start a good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: theresa may prepares to return to brussels to try to renegotiate her brexit agreement. to the ayes have it. mps back a plan to push for "alternative arrangements" over the future of the irish border — but the eu insists it won't change it's position. milliions of americans are told not to go outside — as parts of the us face the coldest weather in a generation. it is going to be called here today as well. not as cold as that. wintry showers in the north and west that could be disruptive. a risk of ice.

but equally some sunshine. and as snowy conditions cause travel disruption, i'll be looking at what your rights are if you can't make it into work. it's a nightmare night for manchester city, as the champions lose to newcastle united — handing liverpool the chance to move seven points clear in the title race. and what's bringing together africa's highest mountain, reality tv star dani dyer, and our own dan walker? we'll have the answer shortly. what?! good morning to you. it's wednesday, 30th january. our top story: theresa may is heading for confrontation with the european union, after mps last night backed her to renegotiate part of the brexit deal. at the heart of the dispute is the future of the irish border. the eu has once again insisted that changing the deal is not an option, but the prime minister says she has a mandate to return to brussels and re—open negotiations. it is now clear that there is a route to secure a substantial and sustainable... jeering.

..substa ntial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal. will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement that deals with concerns on the back stop guaranteeing their return to a ha rd stop guaranteeing their return to a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. and last night, the labour leader jeremy corbyn says he will now meet with the prime minister, to discuss the way forward. we are prepared to meet her to put forward , we are prepared to meet her to put forward, to put forward the points of view from the labour party of the kind of agreement we want for the european union to protectjobs, to protect living standards, and to protect living standards, and to protect the rights and conditions in this country. it is exactly the offer that was made last september, exactly the offer that was made two weeks ago, and i look forward to meeting the prime minister to set

out those views to hire on behalf of my party. in a moment we'll speak to our europe reporter gavin lee who's in brussels, but first our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. next, i suppose the interesting part of that amendment change is what exactly those alternative arrangements turn out to be. exactly. and although last night was good news for theresa may in the sense that, finally, after months and years of trying she has something that the government and the conservative party and its partners, the dup, can get behind, delivering it is going to be far from simple. because the irish backstop has been the issue for so long now. and so far she hasn't been able to find a compromise that works with brussels and works with the uk parliament. so she will head back and talk to eu leaders at the next few days and time is really of the essence, because as things stand, in 58 days, whatever happens, the uk is

due to leave the european union. the prime minister has made clear that whatever happens by the 13th of february she will be back in parliament to tell mps what is going on, to give them the latest update. if she can't get a deal through parliament, a revised bill through parliament, a revised bill through parliament on the 14th of february, she will be back again for further votes on other plans and various things for mps want to happen. happy valentine's day for some. so the pm has got to this point now where she think she can go to brussels and say i have a plan, i have something that can get through parliament, but getting them to agree to the conditions of that, the conditions that her own party have put on passing her deal isn't going to be easy. nick kommer thank you very much for that. —— nick, thank you. gavin lee is in brussels, where last night the eu council president donald tusk said the withdrawal agreement was not open for renegotiation.

it sounds like there is going to be some pretty hard work ahead. good morning. well, at least, i think, there is no arming and towering it. it is clear that theresa may, which comes in the next few days and asks for alternative arrangements to be backstop, to the insurance policy to stop a hard border, the only alternative arrangement is the wording of how they say no, whatever language use. that is the uniformity of the answer we have had. the european union leaders, particularly donald tusk, who gave a statement last night, through malice to the uk, this is about 585 pages of withdrawal agreement over 18 months, which saw through two brexit secretaries in the uk, david davis and dominic raab, that was agreed to. it is about the uk government owning it and the eu saying we for wa nt owning it and the eu saying we for want you about this that we would not change the withdrawal agreement. what they are saying, three donald tusk, is saying look not at that but at this, the political declaration.

the 20 odd page political view, in broad detail, of how the future will be. it is not legally binding. that is another detailfor be. it is not legally binding. that is another detail for theresa may. it is is on the withdrawal agreement so far there is hard resistant. she will come to brussels for the coffey and waffles and the waffling will be brief unless he has the persuasive skills ofjaron brief unless he has the persuasive skills of jaron brown brief unless he has the persuasive skills ofjaron brown —— coffee. there are many who would take the words of the polish, recently, may bea words of the polish, recently, may be a temporary tax stop for five yea rs, be a temporary tax stop for five years, they alone blizzard fatimah —— backstop. years, they alone blizzard fatimah -- backstop. you mentioned dominic raab, we will be speaking to him later. three men are due to appear before magistrates today, charged with murdering a doorman at a party in london's west end. 33—year—old tudor simionov was working at the private event in park lane, when he was attacked and killed in the early hours of new year's day. the brazilian mining company, vale, which owns the dam that collapsed last week, has announced plans to decommission ten others built using the same methods. at least 84 people died and more than 270 others are unaccounted for, after toxic sludge engulfed a company canteen and nearby buildings.

a vigil has been overnight to remember the victims. ajudge in georgia has ruled that the extradition ofjack shepherd — convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames — will not be fast tracked. 24—year—old charlotte brown was killed when the boat crashed in december 2015. shepherd handed himself in to police in tbilisi last week after months on the run. a spinning pocket of very cold air, known as a polar vortex, is expected to bring potentially life—threatening temperatures to parts of the united states this week, with forecasters saying it could be as cold as minus 30 degrees celsius. officials say it's likely to be colder than south pole, and are warning people to stay indoors. here's andy moore. forecasters say temperatures like this only happen once in a generation. on the frozen chicago river,

it looked as if icebreakers were needed. in iowa, people were warned to avoid taking deep breaths and to minimise talking if they were going outside. chicago's mayor said the weather was life—threatening. if you don't need to be outside at this time, don't go outside. the temperatures today, tomorrow and thursday are not to be taken lightly. these are actually a public health risk. conditions on many roads were treacherous. at least two deaths have already been blamed on the cold weather. it is affecting 55 million people, and stretching far further south than usual. temperatures are forecast to fall to as low as —40 celsius in some parts today, and with added windchill, it will feel even colder. in conditions like that, you can get frostbite within ten minutes of going outside. airports struggled to

keep their runways open, and failed in many cases. more than 2,000 flights were cancelled. the bad weather has hit canada as well. in toronto, they have been digging out after 26 cm or ten inches of snow. that is their biggest snowfall in a decade. bbc news. there is some disruptive weather today —— andy moore bbc news. bad weather is causing major disruption to merseyrail services this morning. the train operator says no services will run until eleven o'clock this morning due to snow and ice. snow is also affecting some flights at liverpool airport. you love. i saw some of the only way to work running in the conditions you can see outside. it looks quite beautiful. they had set out to go for a beautiful. they had set out to go fora run, not running

beautiful. they had set out to go for a run, not running from the snow. it has calmed down a bit out there. it was properly snowing. snow. it has calmed down a bit out there. it was properly snowingm was properly snowing. this is our studio. we are on the second floor down on the right—hand side, if you wa nt to down on the right—hand side, if you want to wave at us. if you are waking up and wondering, well, can i get to work, vasseur could cause an issue? this could be a timely reminder for issue? this could be a timely reminderfor many, issue? this could be a timely reminder for many, steph, issue? this could be a timely reminderfor many, steph, your rights if you can't get there stop the first thing to say is if you are going to struggle to in you need to tell your employer as soon as possible. for most people, you are not automatically entitled to be paid for the day you missed because you can't get in. however, some employers are bit more lenient and will perhaps let you have a day of working from home, if you can do that, or allow you to catch up the work later on on another day, perhaps. however, there are some contracts out there which has a clause in around weather, which will allow you to be paid. it might be worth checking out. and if you are

someone who gets to work by a bus, perhaps, that the company puts on and they cancelled the transport they normally provide in, then you are entitled to be paid. so that is definitely an important one if you are someone who gets transport in. what if you have children and the school is closed and you need to look after them? if the school is closed and you have a childcare crisis, which can happen to a lot of people, then your employer should allow you to take unpaid leave for that day. that is for emergency situations you can take unpaid leave. but you won't be automatically paid for that. some employers are a bit more forgiving and will pay you for that. the other thing is that if you are told not to come into work, what are your rights? there is an interesting one on that. so you have to be given notice and the notice has to be double the length of the time you are being asked to take. if you are being asked to take a day of uni to given two days' notice for it. that

mckinney to be given. if you get a call this morning saying don't come in you are entitled to be paid. just a little reminder on the phone. phone call this morning saying steph told me... oh, no. thank you. take a look at this for a leap of faith. this is kitesurfer olly bridge successfully jumping over a sand spit in dawlish warren in devon over the weekend. he performed the 200 metre leap from a tidal pool in the estuary of river exe into the ocean. he'd been planning the stunt for months, waited for the ideal weather conditions and thinks it's the first time anyone has attempted it. my my goodness. he landed it. do you

know what he said afterwards? what did he say. that he was stoked. where was the drone? drone footage. he must have been holding onto it. amazing. very impressive. what a night of football. if you are not loving the title race already, last night ‘s result, manchester city losing, that has made it all more intriguing. liverpoolfans city losing, that has made it all more intriguing. liverpool fans love rafa benitez. he could havejust handed them the title. there will be seven points clear if they win. it isa seven points clear if they win. it is a big margin. everyone is saying when the liverpool slip up as manchester city have done, that is the question. are they showing no signs at the moment. 2—1 it finished at st james's park. they remain four points behind leaders liverpool, who play leicester city tonight. sergio aguero put city ahead in the first minute, before salomon rondon and matt richie stunned city to earn their side three precious points. an emotional night at the emirates,

where cardiff city fans paid tribute to missing striker emiliano sala in their first game since the striker‘s plane disappeared. daffodils were laid on the pitch before game. that symbolised the shirt colour of his old club side. centre ben te'o has been ruled out of england's opening six nations match with ireland on saturday with a side strain. the worcester player picked up the injury on england's training camp in portugal this week. ufc fighter connor mcgregor has been suspended for six months and fined after the brawl that marred his defeat to khabib nurmagomedov in october. the russian's been banned for nine months. both suspensions are backdated to the date of the fight. there we go. i suppose over to

liverpool. see what they can do. are they playing in liverpool? bow. i think i am going to dismiss —— they are. that was my only concern. carol will tell us if that will affect people. you don't as these? let's go to carol before he does. good morning. to the to the. the to everyone. we are receiving the news that it is pretty cold in north america at the moment. the national weather service of america has said that if you are outside in some places and you breathe in or indeed, if you talk a lot, to minimise your chat a sickly. it could affect your lungs. so it is not a good situation to be in on

what has happened is it is a result of the displaced polar vortex, which isa of the displaced polar vortex, which is a spinning column of air. it is normally up over the polls but it has been displaced over the great la kes, has been displaced over the great lakes, where there is more of the population, and that is probably apart from how dreadful it is, why it is making the news at the moment. the by the time get to saturday, instead of —26, we'll be looking at positive figures in chicago, for example. you can see the blue side across the north america. what we have right now is not as cold as that it have right now is not as cold as thatitis have right now is not as cold as that it is a cold start the day. once again, the risk of ice, we have seen some rain, sleet and snow crossing us. some of the still have that there will be some sunshine around as well, many wintry showers the day. ice warning this morning, so if you are travelling, take care. we still have showers across the north of the uk. somewhere around the manchester and merseyside area,

we have got quite a lot of snow, that could get over towards leeds. many of the showers, not all of them will tend to fade and we will have some crisp wintry sunshine. these are temperature values, there and fours, perhaps a little bit mild as we push down towards the south—west. the deceiving in overnight, under clear skies, the temperature will follow me once again. they will be widespread frost, some fog forming across parts of scotland, the midlands, into east anglia is well and these are the kind of temperatures that you can expect in towns and cities. once again in rural areas, it will be much lower than this, particularly in the highlands. as we move into thursday, things get a little bit interesting. you can see the cold air placed across the uk, milder airfurther south. we have got low pressure with this attendant front coming our way in is that pushes in against this cold air, initially will come in as rain and then we will see it readily turn to sleet and snow. so we start tomorrow with all this freezing fog

across parts of central and eastern england, southern scotland. some of that will be slow to lift, some that may stick. a lot of dry weather, some sunshine around, winds picking up some sunshine around, winds picking up as some sunshine around, winds picking upasa some sunshine around, winds picking up as a move some sunshine around, winds picking up as a move for the day and then a weather front comes in, up as a move for the day and then a weatherfront comes in, introducing main initially and then we start to see some snow. how much snow, are you ask? well, we are looking at roughly about one to three centimetres over the moors, coming in over the south—west. the highest values will be with height. as we push over towards the south—east, you can see two to five centimetres perhaps possible. eight centimetres over parts of the midlands, eight with height. five to 15 centimetres in parts of wales, particularly in the south. through the course of the day, we could see a lot of snow falling across southern wales, just heading over towards the cotswolds, so once again, the local cause a lot of disruption. thank you very much

for that, thank you. carol will keep you up—to—date about the morning, so make sure you pay attention. she is here once every half—hour. make sure you pay attention. she is here once every half-hour. we try and keep it on time, don't we. let's take a look at today's front pages. the news that mps have backed seeking alternative arrangements to replace the irish backstop in theresa may's brexit plan is the main focus of the papers. this is the daily mail, theresa may's triumph is their take on things. the daily mail, as we saw there. the mirror says the decision by mps to back the brady amendment should be seen as a "gamble", and asks if the eu will budge when she goes back to try to renegotiate. the metro reminds us that european council president, donald tusk, stated about 15 seconds after the vote that the withdrawal agreement was "not open for renegotiation". are quite clever headline there, over two eu.

