tv Breakfast BBC News February 4, 2019 6:00am-8:31am GMT
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good morning — welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: wreckage from a plane carrying the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala has been been discovered near the channel islands conservative mps who voted leave and remain are to begin talks to try to find a compromise on brexit. researchers say younger people are being exposed to the dangers of being overweight earlier and for longer and are at greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer. labour calls for ministers to answer serious questions after nissan pulls out of making its new car in sunderland. i'll have more on what it means for the uk car industry. history is made in atlanta as tom brady wins a sixth superbowl title for the new england patriots. good morning. we've got more snow to come across parts of scotland today,
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rain pushing south eastwards and clearing, in between sunny spells developing, going into a frosty night that a milder week. it's monday the 4th of february. our top story. the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson, has been found off the coast of guernsey. air accident investigators are now on the scene, and the process of recovering the aircraft is expected to begin today. ben ando reports. the search is over. this vessel, chartered by the air accident investigation branch, is now waiting above the spot where the plane carrying emiliano sala is thought to have come to rest beneath the waves. the wreckage was located by sonar on another boat paid for by the sala family after a crowdfunding campaign raised £250,000. carrying the latest equipment, it had set sail early on sunday, planning to focus on a four square mile area of the english channel near guernsey. later, a remote submersible will be
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sent down to the seabed to make a visual confirmation that the plane is the piper malibu that was carrying emiliano sala and flown by pilot david ibbotson. both men are missing, presumed dead, after cushions from the doomed plane were found washed up on a beach in northern france. news of the find came in a tweet from david mearns, the marine biologist leading the private search, who said their "thoughts were with the families and friends of emiliano and david". the argentine footballer was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes, where he'd gone to say goodbye to his former team—mates. he'd just signed for cardiff city for £15 million, becoming the club's most expensive player. and on sunday, there were emotional scenes as the team he should have been playing for won their first home game since he disappeared. manager niall warnock said afterward that sala would have been with them. ben ando, bbc news.
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the bbc‘s john fernandez is on the island of guernsey, near where the wreckage was found, and joins us now. thank you the coming on breakfast this morning. what can we expect today? the air accident investigation branch which, as you said the art —— without trying to recover this hyper malibu will release a statement. the conditions here in the channel islands have worsened but the geo 0cean iii is out off the coast of guernsey trying to organise a plane. and according to organise a plane. and according to the man who found a plane at 9:30am yesterday, david mearns, they managed to find a substantial amount of it. they found wreckage with the multibeam sonar, very close to the
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position which is why were our will to locate it so quickly. effectively oi'i to locate it so quickly. effectively on the third sonar line within 1.5 on the third sonar line within1.5 hours of searching. all i will say about the wreckage is that there is about the wreckage is that there is a substantial amount of wreckage. this is now all down to the aaib. we are expecting a statement from the family ‘s later today and it's hoped now with this discovery of this wreckage. later we'll be speaking to a former air crash investigator about what happens next. that's at 0810. a group of conservative mps, from both sides of the brexit debate, have agreed to work together in an effort to break the current deadlock. the alternative arrangements working group will meet with brexit secretary stephen barclay for three days of talks,
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which will include addressing alternatives to the so—called irish border backstop. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. does it just roll off does itjust roll off the tongue? it's meeting over the next three daysin it's meeting over the next three days in downing street. the reason for this is that mps voted for theresa may's deal. the insurance policy to avoid a hard border in ireland. as long as that was taken out. no—one is really quite worked out. no—one is really quite worked out what these alternative relations we re out what these alternative relations were so out what these alternative relations were so they were talking about
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remains and brexit supporters and what the longer transition period would be, till the end of 2021. effectively, we would abide by the eu rules. giving us a longer period of time to try to thrash out the agreement, to make any backstop in ireland are necessary. alongside this, the attorney general, geoffrey fox is working on other ideas which have been tried before including time limiting the backstop —— the backstop or giving them the limit. the trouble is, the eu is in desperately enthusiastic. it will ta ke yea rs desperately enthusiastic. it will take years for technological solutions to work in ireland. some of these other solutions have been looked it. the irish government doesn't seem to be too keen either in the prime minister has until the middle of next week before mps and another saying this. she has to come up another saying this. she has to come up with an alternative deal pretty quickly. we will be watching, as
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ever. there are calls for ministers to answer serious questions, after nissan announced it will be building one of its models injapan, and not sunderland. in 2016 the manufacturer said the new x—trail model would be made here in the uk, creating hundreds of jobs. steph has more on this. this is quite something. yes, this is big news for sunderland, where 7000 people are employed working for nissan. they are not saying they are cutting anyjobs, nissan. they are not saying they are cutting any jobs, they nissan. they are not saying they are cutting anyjobs, they are not creating the jobs. in 2016, they said they were going to. of course, it's the effect on the supply chain. companies who would have been planning for this the work coming here. it's for commercial reasons. it's not as possible as it was going to be. the review plan to build them injapan and have this additional
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production line in sunderland. it's things like emissions targets. the types of cars that are producing. also, add to that they don't think they are going to sell as many of these types of cars in europe. particularly diesel cars. of course, a lot of people are blaming brexit and interestingly, it was mentioned by the company as well. the exact phrasing from them. it makes it very difficult for companies like ours to plan the future so a lot of people are saying, hang on a minute, this isa are saying, hang on a minute, this is a real direct impact of brexit. 0bviously is a real direct impact of brexit. obviously there are commercial reasons but a lot of people are linking it to brexit and you have people like the unions coming out, saying this is really bad news. we've talked in the past, haven't
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we, about the job losses that have been announced by various other manufacturers in the uk like ford, jaguar land rover. it's important to the car sector at the moment. we will look at it in a bit more depth later. people currently aged in their twenties and thirties are at a far greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer than people born in the 1950s. that's according to researchers in the united states. a study published in the lancet public health journal, shows an increasing number of younger adults are being diagnosed with cancers linked to their weight. researchers say people are now exposed to the dangers of being overweight earlier in life, and for longer, than older generations. parcel delivery firm hermes has struck an agreement with the gmb union to offer new rights for workers. the deal, which has been described as "ground breaking" by the union, offers fifteen—thousand couriers the option of holiday pay and guaranteed hourly rates. workers can retain their current form of self—employed status. we wa nt
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we want to make sure couriers are retaining the benefits and flexibility of self—employment that have the minimum security of earnings and holiday pay and a strong voice represented by the union. we want to do this because we think that flexibility is really important for people because ultimately there are a lot of self—employed people delivering parcels for hermes who need the flexibility to have a job in the first place. victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. the move follows public anger last year, when the convicted rapist john worboys was granted parole. under the new system, victims will be able to challenge the release of an offender directly through thejustice secretary, rather than going through the courts. thousands of homes have been flooded in the australian city of townsville, after days of heavy rain.
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nearly one thousand people have had to leave town, as floodgates are opened to take the pressure of already stretched defences. the army has been helping to protect homes with sandbags, while rescue teams have been evacuating people using rafts. they have bearing to protect other parts of the town by opening up the dam. it is an olympic swimming pool worth of water coming out every second. if you've been to the lake district, you'll probably know that it boasts some stunning views during the day. but what about at night? these time—lapse images were shot as a charity, the friends of the lake district, launches a bid to win international dark sky reserve status for the area. only 13 places in the world currently have it, including exmoor in devon and snowdonia in wales. the application process will take three years. quite beautiful to watch. lovely.
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talking of the night sky, i've been monitoring social media. quite a few people who stayed up the super bowl. good morning and welcome. if you are pulling in and getting ready for the day ahead. we got to keep our voices down. the people who didn't watch the super bowl because quite frankly, we watched it so you didn't have to do. it wasn't the greatest one ever. those scoring, really defensive, it's a great spectacle. and when you see the pictures, you will see the stadium in atlanta is just fantastic to watch. it's the biggest night in american sport. that is tom brady, as if he didn't know. that is adam levine, if you
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didn't know. it didn't go down very well. according to reports, there was 110 well. according to reports, there was no emotional connection with the audience. he did start off wearing clothes. he started off with clothes on and slowly took his clothes. at one point, they did a tribute to sponge bob square pants. born on that ina sponge bob square pants. born on that in a moment. in over to you liverpool. a sergio aguero hattrick helps manchester city beat arsenal and takes them two points behind the league leaders who play this evening. celtic are six points clear in scotland now. they won 2—0 yesterday against stjohnstone thanks in part to the son of a former world footballer of the year. and back in the daley routine. tom daley picks up two diving gold medals in his first competition since returning after an eventful year away. very eventful. that's fantastic.
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carol is with us all morning. this picture sums up many pupils weekends. returning to normality at this time of year. good morning everybody. if you like ita good morning everybody. if you like it a bit milder, that is coming our way. for some of us it is already quite mild, 10.4 in parts of cornwall. as we go through the week all of us will see that change. there will be some rain at times, it will not be bone dry, but there will be sunny spells and often windy. gusty winds across parts of south—west england and they will be pushing east. a weatherfront south—west england and they will be pushing east. a weather front which has been crossing the uk through the course of the day take is rain with it, that will clear, some snow in the hills of scotland, a ridge of high pressure and as we go through tomorrow this warm front comes our way. and as the name suggests, that will introduce some milder conditions. so today we still have some mild conditions across the
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south—west, parts of the south. watch how we go through tomorrow, the leading edge of this is the warm front. milder conditions pushing across the whole of the uk. so first thing this morning is called in the north, some snow showers above about 200m, and some of those on the highland we could see that getting down to lower levels. meanwhile, our band of rain continues to push away towards the near continent, leaving higher cloud across east anglia and the south—east. in between, they will be sunny spells developing and it will be a pleasant winter's day. temperatures between roughly five in the north to highs of 12, we will not know ourselves as we pushed down towards the south. through the evening and overnight we see the back edge of that weather front taking its cloud with it. as soon as it gets dark that bridge will drop under clear skies. we are looking at a widespread frost. you can see the next system coming in as indicated by the greens, this is our warm front so not as cold across parts of the south—west and northern ireland as it will be as we push further
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east. not only will we have a widespread frost, but the risk of pockets of ice where the ground has been wet and some dense fog patches forming, especially across southern parts of england. so tomorrow, many of us start off on that note. a lot of us start off on that note. a lot of crisp, clear skies. winter sunshine but as a weather front comes in, our sunshine but as a weather front comes in, oui’ warm sunshine but as a weather front comes in, our warm front, it introduces all of this cloud from the west, and we are also looking at some patchy rain and drizzle, turning a bit heavier as we go through the course of the day. with this, as the name suggests, we have ten or 12 is our maximum temperature. ahead of it, where we hang on the clearer skies and dry conditions, it will still be that bit colder. as we move from tuesday into wednesday you can see we lose the warm front. a cold front comes back in. the wind comes in from the south—west. as we go through the rest of the week on carrying on with an theme, windy at times, rain at times, sunshine at times, but not as cold is the last week, which for
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many of us is jolly good. cold is the last week, which for many of us is jolly goodlj cold is the last week, which for many of us is jolly good. i love somejolly good many of us is jolly good. i love some jolly good news, many of us is jolly good. i love somejolly good news, thank many of us is jolly good. i love some jolly good news, thank you very much. cani can ijust can i just say, can ijust say, that is my new favourite shirt you have got on. can ijust say, that is my new favourite shirt you have got onm a? thank you. snakeskin is in. someone complained that i wore something similar, because they didn't like snakes. i don't like snakes, but i like that top. anyway, let's move on. let's take a look at the front pages of today's papers. the times claims the government is considering withdrawing a £60 million support package for nissan after it broke a pledge to build one of its new cars at its sunderland plant. the paper also has this picture of a russian opera singer who is starring in a performance at the royal opera house. it says tickets are being offered on the internet for up to £3,400. the daily mail says the nhs is going to use smart energy meters to track dementia patients' daily routines. it thinks they could help patients live independently for longer.
