. it made me feel quite depressed and isolated, i became quite vacant from using social media. so during that time, i became quite disconnected with a lot of the people that i stayed in touch with on social media. and how usual or unusual to you think that kind of treatment that you received is? do you think it is quite common? yes, i think it is so common. a lot of young people today especially are experiencing the same kind of abuse and attack online. so i think it is important they get educated and are able to block these people as soon as these issues arise. is that what

you have done? did itjust sort of fade away in your case, did you just block people and stop it that way? definitely, blocking really helped, obviously not using social media is a big help as well because you do not have to read any of the comments. so did you just stop going on social media? yeah. and do you think this is more common among boys and girls, both been victims of this but also doing this kind of online abuse, online billing? -- bullying. yes, i think both genders are so important when it comes to building, but especially girls, there is so much pressure on females these days. and there is so much gossiping as well, especially if you are my age and even younger, like loads of

girls, always gossiping, and social media just makes it worse. because it escalates so quickly and gets shared so quickly, too. and would you like to see changes, would you like to see more rules regulations, what kind of advice would you give to other people in terms of the way they use social media.” to other people in terms of the way they use social media. ijust people who use social media should be educated on how to use it properly, especially young people. there is so much toxic atmosphere using social media, soi much toxic atmosphere using social media, so ijust think much toxic atmosphere using social media, so i just think that much toxic atmosphere using social media, so ijust think that people need to be educated, especially young people, when using social media. george carpenter, thank you very much indeed and for being so frank prefers. —— horsley. ——

georgia, for being so frank weathers. an update now on that murder investigation, this is the scene at clanden after a man was fatally stabbed on a train at lunchtime today. —— clandon. a murder investigation has now been lodged by the british transport police and also surrey police. they say officers were called to horsley station at 1.15 today after reports ofan station at 1.15 today after reports of an attack on the 12.58 service between guildford and london waterloo. these are pictures from clandon station, because this is where police believe that the man responsible got off the train, so there is a big investigation of there is a big investigation of

there at clandon station, which is quite close to horsley station, where the attack happened. a number of officers there in the vicinity of clandon railway station. no arrests have been made so far, but detective superintendent gary richardson from the british transport police said this was a shocking and violent attack. it took place on board a train in broad daylight. 0fficers from the british transport police are with the family of the man who has been stabbed to death, and have deployed a specially trained family liaison officer to support them through this difficult time. we know this was an incredibly frightening incident for passengers travelling on this train, a train travelling at lunchtime today, and we believe that the suspect and the victim boarded the suspect and the victim boarded the train at london road at 1.01 this afternoon, and the police are

encouraging anyone who was on the train to come forward regardless of whether or not they think they can help in the investigation. they think the suspect got off the train at clandon station, which is what we are seeing live pictures from a helicopter of right now. you can see police officers on the platform climbing the stairs of the bridge that links the two mac platforms they are at clandon station in surrey. so that is where they think the suspect got off the train. the motive is unknown, we do not or if there was a fight on the train or exactly how it came to be that this man was fatally stabbed, but as police are staying, this was an attack, a shocking and violent attack, a shocking and violent attack, in broad daylight on a lunchtime train service running between guildford and waterloo. the suspect, having carried out the attack, then got off the train here,

clandon in surrey, and clearly has made an escape. police trying to find the suspect, and in the meantime, they are appealing for any information from members of the public who were on board that train who mightjust public who were on board that train who might just have public who were on board that train who mightjust have any piece of information that might help them. you can see them there looking for any you can see them there looking for a ny clu es you can see them there looking for any clues along the platform, any piece of evidence that might help them with their enquiries. clearly a very unusual and, as they say, shocking case in which a man has been stabbed to death on board a train in broad daylight in surrey. and a bit more information now on this, there appears to have been a fight on board the train. what is been described as a vicious fight on board the train. and the police are

saying that they are looking for any information from any members of the public, any passengers on that train. i willjust repeat the service, it was the 12.58 service travelling between guildford and london waterloo. so if you were on that train or if you know anyone who was on that train, get in touch with the police. they are saying they would advise anyone in the local area who sees anyone they think might be the suspect to call 999 immediately. they are also saying that passengers and members of the public can expect to see an increased presence by the british transport police in the area, both around clandon, where we are looking at right now, and also horsley, which is where it is thought that

