good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines at 63m: the prime minister travels to northern ireland to try find a way to deliver brexit and avoid a hard border with ireland. good morning for ballynahinch in ballynahinch, where i am at an electronics manufacturer. i'm going to be talking to them about what they are hoping to hear the prime minister when she visits the area and what they want from brexit. more than 600 people a day said to be leaving theirjob because of the demands of being a carerfor a sick or elderly relative. ministers warn that harmful online images are so widespread they've become "normalised", and threaten action against social media firms failing to protect users. the hammers throw a spanner in liverpool's title charge. west ham hold the league leaders to a draw. liverpool are now just three points clear at the top. good morning, it is a cold and

frosty start for most of us. there is also some dense but patchy fog across north—eastern southern england that it will be sunshine to start with, for rain coming in from the west spreads across most of the uk. i will have more in 15 minutes. hello and good morning to you. it's tuesday the 5th of february. our top story: theresa may will go to northern ireland today, to try and reassure people that she'll find a way to deliver brexit that honours her commitment to avoid a hard border with the irish republic. as you've just seen, steph's there for us today talking to businesses and we'll hear from her in a moment, but first, let's go to our political correspondent nick eardley in westminster. so good morning to you, what exactly is the prime minister hoping to get done today? well, she is going to talk about the most elusive part of the brexit deal so far, how to find a solution to the irish border question that can get past mps and past europe. she would meet today that it has been concerning time for

people in northern ireland. we often speak about the politics that she will say on a personal level, she understands that for some people, it has not been easy. she will pledge to find something that avoids a hard border in northern ireland, in ireland after brexit, and also say that she wants something that can command broad support across the community, art, and it is a huge bat, we still do not know what that will be. just over 50 days to go after brexit and mps here are still trying to figure that out, the pms setu ps trying to figure that out, the pms setups and working groups to try and explore the issue. —— but. they met for the first time yesterday, they are still going to meet to discuss the issues. thank you. we will speak to later on. we can talk now to steph, who's in ballynahinch, in northern ireland. steph, how are businesses there reacting? what are their main morning. good

morning, morning everyone. the prime minister has got a lot of explaining to do actually to the businesses in northern ireland because they went out on a limb to back the backstop and now will watch is effectively saying is maybe we do not need the backstop, and that is one issue which is crucialfor a company like this one. this is an electronics manufacturer, they work with lots of companies across the region and for them, they are really worried about what is going to happen. like the rest of the businesses across the rest of the businesses across the rest of the united kingdom as well, they are worried about this uncertainty and what it is going to create and is notjust about the backstop year, it is also skills as well. so for example, here they employ about 140 people and around 40 of those come from eastern europe, so they are saying yes, we are growing talent here but we just do not have enough. they are worried about having the right skills, the right people here to do the jobs that they need because it is an industry that is growing. i'm going

to be chatting to the owner of this plant and also to some of the other tech companies who were key with the manufacturer to find out what their thoughts are. be very interesting to hear all that. thank you very much, see you later. thank you. —— it will be. more than 600 people are giving up work across britain every day to take on the role of caring for a sick or elderly relative, according to a study by a charity. carers uk says figures also suggest a further 5 million are juggling a carer's role with theirjob. they're calling for employers to offer more flexibility to those affected. ben ando has more. looking after an elderly or sick relative is tough when you're also working and in the last two years, thousands of people have quit their jobs to become carers. that, says campaigning group carers uk, is a problem for them and for the economy. the figures are striking. every day, more than 600 people stop working to become carers. a further 5 million carers are also holding down a job. 0verall since 2011, the

number of people caring for someone else has gone up by 5.5 million. carers uk says employers in turn now need to become more caring, by allowing carers flexibility over working hours and leave, especially as up toa working hours and leave, especially as up to a quarter will suffer from depression or stress in need treatment themselves. the government agrees. it says carers make an invaluable contribution to society and this must not come at the expense of their own health and well—being. exactly what this means is not yet clear. 0ne exactly what this means is not yet clear. one suggestion is that companies could provide up to ten days a year of paid leave for workers trying to balance the needs of those who pay them with the needs of those who pay them with the needs of those who pay them with the needs of those they love. ben ando, bbc news. seven people have died, almost 30 others have been injured in a fire in an eight storey apartment block in paris. more than 200 firefighters

are still working to bring the blaze in an apartment block in the south—west of the city under control. the cause of the fire is not yet known. a group of latin american countries, along with canada, have urged the venezuelan military to support the opposition leader juan guiado as interim president. the 14 nation lima group called for a peaceful change of government and said president nicolas maduro's administration should lose access to venezuela's international assets. the suicide prevention minister says social media firms must face up to their responsibilities or face new laws which prevent young people from viewing images which glorify self harm. jackie doyle price will make a speech later saying that the practice has now become so common that that it poses a similar threat to children online as grooming. do

let us know your thoughts on what you think might help, what can be done because we will be talking to her in about an hour him —— here on brea kfast. a mother who has lived in the uk for more than 30 years has been denied the right to work and access to free healthcare, after she was wrongly turned away from the windrush scheme for not being from a commonwealth country. the woman, who was born in the us, came to the uk as a toddler and grew up in foster care, but lost most of her documentation. home office guidelines say anyone who settled in the uk before the end of december 1988 can apply to the scheme for help. rianna croxford reports. this is willow sims and her two children. she's lived in the uk for more than 35 years and has been working as a teaching assistant, but during a routine background check last april, her employers said she didn't have enough evidence of her right to live in the uk. the life i know started in the uk, all of my memories are from the uk. and with the bills piling up, she called the windrush helpline. they told me that i wasn't

eligible for any help under the windrush scheme because i didn't qualify. in december, ms sims wrote to the home secretary sajid javid, pleading for help. her family are using food banks and she's been facing eviction and deportation. i can't eat, i can't sleep, everything i have now is gone. we are going to lose our house, and i can't do it anymore. i cannot do this anymore. and the senior lawyer who is setting up the compensation scheme for those affected by the windrush scandal says the home office needs to do more. clarification‘s the word. and anybody who feels that because of changes in policy they have had life difficulties around employment, housing, accessing services, needs to think of themselves as potentially qualifying for compensation, and that's the message that the home office need to send loud and clear. after the bbc approached the home office, they confirmed ms sims is eligible for help

and are supporting her application. rianna croxford, bbc news. —— but it is still not known why she was turned away and how many others like her were given the wrong advice. rianna croxford, bbc news. the amount of money which councils in england get from central government will be voted on in parliament today. the lump sum is going down by £1 billion, but ministers say councils's "core spending power" will increase as they keep more of the money they raise through taxes. jessica parker reports. buses, children's centres, libraries, lollipop men and women, some of the services that local councils cut across england as their funding has fallen. and again this year, the lump sum that comes from government goes down by around £1 billion, but ministers say councils will have more money to spend overall. there is some 1—off cash

for social care, higher council tax takings, and a push to see some areas keep more of the money they raised their business rate. we set out the conservative conference last year that austerity is now coming to an end because of some of those really tough calls for councils and had to make, and i think we should look more positively towards the new spending review. that government spending review. that government spending review, starting later this year, could see the rules around council cash funding be written. ministers hinted providing a longer term plan, that could put council finances on a more stable long—term footing, but the local council associations and certainty is needed now, claiming count are being pushed to the brink. jessica parker, bbc news. a german museum displaying the artwork by banksy that famously began destroying itself at auction has deactivated the paintings shredding device. very good idea. do you remember

this? the "love is in the bin" canvas started to self—destruct as it sold for more than £1 million back in october. the museum in south—west germany said it wanted to make sure the rest of the artwork couldn't be destroyed. you remember there was a rumour that ba nksy you remember there was a rumour that banksy was in the room, whoever that person was? and he set off the shredder. there were loads of rumours. i know, i have read them online. it was a really clever thing to do, without question. you spend an absolute fortune. now and is famous. good morning to you. sally was sitting on the sofa yesterday telling us about manchester city winning and saying a huge night for liverpool... winning and saying a huge night for liverpool. . . they winning and saying a huge night for liverpool... they have shredded their season already. i'm joking, just being silly. still top, potentially not for very much longer. the next couple of months and the premier league are going to

be properly exciting. great for totte n ha m be properly exciting. great for tottenha m fa ns. be properly exciting. great for tottenham fans. great for tottenham fans. it looks like we have a title race on our hands in the premier league. liverpool went ahead against the hammers. michael antonio equalised for the hammers. liverpool remain three points in front but manchester city could go top on wednesday night. we're going to get a repeat of last year's final in the fifth round of the women's fa cup. holders chelsea take on the 14 time winners of the competition, arsenal. is english rugby going to drop the drop? premiership clubs are meeting today to discuss whether to end relegation from their league. and bray calls it a day. one of great britain's 0lympic hockey heroes, sophie bray, is going to retire from international sport. great pictures of jose great pictures ofjose mourinho coming up in the paper review, do not miss it. is at ice hockey related? yeah medias. have you seen them? no. sheuey

shelley took the calabar the weather this morning? it is frosty out there, good morning. yes, indeed. it is frosty and it is also a cold one. parts of the country, the south, also southern wales with a bit of cloud, temperatures are that little bit higher. still, if you are standing bya higher. still, if you are standing by a bus stop all morning, you will not necessarily feel that. parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and southern counties, fog or clear, but you could run into patchy fog or mist and cloud in other parts of the uk too. if you are heading out, there that widespread frost in mind. a rigid high—pressure cost us as we have gone through the night, a recipe for fog and foster we have got this weather front coming our way. it is a warm front and is going to bring in thick cloud and some patchy light green and drizzle, before that maintenance heavier and more persistent. there will be some sunshine, but you can see the

progress. “— sunshine, but you can see the progress. —— all this cloud and rain is making as we go through the day. that is indicated by the by the colours you can see in the charts. this is well and temperature wise, roughly around average for some and above the others. you can see the milder conditions coming in across the west and the south—west at 11 or 12. the best of the sunshine will be across the north—east of scotland and the northern isles but here, it temperatures of 6—9. 0vernight, eventually the rain moves north eastwards a cross eventually the rain moves north eastwards across scotland, it moves eastwards across scotland, it moves eastwards a cross eastwards across scotland, it moves eastwards across england and behind it, what you will find is clear skies. 0nce it, what you will find is clear skies. once again, some patchy mist and fog forming and we will have a plethora of showers coming in across western scotland and northern ireland. some of those will be wintry, particularly so on the hills. for the morning then, we still have the dregs of the weather front across the south reducing rain that this is what we call waiting fund, so it is going to wave back

towards us and producing heavy rain into the channel islands and also the far south—eastern corner. it might edge a little bit further north but this is what we think at the moment. showers on the hills of northern scotland and northern ireland, in between we have got this slice of sunshine in temperatures to about eight or nine. here is our front that is waving during wednesday and thursday, before it clears away, only to be replaced by another one. the isoba rs clears away, only to be replaced by another one. the isobars this time that bit closer, so noticeable wind on thursday. as our front moves from west to east, our inclusion, it will ta ke west to east, our inclusion, it will take with it some rain and hill snow, snow on the heels of scotland and also of northern england, and still a few showers. temperatures by then, we are looking at temperatures in the south with highs of 69 as we pushed down towards the south. thank you very much, carol. we are having a look at the papers, quite a

lot to talk about, which is amusing us. are talking about snakeskin today. it is chinese new year, and you are? i am a snake. there you go. say that again. i am a snake. we will explain what that means. pig, you pig? a metal pig. what eu? amen earth monkey, very naughty apparently. —— lam. we were talking about double snakeskin yesterday. you not wearing it in my honour? that is what ijust said, did you not listen me? let's take a look at today's papers. the daily telegraph says business secretary greg clark is "under fire" after a leaked letter from 2016 made public an £80 million "sweetener" offered to nissan bosses in return for building two new models at its sunderland plant. the guardian also leads on the letter to nissan, as well as the news that a body has been seen in the underwater wreckage

of the plane that was carrying footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. the daily mail says internet giants will be forced by law to sign a code of conduct protecting young and vulnerable users, in the wake of a spate of suicides. you can see liam neeson on the front cover and that is a story in many of the front pages. the daily mirror reports that 600 people a day are quitting work to care for elderly or sick relatives. and one man who features on most of the front pages is the actor liam neeson, who gave an interview to a newspaper in which he described wanting to kill a black person in revenge for the rape of a friend by a black man. and there is a lot of discussion about that in the papers about what he said and why he said it. yes and we will speak with colin patterson about that later on. let us know what you think about that and anything else. what have you got on the insights? i love donald mcrae interview in the guardian and he has a cracking one with lisa fallon, the