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the paper also has a photograph of the footballer emiliano sala, after the news that search teams have found wreckage of the plane which was carrying him. the daily telegraph has a picture of chief secretary to the treasury, liz truss, who has told the paper women should be less squeamish about making money. and the sun leads with news that tv presenter ant mcpartlin has bought two maltipoo puppies to help with his fresh start. did i say that right? what is a maltipoo? maltese terrier crossed with a poodle. our dog breed specialist. you obviously mentioned nissan, on all of the business pages. the ft is reporting this morning that ikea is looking at starting an apartment business where they will rent furniture out to
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people, so rather than buying it, you can lease the furniture. it is a radical departure from its traditional business model, but the swedish group has said they think it could lead to new ways of earning a range of rights from office chairs the kitchen cabinets. quite a good idea. so that is one thing, hermes, the gmb union has struck a groundbreaking deal with hermes to ensure the option of guaranteed earnings and holiday pay, an important step for the delivery drivers of the world out there, that new deal with hermes. drivers of the world out there, that new dealwith hermes. it is drivers of the world out there, that new deal with hermes. it is early, and it is monday. would you like some snakeskin? for anyone shouting at the telly because we didn't include any rugby, here it is. great start to the six nations. include any rugby, here it is. great start to the six nationslj love this time of year and i love the six nations. and we have a hero to talk about, henry slade. only if
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you are in england. maybe if you adjust diabetic, because he has type 1 diabetes, he wears a special diabetes monitor, the same one that theresa may wares, and he says the thing that keeps him going is a little pot of jelly thing that keeps him going is a little pot ofjelly babies he keeps for half—time. he was diagnosed at 18 and he says his diabetes makes absolutely no difference to him in terms of his sport. he can lift the same weight as a bright else, he can runjust as same weight as a bright else, he can run just as fast as everyone else, and he doesn't let it bother him. for young people out there, that is inspiration to get tarmac —— inspirational to hear that, isn't it? he is so like a cross between his mother and father. that is normally what happens. geneticist. she knows about dogs. as well as our
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poodle correspondent.” she knows about dogs. as well as our poodle correspondent. i don't know how many of you are enjoying the snow, but this is absolutely brilliant. this is in the peak district yesterday, completely frozen as it went two —12. i am not sure if you can see, but you can see the climbers, which gives you a sense of how big this is. the climbers, which gives you a sense of how big this islj the climbers, which gives you a sense of how big this is. i have three very quick ones, these are all great. squirrel lasagne, a chef serving squirrel lasagne, how do you feel about that? not great, i don't know why. i do eat meat. that's interesting, anyway, the length of songs has dropped by 30 seconds in ten years. is that our attention span? because i hear a little bit of a song and a skip. and you get paid for more players. i can't do that in my house, people want to hear the end of it. you will never get a
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headline, bomb disposal had experts called to a factory after a grenade was found in a bag of potatoes in hong kong. so they come from france and one of the potatoes was in fact and one of the potatoes was in fact a grenade. the headline is?” and one of the potatoes was in fact a grenade. the headline is? i know it. headliners bomb de terre. when did that happen? don't ask additional questions. the first world war hand grenade has been safely destroyed. so it has been... well, it had been dug up, it had mud on it, in a field in france. surely you would know the difference between a grenade and a potato. anyway, bomb de terre, that was the important thing! the story in the way of thejoke, important thing! the story in the way of the joke, i'm so sorry. we will see you later on. thousands of people have been evacuated from the australian city of townsville, which has been battered by what forecasters are calling a once—in—a—century storm.
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a year's worth of rain in just seven days has swollen local dams to near breaking point, with some floodgates now being deliberately opened. let's speak to clare armstrong, who is a local newspaper reporter. thank you so much for coming on bbc brea kfast. thank you so much for coming on bbc breakfast. some of the statistics around this are incredible. what is it actually like in the city? well, the part of the city that along the river in townsville here, for want ofa river in townsville here, for want of a better way of describing them, are underwater. we have about 20 suburbs that were in the direct path of the water being released from the dam, and a substantial amount of them, we are talking water up to waist height or higher inside people's homes. and this is, i know in terms of the climate there you are used to sort of monsoon type weather, but it is unusual, isn't it, the amounts of rainfall this time of year, while other parts of
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australia are going through an incredible heatwave. absolutely, in terms of... townsville is in the tropics, so they have a wet season, it is oursummer tropics, so they have a wet season, it is our summer now and we are in the wet, and flooding is fairly common every year, but that is normally a day or so of rain, ab a couple of days of flooding, and then we kind of get on with it. here, the rain has actually already been going for a week and is forecast to continue for another few days. so that long, i guess, amount of rain coming every single day is what has caused this particular flood to be the worst that this city has ever seen. i was reading they were having to deliberately opened some of the floodgates there, and something like an olympic swimming pool‘s worth of water is coming out of their every single second. so why are they having to do that? to protect other areas? yes, protect other areas that areas? yes, protect other areas that are not as low—lying, and therefore if we are able to get this water
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flowing out and out to sea earlier, there is a chance that we can save a lot more homes. at the moment, about a quarter of the homes in townsville are at risk, so that's about 20,000 properties. we know that the number inundated at the moment is in the thousands, but they made this decision over the last few days, they have been slowly raising the dam spillway gates more and more to let more water out, and we are at a point when we have 2000 cubic metres of water, which is, yes, just under one 0lympic swimming pool, coming out every second. we have seen pictures of the army helping, filling sandbags, evacuating homes, what are residents being told to do? well, for the last few days residents have been told to evacuate and a lot of them have been doing so. in certain pockets there's been situations where the water has just come up too quickly, or people are elderly, or people with children have needed assistance, and that is where the army have stepped up, and they have helped. in one suburb
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alone last night, army personnel in boats, industries, rescued about 400 people from just one suburb. so they have been a great help. really good to talk to you, thank you very much. claire armstrong is a local reporter, with some fascinating detail about what is happening in australia at the moment —— clare. like we were saying, there was a metre of rainfall in a week in townsville, and in adelaide, nearly 50 celsius. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. and carol will have all of the weather. and if you are watching carol carefully, double figures whether in some parts of the uk this week. shorts on! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a bbc london investigation has
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exposed gangs offering to arrange cheating in government exams which are essential to obtain a passport. undercover recording captures criminals charging desperate migrants thousands to cheat the life in the uk test. the computer test on uk laws and history must usually be passed by foreign nationals to obtain indefinite leave to remain or citizenship, but criminals are supplying bluetooth earpieces to feed candidates the answers. this is the moment bbc london caught up with one gang. have you been arranging for students to pass the life in the uk test using bluetooth devices, charging them thousands of pounds? no, sir. no, no. ijust doing the training here at the centre here. and you can see more on that undercover investigation on bbc london news at 6:30pm and also on inside out london at 7:30pm here on bbc 1. it has been revealed the metroplitan police, along with thames valley and essex police, spent nearly £14.2 million on policing donald trump's visit to the uk last year. thousands of extra officers were drafted in from across the country to cover protests and events attended by the us president during his four—day stay injuly. the home office has reimbursed £7.9 million to the three forces.
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kent police is investigating reports of an assault with a noxious substance in dartford. it is alleged it was thrown in the direction of a car by two men riding a motorcycle yesterday afternoon in keyes road. three people have been treated in hospital. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0nto the roads — the a41 finchley road is down to one lane northbound because of water works. in sloane square, draycott place is closed for repairs to a gas leak near the spanish consulate. in kings cross, pentonville road is down to one lane eastbound at york way for repairs to a burst water main. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's all change this week. we've lost that very cold air
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and replaced it with milder air, but with it comes some rather unsettled conditions. today we've got outbreaks of rain, and it's rather breezy as well. now this rain this morning not making for a very pleasa nt morning not making for a very pleasant commuter. it will gradually clear away through the afternoon, becoming drier, helped along by a very gusty winds. now, it stays rather cloudy, could get a brightest was the end of the afternoon in the north and west. temperatures today back up in double figures in central london, had around 10 celsius. now, gradually overnight that cloud will clear away south. and under clear skies, of course, the temperature drops. not only that, we could see the mist and fog patches developing as well. the minimum temperature pretty chilly down to zero, maybe -1' pretty chilly down to zero, maybe —1, so you could see a frost in one 01’ —1, so you could see a frost in one or two places first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start for many, with some sunshine, but quite quickly that cloud in the rain arrived. so outbreaks of rain, very u nsettled arrived. so outbreaks of rain, very unsettled conditions really throughout the week, but temperatures again back up in double figures, so a lot milder than last week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.
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plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. we'll be live at raf cranwell to see how this state of the art simulator is being used to train the next generation of fighter pilots. at 7:10, we'll hear why being young and obese puts you at a far greater risk of cancer. and after 9:00, we'll meet the man many call the pioneer of dance music, giorgio moroder, as he prepares for his first ever european tour. do you think we can display lots of his movies —— music?
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do you think we can display lots of his movies -- music? is he 78? is definitely in his 70s. i will confirm later half an update on this morning's news. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson has been found off the coast of guernsey. air accident investigators are now on the scene, and the process of recovering the aircraft is expected to begin today. it disappeared on a flight from nantes to cardiff two weeks ago. a group of conservative mps, from both sides of the brexit debate, have agreed to work together in an effort to break the current deadlock. the alternative arrangements working group will meet for three days of talks to examine a range of options. it comes after mps voted to finding alternatives to the backstop — the policy designed to prevent the return of checks on the irish border. the government says it's been assured no jobs will be lost despite nissan dropping plans
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to build its new x—trail model in sunderland in a letter to workers, the company said continued brexit uncertainty wasn't helping firms to "plan for the future". unions described the news as "disappointing" and said they were "seriously concerned". it concerns me that they have noted the uncertainty around brexit and i think that is a serious signal to all of us in parliament that now is the time to resolve that uncertainty so it doesn't impinge on any decisions on the future. people can invest with confidence in britain. people currently aged in their twenties and thirties are at a far greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer than people born in the 1950s. that's according to researchers in the united states. a study published in the lancet, shows an increasing number of younger adults are being diagnosed with cancers linked to their weight. researchers say people are now exposed to the dangers
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of being overweight earlier in life, and for longer, than older generations. parcel delivery firm hermes has struck an agreement with the gmb union to offer new rights for workers. the deal, which has been described as "ground breaking" by the union, offers fifteen—thousand couriers holiday pay and guaranteed hourly rates. workers can retain their current form of self—employed status. victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. the move follows public anger last year, when the convicted rapist john worboys was granted parole. under the new system, victims will be able to challenge the release of an offender directly through thejustice secretary, rather than going through the courts. searches are continuing for two university students, who've been missing since thursday. the mother of a missing 21—year—old hull university student has thanked everyone who's been helping in the search. libby squire was last seen on thursday night, following a night out.
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hundreds of students joined in the search for libby over the weekend. police say they're pursuing a number of leads. in a separate incident, an air and land search for daniel williams will also continue in reading today. police say they're "extremely concerned" for his welfare. the 19—year—old was last seen leaving a student union bar in the early hours of thursday. his disappearance has been described as out of character. thousands of homes have been flooded in the australian city of townsville, after it received a year's worth of rain in just seven days. nearly one thousand people have had to leave town, as floodgates are opened to take the pressure of already stretched defences. the army has been helping to protect homes with sandbags, while rescue teams have been evacuating people using rafts. there is so much rainfall in the course of about seven days. if you've been to the lake district, you'll probably know that it boasts some stunning views during the day. but what about at night?