the culprit and the victim both got on the train. an eyewitness telling the bbc that it was a vicious fight on the london bound service, that the attacker escaped, and there are police in the fields and also a police in the fields and also a police helicopter in the vicinity near clandon. so that is what we are hearing from one eyewitness, that a murder investigation boundary, and it looks like a manhunt also under way in the area looking at right now, in these fields around that railway station in clandon in surrey. 0fficers railway station in clandon in surrey. officers from surrey police and south coast ambulance service attended the ambulance incident. we

do not know if there was more than one stabbed wind. just hearing from the police statement that it was a fatal stab wound. british transport police said that the injured man died at the scene of what was a frightening attack. a number of police as you can see in the clandon area, where the suspect is said to have got off the train, and fled. no arrests made so far, but the british transport police describing it as a shocking and violent attack. 0n transport police describing it as a shocking and violent attack. on a train in broad daylight. an incredibly frightening incident for anyone who saw that. and you can see the police there carrying out their enquiries now at the station, clandon station, where the suspect got off. but other stations will be of interest to them as well. horsley

station, which is where we police we re station, which is where we police were initially called to, at 1.15 after reports of an attack on the 12.58 service between guildford and london waterloo. no trains running on that service at the moment, we do not know whether the line has been closed or they have been cancelled, we will try to find out. that is the latest, a murder investigation under way, and we believe a manhunt under way, and we believe a manhunt under way, because the suspect left the train at clandon station, and you‘re looking at pictures of that right now, a relatively small commuter station in surrey. the car park there, the two mac platforms and the bridge linking the two platforms. all the fields around it, because of the suspect did try to escape on

foot and get away from the scene, maybe a somewhere in that countryside in surrey. —— may be at large. and just a tweet here, due to the police dealing with the incident, the line is blocked towards london waterloo. trains they be cancelled, delayed or revised. disruption expected until 21.00 tonight, that is from south western railway. just giving an indication that there is clearly destruction, cancellations, delays, revisions to the timetable on that line between guildford and effingham junction because of this incident. and we have just been seeing from our pictures of clandon station in surrey, nothing at all running on the railway line there. a very unusual attack in broad daylight on a train at horsley station in

surrey. incredibly frightening for passengers on board, according to the police, a shocking and violent attack on a passenger on that train. the victim stabbed to death with a fatal stab wound, the injured man dying at the scene, and a huge manhunt is now under way by surrey police and british transport police. much more on that as it comes into this throughout the afternoon here on bbc news. 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 foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has warned russia not to use uk citizens as pawns in "diplomatic chess games," after a dual british and american national was charged with espionage.

paul whelan — who‘s a former us marine — was detained by russian security services a week ago. officials said he was caught "carrying out spying activities". his family says he is innocent and was in russia for a friend‘s wedding. if convicted, he could spend 20 years in prison. mr hunt says british authorities were helping the us in mr whelan‘s case. we are giving every support that we can, but we do not think that individuals should be used in diplomatic chess games, because it is desperately worrying for the individual and their families. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary. police say there‘s evidence that

gangs are infiltrating the prison service by taking jobs in jails 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. the latest now from surrey, and we have details about this murder investigation launched by the surrey police and the british transport police and the british transport police as well. a man was stabbed in broad daylight on a train. live pictures from clandon in surrey, where the suspect is not to have got off the train. 0ur correspondence joins us now. what can you tell us? what we know is that at 1,15 this

afternoon, officers were called to horsley station after a man had been stabbed on board the train travelling between guildford and the london waterloo. the victim suffered a fatal stab wound, and despite effo rts a fatal stab wound, and despite efforts of officers and paramedics, he died at the scene. a number of officers are now in the clandon area, attempting to trace and identify the man responsible for the assault. no arrests have been made at present, detective superintendent gary richardson from british transport police said this was a shocking and violent attack which took place on board the train in broad daylight. we also know that pa rt broad daylight. we also know that part of horsley station is currently cordoned off, and trains have been suspended. just looking at pictures right now of the train, and we can see some of these scenes of crime officers in that there are white

since, there are white forensic suits, going through the train, and it looks like that is the carriage where this attack happened, carrying out an investigation. in manhunt really now under way, because it appears the suspect got off at clandon. yes, and the detective said he would encourage anyone who was on the train, whether or not they think they can help with the investigation to come forward. so clearly a real effort to try and get as much information as possible at this stage. the detective saying this was a shocking and violent attack on board a train in broad daylight. the police are now investigating but it is incredibly unusual to have a fatal stabbing at lunchtime on a train, on what is a commuter line, really, although this was not rush