only female coach in men's professional football in ireland, and it is one of those situations where he has had a great time chatting to her, and her answers about what it's like to work in that position are fantastic. she says very often, she has been working for years and years, and he made the point that if she was a man her cv at international level would have meant she would have a hugely high—profile coaching job and the fa ct high—profile coaching job and the fact she is a woman is the only thing that has stopped her. she talked about how the players are fine, they don't bat an eyelid in the dressing room, it is the other managers who are surprised by her. she says if i had a euro for every timel she says if i had a euro for every time i was asked if i was a physio i would be rich. and another manager said you must be the travel agent. because they assume that... no—one assumes that she is the coach. that drives are on. yes, absolutely. --

drives are on. yes, absolutely. -- drives her on. official, money can't buy happiness. happiness and household wealth, people are getting richer but not much happier. 36% wealthier, only 3% happier. richer but not much happier. 36% wealthier, only 396 happier. and the other one? the other one we were talking about. i don't know why you we re talking about. i don't know why you were concerned about this, when it comes to brains, women's brain will be sharperfor longer. comes to brains, women's brain will be sharper for longer. scans of men and women's brains found, based on the use of glucose, which can affect performance, and women can do much better. i have another survey here, if you are single, about single men, you smell more, and they discovered this by getting 91 men to work up a sweat in a t—shirt and then at the exact point they finished they cut out the armpits from those t—shirts and they got 82 women to smell them

and they got 82 women to smell them and rate the smell. there are women all over the and rate the smell. there are women all overthe land... and rate the smell. there are women all over the land... the single men's armpits were the whiffy 3.5 out of six, of those who were attached were less pungent. they we re attached were less pungent. they were wearing more deodorant? various reasons for it. one could be evolutionary levels of testosterone. the other one is it might not be that being single gives you a stronger odour, a stronger odour could ensure that you are single in the first place. we were having this discussion in our office and we think it is the other way around. when you are attached, you take less care, use less deodorant and don't mind a bit of whiff. really? i don't know. is that something you are doing? shall we talk about jose mourinho? go on, then. we are not enjoying this, but in the times today, jose mourinho, who was

starting an ice hockey match in russia, he dropped the puck, turned around and unfortunately he had a little bit of a slip. that could really hurt. he was fine, helped onto his feet. he turned around and the carpet when from underneath him. we have all had that happen, haven't we? yes. talking about chinese new year, snake, monkey and pig. we? yes. talking about chinese new year, snake, monkey and pigm we? yes. talking about chinese new year, snake, monkey and pig. it is your year. will you have a lovely year? apparently, yes. shall we look at the characteristics? look at that, i am at the characteristics? look at that, iam insightful, quick minded. did you write that? no, i left some out, brilliant and humourous! laughter. here you are, louise, down—to—earth, earnest and frugal. that is not true! what isn't true?

frugal! diligent, compassionate and generous. the most flattering version i have seen. i would like to see courageous. when i was reading about pig, they were not kind. when we go to the weather with carol, we will reveal carol's thing. do we know what it is? we know. if you think about it, it is quite obvious. thank you. many of us will have suffered with cold hands and feet recently, especially if you were outside during the cold snap last week. but if your fingers and toes changed colour and caused you pain, you may be one of the estimated ten million people in the uk who suffer from raynaud's syndrome. brea kfast‘s graham satchell looks at how the condition iam one i am one of those people. my hands will suddenly, if i get something out of the freezer, go completely white and numb. sometimes it happens in the supermarket. yes, and it is annoying and painful. brea kfast‘s graham satchell looks

at how the condition is diagnosed and treated. my my hands went black. i was really worried. i was concerned. my hands we re worried. i was concerned. my hands were changing, in front of me and i didn't know what on earth was going on. it wasn't normal. i was really, really worried. in cold weather, lu cy‘s really worried. in cold weather, lucy's fingers will go white, blue then read, she has a severe form of raynaud's syndrome. it feels really, really painful. your hands go numb. then, when the blood starts coming back into your hands, the tingling, excruciating, electric shock feeling, like pins and needles all over. then it is agony at some point. i can't do the things most people take for granted, going to the fridge, trying to make a sandwich, nipping out to the shops, going for a walk, picking your children up from school. i struggle with all those everyday tasks. let's

see what we have here. at chapel in leeds, doctor delgado is performing a video plus costs pescoscapy to spot the signs of raynaud's syndrome. it particularly affects people with cold weather. fingers and toes can turn white and then blew before slowly returning to normal. it is very common and it is also seasonal. and people don't report it all the time. so, in the uk, there would be between two and 10 million people with this condition. so do they ever turn white westerly yes, they go white and purple. in most cases, the illness isn't serious and can be managed. some, like chelsea, need

more intensive treatment. this is an infusion i have every four weeks. it opens up all of my blood vessels, the supply and the blood to my fingers. i used to feel cold always. now it is mainlyjust peripherally. soi now it is mainlyjust peripherally. so i feel warm. even in now it is mainlyjust peripherally. so i feelwarm. even in mild weather, lucy will the gloves to go out. she wants more understanding, more acceptance of her condition. people are fascinated by it. they often say, what's wrong with your hands? why are they black, why are they a different colour? and a lot of people willjust give you funny looks rather than asking questions. it is difficult and i do find it ha rd it is difficult and i do find it hard and it does upset me. doctors and charities are now urging people to go to their gp if they have symptoms and not to suffer in silence. i have a lot of discussion about this on twitter last week and people had ideas about what kind of gloves work. i haven't found anything that

makes any difference. your hands are freezing. they are not white right now but they are cold. freezing. they are not white right now but they are coldlj freezing. they are not white right now but they are cold. i feel ignorant, but i do feel educated now. if anyone has any ideas about how to make it better, feel free to tell me. i would be delighted. let us tell me. i would be delighted. let us know what you think about that and anything else we are covering. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: steph has crossed the irish sea and is in northern ireland continuing her tour of the uk looking at how businesses are preparing for brexit. morning, steph. good morning. yes, iam in county down this morning at nitronica, the quys down this morning at nitronica, the guys hard at work putting circuit boards together. they work with tech companies, 50 or 60 different companies, 50 or 60 different companies, making hardware for their products. everything from health tracking things for dogs to intelligent bike lines. so this business is one that is booming at

the moment. the tech industry has seen real growth, three times faster than other parts of the economy at the moment. so across the uk it is an area where we are doing well. but they are worried about what will happen with brexit, in particular it is about skills, the right people here to do the jobs they need. so for example, here they employ 140 people and around 40 of them are from eastern europe, so they say, yes, we are growing talent, we are trying to do that, but we need other people to do these jobs and that is what they are worried about. what will happen when we leave the eu. so i will talk to them here. i will give you a tour to see what's going on. first, the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. london's councils are nearing the end of austerity, the minister in charge of local government has promised. james brokenshire says £145 million going into budgets this year will ease problems, along with extra money for the care of vulnerable elderly and children.

london councils — the body representing the capital's authorities — says they need at least £400 million more. the minister says there's enough to ensure decent services. this year's settlement clearly provides a real terms increase in london, across the rest of the country in terms of core spent for councils to be able to apply for local services. but i know that there had been some pretty tough calls that people have had to make over the last couple of years. and equally there are still pressures that are there on things like social care. adult social care, children's social care. footage has been released of a suspect thought to have splashed white paint over five memorials and statues in central london. cctv clips show the man carrying a plastic bag, dressed in a cap and dark paint—stained clothing, on sunday 20th january. damage to the bomber command memorial in london's green park that evening caused

widespread public anger. plans for the uk's largest new train station in over a century have been unveiled. due to open in 2026, the old 0ak common super—hub will connect hs2 and the elizabeth line, to heathrow and central london. the group behind hs2 say the station will lead to 25,000 new homes in the area, but local mp andy slaughter isn't convinced. work on site is ramping up, with more than 100 currently working across 0ld 0ak common, clearing the site for the start of station construction. this will continue to rise to peak levels over 1,500 during main construction. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. on to the roads, hampstead road is closed from the euston road to william road following a stabbing. and drummond street is also closed. and colindale avenue is closed outside the tube station following an earlier police incident. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is not an

especially cold start for many of us this morning. what we have, however, isa this morning. what we have, however, is a mist and fog. so some visibility issues first thing. and then once it leaves its going to be largely cloudy. now the mist and fog may take its time to lift this morning. when it does let it is going to be lifting into low cloud. we could see a little bit of light, patchy rain, a little bit of drizzle here and there but in the most part it is cloudy and predominantly dry. temperatures still managing to get up temperatures still managing to get up to around 10 celsius however. now overnight we will have a dry start by then gradually more rain arriving, light and patchy but then some heavier bursts coming in. temperatures not going to below 25 below to date's maximum. another mild start tomorrow morning. again we are going to see rain coming in from the south—east through the courts of wednesday. we are hanging this mild air, though. so temperatures for much of this week saying in double figures. however it does mean it's going to be rather u nsettled, does mean it's going to be rather unsettled, turning wet and windy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. you are hello to you. this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. also on the programme: it is one of the most common health complaints in the uk but many people have never heard of raynaud's. we're finding out what it is and how it's treated after 7:30am. # there are so many reasons to stay alive. the author matt haig and the ex—razorlight drummer andy burrows have blended their talents to create an album reflecting on their mental health experiences. they met via a tweet. speak to the —— they'll be here later.

sir don mccullin's pictures of the vietnam war defined conflict for a generation, but a new exhibition of the photojournalist‘s work also looks at his hard—hitting images of britain. we'll take a tour. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. to the island to reassure people that you will find a way to deliver brexit while avoiding the hard border with the irish republic. meanwhile, members from both the live and remain campaigner groups will meet today it to discuss the backstop, which dup leader arlene foster has called toxic. eu leaders have continued to rule out withdrawing the backstop. more than 600 people give up work every day across the uk to take on the role of caring for a sick or elderly relative, according to new research. the study by carers uk says a further 5 million are juggling a carer's role whilst

continuing to do theirjob. the charity is calling for employers to offer more flexibility to those affected. seven people have died, almost 30 others have been injured in a fire in an eight storey apartment block in paris. more than 200 firefighters are still working to bring the blaze in an apartment block in the south west of the city under control. the cause of the fire is not yet known. the amount of money which councils in england get from central government will be voted on in parliament today. the lump sum is going down by £1 billion, but ministers are saying that councils's "core spending power" will increase as they get to keep more of the cash they raise in taxes. the government has also released an extra £650 million for social care. the suicide prevention minister says social media firms must "step up to their responsibilities" or face new laws to prevent them from allowing young people to view images which glorify self—harm. jackie doyle—price will make a speech later saying that the problem has become so normalised, that it poses a similar danger to children as online grooming. her comments follow a campaign by the family of molly russell, who took her own life at the age of 14 after viewing self—harm images on instagram.

we'll be talking to jackie doyle—price in about an hour. we would love to hear from you what you think might or might not help. a group of latin american countries, along with canada, have urged the venezuelan military to support the opposition leader juan guaido as interim president. the 14 nation lima group called for a peaceful change of government and said that president nicolas maduro's administration should lose access to venezuela's international assets. talks are due to get underway in russia between the taliban and prominent afghan opposition leaders. last month, the united states said significant progress had been made during talks with the taliban, which aimed to end the 17—year war in afghanistan. government officials from kabul, who won't be in attendance, have described the meeting as counter—productive. a billionaire philanthropist has made the largest ever single gift to a university in the uk by donating £100 million to cambridge. david harding, who made his

money managing hedge funds, says the gift is to help cambridge attract the "world's outstanding students." the donation follows an £85 million donation by the dolby family last year, and also significant donations from lord sainsbury of turville. that is a whole lot of money, that. it is, isn't it? i think they are talking in the papers about shaming people who have lots of money into the meeting a lot of it as well. yes, it is interesting. i will try to find out the detail of how that money is being divided up as well. 6:35 a.m., carol has got the weather for its very shortly that the chinese pig is here for us, good morning. metal pig. the average

ones. or about two thirds of a neymar. what are you? snake. pigs are not so good apparently, but it is the year of the pig. rubbish. is it going to be liverpool's year or maybe tottenham's? looks like we haveif maybe tottenham's? looks like we have if you exciting games ahead in the premier league. —— it looks like we have a few exciting games ahead. leaders liverpool were held to a draw at west ham yesterday so they're now only three points clear at the top. patrick gearey looks at where we are in the title race after last night's result. liverpool finding that it is lonely at the top. just as well they have an attack capable of evading. in the buildup, james milner had also avoided the offside flag. you can't blink in the premier league. 0ut avoided the offside flag. you can't blink in the premier league. out of the corners of liverpool's eyes, michail antonio was escaping, stable

door open, horse bolted. declan rice might have made more of hospitality. west ham have more choices but not as good as the one which fell to liverpool's divock 0rigi in the final seconds. the boss says his tea m final seconds. the boss says his team are not scared of heights. probably all the reports are already written about the game and without my saying, it is clear. but we have two show that we deal with that. it was, did not see whatever, you could ask in the next you questions about pressure or stuff like that, we just didn't enjoy the game enough. enjoyment is difficult and so little space. liverpool are only three ahead of manchester city and five ahead of manchester city and five ahead of manchester city and five ahead of tottenham. the team defying injuries and theories to stay in the title race. they must still go away to the top two, games that could be key. manchester city no this road, they accelerated clear this time

