good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the military is called in to help at heathrow airport after drone sightings temporarily grounded flights. a 14—year—old boy is stabbed to death after his moped crashed into a car in east london. a ban on unsolicited calls, texts and e—mails a campaign to make electronic appliances easier to fix, rather than let them go to waste. lights out for another energy supplier — the regulator ofgem says economy energy customers will be protected. but it's the ninth to go under in the space of a year. is enough being done to look after consumers? it's advantage tottenham after the first leg of their league cup semi—final against chelsea harry kane scored the only goal of the game at wembley last night after some intervention from the video referee. good morning. today it is a frosty start. it will be cold them yesterday. cloud and patchy rain in

the west, showers in the west, but in between some sunshine. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. our top story this morning: the military has been called in to help patrol heathrow airport, after sightings of a drone grounded flights for an hour yesterday evening. police have been carrying out extensive searches around the airport to identify anyone who might have been operating the device. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. this flight radar sideshows how all departures from the airport were suspended. some passengers were left waiting on the runway. 50 we all boarded the flight and then we were told that we wouldn't be departing until the police force realised it was safe. they had a police helicopter circling above and the emergency services came onto the ru nway to emergency services came onto the runway to see if they could find a drone. departures were suspended for less tha n drone. departures were suspended for less than an hour and flights continue to take off from the cyber monday —— southern runway. an verify

videos are circulating on social media. a bbc cameraman who was at heathrow and works with drones is certain he saw it. i noticed way up in the sky about 300 feet up, these lights, green and red, flashing, obviously attached to a craft that was hovering in the sky. the traffic afloat by that point so it was quite safe to watch this thing. i watched it for a minute or so and it was stating up in the sky not moving left or right. heathrow said it suspended all takeoffs as a precautionary measure and that police are investigating. 0n precautionary measure and that police are investigating. on twitter the transport secretary said the military was preparing to deploy the equipment used at gatwick at heathrow if it proved necessary. it was just before christmas when tens of thousands of passengers were stranded at gatwick and elsewhere. all flights stranded at gatwick and elsewhere. all flights at the airport were

suspended across two days. sussex police are still investigating and no credible arrest had been made. many in aviation have been calling for action to counter the threat of drones for a long time. and we'll be speaking to simon calder, travel editor of the independent, in the next hour. a 14 year—old boy has been stabbed to death in east london after the moped he was riding collided with a car. it's believed he was stabbed by three men travelling inside the car. they fled the scene before police arrived. jane—frances kelly reports. police cordoneds block each end of this ordinary street in east london, where a teenager lost his life yesterday evening. people have been shocked by the sheer brutality of the attack —— cordons. shortly before 6:30pm yesterday evening police were alerted to a collision between a moped and a car along this road. when they arrived they found a 14—year—old boy who had been

stabbed. they believe following the collision three men got out of a car, attacked the boy and then drove off. despite the efforts of paramedics, the boy died shortly after 7pm. his next of kin have been informed. forensic teams searched the street and the homicide and major crime team were informed. no arrest had been made yet. the mayor of london sadiq khan twitter to say, iam of london sadiq khan twitter to say, i am greatly saddened by news of a fatal stabbing of a 14—year—old boy and my thoughts are with his family and my thoughts are with his family and friends. the local mp stella creasy tweeted she was devastated to hear the news. last year the number of killings in london reached their highest level for a decade with the majority due to knife crime. a month after it was abruptly halted, mps resume their debate on theresa may's brexit deal today. last night, the government narrowly lost a commons vote on a cross—party amendment to the finance bill, designed to make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu without a deal.

0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. good morning, iain. how badly bruised is theresa may and the government after last night?” bruised is theresa may and the government after last night? i think a bit bruised, but she might be getting even more beaten about over the next few days, because today we start five days of debate on the government's brexit deal. she still has a huge amount of difficulty to get that through. the vote is expected on that next tuesday on january 15, and then of course we are due to leave the european union on march 29, deal or no deal. so last night's defeat was about that, it was an attempt effectively to say, you can't raise certain taxes to prepare for a no deal scenario are to prepare for a no deal scenario a re less to prepare for a no deal scenario are less you have consulted mps specifically about leaving with no deal. in other words many mps didn't wa nt deal. in other words many mps didn't want no deal to be the default

option —— unless. there was a big rebellion, 20 members of theresa may's own party voted against the government, including 17 former ministers. and although the legislation was very technical, in effect what they are saying is symbolically it shows the strength of feeling in parliament against leaving the european union without a negotiated settlement. now in order to try to get the deal through, which is going to be very difficult, what the government is going to do todayis what the government is going to do today is offer reassurance to people in northern ireland, the most controversial part of the deal, the northern irish backstop, staying close to eu rules to avoid a hard border in ireland if necessary. and what's the government data at what the government is gohdes is there will be no eu laws imposed on northern ireland without the —— and what the government has said is there will be no new eu laws imposed on northern ireland. they haven't met in two years. there is political disagreement. no political prospect anytime soon. most people don't see that as a great concession by the government. it is certainly not

enough to get northern ireland's dup back on side. they still oppose theresa may's deal. thank you. we will put those concerns to david lidington, ministerforthe will put those concerns to david lidington, minister for the cabinet office, around 8:10am. president trump has used a televised address from the oval office to demand the us congress pays for his long—promised border wall with mexico. he said the barrier was needed to stop what he called a "growing humanitarian and security crisis". democrats are refusing to fund the wall, in a dispute that's forced parts of the federal government to close. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from washington. my fellow americans, tonight i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis. from his desk in the oval office, president trump delivered a prime—time address, making a passionate case for a wall. this is a choice between right and wrong. justice and injustice. this is about whether we fulfil our sacred duty to the american citizens we serve. for years, donald trump has claimed that building a wall on the border

with mexico would prevent drugs and people from being trafficked and reduce the threat of terror, claims many dispute. who's going to pay for the wall? who? mexico won't pay for it, which is why the president is now asking congress to. but democrats won't agree to the $5 billion price tag as part of budget negotiations. the deadlock has seen the us government partially shut down for more than a fortnight, leaving some 800,000 workers without a pay cheque. as this drags on, the democrats say they are not to blame. the fact is, president trump has chosen to hold hostage critical services necessary for the health and safety and well—being of the american people, and withhold the paycheques of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation. later this week, president trump will take his case for a wall from the oval office to the border with mexico, but while he's working on getting support for his plan, hundreds of thousands of workers aren't getting paid in a government shutdown that shows no sign of ending soon. rajini vaidayanathan, bbc news.

emergency services in australia are responding to reports that suspicious packages have been found at the british consulate and other international embassies. the british and swiss offices are among those which received the packages earlier today, at locations in melbourne and canberra. hazardous material alerts have been issued in at least 11 locations — it's believed some of the packages may have contained asbestos. a ban on cold calls about pensions comes into force today, to try to deal with scammers who've been tricking people out of tens of millions of pounds each year. from now on anyone who calls, e—mails or texts about pension savings, without permission, will face a heavy fine. here's our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. it's a scourge on pensioners and savers like graham, who's bombarded with calls from fraudsters. they carry on even at a gathering in south london to equip pensioners

to deal with scams. i've been in the centre today, half an hour now, and i've had five of those calls already on my phone. mary was tricked into paying out thousands of pounds from her bank account, so she is anxious about the calls. ijust put the phone down now and i said, "i'm not interested," and ijust put the phone down. and what do you think of people like that? they're scum. the scale this has reached is frightening. the total number of cold calls, emails and texts running at nearly 11 million a year. typically people scammed out of £91,000 from their pensions. against that, now there will be a penalty of up to £500,000 for people who flout the ban. despite the ban, treasury minister john glen says it's important not to become complacent. we are onto it and we need to make sure that we stay ahead of this, and we are not saying it's

the end of it either. if there is a mutation in the scammers' activities, we will be looking very carefully to take further action in future. the government is being criticised for not serving up the cold—calling ban sooner, but now anyone calling without your permission about your pension savings is breaking the law. simon gompertz, bbc news, south london. visitor's to buckingham palace have been treated to something a little more poppy than the royal guards' usual repertoire. bohemian rhapsody plays. iam glad i am glad we heard you singing. i am glad we heard you singingm was snazzy, wasn't it? yes, that's queen's bohemian rhapsody. the performance came hours after queen biopic bohemian rhapsody won two awards at the golden globes.

one video shared to social media of the guards has been viewed more than 112,000 times. i bet they enjoyed playing back. i bet they enjoyed playing backlj wonder how long you have to rehearse for that. we are going to play bohemian rhapsody today. 0h, for that. we are going to play bohemian rhapsody today. oh, really? you have to be good. yes, very good, excellent, and it has woken me up, which is good. very impressive. good morning, sally. good morning. laughter. we have the fa cup yesterday, and now... the league cup and now controversy with the video assistant referee. in rugby they use the var successfully. do they have it right in football? it goes on at a bit quiet, sometimes you wait a little bit too long. i love it. do you? i do. you just little bit too long. i love it. do you? i do. youjust have little bit too long. i love it. do you? i do. you just have to get on with it and it will be fine. that's what i am going to do now. laughter.

tottenham hold a narrow advantage after the first leg of their league cup semi—final with tottenham at wembley. the only goal of the game came from a first half harry kane penalty. the two sides will meet again at stamford bridge a week tomorrow. have i got that right? yeah, it is a week tomorrow. padraig harrington says it's the right time in his career to become europe ryder cup captain. the irishman will lead the team in the defence of their title against the united states in 2020. wales fullback leigh halfpenny looks likely to miss at least the start of the six nations. halfpenny has already been out for two months after suffering concussion against australia in november. his club scarlets say he's unavailable for a further three to five weeks. they are taking that very seriously. sebastien loeb won the second stage of the dakar rally in peru. south african giniel de villiers finished fourth to take over as race leader. britain's sam sunderland slipped down a place to sixth in the motorbike category. i hope this race goes on for ages, because i really like the pictures you bring every day. beautiful. was

that a you bring every day. beautiful. was thata mini? you bring every day. beautiful. was that a mini? that looked like one of those suped up minis. give me a job on top gear. are you going to hang around for the papers?” on top gear. are you going to hang around for the papers? i will, i have some good stuff to show you. and does carol have something good to show us? good morning. more sunshine around. temperatures in cumbria around about minus three. you may need to scrape your windscreen. a chilly day than yesterday. sunshine but also some cloud. high pressure still firmly in charge. this weather front coming in will introduce cloud and patchy, light rain. the northern league, north—easterly wind coming in from the ngozi is dragging in the cloud which is producing some showers, some could be wintry in the north york and the grampians. still some larger waves, still gusty winds

around the east anglia coastline. we could see some issues with local flooding. in between all of that we could have some sunny spells to look forward to. the winds generally are not as strong as yesterday but they will have a knock—on effect on the temperatures. temperatures are lower. if you are exposed to that when it will feel pretty cold. this is what it will be light. it will feel in single figures,‘ is. weather front overnight —— low single figures. as this low pressure bumps into the high pressure ed stubbs to weaken. behind it there will be clear spells, and that some clear spells, once again will have some frost —— it will begin to weaken. as we go through the course of tomorrow, you can see the weak weather front really bumping into this high pressure. the winds will feel lighter. as the air comes around the top of the high pressure,

the milder yellows, that much further south. it will not be warm but it will not be as cold as today. we have a weak weather front see —— sinking southwards. some light rain and drizzle. behind it, brighter skies, but drizzle coming in as well across parts of the north—west of scotland. then as we move from thursday into friday, we have some drizzle to get rid of across southern counties first thing. when that goes it will brighten up for many of us. we will see some sunshine. but it will turn in india once again. this time in the north and also the west. as we go through the weekend what you will find is we will start to look at gales. ahead of the weather front coming in their once again will be drizzly outbreaks across western scotland and also northern ireland. either time we get to saturday the front will have sunk south, eventually clearing the way. behind it brighter skies, more cloud coming into the north—west. don‘t forget the gales across the far

north the north—west of scotland. temperatures recovering somewhat, having said that, if you are exposed to the wind it will not feel particularly want. thank you very much, carol. thank you. nina has joined us. we are going to look at the papers. we look at the front first of all. the telegraph this morning pictures a pair of "friendly rivals". the pro and anti—brexit protesters regularly appear outside parliament, and say they maintain a friendly relationship. the paper‘s lead story focuses on the brexit battle within the commons. following itv‘s manhunt drama, which focuses on police efforts to track down levi bellfield, the daily mirror reports that three women have come forward alleging they too were sexually assaulted by him. pictured is barbara windsor and her husband, scott mitchell, who has told reporters that she sometimes forgets who he is, because of her alzheimer‘s. the metro leads on the "chaos" at heathrow airport, where flights were temporarily grounded when a drone

was sighted nearby. the paper pictures anna soubry being confronted by protestors. and there‘s been lots of reaction to president trump‘s first formal address to the nation overnight. media outlets in the us and here are reporting the story — some, like cnn, have been fact—checking claims about crime and immigrant numbers — made by mr trump. let‘s dive inside. nina, what have you got there? this is a story about economy energy, the nights multiply to go one in the space of 12 months. we are being told all the time to switch suppliers and try some of the smaller companies but it depends on how well the regulator is doing it where there is a bear market. we will talk about whether they are doing theirjob properly. did you have turkey on christmas day? —— whether there is a fair market. a 7%

drop in turkey sales. partly vegetarianism, partly because many struggle to cook it without producing an end product with shoe leather consistency. i had an official complaint from my wife‘s damp stopper for not having turkey? is that i have been on this earth for over 70 years and this is the first time i have not had turkey on christmas day. -- did you say to that he should bring himself next year. we had chicken and pork. we had chicken for the kids and b for the grown—ups. had chicken for the kids and b for the grown-ups. am i the only one that had turkey? —— beath? the grown-ups. am i the only one that had turkey? -- beath? a 7596 drop around here. what have you got? you are promising us great things. an interview withjohn you are promising us great things. an interview with john mcenroe. great value for muggy. there is andy murray in the picture. —— for money.

he said he had the same hip problem that andy murray had when he was 26 and he chose not to have surgery. so he thinks the problem is significant the worse. itjust hurts, everyone is took about what can and the money —— andy murray do, and he says he just wanting to play tennis without pain. because once he can play without pain than anything is possible. this is that is the first thing has to achieve. that is the worst thing. you‘re doing your sport, yourjob, worst thing. you‘re doing your sport, your job, and worst thing. you‘re doing your sport, yourjob, and you cannot do without pain. as much as the physical battle it is the mental battle, trying to put up with it and cope with it and keep going and keep training. and he trains like a monster, does andy murray. look away now if you don‘t like snakes. this snake was in someone‘s new cattle.