and the times is reporting that staff in clarks shoe shops will be trained to engage children in conversation to improve early language skills, as part of a government attempt to tackle "concerning" rates of early literacy. there you go, those other front pages. what have you got? yes, this isa pages. what have you got? yes, this is a wonderful picture from durham yesterday of one of the royal mail postal workers there delivering the postal workers there delivering the post and they are using that picture to talk about royal mail's results, which have been out, and their share price has plummeted to new depths, it is saying here, because of the falling volumes of junk it is saying here, because of the falling volumes ofjunk mail, which a lot of people will be relieved not to be getting that actually, that is really putting pressure on how the royal mail make money because obviously, there is a decreasing number of us writing letters or using the postal service and they are saying that has really put pressure on the share price. it was wiped, at 7.7% went down yesterday because of that. so tough time for them. did you hear that? do you have any? we do a strange thing where we have to walk different ways into the studio every morning, we have to go that way. i should state that i

disco the nearest, the quickest way, which is from the desk to hear. i have never even considered which to overta ke. have never even considered which to overtake. i genuinely have to go through the other door because of my superstitions. i genuinely never thought about which i come in. but i now well, i know you take it very seriously. he has not played for england for a very long time, now is the time he is finally going to play and hejust the time he is finally going to play and he just keeps following up everything with saying i'm touching wood, his kind of saying i will be back and i will be playing, but he is kind of saying i have got to touch wood, because there is the fear of touch wood, because there is the fearofjinxing touch wood, because there is the fear ofjinxing it. touch wood, because there is the fearofjinxing it. in touch wood, because there is the fear ofjinxing it. in interviews, he has been touching his forehead, he has been touching his forehead, he does not want to jinx it, he has been touching his forehead, he does not want tojinx it, it is that important to him. there is also a story in the paper this morning about how actually getting up early in the morning is good for you. about how actually getting up early in the morning is good for youm it? had actually put that to one side to read to you. here it is. my

towers have a higher risk of depression than morning people, according to a large study are sleeping habit in the genes that underpin them. people who said that they were definitely evening people we re they were definitely evening people were nearly twice as likely to suffer from were nearly twice as likely to sufferfrom depression as were nearly twice as likely to suffer from depression as those who describe themselves as definitely morning people. the problem is that maybe we are forced to be morning people. yes, and also i would not classified as morning the time that we get up. yeah, that is night. he could go straight through. it would sit in the wind and go straight to time, when you get up at three o'clock in the morning. time, when you get up at three o'clock in the morninglj time, when you get up at three o'clock in the morning. i love this point in the programme, this is why get to talk about dan. —— i get to talk about. next up we've got some exciting news about dan. you might think that getting up at 3am every morning is enough of a challenge, but it turns out he's prepared to go a little bit further for charity. come on, i know nothing about this, idid not come on, i know nothing about this, i did not choose the music. that is one of dan's favourite bits of music, we are going to pay the stew a lot over the next few weeks.

music, we are going to pay the stew a lot over the next few weekslj will have to get used to it. he's volunteered to climb mount kilimanjaro — africa's highest mountain — alongside a host of celebrities, including love island's dani dyer and little mix‘s jade and leanne. yes. it should be good fun. it should be good funlj it should be good fun. i am going to tell you about it. at 5,895 metres — or 19,3110 feet — mount kilimanjaro is the highest free—standing mountain in the world. to give you an idea of scale, it's around four times the height of ben nevis. nearly 20 eiffel towers. yikes. it's approximately 3,000 dans. imagine 3000 dans. living the dream. are you scared? well, i do, i have got height issue. what do you mean? do you suffer from vertigo at all?

people who say how can you suffer from vertigo when you're 6—foot six, i once went up the whispering galleries at st paul's cathedral on a school trip and i had to go outside to be sick, so mount kilimanjaro should be fun. enjoy the steep sides. this is all for comic relief, so well done to you taking up relief, so well done to you taking up the challenge. i remember doing ita up the challenge. i remember doing it a few years ago, it was like cheryl coal. loads of other people do it, kimberley welsh as well. they got mine people to do it. i think they thought let's get nine others to visit, returned to kilimanjaro, so it is going to be great fun and hopefully raising millions of dollars for comic relief. —— cole. he has not got long, honestly. dollars for comic relief. —— cole. he has not got long, honestlylj dollars for comic relief. —— cole. he has not got long, honestly. i on ben nevis, there you go. you need to

do some training. i'm going to climb 3400 do some training. i'm going to climb 31100 minchins. do some training. i'm going to climb 3400 minchins. that is going to be what is going to spur me actually, i would judge it by the number of minchins that we our everyday, did 1000 minchins today. do whatever it ta kes, 1000 minchins today. do whatever it takes, whatever it takes. so great, great good luck to you and i am excited to be watching and. thank you, i will be coming into breakfast and saying hello. excellent, i look forward to calling in your tent at really, really annoying moments of the night. that is your forte, isn't it? good luck. theresa may's hopes of securing support for her brexit deal now rest on coming up with a big change to the controversial plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. so let's head to ireland now. our correspondent chris page is just outside dundalk in the irish republic, not far from the border. what are the major talking points there this morning? good morning to you. yes, hello. this brexit process

is affected somewhat by what happens in this country and of course, over the border in northern ireland. it has been the crucial issue, theresa may now going back to brussels to say she wants to renegotiate what happens to the border after brexit. iam here happens to the border after brexit. i am here just outside happens to the border after brexit. i am herejust outside dundalk in cou nty i am herejust outside dundalk in county laos, customers are expected to arrive in the next couple of hours. —— louth. iam mostlyjoined by two guests across the border from northern ireland, a business owner and a farmer. what do you make of where we are now at the event in london overnight? i think it is important that we see the alternative arrangements for the backstop. the problem is we have not seen the octet arrangements and we do not know of any technologies that would avoid the physical checks of the border, so as regards the reason going back to brussels trying to negotiate that backstop, do you think she could get a result? our concern is that is for domestic

consumption and it has taken ten months in the backstop was the solution, we are somewhat doubtful that they will be a solution within the next ten. months what do you think now of theresa may going back to the eu and saying let's renegotiate the arrangements for the border? i think all be soundings coming from brussels at the minute indicate that is going to be quite difficult —— a difficult solution. suddenly, everyone at the moment is saying it is a nonstarter. i agree, it isa saying it is a nonstarter. i agree, it is a very short scale of time to make that arrangement, we can only wait and see. a farmer's point of view, the original agreement could have worked, but from a unionist political point of view, it certainly did not tick many boxes. so she is right to go back and try to get a rethink? i think so, with the scale of defeat that was in the house of commons last time, i think it is imperative, you. dylan, a quick last word to you, what are

your thoughts and concerns over the next few weeks? we have concerns about not being compounded on our nearest trading partner in northern ireland. we'll have more on that corrupt morning, but for the moment, back to you. do let us know what you think that well because in the north—west as well, a lot of sliding roads. some of that snow has been washed away that there is really treacherous conditions out there this morning, so do send us decent photos. we will be showing them a little bit later, if you are in trouble this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a 17—year—old was stabbed in islington yesterday evening. he was found by police in caledonian road.

two boys aged 16 and 17, and an 18—year—old man are being questioned. a section 60 stop and search order was put in place overnight, allowing police to search anyone across much of islington, clerkenwell, finsbury park and bloomsbury. expectant mothers in east london say they're devastated, after learning their midwife service is to suddenly close. neighbourhood midwives provided nhs patients in waltham forest with a single dedicated midwife. the nhs says it's trying to find alernative care, ahead of the closure tomorrow. it was a massive shock. i do not say it lightly but i was devastated when icame it lightly but i was devastated when i came home, burst into tears to my partner, he had no idea what was going on. we had been given so little information and it is a stressful time. a controversial enforcement camera in essex has collected more than £1.5 million in fines

in less than 18 months. drivers in chelmsford are issued with penalty charges if they drive through this stretch known as the bus gate on duke street. the council say it's there to stop the city centre being used as a ‘rat run' and to make the road safer for pedestrians. let's get the travel now. first, the tube. that's all running well so far. no reported problems on any of those lines there. let's take a look at the rotherhithe tunnel. it's still closed closed this morning for emergency repairs. and of course, with the woolwich ferry also suspended at the ,moment, there may be some extra pressure on the blackwall tunnel and the qe2 bridge. in islington, the caledonian road is closed because of the police investigation we told you about earlier. the a205 south circular is partly blocked at the catford gyratory due to a broken down lorry, with delays back towards hither green. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning, is a cold start out there this morning. temperatures widely below zero, foster stop this morning. we also had the risk of

surmise this morning. we had some rain overnight, one or two places, it did for the slow but whatever fell from the sky, is likely to freeze and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning. slippery roads and services, particularly the untreated ones. we have a lovely bright start this morning, lots of wintry sunshine today. there is a slim outside chance of a shower but most slim outside chance of a shower but m ost pla ces slim outside chance of a shower but most places avoiding them, temperatures between four and five celsius even in the sunshine. overnight, it is going to stay very cold. their spells at first, a little bit of power starts to move in overnight. with the temperature dropping down potentially the ms fee, that could freeze in one or two places as well. so murky and quite dangerous start tomorrow morning. it is looking to either the course of thursday, as it gets dark, coinciding with the rush—hour, we are likely to see some snow in the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for it. overnight thursday into friday. i'll be back in around half an hour. and you can take a look at our website too, of course. now it's back to dan and louise.

bye bye. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast: dan's big news this morning is that he's going to climb mount kilimanjaro for comic relief. throughout the programme we'll tell you everything you need to know about africa's highest summit. steph will be finding out why fewer children are getting regular pocket money — and asking if it means that they're missing out on vital lessons early on in life. and at the height of their fame, the fab four were the most photographed people on the planet. we'll hear about the project called the people's beatles that wants to collect photos from the fans who were there with them. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may is heading for confrontation with

the european union — after mps last night backed her to renegotiate part of the brexit deal. the eu has once again insisted that changing the deal is not an option, but the prime minister says she will return to brussels to look for a different way of avoiding a hard border in northern ireland. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. division! clear the lobby! vote after vote. but there was one that really mattered, and when it came, it was a win of sorts for theresa may. they ayes to the right, 317. the noes to the left, 301. mps backed a proposal to support the prime minister's brexit deal if she could secure a big change to the controversial plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal can't be done. it is now clear that there is a route that can secure a substantial and sustainable... jeering. ..substa ntial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal.

we will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain legally binding changes to withdraw... the other big decision saw mps reject a no deal brexit, but with no plan on how to avoid that, and the result was not binding on the government. until now, he'd refused to meet the prime minister and discuss the best way forward. after last night's votes, the labour leader agreed to sit down and talk. could i say that we are prepared to meet her, to put forward... jeering. ..to put forward the points of view from the labour party of the kind of agreement we want with the european union to protect jobs, to protect living standards and to protect rights and conditions in this country. shoring up support for a new version of her deal wasn't easy for theresa may, but convincing the eu to make the changes parliament demands may be even harder. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. millions of americans have been

affected by a spinning pocket of very cold air, known as a polar vortex, which has settled over a large part of the united states. temperatures as low as —30 degrees celsius have shut schools and businesses, and people have been warned not to not head outdoors. we can speak now to dr george champass, an emergency medicine doctor in chicago. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. give us a sense. how cold is that? is unprecedented. it is something many of us have never experienced before in our lives. you go outside and you immediately feel it, do you? immediately. within a couple of minutes your fingers get numb and you started developing pain in yourfingertips numb and you started developing pain in your fingertips and you can feel it into your lungs. it is causing serious injuries for people or have they just been serious injuries for people or have

theyjust been told to take care? without question. i think we are seeing sometimes four, five times what we have seen before in emergency departments, we are seeing individuals come in with pretty moderate to severe frostbite. and individuals who don't necessarily have resources are suffering from hypothermia. right. obviously a very dangerous situation for some people who have to be outside for any reason. yeah. i can say that a lot of companies, universities, schools, again, unprecedented, are closed on the next 36 hours and those who mandatorily have to go outside, whether they work in airports or first responders, they are doing them in very short intermissions, about 15—20 minutes at a time. everyone is taking is extremely serious. it is again temperatures that, i think, serious. it is again temperatures that, ithink, that serious. it is again temperatures that, i think, that many of us have ever experienced before. we are seeing some extremely dramatic pictures as well. you have given some advice. but is that official

advice being given to people about how to cope? without question. i think most of our cities are messaging that everyone should absolutely stay indoors unless it is urgent or emergent. if you have to go outside, make sure you minimise that to about five or ten minutes. literally in about five minutes you can literally in about five minutes you ca n start literally in about five minutes you can start developing some moderate symptoms right away. crosstalk. sorry. even breathing in the air can cause difficulties, can it? absolutely. especially for individuals with respiratory problems, kenneth fas —— exacerbate their symptoms. for normal people, you can feel the cold rush of air getting into your lungs. ok, dr george chiampas, thank you for joining us. best of luck to you as well. thank you. it is not quite the same here. incredibly serious and bridges that. bad weather is causing major disruption to merseyrail services this morning. the train operator says no services will run until 11pm this morning due to snow and ice.

