good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: anger over the deteriorating public order situation outside the houses of parliament. well, apologies if you are offended. i think this is astonishing. after these scenes yesterday, more than 50 mps urge the police to improve their response to agressive protesters. a call for three million new homes to solve the social housing crisis in england. it's 80 days until the uk leaves the eu, so we are touring britain asking what major industries are doing to prepare for brexit as we wait to find out what brexit will look like. arsenal against manchester united is the stand—out tie from the fa cup fourth round draw, but liverpool weren't even in the hat after their defeat to wolves last night.

as the world's biggest tech show gets under way in las vegas, we'll have a look at the latest inventions and gadgets that could be about to change our lives. good morning. today is going to be drier, brighter and colder than yesterday, but windy in the north and the east. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's tuesday, january 8th. our top story: dozens of mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner to express their serious concerns about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. the letter comes as police investigate whether any criminal offence was committed when the tory mp anna soubry was branded a nazi by protesters during a live tv interview about brexit yesterday. our reporter keith doyle reports. directly opposite the pauwels houses of westminster is an area where mps

readily come to do media interviews. it isa readily come to do media interviews. it is a public place and often the scene of public protest, protest which mps say i becoming increasingly intimidate a riyadh even a security risk. this was the abuse faced by conservative mp anna soubry yesterday. i do object to being called a nazi actually. anna soubry is a nazi! well, apologies if you are offended. i think this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country. a leading voice for remain in the brexit debate, the mp faced further taunts on the way back into parliament. dozens of mps have now written to the metropolitan police commissioner, saying they are increasingly concerned about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. support for action has also come from cabinet ministers. we've got to make sure that mps and

indeed all of us can make these arguments about the future of our country, which people feel very strongly, and even if they disagree, disagree ina strongly, and even if they disagree, disagree in a reasonable and civilised way. it is absolutely vital that we solve that problem, and if that means measures by the police, then i would be all in favour of it. after being called a liar and nazi by some protesters, anna soubry has called on the police to do theirjob. scotland yard has said it now is investigating whether any criminal offence has been committed. we will look at that through the programme for you. there'll be a vote in the commons today on an amendment to the government's finance bill, which could make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu in march without an agreement. the amendment would stop ministers raising money to implement a no—deal brexit without the explicit consent of parliament. chris masonjoins us from westminster. to ta ke to take us through what this means and is it important? good morning.

good morning to you, lou. it is important because it will be an expression from mps of their dislike across mps of leaving the eu without agreement, and we've talked about how there doesn't seem to be majority for anything in the commons at the moment, which is broadly true, and majority to endorse anything, but there seems to be a majority to reject the idea of leaving the european union without a deal in ii leaving the european union without a deal in” and leaving the european union without a deal in ii and a bit weeks' time so they are using our technical and nerdy mechanism, an amendment to the finance bill, as you say, to bind the government's hands, restrict what they could do in the event of no deal, by ensuring that parliament would be in control. you speak to some cabinet ministers including the brexit voter liam fox and he thinks that would be a mistake. no deal potentially would provide a great deal of upset in the uk economy at least in the short term and no brexit i think would be a slap in the face to voters on the democratic

process of our country. the government has a duty to prepare for every eventuality, including no deal. tying up the hands of the government be irresponsible. -- responsible. meanwhile, downing street is trying to do what it can to try to persuade mps because it still looks like it is going to lose this vote in a week's time on the eu withdrawal bill. so, what has happened? withdrawal bill. so, what has happened ? well, withdrawal bill. so, what has happened? well, lots of mps and partners were invited into downing street last night. they had a glass of wine and gentle persuasion. although i am not sure how much persuasion actually went on. certainly any that he didn't seem to change minds when various mps trooped out a couple of hours later. well, we will talk about all of that a little bit later. thank you very much, chris. we'll be speaking to brexit secretary stephen barclay just after 8am this morning. three million new homes will have to be built in england over the next 20 years to solve a crisis in social housing. a report commissioned by the charity shelter suggests it would cost up

to £11 billion a year, but would save the government billions in housing benefit payments because rents would be cheaper. breakfast‘s john mcguire reports. it's tea—time for single mom lola and her young family in bristol. put onion in it. they were living in private rented accommodation but were evicted, and have been housed by the local council as an emergency case. lola is thankful for a roof over their heads but says the uncertainty is stressful. people like us who just want a home, we don't want a six—month let, we don't want to be turfed out after a year, we need somewhere that's going to be a permanent home, and that's just not something that's possible nowadays, so it's just a constant kind of worry. i'm in limbo basically. following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independent commissioners to consider the crisis in homelessness. they admit their call to build 3.1 million social houses in england over 20 years is ambitious, but insist action is essential now.

they have created a huge amount of opportunity, notjust they have created a huge amount of opportunity, not just for those they have created a huge amount of opportunity, notjust for those who need something safe and secure and it is not available now, but also for many young people who are trapped out of ownership and many older people facing their pension yea rs older people facing their pension years without secure homes. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside a0 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said: the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem

that remains complex but urgent. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. across the alps, following avalanches caused by a weekend —— at least seven people are now known to have died in separate incidents across the alps, following avalanches caused by a weekend of heavy snowfall. mountain rescuers are continuing to search for several missing people as the second—highest avalanche warning remains in place across parts of austria, germany and italy. eliza phillipides reports. north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in beijing for an unannounced three day visit, at the invitation of the chinese president. mr kim will be accompanied by his wife during his visit to china, according to state media reports. the visit comes amid reports that negotiations are under way for a second summit between mr kim and us president donald trump. the two met last june, the first such meeting for a sitting us president. plans have been announced to ban people in france from taking part in anti—government protests which haven't been registered

with the authorities. it follows weeks of violent demonstrations over fuel duty rises, which left six people dead and hundreds more injured. the french prime minister said the new legislation would also clamp down on protestors wearing masks on the streets. every year, thousands of penguins become stranded on south america's coast, and most of them are females. why it happens has been a mystery for years, but now scientists believe they may have found the answer. our science reporter laura foster has the story. magellanic penguins mate for life but every year when the breeding season is over the head to the water to feed. not much was known about where they went until recently, when a team of scientists used trackers to follow a small group and found the males and females went their separate ways. they found the males, who are bigger and thought to be stronger swimmers, would head to deeper water, whereas the females travelled further, preferring to search for food in shallow places.

the researchers say that travelling further means they are more likely to run into trouble. they usually appeared stranded on the beach once they die at sea. and every time they arrive at the coast in that condition, because they were unable to get enough food, and so they go to the beach to die. it is not known exactly what causes these strandings but the fishing industry and man—made pollution is often blamed. although magellanic penguins are not endangered, fewer females could affect future numbers. the team in patagonia will continue to study the same group to learn more about the routes they take to see what more can be done to assist the penguins. a lot of penguin information. that was patagonia. i didn't see any when i was was patagonia. i didn't see any when iwas in was patagonia. i didn't see any when i was in patagonia. not that you needed to know that. anyway. sally.

hi. i didn't know you were recently in patagonia. stop it. i stopped myself from saying that. carry on. shall we talk about the fa cup? i was surprised, liverpool out. shall we talk about the fa cup? i was surprised, liverpool outlj didn't play their strongest team.|j think they made nine changes. you would have to save liverpool, perhaps the priority this season is the premier league. that is what they were indicating last night. after the match there was a draw and arsenal against manchester united is the standout tie from the fourth—round draw. but liverpool weren't in the hat. they were knocked out by wolves, thanks to a stunning winner from ruben nevez. wolves play either shrewsbury or stoke next. chelsea manager maurizio sarri has urged the club's fans not to sing offensive songs about opponents tottenham in their league cup semi—final match tonight. chelsea are taking their own stewards to wembley. world anti—doping experts are to be been given access to the russian laboratory at the centre of the doping scandal, seven days after the

original deadline. and johanna konta leads great britain's fed cup team for february's matches in bath. she'll be joined by heather watson, katie swan, katie boulter and debutant, harriet dart. we saw her 2a hours ago having to retire from a neck injury, but the indications are that she should be fine for that. thank you, see later. you are going to hang around for the papers ina you are going to hang around for the papers in a moment? definitely. you're not getting rid of me yet. dan you're not getting rid of me yet. da n wa nts to you're not getting rid of me yet. dan wants to talk about cats. you're not getting rid of me yet. dan wants to talk about catslj you're not getting rid of me yet. dan wants to talk about cats. i know someone dan wants to talk about cats. i know someone who dan wants to talk about cats. i know someone who wants dan wants to talk about cats. i know someone who wants to talk about cats. i found some statistics to back up concerns. well, we will talk about that in a moment. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, ithink good morning, i think those statistics must be wrong, dan, because everyone loves cats! anyway, good morning. this morning it is

fairly cloudy to start, actually, but today will be mostly dry, still windy but not as windy in the north and the east, we had really strong wind across northern scotland yesterday, 78 miles an hour recorded. today it's more likely to be 40-45. recorded. today it's more likely to be 40—45. you can see there's going to bea be 40—45. you can see there's going to be a fair bit of cloud across the uk and also windy a longer north sea coastline. that will bring in cloud at times and the odd shower. but the other thing the spring tides, and with the wind coming from the north sea, we could see some issues with coastal flooding, for example, around east anglia. something to be aware that high tides. as we go through the day you will find the high cloud we have at the moment will start to thin and break, we will start to thin and break, we will see sunny spells. we have low cloud for south—west england, wales, central, southern england. those are the temperatures. if you're exposed to the wind it will be cold. these temperatures are lower than yesterday a nyway. temperatures are lower than yesterday anyway. as we head through

the evening and overnight, showers coming in on the wind, the cloud moving inland, but to the west under the clear skies it will be a cold night. it will be cold enough for some frost, and quite widespread at that. these temperatures indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. in rural areas it will be lower than that. out to the west we have the first signs of a weather front on in yen, introducing thicker cloud initially to northern ireland and outer hebrides and patchy light rain. so during the course of tomorrow we will have this weather front advancing from the west towards the east, but cloud building at head of it, but still a fair bit of sunshine. whereas in the east itself we are looking at lighter winds, it will be a touch more to the north, maybe the north—east a little bit, bringing in more cloud and the john sosso little bit, bringing in more cloud and thejohn sosso and showers. now on wednesday it is going to feel cold and you will certainly notice that. as we head on into thursday, well, it's a bit of a mixture because we will have a lot of cloud

around, we will see the cloud break in part, and we will see some sunshine coming through as well, but here and there the cloud will be thick enough for the odd shower. the other feature of thursday's weather is high pressure taking control of the weather and the air around it coming from the north—west, so look at the temperatures in stornoway and belfast, we are back into double figures. and having been called during the course of wednesday in the south—east, it will start to recover. “— the south—east, it will start to recover. —— cold. you can see that nicely here on the air mass chart where we have yellow, indicating where we have yellow, indicating where we have mild conditions coming our way thursday into friday, and that continues into friday when, once again, we have a mixture of bright spells, sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. temperature—wise, starting to pick up temperature—wise, starting to pick up notjust in the north, but also in the south. thank you very much. we are going to look at the front page of the papers. i think you need

to listen. dan has some so—called statistics about cats. so-called statistics? carol has taken issue and she doesn't know what they are. she loves cats. i do! what is your cats named ? she loves cats. i do! what is your cats named? donald. donald alexander, that is his full handle. he has a middle name? yes, donald. do you he is mr donald alexander! well, i am do you he is mr donald alexander! well, iam not do you he is mr donald alexander! well, i am not sure donald alexander dan would like this. let's take a look at some of the front pages. in fairness, the front pages are more important than some cats. the telegraph leads on brexit, reporting that british and eu officials are discussing the possibility of extending article 50, and therefore the date when the uk leaves. the picture is of american actor kevin spacey, who appeared in court yesterday to face charges of indecent assault. the mirror reports on what it calls

