good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: 20,000 more physios, pharmacists and paramedics. the nhs sets out its plan to help under—pressure gps cut waiting times. social media bans and curfews — the latest weapons in the police‘s fight against knife crime. in sport: liverpool freeze in the premier league. they miss the chance to go seven points clear as they draw with leicester on a cold night at anfield. at least seven people have died in the us as arctic conditions send temperatures plumeting to below —30 celsius. good morning. we havejust had the cold est good morning. we havejust had the coldest night of the winter so far, with temperatures falling in some places to minus 12. widespread risk of ice this morning, patchy freezing fog, and later sleet and snow in southern counties of england and southern counties of england and south wales. we are live at a gritting depot in 0ldham this

morning where in the last few days they have already spread or than 1000 tons of salt to keep the roads open. it is thursday 31 january. our top story: 20,000 more staff, including physiotherapists and paramedics, will be recruited over the next five years to work alongside gps in england. the nhs says this will allow doctors to spend more time with the patients who need them most, and increase the range of services at local surgeries. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns explains. so we are going to do your blood pressure 110w. . . so we are going to do your blood pressure now... gps in england c1 million people a day, but they have been warning for years that they need extra support, that they are dealing with more patients with ever more complicated health problems, and not enough doctors. it is estimated there are about 6000 short. —— they are about 6000 short. but now, nhs england is announcing

what it is calling an army of staff to help gp practices. it will be paid four as part of the $4.5 —— £45 paid four as part of the $4.5 —— £4.5 billion assessment announced earlier this month. we will see an opportunity for more physios, more pharmacists, more practice nurses, and that will in turn free up gp time so that they have more time to spend with the patients who need their care most. and there is genuine optimism over this. the royal college of gps and says it hopes this means we will finally turn a corner towards making general practice sustainable. but there is a question, also, about where these 20,000 extra staff will come from, as many other parts of the nhs are also having problems hiring and keeping enough workers. it has been the coldest night of the winter so far across the uk, with temperatures dropping to —11 celsius in aberdeenshire. freezing temperatures continued after snow and ice caused travel delays and closed hundreds of schools on wednesday, while a yellow weather warning for snow, ice and fog remains in place.

meanwhile, the rac has warned it is expecting at least five call—outs per minute today. graham satchell is at 0ldham's gritting depot for us this morning, where he is finding out how they're working to keep the roads safe. and grey, you know, it is something we are all going to appreciate as we are all experiencing some kind of much colder weather. that's absolutely right. they have been working extremely hard here to keep the roads open, working through the night for the last two or three days. they have already spread several thousand tons of salt. they cover bits of greater manchester and then the key trans pennine routes, which obviously the higher up you go the more snow you get. you can see they are filling one of the gritters this morning, they have seven, this one is called brad grit, they have

named all the gritters with different names, and the rac are warning motorists to be extremely careful because the roads are still i see, there is freezing fog and a huge number of breakdowns as people cope with the cold weather, especially with things like batteries and alternators —— icy. we will have a quick chat with craig. how are the roads this morning? 0k on the mains, but our primary gritting will continue the next few days. everything is fine, the trans pennine routes open so the only issueis pennine routes open so the only issue is side roads in the state where untreated surfaces could be a probable murderers. what is your advice for murderers this morning? exactly that, any side roads which have been treated is where you need to be careful. most of the mains 0k, but drive sensibly, that's all. thank you very much. the forecast, as carol was saying, is that there is more snow on the way so the advice to motorists is, if you are heading out, be careful. thank you

very much, it does look ever so cold there. at least seven people have died after a blast of polar air hit parts of the us and canada, with temperatures dropping as low as —40 celsius in some places. the authorities are warning people to stay indoors as much as possible and not to breathe too deeply or talk whilst outside. efforts are also being made to bring homeless people off the streets. police could soon be able to impose curfews and limit the social media use of individuals, to crack down on knife crime. that is according to plans announced by the home secretary, sajid javid. knife crime prevention orders could be imposed on anyone over the age of 12 who police believe to be carrying a knife. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has this report. police rushing to a young man's aid. this was the scene in an ordinary north london street on tuesday. neither they nor paramedics could save 17—year—old

nedim bilgin, stabbed to death in the street. his father said his wonderful son had gone out on his bike and never came home. the eighth killing so far this year in london. detectives are interviewing teenaged suspects. and now, ministers are asking parliament to create a new power to take more knives off the streets. the proposed knife crime prevention orders would target suspects bases solely on detectives' suspicions that they're involved in knife crime. courts will be able to ban suspects from social media, used to whip up gang tensions. they'll be able to impose curfews and bar meetings with other suspects. and the suspect could be forced to sit anti—knife—crime courses to change their behaviour. the home secretary, sajid javid, meeting police in south london night, said he has listened to their concerns. i want to make sure

that we are doing everything we can to stop some of this senseless violence that is taking place on our streets, traumatising so many communities, and ending too many young lives. and that means making sure, first of all, police have resources, and we're increasing that, making sure also they have the powers that they need and this is a new power. this confrontation with a so—called zombie knife led to the attacker being jailed yesterday for 3.5 years. just one of the 40,000 knife crimes that led to a rise in violent crime last year. critics say that, if ministers really want to stop crimes like this, they need to go back to basics and find the cash for more police on patrol. dominic casciani, bbc news. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has rejected any uk attempt to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement. on tuesday, mps voted for theresa may to seek alternatives to the plan, which aims to prevent a hard border between ireland and the uk. we can speak now to our political correspondent iain watson, who joins us from westminster. good morning to you. i mean, we have

another of those very odd situations, don't we, where theresa may says i will be heading back to brussels for talks over these issues, and a very clear knockdown from those she might want to speak to, saying we are not talking about that. well, that's right, and that's really been the pattern since she initially put off a meaningful vote and had the vote and it went down to and had the vote and it went down to a historic defeat. some movement from brussels, more reassurance, but not a change to the 585 page withdrawal agreement. as you said, donald tusk is saying they can't reopen as for the negotiation —— for negotiation, and she has also spoken to the irish prime minister, varadkar, and he has emphasised the need to avoid a hard border in ireland, which she wants to change, and he basically said ireland and the rest of the eu is united on this. it still looks like we have some sort of impasse. she also met the leader of the opposition

yesterday, finally, he agreed to see her. and again, it didn't seem like a meeting of minds. he was saying on the one hand can you move towards a customs union which would mitigate the need for a backstop? she was saying we need to do our in independent trade deals. again perhaps nodding towards having to reach some kind of agreement with the opposition further down the line, but with two months to go until we are due to leave the european union, there are still no sign ofa european union, there are still no sign of a deal that can command confidence in brussels and here at west and. and cute. -- westminster. thank you. investment in the uk car industry has fallen by nearly 80% in the past three years according to the society of motor manufacturers and traders. the group says that brexit uncertainty has put the sector on red alert, but has also blamed uncertainty about diesel cars and falling sales in china. in scenes reminiscent of monty python's famous "spam" sketch, a german butcher has opened what he calls the world's first sausage—themed hotel. there are sausages on the menu, the wallpaper, hanging from the ceiling, and on the pillows at the bratwurst hotel near nuremberg.

the owner hopes it will bring in new customers, with meat consumption in germany on the decline. iam not i am not convinced this is going to encourage more people to eat meat. but, for any vegetarians who might stay there, it sounds like the wurst night ever. it wasn't my... it wasn't myjoke, it was there. someone worked very ha rd it was there. someone worked very hard on that in the production team, to make sure that worked. are we going to have to say that every hour? you might have to get some mileage out of it, i'm afraid. the thing that jumped out mileage out of it, i'm afraid. the thing thatjumped out at me was the sausage soap. do you think you would

wa ke sausage soap. do you think you would wake up feeling hungry, or the last thing you want to do is eat sausages. sausages on the pillows, the walls... i think is that going to...i the walls... i think is that going to... ithink it the walls... i think is that going to... i think it could cure a sausage obsession. it would turn you off sausages forever, personally. anyway, you didn't come here to talk about sausages. what a week we have had in the premier league. especially with a genuine title race on our hands. we know that manchester city lost against newcastle, so could liverpool extend their lead? against newcastle, so could liverpool extend their lead ? it could have gone to seven points. they missed a bit of an opportunity, drawing at leicester. you always get a hug from jurgen klopp, he is very huggable. but they could have had a warm embrace. so huggable. but they could have had a warm embrace. so on huggable. but they could have had a warm embrace. so on the hugometer. .. win might have got a slightly bigger hug. it was an opportunity lost,

either way. they looked on course to beat leicester when sadio mane scored after just two minutes at anfield, but england defender harry maguire equalised to earn a point for the foxes. chelsea were thumped by bournemouth. they lost 4—0 at the vitality stadium, their worst league defeat in 23 years. boss maurizio sarri said it was his fault. neil lennon has left hisjob as head coach of hibernian by mutual consent. the club say he hasn't been sacked and he hasn't resigned, after he was suspended last friday following what was what was described as an exchange with several club employees. it is a big day for kent batsman joe denly. he will make his england test debut at the age of 32, replacing keatonjennings, who has been dropped for the second test against the west indies in antigua. work for them to do, it is fair to say, after their disappointing defeat in the first test. he will be

expected to score runs, which is something they didn't do in the first test. let's take a look at today's front pages. the times says theresa may is planning to entice labour mps to back her brexit deal by offering cash to their constituencies, deprived areas that supported leave, including former mining communities. the main image is of a closed runway at manchester airport yesterday. the express has our main story this morning, that the nhs is set to hire 20,000 new members of staff as part of a new five—year plan. the main picture is of meghan markle, and there's also images from the extreme freezing temperatures in the us which we're also talking about. the daily telegraph leads on a story we're also reporting, calls for technology firms to protect children from online harm and demands for a new web regulator. and the sun says a petrified kylie minogue had to call police after a stalker went to her home. and one of the most read

stories on the bbc news website is about last night being the coldest night of winter so far, with a picture of the snow—covered woodhead pass in derbyshire. and be very careful on the roads this morning. carol will keep us up—to—date and we have grey looking at the issues facing road users this morning. were there problems on the grounds last night? snow on the pitch at liverpool at anfield. it is under heated but interestingly, at one point they were clearing the penalty area in the second half of the goalmouth that they were attacking and not the one they were defending. that can't be allowed. jurgen klopp said it didn't help. liverpool like to keep the ball on the ground, pass it around quickly. that isn't going to help. anything drawing your eye? transfer deadline

day to night. if you are hoping that your club will splash the cash and bring ina your club will splash the cash and bring in a big—money signing tom are you might be disappointed. because? it will be one of the lowest spending... smallest amount spent in the january transfer window. as we know, there is so much money coming into the premier league, clubs are demanding so much for talent, the best players, and at this time of year it is hard to bring in those players because, a, clubs don't want to lose them, and also clubs are demanding too much money. they don't think the market at the moment is affordable, essentially. so there will be much less spent this window than last year. so you could be down. so clubs are looking to loan players, bring them in short—term. just a quick thought, this story about gradually trying to get robots to do things, to play chess, they are trying to teach robots to play jenga. why? just as a challenge to

see if they can handle a brain task but also a dexterity task. they are making progress. it is a work in progress. 0ne making progress. it is a work in progress. one of the reasons scientists say it takes to make progress is because when the robot knocks down the bricks, guess who has to put it up again? a person. the robot can't put the thing up again. it is a very basic thing that is standing in the wake... in chest they can compute things all the time. the robot has to wait around. that is quite encouraging, though, isn't it? there is still a need for us. a couple of health stories. have you had your breath as? porridge. charlie? i will have my porridge. skipping breakfast can help lose weight. if you want to.|j skipping breakfast can help lose weight. if you want to. i thought it was the most important meal of the day. those who don't eat breakfast lost more than a pound compared to

those who did, this is after a new study. i think i'm going to ignore that study. also, the power of positive thinking, we are all positive, can prevent a stroke. the belief that you can prevent yourself from a second stroke should be a enough to ensure you do so, researchers have found from new york university. they investigated the beliefs of 434 patients who have had strokes and when they agree with state m e nts strokes and when they agree with statements about worrying about having a stroke they are more likely to have one. it makes sense, really. positive attitude. thank you. all eyes this morning on the weather, carol, you can tell me the facts on this one, good morning to you by the way, is it the coldest day of the year? we have just had the coldest night of this winter so far, charlie. temperatures in the highlands fell to —12 and they asked all falling. i will keep you updated