snow is also affecting some flights at liverpool airport. police in greater manchester say they're dealing with reports of a number of motorway accidents. they have put out a press release asking people slow down and take ca re asking people slow down and take care on the roads. this is a picture outside our students. we will keep you up—to—date throughout the programme. three men are due to appear before magistrates today, charged with murdering a doorman at a party in london's west end. 33—year—old tudor simionov was working at the private event in park lane, when he was attacked and killed in the early hours of new year's day. the brazilian mining company, vale, which owns the dam that collapsed last week, has announced plans to decommission ten others built using the same methods. at least 84 people died and more than 270 others are unaccounted for, after toxic sludge engulfed a company canteen and nearby buildings. a vigil has been overnight

to remember the victims. you are right up—to—date with all the latest news. john is here. good morning. this title race is becoming a bit of a thriller. it will be a beauty. manchester city lost back—to—back games in the leg over christmas. they lost again last night. with liverpool out in front for point clare, they could move seven points clear. everyone is saying when will they wobble come? they haven't had one yet. and maybe they won't. manchester city appleby hard work to do. —— hard work to do. they lost 2—1 at st james park. they remain 4 points behind leaders liverpool, who play leicester city tonight. sergio ageuro put city ahead in the first minute before salomon rondon equalised in the second half. newcastle stunned city with ten minutes to go when matt ritchie made it 2—1 to earn his side three precious points.

someone who will be loving that is jurgen klopp, who's liverpool side could move seven points clear at the top tonight if they beat leicester. in an interview with the bbc‘s sport editor dan roan, he said he loves the job, but gets no enjoyment from the integrity of the title race. let's enjoy the moment. let's enjoy the ride as much as possible. and let's go for everything to stop we don't set limits. are you able to enjoy it? never. i don't really enjoy it? never. i don't really enjoy that. i enjoy the work with the boys but not the situation or whatever that you can go for this or that. football is not the most important thing in the world, but, of course, in these moments it the fla k of course, in these moments it the flak that. i love what i do, but the situation is intense as well ——it can feel like that. it was eight straight wins for ole gunnar solkjaer at united, but that run is over as they drew with burnley. they scored two goals in three minutes as they came from behind to draw 2—2.

and it was a hugely emotional night as cardiff paid tribute to missing striker emiliano sala daffodils were laid on the pitch at arsenal by both captains in what was the club's first match since his disappearance. fans and staff also wore daffodils, with supporters holding yellow cards, the shirt colour of sala's previous club nantes. centre ben te'o has been ruled out of england's opening six nations match with ireland on saturday with a side strain. the worcester player picked up the injury this week. and we were saying earlier how the man in line to replace him, manu tuliangi, doesn't want tojinx his return, having not started for his country since 2014. here's proof. if your mind is positive you kind of go forward from there. well, i can say, iam go forward from there. well, i can say, i am fit and healthy. touchwood. as always. just enjoying

been back with the boys, with the best place in the country. six years since he started a game for his country. no wonder he's touching everything. ufc fighter connor mcgregor has been suspended for six months and fined, after the brawl that marred his defeat to khabib nurmagomedov in october. the russian's been banned for nine months. nurmagomedov began a brawl by the octagon after beating mcgregor, before the irishman was involved in a bust up with his opponent's team. both suspensions are backdated to the date of the fight. now if you thought the only bowl cats are interested in is the one with theirfood in, think again. what?! how about super bowl for kittens? no. on sunday the new england patriots play the la rams in american football's big game. but before that kitten bowl returns after a ‘purr—fect‘ run at last yea r‘s super bowl. it's notjust a bit of fun, but features kittens rescued from across the united states. it is watched by lots of people. and

then afterwards if you think you would like a new furry friend you can give them a lovely home. which is very nice. i think it will be televised, interestingly. only in the us, right? i can see why people might watch that. sunday night. don't need any voiceover, just watch it. and also they don't need to be in the house. that we smell. a lovely idea. hope they get lovely homes. thank you for the huge news. we go back to our main story. many of this morning's papers are describing yesterday's events in parliament as an unconventional victory for theresa may. let's get the verdicts of two commentators — nicola bartlett from the daily mirror and dia chakravarty from the daily telegraph. thank you very much forjoining us on what is a freezing cold morning in london this morning. we are talking about some of the front pages of the papers and theresa may had a good night last night. how do

you read it, dia? she had a much better night than was expected. if you think of the last time she was in the house of commons, the last set of votes she had. it was a disastrous for her that the bar was pretty low. there was the khuber bowls amendment, which would have been seen as a threat to whatever dwindling authority she has. it would have been serious if that amendment had been won. that cross— party amendment had been won. that cross—party amendment. in the end, it seemed like she won, she managed to defeat all the amendments, which the govett was in supporting. the government did have an official backing for the brady amendment, which did when. and then the other

one, the caroline spelman one. it was led by a conservative, a bipartisan amendment. it isn't actually legally binding. itjust address is the fact, except the fa ct, address is the fact, except the fact, acknowledges the fact that this parliament does not want an ideal scenario. at that is not news to anybody. nobody really wants that. it also does nothing to remove that. it also does nothing to remove that as a legal certainty. and i suppose the other issue is that it and i suppose the other issue is thatitis and i suppose the other issue is that it is fine for parliament to sort of agree that there can be so negotiation on that but seconds after that went to, donald tusk is tweeting we're not renegotiating. that is probably the second part of this process, can there be a movement there, do you think?|j movement there, do you think?” think that is the big issue and did not really come as any surprise to anyone that the eu are not going to reopen the negotiation, they have been pretty consistent on that front. i mean, what yesterday represents is finding some way

through in parliament and finding somewhere to in the tory party above all, which let's face it, has been where theresa may's focus has been for the last few months. our weather, a real problem is that the negotiation is not here in the uk, it is over in brussels. —— however. there can be no negotiation in brussels. the problem for theresa may is that she has managed to find some kind of majority in parliament by basically pandering to the brexiteers in the tory party and she is promised something or allow them to coalesce behind something which actually is not deliverable and is the same problem that she has had for the last few, it is the same problem but will the last vote in parliament. going back to a point that nicola raised there, one of the accusations and some this morning is that this has been about uniting the tory party, rather than in the best interests of the country. well, that

is or is an interesting thing you say that about politicians, i think because both party leaders could be said to be doing that. and they would say that from labour's perspective or from the conservatives's perspective, being in power to lead this all—important negotiations is in the interest of the nation, that is how they would, thatis the nation, that is how they would, that is however a politician sees it. that is quite interesting but what i would dispute rather a little bit of what nicola just said is about countering to the er g or the brexiteers, last time she did a little bit more than that theresa may because she did manage to bring nicky morgan, whose worst enemies would not call her a brexit ever, i don't think. —— erg. nicky morgan as well as jacob rees—mogg together behind this compromise they were talking about, which is actually quite extraordinary given just how divided, as nicholas said, the conservative party had been. it will

be itching to see how long that unity lasts for. thank you for your incredibly polite disagreement there. nicola, you can respond to a point bit if you could just respond as well to whether you think they will be an extension of article 50 at the end of all this. yeah, we should not underestimate bringing the tory party together and uniting the tory party together and uniting the conservative party, they are not necessarily mutually exclusive but the point is the clock is ticking down. i think there are 58 days to go now until brexit, and there is no movement on the key elements, which is the backstop. it is still the same problem. what parliament decided yesterday when they rejected the amendments is they did not put forward this plan to essentially delay article 50. however, that does not mean that that is not going to happen, it just means not mean that that is not going to happen, itjust means it is not going to happen for now. so there are still some chance. at the

moment, if you like it is less likely to be delayed than perhaps it was feeling a few days ago because theresa may has leased kind of secured some kind of victory. she seems a lot more stable in that regard. —— has at least. but it is very difficult to rule anything out, especially when that clock is ticking down. thank you very much for that. go and enjoy a coffee and they tea from us and have a nice morning. it is 58 days, come on. is like the countdown to christmas. it is really cold out there this morning. we will have a quick look outside our studios. it is not often, i work to a long time and i do not think i have ever seen that here. so there we go, it has been so insulted this morning. carol, quite a lot of missives coming in from people in the north—west saying that the roads are quite treacherous out

there, and the same story elsewhere in the uk in as well. that is absolutely right, yes. and good morning, everyone. iwillshow is on pictures of places we have got snow. if you are just stepping outside in merseyside, this is what you will see. it is the north in the west in particular that has got the wintry showers but ice is very much a howzat and eyes is more widespread this morning, so if you are travelling, do take extra care. you can find out what is happening where you are, of course, on your local radio station and i will keep you up—to—date him breakfast as well. the wintry showers continue during the north and the west. —— here on. an area that i am keeping a close eye on currently is wales and the area around merseyside. we could see some wintry showers even as far east as leeds and a lot of them will feed through during the day and many of us will see a lot of sunshine today.

mind you, it is going to be cold, these are our maximum temperatures. this eating into the overnight, as soon as it gets dark, the habitual following quite quickly. there will bea following quite quickly. there will be a widespread frost, some patchy fog forming. another howzat across parts of scotland, and also the midlands, into parts of eastern england. these are the temperatures in our towns and cities. in rural areas, they will be much lower than that. as we go through the course and tomorrow, we have all this colder air across us. the milder air is further south. as that pressure comes in with its weather front, initially it will fall as rain but increasingly, we will start to see some snow from that. tomorrow morning, we have the patchy freezing fog to lift, some of it won't. some of it will stick to parts of the day across parts of wales and scotland, as we push further north, the wind through the and then in comes the rain and increasingly we will see some snow at low levels. it is going

to cold day where the wild and let's focus the snow because this could be disruptive. how much are we likely to see? well, the highest totals represent what you will see on high ground. —— how much snow. into the south—west, south—east, parts of the midlands and wales, it could be snowing for much of the day across south wales, heading over towards the cotswolds. so if you are travelling, do take extra care. they do not forget there is also the risk of ice tomorrow morning once again, where we have had the damp surfaces and a very low temperatures overnight, so that is another howzat tomorrow morning and also, the patchy fog across the midlands into east anglia and southern scotland, so there is a lot going on with the weather. if you have travel plans, well, just keep in touch with the weather forecast. it is well, just keep in touch with the weatherforecast. it is probably well, just keep in touch with the weather forecast. it is probably the best advice i can offer you. carol, thank you very

much. also, keep in touch with you as well because you are here every half an hour. we also going to go to our regional bulletins around the country, so make sure you stay tuned for that. i do not know exactly when that is. the exxon will be in about four minutes‘s time. after steph has done talking to us aboutjob losses. yes, i'm going to be talking about what happens if you are someone who is stuck at home, so anyone who is stuck in the snow at the moment, i'll answering questions on that a later. but yes, we are talking about retail this morning. january can be a tough time for some retailers. we've heard that the owner of oddbins says it's appointed advisers to look at options for the future after an "extremely tough" christmas. the company employs about 500 people. and on monday the uk's biggest supermarket tesco said it's

to close fresh food counters in 90 of its stores, putting up to 9,000 jobs at risk. some of those jobs could of course be saved. but last year, there were something like 70,000 fewerjobs in retail than in 2017 — that's according to the british retail consortium — and it is to do with the way we shop and how that continues to change. so what does all this change mean for the high street and those —— let's talk to siobhan gehin, who is managing director of accenture strategy. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us through the snow. what your thoughts on what is happening at the moment? well, i think you have hit the nail on the head. there is a huge transformation going on in a way that we are shopping, we are shopping online, with mobiles and install, and retailers are just trying to adapt their whole business to cater to customers and we never had it so

good as consumers that retailers are having to invest in digital technologies and invest in stores to with these changes. —— in store. and they have massive cost pressures. with these changes. —— in store. and they have massive cost pressuresm interesting because i feel like we have talked about this loads, we talked about how, i do not think there is anything it, sorry. we will be is in water, don't worry, i'm sorry. “— be is in water, don't worry, i'm sorry. —— it is interesting. we talk a lot about how things are changing, we have been saying for years about how we are going to online and mobiles, why retailers not keeping 7 mobiles, why retailers not keeping up? well, they are. there are huge retailers, many of these retailers, so those chains, if you are starting from scratch in building a retail business right now, you would not stop many of our big and most successful retailers have been. you will not have massive town stores because people are not as interested as shopping in those stores any more, it's so retail leases are usually ten year leases, it does ta ke usually ten year leases, it does take time to make these changes. is

not that they have not adapted, is just that that scale of change when you have big assets like those stores, it takes time. —— it is. you have big assets like those stores, it takes time. -- it is. and is about customers‘s demands as well an how they are changing. you have got to be quick as well, like this. thank you. that is a floor manager getting you that. so what do you think the future is? how much change we going to see? well, i think we will continue to see retailers evolve their estate but i do think the future of the story is still bright and one of the distinct things that has happened in this your gill year and the last year is stores like amazon, they are opening stores. so i think there is a whole recognition that it is notjust was a bit here and online here, it is kind of all merging. —— this year. mobile is kind of driving that as well, so i think we will see some stores due to close and some retailers minimising their estates,

but we will see some stores continued to be highly significant, the high street is part of the fabric of society, so there is a kind of vested interest to many people try to keep out a light that stores are still very important and the way in a way that retailers had to set up those stores will be different. —— to keep those alive. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. that is fascinating. i will be talking to you later this morning about your rights if you have to stay home because of the snow. it is or is one of my favourite things when tracy makes it onto the tv. coming up later on breakfast... —— time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a 17—year—old was stabbed in islington yesterday evening. he was found by police in caledonian road. two boys, aged 16 and 17, and an 18—year—old man are being questioned.