—— kettle. he thought it would be a joke in the sales and discovered a snake inside. apparently was a cornes. it may have come from janet —— corn snake. cornes. it may have come from janet -- corn snake. it stayed alive all that way? you had betterjokes at home. there you go. that would give you a fright. it is not in the kettle that. john travolta decided to embrace his baldness. look at this. here he is. various stages of herrator the years. including this last month. that's great. that was incredibly elaborate. quite a change. how has he done that? it is a hat, it is a week. he is there with his daughter. it is not like we did not know it was a wig. i say

embrace the baldness. did not know it was a wig. i say embrace the baldnesslj did not know it was a wig. i say embrace the baldness. i thinki had a lot of colour in done as well.|j got a letter from some a lot of colour in done as well.|j got a letterfrom some peace a lot of colour in done as well.|j got a letter from some peace and please don‘t turn to the side because apparently a very odd shaped a —— please don‘t. because apparently a very odd shaped a -- please don't. is that because of your week, is that what it is? —— wig. i don't thinki of your week, is that what it is? —— wig. i don't think i would look good ifi wig. i don't think i would look good if i did not have. —— have. i cannot change the shape of may head. well done for sending the letter, whoever that was. we love letters. i don't receive many letters. i like receiving a head shaped hate letter. thank you very much. we‘ve all been there, you‘ve bought a new washing machine or a vacuum cleaner only to find that after a few years it‘s broken, out of warranty — and can‘t easily be repaired. but proposed new laws could force manufacturers to make electronic

products easier to fix, rather than let them go to waste. here‘s our environment analyst roger harrabin to explain. with a puff of smoke, the repair revolution is on the way. at portsmouth in the south of england, volu nteers portsmouth in the south of england, volunteers have turned up on a saturday to help people repair things that have broken down. it‘s called a repair and their‘s part of a growing global movement. 0ne visitor brought her daughter‘s heated hair rollers that no longer get hot. they didn't work and she was going to chuck them away. and i said to my mum that we were coming in today and my mum said letters bring the hair rollers. we brought them and the manhas fix them. it‘s great. -- manhas fix them. but many things isn‘t always easy. many components these days are glued together and cannot be prised apart when a breakdown will stop very often people bring in things that are ina often people bring in things that are in a sealed unit is or the

spares are in a sealed unit is or the spa res are very are in a sealed unit is or the spares are very specialist. you can‘t get hold of them or you can‘t get hold of the service information. a study shows that many major household appliances are not lasting as long as they did before. this impacts on climate change, because manufacturing replacement machines creates greenhouse gases. dartmouth across europe, including the uk, have responded to the challenge from consumers by imposing new standards, which should mean that goods at last longer and can be repaired more easily. people are really frustrated by products that break long before they should that they can‘t get repaired and that they then have dubai zoe else to replace it. and so what should happen instead is that producers should be made to make products that last as long as people expect them to. the proposed changes will be welcome in portsmouth, but manufacturers are unhappy with some of the new rules. they say some targets a re of the new rules. they say some targets are unrealistic and may hinder innovation. green

campaigners, meanwhile, say the changes haven‘t gone far enough. but it does look as though the repair revolution has begun. roger harrabin, bbc news. we‘ve been asking you for your examples of appliances which have stood the test of time. cat says this mixer is an heirloom passed down from her grandma to her mum, and now to her. she says it works beautifully and makes the most magnificent cakes! janet says this is the blender of her childhood — and it‘s still going. there‘s a new pitcher but the rest is original! julie says her parents have been carving the christmas turkey since 1983 with this electric knife. her dad says it‘s never even had a new fuse. i haven‘t seen one of those for ages. it is all school.

and maria says when setting up her first home 37 years ago, she bought a cooker and this mixer came as a freebie. two houses and two new kitchens later, it‘s still comes out to help bake the cakes. it‘s not broken, she says, so why replace it! my my mum has a 25 washing machine that is still going strong. as it have to be fixed? it is gently massage and thenit be fixed? it is gently massage and then it is going strong. do you think who do you think at last the longest? it is not christmas lights. every single year out—brake. i get them out of the box and our gone. that is what i need to fix —— they break. you need to organise them and put them in, fold them up around a piece of card or something. is that what you do? mine never break. next year they will be broken, went it?

incredibly annoying. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. goodbye for now. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. the mayor has said he‘s "greatly saddened" by the murder of a 14—year—old boy in east london last night. police say the teenager was stabbed to death in waltham forest after his moped was involved in a collision with a car. in a tweet last night, the mayor sadiq khan urged anyone with information to contact the police. new research suggests a lack of suitable candidates for jobs is forcing starting pay rates up in the capital. the study — among a hundred recruitment agencies in london — found the number of vacancies was increasing, but the availability of candidates was down compared to this time last year. kpmg, who wrote the report, says it‘s being driven by uncertainty over brexit— and fewer eu citizens entering the uk for work. london‘s air ambulance is marking its 30th birthday today.

since 1989 it‘s been on nearly 40,000 missions, but nearly didn‘t even get started after complaints about the noise it made. bbc london has been granted special access behind the scenes as medics took cameras with them while they raced to critically ill patients around the capital. we have just been called to a large two vehicle car crash on the outskirts of london. 0ne two vehicle car crash on the outskirts of london. one of them was critically unwell. he has had to be put into a medically induced coma, had his bones are splintered, have his leading control, and then we had to bring him into london to the major trauma centre. now let‘s get the latest on the travel. the tube is all running well so far—no reported problems on any of those lines there. now you‘ll have heard on bbc breakfast about the problems there were at heathrow following a drone sighting — departures were suspended for about an hour yesterday but this morning we‘re told there‘s no disruption — everything back to normal.

paddington have a problem with lighting last night. services running as normal. here‘s how the a13 lookstraffic is building westbound heading out of dagenham into barking and in battersea, battersea park road is down to one lane at lockington road— gas works are taking place— and there are delays at times towards battersea park station time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a chilly start this morning. in the most part temperatures hovering just above zero. there may be one or two sparkles of frost in the more sheltered spots first thing. dry today, it called there, but with some decent spells of sunshine. we do have a bit patchy cloud and we have still got this north—westerly, northerly breeze, that is dragging in the colder air. it will feel, perhaps, a little bit colder than yesterday. a maximum of somewhere between 4— six celsius. 0vernight tonight it will get pretty chilly again. the wind fall is a little bit

lighter. lengthy clear spells. temperatures again down in low single figures, one or two celsius. further west, you might get down to minus one. we will see a frost first thing tomorrow morning. they chilly but bright start for thursday. increasingly cloudy through the day. the next 26 hours or so pretty chilly, gradually tempers start to get a little milder towards the end of the we can into the weekend. —— temperatures. i‘ll be back in around half—an—hour. bye bye. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it‘s 6:30am. we‘ll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: as the harassment of mps comes into the spotlight, we hear from the sister of murdered mpjo cox on the importance of finding a balance between protest and abuse. we‘ll find out why this photobooth at a prison in nottingham could help reduce the likelihood of inmates re—offending. and could putting twins to the test help us find the best way to lose weight or get better sleep?

we‘ll hear from identical twin doctors chris and xand tulleken on their latest tv experiment. good morning. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. the military has been called in to help patrol heathrow airport, after sightings of a drone grounded flights for an hour yesterday evening. police have been carrying out extensive searches around the airport to identify anyone who might have been operating the device. it comes after thousands of passengers were caught up in disruption at gatwick airport last month following reports of drone sightings. a 14—year—old boy who was involved in a crash on his moped has been stabbed to death in an east london street. police say that following the crash with a car, it‘s believed that three males got out and stabbed the victim before returning to the vehicle and driving off. police are now trying to find the three suspects. a month after it was abruptly halted, mps resume their debate

on theresa may‘s brexit deal today. last night, the government narrowly lost a commons vote on a cross—party amendment to the finance bill, designed to make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. mps are due to take part in a crucial vote on the plans next tuesday. president trump has used a televised address from the oval office to demand the us congress pays for his long—promised border wall with mexico. he said the barrier was needed to stop what he called a "growing humanitarian and security crisis". democrats are refusing to fund the wall, in a dispute that‘s forced parts of the federal government to close. this is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice. this is about whether we fulfilled our sacred duty to the american citizens we serve. a ban on cold calls about pensions comes into force today,

in an attempt to deal with scammers who‘ve been tricking people out of tens of millions of pounds each year. there were 11 million cold calls last year according to citizens advice. under new rules anyone who calls, e—mails or texts about pension savings, without permission, could be fined up to £500,000. we need to make sure that we stay ahead of this and we are not saying this is the end of this either. if there is a mutation in the scammers‘ activities we will be looking very carefully to take further action in the future. emergency services in australia are responding to reports that suspicious packages have been found at the british consulate and other international embassies. the british and swiss offices are among those which received the packages earlier today, at locations in melbourne and canberra. hazardous material alerts have been issued in at least 11 locations. it‘s believed some of the packages may have contained asbestos. rail passengers had to be guided through paddington station by torch light, after a power failure

plunged it into darkness. network rail said engineers were working to identify the cause of the problem and that some services suffered initial delays. services are now back to normal. and it will be light later, so hopefully it would be so bad. something fun about getting your torch out. suddenly plunged into darkness. you are watching brea kfast, darkness. you are watching breakfast, good morning. yes, good morning. we are going to talk to sally. i thought you were going to introduce sally. just playing... by the way, yesterday, when sally promised she would bring in some fishfingers, she made some last night, sent me a picture and she ate them. they were so good that we take them. they were so good that we take them all. you can't say that, you can't promise of things and then eat them. you can if you are going to starve. i will update you on toni

later. i want to show you a picture of the fishfingers. they are more like fish thumbs. just because you didn‘t get any doesn‘t mean you can be rude. they did look tasty. they we re be rude. they did look tasty. they were quite small. they were home—made. i don't think i have ever made them in my life. that is what happens when you go on master chef. i forgot about that. i am sticking with the thing. we are talking about tv programmes, football on the tv, big—screen video assistant referees. stay with it. the video assistant referee was meant to clear up all the confusion and wrong decisions in football. well chelsea boss mauricio sarri wasn‘t too chuffed with it after the new technology played a big part in his side‘s 1—0 league cup semi finalfirst leg defeat at tottenham. this despite replays showing the officials got it right. ben croucher explains. this is football in 2019, where the referee improvised the biggest

talking point and a man referee improvised the biggest talking pointand a man in referee improvised the biggest talking point and a man in black didn‘t have much to do with it. no, this is var, the video assistant referee. they are there to lend extra eyes when it was needed and how it was needed. harry kane was rightly given onside and then rightly given onside and then rightlyjudged to rightly given onside and then rightly judged to have rightly given onside and then rightlyjudged to have failed. and then harry kane got nothing wrong from the spot. mauricio sarri asked chelsea fans to behave after recent incidents. they appeared to do so although kal hartson couldn‘t quite give them anything to truly cheer about. their hopes of returning for the final would have been boosted by an equaliser, but kante couldn‘t find the angle and kristiansen could end an tangle his feet. spurs held on for the win, harry kane with the goal, var with the assist. manchester city manager pep guardiola has dismissed a claim he told ground staff to grow the grass longer for the game against liverpool. city won the game 2—1 at the etihad to end jurgen klopp‘s side‘s unbeaten start to the season. a liverpool fans podcast suggested that city had grown the grass to hinder liverpool‘s counter—attacking.