through the course of this morning. —— and they are still falling. some houses to look out for, snow, ice and freezing fog. —— some hazards to look out for. you can hear more on the bbc local radio station. you can see we are under this pool of blue, cold air, and the circulation to the west of us is an area of low pressure that's going to bring its front in through the course of the day and night and it will introduce stronger winds, some rain, some sleet and snow, and the snow could cause some disruption later. first thing this morning, watch out for the freezing fog patches and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. so, roads and pavements alike. for many of us it will be a dry, crisp winter's day with a lot of sunshine around. wintry showers in the north and the west and then you can see already we have the rain coming in first, the winds starting to strengthen and then we see the snow

coming in across south wales and south—west england. for most of the uk, though, gentle breezes. as i mentioned, the wind picking up as the system comes in. temperature—wise, well, it will feel cold wherever you are, between twos, threes, four and five, maybe seven in the south—west later. you can see the progress through the course of the progress through the course of the latter part of the afternoon through the evening. if you follow the clock, there is the snow, coming in across wales, south—west england, the midlands, the south—east as well. now, this could be disruptive. 0ne well. now, this could be disruptive. one thing is for many of us it will happen after the rush—hour. for some of us it will be in the rush—hour. this is lying snow, what we expect to fall out of the sky. we have 15 centimetres in wales. most of the higher values will be with height. east wales, parts of hertfordshire for example, herefordshire are should say, could have some problems with this amount of snow, 3— seven

into southern counties. along the south coast itself, we might see some sleet and snow, on the eastern side of the english channel, but in the west is likely to be rain or sleet. for the channel islands you will see some sleet through the day with the rain as well. heading on through the course of the overnight period, we have all of this note from the weather front, but the weather front will be weakening. snow showers coming in across scotland, eastern england and once again with temperatures like these there is the risk of widespread ice on untreated surfaces. so another hazard to look out for if you are travelling. so tomorrow morning we start off with the remnants of the weather front, you can start off with the remnants of the weatherfront, you can see how start off with the remnants of the weather front, you can see how it is decaying. rain, sleet and snow across southern counties for a time. we still have snow coming in across scotla nd we still have snow coming in across scotland and also the east coast, so a lot to play for, charlie and naga.

carol, thanks so much. i tell you what, carol, look at chris buckler in chicago. look how coal he is this morning. iamso i am so sorry, it isn't to embarrass you, it is just so cold over there. we have been talking about snow here, we are talking, what, —40 degrees, the river behind you in chicago is frozen, correct? yeah, it is —27 chicago is frozen, correct? yeah, it is -27 - 28 chicago is frozen, correct? yeah, it is —27 — 28 at the moment, we expect -30 is —27 — 28 at the moment, we expect —30 celsius, but here in the windy city there are warnings about windchill that is making it feel even more cold. in some parts of the midwest it is already falling below -50 midwest it is already falling below —50 celsius. now, there is no and ice, as you mentioned, if you look behind me you will see the river is com pletely behind me you will see the river is completely frozen over —— snow and

rice. here in chicago it is so incredibly cold. i will tell you, the only way to describe it really is that it is painfully cold. my really is that it is painfully cold. my face, my ears and fingers, they are very, very cold, despite the fa ct are very, very cold, despite the fact that we are taking precautions. of course, that's one of the big concern for people. there are people who are homeless who have been taken to warming centres to try to keep them warm tonight. but this is dangerously cold. already there have been some people killed in traffic accidents, because of the ice and snow, but also just from being exposed to this cold. it is so cold at the moment that meteorologists will tell you that just ten at the moment that meteorologists will tell you thatjust ten minutes standing in this kind of temperature can give you frostbite. and already plenty of people have gone to the hospital because of that problem. 0k, chris, many viewers will be concerned. we have gone through the health and safety checks for you to be able to broadcast at this moment in time. what is the advice being given to people at the moment? it is

12:20am your time, but getting on with daily life? yeah, i can to leave our schools, businesses, officers have been closed and people have been told to stay at home and stay as warm as possible, but not to turn up the tempo to too much because the pressure on gas and electricity is so extreme —— yes i can tell you that schools. we are at a shelter just can tell you that schools. we are at a shelterjust here, we are at a hotel or we can have heat and warmth not far away, and we are wearing plenty of equipment. but that's the worry, that people will go out into this. and i have to say here in chicago people in my opinion have been sticking to that. as we were driving into chicago this evening, the roads were extremely quiet. as i talk to you now around me, very, very quiet streets. people are staying off the roads. and it is

very simply wants in a generation kind of coles, this. there are chances that this could become a record for chicago tonight. they think it is going to be a couple of degrees off the record for all—time cold —— cold. there are people who are enjoying it. you have probably seen people using water pistols, putting hot water into water pistols and then firing it and it immediately freezes as it hits the cold air. i have a thermos mug here and this will give you an idea of how cold it is. if i am screw this andi how cold it is. if i am screw this and i throw this in towards the water, you can see it immediately goes into steam and ice and that gives you an idea of how painfully cold it is at the moment, but very simply people have been advised, whenever they can, stay inside and stay out of this kind of cold. not so much the windy city, the freezing city. thank you so much. get some sleep, get warm, thank you.

now let,s speak to matt friedlein, a seniorforecaster for the national weather service in chicago. very good morning to you. we were just seeing first hand just how cold it is. explain for us for example the polar vortex, tell me what that is and what it is causing? it is indeed frigid here in chicago. the polar vortex you mentioned, it is a permanent circulation over the poles, that includes the north pole, and in wintertime that becomes less stable, so it means we get these cold intrusions much further south into europe, into north america as well. sometimes, though, the polar vortex literally splits, and the polarair vortex literally splits, and the polar air surges will southward, that's what we have had this time in chicago. and that happens every few yea rs. chicago. and that happens every few years. but if the ingredients come together like they have this time and we have been cold and snowy leading up to it, it can get near or

even record cold, like we see in chicago. give us a sense of the conditions. we saw with our own eyes the frozen river through the city. k rzysztof the frozen river through the city. krzysztof a bout the frozen river through the city. krzysztof about once—in—a—lifetime temperatures. how does this compare? yesterday the low was —23 fahrenheit, the coldest temperature in chicago in 34 years. that is getting close to once in a generation. and there was little recovery during the afternoon. that is the main thing. the temperature got up to —28 celsius by noon. very cold, one of the coldest afternoons we have ever experienced in chicago. so everyone is feeling it, it is cumulative effects, 14 straight days with at least a trace of snow. so the snow on the ground act as a freezer and maintains the cold air. so we have the cumulative effect of

snow and cold. everybody is really feeling the cold air. just a quick thought from you, it is that time when weather forecasters become safety guideline people, don't they, because, i mean, this is real risk to life if you're outdoors? you are absolutely right, charlie. this is about as dangerously cold as it gets in northern illinois and chicago. so, the midwest, the us, we are hardy folks, but this is really cold weather. so chicago was virtually at a standstill yesterday. meaning workplaces, schools, businesses, culturally as to jewish and workplaces, schools, businesses, culturally as tojewish and is closed, over 1600 flights proactively cancelled out chicago airport, and there were warming buses for the homeless and warming centres, and this is the type of cold not to mess around with. even though we are a hardy folk here in the windy city this is not the weather to mess around with. if you have to be outside you need to limit your time to exposure. that is the message into this morning as we get

close to record low temperatures once again. very good to speak to you. you are in doors. that is good. fascinating to hear about those temperatures. that is very, very cold. horrible. it is not as cold here. but it is cold. and you have to be mindful of the travel conditions as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will be with you shortly. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sarah 0rchid. the performance of the london fire brigade will be under the spotlight at a meeting at city hall later today. assembly members will be asking the commissioner dany cotton about the number of fire fatalities in the capital. the brigade says it reviews all fatalfires in london and is committed to reducing deaths. the met will be using its live facial recognition technology today and tomorrow in romford. it's the final trials of the kit which will be used overtly with a clear uniformed presence. information leaflets will be distributed to the public, and posters about how it works will also be displayed in the town centre. there've been calls in parliament

to improve compensation to greater anglia passengers who face delays. at the moment a train must be more than half an hour late before a refund is allowed, but mps want it to be 15 minutes, as it is in many other parts of the country. these rail users agree. ifi if i will be delayed, i will miss my flight, if i will be delayed, i will miss my flight, so, yes, ithink so, it is if i will be delayed, i will miss my flight, so, yes, i think so, it is a good idea. if there is money available for content seshan, shouldn't there be money to sort out the trains in the first place? -- compensation. we should reduce it down to 15, make sure these guys are held accountable. transport minister andrewjones said talks on the issue are going well and they would have some news soon. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning, we've got minor delays on the 0verground this morning. 0n the trains, greater anglia and stanstead express have delays and cancellations after overhead line problems. while southeastern trains are warning of cancellations because of the risk of ice on the rails,

and their winter weather timetable could be in place tomorrow. 0n the roads, traffic on the a13 is building as you head out of dagenham into barking. there are anticlockwise delays on the m25 from junction ten, that's the a3 at wisley following a collision taking out three lanes near the cobham services. now, the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the potential for some disruptive weather over the next 24 hours. the met office has two yellow weather warnings in place. the first one for this morning forfor and place. the first one for this morning for for and ice. place. the first one for this morning forfor and ice. the place. the first one for this morning for for and ice. the second one valid overnight and through tomorrow for snow and ice. today we could have some freezing fog patches and patches of ice to begin but it looks like three daylight hours it will be mostly dry and bright. it is a cold start with a widespread frost. we could see some slippery surfaces and any patches freezing

fog could be slow to clear. cloud will increase as we move through the afternoon. feeling cold with highs of five celsius. as we go through the evening and overnight, that is where we see this no risk, the snow coming in from the south—west. it will turn increasingly patchy into the early hours. not quite as cold as they were last night, just below freezing in a few spots —— snow risk. tomorrow then brings the chance of further wintry showers. we still have a yellow weather warning in place for snow and ice. make sure you stay across the forecast. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: it was the coldest night

of the winter so far in parts of the uk. graham is at a gritter depot for us this morning, finding out the full impact of the big freeze. we will hear about hundreds of cases of children with learning disabilities being strapped down and physically restrained in special schools. campaigners have told breakfast it is just the tip of the iceberg. and one for the road. we will show you evidence of ancient beer discovered by workers widening the a14. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: 20,000 extra staff including pharmacists and physios will be recruited over the next five years to work alongside gps in england. the nhs says it will allow doctors to spend more time with the patients who need them most, and increase the range of services at local surgeries. at least seven people have died after extreme cold weather hit parts

of the us and canada, caused by a polar vortex. the weather phenomenon, usually found in the north pole, means temperatures in chicago are expected to drop to —40 degrees celsius overnight due to windchill. here is cbs news's don dahler. it has been the coldest night of the winter so far across the uk, with temperatures dropping to —11 celsius in aberdeenshire. freezing temperatures continued after snow and ice caused travel delays and closed hundreds of schools yesterday, while a yellow weather warning for snow, ice and fog remains in place. southeastern trains said 21 trains were being cancelled or altered, and the rac has warned it is expecting at least five call—outs per minute. the home secretary has announced plans to impose curfews and ban the use of social media for anyone suspected of carrying knives. anyone over the age of 12 could be subject to a knife crime prevention order. breaching the order would carry

a maximum sentence of two years. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has rejected any uk attempt to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement. on tuesday, mps voted for theresa may to seek alternatives to the backstop plan, which aims to prevent a hard border between ireland and the united kingdom. mrs may has said there are several possible alternatives she wants to discuss with eu leaders. facebook has reported record quarterly profits, beating expectations for earnings and revenue. for the final three months of last year the social media site made £5.25 billion, a rise of 61% on the same period in 2017. the number of people using the site at least once a month also rose by 9% to more than £2.7 billion. mps say social media companies should be subject to a legal duty of care to protect the health and wellbeing of younger users of their sites. in a report, the commons science and technology committee calls for a regulator to oversee social media. the nspcc, which has been calling for the changes, has welcomed the report.