"chronic staff shortages" in the nhs. it says the government's 10 year plan for the health service is "doomed to failure" unless more staff are hired. finally, the mail focuses on some of the new technology announced in the long—term nhs plan, saying health bosses want a third of all outpatient consultations to be done by video link. the picture is of actress olivia colman, after winning her award at the golden globes. of course, we were talking about that yesterday. and here's the most read story on the bbc news website overnight. a french writer, yann moix, is being criticised after saying he would be "incapable" of loving a woman aged 50 or above, that's despite being over 50 himself. he told marie claire magazine he found women of that age "too old". iam not i am not saying this, right? not surprisingly, the comments have sparked an angry backlash on social media. i think he might not be finding many

ladies the date of any age at all. he can say what he likes.|j genuinely am speechless but i'm just going to say what a load of rubbish. that is interesting because frenchwoman, culturally and france, women over 50 are very... do you really? why did you give him the oxygen really? why did you give him the oxyg e n of really? why did you give him the oxygen of reading it? you can dismiss it, if you like. i prefer younger women's bodies, he says. that is all. the body of a 25—year—old woman is extraordinary, the body of a 50—year—old woman is not extraordinary and all.|j the body of a 50—year—old woman is not extraordinary and all. i think it is more extraordinary. i am getting rid of it, can i talk about cats now? i know, it is your thing first. are you sure? am i allowed to? we have is an extraordinary body isa to? we have is an extraordinary body is a bit here too, of course. good morning, everybody. we have a little piece in the daily mail, a warm weather training break to dubai. he

is down with the lads, they are all having a marvellous time, there is no curfew. when i say there is no cu rfew no curfew. when i say there is no curfew they are a more or less allowed to do what they want, but this piece in the mail here is about paul pogba, he said that the problem at manchester united wasjose mourinho. no surprise that he might be saying that. and i also just wa nted be saying that. and i also just wanted to show you this in the guardian today, i know this has been around for a little while. the story about premier league mascots in some clu bs, about premier league mascots in some clubs, west ham i think was the most expensive, at £700, charging for the experience of being a mascot. expensive, at £700, charging for the experience of being a mascotlj expensive, at £700, charging for the experience of being a mascot. i did not even know they charged. yeah, not even know they charged. yeah, not everyone charges. the bigger clu bs, not everyone charges. the bigger clubs, liverpool, the two manchester clu bs clubs, liverpool, the two manchester clubs and chelsea do not charge anything, but some clubs charge hundreds of pounds, a lot of money. should they be charging at all? should they be charging at all? should we talk about cats? go on

then. well, not to have a go at carol about donald. she was very defensive there. well, if we talk to you about your dog and said bad things about winnie. you just got to ta ke things about winnie. you just got to take it on the chin. has winnie got a middle name? she has now. owners need to take responsibility for the birds that their cats kill. how many between them do they kill? on average, five each. 55 million birds. a year? they also kill 220 million animals each year. how do they know if they were not microchip which cat? many cat owners fail to ta ke which cat? many cat owners fail to take simple steps because they are either unable or unwilling to control their pet's habit of bringing dead animals inside or preying on songbirds. this is according to a study by the university of exeter. isn't that

what have always done and are meant to do, anyway? this is a survey of 48 cat owners from urban and rural areas and says that harms wildlife could be reduced by making owners feel responsible for their pets's actions, they recommended compulsory microchip in, which has been the case for dogs since 2016. and keeping the cats indoors, presumably. one third of cats do not have microchips, so there you go. the rspca said there was a debate about whether it would have a detrimental effect. cats can't even be cats any more. radio two, i like this one, this is an interview inside the daily mail about lacock saying she is my friend, not my rival. they've been going for lots of differentjobs at the same time, sometimes the papers try to pick women against each other and i love the fact that she's come out and said no, she is not my rival. so

what is going to do breakfast, and the other is going to do, is it drive? yes. how do you fancy a rollup television, or a robot which folds up your laundry? per second, definitely. —— persecond, definitely. —— the second. they're just two of the products being unveiled at this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. there are also gadgets to help afflictions brought on by modern life, including the world's first glasses to help prevent so—called "text neck". let's get more on this from our technology reporter dave lee, who is in vegas at the show. how much of this is going to change our lives forever? that is of a good question. look, you would never have to guess where i was, would you? look at that, right on cue just for you dies. i hope you are appreciating it. —— for you guys. this is a place where many of those kind of crazy ideas are going to be on show, ideas that may or may not ever make it to market, things that we may not be able to buy ourselves. i have had a good chance to look at some of those strange ideas and here's what i found. welcome to ces.

this event is something of a special preview before the main show, so that the press get a chance to see some of the new ideas. follow me. this is one of the more frightening things. tell me what this is. this isa things. tell me what this is. this is a robotic recorder, it helps you fold your entire laundry loading underfive minutes. fold your entire laundry loading under five minutes. how lazy you need to be to have one of these in your home is that itjust holding your home is that itjust holding your clothes? takes ten seconds default shirt. i ask you how lazy and you need to be to have a dishwasher at home. washing the dishes takes a lot longer than folding clothes, those. dishes takes a lot longer than folding clothes, thoselj dishes takes a lot longer than folding clothes, those. i would beg to differ, it takes quite a while and you need to get to that quality. apart from wagging its tail in my face, what is this for? it is for comfort, giving you comfort and to relax. the more you scratch, the

more excited to get. the more you scratch, the more excited it gets? yes. tell me why someone should sleep wearing this because it is quite, i'm very aware this is my face. surely that is not going to be very co mforta ble ? face. surely that is not going to be very comfortable? the purpose is that it needs to be in your face because right now, in modern life, there are so many distractions and when we are sleeping, we are thinking about everything that is going on and everything that is around you. this is a plank of wood as far as around you. this is a plank of wood as farasi around you. this is a plank of wood as far as i can see, but you out the technology show slashing there is something else within this plank of wood. though this is a piece of wood, but when you touch it, so you can interact with different features. see take that large factor, shrink down to something this size, place it in the store, no preservatives, it is fresh. and it is cheaper to because almost half the cost of the light of the stories distribution. so it is not going to

be too jolly in the middle? there is a constant lip down to the millisecond and development, proving, mixing. all this stuff is co nsta ntly proving, mixing. all this stuff is constantly evolving, we have a different readings we are taking to make sure the quality. different readings we are taking to make sure the qualitylj different readings we are taking to make sure the quality. i think is fairto make sure the quality. i think is fair to say that a lot of what we have seen he is kind of half baked. many of the ideas that at the show will never go sale. ces breaks down into two sort of groups, there is the fun gadget is not the kind of right about and cover because it is just so bonkers and then the other big sort of industry trends, like sort of 8k and five g and speaker, voice—activated, which is not necessarily a single device but the thing that will play out across the year. there is a lovely, bonkers stuff in there, dave. louise is a particularly big fan of the folding shirt machine. in terms of what we might see in the next few years here

in the high streets of the uk, what really stood out for you? the lord robot i do not think will be on anyone's homes, it cost over $1000. —— laundry. i think it is more realistic to expect things like 5g. this year is the first year we are expecting 5g phones to go on sale, it is much what you would expect from a four gbytes quicker. you can doa from a four gbytes quicker. you can do a lot more things a new devices than you can now. another big talking point is exactly that, talking point is exactly that, talking to devices, many of us have alexa or google assistant devices at home already. —— ag. what we now seeing is those assistants being built other devices, clocks, all sorts of strange devices, you press a button, whether or not that is going to take off i'm not entirely sure. i believe that once you guys.

thank you, dave. i was fined and fascinating. would you talk to your dishwasher and? also, the thing about... are you good at folding shirts? i think that is genuinely not... ina shirts? i think that is genuinely not... in a shop, it is always folded sensually, i always folded on the middles it is is creasing and stuff. are you? i think it is an art, ido stuff. are you? i think it is an art, i do not. i can do it that i would genuinely like not to fold shirts. in one of those shops, a massive sports direct where they have the shirts, and i dropped loads of them on the floor and tried to reform them, and somebody came over and just... reform them, and somebody came over andjust... you need retraining. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye.

the mayor is to be questioned later on how he's going to deal with the increasing financial pressures at city hall. the london assembly has warned the situation is challenging, with more money needed for policing and the delayed crossrail project. the mayor says he's confident he'll be able to balance the books but would like more help from central government. i'm confident that we will have a balanced budget in the year as well, but it is important the government realises we are the most centralised democracy in the world, and we need centralised resources as well. new research has found londoners are committed to recycling plastic but lack understanding of how to do it properly. the campaign group london recycles found a third of people surveyed were unsure which type of plastics can be recycled at home. it's launching a new campaign with the hashtag #knowyourplastic to help raise awareness. tottenham host chelsea tonight in the first leg of the league cup semifinal, where there'll be be added focus on the behaviour of the blues fans.

chelsea's understood to be taking their own stewards to wembley, following a string of recent anti—semitic racial abuse allegations. last month, four fans were suspended from stamford bridge for abusing man city player raheem sterling, whilst uefa are still investigating allegations of anti—semitic chanting in the club's europa league match in hungary. let's look at the travel situation now then. it is all good on the tube lines so far this morning. for drivers, there's still no woolwich ferry. the testing of boats continues. the aa12 church road is closed between the mao at denham and where it passes over the m25 at iver heath. that's because of a burst water main. in st mary cray, the high street remains closed for repairs to a burst water main. finally in central london: the bus lane on park lane is still closed, following a stabbing on new year's day. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning, well, it is not an

especially cold start this morning that it especially cold start this morning thatitis especially cold start this morning that it is today going to feel a little bit chilly. there is a bit more of a breeze around, some brightness with the sunshine a little bit hazy when we get it, so lovely bright start this morning at with some high cloud around. that sunshine a little hazy, a bit more cloud perhaps this afternoon that most cloud perhaps this afternoon that m ost pla ces cloud perhaps this afternoon that most places staying bright. temperatures getting up to nine or 10 celsius. that north—westerly breeze making things feel a little chillier saving yesterday. overnight tonight, similar conditions, some clear spells in and of cloud coming in from the north and east. the minimum temperature colder than last night, down on the low single figures. one or two celsius in the suburbs, sheltered spots, you might get a little prosper we we are hanging onto that these overnight so it is unlikely widespread. —— a little bit of frost. lots of dry weather in the forecast that you will notice as we had further through the week, temperatures getting a touch milder. i'm back with the latest from bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

there's plenty more on our website at the usual address as well as on our facebook page. have a lovely morning. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. it's 6:31am. the latest news and sport coming up, but also on breakfast this morning: we'll reveal the results of our breakfast plastics challenge with the family who bravely agreed to collect all their december packaging in our special breakfast bin. it is right here with us. smells a bit, actually. millennials are driving a revival of the humble house—plant. we'll look at the top trends for gardening in 2019. and chef tom kerridge is here with tips for family friendly meals which will help you stick to those healthy eating resolutions. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. dozens of mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner to express their serious concerns about the deteriorating public order

and security situation outside parliament. the letter comes as police investigate whether any criminal offence was committed when the tory mp anna soubry was branded a nazi by protesters during a live tv interview about brexit yesterday. liar, liar! directly opposite the palace of westminster is an area where mps regularly come to do media interviews. it's a public place and often the scene of protests, protests which mps say are becoming increasingly intimidatory and even a security risk. soubry is a liar! this was the abuse faced by conservative mp anna soubry yesterday. i do object to being called a nazi, actually. crowd: soubry is a nazi! right, well, apologies to you if you're offended

by what you're listening to, but... this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country. a leading voice for remain in the brexit debate, the mp faced further taunts on the way back into parliament. dozens of mps have now written to the metropolitan police commissioner, saying they are increasingly concerned about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. support for action has also come from cabinet ministers. we've got to make sure that mps and, indeed, all of, us can make these arguments about the future of our country which people feel very strongly, and even if they disagree, disagree in a reasonable and a civilised way. it's absolutely vital that we solve that problem, and if that means measures by the police, then i'd be all in favour of them. after being called a liar and a nazi by some protesters, anna soubry has called on the police to do theirjob. scotland yard has said it now is investigating whether any

criminal offence has been committed. keith doyle, bbc news. there'll be a vote in the commons today on an amendment to the government's finance bill, which could make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu in march without an agreement. the amendment would stop ministers raising money to implement a no—deal brexit without the explicit consent of parliament. no deal potentially will provide a great deal of upset in the uk a economy at least in the short term and no brexit i think would be a slap in the face to voters on the democratic process of our country. the government has a duty to prepare for every eventuality including no deal. tying the hands of government i think would be responsible. three million new homes will have to be built in england over the next 20 years to solve a crisis in social housing. a report commissioned by the charity shelter suggests it would cost up to £11 billion a year, but would save the government billions in housing benefit payments because rents would be cheaper. the communities secretary james brokenshire said providing quality

social housing is a priority for the government, and it would deliver 250,000 new homes by 2022. at least seven people are now known to have died in seperate incidents across the alps following avalanches caused by a weekend of heavy snowfall. mountain rescuers are continuing to search for several missing people as the second—highest avalanche warning remains in place across parts of austria, germany and italy. eliza phillipides reports. roads are blocked, schools are closed. but, even so, people are trying to clear pathways to get out of their homes. with so much snow already on the ground and more on the way, officials say the chances of further avalanches are high. the bavarian avalanche warning institute has issued a level four warning, the second—highest. that also poses a high risk of avalanches in unsecured skiing areas. in central and northern austria,

up to 1.5 metres of snow has already fallen since the middle of last week. this house in salzburg collapsed under the weight of the snow. in southern austria, it snowed all day. many roads are blocked. the situation is very difficult. people have been stranded in villages and the helicopters deployed for avalanche control have been grounded because of the bad weather. translation: more than 500 residents are cut off, but i've spoken with the mayor and he said everyone is calm. with around 80 centimetres of snow forecast in austria from tuesday, things look set to remain difficult. plans have been announced to ban people in france from taking part in anti—government protests, which haven't been registered with the authorities.