last year. on wednesday, they play everton. wind and until saturday at least, they will be top and things that different up there. we got very tense after the game as well with a post—match interviews. two of the biggest teams in women's football will face each other in the fifth round of the women's fa cup. holders chelsea were paired with the 14 time winners arsenal, who they beat in the final last year. elsewhere, tottenham face women's super league leaders, manchester city. today is a big day for the future of english rugby union. the bosses of all the leading clubs are meeting to discuss whether to get rid of promotion and relegation from the top division, the premiership. currently, one team a year drops out of the league to be replaced by a club from the second tier championship. supporters say that makes english club rugby competitive, but some want to shake things up. have a three—year window, take relegation and promotion out of the equation, and after that three—year window, the cloud should play off the bottom team in the premiership

to get in there. close the premier league for a few years, it allows us to develop english players, more english players, and that has got to be called the game. there's been a lot of talk about the england cricket team in the past few days. after losing the second test to west indies inside three days, some are worried about their progress, with the ashes against australia coming up this summer. mark wood was inside the dressing room as it all fell apart in antigua and we asked him what it was like. it was a quiet sort of stunt dressing room i would say after the match. 0bviously, dressing room i would say after the match. obviously, i rememberwaking up match. obviously, i rememberwaking up as 12th man and thinking this game could be over. i did not see that coming that they. —— walking out. after a bit of reflection, i think we are trying to put things right for the next game. matti nykanen, thought by many to be the greatest ski jumper of all time, has died at the age of 55. he was nicknamed "the flying finn". he won four olympic gold medals,

three of them at the 1988 winter games in calgary. really, really famous in his sport. now, when some sports people tell you they are doing well or in a really good game, hopes they will tell you they are walking on air. —— perhaps. in the wind games, they really mean it. it's the annual tournament for indoor skydiving. no. yes, what more could you want from a sports bulletin than that? 14—year—old kayleigh wittenberg is pretty good at it. that is her with her brother. just watch them for a second, watch.|j have never seen that. what an incredibly exciting sport.|j have never seen that. what an incredibly exciting sport. i did have a go one. did you? a did a few weeks on bbc radio and who wanted to

do something to ponder team together, and i can tell you it is so difficult. a tiny little movement of your handle any part of your body and you're all over the shop. of your handle any part of your body and you're all over the shopm of your handle any part of your body and you're all over the shop. it is like gymnastics in the sky. and you're all over the shop. it is like gymnastics in the skylj and you're all over the shop. it is like gymnastics in the sky. i have still got a bad back. they tell you to do lighten up turned banana. right, 0k. to do lighten up turned banana. right, ok. which sounds pretty easy but is a lot harder than it looks because literally, if you change your fingers... because literally, if you change your fingers. .. we do not need team bonding in that way, we are bonded enough already. let's have a pie and a cake instead. indeed. excellent, well done everyone. opening up some of britain's old railway lines and building new ones could be the way to connect some of britain's most deprived communities. a report from passenger group, the campaign for better transport, has called on the government to invest nearly £5 billion, which would mean half a million more

people would be within walking distance of a train station. bridget fox from the campaign for better transportjoins us now from our london studio. thank you forjoining us. i think it would be handy if you took is back to the 1960s because a lot of this addresses cuts in that period, and sure a lot of people are not aware of exactly what they are so could you fill us in on those. that is right, britain traditionally had one of the best and most competitive rail networks in the world that back in the 50s and 60s, they were changing patterns of where people lived and also rising cost of the railway and in the 1960s, he reforms soa railway and in the 1960s, he reforms so a lot of those smaller railway lines and stations, including some quite substantial communities, cut completely. so 50 years ago, huge cuts to the rail network in many parts of the country still have the re m na nts of parts of the country still have the remnants of those, there are still railway lines and old station is across the country but the services are no longer there and what we are calling for is a reversal of some of

those cuts. we identify the priority locations where we feel targeted investment by the government could deliver huge economic and social dividends by putting those committees back on the map. dividends by putting those committees back on the mapm dividends by putting those committees back on the map. it is an example then. i imagine you would use the words cut off, are areas that could be revitalised by either be laying new track or reopening stuff that has been decommissioned. 0ne stuff that has been decommissioned. one example is the town of wisbech in cambridgeshire. it is a town of reasonable size and it lost all of its stations during the beeching in reforms. reconnecting it to the railway line, the track bed is still available there for use, it would give all the people in wisbech access to the rail lines in cambridgeshire. we think it is a prime candidate for having a railway

station so that people bear can get the benefit of commuting by rail, which other communities and a similar size take for granted. you are talking about £5 billion, aren't you? saying are talking about £5 billion, aren't you ? saying the 10th are talking about £5 billion, aren't you? saying the 10th that investment that the government is ready making can make huge difference. your figures, where they come from? it was that easy, surely they would be doing it. well, we certainly think it is very sensible and value for money investment. we've been doing research for some years into the potential for rally openings and this report is the result of that. he looked at the legal framework necessary and now we have apply these principles to identify the priority locations where this kind of investment is really possible because the sites have been detected and where it would deliver good value for money, and some of these sites do not require any laying at all. there are existing freight lines, we simply adding passenger

services could make a huge difference. for example, the coastal towns of south—east northumberland are within hailing distance of newcastle but they do not have a passenger rail service to get them there. cani can i ask you before we move on, one thing people get very annoyed about, and have made understandable complaints to us and the rail networks as well, around the timetable changes and the existing system's issues, surely they should be sorted out before expanding the system, making the current system we re system, making the current system were proper? that's right, we were talking about the rail welfare prices, something we champion here in and yearout, prices, something we champion here in and year out, adding capacity to the railway at some of the pinch points would also make the service more resilient and safe for everyone because it would provide additional lines so that if there are problems with signalling or timetable clashes there is more options to provide a better service. and as you have said it isa better service. and as you have said it is a drop in the ocean. it is

already spent on the existing and motorway networks and it is only right that this should be on the rail network as well. bridget fox, thank you. let us know what you think about those changes as well. whenever we talk about round networks, there are probably people this morning frustrated about journeys they have had this week which have been troublesome, just commuting generally, it can leave you quite stressed out. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is really cold in some parts, and foggy. good morning, it is a frosty and foggy start to the day. this morning we have some clear skies and that allowed temperatures with a light breeze to fall, so widespread frost and also some fog, dense fog, especially across parts of north—east england and also southern england, but you could run into fog across the midlands, wales and southern scotland as well, so take extra ca re. southern scotland as well, so take extra care. we've also got rain

coming in from the west. you can see the green hues on the charts, that's where the temperature isn't as low. that's where we have the cloud already and we will see some patchy light rain drizzle coming out of that before we see more persistent rain later. and that's courtesy of this weather front, it's a warm front. i did you'll notice the temperature will be higher than it has been of late, it's going to be a breezy day but it's also going to be a damp one. we start off on a bright note for many parts away from the fog, which will be slow to lift in places, and as the warm front comes in it will introduce cloud and drizzle and then the rain will be heavy and more persistent for wales, north—west england, northern ireland and south—western parts of scotland through the day. a breezy day in prospect, the brighter skies will be across the north—east but here where there is no heatwave we are looking at temperatures sixes and sevens whereas behind the weather front we will still be in mild conditions at ten or indeed 11. through the evening and overnight the rain continues to push north—east was

across scotland, south eastwards across scotland, south eastwards across england, leaving clear skies behind. 0nce across england, leaving clear skies behind. once again tonight there is the risk of some frost, more especially across northern ireland and also western scotland. here there will be some showers which will be wintry for example across the north—west of scotland. the other thing to watch out for with the lowest temperatures is ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow we start off with the dregs of the weather front in the south—east, still producing cloud and rain, but through the day that the weather front that will pep up, so you can see some persistent rain across the channel islands, moving in across the south—east of england, this might drift into the east midlands as well through the day. then in the north of the country we still have all of those showers, still wintry on the hills, but in between we have a slice of dry weather with some sunshine and hires tomorrow up to 12, but we are still looking at six and seven in the far north of the country. this is the front producing the rain on wednesday and you can

see some snow on the chart here. the snow we expect to be on the snow of scotland, across the pennines for example and it will move off into the north sea. behind it a fair bit of sunshine, and lot of dry weather, it will be a windy day on thursday and we will see a lot of showers coming into the west, again wintry on the tops of the hills. so as we head towards the end of the week we've got another active area of low pressure coming our way bringing rain but look at the isobars as well. it is going to be windy. windy enough for gales with exposure in the west possibly across the english channel coastline as well. spells of rain but it is still going to feel mild. thank you very much, thank you. we have been doing chinese new year, and what is your animal? i am a snake, louise is an earth monkey andi a snake, louise is an earth monkey and i don't know if you know this but you are in fact a tiger.|j

and i don't know if you know this but you are in fact a tiger. i am, yes. you are cool, heartless and stingy, apparently. so true! it is not true! he is making things up. you are kind, benevolent and imaginative. there is the real carol. do not listen to him! i don't know, i think dan is closer to the truth. laughter. never, never! you know i think carol is lovely. how do you see yourself? are you hard—working, enthusiastic? if so, you could be — a pig! not you, that wasn't an insult, by the way! i am a monkey, ok? today marks the start of the chinese new year. and according to their zodiac calendar, 2019 is officially the year of the pig. in a moment, we'll tell you how you can find out your own sign. but first, let's take a look at the history behind the celebration. so, a long time ago there was a

monster. every year he would come to the village, if the livestock, destroy all the crops. he wouldn't be seen until the next year of chinese new year. there was an old man one year, he scared the monster away. the monster was scared of three things, the colour red, and fire. my favourite thing about chinese new year is we get red notes with money inside it.|j chinese new year is we get red notes with money inside it. i would like £1 million. i really don't care. i wa nt £1 million. i really don't care. i want to spend all of my money on candy! laughter. different foods in chinese new year mean different things. for example, at tangerine means good luck. these pastries represent gold and fortune because they are both from the ground. this isa they are both from the ground. this is a watermelon seed, representing long life. my favourite thing about

chinese new year is playing games with my friends. happy chinese new year! hgppy happy new year in deed. you can find out your chinese zodiac sign online. visit the bbc newsround website and click on the quizzes section. you will find it all there. very easy, just putting your birth date and you are off. yes, go for it. over the past few weeks we've been on the road finding out how businesses are preparing for brexit. we've been to manchester, blyth, annan, greenwhich and now steph is at a factory in northern ireland this morning, looking at how technology firms will cope. good morning, steph. good morning. iwas good morning. i was looking for you. hello. good morning. yes, iam in cou nty hello. good morning. yes, iam in county down this morning, where these guys are hard at work, i am in an electronics manufacturer. it is fascinating. all of the technology we use and take from rented, some of it these guys are making it so you can see here something being tested

to check it is functioning properly. and what it will create is this a bike light. there are around 140 people who work here. it is a busy operation. they are doing to manufacturing. they work with tech companies to develop software, hardware and then get the ideas out to market. this bike light was created by the husband and wife we have here, and fillip. tell me what is special about this. —— irene and philip. behind us we have luke, this bike light has sensor technology, we can profile what he is doing in the environment around him so it can react by flashing brighter and faster. not only that, but also... you can see the brake light function. what is happening is the data that is allowing the lighter flash can be sent up into the cloud. this can be used by cities to

aggregate the data and understand the movement patterns of the cyclists and the challenges they face. we are working with cities around the world to use that to plant infrastructure and policies to promote cycling. this is a business invention you came up with. why did you set it up in northern ireland? we moved here because we have young children and we wanted the family support. we moved here from singapore. what we discovered after moving here was that there is a fantastic tech scene in northern ireland and there is being a lot of support to help young businesses like ourselves get up and get going. that has been crucial for us. that includes european funding. we didn't know about the european regional development fund available in northern ireland when we moved here but we are delighted to receive grantfunding, equity but we are delighted to receive grant funding, equity investment and more, which has helped to give competitive advantage to compete with the big names in the market. so, tell me, brexit, we will leave the eu, what do you think it will mean for you? well, as such an

innovative tech company one of the biggest issues is access to talent. we recruit people from software engineers, hardware engineers, data scientist, there is a small pool of tale nt scientist, there is a small pool of talent in northern ireland, so free movement of people has been crucial and some of the team had been recruited from europe. that is the number—1 thing for us. the second thing is access to the grant funding, but also we need a stable society here. stability is important. i think the concept of a ha rd important. i think the concept of a hard border be detrimental to the experience of people here. so are you preparing? we are preparing as much as we are. as a small company we can't afford to stockpile nearly as much product and raw components as much product and raw components as we would like. so for us a lot of uncertainty around the border. and the european border in general. that could impact the supplies from around the world. thank you so much for talking to me and thank you for