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these time—lapse images were shot as a charity, the friends of the lake district, launches a bid to win international dark sky reserve status for the area. only 13 places in the world currently have it, including exmoor in devon and snowdonia in wales. the application process will take three years. the full story is on inside out north—west at 7:30 tonight, on bbc 1, or catch up on bbc iplayer. mesmerising is not a word you would perhaps use for the super bowl overnight. although it is the biggest night in the american sporting calendar. it's just biggest night in the american sporting calendar. it'sjust the biggest thing to them, but in a world cup final. we would be really heavily involved in a world cup final. this chap here, tom brady, is their big hero. he is 41 and he
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basically made the difference overnight. they continued their recent dominance in american football by winning a record—equalling sixth super bowl title — all of them masterminded by coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady. they beat the la rams 13—3. well, proceedings got underway with local hero gladys knight singing the national anthem in her home city of atlanta despite many african americans criticising her decision. while the half time entertainment was provided by maroon 5 they accepted the invitation after a number of artists reportedly turned down the opportunity — the half time entertainment draws in audiences of up to 100 million people. 0n the field though, it was the patriots who took control late in the game with brady combining with ron gronkowski for this catch that eventually led to the only touchdown of the match so a record six titles for brady, coach belichick and the patriots — the first coming all the way back in 2002. there is tom brady's wife, gisele
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bundchen. yes, we grind it out, it was tough, they made every plate top tonight, i give them a lot of credit, coach philips and all those players, they played well on defence. u nfortu nately played well on defence. unfortunately our defence played the best gain they have all season and it was just incredible. defence best gain they have all season and it wasjust incredible. defence is the keyword. it was a defensive match. i have been watching last chance you netflix. even if you don't like american football... it is heartwarming. it essentially dropouts from tier one, they have to go into tier two to resurrect their careers. theyjoin the school in east mississippi college and try to win the national championship and get themselves back into tier one. the premier league title race is still on: later leaders
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liverpool go to west ham, while yesterday manchester city beat arsenal 3—1 to movejust two points behind them. sergio aguero was the hero: he scored his first inside a minute and then , after arsenal equalised, he put his side back ahead. and aguero bundled in his hattrick after the break as city bounced back from defeat to newcastle. arthur did the distant three, four points, in february, anything is going to happen at the end of the season. the point is to recognise that playing that way, we can be there. that is important. i never, ever doubt of my manchester city players. 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s been caretaker boss of manchesrer united for ten games now— and he still hasn't lost. marcus rashford's goal gave solskjaer‘s team victory over leicester city yesterday,
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his ninth win since taking over. celtic are further clear at the top of the scottish premiership. their two—nil win over stjohnstone means they're now six points ahead of rangers. their second goal came from new signing timothy weah— some of you might recognise the name. his dad george was once world footballer of the year and is now president of liberia. on saturday, west indies cricket captain jason holder led his side to a famous victory over england with two days to spare. and yet now he's been banned for playing too slowly. holder's windies team have won the series but he'll miss the last test after he was punished for his team's slow over rate. this one hasn't gone down well on social media. shane warne's never short of an opinion— he tweeted: and former england captain michael vaughan agreed. he said holder was very unlucky and tweeted ‘the game really doesn't help itself.‘ tom daley‘s won two gold medals
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at the british national cup, his first tournament since returning to diving after a career break. daley had an eventful 2018— becoming a dad while also suffering from pneumonia and concussions. but yesterday he added the individual 10 metre competition to the synchronised title he won with new partner matty lee on saturday. last year was the biggest learning curve i've ever had to go through as a person, as an athlete and in my personal life as well. there are so meetings that have gone on that have reoriented the way i think and how i think about different situations, the things i used to find really stressful a nd the things i used to find really stressful and give me anxiety no longer do, they seem so insignificant when you have a child at home. it is true though, isn't it? he's got a bit of perspective. for the first time, victims of crime will be able to challenge the parole release of dangerous offenders, without having to go through long and expensive court procedures. the government is introducing new rules following an outcry last year, when the so—called black—cab rapist john worboys
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was granted parole. lawyer kim harrison represented some of his victims, and joins us now. good morning to you. what did think of the changes first? then we'll come to the victims. is it a good idea? i think it's a massive in the right direction. for too long, victims have had no say at all in the parole board process, the two planks, having some reasons for release which was introduced recently and having the right to challenge the decision, are two major steps forward but there are still many more ways in which victims need to be helped through the system. just remind us that clarity, what would be different to what they could do now is opposed to what they could do now is opposed to what they could do now is opposed to what they had to do beforehand? we
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represented victims in civil claims againstjohn worboys and we didn't read parade —— represent them in a judicial review but the women had to go through the judicial review process but first, they had to crowd fund because public funding was not available, they crowd funded £60,000 because we were very much part of supporting that. we then had to take it to supporting that. we then had to take ittoa supporting that. we then had to take it to a high courtjudge can argue they should see the reasons for the decision and the decision was either illegal, irrational or procedurally flawed in which they had to do without knowing the reasons for the decision on the first place so it was completely, almost an impossible process. it was only through the tenacity of the women involved and their legal team do the centre for women's justice that it actually happened. there were problems with this new reform because legal aid was not going to be available, independent legal advice for victims to challenge the decision, they were
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left to do that either on their own or with the help of victim liaison officers. it also strikes me that it would be a sort of intimidating thing to try and do, we've already been a victim of crime. what sort of impact is that? it can be easily forgotten in these processes. when you are a lawyer representing victims, the impact this sort of thing has a new, the reliving of the trauma. these are people have been convicted of violent crimes. what this law will seek to accomplish. these victims will have been through some terrible ordeals. finding out the offenders are being released. they got 21 days to lodge some sort of appeal without independent legal advice or any funding to do that.“ that further reform or is it an ongoing fight? having looked at the announcement, if offenders get legal
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advice which they are entitled to, so should the victims. but the counselling and support needs to be made available to victims to help them through this process. you can't assume they are going to be able to just do it in a way that you could the latter form. it's going to be a massively distressing process for them. also if the victim contact service doesn't work properly, victims will not get to know within 21 days that they have to appeal, that somebody is going to be released. thank you very much for your time this morning. let's find out about the weather but today into the next few days. the next few days are going to turn much milder. it is mild already, the isles of scilly almost 11 degrees. sunny spells and often going to be windy. south—west england currently has gusty winds and for the day it will transfer further east. this weather front has
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been producing rain, it moves away and a ridge of high pressure builds in. then through tomorrow this warm front approaches, and as the name suggests, behind that we will see mild conditions. it won't be bone dry, still some rain associated with that. temperature—wise, as mentioned in the south—west, already quite mild. how this mild air pushes steadily northwards as the warm front comes in on its leading edge. pushing away colder blue air. first thing this morning we do have some snow across scotland, above about 150 metres, and in some of the heavier verse we could see that for a time at lower levels, gusty winds here and in the south—west, and some coastal mist and hill fog. rain continues to edge away under the near continent, leaving this hang back of cloud. in between, for the rest of the uk and through scotland through the afternoon, it will brighten up and we will see some sunshine. the highest temperature the further south you travel. still pretty cool as we move further north, especially where there is lying snow. through this evening and
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overnight we eventually lose the cloud from the south—east. when it gets dark, under clear skies, the temperatures will drop away quickly. we will see dense, patchy fog form across southern england and is a warm front comes in it will introduce all this cloud and some patchy light rain and drizzle. that is why this chart showing green, because here it will not be quite as cold as it is elsewhere, under clear skies with a widespread frost. we could also see some pockets of ice first thing in the morning on untreated surfaces that have been damp. so tomorrow, well, it is going to bea damp. so tomorrow, well, it is going to be a cracking day if you like a crisp, clear and wintry. a lot of sunshine on offer before the weather front continuing itjourney moved steadily eastwards, taking all this cloud, rain and drizzle with it. note the difference in the temperatures, we are looking at double figures easily amidst all this cloud and rain. but ahead of it, under clear skies, it this cloud and rain. but ahead of it, under clearskies, it is this cloud and rain. but ahead of it, under clear skies, it is still going to be pretty chilly if you are hanging around. tuesday we say good life to the warm front and then this
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next front comes in from the west. this is a cold front, the wind veers to more of a south—westerly so during the course of wednesday and for the rest of the week it does remain unsettled with rain at times, windy at times, but at least nowhere near as cold as it was last week. the uk car industry was dealt another blow yesterday, as nissan confirmed it would no longer be building one of its flagship models at its sunderland factory. it reverses a commitment the carmaker made in 2016 to build the new x—trail here in the uk. steph has more details on the impact this could have. i suppose this is really interesting news and also worrying for lots of people. it is, it is a huge part of the community in sunderland. i grew up the community in sunderland. i grew upjust up the the community in sunderland. i grew up just up the road from it and it employs 7000 people at the moment, they have been making cars there since 1986 and they have produced something like 2000 cars a day. so it isa something like 2000 cars a day. so it is a big operation upback, they we re
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it is a big operation upback, they were really looking forward to building these new cars there, which included the x—trail. so nissan, as you say, said in 2016 that the cars will be built there in the future, and this would create hundreds of jobs. and of course, notjust in the plant, but also the supply chain you have to think about when you talk about these big manufacturers. but now they have said that they are not going to build them in the sunderland plant, they will stick to building them in japan. sunderland plant, they will stick to building them injapan. this doesn't mean there will be job losses here in the uk, so it is important to point that out, what it means they will not get the investment and the creation of jobs will not get the investment and the creation ofjobs they thought will not get the investment and the creation of jobs they thought they we re creation of jobs they thought they were going to get, and the business secretary, greg clark, gave his thoughts on this. it is a significant blow because this was a piece of really good news, an expansion of over 700 jobs in what was one of our expansion of over 700 jobs in what was one of our most expansion of over 700 jobs in what was one of our most successful plants. i worked was one of our most successful plants. iworked hard in the workforce has worked hard to secure it, and it is a big blow to carmaking, to sunderland, and to all
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of us. so why have they made this decision? well, there are commercial reasons, they think it will not be as profitable to make the cars they are, there are a couple of reasons that for that. the emissions rules in europe have become stricter, so that has cost them more in terms of getting the car is right for that. and sales for these cars in europe have fallen, as well. so they are saying it is for business reasons, but of course, lots of people are also saying is this about brexit? and the nissan bossed did actually allude to this in his statement, which he put out yesterday. you can see this quote which just basically explains, taking this for business reasons, but the continued uncertainty around the uk's future relationship with the eu is not helping companies like ours to plan for their future. helping companies like ours to plan for theirfuture. so a lot helping companies like ours to plan for their future. so a lot of people, you know, upset that brexit is causing more problems for people, with the manufacturers, and the sunderland central mp says you can't
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make a decision now without brexit being considered. it is devastating news frau siouxsie and the region. any loss of future production at the plant it less stable. but i can't say i am that surprised. the uncertainty around brexit is always a factor now in any decisions made in manufacturing. and it comes at a tough time for the sector. —— devastating news for sunderland and the region. a lot ofjob cuts across the region. a lot ofjob cuts across the world, but a lot of those jobs we re the world, but a lot of those jobs were cut here. so there was a lot of pressure on the sector anyway, so this just pressure on the sector anyway, so thisjust comes as pressure on the sector anyway, so this just comes as another blow for them. i will be chatting later on to jim holder, who will probably give us more jim holder, who will probably give us more detail —— holder.
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jim holder, who will probably give us more detail -- holder. do you know, i was ready to read that script. of all the things fighter pilots must face, the negative effect from g—force is among the most challenging. but training to deal with it has always been difficult, until today. a brand new, state—of—the—art flight simulator has just been unveiled at raf cranwell, where our reporter susannah streeter is for us this morning. very good morning to you. good morning, and it is notjust a simulator, it is a centrifuge, and this is it. 39 tons. it can accelerate in just one second from zero to 60 mph. you talked about that quick spike in g—force that you can experience on a rollercoaster, well, aircrew have the experience
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that intense level of pressure for much longer periods, strapped into a cockpit. typhoon pilot flight lieutenant geoff peirson is in the gondola, and he'll start spinning in just a few moments. first let's find out how some other pilots got on in the centrifuge. preparing forflight. preparing for flight. experienced typhoon pilot flight lieutenantjohn gwynne it tests the new centrifuge for the first time. he has to prove his ability to withstand very high levels of g—force acceleration. many times the gravitational pull of the earth. it is a formidable physical and psychological challenge. initially, before the gs come on, you need to strain the lower limbs, so you are reducing the blood on the lower extremities and that the higher levels of g you are also regulating your breathing, you are
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essentially pressurising your chest cavity, so imagine pushing against the closed throat to try and keep that load and that oxygen up in your brain, to try and keep your visual acuity, and obviously to try and keep yourself conscious. in just one second, this 39 tons centrifuge can accelerate from zero to nine g and can spend 39 times a minute. unlike the old kit, pilots also operate a virtual cockpit to replicate real missions. a lot of the training nowadays is done through simulators, which you just don't experience the gat which you just don't experience the g at all in it, because it is stuck to the ground, or at least not to this level, so this will really be able to complement that. well, i have never flown in a fastjet before, but they are letting me take virtual control in this cockpit and fly the hawke t2 and experience the full effects of g—force acceleration. ok, if you are ready, if you just want to bring the muscle
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testing now. three, two lot one, go. nice. mission completed. i experienced 4.5 chief. and it is incredible to think that fast jet pilots experienced double that. it is exhausting, so intense. i really think i need a lie down now. idid i did have a little bit of a break but that pressure really was so intense. i am a former reserve officer in the royal air force but i have never experienced anything like that. in the control room, you can see we have medics and also construct is talking to the medic to find out how he is coping at any moment for the centrifuge start spinning. dave is a former red arrows pilot, and this has been a joint effort, hasn't it, between
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another organisation and the raf. just describe why it is so different to the previous technology. the previous technology came at one g per second acceleration, and this is capable of ag, up to nine g, and at the moment he is coming up the baseline before he does the higher g levels. so let's find out how baseline before he does the higher g levels. so let's find out hoinm is getting on. we can have a quick chat with him via the intercom. can you hear me? yes. what is it this centrifuge, compared to the previous one? you are flying lightning and 35 yet you are a typhoon pilot. one? you are flying lightning and 35 yet you are a typhoon pilotm feels exactly as it would in the aircraft, really. in the centrifuge, you just enjoy the ride, really, or didn't enjoy it, whereas it is fully
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interactive here, and the onset rate of the g—forces exactly will as it would be in the aeroplane. ok, well good luck, jim. we will be with you ina good luck, jim. we will be with you in a moment. we will find out how jim peterson gets on, spinning in that centrifuge, after the news, travel and weather wherever you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a bbc london investigation has exposed gangs offering to arrange cheating in government exams which are essential to obtain a passport. undercover recording captures criminals charging desperate migrants thousands to cheat the life in the uk test. the computer test on uk laws and history must usually be passed by foreign nationals to obtain indefinite leave to remain or citizenship, but criminals are supplying bluetooth earpieces to feed candidates the answers. this is the moment bbc london caught up with one gang. have you been arranging for students to pass the life in the uk test
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using bluetooth devices, charging them thousands of pounds? no, sir. no, no. i'm just doing their training here, at the centre here. and you can see more on that undercover investigation on bbc london news at 6:30pm and also on inside out london at 7:30pm here on bbc 1. it has been revealed the metroplitan police, along with thames valley and essex police, spent nearly £14.2 million on policing donald trump's visit to the uk last year. thousands of extra officers were drafted in from across the country to cover protests and events marking the us president's four—day stay in july. the home office has reimbursed £7.9 million to the three forces. kent police is investigating reports of an assault with a noxious substance in dartford. it is alleged it was thrown in the direction of a car by two men riding a motorcycle yesterday afternoon in keyes road. three people have been treated in hospital. let's take a look at the travel situation now.