we've tried self—regulation now for very many years, and ultimately it hasn't removed the risk of harm. and so is something different is needed, and that's why we think that it is vitally important that there are clear legal responsibilities on social media companies, and that there will be consequences if they break those duties. hundreds of dehydrated flamingo chicks have been moved across south africa, in order to save them from starvation and a lack of water. their drought—stricken home is in the country's northern cape, but the birds have been moved hundreds of miles to a sanctuary in cape town. the rescued chicks will take three to four months to fledge. they were abandoned

by their parents, who went off in search of food. they are in safe hands now. quite literally in safe hands. what have you got for us this morning, john?|j suppose you got for us this morning, john?” suppose liverpool are in safe hands, withjurgen klopp. suppose liverpool are in safe hands, with jurgen klopp. warm suppose liverpool are in safe hands, withjurgen klopp. warm hands were needed last night, because it was very cold and the snow was affecting play. it was a real opportunity, manchester city lost against newcastle, so was this the chance that liverpool would go seven points clear? know, in a word, they drew. i don't think the conditions helped their team last night —— no. goals to bring you this morning, in what was an opportunity missed for liverpool. they looked set to stretch their lead at the top when sadio mane scored afterjust two minutes. leicester equalised through england defender harry maguire just before half—time, leaving liverpool with a point. they are now five ahead of manchester city. leicester did

leicester d id really leicester did really well, and it was a bit unlucky, of course, with a goal in the last second, pretty much, before half—time. you don't wa nt to much, before half—time. you don't want to have that, you don't have to do is the ball there, and they got the freekick, that's all true, but at the end you have to take it like it is. and this didn't help liverpool. tv pictures showed they had cleared the box they were attacking towards in the second half of snow, but not leicester's — not that it helped. i think the idea would be that it would help them potentially when they were attacking. when you are they were attacking. when you are the home team, are you not allowed to... aren't they allowed to switch sides? presumably at half-time they

cleared some of the snow and sleet. you could argue it will not help the defending either. level playing field. you are still playing on the same pitch, even if you are defending in the area where you might be attacking, it could be a disadvantage. two at the end of the day, it is a game of two halves. how many more cliches? as 11 of them, there's 11 of us, it's a game of two halves. balls in the back of the net. have we got a thumping or a hammering, or whatever choice term you want? the result of the night, though, was at bournmouth, who thumped chelsea 4—0 at the vitality stadium. it is chelsea's biggest league defeat for 23 years. boss maurizio sarri says it was his fault. alan shearer not impressed on match of the day last night. well, that was an embarrassing defeat for them tonight, and an

embarrassing performance, when your backs are against the wall and you are looking at your team, come on, give us something, and he looked at his team again tonight for the second successive league league game, they have come out and said it is very difficult to motivate these players, well, that is hisjob, to motivate them. he has his man in, so it is time to improve. they now find themselves outside the top format. —— top four. the rest of the night's premier league results are on the bbc sport website. plenty going on in scotland, too, as celtic moved six points clear at the top of the premiership. they beat stjohnstone 2—1 thanks to a couple of cracking goals. this was the first, by callum mcgregor, before ryan christie arguably outdid him with the second. rangers, meanwhile, are through to the fifth round of the scottish cup after beating cowdenbeath 3—1. steven gerrard's side will travel to kilmarnock next. it was an emotional night in nantes as fans paid tribute to emiliano sala.

it was his former side's first home game since he went missing over the english channel last week. all the players had sala's name on their shirts, and the game stopped in the ninth minute, as sala wore the number nine for the french club. it is a big day for england's joe denly. he will make his test debut at the age of 32 later today when england start the second test against the west indies in antigua. he replaces keaton jennings, who has been dropped after that big defeat in the first test. coming into this game after last week's performance, very easy to panic, very easy to think, oh, we need to have an upheaval of the team, and it's not the case. i think — guys have worked extremely hard. we're in a position where we are 1—0 down in this series, and we want to do something about that. we feel it is a great opportunity

forjoe to come in and show what he can do. and congratulations to menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe. they are the first british skiers to win both paralympic and world titles, after taking gold in the women's downhill for visually impaired skiers at the world para—skiing championships in italy. it was a british one—two, with kelly gallagher and guide gary smith taking silver. not bad for a day's work, amazing stuff. i remember when mike experienced that he said it was just unbelievable. i think around 596 vision i think she has, so amazing. an 11—year—old boy has become the first nhs patient to receive a pioneering new cancer treatment which uses the body's own cells to fight the disease. the patient, who has leukaemia, received his own immune cells at great 0rmond street hospital in london after they had been modified in a laboratory. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this boy from watford was diagnosed

with leukaemia five years ago, but conventional treatments failed, so he has become the first nhs patient out cyber clinical trial to have this personalised immunothera py. out cyber clinical trial to have this personalised immunotherapy. the cancer treatment is known as cartee therapy. first blood is taken from therapy. first blood is taken from the patient and then immune cells known as t cells are sent to a laboratory in the united states where they are modified to detect and kill cancer cells. they are modified and confused back into the patient. doctor is a great or 0rmond street hospital say it is too early to know whether his treatment will work. his parents say it is their last hope. in a trial, half of patient persisted leukaemia who receive the treatment were cancer free after one year. this therapy cost nearly £300,000 a patient, but nhs england has agreed a lower, undisclosed price with the manufacturer. up to 30 children and

young adults a year will be treated. joining us now is rob wynn, consultant paediatric haematologist from the royal manchester child ren's hospital who will be using this new therapy in the next few weeks. 0nce... there was a good explanation there of how this all works. 0nce these cells are put back into the body, what happens to the person receiving it, literally over the next hours and days? how does that emanate? we saw kind of what the idea is, but what happens? so we ta ke idea is, but what happens? so we take from the patient their own immune cells, and we put in a gene, or the labs put in a gene, that redirect those immune cells so that they recognise the tumour cells. and these immune cells are just like the immune cells that are in you and me, and what their job immune cells that are in you and me, and what theirjob is in you or me is to fight, let's say, virus. so

when you pick up the virus, your immune system cells to see the virus and proliferate and kill the virus. and it is those same cells that have been put back into the body, but this time instead of seeing virus, which they are programmed to do, they now see the leukaemia, and they proliferate and kill leukaemia. and so the symptoms for you are very much like a virus. so as the cells proliferate the killer virus, they cause fever in you, and you can feel a bit unwell, and we see exactly the same thing when these immune cells are put in to the leukaemia. to the same are put in to the leukaemia. to the sa m e exte nt are put in to the leukaemia. to the same extent as when you fight a cold, for example, or is it worse? so we may see the kids feeling quite u nwell so we may see the kids feeling quite unwell for several weeks, with high fever and flulike symptoms, and what we know is that the kids that get those symptoms are the ones that respond best to the treatment, because the cells are working. and we rather worry in the kids in whom we rather worry in the kids in whom we do this therapy where we see no such immune cell expansion. we saw on the film yuvan and his

family. for whom might this be appropriate, this kind of treatment? at the moment it is a relatively new therapy. most children i look after in this country with leukaemia are cured with other treatments. but some children, a small minority of children, fail chemotherapy, failed transplant, and at the moment we are using this therapy in kids that have failed other therapies. so you saw the young lad that has failed other treatments, so we are using this immune therapy at the end of other treatments, but i guess one of the questions in the future, because we know it is effective, we know that it works even where those other treatments have failed and kids can be cured using this. it works in a different way where chemotherapy has failed. why then is it if you like the last choice? we heard the evidence around how it effective it

is, why is it the last choice? that the very good question, in the coming years the question will be where will the treatment fit? it is new. most kids are cured with conventional therapy, with chemotherapy and with transplants. at the moment, like all new therapies it comes at the end of other treatment. 0ne therapies it comes at the end of other treatment. one of the questions we will be asking in this country over the coming years will be, if it does work so well, we need to show that with time how well it works. if it does work so well, can we use it earlier in treatment when we use it earlier in treatment when we see treatment isn't going well? the therapy cost nearly £300,000 a patient and there is talk of the nhs has managed to negotiate a lower price for that, how does that cost compare to the other therapies, the other treatments that are being offered? that the very good question, so i guess it is more expensive than a transplant. but i think the cost may come down with

time. a lot of the cost reflects the technology, the innovation, and as it is done more often there will be economies of scale, and i think it is likely to come down in cost, but also, these are children, they have also, these are children, they have a life ahead of them, so not only the human element of getting kids with otherwise incurable leukaemia better, actually they will grow up and contribute to our society.” know you are going to be using this treatment. i wish you well with this treatment. i wish you well with this treatment. i wish you well with this treatment. i hope it goes well for those children and those families as well. thank you. thank you. a lot of attention this morning, as you know, maybe you've looked out the window, it is very cold outdoors, be careful, carol, that is the watchword this morning. absolutely right. good morning. to give you an idea of how cold it is, we have had the coldest night of this winter so far. —13 in loch

glascarnoch. it is bitterly cold across many parts of the uk. there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, there will be snow today and tomorrow and we have some freezing fog to boot so that could lead to some disruption. so the reason for this snow later on is this area of low pressure which is sitting in the atlantic and as it comes in with its weather front the wind will strengthen, initially we will see rain and then some sleep and snow. first thing this morning, watch out for the ice, notjust on the roads, but also on the pavement. now, through the morning we will have freezing fog patches, we have some in northern england for example, around the midlands, east anglia, the northern islands, southern scotland, we could see some further fall before the end of this morning. what you will find is slowly it will lift, there will be a lot of sunshine, gentle breezes and that we have this system coming in

from the south—west with the wind strength increasing. it is also going to be a cold day wherever you are, whether you're in the sunshine or not. so let's take a look at the snow and note the time, this is 3pm thursday afternoon. the timer will change, the clock down here, through the next few hours so you can follow where you live. so there is the snow pushing into the south—west, wales, through gloucester, the home counties, to the south—east. now, many of us will see the snow depending on how much snow you're going to get, it depends on how high up going to get, it depends on how high up you are. so to give you an idea, 10-15 up you are. so to give you an idea, 10—15 centimetres across parts of south—east wales, 15 centimetres will be largely on high ground. east wales, east and west in herefordshire, could see a lot of snow. even as we come further south, 3- snow. even as we come further south, 3— seven centimetres. we could see some snow in sussex and kent, but less likely to have actual snow for example in hampshire in dorset on

the coastline, that will be in land. and for the channel islands, today you are going to see rain with some sweet mix in. as we had on through the course of the rest of the night, the course of the rest of the night, the frontal system producing the snow tends to weaken, so the snow on it becomes more patchy. there will be further snow showers across scotla nd be further snow showers across scotland and northern england and with temperatures like this once again there is the risk of widespread ice on untreated surfaces. very quick look at what's happening tomorrow. we still have some of the snow in the south as a weakening feature. it could push for a timea weakening feature. it could push for a time a bit further south with further snow showers across scotland and eastern parts of england. so a lot going on with the weather, naga and charlie. thank you very much. and overnight of course, all of those people trying to keep your roads safe have had a very busy night. graham satchell is in old for us this morning. good morning to you, graham. good morning, charlie. yes,

the gritters have been out all night, as they have for the last couple of days. in most winters on british roads there are about 2 million tons of rock salt spread all over the road. here in 0ldham, they cover greater manchester and the transport routes, which obviously are higherup and transport routes, which obviously are higher up and they need to keep it clear, they have used more than 1000 tons of salt already this winter and you can see they have been at it all might. they told me here this morning that the roads are clear but the conditions, as carol was saying, are difficult. there is ice on the roads, there is freezing fog, the rac tell us they have had a record number of callouts, 8000 yesterday, people struggling with flat batteries and alternators, that kind of thing. so the advice is if you're heading out today, be careful, be aware of the conditions, the cognisa nt of careful, be aware of the conditions, the cognisant of the snow to come. they name all of their gritters here in 0ldham, i don't know if you can see the name on this one, this one is called brad grit. they have been

named by children. i also saw nicole saltslinger, my personalfavourite here it is basil salty. i like that. what was the other one 0be 0ne snowbie? snowbie one. stay warm out there. it is very cold outdoors. keeping it across the weather situation. apparently between 6am and 9am, when we are now, is when most breakdowns happen, so heed the advice, as graham has said, about what the rac has done. business lobby group the cbi says businesses are stepping up their no deal preparations after tuesday's vote on the next steps in the brexit process. over the past few weeks we've been on the road looking at how businesses and industries are preparing. ben is in london this morning. good morning to you, ben. yes, good

morning, welcome to greenwich here in south london, a pretty cold start to the date, the gritters have been out here as well, as you have been hearing. the right, we are continuing the road trip around the country looking at how businesses are preparing for life after brexit and what it could mean for them, especially given what we have heard about the potential for a especially given what we have heard about the potentialfor a no—deal brexit. now, we began the tour in manchester at a food market, we went up manchester at a food market, we went up to blight the north—east, looking at technology, i nipped across the border into scotland last week at a whiskey distillery and today we are ona whiskey distillery and today we are on a construction site in greenwich in south—east london. let me show you around here because it really illustrates the concerns of the construction industry has, because here they are building about 350 flats, they will be ready by the middle of next year. but they also employ about 450 staff on this site,

so there be concerns are getting enough labour and getting access to the materials they need to be construction here —— their big concerns. so what could it mean for the industry and what's the industry doing to prepare for a no deal scenario? mark is chief executive, this is his site. and susannah is from build uk forced good morning. talk through what you do, one of the biggest concerns, i touched on it, is access to workers. a lot of building site construction workers comes from the eu and you're reliant on them. yes, we employ about 11,000 people on our project every day across the uk. 0f people on our project every day across the uk. of those 11,000, 4500 are eu workers. that is notjust us, the supply chain as well, we rely on the supply chain as well, we rely on the supply chain to deliver projects like this. so it's important we maintain these skilled workers because they are essential to efficiency, productivity and making sure we can deliver new homes like