it follows weeks of violent demonstrations over fuel duty rises, which left six people dead and hundreds more injured. the french prime minister said the new legislation would also clamp down on protestors wearing masks on the streets. £a5 million of government money will be given to a charity to train 900 new children's social workers in england. the department for education is handing over the cash to social work charity frontline over the next two years, to fund the places on its training programme for graduates and people changing their careers. to fund the places on its training programme for graduates and people changing their careers. latest figures show there are almost 6,000 vacancies for children's social workers in england and a turnover of 1a%. every year, thousands of penguins become stranded on south america's coast, with females three times more likely to wash up dead or injured than males. now, scientists say they've found out why — because female magellanic penguins are migrating further north in search of food than their male counterparts. so essentially they are working a

bit harder. that's why it is. yes. veilleux go. very good morning. —— there you go. we will try to keep there you go. we will try to keep the cats aside for a moment. let's pause for a second to talk about the fa cup. my goodness, cup draws are a funny thing, because after last night's game, the picture of wolves, liverpool lost 2—1, out of the fa cup, then the draw happened after the game and arsenal, who have previously done really rather well in fa cup history, will play manchester united, the best teams in fa cup history will play each other. that is the standout tie. more on that in a minute, but wolves pulled off the final surprise of the fa cup third round weekend, beating the league leaders liverpool 2—1. ben croucher reports. the fa cup may not have been top of liverpool's priority list this

season, now it's not on the list at all. a night that ended in a whimper but started with a bit of a bang, well, off the field, liverpool's changes including a portuguese debutant and a dutch one of the bench, still the experienced ones we re bench, still the experienced ones were capable of errors, milner‘s missed tackle, and jimenez‘s run and finish. that was all there was to show in the first half, the second with the best goal of the game — for about four minutes. nevez might have about four minutes. nevez might have a go, he did have a go and he scores! nevez fall by hampton —— nevez for wolverhampton warriors! this dipped, and might have beaten the keeper, but that couldn't save liveable for defeat. another trophy slip spy, but the result that my jostled them win another one.

i think we did well against a very good team. we played well. that is how we want to play every game. sometimes it's difficult, but we showed again that we are a great group, a great squad and we can do very good thing. it is my responsibility, they have no rhythm. it looks like that sometimes. but, of course, you expect a bit more. that is what we did the second half, scored 1—1 shot from long—range — um, nevez — and the ball was in 2—1. that is pretty much the story of the game. wolves will play shrewsbury or stoke next, but the stand—out tie in the fourth round is arsenal against manchester united — they've won the fa cup 25 times between them. non—league barnet are the lowest—ranked club left in the competition — they're at home to championship side brentford. and newport county, who knocked out leicester, will face middlesbrough of the championship. yes, it is a long journey, a tough game.

it would be good to see tony pulis, the newport man, who is in charge. it is again we will look forward to. hopefully they are concentrating on going for promotion and getting into the premier league. they are a big club and they take their eye off the ball and we have a very good day and surprise them again. chelsea manager maurizio sarri has urged the club's fans not to sing offensive songs about their opponents tottenham in their league cup semi—final first leg tonight. blues fans have been under the spotlight in recent weeks after a number of high—profile incidents including derogatory chants about spurs supporters. she's struggling with injury at the moment butjohanna konta will lead great britain's fed cup team next month in bath. she'll be joined by heather watson, katie swan, katie boulter and debutant harriet dart for the women's team competition, with is being played in britain for the first time in 26 years. it runs from the 6th to the 9th of february.

world anti—doping experts are to be been given access to the russian laboratory at the centre of the doping scandal. the original deadline of new year's eve was missed but a team will now be allowed into the moscow facility tomorrow. a three—year suspension of russian athletes was ended in september and there have been calls for that decision to be reversed. is there a more spectacular setting for a motor rally than this? recognise this, anyone? it is the peruvian desert. this, from lima to pisco, was the challenge on the first stage of the dakar rally. the toyota of two—time winner nasser al—attiyah leads reigning champion carlos sainz by almost two minutes. britain's sam sunderland is fifth in the motorcycle category. can you imagine going over those dunes on a bike? it isn't far away from patagonia, is it? it is funny you should mention that. it is quite

far. when i saw that this morning i thought, i think we should get this in. it is really quite far. it is closer than here. yes. laughter. the same general direction. just for you. let's get more now on the story that the north korean leader kim jong—un has arrived in beijing for a three day visit. it comes amid reports that negotiations are under way for a second summit between mr kim and us president donald trump. john sudworth is in beijing for us and can tell us more. he has been to china a couple of times, hasn't he, now? sometimes it is steeped in secrecy, these arrivals. what has it been like? this one has been made pretty public. we got the news that kim jong il and's train crossed the border late last night. we know it is now arriving in beijing. it chugs on long pretty slowly. a0 miles an hour maximum because of the weight of the bullet—proofing that has been added to the carriages, and who

knows, perhaps all of those cases of cognac that kim jong il and's father was reported to keep on board his train. we know it has arrived because we have seen the pictures of the convoy sweeping through the streets and what is significant is the timing, speculation the us is preparing for its next summit with kimjong—un, and preparing for its next summit with kim jong—un, and what this visit does once again is underlined the importance of china to secure any kind of nuclear deal. i also want to ask you, because there are rumours this might be a preamble to another meeting with donald trump, what can you tell us. well, exactly, donald trump himself has suggested preparations are under way for the second summit, a lot of speculation about where it might take place. the first took place in singapore. suggestions that there might be a third country chosen for the second

meeting. but a lot of big questions i think meeting. but a lot of big questions ithink in meeting. but a lot of big questions i think in the way of that summit, not least whether or not north korea has made any progress at all towards its promised denuclearisation. suggestions that it is still full speed ahead with its nuclear enrichment programme, and questions too about china's willingness to enforce sanctions to keep the pressure on. ok, jon sudworth, thank you very much. we've all woken up to the issue of single—use plastics, so here on breakfast we decided to try an experiment to find out how much a typical family throws away in a single month. yes, we asked our brave plastics family to be our guinea pigs, and gave them their very own breakfast bin to put it all in. tim muffett went back to bring their bins in, and find out how they got along. a month ago, in northumberland, we made a special delivery. hello. this is your breakfast bin. since then,

all of this family's plastic rubbish is gone in the breakfast bin. christmas out of the way, i have come back for a catch up. i was kind of hoping that they would not be that much because we are trying to cut back that it is quite a shock to the system really how much we get to it, and then if you think every family is going to this much, in every country, it is astronomical how much plastic we are consuming. i can't believe how full it is. i wish you could just use plastic again, rather than so away. the last bit of plastic rubbish to go into the bin and my goodness, it is pretty full, isn't it? yes, it is. there you go, one christmas, one

month, this much plastic rubbish. how do you feel about that? not good. i can't quite believe it really. no celebration should warrant this level of wastefulness, so i'm really going to try hard to pull back next year. i am delighted to say we are joined by the bin in the studio, as you can see. hideous, you can imagine it has got that lovely hohneck going on, which i'm sure you're used to. do you want to look inside. —— honk. these are the sorts of things you're probably got in your own sorts of things you're probably got in yourown bin sorts of things you're probably got in your own bin over the christmas period, there is an awful lot of plastic in here, lots of christmas hits and bobs as well. that does smell a little bit, i have got to say that. the yoghurt pot and... if you have got kids of a certain age, then you will know all about nappy bags. only a few of these actually recycla ble bags. only a few of these actually recyclable in the uk at the moment. that is something we are going to be

looking at a little bit late in the programme, so if you feel sort of half educated about plastics, how we use ina half educated about plastics, how we use in a cycle and how much we actually give away and put away, we will be sorting that out a little bit later on in the programme for you. and i think, the weirs, it next time, you can come and have a look at the bin. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. good morning to you, too. it is dry for most of the day, in fact, for most of us, it is going to be mainly dry that they will be a few showers in the east. there are winds across the north, although not as windies yesterday. some high cloud that we've also got low cloud across parts of wales, the midlands and the south—west. and look at the isobars again coming straight down from the north or indeed, the north—west. the strongest winds will be in parts of northern and north—eastern scotland and then write the way down this north sea coastline. that is going to bring it

in power, some showers, and the recent high spring tides, what you may find it could have an with some coastal flooding across, for example, parts of east anglia. something to bear in mind, so a blustery day. inland, it will not be as windy and we will see the car brea kers to as windy and we will see the car breakers to go through the day with more sunshine developing. it is going to feel chillier than it did yesterday generally, especially if you are in the wind. they're deceiving and overnight, the wind moves to more of a northerly, you can see the effect of is having on the wind. the north york more, the grampians will have wintry showers on the tree tops of the mountains, but under clear skies and the west, temperatures will follow quite quickly and we will see widespread frost developed. in the outer hebrides and also parts of northern ireland, kabul thickeners and new weather front comes in and that is going to be introducing some patchy, light rain and tomorrow morning, that rain will edge further east. ——

in between this cloud, they will be sent sunshine around and tomorrow, it is going to feel particularly nippy in the east, especially if you are exposed to the wind. by the time bigot thursday, mixed fortunes. quite a bit of cloud around, some brea ks quite a bit of cloud around, some breaks and sunshine coming through. do we not quite as strong, high pressure stopped to dominate our weather. you can see the centre of it out in the atlantic, with a high pressure coming around it. —— not quite as strong, the high—pressure starting to dominate our weather. milder conditions coming away, pushing steadily southwards by the time bigot on friday. talking about friday, still a lot of weather around, still variable remnants of cloud with the odd shower coming out of the thickest cloud, maybe as drizzle here and there. abuja wise,

in pretty good shape, temperatures widely between eight, nine or 10 degrees. —— temperature wise. carroll, thank you very much. we will see when about half an hour, thank you. —— we will see you in about half an hour. —— carol. it's 80 days until the uk leaves the eu. so how is british business preparing for the biggest change to our economy in a5 years? over the next 12 weeks, we will be on the road, looking at the 12 largest economic sectors. nina is kicking things off at a food market in manchester. a very good morning to you. good morning, louise. a indeed, we are at manchester's mis—field market this morning. it is one of the biggest markets of its kind in the north of england. here at spots, these ones from lincolnshire. these prices are likely to stay the same. pavarottis potatoes, imported, you guessed it, from italy, will find out price of those when we find out what the deal is post—brexit from the eu. are you worried? not all, ithink it is

is post—brexit from the eu. are you worried? not all, i think it is all a storm in a teacup really. i think there might be a bit of a squeeze there might be a bit of a squeeze the first two or three days, there might be a few price changes, but after all, everybody has got to eat. yes, ok, so he is pretty confident that these will settle down after the initial shock. sue here works for kpmg, she has been working for dozens for kpmg, she has been working for d oze ns of for kpmg, she has been working for dozens of companies who at the moment are trying to get a brexit whatever it might look like, so what have you seen so far? a real range of approaches so far, to be honest. on one end, do nothing, which is a battle hardened mentality really that businesses believe that they will be able to duck and dive when the time comes. that is after many, many years and months of consumer price pressure and different demands on the set, but at the other end we seeing a lot more activity in the sector now seeing a lot more activity in the sector now around seeing a lot more activity in the sector now around brexit planning. some relatively straightforward measures like making sure businesses have proper foreign—exchange hedging

in place to cover a longer period than perhaps. understanding alternative sources of supply, maybe from the uk rather than europe, but we are seeing largerscale projects as well. so one of my clients in this region, for example, has accelerated a warehouse and celebration project, which will reduce the requirement for unskilled labour. ok, so what you are seeing is we are seeing innovation being galvanised in a way? you work for the food and drinks federation, she is painting quite an optimistic future there about how industry is preparing. it sounds quite optimistic, is that what your members are telling you? well, those who are preparing can see opportunity that they also are investing an enormous amount of money, up to ten or 15% of their sales for any one this preparation and some of that money might be wasted whole load of small and medium businesses who just do not have the re— sources to manage that and the kind of problems we are going to face had just been well

illustrated. some of the products around tea company uk, they will not be troubled, but these calabrese from france could well be disrupted. there will be differential impacts. how quickly do you think we will see little shells? i would think we would see them within a week. -- how quickly do you think we will see little gaps on the shelves? the decline of food standards, which are at the moment set in stone by the european union, is that something people are telling you and how optimistic are you that food standards will be protected because we know the buyer is high at the moment? yeah, from the consumer research we have been doing, we know that people expect that the consumer standards will stay the same, if anything they will improve once we leave the eu. one thing we want to be sure of is that the import controls we have a comprised in any way, particularly if there are issues with the supply of food. a

lot of those checks might be happening in other countries for products that are coming from outside the uk at the moment, and in the longer term people expect that we will hold onto our standards, that we will not allow products like hormone treated beef or poorly treated chicken, and again, the government definitely have told us that they guarantee that those standards will be maintained once relieved. -- once we live. you cannot overestimate the size of this industry, around one third of all the people working in the food industry are you nationals, so whatever happens at the end of march, it will have a large impact on this industry. —— leave. we'll be back later, i willjust make sure that none of our guest had been run over by a fork truck. yes, if you could do that, that would be great. we're talking about recycling, it is pretty smelly. also, we are talking about a new drama with sheridan smith, it is called cleaning up.