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there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0nto the roads, the a24 is closed northbound from clapham south tube because of a collision. southbound remains open. there are queues in both directions. in sloane square, draycott place is closed for repairs to a gas leak near the spanish consulate. in worcester park, malden road is closed because of a fire. we're awaiting more details about that. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's all change this week. we've lost that very cold air and replaced it with milder air, but with it come some rather unsettled conditions. today we've got outbreaks of rain, and it's rather breezy as well. now, this rain this morning not making for a very pleasant commute here. it will gradually clear away through the afternoon, becoming drier, helped along by a very gusty winds. now, it stays rather cloudy, could get brighter towards the end of the afternoon in the north and west. temperatures today back up in double figures in central london, at around 10 celsius.
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now, gradually overnight that cloud will clear away south, and under clear skies, of course, the temperature drops. not only that, we could see some mist and fog patches developing, as well. the minimum temperature pretty chilly, down to zero, maybe —1, so you could see a frost in one or two places first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start for many, with some sunshine, but quite quickly the cloud and the rain arrive. so outbreaks of rain, very unsettled conditions really throughout the week, but temperatures again back up in double figures, so a lot milder than last week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning — welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: wreckage from a plane carrying the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot has been been discovered near the channel islands. conservative mps who voted leave and remain begin talks to try to work together to try to find a compromise on brexit. and why if you're in your 20s or 30s you could be at greater risk of getting an obesity related cancer.
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history is made in atlanta as tom brady and the new england patriots wina brady and the new england patriots win a sixth super bowl title. at the age of 41 he says he can keep going. we have snow across the north of scotland, windy as well and in the south of england and wales, rain pushing eastwards and in between, some sunshine. a frosty night determining milderfor us some sunshine. a frosty night determining milder for us all. some sunshine. a frosty night determining milderfor us all. more in15 determining milderfor us all. more in 15 minutes. it's monday the 4th of february. the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson, has been found off the coast of guernsey. air accident investigators are now on the scene, and the process of recovering the aircraft is expected
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to begin today. ben ando reports. the search is over. this vessel, chartered by the air accident investigation branch, is now waiting above the spot where the plane carrying emiliano sala is thought to have come to rest beneath the waves. the wreckage was located by sonar on another boat paid for by the sala family after a crowdfunding campaign raised £250,000. carrying the latest equipment, it had set sail early on sunday, planning to focus on a four square mile area of the english channel near guernsey. later, a remote submersible will be sent down to the seabed to make a visual confirmation that the plane is the piper malibu that was carrying emiliano sala and flown by pilot david ibbotson. both men are missing, presumed dead, after cushions from the doomed plane were found washed up on a beach in northern france. news of the find came in a tweet from david mearns, the marine biologist leading the private search,
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who said their "thoughts were with the families and friends of emiliano and david". the argentine footballer was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes, where he'd gone to say goodbye to his former team—mates. he'd just signed for cardiff city for £15 million, becoming the club's most expensive player. about 1.5 hours of searching, all i will say that the wreckage is that there was a substantial amount of wreckage. the argentine footballer was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes, where he'd gone to say goodbye to his former team—mates. he'd just signed for cardiff city for £15 million, becoming the club's most expensive player. about 1.5 hours of searching, all i will say that the wreckage and on saturday, there were emotional scenes as the team he should have been playing for won their first home game since he disappeared. manager niall warnock said afterward that sala would have been with them. ben ando, bbc news. the bbc‘s john fernandez is on the island of guernsey, near where the wreckage
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was found, and joins us now. such a difficult time to the families involved. tell us what happens now, the procedure. 28 nautical miles north of guernsey, the geo 0cean iii on behalf of the air accident investigation branch is working on the salvage operation. as we heard from david mearns, he says hisjob is over we heard from david mearns, he says his job is over and we heard from david mearns, he says hisjob is over and it hopes we heard from david mearns, he says his job is over and it hopes the questions that the family had had now been answered. the work is now being done by the aaib and some particularly awful conditions. gale force winds that are howling here today. the conditions that the ship is working in a very difficult today. it's been there for more than 12 hours now because the search yesterday found the wreckage at 930 in the morning. they have been out there for some time launching these
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unmanned submersible vehicles but it's unknown how long it will take to make the salvage. we are supposed to make the salvage. we are supposed to be hearing from the aaib later today. john, thank you very much. later we'll be speaking to a former air crash investigator about what happens next. that's at 0810. a group of conservative mps, from both sides of the brexit debate, have agreed to work together in an effort to break the current deadlock. the alternative arrangements working group will meet with brexit secretary stephen barclay for three days of talks, which will include addressing alternatives to the so—called irish border backstop. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. not the catchiest title for this group. but can they achieve something? it certainly roles of the tongue, the old tentative arrangements backstop. last week, mps arrangements backstop. last week, m ps voted arrangements backstop. last week, mps voted to say they could accept theresa may's deal as long as she
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got rid of the northern irish backstop, the insurance policy for awarding a ha rdboa rd backstop, the insurance policy for awarding a hardboard and ireland and replaced it with alternative arrangements. we are not quite sure what they were. the next three days, former remain and brexit supporters are getting together to see what the prime minister can take to brussels. to have a longer transition period, up to have a longer transition period, up to three years to try to thrash out a free—trade deal that might make this insurance policy to the irish border unnecessary. beyond that, technological solutions to avoid the ha rdboa rd that, technological solutions to avoid the hardboard and ireland. the reaction from the eu has been sceptical, to say the least. the prime minister has to route presenter alternative plans to mps at westminster in ten days' time. there is not a great deal of time to work out a new plan. good to talk to you as ever, thank you very much
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this morning. people currently aged in their twenties and thirties are at a far greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer than people born in the 1950s. that's according to researchers in the united states. a study published in the lancet public health journal, shows an increasing number of younger adults are being diagnosed with cancers linked to their weight. victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. the move follows public anger last year, when the convicted rapist john worboys was granted parole. under the new system, victims will be able to challenge the release of an offender directly through thejustice secretary, rather than going through the courts. thousands of homes have been flooded in the australian city of townsville, after a yea r‘s worth of rain fell in just seven days. nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated, and floodgates have been deliberately opened to take the pressure of already stretched defences. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith reports. monday morning update. yeah, not so
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good. this is help people across townsville are starting the week, working out just how townsville are starting the week, working outjust how much of the homes lie underwater. almost a year ‘s worth of rain has fallen here in the last seven days and more is coming, asa the last seven days and more is coming, as a monsoon low sits over the city. it means it could be days before people can work out the full extent of the damage. we were warned to get out the night before last yesterday, it was still pretty safe, we sandbagged, but to know avail. it looks like we've lost everything we own, i can't get in there to have a look. yeah, family heirlooms that go back over 100 years and all that that was lost so pretty much lost all of our stuff. when townsville's dam reached nearly 250% capacity yesterday, the authorities decided they had to open the floodgates.
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although it was planned, the results we re although it was planned, the results were unpredictable. there are persons in both of those units, where the gap is an offence a p pa re ntly where the gap is an offence apparently and the units are set back a little bit. emergency teams had to rescue some people from their homes. so far, more than 1000 residents have been relocated. drivers have been told to keep off the roads. the risk of flash flooding means the situation is volatile. it is what australia's insurance council has already declared a catastrophe. incredible pictures there. a rise in obesity levels is said to be behind an increasing number of younger adults being diagnosed with cancer. researchers in the united states say people in their twenties and thirties are exposed to the dangers of being overweight earlier and for longer than people born in the 1950s. we're joined now by the gp dr amir khan. what they are saying is that
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so—called millennials are at greater risk of getting an obesity related cancer. the study was done in america. we know in the uk, two thirds of adults, including millennials, are classed as overweight or obese. the same risks are here in the uk. what are the links between cancer and obesity? when you fat in your body. they send out messages to the rest of your body in the form of hormones, insulin, low levels of in insulin and these hormones go to various cells in your body and encourage them to divide more rapidly. the more rapidly cells are dividing, the cancer mutations can happen and that causes the cell to divide more rapidly and you have a cancer. what
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can people do? what should they do? what's important to remember is that there are some people out there who are overweight through no choice of their own. and they are overweight due to medical conditions like thyroid problems, all medication that they might be on. if we are looking at ways to reduce weight, we need to look at diet and exercise. reduce sauce sugar intake, fat intake, levels of activity. the nhs recommends 30 minutes five times a week, something that gets a bit sweaty, not just a week, something that gets a bit sweaty, notjust a gentle walk, a nice, brisk walk, anything you enjoy. it doesn't have to be boring gym stuff, it can be stuff enjoy doing. you talk about the link between cancer and obesity. are there any more that a more prevalent? colorectal and bowel
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cancer, later on in life, breast cancer, later on in life, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, the lining of the womb, but younger people are getting pancreatic and kidney and gallbladder cancer, which are difficult to treat and one of the links is being overweight. this link between obesity and some types of cancers —— cancers, if there was more information, would it make a difference? it's a big study and it confirms what we already know what people need to do is really look at themselves and their lifestyle, see what they can do to reduce their risk. lots of people think cancer is due to bad luck or family history but there is a lot you can do to reduce your risk. a good place to start is your gp surgery. your waist circumference, that kind of thing. free activities you can do to help you lose weight. your gp can direct you lose weight. your gp can direct you in that way. is there a level of
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ignorance about this? if so, where has that come from? thou constantly bombarded with advice on how to lose weight. every so often, if you lose weight, this will be betterfor you. cancer is something that affects a lot of people. one in two people will get cancer of some sort and if we can try and reduce that risk by losing weight, simple things, that's really the key. you mentioned some people may be overweight for medical reasons but not all cancers, people can do anything about. one in 20 cancers are thought to be linked to obesity. 0besity cancers are thought to be linked to obesity. obesity is the second most preve nta ble obesity. obesity is the second most preventable cause of cancer after smoking so it's important to remember it. they keep talking to us. do let us know what you think
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about that. you can get in contact with us via you the usual means. you can find us on social media this morning. do you want to show people your favourite story? i have had another headline sent in. some french potatoes arrived in a crisp factory in hong kong. they found a grenade among the potatoes. the world war i grenade. the headline in the papers was bomb de terre. very good. but gary sent in" banger and mash". i like the first one, bomb de terre. it was in this factory in hong kong. nobody was injured when they found this. the other thing we are talking about today is squirrel
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lasagne. the chef is serving up lasagne. the chef is serving up lasagne dish is made of squirrel. it was a popular meat in the 1940s up until the uk. people used to eat squirrel in the uk. why be worried about it? and it is grey squirrel lasagne. how would you feel?” wouldn't pick it. would you pick it? i'm not sure i would. there was another option, i think i might be tempted to say, i'm not going to go the obvious gag about nuts. it was lovely this weekend, wasn't it, and lots of ways? for some of us it, and lots of ways? for some of us it was, for others we were more u nfortu nate it was, for others we were more unfortunate with the snow and ice. as we go through the week it is going to turn milder. it is mild across the south—west of england,
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temperatures in the isles of scilly already 11 celsius. there will be rain at times this week, sunny spells and often it will be windy again, windy across the north of scotla nd again, windy across the north of scotland and the south—west of england. what we have is a weather front continuing to push away into the near continent through the day, taking its rain with it. a ridge of high—pressure crosses us, it will be a cold night and is this warm front comes in it will introduce milder conditions. but it will be dry because there will also be some rain with that. mild across parts of the south this morning. cold elsewhere, but as we go through the rest of the day, tomorrow night sees more mild air introduced into all areas, so we won't know ourselves tomorrow. at this morning we will because there isa this morning we will because there is a cold start for some. some slow down to about 200m across parts of scotland. in some of the heavy adverse we could see that at lower levels before it eases. a band of rain continuing to push across south—east in southern counties of england, leaving a hang back of cloud in its wake, in between, a lot
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of dry and bright weather with sunny spells developing quite nicely. temperatures in the south, ten, 11 or 12. temperatures in the south, ten, 11 or12. in temperatures in the south, ten, 11 or 12. in the north, temperatures in the south, ten, 11 or12. in the north, it temperatures in the south, ten, 11 or 12. in the north, it will be colder, especially if you still have lying snow, especially in the highland. through the evening and overnight we say goodbye to that whether, drags away the cloud behind it, and as soon as it gets dark, in clear skies, temperatures will drop. a warm front coming in from the south—west introducing thicker cloud and some spots of rain. you can see where the temperatures are not going to be as low, but move away from that and it will be cold, cold enough for that widespread frost and also the risk of ice where it has been damp through the course of the day. the other thing is we are likely to see some dense fog patches form across parts of southern england, missed another part of the uk. tomorrow morning we start on note. —— mist in other parts of the uk. dragging in cloud, rain and
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drizzle, so under all of this it will not be as cold as it has been. temperatures easily getting to ten, 11 or12, temperatures easily getting to ten, 11 or 12, double figures, whereas in the east it will still be cold, but you will hang on to the sunshine for that will be longer. so we lose that weather front, the warm front, during the course of tuesday only to be replaced by a cold front coming in from the atlantic. it will pull in the south—westerly wind and then we have an occlusion coming our way later on. so we have an array of weather fronts coming our way through the course of the week. for wednesday, our weather front continuing to move away. this is a warm front, behind that we see something drier and brighter coming our way. there will be a lot of showers coming in as well. temperature—wise, on wednesday, most of us picking up. if you think today will be fine, for example, in stornoway it will be up to seven, and still in double figures. as we had through the rest of the week, it remained unsettled. slightly warmer,
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thank you. there are calls for ministers to answer serious questions after nissan announced it will be building one of its models injapan and not sunderland. in 2016, the manufacturer said the new x—trail model would be made here in the uk, creating hundreds of jobs. steph has more on this. so this was a bit of a backtrack? yes, so this is the x—trail, which nissan was planning to make initially in japan, but nissan was planning to make initially injapan, but also sunderland as well, and we have now heard over the weekend that they have decided not to build the car in sunderland now, which of course means that the jobs they thought we re means that the jobs they thought were going to be created are now not going to be created. so there are no job losses to the 7000 people who work there at the moment, itjust means they will not get that extra capacity they thought they were, which means not just job capacity they thought they were, which means notjustjob creation in the plant but also the supply chain. there are some thought that maybe people in the supply chain have already been preparing for this investment they thought was coming.