here‘s pep‘s response. ten yea rs ten years as a manager, the better conditions for both teams, i never put something tricky about that — normally when this car nothing happens, always at the end, it a lwa ys happens, always at the end, it always punishes you, so you have to do the best for the opponents for the game, we have to respect our game, our rules. i have many things to think about, the grass, the greenkeepers do well, but we keep the grass, the bad conditions for both teams. new europe ryder cup captain padraig harrington admits it‘ll be a tough task to retain the cup when they play the usa next year. harrington was a vice—captain when europe won the cup in paris last september. home advantage counts a great deal in the ryder cup, and europe were well beaten the last time they played in the states in 2016. luckily this time around we are

going to the links golf course in the midwest late september, so it is as good as we are going to get in terms of a venue for the european team. if we were heading back to another hazeldean it is so hard to beat the us when it becomes fast greens, no rough birdie fest type goal. he says he will be an mean captain. he says he will be an mean captain. he couldn‘t look less mean if he tried. he has an evil side. do you think? yeah. wales fullback leigh halfpenny looks likely to miss at least the start of the six nations. halfpenny has already been out for two months after suffering concussion against australia in november. his club scarlets now say he‘ll not be available for a further three to five weeks. wales kickoff their six nations campaign against france on the 1st of february. one of england‘s gold medal winners from april‘s commonwealth games returns to the netball squad for their last test before the world cup later this year. shooterjo harten was a member of the side that beat australia to take the title and after three months out with a knee injury, she‘s back for the quad series.

england will up against australia, new zealand and south africa. here is how the news was announced on the england netball twitterfeed yesterday. tracey neville has selected the squad. this is for the netball series. our reporterjessica have the details. the commonwealth champions are ready for 2019. serena guthrie will captain the team of 12. that is the equivalent of you two and many coming along with a piece of paper. they are a lot better than us. that is an excellent way to an ounce of the squad, they did it properly, all of their names, with theirjunior reporting team. it is great, we love that. britain‘s sam sunderland slipped down a place to sixth in the motorbike category after the second stage of the dakar rally in peru. nine time world rally champion sebastien loeb claimed victory in the cars, with his peugeot finishing first in the drive

between between pisco and sanjuan de marcona. south african giniel de villiers finished fourth to take over as race leader. now, with his side top of the premier league, many liverpool fans think jurgen klopp is magic. we may have proof. just take a look what happens to zeradan shakiri after the fa cup defeat to wolves on monday. now you see him, now you don‘t. he literally makes him disappear. louise‘s face. he literally makes him disappear. louise's face. 0h, he literally makes him disappear. louise's face. oh, there he is! that is brilliant. he has gone into his coat. jurgen klopp has lots of footballers in his coat. that was remarkable. we have some remarkable things in that sport bulletin. you

pack it all in. that is one of favourite things i have seen in a long time. thank you very much. less than a month since massive disruption at gatwick, the military are patrolling heathrow airport after flights were grounded for an hour following sightings of a drone. scotland yard says lessons had been learnt, but this morning there are fresh fears about the vulnerability of britain‘s airports. simon calder is travel editor of the tndependent and joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning to you, simon. morning. so what do we know about what happened yesterday? just after 5pm there were sightings of a drone confirmed by a number of people, the police, passing motorists, a bbc cameraman, who reported that a drone was hovering at the western end of the northern runway. now of course people don‘t want drones and planes mixing. ifa people don‘t want drones and planes mixing. if a drone were to be ingested into a jet engine, or straight the windscreen, that could be very serious indeed, so

immediately all departures were halted. that meant that about 110 aircraft were seriously delayed in departing. and although the airport says things are back to normal, that is not quite the case, there will be some delays in down this morning, flights from cairo, toronto, vancouver because they were held up going out and in addition the operations were going on late last night, so it was noisy over west london. but after an hour the airport was cleared. at this stage, of course, no—one knows who it was, nor why. thinking about gatwick last month, it makes you think about the vulnerability of british airports and what can be done to prevent this. i know there are all sorts of measures and the military has been called in. will it be an issue going forward ? called in. will it be an issue going forward? it all depends. we might have just seen last night someone larrking around with a toy they got a christmas and seeing how much destruction they could cause. 0r a christmas and seeing how much destruction they could cause. or it could be more sinister, it could

involve someone with no motives systematically trying to shut down aviation at the busiest airports in the uk. nobody knows at this stage. the metropolitan police have said if anybody sees a drone or a model aircraft near an airport, they should call 999, but they seem to be a little bit concerned as well, as with everyone else, they have pointed out that anybody who is flying a drone near an airport isn‘t simply going to get a flying a drone near an airport isn‘t ' ra flying a drone near an airport isn‘t simply going to get a rap on the knuckles, under the aviation is it is the act, you could actually face life imprisonment as a result of endangering aircraft —— aviation security act. the transport secretary has said he will deploy the equivalent that was used at gatwick by the military to heathrow at it is a game of catch up.

meanwhile the british airlines pilots are so so on, who have been calling for drones to be better controlled, had asked for swift and decisive action in terms of new legislation and women at britain‘s airports. thank you. if you have any questions that you want to know the a nswer questions that you want to know the answer to, simon is the man in the know. i didn‘t realise you could get life imprisonment for doing that. yes, there you go. it is 6:45am. could a simple photobooth help reduce the chance of a prisoner re—offending? ajail in nottingham has installed one, after research suggested inmates who enjoyed frequent family visits were almost 40% less likely to reoffend. staff at the privately owned hmp lowdham grange say they‘ve seen positve results. we‘re joined now by operations director mark hanson. thank you very much forjoining us. so, a photo booth, why did you decide to introduce onto the prison? good morning. this is part of the wider strategy in the prison, it is a prison that holds long—term

offenders from all across the country, so visits are very difficult in some circumstances with families to get to the prison and we wa nted families to get to the prison and we wanted to look at how we could enhance that family experience, especially for children, to make it really meaningful and long—lasting for the family. it took about this research into reoffending. you think having photos could make a difference? -- you talk about. the strategy has a number of elements to it. the research suggests that if you are released from prison, particularly after a long prison sentence and still have good, strong family ties, social capital, things to lose, then you are capital, things to lose, then you a re less capital, things to lose, then you are less likely to commit crime when you get back into community. what has been the reaction from prisoners and their families? since we introduced this initiative injuly of last year we have had over 2000

prisoners apply to have the photographs taken. prisoners apply to have the photographs ta ken. the prisoners apply to have the photographs taken. the families seem really pleased with it, particularly children. if you think about it, it can be quite a traumatic event for a small child visiting a prison and they are able to now leave the prison with a photograph that they can keep in the bedroom, that shows dad not as somebody in a visitors hall dad not as somebody in a visitors ha ll full dad not as somebody in a visitors hall full of people, but in a personal environment with the child. what would you say to people who think that perhaps this wasn‘t a very good way to be spending money on presents? the first thing i would say is that the photo booth was purchased using the prison‘s amenity fund. this was a fund that was filled with —— filled with funds from the prison shop, the present telephone, taxpayer‘s money has not gone into the initiative. and the family visitors pay for the

photographs. there is a wider issue for me. every child deserves a pa rent for me. every child deserves a parent and a meaningful relationship with that parent and although we have a prisoner that is being punished in prison, families haven‘t been convicted of anything and they deserve to have a meaningful pa rental deserve to have a meaningful parental relationship.” deserve to have a meaningful parental relationship. i am seeing ex—tory in the telegraph newspaper this morning saying that prison window bars might be out that make seeing a story. what are your thoughts on that and your response to people who say is that prison about making sure that people don‘t have access to things that others do? yeah, well, i think the first point you make around what we call things, we are a modern prison at lowd ha m things, we are a modern prison at lowdham grange, built in the late 19905, lowdham grange, built in the late 1990s, a lot of prisons are

historic. i think modernising language is an important thing. we already do use those phrases you have referred to. but her in the article. so i think language is provisional, it doesn‘t say everything —— that is in the article. this initiative will help us article. this initiative will help us charged with rehabilitating people to listen that risk because, asi people to listen that risk because, as i said earlier, strong family ties through a long prison sentence will reduce the risk of reoffending make the community safer. thank you very much for your time on breakfast this morning. thank you. snow injanuary across europe isn‘t uncommon, but take a look at these pictures. this is greece, where an unexpected cold spell has seen temperatures hit record lows, down to —23 degrees celsius in the north of the country. in athens, monuments including the acropolis and parthenon were covered in snow and even the beach didn‘t escape

the icy weather. wow. what is going on? carol can tell us about our weather and other things as well. good morning. snow in athens is not as rare as you might think. they get on average about 11.5 days per year. —— snow. there is more to come across the day over the balkans, austria, switzerland, southern parts of germany, to name a few areas. talking of austria and southern germany, the met service has got a red warning out for the snow. that means danger, especially the further up means danger, especially the further up the mountains you travel. you are likely to see an extra 60 centimetres of snow fall, on top of what is lying there. there are 2.5 — three metres with a height of four metres. there is a large risk of avalanche. something to bear in mind if you are travelling. what we have got back at home is a weather front thinking southward through because of the day, bumping into this area of the day, bumping into this area of high pressure. it is not particularly potent. what we are

likely to have is another chilly day, chillier than yesterday. likely to have is another chilly day, chillierthan yesterday. some of us off to a frosty. temperatures around “i! in cumbria. there will also be some sunshine. it is still a blustery day, windy gammy north sea coastline, particularly around the coastline, particularly around the coast of east anglia. we are likely to see large ways —— —— still windy gammy north sea coastline. there will be some patchy rain. england not particularly windy. we are looking at nothing special. if you are in the wind it will feel colder than that. as you can see down the east coast. you will need to wrap up warmly before you set out. the weather front continues to sink serve at —— steadily southwards overnight bringing patchy rain and help with it. there is scars behind, but clearer skies ahead of it we are

likely to wake up to a touch of frost. tomorrow we start off again with the weather front weakening as it continues to journey south through this area of high pressure. as you can see from the lack of isobars it will not be particularly windy anywhere. however, we have the aircoming around the windy anywhere. however, we have the air coming around the top of the high pressure, it is milder air, you can see itjust moving south. it will not be quite as cold as it will be today. the weather front continues moving southwards, a little drizzle on it. behind it we will see greyer skies across northern england, north wales, northern england, north wales, northern england, north wales, northern england, in scotland, durbidge is about ten. into friday, the milder essex south and the list is all first thing in england —— temperatures about. a brighter day with some sunshine. the wind will be strengthening. particularly so across the far north of scotland. as we head into the weekends, we are

looking at gales in the north and the north—west. as we head into the weekend, let us talk about it, there is the weather front thinking south, taking cloud and drizzle with it. behind it, saturday is not looking too bad. it will be a brad day, sunshine around. however, we have another weather front coming in across the north—west —— not a bad day. that will introduce bigger cloud and spots of rain. by then we will be back in double figures quite widely, looking at nine, ten, 11. there is a lot going on. nina was here earlier. she will be talking about the regulator 0fgem. it‘s interesting. we‘re all encouraged to switch and try new suppliers, aren‘t we? good morning. but that is proving a tough challenge. nine small firms have gone out of business over the past year. the latest casualty is economy energy, with reports saying it ran out of money to pay for its supplies. on friday, it was banned

from taking on new customers because of a series of complaints. the plug was finally pulled yesterday. that leaves more than 200,000 domestic customers in limbo. under 0fgem‘s safety net all those customers will be transferred to a new supplier, but of course there are lots of questions. joining me now is mary starks, the executive director of 0fgem. good morning to you. first of all, let us reassure those 200,000 customers that they went be waking up customers that they went be waking up to no power. can you also guarantee they won‘t be paying more in the interim for their energy?” wa nt to in the interim for their energy?” want to reassure those customers that they don‘t need to worry about their electricity and gas supplies. we are in the process of appointing a new supplier and we will transfer them over. if they can take a meter reading that is helpful, it will enjoy the process goes really smoothly. 0therwise enjoy the process goes really smoothly. otherwise they don‘t need to do anything, we will take care of it. if, once we have transferred into new supplier, they are not happy with the deal we have got for

them, they are free to move. they should rest assured that we are looking for the very best deal we can fight. no guarantee that they won‘t be paying a little bit more in the interim until they find another deal? they should stay under existing tariff and we put them at when you gill, at that point we cannot guarantee it will be the same price. but we will look for the best deal available —— onto when you deal. we are told to look for better providers, it is yourjob to make sure the providers are fit for purpose. that is not happening. what is going wrong at your end? condition has been very good for customers in this market. in recent yea rs we have customers in this market. in recent years we have seen one customers in this market. in recent years we have seen one in four people move from a big six apply to a small or medium—size supply —— condition. they have had good reasons for doing that. the small and medium suppliers are offering good tariffs, great customer service, smart phone apps and so on... partb service, smart phone apps and so on... part b headline remains the same, cermak energy, extra energy...

people will look at that and say what is the point of switching —— but the headline remains the same. there are still benefits to be had from switching. i would want customers to feel confident they can switch. if they want some help in deciding who to go to there is plenty of advice out there. you can look at the citizens advice league tables, for example. customers can rest assured that even if they switch to a supplier which subsequently gets into difficulty, 0fgem ‘s safety net is there. subsequently gets into difficulty, ofgem 's safety net is there. you mentioned citizens advice. they have said the continued failure of suppliers says that it requires urgent attention from you. we are in the process of reviewing our licensing framework. we are looking to raise standards in a couple of areas, particularly around customer service and financial resilience. that consultation is open at the moment and we are looking to bring in measures in the spring and thereafter. many thanks. just to reassure you , thereafter. many thanks. just to reassure you, if you are part of

economy energy, one of the 235,000 customers, all you have to do is ta ke customers, all you have to do is take your meter reading today, the energy supply will continue, and look around the market and seek what deals are out there. there are lots of them. thank you very much. we will be speaking to a couple of the stars of death in parattah is —— the stars of death in parattah is —— the death in paradise later. we have twins who have been doing an experiment. they‘re experimenting that would be better to nap or bank your sleep. have also before that. i will not give away the answer. tell you —— tell us what you think. probably napping. i normally wrong on these things. time to get the news and travel wherever good morning from bbc london news. the mayor has said he‘s "greatly saddened" by the murder of a 14—year—old boy in east london last night.