we'll be talking to two of the stars of that little bit later on. it is like a of that little bit later on. it is likea plan, of that little bit later on. it is like a plan, these things. and also, the chef tom kelly should be here. i find it fascinating that he has lost half his body weight in the last year since he made that decision, news resolution to sort his life at the need of bit more healthily. so he has been here talking about thought of eating healthily as a family and how to maintain that at this time of year when it is particularly difficult. —— news resolution. here she later, lots to talk about as well. not the least perhaps, but maybe we will leave that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the mayor is to be questioned later on how he's going to deal with increasing financial pressures at city hall. the london assembly has warned the situation is challenging, with more money needed for policing and the delayed crossrail project.

the mayor says he's confident he'll be able to balance the books but would like more help from central government. i'm confident that we will have a balanced budget notjust next year, but in the next years as well, but it is important the government realises we are the most centralised democracy in the world, and we need devolved resources as well. new research has found londoners are committed to recycling plastic, but lack understanding of how to do it properly. the campaign group london recycles found a third of people surveyed were unsure which type of plastics can be recycled at home. it's launching a new campaign with the hashtag #knowyourplastic to help raise awareness. tottenham host chelsea tonight in the first leg of the league cup semifinal, where there'll be be added focus on the behaviour of the blues fans.

chelsea's understood to be taking its own stewards to wembley, following a string of recent anti—semitic racial abuse allegations. last month, four fans were suspended from stamford bridge for abusing man city player raheem sterling, whilst uefa are still investigating allegations of anti—semitic chanting in the club's europa league match in hungary. let's take a look at the travel situation now then. it isa it is a good service so far or all of the tube lines this morning. the aa12 church road is closed between the mao at denham and where it passes over the m25 at iver heath. that's because of a burst water main. in st mary cray, the high street remains closed for repairs because of a burst water main. finally in central london: the bus lane on park lane is still closed, that's following a stabbing on new year's day. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's not an especially cold start this morning but it is today going to feel a little bit chillier. there's a bit more of a breeze around, some brightness, and the sunshine

a little bit hazy when we get it, so a lovely bright start this morning but there is some high cloud around. so that sunshine a little hazy, a bit more cloud perhaps this afternoon, but most places staying bright. temperatures getting up to nine or 10 celsius. that north—westerly breeze, though, making things feel a little chillier say than yesterday. overnight tonight, similar conditions, some clear spells, and a bit of cloud coming in from the north and the east. the minimum temperatures colder than last night, down in the low single figures. one or two celsius in the suburbs, sheltered spots, you might get a little frost, but are hanging onto these overnight, so it is unlikely widespread. lots of dry weather in the forecast that you will notice as we had further through the week, temperatures getting a touch milder. i'm back with the latest from bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address,

as well as on our facebook page. now though, it's back to louise and dan. have a lovely morning. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: anger over the deteriorating public order situation outside the houses of parliament. well, apologies if you are offended. i think this is astonishing. after these scenes yesterday, more than 50 mps urge the police to improve their response to agressive protesters. a call for three million new homes to solve the social housing crisis in england. good morning. it's 80 days until the uk leaves the eu. we are touring britain, asking what major industries are doing to prepare to brexit while they wait to find out what brexit looks like. the two most successful teams in fa cup history will meet each on ther in the ath round.

arsenal against manchester united is the stand—out tie from the draw, but liverpool weren't even in the hat after their defeat to wolves last night. 2—1 the final score. as the world's biggest tech show gets under way in las vegas, we'll have a look at the latest inventions and gadgets that could be about to change our lives. good morning. today will be drier, brighter, but cooler than yesterday, still brisk winds, though, across the east. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's tuesday, january 8th. our top story: dozens of mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner to express their serious concerns about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. the letter comes as police investigate whether any criminal offence was committed when the tory mp anna soubry was branded a nazi by protesters during a live tv interview about brexit yesterday. our reporter keith doyle reports. liar, liar!

directly opposite the palace of westminster is an area where mps regularly come to do media interviews. it's a public place and often the scene of protests, protests which mps say are becoming increasingly intimidatory and even a security risk. soubry is a liar! this was the abuse faced by conservative mp anna soubry yesterday. i do object to being called a nazi, actually. crowd: soubry is a nazi! right, well, apologies to you if you're offended by what you're listening to, but... this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country. a leading voice for remain in the brexit debate, the mp faced further taunts on the way back into parliament. dozens of mps have now written to the metropolitan police commissioner, saying they are increasingly concerned about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. support for action has also come from cabinet ministers. we've got to make sure

that mps and, indeed, all of, us can make these arguments about the future of our country, which people feel very strongly, and even if they disagree, disagree in a reasonable and a civilised way. it's absolutely vital that we solve that problem, and if that means measures by the police, then i'd be all in favour of them. after being called a liar and a nazi by some protesters, anna soubry has called on the police to do theirjob. scotland yard has said it now is investigating whether any criminal offence has been committed. keith doyle, bbc news. there'll be a vote in the commons today on an amendment to the government's finance bill, which could make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu in march without an agreement. the amendment would stop ministers raising money to implement a no—deal brexit without the explicit consent of parliament. chris masonjoins us from westminster. good morning to you. we will come to

that in a moment. of course you spend a lot of time outside the houses of parliament. has there been a change in the sense of tone outside parliament? yes, louise, this is a postcode that is a theatre of democracy, people come here, every year i have been here, every day to protest, to make a point, to lobby mps, start campaigns and that is normal and that is to be expected and encouraged, but what has been really striking the last year, especially the last months, is how the tone of some of those interactions if you like have changed, and it has become a lot more vitriolic, intimidate three, a lot louder, people shouting in your faces, it happens to mps, and it is a really difficult one for the police to deal with because, on the one hand they have to except there is this democratic postcode with all of the politics going on, and on the other side of it are the seems we've

seen other side of it are the seems we've seen with anna soubry, and we've seen seen with anna soubry, and we've seen it, let's remember, on the other side of the argument. we saw jacob rees—mogg haranged outside his home when he was taking his children out of the house a few months ago. so there has been a definite change of tone and i guess it reflects just how divisive politics is at the moment. and also of course, in the meantime, they are discussing brexit as well. yes, parliament is up and running, as we know, and machinations of the no—deal brexit playing out, leaving without a deal at all if the pm's deal is rejected, but there seems to be a majority to reject the idea of no deal, that's what they will attempt to do today, mps want to make it difficult for the government to go ahead with no

deal by binding their hands around allocating money for it. it wouldn't absolutely rule it out. but it would make it pretty difficult. there are those in government who think parliament, in doing this, is acting irresponsibly. no deal potentially will provide a great deal of upset in the uk economy, at least in the short term, and no brexit i think would be a slap in the face to voters and the democratic process of our country. the government has a duty to prepare for every eventuality, including no deal. tying the hands of government i think would be irresponsible. the other thing the government is attempting to do is persuade people, to twist arms, so last night we saw mps, ministers, backbenchers, wives and husbands going into downing street for a glass of wine and a spot of gentle cajoling — not sure how successful it was, because many came out saying they were not sure anything had changed. thank you.

we'll be speaking to the brexit secretary stephen barclay just after 8am this morning. and we will speak with ed miliband ina and we will speak with ed miliband in a moment as well. three million new homes will have to be built in england over the next 20 years to solve a crisis in social housing. this is what we will speak with ed miliband about, among other things. a report commissioned by the charity shelter suggests it would cost up to 11 billion pounds a year, but would save the government billions in housing benefit payments because rents would be cheaper. communities secretary james brokenshire said providing quality social housing is a priority for the government, and it would deliver 250,000 new homes by 2022. at least seven people are now known to have died in seperate incidents across the alps following avalanches caused by a weekend of heavy snowfall. mountain rescuers are continuing to search for several missing people as the second—highest avalanche warning remains in place across much of the region. the snow has forced the closure of schools and mountain roads across austria, germany and italy. north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in beijing for an unannounced three day visit, at the invitation of the chinese

president. mr kim will be accompanied by his wife during his visit to china, according to state media reports. the visit comes amid reports that negotiations are under way for a second summit between mr kim and us president donald trump. the two met last june, the first such meeting for a sitting us president. plans have been announced to ban people in france from taking part in anti—government protests which haven't been registered with the authorities. it follows weeks of violent demonstrations over fuel duty rises, which left six people dead and hundreds more injured. the french prime minister said the new legislation would also clamp down on protestors wearing masks on the streets. in the last few minutes the uk's fourth largest food retailer morrison's released their recent results and figures show that sales we re results and figures show that sales were up a% for the nine weeks up to

january, indicating a rise for the fourth consecutive year across that period, which morrison's says shows the brands have responded to customer needs, in what they described as a changing market. every year, thousands of penguins become stranded on south america's coast, and most of them are females. why it happens has been a mystery for years, but now scientists believe they may have found the answer. our science reporter laura foster has the story. magellanic penguins mate for life but every year when the breeding season is over the head to the water to feed. not much was known about where they went until recently, when a team of scientists used trackers to follow a small group and found the males and females went their separate ways. they found the males, who are bigger and thought to be stronger swimmers, would head to deeper water, whereas the females travelled further, preferring to search for food in shallow places. the researchers say that travelling further means they are more likely to run into trouble. they usually appeared stranded on the beach once they die

at sea. and other times they arrive to the coast in that condition, because they were not able to get enough food, and so they go to the beach to die. it's not known exactly what causes these strandings but the fishing industry and man—made pollution is often blamed. although magellanic penguins aren't endangered, fewer females could affect future numbers. the team in patagonia are going to continue studying the same group to lear nmore about the routes they take to see what more can be done to assist the penguins. you are up—to—date with the news. a little more on something we will be talking about: england must launch the biggest council and social housing building drive in its history to prevent millions of people living in dangerous, overcrowded or unsuitable homes. a cross—party commission has told the government it must build three million new homes over 20 years to solve the country's housing crisis. we can now speak to the former

labour leader ed miliband, who was one of the report authors. good morning. thank you for coming on breakfast this morning. just looking at the figures, the report says it will cost somewhere between £10 billion and £11 billion a year to build houses you want, that would require the government to quadruple the amat expends on housing project. is it the amat expends on housing project. isita the amat expends on housing project. is it a realistic figure? —— quadruple the figures.” is it a realistic figure? —— quadruple the figures. i think it really is. this will transform the fabric of the country and the lives of millions of people in the country. it is essential to solving the housing crisis, that is the conclusion of the cross—party commission. it is a big sum of money, we make no bones about it. that £10 billion should be set in the context of the overall government budget for capital investment in things like transport and housing. it is about 60 billion. so there is perhaps room in that budget. there is also a strong case,

we are giving the commission, for thinking about social housing in a different way, as an economic asset to the country. if you invest in social housing, government gets a return in the rent, it saves money in benefits overtime, because people are going to be... less money will be spent on housing benefit in the social rental sector contend with higher private sector rents, and so it isa higher private sector rents, and so it is a big amount of money, but it does create an asset for government andindeed does create an asset for government and indeed for the country. most importantly, it solves the housing crisis, or it goes a long way to solving the housing crisis, which affects everyone in the country. what's wrong with the government's current plans, 9 billion on till 2022, and they say they will build 250,000 homes in that time? the reality is this is not party political and both governments have been inadequate on this. the last labour government didn't do enough and this government isn't doing enough. to give you a figure, in the yea rs enough. to give you a figure, in the years after the second world war,

labour and conservative governments build 126,000 social homes, council housing and housing associations, every year, that is each year. in the last 20 years or so we have built about 20,000 social homes per year. that is one of the big causes of the housing crisis. what is important about this report is this is not just important for important about this report is this is notjust important for the people who might be living in social homes. we wa nt who might be living in social homes. we want that to go beyond the needy to the elderly who face insecure private rented accommodation, or families trapped in high cost housing, but also for people who don't live in social housing, this is an essential way to tackle the housing crisis, because spiralling house prices, low levels of home ownership relatively speaking, these are in some senses a consequence of the failure to build in the social rental sector. i am glad you —— glad you said they have failed for many yea rs. you said they have failed for many years. theresa may said developers are maybe to blame because they have

inland banking, waiting for prices to rise. do you think that is an issue? yes, and i said that when i was running to be the prime minister in 2015. and i welcome one of the things theresa may has done which is to lift the cap on council borrowing to lift the cap on council borrowing to spend on council housing. i think she does in some sense recognise that this is a problem and that the attitude needs to change. but i think the problem is the scale. if we are building a few thousand more, 10,000 more homes a year, that is just not nearly the scale of the problem, meeting the scale of the problem, meeting the scale of the problem, and it is not merely meeting what we did under, as i said, governments of both parties in the period after the second world war. can i ask you about another very relevant topic at the moment, what we saw yesterday outside parliament with anna soubry and others as well, chris mason has said

he has detected, he is around a lot, as you know, he detected a change in tone outside parliament, is it something you have witnessed and what you make of what you saw with anna soubry? i think it is deeply disturbing, andi anna soubry? i think it is deeply disturbing, and i have a lot of 7a soubry and anyone from any side of this debate, and we have to keep this debate, and we have to keep this debate, and we have to keep this debate at a civilised level, we can't have this kind of activity outside parliament, or indeed anywhere, and i think it's right that the police have been contacted about that. no mp, no member of the public should have to go through this. and i think it is... look, i fear it is part of brexit poisoning politics, but all of us have a responsibility, including the releva nt responsibility, including the relevant authorities, to dial it down and deal with the issues. do you think that, there is a legitimate protest been made, i'm just interested in your thoughts on where that line is because it is not illegal, is it, too shout insults at someone? and yet when you watch at