this across the country. so given that scenario for a no—deal brexit or indeed what you've already heard about theresa may's deal how do you make sure you have staff to build what you've committed to? we are working with the supply chain that, a, we continue with the workforce, and recently through the construction leadership council is try to bring in together to help those workers across the uk, about 160,000 eu workers in the construction sector, how we can help them to maintain what is called settled status, so we want to try to work with the supply chain, our companies who work, subcontractors and their employees to make sure they have continued employment here in the uk beyond the 29th of march. you represent a lot of construction firms up and down the country, and we can see how many materials are here, a lot of that is imported, isn't it? give us a taste of where it comes from and whether you are worried about what we get in after

the end of march? 2596 of materials are imported and 15% come from in the eu. the biggest challenge will be getting from the eu through our ports onto construction projects. most sites operate atjust delivery and they don't have storage space and they don't have storage space and we have a lot of materials. so it is important that whatever comes into day comes in after 29 might without delays or it will hold back projects. so even if you have the jobs on site, you can't continue with construction. we will talk more later, but for now thank you very much. we will continue that. i will show you around this place later to look at some of the work they are doing to make sure that construction can continue, they have the staff and the materials that they need if of course the no deal scenario plays out by the also given what we have heard from the politicians are the last 48 hours about whether they can come to an agreement to make sure that places like this can continue working. i will see you after 7am. thank you. in 40 minutes we will

speak with the culture secretary jeremy wright, talking about brexit. it is called out there. did you see how cold he was? we will keep you updated on the conditions as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sarah 0rchid. the perfromance of the london fire brigade will be under the spotlight at a meeting at city hall later today. assembly members will be asking the commissioner dany cotton about the number of fire fatalities in the capital. the brigade says it reviews all fatalfires in london and is committed to reducing deaths. the met will be using its live facial recognition technology today and tomorrow in romford. it's the final trials of the kit which will be used overtly with a clear uniformed presence. information leaflets will be distributed to the public, and posters about how it works will also be displayed in the town centre. there've been calls in parliament to improve compensation to greater anglia passengers who face delays. at the moment a train must be more

than half an hour late before a refund is allowed, but mps want it to be 15 minutes, as it is in many other parts of the country. these rail users agree. if i will be delayed, i will miss my flight. so, yes, i think so, it is a good idea. if there's money available for compensation, shouldn't there be money to actually sort out the trains in the first place? power to the people. we should reduce it down to 15, make sure that these guys are held accountable. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning we've got minor delays on the 0verground this morning. a good service on other lines. 0n the trains, greater anglia and stanstead express have delays and cancellations after overhead line problems. while southeastern trains are warning of cancellations because of the risk of ice on the rails, and their winter weather timetable could be in place tomorrow. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich road flyover.

there are anticlockwise delays on the m25 from junction ten, that's the a3 at wisley, following a collision taking out three lanes near the cobham services. in central london, regent street remains closed southbound from beak street to glasshouse street for gas mains work. now, the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the potential for some disruptive weather over the next 24 hours. as such, the met office has two yellow weather warnings in place. the first one for this morning for fog and ice. the second one valid through this afternoon, overnight and through tomorrow for snow and ice. now, today we could see some freezing fog patches and patches of ice to begin, but it looks like through daylight hours it will be mostly dry and bright. it's a cold start with a widespread frost. we could see some slippery surfaces and any patches freezing fog could be slow to clear. cloud will increase as we move through the afternoon. feeling cold with highs of five celsius. as we go through this

evening and overnight, that's where we see the snow risk, the snow coming in from the south—west. i think it will turn increasingly patchy as we move into the early hours. not quite as cold as they were last night, dipping just below freezing in a few spots. tomorrow then brings the chance of further wintry showers. we still have a yellow weather warning in place for snow and ice. make sure you stay across the forecast. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: 20,000 more physios, pharmacists and paramedics. the nhs sets out its plan to help under—pressure gps cut waiting times. at least seven people have died in the us, amid arctic conditions. we are live at a gritting depot in

0ldham. they we are live at a gritting depot in 0ld ham. they have we are live at a gritting depot in 0ldham. they have been working through the night spreading salt to keep the roads open. and we have just had the coldest night of this winter so far across the uk. there is also some freezing fog to watch out for this morning, the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and later some rain, sleet and snow which could be disruptive, coming in across the south west and south wales. and as the political deadlock in westminster continues, more and more businesses are preparing for a no deal brexit. what does that mean in reality? i am looking at the construction sector in south london to find out. in sport: liverpool freeze in the premier league. they miss the chance to go seven points clear, as they draw with leicester on a cold night at anfield. it is thursday 31 january. our top story: 20,000

more staff including, physiotherapists and paramedics will be recruited over the next five years to work alongside gps in england. the nhs says this will allow doctors to spend more time with the patients who need them most, and increase the range of services at local surgeries. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns explains. so we're going to do your blood pressure now... gps in england see a million people a day, but they have been warning for years that they need extra support, that they are dealing with more patients with ever more complicated health problems, and not enough doctors. it is estimated they are about 6,000 short. but now, nhs england has announced what it is calling an army of staff to help gp practices. it will be paid for as part of the £4.5 billion investment announced in the nhs longterm

plan earlier this month. we're going to see see an opportunity for more physios, more pharmacists, more practice nurses, and that will in turn free up gp time, so that they have more time to spend with the patients who need their care most. and there is genuine optimism over this. the royal college of gps says it hopes this means we will finally turn a corner towards making general practice sustainable. but there is a question, too, about where these 20,000 extra staff will come from, as many other parts of the nhs are also having problems hiring and keeping enough workers. at least seven people have died after extreme cold weather hit parts of the us and canada, caused by a polar vortex. the weather phenomenon, usually found in the north pole, means temperatures in chicago are expected to drop to —40 degrees celsius due to windchill. kim gittleson reports. eerie steam over lake michigan, and a wall of white in illinois. it is hard not to be cold just

looking at the images out of the midwestern united states, where icy airfrom the north pole has led to the coldest weather in a generation, bringing life here to a standstill. the weather is frigid, blizzard—like. the wind is ridiculous. doesn't stop, you can't see anything. temperatures fell to —30 degrees celsius in chicago, colder than parts of antarctica, and a state of emergency is in place in illinois, wisconsin, and michigan. authorities have warned that the extreme temperatures are life—threatening, and thatjust minutes outside can lead to significant frostbite. and, after utility companies made an appeal to conserve energy, general motors said it would suspend operations at 11 michigan plants. businesses, schools and government offices have been shut, flights grounded and travel disrupted. but it's not all misery.

some use the extreme weather as an opportunity for experiments. yeah, stiff as a board, frozen shirt. and, at temperatures this cold, boiling water tossed into the air turns immediately to snow. although temperatures are expected to rise above freezing by the weekend, scientists have warned that climate change makes these extreme weather events likely to happen more often. kim gittleson, bbc news. it has been the coldest night of the winter so far across the uk, with temperatures dropping to —11 celsius in aberdeenshire. freezing temperatures continued after snow and ice caused travel delays and closed hundreds of schools yesterday, while a yellow weather warning for snow, ice and fog remains in place. 0vernight, and carol will go through

these temperatures later on, scotland, ireland, england orwales, which do you think was the least cold? scotland would normally be the cold est. cold? scotland would normally be the coldest. least cold. england, wales and northern england? but —8.5 degrees. seriously cold. we will have the weather details with carol, be careful if you are going out this morning. there are treacherous conditions. graham satchell is at 0ldham's gritting depot for us this morning, where he is finding out how they are working to keep the roads safe. keeping warm, ioc, but they are keeping very busy. they are, it is about —2 here in 0ldham at the moment. they have responsibility at this depot for parts of greater manchester, and the full trans pennine routes, the higher you go

the worse it can get, they have been working all night gritting the roads. 0n working all night gritting the roads. on a normal winter they would usually use around 2 million tons of rock salt along the roads of britain. here they have already used more than 1000 tons in the last 48 hours or so. the rac are telling us that yesterday they had 8000 callouts from people who had broken down, with flat batteries, broken alternators, that kind of thing. the conditions on the road, we are told, here in 0ldham is ok, the roads passable. craig is head of highways at 0ldham. tell us exactly what things are like out there today. ricky good, actually, all our roots are open, al four trans— ricky good, actually, all our roots are open, al fourtrans— pennine routes are all clear, so everything is good over there. the only thing to watch for is the side roads, especially where you have the snow melted and re— frozen. that is the thing to watch for. what is your advice to motorists is? just be careful, drive to the conditions.

most of the roads are ok, but you never know once you come off the main road what the side roads are like. conditions are pretty bad, really, to be honest. the roads are icy, there is freezing fog and more snow to come. so graham had the gritter snowbi—wan kenobi. naga mun—gritty? and we will keep you up—to—date with the weather situation this morning but be very careful, give yourself time to defrost the car. keep a blanket in the car, as well, just in case. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has rejected any uk attempt to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement. on tuesday, mps voted for theresa may to seek alternatives to the plan, which aims to prevent a hard border between ireland

and the uk. 0ur europe reporter adam fleming is in brussels. so we have this curious scenario, theresa may says she wants to come and have a chat but the message coming back is that that is not possible. yes, that is basically how the phone call played out last night between theresa may and donald tusk, the president of the european council, the guy who chairs those meetings of eu leaders and rings around the other 27 countries to work out what they think about the exit. theresa may apparently said to him during his 45 minute call last night which is described as open and frank, which by the way is a fanatic code for badtempered, she said parliament had voted quite clearly and its problem was the irish backstop, the backup plan for avoiding the reintroduction of checks on the irish border. whatever the future relationship that is

negotiated between the uk and the eu, and we are told donald tusk said to her, fine, you will have to come up to her, fine, you will have to come up with those solutions, and they have to get through the house of commons in the final vote, and then you can come back. there are no meetings planned between those two in the next couple of days, because there had been lots of speculation that theresa may would hop on a train ora plane that theresa may would hop on a train or a plane and come and talk to eu officials here. another thing which is being discussed is watch parliament —— what parliament voted for a couple of days ago. they are prepared to look at alternative suggestions brought by the uk but they say the last two years was all about looking at alternatives, they look at every single border in the world and they didn't find any. so it doesn't sound like those alternatives could actually be a —goen alternatives could actually be a -goer. we love jargon busting, i love your little explanation of diplomatic terms, a moment ago. we

need a helpful guide on that, as well. 0pen need a helpful guide on that, as well. open and frank equals badtempered. thank you, we will speak to you later on. the home secretary has announced plans to impose curfews and ban the use of social media for anyone suspected of carrying knives. anyone over the age of 12 could be subject to a knife crime prevention order. breaching the order would carry a maximum sentence of two years. i want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to stop some of this senseless violence that is taking place on our streets, traumatising so many communities, and ending too many young lives. and that means making sure, first of all, police have resources, and we're increasing that, making sure also they have the powers that they need, and this is a new power. an army of pharmacists, physicists and paramedics. that is what has been promised by nhs england,

in what it describes as the biggest shake—up of gp surgeries in 15 years. the government says the aim is to take the pressure off doctors, butjust how realistic is that? we are joined now by the director of primary care in nhs england, dr nikki kanani, and gp dr fari ahmad. good morning. let's start with you first, so what does this actually entailed and? it is part of this £20 million amount announced by the government for the nhs. how much is going to be allocated, and what is the allocation of extra people that are going to apparently ease the pressure in gps' surgeries, particularly on gps? good morning, thank you so much for having me. we mark the really significant event at the beginning of this year when we published the nhs long—term plan. 0n seven january we said we published the nhs long—term plan. 0n sevenjanuary we said we would invest extra money into the nhs. we are all committed to the nhs and it isa are all committed to the nhs and it is a really important part of all of

our lives, whether we are professionals working in the nhs, patients receiving care, and i spent the weekend with my grandmother in hospital, so really committed to getting this is right. but we also know are packed so is asked according to provide the care they need to. they are struggling because of workforce and workload pressures. so when we publish a long—term plan we set out the commitment to invest an extra £4.5 billion by the end of 23-24 an extra £4.5 billion by the end of 23—24 per year, in order to support primary medical services, that is general practice services, and the wider community. 0ut general practice services, and the wider community. out of that, we have published a document later today which will set out a specific amount for both general practice and for general practice to work as part of networks to deliver kf our patients. can you tell me that specific amount? so it is out of £4.5 billion we committed to as part of the allocation for primary medical services, we have committed