hour at lunchtime. a commuter line from surrey into london. absolutely shocking for passengers on board. 0fficers absolutely shocking for passengers on board. officers from british transport police are with the family of the victim and they have deployed a specially trained family liaison officer to support them through this difficult time. as we are looking at pictures of the forensic experts from the police carrying on their investigations at that south west railway train where the stabbing happened, wejust had a statement from south east coast ambulance service who can confirm the ambulance crews were called to horsley railway station at 1.30 this afternoon, just after lunchtime, following reports of a serious assault. ambulance crews joining police at the scene and the air ambulance service also attending. but the ambulance service say despite the best efforts of everyone, our man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. it

sounds as though there were huge effo rts sounds as though there were huge efforts to save the victim of the stabbing but unfortunately he died at the scene. gas and officers and paramedics called to the scene but, as you say, —— yes, officers and paramedics were called to the scene. this is the scene and this train was, just to let you know the details, it was the 12.58 train service between guildford and london waterloo station. so clearly not rush hour. probably relatively quiet, you would have thought, at that time of day. not too many passengers on board. certainly not compare to rush hour but this was the carriage. you can see now. mike and this is the scene that we recorded earlier on from clandon in surrey. further along on that line. that is where the suspect, the

culprit is thought to have got off the train. so that is where there has been a huge police investigation, a manhunt around the station and indeed those fields. we have seen from our helicopter police on the platforms, on the footbridge linking the two platforms, looking for any clues or any evidence that might help them with the investigation. what we do know is that the two men, both the suspect and the victim, got on board the train together according to the police. that is right, isn‘t it? they boarded the train together as far as we know from the police statement. an eyewitness told the bbc that a seemingly vicious fight on the london bound service on this train occurred. yes, as you say, but the passengers got on together. hearing from british transport

police, we urge anyone who witnessed what happened to get in touch. the british transport police saying, text us on 61016 or call us on 0800... they text us on 61016 or call us on 0800. .. they have text us on 61016 or call us on 0800... they have said already they wa nt 0800... they have said already they want any passengers or members of the public on that train whether they think they have got relevant information or not just they think they have got relevant information or notjust to get in touch with them. the messages you may not know what the information is important to the police but come forward and tell them what you know if you were on that train. you can call the british transport police on 0800 a050a0. as you say, they are encouraging eve ryo ne as you say, they are encouraging everyone who was on the train to come forward at this stage.

we canjoina come forward at this stage. we canjoin a reporter come forward at this stage. we can join a reporter from come forward at this stage. we canjoin a reporterfrom bbc surrey underlined. thank you for being with us. what more can you tell us about what police are describing as a shocking and violent attack? absolutely, you can hear in the background to police helicopters circling above this railway station, andl circling above this railway station, and i am standing at the entrance to this station, horsley station. a stationary train has pulled up on the northbound side of the platform, a train travelling from guildford, a stopping service which runs as far as waterloo. there are two stations before horsley, one on london road outside guildford and the other one at clandon. the station is sealed

off and i have seen scenes of crime office rs off and i have seen scenes of crime officers in white uniforms, looking at the footbridge and the train, where the investigation is being carried out. at the moment, british transport police say there is no one available to give us further details but they will be expecting to make a statement to us in due course. you will hear the two helicopters hovering right overhead here at the station. yes, we‘re just looking at pictures of forensics police officers in the white suits, taking pictures at horsley railway station. they are carrying out their investigations. in terms of the suspect they are now looking for, we don‘t know much about him other than that he appears to have got off the train at clandon station. is that right? police are being tight—lipped about the suspect and the police are obviously looking for the suspect. clandon station is probably about three or four miles back towards

guilt that. interesting that the helicopters are here at horsley where the train is in the station. we will try and find out from police office rs we will try and find out from police officers whether they are searching is now concentrated in the horsley area. i should say that this part of surrey is an affluent part, a main commuter line from guildford up towards waterloo. at the moment the line is completely shut and there is nothing going northbound. a heavy police presence. as i speak, a train isjust going police presence. as i speak, a train is just going southbound towards guildford with nobody on it. it looks as if the lines are shut. a heavy police presence here but that is both surrey police and british transport police, still police helicopters overhead. this train line is clearly a commuter line into london. but at lunchtime when this train was travelling, presumably it would not have been that fool because it was not a busy time of day.