police say the teenager was stabbed to death in waltham forest — after his moped was involved in a collision with a car. in a tweet last night, the mayor sadiq khan urged anyone with information to contact the police. new research suggests a lack of suitable candidates for jobs is forcing starting wages up in the capital. the study — among a hundred recruitment agencies in london— found the number of vacancies was increasing — but the availability of candidates was down compared to this time last year. kpmg, who wrote the report, says it‘s being driven by uncertainty over brexit and fewer eu citizens entering the uk for work. london‘s air ambulance is marking its 30th birthday today. since 1989 it‘s been on nearly forty thousand missions, but it nearly didn‘t get off the ground after complaints about the noise. bbc london has been granted special access behind the scenes as medics took cameras with them while they raced to critically ill patients around the capital. we‘ve just been called to a large two vehicle car crash

on the outskirts of london. one of them was critically unwell. he has had to be put into a medically induced coma, had his bones are splintered, have his bleeding controlled, and then we had to bring him into london to the major trauma centre. and you can see much more on that — and the work the london air ambulance team do — on tonight‘s 6:30 programme — and across the next couple of days here on bbc london news. now let‘s get the latest on the travel. the tube is all running well so far— no reported problems on any of those lines there. now you‘ll have heard on bbc breakfast about the problems yesterday both at heathrow, following a drone sighting, and at paddington after the station was plunged into darkness for a time — just to mention we‘re told there is a normal service both at heathrow airport and paddington station this morning. the blackwall tunnel is looking busy as usual. northbound traffic is slow from the woolwich rd flyover time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning.

it‘s a chilly start this morning. in the most part, temperatures hovering just above zero. there may be one or two sparkles of frost in the more sheltered spots first thing. dry today, a cold day, but with some decent spells of sunshine. we do have a bit patchy cloud and we have still got this north—westerly, northerly breeze, and that‘s dragging in the colder air. it will feel, perhaps, a little bit colder than yesterday. a maximum of somewhere between 4—6 celsius. 0vernight tonight it is going to get pretty chilly again. the windfall is a little bit lighter. lengthy clear spells. temperatures again down in low single figures, 1 or 2 celsius. further west, you might get down to —1. we ‘ll see a frost first thing tomorrow morning. a chilly but bright start for thursday. increasingly cloudy through the day. the next 26 hours or so pretty chilly, gradually temperatures start to get a little milder towards the end of the we can into the weekend. i‘ll be back in around half an hour. there‘s more on our website at the usual address.

now it‘s back to dan and louise. bye bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: the military is called in to help at heathrow airport after drone sightings temporarily grounded flights. a 14—year—old boy is stabbed to death after his moped crashed into a car in east london. a campaign to make electronic appliances easier to fix, rather than let them go to waste. good morning. we are about to hear how sainsbury‘s performed over christmas. we know the discount retailers had one of their best festive periods. i will bring you the results when we get them. it‘s advantage tottenham after the first leg of their league cup semi—final against chelsea — harry kane scored the only goal of the game at wembley

last night after some intervention from the video referee. good morning, it is cold and frosty to start this morning for many of us and it will be a cold day with cloud and it will be a cold day with cloud and patchy rain in the north—west, the cloud and showers in the east, but in between there will be some sunshine. i will have more in 15 minutes. our top story this morning: the military has been called in to help patrol heathrow airport, after sightings of a drone grounded flights for an hour yesterday evening. police have been carrying out extensive searches around the airport to identify anyone who might have been operating the device. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. this flight radar website shows how atjust after 5pm this evening, all departures from the airport were suspended. some passengers were left waiting on the runway. so, we all boarded the flight and then we were told that we wouldn‘t be departing until the police said it was safe. they had a police helicopter circling above and the emergency services came onto the runway to see if they could find the drone.

and the door kept opening to the aeroplane, we didn‘t know departures were suspended for less than an hour and flights continued to take off from the southern runway. unverified videos are circulating on social media. we do not know if the flashing object is a drone, but a bbc cameraman who was at heathrow and works with drones is certain he saw it. i noticed, way up in the sky, about 300 feet up, these lights, green and red, flashing, obviously attached to a craft that was hovering still in the sky there. the traffic had slowed by that point, so it was quite safe to watch this thing, and i watched it for about a minute or so, and it was staying there up in the sky, not moving left or right. heathrow said it suspended all take—offs as a precautionary measure and the police are investigating. on twitter, the transport secretary said the military was preparing to deploy the equipment used at gatwick at heathrow, should it prove necessary.

it was just before christmas when tens of thousands of passengers were stranded at gatwick and elsewhere. all flights at the airport were suspended across two days. sussex police are still investigating and no credible arrests have been made. many in aviation have been calling for action to counter the threat of drones for a long time. simon calder is travel editor of the independent and joins us now from our london newsroom. i suppose it is a question of getting heathrow back to normal, but the wider perhaps more important question is about security across airports around the uk. what does it say today? yes, heathrow airport is with a few residual delays due to the hold—ups last night in getting departures away, now it is pretty much back to normal and if you are travelling to or from the uk‘s busiest airport you should plan to

travel absolutely as normal. but there are serious concerns this morning about what happened exactly last night. was itjust some idiot playing with a new toy they got at christmas to see how much destruction they could cause? 0r christmas to see how much destruction they could cause? or was it more sinister? someone with a no motives who was carrying out a campaign of some sort to jeopardise aviation by stopping flights very effectively, as we heard, at gatwick airport in december, and now at europe‘s busiest airport, heathrow. the british airline pilots‘ association is calling for swift and drastic action to counter the threat because aviation and drones don‘t mix and there are concerns that you might have a serious accident or serious incident involving a drone, and meanwhile the police are warning that anybody who endangers an aircraft‘s security through using androni could face anything up to life imprisonment. thank you very much. —— using a drone.

a 14—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in east london after the moped he was riding collided with a car. it‘s believed he was stabbed by three men travelling inside the vehicle. they fled the scene before police arrived. jane—frances kelly reports. police cordons block each end of this ordinary street in east london, where a teenager lost his life yesterday evening. people have been shocked by the sheer brutality of the attack. shortly before 6:30pm yesterday evening, police were alerted to a collision between a moped and a car along this road. when they arrived, they found a 14—year—old boy had been stabbed. they believe, following the collision, three men got out of a car, attacked the boy and then drove off. despite the efforts of paramedics, the boy died shortly after 7pm. his next of kin have been informed. forensic teams searched the street, and the homicide and major crime team were informed. no arrests have been made yet.

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, tweeted to say, "i‘m greatly saddened by news of a fatal stabbing of a 14—year—old boy in waltham forest, and my thoughts are with his family and friends." the local mp, stella creasy, tweeted that she was devastated to hear the news. last year, the number of killings in london reached their highest level for a decade, with the majority due to knife crime. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. a month after it was abruptly halted, mps resume their debate on theresa may‘s brexit deal today. last night, the government narrowly lost a commons vote on a cross—party amendment to the finance bill, designed to make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. let‘s talk about last night‘s vote. how significant is it? the government is playing it down and

saying it is inconvenient but symbolically it is important because effectively you have 20 members of theresa may‘s party rebelling against and what they were trying to do although it is a technical piece of legislation is sent out the message that there is no majority in parliament for a no—deal brexit and the amendment passed last night effectively means that the government, if it wanted to bring in certain tax changes, would need the explicit approval of parliament for ano explicit approval of parliament for a no deal scenario, explicit approval of parliament for a no dealscenario, in explicit approval of parliament for a no deal scenario, in other words they don‘t want that to be the default, and we can see theresa may underfurther default, and we can see theresa may under further pressure on a number of fronts over the next five days, because five days of debate on her brexit dell will begin in parliament today, then we will have a vote on tuesday on that deal, and then of course the legislation says that the default legislation is we leave the eu on march 29 but, over the next five days, her deal will come under a great deal of scrutiny from members of parliament, and there will be an attempt also i am told

later today to try to make sure that if the dealfalls, later today to try to make sure that if the deal falls, she later today to try to make sure that if the dealfalls, she has later today to try to make sure that if the deal falls, she has to go back with an alternative very quickly, withinjust back with an alternative very quickly, within just three days. so there will be a lot happening. what there will be a lot happening. what the prime minister is trying to do todayis the prime minister is trying to do today is to reassure particularly her partners in government, who are opposed to the deal, northern ireland‘s dup, that there are further things that she can do to reassure people in northern ireland and other brexit deal. so today what will be announced is that there will be no further imposition of new eu laws on northern ireland without their say so from the northern ireland assembly. the snag is that the assembly hasn‘t met in two yea rs. the assembly hasn‘t met in two years. there are political differences within northern ireland‘s parties, there is no prospect of the meeting, so the reassurance of concession would be seen as reassurance of concession would be seen as anything like enough from the dup or some of her own conservative mps. 0k, iain, thank you very much for the analysis. president trump has used a televised address from the oval office to demand the us congress pays for his long—promised border wall with mexico.

he said the barrier was needed to stop what he called a "growing humanitarian and security crisis". democrats are refusing to fund the wall, in a dispute that‘s forced parts of the federal government to close. sainsbury‘s have just announced their results for the christmas period. nina is here. good morning. good morning. this good morning. this period good morning. this period is good morning. this period is this period is third—quarter good morning. this period is third—quarter results and they are important because they reflect how sainsbury‘s did over christmas, they are down like—for—like on the year before by sainsbury‘s %, so that is obviously far from disastrous, before by sainsbury‘s %, so that is obviously farfrom disastrous, not before by sainsbury‘s %, so that is obviously far from disastrous, not a lot, —— down 1.1%. aldi said sales jumped 10.4%, morrisons were up 3.6%, we expected aldi and lidl to encroach on that, but morrisons had done well as well, which is interesting, it is too soon to extrapolate a trend completely but

it does imply that those budget brands are doing a little bit better and the once perceived as being more expensive over christmas are not doing as well. we will find out tomorrow about marks & spencer and tesco, so that will give us a wider picture. morrisons said yesterday they will cut prices on average 20% on 1000 products, so we could see another price war going. that is interesting. yes, it could be good for consumers, but the markets are squeezed on to the supermarkets. thank you. emergency services in australia are responding to reports that suspicious packages have been found at the british consulate and other international embassies. the british and swiss offices are among those which received the packages earlier today, at locations in melbourne and canberra. hazardous material alerts have been issued in at least 11 locations. it‘s believed some of the packages may have contained asbestos. a ban on cold calls about pensions comes into force today, in an attempt to deal with scammers who‘ve been tricking people out of tens of millions of pounds each year. there were 11 million cold calls last year according

to citizens advice. under new rules anyone who calls, emails or texts about pension savings, without permission, could be fined up to £500,000. john travolta has provided us with some hair raising moments on screen, but look at this, he has ditched his wig with a new bald look, and he appeared on instagram wishing his followers are happy new year. it is afar followers are happy new year. it is a far cry from danny‘s locks in the film grease. excellent. did you get it? yes. you didn't react. i thought it? yes. you didn't react. i thought it was average. i was thinking about carol. good morning. i have chills and they are multiplying. good morning. laughter it is chilly to start. temperatures

in cumbria at — four. in benson they are even in cumbria at — four. in benson they a re even lower in cumbria at — four. in benson they are even lower than that. frost around first thing this morning. it will be a cold day, colder than yesterday. there will be some spells of sunshine. what we have today is high pressure firmly in charge of the weather. this weather front of cross the north—west will introduce thicker cloud and patchy, light rain. as it moves south through high—pressure, it will weaken. still quite a blustery day, especially down the north sea coastline. we have a cold northerly wind whipping up have a cold northerly wind whipping up large waves. still the risk of some localised flooding across part of east anglia. at the same time we have the weather front from the west. in between, some sunshine. these wind speeds are not as high as they have been. don‘t forget, it will be windy down the north sea coastline. it will feel cold today. looking at a range of temperatures between three and about seven. add on the wind and it will feel colder than that, especially in the east.