to an extra £1 billion per year by the end of 23—24 for general practice services, at £1.8 billion on top of that eye the end of 23—24 per year for what is on top of that eye the end of 23—24 per yearfor what is a on top of that eye the end of 23—24 per year for what is a network of contracts. so that is asking practices to work together in order to share some of the load and share some of the pressures. in basic terms, sorry to interrupt, as you know, time is always tight. what is that equal to in numbers of people, and who are they? numbers of gps, physiotherapist, paramedics, et cetera ? so, in the core contract, that will permit us to continue to push towards the 5000 gp target because we will always need general practice, gp practitioners and the wider staff, that commits us to 20,000 more staff within networks across the country, so that is clinical pharmacist, social prescribing link workers, paramedics, physiotherapist, to make sure we provide the support that we need to traditional general practice and allow patients to get the care they need when they need us as well. you are listening to some of this

with us, so you have a gp practice, there are five doctors, five gps in there are five doctors, five gps in the practice, people listening to this might think it sounds good, when i go to see you at my doctors surgery, there is something different, something different will be there. more people, more staff, is that right? so, it does sound good, andi is that right? so, it does sound good, and i think the issue is we don't have enough gps, it takes a while to train gps, so we are lagging behind, losing gps, not looking after the ones we have, so there is a gap. so i think this... you see other people. if this is a sticking plaster or a short—term solution until we get up the numbers, fine. where i struggle is if someone called reception and they say, only to see someone, and they say, only to see someone, and they say it is three weeks to see gp or you can see a chemist today, you know, i don't know... i think some patients might be ok. the vast majority would struggle with that. because the reason some people come

to see the gp, they spoke to the pharmacist, they looked on nhs one, they have a 90 of the help they need. can youjust they have a 90 of the help they need. can you just tell me with some of the clarity on this —— they have an idea of the help they need. your surgery, how does this work, are you expecting someone to give you, i don't know, how much does it cost to hirea don't know, how much does it cost to hire a fully qualified physio, i don't know, let's call it £40,000 a year, is someone going to give you the money to hire the person? how does this work? that detail would be interesting. do you know? not yet. it would be interesting to see. a lot of practices have physios, pharmacists. this is about increasing that. yes, so we are working to have these people helping us. so i think some of this is trying to look at the pressures that gps are under, and i think they are asking us to work in groups. so it might work in cities where gp

surgeries are concentration concentrated. in rural areas it is harder to do. i am not sure that the evidence is there. everybody is under stretched, so if you stick them ina under stretched, so if you stick them in a big group, does it mean they will have more time and resources ? they will have more time and resources? i and glad it is happening, there is acknowledgement that gps do a lot of this work and we will fund them better, but eight would be interesting to see how this pans out. i'm not sure this will be directly where we need to go. maybe it's the first step, but we need more gps. this isn't really addressing that. you are hearing what doctor ahmed is saying. dr ahmed is a regular commentator on the programme. we talk to her very often. hopefully we have a view of how lots of gps feel across the country. what i am hearing is that it is not clear, the gps are not getting the message yet of what is being proposed. isuppose, when getting the message yet of what is being proposed. i suppose, when will it be clear how they are going to be

funded to pay for these ambitious plans, and how that is expected to be allocated in those surgeries, by those surgeries? so, we aim to publish a full document today after we ratify it, the nhs england board meeting at 1pm today, i am already in contact with lots of gps asking the same questions and i think she made a really good point. 0n the same questions and i think she made a really good point. on tuesday in surgery are spent 40 minutes with a man who was crying because he can't look after his mum any more. we need to make sure we have the right teams around people when they need them. we need gps as well. we have the highest number of recruits into gp training this year, the highest we have had, but it takes time to train them. so while we do that lets build up the primary care tea m that lets build up the primary care team so the patient at the care that they need and you can still see your gp when unita. that is really important that we support general practice to deliver the care act it needs. went are they getting the money they need, and will it pay, i

don't know, three extra members of staff? is that guaranteed? the money will come from the first of april and it is a five—year funding settle m e nt and it is a five—year funding settlement for general practice to provide clarity and certainty. it will come direct to practise at a practice level entitlement, both to support the practice in its core sense, doing the core activities it does, and money to support practices working as part of a network. so it will go to practices to employ the staff it needs and we will give the staff it needs and we will give the staff to support and tools they need to do that. this will come over the next year and the next five years. we are absolutely committed to making this a reality for general practice and for our patients. good to see you again. thank you. i know you have more to say. maybe we can catch up when this has kicked in and we see how it works in practice. thank you. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. very important to listen to carol this morning, always important of

course, but today has been difficult overnight and there i travel problems. it has been the coldest night of the winter so far. these are the temperatures in scotland, northern england, wales and northern ireland and they could drop yet. the other thing we have is fog, patchy freezing fog across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, the midlands, east anglia and parts of the south, so that will be slow to clear, then there is the widespread risk of ice on untreated surfaces. now later on in the day this area of low pressure is coming our way introducing strengthening winds, initially some rain and then sleet and snow. this note could prove the snow could be disruptive. —— the snow could be disruptive. there is the risk of ice is the area you are in hasn't been treated. as we go through the day for many of us it will be dry with some sunshine, the fog will lift for most, and then

you can see the wind strengthening in the south—west and we have the first signs of some rain followed by sleet and snow. and this is what could be disruptive. in the channel islands you're more likely to have rain and sleet rather than snow. if we zoom rain and sleet rather than snow. if we zoom into what's happening and where the likelihood of the snow will be at the time, this clock is changing, you can see how it comes in across the south—west, through wales, the midlands, down to the south—east. it might miss norfolk. as we go through the evening we could see some large totals falling. to give you an idea of those, the highest numbers are what you can expect with height, look at that, ten centimetres in parts of wales. we are talking south—east wales and west herefordshire as well. 3— seven further south. 0n the south coast, you could see snow falling from sussex to kent. at the other end, hampshire and dorset, it is likely to be sleet or rain that you see right on the coast. inland it is a

different story. through the overnight hours we have the weather front with us, it will start to weaken. there will be snow coming out of it. meanwhile we have further snow showers in northern england and northern scotland. 0nce snow showers in northern england and northern scotland. once again, with temperatures as low as this, where we have this dampness around, there is likely to be ice once again, so something to be watching out for, as well as frost. tomorrow morning we start off with the weakening front, the snow tending to ease, but it could get down to southern counties of england through the day. there is the risk of a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. north, you can see further wintry showers across eastern areas, also in the far north of scotland. tomorrow, no heat wave in prospect. temperatures roughly 1—5. and the weekend, we are not done with the snow just yet. weekend, we are not done with the snowjust yet. thanks very much. 7:23am is the time now. bbc breakfast has been told about hundreds of cases of children

with learning disabilities and autism being physically restrained, and sometimes injured in special schools. in the uk, there is no legal obligation to report restraint, or notify parents that it has been used, but some are calling on the government to change that and be better at monitoring how the most vulnerable children are treated in the classroom. a warning, this report from jayne mccubbin contains images that some of you might find distressing. he wasjust a he was just a broken child. he was crying all the time with night terrors, panic attack. we couldn't understand any more. no. deirdre and rodney tell me they couldn't figure out a changing their son's behaviour until they saw his school diary. his feet were tight, his waist was tired, there was a weight on there. all of these methods of a straight. harry has no mobility issues but he has a learning disability and

autism. he might drop to the floor or run when he doesn't want to do something, as he often did in school. but because he is totally non—verbal he has few other ways to communicate. his parents say they knew at chair was being used for mealtimes, but not to this extent or in this way. he was in a chair for playing, he was in a chairfor feeding. he was in a chairfor learning. it is very easy to put someone in a chair and strap them in to keep... to make life easier for the staff. maybe it wasn't a good thing for harry. social services referred this to police, writing to the family to say this could be classed as physical abuse. the school say they are unable to comment because of that investigation. we have been given information from hundreds of cases passed on to charities which are calling for action. photographs of the rooms where children are locked up. injuries after physical restraints. some say there is another way. very good. brilliant. mo is one of around 400 pupils here

in one of england's biggest special schools. these used to be the room for seclusion. richard had says it isa for seclusion. richard had says it is a sensory room where sholto and jeremiah are catching fish. while we film, one girl bolts from a classroom. here they have a hands off approach. it has cut restraint incident by over 80% and it has won the school rewards. you have got rid of the isolation room, no kids are locked in. you don't strap children into jazz, but their situations where it is very difficult and may be restrictive practices are needed? —— chairs. very occasionally. we are not dealing with naughty children, we are dealing with young people who are trying to communicate their needs and it is understanding what their behaviour actually means and what it is saying. so they are not the problem. 0ften what it is saying. so they are not the problem. often as adults we are the problem. often as adults we are the problem. often as adults we are the problem. charities tell us their evidence is the tip of the iceberg, but there is no way of knowing for

sure, because there is no legal obligation for schools to report incidents. the department for education in england told us there is no need for schools to report all restraint to parents or authorities but should consider if staff need training. scotland said restraint should be a last resort and should be carefully monitored. in wales and northern ireland schools are strongly advised to keep records. as for harry. he is back to himself, laughing and giggling, he loves socialising, being around other people, getting out in the car again. all of the things he had totally regressed from, he is doing again now. the chair isn't used at all? not at all, no, not at all. yes, we will be talking about that story a little later on to try to get some more detail on exactly what happens in practice, that coming up just after 8am. certainly something many of you are concerned about. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. it has been one of the coldest

nights of winter so far last night. it will be affecting many of you around the country. we will see you shortly. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sarah 0rchid. the performance of the london fire brigade will be under the spotlight at a meeting at city hall later today. assembly members will be asking the commissioner dany cotton about the number of fire fatalities in the capital. the brigade says it reviews all fatalfires in london and is committed to reducing deaths. the met will be using its live facial recognition technology today and tomorrow in romford. it's the final trials of the kit which will be used overtly with a clear uniformed presence. information leaflets will be distributed to the public, and posters about how it works will also be displayed in the town centre. there've been calls in parliament to improve compensation to greater anglia passengers who face delays. at the moment a train must be more than half an hour late before a refund is allowed but mps want it to be 15 minutes,

as it is in many other parts of the country. these rail users agree. if i will be delayed, i will miss my flight. so, yes, i think so, it is a good idea. if there's money available for compensation, shouldn't there be money to actually sort out the trains in the first place? power to the people. we should reduce it down to 15, make sure that these guys are held accountable. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning, we've got minor delays on the 0verground this morning. it isa it is a good service on all other lines. 0n the trains, greater anglia and stanstead express have delays and cancellations after overhead line problems. while southeastern trains are warning of cancellations because of the risk of ice on the rails, and their winter weather timetable could be in place tomorrow. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach slow from the a2 at the sun in sands roundabout. the m25 is closed anticlockwise at j10 that's the a3 at wisley, following an accident near the cobham services.

delays are back towards j11 with traffic diverted via the a3. highways england are warning people to bear this in mind if they are heading twds j7 for gatwick. now, the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the potential for some disruptive weather over the next 24 hours. as such, the met office has two yellow weather warnings in place. the first one for this morning for fog and ice. the second one valid through this afternoon, overnight and through tomorrow for snow and ice. now, today we could see some freezing fog patches and patches of ice to begin, but it looks like through daylight hours it will be mostly dry and bright. it's a cold start with a widespread frost. we could see some slippery surfaces and any patches freezing fog could be slow to clear. cloud will tend to increase as we move through the afternoon. feeling cold with highs of five celsius. as we go through this evening and overnight, that's where we see the snow risk, the snow coming in from the south—west. i think it will turn increasingly patchy as we move into the early hours.

temperatures not quite as cold as they were last night, dipping just below freezing in a few spots. tomorrow then brings the chance of further wintry showers. we still have a yellow weather warning in place for snow and ice. make sure you stay across the forecast. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: 20,000 extra staff including pharmacists and physios will be recruited over the next five years to work alongside gps in england. the nhs says it will allow doctors to spend more time with the patients who need them most and increase the range of services at local surgeries. the move has been largely welcomed by the profession, but some have warned extra doctors are also needed. earlier we spoke to our

correspondent, we will show you that ina correspondent, we will show you that in a moment. it has already been the cold est in a moment. it has already been the coldest night of winter so far across the uk. temperatures dropping in aberdeenshire. freezing temperatures continued after snow and ice caused travel delays and closed hundreds of schools yesterday while a yellow weather warnings remains in place. south—eastern trains said 21 trains were being cancelled and the rac said it is expecting five callouts a minute. at least seven people have died after a blast of polar air hit parts of the us and canada, with temperatures dropping as low as minus 40 celsius in some places. the authorities are warning people to stay indoors as much as possible, and not to breathe too deeply or talk whilst outside.