a section 60 order was put in place overnight, allowing police to stop and search anyone across much of islington, clerkenwell, finsbury park and bloomsbury. expectant mothers in east london say they're devastated after learning their midwife service is to suddenly close. neighbourhood midwives provided nhs patients in waltham forest with a single dedicated midwife. the nhs says it's trying to find alernative care, ahead of the closure tomorrow. it was a massive shock. i don't say it lightly, but i was devastated. and i came home, burst into tears to my partner, he had no idea what was going on. we'd been given so little information, and it is a stressful time. a new museum dedicated to the history of the second world war air base at biggin hill in south—east london is opening it doors today. —— its. it cost £6 million to build

and tells the story of the hundreds of raf pilots who died fighting the luftwaffe. it features more than 80 exhibits, including the story of elspeth henderson — one of the first women to be awarded the military medal. travel now. first, the tube. that's all running well so far. no reported problems on any of those lines there. let's take a look at the rotherhithe tunnel. it's still closed this morning for emergency repairs. traffic's starting to build up now through limehouse on butcher row and commercial road because of that. in islington, the caledonian road is closed between bingfield street and offord road because of the police investigation we told you about earlier. and the a205 south circular is partly blocked westbound at the catford gyratory due to a broken down lorry. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a cold start out there this morning. temperatures widely down below zero. soa so a widespread frost first thing. a lovely, bright start. we also have the risk of some ice this morning.

we had some rain overnight. one or two places, it did fall as snow, but whatever fell from the sky is likely to freeze, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for slippery roads and services, particularly the untreated ones. we've got a lovely bright start though this morning, lots of wintry sunshine today. there is a slim outside chance of a shower but most places avoiding them. temperatures between four and five celsius, even in the sunshine. now, overnight, it's going to stay very cold. cear spells at first. a little bit of cloud starts to move in overnight. with the temperature dropping down potentially to —3, that could freeze in one or two places as well. so a murky, quite dangerous start tomorrow morning. now, it's looking dry through the course of thursday, it's as it gets dark, coinciding with the rush—hour, we're likely to see some snow, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for it overnight, thursday into friday. i'll be back in around half an hour with more. you can take a look at our website too. now it's back to dan and louise.

bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: theresa may prepares to return to brussels to try to renegotiate her brexit agreement. sodhi ayes habit, the ayes habit. —— sodhi eyes have it, the ayes have it. mps back a plan to push for "alternative arrangements" over the future of the irish border — but the eu insists it won't change its position. millions of americans are told not to go outside, as parts of the us face the coldest weather in a generation. it is going to be a cold day in the uk today, but not as cold as that. we have some wintry showers, particularly in the north and west. a widespread risk of ice. some sunshine as well. and as snowy conditions cause travel disruption, i'll be looking at what your rights are if you can't make it into work. it's a nightmare night

for manchester city, as the champions lose to newcastle united handing liverpool the chance to move seven points clear in the title race. and why dan's going on tour with little mix in africa? we will have more on that later. all will be revealed. it's wednesday, 30th january. our top story: theresa may is heading for confrontation with the european union — after mps last night backed her to renegotiate part of the brexit deal. at the heart of the dispute is the future of the irish border. the eu has once again insisted that changing the deal is not an option, but the prime minister says she has a mandate to return to brussels and re—open negotiations. it is now clear that there is a route to secure a substantial and sustainable... jeering. ..substa ntial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal. we will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement that deals with concerns on the back stop guaranteeing no return to a hard border

between northern ireland and ireland. and last night, the labour leader jeremy corbyn says he will now meet with the prime minister, to discuss the way forward. we are prepared to meet her to put forward... ..to put forward the points of view from the labour party of the kind of agreement we want for the european union to protect jobs, to protect living standards, and to protect the rights and conditions in this country. it is exactly the offer that was made last september, exactly the offer that was made two weeks ago, and i look forward to meeting the prime minister to set out those views to hire on behalf of my party. interesting times. our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. it was quite extraordinary, watching what was going on in the commons

yesterday. what do you think is most significant? theresa may now has to go back to brussels. the brady amendment, the one that was passed last night, it has let us try to find an alternative on the irish backstop, it is a big moment for the government. it spent so long trying to get on board with one particular idea and it seems that, finally, there is something back in —— the conservative party and the dup can coalesce around to say this is what we wa nt coalesce around to say this is what we want from brexit. so theresa may nothing she can go to brussels and say i have got a plan, i have a mandate, i have something that could get through parliament. but getting the eu to agree to that is going to be an extremely difficult task. time is of the essence. at the moment, there are 58 days to go until we are due to leave the european union. the prime minister said yesterday that no matter what happens, whatever happens in the stalls were brussels, she will be back in the commons by the 13th of january to come up with

some other plan or some update on what has been happening. if nothing gets through. if there is no neeld ——no new deal voted through ora plan that has the backing of mps, they will get another chance to put their alternatives on the table on the 14th of february. the question remains, how do you get europe to agree to something that, so far, it has been sanogo elmar brok? that is a very good question. we'll be asking that to a german mep —— that the eu has been saying no to. three men are due to appear before magistrates today, charged with murdering a doorman at a party in london's west end. 33—year—old tudor simionov was working at the private event in park lane, when he was attacked and killed in the early hours of new year's day. the brazilian mining company, vale, which owns the dam that collapsed last week, has announced plans to decommission ten others built using the same methods. at least 84 people died and more than 270 others are unaccounted for, after toxic sludge engulfed a company canteen and nearby buildings.

a vigil has been overnight to remember the victims. ajudge in georgia has ruled that the extradition ofjack shepherd — convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames — will not be fast tracked. 24—year—old charlotte brown was killed when the boat crashed in december 2015. shepherd handed himself in to police in tbilisi last week after months on the run. a spinning pocket of very cold air, known as a polar vortex, is expected to bring potentially life—threatening temperatures to parts of the united states this week, with forecasters saying it could be as cold as minus 30 degrees celsius. officials say it's likely to be colder than the south pole, and are warning people to stay indoors. here's cbs news's don daler in chicago. the people in the midwest are a hardy bunch, they are used to cold weather, but nothing like this. —45

celsius wind chills here in chicago. the city is taking precautions. they have been trying to prepare people for this weather. they have opened up for this weather. they have opened up some city buses to be homeless shelters for those who have no place to go. they are using, in effect, fla methrowers to go. they are using, in effect, flamethrowers to melt the ice on tracks and they are using chemicals to melt the ice on aeroplanes. homeowners are desperate to keep their pipes from bursting in the cold so they are putting up space heaters. but the officials say their best piece of advice is, if folks don't have to go out, stay home, stay warm. don daler, cbs news, for the bbc news, chicago. very serious news. the way americans to news reports is brilliant. bad weather at home is causing disruption to the morning commute for some of us this morning. overnight snowfall has followed yesterday's wintry weather in a number of places. merseyrail says no services will run until 11am this morning due to snow and ice.

snow is also affecting some flights at liverpool airport. police in greater manchester say they're dealing with reports of a number of motorway accidents. quite a few people, particularly in the north—west, are questioning whether the rows were gritted last night. this is what it look like outside our studio this morning. when we came in at around half past four it was a serious blizzard outside. but it has settled, as you can see. those are the conditions for many in the north—west. carol has the latest for everyone in about five minutes. what are your snow rights if you can't get into snow —— were? people really struggle to get into work in weather like this. if you are going to struggle employer know. be upfront about it. let them know. be upfront about it. let them know as know as soon as you can. you are not necessarily entitled to be automatically paid if you cannot get in. some people have a clause in

their contract to do with the weather which means they will be paid if they can't get in. also if you are someone who travels into work by means that were put on, like they sent airbus to come and get you, if get into work like that and then they stop that transport then you should be paid for that they —— they send a bus. there is a real mix. some employers are more forgiving than others as well. some will let you work from home for the day or maybe pick up work at another date. but on the whole you are not entitled tojust date. but on the whole you are not entitled to just be automatically paid. what if you have children going to school and the school is closed? that is a big one. people now have a sudden childcare crisis on their hands. all employees, the law states, have the right to take unpaid leave off to deal with emergency circumstances such as these. so you can do that. and another thing that i get asked a lot

about is what if you are told not to come in because the work is, for whatever reason, closed. if it is completely closed, the whole workforce , completely closed, the whole workforce, then you will be paid for that day. they can't force you to ta ke that day. they can't force you to take leave for that if they suddenly the place. if they give you warning in advance or say we want you to ta ke in advance or say we want you to take a day off next week, they can do that if they give you double the length of notice, double the length of time of what you will be. it is better with an example. if they want you to take a day off they need to give you two days notice. they can maybe take — — give you two days notice. they can maybe take —— make you take your annual leave. if you are woken up and work has said don't come in. you should be paid. i love that. they will say steph breakfast told me i should be paid. well done, steph. no snow in this next little film. take a look at this for a leap of faith. this is kitesurfer olly bridge successfully jumping over a sand

spit in dawlish warren in devon over the weekend. he performed the 200 metre leap from a tidal pool in the estuary of river exe into the ocean. he'd been planning the stunt for months, waited for the ideal weather conditions and thinks it's the first time anyone has attempted it. i counted 15 seconds in the air. he said he was stoked afterwards. as you can imagine. you can see why no—one has attempted this before. why would you? why not? he could have gone double the distance there. i would love to see somebody on the spit is taking that video. i would love to see how high he got. spit is taking that video. i would love to see how high he gotm spit is taking that video. i would love to see how high he got. it is amazing. iam love to see how high he got. it is amazing. i am not sure you would wa nt to amazing. i am not sure you would want to stand underneath it. well done to him. you are watching breakfast. —— brea kfast. after another busy day in westminster yesterday, let's take stock of where the brexit process is at.