as we head through the evening out overnight, the weather front continues to descend, slowly moving south, taking cloud and patchy, light rain with it. behind it, we will see clearance in the sky for eastern scotland. but ahead of it, we hang on to clear skies for southern england and wales. it will bea southern england and wales. it will be a cold in the north of england, northern wales, but as the cloud comes down it won‘t be as cold. the temperature will go up. however, in the south, we are looking at a frosty start. now, on thursday, high pressure is with us. this weather front is with us as a weak feature. around the area of high pressure, the air moves in a clockwise direction. you can see the yellows pushing across the shores. it won‘t be warm, itjust would be as cold tomorrow as it will be today. so there goes the weather front sinking south, taking patchy light rain and drizzle. behind it, skies will brighton, for wales, northern england, northern ireland and

southern scotland, and temperatures higher than we are looking at today. —— brighten. by the time we get to friday it will be a chilly start for some of us. we have cloud to clear from the south. when it does, brighter skies coming through, more sunshine, not as windy. however, through the day, the wind will pick up through the day, the wind will pick up across through the day, the wind will pick up across the north and the north—west scotland, and through the weekend you are likely to see gales. this weather front waiting in the wings, coming through the evening. there will be some drizzle into the north—west. so the weather front thatis north—west. so the weather front that is coming through the evening will move steadily southwards. 0vernight into saturday it will eventually clear further south on saturday. brighter skies behind, some sunshine, more cloud in the north—west, but not quite as cold. but very windy in the north, dan and lou. thank you. thank you very much. see you shortly. there‘s nothing like a good debate to get people fired up but when emotions run high things can sometimes turn ugly. this week we saw the darker side

of politics when brexit protestors hurled abuse at tory mp anna soubry. police have launched an investigation, but the unsavoury chants have prompted further claims of intimidation at westminster. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been looking at the issues. ido i do object to being called a nazi, actually. abuse, harassment, intimidation. this is what has happened to our country, actually. the barracking of anna soubryjust the latest example of an mp being personally targeted for their views on brexit. there are no ifs or buts, it is totally unacceptable. people are passionate about their point of view, they can have their positions, we should all have the freedom to express those positions, but we should be doing it in a respectful way. lucy has received a torrent of violet anti—semitic abuse online. these e—mails are a disgrace. violet anti—semitic abuse online. these e-mails are a disgrace. her colleague lisa nandy has also been

targeted. i think one of the most striking things about it is our usual it is now. if you ask any member of parliament, particularly any female member of parliament, they will tell you they do receive abuse and threats on a daily basis, on social media, some of e—mail, in person as well. at westminster yesterday, the protests were noisy, by peaceful. what the eu referendum exposed was a country split down the middle and decades of frustration and anger let loose. do you think things have got worse since brexit? i have definitely noticed an increase in the toxicity of debate, where it has spilt over, in my view, into intimidation, harassment, and abuse, which is unacceptable. the challenge is that if you blocked out that noise, if you stop listening to what people are listening —— telling you, if you stop listening to what lies behind that anger, then you can't hear what is happening in the

public and for all politicians and the political system as a whole that is really difficult. there is a strong feeling here at westminster that bradford on social media has opened a pandora‘s box as far as public debate is concerned. is that right? this is 1966. a bbc film of the election campaign that he shows punch—ups in the streets.” the election campaign that he shows punch-ups in the streets. i have seen punch-ups in the streets. i have seen the demonstration at a conservative meeting... rubbished! prime minister harold wilson heckled and harangued at every turn. my friends, we do not support savages, we just allow them to come to our meetings, that‘s all. we just allow them to come to our meetings, that's all. and this is tory minister quintin hogg, as the crowd shouts "we want wilson". watch what happens next. there has never

been anything gentle about politics. what is different today is the co nsta nt, what is different today is the constant, targeted personal abuse. so is their resolution? for some it has to start with politicians themselves. both the tories and my own party, the labour party, have been engaged in very, very bitter internal, divisive and civil wars in recent yea rs, internal, divisive and civil wars in recent years, and we have to be able to treat each other decently and as human beings and people out to sea that outside of politics or when not to change the culture. labour mp lisa nandy ending graham satchell‘s report. we‘rejoined now by kim leadbeater, the younger sister of mpjo cox, who was murdered in her constituency in west yorkshire in 2016. thank you so much were coming in this morning and talking to us about this. let us start with your reaction when you saw what happened, particularly this week, anna soubry outside parliament. when you saw

that what were your initial reports? i think there have been a series of different incidences of that nature in recent weeks. and days. which have been particularly disheartening to watch and bring back an awful lot of sadness and a sense of dismay for me, personally. buti of sadness and a sense of dismay for me, personally. but i think the thing is, what can we do about it? that is what we need to talk about. that is what we need to talk about. that is what we need to talk about. that is why having a dialogue is really important. but this has been building upfora really important. but this has been building up for a long time. this is not an isolated incident. this has happened across the political spectrum to people on the conservative side, the labour side, who voted leave, who voted remain. that is the important thing to note. i think we need to be having conversations about how we can change the atmosphere and the language, because we have several more months to get through. we had a couple of mps talking about the toxicity of this particular debate. and you hear this phrase dialled down. how do we do that with yellow

for either a two major things. we all have to take some sense of personal responsibility. that has to start with politicians, it has to start with politicians, it has to start with politicians, it has to start with journalists, it has to start with journalists, it has to start with journalists, it has to start with people who have a public position of responsibility. they have to behave responsibly. hopefully that will have a knock—on effect to the rest of us, normal people, who have to think about the way we conduct ourselves. we have two are some fundamental questions about the type of country will want to live in and how we want our political discourse to be conducted. and we can all change that. we all have a role to play in that. we have a look at people in parliament. i have lot —— met a lot of mps in the past two and a half years, some i like and some i don‘t particularly like, and! like and some i don‘t particularly like, and i have seen behaviour i think is unacceptable. and they need to change and we all need to change and we need to look at how we conduct ourselves. social media is clearly a massive part of this. they had a conversation with my sister about six weeks before she was killed and she had suffered a loss ofa killed and she had suffered a loss of a very nasty online abuse and

this was, again, across the political spectrum i would say that had come from, people she knew within the constituency. we had an honest conversation. asjo you don‘t have to do this job, you can stop this any time you want you can focus on being a mum and the other things in your life. but she was so passionate about making a difference that she really wanted to help people. and six weeks later she was dead. and two and a half years later iam dead. and two and a half years later i am having christmas day with two children who will never see their mum again. some people will say that is scaremongering. those are facts. those are fact that we live with on a daily basis and that people in the area i live live with on a daily basis. some it has to change. we have to look at how we conduct ourselves in this environment. what she was talking about, giving up her job would have been stopping the debate in some ways as well. that is pa rt debate in some ways as well. that is part of free speech. of course it is. it is not about shutting down

debate or cancelling freedom of speech, those are the principles of what it is to live in this country. those are things we should be proud of, that we live in a country where we have that. but some of the things we have that. but some of the things we have that. but some of the things we have seen in recent days and weeks, i have not seen debate, i have seen intimidation, and i have seen have seen intimidation, and i have seen shouting and language which is incendiary. do we want to live in a society where it is acceptable to call people nazis and scum and traitors and make death threats? who says that moral compass? we have to ta ke says that moral compass? we have to take some responsibility. to set a standard of civil behaviour that we can be proud of. and i think, or also what we need to do is understand where the anger is coming from. that is the point was going to make tea. when we talked about this yesterday people made the point they felt let down by their representatives in parliament —— make to you. in some cases it is right. they need to express it. we can‘t ignore it. we shouldn‘t ignore

it. if we ignore this is what is going to happen and it will only get worse and that is what really worries me. we have to find a way to get people a voice and people who haven‘t been listened to for the past two and half years or however long it is, how can we get them to engage in a healthy and civilised debate? whether you think it is right to leave the eu or stay in the eu, whatever your political opinions are, i make nojudgement on anybody about that, until you have or can someone about that, until you have or can someone ‘s shoes you don‘t know what their experiences, we have to find a way to make people feel that they are being listened to. if they feel the only way they can be listened to is abusing people in the street something has gone wrong. thank you very much for coming to see our scomo kim. let us know what you think about that —— for coming to see us, kim. you can also e—mail us. later in the programme, talking about sleep and how to cope with missing sleep.

we‘ve all been there, you‘ve bought a new washing machine or a vacuum cleaner only to find that after a few years it‘s broken, out of warranty — and can‘t easily be repaired. but proposed new laws could force manufacturers to make electronic products easier to fix, rather than let them go to waste. here‘s our environment analyst roger harrabin to explain. with a puff of smoke, the repair revolution is on the way. at portsmouth in the south of england, volunteers have turned up on a saturday to help people repair things that have broken down. it‘s called a repair cafe and it‘s part of a growing global movement. 0ne visitor brought her daughter‘s heated hair rollers that no longer get hot. they didn‘t work and she was going to chuck them away. and i said to my mum that we were coming in today and my mum said let‘s bring the rollers. we brought them and the man‘s fix them. it‘s great. but mending things isn‘t always easy. many components these days are glued together and can‘t be prised apart when they break down. very often people bring in things

that are sealed units or the spares are very specialised and you can‘t get hold of them or you can‘t get hold of the service information. a study shows that many major household appliances are not lasting as long as they did before. this impacts on climate change, because manufacturing replacement machines creates greenhouse gases. governments across europe, including the uk, have responded to the challenge from consumers by imposing new standards, which should mean that goods at last longer and can be repaired more easily. people are really frustrated by products that break long before they should that they can‘t get repaired and that they then have buy something else to replace it. and so what should happen instead is that producers should be made to make products that last as long as people expect them to. the proposed changes will be welcomed in portsmouth, but manufacturers are unhappy with some of the new rules. they say some targets are unrealistic and may hinder

innovation. green campaigners, meanwhile, say the changes haven‘t gone far enough. but it does look as though the repair revolution has begun. roger harrabin, bbc news. we are going to talk about that later. thank you to everyone who has been sending in pictures of their electronic items that have survived yea rs electronic items that have survived years and years. i am still annoyed about my christmas lights. you have never had any break either.” about my christmas lights. you have never had any break either. i think it is the way you put them away. we will talk to some of the later who might be able to help.” will talk to some of the later who might be able to help. i should have brought them in. i will give you my spare lightbulbs. will that help? not really. i get new ones every year. i am sure we not really. i get new ones every year. | am sure we can not really. i get new ones every year. i am sure we can fix them. give them to me. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

the mayor has said he‘s "greatly saddened" after a 16 —year—old boy was stabbed to death in east london yesterday evening. police say the teenager was attacked by three men in waltham forest — after his moped was involved in a collision with a car. in a tweet last night, the mayor sadiq khan urged anyone with information to contact the police. new research suggests a lack of suitable candidates for jobs is forcing starting wages up in the capital. the study — among a hundred recruitment agencies in london — found the number of vacancies was increasing — but the availablility of candidates was down compared to this time last year. kpmg, who wrote the report, says it‘s being driven by uncertainty over brexit. london‘s air ambulance is marking its 30th birthday today. since 1989, it‘s been on nearly 40,000 missions, but it nearly didn‘t get off the ground after complaints about the noise. bbc london has been granted special access behind the scenes as medics took cameras with them while they raced to critically ill patients around the capital. we‘ve just been called to a large

two vehicle car crash on the outskirts of london. one of them was critically unwell. he has had to be put into a medically—induced coma, had his bones are splinted, have his bleeding controlled, and then we had to bring him into london to the major trauma centre. and you can see much more on that story on tonight‘s 6:30 programme — and across the next couple of days here on bbc london news. now let‘s get the latest on the travel. 0n the tube — the district line has minor delays between turnham green and richmond because of a faulty train — all other lines running normally. now you‘ll have heard on bbc breakfast about the problems yesterday both at heathrow, following a drone sighting, and at paddington after the station was plunged into darkness for a time — just to mention we‘re told there is a normal service both at heathrow airport and paddington station this morning. and this is how the north circular looks — it‘s slow westbound from the a10 great cambridge interchange in edmonton

towards palmers green. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a chilly start this morning. in the most part, temperatures hovering just above zero. there may be one or two sparkles of frost in the more sheltered spots first thing. dry today, a cold day, but with some decent spells of sunshine. we do have a bit patchy cloud and we have still got this north—westerly, northerly breeze, and that‘s dragging in the colder air. it will feel, perhaps, a little bit colder than yesterday. a maximum of somewhere between 4—6 celsius. 0vernight tonight it is going to get pretty chilly again. the windfall is a little bit lighter. lengthy clear spells. temperatures again down in low single figures, one or two celsius. further west, you might get down to —1. we‘ll see a frost first thing tomorrow morning. a chilly but bright start for thursday. increasingly cloudy through the day. the next 26 hours or so pretty chilly, gradually temperatures start to get a little milder towards the end of the week and into the weekend. i‘ll be back in around half—an—hour.

there‘s more on our website at the usual address. now it‘s back to dan and louise. bye bye. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 7:30am. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. the military has been called in to help patrol heathrow airport, after sightings of a drone grounded flights for an hour yesterday evening. police have been carrying out extensive searches around the airport to identify anyone who might have been operating the device. it comes after thousands of passengers were caught up in disruption at gatwick airport last month following reports of drone sightings. a 14—year—old boy who was involved in a crash on his moped has been stabbed to death in an east london street. police say that, following the crash with a car, it‘s believed that three males got out and stabbed the victim before returning to the vehicle and driving off.

police are now trying to find the three suspects. a month after it was abruptly abandoned, mps resume their debate on theresa may‘s brexit deal today. last night, the government narrowly lost a commons vote on a cross—party amendment to the finance bill, designed to make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. mps are due to take part in a crucial vote on the plans next tuesday. the uk‘s second biggest supermarket, sainsbury‘s, has announced a fall in total sales over the festive period. sainsbury‘s, which also owns argos, said despite a drop in total sales, grocery sales rose 0.4%. the company blamed cautious customer spending and less black friday promotions. the results come during the same week aldi, lidl and morrison‘s already announced a rise in their profits for christmas and new year. president trump has used a televised address from the oval office a ban on cold calls about pensions

comes in today to deal with scammers who have tricked people out of tens of millions of pounds every year. there are a million cold calls —— 11 million cold calls every year according to citizens advice. anyone who calls or texts about pension savings without permission could be fined £500,000. you are up—to—date with the main stories. as carol was telling us, she has chills, and they are multiplying. and sally is here, she is talking var. she has hills? we were talking aboutjohn var. she has hills? we were talking about john travolta and var. she has hills? we were talking aboutjohn travolta and his new haircut. and carol‘s witticism, quick as a flash, that‘s what i was thinking, she came up with that. what have you got? var, do we love it or do we hate it? i love it. you

love it. yay, chelsea doesn‘t like it so much. 496 of decisions are not perfect. if you can reduce it to 1%, why not? it took them a long time to decide it, though. the video assistant referee was meant to clear up all the confusion and wrong decisions in football. well, chelsea boss mauricio sarri wasn‘t too chuffed with night after the new technology played a big part in his side‘s 1—0 league cup semi finalfirst leg defeat at tottenham. this despite replays showing the officials got it right. ben croucher explains. this is football in 2019, where the referee improvised the biggest talking point, and the man in black didn‘t have much to do with it. no, this is var, the video assistant referee. there to lend extra eyes when it‘s needed — and how it was needed. harry kane was rightly given onside, then rightlyjudged to have been fouled. then harry kane got nothing wrong from the spot. mauricio sarri asked chelsea‘s fans to behave after recent incidents.