earlier we spoke to our correspondent chris buckler, who is in chicago. yeah, it is —27 — 28 at the moment, we expect —30 celsius, as i speak to you at the moment, but here in the windy city there are warnings about windchill that is making it feel even colder. in some parts of the midwest, it is already falling below —50 celsius. now, there is snow, there is ice, as you mentioned, if you look behind me you will see the river is completely frozen over. here in chicago, it is so incredibly cold. i will tell you, the only way to describe it really is that it is painfully cold. my face, my ears and fingers, they are very, very cold, despite the fact that we are taking precautions. of course, that is one of the big concerns for people. there are people who are homeless, who have been taken to warming centres to try to keep them warm tonight. but this is dangerously cold,

and already there have been some people killed. and it is quite simply a once in a generation level of coldness. and already plenty of people have gone to the hospital because of that cold. there are people who are enjoying it. you have probably seen people using water pistols, putting hot water into water pistols and then firing it and it immediately freezes as it hits the cold air. i have a thermos mug here and this will give you an idea of how cold it is. if i am screw this and i throw this in towards the water, you can see it immediately goes into steam and ice, and that gives

you an idea of how painfully cold it is at the moment. but very simply, people have been advised, whenever they can, stay inside and stay out of this kind of cold. the home secretary has announced plans to impose curfews and ban the use of social media for anyone suspected of carrying knives. anyone over the age of 12 could be subject to a knife crime prevention order. breaching the order would carry a maximum sentence of two years. critics says the proposals could criminalise a generation of young people who carry weapons out of fear. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has rejected any uk attempt to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement. on tuesday, mps voted for theresa may to seek alternatives to the backstop plan, which aims to prevent a hard border between ireland and the united kingdom. mrs may has said there are several possible alternatives she wants to discuss with eu leaders. facebook has reported record quarterly profits, beating expectations for earnings and revenue. for the final three months of last year, the social media site made £5.25 billion, a rise of 61%on the same period in 2017.

the number of people using the site at least once a month also rose by 9% to more than 2.7 billion. and those are the main stories for you this morning apart from this. hundreds of dehydrated flamingo chicks have been moved across south africa in order to save them from starvation and a lack of water. their drought—stricken home is in the country's northern cape, but the birds have been moved hundreds of miles to a sanctuary in cape town. the rescued chicks will take three to four months to fledge. they were abandoned by their parents who went off in search of food. and now they are all alone. the. but they have been rescued. but now look, perky little face looking out from a cardboard box, and everything as well. they are

fine, the baby flamingos are fine, they have had water, cuddles, they are warm. what tales have you got to tell us? well, they certainly don't need a hug from jurgen klopp. you would have done at anfield. who wouldn't want to hug from jurgen klonp. wouldn't want to hug from jurgen klopp, he is a very huggable chap. we have a genuine title race on our hands this season. if liverpool had one last night, they could have moved seven points clear, and all they needed was that win.” moved seven points clear, and all they needed was that win. i thought they needed was that win. i thought they tried their best. and as we will see, they got some help from the groundsman. lots of goals to bring you this morning, in what was an opportunity missed for liverpool. you can see how snowy the pitch was. they still managed to take the lead through sadio mane early on. but leicester equalised through england defender harry maguire just before half—time, and that's how it stayed, jurgen klopp admitting that the snow and ice didn't help. the pitch unfortunately... first

timei the pitch unfortunately... first time i experienced snow in england, so that was difficult. 0n the team with the ball, with possession, struggles more with it. it is pretty difficult, i think the counter—attacks were good in the first moment, but were more defended by the pitch than by the opponent, because you saw we could not really 90. because you saw we could not really go, and stuff. the ground staff did try and give liverpool a cheeky advantage by clearing the box they were attacking towards in the second half of sleet and ice, but not leicester's. you say cheekily, i say unfairly. i think you should look into the rules about this. i cannot believe there is not a rule that says both ends of

the pitch should be equally prepared. i am sure they would argue they were trying to clear both ends of the pitch, but they only had a limited amount of time at half—time. and they picked the one side. just how things work out, i guess. you could be a manager, with that explanation. nothing to blame but the players or the manager himself in chelsea's case, as they were thumped 4—0 by bournemouth. it was their biggest league defeat in over 20 years, and having previously criticiced his players for their poor perfromances, sarri said it was his fault this time. and alan shearer was not impressed. well, that was an embarrassing defeat for them tonight, and an embarrassing performance. when your backs are against the wall and you're looking at your team — come on, give us something, and he looked at his team again tonight, for the second successive league game. they have come out and said it's very difficult to motivate these players. well, that's his job, to motivate them. he has his man in, so it's time to improve. they now find themselves outside the top four. the rest of the night's results

are on the bbc sport website. some great goals to bring you in scotland now. take a look at these crackers. as celtic moved six points clear, beating stjohnstone 2—1, this was the first by callum mcgregor. but ryan christie's was better. take a look at this bit of a skill, and a finish to match. a little more route one here, as rangers reached the fifth round of the scottish cup, beating cowdenbeath 3—1. steven gerrard's side travel to kilmarnock next. now to a hugely emotional night in nantes, yesterday morning we saw the tributes cardiff made to mising striker emiliano sala. well, this was at his old club, look at that from the supporters. this their first home match since his plane diappeared. all the players had sala's

name on their shirts, and the match was stopped in the ninth minute, which was the shirt number he wore, and the nantes manager moved to tears. now, i imagine for any sportsman or woman, it is always easier to make your debut coming into a side that is winning or doing well. so spare a thought for england's joe denly, who will make his test debut against west indies today, off the back of that heavy defeat in the first test. he replaces keatonjennings, and will be expected to get the runs england didn't manage in barbados. coming into this game after last week's performance, very easy to panic, very easy to think, oh, we need to have an upheaval of the team, and it's not the case. i think — guys have worked extremely hard. we're in a position where we are 1—0 down in this series, and we want to do something about that.

we feel it is a great opportunity forjoe to come in and show what he can do. and, if you want a demonstration of a big performance, i think menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoe produced just that, by becoming the first british skiers to win both paralympic and world titles, after taking gold in the women's downhill for visually impaired skiers at the world para—skiing championships in italy. and it was a british one—two, as well, with kelly gallagher and guide gary smith taking silver. amazing. and congratulations to them. we're joined now from westminster by the culture secretary, jeremy wright. good morning to you, thank you very much for talking to us this morning. ido want much for talking to us this morning. i do want to talk to you about brexit in a short while, but first of all i really want to talk to you as well about some new money that is being announced for technology to tackle various things, various solutions. do you want to explain

what that is about? yes, so what we are seeking to do here is make sure that technology can do good things in our society, and so we are looking for ways we can inspire, invest, encourage and reward people in the technology who are doing good things. there are challenges that technology brings, and we have heard a lot about those in the last few days, and it is important the government thinks as well about how to deal with the harms that technology, especially online, might bring, and we will do that in the next few weeks, but i also want to think about what technology can do thatis think about what technology can do that is good. so this is an opportunity to do that, and we are looking for different ways that technology can be used to help solve problems. thank you for talking about that, i have to talk to you about that, i have to talk to you about brexit and what is happening at the moment. it appears from what eu leaders have said that they are not open to theresa may discussing the backstop, discussing any

amendments to the backstop, which of course is one of the two amendments that were voted for a couple of days ago. what do you say to that? well, i think it is important to remember we have heard a number of different things from europe over the last 44 hours or so. certainly there has been a reluctance to consider reopening the withdrawal agreement, but we have also heard again those in brussels saying, well, look, the british have got to tell us what it is they want. they have got to explain to us how we might change the backstop. now, that second set of comments doesn't suggest to me that mind are entirely closed. that in the end, if you want a deal, and i think both sides do, i think the european union and the uk both want the deal, then in order to get that deal you don'tjust the deal, then in order to get that deal you don't just have the deal, then in order to get that deal you don'tjust have to negotiate it, you also have to get it through the uk and eu parliament, and for that to happen, we need some further negotiations, and that is what the prime minister will now be doing. you are one of those who voted for the brady amendment, as it

is called, to find amendments to the backstop. you haven't told us what you do want. what are the alternatives? give me a list of, i don't know, three top alternatives. you have heard different ideas but now the prime minister has to go back to brussels and talk about all those ideas and find the one that is successfully negotiable. if you forgive me, nag, what we should do is we should give the prime minister space to do that —— naga. people need to keep in mind that the prime minister has succeeded in many areas where nobody believed she would, she got a deal no—one said she would get, she then persuaded parliament to give a clear view as to what it wanted, now need to give her the space to go back to brussels with the clear instructions she has she

has from parliament dog about the backstop. you voted for the brady and man—made. it is fair that i ask you, you have no idea what these alternatives might be because all we have been told is like the eu says that we don't want the backstop. first of all, let me explain the reason i voted for the brady amendment. it seems to me that in these circumstances we have to move these circumstances we have to move the conversation on. so when the prime minister came to parliament with the deal that she had negotiated, which are supported, parliament wasn't prepared to support that, so to move the process on we needed to do something different. it was quite clear and the brady amendment crystallised this, parliament was concerned primarily about the backstop. now we have a view from parliament that it will support the deal if something can be done about the backstop. what might be done? a number of possibilities. it is the length of the backstop, the nature of it that is causing my colleagues concerned, so we need to look at ways in which we can make it clear that this will

not be an indefinite prospect. that is exactly the area that the prime minister will concentrate on and in which she will engage in negotiations with the eu. how do you do that, give me an idea of how you do that, give me an idea of how you do that? you can do that by means of the uk being able to exeter, by means of a time limit, or proposing sensible alternatives to the way in which the backstop is currently designed to operate. sensible alternatives such as? i know why you would like to give it chapter and verse. i simplyjust want even one, and asked for three, one example of and asked for three, one example of a sensible alternative. i have given you three. it is important that the prime minister is given the space to go and have these conversations. i think the prime minister has been doing a remarkable job think the prime minister has been doing a remarkablejob on think the prime minister has been doing a remarkable job on the think the prime minister has been doing a remarkablejob on the half of this country trying to negotiate a very complex arrangement for our exit from the eu. i think it is only right and very much in the national interest that we give her the space to do that now. parliament has had

its say, parliament has made clear what it would support. she go back to brussels and she needs to speak to brussels and she needs to speak to european union representatives about how that might be delivered. because, as i say, the big picture here is everybody wants to reach a deal. but you can only have a deal if parliament on both sides of the english channel are prepared to support it. that is where the conversation needs to go. it is interesting, theresa may spoke with donald tusk and describe the conversation as honest and frank. we spoke with correspondent adam fleming today, he interpreted that as badtempered. so far we don't know when theresa may is going to brussels to have face—to—face negotiations. do you know when that will happen? what she is doing today is speaking further to members of parliament about precisely the proposals that you are asking me about and then she will need to go to brussels in order to have conversations with her interlocutors. people can speculate all they like about the content of private conversations. what we know

for sure is both sides have expressed their clear desire to have a deal and that is in both sides' interests. we a re a deal and that is in both sides' interests. we are getting there. we are narrowing down all the time the areas that are controversial and haven't been settled. we are now going to talk specifically about the backstop. we need to give the prime minister space to have those conversations and see if she can make progress. bear in mind she has been able to progress in areas where everybody thought she wouldn't. let's give her a chance. jeremy wright, culture secretary, thank you for talking to us on breakfast. it is warm in the westminster studio, let's look outside, and we can see the pictures from westminster, it is looking rather magnificent this morning. it is often the way when you have these cold, crisp days, it is very cold this morning if you are just about to go out, you get these beautiful views across london, of course. carol, bring us up—to—date on what it's looking like a the rest of the uk. thanks, charlie. good morning. you

are quite right, it is a cold start to the day across the board. we have just had the coldest night of the winter so far. temperatures in the highlands fell to —12.7. so there is the risk this morning of us on untreated surfaces almost anywhere in the uk. we have some snow showers at the moment especially across scotland, and freezing fog patches, some of this is dense, across many areas actually. so disruption is quite possible this morning. but as we go through later today, tonight and tomorrow, more snow, heavy snow for some of us this time in the south. it is courtesy of this area of low pressure, with its weather front, coming in through the course of the day, initially introducing rain, strengthening winds and then we see it readily turn to snow. i mentioned the risk of ice. you can see what i meant almost anywhere on untreated surfaces. not just see what i meant almost anywhere on untreated surfaces. notjust the roads, but also the pavement. a lot of bright skies and sunshine around. we have wintry showers across parts

