and in the guardian's financial pages spanish bank santander plans to close nearly one in five of its bank branches in the uk, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. as reported on our own bbc website, prince william told the davos world economic forum that celebrities shunned his mental health charity three years ago because they didn't want to be associated with mental illness. and finally, staying with the bbc website, should women lick ice cream? the "how to be a lady" course in istabul shares tips on women's etiquette, including the correct way to dress, walk, speak, and even eat ice cream. i would say say no more but we will speak about that. we will talk about ice creams in a minute. with me is rebecca harding, ceo and founder of coriolis tech. there is a fine line forjeremy

corbyn between not wanting to be seen as wanting to stop brexit but also giving enough time for a no deal brexit. there is a dilemma for the labour leader. he has got himself caught in a place where he can't make a definite decision. he has found it very difficult to come up has found it very difficult to come up with any degree of clarity and by backing yvette cooper's bill, they really are backing the option of extending the whole process. and thatis extending the whole process. and that is very important because it is actually at last a little bit of clarity from the labor party on what they actually want. let's make it clear for viewers at home, this they actually want. let's make it clearfor viewers at home, this is an amendment, a cross—party backbench bill which could force theresa may to extend article 50 of no deal is reached by the end of february, and jeremy corbyn is expected to support it. that's

right, and there is a ground swell of opinion in parliament against accepting the eu without any kind of accepting the eu without any kind of a deal. and a lot of reports saying this would be disastrous to the uk economy. so this is actually beginning to get some parliamentary momentum now. so in a sense it is also forcing theresa may's hands to come up with something a little bit more definite, and this is what the europeans are saying as well, so michel barnier is saying you have to come up with the relations after brexit, but not move this backstop, so they can't negotiate on that. is this rumbles on, the times carries this rumbles on, the times carries this story about the dutch trying to lure 250 british—based companies overseas. they are in talks with british—based firms to try and get them to move their base to the netherlands after sony announced it was moving its base to the

netherlands. however, the dutch foreign minister said he doesn't see brexit as a business opportunity, but it doesn't look that way, does it? one of the first thing that happened after the referendum was that you saw french and german companies coming over here to look at legaljobs, and companies coming over here to look at legal jobs, and there companies coming over here to look at legaljobs, and there has been a lot of moving around. you are beginning to see large financial and the tuition is beginning to look at frankfurt or amsterdam locations. —— institutions. the problem is the eu and the british government, who are advising companies to prepare for a no deal brexit, which means thinking about where headquarters should be. and this is obviously... this is obviously an opportunity. i mean, it isa obviously an opportunity. i mean, it is a business opportunity. you don't think some companies would rather wait and see? i think waiting and seeing at the moment is obviously something a lot of companies are doing. if you look at survey results at the moment, the number of companies actually waiting and seeing as very high, still only

around 50% of companies preparing for brexit actively, with strategies. is that viable is the important question, is that something companies can do? we are really not far away from the deadline now. let's talk about banks, because this story in the guardian business pages, santander is putting jobs at risk by threatening to cut ranchers. i suppose loads of banks now are taking this kind of step, fewer people are using bank ranchers, a cost a lot of money to run and it is cheaper to move operations more online and on the phone. well, again, santander is not actually the bank that has closed most branches and what you are beginning to see in the banking sector is a huge shift in the way we bank. so you are seeing more mobile banking, more online banking. that not everyone banks that way, do they? there are a lot of people like my parents, for example, who still go into their

local branch because that is what they are used to and they don't want to do it another way. surely it is not fair to do it another way. surely it is notfairon to do it another way. surely it is not fair on them. i think the issue here is that the banks themselves are ina here is that the banks themselves are in a very difficult position. you are absolutely right that there is evidence to say that actually the footfall in branches are still quite high. now, the material that is coming out of santander suggest they are seeing a 25% reduction in the number of people who are going through their branches. this is a very difficult and very fraught issue for banks, and it has been an issue for banks, and it has been an issue for, you know, a long time. it does help to understand a little bit about some of the pressures that the banking is under, particularly from new technology, but also the banking sector is finding it difficult commercially, as well. well, it is ultimately about making money, isn't it, as much as you can. let's talk about mental health in the workplace. this is an interesting one because prince william talked of