theresa may says she'll now seek changes to the controversial plan designed to avoid a hard irish border. we speak to our brexit minister. what happens next? from your perspective what happens next? b graham brady amendment has been passed. theresa may says she can go back to the eu. it seems there is no wriggle room. so what now? look, i think it was a positive development last night. what happened was that so graham brady's amendment went through. and it shows that there was actually a majority for the deal in the house of commons, if we actually change or tweak the backstop. what you are saying is that the eu is intransigent, they don't want to move, they won't compromise, but i think there is room for compromise. and they say that because sabine waned, the deputy chief negotiator, she is michel barnier‘s deputy, said

on sunday that she is open to alternative arrangements. we have to have a discussion about what those arrangements in northern ireland will be, there is clearly room for a komru miah is. what happens is that it was significant because it showed that there is a majority for a deal. understand is a majority for the deal. but the amendment was really vague. alternative backstop arrangements. what you understand that to be could be different to somebody else who voted for that amendment. what is it mean to you? in ireland at the moment there is already a difference, already a border, insofar as northern ireland has a different currency, different corporation tax regime, different vat regime. so there is a border. obviously we don't want a hard border, we don't want to go back to the 1970s. sultanate arrangement is looking at technology. that were said in the political declaration between the eu that was published

last month ——so alternative right. we have to look at new arrangements and technology to sort out those differences. i think that the vote last night was a significant, because if you won't be clock back two weeks ago the government lost by 230 boats and people were saying it was a disaster, we were not going to get anywhere —— votes. and we would face no deal. what happened last night was the opposite. we moved from a big defeat two weeks ago to a victory yesterday. i think that gives a clear signal to the prime minister and also to the eu about how we can reach a final deal was because, let's make no bones about it, both sides, ourselves in the uk and the eu, we want to reach a deal. that is quite clear from the correspondence from everybody. but 58 days until, effectively, the door closes. how can things be fitted in

in that time? surely, and many people were making this point this morning, it is not practically possible. there will have to be an extension to article 50. let's try to get the deal first. i have given up to get the deal first. i have given up trying to predict what will happen in this, in these events, because, clearly, things move very quickly. i think that two weeks ago people would talking that no deal, there was an air of some disappointment. i think yesterday it was a completely different feeling. iamofa was a completely different feeling. i am of a walking through the lobby seeing people voting who were very pleased. is that a completely different feeling for conservative mps. mps were saying yesterday that this has been about party not country from a conservative point of view. you have united the party but you're not thinking about the bigger picture. ido i do not think that is true. look at the technical details, if you look at the cooper amendment, there was

something like 40 or 50 labour mps who voted against the amendment. there were a number of mps who came m, there were a number of mps who came in, they are not conservative is, but they also have a role to play. there are people like jacob rees—mogg respect very much, they said is about parliamentary democracy and he is right, it is very significant that sir graham brady's amendment was passed last night, and that means that we can actually know roughly what kind of deal the final deal will look like, it will have to have something on the, some give from the eu on the irish backstop what it means that there is a clear path forward and thatis there is a clear path forward and that is what the prime minister said in her remarks at the end of the debate last night. can ijust ask you? i debate last night. can ijust ask you ? i know debate last night. can ijust ask you? i know you can't speak for the prime minister but you mentioned being there as well, —— the deputy to michel barnier as well. within

seconds of that member being voted through yesterday, essentially no, there are no negotiations. —— amendment. if she says to you we would like to change the backstop and they say no, that is not up for negotiation, what is the next step after that? —— to the eu. negotiation, what is the next step after that? -- to the eu. i think we had to be very clear about the fact that they want a deal and we want the deal, so both sides in this debate are very anxious to get something from the arrangement. both sides are going to have the comp buys. i think that the eu is willing to do so, i mentioned the assistant to do so, i mentioned the assistant to michel barnier, mentioned the fa ct to michel barnier, mentioned the fact that donald tusk seemed to mention something quite different yesterday. we have seen from the eu throughout this whole process that some officials say one thing and some officials say one thing and some officials say another, but we can't lose sight of the fact that at the end of this process, both sides are the end of this process, both sides a re really the end of this process, both sides are really keen to get a deal and i will be very frank and specific

about the eu's incentive to get a deal. if there is no deal, they will not get a penny piece from us, and the budget for them is very important, so they are very anxious to get a deal and i think a deal would be the best thing for both sides. that is why at i was very happy to be appointed two months ago andi happy to be appointed two months ago and i accepted the job because happy to be appointed two months ago and i accepted thejob because i really believed in the deal, i think thatis really believed in the deal, i think that is the best way forward. thank you very much for your time this morning and we shall watch things as we have been poor while very closely. we will, indeed. as we are watching the weather this morning, and we have been seeing similar dramatic pictures from united states actually. carol can tell us about what has been going on because it is something quite out of the ordinary. if you look at the temperature today on the mercury comet it will read -27 on the mercury comet it will read —27 do you add in the windchill in some parts of the north—east of america will feel more like minus 50. that is life—threatening

conditions and people have been advised to stay indoors in this kind of weather. now what is happening or why it is happening is because of the displacement of the polar vortex, as the name suggests, it is normally in the polls what it has been displaced and is now over the great lakes. a sickly, it is a column of spinning cold air. the great lakes, of course, more highly populated than further north, so thatis populated than further north, so that is why it has happened, but is not necessarily going to last because by saturday bush cover once again, we are looking at temperatures back up to about plus seven. “— temperatures back up to about plus seven. —— poles. back at home, it is also a cold start to the day. there is ice widely across the uk and on untreated surfaces, so if you are travelling, do bear that in mind. we've also got some snow, even at lower levels, especially across the north and the west. disruption is quite likely. there will be some treacherous conditions and it is effect in some of the major roads, so do keep in touch with the

forecast and you can find out more as well not to steer but also on your local radio station. so, the wintry showers currently across the north and the west of the uk. —— not just here. some of that is no getting down to lower levels, we are particularly watching the north of wales, down to lower merseyside, manchester, possibly as far east as leeds. as we get to the day, some of the snowy showers they did not all of them. we are going to see a lot of them. we are going to see a lot of sunshine that is going to be cold, wintry sunshine. as we head onto the evening and into the overnight, as it gets dark, the temperature will fall away very quickly. once again, we are looking ata quickly. once again, we are looking at a widespread frost, the risk of ice on surfaces and some patchy fog forming across parts of southern scotland, central and also some south—eastern parts of the uk. these are the ten bridges can expect in towns and cities. in rural areas, they will be lower than this, —8, possibly lower than that across parts of the highlands. —— these other temperatures. as we head into

the mire, the weather gets more interesting in the sense that we are embedded in this pool of cold air and you can see the rotation of the airaround this area and you can see the rotation of the air around this area of low pressure with its attendant weather front. as it comes in from the south—west, initially it is going to bring rain and increasingly inland, it is going to bring some sleet and also some snow. a lot of dry weather for most of the uk tomorrow, still some pop artist cleared, some will be slow to clear, some are not clearing at all and then we have a weather front coming in with strengthening winds. you can see too we have some rain, some sleet, but we will see some snow at lower levels as well. let's ta ke snow at lower levels as well. let's take a look at the kind of quantities of snow we are likely to be seen through the course of tomorrow. one to three centimetres, three centimetres more likely with height across parts of the south—west. into the south—east, you've got to watch the timings he was well as it is not going to be necessary and warning feature for us all. the south—east, five to five centimetres, five centimetres with height. parts of the midlands, two

to eight centimetres, again eight centimetres with height. five to 15 centimetres with height. five to 15 centimetres across parts of wales, 15 centimetres with height. across parts of southern wales down towards cotswolds, it could well be snowing throughout most of the day, so some disruption is likely, so do keep in touch with weather forecast. we will do. thank you very much, carol, explaining all about the polar vortex is as well, so thank you very much for that. i have got some news about dan. he'll be taking on a huge challenge for comic relief. # ain't no mountain high enough. i'm not sure about that music, it like playing africa by toto, really. he's volunteered to climb mount kilimanjaro — africa's highest mountain — alongside a host of celebrities,

including love island's dani dyer and little mix's jade and leanne. have you forgotten anybody? is going be embarrassing. yeah, the guy from the nfl show. now to tell him how to prepare is professor greg whyte. you will know him, he has previously trained celebrities who are pulling comedy challenges. i will talk to you injust a moment. at 5,895 metres — or 19,340 feet — mount kilimanjaro is the highest free—standing mountain in the world. you are doing great nodding. to give you an idea of scale, it is about four times the height of ben nevis. nearly 20 eiffel towers. and this is my favourite way of measuring it. it's approximately 3,000 dans. or more than 3,400 of me. that sounds like the worst party ever. that is so rude. surely bring

in the professor? yeah, bring in the professor. louise is bit excited but also a bit concerned. —— shall we. this is a serious mental and physical test. this is tough, there is lots going on. the fact that it is lots going on. the fact that it is 26 miles, is a marathon walk uphill and we are doing it over seven days, that makes a little bit easier in terms of the physicality of it. of course, what we're doing every single day is we the attitude and as you rightly said, almost to 6000 metres, which is what we extreme altitude, where humans actually do not adapt, so the altitude has a really big impact. then of course, the added bonus is there is no running water, no toilets, you sleep on a little bed which is about this thick on rubble, so there are lots of things going on which make it a really tough challenge. i have known dan for while now, greg, and you are in no beginning to get to know him, he has not put in a lot of training.”

beginning to get to know him, he has not put in a lot of training. i hope thatis not put in a lot of training. i hope that is not true. greg, when i saw greg zuerlein medical, he said the most important thing is the boots, andi most important thing is the boots, and i picked up my comic relief boots, they look like i have not worn them at all, greg. exactly. i walked through a river and that washed off the mud and the dirt. you have not got them on, there is no point showing the then there, they need to be on your feet to get used to them. ok, so seriously, i know you have taken a lot of people on some incredible and really gruelling journeys and it is not as dan involved in this one, is quite a thing to be able to do this, isn't it? it is, i think thing to be able to do this, isn't it? it is, ithink the interesting thing about the challenges we comic relief is that it is quite an eclectic mix of people in the one difficult thing that we had, virtually impossible to predict is how people are going to respond at altitude, and that really does matter because we need to make sure that everybody gets to the top and because it is such an eclectic mix, thatis because it is such an eclectic mix, that is what makes it so interesting

on the mountain, particularly for me, but for the entire team, isjust watch those people who are perhaps not responding as we want to, to try and support them to make sure that they get to the peak, which is the summit of kilimanjaro. there are some of us there, great, i'm not sure you can see all of us, there is only five because i'm not sure eve ryo ne only five because i'm not sure everyone has had their pr peak, but the girls little mix are missing from that. talk to me about toilets, and need to know about toilets.” from that. talk to me about toilets, and need to know about toilets. i do not think you want to know, to be honest with you. there are these wonderful things called long drops, which effectively is what it says on the tin and that is it is a whole over a very long vertical drop and thatis over a very long vertical drop and that is the toilets, and i think actually for the ladies, it is much more problematic than it is for the man because actually during the day, we do not have toilet stops, there are no service stations on the way up are no service stations on the way up mount kilimanjaro. it really is a case and is going behind the biggest

rock you can find that can be a bit ofa rock you can find that can be a bit of a problem for some people, so although it sounds like a bit of fun, actually going to the toilet is a real issue because making sure that you keep enough fuel on—board, making sure you keep enough energy, making sure you keep enough energy, making sure you keep enough energy, making sure that you hydrate enough really key elements to coping with the altitude. if you're worried about going to the toilet, all of a sudden you doing that. oh my goodness, just as i said, dan does know i am quite worried about him taking on this challenge. can you please give him a bit of motivation to do some training? he says he is doing training that he needs to do more training. listen, iwill look after him, don't worry. we're carrying? no, i definitely won't carrying? no, i definitely won't carry him, he is and big lad.” carrying? no, i definitely won't carry him, he is and big lad. i know you look after him, i know you will. greg, you know... when i went to do my medical with greg, he put me on a bike and! my medical with greg, he put me on a bike and i did not have any shorts, had to do it in my seat. as it as i told you, since i got back to the office, louise was asking me what my

figures were, what was this, and i told her what you told me, currently my legs are not strong enough, i need to work on my leg strength. i will be doing it, greg, i promise. that is it, and make sure you stay healthy, that is the main thing. he has a cold at the moment.” healthy, that is the main thing. he has a cold at the moment. i will see you at base camp in a few weeks's time. looking forward to it. i am going to see you at our very own base camp at the bottom of the stairs in this building after this great programme. we are going to walk all out in all the way down all the way up and all the way down. what it is lunchtime. interesting thing is that the altitude is the massive thing and doing kilimanjaro for charity a few years ago, and i had to be airlifted off the mountain. it is something you have to really seriously think about. currently, greg said he did it really badly, it feels like you have a sumo wrestler sitting on your head. i am so looking forward to it on your behalf, would like, dan. come on. and more importantly, it is all for comic relief. yeah. and of

course, will be following him on his difficult journey, course, will be following him on his difficultjourney, all the most difficultjourney, all the most difficult times. be careful our there this morning. the roads are a little bit slippery and places. carol has the weather for is for the uk in about 15 minutes‘s time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a 17—year—old was stabbed in islington yesterday evening. he was found by police in caledonian road. two boys, aged 16 and 17, and an 18—year—old man are being questioned. a section 60 order was put in place overnight — allowing police to stop and search anyone across much of islington, clerkenwell, finsbury park and bloomsbury. expectant mothers in east london say they're devastated, after learning their midwife service is to suddenly close. neighbourhood midwives provided nhs patients in waltham forest with a single dedicated midwife.

the nhs says it's trying to find alternative care, ahead of the closure tomorrow. it was a massive shock. i don't say it lightly, but i was devastated. and i came home, burst into tears to my partner, he had no idea what was going on either. we'd been given so little information, and it is a stressful time. a new museum dedicated to the history of the second —— second world war air base at biggin hill in south—east london is opening it doors today. it cost £6 million to build, and tells the story of the hundreds of raf pilots who died fighting the luftwaffe. it features more than 80 exhibits, including the story of elspeth henderson — one of the first women to be awarded the military medal. travel now. first, the tube.

that's all running well so far. no reported problems on any of those lines there. let's take a look at the rotherhithe tunnel, it's still closed for emergency repairs, so traffic‘s busy through limehouse on butcher row and commercial road and on the south side of the river, jamaica road is busy westbound towards tower bridge road. in islington, the caledonian road is closed between bingfield street and offord road because of that police investigation. and the a205 south circular is partly blocked westbound at the catford gyratory due to a broken down lorry. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a cold start out there this morning. temperatures widely down below zero. so, a widespread frost first thing. a lovely, bright start though, with some sunshine. we also have the risk of some ice this morning. we had some rain overnight. one or two places, it did fall as snow, but whatever fell from the sky is likely to freeze, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for the slippery roads and services, particularly the untreated ones. we've got a lovely bright start though this morning, lots of wintry sunshine today. there is a slim outside chance of a shower but most places avoiding them.