the —— look at the way in anna soubry returned to parliament, it is harassment. i do not want mps all members of the public harassed on streets in this way, having you're a nazi shouted at anna soubry or anyone, i do not think anyone, whether they stood on the brexit debate, should have this kind of debate, should have this kind of debate directed at them. since i stepped back from politics in 2015, i think politics has become a lot more poisonous and i think we have to ta ke more poisonous and i think we have to take this incredibly seriously. i do not have to remind you about what happened in 2016, the murder ofjo cox, we have got to deal with this, we've got to take it seriously and we've got to take it seriously and we have got to show zero tolerance of this kind of abuse. and on a related topic, but on a slightly different topic. the current leadership of the labour party in this ongoing brexit debate, i think it is fairto this ongoing brexit debate, i think it is fair to call it a crisis at the moment. do you think that the current leadership could be doing

more and make it clearer in their position on brexit from a labour perspective, to solve this issue? —— and be clear in their position.” support what the current labour leadership is doing. what is the current labour position on brexit?” think they are trying to do so in difficult, which is speak to people who voted both leave and remain in the referendum. i deeply regret the theresa may keeps delaying and has delayed his forehead. we have got to get on with the vote on the deal, then we're going to know we are. —— delayed this boat. people across parties have got to come together and say look, what is the way out of business? am on a relatively unique position on this, and relatively open—minded about what the way forward is, it has got to command some sort of consensus inside parliament, it has got to avoid doing deep damage to us economically, which is why the vote in parliament today is very important, the amendment, and it has

got to stop. are feeling, which is that all about politics and all these things that we care about being eaten by the exit. -- and it has got to stop doing something which i think my constituents are feeling. you have made it clear what your feelings are, but you think it is clear what the labour party's position on brexit is at the moment? yes, i do. position on brexit is at the moment? yes, ido. i position on brexit is at the moment? yes, i do. ithink position on brexit is at the moment? yes, i do. i think it is a stage by stage approach, it is let's have the vote on the deal, our preference would be a general election because we think the government has com pletely we think the government has completely fouled up these negotiations. we've got to have other options on the table, including in my view a second referendum, as a last resort, if the parliament cannot sort these things out. very good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. rather lovely views i have noticed this morning. thank you. yes, this isa

this morning. thank you. yes, this is a lovely photo of the lake district. you can see a fair bit of cloud around, for the first seven days of 2019, jersey is only had six weeks of sunshine, making it the dullest at the year in 9a years. todayis dullest at the year in 9a years. today is going to be brighter than it was yesterday. it will be mostly dry that still windy across the north and also the east. there is a lot of cloud across our shores first thing. some of that is high cloud, there will be hazy sunshine from the word go but we have some low cloud because parts of wales, south—west england and the midlands. if you look at the isobars, it is in the north and especially the east with a tightly packed. it is here that we will see a bit of card, one or two showers and the recent spring tides, we could see some large waves crashing on shore, especially the shoreline of east anglia. through the day, the cloud will be in and break. we will see some showery spells developing and if you are inland, it is going to be breezy but a brisk wind as you push up towards the north sea. that will have an

impact on the temperatures, is said to be lower than they were yesterday. if you are in the wind, it will feel colder than these temperatures are actually suggesting. as we had on 30 evening and into the overnight, we still have all this cloud coming in north sea. still the showers are likely to be wintry at the top of the north york moors and also the grampians. there is going to be thicker cloud in northern ireland and also the outer hebrides with some patchy, light rain. in between these areas of power, it is going to be cold night, coal and other quite the widespread frost. tomorrow, despite the fact it is going to be frosty, it will also be sunny. —— cold and quite a widespread frost. we still have cloud coming in north sea, producing the odd shower, and cloud coming in from the north—west reducing thicker cloud and once again, is an patchy rain. it is going to be cold day by wednesday that want to get thursday, high—pressure takes control of our

weather, which means we will see some high cloud around. there will be sent sunny breaks, so the parts of western scotland and northern ireland, noticed the temperatures start to climb but the further away you are, so start to climb but the further away you are, so in the south—east, temperatures will still be low. it will still feel quite cool. from thursday and friday, look how the high—pressurejust thursday and friday, look how the high—pressure just close to us, all the while air coming around it means that that milder air will penetrate further south. so friday morning, some bright spells, some sunshine, and not quite as cold and as it is going to be on monday. ok, thank you. how do you fancy a rollup television, or a robot which folds up your laundry? i would much rather have a machine to speak to. that would be great. they're just two of the products being unveiled at this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. there are also gadgets to help afflictions brought on by modern life, including speaking, and including the world's first

glasses to help prevent so—called "text neck". our technology reporter dave lee is in las vegas for us. good morning. good morning, louise. well, text neck is i am told when you lean down so often is look your phone, you end up getting an ache in the back of your neck. i am not convinced anyone is going to wear a pairof convinced anyone is going to wear a pair of glasses like that. as you can probably tell, we are in las vegas and this week, more than 150,000 people are going to descend on this city to check out the latest technology. some of those technologies are going to come from companies like samsung, lg, real household names. others are going to come from companies that are not as well—known and they are going to have ideas that may or may not take off, i have been taking a look at some of them. welcome to ces. this event is something of a special preview before the main show, so that the press get a chance to see some of the new ideas. follow me.

this is one of the more frightening things i've ever put on my face. tell me what this is. this is a robotic folder. it helps you fold your entire laundry load in underfive minutes. how lazy do you need to be to have one of these in your home? instead of just folding your clothes? it takes ten seconds to fold a shirt. i ask you how lazy do you need to be to have a dishwasher at home? washing the dishes takes a lot longer than folding clothes, though. i would beg to differ, i mean it takes quite a while and you need to get to that quality. what is the — apart from wagging its tail, i hope it's its tail, in my face, what is this for? it's for comfort, giving you a sense of comfort and to relax. the more you scratch, the more excited it gets. the more you scratch, the more excited it gets? yeah.

tell me why someone should sleep wearing this because it's quite, i'm very aware this is on my face. it's not, surely that's not going to be very comfortable? the purpose is that it needs to be in your face because right now, in the modern life, there's so many distractions and when you're sleeping, you're thinking about everything that's going on and everything that's around you. this is a plank of wood as far as i can see, but you're at a technology show, so i assume there's something else within this plank of wood. so, so this is, you know, so this looks like a piece of wood or a piece of furniture, but when you touch it, so you can interact with different features. so you take that large factor, shrink it down to something this size, place it in the store, no distribution, it's fresh, no preservatives, and it's cheaper too because a lot — almost half the cost of the loaf at the store is distribution. so how do you make sure that when someone grabs their bread, it's not going to be too doughy in the middle or something?

so we're constantly, there's a constant loop, i mean down to the millisecond of development, proofer, mixing. all this stuff is constantly being evolving, and we have sensors, we have eight different readings we're taking to make sure it's a quality loaf. i don't think it's unfair to say that a lot of what we've seen here is kind of half baked. many of the ideas that are at this show will never go sale. ces breaks down into two sort of groups. there's the fun gadgety stuff, that you kind of write about and you cover because it's just so bonkers, and then there are the big sort of industry trends, like sort of 8k and 5g and speaker, you know, voice—activated devices, which aren't necessarily single devices but a theme that will play out across the year. so let's pick up on that, actually. we've seen amazing, extravagant things. what about the technology might actually see in our high streets and in our homes? yes, it is easy to laugh at this silly ideas, isn't it? there is actually some new technology here. 5g is actually

something we are expecting to become a big thing here. the first 5g devices are going to be coming out and what that means is it is going to be cricket, as you can probably guess then ag, that manufacturers say is going to open up a whole lot of other possibilities for what we can do on our phones on the move. there is a must on's elects a bit you can talk to as well and google's voice assistance, we will be seeing those types of technologies integrated into lots of different types of products, cookers, microwaves, clocks. the question is whether people are going to want to interact in that way. that is a very good question. thank you very much. quite a lot of people have been sending in pictures of actual ship folders that are a lot cheaper than that. fold in, fold in, done.” folders that are a lot cheaper than that. fold in, fold in, done. iam actually quite tempted to get one. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. we'll back you at 7:30 a.m.. —— be back. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the mayor is to be questioned later on how he's going to deal with the increasing financial pressures at city hall. the london assembly has warned the situation is challenging, with more money needed for policing and the delayed crossrail project. the mayor says he'll be able to balance the books, but would like more help from central government. i'm confident that we will have a balanced budget notjust next year, but in the next years as well, but it is important that the government realises we're the most centralised democracy in the world, and we need devolved resources as well. new research has found londoners are committed to recycling

plastic, but many lack understanding of how to do it properly. the campaign group london recycles found a third of people surveyed weren't sure which type of plastics can be recycled at home. it's launching a new campaign with the hashtag #knowyourplastic to help raise awareness. tottenham host chelsea tonight in the first leg of the league cup semifinal, and there will be added focus on the behaviour of the blues fans. chelsea's understood to be taking it's own stewards to wembley, following recent anti—semitic racial abuse allegations. last month, four fans were suspended from stamford bridge for abusing man city player raheem sterling, whilst uefa is still investigating allegations of anti—semitic chanting in the club's europa league match in hungary. let's take a look at the travel situation now then. it's a good service on all tube lines so far this morning. on the roads, there are queues on the approach to the blackwall tunnel, from the woolwich road. the aa12 church road is closed between the mao at denham and where it passes over the m25 at iver heath. that's because of a burst water main. in st mary cray, the high street remains closed for repairs to a burst water main.

finally in central london, the bus lane on park lane is still closed southbound, following the stabbing on new year's day. onto the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's not an especially cold start this morning but it is today going to feel a little bit chillier. there's a bit more of a breeze around, some brightness, and the sunshine a little bit hazy when we get it, so a lovely bright start this morning but there is some high cloud around. so that sunshine a little hazy, a bit more cloud perhaps this afternoon, but most places staying bright. temperatures getting up to nine or 10 celsius. that north—westerly breeze, though, making things feel a little chillier say than yesterday. now, overnight tonight, similar conditions, some clear spells, and a bit of cloud coming in from the north and the east. the minimum temperatures colder than last night, down in the low single figures. one or two celsius in the suburbs, sheltered spots, you might get a little frost, but we are hanging onto these overnight, so it is unlikely widespread. for tomorrow, similar conditions.

lots of dry weather in the forecast, but you will notice as we head further through the week, temperatures getting a touch milder. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address, as well as on our facebook page. now though, it's back to louise and dan. have a very good morning. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. it is just after it isjust after 7:30 a.m.. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. dozens of mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner to express their serious concerns about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. the letter comes as police investigate whether any criminal offence was committed when the tory mp anna soubry was branded a nazi by protesters during a live tv interview about brexit yesterday. the last half—hour ed miliband said

that the harassment of mps was unacceptable. i have sympathy for anna soubry and anyone from any side of this debate, and we have to keep this debate at a civilised level, and we cannot have this kind of activity outside parliament, or indeed anywhere. and i think it's right that the police have been contacted about that. no mp, no member of the public should have to go through this. and i think it is...i go through this. and i think it is... ifear it go through this. and i think it is... i fear it is part of brexit poisoning our politics, but all of us poisoning our politics, but all of us have a responsibility, including the relevant authorities, to dial it down and deal with these issues. there'll be a vote in the commons today on an amendment to the government's finance bill, which could make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu in march without an agreement. the amendment would stop ministers raising money to implement a no—deal brexit without the explicit consent of parliament. no deal potentially will provide a great deal of upset in the uk

economy, at least in the short term, and no brexit i think would be a slap in the face to voters and the democratic process of our country. the government has a duty to prepare for every eventuality, including no deal. tying the hands of the government i think would be irresponsible. three million new homes will have to be built in england over the next 20 years to solve a crisis in social housing. a report commissioned by the charity shelter suggests it would cost up to £11 billion a year, but would save the government billions in housing benefit payments because rents would be cheaper. the communities secretary james brokenshire said providing quality social housing is a priority for the government, and it would deliver 250,000 new homes by 2022. at least seven people are now known to have died in seperate incidents across the alps following avalanches caused by a weekend of heavy snowfall. mountain rescuers are continuing to search for several missing people as the second—highest avalanche warning remains in place across much of the region. the snow has forced the closure of schools and mountain roads across austria, germany and italy. plans have been announced to ban

people in france from taking part in anti—government protests which haven't been registered with the authorities. it follows weeks of violent demonstrations over fuel duty rises, which left six people dead and hundreds more injured. the french prime minister said the new legislation would also clamp down on protestors wearing masks on the streets. the uk's fourth largest food retailer morrison's released their recent results. figures show sales were up a percent for the nine weeks up to january, indicating a rise for the fourth consecutive year across the christmas period. morrison's said the results show the brand was responding to customers needs in a changing market. yesterday aldi's uk division said the week before christmas was the busiest in its history, with sales up 10% on last year. coming up on the programme, carol will have the weather for you.