of scotland, freezing fog for northern ireland, central, southern scotland, northern england, the midlands, east anglia and parts of the south, so that's almost everywhere as well, but it is patchy and will slowly lift. not much of a breeze, but the wind strengthening as the weather front comes into the south—west, initially bringing rain for the channel islands, you might see some sleet from that, but that's about all, it might see some snow as the system pushes inland. so if we ta ke the system pushes inland. so if we take a look at this, you can see the time changing, it will change through the hours. here is the snow across south—west england, wales, into the midlands, down to the south—east corner, kent and parts of east anglia. but not all. now, what kind of levels of snow are we talking about? well, for some, quite a lot actually. if we pick wales, 10-15 a lot actually. if we pick wales, 10—15 centimetres of lying snow. so 15 centimetres will be with height. southeast wales and west herefordshire in particular you are

likely to see quite a dump of snow. whereas if we come further south, 3-7 whereas if we come further south, 3—7 centimetres, seven centimetres again largely on higher ground, but all of this is enough to cause some disruption. now, as we carry on through the rest of the night, we have a weather front producing the snow, but it's going to weaken, so the snow will become a bit more patchy, so not everyone will see it. but we will also have some snow showers coming in across north—east england, parts of eastern and northern scotland as well. temperature—wise, low, which means once again with all of the damp surfaces there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, and there will bea untreated surfaces, and there will be a frost. so tomorrow we start off with this weather front, it will start to ease actually with the snow showers, they continue for a time across some southern counties, and we still have the snow showers coming in across eastern england, some wee bit further inland and the same across northern scotland. and naga and charlie, it is going to be

cold. and are you glad to be in the studio today? yes. we saw chris buckler earlier, didn't we, in chicago. yeah. graham is out with the gritters, very topical of course, and now ben is out and about. i think we should just be grateful that we are inside today. absolutely right, it is cold outside wherever you are, so bear that in mind if you'rejust wherever you are, so bear that in mind if you're just getting out. hand warmers, that's what we need. 7:52am is the time. we are talking about all issues on brexit, just a moment ago with a government minister, so much lack of clarity about what will happen next, which makes it hard for business if they are preparing. ben has been around the country talking to businesses looking at what ever happens with brexit. as i alluded to, it is cold outside and ben is outside with big gloves and a big high—vis jacket and

big shoes because you look at the construction industry, it is not a great day to be a construction worker if you are working outside today. yes, i have a lot of sympathy for the guys on this building site this morning, but thejoy the guys on this building site this morning, but the joy of the high—vis this morning is it hides about three coats, two layers of thermals and everything else so i am quite warm. good morning from greenwich, continuing the road trip we taken around the country, looking how firms are adapting to life after brexit, what plans they have in place and how they are preparing to deal with it. and construction is a really big sector. just take a look here, 450 flats are going to be built here, 300 workers on site, they are due to open next year, but what they are worried about is getting enough staff, a lot come from the eu, and enough materials because the lot is imported, so let me introduce you to mark, chief executive, and suzanne from build uk. good morning. just looking around, you can see you need a lot of people, a lot of materials and

that comes from the eu. are you worried about skills first of all, you need skilled workers on the site? yes, we are. we employ about 11,000 people on—site throughout the uk foresight workers and of that about 4500 are eu workers so there isa about 4500 are eu workers so there is a real importance for productivity applets throughout the business contributing to what we do. a lot of people will say that you should train more british people, domestically to get on the site is working here. it is not as easy as that, is it? i'm afraid not. the industry generally recruit about 25,000 new entries into the industry through apprentices every year and it will take about ten years to fill the gap for potentially the eu workers leaving, so this is not a short—term fix, its a long—term plan and we need those workers to continue working on projects and willing to stay here to live and work with their families in the uk the next ten years. so that is skills and workers, let's talk materials, i was surprised about how much we import from overseas, so

give us a taste of where it comes from, and why it's important to be on site on time. we import 2596 of materials and 15% of those come from the eu, timber, aluminium, steel, everything you see on construction sites. and we don't have storage facilities on site, we have just just—in—time delivery, so it is imported it flows through. you can have the skills on—site, if you haven't got the materials you can't construct. when we talk about just in time, industries rely on staff arriving at cobbler days before you need it, installed and any moves away because there isn't space or money to do that. what does it mean for the industry if they can't get those things on time, maybe a couple of days talay, what does it mean? the impact is enormous —— a couple of days' dalay. you have to do things in order. if something isn't on—site it will delay the follow—on trade and that will slow down the construction project which will have implications for the skills

available on site and the cost of the project and the programme. mark, what would you want to hear from westminster to reassure you this is in hand? i would like to ensure that the workers can continue with the eu workers in the uk, 160,000 eu construction workers in the industry. it is really important we continue to have access to those people. the second thing is about movement of goods, so we need to continue the flow of materials coming into the country, as it does today. so we can't slow down through border checks of those materials. they must continue to flow through the ports to our site so we can continue, as susanna says, delivering on a just—in—time basis. nice to see you both, thank you both. go inside and get warm. i will be back in a second. so that is the view of what it could mean for the industry. lots to contend with right now. we will talk more to find out what else is worrying the industry.

another thing is access to finance and funding. we will talk about that later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sarah 0rchid. the performance of the london fire brigade will be under the spotlight at a meeting at city hall later today. assembly members will be asking the commissioner dany cotton about the number of fire fatalities in the capital. the brigade says it reviews all fatalfires in london and is committed to reducing deaths. the met will be using its live facial recognition technology today and tomorrow in romford. it's the final trials of the kit which will be used overtly with a clear uniformed presence. information leaflets will be distributed to the public, and posters about how it works will also be displayed in the town centre. the largest school choir concerts event in the world, currently have a week—long residency at london's 02. bbc london have followed some of the choir students from upminsterjuniors school as they prepared to perform in front

of 8,000 people evey night this week. everything goes dark and then we start singing and then there is different other artists. it is really loud. and it is really amazing. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning we've got minor delays on the 0verground this morning. a good service on other lines. 0n the trains, greater anglia and stanstead express have delays and cancellations after overhead line problems. while southeastern trains are warning of cancellations because of the risk of ice on the rails, and their winter weather timetable will be in place tomorrow. the m25 is closed anticlockwise atjunction 10 that's a3 wisley, following an accident near the cobham services. delays are back towards junction 11, as traffic diverts there are delays on the a3 at esher, a244 through 0xshott and a243 through leatherhead.

0n the roads, there's north—bound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach slow from the a2 at the sun in sands roundabout. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the potential for some disruptive weather over the next 24 hours. as such, the met office has two yellow weather warnings in place. the first one for this morning for fog and ice. the second one valid through this afternoon, overnight and through tomorrow for snow and ice. now, today we could see some freezing fog patches and some patches of ice to begin, but it looks like through daylight hours it will be mostly dry and bright. it's a cold start with a widespread frost. we could see some slippery surfaces and any patches freezing fog could be slow to clear. cloud will tend to increase as we move through the afternoon. feeling cold with highs of five celsius. as we go through this evening and overnight, that's where we see the snow risk, the snow coming in from the south—west. i think it will turn increasingly patchy as we move into the early hours. temperatures not quite as cold as they were last night,

dipping just below freezing in a few spots. tomorrow then brings the chance of further wintry showers. we still have a yellow weather warning in place for snow and ice. make sure you stay across the forecast. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today... 20,000 more physios, pharmacists and paramedics — the nhs sets out its plan to help under pressure gps cut waiting times. at least seven people have died in the us amid arctic conditions. with the coldest night of the winter

so far. temperatures falling to minus seven degrees. more snow to come from the south—west later. minus seven degrees. more snow to come from the south-west later. we are live at a gritting devil in 0ldham this morning, in the last 48 hours they spread more than 1000 tonnes of rock salt to keep the roads open. there is a political deadlock in westminster and it continues, more firms continue for a more deal brexit, but for what doesn't mean in reality? i'll find out this morning. liverpool freeze in the premier league. they draw with leicester on a cold night in anfield. it's thursday, january 31st. our top story. 20,000 more staff, including, physiotherapists and paramedics, will be recruited over the next five years to work alongside gps in england. the nhs says this will allow doctors to spend more time with the patients who need them

most and increase the range of services at local surgeries. our health correspondent catherine burns explains. so we're going to do your blood pressure now... gps in england see a million people a day, but they have been warning for years that they need extra support, that they are dealing with more patients with ever more complicated health problems, and not enough doctors. it is estimated they are about 6,000 short. but now, nhs england has announced what it is calling an army of staff to help gp practices. it will be paid for as part of the £4.5 billion investment announced in the nhs longterm plan earlier this month. we're going to see see an opportunity for more physios, more pharmacists, more practice nurses, and that will in turn free up gp time, so that they have more time to spend with the patients who need their care most. and there is genuine optimism over this.

the royal college of gps says it hopes this means we will finally turn a corner towards making general practice sustainable. but there is a question, too, about where these 20,000 extra staff will come from, as many other parts of the nhs are also having problems hiring and keeping enough workers. at least seven people have died after extreme cold weather hit parts of the us and canada caused by a ‘polar vortex.‘ the weather phenomenon, usually found in the north pole, means temperatures in chicago are expected to drop to minus 40 degrees celsius due to windchill. 0ur correspondent chris buckler is in chicago. it is -27, it is —27, minus 28 celsius, but

there are warnings about wind—chill that will make it feel colder. in some parts of the midwest it has already fell hello —50 celsius. snow and ice and as you mentioned, look behind me, you can see the river is completely frozen over. here in chicago it is so incredibly cold. i will tell you, the only way to describe it really is that it is painfully cold. my face, my ears and fingers, they are very, very cold, despite the fact that we are taking precautions. of course, that's one of the big concerns for people. there are people who are homeless who have been taken to warming centres to try to keep them warm tonight. but this is dangerously cold. already there have been some people killed in traffic accidents, because of the ice and snow, but alsojust from being exposed to this cold. it isa it is a once in a generation called.

this could be a record for chicago tonight, directing it could be a couple of degrees off the record for all—time cult. people are enjoying it, people water pistols, putting hot water into water pistols and firing it, it immediately cruises as it hits the cold air. i've got myself a thermos mug, this will give you an idea how cold it is, i screw this and called it in towards the water you will see it immediately goes into steam and biscuits you an idea how painfully cold it is. —— i ta ke idea how painfully cold it is. —— i take the lid off this. people have been biased to stay in and stay out of this kind of cold. chris reporting from chicago. completely frozen river behind him illustrating the extreme temperatures. interesting he said this kind of cold, talking about chicago. we have had the coldest night of winter so

far. if you are going to compare temperatures, in aberdeenshire temperatures, in aberdeenshire temperatures dropped to —11. the freezing temperatures continuing after snore and is caused travel delays. hundreds of schools closed yesterday. yet yellow warning for snow and ice. meanwhile, the rac has warned it's expecting at least five call—outs per minute today. graham satchell is at 0ld ham's gritting depot for us this morning, where he's finding out how they're working to keep the roads safe. graham, iam graham, i am sure they have had a busy night. they have, charlie, as far as cold reports go, chris wins, it is only —2 here, causing concern for icy roads. this is rock solid, they spread about 2 million tonnes of that on the road in the course of a normal winter. they have used tonnes of that during the last few hours in 0ldham. that has been

spread across manchester and the trans—pennine route. greatest year. good morning. how are the roads this morning? they are good, the trans—pennine routes you mentioned are ok. all nice and steady. the only ones to watch at the side roads we re only ones to watch at the side roads were potentially you have snowmelt, snow that has melted and refrozen. you have seven critters and tractors that go into the smaller roads. we have tractors, people think they do not belong to us but they do, they help us with refused routes so we can keep that going and they can get into smaller roads where the big critters cannot go. very effective. thanks so much. the advice today is stay safe on the road, they had named the gritters, this is wrapped, and my favourite is named after 0bi—wan and my favourite is named after obi—wan kenobi. and my favourite is named after obi-wan kenobi. graham, thanks. very good. keep those folks coming in, be

careful. worth saying, i know we repeat this, it is so called out there, take the cautions, give yourself time. i still think charlie scrape is the best name for a greater. no? it's not bad. what i like it. it is eight minutes past eight. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has rejected any uk attempt to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement. on tuesday mps voted for theresa may to seek alternatives to the plan which aims to prevent a hard border between ireland and the uk. 0ur europe reporter adam fleming is brussels but first let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson, who is in westminster good morning. we were chatting to jeremy wright, he voted for the amendment that mps wanted theresa