the world economic forum about his own mental health. in this article, on the bbc website, he basically also revealed that when he first started his charity, the mental health charity, three years ago, a lot of celebrities didn't want to be associated with the charity, because of the stigma attached to mental health. there is still a massive stigma, isn't there, attached to admitting and talking about your own mental health and your own issues.” think that's right, and i think actually this is one of the most powerful things to have come out of davos so far. i think it is fantastic that someone with the profile of the prince is coming out and saying we all have mental health difficulties, i have mental health difficulties, i have mental health difficulties, and we need to talk about it. if we link that to the number of male suicides and everything, the research suggests that if you talk about these things it actually helps. and so removing the stigma is very important at this stage. he was talking about one traumatic incident during his work

as an airambulance traumatic incident during his work as an air ambulance pilot that he didn't think he would ever get over. a p pa re ntly didn't think he would ever get over. apparently he said that if he hadn't opened up to colleagues at work than he would have been on a slippery slope mentally. that is quite an ocean, isn't it? it is a huge admission but i think you will find that in different circumstances a lot of people experience things very similar the trouble is we have a tendency to bottle these things up and not talk about them. but that immediate therapy, almost the samaritan at work, if you like, it is very important. we asked people to tweet us about this subject and a lot of people tweeted. deborah says people don't feel alone when they have someone to talk to, that is an important point. but just have someone to talk to, that is an important point. butjust in from south africa has very little sympathy for prince william. she says with more money than god, granny having billions, he can afford a new psychologist every day of the week and four at the weekend ——justine. of the week and four at the weekend —— justine. it is a little bit

unfair, because mental health isn't affected by wealth. this is a guy who, like all celebrities in the world, doesn't have to come out about this if he doesn't want to. his profile is such that this is not something he needs to talk about if he doesn't want to. he believes this is such an important and every day and human issue that he needs to say something. let's talk about an everyday issue, if it is hot and sunny outside. this is a newspaper on the bbc website. don't lick your ice cream is the advice from a turkish etiquette course to ladies. organised by our low income conservative municipality and sharing tips on etiquette including how to dress, or walk and eat. do you lick your ice cream or do you bite it? how else would you eat it? a combination of both, i think. the main problem with ice creams is that it is that dribble down the code.

this doesn't seem like it's a hugely important story in the grand scheme of things, with what is happening in venezuela at the moment. however, i find it extraordinary that anyone could give anybody guidelines on how to eat and ice cream. and also biting may not be good for your teeth if you have sensitive teeth like me. thank you very much. that's all we have time for here on the briefing. goodbye. good morning. so far this week, it's been in the bleak midwinter, hasn't it? and it doesn't look as though we're going to see that much change for today. but there are some changes, albeit briefly, to come. now, low pressure in control, the isobars widely spread apart. that means clear skies, light winds, and temperatures have fallen below freezing once again. so it's going to be a chilly start, with the exception out to the west. here, a little milder, with a little more cloud pushing in. but there could be the risk of some

ice first thing in the morning. we've had some nuisance showers moving down from the north—west, perhaps some fog lingering for a time. the showers, then, first thing across lincolnshire, east midlands, down into east anglia and the south—east corner. they will slowly ease away by lunchtime. behind it, breaks in the cloud, sunny spells coming through, but all the time thicker cloud, and some outbreaks of showery rain starting to show their hand in the west. so here, 7—9 degrees, but in eastern areas with the sunshine, chilly, 3—5 celsius. but it's this milder air that's going to gradually push in from the west. quite a lot of cloud through the night thursday into friday. some snow for a time, but that cloud will gradually move the colder air, the early frost, back down into the south—east corner. so east anglia and the south—east starting off chilly, then there'll be some rain moving through, and then behind it on friday, a legacy of cloud, some outbreaks of showery rain to come, but a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather. widespread double—digits across the country. now, as we move out of friday into saturday, another series of fronts to move in from the atlantic, bringing some colder air. we could see some snow to higher ground for scotland. the rain quite heavy

through northern ireland and western fringes, and top temperatures on saturday of around 6—10 degrees. but it's this rain, as it pushes its way south and east across the country overnight saturday into sunday, which allows the back door to open to this cold northerly air once again, so we could see the rain turning to snow once again, and a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather as we move into sunday. so the rain eases away, a blustery wind, scattering of wintry showers to come, and your thermometer might read 4—7 degrees, but factor in the strength and the direction of the wind, it is going to feel much colder than that — sub—zero for many. so a noticeable difference to the second half of the weekend, i suspect, and the cold air is set to stay with us for the start of the new working week, although it should be largely fine and dry, with a return to some sunny spells. take care. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty

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