we will speak with tom kerridge and we will be with the breakfast family, who will be collecting all of the plastic in their house in december, and there is a lot of it. it is all here in the studio in a giant bin which i will be delving into shortly. i did open it earlier and there is a proper honk. proper what? honk. sally is here with the fa cup. wolves managed to see off the lead leaders liverpool. they did and 2—1 was the final score. liverpool played a changed team from the last game they play and a few days ago. you have to look atjurgen klopp and think, is he prioritising the fa cup? i don't think so, he has an eye on the premier league titles. congratulations to wolves for a fantastic win. arsenal against manchester united looks the stand—out tie of the fa cup fourth round draw.

can you believe they have been drawn against each other? more on that in a minute, but wolves pulled off the final surprise of the fa cup third round weekend, beating the league leaders liverpool 2—1. the fa cup may not have been top of liverpool's priority list this season, now it's not on the list at all. a night that ended in a whimper but started with a bit of a bang, well, off the field. liverpool were on the changes, included a portuguese debutant and a dutch one of the bench. still, even the experienced ones are capable of errors. james milner‘s loose touch, fabinho's missed tackle, rauljimenez‘s run — and finish. commentator: rauljimenez, 1-0! that was all there was to show in the first half. divock origi's powerful strike the best goal of the game — for about four minutes. commentator: nevez, might have a go — did have a go! scores. rueben nevez for wolverhampton wanderers! it moved and it dipped and it beat mignolet! shaqiri's free—kick had the dip, had the swerve, but didn't beat john ruddy, or the wolverhampton woodword — that close

to an equaliser. even sending other senior players and the goalkeeper couldn't save liverpool from defeat. another trophy slips spy, but the result that might just see them win another one. i think we did well against a very good team. we played well. that is how we want to play every game. sometimes it's difficult, but we showed again that we are a great group, a great squad and we can do very good things. it is my responsibility, they have no rhythm. it looks like that sometimes. but, of course, you expect a bit more. that is what we did the second half, scored 1—1 shot from long—range — um, nevez — and the ball was in 2—1. that is pretty much the story of the game. wolves will play shrewsbury or stoke next, but the stand—out tie in the fourth round is arsenal against manchester united. they've won the fa cup 25 times between them. non—league barnet are the lowest—ranked club left in the competition.

they're at home to championship side brentford. and newport county, who knocked out leicester, will face middlesbrough of the championship. yes, it is a long journey, a tough game. it would be good to see tony pulis, the newport man, who is in charge. it is again we will look forward to. hopefully they are concentrating on going for promotion and getting back into the premier league. they are a big club and they take their eye off the ball and we have a very good day and surprise them again. chelsea manager maurizio sarri has urged the club's fans not to sing offensive songs about their opponents tottenham in their league cup semi—final first leg tonight. blues fans have been under the spotlight in recent weeks after a number of high—profile incidents including derogatory chants about spurs supporters. she's struggling with injury at the moment butjohanna konta will lead great britain's fed cup team next month in bath. she'll be joined by heather watson, katie swan, katie boulter and debutant harriet dart for the women's team competition, with is being played in britain for the first time in 26 years. it runs from the 6th

to the 9th of february. world anti—doping experts are to be been given access to the russian laboratory at the centre of the doping scandal. the original deadline of new year's eve was missed but a team will now be allowed into the moscow facility tomorrow. a three—year suspension of russian athletes was ended in september and there have been calls for that decision to be reversed. now, my favourite pictures of the morning. is there a more spectacular setting for a motor rally than this? negotiating the peruvian desert dunes from lima to pisco was the challenge on the first stage of the dakar rally. isn't that beautiful? the toyota of two time winner nasser al—attiyah leads reigning champion carlos sainz by almost two minutes. just so spectacular. there are no roads. no, and you can

do it ona there are no roads. no, and you can do it on a bike. britain's sam sunderland is fifth in the motorcycle category. that isn't him. he won the event two years ago. we're seeing the leader here, joan barreda bort. you know what you're saying earlier, that it isn't far from patagonia? yes, go on. it is 3500 miles away. if you were a long—distance runner, you could do that in a couple of weeks. if you are a triathlete you could swim, cycle and run. it would ta ke could swim, cycle and run. it would take about six months. do you want to keep going? i'm happy. as i have said, i genuinely missed you. you sound surprised. ! laughter. i am surprised. we all did. we all did. we had to put up with naga! absence makes the heart grow fonder and all of that. anyway, i am back and i am staying. it's 80 days until the uk leaves the eu. so how is british business preparing for the biggest change to our economy in a5 years?

on breakfast we're heading around the uk in 80 days to find out. nina is kicking things off at a food market in manchester. good morning with all of your greenery! yes, good morning, dan, at a very greenery! yes, good morning, dan, at a very warm welcome, greenery! yes, good morning, dan, at a very warm welcome, well, not that warm, from smithfield market in manchester, one of the biggest in manchester, one of the biggest in manchester, and we are looking at produce from all over, so look at these extremely peachy, and what's been so interesting this morning is how many of them are saying because of the increasingly ethnic diverse nature, imports from outside the eu are increasingly important. tom, you speak urdi, don't you? speaks urdu. you're not worried about that because of the external markets? no, not at all. i was pro— brexit

because i think the eu imposed too many taxes and tariffs on non—eu products, which makes everything so expensive, plus, because of the initial effects of brexit, the pound has suffered against the rest of the currencies, and i think that will calm down. so when we leave the markets outside the eu, it will be cheaper for you to import. markets outside the eu, it will be cheaperfor you to import. lets speak with amanda, who has a different business in france and italy, it is a british company, you make prosecco and champagne. what have you been doing to prepare? it will be massive for your company. absolutely. we are preparing for all kinds of hypotheticals, which is as much as you can do. we brought forward the launch of the product, alcohol free, organic sparkling wine that will have no duty, so that will give us some security that the

pricing will be lower, we can sell it quickly in the uk. we have been stockpiling cash. we did a fundraiser earlier than planned and we raised £1 million instead of 300,000 which was mooted, and we have been looking at warehousing and focusing on the far—flung international distribution, in the us, latin america, new zealand and australia. managing to make some really practical changes. we will just come over here and speak with sue, who works for kpmg. just talking about the changes to prepare for the no deal, even though amanda doesn't know what to look like, does it chime with what other companies are looking at? yes, we have seen a range of approaches from businesses in the sector, so on one and there are some doing relatively little and i think that is just a symptom of a battle—hardened mentality after many yea rs of battle—hardened mentality after many years of price pressure from consumers, from customers and suppliers, so businesses are backing

themselves to find solutions at the last minute. that said we are seeing a lot more brexit preparing this activity right now, so some businesses doing straightforward things like making sure they hedge currency contracts, look for alternative supplies, but some businesses doing large—scale automated and projects for example. so it is notjust bringing things forward , so it is notjust bringing things forward, it is galvanising innovation. ian, you walk for the food and drug administration, are you concerned that it has that space to confirm? not the large companies who have the resources, the preparing is and they are planning to do it, it is a small and medium—size business which doesn't have the number of people or the amount of money required to do the in—depth planning that many people think will be necessary to get through the next few weeks. wholesalers like this place are just a tiny part of the picture when you think about supermarkets, import and export of goods, we are looking at a million people in the uk who work in the food supply chain, so whatever

happens at the end of march, it will be massive. thank you very much indeed. we will continue the journey a round the uk in 80 days. shall we have the weather? yes, i really look forward to the next item, talking about rubbish, and i will go through about rubbish, and i will go through a bin. are you loving yourself? i don't think so. you are a beast. let's find out what is happening. good morning. the weather is not rubbish today. the weather today will be better than it was yesterday for many. if you like a dry, you will like it brighter but it is going to feel chilly. you can see on satellite picture quite a lot of cloud across our shores at the moment. early morning sunshine, it will be hazy that there is low cloud across parts of wales, south—east england and the midlands. you can also see the isobars midlands. you can also see the isoba rs closest midlands. you can also see the isobars closest together in the north and the east, so a brisk wind moving ina north and the east, so a brisk wind moving in a fair bit of cloud to

eastern counties and the odd shower. couple that with the recent spring tides, we could see some large waves crashing on shore, particularly across east anglia. the east, dry brighter. we still have gusty winds particularly into the evening, as in sea particularly into the evening, as in sea indicated here by the black circles. if you are exposed to that, it will feel cool. —— as you can see. there are waves crashing in across the coastlines of east anglia. temperature wise today, more than yesterday if you are exposed to the wind, it will feel colder. you can see equally the cloud melting away in some sunshine developing. this evening and into the overnight, windy. the wind coming from the north, which is the colder direction, blowing in some showers. some of the shower showers wintry over the tops of northern scotland

and the grampians. we also have a weather front showing its and the grampians. we also have a weatherfront showing its hands, bringing in thicker cloud and some patchy light rain to northern ireland and the outer light hebrides. —— the outer hebrides. tomorrow, we will start off on a cold, frosty night with a fair bit of sunshine and don't forget that means coming in north sea, we are still going to be pulling in cloud and also the odd shower. temperature wise, nothing to write home about the gui. we are looking at seven to eight as we push further south. —— particularly. it is going to change because wednesday and thursday, high pressures a re because wednesday and thursday, high pressures are dominant driver. you can see this month moving slowly southwards, bumping into that high—pressure, weakening, but it is a warm front so we will see is a milder conditions coming in behind. eventually, they will get down to the south. but on thursday, as upfront move south, is going to be a wea k upfront move south, is going to be a weak affair bringing some cloud with that, turning milder behind it.

still call in the south, we have to wait until friday till things clearer pier. thank you very much, thank you. 30 minutes to eight a.m.. welcome to breakfast on bbc. we've all woken up to the horrors of single—use plastics, so here on breakfast we decided to try an experiment to find out how much a typical family throws away in a single month. we got some volunteers. we asked our plastics family to be our guinea pigs, and gave them their very own breakfast bin to put all the plastic in. the results are in. we are going to have a good root around ina we are going to have a good root around in a minute. we'll find out in a minute, but first let's have a chat to heather, simon, michael, matthew and baby emily. good morning to you all, thank you for taking part good morning to you all, thank you fortaking part in good morning to you all, thank you for taking part in this experiment. as mum and his family, how did you expect this to go and how did you feel it went? i thought it went well, i expected... feel it went? i thought it went well, iexpected... i feel it went? i thought it went well, i expected... iwas feel it went? i thought it went well, i expected... i was hoping that we would not get quite as much as we did, to be honest, but then i was struck byjust how much,

especially christmas, and really gains traction. i called goodness, it is really full. i was not expecting that. your point of view, you have seen how there was. did you have the same reaction? well, yes, i thought we would fill it, with christmas, i thought that we would probably fill it that i was still surprised by how much packaging there was as we were buying presents, as the mapping of the presents, as the mapping of the presents, the opening of presents. it sort of forget how much packaging there is. —— as we were opening the presents. the packaging, it was quite surprising. has this process made you think a little bit more about the amount of plastic that you get through as a family and that you use? yeah, a lot more. ijust... i don't know. i have just had a brainfart. that is quite all right. it is understandable when you on

live tv. we will come back and ask a few questions. we did let him out. did you? is not still in the bin. let's see what results he found. —— he is not. a month ago, in alnwick, northumberland, we made a special delivery. hello. this is your breakfast bin. since then, all of this family's plastic rubbish has gone in the breakfast bin. christmas out of the way, i've come back for a catchup. i was kind of hoping that there wouldn't be that much because we are trying to cut back, but it's quite a shock to the system really how much we get through, and then if you think well, every family's going through this much, every country, then it's astronomical how much plastic we're consuming, really. i can't believe how full it is. i wish you could just use plastic

again, rather than having tojust throw it away. the last bit of plastic rubbish to go into the bin and, my goodness, it's pretty full, isn't it? yes, it is. wow. so there you go, one christmas, one month, this much plastic rubbish. how do you feel about that? not good. i can't quite believe it, really. no celebration should warrant this level of wastefulness, so i'm really going to try hard to pull back next year. that was the bin and the actual bins here with us on bbc breakfast. i'm not sure i ever thought i would go to somebody‘s bins. recycling manager is here to give us... we really feel we are getting more information on all of this plastic, all of this is in here. let us go through a couple of things. milk

bottle like this, it should be recycla ble ? bottle like this, it should be recyclable? yes, so most local authorities can take bottles were cycling, and actually a lot of milk bottles have about 30% recyclable content in them, so really good example of how we can take something and recycle it. you need to take the stick is off? no, you can leave those on. the lasers we use can detect those. over christmas, lots of us will have had biscuits, chocolates arriving in this kind of black plastic. there will be a lot of those, black plastic is a bit of a troublesome one because our lasers cannot go into the plastic itself, so we cannot go into the plastic itself, so we cannot determine and send it down the right route, so those are the ones we need to live out. down the right route, so those are the ones we need to live outm that was transparent, would those be recycla ble ? that was transparent, would those be recyclable? yes, it would. that seems like an easy change. there is a lot of research being done by brands and retailers to understand how they can change. we also looking out ways... sorry to interrupt you,