temperatures between four and five celsius, even in the sunshine. now, overnight, it's going to stay very cold. clear spells at first, then a little bit of cloud starts to move in through the second part of the night. with the temperature dropping down potentially to —3, that could freeze in one or two places as well. so a murky, quite dangerous start tomorrow morning. now, it's looking dry through the course of thursday, it's as it gets dark, coinciding again with the rush—hour, we're likely to see some snow, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for it overnight, thursday into friday. i'll be back in around half an hour. you can take a look at our website too, of course. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. theresa may says she'll return to brussels to try and renegotiate her brexit deal with the eu. mps last night authorised her to seek alternative arrangements to avoiding a hard border in northern ireland. but the eu has once again insisted

that changing the brexit proposal is not an option. but the brexit minister kwasi kwarteng told us he's optimistic an agreement will be reached. while, i think we have to be very clear about the fact that they want a deal, we want a deal. so both sides in this debate are very anxious to get some form of arrangement. now, someone on both sides —— someone, both sides are going to have two compromise. a spinning pocket of very cold air, known as a polar vortex, is expected to bring potentially life—threatening temperatures to parts of the united states this week. forecasters saying it could be as cold as —30 degrees celsius — colder than south pole — and are warning people to stay indoors. bad weather at home is causing disruption to the morning commute for some of us this morning. overnight snowfall has followed yesterday's wintry weather

in a number of places. some flights are delayed at liverpool airport. police in greater manchester say they're dealing with reports of a number of motorway accidents. merseyrail says its services are now running. three men are due to appear before magistrates today, charged with murdering a doorman at a party in london's west end. 33—year—old tudor simionov was working at the private event in park lane, when he was attacked and killed in the early hours of new year's day. ajudge in georgia has ruled that the extradition ofjack shepherd — convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames — will not be fast tracked. 24—year—old charlotte brown was killed when the boat crashed in december 2015. shepherd handed himself in to police in tbilisi last week after months on the run. the brazilian mining company, vale, which owns the dam that collapsed last week, has announced plans to decommission ten others built using the same methods. at least 84 people died and more than 270 others are unaccounted for, after toxic sludge engulfed a company canteen and nearby buildings.

a vigil has been overnight to remember the victims. you are up—to—date on the latest news. coming up on the programme, we'll get the weather with carol. she will be here in about ten minutes. a busy day for carol and the weather. a huge night at westminster. but a fascinating that a premier league football. the games are coming thick and fast. fa cup on the weekend. premier league fixtures this week. but manchester city, we had that blip over christmas when they lost to crystal palace, they lost back—to—back matches, they lost again last night to newcastle united. it means with liverpool and the advantage they have got, four points, if they win tonight it will be seven points. it is hard enough or manchester city playing catch up, but they cannot afford any more

slips, really. it is advantage liveable. it will be tense. it will be exciting. not for manchester city. they lost 2—1 at st james park. they remain four points behind leaders liverpool who play leicester later sergio ageuro scored after 24 seconds, the fastest goal of the season. but salomon rondon equalised in the second half, before newcastle stunned city, matt ritchie scoring from the penalty spot. someone who will be loving that is jurgen klopp. liverpool can move seven points clear if they beat leicester tonight. in an interview with the bbc‘s sport editor dan roan, he said he loves the job, but gets no enjoyment from the intensity of the title race. let's enjoy the moment. let's enjoy the ride as much as possible. and let's go for everything. we don't set limits. are you able to enjoy it? never. i don't really enjoy that. i enjoy the work with the boys but not the situation or whatever that you can go for this or that.

football is not the most important thing in the world, but, of course, in these moments it can feel like that. i love what i do, but the situation is intense as well. i think there will be enjoyment later if they win. ole gunnar solkjaer‘s been getting plenty of enjoyment at united, eight straight matches he'd won, but that run's over. united scored two goals in the last five minutes as they came from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 with burnley. and it was a hugely emotional night as cardiff paid tribute to missing striker emiliano sala daffodils were laid on the pitch at arsenal by both captains in what was the club's first match since his disappearance. fans and staff wore daffodils and supporters held yellow cards — the shirt colour of sala's previous club nantes. centre ben te'o has been ruled out of england's opening six nations match with ireland on saturday with a side strain.

the worcester player picked up the injury this week. and the man in line to replace him manu tuliangi doesn't want tojinx his return having not started for his country in six years. if your mind is positive you kind of go forward from there. well, i can say, i am fit and healthy. touch wood — as always. just enjoying been back with the boys, with the best place in the country. boxer nicola adams will follow in the footsteps of her hero muhammad ali when she fights for her first professional world title in march. the double olympic champion will fight arely mucino for the wbo flyweight belt at the royal albert hall — a venue where ali boxed in 1971 and 1979 exhibitions. this is the reason why i turned

professional. i have achieved everything there is to achieve as an amateur and i wanted to go on and get the world title as a professional boxer, just like my hero, mohammed aley. i do think that hero, mohammed aley. i do think that he has boxed in the same arena that iam going he has boxed in the same arena that i am going to be boxing in, it is unbelievable for me —— ali. while you are reading that bulletin, the director is looking through the running order and wants to know what is kizhi super bowl. you have to explain. —— kitty. we know it is the super bowl on sunday. they give homeless and rescue cats the chance to find loving homes so they audition them in a version of the super bowl. how could you not want to look after one of these poppet. they have gone so big on it they have little cards, as you can see,

there is a website dedicated to the cats. they have got actual teams. kitten bowl vi will be played between the pouncy panthers and north shore bengals aims to have found new homes for all the felines on show by the time super bowl is over. the idea is that they will then get... we know what the big event is. they will be watching. now everyone knows what it is. it is great that we could all be aware of that. thank you. something else we talk about a lot of... theresa may's hopes of securing support for her brexit deal, now rest on coming up with a big change to the controversial plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. so let's head to ireland now, our correspondent chris page isjust outside dundalk in the irish republic, not farfrom the border. chris, talking to a brexit minister, hearing from brussels this morning as well. it is really the backstop

and ireland at the heart of this nic stage of negotiations. that's right. —— next stage. 2.5 years after the referendum it is all about the border in the backstop. we are a few miles from the frontier, hearing the irish republic, outside dundalk. it isa irish republic, outside dundalk. it is a restaurant and garden centre, plenty else besides. there are few better smells at this time of the morning that freshly baked scones. sarah has been working away baking them. what do you make of where we are now at the brexit process? the worst thing for us would be a hard border. that is the biggest fear. a lot of our customers come down from northern ireland every day and if we lost them then ourjobs aren't safe that is our biggest worry. that is a worry you he expressed a lot now. we will let you get back your baking. thank you very much. we have three guests who have come across that largely invisible border to speak to us. if owe me, just to begin with

you, you are coming from slightly different perspectives. what do you make of where we are right now?” think it is an absolute disaster where we are now, where we are at now. it has been two weeks since they massive parliamentary defeat. theresa may went back to gain concessions when they said they would not do it. there are thousands of young people across the island of ireland who are worried about their future and i think the only democratic way out of this is to move forward, handed back to the people, and say they need to decide on where they want their future to be. you want another referendum. you voted remain in 2016. keath, you are a farmer, you voted to leave. do you think theresa may can get the concession she wants? certainly it looks like it is not going to happen. the negotiations start with the two sides. it will be very difficult. she has a challenge on her hands. will she received a seismic shift that the dup and the

conservatives want? it will be very difficult. —— will she receive? no party is going to get 100%. but the possibility of that... party is going to get 100%. but the possibility of that. .. so she is right to go back and try?” possibility of that. .. so she is right to go back and try? i think thatis right to go back and try? i think that is the mandate she has got at this point in time. she will have to go back. you are a business leader. what are your thoughts as to what will happen at the next few weeks? there is widespread support for the backstop here and the concern is we don't know what the alternative arrangements are and, furthermore, we haven't seen technology solutions that do not involve checks at the border. that poses concerns about issues of non—compliance. border. that poses concerns about issues of non-compliance. thank you very much. good to hear your thoughts on breakfast. we will be back like later on. but first we will have some cups of tea and discussed more about brexit. absolutely. we will talk about the alternative arrangements and what they might be. nobody knows. that is with dominic raab later. thank you very much. very nice teacups. i bet

you noticed the nice cake. thank you for the snow pictures this morning. this is from cloudier‘s balcony in manchester. —— claudia. this is from cloudier‘s balcony in manchester. -- claudia. and jodie's garden looks like the winter wonderland. that is a nice garden. we have a aspect of the runway liveable airport where flights have been disrupted. some issues that merseyrail buck the trains are now running. lastly, peter hunter ca ptu red running. lastly, peter hunter captured these dear, not so camouflaged their bolt this morning —— buck the trend are now running. serious conditions in some parts of america were it is down to —30 celsius, which is life—threatening. carol make the picture for the rest of us across the uk where there is quite a bit of the whites. the dig.

the course to —— there is indeed. good morning. we have got snow showers across the north and west, looking to continue for some time down the lower levels. they could cause disruption but we also have the risk of widespread ice on untreated surfaces, so if you are just setting out, bear that in mind. we not just just setting out, bear that in mind. we notjust talking about roads, we also talking about pavements and i will keep you up—to—date with all the latest him krispy can also find out more on your bbc local radio station. an icy start, a cold start, still wintry showers in the north and west of the uk, an area we are keeping a very close eye on at the moment is north wales, merseyside, manchester, possibly as far east as leeds. for the bulk of the uk, it is actually going to be a dry, cold and sunny day and even in between the

showers, we could see some sunshine. getting through the evening, into the overnight, quite quickly as it gets dark, the temperature will drop. we are looking at a widespread frost, some bog and i swear it has been damp, snowy showers across central and eastern areas of england. in rural areas in the highlands, it could be minus eight degrees or even lower. on thursday, we are still embedded in all this cold airand we are still embedded in all this cold air and you can see the circulation just the west us. this is an area of low pressure which is coming our way with its front, initially going to bring in some rain and then start the season snow even at lower levels. first thing in the in the morning and further north you are, the brighter the start is and also the colder. we have the freezing fog into scotland, east anglia, into parts of central england. some of that will stick to the day, some of that will listen then we have the rain, sleet and snow coming in from the south—west with strengthening winds. it is going to be a cold day right the way

across the board but if we take a look at just what we are looking at the snow. snow is likely to be coming in as we pushed to the course of the morning into the south—west. here at lower levels, we could see a centimetre, on higher ground we could see up to three centimetres. note the time changing here as well, that will tell you when i think at the moment it is coming your way. into the south—east, two to five centimetres, five centimetres of height. part of the midlands, eight centimetres of height and parts of wales, 15 centimetres of height. the lower values a re wales, 15 centimetres of height. the lower values are really indicating what we expect at lower levels. and it could well be snowing for a large chunk of the day across south—east wales, heading towards the cotswolds. timing has everything to do with this and also, the placement of the weather front. it could be a little bit further north, it could bea little bit further north, it could be a little bit further south, so do keepin be a little bit further south, so do keep in touch with the weather forecast and what is going to happen is during the course of those into friday, that will eventually pete out.