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but nissan have said their decision was based on commercial reasons. so for example there are strict rules now on emissions in europe, and that has meant they have had to invest more money in the car, and that has made a difference for them. but also, as well, their sales forecast for cars in europe has fallen a bit. they just for cars in europe has fallen a bit. theyjust think it is not worth it to build them in sunderland as well as japan. but obviously the backdrop of all of this is fractured, and this was actually mentioned in a statement at a company boss, who we re statement at a company boss, who were saying that this uncertainty is not helping firms plan for the future —— brexit. 0bviously not helping firms plan for the future —— brexit. obviously we have heard this a lot from lots of businesses. whatever happens, people are saying just get on with it, otherwise it is impossible for businesses to prepare for it. 0bviously businesses to prepare for it. obviously the unions and the local mp and everyone have come out and talk about the fact that this is a blow for the region and for the car industry, because it is a tough time at the moment. we have heard from ford, cutting jobs, jaguar land
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rover, as well. so it is tough in that sector at the moment, and this would have been a welcome boost of investment that they are now not getting. so i will be talking a bit later on to a car market analyst who will tell us more about that wider picture of what is happening at the moment. it isjust uncertain, it is not just the moment. it isjust uncertain, it is notjust the people working there, it has wider implications. often we talk about these big companies, but there are so many more people who depend on those companies and the jobs and the work they bring. thank you, see you a little bit later. breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and mindfulness sessions will be added to the timetables of nearly 400 primary and secondary schools across england, the government has announced. the pilot scheme is intended to boost children's mental health. breakfast‘s tim muffett went to meet pupils at a school which already offers a similar programme. it is going to be about keeping our focus. go. cedar mount academy. maybe this cone is that big goal
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that we have set for ourselves. go! 131 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health. we are seeing a decline in young people's emotional well—being, and we need to address that, it is a really, really urgent problem. tell me how you feel, as yesterday awaiting? like, tension. we are using the different activities that help us bring to life how you might feel when you are under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope with the pressure in that moment. more and more things that we add to our day, the more pressure we feel. i feel like a physical almost helping, like, a different kind of way, like honour because you don't realise when you are so stressed that your body is tense, and you have, like, problem is that it can cause the other things.” have, like, problem is that it can cause the other things. i think today's society there is a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act, so just coming
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toa how you need to act, so just coming to a quiet session like this, you just come yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep it focused on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessions are also available. student mental health ambassadors have been appointed who are there to help fellow pupils, many have experienced problems themselves. last year i had a really difficult time in my life. i struggled from depression, and it got to really... it got to a point where i didn't want to be there any more, i didn't want to be alive, so this pilot project has given me the ability to know how to control the situation, and how to help other people. this pilot project has been independently assessed by the university of manchester, and the feedback seems positive. almost 90% of pupils said they had enjoyed taking part. 96% of teachers said it
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had been beneficial to their school. we have seen a change where there isn't really a stigma, there isn't, you know, classed as being different. it's ok to talk about it, and we are all probably going to have moments in our life where that happens. today, the government has announced that more schools in england will take part in projects like this. 370 in total. no magic cu re like this. 370 in total. no magic cure for what can be very complex problems. but for many, a big step forward. let us know what you think about that, as well. in an hour we will be talking to the education secretary, damian hinds, about this pilot scheme. if you have been to the lake district, you will know that it does some of the most stunning views during the day, if the weather is all right, and even if it isn't, you arejust all right, and even if it isn't, you are just wearing the wrong gear. but
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what about that night? these are time lapse images shot by friends of the lake district, which is a charity, and it is all about launching a bid to win international dark sky reserve status. there are only about 30 places in the world which currently have it, exmoor in devon and snowdonia in wales are some of those. the process takes about three years, but these images are beautiful, aren't they? you can find out more about that on inside 0ut north—west, 0r catch up on bbc iplayer. and some of you know you can even watch breakfast on the bbc iplayer. it is a revolution in the way we watch television, you can ta ke way we watch television, you can take it with you. if you need to leave for work or school, you can watch it on your tablet, on your phone, on the train, wherever you 90, phone, on the train, wherever you go, and we are available 24 hours on the iplayer. there you go, you can
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watch us live on the iplayer or catch up a little bit later on as well. if there is something you want to watch on bbc breakfast, don't leave it more than 24 hours. that is the point i was trying to make. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: we will be live at raf cranwell to see how this state—of—the—art simulator is being used to train the next generation of fighter pilots. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a bbc london investigation has exposed gangs offering to arrange cheating in government exams which are essential to obtain a passport. undercover recording captures criminals charging desperate migrants thousands to cheat the life in the uk test. the computer test on uk laws and history must usually be passed by foreign nationals to obtain indefinite leave to remain or citizenship, but criminals are supplying bluetooth earpieces to feed candidates the answers. this is the moment bbc london
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caught up with one gang. have you been arranging for students to pass the life in the uk test using bluetooth devices, charging them thousands of pounds? no, sir. no, no. i'm just doing their training here, at the centre here. and you can see more on that undercover investigation on bbc london news at 6:30pm and also on inside out london at 7:30pm here on bbc 1. it has been revealed the metroplitan police, along with thames valley and essex police, spent nearly £14.2 million on policing donald trump's visit to the uk last year. thousands of extra officers were drafted in from across the country to cover protests and events marking the us president's four—day stay injuly. the home office has reimbursed £7.9 million to the three forces. kent police is investigating reports of an assault with a noxious
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substance in dartford. it is alleged it was thrown in the direction of a car by two men riding a motorcycle yesterday afternoon in keyes road. three people have been treated in hospital. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning, apart from london 0verground, which has monir delays between gospel oak and barking. 0nto the roads: 0n the m25, it is very slow anticlockwise betweenjunction 26 waltham abbey and junction 25 enfield because of a van on fire. only one lane is open. in worcester park, malden road is closed because of a fire at a derelict pub. bus routes in the area are on diversion. around 30 firefighters are on the scene. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's all change this week. we've lost that very cold air and replaced it with milder air, but with it come some rather unsettled conditions. today we've got outbreaks of rain, and it's rather breezy as well. now, this rain this morning not making for a very pleasant commute.
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it will gradually clear away through the afternoon, becoming drier, helped along by a very gusty wind. now, it stays rather cloudy, could get a bit of brightness towards the end of the afternoon in the north and west. temperatures today back up in double figures in central london, at around 10 celsius. now, gradually overnight that cloud will clear away south, and under clear skies, of course, the temperature drops. not only that, we could see some mist and fog patches developing, as well. the minimum temperature pretty chilly, down to zero, maybe —1, so we could see a frost in one or two places first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start for many, with some sunshine, but quite quickly the cloud and the rain arrive. so outbreaks of rain, very unsettled conditions really throughout the week, but temperatures again back up in double figures, so a lot milder than last week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin.