may to vote alternatives to the backstop in place. we are still none the wiser as to what the alternatives are. no and its two months to go until we leave the european union and what i think is interesting is this. the prime ministers spoke to donald tusk and the president of the european council last night, the withdrawal agreement that many mps want to reopen cannot be reopened. but he was pushing her in a long telephone call to say exactly what you wanted. although that amendment you mentioned, sir graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee got, this nonetheless it did not specify what the alternative arrangement to replace it would be and believe it or not, the prime minister is simply talking to graham brady and some ministers today to try and work out what they might be. she isn't able to go by to brussels at this stage, to go by to brussels at this stage, to get on a plane and cross the channel and discuss these issues because she is still discussing them in london. some of the potential

solutions, a sunset clause, something that we the eight time limit, the eu are not too keen on that. some of the things that have been discussed, the very things the prime minister herself said were on workable including new technological solutions. it looks as though we still have to sort out on the government side, precisely what they wa nt government side, precisely what they want before we know it brussels will evil bent towards the prime minister's well. —— brussels will even bend. let's find out more about the signals. adam is in brussels. we heard from jeremy wright, the culture secretary, speaking on behalf of the government who said you can interpret some of the m essa g es you can interpret some of the messages from brussels in different ways. maybe there is a glimmer of hope. when you hear the british government said that, what do you make of it? well, they are right in this sense the eu has said it the uk wants to proceed a closer relationship with the eu in future

than the one they have in the eu would be prepared to look at the political declaration, the document that sketches out the shape of the future relationship and redesign it for a closer relationship. what they are not talking about is the changes to the backstop at loch scrub mps would like andy and referred to, like a sunset clause, a time limit to the backstop, a way the uk could buy itself out, saying we are not using this any more. and when mps vote for alternative arrangements to the backstop, officials here who have been working on brexit negotiations say, hang on, the last two years we looked at every single border in the world and every border of the eu has with another country and they could not find any alternative that would work as well as the backstop which is the back—up plan to avoid checks on the irish border no matter what happens in the future of which is in the brexit divorce treaty. i think the uk government has a job on its hands to

find something in the next two weeks that hasn't been found in the brexit negotiations in the last two years. that conversation between theresa may and donald tusk has been described as open and frank which we discussed earlier is diplomatic code for not particularly friendly. adam, we are enjoying your explain is this morning about diplomatic language. i think we need a new booklet, dunkley. we certainly do. not have an honest and frank discussion. keep it friendly. it's 12 minutes past eight. bbc breakfast has been told about hundreds of cases of children with learning disabilities and autism being physically restrained, and sometimes injured, in special schools. in the uk, there is no legal obligation to report restraint, or notify parents that it has been used, but some are calling on the government to change that and be better at monitoring how the most vulnerable children are treated in the classroom. a warning — this report from jayne mccubbin contains images that some of you might find distressing. he was just a broken child.

he was crying all the time with night terrors, panic attacks. we couldn't understand any more. no. deirdre and rodney tell me they couldn't figure out a change in their son's behaviour until they saw his school diary. his feet were tied, his waist was tied, there was a table on there. all of these methods of restraint. harry has no mobility issues, but he has a learning disability and autism. he might drop to the floor or run when he doesn't want to do something, as he often did in school. but because he's totally nonverbal he has few other ways to communicate. his parents say they knew a chair was being used for mealtimes, but not to this extent, or in this way. he was in a chairfor playing, he was in a chairforfeeding, he was in a chairfor learning. it's very easy to put someone in a chair and strap them in to make life easier for the staff. maybe it wasn't a good

thing for harry. social services referred this to police, writing to the family to say this could be classed as physical abuse. the school say they are unable to comment because of that investigation. we have been given information from hundreds of cases passed on to charities which are calling for action. photographs of the rooms where children are locked up. injuries after physical restraints. some say there is another way. very good. brilliant. mo is one of around 400 pupils here in one of england's biggest special schools. this used to be the room for seclusion. richard says it's a sensory room where shantelle and jeremiah are catching fish. while we film, one girl bolts from a classroom. here they have a hands off approach. it has cut restraint incidents by over 80%, and it's won the school awards. you have got rid of the isolation room, no kids are locked in. you don't strap children into

chairs, but there are situations where it is very difficult and maybe restrictive practices are needed? very occasionally. we are not dealing with naughty children, we are dealing with young people who are trying to communicate their needs, and it is understanding what their behaviour actually means and what it is saying. so they are not the problem. often as adults we are the problem. charities tell us their evidence is the tip of the iceberg, but there is no way of knowing for sure, because there is no legal obligation for schools to report incidents. the department for education in england told us there is no need for schools to report all restraints to parents or authorities but should consider if staff need training. scotland said restraint should be a last resort and should be carefully monitored. in wales and northern ireland, schools are strongly advised to keep records. as for harry... he is back to himself, laughing and giggling, he loves socialising, being around other people, getting out in the car again.

all of the things he had totally regressed from, he's doing again now. the chair isn't used at all? not at all, no, not at all. now we can speak to beth morrison. she has been campaigning to change the law on restraint in scotland after her son callum was involved in an incident at school. she is joined by viv cooper from the challenging behaviour foundation. and we're also speaking to michael loveman, headteacher at cann bridge school and the chair of the association for leaders in special schools. he is in exeter this morning. good morning to all of you and good to see you here. death, your son callu m to see you here. death, your son callum is now 20. tell us a little about first of all about callum, what are the problems he faces? he has epilepsy, cerebral palsy, he is on the autistic spectrum, he has

very severe communication difficulties and callum was restrained by four members of staff twice in three days. back in 2010. you knew this because... he came home with bruises and i contacted the school. and the school told me they had had to restrain him because he didn't want to come off a bicycle he didn't want to come off a bicycle he was riding in the school. and that led to four members of staff taking him face down on the floor. he came home with his clothes soaked in your in a bag. and you know, it was very distressing stop for callum and us. that was ridiculously distressing, one can only imagine how painful it was for you as a parent, let alone callum. was that the first and only incident you were aware of or did you feel is perhaps was the way things were done in that school? i had absolutely no idea that a school could even do that

cause callum had been in a mainstream school previously. and he had never been subjected to that. and after those two days he was never treated like that again. and we actually removed callum from the school and he went back into mainstream. with a learning support base and he was never treated like that. they were fantastic. third, watch organisation calls for, there isa watch organisation calls for, there is a difference we've heard between mainstream schools and schools for children with special educational needs in terms of what it should and shouldn't be reported. can you explain what it isn't what you want? yes, the work we have done, the two organisations showed disabled children are being physically and emotionally high rent in settings where they should be safe and thriving and well cared for. and the impact that is significant. and

long—lasting. families told us that their children have unexplained bruises and injuries. they are very anxious. they have fear of adults, a range of long—lasting issues. and also what families are saying is it's a hidden issue. can i make this clear, we have to be careful, when you see unexplained, it fears onto the line of accusing people in a caring role of abuse. when you say unexplained injuries, it's eventually isn't explained as to be pa rt of eventually isn't explained as to be part of a restraining mechanism? yes, what families are telling us is it's similar to death in that the children are coming home from these settings with injuries with no explanation which they then try and find out how this has happened and what has occurred. ok, ifi could talk to michael, headteacher, thank

you for your time. one of the things that emerged from this is that people may be surprised to know if a child falls over and has a scrape on the knee or something that has to be officially recorded but if restraint is used efficiently and technically, that was not have to be recorded and many people will be surprised by that. i think in good schools, those bits of information are recorded and thatis bits of information are recorded and that is what we would always promote, all information like that should be recorded appropriately and pa rent should be recorded appropriately and parent should be involved. so you do that, that's a decision you take in your school because you consider that good practice but assumedly there will be occasions, this is a very difficult area and sometimes dealing with difficult circumstances, restraint has to be used? yes. we would save restraint should be used when there is a danger to i the person themselves or

to staff or other children. and that's the only point. it should be a short and amount of time as possible. we should be looking at all times to positively support young people. and make sure they do not get to the point where they are at that anxious or there arousal levels are so high they are a danger to themselves or others. how you communicate that necessity or the ability to use restraint to parents who will be concerned or when they first introduced the child to the school. when you talk to them about how their children will be treated? we have a positive behaviour policy. that is on the website. we talked to all pa rents that is on the website. we talked to all parents when they arrive about the sort of them is we would do with children and work with children. it's very much around communication, all behaviour is communication and we are looking to find out what is at the child is trying to tell us. there are communication might be

inappropriate at that doesn't mean they are not trying to tell us something. 0nly they are not trying to tell us something. only when that escalates to it being very dangerous would we say we need to restrain the child for a short period and try to get actor working out what the problem was. death, i heard a slight intake of breath and are used phrase may be occasions when restraint has to be used and i think you would say that is not necessarily the case.” used and i think you would say that is not necessarily the case. i think and vivian and i agree on this, there will be sometimes as a very last resort, that you may have to physically restrain a child. however, we need the government to act and define what the last resort really is. because if you have a child who cannot speak, they cannot say i am hungry, thirsty, tired, in pain, they will communicate that distress through their behaviour. and what are we doing, what are we saying to those little children who

have no voice, that when you communicate distress, you will be restraint and dragged along the corridor and put in the cupboard? that is extreme. it is. we could talk for hours about this, what about parents and lots of parents will know, what about teachers, a child isjust will know, what about teachers, a child is just about to i will know, what about teachers, a child isjust about to i don't know, threw themselves on the floor of a chairor threw themselves on the floor of a chair or something or lunch at another child through frustration and there is literally a hand, restraining, physically restraining. how you make that judgment as to what is restraint too far? do you see what i mean? it's so difficult to define, especially when you are at the person in a caring role. we are talking about children with disabilities and each child should have a positive behaviour support plan so everyone should be agreed around this is the need of a child, this is how they communicate, in

these circumstances this is how google respond. it should be part of a well thought through, planned approach. to meet the child's needs because as we've heard, behaviour is a communication, an indication of an en met need and if you respond appropriately to the need you are responding to the symptom, not the underlying issue. thank you very much, i know callan is in a much happier place of that is good. thank you all for your time this morning. give us your thoughts if you have any on that subject. the time is 24 minutes past eight. carroll, you've been looking, as some of the overnight temperatures, some of the worst so far this winter. good good morning. some of the lowest so far this winter. temperatures fell to minus 12 points seven and still falling. we will get the definitive

number after 9am. but as well as being a cold start with frost and is some of us if we start. a beautiful start for others as you can see in cumbria. what it's cold across—the—board. if you are travelling this morning things to watch out for, some snow showers across scotland. the risk of ice and also freezing fog. it's notjust today, into tonight and tomorrow some disruption possible. we have this area of low pressure coming to the south west, we see rain, sleet and snow falling at lower levels. quite a lot of snow for some. the risk of ice, the blue indicating temperatures below freezing at the moment in edinburgh, it's —7. in leeds it's —6. and in birmingham. freezing fog across parts of northern ireland, central and southern scotland, northern england, the midlands and east anglia. a lot of that will lift but some quite slow. followed is sunshine, you can

see what's happening in the south—west, the wind strengthening, some rain initially then readily turning to sleet and snow. look at the clock in the next chart coming up the clock in the next chart coming up after the temperatures. it's going to be cold, watch how this moves and you will see if you see snow and at what time during the evening or afternoon. enter the south—west, moving into wales, the midlands, the south—east, a good chanceit midlands, the south—east, a good chance it will not reach norfolk we are looking at quite a lot of snow through the course of this afternoon and evening and overnight. depending on where you are. in parts of wales 10-15 on where you are. in parts of wales 10—15 centimetres, bobby on higher ground but we could see quite a bit across south—east wales and also western parts of herefordshire in particular. elsewhere, 3—7 centimetres. that's what you can expect on higher ground. that's enough to cause disruption. through tonight the weather from producing

this still producing some snow but it will ease and become more patchy in nature. need file across northern england and scotland some further snow showers coming our way. a cold night, the risk of ice and again widespread frost. tomorrow starts with snow showers across central england and wales, they will ease, we could see some more across southern counties and at the same time for snow coming in across parts of northern england, getting inland at times and also northern scotland. a lot to be getting on with. you are so right, the lowest temperature, not the worst, it's all subjective. carol, thank you. here's what it looks like in westminster, rather beautiful. the clear blue skies but very cold. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, there, good morning.

it was the coldest night of the winter so far, temperatures widely across the uk down to —4, and some freezing fog patches in central england. that'll clear way, sunshine across northern ireland, northern england and the east of england but in the south and west, the rain increasing and turning readily to snow and by evening rush—hour, south—west england, south—west wales and the west cou ntry england, south—west wales and the west country seeing significant snowfall. that will spread south eastwards and into the midlands and wales. a lot by early morning friday and these are the accumulations you can expect, 3—7 centimetres in the south—east, up to 15 centimetres in the south—east wales towards the west cou ntry the south—east wales towards the west country and that could cause disruption on friday morning, well worth staying tuned to the forecast

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