demonstrating the light. connor, you are plugged in with what's going on here. we were hearing these guys talking about their plans. what is the feeling among the tech industry? northern ireland is one of the fastest—growing creative clusters in the whole of the uk, number one destination forfin the whole of the uk, number one destination for fin tech investments it isa destination for fin tech investments it is a very exciting story to be told about belfast and the teach scene. digital dna is the largest technology conference injune in belfast with over 3000 people taking part. there is a huge start—up scene, fantastic entrepreneurs who are thinking about the future and while brexit is creating massive uncertainty here, you have an industry and a sector that is very resilient and very much about looking to the future. so do you think they are the companies you speak with daily, are they preparing? they are preparing. the big challenge is they don't know what they are preparing for. but what they are preparing for. but what they are doing is they are doing things that are pragmatic,

like talking to people in the supply chain, customers, people who supply of goods and services to them, looking at areas around regulation. so the eu is a massive regulatory hub, so if you have medical devices produced here we want to make sure you are maintaining the eu standards. also as you heard, there isa standards. also as you heard, there is a massive issue around to talent and being able to access the world —class and being able to access the world—class talent. and being able to access the world-class talent. we will chat more about that later. i appreciate your time this morning. first, let's get the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. london's councils are nearing the end of austerity, the minister in charge of local government has promised. james brokenshire says £145 million going into budgets this year will ease problems, along with extra money for the care of vulnerable elderly and children. london councils — the body representing the capital's authorities — says they need at least £400 million more. the minister says there's enough to ensure decent services. this year's settlement clearly

provides a real terms increase in london, across the rest of the country in terms of core spent for councils to be able to apply for local services. but i know that there had been some pretty tough calls that people have had to make over the last couple of years. and equally there are still pressures that are there on things like social care. adults' social care, children's social care. to solve london's housing crisis we could build a city in the suburbs. that's one idea put forward by a london architect. peter barber's100 mile city project suggests building a densely packed town running the circumference of london, connected by a monorail. there is space in suburbia, there is a bit of scrub, unutilised space,

brownfield sites, and this is where we should be building our housing and we should be building it densely unsustainable so that people are not relying on private cars, so they can walk to the shops, they can take their kids to school on foot. and thatis their kids to school on foot. and that is what i think is vision is about. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. 0n the trains, south western railway has 15 minute delays and some cancelations. on to the roads: hampstead road is closed from the euston road to william road following a stabbing. and drummond street is also closed. colindale avenue is closed from the tube station to the a5 following an earlier police incident. good morning. it's not an especially cold start for many of us this morning. what we have, however, is some mist and fog. so, some visibility issues first thing. and then, once it lifts, it's going to be largely cloudy. now, the mist and fog may take its time to lift this morning. when it does lift, its going to be lifting into low cloud.

we could see a little bit of light, patchy rain, a little bit of drizzle here and there, but in the most part it's cloudy and predominantly dry. temperatures still managing to get up to around 10 celsius, however. now, overnight, we'll have a dry start, by then gradually more rain arriving, light and patchy, then some heavier bursts mixed in there as well. temperatures not going to drop too far below today's maximum, between 6—7 celsius, that's the minimum temperature. so another mild start tomorrow morning. again, we're going to see rain coming out from the south—east through the courts of wednesday. we are hanging on to this mild air, though. so temperatures for much of this week staying in double figures. however, it does mean it's going to be rather unsettled, turning wet and windy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. it's just after 7am. our main headlines: the prime minister travels to northern ireland to try and find a way to deliver brexit and avoid a hard border with ireland. good morning for ballynahinch in cou nty good morning for ballynahinch in county down, where this electronics manufacturer is wandering like lots of businesses he what is going to happen next. i am going to be talking to them about what they are hoping to hearfrom talking to them about what they are hoping to hear from the talking to them about what they are hoping to hearfrom the prime minister and how they are going to be preparing for brexit. seven people are dead in a paris apartment building fire. firefighters warn the death toll could rise as the blaze continues. ministers warn that harmful online images are so widespread they've become "normalised", and threaten action against social media firms failing to protect users. the hammers throw a spanner in liverpool's title charge. west ham hold the league leaders to a draw. liverpool are now just three points clear at the top.

good morning. it isa it is a cold and frosty start the for many parts. there's also some dense fog to out for. i will have more in 15 minutes. —— to look out for. it's tuesday the 5th of february. our top story: theresa may will go to northern ireland today, to try to reassure people that she'll find a way to deliver brexit that honours her commitment to avoid a hard border with the irish republic. in a moment, as you saw, we'll be joined by our northern ireland economics editorjohn campbell, but first let's go to our political correspondent nick eardley in westminster. good morning to you once again. explain exactly what is behind the pm's visit today? well, the main message i think will be one of

political reassurance, saying that despite all of the political theatre here and the questions over what to do to avoid hard border, the prime minister understands that this is a deeply uncertain time for many people in northern ireland. she will say she is still committed to avoiding that hard border whatever happens, and that there will be a plan that that she think she can get, that can unite the whole community. the problem is, we have no idea as things stand what the plan is going to be. mps here do not like the current plan, the backstop. we know they have been banging their heads together trying to find alternatives but so far nothing concrete emerging that could end the impasse in parliament, and with the eu. and as we've heard from europe time and time again, they really like to revisit the big, legally binding text that the backstop is m, binding text that the backstop is in, so yes, lots of warm words from the prime minister today, promising that she understands this issue but so far, we are not totally sure how

she is going to solve it. many questions there, thank you very much for that. now let's speak to our northern ireland economics editorjohn campbell. who is, of course, speaking to the business committee all the time, and what kind of thing are they expect things, planning for? well, they are very much going to need that reassurance because i very much going to need that reassurance because i think frankly, the business committee and leaders are going to be feeling a little bit bruised by the prime minister because a member, at a time when the backstop and brexit withdrawal agreement was being attacked from all sides, irish business leaders stood up to the prime minister, they said it was necessary, some of them even said it would bring advantages to northern ireland by doing that comic brought them into direct conflict with the dup, which is the largest political party in northern ireland. i think it was not a brecon lament your position for many business leaders to be in a now they

find themselves in a position of the prime minister saying well, actually, the backstop is not so good, we do not need it any more, we are going to find something else to replace it with. ok, thank you very much. a little later, we will also be speaking to steph, who is also there this morning, to find out exactly how various companies are preparing for brexit. more than 600 people give up work every day across the uk to take on the role of caring for a sick or elderly relative, according to new research. the study by carers uk says a further 5 million are juggling a carer's role whilst continuing to do theirjob. the charity's calling for employers to offer more flexibility to those affected. this vote is in paris said the least eight people have died in a fire in the capital's 16 arondissement. more than 200 firefighters

are still working to bring the blaze in an apartment block in the south west of the city under control. the cause of the fire is not yet known. the fire took place in a residential apartment building in paris early in the morning, leaving some residents have little choice but to scramble onto nearby rooftops in order to escape the flames and smoke. 30 people were helped to safety by fire crews using ladders. those fire crews using ladders. those fire crews remained there still with the blaze continuing to rage on the seventh and eighth floors. it has been described as seen an incredible violence. the pot is a bit more than 25 people have been injured, one of them seriously, and they have warned that the death toll may rise. some surrounding buildings have been evacuated in nearby streets cordoned off as evacuated in nearby streets cordoned offasa evacuated in nearby streets cordoned off as a precaution. the amount of money which councils in england get from central government to spend on things like libraries and social care will be voted on in parliament today. the lump sum is going down by £1 billion, but ministers say councils's "core spending power" will increase as they keep more of the money they raise through taxes. jessica parker reports.

buses, children's centres, libraries, lollipop men and women — some of the services that local councils have cut across england as their funding has fallen. and again this year, the lump sum that comes from government goes down by around £1 billion, but ministers say councils will have more money to spend overall. there's some one off cash for social care, higher council tax takings, and a push to see some areas keep more of the money they raise through business rates. we said at the conservative conference last year that austerity is now coming to an end because of some of those really tough calls that councils have had to make, and i think we should look more positively towards the new spending review. that government spending review, starting later this year, could see the rules around council cash funding rewritten. ministers hint at providing a longer term plan, that could put council finances on a more stable long—term footing, but the local government

association says certainty is needed now, claiming councils are being pushed to the brink. jessica parker, bbc news. the actor liam neeson has sparked a row following comments he made while promoting his new film. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin patersonjoins us now. this was trending allover social media yesterday, just explain exactly what liam neeson said first. think it is important to put this in context. liam neeson was in manhattan being interviewed by a french independentjournalist manhattan being interviewed by a french independent journalist —— journalist for the independence, the online website in the uk. he was being interviewed in a hotel room, eliciting axes co—star tom bateman, the journalist says there were 12 minutes in his interview, the interview was about a movie in which he plays a snowplough driver whose son has been killed by drug dealers.

the interviewer said wyatt did you decide to play this role? —— why did you. liam neeson then told the which are shocked a lot of people, he said are shocked a lot of people, he said a long time ago someone very close to him was great. he said it and you know the person? they said no, then is said to them what colour was the person? he said the person said that they were black, then he said that he felt a primal rage in his reaction to that is to go out with a cosh, walk the streets, hang around outside bars, hope that a black man would start on him, look for a fight and then he said that i plan to kill that man. he says he knows his behaviour and thought were appalling and wrong and he is telling the story to illustrate that, and he also put it in the context of the fa ct also put it in the context of the fact that he grew up in northern ireland, see said he lived to the troubles, and the doing that, he saw

people who he could understand why they were seeking revenge for actions that had happened to them that he says he has learnt over time that he says he has learnt over time that doing that does not work. —— so he said. now, after the interview, he said. now, after the interview, he speaks to the journalist and says if he use that story, use it very carefully, c does not say, had been in interviews with a publicist said do not use that commie does not say that, he says if you use it, use it very carefully, so he knows what he said is incredibly provocative biddy not use it. and provocative as the key word because there are lots of people who are extremely upset by hearing him say that. yeah, it is a shocking thing for someone to have said, the film is out on friday. a lot of people will be thinking do i wa nt to lot of people will be thinking do i want to go and see a film starring a man who has even thought these things in the past? but it is important to say in the context of the interview, he says these were

appalling things to think and to try and do. thank you very much. there has been huge discussion around but on social media. do let us know what you think about that as well and maybe we will talk about that later on the programme. when 14—year—old molly russell took her own life after viewing self—harm images on instagram, it might have seemed like a tragic one—off. but some parents and charities feel molly's death signals a worrying trend. today the suicide prevention minister, jackie doyle—price, will say that online content that makes self—harm or suicide seem normal poses a similar risk to children as grooming, and that it's time for the social media firms to take action orface new laws. shejoins us now from our westminster studio. good morning to you, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. so, i suppose let us pick up exactly that. what can you do to put pressure on the social media companies? what are you doing to get them to change the co nte nt ? you doing to get them to change the content? is that what you are doing? well, we want to encourage social

media providers and platforms to step up to the plate. they should wa nt to step up to the plate. they should want to protect their users and now we can present them with the evidence that actually, there are real risks to young people when they are actually seeking out this content online. so we have already give them a challenge, we are meeting facebook later this afternoon. my colleagues in the department of digital media, culture and sport also coming together with their own plans to tackle online harms but i guess really, we want social media not to really be doing this through the stick of the law, we wa nt this through the stick of the law, we want them to be doing it because they want to look after their users. soi they want to look after their users. so i want to embark on dialogue with them without spirit very much in mind. ok, so if it does not change and you have mentioned the law, what laws could you put in place? well, we would explore exactly what measures we can do but essentially, this content has the effect of grooming people to take their own lives, and we have a duty of care to protect our young people, to prevent

their exposure to that. there is any number of tools we could use, we could use fines, we could make social media companies much more responsible and really apply the full force of the law to them, if we feel they are being negligent about their duty of care to their users. what do you think has changed right now, because of course they have been these images online for sometime now? is it because, for example, we've heard about the tragic case of molly russell another children's well, is changing? well, i have to say, i am full of admiration for molly russell's rather for really being so frank and brave in talking about her experience. —— as well. because it is only by facing up to the reality of what has actually happened to individuals that we can really force for social media companies to react to what they are doing and the risks they are putting their users to and it has been very instructive that

once he has spoken out, so many other parents out about their children too. so this has really focused everybody‘s mind and this is the time to do something about it before it gets even worse. and of course, there will be parents out there and we talk on breakfast about this all the time about what one can do as this all the time about what one can doasa this all the time about what one can do as a parent, you are talking about the social media companies putting pressure on them, what is your advice to parents? well, the really shocking thing when he talks about molly is that he had absolutely no idea that his daughter was looking at this stuff online and why would any parent? parents do not expect that their children are being exposed to risk when they are sitting in their bedrooms playing on their computers. the chief medical officer will be producing some evidence later this week about what will create safe baby online and we are will create safe baby online and we a re really will create safe baby online and we are really looking at encouraging pa rents to are really looking at encouraging parents to make sure that their children do not spend many hours online using social media sites, but