absolutely a train service i use myself when travelling to london, and during the rush hour it is extremely busy. by the time we get the of london, it would be standing room only on the trains. also the trains are heavily used by local schools in guildford, so during the rush hour period there would have beena rush hour period there would have been a lot of schoolchildren on these trains but during this lunchtime period not as many passengers travelling van earlier and later on passengers travelling van earlier and lateron in passengers travelling van earlier and later on in the day. police are appealing for witnesses, anyone who was on that train at the time or maybe even at the stations, asking them to get in touch either by text at the number on screen or by text at the number on screen or by phone, 0800a050a0. that is british transport police. there will have been people on the train even if it was not too crowded, who will have seen something. absolutely. as i say, a shocking

incident. this is three hours ago now, and in terms of the people who we re passengers now, and in terms of the people who were passengers on the train, most people at the minute... a heavy police presence outside the station and still helicopters overhead, but as you say, in terms of the geography of where this is, it is just outside of guildford. it is a pretty quiet place, horsley, and indeed clandon. pretty much the commuter belt, an affluent part of surrey. this will be a huge shock for people living in guildford and the surrounding villages, and a commuter service in broad daylight going into the capital. that shock is captured by what the police are saying, the detective superintendent gary richardson from the transport police, saying it was, quote, a shocking and violent attack that would have been an incredibly frightening incident for passengers travelling on the train. i suppose that sums up how unusual it is, an

attack of this kind on a train in the commuter belt in broad daylight. absolutely and in terms of the train... still awaiting details of exactly where the incident took place but certainly the train from clandon to horsley, probably four or five minutes along the line so people were on that train and will have witnessed what happened before the train came to a rest in horsley, that would have been a ghastly time to be on the train. truly horrific for anybody involved who saw what happened. to sum up if you could for us, adrian... the latest state of play... an investigation under way, a murder investigation as the police are describing it, and a manhunt as well? absolutely. four police officers standing in front at the entrance to horsley station, cordoned off with a familiar blue and white police tape. the station itself... i can see the train in question going any

northbound direction from guildford towards waterloo, i can see now one of the scenes of crime officers making their way off the train, all in white in those forensics suits we are familiar with. i saw four of those officers making their way onto the train eight few moments ago so clearly this is the scene of the crime. you can tell from the sound of the helicopter above me with the searchlights on that there is some kind of a manhunt going on for whoever was involved in this crime. we will try and get confirmation as soon as we can on what further help the police may want in connection with that. thank you, adrian, from bringing us right up to date from the scene. bbc surrey. and our correspondent here also following the latest developments. dramatic pictures we are seeing of these forensic officers at the scene, carrying out fingertip searches for any sort of

clues and taking a lot of pictures as you would expect. and the suspect is still at large. yes, well, you know, clearly officers at the scene but also attem pts officers at the scene but also atte m pts to officers at the scene but also attempts to trace the man who got off that train, and who is suspected off that train, and who is suspected of being responsible for the assault. to reiterate, no arrests have been made at this stage. and alsojust to have been made at this stage. and also just to reiterate what the british transport police are saying, we would urge anyone who witnessed what happened to get in touch and they are asking people to text them on 61016 or to call them on 0800a050a0. they are clearlyjust saying that there were people on that train and there must have been people on that train who saw something and could help the police. yes, an eyewitness account told the

bbc it appeared to be a vicious fight on this train. yes, so it seems to have been a vicious fight and we also know that the two men according to the police got on the train at the same time, and clearly one was fatally stabbed in the police paramedics could not save him. so there is now a murder inquiry under way and a manhunt in surrey. we will bring you more details on this fatal stabbing in surrey throughout the evening here on bbc news. in other news now, in the united states, legislation has been approved to end the partial government shutdown which left 100,000 employees unpaid. president trump says he will not sign it off in last $5 billion is included for the wall he wants to build in mexico. 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, our system of checks and balances that protects our democracy, remembering that the legislative branch is article 0ne, 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. and 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 100 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. it a moment,

we‘ll find out what‘s hot and what‘s not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. a murder investigation has been launched following a fatal stabbing on board a train at horsley station in surrey. british transport police says it was a shocking and violent attack experts say there is little evidence to suggest screentime is harmful to children‘s health, as leading paediatricians tell parents to worry less. police say there‘s evidence members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. we mayjust be four days into the new year, but the average

boss on the ftse100 has already earned more than the typical worker will earn all year. a ftse100 chief executive gets just over £1000 per hour, while the typical uk salary is just under £30,000 a year. electricity and gas supplier economy energy has been banned from taking on new customers until it improves its service. the energy regulator, 0fgem, said the ban would remain in place for three months. it must improve its contact procedures, address billing and payment failures, and issue customer refunds in a timely manner. there was a 6% rise in the number of companies going to administration last year, according to deloitte. that‘s as well as a 52% jump in companies entering company voluntary arrangements, which involve restructuring the business.