thank you very much indeed. it is good to get the details and i do know people get the details just before eight o'clock and carol will before eight o'clock and carol will be back here just before 8:15am. can ido be back here just before 8:15am. can i do say, i think you all look lovely today? steph, there is a lot of love your robot shirt. what are you after? you know what he wants connie wants us to give money to comic relief because he is going to climb upa comic relief because he is going to climb up a mountain. you can give money anyway to comic relief are going up mount kilimanjaro, jaswant isa going up mount kilimanjaro, jaswant is a you will look really nice today. shut up and get on with the. —— get on with it. today. shut up and get on with the. -- get on with it. we're talking about kids's pocket money. should kids be given pocket money, and if so, how much is too much? according to research carried out by the marketing company childwise, the average a child will get

is about £11 a week. some of you might think that is not enough or too much. it's based on a survey of five to 16—year—olds. we asked these parents in manchester what their rules on pocket money are. no, they do not get pocket money at the moment. he, now and again, gets chores to do and he will maybe get a little treat for it more than anything. probably have the work for and in some way, whether it is a chore or some homework orjust trying their hand with things.” chore or some homework orjust trying their hand with things. i put £20 into a second account, so that when she is older, she will get all of it. i do give him some pocket money, only if he works for it though. sarah coles is a personal finance expert at hargreaves la nsdown. thank you forjoining us. you have kids, do you give them pocket money? ido and kids, do you give them pocket money? i do and once they hear that the average is £11, they will be very disappointed because they only get £5. you think it is important because it teaches them a lesson about the value of money and personal finance. yes, it

about the value of money and personalfinance. yes, it is about the value of money and personal finance. yes, it is really easy to fall into the habit of when it it is pestering you for something, just a spring for that at that particular moment then itjust goes on and on and eventually they start to see was a bit of a walking cashpoint, so by giving them money, you are making them prioritise, they have to decide what is to them and it helps them than make spent they're spending decisions. we know that people who had pocket money as kids and then had to save, they are much more likely to save than those who are just much more likely to save than those who arejust given much more likely to save than those who are just given money. as that mean that kid should then set themselves a budget essentially and work out what they are going to save on what they are going to spend?m an ideal world, these are kids, they are going to make mistakes but that is great. often, kids will have a monthly allowance. we make it a bit older, they will spend it all in a week and then realise the benefits of putting it aside. one of the ways you can encourage kids to save is to incentivise it, you can say to them that if they put the money in an

account, you might say that. you can say if you put in a particular amount of money, you can get the rest from us. i suppose also would working with the child is well to let them know how long were taken to save for things, it is good forjust general maths skills as well. yes, a lot of parents actually lend money to their kids, so they get a bit short and they end up in debt, and a lot of kids do not end up paying that back. it is really important that back. it is really important that if you're going to give your kids their first experience of debt, if that is the way that you do things, the then teach them the consequences, so the next month they do not get any pocket money or they get money taken out of it. is also important to say that kids do make mistakes, adults make mistakes too. yes, and adults we had to try and live by their own lessons because kids will learn from experience and from example, so if you want to teach them that you have got to wait until the end of the month to get paid again, you are giving them

lessons about the feast farm famine of budgeting. what age do you think then young people, what age should a child start getting pocket money? when should they know about money, do you think? we know that is down to individual parents but when should children start to understand about money? you can do it as early asjuly, will about money? you can do it as early as july, will never about money? you can do it as early asjuly, will never kids playing shops and handling money and shops. from the age of four or five, you can from the age of four or five, you ca n start from the age of four or five, you can start introduce it and it is totally u p can start introduce it and it is totally up to parents what sort of age that they bring pocket money in. it tends to be one of those things when your kids start pestering you for magazines in the supermarket would be pocket money for toys, that is the moment when rather than responding, you say let's talk about pocket money. i love playing shops asa kid, pocket money. i love playing shops as a kid, that was literally one of my favourite things to do. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us this morning. that is it from me for now. very, very useful. pink floyd were one of most influential and successful rock bands of all time.

now, four years after the release of theirfinal album, the band's guitarist david gilmour is auctioning off his guitar collection for charity. 6 music presenter matt everitt has been to david's studio in brighton, to find out why now is the right time to stage what might be the most significant guitar auction ever. is some of the most remarkable guitar ever created. —— it is some of the most remarkable guitar music. now david gilmour‘s famous black strutter cluster is now up for auction, also under the hammer this, 1954 straight across the. this is the perfect famous stratocaster here, the perfect famous stratocaster in my opinion has not been improved on by guitar maker since. —— stratocaster. i would still prefer to play this very guitar. david gilmour's guitar playing is featured on some of the

biggest selling albums of all time. yeah, it has got it. # c won the dark side... now, he is parting company with over 120 of his beloved guitars, almost his entire collection. -- see you on. well, i remember using this one at live aid, backin remember using this one at live aid, back in 1985, the original live aid. i went tojust back in 1985, the original live aid. i went to just sit with bryan ferry and he asked me if i would play. i got on stage, i think it was a 70 minute slot, you got on stage, it did not work, something had gone wrong. and so he quickly held this one at me and i played this. —— hurled. many of them have given me a gift of a piece of music. —— i've been with them for many years. it is time to move them on, for someone

else to enjoy them, someone else to have fun and create with them. has ever been a case of you getting a new guitar and ever been a case of you getting a new guitarand a ever been a case of you getting a new guitar and a song just by the emerging straight on that instrument? often. youjust mindlessly strummed will play a little thing, and eventually, at some little thing will form. you will go yes, i'm onto here. and that goes on to be an album that goes on to sell millions and millions of copies? hopefully. # howl to sell millions and millions of copies? hopefully. # how i wish you we re copies? hopefully. # how i wish you were here. how disappointed we be if you see this on a glass case, rather than on stage with someone? one house to face up to the fact that thatis house to face up to the fact that that is the likelihood, i do not know what to say. —— one has to. i am looking at the bigger picture. at the same time as loving them, i do also think that sound is something that really comes from the fingers,

more than from the instrument. so it is not like you can buy one of these at the auction and sound like david gilmour? i am afraid not. the money raised from this extraordinary collection of music history will all be going to charity. i love that realism, you are never going to sound, well, you might sound a bit like him but it is not the guitar. could you play at? i could not play it, so that is probably the answer. you're tempted to leave at there under lock and key. the guitars will go on sale on the 20th ofjune. long time to plant them. —— plan then. coming up in the next half hour... we'll bejoined by a leading hip surgeon, who tell us about andy murray's latest

operation as he bids to get fit in time for wimbledon. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. see you in a minute. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a 17—year—old was stabbed in islington yesterday evening. he was found by police in caledonian road. two boys, aged 16 and 17, and an 18—year—old man are being questioned. greg mackenzie is at the scene and sent this report. the police were sent this report. the police were sent to the caledonian road just before 7:30pm last night. when they arrived, they discovered a 17—year—old boy who had been stabbed. unfortunate, he died here the scene. the and just behind me mark the exact spot. the police and made a number of arrests, a number of teenagers have been arrested, it includes a 16—year—old, a 17—year—old and an 18—year—old. the police say they are continuing their investigations into this murder. expectant mothers in east london say they're devastated, after learning their midwife service is to suddenly close.

neighbourhood midwives provided nhs patients in waltham forest with a single dedicated midwife. the nhs says it's trying to find alternative care, ahead of the closure tomorrow. a new museum dedicated to the history of the second world war air base at biggin hill in south—east london is opening it doors today. it cost £6 million to build, and tells the story of the hundreds of raf pilots who died fighting the luftwaffe. it features more than 80 exhibits, including the story of elspeth henderson — one of the first women to be awarded the military medal. travel now. on the tube. that's still running well so far. no problems on those lines there. south—eastern services were suspended though because of ice on the electric ramps. let's take a look at the rotherhithe tunnel, it's still closed for emergency repairs, so traffic‘s busy through limehouse on butcher row and commercial road and on the south side of the river, jamaica road is busy westbound

towards tower bridge road. in islington, the caledonian road is closed between bingfield street and offord road because of that police investigation. and the a205 south circular is partly blocked westbound at the catford gyratory due to a broken down lorry. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a cold start out there this morning. temperatures widely down below zero. so, a widespread frost first thing. a lovely, bright start though, with some sunshine. we also have the risk of some ice this morning. we had some rain overnight. one or two places, it did fall as snow, but whatever fell from the sky is likely to freeze, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for the slippery roads and services, particularly the untreated ones. we've got a lovely bright start though this morning, lots of wintry sunshine today. there is a slim outside chance of a shower but most places avoiding them. temperatures between four and five celsius, even in the sunshine. now, overnight, it's going to stay very cold. clear spells at first, then a little bit of cloud starts to move in through the second part of the night. some showers and with the temperature dropping down potentially to —3, that could freeze

in one or two places as well. so a murky, quite dangerous start tomorrow morning. now, it's looking dry through the course of thursday, it's as it gets dark, coinciding again with the rush—hour, we're likely to see some snow, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for it overnight thursday into friday. i'll be back in half an hour. bye bye. good morning — welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... theresa may prepares to return to brussels to try to renegotiate her brexit agreement.

the ayes have it, unlock. mps back a plan to push for "alternative arrangements" over the future of the irish border — but the eu insists it won't change its position. milliions of americans are told not to go outside, as parts of the us face the coldest weather in a generation. it is cold in the uk as well, but not as cold as that. we still have wintry showers in the north and west. a widespread risk of ice on untreated surfaces, but for many we will see some sunshine. and i will be looking at what your rights are if you cannot get into work. nightmare night for manchester city, as they lose to newcastle united, handing liverpool the chance to move seven points clear. and why dan's going on tour with little mix in africa it's wednesday 30th january.

our top story... theresa may is heading for confrontation with the european union — after mps last night backed her to renegotiate part of the brexit deal. at the heart of the dispute is the future of the irish border. the eu has once again insisted that changing the deal is not an option, but the prime minister says she has a mandate to return to brussels and re—open negotiations. it is now clear that there is a route to secure a substantial and sustainable... jeering ..substa ntial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal. we will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement that deals with concerns on the backstop guaranteeing no return to a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. and last night, the labour leader jeremy corbyn says he will now meet

with the prime minister, to discuss the way forward. we are prepared to meet her to put forward... ..to put forward the points of view from the labour party of the kind of agreement we want for the european union to protect jobs, to protect living standards, and to protect the rights and conditions in this country. it is exactly the offer that was made last september, exactly the offer that was made two weeks ago, and i look forward to meeting the prime minister to set out those views to hire on behalf of my party. that is happened in the house of commons last night. in a moment we'll speak to our europe reporter gavin lee who's in brussels, but first our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. good morning. it is good we are doing it this way around. what happens in brussels is crucial, but what happened in westminster is that

the prime minister can take what she got yesterday back to brussels and try to renegotiate? think of where we have come in the last couple of weeks. just a fortnight ago, the prime minister suffered the biggest government defeat in modern times. last night she managed to find something that can actually unite her party and command a majority in parliament. but what she wants is not going to be easy to deliver. removing the backstop from the withdrawal agreement is a big ask because there has been no sign that the european side are prepared to do that. let's remind ourselves of what happens over the next few weeks. as things stand, it is 58 days until the uk is due to leave the european union. theresa may said yesterday that whatever happens, she will be backin that whatever happens, she will be back in the commons by the 13th of february to tell mps whether she has made the progress that she so

desperately wants. or if she has a new deal, perhaps, to put to them. if she doesn't, if nothing can get through parliament, then on the 14th of february, valentine's day, she will come back and there will be another set of votes where mps will get a chance to say what they want to happen next. last night was the first time we got a solid idea of what might get through the house of commons. that was a big moment in this process. but delivering it is going to be farfrom simple. this process. but delivering it is going to be far from simple. thank you very much. delivering outcomes down to what happens in brussels. gavin lee is there. last night, donald tusk saying the withdrawal agreement was not open for negotiation. so, they have been pretty clear. is there any sense of change? the only alternative that we are hearing in brussels is to the

language. various words for no. we will not open the withdrawal agreement. it was rapid—fire, many eu leaders taking to twitter. people like the austrian chancellor saying that we cannot reopen the withdrawal agreement. the same echoes of m essa g es agreement. the same echoes of messages from emanuel macron. we also hear from donald messages from emanuel macron. we also hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the european council. he said the withdrawal agreement and backstop come together. it has taken 18 months, 585 page document, blood, sweat and tears, it is a pandora's box not to reopen. he did point to the political declaration, looking at the future relationships. he said maybe we look at this. he said you could maybe ask for an extension to the transition period, which we would then look at and have to agree to. theresa may still coming here, the message, we believe, will be the same. if she is coming for coffee

and waffles withjean—claude juncker, it will be waffling at its previous level, unless she has the persuasive skills of derren brown. lets leave it with that thought. three men are due to appear before magistrates today, charged with murdering a doorman at a party in london's west end. 33—year—old tudor simionov was working at the private event in park lane, when he was attacked and killed in the early hours of new year's day. the brazilian mining company vale, which owns the dam that collapsed last week, has announced plans to decommission ten others built using the same methods. at least 84 people died and more than 270 others are unaccounted for, after toxic sludge engulfed a company canteen and nearby buildings. a vigil has been overnight to remember the victims. ajudge in georgia has ruled that the extradition ofjack shepherd — convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames — will not be fast tracked. 24—year—old charlotte brown was killed when the boat

crashed in december 2015. shepherd handed himself in to police in tbilisi last week after months on the run. a spinning pocket of very cold air known as a polar vortex is expected to bring potentially life—threatening temperatures to parts of the united states, affecting around 55 million people. forecasters saying it could be as cold as minus 30 degrees celsius, with a wind chill making it feel like minus 45. officials say it's likely to be colder than south pole, and are warning people to stay indoors. from chicago, here's don dahler of cbs news. the people in the midwest are a hardy bunch. they are used to cold weather — but nothing like this. —45 celsius windchills here in chicago. the city is taking precautions. they have been trying to prepare people for this weather. they have opened up some city buses to be homeless shelters for those who have no place to go.