also we just need to do far more to educate children to protect themselves and make clear to them that this content will do them harm. you're going to sit down with facebook today, what would you like genuinely to hearfrom facebook today, what would you like genuinely to hear from them about changes that they could make? what i would like to hearfrom changes that they could make? what i would like to hear from them changes that they could make? what i would like to hearfrom them is changes that they could make? what i would like to hear from them is that they will take a much more vigilant attitude to removing harmful content. certainly, my experience of facebook is sometimes they do that more often, they don't. i would like to bea more often, they don't. i would like to be a lot more vigorous about that bit more proactively, i would like to hear from them that they will actually take positive steps to protect their users. so we know that when we use facebook, that their algorithm is working to bombard us with advertising that sits up references. i would like them to use that artificial intelligence to identify young people who are at risk, who are looking at this material, and perhaps steer them in a more positive direction. jackie doyle—price, thank you very much for your time this morning. you're watching

breakfast from bbc news. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. equally, you could run into some showers across southern scotland as well, so take it easy. the blue on the charts is telling you just how cold it is. not necessarily going to last because the next system here, this warm front is introducing thicker cloud, some drizzle initially and then we will seize on heavy rain the strengthening breeze. first thing this morning away from the fog patches, we are looking at the fog patches, we are looking at the bright start. there will be some

sunshine. look how quickly all this cloud is coming into some drizzle and then right behind it, more persistent rain bossing northern ireland, western and southern scotland, north—west england and also wales. the breeze is going to pick up but gentle breezes elsewhere. the best of the sunshine across the north—east and the northern isles but no heat wave, we are looking at six in aberdeen. compare that to 12 in plymouth. 0vernight, eventually all that rain pushes north eastwards across scotland, south—eastern across england and wales, leaving clear skies behind with quite a few showers coming into the west and north—west. in northern ireland, western scotland, there is the chance if temperatures fall low enough we could see pockets of frost and asa enough we could see pockets of frost and as a result we could see some patches of ice on untreated surfaces. soa so a cold start here in the morning. we see the dregs of the rain move away, hoping it doesn't, because this is a waiting front, so it's

literally doing that. it's going to bring more rain across the channel islands and the south—east of england into east anglia. now because it is waving, this is where we think it's going to be but equally it could edge into the east midlands. meanwhile across scotland we hang on to the showers. they will be wintry amber hill is at an sunshine across parts of southern scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales. —— it will be wintry. highest temperatures in the south. so here is the waving front. eventually it will move away. there will be another one coming in, and the occlusion, we can see from the isobars once again on thursday it's going to be a noticeable wind picking up through the day. so here is the occlusion producing hill snow in scotland and northern england before it moves away. then we see quite a few showers, wintry in the hills, but equally there is a lot of dry weather around. a lot of

sunshine, excuse me, with highs of up sunshine, excuse me, with highs of up to 10 degrees. then as we head towards the end of the week, this area of low pressure comes in, bringing rain. look at the isobars, and behind it, telling you it will be windy. gales are possible with exposure in the west. possibly across the english channel coastline. that is something we are keeping an eye on. it will feel mild. thank keeping an eye on. it will feel mild. thank you. keeping an eye on. it will feel mild. thank you. carol keeping an eye on. it will feel mild. thank you. carolwill keeping an eye on. it will feel mild. thank you. carolwill be keeping an eye on. it will feel mild. thank you. carolwill be back in half—an—hour. good morning. let's take a look at today's papers. the daily telegraph says business secretary greg clark is "under fire" after a leaked letter from 2016 made public an £80m "sweetener" offered to nissan bosses in return for building two new models at its sunderland plant. the guardian also leads on the letter to nissan as well as the news that a body has been seen in the underwater wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. the daily mail says internet giants will be forced by law to sign a code of conduct protecting young and vulnerable users,

in the wake of a "spate" of suicides. the daily mirror reports that 600 people a day are quitting work to care for elderly or sick relatives. and one man who features on most of the front pages is the actor liam neeson, who gave an interview to a newspaper in which he described wanting to kill a black person in revenge for the rape of a friend by a black man. we will speak with colin patterson about that. it was given in america toa about that. it was given in america to a french journalist working for the independent. normally if you say something like that in an interview a publicist might come in at the end and say you can't use that. interestingly liam neeson said if you use that please be careful with the way that you use it. you may have seen liam neeson trending on social media yesterday. so many comments about why he chose to say that. some have said it was a really

honest analysis of how he was feeling. and yet, understandable backlash about what he said and how he said it. other people saying it is incendiary. we will speak about it later again with colin. he's widely considered one of the bravest war photographers to have ever picked up a camera. sir don mccullin's images from the vietnam war won him awards and respect in equal measure. today sees the opening of a new exhibition of his work at tate britain, and the chance to see his lesser—known but hard—hitting pictures of home. tim muffett went to meet him. life and death, as captured by don mccullin. test everything about me has been very instinctive, you know. this knowing that i should be in this place and that place. this exhibition brings together more than 250 photographs by one of the world's greatest photographers. this photograph is, you could say, the beginning of my whole life's work, really. i started photographing the local boys who i used to hang outwith. none of us were getting anywhere in life.

this photograph is the very first picture i ever took in war. this is the cypriat civil war in 1964. with the raincoat and the hat, it looks like a still from some mafioso film. were you scared? no, i was too excited to be scared. i was scared of not getting pictures. his reputation growing rapidly, don mccullin's assignments took him to warzones across the world. that's the camera that got the bullet on the throat here. my goodness. that was in cambodia. what makes a great photograph, as far as you're concerned? first of all, it has impact. i do not want you to walk past my pictures, you know, without getting some message from it. as well as warzones far away, don mccullin also focused on conflicts and deprivation closer to home. this image captured post—dramatic stress disorder long before the condition was officially acknowledged. he was shellshocked and they had no time... the marines don't respect people who don't fight so they were treating him very,

very shabbily, really. it isa it is a silent voice, but i want it to be our shouting silent voice. some of us bemoaned the ubiquity of camera phones. people are now realising that they now want to record their lives. in a way it is enhancing the love of photography. i went to vietnam two or three times but it wasn't until 1968 did i come up but it wasn't until 1968 did i come up againsta but it wasn't until 1968 did i come up against a real opportunity to stay in a battle for nearly two weeks. this picture here, i call it my crucifixion. i put my cameras down. i said to the shoulder, look after this. i had it in my hand and iran after this. i had it in my hand and i ran away. i was strong as a lion. i could do it. this image captured post—dramatic stress disorder long before the condition was officially acknowledged. he was shellshocked and they had no time... the marines don't respect people who don't fight

so they were treating him very, very shabbily, really. what we call "the thousand—ya rd stare". everything i have done in this room is not going to change the world, it is just an attempt to show people that it is wrong, that's all. truly amazing photography. truly amazing photographym truly amazing photography. it is amazing, power of a picture. you forget in this day and age. pictures can tell more than a story. yes, there is something about that still perfect image. i know that we work in the world of tv. there is something incredibly powerful about a still image. that was tim muffett speaking to photojournalist sir don mccullin, and the exhibition opens today at tate britain in london. you're watching

breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: steph has crossed the irish sea and is in northern ireland continuing her tour of the uk looking at how businesses are preparing for brexit. morning, steph. good morning. yes, iam in ballynahinch in county down, where these guys are working for an electronics manufacturer, 140 people we re electronics manufacturer, 140 people were here at nitronica, they are sorting out the wires for the different bits of technology. we ta ke different bits of technology. we take this for granted, the technology, these guys make the hardware from technology to help you monitor your dog's health to smart lights for your bikes, and for them they are a booming industry. we've seen the tech industry across the uk growing three times faster than the economy at the moment. and it is worth about £184 billion to the uk economy. they are worried about what's going to happen with brexit and in particular for them what's going to happen with brexit and in particularfor them it is about skills. because they are

growing so quickly, especially here in northern ireland they worry about getting the right people through the door. they employ about 140 people. 40 of those are eastern european. so they say yes we are trying to grow talent here, trying to train people from the region, but there are not enough of them because they are growing so quickly. so they have to bring people in and they are worried about what it will mean for the future when we leave the european union. so i will chat with the guys here and the tech companies they work with as well. 0bviously these quys work with as well. 0bviously these guys make the hardware but a lot goes on with the software. more from me later. first, the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. first, the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. london's councils are nearing the end of austerity,

the minister in charge of local government has promised. james brokenshire says £145 million going into budgets this year will ease problems, along with extra money for the care of vulnerable elderly and children. london councils — the body representing the capital's authorities — says they need at least £400 million more. the minister says there's enough to ensure decent services. this year's settlement clearly provides a real—terms increase in london, and across the rest of the country in terms of what's known as core spent for councils to be able to apply for local services. but i know that there have been some pretty tough calls that people have had to make over the last number of years. and equally there are still pressures that are there on things like social care. adults' social care, children's social care. to solve london's housing crisis we could build a city in the suburbs. that's one idea put forward by a london architect. peter barber's100 mile city project suggests building a densely packed town running the circumference of london, connected by a monorail. there's space in suburbia,

there's bits of scrub, there's unutilised space, brownfield sites, and this is where we should be building our housing, and we should be building it at a density that's sustainable, so that people are not relying on private cars, so they can walk to the shops, they can take their kids to school on foot. and that is what i think is vision is about. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the trains. on to the roads: hampstead road is closed from the euston road to william road following a stabbing. police following a stabbing. are in attendance. and drummond street is also closed. following a stabbing. colindale avenue is closed from the tube station to the a5 following an earlier police incident. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning.

it's not an especially cold start for many of us this morning. what we have, however, is some mist and fog. so, some visibility issues first thing. and then, once it lifts, it's going to be largely cloudy. now, the mist and fog may take its time to lift this morning. when it does lift, its going to be lifting into low cloud. we could see a little bit of light, patchy rain, a little bit of drizzle here and there, but in the most part it's cloudy and predominantly dry. temperatures still managing to get up to around 10 celsius, however. now, overnight, we'll have a dry start, but then gradually more rain arriving, light and patchy, then some heavier bursts mixed in there as well. temperatures not going to drop too far below today's maximum, between 6—7 celsius, that's the minimum temperature. so another mild start tomorrow morning. again, we're going to see rain coming out from the south—east through the courts of wednesday. we are hanging on to this mild air, though. so temperatures for much of this week staying in double figures. however, it does mean it's going to be rather unsettled, turning wet and windy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan.

bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with louise and dan. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. theresa may is to visit northern ireland to reassure people that she'll find a way to deliver brexit, while avoiding a hard border with the irish republic. meanwhile, conservative mps from both leave and remain campaigns will continue talks with the brexit secretary today to discuss alternatives to the controversial backstop, which dup leader arlene foster has called "toxic." european union leaders have continued to rule out making changes to the withdrawal deal as agreed. more than 600 people give up work every day across the uk to take on the role of caring for a sick or elderly relative, according to new research. the study by carers uk says a further 5 million are juggling a carer's role whilst continuing to do theirjob. the charity's calling for employers to offer more flexibility

to those affected. at least eight people have been killed by a fire at a residential building in paris, which french prosecutors believe was started deliberately. a woman has been arrested. more than 200 firefighters are still working to bring the blaze in an apartment block in the south—west of the city under control. the cause of the fire is not yet known. the amount of money which councils in england get from central government to spend on things like libraries and social care will be voted on in parliament today. the lump sum is going down by £1 billion, ministers say councils's "core spending power" will increase as they get to keep more of the cash they raise in taxes. the government has also released an extra £650 million for social care. the suicide prevention minister says social media firms must "step up to their responsibilities" or face new laws to prevent them from allowing young people to view images which glorify self—harm. jackie doyle—price will make

a speech later, saying that the problem has become so normalised that it poses a similar danger to children as online grooming. she will be meeting senior staff from facebook today to discuss possible measures to protect its users. so we know that when we use facebook, that their algorithms are working to bombard us with advertising that sits up references. i would like them to use that artificial intelligence to identify young people who are at risk, who are looking at this material, and perhaps steer them in a more positive direction. a german museum displaying

the artwork by banksy that famously began destroying itself at auction, has deactivated the paintings shredding device. the "love is in the bin" canvas started to self—destruct as it sold for more than £1 million back in october. the museum in south—west germany said it wanted to make sure the rest of the artwork couldn't be destroyed. kind of think that they might have done that before. it wasjust a switch on the side, shredder. anyway, small thing. a billionaire philanthropist has made the largest ever single gift to a university in the uk by donating £100 million to cambridge. david harding, who made his money managing hedge funds, says the gift is to help cambridge attract the "world's outstanding students." it follows an £85 million pound donation by the dolby family last year, and significant contributions from lord sainsbury of turville. coming up later on the programme:

carol will have the weather. we might be talking about chinese new yearagain, i we might be talking about chinese new year again, i think, possibly. you cheeky little monkey. 80, think thatis you cheeky little monkey. 80, think that is a competent. that is because you are a monkey in chinese astrology, and earth monkey. i am a snake. good morning, metal pig. apparently, it means ungenerous and hard—working. apparently, it means ungenerous and hard-working. which of course you are. it looks like we could have an exciting few months ahead in the premier league. you do not need to be hard—working to know that. leaders liverpool were held to a draw at west ham yesterday so they're now only three points clear at the top. patrick gearey looks at where we are in the title race after last night's result. liverpool are finding that it's lonely at the top. everyone watching for the effect of

pressure on their bubble. just as well they have attackers capable of evading attention. sadio mane fooled west ham's defenders and keeper. in the buildup, james milner had also avoided the offside flag. you can't blink in the premier league. out of the corners of liverpool's eyes, west ham's michail antonio was escaping, stable door open, horse bolted. the division's tightest defence was holding something of an open house. declan rice might have made more of the hospitality. west ham had more chances, but none as good as the one which fell to liverpool's divock 0rigi in the final seconds. a scuffed ending to a tough evening. but the boss says is his team aren't scared of heights. i know what, probably the reports are already written about the game and without my saying, you know, that's clear. but we have to, we have to show that we deal with that. it was, i didn't see whatever you could ask in the next few questions about pressure or stuff like that, we just didn't enjoy the game enough. enjoyment is difficult

in so little space. liverpool are only three points ahead of manchester city, and five ahead of tottenham, a team defying injuries and theories to stay in the title race. they must still go away to the top two, games that could be key. but are the holders now the favourites? pep guardiola's manchester city know this road. they accelerated clear this time last year. on wednesday, they play everton. win and, until saturday at least, they will be top, and things look different up there. patrick gearey, bbc news. what is going to happen? now, two of the biggest teams in women's football will face each other in the fifth round of the women's fa cup. holders chelsea were paired with the 14 time winners arsenal, who they beat in the final last year. elsewhere, tottenham face women's super league leaders, manchester city. today is a big day for the future of english rugby union. the bosses of all of the leading clubs are meeting to discuss whether to get rid of promotion and relegation from the top division, the premiership. currently, one team a year drops out of the league to be replaced by a club from the second tier championship. supporters say that makes english club rugby competitive,

exciting to watch, but some want to shake things up. have a three—year window, take relegation out of it and promotion out of the equation, and after that three—year window, a club should play off with the bottom team in the premiership to get in there. closing the league for a few years, it allows us to develop english players, more english players, and that's got to be good for the game. there's been a lot of talk about the england cricket team in the past few days. after losing the second test to west indies inside three days, some are worried about their progress, with the ashes against australia coming up this summer. mark wood was inside the dressing room as it all fell apart in antigua. this is what he said. it was a quiet sort of stunned dressing room, i would say, after the match. obviously, i remember waking up as 12th man and thought this game could be over.

i did not see that coming that day. after a bit of reflection and a bit of a get together, i think we are trying to put things right for the next game. they are flying, spinning on a. this is the annual tournament for indoor skydiving. 14—year—old kayleigh wittenberg. and that is her brother. they won gold in the twin event. is absolutely spectacular, incredible fun. you said this nearly did your back in. yes, i tried this once. i fell off a stage. you fell off the stage? i fell off a stage at wembley once, but that is the story for another day stop white what we are

doing? no comment. -- what were you doing? many of us will have suffered with cold hands and feet recently, especially if you were outside during the cold snap last week. but if your fingers and toes change colour and cause you pain, you may be one of the estimated 10 million people in the uk who suffer from raynaud's syndrome. and you're one of them. and one of the ten million and this is the first time i have ever been able to talk about it on national television. lots of people, their hands just television. lots of people, their handsjust go television. lots of people, their hands just go completely white, numb. ido hands just go completely white, numb. i do not find it very painful, lots of people do find it extremely painful. it is really irritating as well. brea kfast‘s graham satchell looks at how the condition is diagnosed and treated. my hands went black. i was really worried. i was concerned. my hands were changing colour in front of me and i didn't know what on earth was going on. it wasn't normal. i was really, really worried. in cold weather, lucy's fingers will go white, then blue, then red. she has a severe form of raynaud's disease. it feels really, really painful.

your hands go numb. then, when the blood starts coming back into your hands, the tingling, excruciating, electric—shock feeling, like pins and needles all over. then it's agony at some points. i can't do the things that most people take for granted. going to the fridge, trying to make a sandwich, nipping out to the shops, going for a walk, picking your children up from school. i struggle with all those everyday tasks. let's see what we have here. at chapel allerton hospital in leeds, doctor del gado is performing a videocapillaroscopy. this is normal here. yeah. but this one here was quite enlarged. you can focus a bit. he's examining tiny blood vessels under a patient‘s finger nail

to spot the signs of raynaud's disease. the condition particularly affects people in cold weather. blood vessels narrow and almost completely shut down. fingers and toes can turn white and then blue, before slowly returning to normal. it is very common and it's also seasonal, so, and people don't report it all the time. so, in the uk, there would be between 2—10 million people with this condition. so do they ever turn white? yeah, they do go white and purple, yeah. in most cases, the illness isn't serious and can be managed. but some, like chelsea, need more intensive treatment. this is an iloprost infusion that i have every four weeks. it opens up all my blood vessels, supply the blood to my fingers. i used to feel cold always. now it's mainlyjust peripherally. so i feel warm. even in mild weather, lucy will wear gloves to go out. she wants more understanding, more acceptance, of her condition. people are fascinated by it. they often say, "oh, what's wrong with your hands?

why are they black, why are they a different colour?" and a lot of people willjust give you funny looks, rather than asking questions. it is difficult and i do find it hard and it does upset me. doctors and charities are now urging people to go to their gp if they have symptoms and not to suffer in silence. graham satchell, bbc news. sue farrington is head of the uk's only raynaud's charity. shejoins us now. you do not even have it yourself. no, i don't. you do not even have it yourself. no, idon't. does you do not even have it yourself. no, i don't. does not mean i can't spread the word though. nayar, xiaomi people getting in touch and of course, we have seen real decrease there but it is just uncomfortable as well. for some it is quite mild and manageable but there are people for whom the pain is so intense, citing particularly those who have severe raynaud's, where the attacks, we call it the raynaud's attack, they last for

longer and are more frequent. when the blood flows back, the throbbing and burning sensation that people feel, they literally do not know what to do with themselves. i've had one person say that when they were younger, the pain was so intent they wa nted younger, the pain was so intent they wanted to drop their hands. that is just how painful it was. why do you think there is... a class myself in this, why is there such ignorance about the extent of that, the pain that many people go through? and just how many people are suffering with that, i suppose?” just how many people are suffering with that, i suppose? ithink just how many people are suffering with that, i suppose? i think terms of other people's reaction to it, if you're not going to yourself and all you're not going to yourself and all you see is the colour changing people's hands, it is quite difficult to wrap your head around what it feels like and i think somebody once described to me you we re somebody once described to me you were to bust your hand into an icecold pond and leave it there for several minutes, then take it out and put it under boiling water, running hot water, you would feel that burning sensation, seaward kind and be able to equate it. i think a lot of people have just got on with it, but for us as a charity, we

think raising awareness is so important for three reasons. one is so that people know what information and support is available to help them self—managed, the second reason is for people who have severe raynaud's, so that they know that there is medication available if they go to their gp, and then there isa they go to their gp, and then there is a third category of people and it is a third category of people and it isa is a third category of people and it is a smaller, much smaller percentage, but for them, raynaud's could indicate a more serious underlying condition and it is really important that they go to theirgp and really important that they go to their gp and that they are referred toa their gp and that they are referred to a rheumatologist. what is that underlying condition than? there are a number of autoimmune conditions such as scleroderma or bloopers, and raynaud's is often the first presenting symptom. —— lupus.|j raynaud's is often the first presenting symptom. -- lupus. i have got it, that is very good ascription of it, about the cold water. a lot of it, about the cold water. a lot of people are giving you tips about how to keep you hands warm today as

well. everyone experiences in a different way and i think for some, some of the treatments it on the market, they will actually bring some relief to people but for others, it does not have any effect. i know that some people have tried confirmatory therapies such as ginkgo biloba, there is no evidence that it works but i think if people find it does, then perhaps we would not discourage them from using it. forgive my ignorance on that, what is that treatment? is a herbal remedy. in other people talking about hen warmers and things like that. yeah, and there are very practical things that you can do. make sure you wear a thin layer of love is, then the air over them. make sure that you warm before you go out, where lots of layers rather than just go out, where lots of layers rather thanjust one go out, where lots of layers rather than just one layer, citing those of the kind of tactical hints and tips and we would say that if anybody thinks that they may have raynaud's, we have developed a very simple, quick, one—minute test with a couple

of consultant rheumatologist from bath in salford, and five really simple yes and no questions that will indicate to you whether you may have raynaud's or not and if you have raynaud's or not and if you have got it, you may have started to get digital ulcers on the tips of your fingers. that is again get digital ulcers on the tips of yourfingers. that is again more secondary, severe raynaud's. there isa secondary, severe raynaud's. there is a screen that says actually, you should be going to see a gp. can you find that by just should be going to see a gp. can you find that byjust searching for it online? yes, it is now scleroderma and raynaud's uk website, it is called test me. thank you very much. if you are concerned, go and check it out. i'm glad that, not acquired but that i am very much not alone in this. we do not want people to suffer in silence. loads of people had been getting in contact with us today to say thank you to shining a light on this because it is something that like you, thought that it something that like you, thought thatitis something that like you, thought that it is something that not many people are dealing with.|j

that it is something that not many people are dealing with. i get very cold in the studio as well, and my feet. some people are very badly affected. you always want to turn the temperature up in this year as well, it is like to buy this morning. carol is having a look at the weather for this morning and morning. carol is having a look at the weatherfor this morning and it is not like to buy outside. in the south—west of england, we have cloud around, maintaining the temperature level, but for the rest it is a cold start. the other thing to watch out for is patchy fog, dance in places, especially yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia —— dense. you could run into this in wales and southern scotland, so take extra care. you can see the blues on the chart, this is where we have the lowest temperatures, and the greens indicate things are not as cold. so through the course of the morning this next weather front is introducing thicker cloud, initially

some drizzle, then heavy rain and the isobars, which are close together, tells you it will be breezy through the day. so with the fog patches it is a right start —— away from the fog patches it is a bright start. thicker cloud moves in from the west, introducing drizzle, followed in hot pursuit by heavy rain coming across western and southern scotland, northern island and western wales and the wind picking up right behind the weather front. the sunny skies across north—east scotland and the northern isles. no heatwave here, six degrees in aberdeen. further south and west, 10-12. in aberdeen. further south and west, 10—12. through the evening and overnight eventually the rain moves northwards across scotland and southwards across england and wales. it will leave clear skies behind, the temperature will drop, called for western scotland and northern ireland, where you might see a touch of frost, maybe some ice on untreated surfaces as the showers continue, and some of the showers in

north—west scotland will be wintry in nature. at the other end of the country we have the dregs of the front producing some cloud and patchy rain. now, tomorrow it looks like this is clearing, but it won't, because we have a waving front, which means it's literally doing this. so there will be persistent rain coming in across the channel islands, through the south—eastern corner. this is what we think at the moment. bear in mind it is a waving front, so it could waive further north, taking rain to the east midlands. meanwhile, in the north and west of scotland, further showers, wintry in the hills, the same from northern ireland, further showers, but in between a lot of dry weather. now as we move from wednesday to thursday, you can see the waving front eventually moves away to be replaced by this occlusion coming in from the west. and once again you can see from the isobars it is going to be windy. so as the occlusion comes in it will introduce rain as hill stone in scotland, northern england, before

it moves await, clearing the northern isles last —— hill snow. find it showers from the west, wintry meals, but a lot of dry weather —— behind it. eyes of up to 12. -- weather —— behind it. eyes of up to 12. —— wintry on the hills. weather —— behind it. eyes of up to 12. -- wintry on the hills. thank you very much. steph is on the map somewhere as well. over the past few weeks we've been on the road finding out how businesses are preparing for brexit. we've been to manchester, blyth, annan, greenwhich and now steph is at a factory in northern ireland this morning looking at how technology firms will cope. good morning, steph. good morning. good morning to you. good morning. good morning to you. good morning, everyone. yes, iam at nitronica, in bellamy hinch in cou nty nitronica, in bellamy hinch in county down. it is a busy morning. lots of people putting in the hardware that we take for granted in technology, everything from tracking devices for your dogs, smart lights for your bikes. violet this morning