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here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson, has been found off the coast of guernsey. air accident investigators are now on the scene, and the process of recovering the aircraft is expected to begin today. it disappeared on a flight from nantes to cardiff two weeks ago. a group of conservative mps, from both sides of the brexit debate, have agreed to work together in an effort to break the current deadlock. the alternative arrangements working group will meet for three days of talks to examine a range of options. it comes after mps voted to finding alternatives to the backstop — the policy designed to prevent the return of checks on the irish border. people currently aged in their twenties and thirties are at a far greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer than people born in the 1950s. that's according to researchers
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in the united states. a study published in the lancet public health journal, shows an increasing number of younger adults are being diagnosed with cancers linked to their weight. researchers say people are now exposed to the dangers of being overweight earlier in life, and for longer, than older generations. parcel delivery firm hermes has struck an agreement with the gmb union to offer new rights for workers. union bosses have described the deal as "ground—breaking". it will offer fifteen—thousand couriers, who are regarded as self—employed, holiday pay and guaranteed hourly rates. we want to make sure couriers are retaining the benefits victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. the move follows public anger last year, when the convicted rapist john worboys was granted parole. under the new system, victims will be able to challenge the release of an offender directly through thejustice secretary, rather than going through the courts. earlier we spoke to kim harrison, who represented some ofjohn worboys'
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victims in court. i think it's a massive in the right direction. for too long, victims have had no say at all in the parole board process, the two planks, having some reasons for release which was introduced recently and having the right to challenge the decision, are two major steps forward but there are still many more ways in which victims need to be helped through the system. the president of venezuela, nicholas madura has ignored a deadline set by a number of european countries, including the uk, to call new elections. it's after la rge—scale protests in the capital city, caracas, over the weekend. britain, france and germany have now joined the united states in recognising the opposition leader, juan guaido as interim president. floodgates have been deliberately opened on dams close to the australian city of townsville, after a yea r‘s worth of rain fell in just seven days. thousands of homes have been flooded. the army has been helping to protect buildings with sandbags, while rescue teams have been evacuating people using rafts. we spoke earlier to a journalist
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working up there. in the floodgates being opened. they are letting through the equivalent of olympic swimming pools worth of water every single second. sally is here. superbowl but not so super. some tired faces at work this morning. lots of people at work stayed up all night to watch the superbowl. it was the lowest scoring in history. the we never like to give away the secrets. at about ten past three, i
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had to leave. my alarm normally goes at about 3:11 am. had to leave. my alarm normally goes at about 3:11 a.m. any golf major in america, you have to watch those. the great thing about the superbowl is, it has become more popular here over re ce nt is, it has become more popular here over recent years. lots more people staying up and into american football. tom brady, the picture behind you, i clutched at the picture of the reporter. he is quite tall, isn't he? tom brady, 41. he says he can keep on going. he has a personal chef in a very complicated diet. 0ne personal chef in a very complicated diet. one of these diets to make you live to 100. cristiano renaldo, seven meals a day. that's you maintain that level of physical
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perfection. tom brady doesn't eat any nightshade. aubergines, potatoes. how can you not eat potatoes? that's no life, is it. history was made as the new england patriots continued their recent dominance in american football by winning a record—equalling sixth super bowl title — all of them masterminded by coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady. they beat the la rams 13—3. well proceedings got underway with local hero gladys knight singing the national anthem in her home city of atlanta despite many african americans criticising her decision. while the half time entertainment was provided by maroon 5. they accepted the invitation after a number of artists reportedly turned down the opportunity — the half time entertainment draws in audiences of up to 100 million
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people. 0n the field though it was the patriots who took control late in the game with brady combining with ron groncowski for this catch that eventually led to the only touchdown of the match. so a record six titles for brady, coach belichick and the patriots — the first coming all the way back in 2002. yes, we grinded it out, it was tough, they made every play tought tonight, i give them a lot of credit, coach philips and all those players, they played well on defence. unfortunately, our defence played the best game they have all season and it was just incredible. the premier league title race is still on: later leaders liverpool go to west ham, while yesterday manchester city beat arsenal 3—1 to movejust two points behind them. sergio aguero was the hero. he scored his first inside a minute and then, after arsenal equalised, he put his side back ahead. and aguero bundled in his hattrick after the break as city bounced back from defeat to newcastle. and after the distant three, four points, five points, seven points, so in february,
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many thing is going to happen until the end of the season. the important thing is that playing in that way, we can be there. that is important. playing in newcastle, no chance. but i never, ever doubt of my manchester city players. 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s been caretaker boss of manchesrer united for ten games now and he still hasn't lost. marcus rashford's goal gave solskjaer‘s team victory over leicester city yesterday, his ninth win since taking over. just under a year ago izzy atkin won britain's first ever
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0lympic skiing bronze, and now she's added a bronze in the world championships. she came third in the ‘big air‘ competition at the freestyle skiing and snowboard world championships in utah. big air's a type of freestyle skiing and we'll see it at the next winter 0lympics. i love that. i thought there was a big air vent already. it's hugely popular on telly but not only did she start that jump popular on telly but not only did she start thatjump backwards, she finished it backwards as well. brilliant, really clever. what, watch. spin. ithought brilliant, really clever. what, watch. spin. i thought she was going to land forward. it is the practice required. you've just got to have unbelievable belief in your ability. tom daley‘s won two gold medals at the british national cup, his first tournament since returning to diving after a career break. daley had an eventful 2018, becoming a dad while also suffering
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from pneumonia and concussions. but yesterday he added the individual 10 metre competition to the synchronised title he won with new partner matty lee on saturday. last year was the biggest learning curve i've ever had to go through as a person, as an athlete and in my personal life as well. there are so meetings that have gone on that have reoriented the way i think and how i think about different situations, the things i used to find really stressful and give me anxiety no longer do, they seem so insignificant when you have a child at home. talking about tom daley, while life balance. approaching 740. finding the perfect work—life balance isn't always easy.
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and according to new research, busy parents in particular are getting a raw deal. a report by the charity working families, says there's a growing culture of long working hours and that new mums are waiting longer to be promoted. in a moment, we'll look at the issues in more detail. first, we've been asking working parents in manchester about their own experience. i take my hat off to anyone who is a full—time mum. it's really hard. you don't feel appreciated all the time, trying to be a full—time mum. it's a juggfing trying to be a full—time mum. it's a juggling act. i definitely feel guilty when i'm at work. you start to ache for them a little bit. i'm used to being with them. especially ona used to being with them. especially on a tuesday, i count down the minutes until i get home. there on a tuesday, i count down the minutes until! get home. there is so little in it for me financially to go back to work that i might as well ta ke to go back to work that i might as well take time to spend with my children because of this time i'm not going to get back anyway. i loved being a full—time mum, it been a fantastic experience, harder than any trollop had to do in my life.” a lwa ys any trollop had to do in my life.” always have had quite a good worklife balance and refrain from
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going up the ladder. in order to first will keep doing what i enjoy doing. a lot of career mums don't have that flexibility, go back to work, they would be expected to work five days before. i'm trying to be a good role model as well some children see it's notjust the man in the house works. i also go out to work as well. my husband also works, it isa work as well. my husband also works, it is a tagteam, when everybody comes in, they are tired. ready to start again. i've been lucky that let me do part—time and you do kind of get it. its relentless. let's look at the key findings of the report into worklife balance. they say the average mother waits two yea rs say the average mother waits two years wonderful promotion than the average father. the average mother waits two years longerfor a promotion than the average father. the report also highlights the impact long working hours are having on working parents. for many that means having less time to read or play with their children about 50% of those asked say that working long hours
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also negatively affects their relationship with their partner. jane van zyl is chief executive of charity working families, and joins us now. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. there are lots of points to pick up but let's talk about mums. this is part—time mums, is it? they don't get promotions has quickly? less than half of part-time people get promoted in terms of their full—time counterparts. and because it's more women, that's why you are seeing them of the penalty. what is the reason? why would part—time workers not be getting promotions? we think it partly a cultural thing. people seem to think if you are working part—time, you are not putting as much effort in. evidence shows people working part—time are as productive and sometimes more than their full—time counterparts. how can i be a good
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pa rent counterparts. how can i be a good parent and spend time with my children and succeed with work at the same time? we work with a number of employers that there are some really good employers out there who absolutely get it. the most important thing they do is they make jobs human sized which means you can do yourjob in the hours allocated to you and for parents, that is going to have a huge impact. it will have so many your hard knock —— knock—on benefits. the design is really critical. you can't work a job that is 15 hours and only pay them for ten. p ross is the issue, working more hours than you should be. it's a cultural issue. part of that will be because you can't get yourjob done within those hours. has there been a change with the advent of technology? you go home and on the way home you're working. when you get home, you are working.
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i think that culture is unhelpful in a lot of ways. part of that is about thejob a lot of ways. part of that is about the job itself. there a lot of ways. part of that is about thejob itself. there are organisations that don't do emails on the weekends or emails after hours. a lot of that culture needs to be led from the top. actually if you find that your chief exec is not sending emails or your chief executive is not working flexibly, perhaps taking a morning to do something with her children or something with her children or something else example, if there is a sports activity that they are interested in, that kind of cultural impact can have a huge change within the workplace. what about government regulations? can that impact on things? we think that would be really helpful. the government have a task force on one of the most important things would be getting flexible working out there much
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more. if you're looking at recruitment and advertising a new job, for employers to think, can thisjob be done job, for employers to think, can this job be done flexibly, job, for employers to think, can thisjob be done flexibly, can it be donein thisjob be done flexibly, can it be done in terms ofjob share? in a slightly different way? compressed hours? it's notjust part-time. and that it had to give you flexible hours. everybody, parents and nonparents, have the right to request flexible working but there is no law that says employers have two offer flexible working. do we work much longer than other countries? much, much longer, and not only do we work much longer, and not only do we work much longer, and not only do we work much longer but sadly our productivity isn't as good. so around europe people work far fewer hours than we do and they are more productive. so as a charity that works both with employers and employees, we would say look at reducing hours, because it is unlikely to have a negative impact on your productivity. in fact, it is likely to have a positive impact on
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your productivity. owner you will come back a little bit later on. —— i know you will come back a little bit later on. we'd like to hear your experiences of this. email us via bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or tweet using the hashtag bbcbreakfast. 0ften often when we discuss things like this there is a side discussion which takes place on facebook, so get involved in that and we will pick out some of those a little bit later on. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. it will look a little bit warmer, is except for the picture behind you. it will be warmer, except in parts of scotland, but it will turn milder as we go through the course of the week. in south—east england it is already a mild start. there will be rain at times, sunny spells, and often it is going to be windy. so that as this week's summary of what you can expect. what we have today
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isa you can expect. what we have today is a weather front which is sinking south, taking rain, as we go through the night and into tomorrow, milder air starts to come our way. you can see it following a warm front and eventually it will push right the way across the uk. so first thing this morning we have our weather front, it has been travelling south eastwards through the night, taking rain with it as it does so, leaving murky conditions for parts of devon and cornwall, where temperatures are and cornwall, where temperatures are a bit higher. snow falling across northern scotland above 200m, generally, but in some of the heavier verse we will see that in lower levels, and that will ease through the day. in between these two dense we are looking at sunny spells developing, and a pleasant, crisp winter's day for most. temperatures in the south in double figures, still lower in the north, and where we have lying snow it will feel that bit colder. heading on through the evening and overnight, we say goodbye to our weather front, it drags the dregs of the cloud with it. temperatures falling quite quickly and there will be a
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widespread frost. patchy fog forming, dense and the south, but we also have our warm front coming in, introducing this, the air, as in indicated by the green. for the rest of us, a cold night with widespread frost. the risk of either untreated surfaces. as well as the dense fog in the south, patchy mist in other areas. tomorrow we start off on that note, a lot of crisp sunshine before the system coming in from the west introduces all this cloud, some rain and also some drizzle. if you are under that, temperatures are on the up. we are looking at double figures for many, but in the east, under the clear skies, it will be another cold day. before this mild air comes our way. so here is our weatherfront. by way. so here is our weatherfront. by the time we get to wednesday, it will be pulling away only to be replaced by a cold front coming in from the west, which is also travelling in an easterly direction, east south—east. so still remaining u nsettled. east south—east. so still remaining unsettled. so here is wednesday's forecast, our first front clearing
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off, more showers coming in from the west, and in between we will see some sunny spells developing. quite a breezy day as well, temperature—wise not as cold as it certainly has been. thank you very much. as we were listening to you, we we re much. as we were listening to you, we were also talking about snow rollers, and don't worry, i will not test you on it. it is a sort of phenomenon where it looks like a hay bale is made out of snow. i don't know if you saw this one in wiltshire, they look really stunning. i am trying to find a picture. we will go to steph while you look for a picture. the uk car industry was dealt another blow yesterday as nissan confirmed it would no longer be building one of its flagship models at its sunderland factory. it reverses a commitment the carmaker made in 2016 to build the new x—trail here in the uk. steph has more details on the impact this could have. this was a planned for the future to build a car there. they are not cutting jobs as such but they are saying they won't be creating this