i will leave it all to you now because i will go to another studio to do the news at five. we will see you at five o‘clock. it's we will see you at five o‘clock. it‘s all yours. the housing market cooled in 2018. new figures from the nationwide building society show overall house prices were just 0.5% higher in december than they were a year earlier. that‘s the slowest annual rate of growth since early 2013. what‘s the reason? nationwide puts it down to the economic uncertainty. here‘s its chief economist, robert gardner. i think part of it is due to the level of house prices. for example, in northern ireland, house prices are still around ao% lower than they were a decade ago, whereas in places like london where house prices fell slightly last year, prices in london are still over 50% higher than they were a decade ago, so part of it is about the level of prices. the thing that was a bit unexpected is that house price growth has been running at 2% to 3% really over the last two years or so, and it slowed quite a bit to 0.5% in december. and that's occurred even though employment growth has held up really well, and income growth has

started to pick up. borrowing costs are still close to historic lows. so it seems to be that it is the uncertain outlook that is dampening buyer appetite at the moment, and that seems to be what's accounting for the softness towards the end of the year. let‘s get a little more on this now. i‘m joined by simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon. the housing data isn‘t the only piece of downbeat economic news out today, is it? there is definitely some winter chill in the housing market, is that something to be concerned about? the current inflation at 0.5% on uk house prices is nothing to concerning but this is a deliberate act from both the bank of england and uk government to try to slow house price inflation and try to bring affordability back to the levels most of your viewers would consider acceptable. the problem is when you try to slow a market price growth like this, not over shooting

into the downside is a real challenge. that anything is what people will be looking for, whether in the first half of 2019 you get out right price deflation which will be more problematic. that is not the only piece of potentially concerning things on the news today? the services pmi covering 80% of the uk economy, the purchasing managers index, this gives a monthly snapshot of how the large part of the uk economy is faring and it is only just in expansion territory and suggesting the final part of 2018 was a slow rate of growth for the uk economy and a lot of businesses reporting capacity constraints, unable to get workers and reporting uncertainty and reluctance to invest. meanwhile across the pond in the united states the government may be impartial shutdown as we have heard, the markets have been doing a yo—yo up the markets have been doing a yo—yo up and down butjobs are looking pretty good. we had a positivejobs report in the us at lunchtime. 312,000 newjobs

added. in context, the running rid of the last six months was 200,000, so higher. wages going up 3.2%. again, fastest in nine years. with a strong labour market signal out of the us economy, given markets have been worried about the health of the us economy and world economy, quite a reassuring note to finish the week. thank you very much indeed. that was simon french. the car industry is changing. petrol and diesel will probably be gone within decades. cars will be cleaner, quieter,and they may not even need a driver. but doesn‘t that mean they‘ll be just a little bit dull? not necessarily. i‘ve been finding out why. it‘s fast, furious and it‘s a vision of the future. this is an electric concept car from french brand ds. it is designed to show what motoring might be like in 2035. they call it a dream car. now, this car is completely unlike anything else you would see on the road.

look at it. for a start, it is not even symmetrical. but there is a very good reason for that because this is a car with a something of a split personality. let me show you. so this side of the car is all about being driven, because in 2035 cars should be self driving, right? so you can sit back, cocooned in luxury, and look out of the windows of this fighter jet style canopy, and enjoy the ride. now, that side of the car is all about being driven, but what happens if you want to drive, just for the sheer fun of it? well, that‘s what this side of the car is all about. we did this carfor emotion. it‘s our vision of the future. even in 2035, i am sure that a customer will want to have that emotion, and they will want to drive the car. yet this car is more than an idle flight of fancy. it‘s taken time and plenty of money to put together. manufacturers use machines like this to try to make sense of what the

future might bring, at a time when the industry is going through a technological revolution. there is the rise of electric cars and eponymous cars, —— autonomous cars. and it‘s going to have a real fundamental change to the way cars can be designed and the way they are laid out in the way people use them. and so i think for designers to have the chance to explore some of those concepts and to try and look at some of those answers is really an important thing to do. it may be designed for the future but there are some things it seems even the most advanced cars struggle with... ..like speed bumps. 0h. theo leggett, bbc news. that was a report from me and the car was fun to drive. with the arrival of the new year, the stage is set for more technological innovation and growth, but challenges loom. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones looks at the road ahead and predicts what‘s next for driverless technology, electric cars, ai, and more.