is busy soldering. what are you putting together?” is busy soldering. what are you putting together? i am printing the battery onto the pcb. how long have you worked here? about a year now. now you were a hairdresser? yasir. that explains your lovely hair. —— yes. what got you here? the job opportunities. you know, just a lot ofjobs going here at the moment, andi ofjobs going here at the moment, and i thought it was a good idea. excellent. i will leave you to it. you have to concentrate on that. thank you. this is an industry that is doing really well. if you look across the uk, it is growing about three times faster than the rest of the economy, worth about 184 billion, the tech sector, covering lots of jobs, these billion, the tech sector, covering lots ofjobs, these guys are making the hardware, but then there is the software, which is part of it, and i am holding on to the bike light which violet is putting together. this is a smart bike light developed bya this is a smart bike light developed by a company called c sense and

valerio works there, so it is your job to come up with the development around these kind of thing. so tell me, you are from italy, how did you end up in northern ireland?” me, you are from italy, how did you end up in northern ireland? i ended up end up in northern ireland? i ended up here by accident, so i was here on holiday visiting northern ireland, and! on holiday visiting northern ireland, and i went to belfast, a really nice city, and there is a really nice city, and there is a really thriving tech sector here, so for start—ups and i decided to move and this is one of the benefits of the freedom of movement, you can just moved into a country if you like it for example like me. you have done well from it, you can see the growth that is happening with the growth that is happening with the sector, but what are your thoughts on us leaving the eu? are you worried about it? there are concerns. i had concerns as a european citizen. we don't know yet what the final result will be of brexit, so in terms of immigration, but also for example as the head of

mobile technology at c sense i have concerns because every company that invests heavily in rnd, we need talent and we need to draw talent from all over europe whenever it is needed. it is a very competitive environment. that is a concern. talent is a very important point. thank you. on that point, to give you the stats, 13% of people who work in the tech industry in the uk are non—uk nationals, which is higher than the average across other industries, which is around 10%, so talent is key. two people who know about getting people into the sector, we have irene, the company that makes the bike lights, and we have connor as well, who does the networking. so, irene, what are your thoughts on talent and the problem it will create? when we set up c—sense we were about creating interesting jobs in northern ireland, that means we need to

recruit the best talent possible, and we are investing in rnd all the time, accessing the best skills possible is crucial, and if we are limited by doing that, not having free movement of people through the eu, that could be an issue for us. why are they not people to train up here? what we have seen is that there are a set number of people coming out of the universities, but a lot of them are scooped up by foreign companies who have created a back office here essentially and thatis back office here essentially and that is great that there is the skill set being used, but it means it is being consumed, so there are less people around for companies like ourselves who can't compete on those salaries. you run events to try to get people into the industry? digital dna runs the largest digital summit in northern ireland with over 3000 people coming to start—ups and smes as well. we run a digital

futures programme where we try to engage young people to show them the opportunities in the sector. and to build a sustainable knowledge economy in northern ireland which is the future of the economy, we need to have that blend of getting young people, the best and brightest into jobs in the digital sector, but we have to be mindful of bringing in talent from around the world to fuel our burgeoning tech sector. so it's not a case ofjust our burgeoning tech sector. so it's not a case of just trying our burgeoning tech sector. so it's not a case ofjust trying to our burgeoning tech sector. so it's not a case of just trying to find people who perhaps don't have a job at the moment, you know, is it not a case of using those? absolutely, we worked with belfast city council and the housing executive to reach out to young people who didn't have the opportunity to get involved. that is important to create those opportunities, those pathways. but it is also acknowledging that northern ireland and the tech sector is punching above its weight locally and internationally, companies are doing business all over the world, and it is really important that we

area and it is really important that we are a magnet for talent notjust locally but for talent around the world. and obviously the other big thing we are talking about, the prime minister coming to northern ireland today to give some reassurances, it is the border and this is a concern for lots of different businesses, you included. yes, i mean, ithink without different businesses, you included. yes, i mean, i think without being someone who is new to northern ireland, ican someone who is new to northern ireland, i can see it would be easy to understand, misunderstand the impact of the border for people living here in northern ireland. i think having stability is hugely important to create this talent pool thatis important to create this talent pool that is here and attracting. i wouldn't like to see a hard border. it would make things difficult for us in terms of being able to trade into the south and we do a lot of trade into the south. thank you so much for your time this morning, i really appreciated. i will give you more of a tour around, it is so interesting seeing technology being created. we take so many products

for advantage. so more from us later. first, let's get the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. london's councils are nearing the end of austerity, the minister in charge of local government has promised. james brokenshire says £145 million going into budgets this year will ease problems, along with extra money for the care of vulnerable elderly and children. london councils, the body representing the capital's authorities, says they need at least £400 million more. the minister says there's enough to ensure decent services. this year's settlement clearly provides a real—terms increase in london, and across the rest of the country, in terms of what's known as core spent for councils to be able to apply for local services. but i know that there have been some pretty tough calls that people have had to make over the last number of years. and equally there are still pressures that are there on things like social care.

adults' social care, children's social care. to solve london's housing crisis we could build a city in the suburbs. that's one idea put forward by a london architect. peter barber's100 mile city project suggests building a densely packed town running the circumference of london, connected by a monorail. there's space in suburbia, there's bits of scrub, there's unutilised space, brownfield sites, and this is where we should be building our housing, and we should be building it at a density that's sustainable, so that people are not relying on private cars, so they can walk to the shops, they can take their kids to school on foot. and that is what i think is vision is about. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's a part suspension on the northern line between edgeware and golders green. 0n the trains, southwestern railway has 15 minute delays and some cancelations. on to the roads, hampstead road is closed from the euston road

to william road following a stabbing. and drummond street is also closed. and colindale avenue is closed from the tube station to the a5 following an earlier police incident. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's not an especially cold start for many of us this morning. what we have, however, is some mist and fog. so, some visibility issues first thing. and then, once it lifts, it's going to be largely cloudy. now, the mist and fog may take its time to lift this morning. when it does lift, its going to be lifting into low cloud. we could see a little bit of light, patchy rain, a little bit of drizzle here and there, but in the most part it's cloudy and predominantly dry. temperatures still managing to get up to around 10 celsius, however. now, overnight, we'll have a dry start, but then gradually more rain arriving, light and patchy, then some heavier bursts mixed in there as well. temperatures not going to drop too far below today's maximum, between 6—7 celsius, that's the minimum temperature. so another mild start tomorrow morning. again, we're going to see rain coming out from the south—east through the course of wednesday.

we are hanging on to this mild air, though. so temperatures for much of this week staying in double figures. however, it does mean it's going to be rather unsettled, turning wet and windy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today... the prime minister travels to northern ireland to try to find a way to deliver brexit and avoid a hard border with ireland. good morning from ballina henge. i'm here in county down, talking to tech companies about how they're preparing for brexit and to hear their views about the northern irish backstop. at least eight people are dead in a paris

apartment building fire. firefighters warn the death toll could rise as the blaze continues. ministers warn that harmful online images are so widespread they've become normalised, and threaten action against social media firms failing to protect users. the hammers throw a spanner in liverpool's title charge. west ham hold the league leaders to a draw. liverpool are now just three points clear at the top. good morning. a cold and frosty starter for good morning. a cold and frosty starterfor many, good morning. a cold and frosty starter for many, there good morning. a cold and frosty starterfor many, there is good morning. a cold and frosty starter for many, there is also patchy, dense fog around. many others will start off with some sunshine before thick clouds and rain sweep of the west later. more info minutes. —— michael moore in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 5th of february. our top story. theresa may will go to northern ireland today, to try to reassure people that she'll find a way to deliver brexit that honours her commitment to avoid

a hard border with the irish republic. in a moment we'll be joined by our northern ireland economics editorjohn campbell, but first let's go to our political correspondent nick eardley in westminster. what's behind the pm's visit today? i think the main message is one of reassurance, the prime minister trying to say, i get this is a concern in time for many people in northern ireland. we still want to keep our commitments, particularly to avoid the hard border after brexodus, and we are determined to find something that will help unite the community in northern ireland. the problem is we do not know what thatis the problem is we do not know what that is yet. we know what parliament doesn't want, it doesn't like the current deal and the backstop contained within, but as mps better their heads around and try to figure out some sort of alternative to that, there has been no white smoke

yet. we have no concrete proposals for what could replace the backstop. so the prime minister will say today we understand the issues in northern ireland, we want to solve them, we are concerned about them and we really get it. but at the same time, with no solution forthcoming yet from westminster, some of these questions will remain. now let's speak to our northern ireland economics editorjohn campbell who joins us from ballynahinch. so important, the reaction, there. what are their thoughts? the business community in northern ireland will really need that reassuring today. some business leaders will feel bruised after recent experiences with the prime minister. when her deal was under attack from all sides because of the

backstop, northern ireland business leaders stood up and said back the prime minister, backer deal, the backstop is necessary and it is better than leaving with no deal. abril business leaders into direct conflict with the dup, the biggest political party in northern ireland, so not a comfortable place for business leaders to be. now the prime minister has effectively said the backstop is not so good and we are looking for something else to replace it. so she will have to work pretty ha rd to replace it. so she will have to work pretty hard to reassure business leaders that whatever she will come up leaders that whatever she will come up with full guarantee no hardboard in ireland and businesses will find their trade protected across the irish border and across the irish sea. thank you. steph mcgovern will have more from northern ireland later. at least eight people have been killed by a fire at a residential building in paris, which french prosecutors believe was started deliberately. a woman has been arrested. more than 25 others have been injured, including some of the 200 fire crews who have been working through the night to contain the blaze. john mcmanus reports. the fire took hold in an eight storey residential building in the west of paris,

close to the bois de boulogne, at around 1am in the morning local time, leaving some residents with little choice but to scramble onto nearby rooftops in order to escape the flames and smoke. 30 people were helped to safety by fire crews using ladders. those fire crews remain there still, with the blaze continuing to rage on the seventh and eighth floors. it's been described as a scene of incredible violence. the authorities say that more than 25 people have been injured, one of them seriously, and they've warned that the death toll may rise. some surrounding buildings have been evacuated and nearby streets cordoned off as a precaution. in the last hour it has been announced that hmv has been saved from administration. the owner of canadian music store sunrise records has bought the chain, and has pledged to keep 100 stores open and save 1500 jobs. the stores will continue to trade as hmv. but 27 branches will be closed with immediate effect, resulting in 455 redundancies.

the amount of money which councils in england get from central government to spend on things like libraries and social care will be voted on in parliament today. the lump sum is going down by a billion pounds but ministers say councils' core spending power will increase as they keep more of the money they raise through taxes. jessica parker reports. buses, children's centres, libraries, lollipop men and women — some of the services that local councils have cut across england as their funding has fallen. and again this year, the lump sum that comes from government goes down by around £1 billion, but ministers say councils will have more money to spend overall. there's some one off cash for social care, higher council tax takings, and a push to see some areas keep more of the money they raise through business rates. we said at the conservative conference last year that austerity is now coming to an end because of some of those really tough calls that councils have had to make, and i think we should look

more positively towards the new spending review. that government spending review, starting later this year, could see the rules around council cash funding rewritten. ministers hint at providing a longer term plan, that could put council finances on a more stable long—term footing, but the local government association says certainty is needed now, claiming councils are being pushed to the brink. jessica parker, bbc news. the suicide prevention minister says social media firms must "step up to their responsibilities" or face new laws to prevent them from allowing young people to view images which glorify self—harm. jackie doyle—price will make a speech later saying that the problem has become so normalised that it poses a similar danger to children as online grooming. she'll be meeting senior staff from facebook today — and earlier she told this programme she wants the firm to use its profiling technology more positively.