they are using, in effect, flame—throwers to melt the ice on tracks and they are using chemicals to melt the ice on aeroplanes. homeowners are desperate to keep their pipes from bursting in the cold, so they are putting up space heaters. but the officials say their best piece of advice is, if folks don't have to go out, stay home, stay warm. don daler, cbs news, for the bbc news, chicago. very dramatic weather. carol has been telling us how that is happening and will talk to us shortly. it is cold here as well, but not in the same way. there are delays at manchester and liverpool airports this morning, as well as problems on the roads in devon — lindsey chapman from radio 5 live travel is here. i love the way we work together on a day like this, there are so much

information out there. what can you tell us about what people should be watching out for? you are right about the airports. manchester is not looking very good. check before you travel. in terms of the motorways, mainly affecting the north west of england. things like the m6, m61, part of devon and cornwall in parts of scotland. they problems on the southbound side of the m6. there was roadworks there and then they have to get snowploughs out. just one lane, taking an hourand snowploughs out. just one lane, taking an hour and a half to get through. the m6 to come about problems. junction 23 of two 24, taking an hour just problems. junction 23 of two 24, taking an hourjust to do that little section. it is not looking good and there is gridlock across a number of towns. thank you. a lot of people asking whether the roads were gritted overnight. was it washed away by the rain and then the snow

fell on top of that? the main problem is that there was ice overnight and if the roads were not gritted, snow came down on top of theice gritted, snow came down on top of the ice and people cannot see the curb. it is very slippy out there. perhaps you are waking up this morning and wondering if you will be able to get into work. if you can't, what are your rights? i've got to get to exeter this afternoon, i've got no chance, from manchester. this is what lindsey was talking about. you are right, lots of people have been asking about that. it can be really ha rd to been asking about that. it can be really hard to get into work with all of this going on. you have to tell your employer as soon as you can if you are struggling to get in. some employers can be very forgiving and say, don't worry, work from home, catch up on another day. but there is no law to say they have to pay y°u there is no law to say they have to pay you for this day. it could be a day you have to end up taking unpaid leave for. there is an exception, there is a clause in contracts which

can account for weather. if your employer provides transport into work, if they put on a bus service or whatever and that is cancelled because of the weather, they have to pay y°u because of the weather, they have to pay you because they are not fulfilling their side of the contract. the other thing that will affect people as if children cannot get to school? this is the moment if you are a kid, you go, get in! but it can be a lot of hostel for pa rents it can be a lot of hostel for parents that have a childcare issue. all employees have the right to take unpaid leave when there is an emergency situation. the issue is that you might not get paid for it. some employers are a bit more forgiving about that. technically, it is unpaid leave you might have to take. the other question i always get asked is, what about if were cancelled today and tell me not to come in. there are a couple of things about that. if your workplace is shot entirely, the a cannot force

you to take annual leave. if you have been given notice of the fact that they don't want you to come in, and it has to be a specific amount of notice, double the length of time they want you to take off, if they wa nt to they want you to take off, if they want to give you a day off, they have to give you two days notice, they can make you take annual leave. if you had a call today from work saying don't come in, you should be paid for it. this is incredible footage. take a look at this for a leap of faith. this is kitesurfer olly bridge successfully jumping over a sand spit in dawlish warren, in devon, over the weekend. he performed the 200—metre leap from a tidal pool in the estuary of river exe into the ocean. he is about to land. he'd been planning the stunt for months, waited to see his face. afterwards, he said he was stoked. ideal weather

conditions. it is the first time he has attempted it, and he thinks it is the first time anybody attempted it. i imagine that felt amazing. is the first time anybody attempted it. i imagine that felt amazingm you can see by the expression on his face. i am stoked by watching that. back to our top story now. theresa may is heading for a clash with the european union, after mps last night backed her to renegotiate part of the brexit deal. at the heart of the dispute is the future of the irish border. but the eu has once again insisted that changing the deal is not an option. the former brexit secretary dominic raab, who supports leaving the eu, joins us from westminister. good morning, thank you very much for joining good morning, thank you very much forjoining us. she has permission parliament to go back to the eu but they were very quick to say there will be no changes. so what happens? what happened yesterday was even more significant. they backed the pm

given on the assurances she gave that she will go into bat on key elements, the key flaws in the deal. if they are remedied and we can get those changes in brussels, there is a deal to be done that parliament would accept. all of the attempts to blow brexit off course, some of the suggestions of taking back control by parliament, they were all defeated. we have heard some of the naysayers overnight saying things, but the eu have a choice to make. there is a deal on the table that with, essential, but focused changes can get through the parliament, would be good for the uk, and it would be good for the uk, and it would be good for the uk, and it would be the eu's choice if they ta ke would be the eu's choice if they take the deal or we leave on wto terms. you described things there as intransigent, but donald tusk has been clear, there will be no changes? we always hear in the immediate aftermath from all of the

sticklers, but there are many other voices across the commission, and i think there will be thinking long and hard about this. we are very close to the wire for the eu always ta kes close to the wire for the eu always takes the negotiations to the 11th hour. parliament has strengthened the prime minister's hand. the ball is now in the eu's court, they have a choice to make and it is a very clear and straightforward choice. we can make the changes and get it through parliament or leave on wto terms at the end of march. i prefer a deal, i've always said that. the path to brexit is clear. many of your listeners and viewers, if they voted to leave or remain, they want some finality to the process, get past the haggling. i think we got that from parliament as well. you could have answered this already, but what if she just can't get it past? it is clear that we will leave

on the 29th of march, that is not just the uk law, it reflects the eu requirements under the lisbon treaty. we have two options, to changes, the modest changes to facilitate the deal passing through parliament, the original deal was defeated on the biggest parliamentary defeat in history, and if that is not acceptable to the eu and they are stubborn and intransigent, they will be choosing for us to leave on wto terms. either way we will leave at the end of march and we will have that certainty and finality. it is very much about this so—called backstop on the irish border. they are talking about alternative agreements under eu asking what does that mean, the alternative agreement? effectively what it means is that they would need to have checks between the borders, but they would not take place at the border. michel

barnier, the 24th ofjanuary, made clear ina barnier, the 24th ofjanuary, made clear in a no deal scenario, injust two months, those are checks, the decentralised process and technology, would not need info structure of the border. if the eu are structure of the border. if the eu a re clear structure of the border. if the eu are clear they can do this in two months, they would certainly be able to do it, with goodwill, able to do it in two years, which is what the deal would require. it's not a question of can they do it, it is a question of can they do it, it is a question of can they do it, it is a question of if they want a deal. really interesting to get your perspective as a former brexit secretary about the tone of the negotiations and what you think will actually sway it for the prime minister. what makes you think this will be any different?” minister. what makes you think this will be any different? i resigned precisely on this ground that she has now said she will go back to brussels under dress. i predicted not only would it be bad for the country if we didn't get it sorted, but it wouldn't pass through parliament. she has addressed that.

all of the idea that brexit would be knocked off course by the cooper bowls amendment, the dominic grieve amendment, they were all defeated. there was one exception, which was much more marginal in terms of impact. i think the prime minister listened and mps got behind her. now the question is what will the eu's response be? the ball is in their court, as i described. sorry to interrupt you. what about criticism is that there are around from various people about this being about uniting the conservative party, rather than about doing the best thing for the country?” party, rather than about doing the best thing for the country? i don't think that is correct. if you look at the parliamentary defeat, it is mps from across the house. you are right, big suede of the vote against the original deal was from mps that wa nt to the original deal was from mps that want to see brexit delivered and the prime minister has addressed those

concerns. we now have a deal that could be done and passed through parliament. i would like the prime minister to succeed. come what may, we leave on the 29th of march. the ball is in the eu's court. what do they want? will they show the pragmatism in good faith we have shown to get this over the line? thank you for your time. 58 days to go. i know in some parts of the country there are some difficult weather conditions this morning. you might be at home because you are not able to get out in the car, particularly in the north—west of englund and other parts of the uk, which carroll is going to tell us about. but it is much worse in the united states. think of others before complaining about your own situation. in the wind, in some parts of the us, —45 celsius? absolutely right. the americans use fahrenheit, but

all of these temperatures i am going to tell you are in celsius. you can see this blue across the midwest states, minnesota, illinois, for example. if we pick chicago, the maximum temperature here is likely to be —26 or —27. adding wind—chill, it will be much colder than that. some of the midwest will have temperatures as low as —45. if you don't take the correct preparations if you are outside in those conditions, and you have been told to stay inside, you will find you have frostbite setting and in five minutes and hypothermia. life—threatening conditions. possibly generational as well. we haven't seen this kind of weather for a long time. 1994 was the last time. it is caused by the displacement of the polar vortex. it isa displacement of the polar vortex. it is a column of spinning air. you find it in the poles. here we have

all of this cold air in a more populated area. by the time we get to saturday, as the weather changes, we will be looking at chicago, not at -27 we will be looking at chicago, not at —27 celsius, but at plus seven celsius. back at home, a cold start. there is a risk of widespread ice on untreated surfaces. we also have some snow showers, particularly across the north and west. disruption is quite likely. it is already affecting some of the major motorways and also rural areas as well. you can find out more when you are on the local radio station, and we will keep you updated on television as well. we have wintry showers across the north and west. one area we are watching is around merseyside, greater manchester, north wales. many of the showers will fade. after that icy start, it will fade. after that icy start, it will be a cold day, but a lot of

winter sunshine. as we head through the evening at overnight, the temperature will drop away. widespread frost, and where it has been done we will cic again on untreated surfaces. patchy fog through the midlands and parts of south—east england. these are the temperatures you can expect in towns and cities. it could for as low as -8 and cities. it could for as low as —8 in the highlands. you can see the blue right across the shores, indicating it is still cold air we are in. we have low pressure coming, with this attendant weather front. it will initially introduce rain. ahead of it, a lot of dry weather. a lot of dry weather for northern england, scotland and northern ireland. we have to lose the freezing fog. some will be slow to clear, some will stick. then we have a weather front coming in with strengthening when. initially we see the rain coming across the south—west. as it moves inland, it

will turn quite readily to snow. depending on where you are and what kind of time of day you are talking about, it depends what you will see. one or three centimetres quite possibly across parts of the south—west. the higher values in all of these figures are talking about high ground. we could see in parts of the south—east, as we go through the evening, two 25 centimetres. the same for parts of the midlands and into wales. for south wales, towards the cotswolds, it could be snowing for much of the day. 15 centimetres on the tops of the hills. a lot of hazards to contend with tomorrow if you are out and about. the risk of ice, freezing fog patches and then the snow. keep in touch with the weather forecast. so much going on. carol was telling us about the

situation here and the extreme weather affecting parts of the us. around 55 million americans are affected with forecasters saying it could be as cold as minus 30 degrees celsius, with a wind chill making it feel like minus 45. earlier in the programme we spoke to dr george chaimpas in chicago. he told us what it has been like in the polar vortex. unprecedented, something many others have not experience dinner lives. immediately you feel it, your finger start getting numb, you start developing pain in fingertips. you can feel it in your lungs. it is causing serious injuries for people? they are being told to take care? without question. sometimes four or five times what we have seen in emergency departments, individuals coming in with pretty moderate, severe frostbite. individuals that

don't have resources are suffering from hypothermia. a very dangerous situation for some people that have to be outside for any reason? yes, i can say that a lot of universities, schools, unprecedented, it is all closed over the next 36 hours. those who have to go outside, if we are looking at airports, first responders, they are doing it in very short intermissions, 20 minutes ata very short intermissions, 20 minutes at a time. everybody is taking this extremely seriously. it is temperatures that i don't think many of us have ever experienced before. we are seeing some extremely dramatic pictures as well. is there official advice being given to people about how to cope? without question. most of our cities are messaging that everybody should stay indoors unless it is urgent. if you

have to go outside, make sure that you minimise that to about five or ten minutes. in five minutes you can start developing moderate sometimes right away. even breathing in the aircan cause right away. even breathing in the air can cause difficulties? absolutely. especially for individuals with respiratory problems, they can exasperate symptoms. you can also feel that cold rush of air into your lungs. the situation in some parts of the us. it is hard to imagine how cold that is. coming up, we are talking about your upcoming trip to kilimanjaro. we a mountaineer to tell you how to cope. is the equivalent of 3400 louise minchins, iam told.

equivalent of 3400 louise minchins, i am told. i will be counting those in my head. i will also send you some snacks. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hi, there, good morning. it's been an icy start to the day. we've had some wintry showers affecting parts of north wales, around greater manchester, around merseyside, north—western parts of england, around northern ireland and scotland. those showers will tend to ease off the touch as we go through the afternoon. lots of sunshine for many of us, actually, today, but it's going to feel cold, maximum temperature is about 3—6d. now, through tonight, will continue with a few wintry showers across western scotland and northern ireland, some patchy fog developing across central areas but temperatures falling away pretty quickly tonight and it will be a very cold night, temperatures down to —2 to —6 celsius, quite widely, across the uk, so we will see some frost and some ice first thing tomorrow morning.

it's going to be a bright day for scotland, northern ireland and northern england but in the south—west, rain spreading, that is going to turn readily to snow across wales, the midlands and towards the south—east of england. that could well cause some problems on thursday evening and overnight. bye— bye. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. apple is bruised as iphone revenue falls. could it now lower prices to boost sales? live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 30th january. apple's iphone revenue slides 15%, but it's bittersweet for investors, as the tech giant reports strong growth in its services businesses, like itunes and subscriptions.

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