that would be recyclable? it would be, yes. would that be... no, so we have got quite a few different bits of filming here and those bits of film are quite difficult to separate, but actually there is not a lot of demand for putting it back into new products. there is a lot of that. of course, if you have got a new baby, you have got this and also the nappies as well. yeah know, a lot of that is plastic and also, there's not a lot of demands put back into new recycled products. that is why we are hoping to increase the demand for recycled packaging, which we hope will stimulate putting these sorts of things act into packaging. what about wrappers? they are all different kinds of plastic, which makes it slightly difficult again to recycle. most local authorities will be able to collect out for

recycling. it is properly the most popular and most requested plastic to put back into new products. you can leave the bottle top honours well. can you? you can indeed. doublecheck your local authority and it does depend on where it is going, this is where the complex nature of our cycling system comes in. fascinating. do we need to squash the bottle or not? squash because it makes more room in the container but in terms of recycling it, not necessarily. when ucb like this, a year surprised by how much card we recycle ? — — year surprised by how much card we recycle? —— when you see this. yes, and it is really frustrating for the industry that we cannot recycle a lot of this but there are so many different levers that we need to put m, different levers that we need to put in, and also having the systems in place to separate them effectively, and that will occur as some of the measures the government are trying to put in place to harmonise collection, make it easierfor people with the labelling as well. i

never knew that going to somebody‘s bin would actually be that fascinating. thank you very much indeed. i never knew we would do it live on tv that we have. in the very much indeed. so here it isjoining us, you much indeed. so here it isjoining us, you are much indeed. so here it isjoining us, you are the family here with us who's been we have just been rummaging through. do you think, simon, it has made you change the way you're going to try and do things in 2019 because that is what sony people have said, after watching blue planet, i know we have said we will watch the together as a family, has that made you think differently about how many things that are plastic we use and how we recycle ? that are plastic we use and how we recycle? we are already trying to cut back on plastics by buying these vegeta bles cut back on plastics by buying these vegetables and things like that, rather than buying an packaging that yeah, it has been an eye—opener how much, you time's up 30 million people 30 million families, it is a hell of a of a lot. —— you times that. just the fact that we are now thinking about it and when you are shopping or whatever you are doing,

look at how much plastic is used in that, if people start asking questions about that than they can make a difference culturally to the way we do things. yeah, hopefully. it just seems to way we do things. yeah, hopefully. itjust seems to be a movement that is slowly gaining traction where people are looking for alternatives and hopefully, if we gain traction and hopefully, if we gain traction and off, the people are making this will hopefully have defined different ways of getting people to use their products, hopefully. that is the thing as well, isn't it? i think every generation whole family thinks about it, hopefully we do this with you next year... yeah, it has definitely been an eye—opener, i would say, but also speaking to the plastics expert there, we did not realise how much could be recycled and how much could not be recycled. you think a lot of it goes through a recycling centre, but a lot of it, in our local authority, it isjust really bottles we can get rid of and

thatis really bottles we can get rid of and that is it. all the rest of it has to go elsewhere and be sorted, either be incinerated or go to landfill. you cannot see that actually down the other end of our studio, louise minchin is rummaging through your been. and still continuing the conversation. honestly, i have learned so much, i really have. it has been really helpful. you continue to rummage. we have a few more minutes before we had to come back here for the headlines at 8am. thank you so much for coming in and for educating us as well. we will see when a few moments's time. —— you in. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the mayor is to be questioned later on how he's going to deal with increasing financial pressures at city hall. the london assembly has warned the situation is challenging, with more money needed for policing and the delayed crossrail project. the mayor says he will be able to balance the books, but would like more help from central government. i'm confident that we will have a balanced budget notjust next year, but in the next years as well,

but it is important that the government realises we're the most centralised democracy in the western world, we need more devolution to our city, which includes the resources as well. new research has found londoners are committed to recycling plastic, but many lack understanding of how to do it properly. the campaign group london recycles found a third of people surveyed weren't sure which type of plastics can be recycled at home. it's launching a new campaign with the hashtag #knowyourplastic to help raise awareness. tottenham host chelsea tonight in the first leg of the league cup semifinal, and there will be added focus on the behaviour of the blues fans. chelsea's understood to be taking its own stewards to wembley, following recent anti—semitic racial abuse allegations. last month, four fans were suspended from stamford bridge for abusing man city player raheem sterling, whilst uefa is still investigating allegations of anti—semitic chanting in the club's europa league match in hungary. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it's a good service on all tube

lines so far this morning. on the roads, there are queues on the approach —— delays on the a13. it is made worse by a broken down lorry earlier. elsewhere, the aa12 church road is closed between the mao at denham and where it passes over the m25 at iver heath. that's because of a burst water main. in st mary cray, the high street remains closed for repairs, that's also due to a burst water main. finally in central london, the bus lane on park lane is still closed southbound, following a stabbing on new year's day. onto the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's not an especially cold start this morning but it is today going to feel a little bit chillier. there's a bit more of a breeze around, some brightness, and the sunshine a little bit hazy when we get it, so a lovely bright start this morning but there is some high cloud around. so that sunshine a little hazy, a bit more cloud perhaps this afternoon, but most places staying bright. temperatures getting up to nine or 10 celsius.

that north—westerly breeze, though, making things feel a little chillier say than yesterday. now, overnight tonight, similar conditions, some clear spells, and a bit of cloud coming in from the north and the east. the minimum temperatures though colder than last night, down in low single figures. one or two celsius in the suburbs, sheltered spots, you might get a little frost, but we are hanging onto that breeze overnight, so it's unlikely widespread. for tomorrow, similar conditions again. lots of dry weather in the forecast, but you will notice as we head further through the week, temperatures getting a touch milder. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address, as well as on our facebook page and over on bbc radio london. now though, it's back to louise and dan. bye—bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today...

anger over the deteriorating public order situation outside the houses of parliament. writes... apologies to you, if you are offended. ijust think writes... apologies to you, if you are offended. i just think this is astonishing. after these scenes yesterday, more than 50 mps urge the police to improve their response to agressive protesters. a call for three million new homes to solve the social housing crisis in england. it's 80 days until the uk leaves the eu. we are touring britain, talking to big industries about what they are doing to prepare for brexit, and while they wait to find out what brexit will look like. two most successful teams in fa cup history will meet each other in the fourth round. arsenal against manchester united is the stand—out tie from the draw. but liverpool weren't even in the hat after their defeat to wolves last night. as the world's biggest tech show gets under way in las vegas, we'll have a look at the latest inventions and gadgets that could be

about to change our lives. that's one is something that louis quite likes! —— that one is something that louise quite likes. it is getting drier and brighter but we will have a brisk wind in some places. a full ryan tipping around 15 minutes. —— a full round up in. it's tuesday 8th january. our top story... dozens of mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner to express their serious concerns about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. the letter comes as police investigate whether any criminal offence was committed when the tory mp anna soubry was branded a nazi by protesters during a live tv interview about brexit yesterday. our reporter keith doyle reports. liar, liar! directly opposite the palace of westminster is an area where mps regularly come to do media interviews. it's a public place and often the scene of protests, protests which mps say are becoming increasingly intimidatory and even a security risk. soubry is a liar!

this was the abuse faced by conservative mp anna soubry yesterday. i do object to being called a nazi, actually. crowd: soubry is a nazi! right, well, apologies to you if you're offended by what you're listening to, but... sorry, ijust think this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country. a leading voice for remain in the brexit debate, the mp faced further taunts on the way back into parliament. dozens of mps have now written to the metropolitan police commissioner, saying they are increasingly concerned about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. support for action has also come from cabinet ministers. we've got to make sure that mps and, indeed, all of us, can make these arguments about the future of our country, which people feel very strongly, and even if they disagree, disagree in a reasonable and a civilised way. it's absolutely vital

that we solve that problem, and if that means measures by the police, then i'd be all in favour of them. after being called a liar and a nazi by some protesters, anna soubry has called on the police to do theirjob. scotland yard has said it now is investigating whether any criminal offence has been committed. keith doyle, bbc news. let's get the latest from westminster now from our political correspondent chris mason. can we talk about anna soubry, first of all, and what we saw yesterday? we spoke to ed miliband around half an hourago, he we spoke to ed miliband around half an hour ago, he said there had been an hour ago, he said there had been a definite change in tone in recent months and years. there has, i have kicked around this postcode for around 15 years and westminster is a carnival of democracy and people come here every day to protest about this but, handing petitions, lobby

mps, start campaigns. that is normal and to be expected and encouraged. it is often colourful and passionate. in the last couple of yea rs, particularly passionate. in the last couple of years, particularly in the last six months, the tone has changed. often vitriolic, intimidate three, in your face, people being shouted at as they are crossing the street. we saw it with anna soubry yesterday, we saw it a few months ago with the conservative brexiteerjacob rees—mogg being harangued outside his own hands when he had his children with him, his children were being targeted by those people gathered outside his house, they we re gathered outside his house, they were being shouted. frankly, it is horrible and it speaks to the very divisive nature of our politics at the moment. with this letter submitted by mps, we have seen they clearly wa nt submitted by mps, we have seen they clearly want to see the police step up clearly want to see the police step up they react, but it is tricky for the police because where does the line live legally between something colourful and passionate and

something against the law? clearly there is an argument around taste and something being uncomfortable, but where does the line like, legally? about it is against the law for us to talk to you without mentioning brexit, definitely. -- it is against the law for us to talk to you without mentioning brexit, definitely. we will be speaking to brexit secretary steven barclay soon, but talk is through the vote taking place. it is for mps to express their will about the idea of a no—deal brexit, leaving the eu without a deal in place. there is not a majority for very much at the moment in parliament to endorse anything but the teams to be a majority to reject no deal, and this isa majority to reject no deal, and this is a mechanism for parliament to express its will. —— but there seems to bea express its will. —— but there seems to be a majority. this does not prevented that would make it more difficult for government. those in government say parliament is acting irresponsibly in tying their hands ina irresponsibly in tying their hands in a potentially tricky situation, but gives you sense on the issue of

no deal, how keen samanthi tsar to explicitly say it must not happen. always nice to talk you, chris mason. three million new homes will have to be built in england over the next 20 years to solve a crisis in social housing. a report commissioned by the charity shelter suggests it would cost up to £11 billion pounds a year, but would save the government billions in housing benefit payments because rents would be cheaper. breakfast‘s john maguire reports. it's tea—time for single mum lola and her young family in bristol. put onion in it. they were living in private rented accommodation but were evicted, and have been housed by the local council as an emergency case. lola is thankfulfor a roof over their heads but says the uncertainty is stressful. people like us who just want a home, we don't want a six—month let, we don't want to be turfed out after a year, we need somewhere that's going to be a permanent home, and that's just not something that's possible nowadays, so it'sjust a constant kind of worry. i'm in limbo, basically. following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independent

commissioners to consider the crisis in homelessness. they admit their call to build 3.1 million social houses in england over 20 years is ambitious, but insist action is essential now. it is a big amount of money, but it does create an asset for government and, indeed, for the country and, most importantly, it solves a housing crisis, or goes a long way to solving a housing crisis which, think, affects everyone in our country. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside a0 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said... the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip

on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex but urgent. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. at least seven people are now known to have died in seperate incidents across the alps following avalanches caused by a weekend of heavy snowfall. mountain rescuers are continuing to search for several missing people as the second—highest avalanche warning remains in place across much of the region. the snow has forced the closure of schools and mountain roads across austria, germany and italy. north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in beijing for an unannounced three day visit, at the invitation of the chinese president. mr kim will be accompanied by his wife during his visit to china, according to state media reports. the visit comes amid reports that negotiations are under way for a second summit between mr kim and us president donald trump. the two met last june, the first such meeting for a sitting us president. plans have been announced to ban

people in france from taking part in anti—government protests which haven't been registered with the authorities. it follows weeks of violent demonstrations over fuel duty rises, which left six people dead and hundreds more injured. the french prime minister said the new legislation would also clamp down on protestors wearing masks on the streets. the uk's fourth—largest food retailer morrison's has released their most recent results figures show sales were up a% for the nine weeks up to january, indicating a rise for the fourth consecutive year across the christmas period. morrison's said the results show the brand was responding to customers needs in a changing market. yesterday aldi's uk division said the week before christmas was the busiest in its history, with sales up 10% on last year. every year, thousands of penguins become stranded on south america's coast — with females three times more likely to wash up dead or injured than males.