they appeared to do so, although callum hudson—0doi couldn‘t quite give them anything to truly cheer about. their hopes of returning for the final would have been boosted by an equaliser, but n‘golo kante couldn‘t find the angle, and andreas christensen couldn‘t untangle his feet. spurs held on for the win, harry kane with the goal, var with the assist. ben croucher, bbc news. it is slightly more complicated. go on. the chelsea manager said once there was a potential offside decision, he says his players stopped. so the next incident, which was the foul on harry kane, it would not have happened after. that is where the level of confusion comes in. and sarri was so disturbed, he took his laptop into the press conference and he was replaying it again. he wasn‘t happy at all. conference and he was replaying it

again. he wasn't happy at all. what is the first thing? when you start to play, what is the first thing you learn? 0ffi. —— offside. to play, what is the first thing you learn? 0ffi. -- offside. i am taking pa rt learn? 0ffi. -- offside. i am taking part ina learn? 0ffi. -- offside. i am taking part in a walking football match.” think you mean we are taking part.” have never played. i hope we are on the same team. so do i. you have never played football?” the same team. so do i. you have never played football? i have kicked a football, but i have never played. maybe a won‘t be on your team. a football, but i have never played. maybe a won't be on your team. play to the whistle. can you coach us? they are trying to draft me in. we will be on your team. liverpool‘s mohamed salah is the 2018 confederation of african football player of the year, the second consecutive year he‘s won the award. salah beat liverpool team—mate sadio mane of senegal and pierre—emerick aubameyang to the title. salah was voted the bbc african footballer of the year for the second time in december. new europe ryder cup captain padraig harrington admits it‘ll be a tough task to retain the cup when they play the usa next year. harrington was a vice—captain when europe won the cup in paris last september.

home advantage counts a great deal in the ryder cup, and europe were well beaten the last time they played in the states in 2016. luckily this time around we are going to the links golf course in the midwest late september, so it is as good as we are going to get in terms of a venue for the european team. if we were heading back to another hazeldean it is so hard to beat the us when it becomes fast greens, no rough birdie fest type goal. wales fullback leigh halfpenny looks likely to miss at least the start of the six nations. halfpenny has already been out for two months after suffering concussion against australia in november. his club scarlets now say he‘ll not be available for a further three to five weeks. wales kickoff their six nations campaign against france on the 1st of february. now, with his side top of the premier league,

many liverpool fans think jurgen klopp is magic. we may have proof. this is my favourite thing today. just take a look what happens to zeradan shakiri after the fa cup defeat to wolves on monday. where has he gone? david copperfield. it is! that is honestly not doctored in any way. that really happen. eventually he appears out the other side. i have cut it off at the end because it spoils the trick.” side. i have cut it off at the end because it spoils the trick. i think you are right. thank you. you are welcome. could experimenting on twins help us unlock the science behind things like losing weight or treating pain? identical twin doctors chris and xand van tulleken gathered together 30 sets of fellow twins, and set out to put rival health theories to the test. we‘ll speak to them injust a moment. first, here‘s a look. we are going to be looking into the story that you can lose weight

simply by watching tv. we are putting horror and comedy head—to—head to see if one of them increases the calories that you burn. i should probably get some popcorn. over 6096 of people in the uk are overweight thanks to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. can you ever lose weight watching tv? well, before anyone watches either horror or comedy, the test twins take turns wearing the sci—fi style masks. this has to be one of the weirder things i have worn in a cinema. they work by analysing the gas content, the xa breath, to work out the precise metabolic rate. when you laugh, your facial muscles contort. your breathing increases and your heart rate goes up. you even work out your ads, which should result in burning some calories. very clever, isn‘t it? chris and xand van tullekenjoin us now.

i have watched this programme and i love it, so tell us the idea behind it. you have lots of identical twins, why? they are a great way to understand how genetics affect our lies and how we work, so because we we re lies and how we work, so because we were able to divide the twins into groups and each group was genetically identical, then when we we re genetically identical, then when we were doing different tests and experiments, the difference was the difference between the things we have done. good explanation. i thought i did all right. most research groups, if you have little groups with the genetic differences, if you do a diet experiment, in this case the dieting groups of four twins in each group, they are genetically the same, in the same way that xand and i are the same. genetically we are one person. way that xand and i are the same. genetically we are one personm way that xand and i are the same. genetically we are one person. it is something to get your head around. it is the perfect basis for an experiment to look at all sorts of thing. the one thing that louise was talking about was sleep, which we

think quite a lot about. everyone here, because it gives you an opportunity. this is the episode tonight, to look at sleep and whether sleep banking, holding it up and making sure you have it for when you need it, like a long night, or small naps. we were amazed by the outcome of this. the twins in the show were so lovely and they agreed to stay out for 36 hours. i think most to stay out for 36 hours. i think m ost pa re nts to stay out for 36 hours. i think most parents have probably done something like that. that is a long time. no—one ever does sleep banking. it is not a strategy that we employee. you never go, i will have extra sleep and when i am tired i will use it. sleep banking twins, cani i will use it. sleep banking twins, can i say the result? i gave it away. they did amazingly well. we we re away. they did amazingly well. we were all betting on the power nappers. and what they did, they slept an extra allah for four days.

yes. i was astounded. slept an extra allah for four days. yes. iwas astounded. ithought slept an extra allah for four days. yes. i was astounded. i thought that napping would get you through, but it didn‘t seem too. napping would get you through, but it didn't seem too. so napping and sleep banking are better than doing nothing. 0k. sleep banking are better than doing nothing. ok. but the experiment, and these experiments allow us to have a wider conversation about sleep and possibly the effect of sleep banking isa possibly the effect of sleep banking is a reflection of all of us as a nation sleep appallingly badly now. we know that phones and screams and late—night activities gigantic lee interrupts sleep, so there is a wider discussion around sleep. the ones who bank got the 747 on the runway. -- gigantically. let'sjust say it wasn‘t a real 747. runway. -- gigantically. let'sjust say it wasn't a real 747. i forgot thatis say it wasn't a real 747. i forgot that is what we made them do. it was so mean. that is what we made them do. it was so mean. what were the other things you looked at, sleep, diet and pain? yes. let's have a look at this and you can explain. over a third of brits live with chronic pain and just about everyone would like to

find a better way to cope with it, so find a better way to cope with it, so this challenge is all about pain. that‘s right, it is wearing versus meditation. —— swearing versus meditation. —— swearing versus meditation. 127. a 2011 study shows swearing can dull the pain by relieving adrenaline, the fight or flight relieving adrenaline, the fight or flight hormone that boosts pain tolerance. at the other end of the spectrum... we will start with some breathing exercises.” spectrum... we will start with some breathing exercises. i will be learning to meditate with this shaolin monk. relax and breathe in. so this was meditation against swearing. yes, what we went and did was had painful feet. we couldn't find a scientist willing to do something painful. it is hard to inflict pain without hurting people. tattoos are the most ethical way to do that. so you have to do that? we

had them on the soles of the feet. temporary inc. yes. it was shockingly painful. the meditation works very well. and we know that meditation and mindfulness, the science of that shows that those treatments are effective for conditions that are very serious, for chronic and acute pain. which is really interesting, isn‘t it? and you have looked at the effect of mobile phones on our brains, which is fascinating. that was interesting, because while it seems obvious to all of us that our phones distract us and do us harm in small amounts all day, the science seems unable to show that. the science around phones and screams doesn't seem around phones and screams doesn't seem to show they are harmful. when we did a iq test with phones on the desk, people with phones on the desk at substantially lower scores. and the twins didn‘t know. we separated the twins didn‘t know. we separated the groups, separate test, one group we confiscated their phones. we were testing them for materials, we had a

reason to do that. they didn't know it had to do their phones. so why would having your phone near you do something to your brain? we don't exactly know. it isn‘t an effect of radiation or anything. the way you are thinking, maybe. it is such a colossal destruction. it is a cognitive load. you are constantly trying to not look at your phone. if your phone as they are, dan knows he has messages from friends and work, and there is the distractions of social media and all of the opportunities that the phone offers, so opportunities that the phone offers, so you opportunities that the phone offers, so you are opportunities that the phone offers, so you are constantly working to not use your phone if it is nearby. that is absolutely fascinating. so, in summary, in terms of sleeping, sleep banking is more effective. if you have an almighty coming up, get extra sleep and that will help. —— all nighter. if you stub your toe,

yes, you can swear. and with the diet, exercise is great, but diet makes a better different. both are really good for you. if you want to lose weight, dieting works a bit better. working on what you are eating. have a tattoos gone? they have. lovely to see you, thank you. i went to see a personal trainer and they said that a sixpack is made in they said that a sixpack is made in the kitchen. so there you go. twinstitute is on bbc two tonight at 8.30pm, except in wales, where it will be shown on bbc two at 10:00pm. iam sure i am sure carol slick banks. she looks after herself well. —— slick banks. good morning. it is a chilly day today. temperatures in cumbria are —6 at the moment. in benson they have been lower than that overnight. there is frost around, there is cloud around, for some of us we will see some sunshine. high pressure

firmly in charge of the weather. we have a weather front slipping south through that area of high pressure. it will weaken. we have got quite brisk winds coming down the north sea from the north. still whipping up sea from the north. still whipping up some large sea from the north. still whipping up some large waves sea from the north. still whipping up some large waves around the coastline of east anglia. there are still the risk of localised flooding. sunshine developing through central and some western areas. not as windy inland as yesterday. towards the west the cloud is thickening as the weather front starts to move slowly south—east was, taking patchy rain with it. temperatures today, looking at 5-7. with it. temperatures today, looking at 5—7. when you add on the strength of the wind, particularly in the east, it will feel much colder than that. another day for wrapping up warmly. as we had on through the evening and over that we start off with clearer skies, a denied. as the weather front starts to seek south the temperature will increase —— tonight. under clear skies in the

south it will be cold enough for some frost. we will see some clear skies develop across north—east of scotland. for tomorrow, the weather front is not making a loss of progress, it has to be said. it is still within this area of high pressure, a week feature. it is coming from a milder direction, the north—west. you can see some milder yellows coming our way. it is not going to be as cold as today. here is the weather front. there is not much on it other than a band of cloud. the odd spot of drizzle. for north wales, northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland, it will brighten up. sunshine in the afternoon. a fair bit of cloud in the north—west. these milder colours coming our way, not quite as cold as it will be today. on friday, that milder air, it will be today. on friday, that milderair, in it will be today. on friday, that milder air, in inverted commas, still comes across the whole of the uk. not as cold in the south—east. some early morning cloud with some

drizzle from the south coast. then we are looking at sunshine. not particularly windy, having said that, the wind will strengthen across the north and north—west of scotla nd across the north and north—west of scotland later and through the weekend we will have some gales. there are some showers ahead of this weather front coming. it will be pushing southwards overnight and into saturday morning. eventually clearing the far south of england with drizzle, leaving sunshine behind, but still some showers and very windy across the north—west. dan and louise. thank you very much. we have continued to talk about sleep. notshe got anywhere. it isa it is a debate that everyone needs to think about. it is. i have been told not to charge my phone you my bed. that is the best thing to do. should we buy each other and alarm clock. i have four alarms. you could have four alarm clocks placed around the house. the uk‘s second biggest supermarket, sainsbury‘s says its total sales

for the christmas period are down. nina is here with more. yes. this is the time of year we find out if it was a trading turkey or a christmas cracker for the big retailers. today sainsbury‘s — which also owns argos — has reported that despite a drop in total sales, grocery sales rose 0.4%. like for—like—sales were down 1.1%. like the other big grocery retailers it‘s facing tough competition from the discounters. earlier in the week, aldi reported a 10.4% increase in sales over a similar period. and it was a merry chirstmas for lidl too who saw a 9.4% increase in like for like sales. joining ea have an investment director. is it too soon to extrapolate the fact that the budget retailers did well over christmas, sainsbury did not do as well. retailers did well over christmas, sainsbury did not do as weltm retailers did well over christmas, sainsbury did not do as well. it is pretty clear. is not too soon to say that at all. it is an ongoing trend

we have seen for several years. ——it is not. the industry consultant said two thirds of all shoppers went to aldi orbital at some stage in the run—up to christmas —— or lidl. sainsbury, tesco, morrissons all down a bit. aldi and lidl basically picked up everything they lost. that combined share is now basically 13%. more than morrissons and not too far behind asda in competition. we know that sainsbury‘s took over argos. they did quite well. sainsbury said that the argos sales were up around 10%. i was one of those people who was a bit sceptical of them buying argos. but the benefits are starting to come through. that said, centuries did acknowledge that general merchandising sales were down. —— sainsbury‘s. they did not get stuck into black friday as heavily as some retailers. they didn‘t discount heavily. my wife works in the retail industry and she