2019, the year the driverless car becomes a reality, or maybe hits a major bump in the road. it was once just a science—fiction dream, but in the last five years rapid advances in artificial intelligence have brought autonomous vehicles a lot closer. the tech giant google has led the way, investing billions in teaching cars to sense their surroundings. but traditional carmakers like general motors and mercedes—benz are catching up, wary of the threat autonomy poses to their business model. after years of testing, 2019 will see the first commercial services, albeit on a very small, local scale. google‘s waymo division, with its pilot scheme in phoenix, arizona, is leading the way. but general motors is planning a robot taxi service with its chevy bolt self—driving car sometime this year.

elon musk‘s tesla, a start—up called zoox, and ride—hailing giant uber are among the other contenders, though maybe 2020 is a more realistic target for their commercial services. but uber‘s test fleet was taken off the road after a fatal collision with a pedestrian. a reminder of why we should be cautious about the speed of this revolution. but if autonomous cars are far away, the electric motoring era is arriving fast. tesla‘s model 3 — cheaper than its previous cars — is finally appearing in decent numbers on the world‘s roads. in 2019, volvo will end production of new product lines of petrol—fuelled cars to focus on electric. but it‘s in china that more electric cars may be built and bought than anywhere else. and it‘s this market which could shape the future of motoring. that‘s partly because most of the batteries which are a key component of electric cars are built

in china, and manufacturers are clustering near to the suppliers. companies like dyson, which is to open an electric car factory in singapore, are deciding to head east for the future of motoring. that may be true, too, when it comes to research into artificial intelligence. we‘re used to hearing about the likes of google, microsoft and amazon pouring billions into ai. indeed, for many of us, it‘s amazon‘s alexa voice assistant which has been the first practical use of the technology. but chinese giants like tencent, baidu and alibaba are also investing vast sums in artificial intelligence. they‘re advancing on many fronts including healthcare and robotics, but it‘s facial recognition where china already has a lead. in many countries, the deployment of surveillance technology and the gathering of large amounts

of personal data promise to be the subject of anguished ethical debate for years to come. not so in china, which may give it an edge in the vital race to dominate ai. quick look at the market figures now... as you can see, starting the first week of the new year it has been positive with the ftse100 up 2% and in the united states we have had those good jobs figures, both the dowjones and those good jobs figures, both the dow jones and the those good jobs figures, both the dowjones and the nasdaq... the nasdaq fell steeply yesterday as the result of those disappointing sales figures and predictions from apple. that is it from your afternoon live tea m that is it from your afternoon live team for today. next we will have the bbc news at five with ben brown and more on the fatal stabbing on that train in horsley in surrey. but first let‘s have a look at the weather. we have seen quiet weather conditions again today, some sunshine in a few places, but overnight, with the clearer skies, it will turn chilly.

we will keep cloud coming into northern ireland and western scotland, perhaps northern england. further south in england and wales, breaks in the cloud and a few pockets of mist and fog. we will find the risk of frost. last night temperatures down to minus four or minus five celsius, and a likely frost in eastern parts of scotland where the cloud is broken. through the day on saturday, after the chilly start, sunny spells, the best of which will be in eastern parts of the uk. west to south—westerly breeze arriving, with more cloud further west and rain in the far north—west of scotland later. more cloud heading our way through the day with temperatures struggling at four to six celsius. not quite as chilly on sunday with the best of the sunshine in scotland. it turns windy on monday with severe gales likely in northern scotland, with gusts of around 70mph. today at 5pm, a man has been stabbed

to death on a train in surrey, a murder investigation has been launched. police say the stabbing on the guildford to london train was a shocking and violent attack, eye witnesses have described a vicious fight, a manhunt is under way for the suspect. we will have the latest from the scene in surrey. experts say that parents are the bestjudge of how long their children should spend on smartphones and other devices, but recommend no screen for one hour before bed.” devices, but recommend no screen for one hour before bed. i only allow them to use the ipad in the school

holidays, during term time, they are locked away. we limit it for a certain time, he has got to get off and read books and do stuff and play. this foreign secretary jeremy