now scientists say they've found out why — because female magellanic penguins are migrating further north in search of food than their male counterparts. so essentially working a little bit harder. now, most kids love being the centre of attention, but what if the focus is on one of your parents and not you? well, spare a thought for the son of california's new governor, gavin newsom, who was forced to steal the show during his father's inauguration speech in sacramento. a rather sleepy looking two—year—old dutch newsom wandered onto the stage, complete with his blanket and dummy, until eventually his mother was able to coax him back to his seat. hejust he just wanted to see what his dad was up to. hejust he just wanted to see what his dad was up to. he just wanted a cuddle! none of that harms a politician. definitely not. coming across as a good family man. theresa may says she's working on getting further assurances

from eu leaders in the hope she can get her brexit deal through the commons next week. the prime minister hosted drinks for backbench conservative mps — a move seen as an attempt to help overcome divisions in the party. brexit secretary stephen barclay joins us now from westminister. good morning, thanks very much for joining us. ijust want to ask good morning, thanks very much for joining us. i just want to ask about what happened to anna soubry yesterday, what do you make about the tone and those scenes, how would you describe them? i think it was disgraceful behaviour, there is clearly a balance to be struck between defending people's right of freedom of speech, but there are boundaries in terms of how people are expected to behave. i think people overstepped the mark in terms of hurling abuse, i don't think that is what we mean by protecting freedom of speech, and i think it was completely wrong. should the police have stepped in?” was completely wrong. should the police have stepped in? i know the speaker of the house of commons ta kes a

speaker of the house of commons takes a particularly close interest in this, as does the prime minister and the home secretary, and people wa nt to and the home secretary, and people want to review nudges that incident, but the incident with owen jones and a number of other journalists but the incident with owen jones and a number of otherjournalists that we have seen in recent weeks and look at the area particularly around the house of commons, but we need to protect people's right to protest, we need to allow people to express their opinions, but at the same time there are boundaries and we need to get the balance right. what is your opinion on the police response?” condemn those scenes yesterday, i was in the chamber answering an urgent question at the time so i was not bad, but clearly the hurling of abuse is unacceptable in the way that we saw yesterday, so we need to protect people's right to protest. as members of parliament we serve the public, we need to be part of the public, we need to be part of the public, we need to be part of the public and accessible to constituents, but it is getting the balance right and clearly a number of members of parliament have written to the police commissioner,

iam sure written to the police commissioner, i am sure the police will be reviewing this, as, indeed, will the authorities as a whole. have you detected a change in tone? yes, i think it is clear that the last two yea rs has think it is clear that the last two years has been very divisive in our politics, the issue of brexit provokes very strong emotions on both sides. this is one of the reasons why i feel it is no time to come together in the national interest, to get behind the prime minister's deal, it is the only deal after two years of hard—fought negotiation matters on the table. the eu leaders are clear there will not be another deal in the remaining weeks and i think it is no time for us weeks and i think it is no time for us to come together as a country, to unite behind the prime minister's deal and then get on with the many other things that our priorities to your viewers, such as building more homes, getting the investment into the nhs, the extra £20.5 billion of extra funding a year. the prime

minister meeting opponents to no deal last night, are you confident she can get this deal through parliament? what are the numbers? she can get this deal through parliament? what are the number57m is challenging, the prime minister has been very clear that there is a specific issue of concern around the backstop, she has listened to mps on all sides on that. having this discussion is over christmas with the european leaders, the taoiseach, the european leaders, the taoiseach, the german chancellor, the dutch prime minister and many others to make that case. it is in everyone's interest to have a deal, to give businesses and your viewers the certainty in theirjobs that the deal offers. we are making the case, having discussions, we will have a debate in parliament starting on wednesday, we will continue to make the case. the event in downing street last night was part of that ongoing discussion. the reality is that mps who voted to give the

public a say, the biggest democratic exercise a narrow history, mps who then voted to trigger article 50 had to a cce pt then voted to trigger article 50 had to accept that the consequence of thatis to accept that the consequence of that is either you have a deal, and the only available deal is the one negotiated by the pm, or you have no deal. it is not enough for mps to simply say what they are against, they have to answer either they are for the prime minister's deal or accepting the consequence of voting against that, which is the uncertainty that will flow from rejecting bad deal. on the front page of the daily telegraph today, according to their reports the uk is putting out feelers to pause article 50, ie to delay it, to change the date. is that happening? we are leaving the eu on the 29th of march, we are committed to honouring the referendum results of the reasons i just said, it was the biggest vote in our country's history and that is what we need them to do. there are

some practical issues... it is government policy to leave, but let me set out some practical issues. when mps come on the show and say they think we should extend, the first point it's that it is not a unilateral decision of the uk, it would require the consent of each of the 27 member states, but there would also be some real practical issues because you could not pass the legislation for a second referendum ahead of the european parliamentary elections which are at the end of this may, there are real practical issues in trying to extend, both because it is not a unilateral decision but also because there would be real questions with a second referendum, what with the question be, what with the spending limits be? you have outlined the practical issues, are you ruling out an extension? government policy is to leave on the 29th of march. stephen buckley, thank you for joining us. —— stephen best.

the slugger stephen barclay. the chef tom kerridge is coming in later, around six years ago he thought he was overweight and decided to change his lifestyle completely, between then and now he has lost half his body weight, about 12 stone in total. he has a new television series and an accompanying book and is talking about the fact... the difficulties in terms of cooking healthily for the entire family. he is talking about getting people back to cooking from scratch and getting them excited about that. we also talking about an itv drama starring sheridan smith, called cleaning up. it is about a cleaner... have you seen it, it is good? the cleaner gets embroiled in insider trading. very dark. shelby catch—up with the weather, with carol kirkwood?

drier, brighter and chillier than yesterday but windy across the north and east of the uk. we have quite a bit odd cloud across our shores at the moment, lots of high client, hazy sunshine, we have low cloud across parts of wales, the south—west and the midlands slowly breaking up. the wind is still very much a feature across north and west. it will drag in a bit more cloud and the odd shower, but as we travel further westwards you will find that through the day the cloud will break up and we will seize any spells developed. the wind is still a feature of today's weather. we had gusts across the north of scotland, 78 mph, they will not be as strong today that you can see them in the black circles, gusty winds. if you are exposed to the wind it will feel cool are exposed to the wind it will feel cool, the wind is once again dragging in the cloud from the north sea, producing showers. with the recent spring tides and strong winds that will be big waves crashing in along the east coast, particularly

east anglia, which is exposed to that. temperatures today, seven, eight or nine. this evening and overnight, northerly winds blowing in the cloud with some showers, wintry in the tops of the mountains but under clearer skies you can see the blue returning, a cold night with quite a widespread frost. these temperatures will show you what we are looking at in towns and cities. another weather fronts and showing at hand in the outer hebrides and northern ireland, it will bring in some thick cloud and patchy rain. that is how we start wednesday, with the weather front slowly advancing eastwards. a cold and frosty start but sunshine, the wind will not be as strong, fearing slightly north—easterly, this cloud getting a bit further inland. tomorrow it will feel cold wherever you are, a temperature range roughly between five and about eight or 9 degrees. from wednesday into thursday, high

pressure is firmly in charge, the weather front is sinking south, it will be a fairly weak affair. the airaround this area will be a fairly weak affair. the air around this area of high pressure comes from a milder direction, namely the north—west. you can see how the milder air is trying to move further south. on thursday, the week weather front produces cloud and not much more, thinking so. binder, bright skies, some sunny spells but note the temperatures, ten in stornoway on belfast, only six pushing down towards london. heading into the weekend, the end of the week, it will turn milder, there will still beafair will turn milder, there will still be a fair bit of cloud around at times. thank you very much. we have some inventions for you. i would quite like the idea of a roll—up television. would quite like the idea of a roll-up television. what would you do with it, take it around the house? a large television tends to dominate your room, if you could

roll it up and get rid of it does not have to be there all the time.” like this magic machine which fold shirts. it costs around £780. of course it is not worth it, but i like the idea. they're just two of the products being unveiled at this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. there are also gadgets to help afflictions brought on by modern life, including the world's first glasses to help prevent so—called text neck. i can't say that properly, i said gadglet! is that a small gadget?! our technology reporter dave lee reports. welcome to ces. this event is something of a special preview before the main show, so that the press get a chance to see some of the new ideas. follow me. to see some of the new ideas. this is one of the more frightening things i've ever put on my face. tell me what this is. this is a robotic folder. it helps you fold your entire laundry load in underfive minutes. how lazy do you need to be to have

one of these in your home? instead of just folding your clothes? it takes ten seconds to fold a shirt. i ask you how lazy do you need to be to have a dishwasher at home? washing the dishes takes a lot longer than folding clothes, though. i would beg to differ, i mean it takes quite a while and you need to get to that quality. what is the — apart from wagging its tail, i hope it's its tail, in my face, what is this for? it's for comfort, giving you a sense comfort and to relax. the more you scratch, the more excited it gets. the more you scratch, the more excited it gets? yeah. tell me why someone should sleep wearing this because it's quite, i'm very aware this is on my face. it's not, surely that's not going to be very comfortable? the purpose is that it needs to be in your face because right now, in the modern life, there are so many distractions and when you're sleeping, you're thinking about everything that's going on and everything

that's around you. this is a plank of wood as far as i can see, but you are at a technology show, so i assume there's something else within this plank of wood. so, so this is, you know, looks like a piece of wood or a piece of furniture, but when you touch it, so you can interact with different features. do you take that large factor, shrink it down to something this size, place it in the store, no distribution, it's frsh, no preservatives, and it's cheaper too because a lot — almost half the cost of the loaf in the store distribution. so how do you make sure that when someone grabs their bread, it's not going to be too doughy in the middle or something? so we're constantly, there's a constant loop, i mean down to the millisecond of development, proofer, mixing. all this stuff is constantly being evolving, we have eight different readings we are taking to make sure it's a quality loaf. i don't think it's unfair to say that a lot of what we've seen here is kind of half baked. many of the ideas that are at this show will never go sale. ces breaks down into

two sort of groups. there's the fun gadgety stuff that you kind of write about and cover because it'sjust so bonkers, and then the other big sort of industry trends, like sort of 8k and 5g and speaker, voice—activated devices, which is not necessarily single devices but a trend that will play out across the year. stuart miles ending that report from david league, with his gadgets and gadglets. thank you to everybody who has been sending me gadgets to fold shirts. apparently there is a very cheap plastic one. demonstration videos and everyone, interactive. you're watching breakfast, still to come this morning... nina's on the road — kicking off our around the uk in 80 days brexit countdown. good morning. good morning, 80 days to go, we are looking at how food and drink retailers preparing for brexit, they are not quite chill

what it looks like. we are at smithfield market in manchester, one of the biggest food distributors in the north of england. it is ryan's first day. we have some like cheese from mauritius, plums from africa, peruvian grapes. where is trevor from? he is from droyslden! we don't know whether there will be ex—butcher roger is on him! amanda ru ns ex—butcher roger is on him! amanda runs a prosecco and champagne company based in britain, sugarfree products that she spreads around the world. what have you been doing to prepare, it is different to fruit and veg? it is preparing for so many hypotheticals. we have been focused on our way international strategy, farther flung countries, us, on our way international strategy, fartherflung countries, us, latin america, new zealand, australia, we're making sure we not importing any stock around march and april because we were reared might be problematic and we have brought forward the launch of our nonalcoholic organic sparkling wine,

we are confident that the pricing will remain key for the uk. we are hearing a lot about measures companies are taking, of all different sizes. there is a particular concern about smaller companies, that they don't have the resources to preparing the same way that some of the larger ones do. we will be back at the market is a bit later, but for now we have the news, travel and weather where you are. yesterday we had some really strong winds, especially the far north of scotland. today while it is still quite breezy it is not going to be anywhere near as windy. while yesterday was quite cloudy today we should see some breaks in that cloud to give us some sunnier spells. that is yesterday's area of low pressure. still some fairly brisk north—westerly winds especially down the eastern side of the uk

but for many of us it is going to be dry today. while there is a fair amount of cloud through this morning, some hazy sunshine, that should thin and break up to give us some good spells of sunshine across northern ireland, through much of western scotland, north—west england and wales and the south—west. maximum temperature is 7—10dc but with a strong northerly or north—westerly wind we could see a bit of cloud across the east and maybe one or two showers as well. overnight tonight for the central swathes of the uk with clearer skies there is going to be a bit of a frost developing. but to the far east and the west where you have more cloud, a bit more of a breeze, that will keep temperatures above freezing. a chilly start to wednesday morning. again we will see lots of dry weather, lots of sunny weather, especially in central areas, but again across eastern parts a bit more in the way of cloud. cloud for northern ireland and into scotland, maybe

a few spots of rain in the western isles throughout wednesday. into thursday, high pressure is dominating things but this weak warm front which is moving its way through will introduce a bit more cloud but also less cold conditions. while a cloudy day for many of us during thursday the winds coming more from the west south—westerly direction so that will feed in that milder air across scotland, certainly northern ireland nine or 10 celsius here. we will keep those temperatures, about nine or 10 celsius, over the next few days. with that a lot of cloud as we go through the weekend with just a few breaks, a few bits of sunshine here and there. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben thompson. former nissan boss carlos ghosn says he's been wrongly accused at his first court appearance

since his shock arrest on charges of financial misconduct. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday 8th january. but can the auto industry titan, carlos ghosn, who turned around the asian carmaker, manage to salvage his own reputation? also in the programme: the world's biggest smartphone maker