said the black friday things are the worst things that have happened to the business in uk. i bought things black friday that i would have quite happily december at full price because i would be getting them anyway. we will be interesting to see the profits if they had not been discounting heavily on the merchandise. the reports that black friday sales were not all that they seemed. sainsbury has been looking at 1.1% reduction, like—for—like, are they panicking all —— will they be thinking of the rai? mike cook said they want to hold market share in grocery. they will be a bit disappointed that it has slipped. they will be aware of the fact that morrissons on monday announced price discounts of 930 byproducts. they will be aware of the challenge posed by aldi and lidl. they will be looking over their shoulder at amazon which has bought whole foods, but isn‘t yet letting people know what their plans are in the split your area. they will be looking over

their shoulder. that is one reason why they are in this process of trying to merge with asda and we are waiting to find out what will happen from the regular. nothing was said about that at all today. that is interesting. how do you think that will go? the condition markets authority has come back with more questions. sainsbury and asda were pushing them to get on with it, now they have regulator, can we have more time to add your question. the regular it asset no. they have taken toa regular it asset no. they have taken to a tribunal. it is like saying to the referee you are stupid. not a great way in and influencing people. it feels the deal will probably go through but that sainsbury and asda may have to get rid of more stores to satisfy the regulated to do so. interesting times again. many thanks. 1.1% decrease in like—for—like sales at sainsbury‘s. we find out tomorrow about a man tesco‘s. interesting that morrissons have a reduction of around 1000

products. we could see a price war, which would be good for consumers all round. we hope. thank you both very much indeed. in the last half hour, this year‘s bafta nominations have been revealed. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is at the princess anne theatre in central london for us this morning with the details. good morning. yes, good morning. they were announced he‘d just a few minutes ago. i am joined by the men to discuss this, jason solomons, the film critic. as you said, the favourite, the 18th—century comedy drama leading the way, 12 nominations. are we that surprised? they called it the favourite because it is. double—digit nominations were assured. there is a lot of love for this film. it has done well at the box office. it has only been out for one week officially at the uk box office. it is helping to drive people towards a film they would not go to see, very much to do with the

fa ct go to see, very much to do with the fact that 0livia colman is such a popular figure. she has become, fact that 0livia colman is such a popularfigure. she has become, she assad six bafta nominations in the television category before, this is her big breakthrough —— she has had six. she is getting that success here that she had at the golden gloves. people are falling for performance as queen anne. supported by rachel weisz and emma stone. she won the global —— golden globe at the weekend. it doesn‘t always mean big success on the night, having the most nominations. we will find out soon. most nominations. we will find out soon. bohemian rhapsody not that far behind with seven. 0ne soon. bohemian rhapsody not that far behind with seven. one of the most popular films that the british box office. rami malek was in there. he won at the golden globes and is nominated for his superb performance as freddie mercury. it drives the film. the film would not be anything without it. it has been a hugely popular film. although because seven nominators, —— nominations it wasn't nominated in the best category. but in the best british on category.

queen are huge british success story around the world. that is why the love of this film and agri— performer striving that. a star is born, the hollywood remake with lady gaga, and roma, a two and a quarter black and white space in which film set in the 1970s, they could not be more different. an extraordinary mix. braehmer, which i love, a cinematic masterpiece. almost harking back to the old school cinema. and then a star is born, has been remade for bhakra times. lady gaga must be delighted to get this backed dashed his nomination in her first ever performance —— four times. bradley cooper is very popular here. a star is born driving --is popular here. a star is born driving ——is driving the box office. i think people are falling back in love with it. romer, of course, the first time netflix have had a best film nomination at the baftas.” netflix have had a best film nomination at the baftas. i have seen nomination at the baftas. i have seen this on the big screen and the small screen. it is great where do

you see it. i think the director is one of the great masters of cinema. and spike lee has had a directing nomination today. this is the first time. this is the first time spike lee has had any kind of nomination at the baftas. he had read today. lycos and was a great piece of work. lam lycos and was a great piece of work. i am pleased they have fallen for it ——he has had three today —— black clansmen. he has been working for 30 odd years. it is about time the ba ftas odd years. it is about time the baftas nominated. they you for talking to us. we will find out on sunday the 10th of ferret —— pederick was a bit will be hosted by joanna lumley. that has made me want to go to the cinema this weekend. i think i‘ll go and cd favourite. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london news. the mayor has said he‘s "greatly saddened" after a 14—year—old boy was stabbed to death in east london yesterday evening. police say the teenager was attacked by three men in waltham forest — after his moped was involved in a collision with a car. in a tweet last night, the mayor sadiq khan urged anyone with information to contact the police. new research suggests a lack of suitable candidates for jobs is forcing starting wages up in the capital. the study — among a hundred recruitment agencies in london — found the number of vacancies was increasing — but the availability of candidates was down compared to this time last year. kpmg, who wrote the report, says it‘s being driven by uncertainty over brexit. london‘s air ambulance is marking its 30th birthday today. since 1989 it‘s been on nearly 40,000 missions, but it nearly didn‘t get off the ground after complaints about the noise. bbc london has been granted special access behind the scenes as medics took cameras with them

while they raced to critically ill patients around the capital. we‘ve just been called to a large two vehicle car crash on the outskirts of london. one of them was critically unwell. he has had to be put into a medically—induced coma, had his bones are splinted, have his bleeding controlled, and then we had to bring him into london to the major trauma centre. and you can see much more on that story on tonight‘s 6:30 programme and across the next couple of days here on bbc london news. now let‘s get the latest on the travel. 0n the tube — the district line has minor delays between turnham green and richmond because of a faulty train — all other lines running normally. and this is how the north circular looks — it‘s slow westbound from the a10 great cambridge interchange in edmonton towards palmers green. and in battersea, battersea park road is down to one lane at lockington road — gas works are taking place — and there are delays at times

towards battersea park station. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a chilly start this morning. in the most part, temperatures hovering just above zero. there may be one or two sparkles of frost in the more sheltered spots first thing. dry today, a cold day, but with some decent spells of sunshine. we do have a bit patchy cloud and we have still got this north—westerly, northerly breeze, and that‘s dragging in the colder air. it will feel, perhaps, a little bit colder than yesterday. a maximum of somewhere between 4—6 celsius. 0vernight tonight it is going to get pretty chilly again. the windfall is a little bit lighter. lengthy clear spells. temperatures again down in low single figures, 1 or 2 celsius. further west, you might get down to —1. we ‘ll see a frost first thing tomorrow morning. a chilly but bright start for thursday. increasingly cloudy through the day. the next 24 hours or so pretty chilly, gradually temperatures start to get a little milder towards the end of the week and into the weekend. i‘ll be back

in around half—an—hour. there‘s more on our website at the usual address. now it‘s back to dan and louise. bye bye. good morning welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today... the military is called in to help at heathrow airport after drone sightings temporarily grounded flights. a 14—year—old boy is stabbed to death after his moped crashed into a car in east london. a campaign to make electronic appliances easier to fix, rather than let them go to waste. 0fgem defend its position after another energy 0fgem defends its position after another energy

supplier goes bust. the regulator says it is doing enough, and that economy energy customers will be protected. it‘s the ninth energy company to go under in the space of a year. it‘s advantage tottenham after the first leg of their league cup semi—final against chelsea. harry kane scored the only goal of the game at wembley last night after some intervention from the video referee. good morning, it is a cold and frosty start and it is going to be a cold day, generally. in the east, cloud and some showers, still large waves a cross cloud and some showers, still large waves across parts of east anglia. more coming up. our top story this morning. the military has been called in to help patrol heathrow airport, after sightings of a drone grounded flights for an hour yesterday evening. police have been carrying out extensive searches around the airport to identify anyone who might have been operating the device. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. this flight radar website shows how all departures from the airport were suspended. some passengers were left waiting on the runway.

so, we all boarded the flight and then we were told that we wouldn‘t be departing until the police said it was safe. they had a police helicopter circling above and the emergency services came onto the runway to see if they could find the drone. departures were suspended for less than an hour and flights continued to take off from the southern runway. unverified videos are circulating on social media. we do not know if the flashing object is a drone, but a bbc cameraman who was at heathrow and works with drones is certain he saw it. i noticed, way up in the sky, about 300 feet up, these lights, green and red, flashing, obviously attached to a craft that was hovering still in the sky there. the traffic had slowed by that point, so it was quite safe to watch this thing, and i watched it for about a minute or so, and it was staying

there up in the sky, not moving left or right. heathrow said it suspended all take—offs as a precautionary measure and the police are investigating. on twitter, the transport secretary said the military was preparing to deploy the equipment used at gatwick at heathrow, should it prove necessary. it was just before christmas when tens of thousands of passengers were stranded at gatwick and elsewhere. all flights at the airport were suspended across two days. sussex police are still investigating, and no credible arrests have been made. many in aviation have been calling for action to counter the threat of drones for a long time. simon calder is travel editor of the independent and joins us now from our london newsroom. simon, there is an overarching security issue here which i‘m sure many are concerned about going forward ? many are concerned about going forward? most certainly. aviation

and drones do not, with, you cannot have a lump of metal and lithium batteries weighing up to two kilogrammes being ingested into a jet engine or striking the windscreen of a plane. and that‘s why everybody is so concerned and that‘s why departures were halted for almost an hour last night at heathrow. heathrow has just tweeted that everything is up and running as normal, not quite, i must say, there‘s a a few residual delays from planes which were delayed last night. but if you are flying today, you can assume that things will be pretty straightforward. however, the bigger questions have to be answered. who was this? was itjust somebody may be messing around with a toy that they got the christmas, seeing how much mayhem they could cause? 0r seeing how much mayhem they could cause? or perhaps more alarmingly, somebody who actually has a sophisticated plan to jeopardise aviation? and they started with the busiest single runway airport in the world, gatwick, and they got onto the busiest two runway airport,

heathrow. that is what everybody wa nts to heathrow. that is what everybody wants to find out as swiftly as possible. simon, thank you very much. a 14—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in east london after the moped he was riding collided with a car. it‘s believed he was stabbed by three men travelling inside the vehicle. they fled the scene before police arrived. jane—frances kelly reports. police cordons block each end of this ordinary street in east london, where a teenager lost his life yesterday evening. people have been shocked by the sheer brutality of the attack. shortly before 6:30pm yesterday evening, police were alerted to a collision between a moped and a car along this road. when they arrived, they found a 14—year—old boy had been stabbed. they believe, following the collision, three men got out of a car, attacked the boy and then drove off. despite the efforts of paramedics, the boy died shortly after 7pm. his next of kin have been informed. forensic teams searched the street, and the homicide

and major crime team were informed. no arrests have been made yet. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, tweeted to say... "i‘m greatly saddened by news of a fatal stabbing of a 14—year—old the local mp, stella creasy, tweeted that she was devastated to hear the news. last year, the number of killings in london reached their highest level for a decade, with the majority due to knife crime. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. a month after it was abruptly halted, mps resume their debate on theresa may‘s brexit deal today. last night, the government narrowly lost a commons vote on a cross—party amendment to the finance bill, designed to make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. let‘s talk briefly first of all

about last night and how significant it was? that's right. i think more significant in its symbolism rather than its substance. these are technical changes preventing certain tax changes to take place unless there‘s specific approval by parliament under a no deal scenario. but what it was demonstrating was that there isn‘t a majority in parliament for leaving the european union without a deal. 20 members of theresa may‘s own party, 17 of them former ministers, rebelled against her to make it very clear that they did not want to leave the eu without reaching some kind of negotiated settlement. so that was the significance there. we‘re now on the verge of five days of debate on the brexit deal itself. and that will end next tuesday, when there will be a vote, the so—called meaningful vote, on theresa may‘s brexit deal. as things stand it looks as if that vote will be lost. and as the law stands, deal or no deal, we will be

leaving the european union on the 29th march. so there are attempts to try to head off a no deal scenario as well as attempts this morning by the government to try to increase support, and my goodness they will have to try very hard... but to increase support for theresa may‘s deal. at the moment her partners in government, the dup, of northern ireland, are not in favour of that deal and to try to reassure them, the government is saying there will be no eu laws imposed in northern ireland without the say—so of the northern ireland assembly. but the flaw in this plan is that the assembly has not met for two years because of political differences between the parties in northern ireland and therefore simply giving them some kind of veto over future eu legislation may not be worth the paper that it is written on. so as things stand, she will have to go further, try to get the eu to move further, try to get the eu to move further, if she is to have any hope of winning that deal next week. the sister of murdered mpjo cox has told bbc breakfast of her sadness at the abuse hurled at tory mp anna soubry by brexit protestors.

she said it was the latest in a series of disheartening incidents and called for society to take a collective responsibility to drive out hatred. this is not about shutting down debate, it's not about cancelling out freedom of speech, those are the principles of what it is to live in this country. does other things we should be so proud of, that we live ina should be so proud of, that we live in a country where we have that. but some of the scenes in recent weeks, i haven't seen debate, i've seen intimidation and shouting and language which is incendiary. do we wa nt language which is incendiary. do we want to live in a society where it is acceptable to call people nazis and scrum and traitors and make death threats? who sets that moral compass? and i think we all have to ta ke compass? and i think we all have to take some responsibility. president trump has used a televised address from the oval office to demand the us congress pays for his long—promised border wall with mexico. he said the barrier was needed to stop what he called a "growing humanitarian and security crisis".