we know that when we use facebook that there are algorithms working to bombard us with advertising that suits our preferences. i would like them to use that artificial intelligence to identify young people who are at risk, who are looking at this material, and perhaps steer them in a more positive direction. talks are underway in russia between the taliban and prominent afghan opposition leaders. last month, the united states said significant progress had been made during talks with the taliban, which aimed to end the seventeen—year war in afghanistan. government officials from kabul, who won't be in attendance, have described the meeting as counter—productive. it is eight minutes past eight. a german museum displaying the artwork by banksy that famously began destroying itself at auction, has deactivated the paintings shredding device. probably a good idea! the love is in the bin canvas started to self—destruct as it sold for more than £1 million back in october. the museum in south—west germany

said it wanted to make sure the rest of the artwork couldn't be destroyed. iimagine i imagine whatever the reason behind that, whether banksy himself, or herself, was in the room, it has certainly made it more popular. you would think they might have deactivated it before! an ageing population means that more people are quitting work to look after relatives, that's according to the carers uk charity. but it says flexible working hours and extra annual leave are just two of the ways employers could help people stay in work. the charity found that more than 600 people give up theirjobs across the uk to become carers every day. a furtherfive million are continuing to hold down a job alongside their caring role. and the number of people caring for someone has gone up by five and a half million in the last eight years. we're joined now by madeleine starr from carers uk, and barbara bennett in birmingham who gave up herjob to be a full time carer for her father, two years ago. good morning, both, thank you for

joining us. barbara, i know you look after your dad. this happened quite quickly. how did you become a carer? 2016, i had just come off holiday, was back to work for the first time, 11 o'clock that day i had a phone call to say my dad was quite seriously ill, driving into oncoming traffic. within that hour, getting into hospital, finding out he was sepsis, i was a full—time carer.” know you really try to tuesday on at work, tell me about the difficulties you had to do both? it was trying to keep with appointments, then dad is getting worse in himself and having to go into hospitalfor all of the antibiotics. work tried to do

everything for me, flexitime, setting shift patterns, but because of dad becoming more and more ill, work was running out of options. i had to give up work to care for him full—time. had to give up work to care for him full-time. madeline, i am sure you hear barbara's story, that sort of story, very regularly. i imagining you are not surprised by these findings, but what does your research tell you about the reasons? there are several reasons. first, because, is an employer. if you have a supportive employer who understands your situation and can offer support, perhaps in the way of flexible working and leave arrangements, that can make a world of difference. top of the list of what carers say they want from an employer is understanding, people wa nt employer is understanding, people want somebody to support and understand their situation. but then there is very hard policies, things like flexible working on special leave, can be an enormous help, as

barbara said. time off to take a loved one to a hospital appointment without using annual leave can be hugely useful and really de—stress the situation. the other side is services, we also need services that support our loved ones, so it is two sides of a coin, it is not all what employers can do, it is what server support there is and we know there isa support there is and we know there is a crisis in social care which is on the policy agenda. but employers can do an awful lot to help. it can have a massive financial impact. if somebody has to become a carer and has to leave theirjob, it has really big implications? very serious implications. the loss of income, not only loss of income but things like pension contributions, the ability to save. so that

financial disadvantage can knock right on into peoples retirement. it isa right on into peoples retirement. it is a long—term picture and, of course, the numbers are huge, it is such a significant issue, 15% of the populationjuggling such a significant issue, 15% of the population juggling work and care, one in seven in any workplace. so think about here at the bbc, one in seven. barbara, you made the decision to look after your dad, which i'm sure many viewers will fully understand, being in that situation. have you thought about trying tojuggle work situation. have you thought about trying to juggle work again at some stage or is it impossible to find a job which will allow you to do that at the same time? exactly that, i would love to go back to work and maybe just do a weekend or summer evening work sol maybe just do a weekend or summer evening work so i can be me and look after my mental state. but it is very ha rd after my mental state. but it is very hard to get someone who will just take you on for the hours that you can work while you are unable

30, it is very hard. but it's another thing barbara brings up, the mental impact. you talked about being yourself. parents are twice as likely to suffer from stress and a loss of well— being. likely to suffer from stress and a loss of well—being. this likely to suffer from stress and a loss of well— being. this sense of identity that we have, this ability to live the life we all want to live, it is really critical. we are not saying people shouldn't care, it is part of the human condition and it is what we want, but this idea that it absolutely takes over your life and you can't have a life alongside caring is what i think it's most difficult. for barbara it has taken it's most difficult. for barbara it has ta ken away it's most difficult. for barbara it has taken away from her how she defines herself. that doesn't mean she doesn't want to careful her dad, it means that if she had the option, she would do both. barbara colleges that describe how you are feeling some ways? totally rings a bell. i

have lost my identity, i feel i am just a carer. i have no social life, i don't get out. people try to visit me but everybody else works. they need to make a living. it is getting harder. two years on, i feel my mental health has taken a big dip. you love your dad that you want to be there for him as well, don't you? 100%. he was there for us, i love him and! 100%. he was there for us, i love him and i will do that for him, and ido him and i will do that for him, and i do enjoy doing what i am doing, but seven days a week, working a 50 nowadays, getting up in the night as well, so that extends your hours, it started to take the fun out of it. barbara, i really feel for you. madeleine, for barbara, is there somewhere she can go? where do you go if you feel like this? there is

an entitlement to carers' breaks and we had a new carers peer action plan launched by the government. i think we need to be really clear that a break is essential to people doing heavy and caring. there is support, it is ensuring people understand the errant title meant and can get it and that the services are there when people need them. madeleine starr, thank you, and barbara bennett, thank you, and barbara bennett, thank you, and barbara bennett, thank you for being so honest. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, whatever you are doing. this morning is a cold start to the morning. there is a widespread frost except across parts of the south—west and extreme south—west england where there is lots of cloud, quite a foggy start

in some places. we are looking a dense, patchy fog across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and possibly the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. equally, you could run into some in southern scotland and wales, so bear that in mind if you are setting out. you can see from the blue on the charts, it is cold, temperatures below freezing for many places. we have a one front coming our way, as the name suggests. milder conditions behind it, but equally some damp conditions. away from the fog we are looking at a bright start, some hazy sunshine, through the morning the crowd will introduce drizzle and right behind it more persistent rain. that will initially cross northern ireland, southern and western scotland, north—west england and wales. the breeze will pick up. the brighter skies will be across north—east scotland and northern ireland today, only about five or 6 degrees will be your maximum temperature. hide this weather fronts you can see 11 and 12, much

milder. this evening and overnight the rain advances north eastwards across scotla nd advances north eastwards across scotland and out of northern ireland, and pushing south eastwards across england and wales, leaving clear skies behind. we will have showers across northern and western scotla nd showers across northern and western scotland and northern ireland, in the hills in scotland they are likely to be wintry, we can also see isolated frost in western scotland and northern ireland, and with temperatures low enough on the damp surfaces there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow we start with the showers, it looks like the weather front is pulling away but it is not. it is waving, meaning it is literally doing that and bringing rain back across the channel islands, where it will rain for much of the day and into the south—east. because it is waving it could wait a bit further north, so the east midlands could see some rain tomorrow. in between, lots of dry weather and afair bit in between, lots of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. wednesday evening and overnight we

lose this front, only to be replaced by this occlusion. you can see the isobars, and by this occlusion. you can see the isoba rs, and thursday by this occlusion. you can see the isobars, and thursday it will be windier. the occlusion producers rain at lower levels, held snow in scotla nd rain at lower levels, held snow in scotland and northern england. lots of dry weather behind it, a fair bit of dry weather behind it, a fair bit of sunshine, showers in the west and some of them will be wintry. the temperature range is six to around ten or 11. from thursday into friday it is this next area of low pressure we are watching, bringing rain, the isobars telling you it will be windy, there is the potential for gales with exposure in the west. there will be rain, but feeling mild, at least thatis rain, but feeling mild, at least that is one consolation. studio: the name liam neeson is still trending this morning. the actor liam neeson has sparked a row following comments he made while promoting

his new film. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson joins us now — so what has he said? and where did he say h? he was doing an interview for his new film, pursuit, in new york. he was being interviewed by a free french journalist for the independent website. he was teamed up with the english actor tom bateman, 12 minutes into the interview the french journalist asked a fairly innocuous question. your character's son is murdered by a judge and, instead of grieving, he seeks revenge killings, why? that was the question and he said, i will tell you a story, a real story from his own life which has shocked so many people. it explains that in the past

somebody very close to him was raped, he was abroad at the time, when he came back the person told him. his response was, did you know the person? they said no. a second question was, what colour where they? the person and said black. he said he spent the next week, maybe we can to half, walking the streets with a cudgel in his hand, hoping a black man would come out of a bar and start on him, looking for a fight. he said, i was going to kill batman. he said, after a week—and—a—half, he came to his senses and he said, looking back, you realise what an appalling action and appalling thought this was, but he had them. he put it into the context of growing up in northern ireland during the troubles, he knew people buy who sought revenge and he could understand their action, but he says that he has learnt over time that violence does not work. even though there is context, that does not take away from the fact that

these are incredibly incendiary comments. it seems incredible he would come out with a statement like that. i have listened to a tape of the interview, he uses racist language in the interview, he did not have to use that, no matter what. it is very confessional, he is saying what i did in the past and how i felt was completely wrong, violence does not work, but he has chosen to put this out there in an interview, the interviewer was not fiction, it was not like she knew this, it came from nowhere. he has not as yet commented since these remarks have come out but he is due to do good morning america. remarks have come out but he is due to do good morning americam remarks have come out but he is due to do good morning america. it is basically the bbc breakfast of america. he was pre—booked, he was already scheduled to be on good morning america. in the next few hours he will appear on a sofa like

this and he will be asked questions about what were you thinking, why have you said this? of eight we will watch that. thank you very much, colin. it will be interesting to see whether he chooses to defend those comments. he's widely considered one of the bravest war photographers to have ever picked up a camera. sir don mccullin's images from the vietnam war won him awards and respect in equal measure. today sees the opening of a new exhibition of his work at tate britain, and the chance to see his lesser—known but hard—hitting pictures of home. tim muffett went to meet him. life... ..and death, as captured by don mccullin. everything about me has been very instinctive, you know? this... knowing that i should be in this place, that place. this exhibition brings together more than 250 photographs by one of the world's greatest photographers. this photograph is, you could say, the beginning of my whole life's work, really. i started photographing the local boys i used to hang outwith, you know? none of us were going anywhere in life. this photograph was the very first picture i ever took in war. this was the cypriot civil war in 1964? with the raincoat and the hat, it looks like a still

from some mafioso film. were you scared? no, i was too excited to be scared. i was scared of not getting pictures. his reputation growing rapidly, don mccullin's assignments took him to war zones across the world. that's camera that got the bullet on the side, see? my goodness. that was in cambodia. what makes a great photograph, as far as you are concerned? first of all, it has impact. i do not want you to walk as my pictures, you know, without getting some message from it. as well as war zones far away, don mccullin's also focused on conflict and deprivation closer to home. these pictures are all black and white. why is that? because i think black and white has a much stronger way of voicing itself to you. it's a silent voice, but i want it to be a shouting silent voice so you don't miss it. some photographers bemoan the ubiquity of camera phones. it's so easy to take a digital photograph.

what you think? people are now realising that they want to record their lives. in a way, it's kind of enhancing the love of photography. i went to vietnam two or three times, but it wasn't until 1968 did i come up against a real opportunity to stay in a battle for nearly two weeks. this picture here, i call it my crucifixion. i put my cameras down, i said to one of the soldiers, look after these, and i had him on my shoulders and i ran away. i was 31 years old and i was strong as a lion. i could do it. this image captured post—traumatic stress disorder long before the condition was officially acknowledged. he was shell-shocked and they had no time, the marines do not respect people who do not fight, so they were treating him very

shabbily, really. what we call the thousand yard stare. everything i had done in this room is not going to change the world. it's just an attempt to show people it is wrong, thatis attempt to show people it is wrong, that is all. that was breakfast‘s tim muffett speaking to photojournalist sir don mccullin — and the exhibition opens today at tate britain in london. coming up in the next 45 minutes, three parents whose children have appeared on the channel 4 show called how the other kids live, shared play dates. fascinating. and andy burrows, the former drummerfrom fascinating. and andy burrows, the former drummer from race alight, fascinating. and andy burrows, the former drummerfrom race alight, and author matt hague have collaborated on an album. thank you for your m essa g es on an album. thank you for your messages about raynaud's, where fingers go numb. we will talk about that more shortly. now your local news, travel and weather. good morning. a ratherfrosty start

to the day and for many of us rather foggy. for many of us we will see rain moving eastwards across the uk. across north—east england and scotla nd across north—east england and scotland there will be some bright weather, sunshine of the workload increases and bring moving through northern ireland into the west of scotland, north—west england and wales. the wind picking up across the west throughout this afternoon. for much of the day across the east it will remain dry. still quite cloudy, temperatures 6—8d but much milder in the west, 10—12d. the rain pushing eastwards, affect in northern england, late the night down in the south—east, hanging on into wednesday morning. elsewhere,

clear skies but not as cold as last night, temperatures staying above freezing for many of us, 3—7d. during wednesday, staying cloudy in the southeast, rain at times, quite heavy as we go into wednesday afternoon. some show is moving into scotland, northern ireland, falling snow orfor scotland, northern ireland, falling snow or for higher ground. scotland, northern ireland, falling snow orfor higher ground. in between dry weather, sunshine, top temperatures 9—11d. wednesday evening and night continuing with rain in the south—east, the weather front moving east, giving snow over the higher grounds of scotland and the higher grounds of scotland and the pennines into thursday morning. tending to tear. some sunny spells developing across england and wales, some showers moving into the west, across eastern scotland, some sunshine. temperatures still around 7-10d, sunshine. temperatures still around 7—10d, average for the time of year. turning very windy for the end of the week, some gale force winds.

goodbye. hello, you are with business slide from bbc news with sally bunged up and then thompson. not the end they we re and then thompson. not the end they were looking for, google's parent company sees its shares fall despite a rise in sales. we are live in london, tuesday the 5th of february. advertisers continued to flock to google despite the privacy problems but investors are worried about rising costs. also another big warning on the trade war, a un trade body says it is america raises ta riffs body says it is america raises tariffs on chinese goods there will be massive implications