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new car, with the extra jobs. nissan has made cars at sunderland since 1986 and employs almost 7,000 people. but how we buy cars is changing, and it is having an impact. in a letter to its workers, nissan's boss said they had made a u—turn decision not to build the x—trail car in sunderland because of business reasons, and he also added that uncertainty around brexit was making it hard to plan for the future. we are joined now by jim holder from what car. thank you very much forjoining us. so just tell us what are these business reasons that are being talked about here? yes, the principal reason for businesses the drop in demand for diesel. consumers especially across europe have really reduce the number of diesel is they are buying quite dramatically, especially in the last 18 months. in line with that, the european union has put in much harder in emissions regulations around diesel so it is very expensive to get diesel engines u pto very expensive to get diesel engines upto the mark they have to reach. so
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they are faced this sort of perfect storm of pressure on diesels, and the plant in sunderland was going to be creating a large suv. predominantly diesel —based. be creating a large suv. predominantly diesel -based. what do you think will be the impact of not getting this? what we knew was that hundreds of jobs getting this? what we knew was that hundreds ofjobs were going to be created, that is slightly vague but thatis created, that is slightly vague but that is all that was committed to. beyond that, the supply chain had started expecting this, they had invested, there will be money potentially lost and potential jobs created last. long—term it creates question marks about the factory and where it is going to go. there are investments, they have committed to the next generation of cars being built there, but looking in the long—term, the car industry likes to plant ten to 15 years ahead and it will raise questions about what will come next. we heard the mp talking yesterday, and you alluded to this, it takes away some of that stability. absolutely. ithink it takes away some of that stability. absolutely. i think what you have to say is, in the short
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term, whether you remain or whether you leave, there is this uncertainty. and that is having an impact, it is having an impact massively on the car industry, it is one of many factors in a lot of the decisions being made by many car companies and this is another demonstration of that. and they are looking to invest hundreds of millions to create new car lines in plants, and why would you do that when you don't know what is going to come next? you don't know how that investment will be realised. until we get some certainty, nobody knows what will happen. is it the case that when we do know what will happen that we will start to see investment coming back in? that is the hope, and you would hope that the hope, and you would hope that the conditions are favourable, but of course, in the meantime, all of these long—term negotiations are ongoing. we have seen an investment in automotive pausing, the level of investment halving from where it was before, and at a five—year low. and these are investment looking ten or 15 years in advance, and if you pause then it takes a long time to
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recover that momentum. thank you very much for your time, i appreciate your coming in. that's it from me for now. of all the things fighter pilots must face, the negative effect from g—force is among the most challenging. but training to deal with it has always been difficult, until today. a brand new, state—of—the—art flight simulator has just been unveiled at raf cranwell, where our reporter susannah streeter is for us this morning. good morning, it is actually a squadron leader retired, i was an raf reserve officer and graduated from here 20 years ago this year, can you believe it? anyway, this is the new 39 ton centrifuge. you might have experienced a spike in g—forces if you have been on a rollercoaster, for example, but fast jet if you have been on a rollercoaster, for example, but fastjet pilots strapped into a cockpit have to deal with g—force acceleration for much longer and very intense periods of
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time. now, this centrifuge can go from one g to nine g injust one second, so you can imaginejust how intense the pressure really is for the pilots, who have to operate these fast jets. and the pilots, who have to operate these fastjets. and one of them is flight lieutenantjim these fastjets. and one of them is flight lieutena ntjim peterson. these fastjets. and one of them is flight lieutenantjim peterson. you have just been up, flight lieutenantjim peterson. you havejust been up, in flight lieutenantjim peterson. you have just been up, in fact you were the first typhoon pilots to test out this centrifuge. how is it compare to the old technology dating back to the 19505? to the old technology dating back to the 1950s? so this is a step change, the 1950s? so this is a step change, the old one you just sat and enjoy the old one you just sat and enjoy the ride, where this when you actually have control and you can actually have control and you can actually fly the jet as well.” actually have control and you can actually fly the jet as well. i am wearing here this g suit, which inflates. tell me how this works. when i tested this out you had to plug this in, and then what happens? so the biggest risk when you are flying under g is loss of consciousness, so what you need to do is keep the blood into your brain. and what this will do is plug into the system itself, and any time
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you go above 2g it knows that, it fires air into your trousers, and you press against it with a straining manoeuvre, as well. is straining manoeuvre, as well. is straining manoeuvres are very intense, aren't they? they can be quite a workout. i certainly did experience that when i went into the centrifuge. this has been a huge project for the mod, and the global aerospace giant, and wing commander nick green has been with this project pretty much every step of the way, have you? just how vital is it for pilot safety? well, aircraft like typhoon and lightning have phenomenal g performers. and safety of us is paramount and loss of consciousness is a real risk, so we need to get the training right. the important thing is we also improve their performance when they are flying. as well as a safety we can make them better pilots with this equipment. so the first pilots have gone through this centrifuge, and as
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i experienced, if such intense pressure. as one of the instructors said to me, it is like an elephant sitting on top of you, and that is a really good way to describe it. but this piece of kit will help fastjet crews cope with it. excellent, retired squadron leader. so much respect for that. thank you very much indeed. still to come on brea kfast, much indeed. still to come on breakfast, a man described by nile rodgers as the man who invented dance music is going on his first european tour, and he will be here to talk to us about it. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a bbc london investigation has exposed gangs offering to arrange cheating in government exams which are essential to obtain a passport. undercover recording captures criminals charging desperate migrants thousands to cheat the life in the uk test. the computer test on uk laws and history must usually be passed by foreign nationals to obtain indefinite leave to remain or citizenship, but criminals
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are supplying bluetooth earpieces to feed candidates the answers. this is the moment bbc london caught up with one gang. have you been arranging for students to pass the life in the uk test using bluetooth devices, charging them thousands of pounds? no, sir. no, no. i'm just doing their training here, at the centre here. and you can see more on that undercover investigation on bbc london news at 6:30pm and also on inside out london at 7:30pm here on bbc 1. around 30 firefighters are on the scene of a fire in worcester park. malden road is closed after the blaze at a derelict pub, with local buses on diversion. it has been revealed the metroplitan police, along with thames valley and essex police, spent nearly £14.2 million on policing donald trump's visit to the uk last year. thousands of extra officers were drafted in from across the country
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to cover protests and events marking the us president's four—day stay injuly. the home office has reimbursed £7.9 million to the three forces. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning, apart from london 0verground, which has minor delays between gospel oak and barking. 0nto the roads: 0n the m25, it is very slow anticlockwise betweenjunction 26 waltham abbey and junction 25 enfield because of a van on fire. two lanes are closed. in sloane square, draycott place is closed for repairs to a gas leak near the spanish consulate. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's all change this week. we've lost that very cold air and replaced it with milder air, but with it come some rather unsettled conditions. today we've got outbreaks of rain, and it's rather breezy as well. now, this rain this morning not making for a very pleasant commute. it will gradually clear away through the afternoon, becoming drier, helped along by a very gusty wind. now, it stays rather cloudy,
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could get a bit of brightness towards the end of the afternoon in the north and west. temperatures today back up in double figures in central london, at around 10 celsius. now, gradually overnight that cloud will clear away south, and under clear skies, of course, the temperature drops. not only that, we could see some mist and fog patches developing, as well. the minimum temperature pretty chilly, down to zero, maybe —1, so we could see a frost in one or two places first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start for many, with some sunshine, but quite quickly the cloud and the rain arrive. so outbreaks of rain, very unsettled conditions really throughout the week, but temperatures again back up in double figures, so a lot milder than last week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today.
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wreckage from a plane carrying the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot has been been discovered near the channel islands. conservative mps from both sides of the brexit debate agree to work together to discuss ways of breaking the deadlock with the eu. and why if you're in your 20s or 30s you could be at greater risk of getting an obesity related cancer. after nissan pulls out of making its new car in sunderland, labour calls for ministers to answer serious questions. i'll be looking at what the impact is. history is made in atlanta as tom brady and the new england as tom brady and the new england patriots win a sixth super bowl title. at the age of 41 he says he can keep going. good morning, more snow across the highlands as we go through the course of this morning, easing through the afternoon. a band of rain pushing its way from the south—east. in between, brighter skies with some sunshine. a frosty
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night but a milder week. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's monday 4th february. our top story. the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson, has been found off the coast of guernsey. air accident investigators are now on the scene, and the process of recovering the aircraft is expected to begin today. ben ando reports. the search is over. this vessel chartered by the air accident investigation branch is now waiting above the spot where the plane carrying emiliano sala is thought to have come to rest beneath the waves. the wreckage was located by sonar on another boat paid for by the sala family after a crowdfunding campaign raised £250,000. carrying the latest equipment, it had set sail early on sunday planning to focus on a four square mile area of the english channel near guernsey. later, a remote submersible will be sent down to the sea bed to make a visual confirmation
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that the plane is the piper malibu that was carrying emiliano sala and flown by pilot david ibbotson. both men are missing presumed dead after cushions from the doomed plane were found washed up on a beach in northern france. news of the find came in a tweet from david mearns, the marine biologist leading the private search. we found the wreckage with our side scan sonar, multi—beam mecca sounder. it was very close to the datum position. that's why we were able to locate it so quickly. effectively on our third sonar line within about an hour and a half of searching. all i will say about the wreckage is that there is a substantial amount of wreckage on the sea bed. the argentine footballer was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes, where he had gone to say goodbye to his former team—mates. he'd just signed for cardiff city for £15 million, becoming the club's most expensive player, and on saturday there were emotional scenes as the team
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he should have been playing for won their first home game since he disappeared. manager neil warnock said afterwards that sala would have been with them. ben ando, bbc news. the bbc‘s john fernandez is on the island of guernsey, near where the wreckage was found, and joins us now. such a difficult time of course for the family involved, particularly, and we know conditions are not great, so what is the procedure from now? that absolutely is it, the conditions are not conducive to any kind of salvage operation today. we've been told its kind of salvage operation today. we've been told it's unlikely that any evidence of the plane will be brought up by the aaib noted today. now, we understand it was a substantial amount of wreckage that was found on the sea bed, 28 nautical miles north of guernsey. we heard they were surprised about how
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intact the plane was. across the sea bed, but it was a very much intact plane. now the private search has been called off. it's very much in the aaib's hands. they are waiting for a break the aaib's hands. they are waiting fora break in the aaib's hands. they are waiting for a break in the weather to see what happens next and we are expecting to hear a statement from them later today. john, thank you very much. later we'll be speaking to a former air crash investigator about what happens next. you will hear from them shortly. now they may have voted differently in the referendum but a group of conservative mps from both sides of the brexit debate, have agreed to work together to try to find a solution to the current stalemate the alternative arrangements working group will hold three days of talks with the brexit secretary stephen barclay. now they may have voted differently in the referendum but a group 0ur political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. so what chances do you think, i ask
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these questions and i know you don't a lwa ys these questions and i know you don't always know the answers, but things are incredibly hard to predict with brexit, but what chances are something positive to take the country something positive to take the cou ntry forward something positive to take the country forward in terms of making decisions from this group?” country forward in terms of making decisions from this group? i don't think anything will happen very quickly. it will take us a few days to get a hand what the working group it actually is, but for the next three days they will try to work out alternative solutions they can take to brussels. hopefully, forfurther negotiations. at this stage, that is not clear. this group came about because last week the prime minister effectively got a nod from mps that it's fine to put a deal forwards as long as you can do something about the insurance policy to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland but keeping as close to eu rules, very popular with people in both parties, so now there is a look at alternative arrangements which could include a longer transition period, up include a longer transition period, up to three years, to negotiate a
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free—trade deal to make the irish backstop redundant or a technological solution to keep the board opened without the need for customs checks. this is why it is difficult for me to say if it'll work or not, but the eu so far is very of these ideas, theresa may herself rejecting some of these ideas when she looked at them, similar ideas last summer. she has to report back to mps in ten days' time, so there is a short amount of time, so there is a short amount of time to get an alternative deal up and running. mr watson, thank you very much. see you later on. now if you're in your 20s or 30s you could be a greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer than people born in the 1950s. that's according to researchers in the united states. a study published in the lancet shows an increasing number of younger adults are being diagnosed with cancers linked to their weight. researchers say people are now exposed to the dangers of being overweight earlier in life, and for longer, than older generations. victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. the move follows public
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anger last year, when the convicted rapist john worboys was granted parole. under the new system, victims will be able to challenge the release of an offender directly through thejustice secretary, rather than going through the courts. floodgates have been deliberately opened on dams close to the australian city of townsville, after a yea r‘s worth of rain fell in just seven days. thousands of homes have been flooded. the army has been helping to protect buildings with sandbags, while rescue teams have been evacuating people using rafts. some incredible pictures in this report. monday morning update. yeah, not so good. this is how people across townsville are starting the week, working outjust how much of their homes lie underwater. almost a year's worth of rain has fallen here in the last seven days, and more is coming, as a monsoon low sits over the city. it means it could be days before people can work out the full extent of the damage.