democrats are refusing to fund the wall, in a dispute that‘s forced parts of the federal government to close. the uk‘s second biggest supermarket, sainsbury‘s, has announced a fall in total sales over the festive period. sainsbury‘s, which also owns argos, said despite a drop in total sales, grocery sales rose 0.4%. the company blamed cautious customer spending and fewer black friday promotions. the results come during the same week aldi, lidl and morrison‘s already announced a rise in their profits for christmas and new year. a ban on cold calls about pensions comes into force today, to try to deal with scammers who‘ve been tricking people out of tens of millions of pounds each year. from now on anyone who calls, e—mails or texts about pension savings without permission will face a heavy fine. here‘s our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. it‘s a scourge on pensioners and savers like graham, who‘s bombarded with calls from fraudsters. they carry on even at a gathering in south london to equip pensioners to deal with scams. i‘ve been in the centre today,

half an hour now, and i‘ve had five of those calls already on my phone. mary was tricked into paying out thousands of pounds from her bank account, so she is anxious about the calls. ijust put the phone down now and i said, "i'm not interested," and ijust put the phone down. and what do you think of people like that? they're scum. the scale this has reached is frightening. the total number of cold calls, e—mails and texts running at nearly 11 million a year. typically people scammed out of £91,000 from their pensions. against that, now there will be a penalty of up to £500,000 for people who flout the ban. despite the ban, treasury minister john glen says it‘s important not to become complacent. we‘re onto it and we need to make sure that we stay ahead of this,

and we‘re not saying it‘s the end of it either. if there is a mutation in the scammers‘ activities, we‘ll be looking very carefully to take further action in future. the government is being criticised for not serving up the cold—calling ban sooner, but now anyone calling without your permission about your pension savings is breaking the law. simon gompertz, bbc news, south london. 12 minutes past eight, you‘re right up 12 minutes past eight, you‘re right up to date with all the latest. pressure is mounting for the prime minister and her brexit deal after another defeat in the commons yesterday. can she convince parliament her way is the best way, ahead of next week‘s crucial vote? today sees the start of another five—day debate on the contents of the plan, with theresa may being urged by some mps to rule out a no—deal brexit. joining us now from westminster is minister for the cabinet 0ffice david lidington. good morning to you, thank you for your time this morning traffic you told us on breakfast i think it was

last month that the public and businesses want theresa may‘s deal traffic that was your quote. yesterday we know that senior members of her own party... what has gone wrong? actually, none of the people who voted against the government yesterday said in their speeches that they intended to support the prime minister‘s deal in the vote next tuesday. what they we re the vote next tuesday. what they were seeking to do was to send a message about their strong opposition to a no deal exit from the european union. the answer to the european union. the answer to the no deal challenge is to vote for deal. and i think parliament next week has to face up to responsibility, and this is for mps of all parties. no deal is the default legal position in european law as well as in british law. so, if you don‘t want a no deal exit at the end of march — and i think that would be harmful to uk prosperity and to the union of the united kingdom — then you have to vote for a deal. 0ccurs only when a deal is ratified can that come into effect.

and the deal that is on offer is the one that notjust our prime minister but the 27 other european heads of government all said they endorsed. yes, it‘s a compromises. yes, it involves give and take from both sides. but that is true of most things in politics and in life.” understand you‘re playing down what happened last night but you must be concerned that 20 conservative mps, some pretty seniorfigures in concerned that 20 conservative mps, some pretty senior figures in the party as well, michael fallon, justine greening, have flexed their muscles, shall we say, ahead of the crucial vote next week? these are senior colleagues whose views i take seriously, certainly. and like the prime minister and other members of the cabinet, we are continuing to spend a lot of time both listening to and talking to, responding to, the views of our own parliamentary collea g u es the views of our own parliamentary colleagues in the conservative party but also mps right across the house of commons, to see how we can try to persuade them about some of the fears they might have about the

prime minister‘s deal, that they are unfounded, and that this is something which deserves their support. this work will continue white up to and including next tuesday. amber rudd said history will take a tuesday. amber rudd said history will takea dim tuesday. amber rudd said history will take a dim view of ministers if the uk leads eu without an agreement -is the uk leads eu without an agreement — is that a risk you‘re prepared to take? it is not a question of whether i am prepared to... as a party? it is a question of whether parliament as a whole, and remember that no single party has a majority in this parliament, whether parliament is prepared to endorse a deal. the european treaty says that under the famous article 50, when a country is leaving the european union, the date of departure takes effect two years after the process to leave has been triggered, under article 50 of the treaty. that two yea rs article 50 of the treaty. that two years expires on the 29th march this year. so the way to avoid no deal is for parliament to endorse and ratify a deal. and a complex, difficult deal, has been worked out by thepm

and by 27 other heads of government in europe. it is one that british business is strongly urging mps to support because it gives them the two—year transitional period after leaving the eu when they can adjust in good business planning time to new arrangements to prepare for a future outside the eu. they do not wa nt future outside the eu. they do not want a sudden cliff edge, businesses are saying to us that is playing ducks and strikes with jobs and prosperity in this country. has enough changed since 11th december, when this vote was going to take place? well, we're working very hard. today i am going to publish a set of northern ireland specific assurances. can i ask you about those? iain watson mentioned, essential in, about not being able to go over the heads of the northern ireland assembly, an assembly which has not met for two years and there seems to be no prospect of it

getting back together, so it is not worth the paper it is written on, says iain watson? that is not the case. first of all, it covers more things than the role of the northern ireland assembly. for example, a very clear ireland assembly. for example, a very clear assurance ireland assembly. for example, a very clear assurance about the continued place of northern ireland in the internal market of the united kingdom with completely free access for northern ireland‘s goods and foodstuffs into great britain‘s markets. but in terms of the northern ireland assembly, every political party in northern ireland says they want to have this back. i go quite regularly to northern ireland and i am getting from people in all walks of life there that they really feel there‘s a dangerous political gap with the absence of the devolved executive and assembly there. as the ministerfor devolution responsibility, i am talking to scotland and wales and elected ministers and i am acutely conscious that there is a gap because the northern ireland voice is not being expressed in the same

way. so, we do need to get the devolved assembly and executive working again in belfast. and when they do come back together again, they do come back together again, they will have the assurance that they will have the assurance that they will have these powers in respect of the future negotiations, including the operations of the backstop. i hear you say you're talking to people in ireland, we have spoken to the dup and they say it doesn‘t go far enough and it is not clear enough and you need their support? well, the dup i think, like other political parties in northern ireland, should be able to welcome what we‘re announcing today. i would have been surprised had this document of itself been sufficient to shift their position, but we are continuing to talk to dup members of parliament just as we continuing to talk to dup members of parliamentjust as we are talking to members of other parties. they say there is nothing of real significance? i think it is of

significance, certainly if you talk to northern ireland business. i think this is responding in a serious way to concerns which have been expressed over the role of the northern ireland assembly, but also about the continued important place of northern ireland in the uk—wide internal market. because northern ireland businesses are often involved in supply chains across the rest of the united kingdom as well. we continue to talk to our collea g u es we continue to talk to our colleagues in the dup about hostage usual concerns that they have. and i hope that we‘ll be able to come forward in the next few days both with some measures about the role of parliament in future stages of negotiations with the eu, but also about the assurances the prime minister has talked about which she is discussing with other eu leaders about the temporary nature of any backstop arrangement. thank you for talking to us. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. what is going on? well, there's

quite a bit going on with the weather today. it is going to be chillier than it was yesterday. there is some frost around. but some of us will also see some sunshine today. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather but we have got this weather front coming in from the north—west, introducing some thicker cloud and patchy rain and gusty winds. coming in from the north sea, creating large waves, especially around the east anglia coastline crash so once again, there‘s the risk of some flooding. some showers, some of them wintry, across the north york moors and the grampians. but in between the two areas of cloud, we‘re looking at some sunshine. the most of us it is not going to be as blustery as it was yesterday, but still quite windy. you can see where we will see some sunny spells developing. and

not of cloud across central, northern and western scotland. this weather front is producing the patchy rain. temperature—wise today, nothing to write home about. but if you‘re exposed to the wind, especially the brisk wind down the east coast, it will feel colder than that. this evening and overnight, a weather front continues to push steadily south—eastwards. ahead of it initially across northern england and wales, we will have clear skies, so, a cold evening for you. but then the cloud comes across and it is southern england and south wales which is likely to have some frost by tomorrow morning. clearer skies also developing across north—east scotland. talking of cold weather, you can see the milder conditions moving around the area of high pressure dominating our weather. tomorrow morning we start to see some of the yellow getting a bit further inland. that means it‘s not going to be quite as cold tomorrow, not mild, just not as cold.

meanwhile we have our weather front continuing to sink southwards, bringing cloud and patchy light rain, but it will be a fairly weak feature. still at times, the cloud in the north—west will be thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle or the odd shower. temperatures not as low as today. moving through thursday and into the weekend, high pressure is still very much with us. you can see the spacing on the isobars is a bit wider. having said that, later on on friday and into the weekend across the north—west of scotland, we‘ll start to gales developing. festival on friday, we‘ve got our weather front in the south producing some cloud that will clear. —— first of all. it is not to as highs between 9 degrees and 11 degrees. economy energy is the ninth supplier to go bust in the space of a year. the regulator 0fgem says customers

will be protected and have defended their position. nina is here with more. we were speaking to you about an hour ago. that's right. we think what has happened is that they have money but basically, to pay for their supplies, and they have had to pass it on to the customer. and then yesterday the plug was pulled finally on economy energy. it raises questions for the 200,000 or so customers of economy energy also the body later, 0fgem, it is theirjob to make sure when new suppliers enter the market, they are robust enough to protect customers and to make sure things like this don‘t happen. when we spoke with their executive director earlier, i asked her, are you doing yourjob properly? well, i think we should keep this in perspective. competition has been very good for customers in this market is. in re ce nt customers in this market is. in recent years we've seen one in four people move from a big six supplier toa people move from a big six supplier to a smaller or medium—sized supplier and they have had good reasons for doing that. the smaller suppliers are offering good tariffs,

great customer service, very good apps and so on... the headline remains the same, spark energy, future energy cough, , remains the same, spark energy, future energy cough,, economy energy, going under... people will be thinking, i might as well stick with one of the big suppliers senate i think there are still benefits from switching and i would want customers to think that they can switch. what about the these particular customers, of economy energy, what happens to them? they might be worried this morning but the good news is, your energy is not going to go off, 0fgem will make sure that your contract continues on the same tariff temporarily. beyond that it cannot be guaranteed so it is up to you to shop around. this citizens advice bureau has a web page offering advice on the different companies. have a look on their website. and the whole thing

about being encouraged to switch as well, that will worry people? yeah, i think people will be worried about that, because these are often smaller companies which have gone under. and we are being encouraged to look around. 0fgem are saying, don‘t let that put you off. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning, our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is at the princess anne theatre in london, where this year‘s bafta award nominations have been revealed. good morning to you once again. yes, good morning. the favourite, a 18th—century drama comedy starring 0livia colman leads the way with 12 nominations. 0livia colman of course has won three tv baftas and today is the first time she has ever had a film nomination. great support from her co—stars rachel vise and a stone. in a year after me too it is

interesting that a film with three female characters at the centre of it is leading the way. but film with the most nominations is not always the most nominations is not always the big winner on the night, also in the big winner on the night, also in the mix is a star is born. lady gaga has got a best actress nomination in there. also competing up there with seven nominations, bohemian rhapsody, one of the biggest films of last year. it does not have a best film nomination, but it does get eight nomination for best. film. some interesting facts, frack fans... spike leading the nomination... and we will find out who the winners are on the 10th of february at the royal albert hall. from here at the bafta nominations in central london, it‘s time for the news where you are. a frosty start this morning.

we have got this week whether brown, there‘s warm front, which will move its way through today. slightly colder conditions in northern ireland and scotland, but for most of us we have this northerly winds bringing in the colder air. 0ne of us we have this northerly winds bringing in the colder air. one or two showers in the east as well. cloud moving in towards the west with that weather front and that could bring in patchy amount of rain later this afternoon. temperatures

about nine celsius, 5 degrees in glasgow. sunshine in the eastern and northern ireland and for much of england and wales this afternoon there is plenty of sunshine expected. 0vernight tonight the cloud will continue in scotland and northern ireland, edging its way further south and east. but it will also bring in that milder air. but the frost is reserved for parts of wales, the south west midlands and the south—west of england. during thursday there will be a fair amount of cloud and a few breaks in that cloud to give us some sunny spells in the north east of scotland and northern parts of england. brighter skies by thursday, but generally speaking a cloudy day. eventually on

friday those milder conditions will spread across southern areas. lots of cloud around on friday and only a few bright and sunny spells here or there. largely dry. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. darkening skies for the world economy. the world bank warns the trade war between the two biggest economies — america and china — is increasing risks across the globe. live from london, that‘s our top story on wednesday 9th january. the world bank forecasts the global economy will expand by 2.9% this year and 2.8% in 2020. also in the programme, india‘s top court rules the copper plant at the centre of deadly protests last year can re—open.