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we were warned to get out the night before last. yesterday it was still pretty safe. we sandbagged, but to no avail. it looks like we've lost everything. i can't get in there to have a look. yeah, family heirlooms that go back over 100 years and all that that we've lost. so pretty much lost all of our stuff. when townsville's dam reached nearly 250% capacity yesterday, the authorities decided they had to open the floodgates. although it was planned, the results were unpredictable. there's persons in both of those units. it's where the gap is in the fence, apparently. the units are set back a little bit. emergency teams had to rescue some people from their homes. so far more than 1000 residents have been relocated. drivers have been told to keep off the roads. the risk of flash flooding means the situation is volatile. australia's insurance council has
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already declared a catastrophe. hywel griffith, bbc news. some pretty dramatic weather there. something quite extraordinary here. we mention that a little bit earlier. have a look at these pictures. they're taken by brian bayliss from wiltshire, who thought somebody had been hard at work rolling snow into huge wheels on his field. but so—called snow rollers are actually natural and, because they only form in the most perfect of conditions, are incredibly rare. they are more common in america and were last seen in idaho in 2016. we'll be hearing more about how they form and why they're so unusual later in the programme. they are beautiful, aren't they? tell us at any of you have ever seen one. what an amazing thing to see. how did it get there? there is no
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footprints around it, you see, so it must be natural. absolutely lovely. must have needed a bit of wind to get that going, a combination of strange weather conditions to produce that. it's ten past eight. you are watching bbc breakfast. two weeks after it went missing over the channel, investigators are finally preparing to recover the wreckage of the plane carrying footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. attention will now turn to what may have caused the aircraft to crash on its flight from nantes to cardiff. tony cable is a former air crash investigator and joins us from our london newsroom. good morning. thank you forjoining us. this of course is a really difficult time for the families involved, so what will their priorities be now? probably to get a visual site of the wreckage, either with divers or more probably with an underwater vehicle, an unmanned submarine, in other words, with video cameras and possibly
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manipulators, so it can pick up small pieces of wreckage and attached ropes to larger pieces so that a recovery ship can then lift the wreckage. to be taken away and examined in detail for sign the wreckage. to be taken away and examined in detailfor sign of any failures of the aircraft. of course, that has got to be a very delicate operation given that it is under metres of water? yes, i don't know the depth but most of the challenge i believe —— channel, i believe, is not very deep. there tends to be some pretty good tidal currents around the channel isles, it is, i think about 25 miles north of guernsey, so it's maybe not in the worst current areas, but a strong current can make life more difficult. and then, of course, eventually once they have managed to get hold of it and bring it back, i suppose, they will have to do turn it into what happened. how much can
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the wreckage and how it crashed tell you? certainly the damage can tell you? certainly the damage can tell you the sort of attitude and vertical horizontal speed it hit the water —— altitude. and if there is serviceability is, there may well be signs of that. the difficulty is, of course, if you don't have signs of problems before the crash, you are left somewhat looking at possible reasons. they are not a failure of the aircraft. we know that it was found after a privately funded search. how common is that? in my experience, very search. how common is that? in my experience, very uncommon. search. how common is that? in my experience, very uncommon. i don't believe i've come across it before. imean, believe i've come across it before. i mean, underwater searching tends to be, well, to take a long time, and quitea to be, well, to take a long time, and quite a lot of money, depending on the circumstances obviously. but
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no, private searching, i've not come across it personally. just tell us a little bit because you obviously have looked at these kinds of typical plane crashes before. how long before they will have any idea of what might have caused it? well, going over the wreckage in great detail, it is inevitably going to ta ke detail, it is inevitably going to take considerable time. as i say, the absence of any problems found leaves you somewhat in the realm of speculation. i mean, one possibility i have seen muted is airframe icing. in other words, flying along, and because of the particular conditions, ice on the wings and fuselage, that can bring an aircraft down, stop it performing. now, obviously, when you recover the wreckage there will be no signs of
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that. 0k, wreckage there will be no signs of that. ok, thank you very much for joining us here on breakfast. thank you. we'll keep you in touch with that story across the bbc the day. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. this morning it is a chilly start for many of us but already we have got milder air coming in across southern and south—western parts of the uk. as we go through this week, for all of us, it is going to turn much milder than it is going to turn much milder than it was last week. but there will be rain at times, sunny spells at times, as well, and it will often be windy. windy across northern scotla nd windy. windy across northern scotland and also south—western parts of england. so we have a weather front which has been steadily moving south eastwards through the course of the night. that will clear away and then later we will see another weather front coming in from the west. that is a warm front, the one with a red semicircle circles on it. behind it, milder conditions, so still cold the further north you travel this morning but you can already see the
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milder conditions. as the weather front comes in, the milder air will come with it and push eventually across the whole of the uk by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon. back to this morning, first thing we do have some falling snow. in northern scotland. some of that will get down to low levels and the heavier bursts will ease later. a band of cloud and rain will continue to push down into the south—east before clearing away leaving a legacy of cloud on its wake. then, in between, bright spells developing with some sunshine. temperature wise, double figures across much of england and wales. single figures across northern ireland and scotland. it will feel cold where you still have lying snow falling. through this evening and overnight, the legacy of cloud clears away. as it gets dark, the temperatures will fall quite quickly. and we are looking at a widespread frost. but then we have this system coming in from the south—west, a warm front, so you can see the greens indicating there will be more cloud, patchy
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light rain and drizzle so it won't be as cold. whereas, under the clear skies, it will be cold with a widespread frost and also there is a risk of ice on untreated surfaces where it has been done. patchy dense fog forming across southern england, patchy mr across other parts of the uk. that's how we start the day tomorrow. a lot of crystal wintry sunshine but you can see the progress the warm front is making through the course of tomorrow taking the cloud, rain and drizzle with it, as it advances eastwards. now, under all of this, with it, as it advances eastwards. now, underall of this, it with it, as it advances eastwards. now, under all of this, it won't be cold, we are easily looking a double figures, tens, 11s, 12s. underthe clear skies, it will feel cold. figures, tens, 11s, 12s. underthe clearskies, it will feel cold. so we say goodbye to the warm front, replaced later on by a cold front coming in from the west. behind that, too, a south—westerly wind as we go through wednesday. later, another front comes our way, so
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there is the warm front we are saying goodbye to. dry weather, and also some showery outbreaks of rain before more rain arrives later on and temperature wise, the mild air by then, it will be across as all but not as high as they are going to be tuesday. thank you very much, carol. i find her very informative. i'm prepared for the next few days. excellent, so you should be. breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and mindfulness sessions will be added to the timetables of nearly 400 primary and secondary schools across england, the government has announced. the pilot scheme is intended to boost children's mental health. breakfast‘s tim muffett went to meet pupils at a school which already offers a similar programme. it's going to be about keeping our focus. go! cedar mount academy. maybe this cone is that big goal we've set for ourselves. go! one of 31 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health. we're seeing a decline in young people's emotional well—being
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and we need to address that. it's a really, really urgent problem. tell me how you feel as you stood there waiting. excitement. tension. just pressure. we are using some different activities that help us to bring to life how you might feel when you're under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope with the pressure in that moment. the more and more things that we add to our day the more pressure we feel. i feel like the physical activities almost help in a different kind of way because you don't realise when you're stressed that your body is tense and the problems it can cause, other things. i think in today's society there's a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act. so coming to a quiet session like this, you canjust calm yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep that focus on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessions
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are also available. student mental health ambassadors have been appointed who are there to help fellow pupils. many have experienced problems themselves. last year i had a really difficult time in my life. i struggled from depression. it got to a point where i didn't want to be there anymore, i didn't want to be alive, so this pilot project has given me the ability to know how to control the situation and how to help other people. this pilot project has been independently assessed by the university of manchester and the feedback seems positive. almost 90% of pupils said they'd enjoyed taking part. 96% of teachers said it had been beneficial to their school. we've seen a change where there isn't really a stigma. it isn't classed as being different. it's ok to talk about it and we're all probably going to have moments in our life where that happens.
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today the government announced that more schools in england will take part in projects like this. 370 in total. no magic cure for what can be very complex problems. but for many, a big step forward. tim muffet, bbc news. let's talk now to the education secretary, damian hinds, whojoins us from our westminster studio. thank you so much for coming in. loads i want to talk to about. you are the father of three young children yourself. how concerned are you about the effect of social media has on your own family? yes, i'm concerned, of course, and my kids area bit concerned, of course, and my kids are a bit too young at the moment for that to be a paramount concern, but in general, 2019 is in many ways the best time ever to be young. but there are also different pressures
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on kids and social media is absolutely at the top of that list. all sorts of different ways human beings particularly young people interact with each other. that creates new pressures for young people and it's important we help that to be able to deal with it.” suppose the question which many people will be asking this morning is is it enough? i know the molly russell case has brought this into the public consciousness, but the charity said on that day in the subsequent days, 30 families contacted them saying social media was involved in some way in suicides in their own families. this is a huge problem. it is a huge problem, and molly's tragedy has indeed really highlighted, as you say, and got people talking about some of thoseissues got people talking about some of those issues more broadly. i think we need to come at this from a couple of different angles. first, of course, some of this material is too readily available on the internet, through social media or
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otherwise, and those tech companies have a responsibility to not make it so readily available when people could be in a vulnerable position. but we also need to help young people as they are growing up to be resilient as possible when it comes to using the internet and how they interact with these things and are pa rt interact with these things and are part of this mental—health approach you are just showing on your film is also about how to understand ourselves better and hopefully be able to cope better with the things which come along in life. in terms of dealing with those technology firms, how much pressure can you put on them? i'm sure you're aware of the german model where they give firms 24 hours to sort something out or they find them. yes, my collea g u es or they find them. yes, my colleagues in the department of digital culture and media and sport are preparing a government white paper which will go through all theseissues paper which will go through all these issues around internet harm and what can be done. everyone agrees it would be better if these
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things were done voluntarily by these companies and done in partnership, rather than through legislative means, but there are options to have legislation if that is necessary. i want to get to the bottom of what you want to see done for that it's ok to have these conversations on white papers and what you think might be a future framework, but in terms of stopping young people from falling into these awful traps, young people from falling into these awfultraps, and... young people from falling into these awful traps, and... i want young people from falling into these awfultraps, and... iwant action now. don't misunderstand me. what? it's in the power of these technology social media companies to do things now. in order to safeguard our children. but the world is developing quickly, technology is developing quickly, technology is developing quickly, technology is developing quickly, and how we work our regulatory frameworks, legal frameworks, that has to keep up, but you have to wait for that. as a tech company. to be specific, what do you wa nt company. to be specific, what do you want these firms to do? are you
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talking about highlighting the information which is causing issues and forcing them to take it down straightaway? what are we talking about? yes, i would rather they didn't wait for somebody else to spot it and tell them, i would rather there was ways to stop material going up automatically or be taken down or moved, depending on the type of material we are talking about. make it more difficult for young people to access. as i have said before, these technology companies are genius are doing many things like targeting advertising, facial recognition, being able to profile peoples behaviour on the internet, understand more about them asa internet, understand more about them as a result of that. i want that genius turned also towards being able to work for good, to make sure harmful material for example is not readily available to people who may already be in a very vulnerable phase of their life. you talk about the tech firms being more part of
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this but also education being another party. the sort of exercises our children will be taught in school, are you confident that will make a difference? it is part of it. there's a number of different strands to what we're doing, working with the to put in place, across the country gradually rolling out, support teams to work with schools, making sure there will be a trained mental health lead in each school. also through bringing in mandatory health education, including mental health education, including mental health education, including mental health education, from a young age. children think about how to stay calm, how to deal with the difficult things in life, what makes a healthy relationship and so on. and then these 370 trials that we are starting now in children's mental health, that's part of the picture, as well. it is a broad multifaceted picture. i really appreciate your time this morning. thank you for coming on. i know we talk about it a lot on this programme, teen suicide
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rates doubling in eight years, in the paper today, and in the daily mail they go through six young lives and say how all of those lives, they've all been linked to social media suicides in those families. it really is something which needs addressing, isn't it? if you want details of organisations offering information and support with mental health, they are available. bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time, to hear recorded information on 08000155 998. we will make sure that on our social media, as well. we are on until 9:15am as we are every morning. still to come this morning. we'll taking a look at how this state of the art flight simulator is being used to train the next generation of fighter pilots. i hope it in a pristine state seeing
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as it's brand—new. that did not come out anywhere near what i meant! sometimes, when you've had as much sleep as you have had... i'm very well prepared for this programme. anyway. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. some of you may have enjoyed walking in the snow or playing in it over the weekend, but the thaw is going to start today. we have much milder air pushing in from the south—west at the moment. you can see orange colouring bumping away the cold blue hair. a much milder start to the day and through the week really, mild conditions. there will be some rain in the forecast, but equally some sunny
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spells, and quite windy at times as well. especially this morning across the south—west of the uk. with that, some outbreaks of rain moving into the south—east gradually, remaining quite cloudy in the south—east of england. elsewhere some showers in the north west but plenty of sunshine this afternoon for wales, the midlands, northern england, scotla nd the midlands, northern england, scotland and northern england, after the hill snow and rain clears from the hill snow and rain clears from the far north of scotland. temperatures six to ten. 0vernight we lose the cloud in the south—east and lighter winds overnight. freezing fog patches developing because it will turn quite cold and a widespread frost is expected tonight, with some patchy ice through the course of the night. temperatures generally down to minus one to minus three. tuesday will start off quite chilly but it will bea dry start off quite chilly but it will be a dry and sunny start for many. fog clears away from central and southern areas but quite dense in
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the morning. sunshine continuing across scotland and the eastern side of england, but elsewhere the cloud increases with patchy rain moving across western areas. those temperatures from eight to 11 degrees, possibly up to 12 in the far south—west. as we go into wednesday, this cold front moves its way through, introducing clearer conditions and a bit of sunshine before another weather front moves into the north and the west. through this week, the thaw will start. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. as the crisis in venezuela deepens, we look at the prospects for the country's economy and the people living there. live from london, that's our top story on monday 4th february. 0nce latin america's richest
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